This sentry surnamed Cui, named Cui Xiang, was born in Xuanfu Town, and when the Qing army entered the customs in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the whole family was taken captive by the Eight Banners to Fushun and became the coat of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong led the army north to Pingliao, approaching Shengjing, the old nest of the Manchu Dynasty, the Manchu Eight Banners were abolished, the Eight Banners of Mongolia ran away, scattered and scattered, Huang Taiji recruited men over the age of 14 to join the army, and Cui Xiang, who was only 12 years old, was forced to join the army.

He was the same age as Zhu Cihong, and Cui Xiang participated in the two major battles between the Ming army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but he participated in the war as a coat of the Han army flag.

After Zhu Cihong completely pacified Liaodong, Cui Xiang returned to his hometown Xuanfu, which coincided with the Jin king's collusion with the Mongol Tumut to invade the south.

Because of his courage to bear the enemy, he was commended by the local government and obtained ten acres of land, and the local village chief also introduced him to a daughter-in-law and registered with him.

However, due to the stability of the Ming Dynasty and the fact that the people live and work in peace and contentment, the population of the Ming Dynasty has grown explosively, and the number of local populations in China alone is as high as 300 million!

With the rapid increase in population, the limited amount of farmland, and the low price of grain in peacetime, after two generations of land division, ordinary farmers have fewer and fewer fields, only enough for the whole family to eat and wear, and Cui Xiang's family's ten acres of land have to feed the family, and the quality of life is becoming increasingly difficult.

Over the years, in order to make a living, Cui Xiang responded to the call of the imperial court and embarked on the road of foreign expansion.

In Siberia, the value of fur has entered, and business is very hot, not only the domestic demand of the Ming Dynasty is increasing, but the Russians also have a soft spot for fur.

In the course of the Russian Cossack expedition to Siberia, the main focus was on obtaining furs, which were then handed over to the state treasury for a large amount of property.

In the seventeenth century alone, Tsarist Russia received 200,000 sables, 10,000 black fox skins, 500,000 squirrel skins, and many beaver and mink skins.

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Siberian fur revenues accounted for only seven percent of the Russian treasury per year, but by the middle of the seventeenth century, Siberian fur revenues accounted for one-third of the total annual revenues of the state treasury.

In order to curb the economy of Tsarist Russia, the Ming Dynasty launched a protracted economic war with it, began to purchase furs on a large scale, and encouraged the people of northern Xinjiang and the Mongol tribes of Mobei to develop hunting in Siberia.

It was in this policy that Cui Xiang went to Siberia, and since it was an economic war, plunder and conflict were inevitable.

Cui Xiang bought furs in the tribe of the Buryats and met the Rakshasas, these Rakshasas were all blonde and blue-eyed, like ghosts, even their beards were red, not to mention scary, but also cruel, extremely fierce and aggressive.

The first time he saw the Rakshasa ghosts was in the seventh year of Tianwu, and wherever these Rakshasa ghosts went, they saw the tribal population, and they used forced payment of food, mink and property.

Cui Xiang is also a veteran, and in the face of Maozi's blackmail, he chose to join the struggle of the Britteans and fight the enemy together.

However, in several conflicts with the Rakshasa ghosts, these Rakshasas are extremely fierce, with sophisticated equipment, as well as a variety of refined weapons, as well as sharp firearms, and extremely strong fighting ability, and the Buryats have suffered losses in each conflict.

One of the most popular ones, several major Buryats tribes united, sent thousands of people to besiege a hundred Cossack cavalry, and worked hard for a day, but there was nothing to do with these Rakshasas, and finally confessed.

Cui Xiang had no choice but to retreat, gave up the fur business, and because he was really not suitable for the cold weather in northern Xinjiang, he went to the Western Regions to find a way.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had just destroyed the Yarkand Khanate and established the Western Capital Protectorate, and was in urgent need of soldiers with work experience to explore the Western Regions.

