Yansui Town, Yan is the Yan of Yan'an Prefecture, and Sui is the Sui of Sui Dezhou, collectively known as Yansui Town, but this is the old Huangli.
In the ninth year of Chenghua, just five years ago, the then governor Yu Zijun pushed Yansui Town 200 miles north due to border defense needs, and the town was located in Yulinwei.
Therefore, today's Yansui Town has nothing to do with Yan'an Prefecture and Suidezhou geographically. It can only be regarded as a neighbor at most. Moreover, Yansui Town should be called Yulin Town more appropriately, but the long-standing customary name cannot be changed.
, so it has always been called Yansui Town.
In the early years of the Kingdom of China, Yansui Town was not actually a border. At that time, the military force was so strong that the northern captives could not attack here. Yansui Town was only the second line responsible for logistics.
But in recent decades, the border has gradually shrunk, the Dongsheng Guards north of the Hetao have been withdrawn, and the Hetao area has been abandoned. As a result, Yansui Town was immediately exposed to the Northern invaders and became the front line of the war, so the situation suddenly became tense.
It became a breakthrough point for the northern pirates to frequently go south to plunder.
In the past ten years or so, the imperial court focused on the northwest. Not only did it establish a new Yulin Guard, but it also frequently organized large-scale military expeditions. First, the admiral and commander of military affairs, King Yue, won a great victory at the Red Salt Pond. Later, the governor of Yansui, Yu Zijun, overhauled the border wall and built
The fortifications spanned more than a thousand miles.
Therefore, in recent years, the tense atmosphere in Yansui Town has gradually eased, and at least the border residents and sergeants can farm with greater peace of mind.
This is where Fang Yingwu will be "distributed".
From Bianguan Jingshi to Bianguan Yulin, the more common route is as follows - go west through Mashuikou to Yuzhou, then pass through Guangling County into Shanxi, and follow the Second Great Wall to Yanmen Pass.
Continue westward and cross the Yellow River at Liujiachuan, then enter Fugu County, Shaanxi Province. Finally, turn southwest from Fugu County and walk a few hundred miles to reach your destination, Yulin.
Of course, there is also the first route, which is to go south to Henan, take a detour from Henan to Shaanxi, and then drive a thousand miles north from Xi'an to Yulin, with a total circuitous distance of more than three thousand miles.
The most literary and fresh route is to go from the capital to Xuanfu, and then go west along the Great Wall.
In this way, you can enjoy the scenery of the desert outside the Great Wall, and travel freely and freely. At the same time, you can let your mind fly and vent the stress of urban life. But in the end, whether you arrive in Yulin or be captured by the Northern Captives as a slave, it will be left to your fate.
Of course, Fang Yingwu chose the ordinary route. After all, he was neither an artistic young man nor a prostitute. But this ordinary route also went through mountains and ridges, and it would be very tiring to walk on two legs.
Fortunately, Fang Yingwu visited Liu Mianhua with his father's name card, borrowed the horses allocated by the court to Liu Mianhua, and then bought the cheapest large cart.
Having a carriage makes the journey a lot easier. As for the coachman, it’s even easier. Horses are more expensive than people these days. If you have a horse, are you afraid that you won’t be able to find people?
The people responsible for escorting Fang Yingwu to Yulin were two Jinyiwei primary school students, both young and in their twenties. Seeing that Fang Yingwu was so sensible and even provided a carriage of his own accord, they were moved and volunteered to arrest him from Wanping County.
A servant acted as a groom.
So a big horse pulled a large cart, and there were four people in the cart including the groom, and they set off on the road.
The Ming Dynasty paid great attention to border affairs. The roads in the northern border areas were denser than those in the south of the Yangtze River, which made it easier for Fang Yingwu and his party to travel.
However, most of the places we pass through are mountainous areas. Although most of the roads are passable, there are still places that carriages cannot go.
But it doesn't matter. When encountering such a node where carriages cannot pass, Fang Yingwu will sell the large cart and then lead the horse over it.
After waiting for it to pass, you can spend money to buy a car in a nearby village. The car is not worth much anyway, as long as you have a horse, it will be very easy.
