"Good!"

Xu Xingxia nodded appreciatively.

This Ming Hao still has clear rewards and punishments. When it was time to start, I was completely able to do it. Treat Han annihilation traitors and the like, and never be soft. If his killing skills are also good, he should be a pretty good officer. I just don't know why his boss doesn't like him and wants to send him to this hellish place. If he is the leader's henchman, how can he be assigned to this place where even ghosts will be forgotten? I guess he doesn't know how to make sycophants. This is a bit similar to myself.

After pondering for a while, Xu Xingxia said slowly: "Ming Baihu, you have done a good job. ”

After all, Ming Hao killed his subordinates with his own hands, and he was in a bad mood. This Liu Guohui turned out to be a Han anniversary. This is not a big blow to him. He said excitedly: "Since you are willing to come from afar to report, I will listen to your command!" ”

Xu Xingxia nodded, looked around, and said calmly: "If I were you, be ready for all-round combat and wait for the arrival of the Tartars!" ”

Ming Hao frowned and said, "My task is to light the wolf smoke to warn." ”

Xu Xingxia said coldly: "Then, in vain, watched the Tartars kill Ningxia Town? ”

Minghao was very uncomfortable stimulated by his words. I want to say something, but I can't say it. The appearance of Han Jian in his subordinates caused him to straighten his waist in front of Xu Xingxia, which was unlikely. However, when his eyes saw the contemptuous look on Xu Xingxia's face, he still couldn't help it. Young man, young and vigorous is certain, he will definitely not give in easily. He was a little unconvinced and said, "What can I do?" Do you want me to take more than 30 brothers down there and fight with the Tartars? ”

Xu Xingxia shook his head and said, "Of course it's not to fight with the Tartars, there's no need for this." However, it is still possible to find a way to cause a little trouble for the tartars. The terrain of the beacon pier is so dangerous, even if the Tartars are dozens of times more, they will not even think of rushing up. Even if you beat them up, they can only endure it. If they attack hard, we can inflict more casualties on them. Their war horses and mounted archery have no chance to play here! ”

Ming Hao still shook his head and said, "Xu Baihu, you may not know that even if you kill a dozen or twenty Tartars, it will be useless at all." They will still sweep towards Ningxia Town like a sandstorm. In the end, nothing has changed. ”

Xu Xingxia said resolutely: "If you can kill one, you can kill a pair." Even if the final outcome cannot be changed, we must at least let the Tartars appreciate our resolute determination to resist. They want to get out of it all, absolutely impossible! ”

Ming Hao smiled slightly bitterly, and stopped talking. In the end, he sighed and said bitterly: "I'm sorry, Xu Baihu, I still can't agree with you. If I had attacked the Tartars without permission, causing them to attack the Beacon Pier and eventually destroy it, the people above would have put the blame on me. ”

Xu Xingxia shook his head and didn't say anything. He knew that Minghao was telling the truth. Something that seems ridiculous was normal in the Ming Dynasty. For example, in previous dynasties, every autumn, the Central Plains army had to systematically burn grass on the northern border. The use of constant fires burned as much grass as possible from the grasslands, thus creating a shortage of forage for the nomads and weakening their strength.

If the nomads do not have enough forage, and the winter happens to be particularly long, the horses, cattle and sheep of the nomads will die in large numbers. This is definitely good for the Central Plains Dynasty. However, in the Ming Dynasty, it was forbidden. Because, the court believed, doing so would provoke the anger of the nomads and attract their attacks.

As if the Beacon Pier of Karon Mountain was like this, the Tartars passed under their noses, but they did not get the order to take the initiative to meet them. The main reason is that the bigwigs above feel that if the beacon pier takes the initiative to face the battle, it will be damaged by the Tartars. Once damaged, it has to be rebuilt. The cost of building the beacon pier is very expensive, and it is better to do nothing and save the beacon pier. Minghao's taboo came from here.

Minghao has some blood surnames, which is a good thing. Compared with the average Ming army officer, he has not completely sunk. However, he was deeply influenced by the ideology of the traditional officials and soldiers. This traditional idea is to protect oneself wisely and never cause trouble to oneself. Knowing that it is the right thing to do, it is because it is not allowed by the superiors to do it. Or, if you do something that might bring disadvantage to you, don't do it.

There are many reasons for Ming Hao's surname, and he has been repeatedly hit, and he must be the most important of them. He killed Liu Guohui with one knife, and there were still some edges and corners faintly. It's just that this edge and corner are estimated to be smoothed out quickly. Minghao when he was young may not be like this. Who can stand the scene when a tartar passes under his nose when he is young, but he does not dare to fight back? Anyway, he Xu Xingxia definitely couldn't stand it.

