The guard of honor slowly walked towards the post house, and the people in the city were used to seeing the officers and soldiers of the brigade, and no one cared about this team of more than 200 people, still busy and enjoying their own lives.

These people who live at the bottom of the society do not ask for much, and today the Tartars are farther away, the wind is lighter, and the sun is warmer, which is a thing worthy of their happiness and happiness.

Datong has hundreds of temples, nunnery, and Taoist temples. The city can be seen everywhere, it can really be said that there are many temples, the walls of the halls are connected, the cigarette smoke is around, the scriptures are endless, this perennial killing place, it is like a Buddha country resort.

The open space in front of the temple and Taoist temple is usually a place where the vendors gather, because Datong is the throat road leading from Mongolia to Shanxi, Hebei, Shanxi, and Henan, so despite the continuous war between the two sides, many of the goods sold in the market are still Mongolian furs, medicinal materials, horse harnesses and other goods.

There are also many Mongols in the bazaar, and there is no Han hostility towards them, they are so close to each other, many Mongols who can't survive secretly go to the Han people's place to do hard labor and sell goods, and most of the big families also raise some loyal and strong Mongolian warriors, these people live here all the year round, and their feelings for the Han people are deeper than their own tribes.

In addition, there was no fast means of communication at that time, and the so-called annihilation did not play a role at all, and if they really heard some information, they had already lost their timeliness, and it was far less effective than the scouts on the battlefield, so the governor's yamen did not take strict care of them, as long as there were people who were guaranteed and did not carry weapons with them, their personal freedom was no different from that of the Han people.

A temple in front of the grass head team is acting, there are cars and horses at the intersection in front of the head and tail are transporting grain and grass, Emperor Zhengde is in the army, Yang Ling did not dare to go directly, for fear of being taken advantage of in the chaos, so he ordered the whole army to wait in place.

At that time, opera had gradually formed different styles in various places, but this kind of grass head group sang nothing more than local slang songs, and most of them had some meat accents.

In the twenty-second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang personally ordered that all the soldiers in the army learned to sing silver words and slang and cut off their tongues, but unfortunately some things are useless even if they are ordered by the emperor.

The story tells that a Tang Dynasty festival envoy, his subordinates have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but they are afraid of their wives like tigers, and they don't even dare to accept a room of concubines, and then they finally hooked up with a pretty little girl, but they were afraid of his wife's majesty but didn't dare to step through the last pass, only to see the majestic general standing on the stage with a bitter face and singing: "The wind is light and the moon is close to dawn, and the wife is punished to kneel in front of the bed, and the neighbors don't know the rest of the heart, and they are also called stealing leisure to learn New Year's greetings."

Zhengde and the guards laughed together, unbearably happy, when the festival made and Yahuan had a tryst in the back garden, as soon as they met, they couldn't wait to pounce on them and hugged each other, and sang: "Pretty Yahuan, you want to kill me, at this time, the three watches see it, Xizizi, hug the clothes, you are pretty all over your body, you can't sleep in the same bed, I touch and smash it to satisfy my hunger", the play can't help but go up and down, extremely obscene.

The people in the audience applauded, and there was the one who weighed the two coins and threw the copper coins on the stage, and the actors who played the role of the wind soldiers on the stage hurriedly picked them up one by one, and squeezed their eyebrows and read to the audience and said: "Little girl, empty and handsome, fifteen years old, has never had a soup with people, I know that our master is afraid of his wife, otherwise he is a stone girl in the back garden." Hey, hey, hey, ashamed, I don't know how this young girl with a spring can get these itches!"

The audience suddenly whistled, laughed endlessly, and threw more copper coins on the stage, these border people lived on the verge of death, but they would cherish and enjoy life more than the Central Plains people.

Zhang Yong listened to the silver words and songs, felt that something was wrong, turned his head to look at Zhengde, but saw that he listened to it with relish, if he didn't remember that he was in the army, he would have rushed to the stage, and shouted with the grass people, and couldn't help but say to Yang Ling in embarrassment: "My lord, these people are really vulgar in singing, but it is very inappropriate for the emperor to hear it, do you think you want someone to drive them away?" ”

Yang Ling turned his head to look, only to see Zhengde smiling, hearing the excitement and unexpectedly beating the shoulder of a servant next to him, the laughter was endless, and he suddenly felt very happy in his heart, he glanced at Zhengde dotingly, turned around and smiled: "Forget it, if these slang songs are not elegant, it is true, but they will not teach bad people like this."

