The moonlight is like water, shining on the cold earth.

The trees in the mountains have all fallen leaves, leaving only bare branches. When the cold wind blows over the cold night, they are swaying like strange monsters painted on the painting.

Cheng Fang, Xu Ming and others were wearing armor, and there were a large group of soldiers in front of them. Everyone was spraying white air from their noses. Everyone was holding back and did not stomp their feet or rub their hands to keep warm.

It is not easy to dispatch troops from several large villages to more than ten miles of mountains. There are also many mountain roads on the mountain that have been repaired in recent years, and you can use war horses to speed up. Even so, after knowing that the court would send troops from Jinzhou to cooperate, the dispatch on the mountain was quite nervous... Fortunately, I caught up before the appointment.

Hutchison not only trained his warriors in less than one regiment, but also constantly trained the soldiers of other troops on the mountain. At the same time, the trained officers and soldiers were constantly being sent to Kuandian or transferred to other troops. After all, Zhang Han had no intention of making a big move here in Shisan Mountain. Who knew what would happen when the Later Jin side was cut off or threatened to contact the Mongolian divisions... Shisan Mountain is a nail, just keep the identity of the nail before it takes effect.

But Yang Er and many leaders did not agree very much. They had no doubts about handing over command during normal training and were willing to be loyal to Hu Ji, but they were still looking forward to cooperating with the Ming Dynasty. It would be best to open up a gap less than 200 miles between the Thirteen Mountains and Jinzhou, drive away the garrisoned Later Jin soldiers, start farming and defense at the foot of the mountain, and slowly build some small castles until they have enough strength before restoring Guangning.

On the one hand, they are all from Guangning, and whenever they see the destroyed city at the foot of the mountain, they feel extremely heartbroken. On the other hand, everyone is eager to make achievements and be granted official positions. Most of them are military households for generations, and the official positions of the court are quite attractive to them.

If the Later Jin Dynasty had always maintained a strong siege force, even if there was a strong army to protect the grain road dozens or hundreds of miles away, the people on the mountain would not have any ideas. However, in the past two months, the trade volume of the Later Jin Dynasty on Hutchison has gradually decreased to a negligible level, and the army to protect the grain road has also dropped from a few thousand people at the peak to a level of patrolling along the way of Niulu.

The troops guarding Guangning and Shisanshan areas also dropped to about 3,000, and perhaps less than 3,000.

Moreover, a large number of elite cavalry wearing silver armor or small flags on their backs and wearing bright or dark armor kept leaving, and most of the ones that were added were flags wearing ordinary cotton armor or non-armored flags.

This change was quite obvious, and the hearts of the people on the mountain also became floating, so Cheng Fang and Yang Yi had a trip to close the door.

The new Jingluo was able to agree to the request from the mountain with great pleasure, which made Yang Er and others excited, break the encirclement, clear out the Donglu Banners, behead and report, and restore Guangning.

One great achievement seems to be within reach, even on such a cold winter night, it can still make people feel hot.

"Damn." Yang Yi walked over slowly, trying not to make his armor sound too loudly. He was spraying white breath in his mouth and said to Cheng Fang: "God, this was still warm a few days ago, but it suddenly became cold."

"It's going to snow." Cheng Fang was very determined and said with a smile.

"It's about to fall snow." Yang Yi frowned and said, "It's not conducive to the army's operations."

Yang Er also came over. In recent years, he was nominally the highest leader and the leader of the battle on the mountain for many years. He had a sense of dignity, tall and thin, and contained strength. He grabbed the sword on his waist with his right hand, showing a little nervousness.

Yang Er looked around. The soldiers here were all directly affiliated with Hutchison. Most of the soldiers with more than 2,000 people were wearing armor, a small number of mail and cotton armor. Some officers were wearing thick breastplates. On the winter night under the moonlight, they shone with strange iron light.

Yang Er said in a knife: "Today is the third day of the 10th month. We are 170 miles apart from the vanguard in Jinzhou. The enemy soldiers are on both sides of the official road between Jinzhou and Shisan Mountains. There are two lines of defense. The barbarians are lined up in sequence. The enemy cavalry often come out to provoke and hunt, and often fight small-scale battles with the cavalry in Jinzhou. Both sides have their own victory or defeat..."

Yang Er pondered: "This battle can be fought, but even if it is not good, it can also be asked to retreat with the enemy cavalry!"

Everyone was excited, and a leader clasped his fists at Cheng Fang and Xu Ming and said, "Thanks to Hutchison in recent years, we also regard ourselves as Hutchison. Even if we are granted an official position by the court, as long as Lord Zhang gives the order, we will be a bitch!"

Everyone laughed out loud with laughter and laughed out loud with the leaders of this small group, all of whom looked sincerely happy.

The deputy commander of the regiment, Ren Mu, was not very happy and whispered: "Look at the appearance of these bastards, it's like they get a black hat. I don't think about what will happen if they don't have us!"

