Chapter 52: This time it's stable
As soon as he saw that the sergeant had pulled the knife, Wang Ji and others pulled out the knife at once. When the woman saw this scene, she immediately knelt down and couldn't even say anything trembling.
The man talking at the door heard a different movement from the house, so he hurried over. When he opened the door, he saw five military men holding knives at home and his wife was still kneeling on the ground. The man's legs became weak on the spot. He thought that a migrant soldier ran to the house to grab things.
But it has been seven years since Hongwu, where did the migrant soldiers come from?
The man hurriedly begged for mercy and said:
"June Jun, please spare me!"
Of course, Wang Ji and others were not soldiers, and the commander of the sergeant didn't talk nonsense. He looked outside and saw a Gao Jun brown horse tied to a wooden shelf outside. Although there was no saddle on his body, the commander of the sergeant recognized it at first sight. This was not a wild horse, but a artificial war horse!
How can a wild horse be tied up for you so quietly? What's more, this is Yunzhong Mountain Area, not a area where wild horses are active. Besides, this horse is extremely majestic, and the commander is a veteran. He has fought with the Northern Yuan Huqi. He recognized it at a glance that this is a grassland war horse!
"Where did this horse come from?"
The man was scared to death. When he heard the sergeant's question, he dared not hide it. He quickly told the origin of the horse, which he got from a bandit he knew in Yunzhongshan.
These days, there are serious bandits in the mountains, water thieves in the water, and robbers on the land. Especially in the war-torn era, life cannot continue, and there are many people who have been overturned on the table and robbed him.
There are naturally many bandits in the Yunzhong Mountain Range. This mountaineer is a hunter living in Yunzhong Mountain Range. It is not very popular in the village. The jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains have to be dealt with by hunters. The bandits will not deal with them poor hunters, not to mention that some of the bandits were originally villagers, so they naturally knew some people.
A few days ago, someone who was familiar with me made a horse and sold it to him. This can make a lot of money by selling it.
Although he knew that the horse was probably from a bad origin, he had done the task of helping the bandits sell stolen goods, so he naturally didn't think much about it. Unexpectedly, before the horse was sold, a military man came to him.
This matter naturally needs to be reported. After all, this is a grassland war horse, obviously from the Northern Yuan Hu cavalry. It appears in the Yunzhong Mountains. Doesn’t that mean that the Northern Yuan Hu cavalry is likely to be hidden in the Yunzhong Mountains? Could it be that the three hundred Hu cavalry that arrived around Taiyuan Prefecture before?
The crowd soon reported the matter. After Zhu Qi received the information, he also discussed it with the generals for a while. Everyone thought that this must be evidence that Hu Qi appeared in the Yunzhong Mountains, but they didn't know why they came here? Or was this war horse that was accidentally obtained by the bandits?
Zhu Qi was not sure, but finding the bandits to ask clearly was obviously a good choice, and he would suppress the bandits and eliminate the harm for the people.
Unfortunately, the mountain people didn't know the specific location of the bandits, and only knew the approximate location. Zhu Qi could only order the army to continue moving towards the depths of the mountains while constantly sending scouts to inquire about the news.
Five thousand Ming troops slowly touched the depths of Yunzhongshan...
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Clouds are in the mountains, and at night, there is a valley somewhere.
Boss Chen is the leader of the largest group of bandits in Yunzhongshan. Because of his excellent martial arts skills, his big sword is full of power. No matter what kind of opponent he faces, he will be killed by three swords. The bandit name "Man San Dao" is sent to the world. Therefore, people who are close to him like to call him Chen Sandao. Of course, the younger brothers in the bandit village still call him Boss Chen.
But what many people in the village don’t know is that Boss Chen is not a Han person!
His real name is Tutuo Abuhua, which is the same name as the famous Tutuo Cheng in the Yuan Dynasty. He was originally a local commander in the Yuan Dynasty. However, later, the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty swept the world. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he recaptured the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in two consecutive Northern Expeditions.
He, Tuotuo Abuhua, could not continue to be his chief lieutenant, and could only use the pseudonym Chen Boss, and took some of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, pretending to be rioters, and went deep into the continuous Yunzhong Mountains to become bandits.
There is also a famous name in the Yunzhong Mountain Range - Luliang Mountain!
Not to mention the troubled times, even in the peaceful times, Luliang Mountain is a famous area of no-counseling. Poor mountains and bad waters are unruly people. Anyone who can breathe is always someone with two knives. Killing people is like drinking water and paying taxes to the government? Why don’t you come to the mountains and kill me!
With his martial arts and some of the original subordinates of the Yuan people, Boss Chen quickly became the largest bandit. He did not deliberately want to be a bandit, but was ordered by the Yuan court to preserve his strength at this critical moment to achieve changes in the world!
Now is a great time for the world to change!
Because Wang Baobao defeated the Ming army in Lingbei, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, Beiyuan immediately got gasped. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty changed from strategic offensive to strategic defense, even Wang Baobao felt that the time was ripe and the fighter had arrived!
Since the beginning of autumn this year, a large army has begun to invade northern borders, but Wang Baobao's target is not in the defense circle of Datong in the north, but instead he looks at the gateway to the west, close to Yanmen Pass in the Longyou area, Pianguan and Ningwu Pass in the line!
As far as Boss Chen knew, the real army of the Yuan Dynasty had already secretly moved to the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, and the offensive in the north was just a bluffing feint.
But it is not easy to open the three passes in the west, Ningwu and Panguan outside the border. His pawn, which he left in advance, has become a crucial part.
Including his own troops and the bandits from all sides he has contacted recently, three thousand people have gathered in Yunzhong Mountain.
In addition to these three thousand people, there were also small troops retained and infiltrated from various places in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Together, there were nearly a thousand people. They were the people who were left like Boss Chen in the Second Northern Expedition.
This is already the last force of the Northern Yuan Dynasty court in the Central Plains.
Total calculations are taken together, there is also a combat power of 4,000 people.
These four thousand people are the key forces that overwhelmed the Ming Dynasty's defense line. As long as the Northern Yuan army in the west launches an attack on the outer three passes, the four thousand people will seize the weakest pass and launch a thunder attack at the most appropriate time.
At that time, pretend to be reinforcements from the Ming army. It is naturally the best if you can deceive Kaicheng Pass. It doesn’t matter if you can’t cheat. At that time, you force yourself to attack on both sides. As long as you capture a pass, the Northern Yuan army can take advantage of the momentum to enter the pass, sweep the Central Plains with the power of thunder and restoration of the Great Yuan!
When he thought of this, Boss Chen couldn't help but smile with relief.
The bandits who were hit by a stick in front of him didn't know that they would follow Boss Chen to be a traitor next. To them, Boss Chen was about to take them to do a big shot - to steal the official army!
Boss Chen couldn't help but smile. Prime Minister Wang Baobao's plan is really foolproof!
This time it's stable.
Chapter completed!