Jiannu fled, and the two armies met successfully, and the soldiers cheered and thundered.

A young general with a burly figure and outstanding appearance surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers and bowed in front of Wang Pu, clasped his fists and said, "You must be Wang Pu, the general of Datong, right?"

Wang Pu hurriedly clasped his fists and replied, "I dare not, I am going to go."

The general smiled happily and said, "I am in Yutian Cao Bian Jiao, and I will come to pick him up according to the order of Lord Hong, the governor of Ji Liao. I am sorry I will be too late to come down."

"Where are there," Wang Pu hurriedly said, "General Cao came at the right time. I would like to thank General Cao for his help."

"Hey." Cao Bianjiao said casually, "You and I are both generals of the Ming Dynasty. It is appropriate to help each other. Why should General Wang thank you?"

Wang Pu said solemnly: "No matter what, thanks to General Cao's rescue this time, my Datong Army was not wiped out. I have recorded this friendship and will be rewarded in the future."

"General Wang said this and saw it."

Cao Bianjiao said this and continued: "Jiannu may make a comeback at any time. It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. General Wang should hurry up and clean up his troops and follow me to Songshan. The Supervisor is still waiting for news in Songshan City."

Wang Pu turned around and said to Zhao Wuzhu, the deputy general behind him, "Zhao Wuzhu, go and rectify the troops and head towards Songshan."

"yes."

Zhao Wuzhu agreed and took the order.

Wang Pu said to Cao Bianjiao again: "General Cao, have all the troops from all walks of life arrived?"

Cao Bianjiao nodded and said, "Previously, General Wang, all the generals of the eight towns have arrived. Now I'm waiting for a decisive battle with Jiannu."

"All of them are here?"

"Well, more than 100,000 troops have all gathered outside Songshan City."

Wang Pu's brows couldn't help but frowned.

Wang Pu's previous life was a historical mystery, and he was particularly fascinated by this history in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

[According to Wang Pu's understanding of the history of the Ming and Qing wars, Hong Chengchou had a great chance to win the Battle of Songshan, but because of Emperor Chongzhen's wrong command, Hong Chengchou was forced to give up his protracted war plan and rashly advance to Songshan to fight Jiannu to the decisive battle, and finally lost this strategic decisive battle related to the national destiny of the Ming Empire.

At that time, Jiannu had the maneuverability of cavalry. Hong Chengchou learned from Yang Hao's lessons of attacking and defeating Sarhu, and ordered the 130,000 Ming troops to be firmly held together, not giving Jiannu a chance to defeat them. However, too much was not enough, Hong Chengchou made another mistake. He gathered all the main forces outside Songshan City and did not leave enough troops to protect the food and supplies in the rear.

Jiannu bypassed more than 100,000 main force of the Ming army and captured Bijia Mountain where the Ming army stationed grain. The Ming army's food road was cut off and suddenly fell into a desperate situation.

Hong Chengchou was unwilling to withdraw his troops and wanted to fight Jiannu quickly, but six of his eight generals had their own ulterior motives. That night, Wang Pu, who was afraid of death, fled first. Shanhaiguan General Ma Ke, Miyun General Tang Tong, and Ningyuan General Wu Sangui were unwilling to fall behind, and led his troops to escape one after another. Jiannu took advantage of the situation to pursue him, and the Ming army was defeated like a mountain.]

Thinking of this, Wang Pu couldn't help but turn around and shouted to Xiaoqi, the trusted general, and said, "Xiaoqi, prepare for the horse."

Xiaoqi did not dare to neglect and hurriedly led Wang Pu's white horse over.

Cao Bianjiao said in surprise: "General Wang, are you?"

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "General Cao, more than 100,000 troops have gathered outside Songshan City. However, Xingshan, Tashan and Bijiashan in the rear are not protected by heavy troops. If Jiannu explores the truth of our army and sends cavalry to capture Bijiashan, our food route will be cut off, and the consequences will be unimaginable! I want to rush to Songshan as soon as possible to report to the Chief Supervisor."

"Oh, yes, if Jiannu cut off the food route of our army, it would be a big problem." Cao Bianjiao's face changed drastically, "This matter is not bad, I'll go with you."

At that moment, the two of them arranged for the deputy general to lead the army to march towards Songshan, and then abandoned the army and only brought more than ten cavalry and personal soldiers to jump into Songshan.

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Songshan City, the headquarters of the Governor of Ji Liao.

Hong Chengchou was paced back and forth anxiously, looking back from time to time outside the door. Tang Shijie, the trusted man, heated a bowl of ginseng soup and made it cold for several times. Hong Chengchou didn't even take a sip.

A burst of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door. Hong Chengchou hurriedly turned around and asked, "Is General Manager Cao back?"

"It's the last general."

In the bright voice, Cao Bianjiao walked in quickly.

