There are many people traveling to sea along the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Even Lu Li's "home" had someone going to sea. Lu Li's identity origin was because the eldest son of the Lu family took the young master to sea and went on a boat and left forever, which made Lu Li occupy the magpie's nest.

In today's Ming Dynasty, the sea was naturally forbidden on the surface of the officials. In fact, there were few gentry families in the southeast that did not go to sea.

Under such circumstances, it is no problem for Lu Li to collect and transport 15,000 troops and military supplies.

Of course, due to the sea ban, going to sea to travel is an illegal act now.

Lu Li, the general of Songjiang, also had the function of cracking down on "smuggling" to go to sea. In addition, Lu Li's terrifyingly strong record made Lu Li's move to ask for sea ships to transport troops and horses successfully received support.

Three days later, hundreds of sea ships were docked on the Jinshan Port built on the southeast coast of Jinshanwei.

The overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty was actually very prosperous.

The Spanish duck people worked hard to make gold and silver all over the world. Two-thirds of the gold and silver were sent to the Ming Dynasty, replaced with silk porcelain, and happily took it back to show off.

Lu Li looked at the dense sea boats in front of him and sighed in his heart.

The prosperity of overseas trade is actually a good thing. The only problem is that... the court cannot receive a penny. This leads to the fact that the Ming Dynasty treasury has no money, but the silver in the families of officials and gentry has accumulated as many as mountains.

What made Lu Li even more sigh was that... the large sea ships in front of him were in shape very similar to treasure ships, and they belonged to the smallest treasure ship.

Liu Daxia burned the drawings of the treasure ship in a fire, and then... his family became one of the largest maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty. Haha, did the drawings of the treasure ship be burned? You can taste them carefully.

After my destroyer is built, I want to see who dares not pay taxes!

Of course, this is a future.

"The whole army obeys the order and board the ship!"

Lu Li waved his hand and the soldiers under his command lined up in an orderly manner and boarded the ship one after another.

Various military supplies were loaded into ships, including guns, ammunition, food and grass, and sleds specially made by Lu Li.

The sled is naturally to deal with the frozen section of the Bohai Sea.

The average thickness of the ice layer along the Bohai Sea coast reaches 20 cm. Such solid ice is completely a highway!

The entire marching route was taken from Songjiang Prefecture to sea and arrived in Dengzhou. Then he went ashore in Dengzhou and turned to Laizhou by land. The ice layer of the Bohai Sea in the north of Laizhou was already thick enough, and then he rushed to Tianjin on a sled.

Lu Li predicted that within ten days, the army would arrive at the capital and within half a month, it would be able to travel to the Datong border.

This speed is at least two or three times faster than marching thousands of miles along the way through the wind and snow.

...

On the Kingsoft Way, the boat was boarded in a tense and orderly manner, and lasted for a full half day.

Five thousand troops boarded the ship one after another, and all kinds of military supplies were loaded. Lu Li gave his order and set sail.

Four days and four nights later, the fleet arrived in Dengzhou.

This speed is faster than Lu Li expected. It seems that the navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty is not bad. The difference is that the imperial court, and the navigation technology in the hands of private individuals is not bad at all.

When I got ashore in Dengzhou, Lu Li could already see the ice floating on the sea.

The army went ashore and spent more than half a day loading and unloading supplies. They marched on land for one day and arrived in Laizhou.

The coast of Laizhou has completely frozen.

The army camped outside Laizhou City and spent another two days to repair it.

Replace the spike horseshoe, replace the wheels of the freight carriage with sleds, and assemble the sledge sleds.

Because of the insufficient number of mules and horses, Lu Li almost wiped out all the animals such as mules, horses, donkeys and cattle from Denglai and bought them all. Then he gathered all the animals that were pulling soldiers and sleds.

In addition, Lu Li also sent a vanguard to embark on the Bohai ice layer first, check the thickness of the ice layer, and plan the marching route.

On the third day, the army dispatched and rushed to the capital along the small flagpole raised by the vanguard on the ice.

I have to say that gliding on the ice is really fast.

Two days later, the army arrived in Tianjin.

The tycoons in Yanjing City were shocked when they received the express news from the Tianjin Express Horse and learned that Lu Li had already arrived in Tianjin.

So fast?

Everyone knows the principle that soldiers are more powerful than speed. The question is how to speed?

The Yunjianbo army has set out, and it has been less than ten days since then. Have you arrived in Tianjin?

