Lu Xiangsheng's direct battalion has been out of Yanghe for two days. One sect general and two guerrillas, five or six garrison commanders and garrison commanders, and the central officers have led more than 3,200 people out of Yanghe.

The inspector Wang Ruhuai and Needing followed out, and the commander was the military supervisor.

After closing the city gate for half a day, the road to Xinpingbao was blocked, directly cutting off all internal and external news, but Lu Xiangsheng did not feel relieved. He knew that Hutchison's intelligence work had always been very outstanding, and this simple and crude method was unlikely to truly cut off internal and external news in Xinpingbao.

On September 22, Hong Chengchou left Datong and led his troops to Yanghe. At the same time, he ordered Huang Degong and other generals to guard the border walls and various forts along the border. On the same day, Fu Zonglong, the governor of Xuanfu, also received a secret order from the court. In addition to mobilizing the governor of Xuanfu to guard the border walls, he also ordered various towns to guard the border. Zhou Yuji, the deputy general stationed in Zhangjiakou, led his troops to guard the border. He was also ordered to guard the troops in Xinpingbao and cooperated with Datong's troops to suppress Zhang Han and remember everyone.

The forts along the border had already strengthened the defense and garrison. Now, the orders have passed, from the border gate to the Khukou, and then to the Huamen Fort of Baopingbao. The military forts, Huoludun and military platforms have all been ordered to be martial law, and the soldiers are waiting for swords. In addition to preventing Zhang Han and others from escaping over the border wall, they must also be careful of strong enemies from the north coming to break through the gate to save people.

Within a few days, from Datong to Xuanfu, at least more than 30,000 people were directly mobilized. In addition to the troops guarding the border forts, Xuanda and the two towns mobilized more than 50,000 people, including the three border governors, the governors of Xuanda, the governors of Jiliao, Jizhen, Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, Yulin, Shaanxi, and Gansu towns, many governors, governors, generals, deputy generals, guerrillas, governors, commanders, and garrisons, all the way to the thousand-president. I don’t know how many people were running around, and how much effort was used in the court to pay attention to this matter!

By September 25, when the army was approaching Xinpingbao, Lu Xiangsheng received information dozens of miles west of Yanghe, and Hong Chengchou and others had led their troops to approach Yanghe Acropolis.

According to the officers and soldiers' courses, it will take about four days to arrive at Xinping Fort, which is already almost the time. Lu Xiangsheng knew that the situation was urgent, and his own subordinates had been ordered to rush to Xinping Fort, at least they had to surround the generals. At the same time, he ordered the garrisons in the Huamen Fort to be careful. If they found that the people in Xinping Fort tried to cross the wall and cross the fort, they could bombard them with small cannons on the castle. If the number of people was not large, they would be dispatched to disperse the formation, so that the people in Xinping Fort could gather and come out.

At the same time, the most important thing is that Zhou Yuji's troops in Zhangjiakou, with more than 3,000 elite troops, rushed to patrol the area of ​​the northern wall of Xinpingbao. When they encountered the enemy, they would fight against them and prevent a single living person from escaping.

After making various measures, Lu Xiangsheng felt a little relieved.

But he had not received any news from Xinpingbao for two days, and Lai Tongxin did not report it. At the same time, Wang and Li Erguard did not send anyone to send the news.

The subordinates sent to the public road patrols on both sides of the Baiyang River did not send any useful information, and the Xinpingbao area was still a fog.

What is gratifying is that Zhou Yuji and others acted very quickly. Many whistle cavalry had already rushed to the vicinity of Pingyuan and Baoping forts. Several military platforms and dozens of Huolutong in the north of Xinping Fort were guarded and began to guard against the northern grasslands to move south. According to observations over the past few days, no Mongol cavalry or herders were found in the area of ​​at least 500 miles east and west, nor did they find Hutchison's army.

Only a small number of Hutchison's rogues confronted the Ming army in the border wall on the north side of the grassland. Both sides maintained restraint. The Ming army had no intention of pursuing, and the Hutchison's rogue did not plan to assemble or go deeper. After the confrontation between the two sides, Hutchison's sentry decisively retreated northward and disappeared into the long grass above the knee.

Lu Xiangsheng did not feel at ease with such a report.

If people stand at a high place and look down, you will know why Xinping Fort, Baoping, Pingyuan, and Huamen Forts are built here. You can see that from the west to the Shahu Fort, to Zhenqiang Fort at the north end, to Datong Zhencheng and Forts at the south, Xujiazhuang Forts at the middle line, Weizhou, Guangling, Lingqiu and other places, the entire Datong and Xuanfu seem to be hidden by mountains. There are high mountains at the west to the east, from the northwest to the southwest, to the northeast, and to the northeast to the southeast, from the Helan Mountains to the west, the Yinshan Mountains at the middle end, and the Luliang Mountains and the Taihang Mountains at the southeast.

There are many mountains in northern Shanxi, and only the northern end of the forts intersect with the grassland boundary, presenting a landform where mountains and plains meet. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty built several most important official roads between the mountains and plains along Datong and the forts. The most important thing is the road from Datong to Zhangjiakou and from Zhangjiakou to the capital.

The famous Zijing Pass is the intersection of the Yinshan Mountains and Yanshan Mountains. It is located at the junction of the two major mountain systems. If you enter from Zijing Pass, you can quickly march into the capital, because after entering the pass, the terrain will be quite easy to move around and it is easy to march quickly.

It's okay to defeat the main force of the Ming army at Tumu Fort that year, and then entered the pass from Zijing Pass and forced the capital. There were many military towns such as Xuan Town and did not fight at all.

