"Ready!"

"Put!"

Xu Xingxia personally gave the command.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of the gunshots was endless, and the echoes were bursting.

White smoke from the burning of gunpowder continued to waft up over the field.

"Puff puff!"

"Puff puff!"

A large number of Mini bullets hit the mound of yellow mud, constantly splashing a large amount of dirt. Due to the frequent shooting of the surname, the mound is already riddled with holes. If you dig into the dirt, you can pull out a lot of mini bullets.

The cost of mini bullets is low, and the manufacturing process is fairly simple. A skilled craftsman, with the help of a simple mold, can produce 3,000 rounds of mini bullets in a day. The three craftsmen took turns to work, and the supply of Mini bullets was already endless. Since there is an abundant supply, Xu Xingxia will naturally not be stingy. Basically, every musketeer fired at least ten rounds of mini every three days to improve the accuracy of the shot.

This number cannot continue to increase, but takes into account the life of the barrel. The barrel of 100 steel, the durability surname is still relatively good, and it is much stronger than the ordinary firearm. However, its service life is estimated to be about 500 rounds. If this amount is exceeded, the loss of the barrel will be more serious, and the range and accuracy will be greatly reduced.

During this time, outside the Niujiao pier, the gunshots of the moon gun continued, and the sound of cavalry slashing and killing was also continuous. The place of Weizhenbao was too small, and there was no place to train for the time being, so Xu Xingxia transferred the training of the musket team to the vicinity of Niujiaodun.

The main training subject of the musket team is, of course, how to reload as quickly as possible. A skilled musketeer who can fire six times a minute. Xu Xingxia's requirement is that most people can launch five times. The worst and worst soldier must also be able to fire four times. If after three months of training, he still can't meet the standard of five times, then he will have to be kicked out of the white army. I've never seen such a rotten soldier.

In fact, Xu Xingxia's worries are superfluous. This reloading action does not have the slightest technical content, and some are just the limits of the human body. As long as you are a normal person, the limits will not be too far apart. Generally speaking, the non-commissioned officers of the white-clothed army, after about ten days of training, can reach the standard of four firing per minute. If you try a little harder, you can reach the standard of five firings per minute.

After all, the operation of the moon gun is just a few steps. Practicing thousands of times a day, even dreaming, you can't be proficient. It's like eating with chopsticks, swimming, or riding a bicycle, but once you learn it, you can't forget it. As for whether you can accurately kill the enemy with one shot, it depends on the individual's shooting talent. This talent, which is somewhat similar to the talent of mounted archery. People who have good performance in mounted archery generally have good shooting results in muskets.

In addition to shooting, the musketeers occasionally practiced assassination. For the use of bayonets, Gao Meng was mainly pondering, and Xu Xingxia was pointing out a thing or two on the side. Assassination, in fact, is just a few moves, just use it in cycles. The simplest is to stab to the left. As long as the enemy is in front of you, stab to the left. As long as you master this trick, you will try it again and again.

As for the more complex assassination techniques, that can only be understood by each individual. Seriously, once there is a large-scale hand-to-hand combat, it is estimated that the scimitar is more powerful than the bayonet. In Xu Xingxia's view, it was purely a dereliction of duty on the part of the commander to get the musket team to fight the enemy hand-to-hand. It is impossible for a clever commander to let his musket team take the initiative to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.

By mid-June, the more than 60 officers and men of the Haw Par Cavalry had all been equipped with moon guns. The Haw Par Cavalry has also changed from a purely close-range hand-to-hand combat squad to the most powerful long-range shooting unit. At a distance of 100 meters, a salvo from the Haw Par Cavalry Musket Team, Xu Xingxia estimated that he could kill about 20 Tartars.

Unfortunately, during this time, no Tatars appeared. Otherwise, Xu Xingxia would have checked the power of the musket team on the spot. Thirty or fifty Tatar cavalry went south, and the musketeers could kill them all with a few faces. The Tatar cavalry, who were caught off guard, probably did not even have a chance to escape. It's a pity that the Tatars never appeared.