Wang Pu followed Cao Bianjiao to the headquarters, clasped his fists and bowed to Hong Chengchou, "Last general Wang Pu, please see the governor."

"Hurry and don't give me a gift." Hong Chengchou asked Wang Pu repeatedly, "General Wang, how are your casualties?"

Wang Pu said: "Fortunately, since General Cao's reinforcements arrived in time, there were not many casualties."

"That's good, that's good." Hong Chengchou breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "Now that the generals of the eight towns have arrived, our army has a slight advantage in terms of military strength. It is time for Jiannu to taste the power of our Ming border army."

Wang Pu looked at Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao understood and said, "Sir, I don't know if I should say it?"

Hong Chengchou said: "Just say anything if you have anything to say."

Cao Bianjiao said: "Our army's food, grass and supplies are all stored on Bijia Mountain, and there is no heavy army protection. If Jiannu sent a light cavalry to bypass Songshan and suddenly attack Bijia Mountain, our army's food route might be cut off by Jiannu. If this is the case, the problem will be serious. Therefore, I think that heavy army should be sent to protect Bijia Mountain's food."

"Ah?" Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard this, "If General Cao hadn't reminded me, I would have almost missed a big deal. Come on, come on."

Tang Shijie hurried into the study and asked, "What are the instructions for sir?"

"Hurry." Hong Chengchou said repeatedly, "Go and notify the general of Jizhou Bai Guangen, and let him lead five thousand elite soldiers to Bijia Mountain quickly."

"Sir, it's not good!"

As soon as Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Deputy General Xia Chengde had already brought a blood-filled soldier into the study. The soldier knelt in front of Hong Chengchou and cried loudly: "Sir, Bijia Mountain has been lost, all the food, grass and supplies on the mountain have been taken away by Jiannu, Zhang Jianjun and the brothers guarding the mountain have all died in battle, wuwu..."

"ah?"

Hong Chengchou fell to the chair and didn't stand up for a long time.

Wang Pu also sighed, but unexpectedly he was still one step late. The food and supplies on the mountain were taken away by Jiannu. Without the food and supplies, the Ming army had only one way to go, that is, to fight Jiannu quickly and decide quickly. This idea is of course good, but the question is how many generals of each town dare to fight Jiannu?

After a long time, Hong Chengchou came back to his senses and said to Tang Shijie: "Go and send someone to invite several generals."

Tang Shijie took the order and left.

About half an hour later, the generals of each town arrived one after another. Bai Guangen, the general of Jizhou, stationed not far from Songshan City, arrived first, followed by General Wu Sangui, General Wang Tingchen, General Shanhaiguan, Ma Ke, and finally, General Tang Tong, General Miyun, who was camping far away, and General Li Fuming, General Xuanfu, and General Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao, and the eight generals under Hong Chengchou were all here.

On the way to Songshan City, several generals had already heard about the loss of Bijia Mountain. Each of them showed frustration and heavy expressions. The atmosphere in the study also seemed a little depressed. Hong Chengchou's eyes swept over the eight generals one by one, and said in a low tone: "You all know that Bijia Mountain is lost and all the food, grass and supplies are lost. Now this supervisor wants to hear your opinions. What should we do next?"

Cao Bianjiao said: "Although the food and grass on Bijia Mountain are lost, the army still has seven days of dry food. As long as our army can defeat Jiannu within seven days, it will be no big deal."

Although Cao Bianjiao is young, he is already a veteran of the battlefield. When he was in the northwest, he was unable to disarm his armor for 27 days and nights, defeating the thief Li Zicheng and almost died. Cao Bianjiao is the leader of the eight generals and is also Hong Chengchou's confidant. His words largely represent Hong Chengchou's meaning.

Bai Guangen, general of Jizhou, echoed: "General Cao is right. We only have one way to go now, that is, to fight against Jiannu!"

Wang Tingchen, General Ningyuan General Ningyuan General Wu Sangui, and General Shanhaiguan General Ma Ke did not say anything.

General Tang Tong, the general of Miyun, couldn't help it first and said to Hong Chengchou: "Mr. Hong, the old saying is good. The army has not moved, and the food and grass will go first. It can be seen that the food and grass are very important to the army. Now that the food and grass have been lost, the general thinks that the army should retreat first and withdraw back to the pass. It is not too late to go out of the pass and fight with Jiannu when the food and grass are raised again. What do you think?"

Li Fuming, general of Xuanfu, nodded and said, "General Tang is right, it is safest to do this."

After Li Fuming said that, he signaled Wang Pu with a thumbs up and asked him to say a few words: Li Fuming is the general of Xuanfu, Wang Pu is the general of Datong, and the two are not Hong Chengchou's direct subordinates. Li Fuming thinks that Wang Pu should advance and retreat with him, but unfortunately he was wrong. If Wang Pu was still the general of the young master who was greedy for life and fear of death, he would definitely strongly agree with Tang Tong's proposal, but Wang Pu is no longer the original Wang Pu.

