Jinyi champion

Entering late October, Zhu Hao and Yu Chengxun still haven't been notified to return to Beijing.

Yu Chengxun went to see Xu Pengju, but he got a bad nose, but he didn't lose heart, and tried every means to send a greeting card to the garrison yamen, just to let Xu Pengju know that Yu Chengxun hadn't left and was still waiting to meet each other.

On this day, Yu Chengxun went out for another whole day, and when he came back, he saw Zhu Hao reading a book in the pavilion by the lake, and he couldn't help but speak with a bit of emotion: "It's really rare that people in the world can be as calm as Jingdao you."

Zhu Hao put down his book and asked, "Have things changed?"

Yu Chengxun said: "I heard that Luo An, the governor of Beizhen Fusi sent by His Majesty to Nanjing, has already returned home."

"Back...to the capital?" Zhu Hao asked after thinking about it.

"Um."

Yu Chengxun said: "I didn't know about this at first, but I only found out when someone from Nanjing Jinyiwei released the news."

After all, Yu Chengxun has connections with Jinyiwei in Nanjing, so he can find out some inside stories.

Luo An left?

Didn't go at all!
He was just dormant waiting for new orders, and the direct order was Zhu Hao.

Recently, Zhu Hao has been living a leisurely life, and there is no need to be demanding on everything, so that Luo An has not shown up for a long time, and others think he is gone.

In fact, Luo An never released any thoughts about whether he has left or will leave. It was just speculation by outsiders, and the governor of Jinyiwei North Town Fusi Town Fushi in Nanjing can still cause some waves.

"Is there any news from the Northwest?"

Zhu Hao asked.

Yu Chengxun shook his head: "Tang Bohu has not been heard from since he arrived at Nei Sanguan. It is said that he has not obtained actual military power in Nei Sanguan. He is restricted by Governor Xuan Da. He is also accompanied by Marquis Jianchang and Zhang Yong, the supervisor of the army. He has no troops. With experience, what can you do? But recently... the Tartars seem to have stopped a lot.”

Zhu Hao nodded.

The Tatars seem to have calmed down, but they are actually gathering their troops.

There's nothing to hide about this. In fact, Zhu Hao didn't need to mention it specifically. The Northwest governor and generals could feel that a storm was coming.

Otherwise, the imperial court would not have allocated money, food and materials to the northwest one after another before, in fact, it was to prepare for the war.

After the autumn grain is put into storage, the Tatars will have the last wave of plunder before winter.

The Tartars were expelled to the Mobei wasteland by the Ming army, and all they did had the same purpose, which was to survive and let the ethnic group continue.

Thinking of the successive disasters in the grasslands in the past few years, and when a severe winter is coming, think about what they lack, and you will know what they will do.

Juyongguan.

Tang Yin took the "family property" that Zhu Hao had prepared for him, and moved in in a mighty way.

The commander-in-chief of Juyongguan was named Li.

During the Great Ming War, there would be a general army, and in normal times, it would be guarded everywhere, guarding, guarding, and commanding gold affairs. Li did not belong to any faction in the court. On the contrary, he was similar to the previously dismissed Governor Xuanda. Zang Feng has a good relationship. It is said that during the six months or so that Zang Feng was the governor of Xuanda, he also valued and entrusted Li Tong a lot.

There are more than 4000 defenders in Juyongguan.

That's a lot.

If the Tatars really came to kill them, 4000 people guarded the pass, and tens of thousands of Tatar soldiers would be difficult to conquer. In addition, Juyongguan is backed by the capital, so they can get the help of reinforcements from the capital.

This is true in theory, but in fact the existence of Juyongguan is very tasteless and seems dangerous, but whether it was the previous Tumubao change, or the later Gengxu change, or when the Ming Dynasty was defeated by Li Zicheng, Juyongguan did not play a role. proper defense.

After Tang Yin entered Juyongguan, he formally communicated with the eunuch Zhang Yong.

The first thing Zhang Yong did when he met Tang Yin as a military supervisor was to curry favor with Tang Yin. He didn't have the uncompromising prestige of the Zhengde army at all, he simply enshrined Tang Yin as his ancestor.

Zhang Yong seems to be under the orders of Queen Mother Zhang, and Yang Tinghe arranged to come to the northwest, but how smart is Zhang Yong?Can't he see that the current situation in the Northwest

Is it actually a struggle between the new emperor and Yang Tinghe?As a lost eunuch, he is also a member of Yang Yiqing and Wang Qiong's faction. The orthodox civil servants have already beaten him to the ranks of female sycophants, so why not rush to curry favor with the emperor's favorite?

If you have resources, you must use them, and use them well. As long as you can please Tang Yin, then he will have a foothold in front of the emperor from now on. He won't have to go home obediently and stay idle when the censor impeaches him. It's not like losing power. It's good!
So...

In Yang Tinghe's view, Zhang Yong, who was originally fully qualified to contain Tang Yin, immediately became Tang Yin's follower as soon as he arrived in the northwest.

On this day Tang Yin took Zhang Yong, Zhang Yanling, Jiang Lun and others to inspect the defenders in the city.

Li Ting, the commander-in-chief, led the way in person.

Jiang Lun laughed along the way, as if it was an honor to come to the Northwest. On the contrary, Zhang Yanling, who was ignorant in the past, showed a calm and introverted look in front of others. Those who didn't know thought he had some kind of scheming, but in fact It's just that he has been upset recently, and he actually came to the northwest to fight, and he is resenting the hard work his sister arranged for him.