Xu Xingxia estimated that after the fiasco of Sobud and Paro Ge, he would return to the Kyllegin tribe, and it was estimated that the pressure should be not small. What they are currently focusing on should be how to get 50,000 taels of silver from those two straw bales smoothly, so as to wash away their shame. If they hadn't caught those two bales, they would have been doomed. The Tatars never took waste, and so did the Kylekin tribes.

As a Han Chinese, Xu Xingxia has to admit that the internal incentive system of many nomads is indeed very effective. Basically, all nomads, there is no room for the weak to survive, let alone waste. No matter who you are, whether it is at the top or at the bottom, everything depends on your strength. If you don't have strong skills, you'll be eliminated quickly. Even, the whole tribe will be eliminated.

It is this strong sense of crisis that makes everyone in the nomadic tribe do their best to enhance their own strength, so that each tribe of the nomadic tribe has to expand unreservedly and spare no effort to find wealth and resources everywhere to enhance the strength of the tribe. Only by annexing others can you save yourself. The fist is the truth, this sentence, among the nomads, is more naked and undisguised than the Han people. When this fist landed on the head of the Han people, the Han people immediately became sad.

......, "My lord, the envoy of Qingwangfu is here, and it is still the same person last time." On this day, Xu Xingxia was training with the musket team, and Li Yanfei hurriedly came to report.

"Ask him to come in." Xu Xingxia frowned and said coldly. Huyan Aobo actually came again? Hmph, I'm really not afraid of death! You've got you covered!

Sure enough, after a while, Huyan Aobo came in happily. He was still the same as before, looking very spirited, very rough, very straightforward. However, Xu Xingxia's understanding of him has been completely overturned. This bold-looking old man is actually an old and cunning guy, and if he is not careful, he will fall into his pit.

Fortunately, the life of the little county lord in Weizhen Fort is quite comfortable, and he takes a large group of children to play every day, which is quite a bit of fun. If she doesn't come to pester Xu Xingxia, Xu Xingxia will naturally not take the initiative to tease her. Anyway, she just plays every day. As things stand, she should be able to play for a long time.

Xu Xingxia said coldly: "Old man Huyan, what are you doing again?" ”

Huyan Aobo said with a smile on his face: "Hehe, the old slave is here to take the initiative to reimburse the little county lord's expenses. The little county lord has been living in Weizhen Fort for several days, and I haven't seen Xu Escort come to reimburse the relevant expenses, so I took the initiative to come to the door. I don't know how much Xu Huwei will reimburse? ”

Hearing that he sent money, Xu Xingxia's face softened a little. He secretly despised himself in his heart, paralyzed, and was bought by money. However, now is indeed the time for him to see money, and as long as there is an opportunity to make money, he will not let it go. It would be better if you could fake the public and enrich your own pockets. Of course, on the surface, he still has to maintain his pure nature. He said coldly: "That's okay, give five hundred taels first!" ”

Huyan Aobo smiled and said, "No problem. You just write a receipt. ”

As he spoke, he really took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels and handed it to Xu Xingxia. After Xu Xingxia read it, he confirmed that it was correct, wrote a receipt, and handed it to Huyan Aobo. In fact, these days, the little county lord has food and clothing, all provided by the Xu family, and all of them add up to less than five taels of silver. The backhand is five hundred taels, a hundred times the false report, Xu Xingxia felt that he was also a little blushing. Paralyzed, it seems that my skin is still not thick enough! I don't know if I quote 5,000 taels, will Huyan Aobo still pay for it?

Huyan Aobo said with a smile: "Please also use the seal of the mother." ”

Xu Xingxia took out the seal that Su Xiaoxiao gave him, and Huyan Aobo immediately took out the seal clay and put it in front of Xu Xingxia. Xu Xingxia pressed the seal the ink, and then stamped it on the receipt. When I took out the seal, I found that it was actually a smart phoenix stamped on the receipt. Although the pattern is small, but it is the size of a thumb, the phoenix is lifelike.

