In late October, Zhu Hao and Yu Chengxun still have not been notified to return to Beijing.

Yu Chengxun went to see Xu Pengju, but he was not discouraged, and tried his best to send a greeting post to the garrison yamen, also to let Xu Pengju know that he Yu Chengxun had not left and was still waiting to meet.

On this day, Yu Chengxun went out for another day, and when he came back, he saw Zhu Hao reading in the pavilion by the lake, and his tone couldn't help but feel a little emotional: "It's really rare for people in the world to be as unsurprised as you are."

Zhu Hao put down the book and asked, "Things have changed?"

Yu Chengxun said: "I heard that His Majesty sent Luo An, the envoy of the Beizhen Fusi to Nanjing, has already returned home."

"Back to ...... Kyoshi?" Zhu Hao thought for a moment and asked.

"Hmm."

Yu Chengxun said: "I didn't know about this matter at first, but I only knew about it when someone from Nanjing Jinyiwei released a rumor."

Yu Chengxun has the door of Nanjing Jinyiwei in the end, and he can find out some insiders.

Luo An is gone?

Didn't go at all!

is just waiting for a new order in hibernation, and the direct order is Zhu Hao.

Recently, Zhu Hao has been living an idle life, and there is no need to be demanding in everything, so that Luo An has not shown up for a long time, and others think he is gone.

In fact, Luo An never released any idea that he had left or would leave, it was just speculation by people outside, and a Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi Zhenfu envoy in Nanjing could still cause some waves.

"Any news from the Northwest?"

Zhu Hao asked.

Yu Chengxun shook his head: "Tang Bohu has not heard from him since he arrived at the Inner Third Pass, it is said that he did not get the actual military power in the Inner Third Pass, and he was constrained by the Governor of Xuanda, and he was accompanied by the Marquis of Jianchang and Zhang Yong, who had no experience in leading troops, what could he do?" It's been recently...... The Tartar Shoes seem to have stopped a lot."

Zhu Hao nodded.

The Tartars seem to have stopped, but they are actually gathering forces.

There is nothing to hide, in fact, there is no need for Zhu Hao to specifically mention it, the governor of the northwest and the generals can feel that a storm is coming.

Otherwise, the imperial court would not have successively transferred money, grain and materials to the northwest before, in fact, it was just to prepare for war.

After the autumn grain is put into storage, it will be the last wave of plundering peaks of the Tartars before winter.

The Tatars were expelled to the Mobei Wasteland by the Ming army, and everything they did had the same purpose, that is, to survive and keep the race going.

When you think of the disasters that have plagued the grasslands in the past few years and a harsh winter is coming, think about what they lack, and you will know what they will do.

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Juyongguan.

Tang Yin took the "family background" prepared by Zhu Hao for him, and stationed in a mighty manner.

The general soldier of Juyongguan is named Li.

The Ming Dynasty will only set up a general army during the war, and in peacetime it is guarded, guarded, commanded, and guarded everywhere, and Li does not belong to any faction in the DPRK, on the contrary, he has a good relationship with Zang Feng, the governor of Xuanda who was previously replaced, and it is said that in the more than half a year that Zang Feng was the governor of Xuanda, he also had a lot of importance and entrustment to Li Bo.

There are more than 4,000 defenders in Juyong Pass.

That's a lot.

If the Tartars really kill it, 4,000 people will hold the pass, and tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers and horses will be difficult to overcome.

Theoretically, this is the case, but in fact, the existence of Juyong Pass is very chicken and looks dangerous, but whether it is the previous change of Tumubao, or the later change of Gengxu, or when the Ming Dynasty was defeated by Li Zicheng, Juyong Pass did not play its due defensive role.

After Tang Yin entered Juyong Pass, he officially communicated with Zhang Yong, the eunuch of the prison army.

The first thing Zhang Yong did when he met Tang Yin as a supervisor was to befriend Tang Yin, who did not have the prestige of the Zhengde Dynasty in the army, and simply worshiped Tang Yin as an ancestor.

Zhang Yong seems to be under the orders of Empress Dowager Zhang, and he also belongs to Yang Tinghe's arrangement to come to the northwest, but what kind of smart person is Zhang Yong? Can't he see the current situation in the northwest?

, in fact, is it the wrestling between the new emperor and Yang Tinghe? As a eunuch who has lost power, and he is also a member of Yang Yiqing and Wang Qiong's faction, the orthodox civil officials have already beaten him to the ranks of female cadres, and now he has to hurry up to the red man in front of the emperor?

If you have resources, you have to use them, and you have to use them well, as long as you win Tang Yin's favor, then he will have a heel in front of the emperor in the future, so that as soon as the imperial history impeaches him, he can only go home obediently and live idlely, and the taste of losing power is not comfortable!

So......

In Yang Tinghe's opinion, Zhang Yong, who was originally fully qualified to contain Tang Yin, immediately became Tang Yin's follower as soon as he arrived in the northwest.

On this day, Tang Yin took Zhang Yong, Zhang Yanling, Jiang Lun and others to inspect the defenders in the city.

General soldier Li Bo personally led the way.

Jiang Lun laughed all the way, as if it was an honor to come to the northwest, but Zhang Yanling, who had not learned and had no skills in the past, showed a calm and introverted appearance in front of people, and I didn't know that he thought he had any scheming city, but in fact, he was unhappy recently, and he actually came to the northwest to fight, and he was resentful of the drudgery arranged for him by his sister.

