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Xu Xingxia searched around to see what he could do. He saw the water tank in the yard and wanted to fetch water, but found that Fuyuko had already filled the water tank. Next to the water tank, there is also a small wooden barrel. Other people use large wooden barrels to carry water, but Dongzi made a small wooden bucket for himself, and when he was free, he carried water for the water tank. To fill a tank of water, he had to pick it up at least ten times.

"What should I do?"

Xu Xingxia closed his eyes and asked himself silently.

Thanks to the information explosion of later generations, the developed Internet of later generations, and the debates on many forums in later generations, Xu Xingxia believes that he knows a lot of knowledge, and there are many ways to make a fortune. As long as he has the opportunity, he will definitely get ahead. However, all this knowledge, these ways to make a fortune, is not used now.

For the Ming Dynasty, Xu Xingxia is also relatively familiar. At the very least, he read Mingyue's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" back then, and he read it seriously. On the issue of Yuan Chonghuan, he also had fierce arguments with others. He remembered the main figures and major events of the Ming Dynasty. However, these are not needed for the time being.

What he remembers is all national events, and now he is just a Ming soldier struggling at the bottom. Even if you remember these national events, what's the use? Do you run to tell your superiors now that Nurhachi is going to destroy the Ming Dynasty in the future, and you must kill him in advance. It is estimated that the consequence of this is that he will be killed in advance.

"Exploits ......"

"Kill the Tartar ......"

Slowly, Xu Xingxia finally figured out some clues. He is a military household, and fundamentally speaking, if you want to be prosperous, you have to find a way to fight a war. To be precise, it is to reap the merits of war. Exploits in war, no matter which dynasty they are in, are the most valued. As long as you have enough military exploits, you will be able to be promoted and make a fortune, and you will be able to get ahead. The same was true of the Ming Dynasty. Those who have military exploits can always climb to the top of power.

If you want to fight, you have to have a good kung fu. Fighting a war is a matter of life, and there is no good kung fu, only the share of being slaughtered. However, kung fu is not innate, it is acquired. There is no way, only hard practice. So, from now on, let's start practicing kung fu hard. As long as you can kill those hateful Tatar cavalry, the bitter will be over.

As if there was some kind of consciousness, Xu Xingxia's gaze fell on the inside of the main room, on the iron-backed bow hanging on the innermost wall. This iron-backed bow can be regarded as the ancestral treasure of the Xu family. Since Xu Xingxia has remembered, this iron-backed bow has been hanging on the wall of the main house as the treasure of the Xu family.

It is said that this iron-backed bow was brought by the Xu family when they migrated from afar to Ningxia Town to garrison. It is said that at that time, the ancestor of the Xu family was once a senior general in the army. It is said that a long time ago, his ancestors used this iron-backed bow to shoot a lot of Tartars. Reputedly...... What Xu Xingxia heard was all said, and I don't know if it's true or not.

Because it is an ancestral treasure engraved with the memories of each generation of ancestors, the Xu family did not think of selling this iron-backed bow when they were in the most difficult time. In fact, this iron-backed bow has never been noticed by creditors, and it is estimated that its appearance is indeed inconspicuous. Matching the iron-backed bow, there are a total of thirty black feather arrows, which are just as inconspicuous in appearance.

In the past, Xu Xingxia often saw this iron-backed bow, but he never paid much attention to it. Because, he once tried, and he couldn't pull the bowstring at all. Later he learned that it was a two-stone hard bow. One stone in the Ming Dynasty was equal to about 188.8 catties, and two stones were more than 370 catties. This means that the bowstring requires more than 370 catties of strength to pull it all out, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

[Author's note: There are many theories about how much a stone weighed in the Ming Dynasty, and this book uses a measurement method that each "stone" is about equal to 188.8 catties now. This was copied from the book of the old white cow. Exquisite party, please go and reason with the old white cow, don't come to me. Hey. 】

Generally, the elm bow used by the Ming soldiers is about five buckets (about ninety catties). In fact, even if there are only five buckets, there are still some Ming soldiers and soldiers, and they can't be opened. The Ming soldiers in Ningxia Town lacked strict training and adequate nutrition, and their physical fitness was obviously not good. For example, in the past, Xu Xingxia couldn't pull the five-bucket bow. In the entire Niujiaodun garrison, there are only less than five people who can shoot five buckets of bows.

The strange thing is that Xu Xingxia seems to have a ** who draws a bow now. He felt as if he could pull the iron-backed bow. How did this feeling come about, Xu Xingxia himself didn't know. All he knew was that his feelings were strong, strong enough to dominate him to hold the Iron Back Bow in his hands from the wall. After putting the sleeping Niuniu from his arms on the earthen kang, Xu Xingxia took off the iron-backed bow from the wall.

