"General, there is an urgent report from Yinchuan Station. Liu's army has entered Jiazhou through Linxian County. Mizhi and Suijin Town have both fallen into the hands of the thieves." General Wu Zimian's soldiers rushed to him with anxious faces. .
Wu Zimian's expression changed and he hurriedly took the official document from Jiazhou from the soldiers.
After reading the above content, he stood up from his seat with an ugly face and walked back and forth in the room alone.
The soldiers in the room did not dare to speak, and stood by him respectfully with their hands hanging down.
"Send someone to Baishui to deliver a message to General You Shen, who is suppressing the bandits in Baishui, and ask him to come back with troops immediately." Wu Zimian told the soldiers who came in to deliver the message.
The soldier immediately left the room after receiving the order.
"General, do you want to send someone to find Deputy General Li? The bandits came so suddenly, so we must inform Deputy General Li." said the soldier accompanying Wu Zimian.
After hearing this, Wu Zimian thought for a while and said: "He left more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Yansui Town in Shanxi. We don't know what the court will do with him, so we don't want to inform him about this incident. "
"There are many generals in Yulin who have close relations with the Li family. Wouldn't it be bad if we didn't inform him?" the soldier said cautiously.
Wu Zimian frowned when he heard this.
Although he is the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town, he does not have the final say in Yansui Town alone. There are many soldiers below, and the largest force among them is deputy commander-in-chief Li Kaiyang. He can almost compete with him as the commander-in-chief in Yulin. Compete in strength.
"General, Deputy General Li is here."
At this time, a servant in the mansion ran into the room panting and brought the news to Wu Zimian that Li Kaiyang came to the door.
At this time, the soldier next to him said: "It should be that Deputy General Li has also received news from Jiazhou."
"Bring people in!" Wu Zimian ordered his servants, then walked back to his seat and sat down.
Not long after, Li Kaiyang strode in from outside.
"Something big has happened, General Wu. The Yinzhou Pass is in danger. The bandits have invaded Jiazhou." Li Kaiyang, who had just entered the room, looked at Wu Zimian and opened his mouth.
Wu Zimian said calmly: "This general has also received the news and is preparing to send someone to ask Deputy General Li to come over to discuss sending troops to support Yinzhou Pass."
"We must hurry up and send troops to support Yinzhou Pass. Once Yinzhou Pass is lost, the bandit army will be able to march straight into Yulin City. By then, just a few border forts along the way may not be able to stop the bandit army." Li Kaiyang agreed with his face. nodded.
After saying that, he walked to the empty seat next to him and sat down.
Wu Zimian asked: "Who does Deputy General Li think is appropriate to send to reinforce Yinzhou Pass?"
"The thieves of the Tiger Character Banner are different from ordinary bandits. They are not that easy to deal with. It stands to reason that an experienced general should be sent to Yinzhou Pass to take charge." Li Kaiyang thought for a moment and then said, "Send General You Shi How about going to Yinzhou Pass?"
Upon hearing the person recommended by Li Kaiyang, Wu Zimian frowned slightly and said, "General You Shen is currently encircling and suppressing the second-class bandit Wang in the Baishui area. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back in time."
"If You Shichang can't do it, then let Wang Youqi go to Yinzhou Pass. With him stationed at Yinzhou Pass, the invading bandits may not be able to capture Yinzhou Pass for a while." Li Kaiyang recommended another person.
Wu Zimian shook his head again and said: "Wang Youyi is leading troops to chase down the traitor Wang Jiayin in Fugu County. Counting the time, I am afraid that he has already arrived in Suidezhou. Even if someone is notified now, it will be difficult to get back to Yinzhou in time. close."
"If these two people are not good, I can't think of any better candidates for a while. There is no delay in Yinzhou Pass, so why don't General Wu make a choice?" Li Kaiyang looked at Wu Zimian and said.
Wu Zimian looked thoughtful.
It was much easier to deal with the bandits in Shaanxi than in Datong, so he sent all his men out to deal with the civil unrest of the two kings.
For a while, he didn't have any suitable people to go to Yinzhou Pass to take charge.
"Time waits for no one. If we delay for a quarter of an hour, Yinzhou Pass will be more dangerous. General Wu must decide in advance the generals who will support Yinzhou Pass." Li Kaiyang urged.
He was naturally well aware of Wu Zimian's difficulties.
When Wang Er rebelled in Chengcheng, he was reluctantly sent out by Wu Zi to deal with the Tiger Banner army in Shanxi. As a result, more than 10,000 troops were annihilated in Taiyuan Prefecture, and many people who were closely related to the Li family were killed. The general and even himself became a prisoner of the Tiger Flag.
Wu Zimian relied on his status as the commander-in-chief to stay in Yansui Town on the grounds of civil unrest, and left the task of suppressing the civil unrest led by Wang Er to the generals who were friendly with the general military office.
Such an arrangement naturally made him, the deputy commander, feel uncomfortable.
"Send Wei Weicheng!" Wu Zimian looked at Li Kaiyang and said.
After hearing this candidate, Li Kaiyang hesitated and asked, "How many troops and horses are appropriate to give him?"
"Three thousand, if there are any more, the garrison in Yulin City will be empty." Wu Zimian said.
Li Kaiyang spread his hands and said, "I have no objection."
"Okay, I'll give an order to Wei Weicheng right now, telling him to arrive before the bandits arrive to break Yinzhou Pass." Wu Zimian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Kaiyang didn't object.
Wei Weicheng was also a guerrilla general who was close to the Li family. When he proposed this candidate, he was afraid that Li Kaiyang would be different, but he did not expect that the other party had no objection.
At this moment, he suddenly admired Li Kaiyang. At the critical moment, Li Kaiyang still had righteousness in his heart. At this point, he felt that he was not as good as Li Kaiyang.
The order to mobilize troops was personally delivered to Wei Wei's camp by Wu Zimian's personal soldiers.
"I have fought against the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner. Their firearms are very sharp and they are good at attacking cities. The three thousand soldiers and horses brought by Wei Wei City may not be able to hold on to Yinzhou Pass for too long. Commander Wu must make other plans in time. ." Li Kaiyang reminded.
General Wu pursed his lips and asked hesitantly: "Are the Tiger Banner's bandits really that powerful?"
He has been in Yansui Town for a long time. He has mostly heard about the Tiger Flag and has never actually fought against it. Every time he heard someone talk about it, he always felt that he was exaggerating to cover up his defeat.
"It's very powerful." Li Kaiyang said seriously, "The main army of Tiger Character Banner is their several combat divisions, and each combat division carries hundreds of cannons, and each cannon is no more powerful than the general. The cannon is small, but with so many big cannons, whether it is used in sieges or field battles, the advantages can be imagined."
As he said that, he glanced at Wu Zimian.
Although the other party was too selfish in doing things, he was from the army after all. He believed that the other party would not fail to understand the advantages of hundreds of generals.
"How can a bandit have so many cannons?" Wu Zimian frowned.
