Jiang Ning and Zhang Yong bid farewell to the king, and after leaving the palace, they took the guard of honor to the post house.

"Jiang waiting, let people walk slower, it's hard to get out, I want to see the scene on this Datong street."

Zhu Houzhao rode next to Jiang Ning and whispered to him.

A pair of eyes kept looking at the surrounding markets, just like sneaking out of the palace on the streets of the capital that day.

Jiang Ning responded with a wry smile, and had to slow down.

Secretly, he quietly asked the guards to pay attention to it for twelve points, in case of any accidents.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the surrounding street scene with great interest, and nodded happily from time to time.

And when passing by the singing grass stage troupe, he will stop and take a look with interest.

The horns above sang to the wonderful place, and the people in the audience applauded, and many people threw copper on it.

Zhu Houzhao was infected by the lively atmosphere and also applauded.

"Jiang Shiyu, these troupes are quite interesting, they can be staged on the street on a random stage, and the things are not complete.

It's obviously not as good as those big teams in the capital and the palace, but I think it's better-looking. ”

Jiang Ning shook his head with a smile.

This is obviously a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and I feel that it is a heavenly delicacy when I occasionally eat a farmhouse.

"Your Majesty means that the team in the palace is a little less fireworks."

Jiang Ning leaned into Zhu Houzhao's ear and whispered.

"Yes, yes, that's what it means.

Those teams are big, the people are handsome, and the singing is good, but they always feel serious, not like the common people listen to things. ”

Jiang Ning smiled: "This is natural, these grass platform teams are for ordinary people to see, yes, there are a lot of market slang mixed with them, and they are not as particular as in the palace." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded emphatically, and said:

Also, the streets and alleys of Datong are not as neat and distinct as those in Beijing, scattered and elegant, but they have a unique flavor.

The people here have been harassed by the Tatars all the year round, and their lives are not as rich as the people in the capital. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Ning took the opportunity to say:

Therefore, these ordinary people are the best and most respectable people, but as long as they have a bite to eat, and there are no corrupt officials and corrupt officials to oppress them to death, they can live in peace.

But there are still many black-hearted people who force them to their death, and refuse to give them any kindness.

To put it mildly, Emperor Taizu would not ...... if he had food to eat."

Zhu Houzhao understood the meaning of his words, and lowered his head thoughtfully.

Slowly, a gleam flashed in his somewhat confused eyes.

The chariot and horse honor guard continued to walk forward, and before I knew it, I passed by the Li Firm.

Jiang Ning subconsciously looked towards the door, and happened to meet the gaze of Li Changxi, who was standing.

The two of them each nodded slightly towards each other, and then looked away at the same time.

Because the commercial bank is the most important point of contact for transiting foreign intelligence, Jiang Ning has long been specifically instructed not to expose the relationship.

If you don't have to, you have to be silent forever.

In addition, this time the matter was too confidential and important, so Jiang Ning came to Datong, and he couldn't go up to see his father-in-law as soon as possible, so he had to find another opportunity.

On the second floor of the restaurant facing the street, the Tatar general Qi Muge watched Jiang Ning's honor guard go away through the window.

"Is the emperor really in Datong? But Ben doesn't look like it.

Among so many people, it is the largest faction in Jiangning.

If the emperor is here, no matter how disguised he is, he will definitely be cautious and dare not overshadow the limelight. ”

Qi Muge said, picked up a leg of mutton and bit it, his mouth full of oil.

The middle-aged businessman sitting opposite him flashed a trace of disdain and disgust in his eyes, but he said with a smile on his face:

"The general doesn't have to worry about this, the emperor must have come to Datong.

Maybe he was in the post house at this time, and he was not in the honor guard.

This is the top secret of my teaching, and you can't go wrong. ”

"Well, I will believe you once, and when I go back, I will report it to the Great Khan."

He swallowed the leg of mutton into his stomach, poured another pot of wine, and after burping contentedly, continued:

"It's just that where and when they met with Duoyan Sanwei, we need to know these things as soon as possible.

That damn Yang Yiqing trapped our grassland warriors on the edge of Datong, there was not much grain and grass left, and the sooner the better. ”

The middle-aged businessman smiled and said:

"General, there is a saying in the Central Plains that you can't eat hot tofu if you are in a hurry.

As long as the emperor dies, the court will inevitably be in chaos, and the kings will be in dispute, just like the story of the Western Jin Dynasty.

