The Wulie River is an important tributary of the upper reaches of the Luan River. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a river that flows from the northwest to the southeast, it is not wide and magnificent, and the water volume is not abundant enough, but it has a characteristic that other Saibei rivers do not have, that is, it is dozens of miles of river before it joins the Luan River, and in the cold winter wax moon, even if it is the coldest weather of the year, its river surface does not freeze.

When the cold wind in the north of the country is roaring, the ice and snow are frozen, the surface of this river is steaming and never frozen.

Therefore, few people remember its original name, such as its original Chinese name Wulie River, for example, its Mongolian real name is Saiyin Gol River, and everyone calls it Rehe, which means steaming river.

Of course, such a sight can only be seen in the coldest winters. And this is also the origin of the name of Rehe in later generations.

The reason why the Wulie River is about to join the Luan River is that there are many hot springs hidden in the valley floors of the mountains through which it flows.

Most of them are underground hot springs, but there are also several above-ground hot springs, one of which is the largest and most well-known, known as Rehe Spring, on the west bank of the Wulie River.

The hot river spring gushes continuously all year round, forming a river, which flows eastward into the Wulie River, and also flows a large amount of hot spring water into the Wulie River, which is an important reason why the Wulie River has become a hot river.

The Manchu Emperor Kangxi in history, took a fancy to the topography around Rehe Spring, and built a palace here, known as Rehe Palace in history, and later in a more distant future, this place was also called "Summer Resort".

Of course, now on the west bank of the Wulie River, around the undulating mountains around Rehe Spring, the Rehe Fort built on the mountain is far less rigorous and magnificent than the Chengde Summer Resort in later generations, and it does not have the delicacy and grandeur of the royal garden at all.

As for whether Cao Wenzhao was a tyrannical and wasted this piece of feng shui treasure, it is really hard to say.

However, with the 3,000 soldiers of the Wulie Battalion and the 5,000 people who had been recruited with great difficulty, the Rehe Fort that he had built in nearly five months had only just completed a wall that was not too tall.

This wall is no more than a zhang high, no more than a zhang wide, and quite long, but it is only 3,300 zhang. According to later calculations, the wall was about three meters high, three meters wide, and about 9,900 meters long.

It is said that the silver given by the emperor is sufficient, and it is reasonable for 8,000 people to build at the same time in sections, plus a large amount of cement and concrete are used regardless of the cost, and the project itself is not particularly large, so it should be completed soon.

But Cao Wenzhao is different from others, and he is especially serious in his work. As soon as he thought of the emperor, he was directly promoted from a guerrilla to the deputy chief soldier of Jizhen, and asked him to recruit 3,000 soldiers from the martial arts battalion to go out of the fortress and guard Rehe Fort, his heart was full of pride in opening up territory and making contributions to the emperor. Since this place is to be defended for a long time, it is necessary to build Rehe Fort into a permanent fortification.

In this way, which lasted nearly five months, Cao Wenzhao recruited a large number of hungry people from the southern land of Gyeonggi to go north, along the banks of the Wulie River and the Luan River.

In the end, the hero saw the same thing, Cao Wenzhao looked for it, and soon took a fancy to this feng shui treasure land surrounded by Rehe Spring.

The surrounding area of Rehe Spring is a typical mountain valley surrounded by mountains, and it is also the kind of mountain valley in the shape of a dustpan, the east, west and north are all mountains with an altitude of one or two hundred meters, and although the terrain in the south is slightly gentle, not far away is the Wulie River that does not reduce the amount of water in winter and does not freeze, which is the treasure land of the Chengde Summer Resort in later generations.

In such a place, building a strong castle by the mountain can definitely achieve the effect of being a husband and a man, and it can be said that as long as there is enough food in stock, you can hold on as long as you want.

This is also a strategic chess piece that Emperor Chongzhen dropped in this place in advance in order to prevent the recurrence of historical tragedy.

Although Cao Wenzhao did not know what had happened in the original history, he carried out the emperor's will very well.

Although this Rehe Fort is not the kind of new city with a fortress that Emperor Chongzhen finally wanted, this Rehe Fort is better than the steepness of the terrain itself.

The city wall of Rehe Fort, with the ups and downs of the mountain, presents the same irregular oval winding shape, and the protrusion formed by the mountain in many places can achieve the effect of a fortress as long as a fort is built on it.

When Niu Juming, the new scholar of the Military Aircraft Department, with the holy decree of the imperial court, was escorted by a team of brocade guards headed by Qiao Yunsheng, the eldest grandson of Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and went north, and finally arrived at Rehe Fort after four days of hard work, Cao Wenzhao was taking Cao Bianjiao, Ying Shisheng and other generals to seriously inspect the construction of the barracks and official offices in Rehe Fort.

