Seeing that the people on the two sides were pointing at each other with bows, and the battle was about to break out, Yang Chen, who was caught in the middle, immediately threw away the saber he was carrying, and shouted at the soldiers in front of him with his hands raised: "These brothers, everything is a misunderstanding, they are by no means the Tartars who invaded the Central Plains, don't hurt the good people." I'm not a spy......"

Seeing this, Huang Feng, who was following the Mengren, also hurriedly threw away the scimitar he was carrying, and helped to echo: "Yes, military masters, we don't have the slightest malice, everyone please calm down!" ”

Seeing that the two of them had lost their weapons, several generals hesitated, looked at the people in front of them, and said, "Are you telling the truth? Then I found that the Mongolian people were all wounded, and their complexions were not very good, and they really did not look like enemies who wanted to invade the Central Plains.

"It's true. Miss Tana, please tell everyone to put down their weapons and make this misunderstanding clear. Yang Chen quickly turned his head and said to Tana behind him.

Tana hesitated slightly, but finally accepted his proposal, and said to her people, "Everyone put away their weapons, don't let people misunderstand our intentions." The others withdrew their bows and arrows according to their words, but their eyes were still vigilantly staring at those Ming soldiers, for fear that they would be unfavorable to them.

finally didn't let the misunderstanding expand, which made Yang Chen breathe a sigh of relief, and then explained: "It's that I didn't make it clear just now. In fact, it was these Mongolian friends who told me that I had Tartars who were about to offend my Daming, so I planned to rush to Datong to warn. It was only later that news came that led to a change of route. Well, it was the friend who desperately broke through on that horse and brought back the news. As he spoke, he bowed his mouth to Chingrenu, who had been lying on his horse.

Several soldiers took advantage of the situation, and after seeing Qingle, who could not get up, they believed his words a little more. Indeed, from a logical point of view, no one would really bring a seriously injured companion to attack.

Seeing that they believed a little more, Yang Chen continued to explain: "And there are Tartar chasers behind us, and it has been delayed for a while now, maybe they will come when they come." Therefore......" Although he didn't say it all, his meaning was already very clear, he wanted these soldiers to return to the fortress with him and others to avoid pursuit.

And now, it makes people a little suspicious. The strong man at the head looked him up and down: "What you said is the truth?" ”

"Absolutely." Yang Chen nodded with a straight face.

"And how did you find the location of our fortress?" The other party's eyes narrowed, and he was very vigilant: "Ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty can't even get out of Guancheng, let alone know where we are." Who the hell are you? ”

"I was originally an official in the capital, but I was transferred to the Guanzhong because of the incident, so I have some understanding of things outside the Guanzhong." For this one, he is not as general as explaining to Tana, after all, even a petty official in the border area is unlikely to know the military deployment beyond the Great Wall, and vague words will only make people more suspicious.

"Are you an official from the capital? What are the credentials? "The stakes are high, and this one will naturally not be easily accepted.

Yang Chen thought about it for a while, and finally decided to reveal his last layer of identity, so he reached into his arms and wanted to take out the square waist card. But as soon as he moved, the other party shouted a little guardedly: "What are you doing?" ”

"I'm just showing you the evidence." Yang Chen said, he slowly took his hand out of his arms, and with a slight throw, a copper waist card crossed an arc in the air and fell into the other party's hand.

The soldier glanced at the special waist card of the brocade guard, but his face was a little dazed: "I can't read, and I don't recognize anything written on this waist card." ”

"Forehead......" Yang Chen was speechless for a while, he really ignored this. Although Jinyiwei is famous, not many people in the world have really seen their waist cards, and only literate people will know the weight of this top. Just as he was about to reveal his identity directly, the man waved his hand again: "That's it, since you can show this evidence, I will believe you once." You will come with me, but don't try to play tricks, or you will ......" He glanced at the blindmen as if threatening, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the other brothers to surround the people left and right, and led them forward.

Although Tana and the others felt a little uncomfortable, they also knew that it was not appropriate to act rashly at this time, otherwise it would be over once they were really caught up by the pursuers. Therefore, he could only hold back his anger and let the soldiers escort himself and others forward as if they were prisoners.

After traveling for more than half an hour, everyone saw an earthen fort standing on the vast grassland - this is a huge fortress built with rammed earth that looks four or five zhang high, a square circle, and above it, there is also a high beacon, and in addition to a fierce and moving military flag is inserted on the side, there are also soldiers who are constantly looking around.

This is the first line of defense that can be used all over the back of the Great Wall to prevent foreign attacks!

