In the northwest, Yansui is in danger, Ningxia and Gansu choke the river and mountain, but Huamachi to Lingzhou is wide, and the castle is sparse. If the Tatars are going to attack this year, then the area around Huamachi is quite dangerous.

The top of Huamachi is at the forefront of the Hetao Plain, which belongs to the land east of the river, and its land is flat and unsafe. When Qin Hong was in charge of the trilateral general system, he wanted to build a city and a fort here, but there were only four or five small forts to be repaired, and according to the general configuration of the Ming army, a fort should be guarded by a garrison general.

Yang Yiqing has been in office for less than a year, and he has not had time to change much of this status quo in the future, and now this road is Qianniu Fort, Wugong Fort, Iron Guard Fort and Ten Star Fort.

The commander of Qianniu Fort is always a Gansu guard, named He Yanheng, a typical northwest man, no culture, but not a bad race, a forty-year-old man has been a soldier all his life, nothing else, just want to serve his father and two sons.

But in his team, a young man from the Beijing Military Academy came, named Yu Zizai, and said that these people all knew about Tatars, so each fort had to have one, and said that it was a treasure.

But He Yanheng likes to call him uncomfortable.

Because of this uncomfort, it was not that the walls of the fort were not well repaired, or that their soldiers were not trained enough, so it stands to reason that they were a remnant, but the tone of conversation changed and they said that they should not always avoid the Tatars, and that they should have the courage to fight against others.

Damn, a bunch of problems, and still desperate,

Isn't this making them suicidal?

The wind in the northwest was biting, He Yanheng opened the curtain and came to his stable, he chewed the rye bun that was already a little frozen, and his breath was full of water vapor.

Behind him, his little cub stepped on the ice and made a 'stubble, stubble, stubble

He Yanheng glanced at his son and almost lost his breath, "Tell you to wear your entire plain clothes, who made you still fucking blue?!" Go back and swap it out!"

"Oh, the plain clothes are inside. I didn't think it was warm, so I added one."

Bang.

He Yanheng kicked him without saying a word, "Then you can't walk through it the other way around, it's a national funeral, give people a complaint, my father, your brother, you and I will all cut off their heads, hurry up!" Grandma is a bear, this Yu Zizi has made Lao Tzu very uncomfortable, and you can also come over to make me uncomfortable."

"Okay." Daddy has a short temper, and the boss has no choice but to give in first.

"You're back!" After He Yanheng fed the last bit of beans to the horse, he clapped his hands and turned around, "When did you feel uncomfortable leaving?" Why don't I know?"

"Didn't you have a fight with him yesterday? He left last night. I haven't been home all night now, and I'm just worried that I'm here to tell you."

"Didn't come back all night?" He Yanheng's face changed when he heard this, he looked at the north and pondered, "I feel that something bad is going to happen, you pack up your things, and take my father and your brother to Ningxia City, where the city is big and safe."

"What about you?!"

"I'm a garrison general, and if I escape, which of you will survive?!"

The boss has a wide face and a short neck, and his face is full of meat, "Then we won't leave!" Tell the second child to take grandpa and I'll stay, Brother Yu is right, a good man has ambitions in all directions!" ….

"Oh yes!" He Yanheng suddenly seemed to hear something, and while running in the wind and snow, he turned back and pointed at his boss, "You hurry up and do what I say, otherwise I won't be able to spare you when I come back!"

The boss shook his head, a little annoyed, "It's not like I haven't seen the captives in the north......

He Yanheng heard the muffled sound of the horse's hooves shaking the earth, he ran a few steps on the ground to listen and confirm it, and then quickly pressed down his hat to cover his ears.

"*** is coming!"

"*** is coming!"

……

The small castle turned around at once because of such a shout, and it had been hiding in the house to avoid the wind and snow like an uninhabited castle, but now all the gray heads poked out.

He Yanheng's scalp exploded when he heard it, "Who the shouted! Mess with my army's heart, and I will behead him!"

As a result, when he looked up, he was the one who was uncomfortable!

He Yanheng stepped up a few steps and grabbed the somewhat scholarly collar in front of him, "Shut up! What are you shouting about?"

"Shut up! Can't you hear the sound of horses' hooves?" Yu Zizi lost his hat, his hair was a little messy, he should have just run back, and his eyes were a little red at the moment, "Tatars, it's already here!"

He Yanheng swallowed.

