Daming Military Empire

Chapter 517 The Emperor is Coming
Hou Gongji came to report that Gushi Khan led more than 20 troops to surround Hamiwei. The Northwest War finally entered the most critical stage. The net is closed.

At this time, it was time to lead the army to set off. He ordered [-] elite infantry, plus [-] cavalry, and was about to set off for Handongwei, but the capital sent a telegram: The emperor is about to arrive at Jiayuguan!
Sun Chuanting had to stop to greet the holy driver, he didn't want the emperor to follow him to Handongwei, because it was too close to the front line, in case of any mistakes, he would be dead.

Fortunately, the emperor came quite quickly. On the night when Gushi Khan led an army to surround Hamiwei, Sheng Jia arrived at Jiayuguan, followed by the First Army of the Imperial Guard.

At this time, Jiayuguan was no longer a lonely pass. Due to the relationship between the railway station, more and more civilians gathered here. Sun Chuanting simply built a small city in the pass based on the Jiayuguan section of the Great Wall.

Of course, this city is mainly based on the garrison of soldiers. The west of the city near Jiayuguan is full of brick and stone military camps. Only the small half of the east of the city is a place for civilians to do business and live.

When the emperor came to Shaanxi Xingdusi, the place to stay must be arranged in advance, but when Sun Chuanting received the news, the emperor's holy car was almost here, which caught him a little by surprise. The general's mansion is for the guards of the town to live in, and the conditions are barely acceptable.

Originally, Sun Chuanting lived in the general's mansion, and now he was going to lead the army to go out, so naturally he moved out a long time ago. It just so happened that Ma Xianglin, the guard of the town gate, hadn't moved in yet, so he didn't even have time to vacate the place.

Sheng Jia arrived at Jiayuguan, so naturally this matter should not be publicized. There are more than 30 Wacha coalition forces outside the pass.

That night, the Second Army Corps of the Frontier Defense Army blocked the railway station early, and all the idlers were driven to the civilian area in the east of the city. Senior generals and their personal guards.

The latest [-]-carriage train carrying a carload of soldiers from the First Army Corps of the Imperial Guard entered Jiayuguan Station one after another. The defense of the station was gradually taken over by the First Army Corps of the Imperial Guard. Fortunately, there were still supplies such as artillery, food and supplies The war horses were loaded on the last few trains, and the soldiers who arrived first were all armed with rifles. Otherwise, I don't know when the emperor's special train will enter the station.

After about an hour of busy work, the soldiers of the First Corps of the Imperial Guard finally got off the train, and the emperor's special train immediately entered the station.

On the platform, Sun Chuanting led Cao Bianjiao, Ma Xianglin, Zu Dabi and other high-ranking generals to stand upright and welcome the holy driver.

The first to come down was Wang Zhengnan and dozens of Jinyiwei masters. After they protected the platform, Zhu Cijiong finally walked out of the car door under the guard of Cao Huachun and Qin Liangyu.

Sun Chuanting immediately took the lead and knelt down on one knee, and shouted: "The last general welcomes the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

This is the rule, if it weren't for the armor, they would still have to lie on the ground.

Although Zhu Cijiong didn't like these rules very much, the emperor's dignity must be maintained, so in general, he would not stop others from saluting in public places.

After they finished shouting, Zhu Cijiong immediately walked forward, took Sun Chuanting's arm, and said kindly: "Bo Ya, please get up quickly, it's been hard work, it's hard work, everyone get up too."

All the generals shouted in unison, thank you, the emperor, and then stood up with Sun Chuanting.

What Zhu Cijiong was most concerned about was the battle situation on the front line. After the ceremony was over, he immediately asked kindly: "Bo Ya, how is Hamiwei? Has the Wacha coalition started to attack the city?"

When Sun Chuanting heard the words, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Returning to the emperor, Hou Gongji sent a telegram that Gushi Khan led an army of more than 20 to surround the Hami Guards at the time of today's approaching Youshi. It is estimated that they will need two or three days to build siege equipment." , Hamiwei is fine for the time being. The general plans to lead his army to Handongwei tomorrow, and wait for the Wacha army to attack the city and defeat it in one fell swoop."

It seems that it came at the right time, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help being relieved, but defeat is not what he wants, it is best to be able to annihilate, and no matter how bad it is, he must try his best to consume the strength of the Wacha coalition forces so that they cannot return to the Wacha organization. resistance.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said: "Just right, I also have some ideas. It's too troublesome to say in the telegram. Why don't you find a place, let's sit down and have a meeting."

It is well known that the emperor likes to hold meetings nowadays. As long as the officials are not too old-fashioned, they will learn from the emperor. In the whole conference room, they often call their subordinates to hold meetings to discuss and discuss. Not to mention, this meeting is really effective. Everything can be negotiated at the meeting to come up with a good solution, so the style of holding meetings in Daming gradually prevailed, and there were more and more meeting rooms.

Sun Chuanting is not an old-fashioned official, and he has fought with the emperor many times. He also approves of the way of holding meetings, so he often holds meetings. There is a meeting room in the general's mansion in Jiayuguan.

Now that the emperor talked about it, he quickly led a group of generals and led the emperor to the general's mansion in Jiayuguan.

There was no need to convene people for the meeting, everyone who was due to come came, only Hou Gongji was unable to come because he was surrounded by Gushi Khan in Hamiwei, and the other generals were basically there.

About half an hour later, all the generals gathered in the Jiayuguan General's Mansion, with Zhu Cijiong sitting at the top, and a meeting on the Northwest Strategy was officially held.

I have to say that the development of technology has indeed brought a lot of convenience. Like before, if the meeting was held at night, the dim lights always made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

It’s different now. Electric lights have been around for a while, and it’s been more than two months since they were promoted at the beginning of the year. Almost all yamen in Beijing have installed electric lights. In the core place of the Northwest War Zone, Zhu Cijiong is naturally impressive. The lights, generators and other facilities were delivered early, so the meeting room of the Jiayuguan General's Mansion was brightly lit, as bright as day!
Due to time constraints, Zhu Cijiong did not use friendly means and too much politeness with everyone. After everyone sat down according to their positions, he directly announced the start of the meeting.

First of all, it was Sun Chuanting who introduced the current situation of the Northwest War and the plan he was going to adopt next. He directly took a large map of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, spread it on the conference table, and explained it in detail.

While listening carefully to Sun Chuanting's introduction, Zhu Cijiong began to think quickly based on the current situation and his own strategic conception.

Judging from Sun Chuanting's introduction, the situation is still very good. If the tactics are correct, the Wacha coalition forces near Hamiwei may really be wiped out in one fell swoop. In that case, the entire strategy of the Western Regions is almost half completed!

(End of this chapter)