Xuanfu, the first town on the nine sides. Xuanhua Mansion set up a general military officer in the seventh year of Yongle, and it became Xuanfu Town. The rise of Wara, the defense of Xuanfu became increasingly prominent, the battle of Tumubao, Xuanfu was seriously damaged, Emperor Jing succeeded to recover Xuanfu, and restored the border pass during the orthodox years.

Since the rise of the Tatars, the little princes of the Tatars have invaded the Xuanfu every year, and the defense of the Xuanfu is the most important in the nine sides. Zhang Zhijie led 20,000 troops from Beijing and marched towards Xuanfu.

Zhang Zhijie went out of Beijing with not only 20,000 troops and hundreds of Jinyi guards, but also more than 100 carts and more than 200 small Franc machine guns. These more than 100 carts were all flintlock pistols, and although Xuanfu also had a lot of arquebuses, they had not yet been equipped with flintlock pistols.

This time, Zhang Zhijie went to Xuanfu and pulled all the flintlock pistols of the Ordnance Bureau clean, this is his confidence, although he only brought 15,000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, but he also brought 10,000 flintlock pistols.

The flintlock pistol is simple to use and it is not difficult to learn, so as long as you train it, I believe it will come in handy soon. Therefore, Zhang Zhijie has great confidence in this trip.

Zhang Zhijie's army set out from the capital, and the will of Zhang Zhijie's governor Xuanda, Shanxi and other places to manage military affairs and food and salary has reached Xuanfu. After receiving the will, Wang Chong, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, and Jiang Huaixin, the governor, looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

They have long been accustomed to the Tatars committing the side every year, compared to the fact that now they are only the side of the three guards, and their pressure is not great. Duoyan Sanwei couldn't break through the heavy city at all, and at most he retreated after plundering.

Of course, it is naturally a good thing to have a large army to come to reinforce it, even if the soldiers of the Beijing camp are unbearable, they can be strong and strong. But it's very unpleasant to have a top boss, especially a top boss who has never been in the Nine Sides.

What is the most fearful thing about leading troops to fight? The most feared thing is the layman's top boss pointing fingers! In the civil engineering battle that year, Emperor Yingzong did his best to be an elite division, and his fierce generals were like clouds, what was the result? It's a mess and it's miserable! Why? It's not because the old gelding doesn't understand bullshit and commands indiscriminately!

Of course, this freshly baked governor must be much stronger than the old eunuch, after all, he is a famous minister today. In particular, presiding over the opening of the sea and trade has increased the national strength, and even the soldiers of the border army can also feel the benefits, the salary is sufficient, and the ordnance is not delayed, in short, the court has money.

Therefore, the soldiers of the border army also read the good of this admiral, but now he is coming to the governor to announce the greatness! This is unpleasant! What the? You say that the Governor is also a famous general, and he led the army to quell the rebellion twice?

For these feats, the soldiers of the border army all scoffed, but they just beat a few mud legs! The imperial court sent a large army several times to lose their armor and abandon their armor by mud legs, and when they finally won, they were blown to the sky, and they have the ability to come to Xuanfu to fight the Tartars!

I didn't expect it to come now, but the general soldiers of Xuanfu were very unhappy, because they came to be governors! He doesn't want to have a boss above to point fingers, as for the 20,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, heh, they are all used to being uncles in Beijing, can they endure hardships when they come to Xuanfu?

Therefore, Wang Chong scolded more than once in his heart, if you don't enjoy good fortune, you have to come to Xuanfu to eat sand! Wang Chong couldn't help but feel unhappy, after all, he was a popular man in front of the emperor, and he was one of the few powerful ministers in the court, and if the war went smoothly, the credit would naturally belong to the governor. If the war is not happy, the blame is he, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu!

Of course, Wang Chong only dared to think like this in his heart, and he would never dare to show any dissatisfaction on the surface. After all, what is the status of the family, although he is the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, it is really not enough compared to others.

No matter how reluctant Wang Chong was in his heart, the Governor still led an army of 20,000 to approach Xuanfu. After all, Xuanfu is not far from the capital.

Wang Chong sent a scout horse early, just waiting for the news to come out of the city to greet him, and then Jiang Huaixin came to him.

"General Wang, when the Governor first arrives at the Xuanfu, how does the general plan to greet him?" Jiang Huaixin asked.

This is to the point, this is also what Wang Chong has been hesitating, it stands to reason that the governor should naturally gather all the generals to go out of the city to greet him when he arrives in Xuanfu, but the generals are stationed in various ways, and now is the time for autumn defense, how dare they move without authorization?

"Lord Jiang, this official has a headache! Now that the invasion of the three guards is imminent, precautions are being stepped up everywhere. Wang Chong groaned.

Jiang Huaixin said categorically: "Then you don't need to summon the generals, just lead the generals of the Xuanfu out of the city to greet them." ”

I didn't expect Jiang Huaixin to say it so neatly, which was exactly what Wang Chong wanted, Wang Chong smiled and said: "Since Lord Jiang has spoken, then rely on Lord Jiang!" ”

This is the first time that Wang Chong listened to Jiang Huaixin's words so happily, although Jiang Huaixin is the governor, but Xuanfu is a border town is different from the Central Plains, and the chief military officer hangs the seal of General Zhenshuo, which is not much weaker than the governor.

However, Jiang Huaixin didn't care, he was also thinking about the people of the border town and the court. If the military town falls because of the summoning of generals, then no one can afford this responsibility!

So Wang Chong took the generals in Xuanfu City, and Jiang Huaixin took the civil officials, and went out of the city twenty miles together to meet the upcoming governor.

The mighty army went to Xuanfu, this way to Zhang Zhijie has a lot of feelings, he has never been to the north, all he saw is the prosperity of the Beijing Division, the singing and dancing of the south. But I have never seen the devastation of the border town, and I have advanced all the way to the northwest from the Beijing Division, only a few hundred miles, but it seems to have entered another country.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, and the opening of the sea and trade has made the world prosperous and stable, but it seems to be just a legend for the border towns. It is still barren and bitterly cold, and it still bears the threat from the grasslands that its ancestors have suffered for generations, and will continue to bear it for future generations.

To tell the truth, Zhang Zhijie was a little proud before, he changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty became more and more prosperous from the river, he led the army to quell the rebellion, and he opened the sea to trade and build a water division to make the Ming Dynasty famous all over the world.

He thought he had done a good job, but as he got closer to the border town, he realized that he had done too little. Zhang Zhijie traveled all the way west, and his mood was also a little heavy, and Tatar at this time was not a big trouble, which reminded him of Liaodong in the future.

Compared with Liaodong in the future, Xuanfu is just a disease of scabies, but even the Xuanfu at this time is like this, so how miserable will Liaodong be in the future?

We must not let history repeat itself, Zhang Zhijie exhaled a long breath! He believes that everything he has worked hard to do will change history, so start with Xuanfu!

The Xuanfu is finally approaching, and the first town of the Nine Sides is finally about to appear in front of his eyes.