"Juyongguan is located in an important place in the capital, but the defense of the city has not been strengthened for many years. Soldiers and horses have been transferred to the northwest again and again. Even the soldiers are not fully recruited now. You can see that the walls of Juyongguan are everywhere. It's missing, if *** chooses the weak point to attack, I'm afraid it will be very dangerous."

Li Tong said that he took Tang Yin to inspect the armed forces, but in fact he was looking for Tang Yin to complain.

to be honest.

They just want money and people.

The situation in the Northwest is like this. Since the opening of the salt tax in the Hongzhi period, the finances of the Northwest have been declining year by year. Up to now, it basically depends on the allocation of the imperial court. If the imperial court fails to allocate, the soldiers will drink the northwest wind The imperial court was not responsible for the support, and there was no way to farm the fields, so the soldiers had nothing to do but to fight the autumn wind to find troubles with local officials and the people.

Build a fortress?
Sorry, unless it is an important pass in the northwest, it will be repaired.

You are an inner three pass, and when the Tatars kill you, you will face the capital directly, why do you still repair you?Isn't it better to strengthen the city wall of the capital directly than to build Juyongguan?
This also reflects the embarrassment of the strategic position of the inner three gates.

It can't face the enemy head-on, and it is said to be the last barrier for the defense of Gyeonggi, but in fact, what benefits the court has, it doesn't think about the inner three passes.

The higher-ups did not allocate money, food and special funds. Now there is finally a war in the northwest, and the looting of the Tatars has also extended to around the inner three passes. The imperial court also appointed Tang Bohu, a well-known member of the new emperor's faction, to be the governor of the inner three passes. Of course, Li Tong I want to take this opportunity to come to Tang Yin to complain and ask for money.

Tang Yin sighed: "I have heard about the situation of the inner three gates before I came, but I am only bringing troops to guard this time, and the matter of strengthening defense is not under my control."

You want money from me?
I, Tang, have handled some accounts for the imperial court, but I am just an errand runner, and I am not afraid of money.

Several people went to the gate of the pass.

Looking far away from the city gate tower, you can see the high mountains in front of you. After a few miles along the official road, you will see a flat field. At this time, because you are being knocked by a man from the shoes, you can't see any moving things in the field. There are only some unknown objects floating in the sky.

"Tang Junmen, look, there are always some things flying in the air around recently, I don't know what it is, is it sent by the ****?"

Li Tong pointed to the distance.

Jiang Lun smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, we sent them out."

Zhang Yong asked in surprise, "Those in the sky? That... what?"

Tang Yindao: "It's called a hot air balloon, just like a sky lantern. It can be lifted into the sky by burning it with fire. If the fire is stopped, the ball will gradually descend. If you cooperate with this, you can spy on the enemy's situation."

With that said, Tang Yin took out the binoculars.

"nice one."

Zhang Yong glanced at it and said with a smile.

As a well-known figure in the army during the Zhengde period, Zhang Yong was a part of the binoculars purchased by the Xing Wangfu for the imperial court. When Tang Yin took out the binoculars, Zhang Yong knew that Tang Yin was also an expert
Li Dao: "Tang Junmen said, use this thing that can go up into the sky, and use the thing that looks far in the sky to spy on the enemy's situation?"

Zhang Yanling choked coldly: "The enemy is not here, what are you spying on?"

Zhang Yong said with a smile: "The Marquis of Jianchang may not know, this is to take precautions in advance... The so-called climbing high and looking far away, if you can cooperate with the distant objects to detect in mid-air, as long as the Tartars kill them, they will definitely be able to warn in advance. It’s much more effective than beacon towers.”

"This Marquis won't believe it anymore!" Zhang Yanling said coldly, "Even if I saw it, how can I send the message? When they fly back, I'm afraid the day lily will be cold."

Tang Yin said: "There will be a special signal transmission, it's not difficult."

Just as he was talking, the hot air balloon in the distance suddenly sent out a red signal flare in the clear sky.

Zhang Yong suddenly became nervous: "Is this an enemy situation?"

"No, this is the situation that needs to be reported every hour, indicating that they are safe and well, and they have not encountered any danger, and no one else needs to rush to help... Now this hot air balloon is only used in Juyongguan, and will be used in Zijingguan and Zijingguan later. Down the horse pass." Tang Yin said with a smile.

Zhang Yong asked doubtfully, "Is this something made by our Daming? I never heard of it when I left the capital."

Tang Yin smiled and didn't explain much.

In fact, he didn't know about this thing until he arrived at the Xishan Military Factory.

Moreover, Zhu Hao specially asked Jin Yiwei to train sentries, all of whom were direct descendants of the former Xing Palace. When they were in Xishan, they would be released on sunny days to observe the weather and wind direction. At the same time, they also monitored whether there were bandits around Xishan. After months of training, a group of people who are relatively well-versed in manipulation has been trained.

However, because the technology is relatively backward, it can only be sent out when the sky is clear, there is no wind, or the wind is low, and there may be a temporary "forced landing". If it is used on the front line, there may be deviations.

Now it is equivalent to using battle as a substitute for training, relying on flying around the inner three levels, and spying on whether there are Tatars around to harass the inner three levels.

"Okay, General Li will take us to inspect the soldiers and horses in the city. Recently, the troops brought by me are also stationed in the city. I hope that there will be no disputes. If there is something to do, we must strictly enforce military discipline... at the head of the city, This officer plans to send some more people to bring up the newly cast cannons by the way, so as to cultivate a group of qualified gunners!"

Tang Yin was full of confidence.