It's been six years since Wanli.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, in the northeast of Liaodong, divided the Mongolian tribes of Guishun into three guards, Duoyan, Fuyu, and Taining.

Listening to this name, it is all auspicious and joyful, and Ming Taizu really hoped that these three Mongol towns could protect the peace of the northeastern frontier of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the change of Tumubao in the time of Yingzong made these Mongolian tribes immediately lose their introverted minds, or stand on their own, or collude with the powerful tribes on the steppe, and become a piece of their own.

The so-called Duoyan Sanwei is just a title on the official documents of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone is more called Duoyan Ministry, Fuyu Ministry, and Taining Ministry.

The Taining chieftain Subahai was a talented man, who subdued the Jurchens and the small Mongol tribes outside the Guan, and formed an alliance with the most powerful Tumut tribe in the steppe, and repelled the most powerful of the three tribes. The richest Fuyu tribe occupies the best territory.

But the so-called best land is only swamps, pastures and forests, and the Daming Liao Town in the west is the real rich place, where there is a large population, abundant grain, and gold, silver and silk, and can occupy a piece of land over there, but it is worth ten times the size of the pasture.

Therefore, from the end of the fifth year of Wanli, the chief of the Taining tribe, Subahai, began to gather the cavalry of his tribe, and Tumut Khan also sent more than 4,000 cavalry, ready to attack when the Han people's defense for the Spring Festival was lax.

In the land outside the pass, a battle with the surname of mobilizing tens of thousands of cavalry can already be described by the word huge, and Su Bahai only camped in the split mountain two hundred miles away from Liao Town for ten days, and dozens of Jurchen and Mongolian small tribes came to surrender and surrender, and were willing to attack the Ming State with the army.

On the night of the fifth day of the first month of the sixth year of Wanli, the first month of the first month is the coldest time of the year, and the cold air is a little heavier on the night without the sun.

Even the cavalrymen of the Taining and Tumut tribes, who had lived outside the pass for a long time, were huddled with each other around the fire or in tents, and the people of the upper class of the commander gathered together to drink and have fun.

The nearest dock fort to Daming here is two hundred miles away, and everyone is not too worried, but thinking about how to carnival after entering Daming.

They all knew that it was freezing cold, so a small tribe that had just come to join was willing to watch the night, and everyone was happy that someone would take on this drudgery, so they immediately pushed it over.

So when it got dark, no one noticed the bright light coming from the west.

The sporadic light turned into dense points of light, and then the Mongol camp that split the mountain saw that half of the sky in the west was lit up.......

In the evening, the 6,000 cavalry of Liaozhen rushed into the splitting camp set up by the Taining and Tumut tribes, these cavalrymen were dressed in iron armor, armed with sharp blades, and the horses under their crotches were also strong horses.

Some of the frightened Mongolian cavalry had already shouted: "This is the elite soldier of Li Chengliang, the chief soldier of Liaozhen!" There were also some Jurchen cavalry who were wrapped in leather armor and holding broadswords and longbows in their hands, and they were also extremely brave.

In fact, if the soldiers of the Taining Department and the Tumut Department take a closer look, they will find that the men and horses of the Ming army are extremely tired, but at this time, who still has the heart to look at it.

The Splitting Mountain Battalion supported a stick of incense, and there was not even any support, and the entire battalion had collapsed at the beginning, and everyone was running for their lives.

The cavalry of different tribes even began to slash each other in order to compete for the fleeing horses, and the whole camp was completely destroyed.

More than 100 steps away from here, there are several hills, and more than 100 elite cavalry surround them, guarding a few people who are watching the battle on the hills.

"The marshal led the soldiers and horses to travel 200 miles and defeated the Tartars' mountain-splitting camp in one fell swoop, and the merit is unparalleled!"

There was a praise on the side, and immediately echoed in unison, and the object of praise was silently watching the fierce battle in the distance, he was wearing a well-made armor, a red coat, but he didn't have a helmet on his head, and he didn't know what kind of hat made of precious fur, which was very warm.

His expression did not change for the praise around him, as if this was a matter of course, under the light of the fire, he looked like he was in his early forties, but between his eyebrows, his age seemed to be between fifty, but there was no trace of white in his exposed beard, and it was completely black.

He suddenly raised his hand, tapped his horsewhip to the right side, and said in a deep voice:

"The herald told Rubai that his team was a little scattered, and told him to stop and restrain his soldiers and horses, and not to act rashly, but he was taken advantage of by the Tartars."

When several horsemen got the order, they immediately galloped out and went to that side, and a general on the side came over and whispered:

"Big brother, Rubai's side is going to intercept Subahai, this is a great achievement."

The general, who was called the eldest brother, also lowered his voice very low, and reprimanded:

"What is the benefit of killing our Li family, then Yu Dayou was impeached by the patrol the year before last, and you forgot the example of being belittled in the court? It's not like we've cleaned up the pirates......"

