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It is the nineteenth year of the first lunar month in the sixth year of the Great Tomorrow.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Li Yuanqing led his army to gather outside the east gate of Ningyuan City, preparing to enter the city.

Because a compromise had been reached with Governor Yuan last night, the Ningyuan defenders did not create too many difficulties for the men of the Changsheng Camp. Instead, they were busy and worked very hard.

Initially, Li Yuanqing thought that this was Governor Yuan's greeting to the guard in advance, but when he saw Wu Xiang, the guard at the east gate, and the two had a detailed chat, Li Yuanqing finally understood the gist of it.

Governor Yuan has always been very wary of him. The Changsheng Camp is also located close to the east gate.

But according to the topography of Ningyuan City, if you think about it with your buttocks, you can understand that the terrain outside the east gate is narrow and adjacent to the sea, so it is impossible to use it as the main battlefield, and even the separate battlefields may not be useful.

Wu Xiang also noticed that Li Yuanqing's expression was not very happy, and hurriedly explained carefully: "Li Shuai, Ningyuan City is no better than other places, both inside and outside are soaked with Master Yuan's hard work. Therefore, in terms of defense, Yuan

Your Excellency may be a bit harsh. But at this time, the enemy is facing us, and you cannot help Your Excellency Yuan not being so harsh!"

As Master Yuan's 'disciple', Wu Xiang is already quite good at being able to talk about this at this time.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile: "Brother Wu, Yuan Qing greatly admires Mr. Yuan's talent and strategy. In this battle, I only have eyes and ears."

Seeing that Li Yuanqing understood the general trend so well, Wu Xiang couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Li Shuai is so smart, I admire him even though he is humble. Li Shuai, the war is about to begin, and the dogs are gearing up. When the time comes, I would like to ask Li Shuai to give you some advice."

The dog is one or two!"

Li Yuanqing laughed loudly: "Uncle Chang, I also like this kid very much. Let him come and see me after the camp is settled!"

Wu Xiang couldn't help but be overjoyed and said with a smile: "With Commander Li here in charge, Ningyuan City will be able to rest easy."

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With the help of Wu Xiang, a local leader, the setup of the Changsheng Battalion after entering the city became much smoother.

However, although the east gate is Wu Xiang's defense zone, in this area, Wu Xiang has only one Qianzong guard with the guerrilla title. The main defense regulations of Ningyuan City are still at the north gate and west gate, which are also the main forces of Hou Jin Dynasty.

The most likely direction of attack.

The Changsheng Camp is located in a small school ground that is probably less than Qianzong's regulations. It covers an area of ​​only about four or five acres. The houses and grounds are complete, but it is still a bit stretched to accommodate the 7,500 people.

Fortunately, Ningyuan is a purely military city. In this area adjacent to the city gate and city wall, the streets are very wide and there are many open spaces reserved in advance. In addition, the sons of the Changsheng Camp are very thorough in carrying military tents, so after some simple coordination

After that, we quickly started setting up camp according to the regulations.

However, although the food and grass were brought by the Changsheng Camp, the charcoal fire had to be provided by Governor Yuan.

Li Yuanqing originally thought that he would have to go to Governor Yuan to talk more, but in a short time, Wu Xiang had already brought dozens of carts of charcoal fires. In addition to the reserves in the original camp, it was enough for the men of Changsheng Camp.

I've been dealing with it for more than ten days.

The settlement had just been completed here, and Wu Sangui, dressed in the uniform of a soldier, quietly came to the camp to 'report'.

"My nephew Wu Sangui has met Li Shishu. Li Shishu is in good health and has a bright future."

After not seeing each other for many days, Wu Sangui has grown a lot taller, and can already reach Li Yuanqing's nose.

His body has become much stronger, and although his eyebrows are still a little immature, his eyes are firm, and the arrogant temperament of a noble child is clearly displayed, full of youthful and upward vitality.

According to the Chinese age calculation, this boy is already fifteen years old this year, so he is considered a big boy.

"Uncle, you are here. Not bad. Very good!"

Li Yuanqing smiled and patted Wu Sangui on the shoulder, motioning for him to sit aside.

Wu Sangui bowed respectfully to Li Yuanqing: "Uncle Shi has traveled thousands of miles away, and he is very grateful to come to Ningyuan City to rescue him. Uncle Shi is grateful for his kindness to Ningyuan's 100,000 elders."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help laughing: "Uncle Chang, you are a very good boy. He has really grown up! I accept your thanks. Come and sit down."

"Yes. Thank you, Uncle Shi."

After the formal process was completed, Wu Sangui regained some of his childlike temperament and sat on a stool nearby with a smile.

On this occasion, Xiaolian and the others went inside to clean up the house, so naturally they would not be exposed easily.

Tea was served by the soldiers. Li Yuanqing took a sip of tea with a smile, looked at Wu Sangui and said, "Uncle Chang, what do you think about the old slave personally leading the army to invade our hinterland in western Liaoning?"

Given Li Yuanqing's status at this time, he actually wanted to talk about military affairs with a teenage boy. If word spread, he might become the laughing stock of others.

But at this time, the stupid boy in front of him was the famous Wu Sangui. Li Yuanqing also wanted to test him in the school to see how this general who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth was different from ordinary people!

Wu Sangui seemed to have been prepared for it. He bowed his hand respectfully to Li Yuanqing and then said: "Uncle Shi, judging from my nephew's point of view, although the establishment of slaves is coming with great force, it may not be possible to achieve success."

Wu Sangui said, looking into Li Yuanqing's eyes respectfully but without fear.

"oh?"

Li Yuanqing smiled faintly and became interested, "Tell me what you think."

