Nan Laishun Inn is full now.
Recently, all the camel caravans going to Zhangjiakou have been stopped.
The rhetoric is the same, the road ahead is being repaired.
At first, everyone was not surprised, but gradually things started to go wrong because they all heard the rumble of cannons.
We are not fools. If you are a fool when you go out to do business, then that’s okay, and you won’t have to lose your underpants.
This was clearly a fight. These guardsmen, whom I had never seen before, looked more and more strange. Although the clothes they wore were okay, they just felt awkward.
Finally, another camel team came back from the grassland to Zhangjiakou. Seeing the fighting in Zhangjiakou, they took a detour and returned to Xuanfu Town through other passes. At this time, the news finally leaked.
From Datong Town to Xuanfu Town, from the Governor of Xuanda, to the commander-in-chief, to the deputy generals, all the commanders knew that something had happened in Zhangjiakou.
Starting from the first day of March, various towns began to dispatch troops and generals, assemble troops, and prepare to march to Zhangjiakou.
On the third day of March, Han Guiwu got up in the morning and asked the waiter to bring hot water.
As a result, during this period of time, no one came to greet me at the Nan Lai Shun Inn, which had excellent service. This was something that had never happened before.
Han Guiwu searched for a long time, and he was surprised to find that everyone from the shopkeeper to the waiters in the inn had disappeared.
An uneasy feeling came to his mind. He originally felt that something was wrong with those officers and soldiers, but now this inn with extremely low fees and excellent service was empty. It made him more and more suspicious.
He quickly called everyone in the caravan to get up.
"Hurry up, get up, pack your things, and leave quickly. This place is evil."
"Fifth Master, the food and drink here are cheap, the house is warm, and the service is attentive. Let's stay here for now. Then go back and wait for the road to open, don't we have to turn back. Along the way, people will get a lot of chewed grain.
Son."
"You know what the heck, this place is not right, something is going to happen, please leave quickly. Hurry up."
Seeing Han Guiwu's people, they packed up their things and wanted to leave, which alerted the other caravan members. They soon discovered that the owner and the waiter of the inn had run away.
Rice porridge was still simmering in the pot. The washed bowls were almost neatly placed, and there were also washed dishes. All this showed that they left suddenly.
Anyone who has been doing business all year round is not a fool. This situation is obviously not right.
So they packed up their things and followed Han Guiwu's men to escape back to the road.
The distance from Zhangjiakou Castle to Xuanfu Town is only more than thirty miles, that is, less than twenty kilometers. They had already seen the city wall of Xuanfu Town at noon.
At this time, I heard a burst of cannon fire from the top of Xuanfu Town.
Smoke and dust billowed in front, and the battalion and guard soldiers of the brigade were heading toward Zhangjiakou along the road.
The caravan hurriedly took shelter by the roadside, and several shopkeepers wiped their sweat thankfully. Fortunately, they arrived at Xuanfu City. If they had stayed at that inn, they might have been robbed by the officers and soldiers.
There is no village or shop there, so wouldn't it be a good place to kill people and buy goods?
By the time of Xuanzong, the official army of the Ming Dynasty had already become extremely corrupted. It can be seen from the paintings handed down from the Ming Dynasty that the official army of the Ming Dynasty was extremely corrupt in military discipline in border areas and minority areas, in the countryside, in the wild, and far away from Dazhou County.
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The young and middle-aged people were tied up and sold as slaves. Children and young women were taken away. Houses were set on fire. Livestock and poultry were eaten, and people's property was looted. Older people had no value to be sold, so they were beheaded and killed.
achievement.
Not a blade of grass grows where the army passes.
If these merchants were still in that inn, it is very likely that their heads were for their military exploits, and their livestock were directly confiscated to the army. Their property was also privately divided among the officers.
But now that they have arrived at Xuanfu Town, they are no longer afraid of these officers and soldiers.
Han Guiwu grabbed a general flag supervising the march on the roadside and asked: "Sir, do you dare to ask what happened?"
The commander-in-chief turned around and saw many caravans. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. He wanted to take out his knife and chop them all to death, and then divide the property.
The Ming Dynasty's garrison was too miserable, and there were not many opportunities to go on expeditions. They were not good at fighting the Mongols, but they were good at looting the countryside.
Zongqi swallowed hard. In the end, reason defeated greed.
After all, this is under the city of Xuanfu Town. It is in full view of everyone. It would be great if we met him in the wild. Regardless of his background, if he is killed in the wild, he will be eaten up by wolves in one night. Who knows.
The commander-in-chief was very unhappy. According to their temperament, if they did not take advantage, they would suffer a loss. Naturally, they did not look good.
"It's a small thing, I'd like to honor you and buy you a cup of tea." Han Guiwu quickly offered him a sling of money.
The commander-in-chief squinted his eyes, looked Han Guiwu up and down, weighed it with his hands, and found that he had about a hundred coins.
"Something happened in Zhangjiakou. It may have been besieged by the Mongols. The general is going to rescue you. You businessmen, please calm down and don't go there if you have nothing to do. Otherwise, you may be thought of as a Tatar trick and be killed."
Han Guiwu quickly agreed with great gratitude and quickly left with the caravan.
Yang Fan was living a very comfortable life these days, waiting for the weather to get warmer in a warm house before continuing his journey. A few days ago, he accidentally discovered that there was a hot spring bath in Jimingyi.
Hot springs are one of Yang Fan's favorites. During this period, it feels so uncomfortable to take a bath every day.
Yang Fan was enjoying himself in the wooden bucket when Zhang Shize walked in with a beaming smile.
Yang Fan opened his eyes and glanced at him, then continued to soak in the bath with his eyes closed. This grandson, with this kind of expression, was definitely trying to hide some bad trick.
"There's something good, hehe. Something good."
"What good thing can happen in this poor place? You discovered a silver mine." Yang Fan asked boredly.
"There are no silver mines, but some people whose families are taking advantage of the silver mines have sent them to my door."
Yang Fan looked at him doubtfully. Zhang Size smiled and said: "The news I just got this morning is that something happened in Zhangjiakou."
Yang Fan curled his lips and said: "Tch, what could happen in that place? There is a blizzard blowing outside. I have cleaned up the Haraqin people. The Tumut people are huddled in Guihua City. Not to mention the Mongols, there are not even Mongolian dogs around.
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"Look at you, this is the performance of a rookie in the officialdom. The most important thing about a mature Ming official, especially a descendant of a noble family, is that he can smell the smell of money anytime and anywhere."
Yang Fan said impatiently: "If you have something to say, hurry up and don't interfere with my bathing."
"Zhangjiakou is surrounded by soldiers and horses from Tuxietu Khan from Mobei. I heard that a fierce battle is going on now. This morning, 3,000 soldiers from Xuanfu Town and 8,000 soldiers from Wanquan Sanwei have already set off."
Yang Fan pretended to be confused and said: "This is none of our business. We are guest troops or the Beijing camp. We only listen to the emperor. The responsibility of defending the territory is the matter of the local military town. I have no interest in killing the Beijing camp and giving it to them."
Wipe your ass."
Zhang Shize said with a smile: "That's right, our brothers have no control over their bad things. If those eight rich families hadn't come to me today, I wouldn't be interested. I would listen to the music and watch the girls dance in this Jiming Post."
Well, who wants to eat sand in the wind and snow?"
When Yang Fan heard this, he already knew what kind of medicine this bastard gourd was selling.
"What are you going to do?"
"If you want us to rescue Zhangjiakou, it's not impossible. It just depends on how much blood they are willing to bleed."
This chapter has been completed!