Wen Zhongfa was very tired, the eyelids of his eyes kept closing together, but his heart was full of thoughts, and his mind was pressed one after another, and he really didn't know how to get rid of distracting thoughts for a while, of course, he couldn't sleep.

There were many partners around him who were already snoring, and Wen Zhongfa was envious for a while.

After a short time, the people of Xinghe Fort led their horses over, and Wen Zhongfa kicked them one by one, kicking all his subordinates awake.

Everyone was a little confused when they first woke up, Wen Zhongfa called some cold water to ask everyone to wash their faces and wake up, and he himself poured cold well water on his head and face, and people were much more sober.

"Boss, you didn't sleep?" The bald head is bare, much easier to wash than others, the first one stood next to a chrysanthemum green horse after washing, put his two insert pockets and other weapons on the horse, saw Wen Zhongfa's eyes red, and said: "You have been thinking a lot lately, it's really strange." ”

Wen Zhongfa cried and laughed: "After hearing the news of Zhang Xuzong's rebellion, Wang Xinyi played the news that the court pointed out the rebellion of the adults, are you still fucking sleeping?" ”

"Afraid of a bird?" The bald man squinted at Wen Zhongfa and said: "The boss is still from being a Lahu, Lahu swallowed coals, stepped on iron nails, cut his own flesh for a few taels of silver, was beaten by the government, stood in a cage, and even beheaded, are you afraid that these things can still be mixed with Lahu?" I'm not from Lahu, but I'm more single. ”

Wen Zhongfa said with some irritation: "The times are different, ...... at that time"

"You were barefoot!" The bald man said disdainfully: "Now you have a share bonus, a big mansion, and a wife, you have a small official position, you have good connections, and you have connections on both sides of the military and government. ”

Wen Zhongfa was speechless.

The bald man said reluctantly: "But you don't want to think about who gave all this, I often remember that everything now is given by Lord Zhang, if the adult can solve the current problem, of course we will continue to follow the adult up, if this matter makes us and Yusheng finished, we have enjoyed so many years of happiness, it is worth it." Thinking too much, thinking too much, will only make yourself messy, if everyone is messed up, even if adults have a way, it is useless. ”

The bald head stared at Wen Zhongfa with two eyes, and said with a straight face: "No matter what, you can't mess up with the mind of following the adult." ”

Wen Zhongfa nodded silently, and only said after half a sound: "Get on the horse, hurry up, bald, you said beautifully, don't want to get off the horse and sleep these days, don't complain." ”

The bald man said angrily: "Is Lao Tzu such a person? ”

……

Three days later, Wen Zhongfa and his entourage of eleven people saw Jining Fort in the distance.

Because the fort is stationed on a high place, it can be seen from a distance of several miles, and a small military fort in all directions gives people the feeling of being towering into the sky and difficult to invade.

Wen Zhongfa and the others did not enter the military platform or the fort along the way for repair, this way, the Beiyu rode a lot, in order to save trouble, they could only rush near the military platform, and there was no way for the Beiyu to find out, but it was too time-consuming and energy-consuming to enter the military platform to recuperate, and the news brought by Wen Zhongfa was too important, and it was good to send it to Zhang Han as soon as possible, so he naturally would not waste time on such things.

Everyone told the horses to rest, and galloped for several days, although Xinghebao changed to the best horses, and the horses were very tired.

Everyone stood knee-deep in the grass, looking at the scene around them.

There is a bunker on both sides of the left and right hands, there are some camps of the northern captives next to the fort, it is almost evening, the northern captives are also cooking, although the tartars can eat raw meat, they can run long distances by cheese and raw meat, or graze in the wild for a long time, but they are also people after all, the fort has been around for a long time, and the military discipline is not as strict as before, groups of simple tents are not far from the periphery of the forts and military platforms, the grass around is knee-high, and there are some wild flowers blooming, under the blue sky and sunset, the smoke rises, There seems to be a faint smell of barbecued meat, which is a rare and magnificent scenery.

A flock of wild beasts passed by, treading wavy trails in the grass in the distance.

A large group of cattle and sheep are scattered to graze in the grassland, many herdsmen come out with their own cattle and sheep, and there are also cattle and sheep to help them graze in Taiji, so many strong men have been away for a long time, as long as the nearby tribes are driving the cattle and sheep over to graze, before the autumn so that the cattle and sheep can eat fat and strong, as for the distant tribes, such as Mobei, their herds have no way to come, so these tribes are the most anxious group.

There are no roads, no houses, only desolate grassland scenery, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, Wen Zhongfa and others have long been tired of seeing it, they prefer to see the official road, villages, sparse forests, restaurants and teahouses, the dumplings boiled in boiling water under the pot, the bustling crowd, the carts, the carts, the walkers, people laughing, talking, with ropes on their shoulders, carrying the vegetable baskets, full of tiredness and comfortable walking back to the village's home.

