Chapter 20: The Iron Hoof of the North

"They...... No...... Not our reinforcements? Zhang Tianyi couldn't speak, he understood what Xia Shou's words meant: "Then how did they fight with these bandits?" You're still so welcome? ”

Xia Shou smiled bitterly and didn't speak.

Xu Deyi was even more angry and bloody: "How is it possible...... How can it be! Aren't you from the Xia Shou Village? What part of it? Are you suitable for people? Don't give Ben a name yet! ”

"Yo he!" Xu Huanwu was happy: "There are still people who dare to talk to our Royal Guards Legion like this, rare, rare!" Which subordinate are you and what position? If you dare to continue to detain the war criminals required by the Royal Guards Legion Contingent, don't blame me for being merciless! ”

Xu Huanwu hid his heart, and just after the fight, it was actually the Royal Guards Legion who made a move. He said that if he didn't pursue this fire merger, it would be a big injustice for Xu Deyi. How can anyone beat you up and turn over on your back, and then say that you don't pursue and beat you so hard?

But Xu Deyi didn't have time to think about this at all.

"Are you officers and soldiers?" Even if Xu Deyi was ignorant and had never seen the uniform of the Royal Guards Legion, he could not recognize it for a while, and it was impossible for him not to have heard the name of the Royal Guards Legion. Moreover, with Li Jiantai, there is a small team escorting military supplies.

It's just that here, in this remote mountain village, where there is just a fierce battle between the three sides, to see the soldiers of the Royal Guards, this is too much for people to imagine in any way!

It wasn't Xia Shou's reinforcements who defeated them, so he wouldn't have been dumpling-making and died here?

But again, so he just pretended to be his grandson white?

Wait, why is there anything wrong!

Xu Deyi only felt that his mind was a mess, and this changing relationship made him confused and confused.

"I finally recognize it!" Gu Yanwu swept his eyes and waved his hand: "Take away the war criminals!" ”

Xia Shou had a resigned expression.

Zhang Tianyi was dazed, trying his best to digest Fang Cai's news.

"You can't take it away!" Xu Deyi suddenly reacted.

At this moment, he couldn't stop roaring in his heart: This is the Royal Guards Legion, the main army of His Majesty the Emperor! Moreover, he has always been strict in military discipline, and he can't see the existence of sand in his eyes. Let them know that they have killed good and risked their merits, so what is it? When the time comes, if you can't kill the good and risk the merit to lure Li Jiantai, how can you make great contributions?

"Take it down!" Xu Deyi kicked the guards around him violently, asking them to hurriedly take people away, and then Xu Deyi rushed forward, plucked up full courage, and looked directly at the few generals in front of him: These are all strong and famous generals who have won head-on with the Tartars!

He felt his legs tremble a little.

But when he thought of the ending where the consequences were exposed, Xu Deyi's heart swelled with boundless courage.

Zhang Tianyi, who was dragged away, watched all this with wide eyes, reacted suddenly, and realized one thing: although this part was not Xia Shou's reinforcements, it was the official army that defeated Xia Shou's bandits. However, this official army seems to be a little different.

Seeing this, Xu Huanwu's eyes suddenly became unkind: "Are you stopping us from asking for people?" ”

Saying that, Qi Shan silently took the soldiers around him and took a step forward, these are not lightly armored baggage soldiers, they are all samurai with full armor and twenty or thirty pounds of iron armor on their bodies, step out, the sound of clanging sounds, and the cold light of the long knife and spear in his hand flickered, making people only shudder.

"This is the order of General Li Maochun and Li Staff, and there are defeated generals of the Shun army who fled before, so ...... You can't take people! Xu Deyi gasped for breath and felt his chest beat again.

"Li Maochun? And he struck! And won the war! Gu Yanwu muttered, very surprised: "So, you are a person under Li Maochun, the general of the guard?" ”

"The last general Xu Deyi ......" Xu Deyi looked at Gu Yanwu, keenly feeling that this person's temperament was unusual, and he quickly organized the words in his heart, saying: "It is indeed the general manager under the command of General Li. In the army, the last general has always heard the generals tell all kinds of stories about the Royal Guards Legion, and they admire it, but it is a pity that the two armies are separated and cannot communicate with each other. Seeing him this time, he is really a strong and brave general, which makes people admire. After the war today, please talk about your feelings! ”

"Okay." Gu Yanwu stepped forward slowly, responded, a little smile appeared on his face, and said categorically: "Take it all for me!" ”

"Whoa!" Qi Shan received the order at the moment, and a cadre of soldiers in front of him and behind him responded to the order, and hundreds of soldiers who could fight well shouted in unison, and the momentum rose, reaching the nine heavens, which immediately made those bandits in the courtyard tremble, looking at the strong army in front of them, and a question arose in their hearts: How can such a strong soldier fight? How can you beat it?

