Starting from the capital to Shanxi, the total distance is only five hundred kilometers. If you hurry up, you can get there in two days.

Fang Yuyang and his army had set off seven days ago. Based on this calculation, they should have arrived in Datong, Shanxi Province to fight the invading Mongolian soldiers.

It's just that although the Mongolian soldiers are not large in size, they are a nation on horseback after all. They are all brave and good at fighting. It is believed that the Ming army will be difficult to defeat or even repel them for a while.

Based on Zhengyao's understanding of Fang Yuyang, although this person is annoying, stingy, and stubborn, he should also be someone who knows how to take the overall situation into consideration. During battle, he can still listen to the opinions of the generals, military advisors, and others.

And Alar is simply an arrogant and arrogant guy. With his personality, he will definitely want to capture Shanxi. Therefore, no matter what obstacles he encounters, he will wipe out everything without bloodshed.

Taken together, the war situation in Datong at this time must have been very tragic, and the people who suffered the most were the local people.

Thinking of this, Zhengyao's heart became even more impatient.

There are actually many routes from Beijing to Datong, Shanxi. The official roads are spacious and easy to travel, while the trails are narrow and shortcuts. However, in order to rush to the front line as soon as possible, Zhengyao finally chose the latter and took the trails.

The trail must pass through important towns such as Huailai County, Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou, Tianchengwei, Yanghewei, etc., and finally reach Datong.[

Among them, Xuanhua is an important border defense town in the north. It does not have a local government and only has nine towns along the Great Wall. Xuanfu Town is one of the nine towns. It governs the defense tasks from Sihai County to Datong for 1,300 miles. It is the headquarters and command center of the general army of Xuanfu Town.

Also known as Xuanfu Town.

When Zheng Yao passed by this place, he also took some elite troops from the garrison to move forward in order to ensure that there was sufficient backup force.

Thinking about it, if Zheng Yao is the only one who goes to support, then his presence or absence will not have much impact. After all, fighting is not a competition, and personal factors can be ignored.

When they arrived at Yanghewei, it was already close to midnight, and the city gate had already been closed. Everyone did not continue moving forward, but camped on the spot to rest outside the city.

Early the next morning, when the city gate was opened, Zheng Yao ordered his troops and horses to continue heading towards Datong.

Because Yanghewei is not far from Datong County, the war has also spread vaguely, making Yanghewei a bit depressed.

Pedestrians on the street were in low spirits, like zombies, the shops were lifeless, and everyone had a sad face.

The dust is billowing, the sky is full of smoke, the ground is in chaos, and mourning continues.

Even before entering the battlefield, you can already feel the cruelty of war.

Although Zhengyao has never been to Yanghewei, he has seen it on the map, so he still knows some about the local situation.

Yanghewei is actually the current Yanggao County. It is located in the northeastern part of Shanxi Province, adjacent to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region across the Great Wall to the north. It is bounded by Hunyuan and Guangling to the south, Datong County to the west, and Tianzhen County to the east.

, bordering Yangyuan, Hebei Province, has been the place where Han people and ethnic minorities meet since ancient times. It has attracted the attention of military strategists as "the shoulder of Shanxi and the barrier of Shenjing".

The area is rich in water resources and mineral resources are widely distributed. There are many varieties, high grade, large reserves, and easy to mine. It has been initially proven that coal, iron, gold, copper, sulfur, limestone, granite, quartz stone, lead-zinc ore, and molybdenum ore are

, peat, phosphate rock and more than 20 kinds.

Like Datong, Yanghewei is also a battleground for military strategists. Once Datong falls, the Mongolian soldiers will inevitably attack Yanghewei.

Therefore, the soldiers guarding the city gate all looked very solemn, and the troops patrolling the streets walked back and forth in columns, solemn and solemn, and the disrespect was intimidating.

Zhengyao found the garrison commander of Yanghewei and explained the purpose of his trip. Then he dropped some elites from the army and prepared to leave the city and continue marching.[

The moment they left the city, a group of people stopped Zhengyao's team at the city gate. However, they saw this group of people standing there, motionless, just looking at Zhengyao and others with blurred eyes.

"Who are you? Do you know that this is the imperial consort and the marshal of the Mongolian army! Why don't you get out of the way quickly?"

Upon seeing this, a deputy general stood up immediately and shouted at a group of people dressed as beggars in front of him, appearing very impatient.

After saying that, Vice General Chen immediately waved his hand, signaling the people behind him to quickly drive these people away.

"We want to see Li Zhengyao! We want to see Li Zhengyao! Call Li Zhengyao out quickly! Call Li Zhengyao out quickly!"

Several soldiers behind Vice General Chen were about to step forward when they saw that those people suddenly started to make a fuss, shouting over and over again that they wanted to see Zhengyao. Each one was more excited than the other, which made Vice General Chen feel a little scared and did not dare to go any further.

Move forward hastily.

Zhengyao had already explained before that as a soldier, you should not disturb and bully the people. On the contrary, you should be more close to the people. Only then can you be worthy of being a benevolent and righteous teacher, worthy of the court, and worthy of your parents.

