The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

"Beidi is a nomadic people. They live with water and grass and have no fixed abode. What else can we do except defend? We can't be like Jizhou Dajingmen and send cavalry to raid the Beidi tribe, right?"

The person who spoke at this time was Cong Guanglei's deputy general Hu Daxi, who had the loudest voice in the army.

According to his wishes, fight if you don't accept it.

It's just that you can kill enemies at will when you're on defense. If you want to go out and kill enemies proactively, you have to give permission from above.

Just like the last time Dajingmen went deep into the grassland for a sneak attack, it was only with the Queen's consent that they dared to go out and run wild in the grassland. Otherwise, they would have to stay in the lock and suffer like quails.

The staff also echoed Hu Daxi's words, "Sir, instead of going to the boundless grassland to look for the Beidi cavalry, it is better for us to strengthen our defenses, wait for work, and wait for the Beidi soldiers and horses to break through the pass. Or we can use the tiger's mouth as bait to lure Beidi Soldiers and horses enter the pass, then surround them and annihilate them in one fell swoop!"

Cong Guanglei listened to everyone's opinions, thought for a moment and said: "Shahukou is the most advanced pass, with mountains on both sides facing each other. The terrain is very steep. It is the only way to Beidi. It is suitable to use it as a bait."

As he spoke, his expression became solemn, and he reminded everyone seriously: "The premise of using the tiger's mouth as a bait is that Hong Laogao, that boy, listens to our orders.

In Bingzhou, I am only the commander-in-chief of Yanmen Pass, Ningwuguan and Pianhe Pass. I cannot control the Killing Pass, nor can I control that boy Hong Laogao! "

Cong Guanglei values ​​everyone's opinions, but he has to speak out about the difficulties before him.

The staff pondered for a while and said: "Your Excellency's worries are not unreasonable. Didn't the above say that troops will be sent over in a while? Then we will discuss with the commander sent by the court to see if we can let him coordinate to achieve the goal. Of course. We will not monopolize the credit.”

Cong Guanglei nodded reluctantly. No matter how anxious he was, he could only wait patiently.

However, although you can't go out to kill the enemy,...
"We will wait until the imperial troops arrive to discuss this matter. However, in the next period of time, I hope that all passes will be well prepared to defend themselves. Don't let the Beidi soldiers and horses take advantage of the loopholes. You will not be solely responsible for the breach of the passes." Yes! We all want to die so that we don’t bring down our colleagues and family members!”

After hearing this, the staff stood up and suggested: "To urge all passes to strengthen their defenses, let me make a trip to convey the order and check whether their defenses are in place or whether they have been dealt with properly."

This time it was really too careless!
Cong Guanglei nodded with a headache. He had been fighting with Beidi for many years, and he really didn't know how elusive they were.

He sometimes thought about when the queen would come to his Yanmen Pass to take charge, send cavalry deep into the grassland to raid the Beidi tribe, and seize countless cattle, horses and sheep to improve food for the soldiers.

It's just that, although the Queen came to Bingzhou last time, she did not come to Yanmen Pass, but went directly back to Gyeonggi.

He was thinking about these things in his mind when suddenly, rapid footsteps came from outside.

Then his own soldiers trotted in and reported: "Sir, there is an urgent report from Shahukou. About Beidi cavalry have gathered outside the pass, and they seem to be preparing to attack Shahukou!"

When the staff heard this, they were overjoyed and said with a straight face: "Sir, what do you mean by this? We just discussed using the tiger's mouth as a lure to lure the Beidi cavalry into the hinterland of the mountains and then annihilate them. They came to our door automatically."

Cong Guanglei raised his hand to signal him not to say anything, then he took the letter handed over by his own soldiers, read it quickly, and said: "Hong Laogao's letter said that the Beidi cavalry stationed troops outside the Shahukou Pass, but they did not break through the pass. According to the Beidi cavalry's According to the movement, he concluded that the Beidi cavalry may be waiting for the follow-up team in Beidi. There are signs of a large-scale attack, and Hong Laogao's letter is asking us for support!"

The other generals were shocked when they heard this and wanted to know how Cong Guanglei would arrange it.

When the staff heard this, they were not surprised but delighted, "Sir."

Cong Guanglei once again raised his hand to interrupt him and continued, "This matter is of great importance. I will not consider your strategy until I know how many soldiers and horses the Beidi Tatars have come!"

The staff member's expression froze, he smiled coquettishly, and sat back in his chair.

Cong Guanglei asked the soldier, "Is the messenger helped to rest now?"

The soldier nodded: "Yes, sir."

Cong Guanglei nodded slightly and said to several generals: "I will reply to Hong Laogao later and ask him to hold on for a few days. There are numerous soldiers and horses at each pass. If the enemy attacks from the east to the west, it will not be worth the loss. As long as he holds on, When the imperial troops arrive, immediately send troops to kill the tiger!"

This time the staff did not object because this arrangement was the most appropriate.

Outside the Shahukou Pass, troops from Beidi were stationed in front, and other passes in Bingzhou learned the news. If they were facing a powerful enemy, everyone was in danger and strengthened their defenses.

