Wu Weiying sat on the horse and looked at the dark mountain shadows in the distance with her neck curled up. She turned her head and glanced at Ningyang City, which was getting farther and farther away, like a lantern in the wilderness.
The infantry battalion followed closely behind, carrying guns and walking numbly in the snow, panting heavily. At the end there were more than ten baggage trucks loaded with artillery shells, gunpowder and a little grain and grass.
The night was dark and windy, and the people in the deep mountains and forests could not light torches to avoid exposing their whereabouts. Looking at the dark mountain pass, Wu Weiying felt nervous and frightened in her heart. She secretly cursed herself for not remembering. She should have had fine wine and fine dining in the capital, but she had to suffer like this for no reason.
The pain of wind and cold.
While hesitating at the mountain pass, a group of people emerged from the mountain, and it was Fan Jiaqian who came to greet them.
"Fan Jiaqian from Gongziying met Mr. Hou".
Wu Weiying hummed, despising a group of eunuchs in her heart, returning to Gongziying, just pretending!
But he also knew that the burly eunuch in front of him was Chang Yu's confidant, and he did not dare to show any disdain. After all, he knew the little eunuch's methods. So many nobles in the capital wanted to kill him, but he was still alive and kicking.
He has sent several nobles to prison. To put it simply, he cannot afford to offend them.
The mountain road was narrow, covered with snow, rocks, and dense weeds and thorns, making it difficult for carriages and horses to move. Wu Weiying had to dismount and walk, panting from exhaustion with the help of his servants.
"When can we get to the end of the field?" Wu Weiying's throat was about to burst into flames. He had no communication with Fan Jiaqian along the way, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Master Marquis, you can ride a horse in half a mile." Fan Jiaqian raised his head and looked at it and said calmly. People brought out by Chang Yu have a sense of arrogance. Since they have nothing to say, if you ignore me, I am too lazy to flatter you.
People who have served the emperor really don't take you nobles seriously.
Wu Weiying let out a long sigh, and a servant carried him on his back and continued walking. After walking for another half mile, he suddenly became enlightened, and a grand canyon appeared in front of him.
"It's a different kind of cave." Wu Weiying praised and looked around carefully through the white snow on the mountain. The two sides of the canyon were so steep and towering that when looking up, they only formed a thin line in the sky.
If there is an ambush up here, I'm afraid... Wu Weiying thought to himself, but suddenly a whistle sounded in front of him, which was particularly scary in the dark night. It actually frightened him so much that he almost fell off his horse.
"Master Marquis, don't be alarmed. Whistle secretly." Fan Jiaqian raised his finger and pointed at the top of the canyon.
Wu Weiying breathed a sigh of relief and looked up carefully. There was no trace of a human being anywhere in the white snow on both sides of the bank and the dark jungle and rocks.
As if she knew what he was thinking, Fan Jiaqian explained: "The forests and weeds on both sides of the bank are dense, and the brothers have set up their nests in them. Even in the daytime, it is difficult to find them. It happened to have snowed in the past few days, and the traces are even more flawless.
Even if you stand right in front of you, you may not be able to spot it.”
"That's good, that's good." Wu Weiying nodded, and then raised her head and looked around, seemingly trying to find the hidden pile.
This guy is just a piece of shit. He doesn't know how to march and fight. I really don't know what the emperor is doing by sending this kind of guy besides showing off. Fan Jiaqian couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw Wu Weiying looking around like a curious baby.
"It's so cold today that it would be nice to have a straw nest to keep you warm." Wu Weiying suddenly sighed, wondering what kind of suffering he would suffer if he camped in the mountains.
"Master Marquis, our camp is much better than those in the city. It is clean, warm and spacious. The governor said it is more comfortable than the General Military Mansion," Fan Jiaqian said with a chuckle.
Wu Weiying looked at him like a fool. The eunuch was really not normal. Was he stupid?
