Chapter 204: 203 is in?

"I can't see clearly, maybe four or five."

Wei Guangde could only answer truthfully at this time. The sound of cannons was not real, and the mountains echoed, so it was difficult to tell how many sounds were heard.

At this time, everyone at the city gate was already standing behind the battlements, looking at the beacon that was spreading toward this place in the distance, and another beacon tower was lit.

With the rumbling sound of cannons coming from his ears, Wei Guangde saw it clearly this time and heard it clearly, "Five Beacons and Five Cannons."

"map."

When everyone at the city gate felt cold when they heard Wei Guangde say this, of course they knew what this meant.

An escort immediately took off the bamboo tube from behind and poured out a scroll. Then another person went up and spread it with him, one left and one right, which was the map.

When patrolling the border, you naturally need to bring the map to refer to it.

Weng Pu quickly found the location of General Shiguan on the map, and then followed the winding Great Wall to the north, at the most prominent position, where there was a ground that Wei Guangde also knew, Gubeikou.

"Is it in Gubeikou again?"

Weng Pu's fingers moved here and stopped and said inadvertently.

"Sir, if it is Gubeikou, there will be a sentencing soldier coming soon."

The guard of General Shiguan said with his fists clasped his fists.

Wei Guangde also heard what he said, which was the rule set by Jizhen himself. After discovering the Tartars siege along the Great Wall, they not only had to set off beacons and warn them immediately, but also sent people to explain the situation in concise words, and convey the message to the General Office of Jizhen, Santunying, through the relay of enemy buildings every few miles.

After seeing the beacon fire warning, the soldiers of Santun Camp naturally began to assemble and move towards the beacon fire, and the General Office would confirm the final march based on the information sent.

The entire process is similar to the emergency delivery shop at the highest speed in the Ming Dynasty.

The main task of the emergency delivery shop is to transport emergency documents, and the emergency delivery shop does not have cars and horses, and the journey depends entirely on personal foot strength.

"Ming Hui Dian" records: "In the 26th year, a shop was set up for ten miles, each paving was long, and ten soldiers were required to pave the way. There were Dingli fields with grain above one stone and five dou, and the dou was filled below two dou, so you must be strong and upright."

The nominal ten-mile shop is actually determined by the financial and material resources of the county. However, at least one county has one shop, after all, it is responsible for the exchange of official documents between counties, counties and prefectures, prefectures and provinces, and provinces and courts.

Therefore, each county (prefecture or province) has a general shop, and then several branches extend along the main road of the county town.

A shop consists of a shop head and several shop soldiers, and each shop must have a sundial - determine the time, a signboard should be set up in front of the shop door, and a pair of bright lights and candles must be used at night so that it is easy for visitors to distinguish.

Once the official documents are received, the shop manager must confirm the number of received documents and the destination, and send a shop soldier. At this time, the shop soldier must send out documents in a timely manner regardless of day or night.

"Walking on a shop every three minutes, you must travel 300 miles a day and night, and no matter day and night, the bell rings. However, when the official documents arrive at the shop, they do not ask how many corners the corners need to be delivered immediately. If the official documents arrive, they will be delivered immediately, and they will stop waiting, so those who make mistakes will be punished."

At this time, the paving soldiers must set off immediately and determine the location. If they are within 300 miles, the paving soldiers must arrive within a day and night; if they are within 300 miles, they will be delivered according to the destination above until the next emergency delivery shop.

When the shops delivered official documents, "each sets a pair of plywood, a pair of bells, a pair of tassels and guns, and a copy of Huiqing", "tie a leather belt on the waist, hold a gun with a rifle, hold a raincoat, and carry a document quickly."

We travel day and night, without delay, and the storms along the way, when the carriages, horses and pedestrians heard the ringing, they immediately avoided the roadside.

When the shop soldiers at the next station heard the ringtone, they immediately prepared and waited. As soon as the official documents arrived at the shop, they continued to pass the prequel like a relay race.

The transmission of official documents and military information in the Ming Dynasty was mainly two types: emergency delivery shops and post stations, which specialize in "official document delivery".

The post station welcomes and sends out passengers, transfers military supplies, and reports on military information.

The two have some business intersections, but they still belong to two different systems, each performing its own duties and not affiliated with each other.

The Ming court stipulated that "the important things are given to the post office, and the common things are delivered to the post office", which means that important and urgent military affairs are handed over to the post office, and ordinary official documents and letters are delivered by the delivery shop. The two complement each other and form a complete and fast post office delivery system.

The reason why emergency delivery shops outside the station are established separately is that the limitations of the stations are that the spacing of the stations are long, one station is set up every 60 miles, and the spacing of emergency delivery shops is shorter, and one is set up around 10-20 miles.

