(0410) Half of the city, located in the southernmost part of Ningxia Town, is the traffic artery from Guyuan Town to Ningxia Town. The terrain around half of the city is all arid mountains, and the roads twist and turn in the mountains. Next to the road, there is the Qingshui River. If all goes well, you can walk about twenty or thirty miles a day. If it doesn't go well, it is estimated that you can only walk more than ten miles a day. No way, it's all winding mountain roads, it's too difficult to walk.

In fact, the Qingshui River is all year round, and only in July and August, there is a little water. The rest of the months were dry. The dry riverbed becomes part of the road in May. Pedestrians come and go, greedy for convenience, and many people walk along the riverbed. Standing on the mountain road and looking down, the riverbed is full of wolves, as if wolves are passing by. The soldiers of the Shooting Sound Army, who followed behind, also advanced along the riverbed, picking up valuable debris.

In terms of administrative region, half of the city is under the jurisdiction of Ningxia Town. However, its real owner is the Mu family of King Mu of Qianning. The entire area around half of the city is the Mu family's ranch. This Mu family is the Mu family in Yunnan, the descendants of Mu Ying, and the ancestor of Mu Jianping. The Mu family is far away in Yunnan, thousands of miles away, but they can also have a pasture in Ningxia Town, so you can imagine how many pastures other powerful people have in Ningxia Town.

Usually, the number of business trips to and from half the city is still relatively large. When the summer or autumn grain is harvested, there are many horse-drawn carriages to and fro to transport grain. But now, definitely not. The news of the rebellion in Ningxia Town spread, and half of the city, which was one of the important checkpoints of the two towns, had long been closed. However, the garrison of half of the city, when they heard that there was a white-clothed army heading south, hurriedly abandoned half of the city and retreated in the direction of Guyuan Town.

The shooting army brought by Chi Hu also chased half of the city, so he didn't continue to chase after him. After half the city, it is the territory of Guyuan Town. For the time being, he has not yet been given the order to capture the territory of Guyuan Town. In Ningxia Town's own area, the white-clothed army has not yet been fully controlled. If you want to hurry, you can't reach it! The more places you occupy, the more you will gain, on the contrary, you will have to share more troops and carry more burdens. If you don't have the ability to control all of these areas, you might as well not have them.

Finding that the white-clothed army did not continue to pursue, those fleeing officials breathed a sigh of relief. Some people simply lay down on the side of the road, preferring to die rather than leave. Some people can't help but feel ecstatic in their hearts with the hope of escaping. But soon, they despair again. Because, they found that they had nothing left. Everything they had in Ningxia City was lost. In the future, they will be empty-handed and have nothing.

It is inevitable to hate Xu Xingxia. It's this damn Old Demon Xu who has made them fall to such a point. If he hadn't appeared, all of them would have lived comfortably in Ningxia Town, where would they be more embarrassed than the lost dog like now? However, after the hatred, there is deep helplessness. God knows how long it will take to suppress Xu Xingxia's rebellion, and they simply don't know if they will be able to wait until that day.

Whether they can get back the wealth they fell into Xu Xingxia's hands is what they are most concerned about. As long as you can get back your wealth, it doesn't matter if you lose anything else. The problem is that they really don't know if the wealth that was robbed by Xu Xingxia has a chance to get it back. With Xu Laomo's ability and surname, you want to get back what fell into his hands, unless you have three heads and six arms, or the ability of Erlang God Yang Jian.

As long as you think of the tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry, all of whom are deflated in Xu Xingxia's hands, even the most optimistic people can't have any hope. After Xu Xingxia captures Ningxia City, he will definitely expand his armaments and war, in other words, the combat effectiveness of the white-clothed army will definitely increase wildly. With the battle of the Ming army, can he be suppressed? It's very hanging! The Ming army's own combat effectiveness, they are not unaware, it is purely the master who has been ravaged by the Tartar cavalry!

