When the soldiers below finished cleaning the battlefield, it was almost noon, Wu Dashan came over to ask Zhang Juzheng if he was leaving, Zhang Juzheng looked at the sky and said: "General Wu, I look at the sky, it's almost time for lunch, let everyone eat and then go, let's fight all morning, everyone is tired, eat and rest for a while, we are in a hurry, no matter how late tonight, we have to feel Xuanfu"

Wu Dashan went to arrange for the soldiers to cook lunch, and the lunch was simple, because he had captured a hundred live sheep of the 'Mongolian' ancients, so he raised it by the cut down branches, and the bonfire killed the sheep and pulled out the skin, so they roasted on the fire

The whole mountain bag was filled with the smell of roast mutton 'meat', of course Zhang Juzheng and I didn't have to do it ourselves, and now Zhang Juzheng's family is dead, and my family members have to even serve him together, and also go to 'get' two sheep to roast on the fire

After lunch, Zhang Juzheng 'handed over' Wu Dashan and set off, Wu Dashan said to Zhang Juzheng embarrassedly: "Master Zhang has too many wounded, the carriage is not enough, and the lower officials want to leave some soldiers here to guard, and when we arrive at Xuanfu, we are sending people back to meet them."

"Okay, General Wu, you go and arrange this, that is, I am in a hurry to rush to Xuanfu now, if I take the wounded, it is not easy to walk fast on the road, you leave more people and horses to wait here, leave some things, and be careful of the 'Meng' ancients, kill them back with a horse gun, and let them do a good job of defense."

Liu Lianjiang and his son had already driven Zhang Juzheng's carriage to the official road, and I accompanied Zhang Juzheng to get into the carriage, I didn't go in this time, just to try the leg strength of this jujube red horse, so I didn't rub Zhang Juzheng's carriage

Wu Dashan went to An, sent the men and horses left behind, left 200 soldiers here to protect the wounded, the officials who stayed behind were still the same Wang Qianhu, all the arrangements were stopped, and the army finally embarked on the journey to Xuanfu again

Along the way, it is still the old rule, Wu Dashan sent scouts to explore the road in front, we followed behind, because there were not many people, and it was not slow to walk, and we did not meet the brigade of the 'Mongolian' ancients, and occasionally a few horses were also in contact with us, and retreated, and when we walked for two hours, we had gone out fifty miles, and there were still thirty miles away from Xuanfu

Zhang Juzheng called Lao Liu, who had laid the hay, and asked him to stop the carriage, Zhang Juzheng got down, Xiao Xie had just finished and was about to get on the car to go to the front of the horse to come back and report to Wu Dashan, and the official road found that a large group of cavalry was coming, and now I don't know whether it is the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu or the cavalry of the 'Mongolian' ancients, please ask Wu Dashan what to do

Wu Dashan said to Tanma: "You continue to find out which side of the people is faster."

After the horse left, Wu Dashan came to Zhang Juzheng's side and told him about the situation, Zhang Juzheng sighed and said: "The old man's journey is really full of disasters and difficulties, I thought it was very simple, how could there be so many changes in an errand, General Wu, you said that if it is the cavalry of the ancients, what will we do?"

"Lord Zhang, the lower officials think that you and Lord Lan will leave first, we will drag them here, and I will let my own soldiers take you to the Xuanfu on the path."

"General Wu, the official will not go alone, how can I ignore you to escape by yourself, besides, I don't know who the other party is from yet, so we can't panic, now we continue to hurry, let everyone be vigilant, if we really meet the 'Mongolian' ancients, we will fight with them"

Since Zhang Juzheng was not afraid of Wu Dashan, he couldn't say anything, so he had to arrange a few more 'waves' to explore the horses in front, and the team continued to walk in front, and walked for a stick of incense.

As soon as they heard that it was the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu, the hearts of everyone fell down, and Zhang Juzheng also got off the car and asked: "Who is the leader of the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu?"

"Back to Lord Zhang, the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu led the team by Lord Wang, the governor of Xuanda, and he asked the small Lord to return to Lord Zhang, this way has been safe, all the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu are on alert, please rest assured that Lord Zhang will move forward."

Zhang Juzheng heard that it was the Governor of Xuanda who came to pick him up, and he was very satisfied, he had experienced so many accidents along the way, if it weren't for the Governor of Xuanda to come, Zhang Juzheng was angry, and there was no place to leave, and the Governor of Xuanda was also a high-ranking official from Yipin, and he could pick him up like himself, which was a big face, so Zhang Juzheng was very satisfied

At this time, it was already dark, and the team lit torches and walked forward, and soon a group of people with torches appeared on the opposite side, and they took the lead and rushed over directly to Zhang Juzheng's carriage and said: "Lord Zhang, I am the personal guard of Lord Wang, the governor of Xuanda, Lord Qianhu, Lord Wang, let me come first to pick you up, Lord Wang will be there in a while."

