In the face of one hundred and eight large lifting rods more than one zhang long, the living Buddha Du Buba did not choose to fight hard in the end.

As a top master, the reason why I can live for so long is because I don't do meaningless things.

Du Bupa just recited the phrase "Buddha Mita", and he formed a good relationship with great grace, and then drifted away.

It was not until the figure of Du Buba reached the foot of the mountain that Xiong Chu ordered four large lifting poles to fire cannons at the same time, and fired at the open space, which was to give Du Buba a strong appearance.

Half an hour later, after confirming that Du Buba had gone far and would never return, Prince Xiong felt a cold sweat.

"Strategist, it's better to do less of this kind of thing in the future, I almost can't hold on to it. ”

"Hahaha, what is this? Back then, Zhuge Liang was able to use three hundred old and weak soldiers to sing an empty city plan, which scared Sima Yi's 100,000 army away. I still have four real big lifting rods today, and if I can't scare Dububa, I won't be able to do this military advisor. ”

Yes, there are only four large lifting poles in the entire Jingde Villa, which were originally installed on the forts at the four corners of the villa just in case.

The gunpowder consumed could allow twenty crutches to be loaded for three rounds, and few armies could unscrupulously equip the large poles.

Zhang Ying is equipped with four large lifting poles in Jingde Villa, which is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. It was just for the sake of what happened, and there was not enough gunpowder prepared to fire indiscriminately.

However, the range of the four large lifting rods is limited after all, and it takes half an hour to reload after firing a shot, which cannot stop a top master like Du Buba.

Some time ago, Wan Lian ordered someone to secretly forge more than 100 big lifting rods and divide them into four groups, and then mixed the four real guys on the fort into it and arranged a large array.

If there really were one hundred and eight large lifting rods, a single salvo could blast six hundred enemies into slag, so after careful weighing, Dububa decided that he would not be able to escape by himself.

Zhang Ying asked Xiong Chu to fire the last shot, the purpose of which was to tell Sù Du Buba: I am a real guy here, and I did not lie to you. Let's go, and it's better never to come back.

This is called the virtual is the real, and the real is the virtual. Fiction and reality are not enough for outsiders.

After dealing with the most troublesome Dububa, Jingde Villa began the final preparations, that is, to prepare for the upcoming journey.

Of course, you can't just go, you still need to wait for the results on Zhang Ying's side.

There was no surprise that Zhang Ying-jeou had been removed from his post a few days earlier. Considering that he had made great contributions to the imperial court, he was demoted to a commoner and never hired. As for other matters, they will not be pursued.

Zhang Ying's father and son are okay for the time being, and Jingde Villa has become an extremely dangerous storage place, and the people inside must be transferred out immediately, and the people of Jinyiwei and Dongchang cannot be allowed to grab the pigtails.

Cross the desert and attack Yinshan.

This is the established policy, but where to cross the Great Wall has become the central issue.

A large army of nearly 1,000 people is going to leave the Great Wall, which is not a trivial matter.

If someone with ill intentions goes to the imperial court, saying that an official army went north to commit treason to the enemy, and then sent a large force to intercept it, then it is really troublesome.

Killing Hukou definitely can't go, who knows if Dububa will break his word and get fat, and suddenly want to arrest someone on the way, it will be more troublesome than just now.

If you don't leave, you can only go to Datong.

Datong City, is Hongwu five years (1372) Xu Da was ordered to rebuild the city. It is generally square, thirteen miles around, and four feet and two feet high. There are four gates of bricks, all of which have urn cities, suspension bridges, and moats. The four gates are called Heyang in the east, Yongtai in the south, Qingyuan in the west, and Wuding in the north.

The four gates are all built city towers, there are corner towers at the four corners, there is an archway in the middle of the city, and the city defense design is solid.

The overall layout of Datong City is like "Phoenix Single Wings", it is a pivotal military town in the north, with jurisdiction over the front and rear guards of Datong, and the governance offices are all in Datong City, with a total strength of more than 3,000 people.