In fact, whether the suppression of the rebellion was successful or not is not said for the time being, and even if it can be successfully suppressed, it has nothing to do with them. Because, after the successful suppression of the rebellion, there will definitely be another group of officials who will seize the wealth of Ningxia Town. The wealth they fell into the hands of Xu Xingxia will definitely fall into the hands of others. For example, when the Bobai rebellion was at the beginning, the wealth looted was estimated to be millions of taels, and in the end all of them fell into the hands of Li Rusong's brothers, and the court did not say anything. Who called other people's 8,000 family members strong in combat! Even the imperial court didn't dare to ask Li Rusong for money bluntly.

There's no way, your own time has passed. Now, it belongs to the era of Xu Xingxia and the era of the white-clothed army. If they want to complain, they can only complain to God and arrange for them to be Xu Xingxia's enemies. If they want to complain, they can only complain that they were on the wrong team before, they didn't decisively realize Xu Xingxia's awesomeness, and they didn't stand with him in time. If I had stood with him in time, it would have been a different scene now.

This scene fell in Chi Hu's eyes, but it was a different feeling. He was quite emotional and quite happy. Chi Hu turned out to be just a ranger, living an uncertain life. Chi Hu had few ideas about his future. Because, he didn't think he would have a future at all. What future can a lone ranger have? What kind of future do you dare to count on? You may be plotted at any point. There is no way to guarantee even his own life, what future is there?

Since coming to Xu Xingxia's side and becoming a member of the White Army, Chi Hu has gradually realized what he should do, how he should do it, and where his future is. The most fundamental understanding is that one's own destiny must be decided by oneself and cannot be controlled by others. With Xu Xingxia's efforts, the combat effectiveness of the white-clothed army developed rapidly, and finally created a field of its own. Now, such a large area has fallen into the hands of the white-clothed army, as long as everyone works together, the future will definitely be better.

What is the attack of the imperial court? The white-clothed army was not even afraid of the Tartar cavalry, and was it worried about the attack of the imperial court? Does the army of the imperial court have any other skills besides extortion in peacetime? Look at their cowardice in front of the Tartars, as long as they are human, they can be defeated. If the imperial army really comes to attack, he will definitely make them look good.

"Commander, the chairman is here!" Suddenly, someone came to report.

"Your Excellency is here too? Oh, got it. Chi Hu said with some surprise.

He didn't expect that he had just arrived in the middle of the city, and Xu Xingxia had actually arrived. I wonder if it's something important? Or has there been a major change in the hostile situation? He quickly turned his horse's head and galloped away.

Sure enough, he soon saw three or four hundred cavalry coming from the north. Surrounded by the cavalry, it was Xu Xingxia himself. The cavalry commander next to Xu Xingxia was Liu Chuang. Liu Chuang's body is very tall, and his appearance is a little simple, and he is the most easily recognizable among the leaders. It turned out that Xu Xingxia arrived with some of the chasers.

"Chairman!" Chi Hu came to Xu Xingxia's side, saluted solemnly, and said in a deep voice.

"Chi Hu, you have worked hard! Ran such a long way along the way! Greetings to all of you on my behalf! What's going on here? Xu Xingxia returned the salute solemnly and asked with concern.

"It's all sent out of the country, and there is nothing abnormal. Those guys all wish that their parents would have two more legs and run faster. They threw away everything they could. Along the way, we picked up the rags in the back, but we picked up a lot of good things, all of which have been classified and registered one by one, and after we go back, we will hand them over to the remaining thousands of households for processing. Chi Hu put down his hand, suppressed his excited expression, and replied calmly.

"Good! After getting rid of those pesky guys, Ningxia Town will be our territory! Xu Xingxia rubbed his hands excitedly, and he also couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. Yes, from now on, Ningxia Town is his territory. Think about it more than a year ago, he was an unknown pawn of the guard, hungry, poorly clothed, and bullied all day long. Who would have thought that now he would actually have the ability to control an entire military town?

