After the Ming Dynasty overthrew the rule of the Mongol Yuan, Taizu and Taizong made several northern expeditions and completely expelled the Mongols from the Central Plains.

After several years of reform, the Mongols were divided into three tribes: Warat, Tatar, and Uliangha. Among them, Wuliangha was recruited by Yongle and set up Duoyan Sanwei, which belonged to the pro-Ming forces. The other two have always maintained the habit of being rogue, always thinking about restoring the glory of the former Great Yuan.

In order to prevent the Mengyuan counterattack, the imperial court set up nine large military regions on the northern border, from east to west, Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi (Taiyuan) Town, Yansui Town, Shaanxi Town, Ningxia Town, and Gansu Town.

Nine border towns, known as nine sides.

For a long time, the various military towns were not subordinate to each other, and it was impossible to form effective interactions, and it was difficult to intercept the invading Tartar cavalry. Therefore, in the tenth year of Hongzhi, a trilateral governor was set up to control and dispatch the soldiers and horses of Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu to fight together.

Over the past few years, although its defense capability has been improved, it has always been in a situation of being passively beaten.

This year, the fire sieve was stationed in the Hetao, with a posture of "we are back with the Great Khan of Mengyuan".

How important is the Loop? The Chinese ancestors have written clearly in the bloodstained annals.

The loss of the Hetao means that the Central Plains has lost the best land for horse breeding. However, the Hu people can use this as a base to go south to wash the Central Plains at any time.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a hurry for this and asked the cabinet several times. In the official history, these grandsons have been holding back until the next year, and they let the horses go south, breaking several cities in a row, until they were close to Pingliang, and they woke up these people like a big slap.

Now that the emperor wants to seize power and release a vicious dog to bite people indiscriminately, can there be a good one after not putting on the cage?

These people have calculated and launched the veteran Qin Hong, who is already seventy-five years old. The old man once served as a general soldier in Xuanda, and when he was in office, he used the iron bucket operated by Xuanda on the front line, and repelled the Tatars who came to attack several times. It is a rare Confucian general in the Ming Dynasty.

This old man has always been hostile to the internal officials, and he is a stubborn temper, so they go to the north to die.

Don't look at Qin Hong's age, but he is still fierce. Sun Zheng received the order and still pulled the skin with the little prince in the palace for a few days, and the old man received the order in the afternoon, set off overnight, and led his personal guards to gallop for 2,000 miles in a row, and arrived at the front line in less than ten days to take over the defense.

And Sun Zheng, with a group of followers, went directly north to Jizhou, and then leisurely, along the entire northern border defense line, all the way to the mountains and rivers, and slowly walked west.

The twelve entourages who went out this time were generally around 20 years old, and they were all masters of practicing sunflower skills since childhood.

These people, like Zhao Yuanfu and Qian Shuangxi, came from a secret army called Jingjun. The so-called pure army is a eunuch organization that knows martial arts. All members are cultivated from a young age and have a high level of loyalty. Being able to pull out twelve people at a time shows the importance that the emperor and Hong Sanbao attach to Sun Zheng.

According to convention, they were given names by Sun Zheng and would follow Sun Zheng for the rest of their lives.

Sun Zheng named them after the twelve astrological signs. [Note]

From Jizhou Town to Gansu Town in the westernmost part, the straight-line distance is nearly 2,000 miles. Counting the various border terrains, this trip is far more than 4,000 miles.

With Sun Zheng leading the team, the group has no shortage of food and drink, let alone expenses. Disguised as herders, he wandered around the Northland for a few days, making friends and building relationships with local nomads. He wandered into the big cities in the interior for a few days and enjoyed the baptism of the civilized world for a few days.

After wandering for thousands of miles, I walked to Suzhou, and it was already the season when summer went to autumn and the leaves were colorful.

Here, Sun Zheng got the exact news that Qin Shangshu has been in office for more than two months!

The old man went to the front line, made a round of inspections, and decided to place the governance office in Guyuan. I consulted the imperial court, obtained permission, recruited tens of thousands of people, and was in full swing to build Guyuan City.

Sun Zheng had no choice but to turn the horse's head and return to Guyuan. On the way back to the east, Sun Zheng found that a large area of fertile land with obvious cultivation had been abandoned, and there were often no people for dozens of miles.

This is especially within the Great Wall! It's all Tartar harm!

After these years of development, the strength of the Mongols has long since recovered. If it weren't for the endless infighting, I'm afraid it would have made a comeback long ago and went south to compete for the world of flowers.

Guyuan is already a large construction site, densely packed with marching tents and various shacks. As far as the eye can see, there are busy military and civilian people.

It was the first time for Sun Zheng to see an ancient architectural scene, and he stood on a high place to look at it.

At least 50,000 or 60,000 people were busy working at the same time on the entire construction site, but they were doing their own thing in an orderly manner. People have to admire this kind of scheduling management ability.

Although it was busy everywhere, after all, it was a military town, and the necessary guards were still sufficient. At this time when Sun Zheng was looking at the construction site, a circle of soldiers with bows and knives quietly surrounded him.

Sun Zheng's gang is now dressed as herdsmen outside the Saiwai, so it's no wonder that people are spies.

Si Chen showed his waist card and communicated with the other party. Identification was identified and taken to a military tent for placement.

The person who received Sun Zheng was a border army commander named Zhu Ding, and Qin Shuai went to patrol the border and was not in Guyuan.

Sun Zheng doesn't care, as long as there is a place to settle people. I changed into Hermes-Epitek's costume and walked around the Guyuan construction site.

Judging from the construction site, Guyuan, which was originally just a small town, will become an important town no less than Xuanfu after this expansion.

