The so-called Tianjin Sanwei is Tianjin Wei, Tianjin Zuowei and Tianjin Right Guard, all established in the early years of the Yongle Dynasty, the commanders of these three guards are the generals who followed the Yan King Zhu Di Jingnan, and their descendants have been hereditary commanders to this day.

At present, the commander of Tianjin Wei is called Ni Yunpeng, the commander of Tianjin Left Guard is called Zhao Jizong, and the commander of Tianjin Right Wei is called Mei Dingjia.

At this moment, Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong, and Mei Dingjia were gathering together to discuss the matter of sending troops to King Qin in Beijing, because the emperor's edict ordering King Qin in various places had been delivered, and they had to take action.

The ancestors of the Ni, Zhao, and Mei families were all brave and good at fighting, but the descendants of the generals may not be qualified generals, and the descendants of good soldiers may not be good soldiers. As the saying goes: there is no tiger in the door. Although this sentence is absolutely true, it is not unreasonable, especially in the hereditary system of martial arts like the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of military generals enjoy the shadow of their ancestors, and they can inherit their father's position and become senior officers without doing anything.

Coincidentally, the current command of Tianjin Sanwei makes Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong and Mei Dingjia all mediocre people, incapable and unenterprising, but out-and-out rice moths, just lying in the shadow of their ancestors to enjoy happiness, and the team under their command is usually negligent in training, almost becoming three private serfs, the military equipment is wasted, and the combat effectiveness is simply not flattering. Moreover, due to the serious oppression of the three families, many military households chose to flee with their families because they were overwhelmed, so the Tianjin Sanwei has a serious shortage of personnel, and the current strength of the army is less than 10,000, almost more than half of the shortage, which can only be described as shocking.

As the so-called chickens eat light insects, they know it. Ni, Zhao, and Mei all understand that the army under their command is vulnerable, and at this moment, if they are in a hurry to enter the king of Beijing and fight against 100,000 Tatar iron cavalry, it is undoubtedly self-defeating, so the three of them together, they feel that they should stick to the city first, and wait for the arrival of the team of the king of Qin, anyway, Tianjin is only more than 200 miles away from Beijing, and it is completely possible to be the last to come, but not afraid that the emperor will be held accountable afterwards. If the capital is breached by the Tartars, then there is no need to worry about the emperor's accountability, or consider whether to surrender or run away.

Just as Ni, Zhao, and Mei were together, a general under Ni Yunpeng hurriedly came in and reported: "My lord, a scholar has come to the north city gate, claiming to be Xu Jin, please see the commander." ”

Ni Zhaomei and the three of them glanced at each other in surprise, and the commander of Tianjin Wei, Ni Yunpeng, said: "But Jinghai Marquis Xu Jin? ”

The general nodded and said, "It's him!" ”

"Hey, isn't this one deprived of his post and demoted to the supervisor of Nanjing Guozi? Why did you come to us? Ni Yunpeng said strangely.

Zhao Jizong's heart moved: "It's not good, this son is looking for us to send troops to King Qin." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ni Yunpeng and Mei Dingjia both frowned, they had already discussed defending the city just now, and if Xu Jin came to urge the king to send troops, it would be troublesome.

"Uncle Zong, what should we do then? To see or not to see? Mei Dingjia asked a little nervously.

Zhao Jizong is the commander of the Tianjin Left Guard, and his rank is a generation higher than that of Ni Yunpeng and Mei Dingjia, and his brain is more flexible, so usually Ni Yunpeng and Mei Dingjia are the only ones who look ahead.

Zhao Jizong's eyes flashed, and he shook his head decisively and said, "We don't see you." ”

"Uncle Zong, isn't it okay to see you? This is no ordinary man. Ni Yunpeng hesitated.

is the shadow of the so-called famous tree, although Xu Jin has been demoted by the knighthood at the moment, his prestige in the army is still extremely high, and people give him the nicknames Xu Chopping Head and Xu Changsheng, and turning away such a character, Ni Yunpeng is a little unsteady.