Cheng Fangheng glanced at Ren Mu. Such words that destroy unity can be thought of in my heart, and it is unnecessary to say it.

The leaders who stayed now are actually the result of the big waves washing away the sand. Those guys who were ungrateful or had a different ambition at both ends had been dealt with by Zhao Lide secretly, or died accidentally, or they accidentally fell off the cliff, or even accidentally ate unclean things and got diarrhea. There were more than 20,000 people on the mountain, but most of them were farm soldiers who were cultivated. The number of soldiers was cut by half, and only less than 6,000 were left. Among them, two thousand were directly affiliated with Hutchison. Yang Er and others' troops were also completely consistent with Hutchison, and they also absorbed a lot of Hutchison officers.

It can be said that apart from these leaders' thoughts of being loyal to the Ming Dynasty, there is no difference between the soldiers at the middle and lower levels and those at Hutchison.

Now if Cheng Fang gave the order, except for Yang Er who had always been authoritative and image, most of the leaders would probably not be able to save their subordinates, and they would just be pulled over with a loud bang.

Of course, Cheng Fang would not do this if it was not necessary... It was Zhang Han's intention to keep Yang Er and others on the cards. The court was unlikely to allow a Thirteen Mountains that were completely controlled by Hutchison. If that was true, the Jurchens could withdraw. The next one to besiege the Ming army of Liaozhen should be the Ming army in Liaozhen.

"Today is already the second grade of junior high school." Yang Er continued with some confusion: "But there was no movement at all."

The soldiers and horses on the mountain gathered urgently, but they only took less than a day to assemble, and then they had been deployed at Xixinkou for half a day.

At the same time, a small number of elite soldiers, including cavalry, were sent to try to infiltrate and harass the Jurchens. This was a warm-up preparation before a large-scale war.

The vanguards completed their mission very well. In the first half of the night, the Jurchens had more than ten miles of defense line, and there were fire and shouts everywhere, and the fighting kept shouting. In the second half of the night, the vanguards retreated in dew. Almost everyone was injured and suffered considerable damage, but it had a considerable impact on the Jurchens' defense system, effectively involving the deployment and defense system of the Later Jin soldiers.

At least below the mountain road and near several small valleys, that is, outside the suburbs of the Ximen in Guangning’s abandoned city, the Jurchens’ deployment strength was severely weakened.

Although the opponent's generals would also judge that they were suspicious soldiers, after a large-scale harassment, it is inevitable that they would make corresponding strengthening deployments in the most intense places. Cheng Fang and others took advantage of the mentality of the opponent's generals to attack the lesser the harassment in the places where the main force was about to raid, which also led to the relatively weak force of the opponent's troops.

"There is no way." Yang Yi also stood up, lying on his back for a long time and the sky was extremely cold, which was inevitable that it was a bit unbearable. He also tightly squeezed the hilt of his sword around his waist and said in a deep voice: "Who told the soldiers from western Liaoning to only come over the old official road. They do not have the ability to cross-country and long-distance marching."

The Ming army in western Liaoning really did not have this ability. For example, the long-term training of the Thirteen Mountains garrison, including the difficult subjects of mountain infantry, is simply impossible for the battalions and soldiers in the Ming army in western Liaoning. Even the general Needing would not take the initiative to receive such arduous training.

Ming Jun prefers to practice horse riding and shooting skills, as well as fighting skills, and in addition to fighting, strengthening his strength and fighting skills.

These are all abilities that can save lives during wars, and it is normal to practice hard.

But this also made the Ming army completely unable to force or marching on complex terrain... First, there is no such training and experience, unless it is for escaping life, and second, the supply capacity is quite tragic. If soldiers have to walk with their own food for the next ten days, you can't expect them to walk too fast.

In any case, the agreement was made ten days in advance, and the mountain only obtained the exact news after the Ming army had been on the road for nearly ten days... The main reason was that the Later Jin side still tried to cut off the connection between the Thirteen Mountains and the western Liaoning. Although the nail was not as eager as before, its blockade ability had also decreased, there were still many restrictions on the communication of information.

After an emergency gathering on the mountain, he pulled down the main force and carried out a large-scale harassment, he still could not see the main force of the Ming army. This made Yang Yi and others unable to help but become anxious.

"Don't be anxious." Cheng Fang comforted Yang Yi instead: "You and I have been in the army, and I know what the long-distance marching is going on. However, this time the number of soldiers in the battalion was not large, and the main components were cavalrymen of the Iron Cavalry Battalion. I believe they will arrive soon."

"Okay." Yang Yi lay down again and said after a long time: "I think it's better to ask the soldiers to lift the highest alert level and do some movements and rest, right?"

"Of course." All the officers present answered in unison.

"It's snowing, it's okay for us. It's probably a severe test for the Ming Dynasty King." Yang Er didn't say anything, but pointed to the sky. Sure enough, under the bright moonlight, the snowflakes of the fifth winter of the Age of the Five Years fell down.
Chapter completed!