Chapter 246 Xinghebao, Knife

After an order, the team stopped, and everyone organized their weapons in case they were caught off guard when encountering an enemy. W≈

After the team stopped, the mules and horses lowered their heads, digging through the snow, looking for some grass for a change.

"When encountering an enemy, the first thing to do is to take off your gloves, remember them all for me!"

After finishing the arrangements, Xin Laoqi came back, and then the team set off again, heading for Xinghebao.

Fang Xing touched the letter in his arms, and sighed: "The grandson of the emperor asked me to retreat, but this time I am not allowed to enter the city. I guess it is not bad if half of the 3,000 people can stand up in Beiping." .”

Xin Laoqi agreed: "Exactly, it has been difficult for our army to go all the way. If we go back and relax, the sergeants will basically be useless."

Fang Xing nodded. Feeling the excitement of the big white horse, he lightly clamped the horse's belly and rushed out.

Daming's military mobilization has never been ordered by an emperor's grandson alone, so Fang Xing dared to bet that Zhu Zhanji wrote this letter to himself at the risk of taking a risk.

So Fang Xing ignored it, because he didn't want Zhu Zhanji to be criticized.

Xinghebao is located in the middle of Shacheng and Yehuling. It can be attacked in advance and defended in retreat. It is currently the bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty to enter the grassland.

It is said to be a fort, but in places like Beyond the Great Wall, it can already be regarded as a big city. In the eyes of the Wacha people, Xinghebao is a city of wealth.

In Xinghe Fort, Zhang Yu, the guard of thousands of households, was looking at the letter in his hand with a headache, not knowing what to do with it.

The letter was written by Zheng Heng's subordinates, and Zheng Heng was still cautious in this respect.

When Zhang Yu was thirty-seven years old, he was promoted to Qianhu Guan, but he was sent to Xinghe Fort outside the side wall, facing the horseshoes of the prairie people.

As the official residence of the garrison, the more than ten wooden houses here are considered to be one of the few good buildings in the castle, and most of the others are earthen houses.

Earth houses are fireproof, which is the best building method in frontier areas.

"Let me keep them out?"

Tsk!

Zhang Yu complained to his subordinates: "In this ghost place, if there is nowhere to live, isn't it killing people?"

Deputy Qianhu Zhao Xinbang said angrily: "They are letting my Ming soldiers die! Shameless!"

And another deputy Qianhu Yu Sanhuo said with a sad face: "But if we don't respect the order,

Then it's not that someone else is going to die. "

In that case, Zheng Heng would probably find an opportunity to send them to their deaths.

A dead fellow is not a poor fellow?

This idea circled in the minds of several people.

Ma Biao, the governor, pointed to the left direction, and said mysteriously: "Masters, have you forgotten the small fort that was built last year?"

Yu Sanhuo was stupefied, Zhao Xinbang had a dark face, only Zhang Yu slapped his thigh, stood up and said, "Good idea! It's settled!"

Just as he was talking, scouts came outside the door.

"Close the door!"

Zhang Yu was shivered by the cold wind that came in after the door opened.

The scout closed the door with his backhand, then turned around and knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord, those people are almost here."

"Come on, let's take a look..."

Xinghe Fort looked very dilapidated compared to the inside of the pass. Fang Xing stood outside, watching the fort's gate open, and more than a dozen people came out.

Zhang Yu, the leader, cupped his hands from a distance and said, "Your army has worked hard from afar, but..."

Fang Xing interrupted him unceremoniously: "But do you need me to wait in the wild to fend for myself?"

Zhang Yu said embarrassingly: "What's the matter, the lower official has already built a small fort ten miles away, which is a horn with our Xinghe Fort, and please take care of the Wacha people approaching, and station there nearby Bar."

Fang Xing glanced behind Zhang Yu, and said lightly: "That's fine, but please give me more supplies."

Zhang Yu smiled and said, "It should be, it should be."

There are a lot of supplies in Xinghebao. After Zhu Di confirmed that he would go to the north, several batches of supplies have come here.

Fang Xing cupped his hands and said, "Master Zhang, please send someone to lead the way. If you can tell me the situation nearby, then Fang will be very grateful."

Zhang Yu said embarrassingly: "It's a matter of business, the next official will immediately arrange someone to follow your lord."

Zhang Yu called a thin sergeant and introduced him: "Mr. Fang, this man is called Xiaodao. He has been in Xinghebao since he was a child, and he is very familiar with the surrounding situation."

Fang Xing frowned and looked at this sly brow, but looking at the boy who was only in his teens, he asked, "Isn't it too young?"

Seeing that Fang Xing was not furious because he was rejected, Zhang Yu felt relieved, and said with a smile, "Mr. Fang, don't underestimate Xiaodao. The flag was only sent out once and met the Wacha people and died in battle, and then..."

"I'm better than everyone here!"

The slyness between Xiaodao's eyebrows disappeared, replaced by anger.

Zhang Yu said unswervingly: "That's how it is, Mr. Fang, since it's getting late, the next official won't keep you."

Huh!

Isn't this small knife seen by the people in the castle?

Fang Xing could imagine the living conditions of an orphan in this kind of military castle, so he cut the mess quickly.

"Master Zhang, does Xiaodao belong here?"

Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "Although he often goes out with our scouts, he is not a military member. Mr. Fang can do whatever he wants."

Fang Xing saw a look of desolation in Xiaodao's eyes that didn't match his age, and he felt sour, and said, "If that's the case, then Xiaodao will be Fang Xing's family from now on, so farewell!"

The family here refers to an identity similar to that of a servant.

Zhang Yu said indifferently: "Mr. Fang, please go ahead."

Fang Xing saw that the knife was in tatters, so he ordered: "Old Qi, take him to change clothes!"

Xiao Dao looked at Fang Xing hesitantly, until Lao Qi Xin came over and yelled: "This is my young master, why don't you kneel down?"

Fang Xing was about to say no need, but Xiaodao cleverly knelt in the snow, so he could only say helplessly: "Okay, go back and apply for the body contract."

After staying in Daming for a long time, Fang Xing knew that people like Xiaodao most likely wanted to sign a body contract, so that he would have something to rely on in the future.

If Fang Xing doesn't agree, then Xiaodao won't come back, and at the same time, Xin Laoqi and the others will reject him and even suspect him.

"I have seen the young master!"

After Xiaodao got up, he followed Xin Laoqi to the back with a smile.

When he came out again, Xiaodao was wearing some fat clothes and got a good horse.

Xin Laoqi came over and said in a low voice: "Young master, this kid has good skills and is more flexible than me."

Fang Xing nodded, and under the leadership of Xiao Dao, the team set off again and headed straight for the destination.

Zhang Yu went up to the city wall, looked at the departing team, and said to himself, "Finally, I have sent that annoying boy away!"

Ma Biao behind him changed his expression and asked, "My lord, which kid was sent away?"

Zhang Yu said with a smile: "It's that small knife, we are finally at peace now."

Ma Biao sighed, "He didn't steal anything..."

Xiaodao is agile and is an orphan who never stops, so those who are mean will yell and scold after throwing things. And the "thief" in their mouths is naturally a small knife that walks on the ground.

Zhang Yu said nonchalantly: "I'm doing him right. That Fang Xing is a scholar. It's better for Xiao Dao to follow him than to stay with us!"