Zhao Jizong asked rhetorically: "Could it be that Yun Pengxian's nephew wants to be cannon fodder and enter Beijing to fight against the 100,000 iron cavalry of the Tartars?" ”

Ni Yunpeng hurriedly shook his head and said: "I don't want to, it's better to die than to live, let's eat and drink spicy food here, who rarely fights with the Tartars." ”

Zhao Jizong spread his hands and said: "Isn't this over, Xu Jin's son is here to persuade us to send troops to King Qin, if we see him and don't send troops in the end, then we can't explain, so it's better not to see him." ”

Mei Dingjia nodded thoughtfully, while Ni Yunpeng said a little worriedly: "But Xu Jin is outside the city, how can we send him away?" ”

Zhao Jizong said disapplausively: "It's different now, if Xu Jin hadn't been degraded by the knighthood, we wouldn't have to give face, but he, Xu Jin, is now just a small eight-rank supervisor, so he doesn't have to worry too much, just find a reason to send him away." ”

"Otherwise, just ignore him and leave him out of the city, and maybe he'll leave on his own as soon as it gets dark." Mei Dingjia Road.

Zhao Jizong shook his head and said: "No, although Xu Jin is losing power now, he can avoid death if he commits such a serious crime, it can be seen that the emperor really cares for him, it is difficult to guarantee that this son will not make a comeback in the future, we can't offend him to death, leave a line of life, and see each other in the future!" ”

"Well, in principle, then I'll listen to Uncle Zong." Mei Dingjia and Ni Yunpeng said in unison.

Outside the city of Tianjin, Xu Jin has been standing under the city for nearly half a time of incense, and still does not see any movement in the city, Jian Mei can't help frowning, and there is a faint trace of unhappiness in his heart.

After the tea again, the sunset has hung on the top of the mountain in the distance, it is estimated that there is still about half an hour to nightfall, every time the time drags on for a little more, Tongzhou City will be more dangerous, once the food in the city falls into the hands of the Tartars, the Tartars will not have to worry about the supply problem, they can attack the capital with all their might.

I remember that in history, I did besiege the city of Beijing, but in the end I failed to break the city, but only plundered and then withdrew to the outside of the city, but now the historical trend has completely changed, and Xu Jin is not sure whether I will break through the city of Beijing this time. Once the capital is broken, Emperor Jiajing and the ministers of the clan are wiped out by the Tatars, and the Ming Dynasty is estimated to be not far from the death of the country.

This is not what Xu Jin wants to see, whether it is for the sake of national righteousness or for the sake of his family who is still in the capital, he has to do his best to fight, if he can save the mansion, it is the best, and the worst must save his family!

Just as Xu Jin's heart was fluctuating, there was finally movement on the city, and Nanzi, who looked like an officer, poked his head out of the battlement and shouted: "Dare to ask the city is Jinghai Marquis Xu Jin?" ”

Xu Jin came back to his senses, looked up at the military general in the city, and arched his hand: "It's Xu Jin down there, dare to ask which general is in the city?" ”

"This general is Xie An, the commander of the Tianjin Left Guard, and he has long admired the name of Lord Xu." The military general at the head of the city introduced himself.

Xu Jin's heart couldn't help sinking, the other party's chief officer did not appear, but only sent a commander to see him, it seems that the possibility of letting Tianjin Sanwei send troops is slim.

Sure enough, the commander of the city said politely: "It is said that Lord Xu is about to go south to serve in Tianfu, did he happen to pass by?" ”

Xu Jinjian raised his eyebrows and said indifferently: "This official is indeed going south to perform his duties, but it coincides with Tongzhou being attacked by the Tartars. Tongzhou is the granary of the capital, and there is no room for mistakes, so I specially invited troops to help Tongzhou, and I would like to ask Xie to open the city gate to talk in detail. ”

Xie An smiled dryly and said, "We have received the news, Commander Ni, Commander Zhao and Commander Mei are discussing the matter of sending troops, and they will take action after the spies find out the situation." In order to prevent the spies from sneaking into the city, the three commanders have already ordered martial law in the whole city, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, so it is really not appropriate to open the door to let Lord Xu enter the city at the moment, so Lord Xu should hurry up and board the boat and hurry. ”

Xu Jin was secretly angry in his heart, but the other party refused to even open the city gate, obviously he had already made up his mind not to see him, and it would be a waste of saliva to say more, so he arched his hand and said: "Since this is the case, then I will bother, Xu Mou said goodbye!" ”

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the dock, and Xu Shou hurriedly followed with his burden. Xie An, the commander of the city, was stunned for a moment, touched his chin and said to himself: "This is a simple master. ”