Zhang Fan came to the county office, and when the official saw him, he did not stop him and welcomed Zhang Fan in. Zhang Fan asked where Ma County's order was, and the official told him that Ma County's order was handling official business in the back hall, and he was about to send someone to find Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan came to Ma Xianling's study and saw that he was writing something. When Ma Xianling saw Zhang Fan coming, he asked him to sit down, hurriedly finished writing the letter, and immediately sent it to Qingyang Mansion. Only then did he turn around and talk to Zhang Fan.

"The virtuous nephew is here, do you know what's going on outside?" Ma Xianling asked.

"I know that I am here for this reason, and my mother has taken in many people at home and made some porridge and rice to satisfy their hunger." Zhang Fan said, "What the hell is going on? ”

"Lingtang is really a bodhisattva!" Ma Xian Ling sighed, and continued, "I don't know the specific situation very well, I only know that the Tartars gathered tens of thousands of people last night, and took advantage of the change of guard in the two cities of Yan'an Mansion to rob Yan'an Mansion and the three counties below it, and it is estimated that there are 10,000 or 20,000 people homeless, and I don't know how many were killed or injured." ”

"That Tartar has not moved for so many years, why did he suddenly come to rob this time?" Zhang Fan heard that the situation was so grim, and hurriedly asked.

The commander of the county seat sighed and said, "Do you know that as a civil official, I would not have been the county commander of this county seat. In the Ming Dynasty, almost all the county orders in northern Xinjiang were born by martial artists, but over the years, the harassment of the Tartars has become less and less, and the county orders in northern Xinjiang have civil officials to do. ”

"Did the Tartars notice the movement here, so they plan to go back to their old business?" Zhang Fan asked.

"That's what the old man thinks, too." Ma Xianling said.

"Did you notice anything strange?" Zhang Fan asked.

"The virtuous nephew has also noticed it!" Ma Xianling said, "The timing of this Tartar robbery is so coincidental, if it is just a simple coincidence, it would be fine. ”

"Are you afraid that someone will report the news?" Zhang Fan said with some uncertainty.

"That's what the old man is worried about." Ma Xianling looked very anxious when he said this, "If it's just some small soldiers and pawns who are being bought, then it's okay to say." If some official reports the news to the Tartars, it will be troublesome. ”

"No, if the Tartars know that the two city patrols of Yan'an Mansion are going to change their guards, they must have been leaked to them by people of some status." Zhang Fan said.

"Why did the virtuous nephew say that?" Ma Xianling asked.

"My lord doesn't know, a woman who escaped from Yan'an Mansion that my mother took in said that her husband was a soldier in the patrol department of the two cities of Yan'an Prefecture, and he received the news of the change of guard yesterday. If it was just the news of the leakage of small soldiers, the Tartars would definitely not be able to gather tens of thousands of people in half a day. Zhang Fan analyzed.

"That'...... But it's really troublesome! When Ma Xianling heard the news, his brows furrowed.

Just when the two of them sat opposite each other and were silent, a servant ran in in a panic, holding a letter in his hand, handed it to Ma County Ling, and said: "My lord, this is an urgent letter sent by the Shaanxi Political Secretary to the counties. ”

When Ma Xianling heard this, he immediately took the letter and opened it to read. Zhang Fan looked at Ma Xianling's brows, and followed the letter from right to left, wrinkling deeper and deeper.

After a while, Ma Xianling finished reading the letter, sat on the chair and said nothing, which made Zhang Fan anxious, so he had to ask: "My lord, what does the letter say?" ”

"See for yourself." Ma Xianling handed the letter to Zhang Fan. Originally, the urgent matter of the political secretary could not be seen by others, but Zhang Fan is also a person now, and Ma Xianling feels that it is okay to show him.

Zhang Fan took the letter and read it, only then did he know that not only was Yan'an Mansion robbed yesterday, but the Tartars sent a large army to re-enter the Hetao, and even Datong Mansion, Jizhou Mansion, and Ningxia Mansion were also in full emergency. This attack of the Tartars can be described as a huge scale, except for the governor of Ningxia, Wang Chonggu, who led his troops to resist the attack of the Tartars, the other three catastrophes could not be spared.