He said secretly in his heart: "I think when I watched the CD, I saw the supreme realm of 'reading all the world's A films, and there is no code in my heart', and I didn't see me learn badly, those farmers who have committed crimes and have never seen electrical appliances have them, and the pride of the sky has them, and there are character problems!"

What did you watch pornography, I was arrested and looked for a retreat, I couldn't even listen to a silver song, how could the little emperor be affected by the three thousand voices of the harem? ”

Zhang Yong heard him say this, so he didn't say it anymore, this excerpt is not long because it is specially performed for passers-by, and it will not be long for a while.

The ugly wife of the Jiedu envoy woke up from the couch, saw her husband's appearance, glared at him, and asked, "What are you going to kill, shouting and killing?" ”

The knotted envoy suddenly became half a cut shorter, and knelt in front of the couch and said with a smile: "This is a chicken for your husband to eat", Zhengde saw this, and laughed back and forth, tears flowed out.

The front was full of carriages and horses, Yang Ling's convoy began to move forward, Zhengdeyou was narcissistic and reluctant to look back, only to see that the fierce wife knew her husband's intention, and was furious, the general fled from the house, got on the carriage and fled, and thought that the horse was running slowly, so anxious that he pulled out the flag from his back and slapped the horse's buttocks, and the embarrassed look looked Zhengde couldn't help laughing.

It turns out that the people's life is so fun, although they eat poorly and dress roughly, but how easy and casual is their life?

Zhengde is like a child who goes to the city in a poor country, looking at everything fresh, and the people here don't need to kneel down immediately when they see him, and they don't have to be silent with a straight face, and they don't have to pretend to be pretentious, and they pay attention to the majesty of the Son of Heaven, this kind of life makes him yearn for it.

Zhengde lifted the reins of the horse and drove the horse to Yang Ling's side, with a smile on his face, and said excitedly: "Yang Dashuai, the people in the ordinary alleys are so interesting. They can still find so much joy after such a hard life."

Yang Ling nodded and said: "Well, so the people are the best people to treat, if there is no natural disaster to make them hungry and cold, it is difficult to survive, if there is no oppression by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so that their families are ruined, as long as there is a stutter, a place to live, and a little kindness, the people are obedient and good people."

Zhengde chewed this sentence carefully, pondered all the way and walked for a long time before kicking the horse to catch up with Yang Ling, smiled at him, nodded solemnly and said, "I understand!" ”

The guard of honor passed by the Han's leather store, Yang Ling turned his head to look at the business house again, only to see a tiger-headed half-grown child standing by the door, seeing him couldn't help but smile, the naughty appearance made his heart warm, and he couldn't help but think of his beloved wife and young mother who was far away in Beijing.

He imperceptibly signaled to Han Mancang's head, kicked the horse's belly, and sped up the journey. Han's leather goods store is not only his livelihood for Han Lin's father and son, but also the most important secret stake he planted in Datong, the relationship between them should not be exposed, and it is inconvenient for him to see his father-in-law in full view.

In addition, this trip to Beijing is a heavy responsibility, before reaching an agreement with Duoyan Sanwei, the identity of Emperor Zhengde and the real purpose of his own coming here must be known as little as possible.

In a restaurant on the side of the road, in a room on the second floor, a big man with a strong figure and wearing leather pants and a leather jacket spied Yang Ling's horse team galloping through the window, returned to the table and sat down, took a sip of wine into his mouth, frowned and said: "Yang Ling was ordered to patrol the border, although this battle is bigger, after all, he has just been robbed in Beijing, and it is not uncommon for him to be heavily guarded, but I can't see the emperor's appearance here."

He smiled disdainfully, stared at the opposite side with sharp eyes, and said: "Your Han emperor is like a delicate flower and a canary raised in a cage, you can only hide in the Forbidden City and give orders, which is like our khan, that is the eagle of the desert and the hero of the grassland, the news that your sect leader said will not be false, right?" ”

On the opposite side was a white and chubby businessman in his fifties, dressed in a vulgar brocade cotton robe, with a kind smile on his face, just like a Buddha, Maitreya Buddha.