The overall image of the Ming Dynasty to later generations was too conservative. This dynasty, which dominates the world from south to north, always has such and such defects, like a woman with small feet, light is light, but her steps are always unable to move. Since Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, the pace of foreign expansion of the Ming Dynasty has basically not been taken. Even Zhu Di is congenitally deficient, has a strong fleet, and has no consciousness to dominate Nanyang and other places.

The emperors of all dynasties were particularly fond of expanding their territory, such as Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty...... They are all masters of trying to expand their territory outward. In their hands, the area around Xinjiang Province is basically in their hands. Their juniors are also more enthusiastic about this. Wu Zetian, Tang Gaozong, and Tang Xuanzong are all typical cases, and the Battle of Talas has always been one of the focuses of historians' research, and the collision of the two empires is absolutely amazing.

Only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not keen on this at all. Since the Yongle Jing was difficult, the Ming court basically did not take the initiative to launch a war. The change of the civil fort is simply a cup. Zhu Shou, the general of Zhenguo, is simply a joke. If the emperor doesn't give his strength, no matter how hard the ministers below are, it will be useless. Even, because he advocated the recovery of the Tumut Plain, Xia Yan was killed by Emperor Jiajing for an excuse, mainly because he was troublesome.

The later Wanli Emperor engaged in a particularly famous three major expeditions in later generations, in fact, in his bones, he was also a guy who did more than less. Unless it is a last resort, it will never take the initiative to fight. The resistance to aid Korea was said to be that he had reached the door of his house and had to fight. The other two major campaigns were just internal counterinsurgency.

Looking at the territory of the Ming Dynasty, we know that outside Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiayuguan, and the Tibetan Plateau, the Ming army took the initiative to give up. Judging from the map, Liaodong is also a place the size of a finger. It's just this place, the Ming court can't figure it out, and finally gave the wild boar skin tartar to destroy the country. It's a tragedy!

Due to the serious imbalance of emphasizing literature over military force, the blood surnames of the Ming Dynasty have been almost castrated. Occasionally, one or two literati with blood surnames can't change the whole lifeless situation at all. This situation is reflected in Ningxia Town, and it is naturally not surprising. It doesn't matter if the Tartars come to grab something, as long as they grab it and leave. Anyway, it is not the high-ranking officials and nobles who are robbed, so there is no need to worry about the life or death of the people.

…… There were fifty or sixty more people at the Beacon Pier in Karon Mountain all of a sudden, and it was really a little crowded. Fortunately, the beacon pier was originally made up of a hundred people, and the number of beds was just right. After the barracks have been put in order, they can continue to live there. In the past, it was said that the empty playground was occupied by the white-clothed sergeants. The original defenders of Karon Mountain did not need to be trained, but the white-clothed army had to train as long as they had time.

Xu Xingxia and others all carried dry food with them. Most of the dry food they carried was meat cakes, and only a small part was Hu cakes. Compared with Hu cake, the meatloaf naturally tastes better and is more resistant to hunger. The physical exertion of the soldiers in white is very high, and Hu Cake is not a problem at all. If it weren't for the fact that the meatloaf was not stored for a very long time, they would carry more. If the meatloaf can be grilled a little before eating, it will be even more fragrant.

Smelling the smell of fragrant meatloaf, the eyes of Ming Hao and the others couldn't help but be a little envious. These ordinary Ming soldiers, or the lowest soldiers, food treatment or something, where is the white-clothed army good? The taste of the meatloaf, I don't know how long I haven't tasted it. Even if Minghao himself could bear it and didn't show it, the other soldiers couldn't help it.

Xu Xingxia said casually: "Ming Hao, there are a lot of supplies under the mountain, which were originally given to Tartar by Tuoba Su. There are a lot of meatloaf in it. If you like it, send someone down and get it! It's a welcome gift for you! By the way, by the way, help us settle the war horses, where are the war horses here stored? ”

Ming Hao thanked him repeatedly, and immediately personally led people down the mountain, carried supplies, and placed war horses. There is a fatal place in the beacon pier of Kalong Mountain, which is the stable where the war horses are raised, which is far away from the beacon pier, and there are five or six miles of road. There is a mountain den where the horses are stored, and there is a special groom to look after them. Outsiders hardly know about it. By the time Ming Hao settled the war horse and brought the supplies on his back, Xu Xingxia and the others had already eaten.

Suddenly, Xu Xingxia looked up at the sky. His hearing was so keen that he felt as if he had heard thunder from afar. Bursts of muffled thunder came faintly from the west of the beacon pier. The western sky is indeed a bit gloomy.

Ming Hao frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Xingxia said slowly: "It seems to be ...... Thunder? ”

Ming Hao looked at the sky, and then looked at the west side of the beacon pier, his face slowly became gloomy, and he said word by word: "It's not thunder, it's the Tartars coming!" ”

(To be continued)