After holding the Iron Back Bow in his hand, Xu Xingxia immediately felt that the blood in his whole body seemed to have a coagulated feeling. He felt that every pore and vein in his body seemed to expand countless times. His strength also expanded a lot in an instant. Before, I felt that the heavy iron-backed bow was light and fluttering without the slightest weight in his hands. He can use the most skillful posture to wield the iron-backed bow in his hand wantonly.

"Whew!"

Xu Xingxia gently blew off the dust on the iron-backed bow and tightened the bowstring hard.

After taking a deep breath, Xu Xingxia took a posture of stepping back and forth, leaning back slightly, and opening the bow with all his might. This is the most standard posture of the Ming army to open a hard bow, even if it can't open the bow, the damage to the body will not be too great.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Xu Xingxia screamed softly.

It turned out that he had easily pulled the bowstring apart, and it was still full.

For a while, Xu Xingxia was stunned. The bowstring that was pulled to the full moon never let go. Xu Xingxia felt that a lot of information seemed to flash through his mind, and it seemed to be a blank space. He seemed to catch something, but he didn't seem to understand it. It took him a long time before he came to his senses and slowly scaled the bowstring back to its original shape.

He looked down at the iron-backed bow in his hand, took a soft breath, and pulled the bowstring again. As a result, the bowstring was easily pulled apart again. Well, to be precise, it wasn't easy to pull away, and when he drew the bow, he felt that his strength had basically reached the limit, and he had no strength left. After retracting the bowstring, Xu Xingxia subconsciously pinched his thighs. It hurts, no dreaming, it's real.

Next, Xu Xingxia tried and tested several times and found that he was indeed not dreaming. Indeed, he only needs to use enough strength to pull this two-stone hard bow apart. His mind suddenly became active. With such a two-stone bow, the maximum range is at least one hundred and fifty meters. Wouldn't it be easy to use such a hard bow against a damned tartar?

Many people believe that only the army and people of Nurha's wild boar skin are called Tartars, but this is not the case. The earliest Tatars refer to the forces of the Mongol and Yuan Empires, which refer to the Mongols who invaded the Central Plains. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars specifically referred to the Tatar tribes of Mongolia, that is, the Tatars who were active in the north and south of the Yin Mountains and extended to the Altai Mountains. They are the most greedy, violent, bloody, ruthless, and cunning of all the tribes of Mongolia.

In the late Wanli period, the Mongol tribes north of Shanxi and Beizhili of the Ming Empire were still relatively peaceful. They were under the rule of Lin Dan Khan, and their relationship with the Ming Empire was quite friendly, and conflicts rarely broke out between the two sides. However, the Tatars are different. The Tatars did not accept the rule of Lindan Khan. In order to plunder the population and resources, they often crossed the Yin Mountains and went south, killing in the areas of Shaanxi and Gansu. Among them, Ningxia Town is the most severely affected place.

In the twenty-second year of Wanli, the Tatar cavalry marched southward and entered Ningxia Town in one fell swoop. Emperor Wanli, who has not been in the court for a long time, after receiving the report, made an unprecedented decision to go to the court. After some discussion, the imperial court decided to mobilize troops from various nearby border towns to encircle and intercept the Tatar cavalry.

It's a pity that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the four towns in the northwest is really poor. Equipment, food, and salaries are not complete. After harassing the interior for more than a month, the Tatar cavalry easily returned north. Emperor Wanli was furious and dismissed the then military department Shangshu, the governor of the three sides, the general soldier of Gansu Town, the general soldier of Guyuan Town and others. The chief soldier of Ningxia Town was also beheaded for his crimes.

In fact, since the establishment of Ningxia Town, the battles have never stopped. Before the rise of Houjin Nurhachi, among the nine important towns, the war that broke out in Ningxia Town was definitely the most frequent. It's just that the scale of the battles that take place here is generally not very large. The Tatar cavalry did not number more than a thousand at a time when they came to plunder. Therefore, the fighting here can easily be overshadowed by the fighting elsewhere.

However, for the people living in Ningxia Town, especially the military households, the Tatars are their greatest nightmare and most terrible enemy. Every time the Tatar cavalry arrived, it inflicted great losses on the locals. Weizhen Fort was at the forefront of the fight against the Tatar cavalry, and each time it suffered the heaviest losses in the entire town of Ningxia.

There is no one in the military households living in Weizhen Fort who does not want to kill all the Tatar cavalry and completely cut off their scourge. But, alas, they simply can't. The Ming army in Ningxia Town did not have the ability to take the initiative at all. On the contrary, under the constant attacks of the Tatar cavalry, the Ming army had to abandon multiple lines of defense and retreat continuously.

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