Xu Yong, twenty-two years old this year, with a strong figure, he was the righteous son of a general soldier surnamed Xu in Yansui Town, and later Xu Zongbing had a son, so he was a little alienated from Xu Yong, so Xu Yong left away and came to Liaodong to join the army.

At this time, the core of Liaodong has become the forbidden body of the Zu and Wu families, of which the ancestral family holds the position of an officer, and the Wu family controls the financial power.

The head of the ancestral family is naturally Zu Dashou, the nominal leader of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the head of the Wu family is Wu Xiang, Zu Dashou's brother-in-law.

At this time, in the north of Jizhou Town and Liaodong Town, there was a Mongolian tribe called Karaqin (the area from Chengde to Chaoyang in later generations), and its strength was second only to Horqin and Chahar near the left, so it became the object of competition between the Jurchens and the Ming Dynasty in Jianzhou.

In order to subsidize the salary of the Guanning army, the imperial court authorized the Guanning army to exchange markets with Karaqin.

It is said that the Jin merchants indirectly funded the Jianzhou Jurchens, but in the mutual market between the Guanning army and Karaqin, a large number of materials marked as "expired", "depleted", and "wasted" by the Guanning army, including cotton armor, weapons, salt, iron, and grain, crossed the border wall and came to Karaqin.

Of course, there are only 20,000 or 30,000 accounts in Karaqin at the moment, and how to use these many things, obviously there are Jurchens intervening.

Wu Xiang is the person behind the border trade, his hometown is Jiangsu, there are naturally many Jiangnan merchants under his hands, and the horses, cherished furs, ginseng, and Dongzhu obtained from the border trade have come to the hands of Jiangnan merchants through Wu Xiang.

Then it was sold to Gangnam at ten times the price.

"The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and Hangzhou is Bianzhou"

In the current Jiangnan, where is there the idea of imminent extinction of the country and species, it is still in a school of singing and dancing.

Wu Xiang has actually become a giant no less than the eight families of the Jin Dynasty, and his net worth is estimated to be richer than that of the eight families.

In such a situation, how can Xu Yong get ahead? In the end, it was only with the letters of his stepfather that he was able to rise to his current position.

Of course, although Liaodong at this time is already a sauce jar, a character like Zuo Liangyu, if he meets a benefactor like Hou Xun, it will also be edified.

Early morning.

Xu Yong reclined on the bed, looking at the two women around him who had been robbed in the past few days, there was no expression on his face at all, although he often boasted of "Yue Wumu", but under the dregation of Guan Ningjun's big sauce jar, it was no different for a long time.

However, even so, Xu Yong still maintains the true character of going to bed early and getting up early and practicing martial arts diligently.

"Whew.....

There was a sound of practicing marksmanship in the courtyard, and Xu Yong didn't need to look at it to know that it was He Renlong's night leader, his nephew He Yong, who was preparing to take the martial arts exam this year, so he naturally had to practice diligently.

In the past few days, he and He Yong's night does not collect and the "night does not collect" from Huozhou have fought a few times, after a few battles, they did not even touch each other's hair, and he and He Yong each lost a night without collection.

"Needless to say, all your secrets are known to the thieves."

Xu Yong was thinking about this matter, they had never encountered such a thing when they were fighting with other thieves before, you know, the cavalry is the elite of the Ming army, but the night is the elite of the cavalry, not to mention, the night is not the family of a certain general, but belongs to the official establishment of the imperial court.

Their salaries, at least nominally, were higher than those of the householders, and every one who did not receive a night was treated as a sentinel.

If you don't have that ability and arrogance, then you might as well join the family team.

But that's it, you are not the enemy of the other side!

"Tuk Tuk ......"

There was a slight knock on the door.

"What?"

"Boss, the enemy scout is here again."

"Oh? How many are there?"

"Not much, about thirty rides"

Xu Yong stood up suddenly, and then Saner was put on, and when he was about to go out, he caught a glimpse of the two sleek women on the bed out of the corner of his eye.

"Boom ......"

Xu Yong pulled out his Yanling knife.

This is a superb Yanling knife made by Su Gang, the whole body is crystal clear, but the weight is heavier than the ordinary Yanling knife, which can be used for both riding and walking.

After learning that he had achieved the position of general manager in Liaodong, his former father-in-law finally decided to officially accept him, let his name officially enter the Xu family tree, and gave him this Yanling knife worth hundreds of taels of silver on the market.

Holding the Qiushui Yanling knife high, after two cold lights flashed, the two women who were still sleeping soundly fell into different places.

In an instant, a burst of killing intent filled his heart.

"Boom"

The door was slammed shut.

Outside the door, Xing also knew that the local detective cavalry was coming, and He Yong, who was still practicing martial arts just now, was no longer there.

......

Yamashita.

Ryujujue was admiring a riding spear that had been carefully crafted for him by the firecracker craftsman for use on horses, oh, it would be more appropriate to say that it was a riding gun.

It is about four feet long, weighs about seven catties, and is tubular (convenient for beating), the inner wall is naturally round, and the sky is bright today.

It is still a heavy lead of the arquebus, which is usually plugged with a wooden strip that happens to fit the inner wall tightly, and the wooden strip is pulled out in wartime.

It took him a total of forty strokes, and of course, a total of a hundred strokes to get forty strokes.

These forty new horsemen were made under the personal supervision of Long Thirteen, and all of them were assembled to his personal guards, and now, in addition to Long Xiaoju and Li Zhong came with him.

