Chapter 187: Soldiers come to Datong

Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, then furious. He raised his horse and stepped forward and shouted, "Bold! Do you know who is in front of him?"

Although these three people left Beijing at night and ran in a mess, Liu Dabangcui also felt that he should be an amazing official. He turned his eyes and said, "Who are you?"

Seeing that the army had accelerated, the bastard soldier in front of him lined up with twenty cavalry guards, blocking the mountain pass tightly. He couldn't help but feel anxious. He sternly said: "The three people in front of you are the three major ministers of the cabinet from the capital. If you have extremely important things to see General Yang, get out of the way quickly, and delay the major issues and ask your head for your head."

When Liu Dabangcui heard the other party's origin was so strong, Liu Dabangcui couldn't help but suffocate, but then he remembered that Yang Dabangyu was so important to him, a small man, and let them go. Not only did he let the general down, he was also embarrassed by his comrades in the army. Liu Dabangcui mustered up his courage and said, "According to the commander of the general, three adults will be invited to return to Beijing, and issue military orders, and dare not let them go!"

Yang Tinghe could not have imagined that a small lieutenant would dare to confront him like this. He was furious and pointed at Liu Dabangchui with a whip and shouted angrily: "You... are so brave! How many heads have you grown?"

Liu Dabangcui took the initiative, put his heart on his back, and said to the sky: "Military orders are like mountains, so I can't even think about going over."

Jiao Fang didn't expect that Yang Ling actually sent a soldier who didn't understand to negotiate with them. Yang Tinghe Kong was full of knowledge and did not understand the principles of this reckless soldier, and his official power could not be suppressed. Jiao Fang saw Yang Tinghe's embarrassment and felt secretly happy.

Li Dongyang reached out to stop Yang Tinghe who was about to whip angrily, stroked his beard and said to Liu Dabangchui and Yan: "This lieutenant, no one knows. You are a soldier in the army, and I don't expect that the three of us would take together to leave the capital.

You are very commendable to your duty, but this is a big deal, and it is related to the country and the country. The people of the Ming Dynasty are 100 million people. I advise you to go to the side immediately and let us go. If you are not good, you should reply to General Yang. See if he changes his mind and delays our affairs, you, a little lieutenant, cannot afford to take on it. You must know that even if the emperor is here, and when he hears that the three of us come together, he will know that there will be earth-shaking reports of major events and will never delay a step."

When Liu Dabangcui heard this, he was amused when he saw the old man speaking in a silly manner. Suddenly he thought of a lyrics, and then replied with a high spirit and neat answer: "I will not give you any orders outside!"

Yang Ting laughed in a very agitatedly and said, "Mr. Li. This little man is vulgar and uncivilized, and he is not familiar with the worldly affairs. He told him that these things are simply playing the piano against a cow. He is here. He rushed over to me. I want to see what he, a little lieutenant, dares to do to us!"

With an order from Yang Tinghe, his followers carried their horses forward. Jiao Fang turned his horse's head and flashed to the side, secretly winked at his guards, deliberately flashing behind.

Liu Dabangcui was anxious and raised Shang Fang's sword high. He shouted loudly: "Shang Fang's sword is here, you can kill first and then report it. I see who dares to come forward!"

After hearing this, the followers hesitated, and Yang Tinghe also shouted loudly: "It is related to the national destiny. I'm talking about a sword. What can't be done with the emperor here today? Bounce over to me!"

When Liu Dabangcui saw the attendants rushing towards him when he heard this, he didn't dare to slash people with his sword. He was quick to learn. He hurriedly inserted his sword into his waist, picked up a dark eight-foot-long iron stick. With a "woosh", he swung a stick and knocked on the legs of a horse rushing to the front. The horse roared and knelt on the ground. The guards on the horse rolled down from the horse and blocked the guards behind them.

Liu Dabangcui sneered and shouted: "Beat someone first, hit the horse, break the horse's legs. I want to knock them on how to chase them on four legs!"

When the twenty guards heard this, they all swung their spears to knock on the horse's legs. The three Grand Secretary's guards were all ordinary officers and soldiers. When they hurried out, they wore a knife with them. In addition, they were thinly dressed and had no inner cover to go out for a long trip. They were so cold that their hands and feet were numb, their behavior was not as good as those of these twenty guards, so they could not avoid them.

The gun rod is not as good as an iron rod. Although the horse's legs were not seen, it knocked the horse to neigh in pain and jumped around in a row, and he didn't care about the master's command. He turned his head and fled desperately to the way he ran dozens of feet away before being strangled by the guards. However, no matter how he scolded and kicked the horse's belly, he was afraid to approach him.

