Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely. Today is August 30th. Inadvertently, late autumn has quietly climbed up the wild trees and autumn grass beside the road, and everything we see is lonely and desolate. In the east of Ningbo Prefecture, under the slope where more than 2,000 heads were cut down not long ago, there is an extremely noisy moment. The sound of gunfire and shouts of killing are endless, gunfire smoke is everywhere, and the air is filled with a pungent smell of gunpowder.

Not to mention in the ancient times when we believed in ghosts and gods, even in the modern era where materialist ideas were popularized, if a place cuts down more than 2,000 heads in one go, it would probably become a Jedi that is not close to for strangers. This is the case with the slope east of Ningbo City. Now the people are afraid of talking, and they will take a detour even if they pass by. However, now this Jedi that is not accessible has become a good place for 500 camps to practice firearms.

Just three days ago, the Nanjing Military Weapons Bureau finally sent the first batch of cast flintlock rifles, a total of 500, and thirty Flang machine cannons. It was really a timely rain.

Xu Jin immediately sent people to transport twenty of the Flang cannons outside Dinghai County and handed them over to the Jiangxi Army and Shaoxing Guards for use. The remaining ten Flang cannons and five hundred flintlock guns were equipped with five hundred battalions. So now the 1,000 soldiers of the 500 battalions are all equipped with flintlock guns, which is like a tiger's wings, and has become the Ming Dynasty's special forces.

In the past few days, Wang Lin'er, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong led the entire camp to practice guns and cannons under the slope east of Ningbo City. Therefore, the sound of guns and cannons has been heard all day long. If there was a ghost here, it would probably be washed away by the evil spirit of the firearm.

In addition, it is worth mentioning here that while Xu Jin wrote a letter to apply for recruitment of troops on behalf of Yu Dayou, he also made a request to further expand the 500 battalion to 3,000 people, and renamed it Shenji Camp.

In Xu Jin's opinion, at this critical moment, the cabinet should not jump out and cause trouble for himself. Although Yang Tinghe is a bit in love with power, he is undoubtedly a qualified minister who takes into account the overall situation, so the application is likely to be approved.

This land slope is not very high, probably only about seven or eight meters, but after inserting a row of targets, it is an excellent shooting range. At this moment, sharpshooter Guo Jindiao is guiding the recruits to shoot, while Yan Lang is training the gunners to activate artillery.

It can be seen that the recruits are all very motivated, each with full spirit, with straight waists, like roosters who are begging each other. No wonder, the Governor is watching behind him at this moment, who dares to be depressed?

A pergola was set up behind the shooting range. A young scholar wearing a square flat scarf and a white long gown was standing calmly in the pergola watching the five hundred battalions practice. The young scholar had sword eyebrows and broad eyes, red lips and white teeth, and it was Xu Jin, the governor of Zhizhe.

Wang Lin'er and Qi Jingtong, two tiger generals, were standing next to Xu Jin at this moment, but Xie Erjian disappeared.

By the way, my second brother-in-law is now responsible for training the scouts. He takes dozens of elites carefully selected from the army out to train every day. He is usually elusive, and even Wang Lin'er and Qi Jingtong don't know where he is hiding now.

Xu Jin stood in the awning and watched the exercise for half an hour. Seeing that the sun was already west, his second brother-in-law planned to set off and return to the city first before he led the team back to the camp.

However, at this moment, a fast horse rushed from the north at lightning speed, flying in the wind with the red triangular flag on his back. Qi Jingtong smiled and said, "It is probably Xiao Xie who led the team back to the camp. Hey, why are they alone?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the horse quickly ran out of the awning. The scout immediately tied the reins and retracted the four hooves of the war horse, sliding nearly two meters on the ground before it stopped.

The scout turned over and got off the horse in agile movements, ran into the awning, shouting, "Hardly, 100,000!"

Xu Jin, Wang Lin'er, and Qi Jingtong couldn't help but feel a little nervous. All Xie Erjian encountered an enemy when he went out to train.

The scout was Pi Shiyi. The scammer knelt down on one knee and saluted loudly: "Governor General, urgently report that the Japanese pirate Xu Hai led more than 10,000 troops to attack Yuyao County at noon today and defeated Linshan Guard. Now the troops have surrounded Yuyao County. Please ask the Governor General to decide."

Xu Jin's expression changed and he hurriedly asked, "Pi Shiyi, where did you get this news? Could it be that you ran to Yuyao County, a hundred miles away, to practice today?"

Pi Shiyi quickly told the story. It turned out that Xie Erjian took fifty scouts from the army to the forest thirty miles north of the city today for confrontational training. However, when he was about to withdraw the team in the afternoon, he met a messenger of the Jinyiwei.

This Jinyiwei was the messenger sent by Sima Yuan to ask for help from Ningbo Prefecture. This man had followed Xu Jin to send a mission to Shandong to provide disaster relief. Xie Erjian recognized it. After asking, he was shocked and hurriedly sent Pi Shiyi, the best cavalry among the scouts, to return to the camp to report, and he led the remaining brothers to rescue the eunuch Lai Yi.

When Xu Jin heard that Wang Cuiqiao and Chuchun and Chuxia were also among the imperial envoys, he couldn't help but feel anxious and immediately ordered all five hundred battalions to rush to rescue.

The Five Hundred Battalion was Xu Jin's personal army. It can be said to be a pride born with a golden key in his hand. He has never been treated unfairly in terms of equipment. Now not only are all equipped with flintlock rifles, but everyone also has a war horse, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

With Xu Jin's order, this Ming Dynasty special forces rushed north like wind and clouds. The iron hooves of the war horses shook the earth and the mountains. Under the setting sun, dust rolled into a yellow dragon that was several miles long...

At this moment, on the official road about sixty miles away from Ningbo Prefecture, Sima Yuan was leading more than 100 Jinyiwei guards to escort two carriages and fleeing desperately. As for the five hundred soldiers of Hangzhou guards, they were either killed by the chased bandits or fled in all directions.

Whoosh swish swish swish...

Three sharp arrows broke through the air from behind. Two Jinyiwei were shot and screamed and fell off their horses. Another sharp arrow was inserted into the carriage.

In the carriage at this moment, Chuchun and Chuxia were so scared that they hugged each other. The two pretty faces, which were exactly the same, were pale and blood-colored. Chuxia was still bolder after all. She stretched out her hand tremblingly, pulled out the sharp arrow that penetrated the wall of the carriage, and held it tightly in her hand.

"Chuxia, if the Japanese pirates catch up later, you can kill me first." Chuchun stared at the sharp arrow in Chuxia's hand, and his teeth trembled.

Chuxia's little hoof was also very scared at this moment, but she still comforted her: "Sister, don't be afraid, the Jinyiwei has sent someone to ask for help from the master. The master will definitely send someone to save us."
Chapter completed!