"Someone!"

Xu Xingxia shouted.

"My lord, what do you command?"

Yun Qifeng hurriedly came over and stood solemnly.

"Call all the officers above the general flag, there is something important."

After thinking for a while, Xu Xingxia finally made up his mind and said quietly.

Soon, Yu Lijun, Zhang Quanfu, Gao Meng, Zhang Feng, Mao Shisan, Wang Xia, Chi Hu, Liu Heng and others all arrived. Their general flag posts were all temporarily appointed and dismissed by Xu Xingxia. The uncles above looked at Xu Xingxia unpleasantly, and even looked at them unpleasantly, and classified them into the ranks of Xu Xingxia's sworn friends. For their promotion, regardless of it. In fact, purely in terms of military exploits, there are already a few people who can become the official general flag. It's just that the top deliberately forgot about it, and Xu Xingxia didn't specifically mention it.

Sometimes, Xu Xingxia also secretly sighed, those stupid guys above, do you dare to be a little more stupid? If you find a way to actively promote someone from below me, maybe that person will get closer to you, and thus become a constraint to me Xu Xingxia. However, later he figured it out, who of these people under his command is qualified to be his constraint? Who has the power and the courage to restrain him? I know that it's useless to win it over, so it's better to be lazy and spend my efforts!

After the personnel arrived, Xu Xingxia said straight to the point: "I invite you to come today, mainly because there is something to arrange." Three days later, Tuoba Su was to appear at Suweikou. There were not many people in the entourage, probably only about a hundred. The interesting thing is that we will go out quietly and kill him secretly. Well, after you kill it, there will be some benefits. ”

Yu Lijun's expression moved slightly, and he asked with concern: "Ao Bao pimple Tuoba Su?" ”

Xu Xingxia nodded and said calmly: "Yes, it's him." I was given a secret mission to kill him. It's a matter of confidentiality, as long as everyone knows about it, and it is not allowed to spread it out. ”

Yu Lijun's face suddenly became eager, and he rubbed his palms with rare excitement. The faces of the other officers were also eager. They looked at each other and nodded, and took on the task without hesitation. Most of the officers of the white-clothed army hated this Tuoba Su, and they would never hesitate to kill him as long as they had the opportunity. What's more, with Xu Xingxia leading the team, it is definitely nine out of ten, and it is done.

Gao Meng said excitedly: "Dry! This old boy does much worse than a tartar! If we kill him, we will be able to get rid of a big scourge for Ningxia Town! My lord, you must take me with you when you go to Suweikou! This old boy, I wanted to cut off his head early in the morning! I'm going to dig out his heart and see if it's black! ”

Wang Xia also said coldly: "That's right, Tuoba Su's crimes are extremely heinous, and the sins are heavy, it's time to confer the head!" This time, take me, my lord! I want to see for myself what kind of surname Tuoba Su is, and he has the ability to plague Ningxia Town for more than ten years! I used to have a brother who died at the hands of Tuoba Su, and I just happened to avenge my brother! ”

Zhang Quanfu shook his head and shouted: "Hehe, everyone, you all calm down!" Don't rob any of you from me! Last time you killed Tartars in Ningxia City, you were merry and happy, and I was still stationed at Niujiaodun, so I was depressed! My lord, you can't send me to the horn pier! I'm going to meet this Tuoba Su in person, too! Our military households in Ningxia Town want to get his head, but there are many times! ”

The other officers also asked for battle, no one wanted to stay behind, and everyone wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy. Everyone knows that this operation to kill Tuoba Su is definitely a good opportunity for the white-clothed army to show their faces. As long as Tuoba Su is killed, the prestige of the white-clothed army will be raised by at least one notch. Tuoba Su has been rampant in Ningxia Town for more than ten years, and no one can help him. If he died in the hands of the white-clothed army, it would be strange if Ningxia Town didn't boil.

When the time comes, any officer of the white-clothed army will come out at random, and he may be admired by other military households. If someone asks how Tuoba Su died and what he looks like, as a result, you can only say, I'm sorry, I didn't participate in the battle with Tuoba Su, I stayed in the rear...... What a shameless thing this is!

Tuoba Su's strength, they all know. This guy is definitely not an idle person, and his riding and shooting skills are quite superb. Legend has it that this bandit, with a natural instinct for danger, has managed to avoid several deadly traps before. Otherwise, he would not have been arrogant in Ningxia Town for more than ten years, and he would be safe and sound. This time, the white-clothed army wants to deal with him at Suweikou, and it may not be as easy as imagined. However, with Xu Xingxia leading the team, they are all full of confidence. Tuoba Su, this time it is definitely dead.

