Wu Weiying sat on the horse with her neck curled up and looked at the dark mountain shadows in the distance. 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 shells, gunpowder and a little grain and grass.
The night was dark and windy, and the people in the deep mountains and old 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 was supposed to be enjoying fine wine and fine dining in the capital, but instead she suffered 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 sent several nobles to prison. To put it simply, he couldn't afford to offend them.
The mountain road was narrow, covered with snow, rocks, and overgrown with weeds and thorns, making it difficult for carriages and horses to move. Wu Weiying had to dismount and walk, panting from exhaustion with the support 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 said calmly after looking up. The people brought out by Chang Yu all have a sense of arrogance. Since they have nothing to say, if you ignore me, I don't bother 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, taking advantage of the white snow on the mountain to look around carefully. The two sides of the canyon were steep and towering, and when looking up at the sky, they only formed a thin line.
If there is an ambush up here, I'm afraid... Wu Weiying thought to himself, 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 he 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 nests in them. Even in the daytime, it is difficult to find them. It happened to have snowed again in the past few days, and there were no traces. So, You may not be able to spot it even if you stand right in front of it.”
"That's good, that's good." Wu Weiying nodded, and then raised his head and looked around, seemingly trying to find the hidden pile.
This guy is just a bastard. He doesn't know how to march or 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 out there that a straw nest would be nice and 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. They were confused and confused at this time.
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 stunned.
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 covering 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 out some 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" At this time, Shen Jianghu hurriedly came 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 the first mountain was so bright that it could 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 observing the beacon tower, and judging from the visibility, it should be thirty miles away."
It’s coming, it’s finally coming, Chang Yu clenches his fists, he can feel himself getting nervous, but even more excited!
It just came earlier than expected! Moreover, it is still uncertain how many men and horses the Qing army has come, because the Qing army's detective horses are dispatched intensively, and the Ming army's detective horses cannot penetrate for a while, or those who have passed by cannot send out information.
Wu Sangui immediately sent people out of the city to the Shoushan Beacon Tower for verification. At the same time, he used the firelight of the Qing army to estimate the strength of the troops.
"Governor, General, someone called the door outside the south city!" Someone came to report at this time, Chang Yu and others 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, shouting loudly, "My people, 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 of the man is unknown in the middle of the night. Who knows if he 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?"
What kind of personal guards are you talking about? Taiyuan is here. Isn’t this nonsense? Taiyuan is more than a thousand miles away from here..."
Grass! Chang Yu's heart moved, and he raised his head and shouted, "Tu Yuan, is that you? Old Jia, is that you, Old Jia?"
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