A group of captive cavalry quietly arrived at the foot of Suidi, and when they saw the scattered fires in the distance, they looked at each other, gently reined in their horses, and slowly rolled off their saddles, and lay down in the yellow grass to take a closer look.

"Do you see clearly?" One of the captives knocked his companion on the head with the hilt of his sword, "How many people are there in the city?" But what weapons? ”

The man replied, "I see it all." There are about more than 100 people, and the weapons are only swords, guns, swords, halberds, and no firearms have been seen...... However, there are a few cowhides hanging on the wall inexplicably, which are very suspicious. ”

"Don't worry about it, it's probably to prevent us from going to the city," said the other with a sneer, "and when the time comes, you can burn it down." ”

"It's a pity that the rocket was not prepared."

"It's just a few skins, and it's worth making such a big deal about? The southern soldiers have always been cowardly, and they can be defeated by all of them, so why worry! Go back and report it. ”

The man nodded reluctantly, remounted his horse with him, and hurried back to report to the chieftain; The captive chief did not care, so he gave the order and led a large army to the city.

He stretched out his head to look at the sparse moonlight, and after observing the situation for a while, he suddenly showed the scimitar at his waist, and swung it vigorously into the sky, and the black iron cavalry beat the war drums, erected the flag, and slowly approached the head of the city.

"The enemy rider is coming!" The soldier with the torch suddenly noticed the trace of the captive, turned back and shouted, and the whole defender of the city was immediately alerted, and there was a rush of footsteps all around, and the noise did not stop.

"How close?" Du Qing commanded the deployment while shouting at the soldiers in charge of reconnaissance.

"About ...... About fifty steps! A nervous voice replied.

"Wait a little longer......" Du Qing still stared into the distance, muttering to himself.

"Forty steps!" The voice began to rise gradually. Du Qing's palms were sweaty.

"Thirty ......"

"It's already thirty steps!"

Before the words landed, Du Qing's eyes suddenly opened as big as a wheel, and those few pieces of cowhide were invariably lifted off!

The captive cavalry was about to charge, but suddenly a row of birds ready to fire suddenly appeared in front of them, and there was no doubt that the muzzles of the black holes were all pointed at their heads!

The few captives who charged ahead were so shocked that before they could get their bows and arrows, they heard a 'bang' and they fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the battlefield was full of fire, thick smoke billowed out, dozens of bird guns were cast one after another, and the lead bullets crackled down like raindrops.

The captive chieftain has not yet reacted, and two teams of cavalry were killed on both sides of the city gate, and they cut down when they met people, shouting and rushing to kill, frightening him into chaos, and when he was about to wave his army to retreat, the rout of the front line fell like a mountain, so the army was in chaos, people trampled on each other, and there was no strength to fight, and they fled in groups.

Seeing that the time had come, Du Qing led the old army and the new army to chase and kill along the road, crossed the valley, destroyed the camp he had established, and chased to the foot of Xuanhua City.

Ye Yongjia waited anxiously for a night, he sat in the military tent and kept wandering. Seeing that the time was approaching, he became even more worried, glanced at Cai Xianqing, and asked, "Why hasn't Du Dudu come back yet?" In case you fall into an ambush ......"

Cai Xianqing kept squinting his eyes, and when he heard him ask, he opened his eyes and said, "Tinglong doesn't have to worry. Last night, Hu Lu was in disarray, what chance did he have to set up an ambush? Yu Xing is besieging Xuanhua today, which is definitely not bad news. ”

Ye Yongjia still had questions, but there were cheers outside the big tent, and he hurriedly took a few brisk steps and walked out to look.

"Lord Ye, Du Dudu is back with a clap of applause!" A soldier stumbled up to him, pointing out the city, emotional.

This sentence confused Ye Yongjia's head, he couldn't believe it, and asked again: "Really?" ”

"Really!"

Ye Yongjia woke up like a dream, his face gradually had a joyful luster, and then he slapped his forehead and laughed, and ordered: "Lead me a horse, this official will go out of the city to greet me!" ”

Ye Yongjia urged the horse out of the city gate, only to see Du Qing riding a tall horse, with his head held high, and behind him were several teams of ragged captives, which set off him as if he had infinite scenery.

Ye Yongjia hurriedly dismounted the horse with his legs, and the horse took a few steps forward to Du Qing.

"General Du, you fought last night, you are really heroic!" Ye Yongjia jumped off the horse with a smile and said, "With this battle, the country's new policy can be safeguarded!" Please dismount from the Governor! So saying, he helped him hold down the bridle with one hand and helped him dismount with the other.

Du Qing hurriedly retreated, and Zhengse said: "Du Moujie martial artist, how dare you do this!" If there is no Ye Shangshu to devote himself to the new policy and run all over the world for the matter of making guns, I am afraid that there will be no glory today! If you insist on doing so, you will not be able to dismount. ”

Ye Yongjia saw that he was unwilling, so he stepped aside, watched him hold on to the saddle, and slowly fell to the ground.

"Yesterday, nearly 10,000 enemies were killed, and the entire army of captives and thieves was annihilated, all relying on the work of this shotgun. This thing is very powerful, and if it were an ordinary bow and crossbow, it would never be so happy. It's just that it's easy to blow up, and the number is slightly smaller, so you need to be cautious when using it. ”

"Yes," Ye Yongjia sighed, "If the whole army can be equipped with such weapons, the border defense can be peaceful forever!" There are not many artillery here, so you can ask the merchant to cast a few more to assist in defending the city. ”

"You're going back, aren't you?" Du Qing raised his head as he walked and asked solemnly.

"That's right," Ye Yongjia couldn't help but smile when he thought of the scene of returning to Beijing, "With this great victory to testify, who else in the court opposes the new policy?" I plan to continue to push it forward, and it is best to take advantage of the situation to impress the imperial court and cast guns on my own...... In that case, it will not only be a matter of recovering the lost territory, but also the strength of our border army is just around the corner! ”

After hearing this, Du Qing immediately stopped and cast a reverent gaze at him: "I have seen many people from the imperial court before, but I have never had an official like Shangshu who is worried about the country and the people and has great ambitions. I have been working with you for so many days, and I deeply admire you from the bottom of my heart. I hope you have a safe journey, and I look forward to you saving this country in the twilight. With that, he slowly bowed down, the sun shining on his armor.

Ye Yongjia was moved by his affection, his eyes were red, he took a long breath, and said softly: "I will definitely live up to the general's entrustment, take care." ”

"Take care. Okay, I won't say more," Du Qing dusted off his armor and turned around and sighed, "Come on, escort Ye and Cai to set off!" ”

Ye Yongjia re-boarded the war horse, tightened the reins with Cai Xianqing, turned his back to Du Qing, and embarked on the way home.