It's getting hotter and hotter, and summer is coming.

The early morning mist is quickly pierced by the sun, and there is only some entanglement in the darkness of the early morning.

On the thick city wall of Datong, two watchout soldiers were dozing off, talking with each other to avoid falling into real sleep.

In the distance, something darker in the darkness was moving quietly, fast, but very little.

Until the first scream outside Datong City sounded, the villages and towns outside Datong City suddenly fell into a sea of fire, countless cavalry were galloping, villagers were fleeing, and those close to the city desperately ran towards the city gate.

The two soldiers' eyes widened instantly, one rushed to the bell and drum tower next to him, and the other waved his arms desperately at the nearby sentry and shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, quickly inform the general, the Tatars are coming!" ”

The dull bell rang throughout Datong, the soldiers were like snow, and the shields were like forests!

Birds chirp, green mountains wake up naturally, cicadas chirp and green trees stretch their waists.

Xiao Feng, who was debt-free and light, rested for a day, and after a good night's sleep, he took Qiaoqiao to build infrastructure in the yard.

The movement was not small, and the daughter of the king of Shuntianfu next door also stepped on the bench and looked at the wall, saw the novel things in the yard, and discussed it with Qiaoqiao.

Miss Wang is two years older than Qiaoqiao, and she is at the stage of turning a girl into a girl, so she should be reserved.

But Wang Tuiguan is busy with work, has few time at home, and his wife loves him, and his discipline is not strict. What's more, the official is not big, and he hasn't raised such a big temper.

"Qiaoqiao, what's that pole standing upright?"

"The master said this is called a horizontal bar!" Qiaoqiao held the horizontal bar and said proudly.

When the blacksmith shop made this thing, it took a lot of effort to talk a little, and even went to the yamen of the military department to prepare a case, and it was determined that it was not a controlled weapon, so it was beaten.

But the craftsmanship is not bad, take good care of it, and you can definitely use it for grandchildren. Exercise climbing, jumping, balancing, the horizontal bar is an absolute artifact.

Although climbing a tree can also have a similar exercise effect, Xiao Feng imagined that a little girl would climb a tree by herself, which always felt inappropriate.

The sandbag was hung on the branch next to it, which was sewn by Qiao Niang, using the strongest coarse cloth bought in the world, three layers of cloth and one layer of cotton, and then loaded with iron sand.

Cotton is a must, too hard sandbags can exercise the rigidity of the fists and feet, but after a long period of exercise, it is actually very harmful to the bones.

Xiao Feng knew that many of the ancient martial arts training techniques were the art of cutting life, and the training methods were actually not as advanced as modern martial arts.

However, the matter of internal strength has basically been lost in modern times, and it cannot be explained from a scientific point of view, so he decided that he must learn it when he has the opportunity.

Qiao Niang went to the street to buy vegetables and came back, bringing back the rumors on the street.

"Master, they said that Datong was fighting, and the Tatars surrounded Datong and fought fiercely, and the price of food in the city has risen!"

Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly: "Got it." ”

West Garden, the lobby outside the house.

Jiajing walked out of the Jingshu House in an extremely rare way today, sat in the lobby, and listened to the arguments of the courtiers.

Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, calmly did not say a word, with his identity, he did not need to be the first to stand up, and there was naturally a person directly responsible for this matter.

Ding Rukui, the secretary of the military department, knew that he could not escape, and when he received the emergency military information last night, he was also prepared.

"The minister thinks that I should not take lightly the ambition of the wolf. When the soldiers of the surrounding guards are mobilized, supplemented by the forbidden army as reinforcements. Relying on Datong City, while sticking to it, while waiting for the opportunity to fight. ”

Jiajing is noncommittal, this is his consistent style, you quarrel first, and then summarize in the end. It's better that you don't even need to summarize, you guys will come to a conclusion by arguing.

As for whether the conclusion is right or wrong, those who are qualified to quarrel here are all the best people in the world, and then how wrong can they be?

As long as I don't see obvious mistakes, I won't express my opinion. In this way, it will be your fault to be wrong in the future, and it will be my sanctity to be right.