Huyan Aobo put the receipt away, and said with a happy smile: "Xu Huwei, please forgive me, the old slave has no choice!" The little county lord lives quite comfortably in Weizhen Fort, which means that she is destined for you! The prince knew the news, and he also praised Xu for his ability! ”

Xu Xingxia said coldly: "Fate? That's it, and that's it? ”

Huyan Aobo looked around and found that there was no one else, so he lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Of course not." The old slave came this time to apologize to Xu Huwei. The previous situation was really helpless, and I asked Xu Huwei for forgiveness. In order to show the sincerity of the Qing Palace, the prince has a huge fortune, and he specially asked the old slave to give it to Xu Huwei. ”

Xu Xingxia is twelve points of vigilance against him, and he will not be fooled again. He said calmly: "Old man Huyan, it would be strange if I believed you. Don't talk about any wealth, you can tell me what you have to do, right? If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Mr. Huyan, that's what you mean, right? ”

Huyan Aobo smiled, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all when Xu Xingxia saw through his intentions. After laughing, he continued to lower his voice and said slowly: "Ao Bao pimple Tuoba Su, I don't know if Xu Baihu has heard of it?" And the wealth I speak of is him. ”

Xu Xingxia frowned and said in a deep voice: "Tuoba Su? Did he provoke King Qing's Mansion? ”

The name of Ao Bao Pimple sounds a little strange. Actually, it is the name of a mountain peak. This peak is the main peak of Helan Mountain, with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters. As for Tuoba Su, it is a person's name. In Ningxia Town, there are really not many military households who don't know this person's name. However, because Tuoba Su is too mysterious, or rather, too murderous, many people will subconsciously replace him with that person when mentioning his name.

Huyan Aobo sighed softly, and said awe-inspiringly: "You also know that Tuoba Su is a bandit leader entrenched in Ao Bao Pimple, and he has been doing evil for more than ten years. He has been harassing our Qingwangfu manor, and it has been a little while. Recently, he has made a big deal and robbed us of a lot of money. ”

"The prince means that he wants to ask you to kill him. The reward was five thousand taels of silver. The rest, how much you can dig up, is also yours, and the palace definitely doesn't want any of yours. Even the goods that he robbed belong to you. Let me tell you, Tuoba Su's lair, the wealth will definitely not exceed 30,000 taels, you kill him, and you will definitely get rich. ”

Xu Xingxia looked at him with a smile and said coldly: "Oh? The prince and all the bigwigs used me as a mercenary? It's really generous, five thousand taels! ”

Huyan Aobo still smiled, and said awe-inspiringly: "Do you want to do it?" ”

Xu Xingxia pondered for a moment, nodded, and said slowly: "Dry!" If you have money to collect, why not do it? However, I always want to reap the benefits first! I don't do anything good! For a reward of five thousand taels of silver, you must give at least a deposit of one thousand taels! ”

Huyan Aobo said with a smile: "Yes, it is indeed a responsible person." In fact, this Tuoba Su is a wild species from the Western Regions, entrenched in Helan Mountain, and has been harming our Ningxia Town, and you killed him, but also for the soldiers and civilians of Ningxia Town, to get rid of a scourge. With Xu Guard's hot-blooded surname, even if he is not paid, he will take the initiative to take action! ”

Xu Xingxia said coldly: "Don't talk nonsense! Bring the silver! ”

Huyan Aobo did not hesitate to take out ten silver tickets and handed them to him. Xu Xingxia inspected them one by one and found that these ten silver tickets were all printed by Shanxi Jin Merchants Sihai Qianzhuang, but they were genuine, and there was no reason to see any fakes. It seems that Qingwangfu has indeed invested a lot of money this time to get rid of this Tuoba Su.