Zhang Juzheng in the carriage replied: "Thank you on my behalf, Lord Wang, how many miles away from Xuanfu is now"

"Lord Qiqi, Lord Zhang still has twenty miles to reach Xuanfu, and Lord Wang has already sent troops to guard all the way, so the important place"

Twenty miles of road, that is, an hour, almost arrived, Zhang Juzheng breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally arrived at Xuanfu, and arrived at Xuanfu safely

Xuanda Governor Wang Chonggu's team soon also met Zhang Juzheng's team, Zhang Juzheng got off the car and greeted Wang Chonggu for a while

Zhang Juzheng let Wang Chonggu into the carriage, what the two of them were talking about inside, I don't know outside, after an hour, we finally arrived at the end of the trip safely, Xuanfu Town

Xuanfu Town has always been a place where soldiers must fight, and its strategic position is very important, especially after the Ming Dynasty established the capital of Beijing, Xuanfu Town is the throat of defending Kyoto against the southward movement of the 'Mongolian' ancient people, Ming Cheng Daosheng said in the "Nine Sides Map Examination": "Xuanfu mountains and rivers are disputed, the land is dangerous, and the narrow division of the tun will be twice as good as his town, and it is known that it is easy to go to Beijing for more than 400 miles, and the key to the key can be known."

Xuanhua Mansion in the seventh year of Yongle (AD 1409) set up the chief military officer, the beginning of the Xuanfu Town is the Ming Dynasty famous nine border towns in the most important town, the Central Plains in the war, the "chaos" in the past few years, the border defense is relaxed, the "Mongolian" ancient clan power to grow, and Ming Chengzu has just ascended the throne and is unable to go out of the north as later, so he had to strengthen the border defense while adopting a soft policy towards the "Mongolian" ancient nobles, according to the "Ming History, Military Chronicles": Ming Chengzu" In the border preparation, from the west of Xuanfu to the edge of the western edge of the mountain, there are steep walls, deep trenches, beacons, passes, passes, riders, hundreds of households, Tongqiao, shepherds, soldiers, ten guards, Wu'anhou, Zheng Hengchong, the chief military officer, his edict cloud: 'Everywhere chimney piers are built to increase the plateau, store May grain and firewood, 'medicine', crossbow piers open wells, and the outer walls of the wells are as one with the pier level."

Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu got off the carriage, Zhang Juzheng looked at the tall city wall of Xuanfu and said: "Lord Wang, this Xuanfu city is really unusual, so tall and majestic."

"Lord Zhang didn't know that this Xuanfu was originally a Tucheng, Emperor Hongwu was to change Xuande Mansion to Xuanfu, and the next year put the avant-garde, left guard, and right guard to guard Hongwu 27 years (1394), Zhanzhu Xuanfu City was long "six miles and thirteen steps", with a circumference of 12 kilometers, and the next year, the prince Zhu Lu was entitled, and the king of the valley was vassalized Xuanfu Xuanfu Zhanzhu Xuanfu City Side Long "Six Miles and Thirteen Steps" The circumference is 12 kilometers long, the following year the prince Zhu Lu was entitled, the king of the valley was vassalized, Xuanfu became the frontier of the important place, Ming orthodoxy five years (1440), the city wall was completed after 6 years of bricks, the city is high, the pool is deep, the weather is majestic, because it is the first palace in the west of Beijing, people are called "the first mansion in the west of Beijing"

"Lord Wang has such a city, we will still be afraid of those 'Mongolian' cavalry, they can still ride horses to the city wall, today's war, the old man also knows that the cavalry of the 'Mongolian' ancients is nothing more than this, as long as my soldiers are single-minded, I can't destroy a 'Mongolian' ancient."

"Lord Zhang, now we don't talk about state affairs, today I have invited all the civil and military officials in the city to pick up Lord Zhang and Lord Lan in the general military palace of General Yang Bing."

"It's better to be free, what time is this, I think we should eat casually, don't we have to negotiate with the 'Mongolian' ancients tomorrow, tonight, I think it's better for us to discuss the specific situation of how to negotiate first."

"Don't worry, Lord Zhang, I told you in general, tonight's banquet you must attend, Lord Zhang, you and Lord Lan are on behalf of the imperial court, don't chill the hearts of the soldiers."

"Then since Lord Wang said so, the old man will be reluctant to make it difficult."

While the two of them were talking, the city 'gate' had been opened, Zhang Juzheng just wanted to get into the carriage, Wang Chonggu grabbed him, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhang, you haven't sat enough in the carriage for three days."

"Lord Wang has sat enough, I have a sore back, my legs hurt, I haven't been in a carriage for so long since I was a child, if it weren't for the military emergency, the old man really wanted to take a sedan chair and go here slowly."

"Master Zhang, proud son, I'm ready, someone will carry the sedan chair over and wait for Lord Zhang to enter the city."

As soon as Wang Chonggu finished speaking, he saw two eight-lift sedan chairs coming out of the city, this Wang Chonggu really had a heart, and even took this into account Zhang Juzheng's service under Lao Liu's service, and got on the sedan chair these days, Zhang Juzheng's family was gone, so I asked Lao Liu's father and son to serve him

Two sedan chairs in front, we followed behind the city 'gate', the street inside is very wide, the road is paved with bluestone slabs, horses' hooves step on it, make a clattering sound, in this night is particularly clear, but there are no pedestrians on the street, I don't know if it is because we came to martial law or because this place is not very prosperous in the first place

I couldn't help but ask Wu Dashan, who had been by my side all the time: "General Wu, why is this Xuanfu so depressed at night, it seems that there are no pedestrians and no restaurants are open."