open sea

Chapter 220
Chen Mu felt that something was wrong, and asked him to go to Jinshanling to test fire a new cannon, he could understand.

The entourage cannot exceed six people. After all, the capital is no better than Guangdong, and he can understand that it is nonsense to lead troops and horses to run around.

But let him not even count as a squad army, what happened to the banner army stationed in the Beijing camp?

This treatment seems a bit grand.

The key point is that he didn't take all the cannons away, but left him thirty, which is strange.

"General, you don't need to worry too much. The camp is chosen at will." After Wu Guifang returned to Beijing, Chen Mu and Wu Weizhong embarked on the road to Jinshanling on the Great Wall. There are three battalions in Jiliao. There are no autumn police in Jizhen and Changping, so there is no need to transfer the Shaanxi, Hejian, and Zhengding squadrons in autumn. There are many empty camps outside the city, so the general's subordinates are stationed in the Beijing camp. .”

Wu Weizhong said with a smile: "The general came late. If last year, His Majesty had personally paraded the army, and the flags of the [-] Beijing troops covered the sky, such a scene would not be seen normally."

Chen Mu opened his eyebrows immediately, "Your Majesty parading the army?"

"The general doesn't know? In the past three years, the Beijing camp was inspected by the eunuchs and eunuchs. Last year, His Majesty decided to read it himself, and it will be customized in the future."

Emperor Longqing, this unimpressive emperor actually liked military parades, which surprised Chen Mu, and then he heard Wu Weizhong say: "The generals of the three battalions are very domineering, General Chen, your soldiers look better than those of the Beijing battalion Many, I am afraid they will inevitably blame them."

"The general gave me armor, old Wu is very poor, there is nothing I can give back to the general." Chen Mu had already lost a set of breastplate, which was lining Wu Weizhong's red armor, and he smiled and said: "And a good word to the general: When the subordinates report the location of the camp, be sure to inform the lieutenant general to patrol the camp day and night and keep an eye on the artillery."

Wu Weizhong's eyes were wide open, even the forehead lines on his forehead were exposed, he looked at Chen Mu and said heavily: "Don't let the cannon explode in the camp."

"Thank you, Brother Wu, why did the cannon go off? They are all old—" Chen Mu smiled perfunctorily, and suddenly the smile froze on his face, "Brother Wu, did you mean that someone else would come to Chen's camp to harm me?"

"General peace of mind, it may not be real, it's just that it's safe to be prepared."

This time Chen Mu was more cautious, and immediately bowed to Wu Weizhong seriously, and said, "Thank you, Brother Wu, for your warning."

There are [-] people in the Beijing camp. Who knows if they will encounter bastards who are bent on doing bad things. Once such a thing happens, there is no room for regret. What makes Chen Mu wonder is, are the soldiers in the Beijing camp already so boring and naive?
"I don't know what Du Tang said, this year I wanted to leave the government due to illness, but why are you still in court?"

"War." Wu Weizhong looked at Chen Mu with a smile in his eyes, and he was happy to answer this question: "In February, the Tumote Department, uncharacteristically, invaded Datong, Xuanfu, and Shanxi in the spring, and crossed the Great Wall. Tan Junmen built the second Great Wall of Jundu Mountain to block it, and it has only been a month since the army retreated."

Chen Mu looked at the farmers who were resting after working by the roadside in surprise. The endless wheat fields showed no sign of being attacked. He only realized after hearing that it was blocked.

"There are many good defenders in the northern army, but there are few generals who are good at fighting. At this time, the general leads his troops to the north, which is a great opportunity to make contributions." Wu Weizhong said with a smile: "This is the meaning of the Ministry of War. It means something else."

"The method of mowing horses and fighting hard, deciding victory or defeat by breathing is suitable for the south; the method of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, and pinning down the aggressor enemy is suitable for the north."

Tan Lun's words are insightful.

To the north of Beijing, the Miyun area, hundreds of miles away, is the Jinshanling and Gubeikou newly built by Qi Jiguang, and the Great Wall was the northern border of the Ming Dynasty in this era.

When the national power is strong, the capital city guarding the country's gates is a diligent move, but once the national power is weak, and then encounters impulsive commanders, according to Tan Lun's Zhongnan Bing tactics, the decisive battle is in an instant, and you can't afford to lose even once.

"The specific military situation, Mr. Wu is very light-hearted, and he doesn't know much about it. In the future, he will have a high-ranking official to tell the general clearly. In short, when the army is being used honestly, the general may not be able to return to Guangdong for a while."

Chen Mu was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "Chen is here to take the martial arts exam."

In fact, he was relieved.

Fortunately, I didn't hide my clumsiness when I came here, thinking that if there is a chance to let the court princes see the results of my military training, it is also because of a little vanity, so I sent half of Xiangshan's elite to go north, which is really bringing thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled Too cheap.

But I didn't expect that I accidentally planted a willow, and instead helped myself.

Without the five hundred Xiangshan Banner Army, Wu Guifang probably wouldn't have kept him.

"Hey...it's okay."

Chen Mu had some guesses in his heart. He guessed that Wu Guifang might have come here to see the soldiers he brought, but there is no need to tell others about this kind of thing.

He tried to teach Hachiro how to shut up, so why not for himself?
Resting overnight in the suburbs of Beijing, he traveled along the way until the third day, when seventy cannons were escorted to Jinshanling, and Chen Mu also got his wish to see what a real tower-building maniac is.

The Jinshanling section of the Great Wall is only 67 miles long, and there are three beacon towers at five passes. There are as many as [-] enemy towers, and there must be enemy towers at fifty to one hundred paces. This section of the Great Wall, which was mobilized by skilled craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, gathered enemy towers. Almost all architectural features of the Ming Dynasty in this era.

It was midsummer, with thousands of green onions and misty clouds.

The enemy towers on the Great Wall built on the mountain and based on huge stones have various structures, including masonry, brick and wood, single-story and double-story; the piers are square, flat, round, and slanted; Drilling into the sky; the city gates are dotted with fortresses, with barrier walls, battle walls, battle platforms, forts, watchtowers, thunderstone holes, perforations, horse barrier walls, support walls, and encirclement walls fortified layer by layer.

It is not only the impregnable defense system of northern Xinjiang, but also an astonishing art.

"Qi Shuai is in the Wangjing Tower, General Chen, let's go there."

Chen Mu thought that he would meet Qi Jiguang as soon as he arrived at the frontier of the Great Wall, and demonstrated to him the long-planned skill of firing cannons, using his housekeeping skills to make the hero
It was an eye-opener, but he didn't expect that the development of things did not follow his expectations at all.

He wants to climb the mountain first.

When Chen Mu asked where Wangjing Tower was, Wu Weizhong, who was supporting the battlements, just raised his hand and pointed to the distance, and Chen Mu understood why it was called Wangjing Tower.

At the eastern end of the Jinshanling Great Wall, there is a high mountain rising into the clouds. If the Jinshanling Great Wall is compared to the body of a dragon, there is no doubt that there is the dragon head that soars to the sky. People say that you can see it from that place. The silhouette of the capital city.

All the soldiers guarding the capital along the city road kept their eyes on the ground, and they strictly guarded their posts, like a group of wooden men. Although their armor was really backward in Chen Mu's view, their morale and discipline were eye-catching, which made him feel exhausted. Raise the motivation to climb up the Wangjing Tower.

No matter where you stand, you will have a panoramic view of the Jinshanling Great Wall, and you will have a sense of accomplishment!

　Good morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)