Chapter 304 Emergency Response

There was silence in the post for a moment, then the sound of rapid footsteps was heard, and a bright fire suddenly lit up on the post.

"The village chief of Yichou resettlement village in Beitang Town?"

A loud voice came from the outpost: "Li Jiucai?"

The young village chief was startled and said happily: "It's Boss Wang!"

Suddenly there was laughter from the guard post: "Open the door and invite my brother in!"

It was an old acquaintance.

As soon as the door opened, a burly and stocky uncle walked out quickly. When he saw Li Jiucai, he laughed and said, "It's really your boy!"

Li Jiucai hurriedly beat his chest and clasped his fists: "Boss Wang!"

Before retiring from the army, Li Jiucai was a soldier under Boss Wang. At that time, Boss Wang was still a tenth chief, but now he is an uncle.

"Good boy!"

Uncle Wang patted Li Jiucai hard on the shoulder: "I haven't seen him for several days, but he is still so energetic."

Li Jiucai chuckled and said, "I dare not forget the rules in the army. You must practice every day, otherwise you will not be able to do well."

Uncle Wang said: "Go in and talk, you and I brothers can reminisce about old times."

Li Jiucai said hurriedly: "Boss Wang, I have really urgent matters here, and we can't delay."

He said: "There are enemy traces at the Chao River outlet. They are Tatars. There are four to five hundred boats and at least tens of thousands of people. My younger brother's resettlement village is right next to the outlet. A brother in the village harvested wheat overnight and saw it. I went there Look, it turns out to be a Tatar, I didn’t dare to neglect and came immediately!”

"Tatar?!"

Uncle Wang glared angrily: "Are they really Tatars? Is the news accurate?!"

Li Jiucai said: "Boss, you don't know who I am?! I saw it with my own eyes."

Uncle Wang took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and said, "There's really no time to delay."

"Somebody come!"

He shouted: "Prepare the boat and go to the other side to meet General Jin."

Then he said to Li Jiucai: "Brother, come with me!"

"Here!"

...

In the Dagu military camp, General Jin was patting his chest and saying to someone: "Old Zhang, just reassure the captain when you go back. I, Old Jin, do things absolutely carefully and without any mistakes. I will immediately ask the reconnaissance cavalry to extend the scope of the reconnaissance."

Lao Zhang smiled and said: "You, Lao Jin, are brave enough to fight and kill, but you are just too rude. I won't remind you. If something goes wrong, you are a good boy. No matter how much the captain values ​​you, he will punish you severely. .”

"I know, I know, why are you, Lao Zhang, like this? You're like those poor people, and you're not done yet." General Jin complained.

Lao Zhang said sternly: "Don't worry about your dog getting in. A battle is about to break out at Shanhaiguan, so we have to prevent the Tatars from making surprise attacks by taking the water route. This is your Majesty's order."

General Jinbu said: "I'm just waiting for the Tatars to come! I've been killing people for the past few months, either bandits or servants of the evil gentry. It's not interesting. It would be great if I could go to Shanhaiguan and kill them. happy."

"Looking back, things can't be messed up. Your Majesty, the general situation has been established now. The area to be governed is so large. There must be troops everywhere to suppress it. We can't just go to Shanhaiguan all at once. Don't you understand?"

"I understand!" Jin Bujiang said bitterly, "It's just that my hands are itchy."

Then he said: "You came late today. During the day, several big whales came to Haikou. One of them was killed. The taste was not bad, almost like beef. Unfortunately, half of it was sent to Zhigu, and the other half was shared by the soldiers. ”

Lao Zhang smiled and said: "Thank you, I have eaten all of it."

Jin Bujiang slapped his forehead: "I forgot, your dog is in Zhigu."

At this moment, a soldier came from outside the door and reported: "Uncle Wang at the outpost on the other side has urgent military information to report and wants to see the general!"

General Jin was startled and said, "Is it Wang Mazi? Tell him to come in!"

After a while, Uncle Wang came in with Li Jiucai, beat his chest and clasped his fists, performed a military salute, and then said: "General, Wang Enyi has an urgent report on the military situation."