At that time, our religion took advantage of the situation to win the world. You Tatars can also wait for an opportunity to go south to obtain population, food, and supplies.

In addition, Liaodong, Qinghai and other places that I promised you are enough for your war horses to gallop freely.

With such a huge return, what's the point of waiting? ”

"Hahaha, that's a good point."

Qi Muge smiled with satisfaction:

"Ben will have reported the Great Khan truthfully.

But before you can do that, you have to provide the villages around Datong and some small Ming garrisons.

Only in this way can we steppe warriors get enough food and grass to survive until that moment. ”

"Just rest assured, it's easy for me to teach.

By the way, the general remembers to tell you that the Great Khan must relax his offensive a little during this time, so that the Duoyan Sanwei can safely arrive at the alliance with the Emperor. ”

"Ben will know."

The two raised their glasses and touched them, looking at each other and smiling.

The next morning.

Jiang Ning and Zhang Yong led the army out of the city and went to Fort Victory to inspect the battle situation and comfort the soldiers on the front line.

This time, he didn't bring Zhu Houzhao, but left him in the post house, protected by Ouchi's guards, and called the juggler to relieve his boredom.

After all, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and there may be a cold arrow at any time, which is too risky.

If something happens, no one can afford it.

It's just that Jiang Ning never thought that compared to the broken boulder on his chest, Zhu Houzhao was obviously more interested in the real battlefield confrontation on the front line.

In the inn.

As soon as the juggling began, Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes, beckoned a few guards next to him, and whispered:

"Let them play around here, and you guys will come with me."

The guards looked at each other, swallowed their saliva, and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, where are you going?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was triumphant:

"Fort Victory, of course.

Jiang Shishu didn't let me go, but I wanted to go.

Hurry up, we're out of the post house now, and we should be able to catch the army out of the city.

When the time comes, we'll sneak in, and no one will find out. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty thinks twice!"

A few guards listened and almost didn't kneel down directly.

"Why, I am the emperor, do you want to resist the decree?

Make haste and go, or I will cure your sins. ”

Zhu Houzhao glared at several people.

When the guards saw that he had said everything to this point, how dare they disobey the emperor's orders, they could only respond hard.

They immediately ordered five hundred internal guards, carefully guarded Zhu Houzhao in the middle, and left the post house.

When they caught up with the army, it happened that the rear army came out of the city gate.

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed, and hurriedly led people to follow, and joined the last military formation of the rear army very naturally.

In this regard, the Datong soldiers who defended the city did not find it strange.

During the march, all sides were stretched wide open, and it was not uncommon for one of them to fall a considerable distance from the front.

And the rear army also knew these five hundred guards, knowing that they were their own people, but they didn't know the real inside story.

They only took a look at it and continued their march.

It was Zhu Houzhao who successfully infiltrated the military formation and walked out of Datong City safely.

Jiang Ning, who was chatting with Zhang Yong, who was sitting in the middle of the army, didn't know anything about this.

After marching for an hour, the army successfully arrived at the Victory Fort on the Great Wall.

As soon as he arrived at the city, he heard the earth-shattering shouts of killing from outside the gate.

When I asked, I learned that the Tatar cavalry was attacking, and Yang Yiqing was commanding the army to fight on the city tower.

Jiang Ning figured out the situation, and immediately ran to the city wall with Zhang Yong to watch the battle.

After Zhu Houzhao heard about it, his heart was even more agitated, and under the protection of the guards, he sneaked up to the city wall and watched the fighting outside through the battlement.

At this time, Jiang Ning was intently watching the fierce battle, and still didn't notice anything wrong.

He looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but pat his hands and praise:

"General Yang is really an expert in commanding the army, and the army advances or retreats according to the command of the flag, which makes people's blood boil."

Zhang Yong echoed on the side: "That's right, our family can't wait to kill those Tartars with their own knives!" ”

But after all, the extremely tragic fighting under the city still made them speechless.

Every moment someone died, either Tatar cavalry or Ming soldiers.

Stumps and severed arms can be seen everywhere, and the snow-white ground has long been stained red with blood.

Even melted the snow and ice and gathered into a blood-red stream, bubbling into a small river not far away.

Zhu Houzhao listened to the endless wailing and screaming in his ears, and looked at the scene in front of him where life passed at any time, and couldn't help clenching his fists tightly, his face tense.

"War? Is this the real war? ”