Chapter 102: Civil Fort
Not long after the team crossed the river, the road became more and more difficult, and there were mountains and cliffs on both sides, comparable to the section of the road in Badaling, Chang Yu was a little worried in his heart, if there were thieves ambushed here, I am afraid it would not be good.
But I think that this place is not far from Badaling, and the chance of thieves is not very high, not to mention that there are spies from Jinyiwei in front of him to explore the way, so there should be no chaos.
The road is difficult to travel, the thirty-mile road takes a long time, it is estimated that at this time, it is more than two or three o'clock in the morning, Chang Yu glanced left and right, the soldier was very tired, and looked around, it was still a dark mountain road.
"Who knows where lies ahead?" Chang Yu opened his mouth and asked.
Not long after, a Jinyi guard captain ran over: "Father-in-law, not far ahead is Tumu Town"
"Oh, there's a town ahead to rest, that's the best" Chang Yu was overjoyed, and suddenly stunned, "Tumu Town!" But where is the civil fort? ”
"Hui Gonggong is a civil fort, there is still a post station there, can we stay here to rest?" Captain Jinyi asked.
It turned out that the famous civil fort was here, and Chang Yu realized that the civil fort was not only a post station but also a military fortress, in the Great Wall.
The reason why a small fortress is so famous is because of the change of the civil fort is the place where the Ming Yingzong suffered, and it is also the great scourge of the power supervisor Wang Zhen, who killed and injured more than 100,000 Ming troops, and the Wenchen military general was martyred by the British Gong Zhang Fu Fifty-two people, this battle is not only the shame of the Ming Dynasty, but also instantly hollowed out the family foundation, and the vitality was greatly damaged, and the rest of the year has not recovered.
"Go to the town in front of you to rest" Chang Yu categorically ordered, making the people around him a little puzzled, why he had to run a few more miles to miss the post station and rest in a town without shelter.
"Picture a colorful head" may be to see everyone's doubts, Chang Yu said lightly, which made them realize, and couldn't help but sigh, it turns out that this Chang Gonggong is so particular, after all, the history of this place in Tumubao is unknown to everyone in the Ming Dynasty.
Chang Yu doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, so naturally he won't pay so much attention to it, and the reason why he refuses to rest at the Tumubao Post Station is not only because that historical event makes him feel depressed, but also because of the various tosses and wastes time at this point.
A few miles to the west of Tumu Fort is a town, named Tumu Town.
At this time, it was early in the morning, and there was no bright light, so in order not to disturb the people, Chang Yu ordered the team to rest in a mountain col shelter outside the town.
After receiving the order to rest, the soldiers dismounted one after another, stretched their muscles and bones, and took care of their mounts.
Luo Tang and other family members also began to chop wood, make fires, boil water and cook porridge, a busy scene.
Chang Yu got off the horse and peed, and after some inspection, he found a big loophole, and there was no one on duty!
The huge team, more than 1,500 people said to rest, and all of them got off the horse nest to take a warm rest in a sheltered place, no one was on duty, no one patrolled, how big is this special heart, is it because this place is so close to the civil fort?
This is a team of money charges!
Chang Yu was furious, and immediately wanted to arrest a responsible person and come over to scold.
But he suddenly realized that he didn't know who to arrest and scold, this team of people Wu Mengming commanded in front of him, and he was the boss behind the scenes, but it was obvious that Wu Mengming was also the shopkeeper like him, and the responsibility for specific matters was not strictly assigned in place.
"The Fan family led hundreds of people to patrol the periphery, set up light and dark sentinels, and there were people close to 100 meters to warn, and 50 meters to kill!" Chang Yu finally chose to shoulder this responsibility himself.
Fan Jiaqian immediately took the order to arrange the manpower, the eunuch army was actually quite dutiful, even if they lit a fire and rested, they were around the silver car, and they were not surrounded by Jinyi Wei, Fu Junwei and Teng Xiangwei, after all, they had communication barriers and did not like people.
Despite this, Chang Yu still has a trace of anger in his heart, the eunuch army has never been out, and he has no experience in marching and fighting, so it is okay to be so careless, but Jinyiwei is running outside all the year round, and the government army guard Teng Xiangwei is doing the work of a security guard, and he has also gone out of Beijing to suppress thieves, and his nerves are still so rough that it can't be said, when this is still in the capital, I don't think that the emperor's personal guards have fallen to this point, it is really chilling, if the consequences of the attack of thieves at this time are unimaginable.
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Chang Yu decided to find Cheng Ming, Tang Potian reprimanded him and woke up, but when he saw the shrugged heads of Tang Potian next to the fire and looked tired and sleepy, his heart softened, and he went back to train a few of them again.
Scheduled to leave at dawn, that is to say, you can rest for two or three hours, Chang Yu made another inspection and confirmed that Fan Jiaqian had arranged manpower in place, so he decided to get in the car and rest and sleep.
Before getting into the car, he glanced at Wu Mengming's car next to him, this cargo has not shown his face since he came out of Juyongguan, and he will really enjoy the master who is afraid of being offended.
