The battle in the sand ridge is not suspenseful.

Li Dingguo, who was as wise as a sea, first sent a scout brigade, led by T34, to bypass from the rear of the mountain road, and the crossbow in his hand fired a few volleys, and the enemy broke out.

After relieving the crisis of the people setting fire to the mountain, Li Dingguo led the army to start the siege.

The dead soldiers of this kind of family, in a one-on-one situation, can still fight with the enemy, but under the siege of a well-trained army, they have no ability to resist at all.

What's more, the enemy they are facing, or the Guards armed to the teeth?

As a result, there is no doubt that the whole course of the battle, in no more than a quarter of an hour, killed and wounded most of these dead soldiers.

According to His Majesty the Emperor's will, this kind of dead soldier raised by a family, like the family of a military general, has no possibility of transformation.

Not only are they unable to reform, but they are so dangerous that they are not even enrolled in a labor camp

Li Dingguo simply ordered them to be executed together, along with the wounded and prisoners.

Hastily ordered the soldiers to dig a big pit and bury the corpses, and Li Dingguo led the soldiers, under the leadership of the mutant dog T34, to quickly join Zhu Youxiao.

The army did not stop for a moment, and continued to march in the direction of Zhangjiakou in the north.

……

It was already evening, Hei Yunlong took his four sons Hei Mingdao, Hei Mingde, Hei Mingren, and Hei Mingyi, and only came out of Wanquan Youwei in the afternoon and returned to Xuanfu Town.

He was followed by fifteen hundred cavalry, and the sound of "rumbling" horses' hooves filled the air.

In the northwest of the Ming Empire, since ancient times, no one in power has vigorously governed, and there is wind and sand everywhere.

This situation has intensified since the large number of human beings lived in the great northwest region and multiplied.

Before coal, gas, and electricity were used by human beings in large quantities, each household consumed enough wood and haystacks every year to fill a yard dozens of zhang square.

And what about a thousand?

What about 10,000 people?

Or 100,000 people?

In a place like the Great Northwest, where water sources are relatively scarce and rainfall is less, it doesn't take a hundred years for a town where 10,000 people live to be able to cut down trees within a radius of dozens of miles.

As a result, a vicious circle is formed, with fewer and fewer flowers and trees, less rain, drier and drier, and more and more desertified places.

In the past, the Great Northwest of the Han and Tang Dynasties was not like this.

At that time, the great northwest, lush and verdant mountains, forests and meadows, were everywhere.

It's just that with the unforbidden felling of human beings, the flowers and trees on the large mountains and ridges have been cut down, resulting in a large amount of soil erosion, and the environment is getting worse and worse, and it is gradually decaying.

In the Ming Dynasty, in the great northwest, basically many places began to desertify, and the wind and sand were all over.

In recent years, with the increasing changes in the climate, even if it is only spring, people must wear headscarves when they go out, so as not to be dusty and disgraced by the wind and sand.

Therefore, it would be inconceivable for an army of the upper size to march rapidly in most parts of the Great Northwest.

Just like the current Black Cloud Dragon father and son, with 1,500 cavalry soldiers on the road, the smoke and dust raised can be seen ten miles away.

The army was galloping all the way, and the Black Cloud Dragon was in a bad mood.

Early this morning, he received a military report from the cavalry of the Mongolian tribes that had come to harass the border wall, and he did not dare to slack off, so he immediately set off with his four sons who stayed in Xuanfu Town and all his cavalry.

As a result, when I went to the Zhangjiakou area, I found that the cavalry of the Mongolian tribes had gone in the direction of Wanquan Right Guard.

Worried that the side wall would be broken, he turned around and ran in the direction of Wanquan Right Guard.

Who knew that as soon as he arrived at Wanquan Right Guard with his troops, he received a military report that those damn Mongolian tribal cavalry actually turned around and left!

This is full of food and nothing to do, come out for a walk with the soldiers of the Ming Border Army?

Or did you come out on purpose to reconnoitre? Want to hit the sidewall again?

No matter which possibility it was, Black Cloud Dragon was not angry in his heart.

Amuse yourself as the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town for a while?

Nima's! Don't give Lao Tzu a chance, otherwise, you will have to ransack this Mongolian tribe!

Therefore, the Black Cloud Dragon, who was in an extremely depressed mood, did not say a word on the way home, and his face was as black as black charcoal.

Heiyunlong's family education is extremely strict, and he has always believed in "filial piety under the stick".

Therefore, seeing that his father was silent, his face sank like water, and the Hei Mingdao brothers did not dare to say anything, and they took the cavalry soldiers with their heads and galloped in the direction of Xuanfu Town.

