Daming Military Empire

Chapter 454 Emergency Military Situation

Zhenzhenhewei is located in the northwest of Nuergandusi, about a thousand miles away from Manjingwei. It was just an ordinary guard at first, and it was also abandoned for a long time after the civil fortress change.

However, since last autumn, the place has changed a lot, because the Ming Empire has built the railway here.

According to Sun Chengzong's plan, Zhenzhenhewei will be a transfer station between Liaodong and Manjingwei. Therefore, since the railway was repaired here before the ice last year, he ordered to build a city around the original guard.

This city is not very big, only 50 million people. At this time, the walls around the city have been built, but there are no buildings in the city.
Looking around, the wall is full of dense military camps and piles of supplies.

Early this morning, Sun Chengzong summoned the accompanying civil and military officials to the mansion of the commander of the original guard to discuss the advancement plan of northern Xinjiang and the construction of the railway.

He didn't have Zhu Cijiong's habit of making people sit for meetings, so only his seat was placed in the lobby of the commander's mansion of the guard, and everyone else was standing.

On the left is a row of civil servants, headed by Yuan Chonghuan, the new envoy of Nuergancheng, the Secretary of the Zuobu Political Envoy. Let him take care of it, of course, he will be able to be a civil servant in this life, don't think about military generals, it is even more impossible for the military and government to catch it.

Next is the right chief envoy Liu Ruozai;
Hu Zhonglin, the envoy of the procurator for punishment;

Yan Peisi, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry and the Cleaning Department;
These are all newly promoted Scholars of the Chongzheng Dynasty, belonging to the line of the emperor Zhu Cijiong.

On the right is the generals of the Liaodong line, the first one is Cao Wenzhao, the deputy marshal Guan Ning, the commander of the army;
Next is Man Gui, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army;
Mao Wenlong, general of the Dongjiang Army;

Wu Sangui, the leader of the Henan Reserve Corps.

Sun Chengzong glanced at everyone and was about to speak when he suddenly coughed violently.

After coughing for a while, he gasped and said, "Okay, now that the snow and ice in the north have begun to melt, let's discuss the next advancement plan and railway construction."

Cao Wenzhao said with a worried face: "Teacher, you should listen to the emperor and go to Jinling to cultivate for a while. Just leave the affairs here to me and Element."

Yuan Chonghuan also persuaded: "Yes, Taifu, there are telegrams now, in case there is anything, can we still send you a telegram."

As soon as the two of them opened their mouths, everyone on the left and right also persuaded them, and for a while the entire lobby was filled with voices of persuasion.

Sun Chengzong shook his hand stubbornly and said: "Okay, it's just a cold, it's nothing, the emperor sent an imperial doctor here, I'll be fine after a few days of medicine, but this railway, if those mountains can't be crossed In the past, it may be difficult to repair Manjingwei this year, do you have any good solutions?"

Cao Wenzhao and Yuan Chonghuan looked at each other, sighed helplessly, and stopped talking.

The others seemed to have nothing to do, only Yan Peisi, who stood at the end of the civil servants and was appointed as the Ministry of Industry's Ministry of Construction and Cleaning, cupped his hands and said, "I want to report to the Grand Tutor, I have already asked Lord Bi for instructions on this matter, and Lord Bi just replied to the telegram yesterday." , saying that the emperor has come up with a good solution."

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he was overjoyed and said, "Oh, what's the best way?"

Yan Peisi said embarrassingly: "It seems that they want to build a bridge on the valley, and I don't know exactly how to do it. Mr. Bi has sent the officials in charge of building the bridge from the Ministry of Industry. Maybe they can arrive today or tomorrow."

While everyone was discussing in the lobby, there was a sound of horseshoes tens of miles to the north of Zhenzhenhewei. The northernmost sentry was about to set up a repelling horse in the middle of the road, and stepped forward to intercept it, but saw it in the distance. The several cavalrymen who came were all Ming soldiers in formal attire, and the one in the lead had a command flag on his back.

