Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely. Today is August 30th, and inadvertently, late autumn has quietly climbed the wild trees and autumn grass beside the road, and it is lonely and desolate as far as the eye can see. In the east of Ningbo Prefecture, under the earthen slope where more than 2,000 heads had been cut down not long ago, there was an extraordinary hustle and bustle at the moment, with the sound of guns and cannons and shouts of killing endless, the smoke of gunpowder rising everywhere, and the air filled the air with a pungent smell of gunpowder.

Not to mention that in ancient times when ghosts and gods were firmly believed, even in modern times when materialism was popular, if more than 2,000 heads were cut off in one go, it was estimated that it would become a Jedi that no one could approach. This is the case with this soil slope in the east of Ningbo Fucheng, and now the common people talk about the color change, even if they pass by, they will take a detour far away. However, now this inaccessible Jedi has become a good place for the 500 battalions to practice firearms.

It is said that just three days ago, the Nanjing Ordnance Bureau finally sent the first batch of cast flintlock guns, a total of 500 guns, and 30 Franc machine guns, which can really be described as a timely rain.

Xu Jin immediately sent people to transport twenty of the Franc machine guns to the outside of Dinghai County and handed them over to the Jiangxi Army and Shaoxing Wei for use, and the remaining ten Franc machine guns, as well as 500 flintlock guns, were equipped with 500 battalions, so now the 1,000 soldiers of the 500 battalion are equipped with flintlock guns, which is like a tiger with wings, as if it has become the Ming Dynasty's version of special forces.

In the past few days, Wang Lin'er, Xie Erjian, and Qi Jingtong led the whole battalion to practice guns under the dirt slope in the east of Ningbo Fucheng.

In addition, it is worth mentioning here that while Xu Jin applied for recruitment for Yu Dayou, he also made a request to further expand the 500 battalion to 3,000 people, and renamed it the Shenji Battalion.

In Xu Jin's view, at this juncture, the cabinet should not jump out to block himself, although Yang Tinghe is a little bit of a power-lover, but there is no doubt that he is a qualified courtier who takes the overall situation into account, so the application is likely to be approved.

This soil slope is not very high, estimated to be about seven or eight meters, but after inserting a row of targets, it is an excellent shooting range. At this moment, sharpshooter Guo Jindiao is instructing the recruits to shoot, while Yan Lang is training the gunners to operate the gun.

It can be seen that the recruits are very high-spirited, full of energy, and their waists are straight, like a courtship rooster, no wonder, the Governor is watching behind him at the moment, which one dares to bow his head?

A pergola was set up behind the shooting range, and a young scholar wearing a square scarf and a white robe was standing calmly in the pergola to watch the drills of the 500 battalions. This young scholar has sword eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and it is none other than Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang.

Wang Lin'er and Qi Jingtong, the two tiger generals, were standing next to Xu Jin at the moment, but Xie Erjian was missing.

It is said that the second brother-in-law is now in charge of training scouts, and he takes dozens of elites carefully selected in the army out for training every day.

Xu Jin stood in the pergola and watched the drill for half an hour, seeing that the sun was already in the west, and the second brother-in-law had not led the team back to the camp, so he planned to leave to return to the city first.

At this moment, however, a fast horse galloped from the north, carrying the small red pennant and fluttering in the wind. Qi Jingtong said with a smile: "It is estimated that Xiao Xie led the team back to the camp, hey, why is he alone?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the fast horse galloped to the outside of the pergola, and immediately the scout pulled the reins, and the high-speed galloping war horse retracted its hooves and slid nearly two meters on the ground before stopping.

The scout dismounted with great skill, and ran into the pergola, shouting, "One hundred thousand! ”

Xu Jin, Wang Lin'er, and Qi Jingtong couldn't help but feel a little cold, but Xie Erjian encountered an enemy when he went out to practice.

The scout was Pi Shiyi, this tiger-headed kid knelt down on one knee and saluted with an arrow, and reported loudly: "Lord Governor, urgent report, the thief Xu Hai led more than 10,000 troops, sneak attack on Yuyao County at noon today, defeated Linshanwei, and now the troops have surrounded Yuyao County, please make a decision." ”

Xu Jin's face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Pi Eleven, where did you get this news from?" Could it be that you went to Yuyao County, a hundred miles away, to practice today?"

Pi Shiyi hurriedly recounted what had happened. It turned out that Xie Erjian took 50 military scouts to the mountains and forests 30 miles north of the city today for confrontational training, but when he was about to close the team in the afternoon, he met a messenger from a brocade guard.

This Jinyi guard is the messenger sent by Sima Yuan to ask for help from the Ningbo Mansion, it just so happened that this person had also followed Xu Jin to Shandong for disaster relief, Xie Erjian still recognized, and couldn't help but be shocked when asked, and hurriedly sent Pi Shiyi, the best horseman among the scouts, to rush back to the camp to report, and he led the remaining brothers to go to the rescue of the eunuch Lai Yi.

When Xu Jin heard that Wang Cuiqiao and Chu Chun and Chu Xia were also in Qincha's team, he couldn't help but feel anxious, and immediately ordered the entire 500 battalions to be mobilized and rushed to the rescue.

The 500 battalion is Xu Jin's pro-army, which can be described as a proud son born with a golden key, and will never be treated badly in terms of equipment, and now not only is it equipped with flintlock pistols, but also a war horse in each hand, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

Xu Jin gave an order, this Ming Dynasty version of the special forces galloped north like a whirlwind, the iron hooves of the war horses shook the ground, and under the sunset, the rolling dust formed a yellow dragon several miles long......

At this moment, on the official road about sixty miles away from Ningbo Fucheng, Sima Yuan was leading more than 100 Jinyi guards to escort two carriages to flee for their lives, and as for the 500 guards of Hangzhou, they were either killed by the thieves who caught up, or they fled for their lives.

Whoosh ......

Three sharp arrows broke through the air from behind, and two brocade guards were hit by arrows on the spot and fell from their horses, and one sharp arrow was inserted into the carriage of the carriage.

In the carriage at this moment, the two pretty maids of early spring and early summer were so frightened that they hugged each other, and the two identical pretty faces were so pale that there was no blood. Early summer was bold after all, and she trembled and stretched out her little hand, pulled out the sharp arrow that pierced the wall of the carriage, and clenched it tightly in her hand.

"In early summer, if the thieves catch up later, you can kill me first." Hatsuharu stared at the sharp arrow in Hatsu's hand, his teeth chattering.

In early summer, this little hoof was also terribly scared at the moment, but he still comforted him with food: "Sister, don't be afraid, Jinyiwei has already sent someone to ask the master for help, and the master will definitely send someone to save us." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage was suddenly thrown high, and then fell down heavily, only to hear a snap, presumably the axle was broken, and the two women exclaimed in surprise, and almost fell out of the car. ()

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