In 1449 AD, the fourteenth year of Zheng orthodox.

In July, although it is north, the summer is also very hot. The scorching sun burns the earth and the trees on the ground appear weak. Even though the wind blows, it can reduce the heat of this summer at all.

Xuanfu is located in the northwest gateway of Beijing, and its strategic location is very important. As early as the beginning of the Jingnan War, Zhu Di seized Xuanfu to establish a consolidated base as a rear base. He sent generals to guard Xuanfu and surrounding castles to stabilize border military control. In the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di restored Beiping Dushi to the Daning Dushi, but moved to Baoding. Then he began to focus on the military structure. The main reason was to abandon Daning, causing the military strongholds that broke into the grassland such as Kaiping and Xinghe to lose their original role. The "inner border defense" between the Ming Dynasty government and the Mongolian people was generally based on Yanshan and Yinshan as the dividing line, which was generally the same as the Qin and Han Great Wall.

In this way, the military status of Xuanfu in the second line of defense suddenly became prominent, becoming the first-line Great Wall fortress and the northwest gateway of Beijing. As the Ming Dynasty military strategists analyzed: "The Xuanfu has a dispute over mountains and rivers, and the land is dangerous and narrow, and the garrison is twice as big as that of other towns. Therefore, it is solid and is known to be easy to defend. However, it is less than 400 miles away from the capital. The keys are sent to the keys. " Emperor Yongle Zhu Di has always been concerned about the defense of Xuanfu Town. At the beginning of the establishment of the town, he personally urged the generals to build stone walls from Chang'anling to Ximalin, build trenches, and be cautious in preparation. Later, large-scale military operations against Mongolia were almost all based on Xuanfu Town.

In the seventh year of Yongle, 1409, the Ming government underwent major changes in military and ethnic policies. First, Qiu Fu, Duke of Qi, led his army to attack the Tatars, and the entire army was destroyed. Almost at the same time, the government clearly sent generals to guard the important border areas in Liaodong, Datong, Xuanfu, Ningxia and Gansu. The generals guarding Xuanfu were Zheng Heng, Hou of Wu'an, and General Pei Zhenshuo, the generals guarding the Xuanfu city were different from generals who patrol and prepare for the border. The generals guarding the generals had obvious places to set up government offices and set up yamen on the frontier of the border. They were full-time

The commander of the border defense commander, who is in power, "has police officers in charge, but no police officers return to the capital." He not only controls the local Dushi Guards, but also controls the imperial army, and can "do things cheaply" in special periods. Generals and assistants at all levels of the Dushi must obey the generals and directly recruit and entrust them to do their jobs. On this basis, a new system of commanders has gradually formed, with the generals below the general, guerrilla generals, guards, as well as the thousand generals, commanders, and hundreds of generals, and they are all in their own affairs. They are organized completely according to the state of war, which is more suitable for border defense needs.

Since then, Xuanfu officially became Xuanfu Town, the northwest gateway to Beijing, and later one of the important towns of the "Nine-Borders".

Now, on the city wall, several soldiers complained about the ghost weather, while standing lazily on the city wall.

One of them wiped the sweat from his face with his hands, then turned his head to the other soldiers and said, "I said Brother Fu, should you go down and take a rest? This ghost weather is not a fool!"

After saying that, he spat on the ground, and soon it evaporated.

"That's it, that's it!"

Several other soldiers also agreed. In this kind of weather, it was very difficult to bear, and it felt like they were almost sunburned.

He was called Brother Fu, a tall and thin man. He felt a little unbearable in this kind of weather. Despite this, he was a little embarrassed and said, "We can stand guard now. It is a serious crime to leave the post without permission. If the superiors pursue it, we cannot afford it!"

"What's there to worry about!"

A soldier stretched his neck and argued: "Isn't Liu Dahuzi's team going to take advantage of the cool air? They can go, why can't we go?"

"Do you dare to compete with Liu Dahushou?"

Another soldier couldn't help but mocked: "Other people, Liu Dahuzi, have a backstage, but they are the relatives of this garrison!"

"Bah!"

The soldier was obviously a little dissatisfied and said, "Bad relatives, he is bragging about himself. If he was really a relative, he would have reached this point? That would be too embarrassing!"

The first soldier who spoke to him frowned when he saw the two of them arguing, and shouted, "Don't argue, is Liu Dahuzi the relative of the guardian? Is it worth it to recognize the relatives of the family? Is it worth it to hurt my brothers for this little thing?"