"Calm down, everyone! Be quiet! Xu Xingxia frowned and said.

The reaction of the officer in white was so fierce that it was a bit unexpected for him. It seems that the public anger aroused by this Tuoba Su is really not ordinary. He could understand the feelings of the officers who were inviting them to fight. However, it is absolutely impossible for all the people to rush to it. Someone had to stay at Fort Weizhen and Niujiaodun to avoid accidents. You can't just go out to destroy Tuoba Su and throw away your nest, right?

After a brief discussion, Xu Xingxia decided to take the tiger and leopard riding team to Suweikou. The rest of the white-clothed troops were stationed at Fort Weizhen. There are only two accompanying general flags, one is Gao Meng and the other is Zhang Feng, who are the commander and deputy commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry. The rest of the officers, not a single one, all stayed behind. Last time, Xu Xingxia had just left Weizhen Fort on the front foot, and Zhang Qiuqing on the back foot came to make trouble, and he couldn't help but guard against it.

Xu Xingxia was not worried about whether anything would change in the situation of Weizhen Fort after he left Weizhenbao. Now he has absolutely no prestige among all the military households in Weizhen Fort, even if someone wants to get up and make trouble, they have to have other military households to echo it. Besides, the six general flags of the stewardship council are not soft rice. The White Coats and the steward will hinder each other, and he will be able to leave Fort Weizhen safely for a while.

To deal with Tuoba Su, the most critical element is to attack it unprepared and take it by surprise. As long as this is done, it doesn't take many people. According to the intelligence, Tuoba Su's escape ability is still very powerful. On the contrary, if a large army is dispatched and the news is blocked, it will be very difficult. If Tuoba Su had learned the news in advance, it would have been all for nothing. The terrain of Helan Mountain is intricate, and thousands of troops and horses can't hold him.

It's hard to say whether there is Tuoba Su's eyeliner in Weizhen Fort. Probably not. However, in Pingyu City, there must be Tuoba Su's eyeliner. The tiger and leopard rode out, and the Tuoba Su eyeliner in Pingyu City probably would also know. However, he certainly could not have imagined that the tiger and leopard would dare to rush at his master when he rode out with fifty or sixty people. What Xu Xingxia wanted to take advantage of was this illusion, using a tiger and leopard ride of only fifty or sixty people to eat Tuoba Su and his party of hundreds of people.

Qingwangfu did not invite Ningxia Town to send a large army to encircle and suppress, and it is estimated that this is also due to this reason. With the strength of the other Ming troops in Ningxia Town, to kill the hundred or so people of Tuoba Su, at least 500 people need to be dispatched. Five hundred people were dispatched, and Tuoba Su had already run away without a trace. The cannon fights mosquitoes, but in fact, it really has no effect. In case of any mistakes in the middle, he will be beaten severely by Tuoba Su Xunji, and he will suffer heavy losses.

Of course, in order to deal with unexpected accidents, it is very necessary to arm the Haw Par Riders to the teeth. It is said that the moon gun must be carried, as are hand-to-hand weapons such as scimitars and axes. Plenty of Mini Bullets are also to be carried, each person carries at least 100 Mini Rounds, and it would be better if you could carry 200 rounds. Explosives packs are also to be carried. The number of explosives packs, you don't need a lot, ten is about the same.

As for the guide who is familiar with the Sukugaku, of course, it is also needed. Among the military households in Weizhenbao, there are not many people who have been to Suweikou, and Lin Hainiu has been there many times, and he is quite familiar with the terrain there. So, Xu Xingxia asked Lin Hainiu to be the guide. Out of the need for secrecy, Lin Hainiu could never leave after entering the barracks.

After everything was accurately ready, late that night, Xu Xingxia quietly set off with the tiger and leopard riding team. They were in the barracks, wrapping the horses' hooves in cotton cloth and quietly setting out. The person in charge of guarding the gate is Chen Denglong. The group opened the gate of the fort and left the fort without realizing it. Except for Chen Denglong and a few others, the other military households in Weizhen Fort did not know that Xu Xingxia and the Haw Par Cavalry had left Weizhen Fort.