"Tang Junmen, among the passes in the northwest, Juyong Pass is located in the center of Gyeonggi, but the city defense has not been strengthened for many years, soldiers and horses have been repeatedly transferred to the northwest, and even the servants are now incomplete.

Li Bo said that he was taking Tang Yin to inspect the three armies, but in fact, he was looking for Tang Yin to complain.

Plainly.

It's about asking for money.

The situation in the northwest is like this, since the Hongzhi period changed the salt tax in the middle of the law, the northwest finance is not as good as a year, to now basically rely on the imperial court allocation, if the imperial court can not be transferred, the soldiers will drink the northwest wind, the imperial court is not responsible for feeding, and the tuntian can not be carried out, so that the soldiers have nothing to do but go to the autumn wind to find trouble with local officials and the people.

Repair the Fortress?

I'm sorry, unless it's an important pass in the northwest, I will repair it.

You have an inner three-pass pass, and when the Tartars kill you, they will directly face the capital, why are you still repairing? Isn't it better to directly strengthen the walls of the capital than to repair the Yongguan?

This also reflects the embarrassment of the strategic position of the inner three passes.

It can't meet the enemy head-on, saying that it is the last barrier for Gyeonggi's defense, but in fact, what is good for the imperial court, it will not think about the inner three passes.

The above does not allocate money, grain and special funds, and now there is finally a war in the northwest, and the plundering of the Tatars has also extended to the surroundings of the Inner Three Passes, and the imperial court also sent the famous Tang Bohu in the new emperor's faction to be the governor of the Inner Three Passes, and Li Bo of course wants to take the opportunity to come to Tang Yin to complain and ask for money.

Tang Yin sighed: "I have heard about the situation of the inner three passes, but I am only bringing troops to guard and strengthen the defense this time, and it is not under the control of this official."

You want money from me?

I, Tang someone, have taken care of some accounts for the imperial court, but I am just an errand runner, and I don't have a single life to ask for money.

Several people went up to the head of the city.

Looking far away from the city gate building, but seeing the lofty mountains in front of you, along the official road past a few miles, is the wilderness of a horse and a flat river, at this time because you are being knocked on the side by the Tartar shoe man, there is no activity in the field, only some objects floating in the sky do not know what.

"Tang Junmen, look, there are always some things flying in the air around recently, and I don't know what it is, is it sent by ***?"

Li Bo pointed to the distance.

Jiang Lun smiled, "Don't be afraid, we sent it out."

Zhang Yong asked in surprise, "Which ones in the sky? Is that...... What?"

Tang Yin said: "It's called a hot air balloon, it's like putting a sky lantern, it can be lifted into the air by burning it, if the fire stops, the ball will gradually fall, and if it cooperates with this, you can spy on the enemy."

As he spoke, Tang Yin took out his binoculars.

"Good stuff."

Zhang Yong glanced at it and said with a smile.

Zhang Yong, as a famous figure in the army during the Zhengde period, had a share of the telescope purchased by the Xingwang Mansion for the imperial court, and when Tang Yin took out the telescope, Zhang Yong knew that Tang Yin was also an expert

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Li Dao: "Tang Junmen is saying that with this thing that can rise into the sky, use a far-sighted thing in the sky to spy on the enemy?"

Zhang Yanling choked coldly: "The enemy is not here, what are you spying on?"

Zhang Yong said with a smile: "Marquis Jianchang may not know, this is a precaution in advance...... The so-called ascending heights and looking far away, if they can cooperate with the exploration of distant objects in mid-air, as long as the Tartars kill, they will definitely be able to warn in advance, which is much more effective than the beacon."

"Ben Hou doesn't believe it!" Zhang Yanling said coldly, "Even if you see it, how can you send the message?" They flew back, afraid that the daylily would also be cold. 「

Tang Yin said, "There will be a special transmission signal, which is not difficult."

As he spoke, a red flare suddenly emitted from the clear sky in the distance.

Zhang Yong suddenly became nervous: "Is this an enemy situation?"

"No, it's a report every hour, that they are safe, and that they are not in any danger and do not need help...... Now this hot air balloon is only used in one place in Juyong Pass, and it will be used in Bauhinia Pass and Baoma Pass in the future." Tang Yin smiled.

Zhang Yong was puzzled: "This is something made by our Daming? When I left the capital, I didn't hear of it."

Tang Yin smiled and didn't explain much.

In fact, it was only after he arrived at the Xishan Military Factory that he found out that there was such a thing.

And Zhu Hao also specially asked Jinyiwei to train sentinels, all of whom were descendants of the Qianxing Wangfu, and when they encountered sunny days in Xishan, they were released to observe the weather and wind direction, and at the same time to monitor whether there were bandits around Xishan.

However, because the technology is relatively backward, it can only be sent out when the sky is clear, there is no wind or the wind is low, and it may encounter a temporary "forced landing", which may be used on the front line, and there may be deviations.

Now it is equivalent to training with battle, leaning on the inner three levels to fly, and spying around to see if there are Tartars attacking the inner three levels.

"Okay, it's up to General Li to take us to inspect the soldiers and horses in the city, the men and horses brought by the official recently are also stationed in the city, I hope there will be no disputes, and if there is anything, military discipline must be strictly enforced...... On the side of the city, the official plans to send more people to transport the freshly cast artillery by the way and train a group of qualified gunners! 「

Tang Yin is full of confidence.