In the whole Rehe Fort, there are springs, mountains, lakes, and a large area of flat land.

On the platform inside the south gate, that is, the palace area of the summer resort in later generations, it is the Chinese army hall of the Wulie Battalion that is under construction, and it is also the office gate for recruiting people to reclaim near Rehe Fort.

Walking from the south to the north, down the platform, is a lake area, after the lake area, it is a fairly open plain, this place, now is where the barracks of the martial arts camp are located, rows and rows, pieces of brick and stone concrete structure of the tile houses, now has been erected, a large number of soldiers and young people, under the guidance of the craftsman, are busy in the barracks one by one, building a large kang one by one.

The winter outside the city is very cold, and now it is late August, although it is not really snowing in August, but it is not far from the season of snow.

There are many opportunities for the scholars in the Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department to go out to deliver orders, but for Niu Juming, a new science and technology scholar, this is the first time in his life.

Of course, in this short period of less than half a year, Niu Juming has experienced too many firsts, and sometimes he feels that everything he has encountered in the past six months is as unreal as a dream.

However, since leaving Jingshi, passing through Shunyi, Huairou, and Miyun, until he left Gubeikou, he truly realized that he was indeed doing great things.

Out of the Gubeikou, in fact, the scenery is not much different from the Miyun and other places in the Great Wall, are rolling mountains and hills, if the only difference, is that there are not so many dotted villages in the mountains and valleys with pleasant scenery everywhere, and when you go to the twilight in the morning, you can't see the common curling smoke in the pass.

Only then did he feel that he had really come to Saibei, to a strategic place where I don't know how many wars had taken place since ancient times.

Before leaving, the emperor's repeated entrustment made him feel a kind of complacency of being entrusted with a heavy responsibility and the anxiety of not disappointing the emperor's expectations.

Two days after leaving Gubeikou, Niu Juming rushed to the outside of Rehe Fort, and soon under the leadership of Cao Bianjiao, he met Cao Wenzhao on the barracks construction site in the plain area of Rehe Fort.

When Cao Wenzhao heard that it was the imperial court's envoy who had sent the decree, he naturally did not dare to slack off, and soon asked people to summon the generals and colonels to listen to the decree.

At this time, Niu Juming, who was thirty-three years old, looked at Cao Wenzhao, who was a little younger than himself, and he was also infinitely emotional.

At the moment, there is nothing to pay attention to, the first time to be the envoy of this decree, for the party receiving the decree is a little hasty and hasty, and he does not pick on it, and immediately said: "The holy decree has arrived!" Cao Wenzhao and other generals of the martial arts battalion, all the officials knelt to receive it! ”

In ancient times, there were many particularities in the transmission of the holy decree, such as opening the main door, entering the main hall, wearing a dress, placing an incense case, kneeling three times and nine knocks, raising both hands above the head, etc., especially the incense case that worships the holy decree, which is a common thing when welcoming the holy decree.

But for military generals, pay attention to it when there are conditions, and there is no way to do it when there are no conditions.

Niu Juming, who has always been famous for his jealousy and jealousy in history, has been proud of the imperial examination and has a smooth career in this life, but there is no such thing as being criticized by later generations, and if he wants to make a great contribution this time, he will eventually fall on Cao Wenzhao, so he also has a special look at Cao Wenzhao and his subordinates.

I only heard Niu Juming continue: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: Since this spring, Cao Wenzhao's department has been ordered to be stationed outside the Saiwai, recruit people to cultivate seeds, and select generals to train troops. Cao Wenzhao's response to the measures is very satisfying.

"Today, the imperial court agreed to open the Rehe Town Guard Mansion in Rehe Fort, and ordered Cao Wenzhao, the deputy chief soldier of Ji Town, to serve as the Rehe Town Guard on the spot, and the Rehe Fort left near the military and civilian business brigades, and the military and civil affairs of the Fanxing State Guard, Anzhou Guard, Huizhou Guard, and Da'an Wei stationed in Tun Qianhu will be under the jurisdiction of the Rehe Town Guard Mansion from now on, and the Rehe Town Guard will have full control and dispatch.

"In addition, on the day Cao Wenzhao received the order, he should reorganize his troops and horses, get in touch with the command of the envoys of Ulan Hadadu, be ready to go north at any time, and maintain a high degree of vigilance against the southward invasion of Horqin, Ao Han, Naiman and other troops in September. Chin this. ”

After Niu Juming finished reciting the holy decree, Cao Wenzhao led his subordinates to kneel and knock nine times, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" If you do it three times, it's over.