prosperous age

Chapter 206 Chapter 205
In just two days, Wei Guangde and his party felt tenderness from General Shiguan.

After entering the county seat, Weng Pu immediately asked the local government for the latest Tang newspaper to learn about the frontline battle reports.

Although the group of them only had the task of patrolling along the Great Wall, Weng Pu was a serious military servant, so he could naturally be in charge of military affairs, and the local government tried to meet their needs as much as possible.

After seeing the Tang newspaper sent, Wei Guangde didn't dare to talk about what he had planned before, and it was impossible to continue patrolling the defense area of ​​Miyun's defenders.

According to the latest battle reports, nearly 2 men from the Alda tribe have entered the Great Wall from Wafanggou. Now the Tatars have been completely scattered in various places to carry out looting. Traces of Tatar cavalry have been found in Chang'an, Yongqing, Yanqing and Huailai.

Thinking about it, the Tartars have already figured out the reality of the Ming army after fighting against the frontier army for a long time. They are all people who are afraid of power and dare not fight.

The actual situation is also the same. Around the Tartars, the Xuanfu direction does not know the specific situation, and the Yanqing Guard, Yongning Guard, and Huailai Guard are all stationed in the city and dare not fight. , It should be ready to reinforce the Yanqing Right Guard at any time and strengthen the defense forces along the Great Wall.

I traveled nearly a hundred miles for two consecutive days, eating and sleeping on the road, traveling day and night, and did not rest immediately when I arrived in Huairou, but collected and analyzed the information obtained from various parties.

Well, Wei Guangde admits that Mr. Weng Pu is really an iron man, even Wei Guangde feels a bit overwhelmed.

It's not that there is anything wrong with the body, the main thing is that I have been upside down on the horse for ten hours, and I can't eat or sleep well.

In fact, this kind of life started after leaving Beijing, and the living conditions abroad are definitely not as good as those in Beijing.

I was not in a hurry to patrol all the way before, except that I almost ate and didn't sleep well, and I was able to survive other so-so.

In the past two days, I really rushed on my life, "If I had known this, I should have taken the carriage."

On the way, Wei Guangde thought this way more than once.

Finally arrived in Huairou today, before Wei Guangde had a good night's sleep, Weng Pu arrested him to analyze the battle report with him.

"Yongning, Yanqing, and Huailai have been harassed by Tartar cavalry, Guangde, what do you think?"

Weng Pu put down the battle report in his hand at this moment, frowned and asked Wei Guangde's opinion.

"Your Excellency is worried that they will attack the Inner Great Wall?"

Wei Guangde is a sensible person, so he immediately guessed the meaning of Weng Pu's words.

"That's right, if it was looting on the spot, they should have squeezed Xuanfu and turned their attention to Baoan Prefecture instead of looting near the side wall. You know, there are not many things there, and they can only cross the inner Great Wall." When you reach Changping, there are countless treasures."

Weng Pu said worriedly.

"Master Weng means that the Tatars are observing the defense situation of the Inner Great Wall, looking for targets to break through?"

Before, Wei Guangde analyzed that Al Da Khan probably had no idea of ​​assaulting Beijing, otherwise he would not assault the Great Wall on the Xuanfu side, but would attack the area defended by the stun guard.

After all, as long as you break the side wall here, you can directly go south to threaten the capital.

Around the capital city, there are also a large amount of wealth and goods, which can be grabbed.

Last time, if Tongzhou hadn't seized all the boats urgently, making it impossible for the Tatars to cross the river, Wei Guangde believed that Altan Khan's plan was to occupy Tongzhou, obtain the supplies there, and stay in the customs for a long time to threaten the capital.

Since the Jiajing years, Altan Khan's subordinates have been provoking border quarrels on the grounds of paying tribute, constantly testing the combat power of the Ming army, and have accumulated rich experience in fighting the Ming army.

A very important reason for the final retreat was not that the Ming army was so powerful that they were forced to withdraw, but that the Tartar army could not stay in the pass for a long time because they did not capture the food in Tongzhou.

Wei Guangde still doesn't agree with Weng Pu's analysis.

In his opinion, if you really want to threaten the capital, the best way to do it is definitely not to go around the Xuanfu, but to take advantage of the Ming army's unpreparedness to seize the Great Wall pass, break into the official wall without giving the Ming army time to prepare, and then go straight Attack the capital.

Running around the Xuan Mansion to reveal his whereabouts, this is not like the action that he should have if he wants to get involved in the Central Plains.

Mongols, the further you get to the back, the worse it is.

