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If it was a Ming army of sixty or seventy people, the combat effectiveness would basically be ignored. However, the tartars of sixty or seventy people are quite troublesome. The Tartars' mobile combat capability is too strong, and sixty or seventy people can form a strong assault force. Even if thousands of Ming troops encountered them in the field, they would suffer a big loss.

Provided, of course, that the Tartars will not be stupid enough to attack the city. If the city is attacked, six or seven hundred Tartars may not be able to win. Defending the city was the only advantage of the Ming army. This is also the basic reason why Ningxia Town is full of beacon piers and castles everywhere. As long as you stick to the castle and don't make low-level mistakes, the Tartars are probably helpless.

From the perspective of the Tartars, of course, they hope to fight in sports, confront the Ming army in the field, use their mobility advantages, as well as the advantages of cavalry and archery, to win more with less and defeat the Ming army. And from the perspective of the Ming army, of course, it is hoped that the Tartars will come to attack the city. Although the Tartars' bow and arrow ability is strong, it is difficult for the Ming army to reach it, but the ability to attack fortifications is not good.

It was impossible for the Tartars to carry much siege equipment, and they did not know how to make siege equipment on the spot. As long as the Tartars attack the city, even if they can capture one or two relatively large towns, they will soon have to withdraw their troops because of their own heavy losses. Forcing the Tartars to attack the city, or inducing the Tartars to attack the city, has always been the main strategy of the Ming army to consume the Tartars.

Seeing so many Tatar cavalry, those new soldiers who joined Niujiaodun felt that the blood in their bodies slowly began to boil. Just arrived at Niujiaodun, and encountered so many enemies, it was really a bit of a test. Even Mao Thirteen, who has experience as a horse thief, is obviously a little uncomfortable with the pressure of the Tartars. After all, the concept of Tartar's murder is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Since childhood, they have subconsciously felt that Tartars are extremely scary.

"Think of your loved ones! Think about what you said yesterday! Don't you want to avenge your loved ones? If you can't even grasp your own weapons, how can you take revenge? We are not in the wilderness with the Tartars, we are holding on to the city. With such a small number of troops of the Tartars, are you still worried that he will not be able to attack the city? Xu Xingxia said coldly.

With Xu Xingxia's encouragement, the uneasiness of the recruits finally improved slightly. However, Xu Xingxia didn't feel that just a few words of his own could inspire their courage. If things are really that simple, then their domineering spirit is a little too strong. In fact, in order to inspire the courage of these people, more efforts and more practical actions are needed. Boss is by no means that easy to do.

"Your Excellency, you see, the Tatars seem to be coming for us?" Suddenly, Zhang Quanfu said to Xu Xingxia with some confusion.

"Really?" Xu Xingxia frowned and carefully looked at the movements of the Tatar cavalry outside.

The people around also followed Xu Xingxia's gaze and looked around in surprise. Sure enough, those Tatar cavalry did not follow the main road all the way south. When they were about 100 zhang away from the Niujiao Mound, they all spread out, surrounding the Niujiao Mound from different directions. Even to the east, where Tartars had never appeared before, more than a dozen Tartar cavalry appeared. Such a distribution of troops is indeed rather strange.

Around the horn pier, there are flat vegetable patches sorted out by everyone. Now, the Tatar cavalry was very close to these vegetable patches. Perhaps discovering the unusual nature of the vegetable field, those Tatar cavalry also temporarily lowered their speed and slowly approached the horn pier. The curved bows in their hands have all been mounted with goose feather arrows.

"The Tartars are going to pull out the horns?" Gao Meng said a little stunned.

This sentence suddenly made the tense atmosphere in the horn pier even more tense. The faces of some of the recruits even turned pale all of a sudden. Chen Shouwang, Liu Heng, and Lin Dacheng, who have no actual combat experience at all, not to mention Mao Shisan, who has experience as horse thieves, couldn't help but shudder. They vaguely felt that this time they might have made the most wrong choice in their lives. What's worse is that this wrong choice has not yet had a chance to overturn and start over. The great mistake has been made, and there is no salvation.

If the Tartars are going to pull out the horn pier, it means that the recruits who have just passed the assessment with difficulty and come to the horn pier with great enthusiasm and are ready to eat well will die after only a full breakfast. They are not so naïve as to think that they can escape from the arrows of a Tartar. Seriously, such a result is really frustrating. They came to Niujiaodun, and they came to die!

Many people couldn't figure out why the Tartars tried to pull out the horns. There's no need for that! The Ox Horn Pier is just a simple beacon pier, which is used to call the police, and basically has no impact on the military operations of the Tartars, so the Tartars generally don't care. For a long time, the Tartars passed by the beacon pier and didn't bother to take a look.