If this major event is not going well, Hutchison enters the Great Wall defense line from Xinpingbao area and goes straight to the capital along the official road. Then it is like cutting off a corner of the eastern part, more than ten military forts in the shape of the northern Shanxi-shaped defense, and the guards of the Xuanfu family were all over the way. With the troops of Xuanfu family, more than 10,000 soldiers were directly forced to Xinpingbao. More than 10,000 people were patrolling and guarding the border walls, that is, mountains to grassland landforms. Once things were not going well, the garrisons on the western side of the capital would be instantly empty. What Lu Xiangsheng was most worried about was that Hutchison was officially breaking with the Ming Dynasty through this matter, and Xuanfu and Datong areas became the first target of the attack.

The emperor's idea was to let go of the west side, in Yulin, Gansu, and entangled Hutchison soldiers, but Hutchison was not stupid. Why didn't he directly capture Xuanda and Jizhen and surrounded the capital directly?

The Ming Dynasty capital was protected by the nine-sided soldiers and horses. The Beijing camp was no longer useful, and the city walls and firearms could barely defend the city. However, once Xuanda was divided, the only one Liao Zhen soldiers could rely on. However, the Liao Zhen soldiers had to be guarded against the Later Jin Jurchens, and they could not all enter the pass to serve the king. Once this method was adopted by Hutchison, it would be equivalent to putting a cage on the head of the capital, and the entire Ming Dynasty would be in danger of being beheaded in an instant.

With a very heavy thought, Lu Xiangsheng led his staff and some officials and civilians from Yanghe to the west for more than 30 miles. When he saw the flags of the Datong Town Army and the Fumo soldiers, it was already dim.

Calculate the time and it is estimated that the army will not arrive in Xinpingbao within four days, and Lu Xiangsheng felt even more anxious.

Hong Chengchou also changed to riding a horse. He was from a southerner and could even ride a sedan chair, but it was a bit difficult to ride a horse. When Lu Xiangsheng, who was tall and handsome, led people to welcome the left side of the road, Hong Chengchou's central officer reported to him. The governor stopped and turned over immediately after the war.

Several elders followed him forward to serve him, carefully helped Hong Chengchou down, and everyone met and saluted by the road.

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and bowed on the right, and Hong Chengchou returned the ceremony on the left side of the Tao. Later, someone knelt down in the middle to pay tribute. Hong Chengchou received the ceremony in the middle and bowed back to the ceremony.

Many people and heroes were far away, and they were not qualified to advance as they watched the army come and dust flew.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Lu." Hong Chengchou was wearing a red silk robe and black gauze replenishment. The snow-white lining was stained with a lot of dust. When he dismounted, Hong Chengchou brushed it up several times. After returning the gift, Hong Chengchou did not have much politeness. After a perfunctory sentence, he asked: "Students traveled eastward and saw frequent reports. There was no news about Xinpingbao. Can Lord Lu have new news here?"

"No." Lu Xiangsheng said: "It is said that he met Li Guoqi, the governor, and only responded to isolate the traffic between the east and west. The sentry cavalry went north to the side wall for dozens of miles. He also saw that the Xuanfu soldiers came from the east, and they should be the forward cavalry. There was no news or abnormality everywhere. Some passing people were either detained or in charge of the company, and they were not allowed to leave at will, and the news was leaked."

Hong Chengchou listened to Lu Xiangsheng's report very carefully. The information was similar to the reports he received not long ago. Generally speaking, a large number of troops who had not been found on the northern border went south, and there was no abnormality in Xinpingbao.

The surrounding forts and border walls are already covered with soldiers. If a person wants to sneak out, he may have three chances. If dozens or hundreds of people want to sneak over the border wall, that is absolutely impossible.

On the nine sides are military regions arranged along the old Great Wall line. From Gansu to Yulin, large areas of land are either built with city walls, equipped with military-Taiwan Forts, or with Yanchi Desert as the boundary, supplemented by cities and military forts.

In Datong, many military forts are built on the mountain, supplemented by the old Great Wall and the Great Wall that was self-studied by the Ming Dynasty. It is a huge pass. Although it is not as magnificent as the edge of Jizhen, it is not bad in terms of defense.

With such a defense system, it is quite difficult to sneak a person. Hundreds and thousands of people want to pass through the border, unless the defending general and the defending soldiers are dead, or are completely bribed by Hutchison, this is possible.

If you think about it carefully, whether it is Fu Zonglong, Zhou Yuji, or the generals along the border, they are mostly transferred from the capital or other military towns. They are not long after, and the management is very strict, and all parts belong to each other. If you want to do such a traitor, you need to trust each other. After all, you are taking risks with your head. If you think about it this way, there should be no such possibility.

In this way, Zhang Han seems to be really a turtle in the jar and has no chance to escape?

Hong Chengchou felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart. Zhang Han has been famous for many years. When he was a student in Datong, he knew that Zhang Han was also the best at Hutchison's senior management.

These people act in a well-organized manner and have considerations in their work. Not to mention that Zhang Han himself cannot put himself and his family in a dangerous place and ultimately have no way to escape, as for the senior leaders of Hutchison, how could they easily give up their highest leader? With Zhang Han, Hutchison has the possibility of concealing the world. Without Zhang Han, even if it is difficult to protect himself, even if the senior leaders of Hutchison have ambitions, they will not be unable to see this?

This idea is just an inference, but then I thought that there was no news in Xinpingbao. Even if things were not going well, Lai Tongxin should have sent someone to deliver the letter. How could there be no news?

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou felt even more uneasy!

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Chapter completed!