Under the influence of his father and mother, Yang Honglian has practiced excellent martial arts since he was a child, especially good at riding and archery on horseback, every shot must hit, the arrow is not missing, he is familiar with military books and history, and he is very good at martial arts.

In his opinion, his father himself is a heroic epic that shocks the world and weeps ghosts and gods, although he is still honored, it is the pride of the God of War family, and he is extremely proud of himself to have such a father who endures humiliation and is dominant.

As early as the Battle of Jingyan, Yang Hong fought on the battlefield with his father and younger brother Yang Qing, and Yang Hong did not want to be shrouded by his father's aura. When his father was in the army of King Yan, the highest military rank was the Baihu Order, and according to the hereditary practice of military generals in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Hong could only start from a grassroots officer.

An ordinary hundred household orders only led 112 soldiers, at best, he is just a captain company commander today. Don't underestimate this 100 household order, the official product is not small, it is six products, and it is one level higher than that of the county order.

For this reason, Yang Hong has a lot of ideas: "My father is a national public-level heavyweight, not to mention giving me a commander, I have to give a thousand households?" Otherwise, my father would have died in vain. ”

So, Yang Hong took advantage of filial piety to delay Kaipingwei to take office.

For this reason, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di specially wrote an edict: "...... Young man, you have military exploits, and I deserve to give you a thousand households, but it is easy to fuel your pride. I know that you are brave and fierce, and when you are familiar with the situation in Kaiping, I will be promoted to ......."

Yang Hong pondered, since the emperor has made everything clear, if he doesn't go, he will resist the decree. The more dangerous the place, the more likely it is to get close to the enemy, and the easier it is to make meritorious contributions. No matter what, the matter of filial piety will be left to the younger brothers.

Yang Hong said goodbye to his mother, put on a golden armor and golden helmet, carried a spear, and stepped out of the house on a white horse. The villagers all came to see him off, and his childhood friend Goudan, who had the best time, led the horse and asked, "Brother Hong, you are thousands of miles away, do you still miss me?" ”

Yang Hong smiled and said, "You are stupid, of course you want to." ”

Yang Chong said: "Brother, when will you come back?" ”

Yang Hong touched Yang Chong's head: "I don't know, I'm not at home, you must listen to your mother's words and take care of your mother." ”

Goudan said again: "I heard that the desert is cold and windy, the people are barren, and the war has been raging for many years, is it true? ”

Yang Qing hurriedly replied: "Of course it's true, if the Mongols go south every year, why are they robbing?" ”

Yang Hong couldn't help laughing: "You guys, you're really ignorant!" You don't need many excuses to fight, and if you want to, you can do it at any time. ”

A few elderly men said: "The Mongolian cavalry kills people without blinking, you want to fight them, are you really not afraid?" ”

Yang Hong looked indifferent, and said angrily: "The husband has made meritorious contributions and become famous, and he would rather be within a step!" I'm afraid that I'm not a descendant of the Yang general! Then they talked and laughed.

As soon as he patted the horse, the white horse immediately galloped up, kicking up dust behind him, and Mrs. Shi watched her son go away until he disappeared into the distant sky, and then went back.

This time, she didn't cry, her son grew up and became an eagle, so he naturally wanted to leave his mother. The son's heart is thousands of miles away in the vast grassland, where is the blue sky where he soars.

Soon after Yang Hong arrived in Kaiping, he encountered several battles that were not big or small. The Mongolian cavalry Qianhu Hua outside Kaiping Wei was very disdainful when he heard that a hereditary general had recently arrived.

Hua Li Buhua said to his subordinates: "A kid who eats the rice of his ancestors actually ran to my territory to spread wild, I want to see how powerful he is!" ”

His subordinates echoed one after another: "The general's martial arts are strong, how can that kid compare with you?" ”

Hua Li couldn't stop laughing: "He has a few pounds and a few taels, I'll go and meet him, it's not clear." Then he ordered his minions to rush towards Yang Hong's guard.

Yang Hong stood on the castle of the guard, and saw hundreds of Tatars riding horses from a distance, escorting some ordinary people to march slowly in the direction of the guard.

Damn, when you encounter such a cunning enemy in the first battle, you don't rush to attack first, you have to figure out the real purpose of the enemy. Yang Hong felt that this matter was very tricky.

Yang Hong gathered all the soldiers of the guard, boarded the castle, drew his sword and crossbow, set up artillery, aimed at the enemy, and ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle and enter a state of first-level alert.

Suddenly, the air became heavy. The Tatar tribe's Hua Buhua led the Mongol cavalry to drive the common people closer and closer to Yang Hong's guard.

Yang Hong knew very well in his heart that this battle had to be fought, and he could only outwit it, not fight hard. Although the soldiers led by Yang Hong are reorganized, there are only about 200 people, and more than 200 civilians have to be saved, which is difficult to imagine.

Yang Hong ascended the castle and visually observed that the enemy was more than 800 people, and they were extremely fierce, one by one. "Damn, I want them to taste the power of my improved firearms!" Yang Hong scolded in his heart.

"Come on, pull out all the hundred guns for me!" Yang Hong gave an order, and the soldiers quickly put the ten gates and hundreds of guns on the city.

The military department equipped firearms such as Baizi guns, nine-headed birds, and thunderbolt cannons to the most cutting-edge military fortresses, especially important military strongholds such as Kaipingwei.

