Chapter 80: Fearing Tigers and Wolves, Fighting in the Snow

Qin Xiucai told the story, listening to Zhu Da's fascination, the emperor personally conscripted, and personally engaged in the battle, the Mongolian Khan who fought died of illness, the Mongolian tribes were torn apart, and the other party did not dare to make a mistake for more than ten years, what a great feat, I really don't know what kind of big battle the battle of Yingzhou was, and he couldn't help but think of the grand war scenes in those movies, television and even games.

Although he listened to the blood boiling, Zhu Da also felt strange, he knew that he didn't care about learning history back then, but those major battle history books were introduced in detail, plus the boy's instinctive hobby of military warfare, these remember very clearly, what Changping Battle, Guandu Battle, Chibi Battle and Battle of Weishui or something, this Ming He also remembered what the three major expeditions were Songshan and the like, but why didn't I hear about the Battle of Yingzhou.

Isn't it as grand as he imagined, so significant, thinking of this, Zhu Da was relieved, and the major events he thought at that time were nothing in the long history.

“...... I heard the merchants who came and went to the grassland said, the grassland and there were heroic figures, the right 30,000 households in the north of Datong had a heroic hero, the east and the west were undefeated, occupying the land of abundant water and grass, annexing large and small tribes, this I answered the conquest everywhere, needless to say, the other nature was forced to get closer and closer to the outside, and had to come to the outside of the border wall of the Ming Dynasty, and began to be a little afraid, and after the temptation, it was found that the border army was deserted, not worth caring about, and the courage was getting bigger and bigger......"

Although Zhengjiaji is still far away from the border wall of Datong, this is the place where roads meet, and caravans coming from the border and even the Mongols coming from the steppe are common, and the news is naturally well-informed.

Zhu Da thought about the name "I answer" for a long time, and found that he didn't have any impression, but he couldn't say that what he didn't remember was not an important person, after all, "Jiajing" he knew very little, in addition to these, he understood what Qin Chuan said, the war on the grassland, the transmission of layers of pressure, finally affected the border of Datong, let the beacon smoke ignite.

When Qin Xiucai said this, there was a sneer on his face, and his tone was full of sarcasm: "This is too peaceful, and immediately the swords and guns will be put into storage, and the horses will be put into Nanshan, but for more than ten years, it will be as if there will be no war in the next hundred years and thousands of years, and the loss is that the Tartars are now timid and can still be confused." ”

The four of them ate, Qin Qin ate the slower, and after the girl finished eating, breakfast was over, Qin Xiucai noticed Zhu Da's attentive listening, and said with a smile, "It's important to practice martial arts, I want to hear this opportunity." ”

Zhu Da wanted to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, just like getting up early that day to help with work, Qin Xiucai sank his face and reprimanded a few words, so he had to go out of the house with Zhou Qingyun.

As soon as the martial arts practice was cleaned up here, Yuan Biao entered the courtyard, Zhu Da thought that he was still going to the courtyard next door to practice martial arts, but he watched the old man walk out, they were surprised, Yuan Biao turned around and shouted: "Stupid, keep up, the salt stack is a place of stock, isn't it a joke to practice martial arts for a long time over there?" Remember to bring your bow! ”

Since he was going outside, he had to go back and pack some things, thinking that he would bring dry food, but the servant said that he would bring food at noon.

Zhu Da stopped as soon as he went out, turned his head to look at the courtyard, but he didn't see the father and daughter of the Qin family, and such a trivial matter as going out to practice martial arts couldn't do goodbye, Zhu Da didn't turn around for this, he was worried about the safety of the Qin family.

Although no one said anything, although the relationship between the father-in-law and the son-in-law was not a fake, Zhu Da knew in his heart that Qin Xiucai accepted himself as a son-in-law and let him and Zhou Qingyun live in the house, there should be safety and protection considerations, although the two of them were only twelve years old, but they knew martial arts and had killed people, so they left......

"Boy, the skills of the two of you are useless, if you want to be counted on, you have to work hard, the sooner you practice, the sooner you can help." Yuan Biao teased, he could see at a glance what Zhu Da was thinking.

was told about the central matter, Zhu Da scratched his head with a smile, and set off with Yuan Biao with Zhou Qingyun, thinking that the school field was in the enclosure, but he didn't think that he walked out and went out until he closed the door.

Based on Zhu Da's experience then and now, Yuan Biao, a character with a peculiar appearance, walking on the street, will always arouse people's curious eyes, and even bold and ignorant children come to make fun of and insult them, although the old man is not afraid of this, but it is always uncomfortable to toss.

Zheng Jiaji is such a peaceful and prosperous place, when the weather is fine, there are a lot of children running and jumping on the street, although it looks more ruddy than the Baibao Village, dressed neatly, but the stubborn appearance is not bad at all, and even surpassed, after all, this side is open and prosperous, and the children have seen more, and there is less restraint and fear.