"Light a cigarette!" Yu Zizi shouted again, but the soldier on the side hesitated a little and kicked him, "Go!"

"Lao He, I went to find out the enemy's situation, I know that the Tatars have dispatched at least thirty or forty thousand people this time, and the least in our direction is 10,000 people, and our fort is said to be 3,000 people on the surface, but in fact it is only 2,000, and there are only more than 1,000 people who can fight. But that doesn't mean we're all going to die here. The Tatars are for plundering goods and people, and they don't like to storm cities, so we want to be a fortified city!"

"Cut." He Yanheng shook off the hand he put on his shoulder, "Labor and management have been at the border for fifteen years, you learned from others, but I learned from horses. How to deal with the Tatars, I'm in charge."

"You're!" Yu Zizi suppressed his voice and said, "You know why I came to you to find fault! Because the number of castles built by the imperial court along the way was insufficient! And the terrain in this area is open, and we are very dangerous, you know?!"

"Scare me? If that's the case, won't the court know before you? Will we build a few more forts here?"

"It's hard for the imperial court to do everything. But it's too late to talk about this at this time, and my suggestion is to find a way to contact the other three forts that are close to each other and take care of each other, otherwise it will really be a dead time!"

He Yanheng grabbed a handful of snow and rubbed his face, "In this world, it is more effective for you to expect God to come and blow them back with a strong wind than to expect others. I'm going to gather troops. You can find a pit and stay by yourself."

How is this possible, Yu Zizi has been tired for several hours, but at this time, he still has to continue to fight, and there is a sense of honor from the military academy, and they have their own pride.

He gathered the two dozen men around him on weekdays and said softly, "Are you afraid?"

It is false to say that they are not afraid, in previous years the Tatars also came, burned and plundered, and among the people they knew became the souls of the dead.

"Yu Qianhu, you know a lot in the Jingshi, do you say that the imperial court cares about us?" Some teenage child soldiers asked. ….

"Tube! I promise you!"

"But *** basically comes every year, and I haven't seen any movement in the court."

Another person also said: "In previous years, there was less control, but this year it is estimated that there will be less management, the emperor has died of his grandmother, and it is estimated that he will not have time to take care of us." Anyway, let's get through the next few months."

"You have to believe me!" Yu Zizi was very afraid of such a discouraged army, "I don't dare to say anything else, the prince will definitely take care of it!"

"What is the prince? Is it older than the emperor's official?"

"Stupid, the crown prince is the emperor's son!"

"That son has to listen to Lao Tzu!"

Syllable!

He Yanheng didn't know where he came from, at this moment he was already wearing armor and a scimitar hanging from his waist, "At this time, don't think about the emperor and crown prince, you can't count on it." Count on, count on this knife. Take it!"

The young man was a little timid.

He Yanheng directly pushed the knife into his chest, "Child, no one cares about your shyness at this time."

Turning around, he asked, "I'm not comfortable, I've gathered all the officers and soldiers. I heard that the military academy teaches all the supernatural powers, you say, how to fight this battle?"

"Collect the grain, distribute it according to the needs of each household, and keep it."

He Yanheng was still a little surprised, "Listening to what you say on weekdays, it's exciting to talk about, but now it's up again."

"Military academies don't teach how to fight to the death."

Rumble! Rumble!

As he spoke, the sound of horses' hooves was louder.

Between the heavens and the earth, there was still a blank of snow, but the sun was warm, and the whole plain reflected a dazzling light in the light, with the shadows of the black mountains in the distance, and the corner towers built by the fort in the distance.

There was an urn city above the city gate, and in order to strengthen the defense of the city gate, He Yanheng also ordered people to build wing cities on both sides. In fact, the side of the city gate was built in a "concave" shape, so that the enemy could attack the city gate and they could attack from the flanks.

He and Yu led a group of subordinate generals to stand on top of the city tower, listening to the deafening sound of horses' hooves from far and near, stepping on the city wall was trembling gently, looking up, but seeing a team of people and horses appear at the end of the earth!

Brightly coloured banners fluttered in the wind under the firmament, the armor of the Tatars shimmered with dazzling light, and the horses' hooves that were close to the ground made a heavy rumbling sound, rushing with an unstoppable momentum, raising snowflakes and making the heads of the blackened people as creepy as the tide.

The two sides were probably familiar with each other, and they hardly needed to identify them, but they saw that a large group of troops in front of them suddenly accelerated away, and then came towards their small fort.

