It turned out that the unknown cavalry was the Xuanfu and Guanning army led by Hong Chengchou, and the army was already able to see a corner of the Jingshi city wall standing in the distance when the morning sun was rising, and the expected chaos and battle did not happen, and it was so quiet and serene under the golden light, but the arrival of more than 10,000 iron horsemen broke the surface of this calm. It's like throwing a 100-pound boulder on the surface of the lake, startling the terrifying waves.

The people who had gradually returned to the vicinity of Gyeonggi were frightened by the cavalry crossing the border, and the catastrophe of last year is still vividly remembered, is it possible that the tragedy will be repeated again? After the army crossed the border, the panicked people were like chickens, ducks and geese in a fried pot, and while they were noisy, they all packed up their few pitiful possessions, and were ready to flee with their families at any time.

"Alas! What happened to the world of the Ming Dynasty? Today is a thief, and tomorrow is a tartar? We just want to live a few years in peace, have it become a pipe dream? ”

Finally, someone issued a cry of despair and helplessness, which represented the mentality of the vast majority of people, and some people even made up their minds not to return to their hometown in Gyeonggi for a short time once they decided to flee again.

"If you don't come back to Zhili, where can you stay for a long time? Henan and Shaanxi make thieves every year, but I'm afraid that Shandong will not be peaceful in a few years, so we can't escape to the south of the Yangtze River, right? ”

This is indeed a problem, after all, the people of the time value the countryside, the difference near the Yellow River is not too big, and the distance from the hometown is not too far, which is an acceptable and reasonable range in the heart, but if you really leave your hometown and flee south, will you never come back?

In the final analysis, although the people are almost desperate for the Ming court, they still have a glimmer of hope in their hearts, hoping that he can regain his strength and let the people live a stable life for a few more years.

"I heard that Shanxi took in a lot of refugees in the spring, arranged food, accommodation, and work. My distant maternal uncle is in the Hunyuan Prefecture Iron Works, although there is no land to plant, but the monthly wages for daily work are not only eaten, drunk and Lazar, but at the end of the year, I can still save two melons and dates! ”

"How can such a good thing be? Besides, we are fleeing, and the old men in Shanxi will thank God for burning high incense if they don't let us go! ”

But there are still people who are alive in their hearts, although there is land to plant here, but at the end of the year, not only does they have nothing left, but they have to owe a debt to the owner, and so on year after year, some people owe the owner the debt I am afraid that it will not be paid off even if it is decades.

"Otherwise, it is said that the person in charge of Shanxi is not a political envoy or a governor, but General Li, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town. My maternal uncle said, General Li is a rare good official, is really for the sake of our people, they also escaped from Beizhili when the plague was in trouble, not only distributed relief food free of charge, but also arranged to work in the iron factory, and now it is rooted there, it is said that this year to build a big road is about to employ people, we will definitely have a chance to go! ”

"And such a thing? I heard that the Tartars are making a lot of trouble in Xuanda, maybe they will hit the capital soon, and they will discuss a day when everyone will go to Shanxi together and vote for General Li! ”

"Yes, big brother of the Chen family, you can lead us on a blind date......"

A wave of escaping from Beizhili is fermenting on the apprentices ravaged by this alarm, and I don't know when there will be a big outbreak. And Zhu Youzhen, the son of the great tomorrow, breathed a sigh of relief at the moment, it was a false alarm, he really didn't misunderstand Hong Chengchou and his people, although he failed to block the Dongyu soldiers all the way in Xuanda, but for the sake of his timely rescue, he can make an exception and praise and boost morale!

Hong Chengchou placed the cavalry outside the Fucheng Gate and camped, and at the same time sent people to Beijing to contact, no one was ordered to set off, and there was a small eunuch leading a team of men and horses out of the city.

"Xuanda Governor Hong Chengchou received the ......"

Hong Chengchou ignored his armor and knelt down to accept the order, waiting for the eunuch to read the emperor's edict, although his lower limbs became sore, but his heart was shocked, and his decision this time was really the right goal.

The emperor directly issued a decree to summon Hong Chengchou to the Forbidden City to face the saint, and the words of the holy decree were full of praise, which made him feel indescribably comfortable. Hong Chengchou immediately followed the eunuch into the city, but on the way, the eunuch said a few words to him, referring to Li Xin's two cronies who were suspected of rebelling and defecting to the enemy, and being escorted to Beijing and robbed, and later personally went to the Forbidden City to sue the emperor......

Hong Chengchou expressed his regret and happiness at the same time. It is a pity that if Li Xin really votes for Tartar, it will be an irreparable loss to the imperial court, and the happy thing is that his two are not willing to avenge his grievances, maybe there is another hidden secret.

Seeing Hong Chengchou's appearance of being loyal to the country, the eunuch rolled his eyelids and wanted to say something, but he felt that he couldn't speak, so he swallowed it back raw, no longer dwelling on this topic, and led the way to the Forbidden City first.