In fact, several years ago, Qingwangfu wanted to get rid of Tuoba Su. It's just that I found a lot of people, but they have not succeeded. Those who went to crusade against Tuoba Su, instead of completing the task, lost their own lives. It is precisely because of this that Tuoba Su's name is getting louder and louder, and its influence is also getting bigger and bigger, and Qingwang Zhu Shuaizin has been distressed by this for several years. Now that Xu Xingxia has appeared, of course he wants Xu Xingxia to come out. As long as you can get rid of this Tuoba Su, what is five thousand taels of silver?

A considerable part of the property of Qingwangfu is at the foot of Helan Mountain, and the most valuable of them are, of course, five large vineyards. The grapes planted in these vineyards are all high-quality grapes imported from the Western Regions by the Qingwangfu with great money, which are used to make precious wines. The wine produced in Qingwangfu is still very famous in the Ming Empire, and it is very profitable every year. A considerable part of the huge wealth of Qingwangfu comes from the wine industry.

However, what is terrible is that in the past ten years, due to the continuous attacks of Tuoba Su bandits, the vineyards of Qingwangfu have almost been abandoned. Not to mention the huge economic losses, it is also a big blow to other aspects of the Qingwang Mansion. Without good wine, King Qing wants to have a good relationship with other powerful people, so there is not enough lubricant. Such a result, of course, is unbearable for King Qing. As long as there is the slightest chance to kill Tuoba Su, he will not let it go.

In addition, there is enough evidence to show that this Tuoba Su must have secretly colluded with the Tartars. Through Tuoba Su, Tatar always understands the general trend of Ningxia Town. Killing Tuoba Su is equivalent to cutting off a big eye and ear of the Tartar in Ningxia Town, which is very beneficial both public and private. No one wants Tartars to spy on Ningxia Town all the time, right?

Xu Xingxia put away the silver ticket, put it close to his body, his tone was still cold, and said unceremoniously: "Old man Huyan, you'd better not be cheating me!" Otherwise, I'm not done with you! ”

Huyan Aobo's beard curled up slightly, and he said a little annoyed: "Xu Huwei, speak through the brain!" My old man has nothing but a skeleton, and I took the initiative to give you five thousand taels of silver to pit you? Why don't you see you sending me five thousand taels of silver to trap me? Are you Xu Xingxia so unconfident in your kung fu? Even if you can't beat it, at least you can run away, right? If you really don't accept it, then hand it back! ”

Xu Xingxia subconsciously covered the silver ticket in his arms. When it comes to the silver ticket in his hand, how can it be returned? The king of heaven will not give it when he comes! He staggered the topic and said, "Tell me in detail, what is the origin of this Tuoba Su?" Why is it so hard to deal with? ”

Huyan Aobo said a little depressedly: "You asked the right person." This thing is really a bit weird. Jinyiwei and Dongchang have both conducted reconnaissance on this Tuoba Su, but there has been no accurate information. What is certain is that he is definitely not an ordinary horse thief leader. Behind him, it is very likely that it is the Rabbit Department of the Tatars. Xu Huwei, that day, the Tartar that appeared outside Ningxia City should also be the Tartar's rabbit insertion, right? ”

Xu Xingxia shook his head and said, "I don't know, I didn't ask." ”

Huyan Aobo said with a serious expression: "I can be sure that they are the Rabbit Department of the Tatars. The shields they use are quite special. When I was younger, I played against them in the vicinity of Hamiwei and knew some of their characteristics. Someone from the Rabbit Department actually appeared in Ningxia City this time, which is not normal. ”

Xu Xingxia said casually: "In this case, if I killed Tuoba Su, wouldn't it annoy the entire Rabbit Department?" If they go south in a big way, won't the big guys blame me again? Old man Huyan, your five thousand taels didn't really cheat me, did you? ”

(To be continued)