The Tatars shook their horsewhips and screamed, in the eyes of the Ming army, where are these people, these are clearly beasts.

"Drumming! Raise the flag and prepare for their first wave of bows and arrows!" He Yanheng also hid in the house, after all, the Tatars' bows and arrows were still powerful, "Damn, dare to hit them Grandpa He without saying hello!"

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Yu Zizi let out a difficult laugh, "Say it, Lao He, don't believe it, it's the first time I've fought with so many Tatars."

"Scared?"

"Hahaha, I'm an iron-clad Han Chinese, how can I be afraid of the northern captives!" ….

"It's all sour. I don't care if I'm a Han or not, I want to be a living person."

Bang!!

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion in the city, and they also heard a shaking of the mountains, He Yanheng's face turned pale, "It's terrible, they used cannons." If we don't feel comfortable, we might have to be dead."

"Dead Han Chinese!"

Ahhhh

This voice is besieging the city!

With a bang, He Yanheng opened the door and was about to go out, but as soon as he got up, an arrow flew over his face, and it was stuck in the back of the hand of the person behind him.

"! It's too much of a deception! Go out and kill!"

Yu Zizi knew that the Tatars were not very good at attacking fortifications, but they would fight a small fort like them by the way, what if they could defeat it? The second is a kind of warning, killing the forces here, so that they dare not go out of the city.

Although He Yanheng is uneducated, he is charging forward in the war, and he personally went to the city gate to fight with the *** who was climbing up.

Corpses were everywhere, and blood was everywhere.

He Yanheng had just bent down and knocked one down, but when he looked up, he saw a Tatar wearing a hat holding a scimitar and slashing at him by the city gate.

"Daddy!" The boss is desperate, and he rushes over to be a stab,

The knife was red, into the flesh, and the blood went straight to the sky, but as if the man could never finish killing, it covered it like an ant, and soon many Tatar soldiers gathered around the boss.

"Boss!" He Yanheng screamed hoarsely, "Ah! I'm going to fight with you!"

Yu Zizi had been running for a while before, and his physical strength was exhausted, and after only cutting and killing a few people, he felt that the tiger's mouth hurt, and he couldn't hold the knife. He knelt on one knee, and the scene of training at the military academy had already appeared in his mind.

"I'm the general of the Ming Dynasty! He is the master of this land!" He shouted at the top of his voice, "Intruder! Kill!!"

"General, I'll help you!" It's the little doll from before, about thirteen or fourteen years old, everyone else calls him Twelve, I don't know why, it's called that anyway.

Yu Zizai looked at the Tatar soldiers in front of him, and then looked at the baby soldiers behind him, and couldn't help but smile heroically, "Okay! I'm not at odds with the thief, but if it's a man, the doll should be on it!"

For a time, this small fort was flying sand and rocks, and the sound of killing shook the sky......

……

And in Guyuan Mansion, in the Governor's Mansion, there are also people who look panicked like Yang Yiqing reporting the news.

"Ministry! It's smoking!"

Yang Yiqing put down the military newspaper in his hand and got up to take a few steps forward.

Which direction?!"

"Flower Horse Pond!"

Qi Chengsui kept a calm face on the side, "Sure enough, it is not as expected. If the Tatars are guilty of a crime, they must pass through the Flower Horse Pond. If we have Datong Yang Shangyi, why would we go out of the city to ambush them!"

Bang!

Yang Yiqing's heart sank, everyone next to him could think of it, but he didn't expect this speed to come too fast. The border pass must have just hung up the plain clothes, and the Tatars came.

"They want to take advantage of this chaos, and the court is powerless to look north and stir up the storm."

At such a big moment, Yang Yiqing also fell silent, he had to think carefully.

However, because of the winter, Xu Jin, who didn't have time to return to Beijing, persuaded him: "Yang Butang, the Tatars are coming to attack at this time, and they are right. Our courtiers should focus on the overall situation, and now the funeral of the Empress Dowager is being handled in Beijing, and His Majesty and His Royal Highness have no time to take care of him...... Yang Butang, I think it is better to focus on stability, and get through this calamity first, after all, the Tatars are just going to plunder some goods." ….

"Stability-oriented?" Qi Chengsui asked first, "Can Xu Shilang explain it more clearly, how can stability be the main method?"

