Although the scouts sent out had confirmed that Alta and Li Fuda had withdrawn from the fortress, for the sake of safety, Xu Jin still sent a cavalry to test the situation, and slipped around Youyucheng and Kill Hukou a few times to confirm that there was no ambush, and then quickly occupied Kill Hukou and rebuilt and strengthened the damaged city gate.

As the so-called large number of people and great strength, in just three days, the city of Hukou Pass, which was deliberately destroyed by the Tartars, was rebuilt and reinforced, and five fortress cannons were added to the city, as well as five Franc machine artillery, and the defense was greatly enhanced.

At this point, Xu Jin can finally breathe a sigh of relief, I have been driven out of the plug, I don't know how the progress of Lao Wang's side is!

Although Xu Jin had plans to destroy the Tatars and recover the Hetao Plain, it was obviously not the time yet. I replied that this time the Ming Dynasty hurt his vitality, the Ming Dynasty needed time to lick the wounds, and the Ming army also needed time to prepare, the most critical point was firearms, without firearms, the same number of Ming troops could not do the Tatar cavalry.

Governor Xu sat in Youyucheng, Shanxi's civil and military officials naturally did not dare to slack off, and rushed to Youyucheng to see Shangguan, and a storm to clear the remnants of the White Lotus was also launched immediately, and the joint law enforcement teams of Jinyiwei and the Criminal Department came out one after another, whether it was a civilian system or a military system, all of them were thoroughly investigated several times from top to bottom.

As long as it is an official, whether it is a civil official or a military attaché, no matter how high the position is, once it is found that he has colluded with the White Lotus Sect, he will be immediately arrested and interrogated.

As the so-called chaotic times should be re-enacted, the civil and military systems in Shanxi have been infiltrated into a sieve by the White Lotus Sect, and they must be thoroughly cleaned by bloody means, so that they can be governed after the chaos.

Of course, there must be a difference in the treatment of ordinary people, these low-level people are the cornerstone of the country, if they are all killed, who will the ruler rule? Moreover, the use of bloody means to suppress it is also easy to provoke popular uprisings.

Therefore, the treatment of the followers of the White Lotus Sect among the ordinary people is mainly education, supplemented by punishment, but those who have really killed and injured officials and soldiers are not among the lenient, and all of them will be punished with capital punishment!

In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of the winter month of the fourth year of Jiajing, and the weather was even colder, and the purge operation that swept the entire Shanxi Province was still in full swing.

In the early morning of this day, Xu Jin quietly went out of the Hukou under the escort of fifty personal soldiers, and rode his horse downstream along the Cangtou River, it should be said that it was Lingshui, and after the Cangtou River came out of the jam, it was called Honghe, which was called Lingchuan Water in ancient times, also known as Lingshui.

It is already winter now, the snow is beginning to clear, and some of the slower sections of the river in Lingshui have frozen, but the ice is very thin, and it is estimated that it is not possible to run horses on it.

Xu Jin is dressed as a son-in-law today, wearing a ** uniform hat, covered with a black fur coat, red lips and white teeth, riding lazily on horseback, his expression is casual and comfortable, he believes in the reins of the horse, and the soldiers behind him are also dressed as domestic servants.

So at first glance, Xu Jin's line looks like a rich boy who is idle in winter, taking a group of house slaves out to hunt, but the number of this group of house slaves is a bit large, and they all have big shoulders and round waists, sharp eyes, fierce spirit, and dare not approach the timid.

The mountains on both sides of Lingshui are lined up, belong to the landform of the Loess Plateau, thousands of ravines, but now the loess is covered by heavy snow, and the undulating ravines are like a quilt that can be seen to the side, but there is a unique scenery.

"Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear. Lonely boat, fishing alone in the cold river and snow. Xu Jin looked at the snow scene in front of him and couldn't help but groan.

Zhao Datou's goods immediately patted his ass and said: "Good poems, good poems, Dashuai is really worthy of being a Tanhualang of five yuan, the poetry is unparalleled, when the floating is a big white ha!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, Xie Sangun pouted and said: "Brother Zhao, patting sycophants is also a technical job, let's not know how to pretend to understand, okay?" Although the master has read little, he also knows that this poem was written by Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty! ”

Zhao Datou said unashamedly: "Brother Three Guns, the poem was written by Na Liu, but when it comes out of the mouth of our handsome, it is extraordinary, Lao Guo, what do you think?" ”

Guo Jindiao gave a thumbs up and said: "Okay, Lao Zhao, the kung fu of patting sycophants is also good, how do you say it...... Don't for three days, you should be impressed, Lao Tzu's affection for your fart is like the rolling Yangtze River, and the urine is inexhaustible! ”

The pro-soldiers couldn't help but burst out laughing!

Zhao Datou scolded with a smile: "Lao Guo, fuck your uncle, shut your stinky mouth, talk about some shit, pee, fart, it's just smelly, it's insulting, it pollutes our handsome's hearing, come on, fork Lao Guo down to pee on him for a quarter of an hour." ”

The pro-soldiers laughed again, the atmosphere was relaxed and witty, this is the happiness between rough people!

The road was already rugged and difficult to walk, or there was no road at all, but now that it is covered with heavy snow, it is even more walking, and it has only taken more than two hours to walk for seventy or eighty miles, which is not much faster than walking.

