"Teacher, you have walked for four months to get to the capital, and you have really worked hard for such a long way."

"Like us, those students from Guizhou and Yunnan who go to the capital to participate in the scientific expedition have to go through more than half a year's journey, and the students from Leizhou are also the kind of realm where the road is long."

Before we could continue chatting, Wu Dashan, who had been arranged earlier, came back to Zhang Juzheng and said, "Master Zhang has arranged for us to go."

"Okay, let's go, General Wu has worked hard, Lan Yunjie, come to the car and come with me," Zhang Juzheng asked me to get in the car, to be honest, I also want to go up and listen to his opinions

First helped Zhang Juzheng into the car, I also followed into the car, took off my shoes, the car has a heater inside, much warmer than outside, there is no stool inside, just sit in the car, but covered with a thick dog skin mattress, stepping on it soft and soft feeling is very comfortable

"Yun Jie, sit down, there is nothing to restrain our master and apprentice here."

I also sat down and asked, "Teacher, who do you think did this post incident?"

"Is this, as a teacher, I can't think of who did it, they have premeditated, but who can predict that the 'Meng' ancients will come to attack Xuanfu, and Xuanfu will come to ask the emperor, and the emperor will also send a messenger to Xuanfu, there are too many mysteries here, it is said that only the 'Meng' ancients will know so early, since the 'Meng' ancients asked for negotiations, there is no need to want to intercept me as a teacher, and I can't think of who it is, and it seems that going to Xuanfu here is more dangerous than we expected."

Zhang Juzheng would not have thought that this was done by the Lan family, but even if I knew, I couldn't say it, if it was said that it was the Lan family, Zhang Juzheng's first suspicion was that I just didn't know what my cheap brother would do next, and what was his purpose in blocking our negotiations

Sitting in the car is much more comfortable than riding a horse outside, now it's cold, even if you wear a lot, but the cold wind blows on your face is also uncomfortable, the two of us chatted for a while, Zhang Juzheng was also tired, leaning on the carriage and squinting and napping, I also followed the soldiers to rest, we can rest when we get there, the two of us can't, when we get there, we have to understand the situation and prepare for negotiations, Zhang Juzheng called me in for the purpose of probably wanting me to raise enough 'spirit' to prepare for negotiations

The team walked on the official road, because it was potholed at night, and they couldn't walk fast, even if they lit the torches, they couldn't walk much for an hour, but fortunately, these officers and soldiers were well-trained, and their physical fitness was good, and the continuous march did not make them tired, and in the morning, the team stopped to rest and eat, and they were still 'energetic'

I said to Wu Dashan, who rushed over to greet Zhang Juzheng: "General Wu, the quality of the Beijing army is different, you see, you don't sleep all night, you are still so 'spirited', I heard them say that the Beijing army is a veteran soldier, only has a 'flower' shelf, but has no real ability, it doesn't seem to be true."

"Lord Lan, this is indeed a 'flower' shelf, much worse than the soldiers of our Xuanfu, but there are a few troops that are personally commanded by Chen Ganhou, that is, similar to the Qin army, the usual training is according to the training subjects of our Xuanfu soldiers, these soldiers who protect Lord Zhang are selected from those troops, so the quality is different."

Zhang Juzheng also got out of the car at this time, stretched his waist and said: "General Wu is right, he knows that the Beijing army is a 'flower' shelf, and there is no way to change this fact, wait for the old man to come to the border this time to see if he can let the Beijing army come out regularly to train in the future, and always stay in the capital, not a decoration, but also a 'flower' shelf, an army with combat effectiveness must have experienced the baptism of war, has been tempered by blood and fire, and is not trained in one place."

"What Master Zhang said is that Cheng Anhou also saw this, but many officers in the army have backgrounds, and the ills of hundreds of years cannot be changed in a day or two, so Cheng Anhou found a few troops alone, and the officers in them are also like us, and the soldiers transferred from other places are also 'fine' selected, so the training is twice the result with half the effort, and the combat effectiveness is much stronger than other troops, and Cheng Anhou is ready to slowly change the Beijing army like this, but the resistance is great."

"This is an old problem left over from history, it can't be changed in a day and a half, and then find a way to change it, how many miles did General Wu walk tonight, can he get to Xuanfu today?"

"Lord Zhang can go to Xuanfu today, but it will be at night, I walked eighty miles last night, and now it is less than a hundred miles away from Xuanfu, and it can be reached in four hours, but the soldiers are a little tired."

"That's good, it's not dark in four hours, we can reach Xuanfu, so let's see that the soldiers are also tired, let them rest for an hour, let's set off again in an hour."