During this period of time without a car, Fang Yingwu tried to learn to ride a horse, but he stumbled and almost fell off, making the two captains laugh out loud.
You can see high mountains from time to time along the way, until you cross Shanxi, cross the Yellow River and enter the Northern Shaanxi Plateau, the scenery changes.
In fact, we have entered the jurisdiction of Yansui Town here, and this is the northeastern corner of Yansui Town.
But you must know that the plan of Yansui Town is in the shape of a belt, with a length of more than a thousand miles, and an average width of less than a hundred miles. The entire Yansui Town is essentially a line of defense that is more than a thousand miles long, relying on fortifications
A line of defense that prevents northern enemies from entering the hinterland.
From the northeastern corner of Yansui Town to Yulin in the center, there are still hundreds of miles to go along the road within the border wall, passing through Qingshuiying, Huangfu Fort, Gushan Fort, Shenmu Fort, and Gaojiabao.
Wait for more than a dozen camps and forts. If you connect these camps and forts together, it will be the northwest border.
Due to the imperial system, the administrative divisions of the border towns are completely different from those of the hinterland areas. There are no common prefectures, prefectures, or counties in Yansui Town, only towns, camps, and forts, as well as health offices and thousand-household offices.
As can be seen from the name, Bian Town is a completely militarized management area. This is the biggest difference between Jiubian County and Feili County.
However, this place is different from those deep mountains and old forests that pass by in the north of Shanxi. There is an endless stream of pedestrians, cars and horses on the road. They can be roughly divided into two types, one is businessmen who come to the border to do business; the other is transporting people to Yansui Town from behind.
People who supply military supplies.
It is early July now, and although the sun is not as harsh as it was in the midsummer of June, it is still very sunny. Fang Yingwu put a bamboo hat on his head to block the dazzling sunlight, and then lay down on the edge of the car and took a nap.
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The two Jinyiwei primary schools who escorted him had one surname: Niu and the other Ma. Fang Yingwu dined and slept with them for more than half a month, and became familiar with them, so he jokingly called them Niu-head and Horse-face.
At this time, Niu Tou MaMian was sitting at the back of the car, looking down at a very rough map, whispering while looking at it.
Niutou pointed to a square on the map and said, "We are almost at Gaojiabao. We will stay here tonight."
Ma Mian felt relieved and said: "It seems that the distance from Gaojiabao to Yulinwei is less than 200 miles. This is the last section, and we are almost done."
Niutou sighed and said: "Fang Xiucai is done. The two of us have to return to the capital and walk the road again."
Fang Yingwu opened his eyes a little, "If you two find it troublesome to return to the capital, you might as well work with me to take root in the border areas and protect your home and country!"
Lieutenant Niu rolled his eyes and said, "You are a young scholar who made so many strange words when you became an imperial prisoner. Do you want us to tell you the story of the Wild Boar Forest?"
When the two of them were bickering and playing out of boredom, they suddenly heard a horse whistling desperately. They both looked at each other, only to find that at some point, there was an extra carriage walking side by side not far away.
The carriage was piled with half a person's height of goods and was covered tightly with mats. The owner of the carriage was forty years old and had dark skin. He looked like a hard worker who had been exposed to the weather all year round.
Of course, no matter how boring Captain Ma is, he will not whistle to a forty-year-old driver. The main reason is that there is a young lady sitting upside down in the back of the car, and she still looks quite tasteful.
Beautiful little lady.
The long journey was indeed boring, and every thing was worth making a fuss about. Fang Yingwu craned his neck and took a few hard looks, only to see that this little lady had a beautiful face. Although not fair, it shone with a healthy light. There was also a side of blue.
Her hair was wrapped in a kerchief, and she was wearing a plain cloth jacket. A pair of red cloth toes were exposed under her skirt, dangling in the air outside the car.
Bian Town is a garrison with dense military households. According to Fang Yingwu's visual inspection, the proportion of men may reach two-thirds. It is naturally very eye-catching to see such a delicate and pretty woman.
No wonder Lieutenant Ma couldn't help whistling and teasing her, which made the young lady's face turn red and her eyes lowered, but she just ignored her.