Baizi gun is one of the latest heavy weapons of the Ming Dynasty, a Baizi gun weighs about 20-30 pounds, can fire a large lead bullet and eight small lead bullets in a row, and then take turns to load ammunition after firing. The effective killing range of the Hundred Guns is within 200 paces, and it is enough to shoot through the chariot with a large lead bullet alone. If you want to kill people and horses, you can shoot one large lead bullet and eight small lead bullets like a nine-headed bird from a distance of 100 paces to carry out a scatter attack.

In order to thank Wuliang Hajing for his kindness in sending troops to help him, Ming Chengzu sent the three guards of Liaodong, Gansu and Ningxia in the north to Wuliangha, leaving only Xinghe and Kaipingwei not sent in, and Kaipingwei was closest to Tatar, and its military pressure can be imagined. There are 8 post stations in Kaipingwei, the east is the pavilion, the mud river, the Safran, the Yellow Cliff, the west is Huanshu, Weilu, Ming'an, and Shining, which can ensure that the military material resources are continuously transported to the front line.

Ming Chengzu transferred Yang Hong to Kaipingwei in order to temper Yang Hong, asking him to familiarize himself with the terrain as soon as possible, understand the enemy's situation, deal with the enemy, and quickly grow into an excellent border field commander, and take on the great task of resisting the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, which can be described as well-intentioned.

Yang Hong was twenty-two years old at the time, strong-blooded, aggressive, and not afraid of heaven and earth. As soon as he arrived at his own guard, he replaced all the original soldiers with his own troops, and asked Kaiping Wei Qianhu Chenganhou Guo Liang to mobilize more than 1,000 Miao soldiers from all over the place in case of emergency, so Guo Liang was very unhappy.

A hairy boy, so arrogant and rude, just a six-grade officer, as soon as he comes to report, he will have a big blood change, but he is hand-picked by the emperor! Guo Liang had no choice but to buy face, pretending to be happy and agreeing to Yang Hong's request, he wanted to see how capable Yang Hong was, and he directly called his boss as soon as he took office.

Guo Liang said to him tentatively: "Yang Hong, you go directly to the front line, I can't accommodate you as a big hero here for the time being, take all your men and horses with me, and I will send you another 100 people, how about it?" ”

Unexpectedly, Yang Hong agreed in one bite: "Okay!" It's been a long time since I've been fighting, and my hands are itchy. I also have two conditions: first, to equip me with the latest firearms; Second, give me 20 pounds of pepper. ”

Guo Liang thought he had heard it wrong: "20 pounds of pepper? ”

Yang Hong smiled: "Yes! Didn't you? ”

Guo Liang was still puzzled: "This pepper is used for stir-frying and warming the body, why do you want so much?" ”

Yang Hong pretended to be mysterious and said: "This is a secret, I can't say it." ”

Guo Liang's face was gloomy: "You treat me as a local tyrant, and as soon as you open your mouth, you are 20 catties." ”

"Do you want to give it?" Yang Hong was anxious.

"No, 20 catties of ginger and garlic are available. Do you want? ”

"Yes, yes!"

"I've served you, and now the inventory is only more than 10 catties, so it's impossible to give it all to you. Since you have spoken, let's take 10 catties first, and make up for the rest when you have made meritorious contributions! ”

"Okay, straightforward enough. Thank you, Master Hou! Yang Hong said loudly. Soon he pulled a cart of ginger, pepper, and garlic, and happily went to the guard house with his team and firearms.

Guo Liang looked at his back as he gradually moved away, and couldn't help but sigh: Why is this kid so much like Yang Liulang back then, could it be that he is the son of Duke Jingguo? He thought about it for a while, and then said to himself: "It won't be such a coincidence, maybe I miss Brother Yang Jing too much, right?" ”

Now that the Kaiping front line is in trouble, as a member of the army, Li Zhong's first reaction is to ask Yang Hong: "General, the enemy is outnumbered, let's hurry up and order wolf smoke, right?" ”

Yang Hong didn't think about it, and said: "No need, there are only a few hundred Tartars, and I was so frightened that I asked Cheng Anhou for help, it's too faceless!" ”

Li Zhong was still unsure: "Then you have to let a carrier pigeon go out and tell the thousands of adults that there is a war here." ”

Yang Hong said slowly: "General Ben said no, didn't you understand?" Go and prepare four pounds of white pepper. ”

Li Zhong responded: "What's the use? ”

Yang Hong was a little angry: "What are you doing with so many words, go quickly!" ”

Li Zhong didn't say anything more, and went straight to the room to get pepper. At this time, Hua Lihua had already reached a place of more than 200 steps outside the city, and saw him holding a mace and shouting: "That kid at the head of the city, report your name quickly, this general can spare you from death!" ”

Yang Hong saw that Hua Li Buhua was so arrogant, he said wildly, pointed at Hua Li Buhua with a flying sword, and said: "I am your Yang grandfather Yang Hong is also, if you have the ability to take ten steps forward, believe it or not, I will kill you with one shot!" ”

Hua Li Buhua looked up to the sky and laughed: "Boy, I'm not afraid to walk thirty steps!" Not to mention ten steps. Sure enough, Hua Lihua rode a horse and walked forward thirty steps.

The common people were in front of the Tatars, and Yang Hong did not dare to open artillery to bombard the Mongol cavalry no matter what. Unexpectedly, Hua Li Buhua actually gave an order, let five or six soldiers get off their horses, sandwich among the civilians, wave their horse whips, and forcibly drive the crowd to continue walking towards the city.