"It seems that the situation is serious!" After reading the letter, Zhang Fan also sighed, "Who is Wang Chonggu, the governor of Ningxia?" ”

"Hehe, this Governor Wang is not simple." Speaking of this person, Ma Xianling's face had a smile, "He is from Shanxi, a jinshi in the twenty years of Jiajing." He used to be the director of the Criminal Department. In the 34th year of Jiajing, he served as the deputy envoy of the Changzhen military garrison, resisted the Japanese in Xiagang, and in the 43rd year of Jiajing, he was promoted to the imperial history of the right capital and the governor of Ningxia. The Northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty has been able to have a peaceful life for all these years, thanks to him. He repeatedly led his troops to defeat the invasions of the Mongol aristocratic army. ”

"In this way, this Governor Wang can be regarded as a general!" Zhang Fan said.

"Haha, he likes to hear this sentence of yours the most." Ma Xianling said, "Although he was born as a Jinshi, he likes to talk about military affairs the most, and he is familiar with the border passes. On the contrary, he repeatedly anticipated the enemy's opportunity, and disintegrated the Tartars' repeated attempts to gather and rob our border fortress in infancy. ”

"In this way, the situation is even more serious!" Zhang Fan said.

"Hmm...... What do you mean by that? Ma Xianling asked.

"The Tartars didn't even make any movement this time for the governor of Wang to notice, and they were stuck in the time for the defenders to change ......their guards," Zhang Fan said.

"Is it true that there are officials or generals who have reported the news?" Ma County ordered the case to be auctioned!

"Don't be angry, no matter how ruthless you are angry with that traitor, he will not be angry with you, in case he is angry, that person doesn't know how happy he should be!" Zhang Fan saw that Ma Xian Ling was angry, and hurriedly persuaded.

"What the virtuous nephew said is right, I can't let that villain get his will." The county commander calmed down and sat down again, "I'm still thinking about how to deal with it at the moment." I have ordered the opening of the warehouse to release grain to relieve the people, but the stock in the granary of this county is really not much, I have just sent someone to Qingyang Mansion to deliver a letter, begging Governor Li to send some grain to relieve the urgent need. ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he immediately walked in front of Ma Xianling, bowed deeply to him, and said: "Your Excellency is really concerned about Baixin, there is no official document from the imperial court, and it is a felony to open a warehouse and release grain without permission, and your lord is willing to take this risk for the sake of the people, which is really admirable!" ”

"The virtuous nephew has a good reputation!" Ma Xianling said, "Now that the old man is close to his old age, he no longer cares about the word fame and fortune!" If I can do something for the people and accumulate some yin virtue, I haven't come here in vain. As for the court to remember my sins, I don't think it matters. ”

Zhang Fan was a little sad when he saw what Ma County Ling said, and he didn't know how to comfort him.

Just when the two of them were thinking about their own thoughts, another official sent a letter, and Ma Xianling hurriedly took the letter and read it. Zhang Fan saw Ma Xianling's expression this time and when he read the letter just now, it was the opposite, and when he saw the end, Ma Xianling's brows had already relaxed!

"The border emergency newspaper was on the road yesterday and arrived in the capital in the middle of the night. The Holy Lord summoned the cabinet overnight, and now he has made a decision and distributed it. Ma Xianling said happily.

"What does it say?" Zhang Fan was also anxious to know what decision the imperial court had made.

"The imperial court asked Wang Chonggu to be the governor of Shaanxi, Yanning, and Gansu provinces for military affairs. He was asked to send troops into the Hetao to surprise the main force of the Tartars. Ma Xianling's eyebrows fluttered this time, "However, there is still news that is neither good nor bad to tell you." ”

"It's a good thing that the imperial court is willing to send troops there! What else? Zhang Fan asked.

"Wang Chonggu has begun to reorganize the army, but there is no leader in the army, and the original person is injured. Therefore, Wang Chonggu recruited the leisure of the surrounding provinces to replace him. Ningxia is extremely short of manpower, and the closest ones are Yan'an Mansion and our Qingyang Mansion. Yan'an Mansion can't be called, so we are left with Qingyang Mansion. And the lord of the government elected you. Ma Xian Ling paused and took a breath, "Nephew, go home and get ready to go, you're going to the battlefield!" ”