The lonely journey is indeed so boring that it can drive people crazy. Over there, Colonel Ma's whistle has just fallen, and here Captain Niu is crying like a ghost and roaring the folk song he just learned yesterday - Where are you coming from, where are you going, my brother is devoted to you.
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The two captains flirted with the little lady from a distance for a long time, but they didn't get any response, and they felt bored.
They turned around again, only to be met with Fang Yingwu's contemptuous eyes, "I am a scholar, I am ashamed to be in the company of you! I really don't know that the image of the emperor's royal guards is so corrupted!"
Niu Xiaowei chuckled a few times, "Fang Xiucai, don't worry about us for now. You should hurry up and learn to ride a horse. Don't fall off after getting on the horse. This is the border. If you encounter a thief, two legs
You can't escape four legs."
Fang Yingwu sneered: "You people who have no strategy will worry about this, how could I meet the Beilu Da bandits?
First, two new side walls were built in the past few years, and they are still in good condition. They basically blocked the thieves from going south. Since then, thieves have rarely been seen within the side walls.
Secondly, in the past few years, the internal strife of the northern captives has been fierce. The thief chief Mantulu and a few grand masters have been killing each other, and there are literally hundreds of people. Therefore, there will not be any big move to go south, and at most there will be scattered thieves.
Thirdly, the bandits have no ability to attack the city, so I will be active in Yulin City as much as possible, so of course I can sit back and relax!"
The bull-headed horse looked at each other and could only admire. Scholars know better. No wonder others say that scholars know everything about the world without going out.
As soon as Fang Yingwu finished speaking, the coachman in front suddenly shouted loudly, "Wolf smoke! Wolf smoke! Wolf smoke!"
The three people in the car turned their heads to look together, and sure enough they saw billowing smoke rising in the distance in the direction of Gaojiabao. Anyone with a little knowledge of frontier fortresses would understand what this symbolizes.
Everyone was shocked. Niu Xiaowei stood up, stepped on the edge of the car and looked far away. The other party responded to Ma Xiaowei and said: "Look, the smoke is not far away. It is not the pier on the north side wall, but the pier."
From Gaojiabao!"
What does this mean? This means that the enemy has crossed the border wall and arrived outside Gaojiabao. Fang Yingwu, who had just made a convincing argument and analyzed that it was impossible to meet the thieves, felt that he had been slapped in the face by the northern prisoners.
Seeing others panicking, Fang Yingwu shouted: "Calm down! No need to worry! I saw the map yesterday and knew that Gaojiabao was built along the river, and the side wall cannot seal the river. So it must be
A small group of thieves crossed from the river valley!
The reason why the border troops built a fort here was to block the strategic point of the river valley! The location of Gaojiabao must have blocked the exit of the river valley! So even though the bandits rushed outside Gaojiabao, they still couldn't get through. We didn't
It's dangerous, just hurry up!"
When Niu Xiaowei heard this, he nodded in agreement and shouted to the coachman: "Don't worry about the horses being destroyed, just go forward with all your strength and get out of here!"
The coachman did not do as he was told, and screamed again: "It's coming! It's coming!"
Fang Yingwu looked sideways again, only to find that five or six cavalry appeared in the distance ahead, rushing towards him with the heavy and harsh sound of horse hooves!
From their clothes and decorations, everyone can tell that they are definitely not the Ming cavalry! If they are not the Ming cavalry, there is only one possibility. They are the thieves who broke in from the north!
Fang Yingwu's analysis and judgment were ruined again. He just wanted to curse. Why did these thieves confront him today and slap him in the face again and again! It's true that Han and traitors are not at odds with each other!
He was not convinced, he was not willing to give in! Fang Yingwu rolled up his wide sleeves and shouted sternly to the people around him: "There are only a few thieves, they must be just sentry riders, so why be afraid!"
Lieutenant Ma rushed forward and covered Fang Yingwu's mouth, saying repeatedly: "Fang Xiucai, stop talking, stop talking! If you move your mouth, I'm afraid another large group of people will come." (To be continued. Please search Gone with the Wind.
