The city of Jiubianzhou, the barrier of the capital division, the city wall of Xuanfu Town is tall, like a fierce beast pulled up from the ground, lurking between the overlapping mountains, a good Xiongguan, a good strong city.

The new governor arrived, and all the civil and military forces in the Xuanfu were all there, patrolling, general, deputy general, general, and a large area of black press. Although Tang Yi was tired from the journey, when he saw the big guys, he still cheered up his spirit, on behalf of the imperial court, condolences to the soldiers, and said that everyone has meritorious service in guarding the border, and the court will not hesitate to reward.

After listening to Tang Yi's words, the civil and military officials all showed such a look, from Qiu Luan to Yang Shun, except for Jiang Dong, who had just slapped his ass and left, the others were all virtuous.

The iron city, the official of flowing water, Tang Zhuangyuan was born in a noble family, and he ran to Xuanda just gilded, let's do our own thing, the well water does not violate the river water, which is good!

Thinking of this, the civil and military forces of Xuanfu showed a smile on their faces, and showed the strength to serve their ancestors, and the nice words were like not asking for money.

The reception banquet prepared for Tang Yi is also quite distinctive, all of them are southeast dishes, full of color, flavor and flavor, and a band is also prepared, and more than a dozen beauties dance with the music.

The warm geothermal heat, the dancing dance, the wine and food, in a trance, the warm breeze smokes the tourists drunk, as if they have returned to the south of the Yangtze River.

It is not the same thing at all as the imaginary border towns, where the military situation is like fire. Tang Yi simply drank two glasses, then deduced that he was tired from the journey and returned directly to Shuaifu.

As soon as he walked in, Tan Guang came to Tang Yi's side and said in a low voice: "My lord, there are ten beauties in the mansion, what do you think should be done?" ”

It's this hand again! Tang Yi is speechless, in their eyes, is Lao Tzu a vulgar person?

"Leave it all to Liuying, let her help deal with it."

After Tang Yi finished speaking, he hurried to the back house, washed up, changed into civilian clothes, and asked people to invite Ma Fang's father and son over. Not long after that, the burly Ma Fang took his son Ma Dong into the room and touched the ground on one knee.

"The last general will meet the Governor!"

"Hurry up, please."

Tang Yi smiled and pulled Ma Fang, sat on the opposite side, and said, "Brother, it's been almost ten years, how are you doing?" ”

Ten years, how many decades can there be in life!

Ma Fang was a little in a trance, when I was invaded, the Tang family father and son commanded to guard the capital, he led the army to raid the back road of Alta, and became famous in a war.

Ten years have passed, Tang Yi has climbed from a white body, step by step, to the high position of the governor of Xuanda, and has become the youngest senior official in the ministry and his own top boss. Compared with Tang Yi's soaring, Ma Fang seemed to stand still, or even backwards.

After he became famous, he trained the cavalry hard, and every time he encountered me to enter the Kou, he was the first to counterattack, and won consecutive battles, and sometimes Ma Fang went deep into the grassland for hundreds of miles, cutting off my retreat and forcing me to retreat.

Over the years, he has made countless contributions, all the way to the general army of Xuanfu.

More than three years ago, Ma Fang rashly attacked due to intelligence errors, and as a result, I took the opportunity to enter Xuanfu, broke several cities in a row, plundered nearly 10,000 people, and lost countless grains and grass. Under the anger of the imperial court, Ma Fang was dismissed from the post of governor of Zuodu and almost thrown into prison.

Thanks to the help of his former superiors, Ma Fang escaped imprisonment, but he also lost the opportunity to command the battle on the front line.

His experience is very representative among the generals.

Take Yu Dayou as an example, it is also up and down, the military general is promoted because of his military exploits, the speed is very fast, and it is very easy to become a general soldier in a few years. Then there is no way to rise, and there is no reward. If you grasp the mistake of a move, you will knock down the mortal dust, and when you encounter an opportunity, you will use it again.

Repeatedly, it can be regarded as a means to prevent the generals from becoming bigger.

Tang Yi is familiar with the routines of the imperial court, but Ma Fang is very aggrieved, under his efforts, Altan Khan's momentum has been suppressed, as long as he persists for a few more years, maybe he will not have the ability to go south. was made by the imperial court, and his previous achievements were wasted, and the tiger and wolf cavalry that he easily trained were scattered everywhere, swallowed up by many generals, and became a family member.