To put it another way, this is actually a kind of sadness. The Han people, who have the most advanced civilization, can only defend passively and are beaten everywhere. What the hell is wrong with this world?

He made a large desk and drew a two-by-three-meter military map of the northern border. The mountains and rivers and ravines that have been stepped on in the past two months are marked on it in great detail.

After drawing a map, send a copy to the prince for reference. didn't wait for Qin Hong to come back, and started to do his own thing step by step.

A branch of the Four Seas Inn, open one!

Good location in town, buy a piece!

Contact the local Jinyi Guard Yamen? What's that? There is only one small flag, and there are only six people in the full formation? What else is there to say, the Lord of the Thousand Households has arrived and annexed it directly!

Recruit pro-soldiers, start training!

Qin Hong is obviously not interested in the prison army, and he is not a bird of this new celebrity in the palace. According to the original plan, they inspected the defense area, inspected the troops, and handled military and political affairs. It wasn't until the white-haired wind blew in the north and the snow fell scattered that it turned back to the solid plain.

Returning to Guyuan, I first inspected the construction site. The side wall has been basically completed, most of the main buildings in the city have been completed, and Guyuan City has begun to show its scale.

Qin Hong was very satisfied with the progress of the project, and when he returned to his new yamen, he remembered that there was still a prison army that had been hung out for a long time.

Well, he hung Ben Shuai for two months, and Ben Shuai also hung him for two months, which is fair!

In the end, the prison army represents the imperial power, and Qin Dashuai is not good at really turning his face with others. It is the limit to dry him for a few months by patrolling the border, and if you really offend this kind of person, there may be some trouble.

Take your own soldiers and go to the yamen of the prison army. It was the border army standing guard at the door, and when they saw the marshal, they didn't stop them, and they let them go after a salute.

When I entered the door, I saw that several of my staff officers were talking in a low voice around the hall, but I couldn't see anyone wearing flying fish suits or internal official uniforms.

Zhu Ding was arguing with people, and when he looked up and saw the handsome entering the door, he hurriedly rolled up: "Qin Shuai has arrived!" ”

With a brush, everyone stood up and saluted.

The old man was quite satisfied, and suddenly came back to his senses: "Why are you few, the prison army?" ”

Zhu Ding replied: "This formation has been training outside the city!" ”

What? He's an insider...... Jinyiwei, what kind of soldiers do you train?

"They are serious Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and they are also Jinyi Guard's own soldiers, and they are not on the same side as us."

The old man wondered: "How many people are there in Guyuan?" ”

Zhu Ding's face hurt: "Originally, there was only one Xiaoqi five or six people as spies. Two months ago, Sun Qianhu raised 300 soldiers. ”

Isn't that nonsense! The old man was angry: "Just recruit troops casually? Where is the law of the imperial court! You don't stop it? ”

Zhu Ding was also quite desperate: "People are ordered to lead 300 personal soldiers and train their own personal soldiers." What do we do? ”

The old man shook his head and sighed: "These factory guards are all high-handed, and they are not successful enough, and they have more than enough failures!" Keep an eye on the point, don't let him poke any basket. The new establishment of Guyuan is the top priority of the three sides! If the original is stable, then all three sides are safe. If he really spoils the old man's Anbian plan, cutting him ten times is not enough to compensate! ”

Zhu Ding and the rest of the generals frowned and did not speak.

The old man was furious: "There is something to say! are all military men, what are you doing with the ugliness of children? ”

"Handsome! This Sun Qianhu, the last general looked at it, like an insider! ”

"What do you mean? Is there a way to train troops? ”

"That's not clear, the people are guarding it tightly, and they can't enter the barracks. But look at this, big guy! ”

Qin Hong took a look and gasped: "Sand table!" ”

This sand table is a completely realistic reproduction of the entire northern situation. All mountains, rivers, passes and fortresses are all available. It's completely a reduction in the entire Northland to put on the table.

I'm a god of heaven!

Qin Hong's mind was a little confused: "At the beginning of the year, I received letters from several old friends in Beijing. mentioned Sun Zheng, a courtier in the East Palace, who confused the prince with all kinds of strange tricks. Among them, there is a sand table, and even the saint is blinded, thinking that it can deduce the battle situation. Now it seems that this object is a sharp weapon for deducing war, why ......"

Zhu Ding quietly rolled his eyes: "Handsome!" That's the sand table they made using the old map as an example, can it be compared with others? Take a look at this map first! ”

Turning around, he pulled back the floor curtain, revealing a huge map the size of a wall.

Qin Hong looked at the map, turned around and looked at the sand table again. Take a closer look at the example in the bottom right corner of the map. I see.

"Corrupt Confucianism misleads the country!" The old man punched the table and said hatefully: "Even if he has tens of millions, this mapping ability is accompanied by a sand table weapon." It's enough to go down in history! ”

"More than that!" Zhu Ding incarnated as a little fan brother: "I heard Sun Qianhu's entourage say that it took them two months to go from Jizhou to Suzhou, and walked the entire border area on the spot. That's why I have this detailed map sandbox! ”

"Oh, the old man is the first master, and he almost missed the good material! Hurry up and lead the way, the old man will come to visit in person! ”

[Note] The twelve astrological phases are from Gu Long's "Peerless Double Pride". Toothless, Transporting Grain, Mountain King, Pounding Medicine, Head of the Four Spirits, Deer Eating God, Treading Snow, Stone, Golden Ape, Si Chenke, Yingke, Black-faced King. In the book, the name of the waiter will take two words, and the protagonist's surname is Sun. Such as Sun Siling, Sun Sichen.