Leaving Kaipingwei and crossing the Great Wall, Tang Ming's team escorting grain and grass finally approached the boundary of Huerhot. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info walked cautiously all the way Tang Ming did not encounter any danger, there was a narrow mountain road in front of him, and the steep cliffs on both sides towered into the sky.

It's a must-go, and it's the most dangerous place. In order to ensure safety, Tang Ming, at Zhu Yong's suggestion, divided the team into three sections, separated by dozens of meters.

There was a thrilling crossing of the narrow road, and in front of it was a flat land with sparse bushes. The dust in the sky was gone, there was clear air, and the breeze blew with a hint of coolness. The weather is in stark contrast to the other side of the mountains behind you.

The road is no longer steep and difficult to walk, and the open view also allows the sergeants to see their surroundings well. Less than two miles along, there was a small stream with clear water flowing through it, and I had been walking in the jungle for four days.

Tang Ming didn't know how smelly he was, and when he saw the creek, he let everyone camp and rest for a while. The soldiers also need to be cleaned, this is already very close to the emperor's army, if you don't take advantage of the current season, you will be tired of dealing with it if you are attacked.

A few sentinels were sent to the perimeter to keep guard, and the rest of the sergeants went down to the creek to wash themselves merrily. After a good meal, I took a short break and began to prepare to move on.

But only five of the six spies sent out came back, and one was completely lost, after learning the news, Zhu Yong immediately asked Tang Ming to tighten his vigilance, and he personally brought a small team of 50 people to check.

The tense atmosphere quietly dispersed in the army, and the veterans still seemed very calm, but the recruits were not good. Constantly looking around, as soon as there is a stir around, they are suspicious, if it weren't for the veterans around them suppressing them, it is estimated that the camp would have been bombed early.

Seeing this, Tang Ming really understood how much combat effectiveness this so-called army had, and in his opinion, these recruits were simply a drag. As soon as a war really breaks out, these people are the biggest hidden danger.

In order to ensure that he could reach the emperor smoothly, Tang Ming ordered the 80 personal guards he brought, all equipped with flintlock muskets, each with a long and a short one, to form a circle with a grain cart, and all the soldiers were hidden behind the cart.

The muzzle of the flintlock pistol is the same as that of the outward, and each of the eighty pro-soldiers has two auxiliaries by their side to load ammunition for the gunner, so that the gunner can continue to fire without interruption.

How Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao used these flintlock pistols when they got them, Tang Ming didn't know. But it will definitely not be used like he is now, if it is like Zhu Yong said, then these flintlock pistols are really as he said, just a burning stick.

Tang Ming had just arranged a defensive position here, but Zhu Yong, who had just gone to reconnoitre, hurried back, and he was running and shouting loudly about the enemy attack while galloping. When Tang Ming looked through the binoculars, he saw that the 50 riders had just ridden out, and there were less than 20 riders left after this moment's effort.

Zhu Yong was too far away from Tang Ming to hear what he was shouting, but Tang Ming could already see through the telescope that there were hundreds of cavalry chasing behind him, and the dust raised by the horse team made it impossible for Tang Ming to see his true number.

Judging from Zhu Yong's exaggerated expression of hurriedly fleeing, the pursuers behind him must be indispensable, otherwise Zhu Yong's strong character would not be so flustered.

"All the gunners are ready, there is an enemy directly in front of the north, all move to the north to meet the enemy, and the archers shoot arrows. The enemy can't shoot until they're a stone's throw away, do you understand? "Tang Ming is also the first time to really fight, and the palms he is holding tightly at this moment have long been soaked with sweat, and it would be a lie to say that he is not nervous.

But as the commander of the whole army, if he showed the slightest nervousness at this moment, it would inevitably bring catastrophic damage. So now he has to be calm no matter what, even if it is calm on the surface.

The so-called land of one arrow is about one hundred and fifty paces, and the archers heard Tang Ming's order and immediately bent their bows and arrows to shoot upwards towards the north. This is a distance measuring arrow, the tail of which is covered by this red strip of cloth, and after the arrow is fired, all the sergeants can clearly see where the colored arrow has landed.

In an instant, Zhu Yong was already less than two hundred steps away from Tang Ming's defensive position, and he could see the colored arrows that were shot clearly. This was a sign that Tang Ming was about to shoot, he had seen it before during training, so he knew how to dodge.

In order to prevent his subordinates behind him from being injured by mistake, Zhu Yong quickly turned in the direction of due north, and quickly avoided the west with less than thirty remaining horses. The pursuers behind him were already approaching, and as soon as the soldiers at the front saw Tang Ming's grain cart in a circle, they shouted loudly, as if to inform their companions behind them of something.

Tang Ming could clearly see the appearance of these enemies from the binoculars, most of them were wearing leather armor, and the weapons they were wielding in their hands were also very messy, and they were really complete with eighteen kinds of weapons at a glance.

From this point of view, most of these people are a ragtag army that has only been assembled temporarily, and if it is an orthodox army, it is natural that they will not even be able to use weapons casually.

These miscellaneous soldiers seemed very happy to see Tang Ming's grain cart, and even Zhu Yong, who had been chasing him, wanted to escape, but they didn't pay attention to it, but waved the weapons in their hands and rushed to the front with a 'woo'.

Hundreds of horses galloped at the same time, and the men on horseback whined loudly, and behind their horses was a cloud of dust. The momentum was like a rainbow and came straight towards Tang Ming, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves resounded in the surrounding space, and Tang Ming could faintly feel the earth trembling in the circle of the grain cart.

In the face of such a ferocious enemy, the recruits in Tang Ming's army were all frighteningly pale, and their slightly trembling hands and feet had obviously betrayed the fear in their hearts. The enemy's cavalry is like a beast of destruction, mercilessly gnawing at the soul of every recruit.

Tang Ming couldn't take care of these recruits, he quickly glanced at his position, fortunately, his own soldiers did not show a look of fear in the face of such a fierce enemy, on the contrary, Tang Ming actually saw the bloodthirsty light like a beast in the eyes of the veterans.

These pro-soldiers were all retired from Zheng He's army of a hundred battles, in fact, their age was not yet the time to retire, but this time Zheng He sailed to the sea, he didn't know how long it would take to come back, so he left these sergeants who still had three or four years to retire from the army in the treasure shipyard.

I didn't expect it to be cheaper now Tang Ming, these so-called veterans were all brave and good at fighting when they were serving, otherwise they would not have been left in the treasure shipyard by Zheng He. (To be continued.) )