Xuanfu Town, also known as Xuanhua Prefecture, belongs to the Wanquandu Commander and Commander Office, and its capital is Xuanhua Prefecture City. It has a border wall of 1,116 miles, a border wall of 1,274 border blocks, and a 192 rushing entrance.

Xuanfu Town has always been a place that must be fought for by military strategists and has a very important strategic position. Especially after the Ming Dynasty established its capital in Northern Zhili Shuntian Prefecture, Xuanfu Town was even more a place to defend the capital and defend against the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to the south.

In the 14th year of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, during the Tumu Fort Incident, Xuanfu Town was captured by the Ola Taishi Yexian. The border defense facilities were severely damaged. Although it was repaired many times, there were many broken walls and ruins, and it was not completely restored until the Jiajing period.

This is also the reason why Jican, the Tatar tribe of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, frequently invaded Xuanfu Town. Because there were too many gaps in the Great Wall north of Xuanfu Town, he could just find one and lead his army in. At that time, Zhao Tong, the general of Xuanfu, was killed because he led his army to block the gap.

After this battle, Xuanfu Town was severely damaged. Until now, Yang Cong led the Jingying to inspect the city, which was a powerful support, which was just right.

Unfortunately, Li Fengming, the current general of Xuanfu, doesn't think so. The top scholar came to command the battle and felt it was unreliable!

Yang Cong and his party set out from Xizhimen and rushed about a hundred miles northwest. That night, they arrived in Juyongguan. After passing Juyongguan, they were bounded by Xuanfu Town. In other words, Xuanfu Town is actually only about a hundred miles away from the capital, but its capital is more than 300 miles away from the capital.

The next morning, before Chen, Yang Cong led his army to Juyong Pass and enter Xuanfu Town. Unexpectedly, less than ten miles ahead, there were dense border troops, with a large area of ​​four or five thousand people.

Before Yang Cong could react, what was going on, the cavalry ahead ran out of the border lineup and ran straight towards them.

He had just seen Tang Kekuan among a group of generals. Zhu Xizhong, the prince of Chengguo, hit the horse and greeted him and laughed: "Uncle Fengming, why did you run so far to pick us up?"

Damn, it turned out to be Li Fengming, the general of Xuanfu. Judging from Zhu Xizhong's tone, Li Fengming should be a confidant of Duke Cheng's Mansion.

He thought about it, and simply rode his horse to meet him and bowed, "General Li, please come here to welcome him. Thank you all the hard work."

Li Fengming looked at Zhu Xizhong with a tender face, and then at the young Yang Cong, with a helpless look on his face. What was going on with the court? He actually sent two young boys to the border town to command blindly. What will happen in the future!

He bowed helplessly to Zhu Xizhong, saying, "Long time no see, the prince," and then bowed to Yang Cong, "Mr. Inspector, there are always dangers in this area. I am afraid that the Tartars will come to attack after receiving the news, so I privately lead the army to greet them. I hope that the Mr. will not blame me."

He was really helpless. This guy, a prince of Chengguo and a new top scholar, would not redeem him if something happened.

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Can the Tartars break into Xuanfu Town and attack?"

Alas, he is indeed a naughty man!

Li Fengming sighed in his heart and then explained: "The Great Wall outside Xuanfu was too seriously damaged. Although the large intersections have basically been repaired, many small places are still broken walls. If the Tartars gather tens of thousands of troops to come, we will receive the news in advance. Naturally, they will not be able to break in and attack silently. However, if only hundreds or thousands of people are allowed to pull any tribe out, we will have no way to guard against it."

I'm so dizzy, this means, Xuanfu Town is full of holes!

When Yang Cong heard this, he frowned. He thought for a while and then asked: "Where is the Tatar cavalry now? Is there any news?"

Li Fengming nodded solemnly and said, "Sir, there is news. An emergency military information came from Yansui Town a few days ago. The Tartar cavalry were gathering in Hetao. It is estimated that they will invade this year."

this!

When Yang Cong heard this, his face changed. He was not ready for anything. If the Tartar cavalry rushed over now, he would have no choice.

Seeing his expression, Li Fengming's face turned even more helpless.

Alas, what's the matter!

He explained helplessly: "Sir, please rest assured. Hetao is more than 2,000 miles away. The Taurus cavalry would not dare to easily invade Xuanfu if they did not curb the border troops in the three towns of Shaanxi. After all, they still had to take into account their own retreat."

So that's the case. Yang Cong snorted and asked: "If the Tartars were going to invade Xuanfu, when is it usually the time?"

Li Fengming said as he knew it: "In recent years, the Tartars usually started gathering in Hetao in February, and began to invade the three towns in Shaanxi in March, and they would not come here at the earliest in June."

Fortunately, it's only February now, and there are more than three months left.

Yang Cong immediately waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go now and talk while walking."

Although Li Fengming had a headache, he could only listen to Yang Cong's actions. Although Yang Cong was just a bachelor's degree from the fifth rank of Hanlin Academy, and even his actual position as an inspector was only a seventh rank of the Censor's Censor's Censor, he represented the court to inspect the court. It can be said that he was a senior official at the third level, so he could only listen to him.

There were about 200 miles from Juyongguan to Xuanhua Prefecture City. Yang Cong did not ask for an urgent marches at this moment. He pulled Li Fengming all the way and asked him carefully. Every time he passed by, he asked Li Fengming to introduce him carefully, whether it was a city, a fortress, or even the border guards.

He found that the defense of Xuanfu Town was actually quite tight, with a city or fortress almost every twenty miles, and border troops and guards were stationed inside.

Unfortunately, the equipment of these border guards was too poor. Not to mention the Northern Yuan cavalry, or even the infantry of others, might not be able to fight. Therefore, every time the Tatars invaded, they could only guard the city and fortress, and watched the Tatars rage outside the city.

This is really a problem. If the border guards can have a musket, the Tatar cavalry will not only come for 40,000 to 50,000, even if they come for 400,000 or 500,000, they will fall into Xuanfu Town. Unfortunately, the border guards are not equipped with swords, guns, bows and crossbows at this time, and they cannot fight with others at all.

At this time, he also understood that the Ming Dynasty did not have any soldiers but had no weapons and lacked training. If the Ming Dynasty could value the border army, why would that happen?

For example, Xuanfu Town originally had more than 150,000 border troops stationed and guarded. Although after several disasters, there are still more than 80,000 border troops left. In other words, as long as all border troops are equipped in this town and trained into elite troops, it is enough to defeat the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!

Unfortunately, the main energy of the Ming Dynasty was consumed by internal fighting at this moment.

When court officials fight with court officials, court officials fight with eunuchs, and emperors fight with court officials, everyone only thinks of fighting in the nest, and they don’t think about who will be better off after fighting.
Chapter completed!