There is a palace in Datong City, that is, the palace of Zhu Naijun, the acting king, with 360 Praetorian Guards.

Wan Lian's idea was: "My lord, there are too many of us, and we definitely can't enter the city." And it is necessary to disperse and sneak out of the customs, and then reunite and then set the stop. ”

Since having this rogue military advisor, Xiong Chu has found himself much more relaxed, and he doesn't need to ask about specific matters at all.

Now hearing Wan Lian talk about his ideas, Xiong Chu waved his right hand: "I will lead the White Phoenix Guards to go first, as for how the rest of the large army moves, that's your business, don't ask me at all." ”

Xiong Chu did what he said, he really became the shopkeeper, and led the team to set off in the early morning of April 25, the third year of the Apocalypse.

Xiong Chu and Wan Lian agreed on two exit routes, namely Desheng Fort in the east and Zhuma Fort in the west. After going out of the customs separately, find a way to meet at Jubaozhuang in the north of Fengzhen.

Of course, it makes sense for the two of them to choose these two routes, because Fort Victory and Fort Zhuma are the largest trading places in the North-South market.

Merchants from the south to the north vied with each other to spread: "Gold wins, silver helps horses." It can be seen that the prosperity of these two places is extraordinary.

In a prosperous place, there are many people coming and going, and it is more convenient to enter and exit the passes, which has naturally become the key place for the northern Tartars to plunder.

According to the news sent back by Zhou Laosi of the Silver Fox Battalion, the general soldier of Datong was called Jiang Jiu, and he was personally stationed in Desheng Fort.

The terrain of Zhumabao is special, and it is a salient part of the Great Wall, so it is an important part of the defense, so the general Li Xiangyao personally sat in the town. It has more than 5,600 people, more than 700 war horses, and more than 300 military mules and horses.

The reason why it is so strict is because the most embarrassing incident in the Ming Dynasty happened here.

Back then, the emperor drove his own expedition, but was captured by the enemy in Zhumabao, which is known as the "Civil and Engineering Change".

Yingzong Zhu Qizhen drove the expedition in person, and was captured by the enemy in Zhumabao, which naturally led to great shame. The first thing he did when he regained the throne was to vigorously strengthen the forts of Zhuma and Victory.

The two sides of the Zhuma Fort are respectively along the length of 20 miles and three points, 25 side piers, 8 fire road piers, and a market, which has become the key point of the Datong Left Guard.

In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi (1504), the Mongolian Tatars did not believe in evil, and were preparing to invade Datong from Zhumabao, but were defeated by Zhang An, the general soldier of the Left Guard, outside the Zhumakou, and the history was called "the great victory of Zhumakou".

In November of the 27th year of Jiajing (1548), a rare snowstorm occurred in Mobei, and the most basic living conditions were lost. The Mongol Tatar Altan Khan could only lead his troops south, hoping to enter the fort and loot a batch of supplies.

After some careful planning, Altan Khan adopted an ambush strategy to attack the five forts of the left guard, including the fort of Zhuma, and the commanders of the five forts of the left guard led their troops to attack one after another, but all of them fell into an encirclement.

At that time, Zhou Shangwen, the commander-in-chief of Datong, rushed to help, and the two sides launched a decisive battle outside the mouth of the horse, and more than ten senior generals of the Ming army died after taking the lead.

The two sides held each other for a month and a half, but Altan Khan did not catch anything, all the food he brought was exhausted, and the casualties of the war horses were too great, and finally he was forced to retreat.

Two consecutive defeats in more than 40 years have made Zhumabao another sad place for the northern Tartars, and my heart is bleeding when I think about it.

Because Zhuma Fort was too close to the Killing Hukou in the west, in order to avoid accidents, Xiong Chu and the others went out from the Victory Fort in the east, and Wan Lian dispersed the others from Zhumabao.

In addition to him, a big man, there are also twenty-four female soldiers of the White Phoenix Guard, plus six female generals, so all of them are moving forward lightly.