Since he had broken his face, Liu Dabangchui's habit of soldiers and bandits broke out. When Yang Tinghe drove the horse over himself, he was also driven away by him. He made a mess for a while. The three Grand Secretary and dozens of followers were knocked and injured their legs. It was so limping that it was difficult to move far away. Liu Dabangchui turned his head and looked at the army far away between the mountains. He saw only a banner waving. He couldn't help laughing. A group of horse heads led twenty guards to spread their four hooves and stretched their legs.

Even though Li Dongyang was so clever that his face turned pale by the tantrum soldier. He stood on the ground, holding the half-curved legs and kept crying out the horses, looking at the army traveling far away for a long time and couldn't say a word.

The generals of the Juyong Pass defenders received the report and rushed to Chengguan early with their helmets and armor. When Yangling's army arrived, they checked the seal of the imperial envoy's guards and opened the city gate immediately. Yang Ling did not politely with him, and the army immediately passed by.

Yang Ling was worried that Liu Dabangchui could not stop the three Grand Secretary, so he stayed in the back army to wait. When he saw twenty-one war horses running towards him like lightning, he asked about the way they stopped him. He knew that the three Grand Secretary was not injured, Yang Ling was overjoyed and immediately led the remaining troops out of the customs.

The general guarding the gate rumbled and closed the city gate again, and Yang Ling put his heart back in his stomach. The general guarding the gate did not recognize the three great scholars, so they hurriedly chased him and would not bring the clearance disc issued by the army. Even if he chased him to the gate, he would never think that he could tell that the general guarding the Juyong Pass would be released.

The army detoured to the southwest and advanced all the way. It never stopped to enter the small county along the way. Its rest and accommodation were stationed on site. On this day, the army set foot on the Lingqiu Ancient Road. The area around Lingqiu County was once the "land of King Wuling of Zhao" that King Wuling of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, attacked the Xiongnu in the north, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms stationed troops to garrison the fields, and the Yang family of the Northern Song Dynasty resisted Liao and defended the border.

Along the way, regardless of marching and accommodation, Zhengde walked with his soldiers, rode horses on the flat ground and walked on the mountain road. He never stepped into a car and sedan chair. Even if he was a spoiled young master, he would not be able to endure such hardship, let alone Zhu Houzhao, who was cared for as treasures as a child since childhood.

He had such perseverance, which was very different from his usual unemployed work and playing. Not only Yangling, but also Zhang Yong was also very surprised. The army walked along the ancient road to a steep mountain surrounded by mountains, and suddenly saw an army stationed in front of him. Judging from his appearance, there were probably more than 3,000 people.

Although it was less than 80 miles away from Lingqiu County, an army suddenly appeared on the steep ridge. Seeing that the camp seemed to have been stationed for a while, Yang Ling did not dare to be careless. While ordering the army to rest on the spot, he secretly took alert, and ordered the central officer to go and ask.

After a while, the central officer hurried into the central officer's tent with a general. Zhengde pretended to be a guard and stood behind Yang Ling, watching. The general was in his early forties and was in a burly spirit. When he saw Yang Ling from afar, he came forward with a smile on his face. He bowed and bowed and said, "The lower officer is under the command of Hu Zan, the governor of Datong, and the commander of the left guard of Datong, Diao Huashen, who has seen Lord Yang, has worked hard all the way."

Yang Ling was surprised. The war ahead was tight, but Hu Zan sent 3,000 troops to station here?

After a few greetings between the two sides, Yang Ling asked him to sit down and asked, "Commander Diao, where is this place? The two sides of the Tatars ahead are in a stalemate. It is the time to use troops, why are the army stationed here? But is there any important matter?"

Even if it is a minister in the court, it is not advisable to ask about the secrets in the army. However, in addition to servile troops, Yangling also has the power to inspect and control the entire war situation in the front. If necessary, he can use the Jin slogan arrows and the imperial envoy Jin seal to mobilize the army in the front, so he does not exceed the rules for asking questions.

Diao Huashen was Hu Zan's confidant. The capital sent an admiral from the inner factory. The admiral from the Beijing camp was first transmitted through the military post. He knew Yang Ling's background, so he naturally did not dare to speak lies and hurriedly said, "I don't know anything. Go to Datong here. There are many guards everywhere in the mountains and ridges, but there are no dangerous passes leading to this ancient road.

The Tatars were dragged by the General Yang in front of the country. They couldn't retreat even if they wanted to. Now that the military rations were exhausted, they couldn't get any advantage. The Tatars spies somehow poked out a small path and sent more than a thousand men to escape from the mountain paths and attack Lingqiu from various passes, and captured a large number of property, food and grass. Governor Hu was surprised that the Tatars had tasted the sweetness and sent people to attack again, so they ordered their subordinates to lead their troops to station here."

