There was a lot of talk among the workers, but in general, they cherished their current work. The salary is high, and you can get it in full, because the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the starting point city has a supervisor in the Royal Road Construction Company, so you don't have to worry about someone drinking the blood of the soldiers.

Due to the blessing of the highway and a large number of horse-drawn carriages transporting supplies, the advance of the Tiance army was very fast, and the guards and generals in the castle states and counties along the way were dumbfounded, watching this strange army pass through.

Especially the Ming army in those beacon piers, I don't know whether to light the beacon fire or not. Their main defense objects were the Tatars entering the customs, including the Mongol Tatars and the Manchurian Tatars, but did not include the large army from Beijing.

The Tiance army has heard of it, but it has never seen it, this army is too strange, the dress is strange, the equipment is strange, anyway, all kinds of strange, but it is definitely not a Tartar, there are many Tartar cavalry, this army is all riding two-wheeled vehicles, can it not be strange? That might be the Tiance Army.

Shanxi is mountainous, the Loess Plateau terrain, bicycles do not need forage and complex maintenance like horses, so it is more advantageous to attack Shanxi bicycle transportation.

The distance from Jingshi to Zhangjiakou is 194 kilometers, and the distance from Huai to Zhangjiakou is 80 kilometers. The cavalry marched at the limit of speed, marching 300 miles in a day and night.

It took less than twelve hours for the Tiance Army to complete this distance, and they rested in Huailai for one night, and the next morning, the Fifth Brigade and the Seventh and Tenth Brigades of the Public Security Army arrived at the town of Xuanfu.

Many officials and civilians climbed the city wall, and watched with fear as the torrent of steel rolling in the distance spread from the south, and the fiery red military flag fluttered in the spring breeze.

A steady stream of Tiance troops passed outside the southern gate of Xuanfu Town, and the target went straight to Zhangjiakou, which was fifteen kilometers away.

After receiving the report from the soldiers, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen, walked around the hall, and finally ordered all the soldiers to stay in the camp, announcing that Xuanfu Town remained neutral.

Yang Guozhu and Lu Xiangsheng are relatively close, and he knows more about the situation of Tiance Army. He knew that he couldn't stop the Tiance army, and there was no need to block it, and he couldn't get used to some of the actions of the Jin merchants, not to mention that Lu Xiangsheng's 20,000 new troops were neutral, so he still had to keep up with the governor.

Before noon, the North Route Army of the Tiance Army had already arrived in Zhangjiakou.

Zhangjiakou is an important customs clearance town at the foot of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, sitting on the Pingchuan Basin, surrounded by mountains on three sides. It was a choke point to defend Hu Qi from going south, so the castle was also built very strongly.

In the fifth year of Longqing, Ming Muzong reached an agreement with Altan Khan to reopen the mutual market.

"Mutual market" does not mean that trade can be carried out everywhere, there is a special place, which is managed by the government, that is, the "horse market".

Zhangjiakou Fort is the horse market of Xuanfu Town, which has become a place for large-scale trade between Xuanfu Town and Mongolia.

In the Wanli period, with the development of trade, Zhangjiakou has developed to "department stores, cars, horses, camels, sheep, cloth, and tiles, and the skills of stepping and jumping pills and money pu", a prosperous scene.

In the end of the Ming Dynasty, there are more than 30 large commercial cities in the country, Shanxi occupies Taiyuan, Pingyang, Puzhou three, there are Pingyang, Ze, Lu rich people in the world, not hundreds of thousands of not called the rich said, Zhangjiakou Fort is the center of gravity of trade in the border area, prosperity is not lost in Pingyang, Puzhou and other places.

Zhangjiakou, also known as the dry wharf, was an important foreign trade port for Jin merchants to smuggle Mongolia and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Tiance army came suddenly, and there was no warning in Xuanfu Town in the east, and Zhangjiakou still had a stable and peaceful atmosphere, and the city gate was full of people, entering and leaving.

The drone was released during the march of the whole army, and after seeing the current situation in Zhangjiakou, Feng Yuanshan immediately ordered: "The first and second battalions of the first regiment of the Tiance Army will immediately attack and seize the Yongzhen Gate in the east of Zhangjiakou and the Cheng'en Gate in the south to open up the situation for our army in the rear." ”

After receiving the order, the battalion commanders of the two battalions led their headquarters to speed up and rush towards the Zhangjiakou City Gate, which was about three kilometers away. More than 1,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army, all riding bicycles, miles of official roads are just around the corner.

After arriving at the pontoon, everyone abandoned their bicycles, carried rifles, and rushed to the other side of the Qingshui River. The usual five-kilometer off-road shows extraordinary physical fitness and speed at this time.

Rumbling footsteps, stepping across the pontoon bridge, at this time the merchants and people outside the gate of Zhangjiakou had a movement.

"Oh no, it's over!"

"It's a guest soldier, run!"

The gate of Zhangjiakou was in chaos, chickens and dogs jumped, and the merchants and people threw away their goods and burdens on their shoulders, and fled in all directions in a panic.

The officers and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty have never been good, and the people have suffered a lot, so they all stay away.

"Da, da!" Sporadic gunshots rang out, several Ming soldiers guarding the city gate at the city gate picked up their knives and guns, and the bullets had swept over, and immediately several Ming soldiers were knocked to the ground, and the rest of the Ming troops looked at it and ran to the city with a shout.

"The follow-up troops keep up!" Seeing the situation at the city gate, Feng Yuanshan ordered with a walkie-talkie.

The rest of the soldiers of the Tiance Army and the Public Security Army rushed to Zhangjiakou Castle through the pontoon bridge.

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"Where did the soldiers come from? Could it be that the Tartars are in the Kou? Zhang Wenzhong, the garrison of Zhangjiakou City, received a report from his own soldiers and hurriedly asked.

The Qing army has not detained the customs for more than three years, and even if the Qing army enters the country, how can the beacon fire not come along the way.

The report's pro-soldier gasped: "No, it's not a Tartar, it seems to be an official army, they have the sun and moon flags in their military formation, and there are many red flags, but this officer and army are dressed very strangely." ”

The Tiance Army is also equipped with the Sun and Moon Flag, which is used to identify friends and foes in the Ming Dynasty.

"Officers and soldiers? I didn't receive the announcement, ....... ”

Zhang Wenzhong quickly ran up to the Kuixing Pavilion, which is the watchtower and the watchtower on the city wall of Zhangjiakou, which can climb high and look far away.

Red flags, this army outside the city has too many red flags, giving people the feeling of burning passion, and there are a small number of sun and moon flags in the red flags. All the soldiers, wearing their original helmets and army green camouflage, were shouting and rushing towards the city of Zhangjiakou, and behind them were a large number of carriages and some strange vehicles.

Zhang Wenzhong immediately thought of something, and his face was ashen.

"My lord, they are about to enter the city, and they must quickly gather their brothers to close the city gate and defend ......!" His retinue reminded anxiously.

Zhang Wenzhong shook his head, sighed and said, "No need, it should be the ...... of the Tiance Army." Zhang Wenzhong is not unheard of about the Tiance Army, and he also guessed why the Tiance Army came, and only the Tiance Army would come to Zhangjiakou at this time.

"Tiance Army?" He exclaimed, "But it's ......." ”

"There's nothing but life." Zhang Wenzhong said: "Send someone to inform Wanquan Right Guard and Dragon Gate Guard, there is only so much I can do." ”