“…… Xu Xingxia! ”

Zhang Qiuqing finally read Xu Xingxia's name in a stiff tone.

"Here!"

Xu Xingxia's answer was very loud, and it shook everyone's eardrums slightly.

Peng Feng's brows immediately wrinkled, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. The faces of the surrounding hundreds of households are also a little complicated. One by one, they all lowered their heads and looked only at their toes, as if they had seen nothing and heard nothing. Even the most honest Luo Dingyuan is like this, like a deaf and dumb person.

Xu Xingxia did this, obviously because he was not in harmony with the two adults, and he was suspected of picking his eyebrows in front of him. In the past, he only openly challenged the authority of the two adults in Weizhen Fort, but now, it has developed to openly challenge the authority of the two adults in Pingyu City. It can be seen from this how far his arrogance has developed. If this continues, the two adults will not be able to raise their heads in front of him.

Zhang Qiuqing's face was also a little dark. Xu Xingxia deliberately replied like this, obviously aiming at them. This made them all feel quite unhappy. It's just that now, they no longer have the ability to directly turn their faces with Xu Xingxia. The two bigwigs in Ningxia Town still have private matters to ask this Xu Xingxia to do, how can they turn their faces?

"Let's think about it, when Mo Yuegen arrives, what kind of situation will they have, communicate with each other, and have a good idea." Tan Qilong interjected meaningfully. He and Xu Xingxia didn't have any grudges, and when they saw Peng Feng and Zhang Qiuqing making a fool of themselves, they were only secretly happy. It's a pity that Xu Xingxia is too arrogant and arrogant, and he doesn't dare to take the initiative to recruit him, so as not to be burdened.

The meaning of Tan Qilong's remarks is actually to openly ask everyone to think of excuses, make an offensive and defensive alliance, and not show obvious flaws when questioning the superiors. No one knows what the boss will be asking about this time. If you ask about the key points, it will be more troublesome. If you tell your superiors bluntly that when the Tartars arrived, you had been cowering in the castle, not daring to fight, and it is estimated that the big board would soon be raised.

That's right, when the Tartars arrived, everyone only dared to retreat in the castle and did not dare to fight. These are all facts. I believe that the above also knows. However, when reporting on the state of the war, such facts must not be stated. If you're stupid enough to tell the truth, you can only say that you're looking for your own death. You have to use your imagination to the fullest, and imagine how you will get out of the city to fight the Tartars, and what the results will be. If defeated, what about the casualties. If the battle is won, where will the head of the Tartar be.

The key to making up lies is not to be flawless, not to be seamless, but to do better than others. It's the same as the story that I just need to run faster than you. There were ten guards in Ningxia Town, twenty-five thousand households, and several battalions of soldiers, and it was impossible to punish all the people. Even if scapegoats were to be caught, there would not be many of them. As long as your lies are more credible and self-justifying than others, you will be able to get through. However, it is not easy to do this. In the Weisho Army in Ningxia Town, who is not a master of making up lies? It's hard to stand out!

"Xu Xingxia, what do you have to say?" Tan Qilong suddenly said meaningfully.

"It's a pity that I brought back too few Tartar heads, otherwise, we can share one for each person! When the time comes, don't say anything, just put the head of the tartar on it, and everything will be clear. The review meeting may be held as a celebration meeting. Xu Xingxia straightened his waist and said loudly.

Everyone present was stunned. This Xu Xingxia is really arrogant, and he dares to say such things. Are you your son when you are the governor of the three sides? The review meeting was changed to a celebration meeting! However, he does have the capital of arrogance. They all vaguely knew that Xu Xingxia was in Kalong Mountain, which made Mo Yuegen suffer a lot of losses and died a lot of tartars. can make the Tatar god of arrows suffer a big loss, this is definitely not an ordinary person!

Now Xu Xingxia has a lot of Tartar heads in his hands. It's a pity that Xu Xingxia didn't mean to divide the heads of these Tartars at all. Now Xu Xingxia is becoming more and more solitary and more utilitarian. What he said just now was purely to stimulate the people present. You don't have a good relationship with me, why should I take care of you? Cut!

Peng Feng frowned and said, "What did you say without a head?" ”

Xu Xingxia didn't say anything.

These people in front of him are not his allies, so he won't help them get through. It doesn't matter if they live or die! However, as soon as Xu Xingxia said this, the nervous mood of the people present relaxed a lot. No matter what, Xu Xingxia is a person from the Thousand Households, he has killed so many Tartars, and the Thousand Households also have a bright face. Seeing Xu Xingxia's military exploits, even if the boss wants to be held accountable, he will not be held accountable for thousands of households.

