Chongzhen patted Zhou Yuji on the shoulder and said, "If one day, this king sends you to guard this pass, how should you guard this huge barrier known as 'Phoenix City' and spanning 500 miles north of Jin?" ”

Zhou Yuji has followed Chongzhen, overlooking the surrounding terrain and internal layout of this checkpoint on the east, west and south sides, and is thinking about this problem while deeply feeling its simplicity and strength.

After hearing this, he thought for a while, and said: "Give a certain 3,000 infantry, even if there are a million enemy troops, a certain can also defend for half a month." If there is a cannon to help the battle, it can block the rest of the month. If you allocate another 1,000 iron to ride on a certain one, hahaha, a certain can counterattack, so that the enemy will be frightened, retreat a hundred miles, and so far Wen Ningwuguan Zhou Yuji's name and color change, and no longer dare to make an inch! ”

"Good! It is worthy of being the young border army of the Ming Dynasty Liaodong bloody battle to build slaves! Chongzhen slapped Zhou Yuji's shoulder vigorously, and the rest of the people were also extremely excited when they heard it.

Even the garrison of Ningwuguan was aroused to be competitive, and its garrison Hu Dawei said angrily: "Why did His Royal Highness King Xin open his mouth for the Liaodong Border Army and shut up the Liaodong Border Army, don't you take the rest of the Nine Border Soldiers in your eyes?" ”

Chongzhen laughed and patted Hu Dawei's shoulder and said: "In this case, after this king returns to Beijing, he will definitely ask the emperor, and ask you General Wei to replace me Huaxia Daming and guard the outer three passes connecting Yanmen, Yaotou, and Ningwu." ”

Hu Dawei clenched his fists and said in a muffled voice: "Even if you believe that His Royal Highness the King does not play the invitation, I Hu Dawei will also guard this pass!" ”

Chong Zhenzhi was still not convinced in his heart, so he patted him on the shoulder and said: "This king specially checked your resume before leaving Beijing, you have been guarding this pass for several years, and you have repelled the invasion of the Mongolian tribe several times, but your rank is not allowed to advance. This king thinks that it is time for you, the tiger general, to take a step forward and be promoted to the capital. ”

The tiger was overjoyed, leading the defenders to kneel on one knee and worship, and the mountain shouted "Believe in the king Chitose".

Chongzhen accepted this salute and waved them to their feet.

Zhou Yuji saw it in his eyes and said with a dark smile: "Ah Zhen's ability to make a wish for this official is probably learned from Yuan Shuai." ”

To the north of Ningwu Pass is Xuanfu Datong, but Chongzhen did not have the heart to make a detour to the north, because after capturing Ningwu Pass, Jiang Xuan, the chief soldier of Datong at that time, and Wang Chengyun, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, both surrendered without a fight.

At this time, Jiang Hao was still guarding his Ma Lanyu, who was a bloody man.

Chongzhen led people from Ningwu Pass to the south, crossed the Yellow River to the west, and prepared to enter the territory of Shaanxi.

He, Zhou Yuji and others, all of whom were born as scouts in Guanning, and there were even grass-clothed guards guarding in all directions, in fact, they had long known that since they left Gyeonggi, there was a group of Jianghu people who followed them from afar.

However, the other party did not express malicious intent, nor did he intend to make a detour to the front to block the attack, so he also waited and watched.

He originally thought that Ningwu Pass, which was high in mountains and dangerous waters, would become an obstacle for them, making them retreat in the face of difficulties. Who knew that this group of Jianghu people really had some skills, and they actually crossed the mountains and mountains to bypass the city pass, and still followed them from afar.

As a result, even Shigejin began to wonder if their motives were pure.

Yuan Qi couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, this group of people is unknown, and they need to set up an ambush to intercept and kill, do you understand?" ”

Chongzhen just wanted to nod, but when he heard the sound of horses' hooves in front of him, Yuan Shisan, who was scattered as a ranger sentry, came to report: "Your Highness, thirty-five degrees to the northwest, I found someone in ambush. ”

They are all Ming soldiers with rich reconnaissance experience, and in the case of a reference, they can distinguish east, west, north and south without a compass. As for the way of expounding angles in degrees, it was taught to them by the truth.

Chongzhen raised his eyes and looked, thirty-five degrees to the northwest, and there was a dense forest, and he raised his sword eyebrows and said: "It's finally here, I can't imagine that I will endure until this time, who is it?" ”

Yuan Shisan hugged his fists and said: "Dressed as a soldier, but he doesn't look like a person in the army, but more like a person from the rivers and lakes." ”

Chongzhen said: "Are there strong crossbows and firearms?" ”

Yuan 13 said: "Yes! ”

Chongzhen said: "In other words, it is difficult for us to take it all without harming ourselves. ”

Yuan Shisan gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! But since we have promised the country, we have never been afraid of sacrifice! ”

The word "sacrifice" was given to the Shin King who died in the fire after people mistook Shigejin for King Shin.

Chongzhen looked behind him and said to Yuan Qi: "Send someone to ask the gang of people behind you, from the moment we came out of Gyeonggi, from Shanxi to Shaanxi, I always feel that they have no malicious intentions, but they always have to ask about their intentions." ”

Yuan Qi hugged his fists and said, "No, I will go in person." ”

Chongzhen nodded, and Yuan Qi rode alone, galloping back and forth.

Wang Hu and the others have been haunted by the failure of Yu Jingshi's ambush of King Xin last time.