This is viewed from the perspective of future historical development. For officials of the Ming Dynasty in this era, they are still worried that the Mongols will come in again and enslave the Han people again.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, several emperors failed to eradicate the Mongolian Golden Family after repeated Northern Expeditions. The two sides began to enter a stalemate. However, because they did not know the detailed and accurate information from Mongolia, the high-level empire did not know that Mongolia was now showing signs of falling apart. .

Wei Guangde didn't know either, he only knew that the Mongols eventually became vassals of the Jurchens.

However, he has nothing to say about this, it is all things without evidence, only time will prove that he is right.

"Tomorrow morning, we will continue on our way to Changping, which is right in the middle of this section of the Great Wall, so we can take care of it."

Weng Pu said suddenly, his tone was very firm, obviously it was not a whim, but an idea after seeing the battle report.

"My lord, we just sent a memorial to the capital saying we came to Huairou, should we wait here for the capital's order?"

Well, on a continuous journey, Wei Guangde wanted to rest for a day or two. The memorials they sent back must have arrived in the capital, but according to the efficiency of Daming's officialdom, Wei Guangde believed that there would be at least a few days before the news of the capital. Now the focus of work in the court They should have all been transferred to the Anti-Ida Department, and no one should care about them.

"It's okay, I'll send another official document to the Ministry, saying that we can go to Changping, and then send a message to the station along the way, and if there are documents sent to us, they will be directly forwarded to Changping."

Weng Pu was very firm. He was going to Changping to sit in town. Although he had not been appointed by the imperial court, he was the biggest official outside the capital, and he was the minister in charge of military affairs of the Ministry of War. He should go to the front to supervise the battle.

As for the order, if there is an order, it will be carried out according to the order. Before he arrives, he still has to do according to his own ideas.

After all, as a border patrol minister, although he does not have the right to control the guards in the border towns, he still has a status as the right servant of the Ministry of War, who can issue orders to the guards, let alone follow the authority in a hurry.

Wei Guangde's arms couldn't twist his thighs, so he came in as an official and said that he just listened to the adults and acted on it. If he wasn't appointed by the emperor as the deputy border patrol envoy, Weng Pu probably wouldn't bother him with a Hanlin review.

You know, Weng Pu was sent to the Hanlin Academy after he was a Jinshi in high school, but he was not sent to the Hanlin Academy after passing the examination hall.

Perhaps, if you are lucky, being able to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War is considered a glorious lintel. He is already in his 50s, and he doesn't have much time to waste in officialdom, so he plans to do something during the invasion of the Ministry of Defense. Accumulate some merits for yourself to be promoted in the future.

Wei Guangde didn't know Weng Pu's thoughts, but felt that this old man was a bit stubborn and a bit selfless. He ignored his death for the benefit of the country, and he unconsciously felt a sense of reverence.

Even an old man in his dozens of years dares to run to Changping, so what is he afraid of?
It's nothing more than shortening the rest time for another two days, and then resting in Changping.

There is a Great Wall between Changping and the Tartars, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

Waking up early the next morning, Wei Guangde was eating breakfast. Living in the city is different from eating and sleeping outside. There are several exquisite breakfasts on the table, and he is also savoring them slowly.

Not long after, Zhang Ji trotted in from the outside, bowed and whispered something in Wei Guangde's ear.

"I am Cao."

Wei Guangde cursed secretly in his heart, he couldn't figure out why the capital was so efficient this time, the official document arrived in Beijing in just two days, and it was sent over with the approval.

In fact, it was not surprising that although their journey would take two days or even longer, the Daming Courier Shop and Mayi were not affected by the war environment and were still operating efficiently.

The documents they sent to the capital arrived in the capital in just one day, and the Ministry of War sent them to the cabinet and they were quickly approved.

He spent less than half a day in Beijing, so he was naturally sent to Huairou.

In fact, there was nothing magical about the new order, which Wei Guangde had guessed before.

The reason why the imperial court sent him a right servant of the Ministry of War to patrol the border was not so that he could become a temporary front-line commander in wartime and command the surrounding guards participating in the war.

The Ming Dynasty used culture to control military forces. It had been many years since a warrior served as the commander-in-chief on the front line, and this time was naturally no exception.

Now that he has been officially appointed to run Weng Pu to command Jizhen, Xuanfu and Datong's soldiers and horses to fight against the Alta Ministry, naturally no one will obstruct Weng Pu's decision. Wei Guangde can only shrink his head and follow Weng Pu at this time Behind, follow suit.

If he didn't do well in something and made the old guy unhappy, or found that he was a little timid, he would have nothing to suffer if he took him down first.