"Three shots, how far is it to get to the incense burner mountain?" Xu Jin was eager in his heart at the moment, and he couldn't wait to see Xue Bingxin immediately.

In the past, Xue Bingxin's identity was a time bomb for Xu Jin, but now it is not a problem after it is exposed, and Xu Jin and Jiajing have reached a consensus that as long as Xue Bingxin makes great contributions to the court, the credit can be overcome, but the identity of the daughter of the anti-king must be suppressed, after all, this is a matter of the law and face of the court.

Suppressing Xue Bingxin's identity as the daughter of the anti-king is actually very simple, as long as Zhao Quan and Qiu Fu "change" their confessions, and as soon as the heads of the two fall to the ground, they can't operate as much as they want.

Xie Sangun looked at the surrounding environment and said: "It is estimated that it should be there after walking ten miles and eight miles, the last time I rode a horse from Xianglu Peak to kill Hukou, it only took an hour and a half." ”

At this moment, two black dots suddenly appeared on the white snow in the distance, and these two black dots were approaching quickly in front of each other, and they turned out to be two horses, and there was a cold glow reflected by the blade in the sun.

"Protect the marshal!" Zhao Datou let out a low snort, and the group of people immediately vigilantly protected Xu Jintuan in the middle, but there was no need to take out the flintlock pistol wrapped in oilcloth, after all, there were only two horses, and they could not pose a threat!

At this time, the two fast horses were getting closer and closer, and the sound of hooves was clearly audible, but the person in front of him was dressed in black and unarmed, and the one in the back was wearing a woolen coat and holding a single knife with a cold light, and while riding his horse to chase after him, he scolded loudly: "Straight lady thief, there is a kind of you don't run!" ”

"Into the immortal board, there is a kind of don't chase it!" The man in black in front of him was beating his horse, and he still had time to turn his head and curse back.

A group of pro-soldiers couldn't help but look at each other, at first they thought it was the Tartars chasing and killing the Han people, and the one behind them was also a Han person, a straight thief, the words were correct and round, and the scolding was called a heartbreak!

At this time, the two horses had already galloped to thirty or forty meters away, and the four hooves kicked the slush and flew wildly, and then the man in black in front estimated that he had only discovered Xu Jin and others, and the goods suddenly saw dozens of big men with big shoulders and round waists, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly grabbed the reins, and as a result, the mount slipped and threw him out.

"Ouch, it's painful!" The man in black screamed, rolled a few times on the snow, and got up in embarrassment, screaming with cracked teeth, and suddenly revealing two very distinctive big plate teeth.

Xie Sangun's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, this kid's name is Ma Liu, and he is a person under Miss Xue. ”

At this time, the man in the woolen coat who chased after him strangled the horse from a distance, and looked at Xu Jin and the others vigilantly, probably guessing the origin of Xu Jin's group, and wanted to come over to cut Ma Liu, but he was afraid to come over!

"Take it!" As soon as Xu Jin waved his hand, Xie Sangun and Pi Shiyi immediately hit their horses and rushed over, and the man's face changed when he saw this, and he turned his horse's head and tried to escape.

This man's riding skills are quite good, but unfortunately the mount is really not good, and he escaped more than 100 meters before Xie Sangun and Pi Shiyi caught up, sandwiched from the left and right sides.

The man brazenly swung his knife to slash Xie three times, but the latter flew his weapon with a single sword. After Xie San's gun flew the man's weapon, the ape arm stretched out and easily lifted the man over, slashed the back of the head with a knife, and then turned the horse's head and ran back, a set of movements were clean and neat, like a cloud of flowing water, and all the pro-soldiers cheered loudly.

Xie Sangun ran back to the front of the team, casually threw the captured man on the snow, and then turned to Ma Liu and said with a grin: "Da Banya, the master just saved your life, hurry up and call the master!" ”

The man in black was a person under Xue Bingxin, his name was Ma Liu, and his nickname was Da Panya, this thing stared at Xie Sanshu with round eyes, and then shouted in surprise: "Xie Sanhe, it turns out that he is really a three-gun brother, hey, this is not Xiaobai...... Ahem, Xu Gongzi? ”

Ma Liu turned his eyes to Xu Jin, obviously recognizing this "little white face" who had gone to the cottage to find a big boss, and suspected that this was a cheap old man who was still a young master.

Xu Jin frowned, pointed to the man in the woolen sweater who fainted on the ground and asked, "Ma Liu, who is this, why are you chasing and killing you?" ”

Although Xu Jin is dressed as a son-in-law at the moment, he has been in the top position for a long time, holding the power of life and death, and he has a momentum of not being angry and self-authoritative.

Ma Liudong felt the pressure like a mountain, shivered smartly, and replied honestly: "Hui Gongzi, this guy is Tieling Mountain, Li's subordinates!" ”

"Tieling Mountain's Li Clan's Shuangsha?" Xu Jin couldn't help but be stunned, what is it?

Ma Liubao explained with a smile: "In fact, it is a group of horse bandits entrenched on Tieling Mountain, their leader is a pair of brothers and sisters, the eldest brother is called Li Feisha, and the younger sister is called Li Mansha, so they have a nickname called Li Shuangsha!" ”

"Then why is this Li Shuangsha chasing you?" Xu Jin asked in a deep voice.

Ma Liuyi patted his forehead and said: "I almost forgot this, Childe, please come with me, the little one will explain to you while hurrying, it is estimated that the result is almost there." ”