Zhu Da took two steps quickly, preparing to chase after Yuan Biao, beware of the ignorant play of the children, lest the old man be angry and embarrassed, if he really wants to hurt someone, I am afraid that there will be trouble.

But to his surprise, the children hurriedly dodged after seeing Yuan Biao, this dodge is not because of fear after seeing the scar on the face, but a habit, Zhu Da also saw that there were two or three-year-old children who were ignorant, staring at Yuan Biao's face curiously, and were hurriedly carried away by the parents, and when Zhu Da walked through that section of the street, he finally understood that it was not that the children were afraid, but that the parents of Zheng Jiaji were afraid, and it was estimated that they told their children that Yuan Biao was similar to the existence of a tiger wolf, and they must avoid it when they saw it.

At this time, Zhu Da was curious, why did Yuan Biao make others so afraid, there must be a story in it......

Outside the west gate of Zhengjiajituwei, there is no east gate where shops and shacks are lined up, pedestrian caravans and idlers gather lively and noisy, but it seems quiet, here are several large courtyards of considerable scale, the courtyard walls are all earthen enclosures, inside are brick and wood structure houses, compared to the buildings in Zhengjiaji's enclosure, it has been simple to the point of roughness, after entering it, it is found that it is very empty, the area of the yard is almost dozens of times the size of the salt stack yard, the land is flat, there is nothing empty, and the door of the house on one side is closed.

After looking at the environment here, Zhu Da had an idea, the regulations of the mansion here are similar to Zheng Jiaji itself, and this place is actually a small dirt enclosure.

The gate here is not so much a gate, but two fences, and no one guards it, pushing open a crack and squeezing in, the three of them entered the courtyard before someone appeared outside the gate, as if they were going to drive away, but after a few steps closer they turned to leave, as if they recognized Yuan Biao.

"Just practice here, this can be practiced." Yuan Biao said with a smile.

Zhu Da is strange, there should be no one living here for a while, but everything is clean and tidy, it is said that there are so many idlers and merchants wandering outside the Zheng family's set, this should be a good place to stay, but there is no fire ash and garbage dirty, Xiaoxue can't cover these up, and there is no trace of regular cleaning, that is, no one has come, but this is an unguarded state, I really don't know how to keep it.

The yard was empty, and there was no place to sit, not to mention that there was no one to clear the snow here, and there was already a layer of snow on the ground, Yuan Biao just waved his hand and said, "Run a few laps first." ”

The effect of running here is much better than the yard of Yanzhan, Zhu Da and the two have already moved their bodies at home, and they are running very happily, only after three laps, there are people here in the yard again.

More than a dozen young men carried all kinds of utensils into the courtyard, greeted them coldly and politely, and got busy with themselves, someone went over to open the door of a room facing them, and moved out the chairs from inside and put them by the door, but this was not the main thing, this team brought weapons racks and various weapons, including spears, simple knives and Yanling knives and short swords, all of which were placed on the wooden frame in duplicate.

In addition to real knives and guns, there are also various long and short wooden sticks, seeing these, Zhu Da in the running remembered Xiang Bo's teaching, Xiang Bo is not as knowledgeable as this Yuan Biao, but the way to teach martial arts is right, such as fighting strength, such as this wooden stick of different lengths.

Another person took a stake and a hammer to drive a pile on the other side of the yard, and drove the stake into the ground, but it was not yet completely cold, but the ground was hard and nothing could be driven in, and after the stake was hammered in, someone tied up the straw, and by this time, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun understood what this was, it should be an arrow target used for archery.

"You don't need to sweep the snow, and the child is not so squeamish." Yuan Biao's words could still be heard, and the one who asked nodded and returned to the team.

After the arrow target was erected, a few wooden stakes were erected, which should be used when practicing hand-to-hand combat.

After such a set-up, the courtyard that was still very empty just now now looks like a martial arts training field, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun can't concentrate on running circles, they always wander around, Zhou Qingyun is more excited, he has become a habit of practicing archery, he has not had the opportunity to open the bow in the past few days, and he can practice today.

The group came and walked quickly, and after preparing a clay stove next to the chairs, everyone took their leave, and closed the door before leaving.

Yuan Biao shouted Zhu Da and them to the front, and let them jump on the spot, so as not to get cold, the old man looked left and right, shook his head and said with emotion: "Xiucai is really willing to pay the capital, you have to remember this kindness, this knife and gun look normal, you know how much silver to sell outside, this is all for you." ”

In the past, Zhu Da had no concept of this, and felt that as long as the government did not monopolize it, these were nothing more than iron tools similar to agricultural tools, and they were nothing more than a few more laborers to polish and temper, but when he was in Baibao Village, he learned about the price of agricultural tools, and saw the importance of his parents and neighbors to iron tools, so he understood the value of a qualified weapon.

In this era, steel is not available everywhere, and the qualified steel to build weapons and blades is not easy to obtain, of course, Datong is a military town, and it is not easy for the people to build, but those who have a relationship can be poured out of the arsenal of the border army, but the quality of the weapons made by the government has never been very good.