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Seeing the cloth shoes that her mother bought for herself, Dongzi and Niuniu hurried to the water tank, washed their feet as much as possible, then dried them, and tried to wear the newly bought cloth shoes diligently. Soon, they were walking around in front of everyone in brand-new cloth shoes. Looking at their expressions, you know that the cloth shoes must be very comfortable.

"Brother, the shoes that my mother bought for Niuniu, do they look good?"

Niuniu wore newly bought cloth shoes, came to Xu Xingxia, and said expectantly. Because of her happiness, her little face could actually see a trace of pink. This is the first time Xu Xingxia has seen a normal girl's face on her face.

"Of course it's pretty. Niu Niu's shoes are always the best-looking. Xu Xingxia said with a smile. He crouched down and carefully patted off a little bit of dust from his cloth shoes. In this way, the cloth shoes appear more clean.

Niuniu was very satisfied with her brother's answer, turned around, put on cloth shoes, and went to hang out in front of others. Xu Xingxia looked at her back and shook her head gently. It's just a very ordinary pair of cloth shoes, worth a few pennies, which makes a little girl happy to such an extent. Alas, what kind of life did the Xu family live in the past?

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may be stimulated by his son, Xu Fuqing's spirit is not bad. As for his son's questions, as long as he knows, he answers them as much as possible. Although he has no achievements, until now, he is still a soldier, but after all, he has been a soldier for more than 30 years, and there are many things that he still knows. He had a feeling that the re-emergence and glory of the Xu family was in his son.

What Xu Xingxia wanted to know most was actually the general structure of Ningxia Town, as well as the rules of Tatar activities. Those damned Tatars, who went south every year to loot, although not many of them, caused a great problem to the northern part of Ningxia Town. The Xu family's fields are all north of Weizhen Fort, which is an area often harassed by the Tatars. If there is nothing that can be done to prevent the Tatar cavalry from going south, even if there are only sporadic Tatar cavalry going south, it will also lead to the consequences of disaster.

Xu Xingxia couldn't help but ask: "Dad, are there more of us or more Tatars?" ”

Xu Fuqing suddenly smiled, shook his head and said, "Then you still need to say?" Naturally, there are a lot of us! The number of our Central Plains people is dozens or hundreds of times that of the Tartars! In Ningxia Town alone, we have millions of people! The number of Tatars, all combined, is estimated to be in the millions! ”

Xu Xingxia frowned and said, "Since there are so many of us, why can't we beat it?" Can't we organize a strong army to fight in the northern desert and the Tartars? Do you have to watch the Tartars go south and rob us? ”

Xu Fuqing said helplessly: "Your idea is good, but it's a pity that it's not realistic!" The Tartar's riding and archery skills are amazing. Shooting at horseback, our cavalry, was no match for them at all. They came and went like the wind again, and we couldn't catch him at all. When we are outnumbered, he does not appear. When we are few in number, we will be ambushed by them. They come and go without a trace, and no matter how many of us there are, we can't do anything about it. ”

"In fact, when Bibai launched a rebellion in the past, Master Li, the chief military officer who came to suppress the rebellion, was Li Rusong and Li Zongbing, and once said that the only way to protect Ningxia Town from attack is that we have a cavalry more elite than the Tartars, chasing the Tartars and killing them completely. Otherwise, blindly building and defending the city is also a symptom rather than a cure, and it is just a waste of manpower and material resources. ”

"Your thoughts coincide with Master Li's thoughts. However, Master Li didn't know that our Ningxia Town could not organize such a powerful cavalry at all. He Master Li has his own private family of several thousand people, all of whom are cavalrymen, so he is naturally qualified to say so. Our chief military officer of Ningxia Town does not have such ability. If one day, we have a strong elite cavalry, maybe your idea can be realized. ”

Xu Xingxia groaned and nodded thoughtfully.

Li Rusong is a person, he knows. Li Chengliang's son! According to Mingyue's research back then, although this guy is a second-generation official, a rich second-generation, and his ability to fight wars is quite good. Since he said this, there is obviously an inner truth. In terms of the art of war, offense is the best defense. took the initiative to attack, crippled the Tatars, and destroyed them, so they naturally had no chance to attack Ningxia Town.

Li Rusong's idea is good, but unfortunately, the chief military officer of Ningxia Town can't do this. It is no wonder that it is not so easy to cultivate a good cavalry. The cost of one cavalry is as high as five infantrymen. Li Chengliang spent so many manpower, financial and material resources, and he only forged 8,000 iron horses.

When it comes to the current situation, Xu Fuqing is excited. At that time, the lower-level soldiers only cared about their own salaries and when they could be paid, and they didn't have much to pay attention to the current situation. He also talked to Xu Xingxia on a whim today. Xu Xingxia found that his father was no longer interested, so he chatted casually, then carried his father back to his own room, turned around and said goodbye.