In addition, in the past few months, his women's quilt workshop has also sewn forty sets of cloth face armor for him and his personal guards.

The one that was not pressed into the cotton pads, the outer layer was rough and durable linen, and the inner layer was the cloth armor of cotton cloth.

It was lined with pieces of iron, which were also carefully made for them by his blacksmiths, and Long Thirteen had not been idle for a few months, and at his suggestion, the craftsmen learned the art of pouring the first mineral water on top of wrought iron.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty has appeared in Jiangsu with the highest level of "steel pouring method" technology, but it has not been promoted nationwide, but as a local "secret skill" in Jiangsu, it is kept secret, and it is passed on to children but not to women.

Of course, the people of Jiangsu obviously did not understand the truth inside, but obtained it by chance in thousands of smelting.

However, the dragon thirteen from the later generations knew the end.

Due to the large use of firewood to smelt iron ore at this time, the carbon content of the first furnace water is extremely high, and the carbon content of the iron (wrought iron) after forging is very low.

Long 13 knows a little more than Suzhou craftsmen, that is, adding more furnace water will get harder iron, and less will get better toughness.

For the armor, the same is true, if the hardness is too high, it will be fragile when it is violently hit by weapons and lead bullets, and if it is too soft, it will indirectly cause damage to the human body due to deformation.

Light and thin, this is the only characteristic of the forty sets of cloth armor of Dragon Thirteen.

This kind of armor is a robe system that is easy to wear at one time, but the total weight is only two!

Of course, the shoulder blades and wrists are made of whole nail pieces.

This kind of armor is the most practical in spring and summer, otherwise whether you wear fish scale armor or cotton armor, it is extremely heavy (often up to 40 catties), and extremely heavy, and it is quite remarkable to be able to last for half an hour to fight.

Of course, if it is in winter, cotton nails are still the best choice.

The wide-brimmed iron helmet, which is all wide-brimmed iron helmet, is equipped with a face armor inside, which is connected to the tunxiang, and the tunxiang is buckled together with a copper buckle (which is close to the level of armor in the late Qing Dynasty).

Each man has a riding gun, a riding spear, three javelins, a riding knife, and a set of bows and arrows.

In other words, Dragon Thirteen has the fewest personal guards

Negative pounds!

Fortunately, Shanxi, Shaanxi produce Hetao horses, which are generally taller than Mongolian horses, and can fully meet the requirements of Dragon Thirteen.

This is the "thief" scout cavalry that Xu Yong saw, and by the way, Long Thirteen called his scout cavalry "scout cavalry", not the inexplicable night retreat.

He and He Yong rode together, and with them riding, there was no way for the thieves' detectives to enter the upper reaches of the stream to explore the reality around Yueyang County.

As the night of the Ming army, it is natural that he will not be as thoughtful as Long Thirteen, if it is not a plug-in, complicated armor, or a cotton armor that is extremely hot in spring and summer.

Fortunately, it's autumn now, so even if you put on a cotton armor, it's okay.

At present, including Xu Yong and He Yong, they are all the same color armor, the kind of rectangular iron pieces connected by cow tendons.

As soon as he saw this team, Xu Yong's eyes not only froze.

He saw a big flag!

A large banner with the word "Dragon" written on it!

It is said that since becoming the leader of the thieves, Long Thirteen has also made a big flag for himself.

This big flag is about two meters long and about one meter wide, the teeth are black, the background color of the flag is red, and there is a golden dragon with teeth and claws inside!

If such a banner is placed in the Ming Dynasty, it is obviously "disrespectful" or "ill-intentioned", but since it is a rebel thief, it can't control so much.

At this time, there are more thieves than the dragon thirteen, but the one who embroiders the golden dragon on the banner is the only one, and there is no other branch.

Long 13 looked left and right and said with a smile, "Are you afraid?"

The Han Li Zhong and the Mongolian Long Xiaoju both shouted loudly, "I'm afraid of a ball!"

As a result, "I'm afraid of a ball" suddenly rang out.

"Dadada......"

Long 13 rushed up with his personal guards, this is the cavalry team he personally trained, and he has poured a lot of effort into it, so it is not just as simple as being well-trained.

"Walk, throw!"

"Whew"

Then quickly put the riding bow back into the bag.

"Thirty paces away from the enemy, shoot with a firebolt!"

"Bang ......"

At this time, Long Thirteen had already seen that some of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side had already raised the three-eyed gun in their hands, and could see the sparks on the three-eyed gun.

However, it was the first to launch.

"Ten steps, javelin!"

By this time, Xu Yong and He Yong's teams were already a little sparse.

After thirty javelins fell from the sky, their ranks were very thin.

At this time, Long Thirteen quickly took out the horse lance behind his back, and Li Zhong and the others rode a spear with one hand and a javelin with the other!

"Bang Dang!"

"Ahh

"Kill!"

"You!"

"Hiss......"

For a moment, various voices rang out on the battlefield.

In a few breaths, Long Thirteen, Li Zhong, and Long Xiaoju had already "penetrated" through the enemy's night!

He saw Xu Yong and He Yong's assignments, these two of them had good force values and commander values, and they were obviously generals.

Dragon Thirteen raised his one-stone bow!

"Whew......"

An armor-piercing cone of heavy arrows emerges!

Ring after ring shoot!

Then the horse rushed forward!