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"Whoosh!"

One arrow after another, constantly flying towards the horn pier.

The Tatar cavalry, which had never suffered a loss, immediately turned around and launched an attack on the horn pier. They also raised their curved bows and tried to shoot arrows at the horn mounds. It's a pity that their movements are fast, and Xu Xingxia's movements are faster than them. The bows of the Tatar cavalry were almost always raised before they were broken by the whistling arrows. The sharp black feather arrow shot directly through their bodies, knocking them under the horse.

In a short period of time, a total of twenty-three Tatar cavalrymen were shot and killed by Xu Xingxia in a row! Xu Xingxia's shot was too far, only the iron-backed bow had such a range, and the Tatar cavalry didn't even have a chance to fight back. Since the end of Ming Chengzu's northern expedition, the Tatar cavalry has never suffered such a big loss! However, they had to face this icy reality!

"Withdraw!"

There were Tatar stupid orders to issue orders.

The hero did not suffer the immediate loss, and the remaining seven Tatar cavalry, when they found that something was wrong, had to turn their horses' heads stupidly and leave temporarily. Their riding skills were quite exquisite, and after realizing that something was wrong, they immediately retreated, and Xu Xingxia's iron-backed bow range could not catch up with them.

Xu Xingxia didn't say a word, grabbed the iron-backed bow, and went down the stairs. The shooting just now made Xu Xingxia completely believe that his archery skills were enough to destroy all the Tatar cavalry. Now, there were seven Tatar cavalrymen who wanted to escape, and he would not give up. Now that those Tatar cavalry are here, don't expect to go back.

Gao Meng was completely shocked, and subconsciously shouted, "Xu Xingxia, where are you going?" ”

Zhang Quanfu also grabbed Xu Xingxia's shoulder with one hand, and said in a low tone: "Xu Xingxia, don't be reckless!" In the wild, you are no match for the Tartars! The Tartar's riding and archery kung fu is very powerful! They deliberately retreated, just to lure you out! Just because you can shoot them on a wall doesn't mean you can shoot them on horseback! ”

Xu Xingxia's movements slowed down slightly.

Zhang Quanfu's words reminded him. He shot the Tatar cavalry at the pier wall and shot the Tatar cavalry in the field, which were completely different things. He didn't know what level he had reached in his riding and archery kung fu on horseback. Although his riding and archery skills in the game are also level 100, can this skill also be transferred to reality? In case he left the protection of the horn pier and fell into the siege of the Tatar cavalry, he was indeed in danger.

At this moment, there was a scream in the distance. But it was more than a dozen herdsmen who appeared from nowhere, driving a large number of horses, cattle and sheep from the direction of Helan Mountain. As a result, they happened to meet the retreating Tatar cavalry. The Tatar cavalry immediately vented their anger on the herdsmen. Tatar cavalry fired fierce arrows at the herdsmen. Their arrows were fast and ruthless, and a dozen innocent herdsmen were all shot by them in the blink of an eye.

Among these herders, there are also relatives, including women and children. These poor women and children did not escape the poisonous hands of the Tatar cavalry, and they were all shot. Even more outrageous is that there was a pregnant woman, who was put around her neck by a Tatar cavalryman with a noose, dragged directly to the ground, and then galloped forward.

As a result, this pregnant woman was dragged alive and miscarried, leaving a long blood path behind her. Something that fell down the way was a blurred mass of flesh and blood, which should be an immature fetus. Finally, the Tatar cavalryman smirked, cut off the pregnant woman's head with a sword, and deliberately shook it in the direction of the horn pier, and then walked away.

"Grass!"

Xu Xingxia's anger was ignited again.

He must not sit idly by and watch these executioners who have done a lot of evil and whose hands are stained with the blood of the people, leave so easily! Regardless of his riding and archery skills, whether he really has level 100 or not, he has to catch up and let those Tatar cavalry taste his arrows. As long as there is a possibility, he will make these Tatar cavalry pay the price of blood!