Cui Xiang felt that he had strength, and knew that the Ming Dynasty's external expansion was full of opportunities and wealth, so he gritted his teeth and joined the Western Army.

After ten years of struggle, he went west to the Ili River Valley many times with the Western Army, went deep into Central Asian countries to grab land, and reaped enough benefits, not only was he promoted to become a post general, but also obtained a large amount of land and wealth.

With hope for the future, Cui Xiang took his family to Turpan, the base camp of the Western Protectorate, and let his son Cui Xingyun, who had reached the age of sixteen, join the army, tying the small family and the country together, and the father and son worked together to create a better life!

This time, the Rakshasa ghost united with the Kazakh Khanate to attack Ili, and Cui Xiang and his son once again marched west with the Western Army to protect their families and defend the country, and by the way, they made a big profit!

With the Ming army as a strong backing, Cui Xiang is no longer afraid of Rakshasa ghosts, yesterday's battle, the Western Army used the bunker, only 1,200 people, and killed 5,000 Rakshasa ghosts, which made him very happy and even more confident!

and learned that His Majesty the Emperor drove the expedition in person, Cui Xiang firmly believed that this young and promising, wise and martial Emperor Tianwu would inevitably create another brilliant victory, so that the Rakshasa ghost did not even know his own mother, and he might even destroy his country!

For the strength of the Tianwu Army, Cui Xiang has been taught many times, such a strong army, no one in the world is invincible, this expedition to the west, should be a sure gain!

In the midst of his thoughts, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Sentry, the enemy has entered the bunker group, less than a hundred meters away from us!" ”

Cui Xiang looked outside through the gun hole and said in a low voice: "Everyone be vigilant, get ready, don't make a sound, and when we hear the gunshot, we will start fighting!" ”

He added: "It's all for Lao Tzu to remember, you have to see it before you fight, don't waste bullets, understand?" ”

"Understood!" The crowd whispered back.

Cui Xingyun, who was only sixteen years old, did not dare to come out, the palm of the gun was already sweating, and he looked outside without blinking, just waiting for the head of the regiment to release the gun and give the order to fight.

Soon after Cui Xiang finished explaining, his eyes shrank slightly, and he found that a group of Kazakh soldiers had come to the outside of their bunker, still holding fan-shaped spears and battle axes in their hands, and the thieves were like thieves who pripped the door in.

Let Cui Xiang and their unexpected people, these Kazakh soldiers, really plan to use tomahawks to split the bunker!

In the army of the Kazakh Khanate, bones and tomahawks were very practical weapons, and in addition to being an essential weapon for splitting "iron cans", they also had many uses.

As a blunt weapon, the bone can be used to stun or wound enemies to gain prisoners and sell them for money.

Tomahawks can destroy enemy fences and other fortifications when dismounted to attack fortifications, in short, they have many uses.

A Cossack soldier with five big and three thick spats spat and rubbed vigorously in his hand a few times, and then copied out the huge battle axe on his waist, and he slammed an axe against the reinforced concrete bunker, which was very powerful to split the taste of Huashan.

But the tomahawk in his hand was not the Xuanhua Kaishan Divine Axe from Kunlun Mountain, and when this axe went down, the Cossack Hercules was instantly numb, and the tomahawk almost got out of his hand.

The Cossack soldier screamed in pain, and stepped forward to watch, only to see that his god-killing blow left only an inch-deep axe mark on the shell of the bunker.......

Outside the bunker, there was a lot of angry shouting from Cossacks.

In the fort, Cui Xingyun was lying on the gun hole, nervously sticking the muzzle out of the gun hole, the hand holding the gun kept shaking, and he couldn't stop, so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

At this moment, the gun hole suddenly darkened, and I saw a Cossack soldier, with his head plugged in front of the gun hole, muttering something in his mouth, and listening to the tone should be curious.

"Smack!"

Cui Xing was startled, and his trembling index finger subconsciously pulled the trigger......

With a scream, as well as the exclamations around him, the unlucky Cossack soldier who hit the muzzle of the gun was directly shot in the head on the spot!