Xu Deyi had a look on his face that you were teasing me, he hollowed out his mind and said a bunch of meaty words, why did he turn his face ruthlessly as soon as a white-faced scholar came?

Constantly thinking about words in his heart, Xu Deyi shouted to his subordinates not to move rashly and retreated to the back. In fact, no one did anything, everyone stared at Xu Deyi and only hoped that Xu Deyi would give a solution.

Xu Deyi had no way, he looked at Gu Yanwu and couldn't help explaining: "This Shangguan, dare to ask where the last general offended your army?" You know, I just admired it, and I just hated to dig out my heart to show my true intentions. Why do you want to fight our army? Fire and allies! ”

Xu Huanwu couldn't help but be a little shaken when he heard the words of fire and friendly forces, and looked at Gu Yanwu with some hesitation.

Gu Yanwu said softly: "Then you should tell me, what are you going to do when you come to this mountain col?" ”

"I ...... I ...... "Xu Deyi, it's like that, I can't react."

Xu Huanwu thought of something.

Gu Yanwu snorted lightly: "Take them all, especially pay attention to that Tianyi and Xia Shou, if you take the two of them, you can ask some information." ”

A cadre of soldiers shouted in unison and rushed to kill, but Qi Shan was measured and slashed with the back of his knife. Seeing that the strong army had no killing intent at this step, these bandits immediately lost their troops and unloaded their armor, and surrendered together. In their opinion, the surrender of the officers and soldiers ...... No, it's a friendly army? It doesn't seem even more right.

After all, even if it falls into the law enforcement team, it's not that bad, right?

Xu Deyi's voice was so loud that Zhang Tianyi, who had been retreating behind him for a long time, finally reacted.

I saw Zhang Tianyi find a loophole, slammed into the bandits around him, broke free, and said in a loud voice: "The official saves the good people!" I am Nuanhui Zhuang Zhuang advocates Tianyi, these bandits want to kill the good and take the merit, kill the good and take the merit! ”

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Seeing this, Xu Deyi's body suddenly weakened, looked at the officials and soldiers killed in front of him, knelt down, raised his hands high, and closed his eyes softly.

"Killing good and risking merit?" Qi Shan had some doubts: "Didn't Li Maochun defeat the Shun army just now?" ”

Xu Huanwu said: "Go and meet that Tianyi and Xia Shou, and you will understand." ”

Xu Deyi was tied up tightly, and not long after, Zhang Tianyi also rushed over and said hurriedly: "Official, official, I am really a good citizen." These bandits are going to kill the Zhuang Ke on my Zhuangzi, and kill the good and brave the merits! ”

"What good people, thieves who are bandits, are worthy?" Xu Deyi said a word, and Zhang Tianyi's face suddenly turned pale.

Xia Shou and the Summer King were also dragged over.

Gu Yanwu, Xu Huanwu and others all looked over.

King Xia looked at Gu Yanwu, Xia Shou and Qi Shan, sighed lightly, and said, "That's it, I'll recruit it." In the stockade, a Ming army general who surrendered to the Shun army was indeed saved. It's the person Xu Deyi wants... It's just that I never expected that you would come with the intention of killing good people and risking merit......"

Xu Deyi opened his mouth wide enough to swallow an egg: "You really caught Chen Lu?" ”

He looked at Xia Shou and only felt that the end was coming.

"Yes......" Xia Shou hung his head.

Gu Yanwu listened and thought carefully: "Things are really getting more and more interesting......

Chen Lu.

Li Maochun's key battle to defeat Li Yan on the West Wind Terrace!

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The towns of Shanxi, Datong and Xuanfu together formed the Ming Dynasty's defense line northwest of Gyeonggi. The Trinity, along the Great Wall, is full of guards and border towns, turning this place facing the main battlefield of Mongolia into a century-old defense line.

For military strategy, the centennial defense line is not something to be commendable.

Sometimes, things that are so important as a sense of security are actually things that are difficult to buy even if you have money, and they are very expensive when you can.

For the safety of the frontier, the emperors of Jingshi spent tens of millions of taels of silver on the border towns every year. Among them, more than four achievements are located in this place in the northwest of this mountain and west of Gyeonggi.

Behind Ningwuguan is Shanxi Town, a little north of Shanxi Town is Datong Town, Datong Town is a little northeast corner, and then turn a little to the northeast corner of Xuanfu Town.

To the north of Xuanfu Town is Zhangjiakou, where merchants come and go, and a large amount of materials makes this border city extremely prosperous.

Today, the atmosphere in Xuanfu Town is a little different.

Located in the backyard of the largest warehouse in the city, the Paradigm Warehouse, there was a crowd of people, and countless shopkeepers who were imposing with a single foot in the city were waiting with bated breath at the moment, quietly waiting for the person in the city to open their mouths.