He was just a junior official of the seventh rank. If he hadn't been a Jinshi, it could be said that he was almost a low-level official. Naturally, Weng Pu had the right to dispose of him.

Don't forget, Weng Pu got a title when he was leaving the capital, and the inspectors are the censors of the capital, and officials with a rank below the fifth rank can be taken directly, and those who exceed the fifth rank can also be given a holiday and go home directly, etc. result.

When officials of the Ming Dynasty went out to inspect places, most of them would be given the title of Inspectorate, in order to allow them to act cheaply and deal with some low-level officials anytime and anywhere.

This time, although the title of governor was not used, but the title of border minister was used, it was also because of the rush of time.

The other is that the three towns are involved, and there are governors there. Due to the influence of unspoken rules in the officialdom, everything must be done according to the regulations.

For the next two days, Wei Guangde continued to ride horses and follow the large team to Changping, and at the same time, documents from all over the world began to gather towards them.

Now Weng Pu is the commander of the former enemy, so naturally all the reports have to go through his hands, and he will give instructions directly within the scope of his duties, and submit them directly to the capital if they exceed the scope of his duties.

At this time in the land of Gyeonggi, the news of the Mongolian Tartars knocking on the customs has spread, and the people nearby are also terrified. They packed up their belongings and ran to the nearby cities to take refuge, but no one cared that the Tartars didn't kill them, so why did they run? .

If we really want to see the Tartar cavalry, it is estimated that the head will be gone.

If you want to run, you have to enter the city before seeing the Tartars to be safe.

Wei Guangde and his group left Huairou, and after walking for a day, they encountered such a large group of fleeing civilians, and they walked forward with their families.

Wei Guangde noticed that there were quite a few horse-drawn carriages in this team, and most of them had signs of Yanqing Prefecture on them. It was obvious that these were horse-drawn carriages from Yanqing Prefecture.

They were also well-informed. They got the news not long after the Tartars entered the customs. They were probably not much slower than the government. They immediately tidied up decisively and ran out of Yanqing, crossed the Great Wall, and went to visit relatives and friends near Gyeonggi.

So many refugees naturally affected Wei Guangde's progress. They could have reached Changping in two days, but it took them three days to reach Changping, and they still hadn't entered the city yet.

Seeing the chaotic scene of the people along the way, Wei Guangde wanted to expel the officers and soldiers to maintain order at first, but he soon realized that he couldn't do that.

Most of the officers and soldiers these days are guard soldiers. When they were near the local area, they were all acquaintances in the neighborhood.

Most of us are military households, maybe someone's relatives are in our team, it will not look good at that time.

But for those who have fled from other places, these big soldiers may not be merciful, I am afraid that the harm to these people will be even greater.

Wei Guangde grew up in a military fort, so he naturally thought of these things easily.

Forget it, leave them alone.

The fleeing team was still running in the direction of the capital, and the scene was chaotic.

Fortunately, Wei Guangde and his party were all cavalry, and they were imposing enough. When the refugees saw them, most of them consciously moved to the two sides, and there was no obstacle to their progress, but they couldn't let their horses run, and their speed was much slower.

When the group of them entered Changping, they were shocked to see the scene in the city. The city is already overcrowded.

According to reports from Changping Zhizhou, tens of thousands of refugees flooded into the city, and there were more than [-] refugees outside the city.

At this time, documents from the Great Wall, Xuanfu, and Datong continued to be sent, but the Tartars did not attack Yongning, Yanqing, and Huailai, and dispersed after defeating the troops stationed in Chang'an.

It's just that what was reported before was the discovery of Tartar cavalry, but now it has become a large group of Tartar cavalry, and they are all cavalry with a scale of thousands of people.

Wei Guangde followed behind Weng Pu, and also looked through the documents sent.

Now both Yongning and Yanqing are stationed with heavy imperial troops. Yongning is stationed at Yongning Guard, and Yanqing Prefecture is stationed at Yanqing Guard and Yanqing Left Guard and Right Guard. Among them, the Left Guard and Right Guard are stationed at Juyongguan, so there should be no danger.

Huailai, on the other hand, appears to be much weaker. Although it is called Huailaiwei, there is only one main force, Huailai, guarding the Thousand Households, and the number of troops is naturally the least.

Thinking of the current shortfall of the Ming army, it would be good if there are thousands of people who can fight in Huailai.

"Cough cough."

When Wei Guangde was thinking, Weng Pu next to him suddenly covered his mouth and coughed violently.

(End of this chapter)