"Phew!" I don't know who remembered something, someone spat on the ground and scolded viciously: "The sassy Tartars of the dog day, I don't know when I killed them." ”

"It's useless to talk less, kill them one by one, and take your time." The bald man took out a huge lice from under his neck, put it in his mouth and bit it. His robe can no longer see the original gray, it has turned black from the neckline to the placket for too long, the copper buckle can't be seen at all, and the military boots are also worn, but the standing posture is still straight, and he has been in the field for a long time.

Everyone didn't move, and they weren't in a hurry, Wen Zhongfa had already taken out a small red flag from his bag, and waved the flag on the nearest military platform to the northeast, everyone stood in place, waiting quietly.

After a quarter of an hour, Wen Zhongfa stopped the flag, and the military platform first fired a cannon, and then someone stood on top of the military platform and began to wave the flag in front.

Many herdsmen who are barbecuing or grazing subconsciously look at the military platform, but they have no change at all, the northern prisoners can't understand the flag language, the military stations and the dungeon, and then Jining Fort has flag contact every day, and often fires artillery, and the Beiyu are also used to it.

It's just that the Dunbao military station has not yet formed a real network, and the flag language can only be used for simple communication, otherwise, there is no need to ask Wen Zhong to send their back and forth adventures to pass the news.

After another quarter of an hour, it was getting late, and the sun became a fireball half-hanging over the horizon, and in a quarter or two at most, the sun would sink below the horizon, and night would fall, and before the moon illuminated the earth, the steppe was almost out of sight, and it was extremely difficult to move, whether it was friend or foe.

Without a torch, it is impossible to sneak into the night, once the torch is lit, it will be discovered, and then the northern captives will chase with torches, and there will be chaos in the dark night, and the consequences are unpredictable.

The bald man said to Wen Zhong: "I don't know how to make a decision in the fort, I think it's better to rush at this time." ”

Wen Zhong was silent, he stared at the side of the military fort.

Finally, I heard the sound of fire at Jining Fort, and several four-pounder guns and six-pounder guns in the fort opened fire together, and the power was earth-shattering!

No matter how used to it, the Beiyu can't adapt to the fire of the Hongyi cannon in Jining Fort!

The war horses were galloping, the herdsmen were startled, more armor soldiers and herdsmen were running to the north, from the place where Wen Zhongfa and the others were, there were tongues of fire gushing above Jining Fort from time to time, and it seemed that fire dragons were flying and dancing on the castle wall.

The Beiyu on the opposite side didn't know what it meant, Jining Fort would often fire a cannon, once it was found that there was a dense gathering of herdsmen or armor soldiers within the firing range, it would suddenly come and shoot, even if it didn't necessarily hit, it could always make everyone's hearts flutter and rush to avoid.

Sometimes Jining Fort will also put artillery to cover the cuirassiers' attack, Li Xuan and other more than 200 horsemen will quietly go to the outermost periphery of the horse wall to wait, waiting for the artillery to be released, when the Mongols are in chaos, the cuirassiers attack violently, several rounds of impact maneuver, many shot wounds, but it is too late to cut off the head must retreat, otherwise when a large number of armor soldiers come, once besieged, the room for maneuver will be reduced, and the situation will be unfavorable to the cuirassiers.

This time the fire was fired, and the Mongols couldn't figure out whether the merchant cavalry was going to come out again to take advantage, or simply to drive away the cavalry or herdsmen who were too close, and everyone was in chaos.

Under the strict orders of Ah Cheng and others, there are dense tribes stationed around Jining Fort in all directions, mainly to trap Jining Fort to death, and not to give Jining Fort too much space for activities, in case Zhang Han can easily exchange information with the outside, and the other is to constantly put pressure on Jining Fort, so that the soldiers and civilians in the fort have the pressure of being besieged, and Jining Fort has always used artillery fire and cavalry to counter, successfully pressing the northern captives outside the range of three miles, and preventing them from approaching too much.

Occasionally, small groups of cavalry would deliberately approach and gallop fast beyond the barricade to attract fire, but with poor results.

"Okay, let's move, rush over!"

The sun went down a little again, the feeling of twilight was very obvious, Wen Zhongfa and the others had already gotten on their horses and waited, the war horses were well trained, there were a few fierce horses that kept bowing their heads and raising their heads, making a loud chirping sound, and the four hooves were also constantly plowing the ground, they felt the atmosphere of the battlefield, and they couldn't hold it back.

The bald man and the others also felt that the exhaustion was swept away, as if a valve was opened somewhere on the body, and a feeling called the battlefield descended on everyone's body, and their adrenaline was quickly secreted, which made everyone's spirit rise to the extreme, they felt that their whole body was full of strength, and their waists became very soft...... They feel that they are capable of splitting rocks, and they can also use their body to dodge attacks and bows and arrows, which is a feeling that they have experienced many times on the battlefield over the years, which is something unique to veterans, and once this feeling is triggered, they will burst out with more strength than usual, and they will also save every ounce of strength, and they will also make their body more soft, and they can dodge damage from enemies as much as possible.