This person is richly dressed, often with a professional smile on his face, and when he sees everyone at this moment, he slowly puts it away, revealing a solemn face. His seriousness made the atmosphere in the room tense a little.

This person is the owner of the warehouse here: Fan Yongdou.

"Today, I called everyone to come here, and some people may have guessed it. But this matter, after all, is still in the land of Daming, I won't say it, and next, I hope that none of you will say it. Otherwise, you know the ending of Qiao Qi. Fan Yongdou put his hands behind his back, looked around at everyone, and spoke slowly.

"Yes!" Inside the house, all the shopkeepers opened their mouths together, thinking of Qiao Qi's dignity after his death.

"Lang Xin, you take Kong Ruiyan, Gu Lijia, and Sun Yixiang to be responsible for raising food." Fan Yongdou pointed to some of the people standing at the front.

Lang Xin looked excited: "Yes, the owner!" ”

"Wang Ke, what is the name of the general stationed in Beicheng? If the surname is He, go and make it clear. There will be people who will walk with you, do what you should do, and don't listen to what you shouldn't. Fan Yongdou looked at a man with a jade face again.

Everyone has been very awe-inspiring.

"Cen Ru ......"

"Kang Hye Zhao ......"

……

One person after another was ordered to go out, and half an hour later, the crowd in the room was emptied, and Fan Yongdou sat down on a chair, with a vicious breath on his forehead, and he seemed to be extremely energetic.

After a while, Fan Sanba quietly walked over, poured a cup of tea for Fan Yongdou, and gently rubbed his shoulders.

After less than a quarter of an hour, Fan Yongdou slowed down and said, "Back?" ”

"Yes, Father." Fan Sanba said softly: "Over there, it has already begun to go south." ”

"Then ......" Fan Yongdou squinted his eyes and said, "Just wait for Datong......"

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To the north of Datong Mansion, along the Yuhe River to the north, all the way through the lonely shop, Hongci Fort to Zhenqiang Fort.

The Qiang people used to be an ethnic minority in the northwest, but after the Ming Dynasty, the north was actually occupied by the Mongols. Zhenqiang Fort, in fact, is also a good name, hoping to suppress the Mongols in the north.

It is one of a series of small forts in the north of the Great Wall.

Stationed here is a famous Deng Laifu.

Deng Laifu is a veteran, and it is quite bizarre to be able to rise up to be the leader of Zhenqiang Fort. There were still thirty or forty people in Zhenqiang Fort before the New Year, although they were still poor at that time, but with the Jingshi relying on Zhu Cihong to toss the financial wealth in Nanjing for a while, so they made do.

But later, Gyeonggi was besieged by Jiannu, and the silver that had just been transported from Nanjing to Jingshi failed to break through the siege and reach the border town. Naturally, there was no salary for the soldiers.

The snow was very cold that year, Deng Laifu went out to hunt for a while, and just caught a few goats that didn't know whether they were Mongols or wild goats, and found that he was the only one in Zhenqiang Fort.

Everyone ran away and was hungry.

Seeing this, Mr. Qian, who heard the news, didn't know where to get a group of half-sized homeless people and stuffed them in, saying that it was the border army of the new Zhenqiang Fort. As the only veteran here, Deng Laifu became the boss.

There was not much silver, but a few sheep quickly changed rice to feed a group of children, half the size of the child, and ate the poor old man. The rice exchanged for a few sheep was quickly gone. Fortunately, after the siege of Gyeonggi was lifted, the military salary returned to the border town, and the registration of the new monarch was very rewarding, so it was revived here.

It was Luzer who felt the deepest about this. This sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy didn't have much resistance to being a soldier, but he had some headaches to practice with Deng Laifu.

Drill is the ability to kill, in this troubled world, if you can kill, you have a chance to survive, Lu Ze does not reject it at all. What he repels is...... You'll be hungry when you're done with the drill!

Young man, the most emotional is always such a word: hungry.

No, in order to add a little meat to everyone, Deng Laifu took a few boys out hunting.

At this time, the spring flowers are blooming, and if you are lucky, you can exchange a few from the Mongols. In the past, this was the ability to always live, and Deng Laifu learned it without a teacher.

"Full...... I can practice it, too. I always listened to the general saying that the year was good, and Mingjun was here. I just don't know...... Can you still live to that day......" Lu Ze thought thoughtlessly, standing on the side wall of Zhenqiang Fort, gradually frozen.

Today he is on duty, the weather is good, the sky is clear, but it is a little hot and humid, and he sweats all over his body after staying for a long time, which makes people feel hungry.

He was so hungry that he seemed to hear the sound of rolling iron hooves in the north. (To be continued.) )