Datong is nearly 600 miles away from Taiyuan, and according to historical records, the thief army arrived in Taiyuan Mansion on February 6, as expected, the thief army has already ruined Pingyang Mansion at this time and is almost ready to start going north, and the time is so urgent that Chang Yu has not much time left.

Therefore, after Chang Yu left the city, he immediately ordered the team to move forward at a rapid pace, a hundred miles and a rest, and a rest of only three moments, he wanted to arrive in Taiyuan before the thief army to deploy, and do his best to block the attack of the thief army!

It was like this non-stop gallop all the way, until it was dark and the team was tired, so they could pass Shanyin County, and they ran more than 200 miles after a little calculation, which was the limit at that time.

Rest on the spot, set off after half an hour, Chang Yu set off along the way in order to inspire the soldiers, he set an example, did not take a car, the whole city ride, in fact, if the car once it runs, it is not as comfortable as on the horse, this year's car is not shock-absorbing, almost can bump people apart.

The team stopped, the soldiers got off their horses and lay directly on the ground, but Luo Tang was not so relaxed, as a family member did hard work, although he was also tired, but he also had to make a fire to cook and raise war horses, fortunately, he had more than 100 under his command at this time, and there were many people with great strength, not very arduous.

Chang Yu was also exhausted, and fell directly next to the bonfire, watching the dark night sky and gasping.

"The factory superintendent, more than 50 miles ahead is the mountain pass, dozens of miles into the mountain, out of the mountain pass to Yanmen Pass, but the road is difficult to walk, even if we rush overnight, to Yanmen Pass the sky will be bright" Zheng Xingguo, one of the four leaders of the East Factory from the capital, came to report.

Because Jinyiwei had set off with Wu Mengming on the eve of the trip, the task of exploring the way was handed over to the people of the East Factory, and Zheng Xingguo was in charge.

Yanmen Pass!

Chang Yu suddenly came to his senses, this martial arts in his previous life, the place names he often saw in historical biographies always fascinated him, and now it is in front of him.

"Pass the order, arrive at Yanmen Pass before dawn to rest," Chang Yu said lightly with a smile on his face as he looked at the dark night.

Just when I was tired of running around late at night, in the capital, the Yangxin Pavilion in the palace was indeed as warm as spring.

"Well done, well done"

Chongzhen looked at the two dense folds on the table in front of him, his face was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but get up and stroke his palms.

These two secret letters arrived almost at the same time, one was handed over by Chang Yu from Dongchang, and the other was from Wu Mengming of Jinyiwei.

Chang Yu's secret fold is very simple: borrow 200,000 yuan of silver and 100,000 stones of grain on behalf of the king, and ask the saint to send someone to repay the silver.

Jiang Hao tried to assassinate, has been punished, his family property has been confiscated, and he plans to transport it to Taiyuan for emergency! Please dismiss Wang Jimo and reuse Wei Jingyu!

And Wu Mengming wrote in detail, from the assassination in the middle of the night, Chang Yu designed how to capture Jiang Jiu, and how to make him confess and execute him on the street...... It's all too small!

These two secret folds, from Datong eight hundred miles expedited, sent in the afternoon, late at night by the secret channel directly to Chongzhen's desk, the speed is amazing but also reasonable, after all, there are post stations along the way, every other distance to change people and horses at any time to maintain the peak state, from Datong to the capital less than 700 miles under the heavy reward only took more than ten hours to arrive.

"He really killed the scourge of Jiang Jiu, it was good to kill, it was good to kill" Chongzhen couldn't hide his excitement, and kept muttering in his mouth.

The prince once told him that Jiang Hao surrendered to the thieves and opened the west gate, so that the thieves traveled all the way into Beijing, and Chongzhen hated it.

What's more, he didn't say a word about this matter, and he didn't make a decree, that is, he could get out of the whole body if it caused serious consequences, and Chang Yu would take the blame.

Thinking of Chang Yu, Chongzhen was excited again, and Tianxing suddenly appeared with a man who was so capable and understood his mind and could be called Wei Zhongxian's backstabber, which was really the blessing of the Ming Dynasty.

It has been mentioned before that Chongzhen has long regretted killing Wei Zhongxian, and he secretly ordered a thick burial, because he finally understood how important it is to have a person who kills people for himself with a knife, uses an abacus to make money for himself, and is a slave who carries the blame at a critical moment.

So when he heard what Chang Yu did in Xuanfu, he was immediately pleasantly surprised to find that there was a eunuch who was far more powerful than Wei Zhongxian by his side, so he immediately gave Chang Yu the power to kill him, and it really lived up to his expectations, Chang Yu would not only make money, but also kill people, and more importantly, he could also take the blame and understand his mind better.

What a Changyu! Only a few days after leaving Beijing, he urged Xuanfu Datong to send troops, ambushed Wang Chengyin, killed Jiang Xuan, set up Wang Jimo, raised food and salary, and did not cause any military rebellion.

"Wang Chengen Bingbi" Chongzhen suddenly had a bold idea, he wanted Chang Yu to supervise Taiyuan, maybe he would not lose it in Taiyuan, thinking that the dream of the prince has always been verified, if Taiyuan is not lost, it means that the will of heaven has been reversed?

This was his last madness, and the last trace of struggle, all of which were bet on Chang Yu, a little eunuch in the palace who had just emerged for less than a month.

In fact, eunuchs and eunuchs were the norm in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not surprising that it was the Chongzhen Dynasty, so Chongzhen's move was not an accident, but just because he had expectations, it became unusual.