Although the Beijing-Bing Highway was open, the distance from Beijing to Bingzhou was shortened, but by the time the soldiers and horses from the Gyeonggi Camp arrived at Yanmen Pass, it was already five days after Beidi Tun troops killed Hukou Pass.

The Beidi cavalry were stationed outside the pass. The soldiers who killed Hukou were in fear. They had no sleep at night and no taste for food. They looked forward to the early reinforcements of the imperial troops day and night.

The three sides rush to the unparalleled ground, and the nine gates respect the first level.

This is the first pass in the world. If Yanmen Pass is breached by the enemy, the Central Plains will be unprotected and the Gyeonggi region will be in danger again!
The imperial troops arrived at Yanmen Pass, and Long Yutian was invited into the General Military Mansion that day.

After the two parties met, Cong Guanglei told him the current situation of the passes along the Great Wall in detail, "I received the latest news yesterday. Nearly troops and horses have been stationed outside the Shahukou Pass. They have been stationed for six days. There have been no After passing the level, I thought maybe they were waiting for the follow-up team."

Later, Cong Guanglei told his staff the strategy they had in mind.

Long Yutian was known as the one who beat Zhuge, and it was not for nothing. After hearing the strategy he mentioned, he stood up and stood in front of the map. He pondered for a while, pointed at the killing tiger's mouth and said: "There is another possibility that the enemy troops are stationed outside the pass."

Cong Guanglei's heart skipped a beat, "Uncle, please tell me. I would like to hear the details!"

Long Yutian stared at the map, stroked his beard, raised his hand and pointed to several other important passes on the map and said: "Maybe they have more than tens of thousands of troops coming this time. They have sent troops to other important Great Wall passes. What do you think? What will happen?"

Cong Guanglei was so horrified that he could hardly hold the cup of tea, "Uncle, what do you mean, is Beidi's invasion this time not just to clear grass and valleys, but to declare full-scale war on Dayu?"

Long Yutian nodded: "I haven't received any letters from other passes yet. The specific situation is to be determined!"

"No matter what the enemy's conspiracy is behind the scenes, our current target is tens of thousands of enemy troops outside the customs."

"Since they don't take the initiative to attack, we can provoke them, or we can take advantage of the time when they are not attacking to do a good job of internal defense and just wait for them to fall into the trap."

Cong Guanglei looked at him in surprise, "Uncle, do you mean to agree to Sir's plan and lead you into a trap?"

Although this strategy is wonderful, it also has certain dangers. If Yanmen Pass cannot withstand the enemy's offensive, it will cause disaster to the people within Killhukou and outside Yanmen Pass, and it may also involve a large area within Yanmen Pass.

The two discussed some details about this strategy, checked for any omissions, and improved the strategy. They tried to let Beidi's soldiers and horses enter the bag mouth and suffocate inside, so as not to let them out and cause harm to the world.

Long Yutian was in charge of Yanmen Pass. He sent troops and generals, and asked Zhu Wei and Zhenghe to lead a team of 1 people to kill Hukou to support Hong Gao.

The other soldiers and horses acted according to the plan.

The border area is different from the Gyeonggi area. When you get here, you can't see the prosperity and busy scene. All you can see is desolation. Maybe it's because of the season.

The cold wind is biting, blowing away the gale and iron horses, and the smoke is everywhere, mostly the barrages and horses are advancing.

Within two days, the enemy troops outside Shahukou launched a battle to break through the pass. At the same time, the passes such as Piantou Pass, Gubeikou, and Zijingguan were all attacked by Beidi soldiers and horses at the same time as Shahukou.At the same time, the four passes were in crisis, and the northern border encountered a crisis that had never been seen in a century. This situation had never been encountered since the founding of the Yu Dynasty.

This was Beidi's revenge for raiding their tribe and destroying two of their tribes.

It was when Beidi organized Qiuhou to enter the pass to plunder, only to discover that the Chahar tribe and another small tribe had been wiped out by Dayu's soldiers and horses a few months ago.

When the news reached Jiankang, the officials in the court were almost scared to death.

The Qinzheng Hall of the palace was solemn.

There were four battle reports on Li Jingfu's imperial case, which clearly stated that on the same day, Beidi launched an attack on the four passes at the same time.

This is the time that has been agreed upon long ago.

"Beidi is so determined that they are provoking us again."

Zuo Pu shot out a line of kowtows: "Your Majesty, I think this is not a provocation from Beidi, but revenge!"

Li Jingfu was stunned after hearing this, "What do you mean by this?"

Zuo Pushe calmly reported: "According to our army's intelligence report, Beidi dispatched 20 soldiers and horses to counterattack in separate forces. It is to avenge Yu the Great for annihilating two of his tribes a few months ago. If there had not been a surprise attack a few months ago, we would have There will be no disaster today!"

