In three days, one hundred thousand people had picked up the bones around the Tumu Fort.
Yang Fan arranged for a thousand households to be responsible for the sorting work. Every time he collected a complete pair, he carefully put it into a linen bag and then put it into the huge pit for burial.
Finally, a huge mound was piled on the ground. The surrounding stones were piled up by engineers.
Finally, a granite stone monument one foot high was erected.
The huge stone tablet is very simple, with only a few large characters engraved from top to bottom.
"The Tomb of the fallen officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Tumu Fort."
Yang Fan personally presided over the worship ceremony, and 180,000 people attended the worship ceremony. Three pigs were killed for sacrifice. More than a dozen carts of paper money bought from Huailai County were burned. As a result, all such supplies in Huailai were sold out.
"Brothers, years ago, it was here. The Wala people, today's Oirat Alliance, broke into the Great Wall and defeated the Ming Dynasty's Jing camp here. Buried in this mound are one hundred thousand loyal souls of the Jing camp. They
Many of them are your ancestors. In that tragic battle, almost every family in the Beijing camp had someone killed in Tumubao."
"And the Tumut people's naturalized city that you are going to conquer today has already held a meeting of the Mongolian tribes. Mongolians from Qinghai, the Western Regions, and Mobei gathered in Hetao to support the Tumuts and Ordos people. Especially the Oirat people.
People will be our main enemy."
"The battle of Guihua City will be the second decisive battle between the Jingying and the Wala people in the next year. I will lead you to avenge your previous shame and completely defeat all the tribes of the Mongolian Yinshan Alliance. We will use our weapons under the Yinshan Mountains to
The enemy's head builds a new monument. Let us take revenge together!"
"Revenge, revenge!" the soldiers shouted excitedly.
…
While Yang Fan was boosting his morale, a cavalryman from the general banner rushed back to the capital with several carriages day and night. He went straight to the British government.
The leader of the team was Zhang Zecheng, a general of the British government. When the butler came in to report that Zhang Zecheng was back, Zhang Zhiji was very surprised. What was he doing when he came back? Didn't the old man arrange for him and a thousand servants to escort Shi Ze to fight?
Yet.
Zhang Zhiji still put down his job and came out to see Zhang Zecheng.
"The young master has met the prince, and the eldest prince has sent the young master back to report something important." Zhang Zecheng saluted immediately and said.
"Oh, what happened? Did something happen to Shize?" Zhang Zhiji asked nervously.
"It's not that something happened to the eldest son, but the army marched to Tumubao. Yang Shuai ordered to collect the bones of the soldiers who died when the Yingzong was defeated. Unexpectedly, the bones of the old man were found. The eldest son asked me to bring people back."
"What, say it again."
"Your Majesty, the bones of the first British Duke Zhang Fu have been found."
Zhang Zhiji's hands were trembling, his face was as white as snow, and he said tremblingly: "Go quickly, go to the backyard and ask the father-in-law to come out."
Obviously, this matter is too big and is no longer something he can handle.
…
In the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen was handling official business, and Wang Chengen hurriedly walked in.
"Your Majesty, the British Duke is here and is requesting an audience outside Donghua Gate."
"Well, why is he here? Isn't he hiding at home to recuperate? If I want to clear the army, they will all get sick. All of them are old and disabled, and their legs and feet are inconvenient. Hmph!"
"Your Majesty, the British minister has handed over a memorial." As he said this, Wang Chengen put a memorial on the table.
Chongzhen opened it and flipped through it casually, frowning. He wanted to see what this cunning and slippery old guy was going to do.
But Chongzhen's face became more solemn the more he looked at it. Finally, he let out a long sigh, put down the memorial, and said, "Let him in. This is what Ming Dynasty owes their family."
…
After finishing the work of offering sacrifices, there is good news.
After the engineering regiment dug for more than 300 meters, water finally came out. Not only was there water, but it was also a high-pressure self-blowout well. Yellow mud soup spurted out from the well mouth more than ten meters high. Everyone outside the fort saw it.
There is a hundred households stationed in the fort, with 61 actual soldiers. There are 321 military households under the hundred households in the fort. They usually have to go to the Qingshui River six miles away to pull water with water trucks.
.
In winter, the rivers freeze, making it very inconvenient to get water. Now that there are wells, everyone is very happy. Yang Fan passed by here and dug wells to solve the people's water problem. It can also be regarded as a blessing to the local people.
From now on, this castle will never suffer the same disastrous defeat due to lack of water.
Hou Shengwu simply installed copper valves and faucets first, and waited for the new city to send a follow-up construction team to build a water tower and water storage tank here. In the future, even if hundreds of thousands of troops pass through here, they can easily replenish them.
Water.
The Engineer Corps built a wooden house here and installed a honeycomb iron stove for lighting fires and heating. It is already close to the Yanshan Pass and it is very cold at night. It is necessary to prevent the water pipes from freezing. After the house is repaired, this will be the place from now on.
The water house of Tumu Fort.
After finishing the things here, the army continued to set off.
After three days of rest, the army was in very good spirits and adapted to the long-distance march. The speed began to get faster and faster.
A few days later, while the army was marching, it received Chongzhen's decree, which was urgently sent six hundred miles away from the capital. First of all, Chongzhen praised Yang Fan, and Zhang Size restrained the behavior of collecting the remains of the soldiers who died in Tumu Fort, and encouraged them to fight hard in this battle and avenge their previous shame.
.
In addition, the emperor has decreed that the Lianzhong Temple be built in Tumu Fort to worship the loyal souls of civil and military officials and soldiers who died in Tumu Fort. At the same time, the emperor has decreed that a mausoleum at the level of a county prince be built for the British Duke Zhang Fu.
Zhang Shize excitedly kowtowed to thank Tianen together with Yang Fan.
When Yang Fan's army arrived at Xuanfu Town, rested again, and prepared to enter the grassland through Zhangjiakou, Ansanxi, the winter camp of Tuxie Tuhan, received a secret intelligence.
A frostbitten man rode a camel and came here from a snowstorm. This man was a spy secretly sent to Chahar by the intelligence agency. He was a Mongolian who was born in the Great Wall. He was already lurking in Chahar.
It's been seven years.
After Ansanxi occupied the territory of Tuxie Tuhan, he came here from Chahar and handed over a letter from a Tabunang in Chahar.
An Sanxi was very surprised. He had never had any contact with the Chahar people or Lin Dan Khan's group. How could they send him a letter? Especially since he was the son-in-law of the Golden Family, the distinguished Tabu Nang.
If not, and the identity of this person is confirmed, An Sanxi almost suspects that this is a counterintuitive plan. It is a trap set by Lin Danhan.
"What do you call this Tabu Nang?"
"His name is Tian Zili, and he is a student of Miss Yaoguang. When Dongchang Tushan Qianhu sent people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei to Lin Danhan, the master asked him to follow him. But his task was assigned by the master.
I am not sure."
"Then how did he become the son-in-law of the Golden Family?" An Sanxi was a little confused for a moment, this turn of events was too big."