I believe that those who know a little about history know the importance of Shanhaiguan are very clear. Looking at the history of China, there were only tens of thousands of Qing troops, but they were able to reach the capital and compete for the Central Plains. The biggest reason is that Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and led the Qing army into the pass. The pass mentioned here is actually Shanhaiguan.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Shanhaiguan specially set up a Guanning Iron Cavalry to protect Shanhaiguan. Jiangxia, who knew the importance of Shanhaiguan, set up a double insurance in Shanhaiguan.

At Shanhaiguan, Jiangxia set up a Xiongwu Army, including 40,000 elite combat soldiers and 20,000 cavalry. Such troops can basically be protected by Shanhaiguan. In order to seek insurance, he also set up a Jianzhou Guard in Yongping Prefecture with 50,000 troops as a support place for Shanhaiguan.

Among these two soldiers, there were a large number of children from the martial arts hall. Logically speaking, even if there was a chaos in the Ming Dynasty, these children from the martial arts hall would definitely be able to guard Shanhaiguan. Jiang Xia was very confident about this.

So when Xie Tengfei reported that Shanhaiguan had been lost and Yongping Mansion was also broken, Jiang Xia's first reaction was the first impossible.

Of course, this is a kind of emotional idea. Rationality tells Jiang Xia that Xie Tengfei will never be aimless. If he had not asked clearly, he would never have reported it to himself.

Jiang Xia frowned, and he pulled the reins and said, "Let's go! Take me to ask."

"Yes!" Xie Tengfei responded, and immediately turned his head and said, "Please, sir."

Jiang Xia followed Xie Tengfei to the front of the team, and 30,000 people came out of the capital, and now the number has increased to nearly 70,000. Therefore, the team's marching line is very long.

After Jiang Xia came to the front of the team, he saw a wave of refugees gathering together. There were soldiers surrounding him to prevent them from escaping. However, they were gnawing dry food, and they knew it was a marching bread at a glance.

"General!" Xie Tengfei shouted deeply and immediately retreated around the refugees. When the refugees heard the word "general", they hurriedly got up from the spot and knelt down to Jiang Xia and said, "See General, please spare your life. We are just refugees who have escaped. All the valuable things on them have been robbed by bandits on the road. Please let us save our lives."

Jiang Xia took out a stack of Daming treasure banknotes from his arms, and threw them in front of the group of refugees, saying, "Tell me the news about Shanhaiguan and Yongping Mansion in a complete manner. If you have agreed, you will all belong to you. If you don't say it well, just kill me!"

Jiang Xia said that he was so murderous intent. In fact, he had no intention of killing them at all, but just scaring them. But who is Jiang Xia? He has been in a high position for a long time, and any look in his eyes can make people feel great pressure, not to mention that he also said, "Kill without any consequences."

Without thinking about it, these refugees quickly started talking. If ordinary people were ordinary people, they would definitely let them stop and then say one by one. But Jiang Xia did not. He listened carefully and distinguished. From these people's mouths, he could roughly have already heard the situation of Shanhaiguan and Yongping Prefecture.

It turned out that there was a rebellion inside the defenders of Shanhaiguan. Some people wanted to take their troops to surrender to the Tatars, so they fought with another group of people who were guarding Shanhaiguan. During the fight between the two sides, the Tatars took advantage of this opportunity to break through Shanhaiguan.

Then the Xiongwu Army began to split, and only a few people who claimed to be "military children" fought with the Tatars in Shanhaiguan for a whole day, and finally the entire army was wiped out.

However, their sacrifice was not of no use at all. The people near Shanhaiguan took this opportunity to retreat safely. At the same time, Yongping Prefecture also received news and was ready to fight the Tatar army. But for some reason, the Tatar army was very familiar with the terrain of Yongping Prefecture. A Tatar soldier entered the city of Yongping Prefecture from somewhere, and cooperated with the Tatar army outside Yongping Prefecture to break through Yongping Prefecture in one fell swoop.

Now the Tatar army is rushing towards Jizhou Prefecture, obviously preparing to attack the capital and take the opportunity to seize the Central Plains.

After hearing these refugees' words, Jiang Xia could not believe that the news of the collapse of Shanhaiguan and Yongping Mansion was no longer possible. He took a deep breath and suddenly felt that things were a little tricky.

There are three difficult aspects. First, Shanhaiguan and Yongping Prefecture were destroyed, and it was really difficult to block the Tatar army with Jizhou Prefecture. Second, the Tatar army was able to instigate the guards of Shanhaiguan without knowing it, and could find a secret passage to enter the Yongping Prefecture. This means that there is a person who is very familiar with the Ming border on the Tatar army. Jiang Xia is not sure who this person is, but Jiang Xia guessed that this person was definitely not a simple person in the Ming Dynasty in the past.

Third, Jiangxia must not allow the Tatar army to attack the capital. Now, all forces on the periphery of the capital are eyeing it. Jiangxia relies on his past prestige to shock those forces until now. But if the Tatar army kills the capital, the situation will be completely different. Other forces from the Ming Dynasty will definitely take the opportunity to attack the capital and get a share of the pie.

So Jiang Xia could not hesitate at the moment. He made a quick decision: "From the order, the entire army marched at full speed. Be sure to arrive at Jizhou Prefecture before dark!"

"Yes!" Xie Tengfei also knew that the situation was urgent, so he should order him to send an order immediately in the future.

The war horses galloped and the infantry ran. Tens of thousands of soldiers immediately began to move forward at full speed. Fortunately, Jiangxia and the others were not far from Jizhou. Even though it was approaching dusk, they still arrived at Jizhou Prefecture when it was dark.

In the past, Jizhou Prefecture had been controlled by the people of Zhenshuowei. After Jiang Xia and the others arrived, they immediately took the commander of Zhenshuowei to rescue the prefect of Jizhou Prefecture and Xia Jialin.

In the cellar of a wealthy courtyard in the city, Jiang Xia took the commander from Zhenshuowei to meet Xia Jialin. Xia Jialin had met Jiang Xia before, and strictly counted that Xia Jialin should also be a member of the Jiang clan.

So when Jiang Xia walked down the cellar and saw Xia Jialin, Xia Jialin was slightly stunned, and then immediately knelt on the ground and saluted Jiang Xia and said, "I am the uncle Xia Jialin, please come to the emperor, I wish my emperor a long life."

Jiang Xia nodded, reached out to help Xia Jialin and said, "Mr. Xia, I've made you suffer."

The commander looked at Jiang Xia with a look of ghosts and shouted tremblingly: "Emperor... Emperor?"

Jiang Xia looked at the commander and smiled and said, "Is it true that I have not kneeled down yet? Do you know that it is a death sentence?"

The commander was shocked and subconsciously prepared to kneel down. But Jiang Xia slapped his head with a palm and said lightly: "It's too late to kneel now..."
Chapter completed!