After hearing this coward's words, Li Jingfu became furious: "I, the dandies among us, all know that anyone who offends me, Yu, will be punished no matter how far away he is. But you, who are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Great Learning, etc., your husband did not teach you to be loyal to the emperor." Are you patriotic, but haven’t you been taught that soldiers can be killed and not humiliated?”

"Or maybe your husband forgot to teach you what the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Rules are? If that's the case, I will immediately issue an order to kill your husband's nine clans. It's okay not to let the husband mislead his children like this!"

After hearing this, Zuo Pushe's face turned pale, his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.

The Minister of Rites stood up at this time and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Don't persuade me, I can't calm down my anger at this time!" Li Jingfu's eyes flashed, pointing at Zuo Pushe who was kneeling on the ground, and cursed angrily: "The enemy insults your parents, wife and children, you don't want to resist and go back, but Thinking of groveling and bending your waist to please the enemy, I now wonder if you are a spy sent by Beidi to Dayu!"

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the court were frightened and their expressions changed.

The charge of treason and collaborating with the enemy was so casually placed on the head of the chief minister. How could they be safe in the court in the future?

"Your Majesty, there is no way that Zuo Pushe is a spy for the enemy. He is worried about the country and the people, so he speaks as rudely as he does today. I hope your Majesty will be magnanimous and forgive him this time."

At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance could not stay still.

Even the most powerful chief minister can be easily convicted. Those who are not as good as him will inevitably feel sad.

"presumptuous!"

Li Jingfu sat in this supreme position, and what he was best at was messing around, "Zhang Aiqing knows so well, could it be that you and him are accomplices?"

As soon as these words came out, the Minister of Hubu almost knelt down in fear.

Li Jingfu ignored his frightened heart and said sternly: "Now that the world is at peace and the seas and rivers are clear, Beidi's disturbance of the pass is nothing more than scabies and mustard disease. I, Yu the Great, have countless elite soldiers and fierce generals, how can he do this? Afraid of being a small nomad, those wild Tartars are so frightening that you have forgotten your ancestors? Have you even forgotten the three cardinal principles and five permanent principles? "

"Your Majesty, please don't listen to the words of the traitor and never doubt the loyalty of the Empress and the Crown Prince to Dayu and to you! I ask the Emperor to remove the official hat of this traitor. His words of causing trouble to the world prove that this person is You are not worthy of being a supreme minister!"

Finally, Li Jingfu was a little surprised when he heard a different voice in the court.

He looked at the person who spoke righteously and righteously, it was the governor of Jiankang. Does this person want to join him and betray the civil service group?

"What Zhu Aiqing said is absolutely correct! Come here, take these treacherous villains to my custody and put them in prison to await their punishment!"

"Your Majesty, my loyalty can be judged by the sun and the moon. I am wronged! Your Majesty."

When Zhi Jinwu came up, he covered Zuo Pushe's mouth and dragged him out like a dead dog.

The rest of the courtiers were worried and did not dare to breathe. Suddenly, needles could be heard in the Qinzheng Hall.

Li Jingfu successfully promoted another chief minister, and the news spread to the capital.

Xia Jing just smiled at Li Chengmu and said jokingly: "Your father is becoming more and more good at playing with power. The playboy who used to have no regard for anything now also knows how to play the role of an official."

Li Chengmu pursed his lips and smiled: "My father's progress is all due to my mother's good training."

Xia Jing bared her teeth at him, but her son dared to tease his old mother. It was unjust!

"The Miss Cui family hasn't been pestering you recently? Didn't she meet you occasionally?"

Li Chengmu showed a helpless smile to Xia Jing, "From what the mother said, it seems that she really hopes that her son and Miss Cui will form a couple?"

Xia Jing rolled her eyes, snatched the small wooden hammer from Bai Mei's hand, and handed it to Li Chengmu, "You already said we were a match. Since we don't see each other in the eye, how much hatred do I have towards you, your mother, to put you two away?" Force a pair together!"

Li Chengmu took the wooden hammer handed over by Xia Jing, sat next to Xia Jing and helped her slowly beat her shoulders.

After hearing Xia Jing's words, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, and said with emotion: "Only my mother loves me the most in the world!"

Xia Jing laughed after hearing this: "Don't let your father hear what you said, otherwise he will not be jealous of me. I don't like the sour smell!"

After the mother and son joked, Li Chengmu corrected his attitude and asked: "Mother, what do you think of Beidi attacking the four major passes at the same time?"

"It's beyond our reach. I've already deployed defenses on the border in advance. If we still can't hold it, it's time to change the guard."

If Xia Jing doesn't raise useless people and guards the border, what's the point of guarding the pass if she can't defend it even if the pass is fortified in advance?

It's better to go to the wilderness to grow sweet potatoes!

Li Chengmu actually felt his heart hanging in the air after hearing the news.

At this moment, after listening to Xia Jing's words, my anxious heart settled. It was indeed as Xia Jing said, all the border passes had been fortified in advance, and they had been provided with food, grass, weapons and wages.

Being able to lose to the enemy under such favorable conditions only shows that the defender is really not suitable to be a defender, and is only suitable for growing sweet potatoes with brute force.