Only then did Yang Ling know the clues. He remembered the situation just now. This was a pass among the steep mountains. If he wanted to have a team of more than a thousand people quickly cross the mountains, only this unfortified pass was easy to pass. It was really difficult for those Tatars spies to go through. I don’t know how many twists and turns it took to open up this looting supply line.

Don’t underestimate the role of a road in war. If the Tatars use this secret passage to continuously bypass the army in the front to obtain supplies from our rear, the outcome will still be unpredictable if the war drags on. Without this supply line, the morale of the enemy will be greatly reduced, and even the brave Tatar generals will lose the courage to continue fighting. No wonder in the middle of winter, these three thousand men were stationed in the mountains and guarded on this mountain.

Yang Ling nodded and said, "So that's it. Our army will also be stationed here tonight. Let's set off tomorrow morning to continue to travel to Datong. By the way, what's the place here?"

Diao commanded the commander: "This place was called Pingxingzhai in ancient times. It was called Pingxingzhai in the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty. Because the top of this ridge is more than 900 meters wide, it is naturally flat and square. Therefore, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Lingqiu County Chronicle changed this place to Pingxingling."

The two sides had a chat. Yang Ling sent commander Diao out of the central army's tent, stood on the ridge and looked into the distance. At this time, the sun set, the mountains were faint, and the snow-capped mountains were covered with a light red halo.

Zhengde approached Yang Ling, put his hands on a cool breeze and looked out from afar, and said, "Well, among these mountains, this is the only pass for the army to pass. He rushed straight from the ridge. Lingqiu County was just a short distance away. The small county town was low and the walls were low, and there was no danger to stand. It was really dangerous.

It’s just that it’s too hard to station troops on this ridge for a long time. Zhang Yong, please remember, after returning to Beijing, the Ministry of War built another pass on this Pingxing Ridge, thinking that the natural barrier was included in the important border barrier, which is called Pingxing Pass."

Zhang Yong responded repeatedly. When Yang Ling heard this, he couldn't help but look at Zhengde in surprise and thought to himself: "Pingxingling, Pingxingguan, why didn't I save it just now? It turns out... the famous Pingxingguan was actually built by Zhengde's order."

Zhengde saw that his eyes were strange and couldn't help but smile: "Why did Yang Qing look at me like this? Isn't that right?"

Yang Ling quickly smiled and said, "That's right, building a pass here is a dangerous place to prevent the Tartars. However, there is no passive barrier that cannot be broken, and we should..."

Zhengde smiled and said, "We should also enrich the country and strengthen the army, take the initiative to attack, and destroy the strong enemy outside the country's gate, right?"

The king and his minister looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh together.

The army finally arrived in Datong. Yang Yiqing, the trilateral general, led his army to station on the Great Wall Pass and is currently in the Qiang Fort. It turned out that Youma City was opened outside Heguan, and Youma City besieged City was built on the outside of the Great Wall.

In order to facilitate nearby command, General Yang Yiqing's camp was set up there. Datong Governor Hu Zan personally escorted grain and grass to Zhenqiang Fort, and was rushing back to the Qiang Fort. He heard the news and came to welcome the bureaucrats at all levels in the Governor's Office. They took Yangling's army into the city and walked along the way. They saw that this originally prosperous big city seemed a little depressed, with more officers and soldiers on the streets than the people.

The officials welcomed the imperial envoy to the inn. The inn here is incomparable to the Changping inn where Yangling lived. The luxurious third courtyard in the inn is dedicated to greeting passers-by ministers, and the layout is very luxurious. Yangling is stationed in the inn. 200 personal soldiers and 300 guards in the inn. The rest of the officers and soldiers are stationed in the academy and schoolyards.

After a long time of busyness, he settled down and sent off all the lords. Yang Ling returned to the inn and arranged Zhengde into the inn to the room where he lived. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I have experienced the hardships I should have been through along the way. Now I finally have a more comfortable place. You should live here and accumulate your energy. When I informed Huadang and everything was arranged, I would go to Baideng Mountain to negotiate with him."

Zhengde nodded and asked, "Yang Yiqing is in Qiang Fort, when will he be able to return? I want to know the detailed military information."

Yang Ling frowned and thought for a while, "Boyan was eager to get out, but this time he could not steal chickens and lose rice. The tribes suffered heavy losses. The political situation within the Tatars was originally unstable, and he did not take advantage of it and was unwilling to retreat. Now he has attacks and defenses with Yang Yiqing, and the war is fierce. I still don't inform Lord Yang of the news that Emperor Yang has arrived. I will go to Zhenqiang Fort to see him."

Zhengde was overjoyed and said, "It's great. I'm just about to go to the gate to see the battle formation. I'll go with you when I go. By the way, King Dai is the vassal king of Datong. Since you have arrived, you should go to visit him according to the ceremony. When are you going?"
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