He listened to it and said with a smile: "General Qikenong, the Maitreya Sect has great magical powers, and our disciples are all over the three sects and nine streams, even if it is the emperor's news, it will also be heard, Zhengde must be in Yang Ling's army, and it will never be fake!" ”

The man known as the beggar farmer stared at him with burning eyes for a long time before he clenched his fist and said, "But where did they meet Huadang?" When will we meet? Do we have a chance? We can't wait.

The Khan's army is the most brave warrior on the steppe, but they are not gods, they also need to eat, now our food and grass have been exhausted, now not only the horses killed in battle, but also the thin and wounded horses have been killed and eaten, and if this continues, we can only eat people! ”

The Buddha on the other side didn't care about his fierce tone, he squinted a pair of blistering eyes, revealing a shrewd light in the narrow gap, leaned forward, and said with a faint smile: "General Qikenong, think about who you want to kill, it's the emperor, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" Isn't this opportunity worth the wait?

Now it is different from Yingzong during the Civil Engineering Battle, Yingzong has brothers, Zhengde does not, and once Zhengde dies, Yang Ling, Liu Jin, and Zhang Yong, who are in charge of military power, will all be executed for instigating the emperor to go on patrol! Li Dongyang, Jiao Fang, and Yang Tinghe, as university scholars, are ineffective and seriously derelict in their duties, and will be forced to recall.

Our people will take the opportunity to ascend to the throne, the ambitions of the kings together, the Ming court is in turmoil, the religion conforms to the will of heaven, and the army is at the right time, the world is at your fingertips, and then it will naturally have to rely on the help of the Tatar iron cavalry, think about it, we will help you eat the three guards of Duoyan, the land of Liaodong will be returned to the Khan, and the Gansu and Qinghai that we promised to cede are not worth your waiting? ”

He leaned back in his chair with a smile, took a sip of wine, took another bite of food, and said with drooping eyelids: "We Han people have a saying, that a general will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and it will take tens of thousands of surnames to fill in the success of a famous general, if you want to get such a great benefit, what if you wait patiently for a while?"

The Ming Emperor will not be the leader of the three guards, such a big move, it is difficult for them to hide it, we will definitely get the news of one step closer, and please reply to the Khan, since they have arrived, the time will not be far away."

Qi Kenong gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, Yu Protector, I will bring the words, you help us find out which villages on the Datong line have no garrisons nearby, and there are cattle and horses and grain in the villages, we must send warriors to bypass the large Ming army and get supplies from nearby."

Yu Protector said happily: "We can do this, and your defense on the front line of Liaodong should also be relaxed, so that the tribal leaders of Duoyan Sanwei can arrive safely." Hehehe, the Ming Emperor and his most trusted generals, the most prestigious tribal leaders of Huadang and Duoyan Sanwei, when they are suddenly killed, it is time for us to prosper and rain."

When the beggar heard such seductive and incendiary words, a trace of excitement and greed could not help but pass through his eyes, and he took another sip of wine, got up and said, "Good! With the news, tell us immediately, there is still food and grass, and we must not delay, in order to gain a foothold, we will say that we will fight another battle with the Ming army! ”

He grabbed his dogskin hat and put it on, and cursed: "Damn Yang Qing, as soon as we retreat, he will bite hard, and he will retreat to the city if we fight, only consuming our food." Wang Shouren is a scoundrel and makes poison stumble to fight bad battles, your Han generals are not heroes! ”

The next day, Yang Ling and Zhang Yong raised troops out of the city and went to Zhenqiangbao to work the army.

There was a war ahead, Yang Ling and Zhang Yong didn't dare to let the emperor take risks, leaving the three hundred inner guards to guard the post house, he knew that Zhengde was very active, and he was afraid that he would not be able to bear the surname and run out to go shopping, so he simply sent someone to find the grass head team to come back and sing a big drama for him, hoping to stumble on the little emperor.

The army was marching out, the earth trembled slightly, the hoofs sounded like thunder, the pedestrians and stragglers on the road tried to avoid both sides, and thousands of knights rushed by, their armor bright and their swords and spears shining.