In the eyes of many people in later generations, the Ming Dynasty's borders in the north were often limited to the Great Wall, and as long as the Great Wall was out, the large grassland was the world of foreign peoples. But in fact, this is not the case, at this time the border army knew very well that the Great Wall is important, but it alone is not enough to ensure the safety of the border pass, so early in the morning in the area outside the Great Wall, constantly build a fortress according to the mountainous terrain, in order to monitor the northern enemy situation at all times.

And these fortresses did play a great role in the battles with foreign enemies, with which the Ming army was able to detect the enemy's traces when the enemy was still some distance away from the border of the Great Wall, so as to warn through the beacon fire. At the same time, these forts were able to hold out and hold back foreign invasions, thus buying more time for the defense of the rear.

However, the frontier troops in these forts are the most dangerous. Often, when a large number of enemy troops invade the border, they are the first to fight to the death against the enemy. If the Great Wall is the gateway to the Central Plains, then these forts are the gateway to the Great Wall!

Now Yang Chen and the others have arrived at one of the places called Baobao Fort. In the entire fortress, there were fifty-six soldiers, all of whom were the elite of the border army. When the guards on the top of the fort saw such a large group of people coming towards this side, they quickly passed on the news vigilantly.

Immediately, all the soldiers who had been resting at the bottom ran up to the wall, flashed their bows and arrows and pointed in the direction where everyone came, and made full preparations for battle.

It wasn't until one of them recognized the general who led the way in front of him that everyone calmed down a little and shouted with a smile: "Old Cui, didn't you take your brothers to hunt game?" How did you bring so many people back? Is this what you call game? ”

That Lao Cui snorted angrily: "Lao Tzu is not a tiger wolf, how can he eat people." These people were met by our brothers, and they said that they had news to take to Datong, and they were chased and killed by the Tartars, so they could only come with me to our security fort for temporary refuge. ”

During the conversation, everyone had already walked to the castle, and although it was getting dark, this distance could still be seen. The soldiers who had already put down their bows and arrows after hearing this, after seeing the appearance of the Mongolian people clearly, raised their guard again: "How is it a tartar?" ”

"Just because they are Tartars, they know that Tartars are going to offend." Yang Chen had already stepped forward at this time, and explained to the people above: "I am Yang Chen, the canonical history of Biguan County, and I am a court official who is like a fake, so naturally I won't lie to you." ”

"You're an official?" The man above looked at him suspiciously.

That old Cui remembered something again, and also walked a few steps, raised his hand, and threw the waist card that Yang Chen gave him on the earthen wall: "Mr. Ma, he also took out this thing and said that he could prove his identity, you can take a look." ”

The head of the city suddenly screamed, and then someone picked up the waist card and handed it to the general manager. Ma picked it up casually and looked at it in front of him, and his expression, which was still a little unbelieving, suddenly changed: "You...... You are ......" but the three words of Jin Yiwei could not be spoken, obviously shocked.

"Mr. Ma, now you know I'm not a spy, right? Please open the door and let me in, and leave the rest for later. Seeing this, Yang Chen hurriedly made a request.

"Good...... Quick, open the door, let people in, they won't have a problem. "Since it's a person from Jinyiwei, there is no way to make a mistake if you think about it.

The soldiers below immediately took the order, opened the gates of the fort, and let everyone into this small fortress that was used exclusively for military purposes.

It wasn't until I entered it that I realized that this small fortress that looked inconspicuous on the outside was also on the inside. Not only does it have two floors, but there is also a crypt underneath, and it seems that the soldiers usually sleep underneath. In addition, the fort was stocked with food and weapons - arrows, wood, stones...... It was all full, which opened Yang Chen's eyes.

As for those Mongolian people, they were even more amazed, and whispered: "It seems that the Ming Dynasty is really well-armed, and even such a small fortress has been fully prepared, so wouldn't a city like Datong be more like a moat......

At this time, the horse general had already walked down, and he looked very majestic and majestic with his whole body armor, but at this time he was quite apprehensive, and first handed back his waist card with both hands, and then said: "Yang ...... Did you come to my border on business? ”

"Exactly. Because of some changes in Pianguan County, I came to this grassland, and then I met these Mongolian friends. But rest assured, they are not spies...... " he said, detailing what Tana had told him earlier.

When these words came out, they immediately caused the surrounding soldiers to be amazed, and they looked at these Mongolian people with more kindness.

"Since you are here to join my Daming, we should be entertained. Rest assured, our fort is not big, but it is enough to keep you safe. Moreover, this place is only a few dozen miles away from Datong, and I will send someone to deliver the letter tomorrow morning, and Lord Yang will send someone to pick you up. ”

"Thank you so much to the general." Tana hurriedly thanked her.

Just as everyone was talking, intending to eat something to satisfy their hunger, the guards who looked above suddenly shouted loudly: "General, there are cavalry rushing towards us from the north, and it seems that the number of people should be between three and five hundred!" ”