Starting from Shentou Town all the way to the northeast, passing through Shanyin County and going straight to Huairen County, in the evening has rushed to Yungang Town in the west of Datong City, which is the location of the famous Yungang Grottoes.

Yungang Grottoes flourished in Liao and Jin, and began to decline when the Ming Dynasty was founded, and now it is empty.

The choice of Yungang Grottoes as a foothold was also proposed by Mandeli because she had visited here with King Tudeng.

If there are only Xiong Chu and thirty girls, they can live directly in the county seat or Datong City. But they still have one more unit along the way, that is, the firearms battalion of 242 people under the command of Huo Lianshan, which will arrive in two hours.

Because of carrying a large number of firearms, which is a taboo in the imperial court, it is absolutely forbidden to enter the town, and can only spend the night in a deserted place.

Thirty girls lived in the barely intact Tongle Temple, and Xiong Chu meditated in the side room at the door.

Originally, there was also a Tushi Temple, which was also better, and there were more houses, and the Xiong Chu fell in love with it at a glance.

But Lan'er said that "they all fell to death" was really unlucky, and it was not in line with the bright prospects after leaving the customs, and resolutely disagreed with Xiong Chu living in it.

Not only was Prince Xiong not allowed to live in Tushi Temple, but later Huo Lianshan and their people were not allowed to live when they came, so they could only spend the night in another broken temple.

This night can only gnaw dry food, this is still when Huo Lianshan and they passed through Huairen County, they sent people into the county seat to purchase it. After all, the diet of nearly 300 people is definitely a big deal, and it can only be mined and bought.

In fact, things were not as complicated as Xiong Chu imagined, and no one asked about their whereabouts along the way.

The next day, they arrived at the horse market in Fort Victory as planned, and finally found an inn and covered the two backyards, which nearly 300 people could finally enjoy a little.

In addition to being able to eat hot meals and hot dishes, the most important thing is that the thirty big girls can bathe and change their clothes to prepare for the next day.

Desheng Fort is not an isolated military facility, but consists of three castles: Desheng Fort in the west, Zhenqiang Fort in the east, and the Four Castles (Mashi) in the middle, as well as the Great Wall and the Victory Pass in the north.

Xiong Chu has nothing to do, so he naturally wants to take a walk in the market, after all, the victory fort horse market is famous all over the world.

As the eldest disciple and the commander of the firearms battalion, Xiong Chu wanted to travel, and Huo Lianshan did not dare to slack off.

Originally, there was no such rule before, but since there was a rogue military advisor Wan Lian, many rules and regulations have been added.

One of them is: "Before all the firearms battalions die, the son must be safe and sound, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

Because of the military order, Huo Lianshan left Qiao Rushan to sit in the inn, and he personally led the eight short gun brothers to protect him.

As a result, after Xiong Chu turned around, it was proved that what Zhou Laosi said before was true.

This place must have been very prosperous and lively, but now there are Tartar soldiers outside the gate, and ordinary merchants are afraid to venture here, so it has become very deserted.

The merchants inside the gate did not dare to come and take risks, but the merchants outside the gate did not have this scruples, so the merchants from the grassland that Xiong Chu saw the most were the merchants from the grassland.

Seeing Huo Lianshan's eyes glowing with gold, Xiong Chu could only explain: "I still have to say this, ah, not all bad people outside the gate." There are good people and bad people in our Han people, and the situation outside the gate is the same, there are good people, and they can't all be killed. ”

Huo Lianshan is from Luoyang's scoundrel Xiao Zhaohua, and he has been wandering outside for so long, and he has a vision: "Childe, I don't think so." Look at the merchants who came from outside the country, ah, what kind of mess are they bringing? All of them are rabbit skins and fox skins. ”

"We have a lot of rabbit skins and fox skins, do we still need them? I know that our Ming Dynasty does not produce war horses, and the most they can show their hands is war horses, and none of them have come in. Do you want to exchange these things for food? It's clearly a bunch of profiteers!" I734