Yang Ling rode his horse on the flat road in the city, and the pro-army guards were all fierce and fierce, and they kept the same pace with skillful steps in front and back.

The dark yellow regimental dragon Qincha banner, the blood-red battle flag, the dark green Yangzi handsome flag waving in the wind, the sound of hunting, the whole horse team is an elite light horse, the team is majestic and majestic, the sword and gun flashes with a cold light, and the murderous aura is full of heaven for a while, showing that this team is unusual and fierce and good at fighting.

All the soldiers were lightly armoured, and at the front were the spear throwing team, each carrying five muskets for land warfare, the barrel of which was made of soft thick wood, about two meters long, thick in front and thin in the back, with a heavy iron head and a center in front. The spear cannot be thrown far, but it can penetrate the human body within dozens of steps, and the armor is difficult to resist, which has a great deterrent effect on the fierce Mongolian cavalry.

Even if such a throwing spear is thrown on the shield and cannot penetrate it, the opponent cannot use the shield, so he can only abandon the shield to fight, if he hits the human body or the horse, even the behemoth like the war horse will have to fall down, and the cavalry behind will be difficult to approach quickly, counteracting the advantage of their cavalry.

This was followed by the firebolts, the last of the crossbows, behind the swords, shields, and iron rods, which were real hard crossbows that needed to be stretched open by the strength of their feet, and could shoot sharp arrows five or six hundred paces through the armor.

The cavalry was originally not suitable to be equipped with this kind of strong crossbow, but when Yang Ling left Beijing, the main role of this team was to protect, so it was equipped with a long-range hard crossbow of eight hundred people. Think of the sharp arrows that suddenly appeared in the sky behind them when the opposing light cavalry was pounced, and when hundreds of people were pierced and fell to the ground, rows of heavy javelins could not be thrown.

Followed by firearms, bows, spears, and swords were swift enough to paralyze any strong opponent's forward in a short time, and by the time the opposition's large force rushed over, their light cavalry had turned around and fled.

In the Qincha Xingyuan, Zhengde sat on a large chair with thick velvet satin smiles, holding a lot of snacks in his arms, looking like a happy baby, really like a good baby who was coaxed to be happy.

In order to keep his identity secret, the troupe did not explain who it was for, nor did they let them see Zhengde, and a beaded curtain was hung in the hall, so that he could see the outside from a close place, and the people inside could not be seen clearly from the outside.

As soon as the stage started singing, Zhengde smiled, jumped down and said to the guards around him: "Reward, ask them to sing hard, and there will be a heavy reward when they come back, let's go!" ”

The Ouchi guard was stunned, and hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty, where are we going?" ”

Zhengde glared at him, and scolded with a smile: "Stupid, where did Yang Shiyu and Zhang Yong go, I naturally want to go somewhere, there is no way in the capital, and I don't regret it if I don't see the army fighting with my own eyes when I get here?" ”

The guard's face changed, and he said in surprise: "Your Majesty, Lord Yang has repeatedly instructed the emperor not to leave the post house, the Tartars are fighting on the border, and the emperor's body of ten thousand gold can not go."

Zhengde said disapprerovingly: "You will listen to Yang Ling's orders, but you will not listen to my orders?" Want to resist the decree? Hmph, I always say that I want to assist me to be a heroic son, look at this pomp, Yang Qing also coaxed me as a child, annoying! ”

The guards were accustomed to listening to the emperor's orders, and the two messengers were not there, how could he dare to resist the order, but he still muttered: "Your Majesty, your safety is careless, if you are damaged, you can't save us all."

Zhengde said proudly: "You can't guess that I want to go with me, Yang Qing can't guess that I want to go with me, do you really have a living immortal in the world who can guess my inspiration?" What's more, there are constantly soldiers and horses in Datong City, and I am a small captain, who is following thousands of troops and horses, and there is no Huangluo umbrella cover above my head, who can recognize it?

And out of Datong, there is the Great Wall, and the Great Wall has Hongci Fort, Zhenchuan Fort, Desheng Fort, more than 20 garrison forts and hundreds of beacon towers. There are still 100,000 soldiers in the city, and the Tartars are especially outside the Great Wall, so I am too scared to go out? Less verbose, go! ”

(To be continued)