Sure enough, the people who came out to make noise immediately appeared.

Pan Huang, the head of the household, objected: "There are not many cavalry in the Datong garrison, so it is suitable to hold on. If you mobilize the surrounding troops and horses to support, if you don't say anything else, it will be difficult for the grain and grass to continue. ”

Pan Huang is not an anti-war faction, this person has served as a squire and a scholar in various ministries, and he is experienced and sophisticated, so he is more on the facts.

Ding Rukui is very dissatisfied, the military department is in charge of the war, and the household department is in charge of money and food, it is justified, you are dragging Lao Tzu back now, and you are still arrogant!

"Long live, I think Pan Shangshu's words are wrong! The Tatars have repeatedly been on the border, taking what they want, and treating our army as if they were nothing. Every year has robbed the finances and countless people.

I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, have become the slaves of the barbarians, and I make people cry blood and hate. If our army does not seize the opportunity and strike hard, I am afraid that this situation will be endless! ”

There is a reason why Ding Rukui is so fierce, he wrote "Ten Essentials for Preparing for the Border" and "Long Strategy for Retreating", and wanted to discuss with Jiajing how to fight the Tatars, but Jiajing did not respond.

Later, he learned that all these hard work made Yan Song throw it into the wastebasket. But he didn't dare to sue!

Over the years, everyone has reached a consensus that they sued Yan Song in front of Jiajing, that is, to find death, so Ding Rukui could only endure it.

But the Tatars continued to fight again and again, and sooner or later, he, the secretary of the military department, would become the biggest back-bearer, so he could only fight hard, hoping to cover up defeat with one victory.

Ding Rukui's political sense of smell is still very sensitive, although he didn't know that in the original history, he would become Yan Song's backstabber next year and be pulled to the West Market, but he felt the danger now.

Jiajing's eyes were slightly closed, and no one knew what he was thinking. Yan Song is also as immobile as a pine, and the two monarchs and ministers are like competing with wooden people.

Zhao Wenhua came out, as Yan Song's descendant, he is very good at grasping the rhythm for Yan Song. Although the war seems to be unrelated to the Ministry of Industry, since the creation of offensive and defensive weapons requires the participation of the Ministry of Industry, it is normal for him to express his opinion.

"What Lord Ding said is a bit biased. I will face the kingdom tomorrow, and I have the momentum of a subdued soldier. Holding on to it and leaving the enemy with nothing to do is also the best policy.

The lower officials are in the Ministry of Industry, and they are quite aware of the lack of money in the DPRK and China. Not to mention, the Ministry of Industry built in various places, and the grain and grass used for mules and horses were often scarce.

If a large army is mobilized, people will eat for the time being, and it will not be a matter of a day or two to mobilize the army of forage. Do horses fight by grazing and grazing all the way to war? ”

Ding Rukui was furious, but knew that Zhao Wenhua's statement actually represented Yan Song, so it was not good to scold. On the other hand, what Zhao Wenhua said is not all strong words.

The most important thing for cavalry is not the food that people eat, but the grain and grass that horses eat. Don't confuse these two things.

An ordinary horse may survive by eating grass, but in order for a horse to work, it must be fed. The war horses that rush to kill on the battlefield need the best materials. And the best horse feed is sorghum.

Sorghum is not a staple food, it is grown in various places for brewing wine and feeding horses, and the place where it is planted the most is Shandong.

If it is usual, it can still be purchased slowly and transferred slowly. But at this time, the soldiers are coming to the city, how fast is the mobilization of soldiers and horses, how can there be time to wait for you to acquire transportation?

To put it mildly, some people are going to Shandong to harvest sorghum immediately, and Shandong is far away from Datong, and it is never too late.

Therefore, Ding Rukui was speechless, and at this time, a person who was very strange to everyone stood up, tall and loud, and his voice was like a bell.

"What's the use of arguing when you do your best? The Tatars come and go like the wind, and they don't give us much time to prepare.

Shall we therefore shut ourselves up forever and let them burn and loot outside the city? Outside the city wall, isn't it my Ming people? ”