"yes."

Seeing Li Yuanqing's interest in Li Yuanqing being brought up smoothly, Wu Sangui also became energetic and hurriedly said respectfully: "Uncle Shi, my nephew is watching Shenyang, Liaoyang, including the later Battle of Guangning. The reason why the establishment of slaves can be so smooth is that we can win

One of the big reasons for these fortified cities in the Ming Dynasty is that there are internal thieves. This is the case in Shenyang, the same is true in Liaoyang, and the same is true in Guangning. But Ningyuan------"

Wu Sangui paused for a moment and said with a confident smile: "Uncle Shi, although Ningyuan City was established not long ago, only less than three years, its strong city, high walls, united army and people, and abundant supplies are far from those mentioned above.

The cities are comparable."

Li Yuanqing smiled and nodded, but said: "Old slave, the army of more than 100,000 people are all the elites of the Eight Banners. What you said alone is not enough!"

Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Uncle Shi, although I say so, on the battlefield, it is not that whoever is stronger will definitely win. At this time, although our army has a small number of troops, it is united, just like when the old slave was there

Saerhu defeated the Ming Dynasty. Who can tell the final outcome until the last moment?"

Li Yuanqing laughed loudly: "Uncle, I haven't seen you for a few years, you really impressed me! Very good! Very good! However, you must know that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles! The art of war and the situation are of course important.

But~~, it is the men under my command who actually implement it! Therefore, even if you have formulated the strategy thoroughly, you cannot be careless in the implementation!"

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After chatting with Wu Sangui for more than an hour and having lunch together, Li Yuanqing's mood was lifted by his youthful vitality.

In the afternoon, Mangui's soldiers came over and invited Li Yuanqing to inspect his military camp together.

Li Yuanqing thought for a moment and took Wu Sangui with him.

To a large extent, Wu Sangui is indeed a sinner of the Chinese nation, but there are indeed too many entanglements.

But at this time, Wu Sangui was still a child and could still be regarded as a blank slate.

Li Yuanqing obviously couldn't interfere too much with General Guan Ning, but Wu Sangui at this time was like a 'small door', giving Li Yuanqing an opportunity to 'reach in'.

Wu Sangui was naturally overjoyed.

Although he is a powerful son in the Guan Ning army, it is a pity that Man Gui and other general families like them cannot easily urinate into a pot. But at this time, Man Gui, for some reason, is the leader of Ning Yuancheng at this time.

The highest military level is two levels higher than his father, Wu Xiang.

Wu Xiang was only a staff general of the Chinese army, but at this time, Man Gui was the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningyuan.

Wu Sangui also wanted to see what Man Gui's military appearance was.

After a brief tidying up, the group arrived at Mangui's camp in the north of the city.

Man Gui had been waiting here for a long time. After exchanging pleasantries, he directly led Li Yuanqing and his party to the top of Beicheng to inspect the defense of his section.

At this time, in Ningyuan, although there is no accurate information about the main force of the Hou Jin Army, the Hou Jin sentry detectives who wander around from time to time have often appeared around Ningyuan City, and the defense level of Ningyuan City has basically been raised to the highest state.

Even Inspector Yuan himself spent most of the day in various defense zones on the city, patrolling.

On the top of the city, the soldiers were already waiting seriously, and many civilians, under the cheers of the officers, were constantly carrying various strategic materials back and forth towards the top of the city.

Li Yuanqing glanced at it and already had a rough idea in his mind.

Governor Yuan said one thousand, but said ten thousand. In terms of specifications and lineup, the Ming army still adopted the most traditional defensive strategy, and basically could not find any innovation.

The only good thing is that his inspections are indeed very strict, and every small section of the city wall has full-time civilian officials stationed there.

If we were to say it was different from tradition, the biggest difference was the few red cannons that were firmly covered under red cloth in the city area.

Wu Sangui was obviously also very interested in this red cannon, but this treasure was a restricted area even for Man Gui, and the group obviously did not have the qualifications to explore it.

Fortunately, although Wu Sangui was young, his self-control ability was quite good, and he did not cause any trouble to Li Yuanqing and Man Gui. He followed the two obediently, only watching, and never saying anything.

After roughly walking around the city wall, the group came to take shelter under a hanging door on the northwest side of the city wall. Man Gui chuckled and said, "Yuan Qing, how do you feel? Is your defense done well?"

Li Yuanqing smiled and tightened the deerskin hat on his head a little tighter to avoid the biting north wind. He smiled and said: "Brother Gui, the defense is already good. But the key is to maintain it and connect the dots."

In line, we ensure that we can quickly make up for any problems as soon as they occur!”

Although Li Yuanqing was not the main general on this trip, he had cooperated with Li Yuanqing in Dajianshan before, and Man Gui already had a deep understanding of Li Yuanqing's strength.

Therefore, Man Gui also attached great importance to Li Yuanqing's suggestion. He nodded quickly and said: "Yuan Qing, you can rest assured on this point. I will learn from the Changsheng Battalion's patrol strategy. The night patrol soldiers will work in three shifts and strive to avoid any flaws.

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Li Yuanqing smiled and nodded, but left the hanging house, facing the biting north wind, came to the top of the wall, climbed onto the crenellations, and inspected the scene below the city.

At this time, it is the middle of the first month, the second half of the coldest winter. Although there has been no snow in the past few days, the wind is like a knife, blowing on people, just like using a knife to cut out flesh, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

It's almost difficult to open my eyes.

Li Yuanqing held on to investigate for a minute or two, then he couldn't bear it anymore and quickly retreated.

At this time, the wide moat under the city had already been frozen solidly, and the ground was probably frozen into a ball.
To be continued...