Ren Ning stayed until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. After learning that Xiao Gang's mother and son were safe, she quietly left Xingji City alone.
Braving the wind and snow, we headed east. He didn't arrive at Jiuyuan County until the Yuanxiao Festival.
"Good boy, you are finally back." Chu Jinding, the forward general, breathed a sigh of relief.
Ren Ning was surprised: "General Chu, what happened to the army?"
According to the plan, the forward battalion had to wait until Wei Junqian led other soldiers to reach Jiuyuan County before continuing north. In order to prevent the baggage, food and other things from being out of line.
Calculating the distance, it would take at least two days for them to arrive.
"It's none of General Wei's business."
Chu Jinding walked to the map, raised his hand and tapped the map of the peninsula hard.
"I just received the latest news. The east coast of Baekje has been lost, and the entire defenders have been wiped out. At least 100,000 Japanese pirates have landed on Baekje. And there are ships deep in the sea constantly bringing soldiers in."
Ren Ning raised his eyebrows and said, "The Japanese pirates are just burning their boats and putting them to death to survive."
"That's right." Chu Jinding nodded.
His hand continued to move across the map.
"The Japanese pirates who landed are now divided into two groups. One group goes straight to the capital of Baekje, and the other group fights towards the south bank where Zhongyong Bo Xiaozheng is. It seems that they want to attack them from both sides on land and sea and trap them on Jinlong Beach."
As he spoke, Chu Jinding frowned deeply.
In addition to Xiao Zheng and 30,000 people who supported Baekje in quelling the Japanese army in Jinlongtan, Qi King Chen Xiuzhu was also inside.
It would be extremely embarrassing if the majestic Prince Yunchui was caught or even killed by the little Japanese barbarians.
Fortunately, God is kind.
It's freezing cold in Baekje now, and the snow is much heavier than here in Yunzhui.
Everyone is struggling.
Chu Jinding pondered, "With the speed at which the Japanese pirates are moving, it is estimated that they will not be able to reach the Jinlongtan where Xiao Gang is stationed within half a month."
Ren Ning looked at the location of Jinlongtan carefully and suddenly said: "This place must not be lost."
Chu Jinding agreed, "It can't be thrown away."
Although Jinlongtan is called a beach, it is actually a complete port terminal. And its location is extremely close to the capital of Baekje. As long as you get ashore from here, you are almost at the foot of the Baekje capital. "
If Jinlongtan was lost, Yun Chui's support would either make a large circle and take the northern land route, or fight the Japanese pirates at sea first.
Once the Japanese pirates occupy this place, they can continuously send soldiers and logistics materials to the capital of Baekje through the sea, and then attack and occupy the entire Baekje from all directions.
"What's our Yun Chui's response?" Ren Ning asked.
Chu Jinding's eyes fell on Beiguan Pass and he smiled, not sure whether it was ridicule or appreciation.
"Last August, when the Yanhui Corps received a deployment order, Tian Hongyan immediately ran away with his troops. He didn't even look at the mess that was Baekje."
"The guard of Beihaiguan is even more invulnerable. Huang Shitao is one word. Unless there is an order from the Ministry of War or an imperial edict from His Majesty, his subordinates will never leave Beihaiguan."
As for the part of the Central Army that initially went north with Xiao Zheng to support Beichuan, they saw that Beixiong had no intention of going south two years ago and had already withdrawn to the camp south of Xingji City.
Ren Ning wiped his sweat, "So now no one is setting out to rescue Zhongyong Bo's Japanese troops?"
"That's true." Chu Jinding's hand slid down along the Yunchui coastline and landed on Pinghai County in the middle. "The Ping Japanese army led by Uncle Xiao is actually part of the East China Sea defenders."
"My hometown in Pinghai County received his distress message and is preparing to leave."
Ren Ning was not surprised either.
The duty of the East China Sea garrison or navy is to defend against bandits and Japanese pirates at sea.
Especially after Lieutenant Pinghai led his troops to pacify Laigu County the year before last, the eastern coast was again attacked and plundered by Japanese pirates.
The navy commander at that time was almost scolded by Emperor Changxing.
Therefore, after receiving a rescue letter from Xiao Zheng, he immediately led his troops on board the ship and went to sea.
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Ren Ning looked at the distance between Pinghai County and Baekje, "This...water from far away can't quench the thirst for close proximity."
Chu Jinding nodded, "It's indeed too far. That's why I'm anxious to wait for you to come back."
"General Wei has sent news, asking us to rush to Beiguan as soon as possible, and then find a way to rescue Xiao Zheng's Japanese army."
Or rather King Chen Xiuzhu of Qi.
Ren Ning's eyes fell on the ocean to the east, and he moved his mouth without making any sound.
If there is a boat, the fastest way is to rush east to the seaside and then cross the North Sea to Baekje.
It's just that even if there are boats in the east of Jiuyuan County, they are just fishing boats. The quantity is not large and the quality is not necessarily good.
Now there is heavy wind and snow everywhere. If the fishing boat is blown apart at sea, there will be nowhere to escape.
"General, are there any warships at Beihai Customs?" Ren Ning asked.
Chu Jinding understood what he meant, "Yes. But the performance is far inferior to that of Pinghai County Navy."
"This is natural." Ren Ning was not surprised.
The navy is a professional warship equipped with all kinds of powerful naval warfare weapons.
The warships at Beihai Customs are not so much warships as they are large cargo ships. Mainly used to transport logistics grain and grass to Beihai Customs. Although there are also giant crossbows on the ship, there are not many of them.
Ren Ning nodded, "As long as you have it."
In the Huchou River in the south, each battalion of the Starfall Army took turns to systematically learn water warfare from the Zhennanguan garrison. Although they cannot be said to be good at naval battles now, they are at least not afraid of them.
The next day, it still snowed heavily.
Chu Jinding gave an order. The forward battalion, led by Ren Ning, headed north through the thick snow.
Not long after leaving Jiuyuan Racecourse, we entered the hills. The road became more difficult as we went north.
The winding post road had long been covered with heavy snow, and the person leading the way had no idea what he would step on next.
Maybe it's a pit, a ditch, or a slope.
If you are not careful, you may make someone fall off their feet.
Someone advised Ren Ning, "General, you stay behind for now. We'll open the way in front first. You and your brothers will follow."
Ren Ning shook his head, "No, this is too slow. We can't afford it."
Recruiting the other four people, the five horses were moving forward in unison with him as the center. The footprints left behind happened to be a post road.
At first, people on both sides were a little trembling.
They were not afraid of falling, but of falling on the general next to them.
Later I discovered that I just had to follow the wind. When the dark horse goes left, the other four people collectively go left, and when Chai Feng goes right, they all go right again. It seems that they haven't encountered any big setbacks.
Sometimes Ren Ning would even remind the two soldiers next to him to lean in a little further, otherwise they would end up outside the post road.
Some people were still doubtful. When Ren Ning reminded him again, he jumped off his horse and dug through the snow to check.
Sure enough, there is a ditch made by running water in front of it.
Now everyone was in admiration. From their eyes, they couldn't see anything strange at all. They quickly asked Ren Ning how to identify the surface of the earth.
Ren Ning is not stingy, teaching as he goes, and the whole team is not slow at all.
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