Finally, Tang Yi took over as the governor of Xuanda, and Ma Fang got up again proudly and served as the chief soldier of Datong.

"General Ma, you also know that I am not familiar with the Nine Sides, so please tell me how much capital the Nine Sides have and what is the current situation?"

Ma Fang was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "My lord asked, the last general didn't dare to hide it, by the way, my lord, how many people are registered in the Xuanfu, do you know?" ”

"Clearly, there are 151,452 members of the army and 55,274 horses." Tang Yi quickly reported it, and then sighed: "There is a common practice in various places, and many soldiers have fled, I estimate that the soldiers in Xuanfu should be about 100,000 and 35,000 horses." ”

It's a seven-fold discount, which can be regarded as a big sale at a loss!

Who knew that Ma Fang smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again.

"General Ma, how many people are there in Xuanfu?"

"My lord, the total number of people and horses in the Xuanfu does not exceed 60,000, among which there are many old, weak, sick and disabled, and the real soldiers who can fight will not exceed 30,000, as for the horses? Full of more than 20,000 horses. ”

Tang Yi asked three times, and it was all this answer. Tang Yi suddenly felt that he had nothing to love, so let's roll up and go back to the capital, just such a few people, and still have the face to be called the first important town in the world? And how to deal with the 100,000 iron horsemen of my answer!

Tang Yi looked around, waved his hand, asked Ma Dong to withdraw, and then sealed the doors and windows, Tang Yi personally checked it, and returned to his seat.

His actions frightened Ma Fang.

"Your Excellency, what are you?"

Tang Yi leaned into his body and lowered his voice, "Brother Ma, for the sake of our friendship for many years, can you tell me how the nine sides have been held in the past few years?" ”

Tang Yi is really skeptical, with this little bit of people, how can he stop the male soldiers of my answer? Could it be that the Ming army's combat effectiveness has soared, can it be one against two, and one against three?

Obviously, when asked about the fateful place, Ma Fang didn't want to say more, but he was able to make a fortune, and he relied on the Tang family's father and son, and now Tang Yi was his top boss, **************, Ma Fang was not a person who forgot his roots.

After much hesitation, he finally confided his secret.

Although Altan Khan has entered the army every year, not every year there are many people and menacing.

If there are only 20,000 or 30,000 people, they will stay behind closed doors, wait until they retreat, and then chase after them for a while, kill a few ordinary people, pretend to be Tartars, and hand over orders to the imperial court.

If I have a lot of people and I am unstoppable, there is a secret. After many years of war, the Mongols also knew that they had no ability to swallow the Ming Dynasty, and their purpose in going south was only to loot food and supplies, as well as daily necessities, and the grassland had a hard time.

When encountering an army that can't be resisted, isn't there still a Jin merchant?

Take out a little gold and silver goods, bribe me to answer, and let them withdraw from the army.

When he said this, Ma Fang felt panicked, although he had never given gifts to the Mongols, but as a general of the Ming Dynasty, he still had a dull face. The common people took their blood and sweat and fed the officers and soldiers, who could have known that the so-called Nine-sided Male Division had to rely on bribing the enemy to survive, which was really a great shame.

Tang Yi also had to sigh with emotion, daring to love Jin Shang is not a traitor, but as a peace messenger, at a critical time, he can also protect the safety of the nine sides!

It's ironic!

It took a full quarter of an hour to silently recite the Ice Qing Recipe many times, and Tang Yi calmed down.

"General Ma, according to what you say, the men and horses on the nine sides are rotten, and they can't fight at all?"

"This ......" Ma Fang shook his head, "My lord, I can't say that, although a certain general has not led the troops to fight for more than three years, but the last general has been working hard to train the troops, specifically looking for those orphans whose parents were plundered or died tragically in the hands of the Tartars, training hard, teaching them the ability to kill the enemy, the last general has more than 3,000 cavalry, and the last general is the chief soldier of Datong, and the old subordinates have come back a lot, plus the elite selected, the last general's subordinates, there are a total of more than 8,000 fine cavalry, and I can fight hard, but ......"