Starting from Weizhen Fort, we headed for Suweikou, and the road was quite easy to walk at the beginning, and there was no problem at all with the night march. However, after entering Helan Mountain, the road is not easy to walk, and you must wait until dawn before you can move. On both sides of the road, there are cliffs, and if you are not careful, you will be thrown to pieces. After riding a horse for a full day and a night, it was not until the evening of the next day that Xu Xingxia and his party arrived at Suweikou.

"My lord, this should be it." Lin Hainiu looked at the surrounding terrain and said affirmatively. Where they are now, is the most dangerous. As long as a few rocks fall from it, it can kill several of them. In the narrow canyon, there is basically no place to hide. In case of an attack, you can only hold on.

"Okay, thanks! Go down and rest first! Xu Xingxia nodded and let Lin Hainiu rest beside him. Then, he waved his hand and asked Gao Meng and Zhang Feng, with the warriors of the tiger and leopard riding, to find a place around, ambush them, and wait for the arrival of Tuoba Su and his party. He himself rode his warhorse, carefully observing the surroundings of the canyon.

Suweikou was also called Suyukou in later generations, and it is a very narrow canyon. In layman's terms, this place should be called a glimmer of heaven. Because when you stand in the canyon and look up, you can see only a glimmer of sky. Even, when the sky is gloomy, you can't even see a glimmer of sky. On both sides of the canyon, there is no vegetation, all large and small stones. Some of the stones were in the air above the canyon, as if they were ready to fall at any moment.

Occasionally, a small tree or two popped out of the cracks in the stones, and it was also short, half-dead, and malnourished. Quite a few of the rhizomes of the trees are exposed, and some are dry. No way, how much nutrients can it absorb when it grows in the cracks of the stones? It's almost the same if they don't all die.

At the bottom of the canyon, too, are rocky and uneven. In some of the cracks, you can even see fragments of bones. Either it is the merchant who comes and goes, or the horse thief who comes and goes. Before, it was said that Suweikou only led to Qingyang Palace, which did not take into account the Alxa Desert outside. If it is connected with the Alxa Desert, there are too many stories to tell in this narrow passage of Suweikou.

In the last years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Alxa Desert was not so vast and had not been directly connected with Helan Mountain. More often than not, it should be called the Alxa Plateau. After going out of Helan Mountain, it is not a desert, but a barren plateau. At the edge of the plateau is the Gobi Desert. The edge of the Gobi Desert is the real desert. This gave many caravans the opportunity to venture out on the west side of Helan Mountain.

On the east side of Helan Mountain is the Ningxia Plain. On the west side of Helan Mountain is the Alxa Plateau. From the Alxa Plateau into the Ningxia Plain, there are two main roads, one is Chimukou. In the middle of Helan Mountain. One is Suweikou. The mouth of the Yellow Gorge is actually the same way, but the terrain is more dangerous, and the Tartars generally do not go. In the twenty-first year of Wanli, the Tartars marched southward, and some of the Tartars entered the Ningxia Plain through Suweikou.

In fact, what is famous near Suweikou is not the strange terrain, but the drawings on the rock wall, or petroglyphs for short. Of course, petroglyphs are not painted, but carved with tools. According to the reasoning, there should be a large number of craftsmen, busy on the stone walls, carving lifelike patterns one by one. Because the texture of the stone is very hard, most of it has been preserved after experiencing wind and rain, and after being exposed to the sun.

Xu Xingxia rode his war horse slowly and wandered in the canyon, just to observe these petroglyphs up close and find something he was interested in. In later generations, he observed a lot of petroglyphs on the Internet, developed a strong interest in many petroglyphs, and once studied them in depth, and this time it was a real field trip.

According to the general conclusion of later generations, it is generally believed that the rock paintings of Helan Mountain are the art galleries of the Chinese nomads and have high historical and cultural value. Indeed, in ancient times, Helan Mountain has always been a place where the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Uighur, Tubo, Dangxiang and other northern ethnic minorities stayed in the herding and hunting, lived and multiplied. The last nomadic people to exist should be the Dangxiang people, and the Western Xia Dynasty they established has been annihilated for more than 300 years.

The people of various nomadic tribes carved the scenes of production and life on the rocks of Helan Mountain to express their yearning and pursuit of a better life, and reproduced their aesthetics, social customs and life interests at that time. This is of profound significance for the study of the history of nomadic peoples. Xu Xingxia was interested in the history of the Western Xia Dynasty.

(To be continued)