Just as they were about to arrive at Ningyuan Station Fort, the scout team in front suddenly reported:

"General!"

Pegasus galloped to the captain in front of the Black Cloud Dragon, immediately turned over and dismounted, and shouted anxiously, "The Ningyuan Station Fort in front has been captured by a large group of black-clothed and black-armored soldiers!" ”

"I've left a few scouts to watch them, and I'll immediately report back to the general with Pegasus!"

"What?"

The Black Cloud Dragon was suddenly taken aback, "What are you?" Ningyuan Station Fort was actually captured by an unknown army? ”

He really couldn't believe that in the vicinity of Xuanfu Town, there would be a large army that could hide from him and capture an important military fort quietly.

"Who are they? Where did it come from? And where to go? ”

Confused, he asked three times in a row, and spit out from the big mouth of the black cloud dragon one after another.

There is no way not to be confused, but this sudden situation is a little too outrageous.

"General, look at the appearance of their entire army covered in black clothes and black armor, fully armed, and there is a 6,000 Rao cavalry brigade, it is estimated that ......"

"It is estimated that it is the new army of the imperial court in the rumor!"

This scout captain, for a while, has heard of the incomparably mysterious new army of the imperial court.

Therefore, he was in a hurry and thought of this only possibility.

Indeed, if you don't have enough financial resources to support it, it would be a fantasy for you to see an army of about 30,000 people, all armoured, and a large number of cavalry and artillery to follow.

Such a heavily armed army would cost at least millions of taels of silver!

The most important thing is that even if there is enough silver, there is no perfect logistics equipment department, and this kind of strong army cannot be created.

Not to mention the more than 10,000 war horses, which have silver, and can't buy so many war horses.

"The new army of the imperial court?"

Black Cloud Dragon also thought of something, his eyes lit up, and then he wanted to continue to ask the scout captain for specific details.

However, at this moment, from a distance, four more cavalrymen rushed in a hurry!

The four horsemen were shouting from afar, "Daddy! ”

"Father!"

"Daddy!" ……

Heiyunlong took a closer look and found that these were his three unassuming sons and the most beloved daughter.

"Daddy!" ……

In the blink of an eye, the four of them came to the Black Cloud Dragon, and the pink and tender Lori shouted sweetly to the Black Cloud Dragon.

"Dad, I'll follow you, the emperor will lead the army and fight all the way to the northwest!"

"Dad, don't go back to Xuanfu Town, it has been occupied and controlled by the emperor, and even the big family headed by the Ma family has been robbed and killed!"

"Dad, the emperor, our old black family, is still more loyal and patriotic, so he won't pursue our family, but I just heard that I want to go to the military academy in the capital for further study and assessment, and I will be able to lead troops to fight in the future." ……

As soon as the four siblings arrived, they were babbling endlessly.

Especially the Lori black slave Jiao, who jumped on her father Black Cloud Dragon at once, hugged his neck and chirped like a bird.

"The emperor is here? And came to this great northwest with a large army? ”

Black Cloud Dragon was stunned, and he couldn't even care about the four brothers and sisters who were constantly in front of him.

"It's fine!"

After a while, the black cloud dragon, who came back to his senses, hurriedly grabbed his son Hei Minglian and began to inquire carefully.

“…… Dad, that's it, we were in Ningyuan Station Fort, and when we saw a large cloud of smoke and dust in the distance, we knew that your old man had returned, so we hurriedly reported to His Majesty the Emperor and came out to pick you up. ”

After a while, knowing the situation to the seven-seven-eight black cloud dragon, with mixed feelings in his heart, with extremely complicated thoughts, he led the cavalry brigade and seven sons and one daughter into the Ningyuan station fort to see the emperor.

When the two met, Zhu Youxiao was influenced by the subconscious of his predecessor, and he was also a little emotional about this fierce general who he picked up single-handedly.

"Black Cloud Dragon, so be it."

After the monarch and the minister spoke for a while, Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, "You will take your family and this cavalry brigade and follow us to act." ”

"After the northwest settles down, your family will return to Beijing with me, and the eight fathers and sons will all go to the current Royal Military Academy of the Ming Empire to study and study, pass the assessment, and then arrange suitable positions for your family."

Zhu Youxiao felt that for this loyal general's family, there was only such an arrangement for the time being.

Of course, if the eight of them, father and son, can pass the military academy assessment, stand out, and lead a legion in the future, it is not impossible.

The top priority now is to let the soldiers stand in the fort in Ningyuan, eat and rest for a while, and then rush overnight.

In the early morning of tomorrow morning, the army will break into Zhangjiakou City in one fell swoop, and wipe out all the big merchants, local tyrants, shoddy gentry, civil and military officials.