The emperor and a group of important ministers were waiting for Hong Chengchou to report the first-hand battle situation in the Wenhua Hall at the moment, so the little eunuch directly introduced Hong Chengchou into the imperial city from Dong'an Gate, and stopped outside Donghua Gate.

"The war is urgent, as soon as we are in power, let's go to the palace!"

The eunuch in charge of etiquette felt that this was reasonable, and no longer insisted, so he introduced it to Donghua Gate and went straight to the Wenhua Palace. When the ironclad Huohuo and the dusty Hong Chengchou stepped into the main hall, everyone suddenly felt a trace of battlefield killing aura poured in.

This image is more gratifying than Zhu Youzhen imagined that I don't know how many times, so I almost got up from sitting down on the dragon chair and personally went down to the Danqi to greet him.

Although Hong Chengchou was wearing iron armor, he did not engage in the adjustment of the armor that could not be fully respected, but respectfully and laboriously completed the big salute, and then reported that he set off from Xuanfu until the confrontation of the Zhenyu Guard, and then chased the Donglu cavalry all the way, and how to rush to Beijing to escort him day and night!

The image of a brave and resourceful Confucian general suddenly came to life in the hearts of all the important ministers and even the emperor in the palace, as for where the Dongyu cavalry went, no one cared, anyway, there are the most elite cavalry of the Xuanfu and Hangning Army here, and there is Hong Chengchou, who is good at using soldiers, what are you afraid of?

The emperor was very satisfied with the local governor who went to Beijing to escort him on a starry night, and the important ministers did not jump out to add to the blockage for the first time, and all of them were carried out in an unusually harmonious atmosphere, and then ended successfully.

Zhu Youzhen was in a good mood, and ordered Hong Chengchou's department to replenish supplies in the nearby Beijing Division, and then supplemented what was needed, although it was raised, all the requirements were met. If this promise had been in the past, it would have been opposed by the Ministry of Households, and this time the Secretary of the Ministry of Households, Li Shiwen, had unprecedentedly acquiesced.

Of course, Hong Chengchou did not let go of such a rare opportunity, first proposed that the war horses of the department had lost weight due to the long-distance march, and the horsepower was weakened, and asked the Beijing division to replace the war horses, and at the same time further put forward the requirements for the addition of cuirass bows and arrows.

But the water that was spilled out of the words was spoken, and even if Li Shiwen was dissatisfied, he could only pinch his nose and admit it, and meet Hong Chengchou's requirements one by one. On the same day, the emperor issued another decree to order Hong Chengchou to temporarily stay in Beijing and camp here.

This is exactly what Hong Chengchou wanted, but he still raised his concerns to the emperor in the way of negligence, the three guards and the surrounding guards are in danger, and the guards are in danger, if they don't go back in time to rescue, the consequences are unimaginable.

Soon, Hong Chengchou got an answer, but it was not a holy decree, but a note sent by the cabinet, with only a few words on it, "Which is more important, Sanwei or Jingshi?" ”

Hong Chengchou looked at it, no longer raised objections, and was at ease in the defense of the Beijing Division.

Hundreds of miles away in Hunyuan Prefecture, the construction site of the railway road was not stopped because of the battle of Xuanda and Bauhinia Pass, and the General Military Office had proposed to achieve a complete connection between Zhenyuwei and Taiyuan City before the arrival of the first snow, so the construction period was very tight, even if the Tatar army had crossed the border nearby a few days earlier, the heads and brains in charge of the construction site were still insisting.

At this time, Guo Binghuan, the henchman of the general, called Master Guo, came to the Hunyuan Prefecture construction site to inspect, and the relevant responsible general office got the construction plan to continue the construction after consulting him.

Although Master Guo gave a proposal to continue the construction, in fact, he was already worried in his heart, the entire construction site was full of materials, the population was large, and he had hoarded food and grass for tens of thousands of workers, how could the Tartars turn a blind eye?

However, a day later, he learned that the Tartars had broken through the Bauhinia Pass, and that the governor of Xuanda, Hong Chengchou, had led his troops to chase after him, and tens of thousands of cavalry roared across the border like a stream of iron, which he also saw with his own eyes. Although Master Guo was worried that the main force of the Three Guards was not in Shanxi, he saw that Hong Bing was strong and strong, and his originally hanging heart landed safely.

It seemed that he was overly worried, but this peace did not last long, and after the third sunset, everyone was about to rest after dinner, and chaos appeared without warning. First there was a raging fire in a workers' camp in the southernmost part of the country, followed by an overwhelming shout.

Master Guo was frightened and frightened, and led people to investigate the situation, but was stopped by people from the south.

"Don't go that way, run away! The Tartars are coming! If you see someone, you will cut them, and if you see them, you will kill them, and no one can stop them......"