The high mountains on both sides of the Hukou are facing each other, the terrain is dangerous, it is based on Tangzi Mountain in the east, Dabao Mountain in the west, and the open Cangtou River Valley between the two mountains has always been an extremely important north-south passage, but now this open river valley is cut off by a majestic Great Wall. The gate city here is called Kill Hu Fort, there is one kilometer around the city, the wall is as high as 12 meters, the fly in the ointment is that it is all made of rammed earth, the outer layer does not even wrap bricks, it is just a small earth city, and the defense is much worse.

Of course, ninety percent of the nomads in the north are on horseback, and they are not good at siege warfare, and they can't even make more complex siege equipment, so although Kill Hu Fort is only an earthen city, but if it is guarded by heavy troops, it is not easy for the Tatars to break through, unless it is a large army that has an absolute advantage in numbers, and continues to attack regardless of casualties, it is possible to take the killing of Hukou.

On the morning of the ninth day of the eighth month of the fourth year of Jiajing, on the open and flat valley outside the Fort of Jiajing, but when I saw the flags waving, the swords and guns were lined up, and the dust was billowing and flying, and the scene was not spectacular.

In the area of Youyu County, the Yulinwei, Pingyuwei, Zhenyuwei, Weiyuanwei, and the garrison that was originally stationed in Fort Killing, with a total strength of nearly 30,000 troops, all lined up in front of Fort Killing, waiting for the review of Lord Qincha Xu, who was ordered to patrol the border.

At this time, Xu Jin boarded the review stand accompanied by Wang Bogu, the general soldier of Datong, and two hundred brocade guards wearing flying fish suits, holding embroidered spring knives around the review stand. Feng Qincha represents the majesty and face of the royal family, and the momentum of the Jinyi guard naturally has to be sufficient, so as not to fall into the royal majesty.

Zhao Datou, the captain of Xu Jin's personal soldiers, and Guo Jindiao, the deputy of the team, each led 50 personal soldiers on both sides of the review stand, loaded with guns and ammunition, vigilantly watching the surroundings in case of emergencies.

Wang Bogu, the commander of Datong, looked up at the sun that had risen to a high level, and asked Xu Jin for instructions: "Report to Lord Qincha, kill a total of 28,000 people from the Hukou garrison camp, Yulin Guard, Pingyu Guard, Zhenyu Guard, and Weiyuanwei, and ask Lord Qincha to review." ”

Xu Jin nodded and said loudly: "Let's start!" ”

Wang Zongbing immediately took the order flag handed over by his own soldiers, marched to the stage in a high-spirited manner, waved the order flag with a bang, and sent out a signal to start the parade.

As a result, the men and horses of each guard moved step by step under the command of their respective generals, running from place to place, practicing various defensive and offensive formations, and instantly shouting and killing shook the sky, and the smoke and dust rolled straight into the sky, which looked extremely shocking, as if it was very powerful.

As the commander-in-chief of the parade, General Wang constantly waved the two command flags in his hand, played various actions, and commanded the movement of the men and horses of each guard.

Xu Jin has continuously commanded the army to fight over the years, and it can be said that he is a veteran of the battlefield, and he has really worked hard in the art of war, and it is estimated that there are two baskets of military books he has read, especially "The Art of War", which has been memorized like a stream, and the flag language used by the Ming army can naturally be understood.

At this moment, Xu Jin stood on the review stand, looking at the guards who were fighting in the field, and couldn't help frowning. There is no doubt that the soldiers and generals of each guard are very hard, at least the roaring and killing sound is very loud, but they dare not compliment in the execution of orders, not to mention the slow response, and frequent mistakes, and even the situation that the two guards collided together when changing formations, and they were in a mess in an instant, and it was not easy to correct the position again, which was really speechless!

Obviously, it is certain that these border soldiers are negligent in their training in peacetime, and their military quality, from the generals to the soldiers, is very worrisome. However, Xu Jin didn't say anything, just continued to watch quietly, but Wang Zongbing's face was so embarrassed that his face turned red, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Although Xu Jin gave three days to prepare, and yesterday General Wang even rehearsed twice, but it is a pity that these soldiers are usually negligent in training, and today they still made a fool of themselves in front of Lord Qincha!

The military parade here was in full swing, and the Tatar archer Temur brought by Zhao Quan had quietly climbed to Tangzi Mountain to the east of Fort Kill Hu at this time, carefully looking for the best shooting position under the cover of grass, trees and rocks.

In fact, Temur had already stepped on the spot in advance two days ago, and selected several excellent shooting points on Tangzi Mountain in the east and Dabao Mountain on the west side, but before the parade began today, the chief soldier Wang Bogu did not know the cardiovascular tide and temporarily adjusted the position of the review stand, so Temur could only choose the shooting point again.

Fortunately, the position of the review stand was not large, and the range of several firing points pre-selected by Temur was sufficient, but the angle had to be adjusted slightly.

As an excellent marksman, his vision is undoubtedly extremely sharp, in addition to shooting arrows accurately, choosing a sniper position is also their unique skill, so soon, Temur re-chose the position.