Taking a deep breath, Xu Xingxia's face turned pale, and he came down the stairs without saying a word, and walked directly to the stable to lead the horse. In the stables of Niujiaodun, there are only three horses, namely Chen Hai, Gao Meng and Zhang Quanfu. Only officers above the small flag are eligible to be equipped with war horses. Among the three military horses, the best one is, of course, Chen Hai's. So, Xu Xingxia directly took Chen Hai's war horse away.

Everyone on the horn pier saw Xu Xingxia's movements, but no one, including Chen Hai, dared to say anything. The previous Miss Xu suddenly turned into a god of death and shot sixteen Tartars in one go, and they were all completely shocked. They suddenly realized that the current Xu Xingxia was no longer at the same level as them. With their thinking, they couldn't understand Xu Xingxia's actions at all. They couldn't do anything except envy Xu Xingxia's skills and pray behind their backs that Xu Xingxia wouldn't encounter danger.

Of course, this statement is not entirely accurate. There are some things they can still do. Say, aftercare. The Tatar cavalry shot by Xu Xingxia was still lying in the field outside. The first to react was Zhang Quanfu. He seemed to suddenly remember something, and cried out in a lost voice: "Spoils of war! ”

These three words immediately stimulated everyone. Their minds immediately returned from Xu Xingxia's body to the outside of the Niujiaodun. That's right! Booty! Xu Xingxia has driven away all the Tatar cavalry, and now the people lying outside are all dead Tatar cavalry, this is the trophy of Niujiaodun!

This time, even Chen Hai couldn't calm down. He hurried down the stairs to the stables to lead the horses. His war horse was taken away, and he led Zhang Quanfu's war horse. Although Zhang Quanfu was very dissatisfied, he did not have the courage to confront Chen Hai in person, so he had to walk out of the pier. By the time they came out of Niujiaodun, Xu Xingxia had already disappeared.

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"Whoosh!"

"Poof!"

A Tatar cavalryman found that Xu Xingxia was catching up from behind, and immediately bent his bow and arrows, trying to give Xu Xingxia a mangu attack. This is the archery that the Mongols are best at. To put it simply, the effect is equivalent to a return pistol. However, Mangu is much more insidious than the return gun. As long as you are shot by the arrows of the Tatar cavalry, even if you do not die, you will be seriously injured.

As a result, before the Tatar cavalryman's bow and arrow could be shot, an arrow broke through the air, broke his compound bow, and shot directly into the center of his eyebrows. The castration of the black feather arrow was so fierce that it shot directly through the head of this Tatar cavalryman. The huge impact caused the head of this Tatar cavalryman to burst into a burst of blood, and then burst open.

The other Tatar cavalry, finding that his pursuers were so fierce, did not dare to turn back and pursue. They tried their best to shoot their horses and run away. As a result, Xu Xingxia unscrupulously released arrows and shot them to the ground one by one. Xu Xingxia, who was angry, shot with all his might, and the range of the Black Feather Arrow completely exceeded one hundred and fifty meters.

"Whoosh!"

"Smack!"

"Whoosh!"

"Smack!"

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After riding his horse out of the horn pier, Xu Xingxia has been closely following the Tatar cavalry. The moment he turned over and got on the horse, Xu Xingxia was relieved. He had a feeling that his riding and archery skills had been carried over from the game. Now, even if he puts an arrow on the back of a bumpy horse, he can shoot the target accurately.

In fact, it is. His riding skills were originally just average. As a result, now, his riding skills have become very proficient, and the war horse under his crotch and his body seem to have been completely integrated. His archery skills are even faster and more ruthless. As long as it was the target he locked, none of them could escape his shooting. No matter how the Tatar cavalry tried to evade, in the end, he shot them from their horses.

Along the way, Xu Xingxia shot six Tatar cavalrymen in a row, and only the last Tatar cavalry was on the run. Xu Xingxia estimated that this guy should be a character, maybe a centurion or something. The opponent's war horse is running fast. However, Chen Hai's war horse is not bad. The distance between the two is slowly, slowly shortening.

"Da Da Da!"

The crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded on the east side of Helan Mountain.

The wilderness that Xu Xingxia rode his horse across was the original Black Mountain camp station. The Black Mountain Camp is located in the south of Zhenyuan Pass, about twenty miles away from Zhenyuan Pass. During the Jiajing period, there was also a battalion of soldiers stationed here, which was specially responsible for field battles with the Tatar cavalry heading south. Due to the presence of the Montenegrin battalion, the Tatar cavalry going south, if few in number, could not break through the defense of the Montenegrin battalion. At that time, Weizhenbao and other places were relatively safe.

It's a pity that later, the financial situation of the imperial court continued to deteriorate, the military budget of Ningxia Town was seriously insufficient, and the food and salary of the soldiers of the Black Mountain Battalion were also in arrears. There was no way, the imperial court had no choice but to dismantle the Black Mountain battalion. As a result, the current tragic situation has been created. Without the existence of the soldiers of the Montenegrin battalion, the Tatar cavalry could come and go whenever they wanted, and Ningxia Town was completely an undefended cornucopia, which could not stop the black hand of the Tatar cavalry at all.

Xu Xingxia looked over now, and he could still see the dilapidated barracks of the Black Mountain Battalion, as well as a tall mast. In fact, the terrain here is really good, which is very suitable for cavalry training. As long as you have enough money, you can build a military camp here. With the size of the Montenegrin battalion, there is no problem with accommodating 10,000 cavalry.

To the north of the Black Mountain camp is Zhenyuan Pass. This is the main passage connecting the entire Ningxia Plain with the outside of Cyprus. When the Ming army was stationed at Zhenyuan Pass, the Tatar cavalry could not enter the Ningxia Plain from here. However, later, due to the problem of troops, the Ningxia Ming army abandoned this place and retreated to the area of Weizhenbao. The Tatar cavalry going south can pass through here in a steady stream and invade unscrupulously.

In the thirtieth year of Wanli, after the Sibao tragedy, the imperial court once sent people to check the accounts, and came to the conclusion that there were more than 70,000 officers and soldiers on the books of the entire Ningxia Town, and more than 30,000 horses and mules. In fact, according to the private statistics of Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, the actual total strength of Ningxia Town definitely did not exceed 30,000, and the number of horses and mules definitely did not exceed 13,000. Everything else, all empty, is non-existent.

And even among the actual strength of these 30,000, at least more than half are old, weak, sick and disabled. Due to the long-term arrears of food and wages in the imperial court, people who have a little way out of the way have gone to fend for themselves. Only those who can't find a way out will maintain their status as military households. It seems that there are five people in the horn pier, all of whom are over forty years old. Such a person, when he fights, where is the courage and strength?

Without enough troops, the Ming army had to constantly abandon the forward defense line and retreat in the main castles. Those empty places became the world of Tatar cavalry. This is also the fundamental reason why the Tatar cavalry was so arrogant. In the final analysis, it was not that the Tatar cavalry was too strong, but that the Ming army itself was too weak.

I think that when Chengzu swept through the desert, the Tartars ran far away one by one, for fear of encountering the cavalry of the Ming army. At that time, the Tartars, only under the silver power of the Ming cavalry, trembling to survive, where did they dare to go south to loot? It's a pity that the change of Tumubao caused the elite of the Ming army to lose everything, and gave the Tartars a chance to recuperate.

"If you really become the general flag ......"

A strange thought flashed through Xu Xingxia's mind.

If he does become the general banner, there is no doubt that he will definitely take over the bull horn pier. This means that this area will be under its control. The area around Zhenyuanguan and the Black Mountain Camp all belong to the defense area of Niujiaodun. How to make use of this area is obviously a very interesting question.

This area has rich fields and rich pastures, and as long as there are no Tatar cavalry raids, it can produce a lot of grain, and a lot of horses, cattle and sheep. The Montenegrin battalion can also garrison a considerable number of troops. Roughly calculated, according to the calculation of 5,560 people in one guard, it is no problem to station one guard.

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