Chapter 273: Ambush
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The little prince, both Dayan Khan, was born in Tianshun eight years, reigned for more than 50 years, during which he unified Mongolia, is another important figure in Mongolian history after Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, from the end of Chenghua, the Mongolian tribes headed by the little prince carried out dozens of invasions of the Ming Dynasty, and the location involved various regions on the nine sides, especially Datong and Xuanfu, which were attacked by the key. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Li Ling and the others finally arrived near Datong Mansion without incident, because it was late, they did not enter the city, but stayed in the post station outside Datong City for more than four hours.
"We'll rest in the post station tonight, and enter Datong City tomorrow for supplies!" Li Ling ordered the little eight people.
Datong is an important military town in the northwest, and Dachang Qianzhuang naturally opened a branch here, which can not only supply various materials, but also ask the treasurer about the customs of this place.
It is also an important town in the northwest, and the situation here should be similar to that of Lanzhou, so learn more about local customs, so as not to violate local customs in Lanzhou.
The post station is a middle-aged man in his thirties, he verified Li Ling's official document and led Li Ling into the post station, explaining as he walked: "Don't look at the post station I am alone, there are really a lot of places inside, the big school field behind is dozens of acres large, there are tents all year round, which can accommodate more than 10,000 people, the adults and the two ladies live in the front yard, and the soldiers can go to the tent to rest!" ”。
This postman has been in charge of the inn for more than ten years, and he is quite familiar with everything here.
The soldiers lived in the tent at the back, but Xiao Ba was not very confident about Li Ling's safety, he selected a few strong soldiers, and planned to keep vigil for Li Ling outside the post room, and they would know as soon as there was a disturbance.
"These people are so alert, they have all been at the post station and have not forgotten to keep vigil!" Yi Cheng sneered twice, went in to prepare dinner for Li Ling and the others.
The people who come to stay at the post station are generally court officials, these people are delicate and expensive, they can't move when they enter the post station, and they fall asleep after dinner, how can anyone be so alert?
"Hachi, otherwise you and your brothers will go to sleep too, everyone has been busy all day!" Li Ling was a little unbearable, he had to continue the march tomorrow, he didn't want to drag these soldiers down.
"Young Master, didn't you say that? We must not relax at any time, we must always be vigilant, Datong Province is often invaded by the Tatars, and we should naturally keep vigil like usual! ”。 Xiaoba rejected Li Ling's kindness.
It is his duty to defend the eldest young master, and he naturally cannot take it lightly.
In addition to the house where Yi Cheng lived, there were three houses left, and Li Ling decided that he and his second daughter would live in one, Fang Laohu would live in one, and Wang Chan and his sister and brother would live in one.
Fang Laohu decided to follow Li Ling, and he naturally wanted to go to Lanzhou with him.
Wang Chan's sister and brother also became dependent on Li Ling after getting along with Li Ling for a while, and in Wang Chan's words, they wanted to find a future for their younger brother. Li Ling went to Lanzhou to take up a post, and the two of them actually sold the fields in the capital and went to Lanzhou with Li Ling.
This is the first time that the three of them have lived in the same room, and the two women were still a little squirming at first, but Li Ling had been busy for a day after all, and he was not as comfortable as the two women sitting in the carriage.
After carrying the two girls to bed, he fell asleep.
Yang Ying and Li Yanyu let out a long sigh when they saw Li Ling working so hard, leaned on Li Ling's side and fell asleep.
Xiao Ba and a few people sat around the post station, in order not to disturb Li Ling and the others, they did not chat together.
After the people in the house fell asleep, the whole inn fell silent.
Yi Cheng didn't sleep after returning to his room, he kept staring at the movements of Li Ling and the others.
In the middle of the night, it was the hardest time, and even Hachi and a few other people who were keeping vigil were sleepy, yawning again and again, but trying to restrain themselves from falling asleep.
The post man quietly got out of bed, slipped out through the side door, and quietly went to the stable, stealing the horses he had fed, and ran out through the back door of the post station.
In order not to make too much noise, he did not dare to ride a horse until he walked out of a mile or so, he got on his horse and galloped quickly in the direction of Datong Mansion.
An hour later, he arrived at the east gate of Datong Mansion, and at this time it was not yet dawn, so he had to wait under the city.
When the city gate was opened, Yi Cheng ran to the city as soon as possible, but the place where he went was not the prefect's yamen, but to the front of a private house.
"I'm a post outside the city, the person who the uncle asked me to pay attention to has arrived, please trouble the two eldest brothers to enter the mansion and report!"
The two housekeepers at the gate of the house had just gotten up, and when they were sleepy-eyed, they heard the voice of a stranger.
It's really unpleasant for the two of them to be disturbed when they are drowsy, but when they hear the name of the uncle, they are in awe, and the uncle's affairs can't be delayed at all. The eldest brother who guarded the door immediately entered the house to report.
Yi Cheng watched the gatekeeper go in before he put his mind at ease, the matter had been done, and he had got the uncle's bounty.
Sure enough, the doorman came out again with an extra silver ticket in his hand, and he said to Yicheng: "You did a good job, this silver ticket of fifty taels was given to you by my uncle, don't go back to the post station today, so as not to show any more horses, and it will not be good to hinder the uncle from doing things at that time!" ”。
"Yes, yes......, I understand!". Yi Cheng accepted while putting away the silver ticket, since the uncle has spoken, how dare he disobey!
After receiving the silver ticket, Yi Cheng left the house, and then went to the prefect's yamen to report.
A few men dressed as merchants rode out of the city early in the morning, but their goal was the northern steppe, where the Ming Dynasty's sworn enemies, the Tatars, lived.
When Li Ling and the others got up in the morning, they didn't find the post post at the post station, and Li Ling estimated that he had something to do and left temporarily.
The inn was only a place to rest for passing officials, and the post man was not obliged to serve them at all times.
Fortunately, there was still rice and noodles in the kitchen, and there was a lot of firewood, so Li Ling ordered to bury the pot and make rice, and the rice and noodles in the kitchen were enough for them to eat.
Smoke rose from the backyard for a while, and the firehead was in charge of cooking.
"Hachi, leave our food money behind after eating!". I'm afraid that the food for so many of them is only enough for a month's expenses of the post station, and Li Ling doesn't want to take advantage of this.
"Brothers, forty miles away is the prosperous Datong City, the young master said, after arriving there, repair for a few days, brothers work hard!". Before leaving, he began to boost the morale of the brothers.
The interest of the soldiers was aroused, they were grinding their fists one by one, and everyone was waiting for a good rest after arriving in Datong!
"There is a situation!". After walking more than ten miles, Fang Laohu noticed something unusual, he crawled on the ground and listened and continued to say to Li Ling: "My lord, it is a riding disease, about two hundred horses, less than five miles away from us, and it can be reached in a moment!" ”。
Two hundred cavalry want to clean us up? What a whims!
"Brothers, prepare to stumble and form a fishnet formation!" Li Ling commanded loudly.
(To be continued.) )