Temur carried two bows on his back, one was a five-stone bow and the other was a four-stone bow, although he could pull out the five-stone bow, but he could only fire one arrow, and if he fired continuously, his hands could not stand it, but with a four-stone bow, Temur could shoot three or four arrows in a row.

At this time, Temur crouched behind a rock, like a wild wolf ready to hunt, his eyes wide open, staring at the review stand at the bottom of the mountain. Xu Jin wore a set of crimson official robes today, and stood on a high platform, which was simply an arrow target, which was very easy to recognize.

Temur grinned, stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips, not pretending to be X, but measuring the direction of the wind, that's right, this is how Temur measured the direction of the wind, after the lips were licked wet, the wind blew from that side, and the lips on this side would be cooler, which was a very simple principle of water evaporation and heat absorption.

Of course, not everyone can use this method to measure the direction of the wind, at least your perception must be very sensitive, otherwise it will be useless to lick your lips no matter how wet they are.

At this time, Temur obviously measured the direction of the wind, visually measured the distance again, and then decisively untied the four-stone bow, this distance, with the four-stone bow is enough, if one blow misses, you can immediately make up another arrow, but the five-stone bow is not, because after shooting an arrow, the arm will lose its strength.

Temur pulled out a heavy arrow from the quiver and jumped lightly on the rock, because he was used to making heavy bows, so Temur's arrows were also special, the arrow body was one-third longer than ordinary people, and the arrows were heavier, and the shooting distance was naturally farther.

Temur knelt on one knee on the rock, quickly bent the bow and set the arrow, Huo's moment, the four-stone bow was rounded, this arm strength is really terrifying, just imagine, one stone is one hundred and twenty catties, four stones is four hundred and eighty catties. Ordinary people have a hard time picking two hundred pounds, let alone lifting something of nearly five hundred pounds with two fingers.

However, Temur rounded the four-stone bow and aimed for a moment, then suddenly loosened the string again, frowned and cursed in Tatar. It turned out that at this time, a pro-soldier ran onto the parade platform and came to Xu Jin to report the news, which happened to block Temur's position.

The pro-soldier muttered beside Xu Jin for a while and then bowed down, and Temur immediately raised his strong bow again when he saw this, but what was annoying was that at this time, Xu Jin actually walked off the parade platform.

Now Temur has no choice, but he is a very patient hunter, hiding behind the rocks and continuing to wait, he knows that the parade is not over yet, according to the urine nature of the Han people, after the parade will definitely come to the stage and talk a few nonsense.

At this time, Xue Bingxin was carefully searching on Dabao Mountain in the west, and her figure was as flexible as a female leopard. In Xue Bingxin's opinion, if Zhao Quan and the others want to assassinate Xu Jin, the most likely thing is to shoot from a distance, after all, there are too many guards around Xu Jin, and it is impossible for Zhao Quan and the three of them to get close, so they are most likely to attack with arrows, and the best shooting position is to kill the slopes on both sides of Fort Hu.

Let's say that Xue Bingxin anxiously searched around Dabao Mountain in the west, but did not find it, at this moment it was already drenched in sweat, and the turmeric applied to his face was sweated out one after another, revealing part of his white skin.

"Not over here!" Xue Bingxin frowned and looked at Tangyi Mountain in the east.

The mountain of Tangyi Mountain is higher, but it is a little far away from the parade platform, estimated to be more than 300 meters, Xue Bingxin said that he was very skeptical, after all, he was the same door, and everyone knew the roots. If Zhao Quan, Sun Cai, and Qiu Fu talk about archery, Qiu Fu is the best, but Qiu Fu can only barely pull out the three-stone bow, and the most usually makes the two-stone bow is the two-stone bow, and he can't shoot at a distance of three hundred meters.

But I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case, so Xue Bingxin still quickly went down the mountain and touched Tangyi Mountain opposite.

At this time, under the review stage outside Fort Hu, Xu Jin and Wang Lin'er, Xie Erjian, and Qi Jingtong exchanged tea skills in a low voice, and then returned to the stage and said to Wang Bogu: "General soldier Wang, today's parade will end here!" ”

Wang Zongbing was already sweating at this time, half of them were embarrassed, and he waved the flag to let the guards reinstate, and then walked up to Xu Jin and said curtly: "The brothers are not well prepared, so that Lord Qincha will laugh." ”

Xu Jin raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "Is it a lack of preparation, or is it usually negligent in training?" ”

Wang Zongbing was speechless, Xu Jin snorted coldly and said: "Wang Zongbing, Datong Mansion is the gate guard of the capital, and it is related to the safety of my Daming Jiangshan Society. ”

Wang Bogu's face suddenly changed miserably, Xu Jin participated in this book, and it was estimated that he would not be able to keep his position as the chief soldier of Datong, and he would even be questioned.

Xu Jin glanced at Wang Bogu, who was like a mourning concubine, and said lightly: "Okay, this official is not an unsympathetic person, so I will give you a chance." ”

Wang Bogu suddenly seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and said excitedly: "Lord Xie Qincha. ”

Xu Jin waved his hand and said: "Don't be in a hurry to thank you first, let's let your soldiers compare with the Shenji Battalion, if you win the Shenji Battalion, today's matter will no longer be investigated." ”()

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