In today's era, even the Youhe Ranger has begun to report to the group for warmth, which shows that the world is strong.

Since the last time he lurked from Shandong into Beijing, but was used as a gunman by the great eunuch Liu Ruoyu and lost most of it, the brave and resourceful young man Wang Hu stood out in this battle and became the leader of this Jianghu heroic team.

He is quite a man who loves and hates people, and only points most of his hatred at the initiator - Quan Gelding, but he still has many brothers, and his hatred for King Xin is far better than that of Quan Eunuch.

"Probably they think that the eunuch who will make the conspiracy and trickery more terrible than the king of faith who dares to compete head-on." Wang Hu's authority as the leader had not yet been fully established, so he had no choice but to lead his team far away.

However, he put off the instigation of those old brothers to "ambush King Xin" again and again, but continued to learn from Chongzhen, to observe his way of marching, and to learn his way of reconnaisance in which he scattered his troops without fear and at the same time echoed each other, but when there was danger, he quickly warned and could quickly support each other.

Wang Hu knew that the elite soldiers who were dispersed were the legendary scouts in the army.

In the words of the Ming Liaodong Guanning Army, it is - scouts.

Since the last time a group of people in Wuyang were killed by more than a dozen border soldiers from Liaodong in the alley of Jingshi, Wang Hu learned from the pain and felt that even if he was a hero, he could not exclude the training methods in the Ming army, especially the Guanning army in Liaodong.

There are even rumors that "Guan Ningjun's military training method is the harshest and most effective in this world, and it is known as 'devil training'." ”

Wang Hu doesn't know what a "devil" is, but he knows what a devil is and what a ghost is.

In ancient Chinese legends, demons are things that can compete with the Tao, while ghosts are the opposite of immortals.

Overlapping together, you can imagine how terrifying it is.

"Probably it is precisely because of this that the Guan Ning army was able to shake it hard and repel it when the Jiannu wolves were overpowering. Ningyuan's victory, Juehua's tragic victory, the battle of Ningjin, and the battle of Dengliao all make people's blood boil when they think about it! What will be the next-for-tat battle with Jiannu? It's really exciting for my young people! ”

Every time he thinks of this, Wang Hu can't help but be enthusiastic, and he can't help but want to join in.

However, heroes have the persistence and arrogance of heroes, and when they are used to freedom, they have a kind of instinctive rejection of joining the army.

"In any case, first try to improve the capital that you and your brothers can survive in this increasingly chaotic world. This dog-like world, good fields, why is there no one to cultivate it? What a pity! ”

Wang Hu sighed silently, and suddenly his ears moved, and he actually heard three sounds, from far and near.

The Ranger is not as arrogant as Chongzhen, with two horses for one person, and other horses carrying the necessary supplies for the march.

The rangers who measured the rivers and lakes of China with their feet, their bodies were light and healthy, their feet were light, and they came to Wang Hu's side as if the breeze was coming, and almost at the same time they clasped their fists and said: "Tiger Shao, in the dense forest in front of the left, someone is ambushing." ”

"Tiger Shao, King Xin has sent someone to our side."

"Tiger Shao, Miss Cui's messenger has arrived."

At the same time, Wang Hu took the report of the three of them into his ears, his mind was racing, and he said unhurriedly: "Mountain monkey, who is in front of the left?" ”

The mountain monkey groaned for a while before he said: "Wearing a military uniform, but looking at his words and deeds, he is not like a soldier, but like me and other people in the rivers and lakes, but compared with me and other Shandong Qilu rangers, it is much inferior, is there no one in the northwest?" ”

Wang Hu said: "Don't underestimate the Northwest man, the swordsman in Guanzhong is notoriously ruthless." ”

The mountain monkey bowed his head slightly and hugged his fists and said: "Hu Shao is right, it is the brother who underestimates the enemy, so I will go to the detective again." ”

"Be careful, hide first, safety first." Wang Hu nodded slightly.

The mountain monkey said, "Tiger Shao, rest assured", and then turned around and left.

Wang Hu looked at him clearly, but he only heard a tiny sound, which showed that his body was really light.

Seeing his monkey-like body deftly disappear between the mountains and forests, Wang Hu also looked at the other person: "Skylark, where is Miss Cui's messenger?" ”

The tall, thin man known as the lark said, "It's right behind, can you bring it here?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Hu nodded, and soon saw the brothers coming from behind with a person.

Wang Hu looked at it and saw that this person's hair was scattered and greasy, naturally curly, and his clothes were tattered, and he looked like a beggar at first glance, but his clothes were not messy at all, and they were still washed white.

He was still holding a gourd as he walked, tilting his neck and pouring wine into his mouth, and when he got closer, he could still smell a faint fragrance of soaphorn.

I don't know whether the clothes are worn or washed in many places, in short, they are patched indiscriminately, and most of them are their own hands.

Since Wang Hu suffered a big loss in Beijing, he learned from the pain, thinking that everything was because he was too free and casual, so he tried to be rigorous, and when he saw it for the first time, he frowned and said: "He is the person sent by Miss Cui?" ”

Skylark said: "My brother has negotiated with him, and he has confirmed it again and again, and there is no doubt about it." ”

"Okay." Wang Hu nodded, and when he saw that the other brothers were still impatient with him, he waved his hand to signal them to leave, and asked with a fist, "Dare to ask this brother, why does Miss Cui want to deliver a letter for Miss Cui?" ”