Chapter 49: Addicted to sports, it's no wonder if you're not tired!
The terrain of Chi Castle to the north was narrow and broken. Zhang Cheng and others protected the carriage and drove north along the road west of Baihe River for nearly 40 miles. They could already see Yunzhou Castle.
It is recorded in "Minutes of Reading History Fangyu" that "it is 200 miles northeast of Yunzhoubao Town. Originally looking at Yunchuan, Khitan was often a place for hunting. The Lord Xian of the Liao Dynasty first built his residence here, which was later named Yuzhuang.
Wangyun County was found and established, belonging to Fengsheng Prefecture. Jin Yinzhi. Yuan Prefecture was established to govern Yan. In the second year of Yuan Dynasty, the county was abolished and the prefecture was preserved.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Yunzhou Post was rebuilt. In the fifth year of Xuande's reign, a city was built on Hexi Road and a garrison was built. At the end of the Zhengtong period, it fell. At the beginning of Jingtai, it was recovered. In the fifth year of Xuande's reign, a new army cadre office was added.
In the second year of Longqing's reign, the fort was built, and there were surprises on Wednesdays. The fort was connected to the north-south thoroughfare. Five miles to the north of the fort, it was at the entrance of Rilong, Qi Road went straight to Maying in the west, and monolithic stone in the northeast, Zhen'an, which was an important point. Today it is built
Yunzhou Castle is guarding the camp."
Yunzhou Fort was built in the fifth year of Xuande, with a circumference of three miles and one hundred and fifty-eight steps. The city has two gates, the east gate is called Zhenqing Gate, and the south gate is called Jinghe Gate.
Yunzhou Castle is a rectangle with long east-west and short south
Covered with bricks.
Yunzhou Fort, like other fortresses in the Ming Dynasty, also has many temples, including the Bodhisattva Temple, the Fire Temple, the Temple of Wealth, the Sansheng Temple, the Dragon King Temple, the Erlang Temple, the Zhenwu Temple, the City God Temple, the Horse Temple, etc.
The carriage door curtain was lifted, and a delicate voice came: "Is this Yunzhou Fort?"
Zhang Cheng rode his horse beside the car and replied: "Exactly, there is a New Army Qianhu Station here, and there is also a garrison officer responsible for guarding this fortress."
"Ah, will this garrison master give the general two more beauties?"
A slightly childish exclamation came from the carriage. Zhang Cheng couldn't help laughing after hearing it, but he said teasingly: "Then I'm going to try the four girls of the Night Palace, hehe... hehe...
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After saying that, he laughed evilly, and there was suddenly no sound in the carriage.
At this time, Li Changsheng led a dozen horses from the west of Yunzhou Fort. When he got closer, he saw Wu Zhizhong controlling the horse with one hand and galloping towards her. Accompanying her were Chen Zheng and Wei Zhice.
When they came to Zhang Cheng's horse, they rolled off their saddles and dismounted, and fell to the ground one by one to salute Zhang Cheng. It was only then that he saw that the second commander-in-chief of the right sentry who had stayed in the capital, Wang Tieren, was also here.
After the salute, everyone looked at the carriage behind Zhang Cheng. They speculated whether Zhang Cheng had brought the old lady with him, but after careful consideration, they felt something was wrong.
If the old lady comes, she can't just have a carriage with many servants, maids, and wives. How can she not see any of them?
When everyone was thinking about whether to step forward and salute, Wu Zhizhong asked: "General, inside this carriage..."
"Haha, in this car are my two beauties!" Zhang Cheng said without hesitation.
Everyone also laughed, but Wei Zhice hurriedly stepped forward. He took Zhang Cheng's arm and dragged him aside, and then whispered: "General, how could you do this to Meng Lang, Jingzhong?"
Now we have some clues about Miss Ji. You have two concubines here.
If this matter reaches the capital, how will Miss Ji's family view the general, and what will Master Hanlin Ji think of the general if he hears about it?"
Zhang Cheng was stunned when he heard this. He enjoyed the singing and dancing all the way, but he forgot about Miss Ji from the capital!
He didn't know how to answer Wei Zhice's question for a moment. At this moment, Chi Yuan, the garrison of Yunzhou Fort, led a group of subordinate officers on horseback. Zhang Cheng said casually: "The matter has come to this, we can only take one step at a time."
Well, if Miss Ji's daughter is my favorite, no one else can take her away."
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In the post house of Yunzhou Castle, Zhang Cheng and other generals were sitting in the hall. In addition to Yunzhou garrison Chi Yuan, they were Wu Zhizhong, Chen Zheng, Wei Zhice and other Qianhu officers under Zhang Cheng.
Chen Zhong still didn't want to take a seat. He still stood behind Zhang Cheng with an unshakable hand and his sword on his waist, guarding Zhang Cheng like a guardian god.
"General, I have informed Chitoda Shinshang of Cangshang Fort. He will arrive in less than an hour. I would like to hold a banquet in the Chunfeng Tower in the fort to welcome the general. I wonder if the general will allow it?" Yunzhou Guard Chi Yuan reported.
road.
"I have been traveling for days and am very tired. How about we prepare some food and wine in this post house so that you and my colleagues can gather together. There is no need to find another place."
Zhang Cheng directly rejected Chi Yuan's invitation. He was indeed really tired. He indulged in exercise at night and had traveled all day during the day. It would be strange if he wasn't tired!
"Okay, I just follow the general's wishes. I'm here to make arrangements for you. I'll send the chef from Chunfeng Tower to serve the dishes. He's indeed much better at cooking than the cooks in this post house." Chi Yuan is indeed a man of quick words.
Without wasting much words, he got up and went out to make arrangements.
Here, Zhang Cheng asked Chen Zheng again: "Chen Zheng, where are all the people in your department stationed now?"
"Back to the general, the general's cavalry has been dispatched. In the past month, I have almost explored this north road. Now, there are more than a hundred cavalry wandering outside." Chen Zheng replied.
Zhang Cheng nodded and asked again: "Tell me, what's the situation you have?"
"General, this north road is mountainous and there is not much arable land. However, the valley corridor along the Baihe River is relatively easy to cultivate. However, it is located on the border with many mountain passes, especially when the Tartars invaded the border in the ninth year of Chongzhen. The north road is also
Bear the brunt of it,
Nowadays, most of the high-quality farmland everywhere has been occupied by officers and generals. Military households have no land to farm. Even if they work hard for those officers and generals, they can barely survive. After working for a year, they can't even make enough money.
If you have a belly, you may even sell your sons and daughters, or throw yourself into slavery.
The military households in the garrison and forts fled severely, and many cultivated lands were deserted. Even the fields occupied by officers and generals were uncultivated. Therefore, the sergeants in the garrison stations were not full, and there were only a dozen or so under each general.
, or dozens of servants, and still have some fighting strength."
"Well, it's similar to what I estimated. Lao Wu, how is the situation over there?" Zhang Cheng asked Wu Zhizhong again.
"Back to the general, we are currently stationed in the large campus in the west of Yunzhou Fort. The barracks there were severely damaged. Fortunately, craftsmen came with us and recruited some military households from the fort. Now they have been repaired.
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Not to mention the current 1,000 people, the empty space is very wide. Even if another 1,000 people are stationed, it will be nothing more than building new camps and defenses.
These new troops, according to the general's instructions, have drills twice a day. We usually have them dig and fill holes in the school grounds, and also make some wooden stakes for the children to move around.
Over the past month, everyone has become much stronger."