"Sir, if you go further, you will come out of the side wall."

"Haha, Li Baihu, I want to ask you, what is beyond the border wall?"

"Are you kidding me? Who doesn't know that Jianzhou Jurchen is outside the wall?"

"Of course I know that there are Jianzhou Jurchens outside the wall. Isn't the leader of the Jurchens, named Nuerhachi, my left governor of the Ming Dynasty, General Longhu?"

"Uh...it seems that there is such a thing."

"Isn't that the end of it? As a court commander, why don't I go to another court commander's jurisdiction to borrow a way? Give the order, the whole team continues eastward and builds the border wall at Crow Falcon Pass!"

There were three sections of the border wall in Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty. According to the order of construction, the first section was in the Liaohe River Basin, the second section was in western Liaoning, and the third section was in eastern Liaoning. The border wall continued to move eastward, which is a very intuitive reflection that the Ming Dynasty was in the northeast.

The expansion of regional power.

The side wall mentioned by Xiong Tingbi and Li Yongfang is the third section of the side wall. It starts from Beiguan in Kaiyuan Town, and then meanders south to Fushun Pass (from there, not far from the side wall to the east is Saarhu)

, after reaching Fushun Pass, it stretches out slightly to the southeast, and its easternmost pass is Crow Falcon Pass. After passing Crow Falcon Pass, the side wall gradually retracts toward the southwest, until it reaches the Yalu River.

Kuandian Liubao, located outside this third section of the border wall, is the bridgehead for the continued expansion of Han power to the east.

Theoretically speaking, if you start from Liaoyang and go to Kuandian, you should not go east. The fastest route is: from Liaoyang to the south, go to the jurisdiction of Ding Liaoyouwei, then board the boat in Dandong today, and go upstream along the Yalu River.

You can directly reach Kuandian Liubao by going up this way. All land journeys are within the border wall, and water routes are also shared by Ming Dynasty and North Korea. It is labor-saving, fast and safe.

But after Xiong Tingbi came out of Liaoyang, he decided not to go south, but to the east. His plan was to exit the customs at Crow Falcon Pass at the eastern end of the border wall, then pass through the Jurchen territory of Jianzhou, and then take office at Kuandian Fort

.

To be more straightforward: Liaoyang is a, Kuandian is b, and Crow Falcon Pass is c. Obviously there is a line from a to b, but Mr. Xiong has to go to c first and then to b. According to the sum of any two sides of the triangle, it is certain

Greater than the other side theorem, this is definitely a long detour.

Although they had taken a long detour, the five hundred military households were currently intoxicated with the new clothes and weapons that Master Xiong had given them. In addition, Master Xiong was extremely generous along the way. When he arrived at a guard station, he directly threw money to call the guards.

Give the team extra food. Therefore, the morale of the military households is extremely high at the moment. They can go wherever Lord Xiong tells them to go. As for the attachés sent by the imperial court and Xinghua Palace, of course they only follow Lord Xiong's orders.

Two military officers, Li Yongfang and Mao Wenlong, raised objections, but Xiong Tingbi did not fall behind in the face of Li Chengliang. Do the opinions of the two small households work?

Along the way, Xiong Tingbi also carefully observed these two guys in various ways. Generally speaking, Li Yongfang is a man with a flexible mind and knowledgeable knowledge. He will not be very straightforward and mean to flatter, but along the way

, he ran back and forth, reorganizing the team, and getting close to the members of the Xinghua Palace, the Jin Yiwei and so on. When he arrived at the resting place, he was able to appear in front of Xiong Tingbi to serve him in various ways. In short, this was a very good meeting.

A very smart young man who knows how to get things done.

As for Mao Wenlong? He doesn't like to talk much. He has to manage the team along the way and does it very well. But he puts more energy on the flintlock musket in his hand. As for

Serving Mr. Xiong to eat, sleep, etc. in front of the saddle and behind the horse. Sorry, what is that? I don’t understand.

The group of people left Crow Falcon Pass at Xiong Tingbi's insistence, and then Mr. Xiong, who was running at the front, continued to move east, no, northeast.

"Sir, this is the wrong direction. We are going to Kuandian. We should be heading south at this moment."

"Huh? What's ahead in this direction?"

"Sir, if we continue in this direction, in three to five days at most, we will arrive at Hetuala! That is the residence of Nuerhachi, the commander of the Jianzhou Guards."

"Oh, that's good. I just want to go to Hetuala to ask for a drink from General Longhu."

"Sir, I humbly advise you not to do this..."

"Hmph~!"

While Li Yongfang continued to persuade Xiong Tingbi, Mao Wenlong clapped his horse and stepped forward, snorting heavily at Xiong Tingbi.

"What?" Xiong Tingbi narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at Mao Wenlong evilly: "Does Mao Baihu want to see the instructor?"

"How can I dare to meet you in my humble position? It's just that you may have stayed in the capital for a long time and don't know much about our situation in Liaodong."

"Oh, then tell me, what is the situation in Liaodong?"

"The slave Hachi of Jianzhou is extremely respectful to me, the Ming Dynasty. But this kind of courtesy is only limited to the court, the commander-in-chief and even the generals. For us ordinary soldiers and civilians in Liaodong Town, this man who used to call himself "

The commander of the Jianzhou Guards, "Shulebele", is a ferocious enemy. If the Han people are alone in the territory of the Jianzhou Guards, they will be captured and made into slaves. Of course!" Mao Wenlong changed his tone when he said this,

He said to Xiong Tingbi with contempt: "Master Xiong is an official of the imperial court and Taisun's teacher. For such a person, if that slave Hachi knew that the master was coming, I'm afraid he would have to rush over to kneel down to pay respects to the master and send him off."

Go to Dongzhu, woman."

Sometimes, people's words are magical. After Mao Wenlong said this, Li Yongfang instinctively felt something was wrong before she could even scold him.

"Sir! There is a large group of cavalry in front of us, running towards us."

"Hehehe, it seems that Baylor, who is both a virtuous lady and likes to be strangled, is really here. Li Yongfang, Mao Wenlong!"

"The humble position is here!"

"Form up the team immediately! Don't let Chief Lu underestimate me, Ming Dynasty!"

"yes!"

Although there were many problems in Liaodong Town in this era, the frontier troops at this time had a psychological advantage over the Jianzhou Nuzhen. Therefore, although a column of smoke and dust was quickly approaching on the skyline shortly after the order was sent, the enemy was still

Before entering the attack range, Xiong Tingbi's team had all formed up. All the soldiers straightened their backs consciously, clenched their weapons, and made a posture ready for battle.

With a "crash", Xiong Tingbi took out the only monocular telescope in the entire team from his arms, and directly scanned the face of the leader of the knights on the opposite side.

"Well, he has a broad forehead, a high nose bridge, high cheekbones, resolute eyes, and a tall body. Although he wears a little more clothes in this weather, it can be seen that this person must have a very solid body! Huh, Jurchen Wild

People, as Taisun said, should not be underestimated."

Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but think too much. The cavalry team stopped uniformly when it was about two or three hundred meters away from Xiong Tingbi's team. Then the leader took the lead, and more than a hundred cavalry rolled off their saddles and dismounted, and walked a few steps forward.
Chapter completed!