There are stove bedding in the car, and the wind outside the window is not heard, and the occasional neighing of horses does not affect sleep.
Chang Yu slept sweetly, heard a knocking sound in a daze, rubbed his eyes, but saw Chunxiang probe, the boss was dawning.
It's really bright, but the weather is unusually bad, gloomy and rainy, the northwest wind is howling, flying sand and gravel, people can't help but hug their arms and shrink their heads.
After breakfast, the team began to set off, Chang Yu ordered the team to speed up and be sure to arrive in Xuanhua before dark, which is more than 100 miles away, if it is urgent, it is still expected to arrive in dark, otherwise it will be out overnight tonight.
After the civil engineering town is Huailai County, but at this time Huailai County is not the later generation of Huailai County, when the reservoir was repaired in 59 years, the thousand-year-old city of Huailai County sank in the water, and the current Huailai County is only moved west for 20 miles to build a new building on the sand town.
After Huailai County, the road became flat, and the speed of the convoy was significantly faster, but the wind and sand were getting bigger and bigger, Chang Yu wanted to get out of the car several times and was finally defeated by the wind and sand with the soldiers, and had to nest in the car, but Wu Mengming still didn't see other figures, as if he was sleeping in a dead car.
"Boss, I just inquired, I will enter the mountains not far ahead, and the wind will be lighter when I get there" Jiang Quan chatted with Chang Yu outside the car window.
Entering the mountainous area, it means that the road is halfway through, at this time it is close to noon, if the mountain road is not difficult for him to walk, he should rush to Xuanfu before dark.
"The order went down, and when he arrived at the mountain pass, he lit a fire on the spot to cook, rested for three quarters (forty-five minutes), and set off immediately without delay."
Mountains and mountains, mountains and mountains, the mountains are reckless, and they are full of dead trees and fallen leaves.
Mountain pass, the team rested, Chang Yu got off the car and got on the horse with a few henchmen walked out of the team for more than 100 meters, check a mountain road, this place is only more than 50 miles away from Xuanfu, but it is all reckless mountains, the road is rugged and bumpy, and the driving and horses are all stumped, and it is not easy to arrive before dark.
"There must be a lot of game on this mountain, why don't we go and get some to improve the food for Brother Chang," Li Tiezhu said with a smile as he looked around
But immediately ushered in a few pairs of white eyes, rubbed his nose in embarrassment and stopped talking.
"Is this mountain famous?" Chang Yu asked, looking at the mountain to the southwest.
"Chicken Song Mountain" Chunshan said casually,
Chang Yu was stunned, he relied on the memory of his previous life to know that this place to Xuanhua was all mountainous, but he really didn't know which mountain name it was, and he didn't think that Chunxiang would surprise him casually.
frowned: "How do you know?" ”
Chunxiang smiled: "I asked the spies of the Jinyi Guard, they work in shifts, well, those few are" said and pointed to a few Jinyi guards who were drinking porridge in front of a fire not far away.
Chang Yu thought thoughtfully, drove his horse back to the team, dismounted past a few brocade guard spies and asked, "Where is the farthest that I estimate your people?" ”
"Back to Chang Gonggong, we have a case in ten miles, and it is estimated that the farthest has reached the vicinity of Xuanfu." The brocade guard scout hurriedly got up and replied respectfully.
Chang Yu sighed, pondered for a while, and then asked, "Was there any doubt ahead?" ”
The spy thought sideways for a while: "I didn't find anything suspicious, and we have also met with Xuanfu's night and house, and we have never heard that there is a problem on this road."
The so-called night does not collect scouts in this era, they belong to different military level units, respectively, guards, battalions, forts, and piers, among which the night does not collect under the battalion is more special, unlike the other three are fixed in a certain geographical range of reconnaissance, they will change with the change of their battalion stationing position, the scope of reconnaissance is wider, but the nature is the same, belonging to the highest risk of walking on the blade, and because of this high risk, there is no shortage of various masters in the night not to collect the team.
Obviously, it is very likely that the night harvest contacted by Jinyiwei's spies belongs to the Xuanfu station, and of course, it is not excluded that it is the private night collection, and they are employed by the Ming army similar to the informants of later generations.
And although the mountains and forests are dense here, it belongs to the Guannei, only regular patrols are required, and regular night non-collection is generally sent to the forefront outside the Guan, so it is very likely that the night non-collection encountered by Jinyiwei is just a civilian informant.
"What about a village in the mountains?" Chang Yu asked again.
"Very few, no more than three within twenty miles, and all of them are in the mountains, and there are no villages to be seen on the side of the road," the spy replied.
Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and they are located in the northwest, if there are no evil guests in the mountains, he is a little unconvinced, but he thinks that after all, fifty miles away is where the Xuanfu army is located, and there is a civil fort behind, there should be no problem.
But there is always something wrong, can it be said that I have watched too many movies, and it is easy to be cranky.
But no matter what, it's always right to be careful, so he turned sideways to Chunxiang and the others: "Set off in a while, send orders to all departments, cheer up, don't make a mess"