Wang Pu turned his face and pretended not to see anything.

As soon as Li Fuming finished speaking, Cao Bianjiao retorted: "Retreat? It's light. What if Jiannu chased his butt and beat him? Besides, what should he do if the army withdrew from the pass, what should he do in Jinzhou City?"

Tang Tong disagreed and said, "Jiannu chased his butt and sent a elite soldier hall. As for Jinzhou City, now we are also clay Buddhas crossing the river, so how can we care about anything else?"

"No!" Cao Bianjiao said decisively, "You can't withdraw your troops."

Tang Tong snorted and stopped talking.

Hong Chengchou's eyes fell on Wu Sangui and asked, "What does General Wu mean?"

Although Wu Sangui is young, he is brave and good at fighting. Moreover, the Wu family is also a wealthy family in western Liaoning, and the forces are mixed. Zu Dashou, the general of Jinzhou, is still his uncle. Ma Ke, the general of Shanhaiguan, and Wu Tingchen, the general of Ning, are also the brothers of Wu Sangui's life and death. As long as Wu Sangui supports the decisive battle, Ma Ke and Wang Tingchen will also support the decisive battle. In this way, Tang Tong and Li Fuming can only follow the crowd.

Wu Sangui clasped his fists and said, "I will be left to the Lord of Supervisors."

Hong Chengchou said happily: "That's good. All the generals quickly return to the garrison to rectify their troops and fight to the death with Jiannu tomorrow!"

"yes."

The eight generals agreed and withdrew in succession.

As soon as he left the Governor General's Headquarters, Ma Ke and Wang Tingchen pulled Wu Sangui to a secluded place. Ma Ke asked: "Changbo (Wu Sangui's face), do you think our army can win the decisive battle tomorrow?"

Wu Sangui shook his head and replied: "I can't win."

Wang Tingchen said: "You know that our army cannot win, why do you still agree to the decisive battle?"

Wu Sangui sighed, "Didn't the two brothers see it yet? If the army retreated to the pass like this, the General Manager Hong, Ji Liao, would be considered the end. Do you think he would agree to withdraw? Since General Manager Hong is determined to fight to the death with Jiannu, what's the use if we generals oppose it?"

"Oh." Mako sighed, "It seems that you, my brothers and the three of you, my brothers, and the five or sixty thousand soldiers under him have to be told to Songshan."

"That's not necessarily." Wu Sangui looked at the crowd and whispered, "See, before tomorrow's decisive battle, Tang Tong and Li Fuming will escape. Once they run away, we will also raise an army to retreat. Even if the court pursues the matter later, we can say that we have pursued Li Fuming and Tang Tong, the two escaped generals, under the order of the command of Governor Hong."

Ma Ke said: "It's not good to do this. As soon as Master Hong returned to the capital and told Master Wansui, he would know everything?"

A cold smile appeared on Wu Sangui's face and said, "Does the second brother think that Governor Hong can return to the capital alive?"

"Ah? Oh."

Ma Ke and Wang Tingchen were shocked at first, and then suddenly realized.

Nowadays, the Emperor of Long Sui has always been strict in his power, and he often imposed a penalty on his ministers who had lost their battles. Since the war in Liaodong, there have been many ministers above the governor. Xiong Tingbi was the leader of the nine sides, and Yuan Chonghuan was even more severely sentenced to Lingchi. This time, Hong Chengchou was defeated in Songshan and died in the chaotic army. Perhaps he could also gain the reputation of loyalty to serve the country. If he fled back to the pass, he would not only be ruined but also die.

Let’s talk about Wang Pu.

Before leaving the Governor General's headquarters, Wang Pu wanted to go back several times to remind Hong Chengchou, asking him to be careful of Tang Tong, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, and Wang Tingchen, to beware of them leading the army to escape without authorization, but in the end, Wang Pu still did not dare to make a rash, because he had no evidence, and without evidence was a false accusation. Why should Hong Chengchou believe him?

What's more, Wang Pu, the general of Datong, was also Hong Chengchou's mortal enemy, and was the confidant promoted by the Minister of War Chen Xinjia, while Wu Sangui, Ma Ke and Wang Tingchen were Hong Chengchou's confidants. Isn't Wang Pu talking bad things about Wu Sangui and others in front of Hong Chengchou, which is not boring to make trouble for himself? Maybe even if Wu Sangui and others will be beaten up by him.

As soon as he left the headquarters, Xiaoqi, a trusted general, came up with his horse and asked in a low voice: "General, I heard that Bijia Mountain has been lost?"

Wang Pu turned over and said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about it when you return to the camp."
Chapter completed!