In fact, due to the influence of the terrain, the radiation range of the station is not as wide as the emergency delivery shop. In many areas where the station cannot be set up, emergency delivery shops can be used.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was relatively rare to pass through post stations. That is, if there is any problem in Jizhen Great Wall, they would report emergency military information by using Pegasus transmission. The distance was limited, and the distance was only one or two hundred miles apart.

For the wider south, most people use emergency delivery shops instead of horses, because the Ming Dynasty could not get enough horses for messaging.

However, at this time, Weng Pu did not finish it. He was still staring at the map and guessing the possible location of Altan's prison.

There are Chaohe Station, Bohai Station and Sihai Station, and there are many passes under the Gubeikou, all of which may be broken by Altan's troops.

Well, the Great Wall seems to be a fortification placed in the north of the empire to stop the grassland cavalry from going south, but in fact the existence of the Great Wall also makes it difficult for the empire to defend, because the Great Wall that stretches for thousands of miles has countless passes along the way. If you defend this, the weak defense point in the sneak attack can be said to be completely like a sieve.

"Sir Weng, lunch time is up, let's have a meal first. I think there will be news coming soon."

At this time, the beacon had been passed through General Shiguan and continued to extend eastward, and the news of the Tatar invasion would be spread to the General Office of Jizhen, Santunying.

Even though he said so, Weng Pu did not end there, but continued to stare at the map and suddenly said, "Guangde, what do you think?"

"What?"

Wei Guangde wondered, he was also looking at the map, but he had given up now. There were too many passes along the Great Wall. If you break through just one point, you can shake the entire line of defense.

"Which position do you think Altan will choose to enter the pass?"

Weng Pu added and asked.

Now Wei Guangde understood what Weng Pu meant and asked him to guess where Altan broke through the pass. When the beacon fire came, naturally the people had already called him.

Wei Guangde did not intend to continue to look at the Great Wall as before, but instead put himself into Altan and looked at the war from his perspective and what choices would he make.

It's just a guessing game, you guess I guess everyone, it's nothing if you guess wrong.

Wei Guangde first turned his sight to Wanquan Right Guard, then gradually moved to Xuanfu, and then bypassed the Longmen Guard's defense area.

Not only did he stare at the map and feel that it was not intuitive enough. He even slid from Xuanfu to the protrusion of the Great Wall of Longmen Guard. After passing by Longmen Guard, he was flat and then the protrusion of the Miyun Guard.

General Shiguan is located in the southeast corner of Miyun Rear Defense Zone, which is very close to it.

The last time Altan invaded, he entered from Gubeikou where Miyun defenders were stationed. It should be said that he was familiar with the road, and it seemed that it made sense to walk it again.

Wei Guangde's considerations at this moment were a bit similar to Weng Pu, but soon he realized that something seemed wrong.

How many days have it been since Altan's eastward moved to now? It's been about twenty days. Most of the other party was riding horses. Logically speaking, it was time to go to Gubeikou and hide. I was ready to attack Guancheng for so long?

You should know that more than ten days ago, the guards of all passes received warnings that the Tartars might invade, and it would be difficult to attack the city if they were prepared.

Time is very wrong. This was what Wei Guangde thought of at this time, and I don’t know if Weng Pu noticed it.

Soon, his sight fell to Bohai Station, which is north of Huairou. The Great Wall here is very special because the area defended by Ji Town is divided into two here, and a wall extends north to Xuanfu. The Longmen Guard, then Xuanfu and Wanquan are replaced.

The other part continues to extend southwest to Shanxi, namely Juyong Pass defended by Yanqing Guard, and behind it is Zijing Pass, Daomaguan, etc.

Wei Guangde was not familiar with Altan, so he naturally didn't know the real purpose of his invasion of Ming Dynasty. Whether he wanted to grab things or attack the capital, and to establish greater prestige for him outside the pass.

Altan Khan, also known as Sodo Khan, is named Borjijin Altan. All people also call him Altan. He is the leader of the Tumot tribe of Mongolia in the Ming Dynasty, politician, military strategist, descendant of the Golden Family of Genghis Khan, and the grandson of Dayan Khan.

Wei Guangde didn't know about these, but the official information of the Ming Dynasty did record his relationship with the Golden Family of Genghis Khan. In other words, such a person should have recreated the grand scene of the Great Yuan Empire with the purpose of unifying the Mongolian tribes to go south to shed horses again.

Well, at this time, Wei Guangde accepted Weng Pu's initial judgment. Altan might choose to make a breakthrough in the Miyun defender defense zone and go south to threaten the safety of the capital again.

Then, he felt a chilling feeling that Altan's army broke through here. Looking at the map, they were less than a hundred miles away from Altan's army, only a few dozen miles away.