The general immediately fell silent, and did not go to the rear of the cavalry of the Taining Division, and several nobles of the Subahai and Tumut Divisions, escorted by the cavalry of their cronies, gathered the remnants and fled to the north.

At this time, the victory was basically certain, and the general's personal soldiers on the hill raised a banner proudly, and under the firelight, a blood-red "Li" character fluttered in the wind.

Li Chengliang, the chief military officer of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.......

There is a scene in Tianjin today, that is, since the second day of the first lunar month, there are some young people running in the city in a neat line shouting trumpets on a cold day.

Dripping into ice weather, this group of young people who are less than twenty years old running along the city wall of Tianjin City, wearing a single shirt, makes people look really fresh, at the beginning, there are some dolls clapping their hands and running, and some gangsters make fun of it, but the next day they know that this is the Jinyi Wei Qianhu Wang Tong's family guard, everyone is frightened, and now when they run, the surroundings are very clean.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, the hundreds of households in Hangzhou finally found a place to move all the goods stored in the yamen, and the newly recruited people lived in the houses of the Tianjin Jinyi Health Office.

The military preparation and the yamen cooperated very much this time, Wang Tong recruited so many people to come over, and Panda specially arranged for a few officials to follow, as long as the people arrived, the food was allocated immediately, and there would be no delay or delay.

Lu Tongju of Shuntianfu left Tianjin City on the third day of the first lunar month, and he came to see that Wang Tong was not empty-handed, and brought 5,000 taels of cash, which was part of the silver received by the Ping An brand of the Public Security Department at the end of last year.

Yu Dayou drank wine for three days, and on the fourth day of the new year, he let the carriage pull him around the city, saying that he wanted to choose a place that could be used as a barracks.

"Master, tomorrow said that our blacksmith workshop is about to open the furnace to strike iron, this line should be exquisite, the first time the furnace bellows are pulled by the owner, sir, are you going to go down?"

Wang Tong just wiped a handful of sweat, the blacksmith Qiao Da came to invite, Wang Tong smiled and glanced at him, what is exquisite, it is nothing more than to come up with a trick to please himself, but his own industry is open, it should still be supported, nodded at the moment, and Qiao Da hurriedly thanked him and said goodbye.

"The accounts over there at the Xingcai Inn have been settled, and the owner told us that if the adults take care of their business in the future, the price can be discounted by 80%."

Zhang Shiqiang came over with a list, Wang Tong glanced at it casually, threw it on the table, and said with a smile:

"There are so many big inns outside the city, it is said that there is no business in winter, but there are so many openings, the business in the other three seasons must be good, Brother Zhang, you find time to go outside the city to see, can we take a few plates, not only can the business be good and make money, but the place can also settle people at that time."

Zhang Shiqiang nodded in response, Wang Tong felt a little sour all over his body, since he came to Tianjin, he has not rested, and he has been preparing every day, but now everything is over, and the news and reply from the Jingshi side will not come for a while, but he can take the time to rest.

"Brother Zhang, I'm very tired, wait for everything to talk about them in the evening, I'll take a nap."

Zhang Shiqiang hurriedly agreed and said:

"Adults have been working hard since they came to Tianjin, let's sleep more, and then let people bring food into the room......"

Only halfway through the polite words, he heard the earth-shattering firecrackers outside, Wang Tong frowned, and said that there was nothing to say today, why should the firecrackers be set off, at this time the footsteps outside were loud, Li Hutou ran quickly to the house, with an excited look on his little face, and said:

"Brother Wang, someone is coming to pay New Year's greetings!!"

Wang Tong was stunned, the first and second days of the new year, according to the rules of officialdom, those qualified officials and generals of Tianjin Wei sent posts over, and no one else was qualified to pay New Year's greetings to themselves, and this was the fifth day of the first month, what did they do.

He was stunned here, and Li Hutou urged excitedly over there:

"Brother Wang, go and take a look, those people pulled a small boat over."

Saying this, everyone was interested, Wang Tong put on his robe again, and came to the main gate with Zhang Shiqiang and others, there were already a lot of people watching the excitement, Wang Tong's mansion had nothing to do, the gate was open, and the smoke of firecrackers was filled outside, and there were many people in the shadows.

There was really a small boat outside, shiny inside, I don't know what it was, it had wooden wheels on the bottom, and a few animals pulling it in front.

The smoke gradually dissipated, and I could see that the wooden boat was dressed in red and hung with colors, and more than a dozen sturdy men in short clothes stood on the side, and when they saw Wang Tong come out, they all knelt down and kowtowed in unison, and said loudly:

"The little ones kowtow to Lord Wang and wish him a new year's greetings, and I wish him a promotion and a fortune!!"

The onlookers were clamoring loudly, and the firecrackers rang out again, but Wang Tong was a little confused, what way is this?

(To be continued)