"Say." Jin Bujiang said.

"Sir, there were traces of Tatars near Beitang at the mouth of the Chaohe River in Youshi, with four to five hundred ships and at least over ten thousand people." After saying this, Wang Enyi gave way to Li Jiucai: "Your Majesty, this is my former soldier, Li Jiucai. After he was discharged from the army, he served as the village chief of a resettlement village in Beitang, and he discovered the enemy situation."

Upon hearing this, General Jin and Lao Zhang looked at each other, and both asked: "Is the news accurate?!" They all focused on Li Jiucai.

Li Jiucai said: "Sir, I have seen this with my own eyes, and I dare to guarantee it with my life!"

General Jinbu took a deep breath: "Okay." He waved his hand: "Wang Mazi, take this brother down first."

"Here!"

After the two of them left, Lao Zhang said: "Lao Jin, Lao Jin, you almost got into trouble. If it weren't for this brother Li Jiucai, hehe!"

General Jin swallowed and argued: "Li Jiucai was also a former soldier of Lao Zi, and what he discovered was what Lao Zi discovered."

Then he said: "I won't talk to you anymore. Four to five hundred Tatar ships landed from Beitang at night. In your opinion, Lao Zhang, what's their situation?"

Lao Zhang said: "Based on the front of our army, what do the Tatars count? How about the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Abatai who were beheaded? The Lord over Shanhaiguan is personally in charge. There is no doubt that the Tatars are definitely not the enemy. But the Tatars How can you easily admit defeat when you are attacking with all the strength of the country? You must use various strategies to shake it down. I think this army is just trying to surprise the capital!"

"Surprise attack on the capital...what a guy." General Jinbu said: "If he really runs to the capital city and breaks the capital, he will definitely frighten the people and shake the morale of the army."

He stood up: "Old Zhang, you have to make another trip. I must send troops here immediately to intercept the Tatars as soon as possible."

Lao Zhang nodded: "You only have 3,000 troops. If the Tatars have more than 10,000 troops, it may not be difficult to defeat them, but once the Tatars are defeated, the people around them will suffer. Just keep the Tatars on your side and don't start a war easily. Wait for reinforcements from the captain. This group of Tatars must be rounded up!"

"Of course!"

The Jin Ministry general immediately sent troops without mentioning it, but said that Lao Zhang galloped on his horse and did not reach Zhigu until early in the morning. The so-called Zhigu is the administrative seat of Tianjin Sanwei, which is Tianjin hundreds of years later.

There are now more than one school captain's troops stationed here - including a new recruit and a school captain system, plus a general-level establishment under Lin Jiangsheng's original command. If the Jinbu generals from Dagu are included, there will be one and a half captains, with a total strength of 18,000 people.

Lin Jiangsheng was previously responsible for cooperating with the Pastoral Council to clean up the northern land. After a few months, the cleansing has been mostly completed, but there are still some corners that have not been completed. So two troops were still clearing various places, and he himself was ordered to return north to guard the three guards in Tianjin.

This is Ying Yi's strategic arrangement.

Although the Donglu were the strongest with their elite army and cavalry, as they developed to this day, especially after the formation of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, they also gradually had naval forces. Ying Yi had to be on guard against this.

Now the ground in the north has just stabilized and cannot bear the turmoil. Once the Tatars send a partial force to take the waterway and break into the pass, it will definitely hit the people's hearts.

This is what Ying Yi doesn't want to see.

Therefore, a force of 18,000 troops and horses will be used to guard the Bohai Bay and guard against possible waterway deviations by the Tatars.

Ying Yi's defense against the water surface was very serious. Lin Jiangsheng is personally in charge of the Tianjin Sanwei in the Bohai Bay. On the Shandong Peninsula, there is also the navy that Zheng Wu is building. It can be regarded as heavily defended.

But even so, the people below were still slack. In other words, the Army is not very familiar with coastal defense and has made some omissions.

If Zhang Ergou hadn't happened to see it, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been discovered until the Tatars reached the vicinity of the capital.