The little squad leader in charge of the sentry took a closer look and saw the five big characters "Babaili Urgent" written in the middle of the order flag, and then looked more carefully, and found that the upper left corner of the order flag turned out to be "First Division of Guanning Army Cavalry"!
He hurriedly waved back the men who had raised the horse, and dodged to the side of the road, shouting: "Quick, quick, get out of the way, everyone out of the way."

Soon, that team of cavalry galloped past the guard post like a whirlwind, and headed straight for Zhenzhenhewei New City.

The sudden sound of horseshoes almost startled the entire town of Zhenzhenhewei. Who would dare to rush over like this? There are nearly 40 troops stationed here!

However, everyone thinks that the possibility of an enemy attack should not be great, because the sound of horse hooves can only be heard by dozens of horses at most, so it may be some kind of emergency drill.

Almost everyone who heard the sound of hoofbeats involuntarily looked towards the nearby sentry post to see what the semaphore was.

The semaphore played by the sentry post is very simple, that is: "Get out of the way".

Step aside?All the soldiers on the road, whether they were drillers, on guard, or just wandering around, subconsciously ran to both sides of the road. If this guy couldn't understand the semaphore, he would have died for nothing if he was trampled to death by a horse!

The dozen or so cavalrymen and more than 20 war horses went straight to the north city gate. Everyone who saw the command flag understood that this was not a drill. Everyone knew that the first cavalry division of the Guanning Army was stationed at Manjingwei's.

The ten or so riders galloped to the gate of the city without slowing down, but there was a faint shout in the wind: "Urgent military situation, where is Deputy Commander Cao?"

The squad leader who was in charge of guarding the city gate quickly pointed his finger at the Zhenzhenhe guard post in the center of the city. Zhao Yinglong didn't care whether he entered the city or whether there was anyone on the road, so he just whipped his horse and rushed towards the center of the city. Want to go faster and faster.

He rushed all the way to the guard, turned a few turns under the guidance of the guards, and finally came to the lobby of the guard commander's mansion.

This time he finally reined in the horse, and he still wouldn't do such a stupid thing as driving a horse straight into the lobby. He turned over and got off the horse, then took out his military badge, raised it up and said loudly: "Guan Ning Army No. The cavalry division has urgent military information to report to Vice Marshal Cao."

He wanted to report to Cao Wenzhao first, and then report to the Taifu with Cao Wenzhao, but he never thought that the Taifu was also inside, and the guards at the door were Sun Chengzong's personal guards, and one of the leaders stepped forward to take his After checking the military badge, and carefully looking at the order flag on his back, he made a gesture of invitation, pointed to the inside of the hall and said, "Teacher and Vice Marshal Cao are inside."

At this time, everyone in the lobby stopped discussing, because the sound of horseshoes was too strange, and they rushed directly to the door without being stopped. This is absolutely abnormal, so everyone stared at the door, wanting to see See what's going on.

Soon, a strong man with a black face and a command flag on his back rushed in, knelt down on one knee, and roared: "Qi Taifu, Deputy Commander Cao, Manjingwei was attacked by Tsarist Russia, and the number of enemy troops was about [-]." , all with muskets!"

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he jumped up from his chair and said in shock, "Yang Zhong sent you here? There is a [-] Tsarist Russian army equipped with muskets. Did he say anything about how to deal with the enemy?"

Hearing this, Zhao Yinglong burst into tears and said: "General Yang asked me to tell Taifu and Deputy Marshal Lu that Weihan vowed to live and die with Manjingwei!"

What kind of strategy is this against the enemy? It is obvious that he is ready to sacrifice his life for the country. Sun Chengzong asked anxiously: "When did this happen?"

Zhao Yinglong choked with sobs and said, "Go back to Taifu, it's Sishi the morning before yesterday."

Sishi the morning before yesterday, that is to say, less than two days away, there is still hope!

(End of this chapter)