In three days, one hundred thousand people had picked up the bones around the Tumu Fort.
Yang Fan separately arranged a thousand households to be responsible for the tidying up work. Each complete pair was carefully put into a linen bag and then buried in the huge pit.
Finally, huge mounds of earth were piled up on the ground. The surrounding stones were collected by engineers and piled up.
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 tombs of fallen soldiers and officials in Tumu Fort of the Ming Dynasty."
Yang Fan personally presided over the worship ceremony, and 180,000 people attended the worship ceremony. Three pigs were killed for sacrifice. They burned more than a dozen carts of paper money bought from Huailai County. As a result, all such supplies in Huailai were sold out.
"Brothers, it was here 172 years ago. The Wala people, today's Oirat Alliance, broke into the Great Wall and defeated the Ming Dynasty's Jingying camp here. Buried in this mound are the loyal souls of one hundred thousand Jingying camp. 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 Wara people after 172 years. I will lead you to avenge your shame and completely defeat all the tribes of the Mongolian Yinshan Alliance. We will fight under the Yinshan Mountains, Build a new monument with the heads of your enemies. 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. Go straight to the British government.
The team was led by Zhang Zecheng, a general from the British government. When the housekeeper came in to report, Zhang Zecheng was back. Zhang Zhiji was very surprised as to what he was doing when he came back. Didn't the old man arrange for him and a thousand servants to escort Shize to the war?
Zhang Zhiji 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 remains 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." Wang Chengen said and put a memorial on the table.
Chongzhen opened it and flipped through it casually, frowning. I want to see what this cunning old woman is 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 to their family."
Finished the ritual work. There is good news.
After the engineering regiment fought for more than 300 meters, water finally came out. Not only is there water, it is also a high-pressure self-effluent well. Yellow mud soup spurted out from the mouth of the well more than ten meters high. Saw them all outside the fort.
There is a hundred-household station 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 for water.
Waterwheels pull water.
The river freezes in winter, making it very inconvenient to get water. Now that we have a well, we are all very happy. Yang Fan passed by this place and dug wells to solve the people's water problem. It can be considered a blessing to the local people.
From now on, this castle will never suffer the previous disastrous defeat due to lack of water.
Hou Shengwu simply installed copper valves and faucets, and waited for the new city to send a follow-up construction team to build a water tower and storage tank here. From now on, even if hundreds of thousands of troops pass through here, they can easily replenish water.
The Engineer Corps built a wooden house here and then installed a honeycomb iron stove for lighting fires for heating. This place is already close to the Yanshan Pass, and it is very cold at night. Prevent water pipes from freezing. After this house is repaired, it will be 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 also adapted to long-distance marches. The speed started getting faster and faster.
A few days later, while the army was marching, it received Chongzhen's order, which was urgently sent from six hundred miles away from the capital. First of all, Chongzhen praised Yang Fan and Zhang Size for collecting the remains of the soldiers who died in Tumubao, and encouraged them to fight hard in this battle and avenge their previous shame.
In addition, the emperor has decreed to build the Lianzhong Temple in the Tumu Fortress. It is used to worship the loyal souls of civil and military officials and soldiers who died in Tumubao. At the same time, the emperor issued an order to build a mausoleum at the level of a county king for the British Duke Zhang Fu.
Zhang Shize excitedly thanked Tianen together with Yang Fan.
When Yang Fan's army arrived at Xuanfu Town, they rested again and prepared to enter the grassland through Zhangjiakou. A secret intelligence was received in Ansanxi, Tuxietuhan's winter camp.
A frostbitten man rode a camel and came here from the snowstorm. This man was a spy secretly sent to Chahar by the intelligence service. He is a Mongolian born within the Great Wall. He has been lurking in the Chahar Department for seven years.
After Ansanxi occupied the territory of Tushetu Khan, he came here from Chahar and handed over a letter from a Tabunang in Chahar.
An Sanxi was surprised. He had never had any contact with the Chahar people or Lin Danhan's group. Why would they write to me? Especially the noble Tabu Nang, the son-in-law of a golden family.
If not, and the identity of this person is confirmed correctly, An Sanxi almost suspects that this is a counter-intentional plan. It's a trap set by Lin Dan Khan.
"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 mission 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. "
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