Chapter 473: The overall situation is important

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty has implemented Tuntian in the border towns, from the Great Wall of Juyongguan to the Xuanfu in the Longmenwei area for hundreds of miles, almost all of them are military tuns. And because the opening of China and France to buy salt required the delivery of a large amount of grain to the border areas, those wastelands that were originally ownerless also had merchants who recruited a large number of homeless tenants to cultivate, and every time the grain was ripe, the grain trucks sent to the official treasury would be discharged far away on the official roads, and the merchants who received the warehouse money were also endless. Therefore, despite being located on the border, Xuanfu did not have any solemnity.

However, the sudden sound of gongs in the city that night woke up countless people who went to bed early, whether it was ordinary citizens, merchants who made money every day, or those women who were in charge of their careers, they all sat up from the warm bed, opened their eyes blankly, and only changed color when they reacted.

Could it be that the Tartars are coming?

Some people panicked, some people were incredulous, and some people hurriedly packed up their mood to face this sudden military situation. Although it was only a few steps from Meng Jun's courtyard to the General Soldier's Mansion, Zhang Yue and Meng Jun still found that the road was not easy to walk, because many officers who heard the sound of the gong flew here one after another, and the road that was usually unimpeded was congested today. Fortunately, Meng Jun was not an ordinary officer after all, and he easily squeezed out of the crowd with Zhang Yueqiang. When they entered the Yimen facing the lobby, the two saw Xing'an Bo Xu Heng standing on the steps, his face full of anger and corruption.

"This Kaiping Xinghe has scouts sent out every day, and the General Military Mansion also pays to raise hundreds of spies, but when the matter comes, I haven't heard any news, what are the people up and down! The autumn harvest has long passed, this should be the day of military training, if they follow the law of neglect like this, it would not be strange if one day the Tatar army crossed the next border and went directly to the city of Xuanfu! The first said that Arutai ran away, so what happened to those people who committed Xinghe before? Who is the person who is attacking Kaiping now! ”

Many officers below were scolded by Xu Heng so much that they couldn't make a sound, and although Zhang Yue had no right to dictate the military affairs of the Xuan Mansion, the two place names of Xing and Kaiping still caught his attention, and he walked around from the side at the moment, and saw Lu Feng frowning there, so he asked in a low voice: "Gonggong Lu, what's the matter?" ”

"What's going on? Something happened to Kaiping, because of the news of the emperor's northern expedition, that Arutai didn't know what was stimulated, and actually sent a ranger to attack Kaiping, and the woods in front of Kaiping Fort that were originally used to block Mengyuan's iron cavalry were burned to the ground, and those bastards didn't even know how many enemy troops were coming! ”

Thinking that he would have to stay in this hellish place where he would fight at any time I don't know how long, Lu Feng felt a burst of fire in his heart, cursed a few words, and then turned his head to Zhang Yue and said: "The emperor specially ordered you to inspect Xinghe and Kaiping, so that when the time comes, you have to store food along the road for the army to use when the army marches." You either go tomorrow and come back as soon as possible; Either we can just put it off and wait until this matter is over, or we can keep it for our family to help. Haishou, that bastard guy, is obviously preparing to see our family's jokes, if we don't expose the true face of the so-called Meng Yuan's spies, our family will write the name upside down! ”

Even a three-year-old child knew that the Mongolian cavalry was famous all over the world, and the Mongolian cavalry who got off the horse was nothing to be afraid of, so Zhang Yue heard that the large forest in front of Kaiping Fort was burned to the ground, and he couldn't help but quickly calculate it in his heart.

"Zuo Wei commanded the servant Huang Xiguang, and ordered you to immediately lead 800 troops, search along the Longmen River monolithic water to Kaiping, and inform the forts along the road that if there is anything, they will immediately raise beacon fires, and there must be no mistakes."

"Zuo Wei commanded Tongzhi Wang Shanshui, and immediately led a thousand troops to aid Zhangjiakou Fort."

"The commander of the right guard is with Cheng Xi, and immediately led his troops to order Huihe Fort, Sand Castle, Xinhekou Fort and other places to be on strict alert."

Although Xu Heng said that he was not a general of Jingnan, he had repeatedly prepared for the border from the fortress, and he was naturally familiar with these necessary measures, so he issued a series of instructions in a moment, and quickly sent out the senior generals of the Xuanfu Sanwei who were all over the courtyard, and there were only a few people left in the place where the crowds were just now. At this moment, a military attache who was nearly half a hundred years old took a few steps forward, and without seeing how to make a move, the voice like a bell resounded throughout the audience.

"My lord, other places have sent people over to strengthen the defense, but they should not have left out Xinghe Fort. If the adult feels that there is a shortage of people under him, he will automatically ask Ying to go to Xinghe to prepare for the side. Since the thieves set fire to the woods in front of Kaiping, there is absolutely no reason to let go of Xinghe lightly and skillfully. Xing and Kaiping are each other's horns, and one cannot be lost. ”

"That's the king who hung the title of the commander of the Shanxi Xingdu Division, and used to be the left guard of Yanshan in the past." Meng Junnai is a real child of the family, and when he was in Xuanfu for a long time, he naturally remembered these famous people clearly, "At the beginning, most of the thousands of households in Yanshan Sanwei, who were brave or resourceful, were knighted by merit, and the rest were accumulated. Wang Zhao is old, and there is no him in this northern expedition, in fact, I heard that he was extremely brave in the war, and he was a fierce general. ”

Although he attacked his grandfather's title of Earl of Xing'an, Xu Heng still maintained a little politeness to these old officers, although he didn't think so, but it was not good to save Wang Zhao's face too much, so he comforted him at the moment, and offered a basket of good words, but he didn't answer the words. Just then, he heard a voice from the diagonal area.