That's right, Ningxia Town is a whole military town! There are a total of nine border towns in Daming, and Ningxia Town is one of them. Now, this military town is completely controlled by him. After conquering Ningxia City, the various units of the White Army scattered and attacked, swept all the districts of Ningxia Town, and expelled all the original officers. Now, the entire town of Ningxia has set up committees at all levels, which are under the jurisdiction of the Baiyi Army.

Ningxia Town is not big or small, with an area of 30,000 square kilometers and a population of 7 or 800,000 square kilometers, if we seriously carry out it, we can still make a lot of achievements. Moreover, he can also find ways to attract a larger population and create more productivity and combat effectiveness. As long as there are 350,000 elite troops in hand, no one can help him. At the beginning, with an army of 5,000, he was able to block the attack of tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry. With an army of 50,000, you can hold off the attack of 100,000 Tartar cavalry. Tartars, how many hundred thousand cavalrymen are there?

If he is interested, he can also use Ningxia Town as a base and continue to expand to the surrounding areas. After stabilizing the town of Ningxia, he could quickly move south and capture the nearest town, Guyuan. Then, either to the east or to the west, he gradually captured the towns of Yansui and Gansu, and finally gradually controlled the entire northwest region. All this is not too difficult to do. The entire Ming army in the entire northwest region combined, the combat effectiveness is definitely not as strong as the 100,000 Tatar cavalry. Not to mention that there are military households in various places as internal responses.

However, Xu Xingxia's interest is still to deal with the Tartars. Kill your own people, no matter how much you kill, you are not a hero! A good man should expand his living space and snatch resources from other races! He estimated that after he launched a rebellion in Ningxia Town, the first person to take action was not the imperial court, but Lin Dan Khan. Lin Dan Khan, this guy, has a deep personal vendetta with him because of Tessna's relationship. And because of the competition for the Bayannur grassland, he has a fundamental interest relationship. Therefore, it is highly likely that he will preemptively act and offend the Bayannur grassland.

At present, the strength of the white-clothed army in the Bayannur grassland is actually not very large. Eagle Cavalry, Eagle Cavalry, Dragoon, Tiger Cavalry...... That's three or four thousand. plus the cavalry of the Tuyuhun people, that is, seven or eight thousand people. If there is a pass fortress like Zhenyuan Pass, a white-clothed army of three or four thousand people can also block tens of thousands of nomadic cavalry. The problem is, there is no danger to defend in the prairie! The construction of Daming Fort was certainly not completed so quickly.

In other words, the White Army had to engage in a purely field battle with the Mongol cavalry. If the disparity in strength is too great, it is easy to have problems. The Mini gun did not have much of an advantage in the face of the nomadic cavalry. The main force under the command of Lin Dan Khan was 50,000 iron lance cavalry. If the white-clothed army wants to defeat him, it is still very difficult to have more than 10,000 cavalry. Of course, if there were twenty thousand cavalry, it would be even better.

What do the whites need most now? Time! The artisan workshop needs more time to produce the moon gun, the blast furnace for ironmaking needs more time to refine more pig iron, the recruits need more time to familiarize themselves with basic combat skills, the committees at all levels need more time to control the situation on the ground, the military households need more time to carry out agricultural production, and the intelligence services need more time to spy on information...... "Let's go to the front and have a look." Xu Xingxia said casually.

The two rode their horses and walked slowly until they reached half the south side of the city.

The weather in May, neither hot nor cold, is just right. If it is in the Ningxia Plain, such a climate will be the most comfortable. In the past, the wives and ladies of dignitaries and nobles always chose to travel in this season, go on outings to worship Buddha or something. However, the weather in the south of Ningxia Town is indeed not comparable to the Ningxia Plain, which is very dry and windy and sandy. Even though it was already summer, there was no decent vegetation in sight around half of the city. This was originally the pasture of Muwangfu, but there was no grazing at all, and it was probably just an ornament.

