土木堡,属今河北省怀来县,在地图上仅仅是一个不起眼的小村庄,却有着悠久的历史。据光绪《怀来县志》卷五记载,“土木堡,通志本名‘统幕镇’,唐初,高开道据怀戎时所置,后讹为‘土木’。明永乐初置堡”。明朝正统十四年(1449年),这里发生了一场惊天动地的、具有划时代意义的“土 Civil Fort, is now Huailai County, Hebei Province, on the map is just a small humble village, but has a long history. According to Guangxu “Huilai County” volume five records, “Civil Fort, Tongzhi own name ’Cui Town’, early Tang Dynasty, high according to Huai Rong when set, after the false as ’Civil.’ Ming Yongle initial Fort.” During the fourteen years of the Ming Dynasty (1449), an earth-shaking epoch-making “earth”