Time unconsciously has arrived in May of the eighteenth year of Jiajing, this day is the early summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, just the day after Zhang Yi and others returned from completing the task, Duan Xing has also been anxiously waiting for the news of Zhang Yi and the special forces in his heart, early this morning, Duan Xing and Xie Yong were sitting in front of a bamboo house chopping firewood, while chopping, while looking at something, when Zhang Yi led the Dark Blade team to spy on the various situations of the barbarian rebels (including the station, the distribution of troops, etc.), Duan Xing was not idle, While waiting for Zhang Yi and the special forces to come back in Xingyi Fort, he organized the soldiers who stayed in Xingyi Fort to conduct training. I saw that on the small school ground, dozens of soldiers with spears were neatly lined up in a phalanx, practicing according to the formation formulated by Duan Xing before. Not far away, ten firearms and thirty archers were lined up in two rows for training in "line firing tactics", that is, muskets and archers were divided into three columns, each column lined up in a horizontal line and fired a salvo in turn. Speaking of this line of shooting, some people have always thought that it came from the West, in fact, this is a serious misunderstanding, as early as the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when the Duke of Qianguo Mu Ying conquered Yunnan, he used this tactic against the elephant soldiers of Tusi in Yunnan, according to historical records, the result of this battle was the defeat of the Tusi elephant soldiers. The use of this tactic was recorded more than two hundred years before Europe. In later generations, when Duan Xing saw this historical record, he sighed for a long time, and his mood was even heavier. While feeling sad, he was also thinking: Why was the Ming Dynasty's weapons and tactics so advanced but destroyed by only more than 100,000 Manchus? Is it just because of natural disasters and Li Zicheng's troubles? At that time, he couldn't figure it out, but now he finally understands that the reason is precisely because of the corruption of officials at all levels from top to bottom for a long time, which led to the boiling of public resentment, and the government turned a blind eye...... The people do not stand without faith. "It is precisely because the Ming Dynasty lacked food and soldiers, and the common people did not trust it, that its demise was inevitable. Like the Huang Daren I met a few days ago, although he is only a small sesame official from the seventh grade, because he has the power to license the mining of the mine, he dares to exploit the miners and merchants at will, making this place a miasma, and the people are miserable. As for the army, at this time, the armament is even more wasted, the soldiers are like serfs, there is no sufficient food, and they have no status, and the salary and silver are deducted layer by layer, causing the soldiers to generally have no will to fight, thinking of this, Duan Xing can't help but be a little worried about the upcoming war, it doesn't matter if he dies on the battlefield, it's a big deal to cross again, but what about these comrades who share weal and woe with him? Are they just outcasts of the big guys above? The more Duan Xing thought about it, the more unwilling he became.

Just as Duan Xing was thinking wildly, there was a sudden commotion outside the fort, and Duan Xing asked Xie Yong to see what was going on.

After a while, Xie Yong happily ran back and said, "Lord Baihu, it's Zhang Zongqi and the Dark Blade boys who are back!" ”

When Duan Xing heard this, he was overjoyed, and immediately walked to the gate of the fort and said to the guards and soldiers, "Open the door and let them in." Then, the gate of the fort was opened, and Zhang Yi and the special forces escorted the prisoners and then rushed in.

When Zhang Yi saw Duan Xing, he also ran over happily, and the two talked about their experiences for a while, Zhang Yi said: "Bringing one person to the hundred households must be helpful to the war."

"Who is it?" Duan Xing asked.

"Hundred households will know as soon as they ask." Zhang Yidao then ordered the barbarian prisoner to be taken to Duan Xing for interrogation.

The barbarian captive had just been escorted over, and when he saw Duan Xing, he knew that this was a big official, so he hurriedly broke away from the two special forces who had captured him, and hurriedly crawled in front of Duan Xing on his knees and kept saying in Chinese: "My lord's life, my lord's life!" The two special forces thought that the barbarian captives were going to be unfavorable to Duan Xing, so they hurriedly rushed up and grabbed him, and scolded: "You barbarian, be honest with me!" ”

Duan Xing felt amused when he saw it, so he asked the barbarian captive, "I heard you speak well in Chinese, you must not be an ordinary barbarian." Anyway, if you have anything to say to this hundred households, just listen to it, and if your answer satisfies me, I will keep you safe. ”

When the barbarian captive heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, and said to Duan Xing tentatively: "Can you take what your lord said seriously?" Duan Xing listened and said lightly: "This hundred households have always spoken seriously. You still haven't recruited from the truth, waiting for the hundred households to be punished? The barbarian said, "Don't dare, don't dare." But this can only tell you one person, please hold off left and right. Duan Xing asked Zhang Yi and the others to wait outside the council hall, and when the others had gone out, Duan Xing said to the barbarian captive, "Now you can say it." ”