"What? There are Mongolian Tatars coming in droves? ”

When Ma Xianglin heard this, he was not surprised, and hurriedly ordered excitedly: "The whole army is on alert, and I am well guarded!" ”

As he spoke, he couldn't stay any longer, and immediately rushed to the head of the Great Wall.

The White Pole Army was an army dominated by infantry, and if you fought the Mongol Tatars, you had to rely on them to attack.

No, of course he was excited to send it to the door.

However, before he could reach the city, his men came to report again.

"What, the beacon fire is extinguished?" Ma Xianglin was quite surprised when he heard this, "The Mongolian Tartars captured all the piers so quickly?" ”

The Great Wall defense line does not just rely on the Great Wall. Instead, it relies on the Great Wall, with military camps, outposts, and a whole defense system of piers.

The piers on the periphery, if you find the enemy's traces, you will send wolf smoke to give an alarm. In this way, the side of the pass will immediately send troops and horses to defend or attack.

The reason for this is that the first is to guard against the enemy's sneak attack, and the second is that it is impossible for the army to be vigilant at the head of the city at all times, and most of them have to rest. After the early warning, it will be ready for battle.

At this time, after hearing the announcement, Ma Xianglin realized that the enemy was strong, but after being surprised, he was even more excited, and hurried to the city.

As a result, as soon as he went to the city, he was immediately informed by the generals on duty at the head of the city.

"What, allies?" When Ma Xianglin heard this, he took a few steps closer to the battlements and looked out.

But no, I saw that outside the Great Wall, in the dust, those knights were wearing Ming military uniforms. With so many cavalry troops, it is absolutely impossible for the Mongolian Tatars to pretend to be, because they don't have so many Ming military uniforms at all!

Obviously, the beacon fire on the pier was extinguished, and that was because he found that it was not the enemy who was attacking, and he extinguished the fire himself.

An empty rejoicing!

After understanding this, Ma Xianglin's excitement immediately disappeared. Looking at the cavalry rolling outside, to be honest, he also had mixed feelings in his heart.

The Ming cavalry on the grassland, as the imperial court has already reported, is that the thieves accepted the recruitment of the Duke of Xingguo and reorganized into the official army of the imperial court. In the first battle, the Tumut Department was basically wiped out and the Hetao was recovered. Then it is said that it swept the grassland to the east, and it seems that it is almost now, and it has only entered the customs.

Come to think of it, it's been two months, and it's already quite cold on the grassland. The people of the Central Plains are not used to the grassland at this time, and it is indeed time to come back.

These original thieves have always been opponents before, and he fought with them in the north and south. In the process, his daughter-in-law was also killed in battle.

Once an enemy, now a friend!

It's unpredictable!

Looking at the cavalry army that was getting closer and closer, Ma Xianglin's interest was a little low, he didn't want to see it, so he went back by himself and asked his deputy to do a good job of customs clearance.

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Ma Xianglin guessed correctly, the returning Ming cavalry was Li Guo and Li Dingguo. After the raid almost wiped out the Tumut Division, although it continued to sweep eastward, the results of the next battle were not good.

This is the case with the Mongolian Tartars of the steppe, which, when they encounter a powerful enemy, immediately slip away. In the vast grassland, it is too difficult to find them.

Although there are nearly 30,000 Ming cavalry troops, once these troops are invested in the grassland, it is really not enough to see, because the grassland is too big.

When the Ming Dynasty was strong, Ming Chengzu made five expeditions to the grassland, and even encircled and suppressed 30,000 tile spur troops with an army of 500,000, but the results were not abundant. The reason for this is that Mongolian tartars are like fish in water in the steppe, and they are too difficult to catch.

The reason why the Tumut Department was able to be eliminated before was all due to the word "raid".

At this time, the Ming Dynasty itself was full of beacons, and it was even pressed and beaten by Liaodong Jianju, who would have thought that the Ming Kingdom would still have the strength to send cavalry to the grassland, and one faction was 30,000 cavalry!

After the Ming army eliminated the Tumut tribe, the other tribes were on guard, the grassland was their world, and the 30,000 Ming army wanted to destroy the Mongolian tribes again, that is, to find a needle in a haystack, and the difficulty can be imagined!

However, when I returned from sweeping a circle of grasslands, and when I saw the Great Wall, everyone felt very cordial.

However, when they saw the white-pole army defending at the head of the city, these former thief generals who had fought with the white-pole army many times couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the characteristics of the White Pole Army were very distinct, and it was a very distinctive army in the late Ming Dynasty. The generals who led the army were all relatives and family members.

The most famous is Qin Liangyu, a rare female general since the previous dynasties. Her son Ma Xianglin, daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi, brothers, nephews, etc., all led the troops to be loyal to the country.

Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, when the generals fled at every turn, looted and other things, the white pole army was even more prominent.

Therefore, the people who led the troops in the late Ming Dynasty, whether they were court officials or thieves, knew about the White Pole Army.

Ma Xianglin's daughter-in-law, Zhang Fengyi, died in the battle of Houjiazhuang, which pursued Wang Jiayun and Wang Ziyong.

For the white pole army, no matter whether they are friends or enemies, they all respect it.