Tang Yi's interest came suddenly, Ma Fang can be regarded as the only general in the Nine Sides who is not afraid of my answer, and he can win more with less, with a brilliant record, he will not talk big about himself.

Eight thousand centaurs, as long as they are used well, are enough to fight a beautiful victory.

"General Ma, if you have any difficulties, just say it."

"My lord, the last general, lack of weapons." Ma Fang said bluntly, "The cavalry of the last general in the past used the stacking formation method to resist the enemy, musket cavalry, cavalry archers, sword and axe soldiers, after encountering, they cooperated with each other and repeatedly rushed to kill. After all, the Tartars are a gang of robbers, and as long as we dare to fight hard, they will be afraid. ”

Ma Fang thought about the glory of the past, her eyes lit up, and she thought of the embarrassment in front of her, and returned to her original form.

"My lord, the last general's current firearms are less than two thousand, and most of them are rusted, the gunpowder is not enough, and the food is lacking, so we can't let the big guy go to war on an empty stomach!"

After Tang Yi heard this, he suddenly laughed, laughing so much that Ma Fang didn't know why.

"Your Excellency, ...... you"

Tang Yi waved his hand, "General Ma, put the others aside first, if I give you enough firearms and food, are you sure to defeat Meda?" ”

"Yes!" Ma Fang said unceremoniously: "My lord, others are afraid of my answer, but I am not afraid, I will give up more than 100 catties, and I will bite off a piece of his meat!" ”

"Good!" Tang Yi didn't say anything else, he directly pulled up Ma Fang, and when he got outside, Ma Dong also followed, and when they arrived at the barracks, Yang An was directing the people to settle down.

Seeing Tang Yi, he hurriedly greeted him.

"See your Excellency."

"Well, take us to the shooting range."

"Yes!"

Yang An led the way in front, and soon rushed to a huge open space, saying that it was a shooting range, because there was no one to train, it had long been barren and messy.

Since knowing the actual situation of Xuanfu, Tang Yi didn't expect to encounter unexpected surprises, the key was to rely on himself. He picked up a fire gun with his own hands and threw it to Ma Fang.

Ma Fang received it in his hand, Yang An stuffed him with a paper bag again, Ma Fang was stunned for a moment, randomly understood, tore open the paper bag, packed the gunpowder, and loaded the lead pellet.

After doing it, Ma Fang was dumbfounded, why didn't there be a fire rope, how to light it.

When he was stunned, Yang An picked up a firearm, quickly reloaded, aimed at a target a hundred steps away, and gently pulled the trigger.

I only heard a bang, and the lead shot erupted, hitting the edge of the target, a hole the size of a fist, and smoke was rising.

That's a lot of energy!

Ma Fang subconsciously knocked on the trigger, and the lead shot also flew out, in a hurry, he didn't hit the target, hit a bunch of rocks, Ma Fang ran over, his son Ma Dong followed closely, the two of them went to the front of the stone, picked up the snow, looked carefully, and saw that the lead shot was just embedded in the stone, and it was half an inch into it, and the stone was grabbed and put in his hand, and it was suddenly broken into eight petals.

Both of them showed shocked expressions, if this hits a person's body, even if it is Sancheng armor, it can be penetrated!

It is really an artifact to be able to fight so far without using a fire rope!

Ma Fang clutched the fire hammer hard, and was no longer willing to let go.

Ran quickly in front of Tang Yi and blushed.

"My lord, as long as you give the last general 10,000 - uh no, 8,000, 8,000 strokes is enough, and the last general can bomb me back to my hometown!"

Tang Yi said angrily: "General Ma, do you think this kind of firearm is easy to make?" Eight thousand strokes, the entire Ming Dynasty can't make it up. ”

Ma Fang was dumbfounded, "Then, how can there be many?" ”

"Two thousand at most, and if there is more, Yang An will fight with me!"

Sure enough, Yang An's face turned red, and the landlord's family didn't have any grain in stock, he was just about to refute, Ma Fang couldn't wait to say: "Two thousand is two thousand, the end will not be too little, my lord, please rest assured, with such a sharp firecracker, I will let me answer that there is no return!" ”

The fire gun gave Ma Fang unprecedented courage, Tang Yi was not so optimistic, if he wanted to defeat Meda, he had to rely on people!

"General Ma, it's time for us to discuss strategies to defend against the enemy." (To be continued.) )