At the mountain pass twenty miles north of Ningyuan City, six or seven groups of Qing troops with nearly a hundred people on horseback were wandering around. At this time, they were confused and confused.
When it was dark, the Ming army suddenly sent four groups of nearly a thousand people around the city to drive them away. Several groups of spies within a radius of more than ten miles were driven here.
Then these Ming troops confronted them. As long as the spies did not take the initiative to attack them, they would not take action. After the confrontation lasted for nearly an hour, the Ming troops began to retreat, but they did not retreat into the city, but ran around outside the city. It was not a training exercise, right?
It would be more accurate to say that he was crazy.
The Qing army spies were confused.
The little eunuch in the city breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the Shenji Battalion was sent into the mountain without anyone noticing. As for the Ming troops running around outside the city, they were trying to cover up their traces.
The oil lamp in the lobby of the General Military Mansion kept flickering, like a candle in the wind. The young eunuch, Wu Sangui, and Tang Tong were sitting in the hall, and the atmosphere was a bit depressing.
There are more and more Qing troops exploring horses, which means one thing: the Qing troops are close!
Ningyuan City seemed to be well prepared, trenches had been dug, the city walls were frozen, and reinforcements had arrived and were deployed according to plan, but these were not perfect, and more importantly, the food and grass had not yet arrived.
After the Bada Chamber of Commerce took over the preparation of military rations, it focused on supplying the southern front because of the tight supply on the southern front. However, the young eunuch was the major shareholder of the chamber of commerce, so he squeezed some out for transportation outside the customs and handed it over to the chamber of commerce for transportation.
Across mountains and rivers, there was wind and snow blocking the road, so it was delayed a bit. According to Jinyiwei's information, we had just arrived near the Shanhaiguan entrance, and it would take three days at the fastest to reach the 200-mile road.
The vanguard of the Qing army must arrive before the grain team, and things will get tricky at that time!
"General" Shen Jianghu rushed over to break the silence in the hall, but the three of them had a bad premonition at the same time.
Beacon warning!
The beacon tower on Shoushan Mountain is so bright that it can be seen dozens of miles away.
On top of Beicheng, Chang Yu frowned: "Could it be Qing army spies besieging the beacon tower..."
Wu Sangui shook his head: "The warning signal is different. If a small group of people besieged the beacon tower, they lit a small beacon tower. Governor, the Tatars are coming.
It must be their marching torch that is observing the beacon tower, and based on the visibility, it is estimated to be thirty miles away."
It's coming, it's finally coming, Chang Yu clenches his fists, he can feel himself nervous, but even more excited!
It's just that it came earlier than expected! And it's still uncertain how many troops the Qing army will come, because the Qing army's scouts and horses are dispatched intensively, and the Ming army's scout horses can't penetrate for a while, or those who have passed can't send out information.
Wu Sangui immediately sent people out of the city to the Shoushan Beacon Tower for verification, and at the same time used the firelight of the Qing army to estimate the strength of the troops.
"Superintendent, General, someone is calling the door outside the south city!" Someone came to report at this time. Chang Yu and others all frowned. Who called the door in the middle of the night? If it was reinforcements, the officers and soldiers on duty would not say this.
More than two hundred people raised their heads at the foot of the south city and shouted loudly: "We, please open the door quickly and ask to see the Lord Governor..." The officers and soldiers on the city shouted at them to stay away from the city gate, otherwise they would be shot.
The origin is unknown in the middle of the night. Who knows if it is a Tatar?
The voice sounded familiar. Chang Yu squinted and couldn't see clearly. He turned around and asked the general on duty: "Didn't you declare your family status?"
Isn’t it nonsense to say that the personal guards have come from Taiyuan? Taiyuan is thousands of miles away from here..."
Damn it! Chang Yu's heart moved, he put his head out and shouted: "Tu Yuan, is that you? Old Jia, is that you, Old Jia?"
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