On such a cold day, the sun has not yet come out, even if it is an hour of rest, there is no tent, and the soldiers gather in groups to find a leeward place, so they are so 'confused'

Lao Liu, Sanhu, and the eunuchs did not rest, followed me to serve, and waited for me to tell me to look at a few people, but also because they had not slept all night, with a tired look on their faces, they said: "You should also rest, you have to march after not sleeping for a while", and several people also found a place to sleep together

Zhang Juzheng and I were 'confused' in the car all night, although we didn't sleep very well, but after all, we were not sleepy, Zhang Juzheng took me to a small hill, and the two of us stood on the hill and faced the north, Zhang Juzheng said: "'Mongolian' ancients have always been the biggest hidden danger of my Ming Dynasty, if this hidden danger can be solved one day, my dynasty can develop, and now the military expenditure alone is tens of millions of taels a year."

"Teacher, didn't this 'Mongolian' ancients be beaten to Mobei by us back then, why did they come back again?"

"When Emperor Hongwu drove them to Mobei, but with the failure of the Battle of Yingzong Tumubao, we are retreating step by step, you see, now Xuanfu has become the front line, Xuanfu is only far from the capital, if the 'Meng' ancient cavalry bypassed Xuanfu and arrived in the capital, it will only take two days, this is the crisis, if there are people in the capital, then our Ming Dynasty will be like the Song Dynasty by foreign slaves as a teacher, anxious, changing this status quo is the most urgent thing."

"Teacher, look at the cavalry coming up on the official road over there, why are they in such a hurry," the north side we looked at was the direction of the official road, and several fast horses were running towards us

"Go down and see if there is any military situation and changes"

A few fast horses arrived at the place where the soldiers were camping and stopped, and one of the leaders found Wu Dashan, who was in a 'daze', and said: "Five miles in front of Qi Yu Zuoling, I found the 'Meng' ancient rangers, please make a decision."

Hearing the news, Wu Dashan completely woke up from the state of 'confusion' and 'confusion' just now, and asked: "What's the matter, how many people are coming from the 'Meng' Ancient Rangers?"

"It's not very clear how many people there are now, and we still have people who continue to monitor, but it seems to be a thousand-person team based on the scale."

At this time, Zhang Juzheng and I also got off the hill and came to Wu Dashan's side, Wu Dashan said to Zhang Juzheng: "Lord Zhang, now that I have found the 'Meng' ancient rangers in front of me, for your safety, I will send someone to protect you, leave first."

"General Wu, tell me the situation and tell me what the hell is going on, how many people are there in the 'Meng' Ancient Rangers?"

"Lord Zhang, now our scouts haven't all returned, and we don't know the specifics, but according to the previous return, the 'Meng' ancients were the size of a thousand-person team."

"General Wu, a thousand-strong team of the 'Mongolian' ancients, will we run away, how many people are there here, I think so, General Wu, I don't understand military affairs, you tell me what is the winning rate if we fight with the 'Mongolian' ancients?"

"Is this, Lord Zhang, you also know that our soldiers have not participated in actual combat, only the usual training is not enough to show how high our combat effectiveness is, now it is our advantage is to wait for work, and we are well-equipped, but the advantage of the 'Mongolian' ancients is that they are skilled in arches and horses, and their field combat ability is stronger than ours, and our soldiers usually pay attention to defensive training."

"General Wu, this is the two advantages, the advantages of the 'Mongolian' ancients, we can offset it, now we don't fight a field war with them, how about we have a defensive war," Zhang Juzheng's words said Wu Dashan was 'touching', I don't know what Zhang Juzheng thought, it is said that we should hide at this time, but Zhang Juzheng insisted on fighting a war with the 'Mongolian' ancients

"Lord Zhang, this subordinate doesn't understand, please teach Master Zhang"

"General Wu, you see the hill in front of you, let's pull the people to it, so that we can condescend to the advantage of the ancients' field warfare, and you arrange for the soldiers to cut down more branches or something to make a simple protection, and their cavalry advantage will not be there, with the quality and equipment of our soldiers, I believe that our Beijing army will not be able to defeat these alien generals, do you have confidence?"

"Confidence, Lord Zhang, please okay, Xiaguan, but I haven't had a chance to kill a foreign race for several years, and I'm having a good time, let my big knife come again today and drink some of the blood of these aliens, brothers, all get up and move up the hillside, Ge Qianhu, you take the front soldiers and horses to the front to be on guard, if you want." Meng's ancients are coming, be sure to block them, and when our defense is built, you will withdraw, remember not to fight hard, Wang Qianhu, you take the rear soldiers and horses to immediately withdraw to the front of the mountain bag, cut down trees, and make a simple defense line, the Chinese army is 100 households, you protect Lord Zhang, go to the mountain bag first, and do not leave Lord Zhang."