The courtyard outside is already busy. The women are kneading the dough, Uncle Guangliang and Da Chun are chopping meat, and Xiao Tsubaki is in charge of lighting the fire. The younger siblings are on the side. They are very energetic and very energetic in their work. The wrinkles on Mother Wang's face have dissipated a lot. Xu Xingxia took a look and found that there was no chance for him to interfere, so he simply returned to his house, sat on the earthen kang, and thought about things silently.

The Li Rusong mentioned by Xu Fuqing just now reminded him of many things. The first thing that came to his mind was Nurhachi. It was in this year, on the first day of the first month of the 44th year of Wanli (1616 AD), that the wild boar Pinurhachi established the Dajin Kingdom in Hetuala. I believe that there are few people who do not know the history of the future. The Dajin Kingdom became stronger and stronger the more it fought, but the Ming army became weaker and weaker. Eventually, the Qing army entered the customs in a big way, pacified the Central Plains, and established the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing the lively and joyful situation outside, Xu Xingxia felt that there was a shadow in his heart. Outside the Shanhai Pass, there are wild boar skins and Houjin Tartars making trouble, constantly weakening the strength of the Ming Kingdom. Soon after, in Guannei, just nearby Shaanxi, there will be a civil unrest launched by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, which will continue to drag the Ming Dynasty into the abyss.

Don't look at the current Ming Kingdom, it is still calm on the surface, but in fact, it is already a big chaos, and it is about to overturn. Xu Xingxia didn't know what kind of situation Ningxia would have when the chaos happened. When the time comes, what will I do? Golden Tartars after surrender? Leave a money rat tail? It's still dead. Anyone can do it, but you can't do it! Take refuge in Li Zicheng? Forget it, the Lord who will eventually perish.

Xu Xingxia thought about it, but he didn't think of any good way. As a traverser, he knew that Nurhachi and Li Zicheng were the cattle among the cattle people. Now he has no idea of wrestling with these two bulls. Those who think that the ancients are fools are fools themselves. You can scold them as much as you want, but you can't help but acknowledge their abilities. Wild boar skin can establish the Dajin Kingdom, and Li Zicheng can force Emperor Chongzhen to hang himself, these are all other people's skills! He is a big-headed soldier, what can he do to despise others?

In his thoughts, he thought of another person, and that was Wei Zhongxian. In a few years, the Wanli Emperor will braid, announcing the end of the Wanli Dynasty. Emperor Taichang, who succeeded to the throne, died on the belly of a woman less than a month after ascending the throne. The Emperor of the Apocalypse, who succeeded to the throne, was the greatest carpenter after Lu Ban. It was not a big deal for the emperor to be a carpenter, but the problem was that he completely threw all the major affairs of the court to Wei Zhongxian to deal with.

Wei Zhongxian's matter, I believe there is no need to say more. The only question is that once Wei Zhongxian rises, what will he Xu Xingxia do? Defecting to the eunuchs? Revolt against the eunuchs? Defecting to the eunuch party, after Emperor Chongzhen came to power, he will definitely be exterminated. However, if you don't take refuge in the eunuch party, you may be exterminated in the blink of an eye. The struggle of these upper-class figures is simply beyond the influence of a small soldier of his.

"Wait......"

Suddenly, Xu Xingxia realized something.

The struggle of the upper class characters, the bottom characters cannot be controlled, so they will passively wait for the tragedy to come. But what if there is the ability to influence the political situation at the top? Will that make those upper-class people dare not do it to themselves? Nurhachi, Wei Zhongxian, and Li Zicheng can control their own fate, and they can decide their own life and death, so why can't they control their fate and decide their life and death?

"It's ridiculous......"

"Impossible......"

Suddenly, Xu Xingxia himself subconsciously shook his head.

Affect the fate of Nurhachi, the fate of Wei Zhongxian, and the fate of Li Zicheng. How could a small low-level soldier influence their fate? Any one of them, as long as they gently stretch out their hands, they can pinch themselves to death, which is a thousand times easier than pinching an ant to death.

However, another voice immediately popped out of his mind. The voice was fiercely lobbying him Xu Xingxia. What if he wasn't a little soldier? What if he was a great general, or even a chief military officer? If he is a prince with a heavy army, can he save his family and his relatives?

"Shh......h

Xu Xingxia suddenly felt a headache.

He only thinks about this occasionally when he is playing games. Now in a real historical world, it is indeed a bit abrupt for him to think about these things. After all, he is now just a small soldier, and if he wants to become a prince with a heavy army, is it too difficult? This isn't a game!

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