Half across the city, less than twenty miles, is the Red Castle. Half of the city is stationed with a thousand households, and the Red Castle is also stationed with a thousand households. The difference is that half of the city is under the jurisdiction of Ningxia Town, but the Red Castle is under the jurisdiction of Guyuan Town. A mountain beam between the two thousand households is the junction of the two military towns.

Xu Xingxia held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the movement of the Red Castle. This clairvoyant mirror should be Li Guozhen's. In the entire Ningxia Town, there are only three of them. One Qingwangfu, one Li Maohui, and one Li Guozhen. They fled from Ningxia City in a hurry, and even forgot to take such an important combat weapon with them, Xu Xingxia was naturally disrespectful.

However, with the passage of time, the white-clothed army, which has the glass-making process, should soon be able to imitate a large number of clairvoyants. When the time comes, officers above the squad leader level can have one each. From the clairvoyant mirror, it can be seen that the Ming army of the Red Castle closed the gate tightly, and cowered on the head of the city and did not dare to move. Standing outside the fort, you can feel them trembling. It is estimated that they regarded Xu Xingxia as a rebel who was going to attack the Red Castle.

If the Ming army in Guyuan Town wanted to enter Ningxia Town and suppress Xu Xingxia's rebellion, half of the city and the Red Castle would be their only way. Therefore, the defenders of the Red Castle, despite their considerable fear, never abandoned the fortress and did not retreat. Because, if they retreat backwards, it is estimated that the chief officer of Guyuan Town will definitely chop off their heads. How can it be justified that such a strategic place retreats without a fight?

"Huh?"

Xu Xingxia suddenly sighed softly, as if he had discovered some new world.

It turned out that in the field of vision of the clairvoyant, to the south of the Red Castle, a large group of Ming troops actually appeared, estimated to have three or four thousand people. They were coming from the south in the direction of the Red Castle. There was a small part of the cavalry, most of which were infantry. It is possible that the Ming army in Guyuan Town should strengthen the defense of the Red Castle and send them to reinforcements. As a result, they happened to meet the White Army. They deserve to be unlucky, and this time has come.

"Chi Hu, disperse them!" Xu Xingxia shouted categorically.

He is going to give the Ming army in Guyuan Town a blow to the head and send a small dismount.

Aren't you going to come to Ningxia Town to suppress the rebellion? Okay, Lao Tzu will tell you first, whether you can enter Ningxia Town or not, you have to say two things. made Lao Tzu unhappy, and Lao Tzu even ended up in your Guyuan Town. What the? Unbelief? You'll soon be convinced! Your army, in the eyes of Lao Tzu, is not as good as scum!

"Yes!" Chi Hu immediately agreed.

As soon as he gave the order, he took the soldiers of the Shooting Sound Army and pounced fiercely.

In fact, the shooting army led by Chi Hu only had two squadrons and about 600 people. The other three squadrons are all in training. It is impossible for recruits to go to the battlefield immediately, and they must go through the most basic training before they can go down to the army. In later generations, the training period for PLA recruits was three months, and the training period for recruits in the White Clothes Army was one month. In this month's time, all the troops of the White Clothes Army were dissatisfied.

Rao is like this, six hundred musketeers are enough to deal with three or four thousand Ming troops. The great power and long range of the moon gun are almost invincible in the absence of cannons. The terrain around the Red Castle is all mountainous, and there is no vegetation, and the view is quite good. To fight a war in such a place, the range of the musket is absolutely the most critical. The projectiles you fired can't hit the enemy at all, so what else are you talking about?

"What troops?"

"Huh? Are they white? ”

"What? The White Clothes Army actually arrived at the Red Castle? ”

The Ming army, which was reinforcing the arrival, found that the white-clothed army suddenly appeared, and immediately felt bad, and hurriedly lined up to prepare for the battle. Judging from their reactions, they should not be considered garbage troops, at least they were not frightened by the white-clothed army, and they broke up before the battle. However, they are not considered elite troops. They are too slow to react. A simple team, all dragged on, and it took a long time to set it up. The main reason is the lack of practical experience.

(To be continued)