Xu Jin didn't procrastinate, and said directly: "Naturally, the main thing is to defend the city, if you go to war easily, it will cause big consequences...... How should the news of the defeat be reported at the time of the national funeral?"

"But if the court investigates it, what if we refuse to meet the enemy?"

Xu Jin was anxious, "Why didn't you meet the enemy? Do you have to lead your troops and horses to fight the Tatars in the field to meet the enemy? On the court side, Yang Butang doesn't have to worry, I'll go and tell Da Sima that I'll bear any crimes!"

Yang Yiqing shook his head slowly, he looked at Xu Jin's eyes, "The old man is the chief official of the three sides, and he has the responsibility to defend the land, whether it is now or in the future, if something happens to the three sides, my head can't be saved, I can't talk about you taking the blame for me, how can you take the blame for me?" Besides, the brocade guard has already arrived, and His Highness's meaning is very clear."

He bowed his head slightly, and began to order, "First, send an order to all towns and guard posts, be prepared, strengthen contacts, and from the governor's palace, all personnel must cooperate with each other, and must not refuse to help, and must not fight alone!"

"2. From now on, make every effort to raise military rations and grass, and those who have time to transport them must be transported to storage, and those who are too late to be burned by fire cannot be left to the Tatars."

"Besides, I'll go to Bunkyo right away and ask for support."

"Support? What kind of support?" Xu Jin didn't understand, the governor of the three sides, the biggest official is here, all the soldiers and horses listen to Yang Yiqing's command, what else do you ask?

"Does Yang Butang want to ask the imperial court to send a camp?!"

It's not the Beijing camp, it's Yang Shangyi's army.

Although the will of Jinyiwei said that this time the Tatars attacked again, the imperial court meant to fight back, but in the field, how could tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry fight back?

Could it be that it depends on the infantry, it is impossible, Yang Yiqing does not believe it at all, even if it is several times the enemy's infantry, the cavalry is very likely to disperse as soon as it rushes, and it can't catch up.

It was only up to Yang Shangyi's troops to fight the Tatars, so that the infantry could still have something to do in the back.

But Datong's soldiers, where can he transfer them, and he can't communicate with Yang Shangyi privately and discuss his actions.

"Xu Shilang, there is no need to say much else. The situation in the northwest is always reported to the Jingshi, as for the specific way to do it, that is the meaning of the above, you and I can't decide." Yang Yiqing is also a literary person, writing a letter is too simple for him, just wave it in a few clicks, and then pick up his hat and walk out,

"My soldiers are still in the midst of war! Forgive the old man for not accompanying him!"

……

……

Of course, the Beijing division can't hear the cannon sound in the northwest,

Jingshi is actually still shrouded in a heavy atmosphere of grief, and the funeral of the Empress Dowager Zhou can be completed according to the process, and the problem now is the body of Emperor Hongzhi.

Liu Daxia, as the emperor's favorite minister, still persuaded the emperor to drink medicine that day, but to be honest, unless there is an elixir, no other medicine will be available at this time.

Liu Daxia himself is also very sad, although this change is because of the sudden death of the Empress Dowager Zhou, and the emperor tossed himself again and again, but in fact, it was chased back, and it was returned

It was the conversation he had with the emperor last year.

Fortunately, Emperor Hongzhi didn't really blame him, but left his Qianqing Palace and talked to him as if he was smiling and hating.

「…… Shi Yong, the prince is very smart, but he is a little strict, you ...... Don't misunderstand him." Emperor Hongzhi couldn't get up anymore, so he could only lie down half-lying down and tilt his head to face Liu Daxia.

"How dare you?"

"You may have some complaints in your heart, thinking that I spoil the prince too much, but, I... Just such a son. You have to understand me."

These rights and wrongs are actually not important to Liu Daxia, he knows what his future will be.

"I hope that Your Majesty can be healthy!"

"Hey, what is my body, I know, I've been drinking medicine for so many years, and my mouth has no taste to drink." Emperor Hongzhi smiled a little relieved, "After I leave, you have to continue to assist Prince Zuo, if you are wronged, you will suffer some for the sake of my face, and you will complain about me."

Liu Daxia couldn't hear such frustrating words, but he seemed to know that day would come soon, so he couldn't help crying and said, "Your Majesty, old minister, I can't bear you!!"

Hongji blinked his reddened eyes, which were also moist, "I, who are you willing to give?"

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