That afternoon, Wang Pu was about to set off and return to Datong. He had been in Beijing for a long time.

Outside Guangqu Gate, Wang Puzheng and Chang Yanling and Li Zushu bid farewell to each other.

"Brother." Chang Yanling said reluctantly, "I don't know when I will meet again today."

Li Zushu said: "Brother, why don't we go to Datong with you?"

"It's all nonsense." Wang Pu smiled and said, "What are you doing with me in Datong?"

Li Zushu said: "Of course I'm killing Jiannu."

"No need." Wang Pu said, "If you want to kill Jiannu, that's a waste of talent."

Li Zushu said shamelessly: "Brother is making fun of me again."

Wang Pu smiled slightly, suddenly turned around and waved, "Come on everything."

With a command, Xiaoqi had already led the servants to carry the two big boxes up and spread them in front of Chang Yanling and Li Zushu. Chang Yanling asked in surprise: "Brother, you are..."

"The two brothers escorted my younger brother to Beijing from Jinshan Guards. They worked very hard along the way, and they lost hundreds of soldiers in Jining." Wang Pu paused and continued, "There are 200,000 taels of silver in this box. Even if it is the hard work for the soldiers of the Jinyiwei, and the pension for the fallen soldiers."

Li Zushu said anxiously: "Brother, this is not possible."

Wang Pu said: "There are also some jewelry, which are gifts specially given to you by my brother. The two brothers will definitely accept it with a smile."

"No, this is absolutely not possible." Chang Yanling also refused, "We escorted my elder brother to Beijing to handle the work for the court. The soldiers who fell into the battle will also receive pensions from the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue. Where can I get your silver? Besides, your silver was stolen from Jiannu by brothers for his life. We really can't help it."

"You must accept this money." Wang Pu said in an unquestionable tone, "The brothers' hard-earned money has not been moved. These are my personal thanks to the two brothers. If you don't accept it, you will not be willing to recognize me, the elder brother, and you will not be willing to have any friendship with me in the future."

"This..." Chang Yanling and Li Zushu smiled bitterly, "We have to collect this money so?"

Wang Pu smiled and said, "You should feel embarrassed. If your elder brother has the opportunity to come to Jiangnan to become an official in the future, you can help more."

"That's all right." Li Zushu shouted, "Brother, you are really coming to Jiangnan. As long as you say a word, I can come to settle the matter for you. Hehe, I have no weight to speak in the capital, but in the acre of three-point land in Jiangnan, I still have a good time talking to Brother Chang."

"Okay." Wang Pu clasped his fists, "Then let it go."

Chang Yanling and Li Zushu clasped their fists and said, "Take a good care of your brother."

Watching Chang Yanling and Li Zushu lead their troops away, Wang Pu finally looked back at the majestic outline of Beijing City, and thought to himself: "When the 100th day expires, I will never return to the capital, but one day I will come back, but at that time, no one can control his life and death of Wang Pu. Things like this will never happen again..."

Wang Pu turned around and waved his hand, shouting loudly: "Brothers, let's go..."

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There was nothing to say along the way. A few days later, Wang Pu and his party had reached Wuhuling, which was at the junction of Shuntian Prefecture and Datong Prefecture.

Although Wang Pu is the general of Datong, this is actually the first time he has come to Datong, because the real Wang Pu has already fallen to death in western Liaoning. Wang Pu is actually a time traveler Wang Pu. Fortunately, there is a wooden and treacherous Amu in the accompanying family. Wang Pu can find out a lot of information about Wang Pu from him, so he did not make too much joke.

It is necessary to talk about Datong Town first here.

After Emperor Yongle Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, he established nine towns in Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhou, Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu, Shanxi, Guyuan, and Datong Town were one of the nine borders. Each town had heavy troops stationed. In the middle of Wanli, the total number of regular troops in each town on the nine borders was as high as 600,000, and these six hundred thousand were elite troops who could conquer and fight.

In the early years of Wanli, Jiannu from Liaodong rose up and fought with the Ming Dynasty. Soon after, bandits in Shanxi and Shaanxi rose up, causing disaster to the Central Plains. The Ming Empire had to draw troops from the Jiubian towns to fight on two fronts. By the end of Chongzhen, there were only a few elite border troops left in the Jiubian towns.

The Battle of Songshan not long ago ruined the only elite border troops in the Ming Empire.

By October of the 14th year of Chongzhen, on the eve of Wang Pu's return to Datong, the rule of the Ming Empire in the Central Plains was already in danger. On the one hand, the situation in Liaodong had not changed much due to Wang Pu's surprise attack. On the other hand, the army of thieves such as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai became more and more intense in the Central Plains.

In order to suppress the bandits, the court had to draw troops from all over the place, but the army needed food and money, but the court could not provide them. What should we do? The generals led the troops could only indulge the soldiers to rob them! The people of the Central Plains who were washed away by the official army were displaced and had no choice but to join the bandit army.

This formed a vicious cycle, with the more the official army suppressing it, the weaker the bandits suppressing it, but the more they suppressed it.

Since the 13th year of Chongzhen, the government troops who pursued and suppressed bandits in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang and Shandong had already begun to openly rob. Instead, the military discipline of Li Zicheng's army began to become stricter. The people of the Central Plains hated the official army more and more, and began to support the King of Chuang.

The folk song "Open the door to welcome the King of Chuang, and the King of Chuang will not pay food when he comes" quickly spread throughout the Central Plains.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Central Plains region was completely corrupt at that time, and the administrative functions of local government agencies were completely paralyzed. The official army looked more like a thief, while the thief looked more like a "official army". In the entire area north of the Yangtze River, the imperial court's decrees could only be passed to the Gyeonggi area and the towns on the nine sides.

However, the situation in the towns in Jiubian is not optimistic.

The nine-bian towns had to resist the harassment of Jiannu and Mongolian cavalry outside, and to eliminate all kinds of loud horse thieves, bandits and bandits internally, and to block the large number of thieves from entering the territory. In addition, the imperial court continued to draw troops from the border towns, and at that time, most border towns were already in a dilemma of being short of their troops.

As a time traveler and a history enthusiast, Wang Pu is certainly clear about the current situation of the Ming Empire, so he is very clear that there is no way to survive in the trap of Datong!

On the one hand, the forces of Jiannu and Mongolia were not substantially damaged, while on the other hand, the two rebel armies of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the Central Plains have become a climate. Datong is sandwiched between Mongolia and the rebel army, and must be constrained by the court at all times. The difficulty of the situation can be imagined.

But now, Wang Pu has no other place to go, so he can only go back to Datong.

Wang Pu was thinking about something, but Zhen Youcai rode his horse to come and asked, "General, the mountain ahead is so steep, don't you know what mountain it is?"

Wang Pu turned around and looked at Xiaoqi. Xiaoqi hurriedly replied: "Mr. Zhen, the mountain ahead is called Wuhui Mountain, also known as Wuhuling. The mountain is steep and steep. There is only a tortuous Yangyan Bird Road that can reach the main peak, so it is called Wuhui Mountain. Futuyu is a pass under the ridge. There is a hundred households stationed in it. It is a must-pass way from the capital to Datong."

Wang Pu looked up at the gray sky ahead and shouted, "Send the order to help the brothers hurry up and hurry up and arrive at Futuyu before dark."

"yes."
Chapter completed!