In the afternoon of that day, the tycoons in the court were even more shocked.

Because... Lu Li's army has arrived outside Yanjing City.

The reason why it can be so fast is mainly because in the northern boundaries, the ground is covered with a thick layer of ice and snow, and sleds are also suitable for land.

The army camped outside Yanjing City. Lu Li sent people to submit orders to the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army as usual.

Logically speaking, Emperor Jiajing was summoned by nobles and military generals of Lu Li's level.

However... Emperor Jiajing, who was busy cultivating immortals, never thought of this.

The emperor did not say that he wanted to summon Lu Li, so it would be inconvenient for the tycoons in the court to meet Lu Li. What do you want to do with the generals who hold heavy troops and are stationed outside Yanjing City?

So, Lu Li came to the capital all the way, but no one paid any attention to him.

I stationed outside Yanjing City for a night. The next morning, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army conveyed military orders, and ordered Lu Li to lead his army to set off immediately and rush to the Datong border.

Lu Li took the military order, curled his lips, ordered the dismantling of the camp and the whole army gathered.

Ten thousand soldiers and horses lined up in neat rows, holding up bright sun and moon flags, standing outside Yanjing City, shouting in the direction of Yanjing City.

"The Ming Dynasty is mighty!"

"The Ming Dynasty is mighty!"

"The Ming Dynasty is mighty!"

The army shouted in unison, and the majestic and vast voices swept across the world like a tsunami and mountain collapse.

At this moment, the loud shouts echoed between heaven and earth.

In Yanjing City, countless people were alarmed by the shouts and turned their heads to look out of the city.

The one who shouted for the mighty Ming Dynasty was, of course, not the Tatars attacked.

But... When did my Ming Dynasty have such a mighty military power?

Near the city gate, countless people stretched their necks and looked at the strange army outside the city.

The bright red sun and moon flag flutters in the wind.

An army in black clothes lined up in an orderly manner, rumbled around the city with neat steps.

Apart from the neat footsteps, there was no noise in this army.

The queues are neat, as if they were measured with a ruler. Even when traveling, the neat queues are not at all confused and are still neat.

Where did this army come from?

When did I have such a powerful army in the Ming Dynasty?

At the city gate, Zhang Juzheng, the Minister of War, looked up at the neat military formation in front of him, and a look of shock flashed in his eyes and was amazed.

Yun Jianbo is worthy of being a famous general of the world. Such a mighty army is indeed powerful enough to swallow thousands of miles.

...

Datong Prefecture City.

Datong General Zhang Qin sat in front of the table, looking at the map in front of him, his face covered with sorrow.

The Ming Dynasty set up a total of twenty-four guards and seventy-two forts in Datong Prefecture to strengthen its troops and cities to resist the Tatar cavalry in the north.

Now, on the map in front of General Zhang Qin, the seventy-two forts on the periphery are covered with red "×", almost all of which have fallen into the enemy.

These front-line fortresses with only a hundred troops stationed mainly serve to warn the rear and block the enemy.

According to the original design, once the fortress on the front line was discovered to attack Tatars and ignited the beacon, the army in the rear was dispatched to cooperate with the fortress defenders to defeat the foreign enemies.

However... since the Ming army could not fight the field battle and could only defend the city, the role of these front-line fortresses was only warned.

It has been half a month since the Tatars attacked the border, and the loss of the front-line fortress was also expected by Zhang Qin.

Now, it is a blessing to defend Datong City from being captured by Tatars.

"General, emergency military information."

At this time, a personal soldier hurried in and reported to Zhang Qinhui: "Yesterday, 50,000 Tatar cavalry attacked the Datong Right Guard. Now the Datong Right Guard and Yulin Guard have fallen. The Datong Left Guard and Yunchuan Guard are in an emergency."

"knew!"

Zhang Qin nodded expressionlessly.

The fall of the left and right Acropolis of Datong was also expected by Zhang Qin. Zhang Qin naturally knew very well that all the combat power of the guards under his command were impossible to stop the Tatar cavalry.

As for sending troops to aid? Forget it! Once the army leaves Datong City, what if it is ambushed by the Tatar cavalry in the middle? It is better to be cautious.

As long as you can defend Datong City, even if the outer fortresses and acropolis are all lost, it will still be a victory.

I hope that the Tatar cavalry can withdraw their troops and retreat after killing these fortresses and acropolis, stealing military supplies and food!
To be continued...