This man obviously has a relatively high prestige among the team. As soon as he said this, the two who were arguing immediately stopped talking, glared at each other a few times, but stopped talking.

The soldier also said to Brother Fu, who was hesitant, "Brother Fu, it's so hot this day, let me go and drink a little water. Moreover, the world is peaceful now, nothing will happen, so don't worry too much. Why don't you go and cheer up the Lord of the Hundredth League first and say hello?"

The weather was indeed not ordinary hot. Not only other soldiers, but even Brother Fu felt his mouth dry and his throat was like smoke coming out. When he looked at the soldiers around him, he looked at him with a long time. Their lips had long been chapped, their faces were covered with sweat, and the military uniforms were already covered in white.

No matter what, this is also a brother who has been with me for many years. Brother Fu was somewhat unbearable, so he nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a large number of horse hooves running towards the city gate.

The other soldiers turned their heads and looked at them. They saw a pair of fully armed soldiers running towards the city walls. Although it was very hot, the team was not messy at all. Moreover, the soldiers all seemed murderous, and the leader was a silver-armored general.

"Brother Fu, have you seen these people?"

The first soldier who spoke asked, then pointed to the soldiers who were rushing towards the city gate.

Brother Fu shook his head and said, "I don't know you, but I'm sure they are not from us, but I wonder why they don't hang flags? I don't know where they came from."

Generally speaking, the team has its own banner, and any general will hold the banner of the general's surname, but the team in front of them does not have any flag at all, and they cannot judge their origins at all.

"I've seen this team!"

A soldier said, "It seems that he arrived here yesterday and replenished some food and grass. However, looking at Lai Mazi's appearance, he is very respectful to these, which shows that the origin is not ordinary!"

Brother Fu couldn't help but look a little surprised and said, "Lai Mazi, the person with eyes on his head can actually respect others. That's really strange. The origin of these people may be really amazing."

He was distracted by the things in front of him, and no one mentioned it to drink water. As the soldiers approached, Brother Fu and others on the city wall also showed envious expressions. Looking at the preparations on others and looking at the armor of others, Brother Fu and others felt a little embarrassed to look at others.

Brother Fu lay on the city wall. Although the city wall was already hot, he didn't feel it because of the armor. Then he said, "Look! Others are called armor, and we are called ragged iron. Compared with others, we are just a group of beggars!"

"These people are definitely not from us!"

A soldier said, "We have such good armor here and there, I have never seen it!"

Several people immediately agreed.

"Strange, this guardian is here!"

Brother Fu's eyes were sharp-eyed, and he immediately saw the garrison running towards him, and said strangely: "It seems that he is seeing off. The leading general is very face!"

"What's so great about being face-saving!"

A person next to him said, "It's just that I'm dressed beautifully, so there must be some backstage."

Brother Fu's face darkened and said, "Don't talk nonsense. You can't tell that it's your frustration. Anyone who chooses one or three of them can't beat you. If you can train such soldiers, even if you have a backstage, others will have the ability!"

At this moment, the city tower was slowly opened. After a few greetings with the guards, the general led his men and horses to run out of the city and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.

The appearance of the silver-armored general and this team of troops attracted many people's attention, and many people speculated about the origin of these people, but obviously no one knew the origin of these people, and they were gradually forgotten.

Two days later, the weather was beautiful, and the hot weather suddenly turned out to be cool. The sky was gloomy and a little drizzle was falling. The summer heat was swept away, making it rare to be cool.

Brother Fu and others were still standing on the city wall and watching. In front of them, there was an endless plain, because it was raining, and the view was not very wide.

Gradually, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the straw raincoats on my body were no longer effective. Although it was summer, if you were soaked, you would still be prone to illness.

Brother Fu frowned, cursed the weather in his heart, then waved his hand and shouted: "Everyone goes to the city tower to hide from the rain!"

The soldiers couldn't help but cheered. In fact, they had wanted to go long ago, but Brother Fu didn't speak, so it was hard to ask. Now Brother Fu spoke, and immediately hurried towards the city tower, while Brother Fu ran at the end.

When he arrived at the city tower, he found that it had been crowded with people, basically soldiers coming to shelter from the rain. After finally finding a place to stand, Brother Fu was relieved. Looking at the gloomy sky, he felt a little uncomfortable and felt a little depressed!
Chapter completed!