Of course, there are people who are not in a good mood. The most unhappy ones are probably Peng Feng and Zhang Qiuqing. If Xu Xingxia is promoted this time, he will be a deputy thousand households. If you skip the level and promote, you can even become a thousand households. Zhenshuo Fort, isn't there just a shortage of 1,000 households? If it is selected according to the merits of the war, this thousand households must be Xu Xingxia. What does this mean? This means that in the near future, the two of them are likely to become Xu Xingxia's subordinates and will obey Xu Xingxia's orders. Honestly, it's worse than killing them.

Peng Feng and Zhang Qiuqing, both of whom are the kind of people with very small hearts, got into the tip of the horns, and didn't know how to get out. They couldn't see Xu Xingxia, who used to be muddy on the soles of his feet, and in such a short period of time, he had climbed to their high position, or even higher than them. It's just the main reason why they have been working tirelessly against Xu Xingxia. It's just that now it seems that they can't stop Xu Xingxia's progress.

"Since there is nothing to say, let's go to Ningxia City!" Peng Feng said boredly. With Xu Xingxia's military exploits there, the top will definitely not be able to punish the thousands of households, and the big stone in his heart can be regarded as landing. However, seeing that Xu Xingxia might be promoted again, his emotions fell to the bottom again. This review meeting has completely become chicken ribs, and it is not interesting.

The group then set off from Pingyu City and advanced slowly towards Ningxia City. I set off in the morning and arrived in Ningxia City in the afternoon. Xu Xingxia had already been to Ningxia City last time, but he had not entered it, and this time could be regarded as his first time entering Ningxia City. It is estimated that because of the arrival of the governors of the three sides in person, the security of Ningxia City is obviously much stricter. The number of soldiers on the head of the city was obviously more than twice as large as the last time they came.

In the past, entering and leaving Ningxia City did not need to be inspected, and everyone could enter and exit freely. Not anymore. Now, all the gates of the city are guarded by soldiers. The person responsible for checking the documents is also at least an officer above the general rank. Some city gates, even President Qian personally dispatched. They looked at everyone as if they were thieves, full of suspicion. The originally wide city gate hole was blocked by the soldiers, leaving only a narrow passage for one person to pass. As a result, there was a long queue of people entering and leaving the city gates.

The total number of soldiers is basically equivalent to the hundred households of the guards. The total number of soldiers is equivalent to the thousand households of the guard. Since the soldiers think that they are a cut above the guards, the thousands of soldiers will never take the initiative to greet the thousands of households of the guards. Mr. Qian, who was at the east gate of Ningxia City, did not take Peng Feng and others in his eyes. There was no way, Peng Feng had no choice but to step forward in person and explain his intention to President Qian, who was guarding the city gate. After reporting the situation, everyone took out their own documents and checked that they were correct, so they were able to enter Ningxia City.

As the largest city in Ningxia Town, Ningxia City is much larger than towns such as Weizhenbao, Zhenshuo Fort, and Pingyucheng. The two sides are not on the same plane at all. Standing at the east gate of Ningxia City, looking to the west, you can only see dense, layered buildings, trying to look into the distance, at the end of the line of sight, still do not see the shadow of the west gate. It stands to reason that the east gate and the west gate of Ningxia City are in a straight line and should be visible. From this, it can be imagined how huge Ningxia City is. In fact, in the northwest of the Ming Empire, in addition to Xi'an City, Ningxia City is the most magnificent.

In the past, the people living in Ningxia City were mainly military households in the health center, and the number of ordinary households was very small. Later, Bobai launched a rebellion, and a large number of military households participated, and the upper authorities began to feel that it was not enough to have only military households in Ningxia Town, and that it was necessary to mix sand and place some civilian households in it, so as to prevent the military households from collectively rising up and making trouble. Therefore, after the Bobai rebellion was suppressed, the imperial court forcibly relocated a large number of households from Shaanxi and other places to Ningxia City.

At that time, the living conditions in the northern part of Shaanxi were indeed very difficult, and most of the households were also poorly clothed and hungry, and fled everywhere. Moving to Ningxia City is also a good choice. The natural conditions of the Ningxia Plain, in any case, are better than those of northern Shaanxi. In the thirtieth year of Wanli, there was a migration, and more than 200,000 foreign households collectively migrated to Ningxia City and the surrounding areas.

Since the foreign households are basically from Guanzhong, Shaanxi, this makes Ningxia City like Little Xi'an in many ways. For example, the Qin dialect and Zhenzi noodles that Shaanxi people like are within reach of Ningxia City. Therefore, Ningxia City is also known as Little Xi'an City. The only difference is that the Shaanxi immigrants who moved to Ningxia City have changed their habits of wrapping their heads in white cloths. There is no wind and sand here, the climate is pleasant, and there is no need to wrap a headscarf at all.

(To be continued)