However, if the Tartars really made up their minds to pull out the horns, then there was only one possibility - the Tartars were going to launch another large-scale attack. Only when an attack of thousands of people is launched, the Tartars will kill all the beacon piers on the front line of Ningxia Town. The purpose of this is, of course, to facilitate the movement of large forces.

Thinking of thousands of Tartars rushing towards Ningxia Town, almost everyone felt a little chill down their spine. With so many Tartar cavalry heading south, it was not just the Niujiaodun that suffered the catastrophe. Fort Weizhen must be unstoppable. Whether Pingyu City can be stopped or not, we have to say two things. It is conceivable how many military households will die under the butcher's knife of the Tartars.

"Calm down!"

Xu Xingxia shouted expressionlessly.

Regardless of whether the Tartars wanted to pull out the beacon pier or not, Xu Xingxia did not have the slightest fear. His self-confidence came from the iron-backed bow in his hand, and from the eighty black feather arrows he had. The number of the Tartars was only sixty or seventy, and even if all of them poured up, they would not be his opponents. What's more, there are more than a dozen people who know how to ride and shoot by his side. They are the least good, and they can kill five or six Tartars.

As for whether the Tartars have more large troops behind, this is not a question that Xu Xingxia needs to consider. He is just a small hundred, with only such a few people around him, and only such a few weapons. He can only do his best within the scope of his ability. Even if he was really razed to the ground along with Niujiaodun in the end, he had nothing to say. He has done his best, without regrets.

The Tatar cavalry moved quickly, and when the Ming army of Niujiaodun was secretly chilling, they had already completed the encirclement of Niujiaodun. The Tatar cavalry closest to Niujiaodun was less than seventy zhang, which was basically the limit of the range of the iron-backed bow. However, due to the distance, Xu Xingxia did not make a move. He wasn't completely sure that he couldn't waste his precious Black Feather Arrow.

A Tatar cavalryman jumped forward and shouted to the horn pier: "We are the warriors of the Tatar Kylgin tribe!" Tell Xu Xingxia to come out and speak! If he refuses to show up, we'll raze the horn mound to the ground! ”

He actually speaks Chinese very standardly. It is impossible for someone among the pure Tatars to speak Chinese so standardly. It can be inferred from this that the Tatar cavalry who shouted must be Han. Most likely, it was the kind of Han Chinese who defected to foreign races. It's like a person like Fan Wencheng, who defected to Liaodong and gave his life to the wild boar skin.

What Xu Xingxia hates most is such a Han annihilation. He decided to take this Han Jian first and give the Tartar a little color. He nodded to Gao Meng and motioned for him to respond. Gao Meng's voice is big enough to be used as a megaphone. Gao Meng immediately shouted loudly: "Fuck you, dead man!" If you have something to say, let it go! ”

Nahan said condescendingly: "This is the eldest prince of the Kylkin tribe, Sobud!" He came in person this time to find one of your people named Xu Xingxia! As long as you hand over Xu Xingxia's head, we will let you go! ”

During the Ming Dynasty, many Mongol tribes were canonized as kings. At the beginning, it was canonized by the Ming Dynasty, there was a relatively formal procedure, and the number of canonizations was very small. Later, the procedure was gradually simplified, and more and more princes were canonized, resulting in the prince's hat becoming less and less valuable. Later, the Mongols simply canonized themselves and threw off the Ming court. As long as you have a little strength, you can get yourself the title of prince, and the same is true for the Hellergin tribe.

Xu Xingxia slammed a gesture towards Gao to get the Han Jian closer, so as to create a chance for himself to shoot the other party. Gao Meng nodded and said loudly: "What bullshit prince? We can't hear clearly, you come closer and speak. ”

The man didn't know that there was a deception, and rode his horse forward, about fifteen zhang or so, and was about to speak, when suddenly, with a whoosh, an arrow whistled away, knocking him directly off the horse. The man fell to the ground, motionless. The black feather arrow pierced his chest, apparently unable to live.

"Ahh

The Tatar cavalry who saw this scene couldn't help but gasp.

This shouting Han Jian is more than 40 zhang away from Niujiaodun! At such a distance, he was actually killed by someone with an arrow! This person who shoots arrows, archery is too perverted! Even if it's a Tatar archer, it's hard to do it!

"I'm Xu Xingxia!"

On the top of the horn pier, Xu Xingxia lowered the iron back bow and shouted in a deep voice.

A Tatar cavalryman stepped forward, stopped ten zhang away from Han Annihilation's corpse, and shouted in stiff Chinese: "Xu Xingxia, you killed the little prince of our Hellerjin tribe, you obediently come out and die!" You come out, we'll give you a chance to fight fairly! As long as you can defeat us, we will let you go! ”

Xu Xingxia smiled indifferently and didn't bother to respond. These Tartars, just a bunch of idiots, actually called themselves out to die? Do they really think that they will go out and fight them? It's a joke! There are dozens of you, and I'm the only one on my side, and if I go out to fight, won't I be sent to death?

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