Although he was killed by the horses in Wangshan, he really had to know that there was a third-rank official in the court here. Maybe he could come to arrest Weng Pu. After all, the generals of the entire Great Wall knew about their patrols.

The reason why the news was released was to make these people more conscious so that they would not be caught in the current situation. At least at this moment, Weng Pu did not want to cause trouble and cause more trouble. After all, the purpose of their trip was to strengthen the defense against Altan's attack.

However, they waited for one day, and the news came at night, but it surprised him and Weng Pu because the actual results were far from their analysis.

Altan Khan did not choose to break through in the Miyun Guard's defense zone and then went south to threaten the capital city, but chose to break through in the Longmen Guard's defense zone. In other words, they have only broken through the defense of the outer Great Wall now. If they want to threaten the capital, they must at least make a breakthrough at Juyong Pass or the pass near Zhenbian City.

After receiving the information, Wei Guangde was called by Weng Pu, and the two began to discuss what to do next?

The capital city must have received the news, so it is hard to say what measures will be taken. At least it is not yet critical, and Altan's troops and capital city are still separated by a Great Wall defense line.

But their mission may not be able to continue. If they have all entered, why are they still patrolling the border?

"The troops from Santun Camp should have come out."

Wei Guangde thought of the speed of Fengzao's transmission. Santun Camp must have seen Fengzao at this time, but he didn't know where Altan broke through the wall, but according to convention, it was certain that the Santun Camp garrison was dispatched.

"I may go to Zunhua tomorrow, and then go to Pinggu and explore all the way until the Tatars invasion are determined."

Weng Pu is much familiar with him, after all, he is the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War.

The two of them were not panicked at this moment, and Weng Pu also guessed that Emperor Jiajing had put such a child around him, and that he definitely did not want to monitor him, but to train him more. So along the way, he deliberately asked Wei Guangde to ask Wei Guangde to analyze and answer.

He naturally knew everything about the questions asked by Wei Guangde. There was nothing to cover up about the affairs of the court, at least he could not speak to others.

Well, Wei Guangde is still staring at the map now. It is obvious that they were fooled by Altan Khan. They thought that Altan Khan would attack Miyun defender again after entering east and bypassing the Longmen Guard defense zone, and the result is very likely.

Wei Guangde's eyes were now on Mantaoer and Hadang. This was once Fengning City of the Ming Dynasty, nearly a hundred miles away from the current Ming army's controlled area, and it was definitely not within the Ming army's reconnaissance area.

Altan Khan garrisoned his men here and shot him with a feint, making the Ming Dynasty think that he was going to attack Miyun's guards from the east. After shifting his attention there, he shot and shot the Longmen Guards of Xuanfu, and he was very successful.

However, from this, Wei Guangde also understood Altan Khan's purpose. The purpose of Altan's troops' attack this time should be to plunder property. They should have no intention of attacking the capital, otherwise they would not have gone to the Great Wall.

Looking at the map, Wei Guangde suddenly looked up and said to Weng Pu: "Sir Weng, it seems that Altan's tribe wants to plunder Yongning, Yanqing and the security guard this time."

"Yes, there is only one garrison in Yanqing. It is reported that they have broken the Wafanggou where Longmen Station is stationed. After passing Longmenchuan, they may have approached Yanqing Prefecture by now."

"Then what do we do? Go directly to Huairou or."

Wei Guangde did not dare to say anything when he returned to the capital. He would easily be called timid as a mouse in the future, which was very fatal to literati.

The literati of this era must be the stubborn person. Even if they are afraid of death, they must stand on the moral high ground. They say that they are just swordsmen, and they dare to look for Altan to show their swordsmanship. This is the integrity.

Although Wei Guangde sneered at this kind of integrity in his heart, he still knew the allusion that "the water was too cold" in later generations. That was the winner of life. With "fame" and profit, he even got a courtesan as a concubine.

"It will take at least ten days for the men and horses from Jizhen to Huairou, unless only cavalry are dispatched."

At this time, Weng Pu frowned slightly and continued, "Let's go to Miyun first and go to Yanqingzhou to see the situation."

"Then please ask Lord Weng to send a memorial to the Beijing area and tell me the situation. Since you have come out to patrol the border, there must be a beginning and an end."

Wei Guangde understood that it was impossible to go back to Beijing. The right assistant minister of the Ministry of War said that he wanted to enjoy the feeling of commanding the army again, but fortunately he went to Huairou first. As long as he didn't leave the inner Great Wall, it was still very safe. I just hoped not to go to Yanqing Prefecture, because it was outside the inner Great Wall.

ps: At this time, the name of Yanqing Prefecture Yanqing Prefecture should be Longqing Prefecture Longqing Prefecture, and it was renamed Yanqing ten years later.
Chapter completed!