"Xing'anbo, I am going to Xinghe to check the grain storage and replacement of weapons, since there is a military situation now, why not do two things together, and let the king command the troops to go with me?"

Wang Zhao was already a little depressed, but when he saw someone speaking for him, he hurriedly followed the prestige, but found that it was an official he didn't recognize. Thinking about those words, he probably guessed who the other party was, so he simply gave a military salute to Xu Heng: "Now in this emergency, the military weapons must be complete, and the last general is willing to lead the troops to escort Lord Xiao Zhang to Xinghe, and I hope that Lord Yucheng will become a monk." ”

At this time, Wang Guan and Hai Shou arrived at the first glance, and when he heard the word Xinghe, Hai Shou, who had just been startled by the sudden sound of the gong, couldn't care so much, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask what was going on, and when he heard that there was an unknown number of Northern Kou who came to Kaiping and burned the woods outside Kaiping City, he couldn't help frowning in annoyance: "Didn't you lose the city, you need to be so nervous?" This warning of the whole city, the people of the whole city have to panic, then the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Wang Guan was taken aback when he learned that Zhang Yue was going to leave for Xinghe immediately, but in his heart he wished that this person would leave quickly, leaving Lu Feng alone and unable to turn over any storms. After all, the Jinyi guards in this Xuanfu have long been fed by him, and even if someone is tired to death, he can't find any clues. So, seeing that Xu Heng seemed to be a little hesitant, he stepped forward and persuaded with a smile: "The war has not started at this time, it is better to go as soon as possible, otherwise if it is late, wouldn't it be a mistake for Lord Xiao Zhang to fall there?" ”

Xu Heng has always admired Zhang Fu, who is five years older, and has the heart to take care of his cousin, but at this time, Zhang Yue opened his mouth, and the holy order is indeed the same, plus the crown still says so, it would be unreasonable for him to refuse again. So after a moment of silence, he agreed to the matter, but ordered Zhang Yue to bring all the 500 people accompanying the Beijing camp, and asked Wang Zhao to order 500 elite soldiers tomorrow.

Since no one was notified, when Yu Qian, who got the news a little late, arrived here, the officers in the courtyard had already dispersed. He easily inquired about what had happened, and his brows tightened. Today, I had the opportunity to distribute five hundred firecrackers to the Xuanfu Zuowei, because he was not a well-known person, and he was dressed in green clothes and mixed with those scribes and miscellaneous servants, so he heard a few unexpected things. In line with the duty of an imperial history, he has the intention to report the matter, but if a big war is imminent at this time, it is inappropriate to lift the lid for the sake of some iron-clad reputation.

The big picture counts!

When Zhang Yue and Meng Jun returned to their residences again, it was already dark at night. was disturbed by this sudden military situation, even if Lian Sheng, who was tired from the road and wanted to go to bed early, he insisted on waiting until Zhang Yue came back, and when he learned that he would go on the road immediately tomorrow, the two of them secretly wailed, and immediately went back to the room to go to bed as soon as possible. And Meng Jun had already said everything he should say, and he didn't want to worry about any mother-in-law and mother-in-law at the moment, so he patted Zhang Yue's arm vigorously and turned back to the bedroom. Peng Shisan yawned for a long time, said hello and pulled Niu Dang, who was already asleep, back to the room. As a result, there were only three people left in the room.

"Young master, the leopard and I dressed up in disguise after dinner early, and quietly found the eyeliner of Jinyiwei in Xuanfu at night, but found that this person's words were not true, so I gave him some colors to see, only then did I know that the hundred households of Jinyiwei here were actually useless, all of them were bought by the crown, and several eyeliners were also pinched by him, so the things reported were fabricated."

When reporting to Long, Liu Bao, who had always been silent, went to the door to guard, and although Zhang Yue, who heard this, expected something, he was still shocked when he really determined such a deed. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Then did this person say that the crown is in the Xuanfu?" ”

"This guy is afraid of death, so I threatened that Jinyiwei had noticed the abnormality on the Xuanfu side, and he confided in him. According to him, there are three major drawbacks on the Xuanfu side, one is that there are a lot of private goods flowing to the north, including cotton cloth and tea, and iron tools, after all, after the Mongolian retreat to the north, it is inconvenient to smelt iron after all, but the most important thing is tea; The second is that in addition to the military tun, there are many generals and schools in the border towns who privately reclaim wasteland for profit, and the crown alone has hundreds of hectares of land; The third is that when the merchant opened the grain and took the warehouse money as a voucher for the salt exchange on another day, the officer deducted a lot from it. ”

After listening to them one by one, Zhang Yue only felt panicked in his heart, and it took a long time to breathe a long sigh of relief. It is not difficult to completely investigate each of these piles, but it is difficult to deal with them clearly, not to mention that it is not the right time at all. The overall situation is important, and the rest can only be put on hold first!