So when he saw a group of "rioters" blocking the way, Vice General Chen just shouted. If it were another team, he would have been beaten violently or even directly hacked to death.

"Vice General Chen, what happened up front?"

At this time, I saw a head sticking out of a carriage in the center of the team. He glanced ahead and then asked Vice General Chen.

Zhengyao was also a marshal after all, so he naturally had to sit in a carriage. Although when he left the capital, there were only a few people riding fast horses all the way. However, when he arrived in Huailai County, because his team had grown, Zhengyao also changed his position.

Got the carriage.

Sometimes, you just need to raise your status a little higher so that you can convince the public and appear dignified.

The group of beggars were still noisy and shouting. Vice General Chen couldn't help but walked towards Zhengyao with a look of embarrassment on his face. He immediately lowered his head and replied: "Come back to Marshal, there is a group of beggars blocking the road ahead. The team can't pass for the time being."

"Beggars? Why are they here?"

Zhengyao asked doubtfully, and then looked towards the beggar in front of him.

Because he did not pay attention to what was happening in front of him in the carriage, and was preoccupied with how to fight Alar and how to get along with Fang Yuyang after arriving in Datong, he did not hear what the group of beggars were shouting.

"I don't know what a humble position is, but..."

Vice General Chen hesitated to speak, as if he had encountered something unspeakable.

Zhengyao immediately asked stiffly: "But what?"

Vice General Chen said: "Go back to Marshal, they... they are shouting your name, Marshal, saying they want to see you. And they are scolding you indiscriminately..."

"What? Scold me?"

Zhengyao's eyes suddenly widened with a look of astonishment on his face, as if he had heard wrongly and could not accept this information.

Insulting Zhengyao? This is not a joke.

You know, since Zhengyao debuted, he has had a very good reputation in the public and in the court. Although Zhengyao dare not say what a good person he is, he feels that everything he does is worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. He

He doesn't ask others to praise him or anything like that. But he doesn't worry about anyone scolding him either. Because the people scolding him are not only people who have been punished by him, but also Yan Songyu and his party are just seeking revenge, so he doesn't need to care at all.

But now in such a place, in a city more than 600 miles away from the capital, on a street that Zhengyao had never been to, a group of beggars actually appeared and insulted him, and judging from Vice General Chen's embarrassed expression and flashing words,

It is not difficult to see how cruel this curse is.

What's more, this road is the only way to Datong on the front line, and someone blocks the road here. It seems to have been premeditated. How could this not shock and surprise Zhengyao?

"I'll go take a look!"

With all the doubts in his heart, Zhengyao got up and got out of the carriage. Then he strode towards the city gate.

But at this moment, seeing the crowd gradually surrounding the city gate, listening to the brutal insults, they couldn't help but stand curiously, as if they wanted to see what was going on.

As the distance got closer and closer, Zhengyao finally heard clearly what the noisy and chaotic curses were saying. It turned out that he had even compiled a five-character sutra: "I heard that there is a son of Li family, and he pretends to be a gentleman. In times of trouble,

When he was killed, my beloved stretched out his hand. My son had been there for seven years last year and kept silent. Now and then he came back from a trip and said he was looking for him. But when he couldn't find him, he actually swung the butcher's knife. I asked him why, because he wanted to repay his kindness..."

The more they sang, the more excited they became. The closer Zhengyao got, the louder their voices became, as if they were afraid that others would not hear them.

When asked about Li's son, it is obvious that he is talking about Zhengyao. If he calls him a gentleman, it is clear that Zhengyao is not a gentleman, but a villain. In the end, there is no need to say more about the butcher's knife, repaying a favor, etc., it must be

Someone deliberately made it up.

But these things were said to be true. If Zhengyao hadn't been so clear-headed at the moment, he might have thought that he might have actually done it. After all, he still had seven years to spare and had no memory at all. Even if this

I stayed with An Boqin for seven years.

The so-called groundless rumors do not necessarily mean that although Zhengyao can be sure that he has never done any of these things such as butcher's knife or murder, he cannot rule out the possibility that someone may have done something under his name to damage his reputation, so Zhengyao needs to find out.

"Marshal, there is an emergency on the front line now. I think this is just an ordinary mob gathering to cause trouble, so I can ignore it. I'd better rush over and relieve the difficulties at the front first."

Vice General Chen reminded Zhengyao that compared with the battle ahead, these beggars seemed to be nothing, and there was really no need to linger and entangle them again. It was better to hurry on.

But Zhengyao shook his head and said: "The war ahead is important, but we cannot ignore the life and death of the people. Although the group in front of us are dressed as beggars, they are still the people of the Ming Dynasty. They have grievances and dissatisfaction."

Well, we should all help them deal with it. Besides, they are using flesh and blood to block the road. I don’t think this matter is that simple!"

Zhengyao's analysis is also very reasonable. Even risking his life to block the road is definitely not as simple as gathering a crowd to cause trouble.

"What the marshal said is absolutely true. He is too reckless for his humble duty."

Vice General Chen couldn't help but lower his head and admitted his mistake. After finishing speaking, he said no more.
Chapter completed!