Li Guo and the others looked at each other, and they were ready to deal with Ma Xianglin. Unexpectedly, Ma Xianglin was not there, but his deputy handled customs clearance affairs.

Li Guo and the others saw it, and they also knew what the situation was, and persuaded the Jinyi guard in the army to feel that Ma Xianglin was rude and wanted to theorize, and then let the army leave the grassland booty, a lot of beef and mutton.

Lamb is not rare, but beef is a rarity. The cultivated cattle in the Central Plains cannot be killed, and only those who die of old age, disease, or accident can be eaten. However, this is very rare, and it is impossible for ordinary people to have a mouthful.

However, the steppe is different. After the Ming army was captured, because it had to fight thousands of miles and go deep behind enemy lines, it could not be carried, so it could only be killed and carried by the army.

When Ma Xianglin heard the report from his subordinates, he went to the city, and watched the cavalry go to Beijing, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

After a long time, his expression suddenly became firm, and he said to himself: "I want to play and please transfer Liaodong, and the white pole army must not lose the battle." The spoils of the Mongols will be returned with the spoils of Liaodong Jianyu! ”

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In the past few days, in the Jingshi, in the circle of scholars, another news has been circulating, saying that Qian Qianyi, the leader of Shilin, is coming to Jingshi and will arrive soon.

When many people heard the news, they immediately thought that Yan Shenggong had written a letter to these great Confucians, asking them to promote Confucianism.

As a result, those sour Confucians who were originally suppressed immediately had expectations again, and they looked forward to it almost every day, almost counting their fingers to see when Qian Qianyi would be able to arrive in Beijing, and even sent people to wait at Tongzhou, the end point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

On this day, a large group of sour Confucians rushed to Tongzhou from Beijing to welcome Qian Qianyi, who arrived in Tongzhou.

"Mr. Yu Shan, I can bring you here!"

"You're here, and we'll have the backbone!"

"When the harsh winter is coming, Mr. Yu Shan is still coming from the south for thousands of miles, so high and bright, he is really a model for my generation!"

“……”

Faced with such a large group of people patting him on the back, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

If it was possible, he wouldn't want to come to Jingshi at all.

However, Xingguo Gong gave him a stipulation that there must be a new academic article published in Ming Pao before the end of the year. Otherwise, as soon as the New Year passes, Jinyiwei will come to the door.

For this reason, he hurried to find information about Xinxue, and the most of them were the contents of the previous "Ming Pao". However, after reading it for a long time, it was still difficult to see it, and finally with the help of Liu Ruyi, I finally wrote a new article.

Although it was written, Qian Qianyi was still worried that if this article was not well written and was beaten back by Xingguo Gong, it would be back and forth, and one by one, accidentally, and it would not be able to publish the article after the year, would it really be necessary to let Jinyiwei come to the door? That's going to destroy the house!

As a result, at this time, he received a letter from Yan Shenggong, inviting him to go north to give lectures and open his eyes for Confucianism. For this reason, even the itinerary has been arranged, so that Qian Qianyi doesn't have to think about anything else, and he can go north directly.

After receiving this letter, Qian Qianyi immediately understood that Xingguo Gong seemed to be really interested in relearning, and he even had to fight with Yan Shenggong, forcing Yan Shenggong to move the rescue troops thousands of miles away.

This realization made him even more worried.

He can be 100% sure that with Xingguo Gong's attention to Xinxue, the threat of that day is definitely not just talking!

Eventually, he decided to go north to Beijing.

However, Qian Qianyi came to Jingshi, not to be a pawn of Yan Shenggong, but to go directly to Jingshi to present his article, in case Xingguo Gong was not satisfied, he still had the opportunity to write another article. Even if this is not the case, Xingguo Gong may be able to let him go when he sees his posture.

If Kong Yinzhi knew that he had arranged for Qian Qianyi to go north, but he wanted to stab him in the back, it is estimated that he would have the intention of killing Qian Qianyi.

However, at this time, except for Liu Ruyi, no one knew Qian Qianyi's true intentions.

In this way, surrounded by a large group of sour Confucians, Qian Qianyi rushed to Jingshi in the afternoon.

"We have arranged the guild hall, please Mr. Yu Shan to stay and rest!"

Hearing this, Qian Qianyi glanced at Liu Ru in men's clothes, then shook his head and ordered: "Go directly to the Xingguo Mansion!" ”

As soon as they heard this, this group of sour Confucians was immediately stunned: Mr. Yu Shan actually has such a fighting spirit, for the sake of Confucianism, with his old body, regardless of the fatigue of the boat and car, he can't wait for a moment, and he wants to go directly to the Xingguo Mansion and go to study with the Xingguo Gong?

I really didn't expect that Mr. Yu Shan is really a model for my generation of scholars!

Thinking of this, they complimented one after another, and while leading Qian Qianyi to the Xingguo Mansion, they made a lot of publicity.

Because of Zhang Mingwei's relationship with the Daming Jingshi Academy, and the peace of the world, the Jingshi at this time, that is when the scholars gathered, heard the news, and spread it ten, ten to a hundred places, and many readers moved when they heard the wind and followed to see the excitement.