The mountains on both sides of the Shahukou are confronting each other, and the terrain is dangerous. It is adjacent to Tangzi Mountain in the east and Dabao Mountain in the west. The open Cangtou River Valley between the two mountains has always been an extremely important north-south passage. However, now this open valley has been cut off by a majestic Great Wall. The city here is called Shahu Castle. It has a kilometer around the city and the wall is as high as twelve meters. The only thing that is, it is all made of rammed earth. There is no brick on the outer layer. It is just a small earth city, and its defense is much worse.

Of course, 90% of the nomadic people in the north are on horseback and are not good at siege wars. They cannot even manufacture more complicated siege equipment. Therefore, although killing Hu Fort is just a city, if the Tatars are guarding it with heavy troops, it is not easy for the Tatars to break through. Unless it is an army with absolute numbers that has an absolute advantage in numbers and continues to attack regardless of casualties, it is possible to take the Khukou.

On the 9th day of the eighth month of the fourth year of Jiajing, on the open and flat valley outside the Kahu Fort, there were flags waving, swords and guns, and dust was flying. The scene was spectacular.

In the Yulin Guard, Pinglu Guard, Zhenlu Guard, Weiyuan Guard, and the garrison troops stationed at the Khu Fort, totaling nearly 30,000 troops, all of whom were lined up before Khu Fort, waiting for the inspection by the imperial envoy Xu, who was ordered to patrol the border.

A high platform was specially built in front of the three armies, which was a temporary reviewing stand. At this time, Xu Jin, accompanied by Datong General Wang Bogu, climbed to the reviewing stand. Two hundred Jinyiweisers wearing flying fish suits, held embroidered swords, guarded around the reviewing stand. The imperial envoy represented the majesty and face of the royal family. The momentum of the Jinyiwei had to be posed so as not to fall into the majesty of the royal family.

Xu Jin's personal soldiers, Zhao Datou, and Guo Jindiu, deputy team members, led fifty personal soldiers to be placed on both sides of the reviewing stand, carrying guns and live ammunition, and vigilantly paying attention to the surroundings to prevent emergencies.

Datong General Wang Bogu looked up at the sun that had risen high, and asked Xu Jin loudly: "Report to the imperial envoy, kill the Hukou Guard Camp, Yulin Guard, Pinglu Guard, Zhenlu Guard, and Weiyuan Guard, all 28,000 people. Please review the imperial envoy."

Xu Jin nodded and said loudly: "Let's start!"

General Wang immediately took over the order flag handed over by his personal soldiers, and walked to the stage with a high spirit, waved the order flag and uttered the flag, and sent out the signal to start the military parade. The order flag soldiers in the distance immediately started to move and passed the orders layer by layer.

So, under the command of their respective generals, the troops of each guard moved step by step, running around and practicing various defense and offensive formations. The instant shouts of killing sounds shook the sky, and the smoke and dust rolled straight into the sky. It looked extremely shocking, as if it was very powerful.

As the commander-in-chief of the military parade, General Wang kept waving the two flags in his hand, making various movements, and commanding the movement of the guards.

Xu Jin has been leading troops in wars over the years and can be said to be a famous veteran on the battlefield. He has really put in hard work in military arts. He probably has two baskets of military books he has read, especially "The Art of War", which has been memorized and memorized. He can naturally understand the flag language used by the Ming army.

At this moment, Xu Jin stood on the reviewing stand, watching the guards running and fighting in the field, and frowned. There was no doubt that the soldiers and generals of each guard were working very hard, at least they shouted loudly, but they were not satisfied with the execution of orders. They did not react slowly, and made frequent mistakes. There were even two guards colliding together when changing formations, and they were in a mess in an instant. It was finally corrected and stood in a good position, which was really speechless!

It is obvious that these border soldiers are certain that they are not training in normal times, and their military qualities are very worrying. However, Xu Jin did not say anything, but just continued to watch quietly. General Wang himself was embarrassed and his face turned red, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Although Xu Jin gave three days to prepare, General Wang even previewed twice yesterday, but unfortunately, these soldiers were usually negligent in training, and today they still made an ugly appearance in front of the imperial envoy!

The military parade here was in full swing, and the Tatar archer Tiemur brought by Zhao Quan had quietly climbed to Tangzi Mountain east of the Shahu Fort, and with the protection of plants and rocks, he was carefully looking for the best shooting position.

In fact, Tiemur had already stepped on the spot in advance two days ago. He selected several excellent shooting points in Tangzi Mountain in the east and Dabao Mountain in the west. However, before the military parade began today, General Wang Bogu didn't know the cardiovascular whim and temporarily adjusted the position of the reviewing stand, so Tiemur had to re-select the shooting point.

Fortunately, the position of the reviewing stand is not very large. Temuer has selected several pre-selected shooting points, and the range is sufficient, but the angle needs to be slightly adjusted.

As an excellent sharpshooter, his vision is undoubtedly extremely sharp. In addition to shooting accurately, choosing a sniping position is also their unique skill, so soon Timuer chose the position again.