The information brought to him by these two secret folds was really surprising, making him difficult to calm down for a long time, and Chang Yu's actions made him really excited, and he couldn't wait to see how he dealt with them one by one, so that the aftertaste was endless.

After thinking about it, I felt ridiculous, Chang Yu's cleverness was played on the head of the vassal king, and he secretly folded the sentence that the grain can be temporarily Xu Tuzhi, the meaning is clear, that is, the grain is not returned first, of course, there is no return now, Xu Tuzhi, it means that it depends on the account.

This kid is clever, the nobles of the capital have been pitted by him, and now he is starting to trap the vassal kings, but he has done a good job, these enjoy the emperor's grace, but when the country is in trouble, the vassal kings who are watching coldly are rich one by one, and it is time for Chang Yu to rectify it.

Chongzhen couldn't sleep all night, tossing and turning and secretly praying, if Taiyuan is not lost, the will of heaven can be turned! Chang Yu must not live up to my high hopes.

Chang Yu, who was thousands of miles away, didn't know or care about Chongzhen's high hopes for him, at this time, he just wanted to fall asleep upside down, and he didn't need to warm the bed with a hot kang, even if it was a haystack.

Although he could have been lying comfortably in the car, he insisted on riding to improve his riding skills, and he gritted his teeth and persevered.

With his physical strength being so exhausted, not to mention the other soldiers, in a simple word, like frost, wilted! You must know that in addition to the eunuch army, the accompanying soldiers have received a few days of field training, and the government guards and Teng Xiangwei are on duty in the palace every day, where are there decent training camps, plus this thousand-mile attack, it is also a strong challenge to the perennial frontier army, not to mention them, so this trip to Beijing is really hard enough for them.

The sky was slightly bright, and the spies in front came to report that the Yanmen Pass was close at hand.

Chang Yu, who was originally tired, heard this, and immediately came to his senses, beat his horse and traveled several miles, looked up, and saw that where the sky dawned, there was a male pass in the haze, which was Yanmen Pass.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to block Mongolia from going south, the imperial court set up a double insurance on the side of the east from Juyong Pass to the west of the Yaotou Pass, to put it bluntly, there are two layers of the Great Wall, called the Inner and Outer Great Wall, Xuanfu, and Datong are actually among these two layers of the Great Wall.

This section of the inner Great Wall is divided into six passes inside and outside, Yanmen, Ningwu, the head is called the outer three passes, the flat type, the inverted horse, and the bauhinia is called the inner three passes.

At this time, the pass in front of Chang Yu is the Yanmen Pass of the outer three passes, which has the reputation of 'nine stops in the world, headed by Yanmen'.

Seeing that the front is not far away to rest, the team carried out the sprint after that, as it gets closer and closer, the majesty and danger of Yanmen Pass become more and more obvious, the side wall of the top of the mountains is towering, the danger of the city tower living in the mountain, there is a momentum of the pass!

The "rest on the spot" team arrived not far from the pass, Chang Yu gave the order and looked up.

There are two gates of east and west in Yanmen Gate, all are stacked with huge bricks, pass through the wild goose through the clouds, the magnanimity is high, and the door forehead is carved and embedded with two plaques of "natural risk" and "geographical advantage" respectively. There is a city tower built on the east and west two gates, towering in the sky, this is the most imposing pass that Chang Yu has seen after leaving Beijing, mainly because the terrain here is steep, more than Badaling.

The family cut the grass and chopped wood to make a fire, and the soldiers dismounted and found a shelter from the wind and fell asleep in the bushes at the foot of the mountain.

Although Chang Yu was also very tired, he couldn't sleep for a while, leaning against a dead tree, roasting the fire, looking at the Yanmen Gate Tower, all kinds of thoughts were circling in his heart.

At this time, a team of men and horses rushed quickly, and without Chang Yu's orders, Qin Xing, one of the two leaders around him, greeted him, and it was obvious that the guards of the pass came to investigate.

After a while, Qin Xing returned to make a brief report to Chang Yu, who nodded silently, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes again: "Qin Xing, after you get out of Yanmen Pass, you will change your route to Daizhou, and Zhou Yuji, Shanxi, will immediately go to Taiyuan to meet with the governor."

Daizhou (now Dai County) is an ancient city in the southeast of Yanmen Pass.

Zhou Yuji is the chief soldier of Shanxi, known as the general soldier of the three passes, the commander of the head, Ningwu, and the three passes outside the Yanmen, of course, Taiyuan is also within its jurisdiction, which has a small misunderstanding, many people think that he is the general soldier of the three passes, how can he manage the head of Taiyuan.

In fact, it is not, first of all, he is the general soldier of Shanxi, and secondly, Taiyuan Town, which is an important town on the nine sides, has jurisdiction over Sanguan, and its governance is in the partial head pass, and then moved to Ningwu Pass.

Just like the Governor of Xuanda, many people also think that Wang Jimo only governs Xuanfu and Datong, but in fact, the full name of the Governor of Xuanda is 'Governor Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi and other military affairs and food and salary affairs' So Taiyuan is also under its jurisdiction, that is, Zhou Yuji is also under his jurisdiction! It is only because of the laziness of later generations that there is a small misunderstanding.

"Daizhou? How did the factory governor know that Mr. Zhou was in Daizhou? Qin Xing asked with some confusion.

Chang Yu smiled slightly: "This governor is here for him, how can he not know where he is!" ”

Qin Xing was stunned, and muttered in his heart, could it be that Zhou Yuji also committed an accident? saw that Chang Yu had already closed his eyes and fell asleep, so he didn't dare to disturb it anymore.