Tiemur carried two bows on his back, one was a five-stone bow and the other was a four-stone bow. Although he could pull the five-stone bow, he could only shoot one arrow. If he fired continuously, his hands would not be able to stand it. With the four-stone bow, Tiemur could shoot three or four arrows in a row.

At this time, Tiemur crouched behind a rock, like a wild wolf preparing to hunt, with his eyes wide open and staring at the reviewing stand at the foot of the mountain. Xu Jin wore a set of red official robe today and stood on the platform again. He was simply a target of arrows and was very easy to recognize.

Tiemur grinned and stretched out his scarlet tongue to lick his lips. He was not pretending to be X, but measuring the wind direction. Yes, this is how Tiemur measured the wind direction. After his lips were wet, the wind blew from that side, and the lips on this side would be cooler. This is a very simple principle of moisture evaporation and heat absorption.

Of course, not everyone can use this method to measure the wind direction. At least your perception must be very sharp, otherwise no matter how wet your lips are, it will be useless.

At this time, Tiemur obviously measured the wind direction, and then carefully measured the distance, and then decisively removed the Four Stone Bow. This distance is enough with the Four Stone Bow. If one hit is not hit, you can add another arrow immediately, while the Five Stone Bow will not work, because the arm will lose its strength after shooting one arrow.

Tiemur drew a heavy arrow from the arrow bag and leaped gently onto the rocks. Because he was used to using heavy bows, Tiemur's arrow was also specially made. The arrow body was one-third longer than that of ordinary people, the arrow was heavier, and the shooting distance was naturally farther.

Tiemur knelt on one knee on the rock, quickly bent his bow and arrow, and with a sudden rush, the four stone bow was rounded. This arm strength was really terrifying. Just imagine, one stone was 120 kilograms, and four stones were 480 kilograms. It would be difficult for ordinary people to carry 200 kilograms, let alone lifting nearly 500 kilograms with two fingers.

However, Tiemur pulled the four stone bows and glanced for a moment, then suddenly loosened the strings again, frowned and cursed in Tatar. It turned out that a personal soldier ran to the parade platform and came to Xu Jin to report the news, which happened to block Tiemur's position.

The personal soldier muttered to Xu Jin for a while and then bowed and retreated. Seeing this, Tiemur immediately raised his strong bow again. However, what is annoying is that Xu Jin actually walked off the parade platform at this time.

Tiemur had no choice but to be a very patient hunter, hiding behind the rocks and continuing to wait. He knew that the parade was not over yet. According to the nature of the Han people, he would definitely go on stage to talk nonsense after the parade was over.

At this time, Xue Bingxin was searching carefully on the Big Fort Mountain in the west, with a flexible figure like a female leopard. In Xue Bingxin's opinion, if Zhao Quan and others were to assassinate Xu Jin, the most likely thing was to shoot from a long distance. After all, there were too many guards around Xu Jin, and Zhao Quan and the other two could not get close to each other, so the possibility of attacking with arrows was the best shot position to be on the hillsides on both sides of the Hu Fort.

Let’s talk about Xue Bingxin searching anxiously on the Dabao Mountain in the west, but she didn’t find that she was already sweating profusely. The turmeric applied to her face was traced by sweat, revealing some of her white skin.

"Not here!" Xue Bingxin frowned and looked at Tangyi Mountain in the east.

The mountain in Tangyi Mountain is even higher, but it is a bit far from the parade platform, which is estimated to be more than 300 meters. Xue Bingxin expressed her doubts. After all, she was a fellow disciple and everyone knew it well. If Zhao Quan, Sun Cai and Qiu Fu were the best to count Qiu Fu, but Qiu Fu could only barely pull out the three stone bow. Usually, the most common one was the two stone bow, which could not shoot at all.

But I was not afraid of ten thousand, but I was afraid of one, so Xue Bingxin quickly went down the mountain and touched Tangyi Mountain opposite.

At this time, in the reviewing stand outside the Fort Khahu, Xu Jin, Wang Lin'er, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong whispered to each other and returned to the stage and said to Wang Bogu: "General Wang, let's end today's military parade!"

General Wang was already sweating profusely at this time, half of whom were embarrassed. He blew the flags and ordered the guards to restore the throne. Then he walked to Xu Jin and said embarrassedly: "Brothers are not prepared enough, so the imperial envoy will laugh."

Xu Jin raised his eyebrows and said indifferently: "Is it because he is not prepared enough or is he neglecting his training in normal times?"

General Wang was embarrassed and said, Xu Jin snorted coldly and said, "General Wang, Datong Prefecture is the main gate guard of the capital, which is related to the safety of our country and the country. If you perform like this today, you are really burdened by the country. I am very disappointed and will report it to the emperor truthfully."

Wang Bogu's expression suddenly changed. After Xu Jin got involved in this book, he probably wouldn't be able to save his position as the general of Datong and would even be questioned.

Xu Jin glanced at Wang Bogu, who was filial to death, and said indifferently: "Well, I am not a merciless person, so I will give you a chance."

Wang Bogu immediately said excitedly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw: "Sir Xie Qin."
Chapter completed!