Chapter 071 Tartars! See Tartars again

After eating, Wang went to wash dishes. Dongzi continued to look through the illustrated version of Journey to the West. Niu Niu, Da Nan and Xiao Nan continued to play hand-movies in front of the candlelight. For these little girls, the only entertainment activity at night was probably to play hand-movies. If you can play hand-movies, you can't remember to tangle Xu Xingxia and continue to tell stories.

After a while, Wang boiled hot water and asked everyone to take a bath. All four children could take a bath by themselves, and there was no need for adults to worry about. Xu Xingxia and Wang wiped Xu Fuqing's body and replaced all the herbs on the wound. Due to the improvement of the family's economic conditions, the doctors from Weizhenbao also took a lot of attention to Xu Fuqing's wounds and used some better herbs. Xu Fuqing's leg wounds have been significantly improved.

According to the doctor, the Tartars' arrows actually did not hit Xu Fuqing's legs, and the tendons and bones were not injured. As long as they were kept for a while, it was still possible to recover. Of course, it was impossible to recover in a short time. After all, when they were injured, they did not receive timely treatment, which caused the wound to become inflamed and rotten, greatly aggravated the injury. Now it takes a lot of effort to remove these hands. Xu Xingxia had to comfort his father and take care of his illness.

Xu Xingxia didn't need to take a bath. After helping his father clean his body, he fell down and went to bed. Under the conditions at that time, it was impossible to take a bath once a day in Ningxia Town. Basically, everyone only took a bath once every ten or half a month. During the war, they didn't even take a bath for two or three months. Usually, they just washed their feet and went to bed.

"Are you asleep? I'm Guangliang!"

Suddenly, someone called out outside, but it was Liu Guangliang who came.

Xu Xingxia hurriedly got up, went out, opened the wooden door, and invited Liu Guangliang in.

When Liu Guangliang saw Xu Xingxia, he said excitedly: "I knew you were not sleeping. Guo Fuquan handed over the black feather arrow you wanted, and I will come and hand it over to you overnight."

It turned out that he brought the fifty black feather arrows that Xu Xingxia needed. He also knew that the soldiers were in danger of fighting. These weapons to kill the enemy were handed over to Xu Xingxia a quarter of an hour ago, and Weizhen Fort would be more safe. Therefore, even at night, he still sent the black feather arrows. Now Xu Xingxia is the core pillar of the military households in Weizhen Fort.

"Thank you." Xu Xingxia nodded and took all the black feather arrows. He carefully stroked these black feather arrows with his hands, feeling deeply satisfied. Guo Fuquan is indeed an expert in making bows and arrows. As long as he is dedicated, he can create many fine products. The black feather arrows he created have long shafts, sharp arrows, and very good quality. Without testing, Xu Xingxia knew that these newly created black feather arrows were stronger than the original black feather arrows.

With eighty black feather arrows defending themselves, Xu Xingxia was fearless. Eighty black feather arrows were enough to shoot eighty Tartars. Xu Xingxia still had full confidence in this regard. As long as the Tartars were not attacking Niujiaodun like crazy, he didn't need to be afraid.

After Liu Guangliang left, he had nothing to do all night. When he woke up the next morning, Xu Xingxia prepared his own things and was about to return to Niujiaoduan. As soon as he opened the wooden door, he found that Liu Heng and Yu Lijun were waiting for him outside. Behind them, there were thirteen soldiers who passed the assessment yesterday. They were all waiting for Xu Xingxia here and returned to Niujiaoduan together.

"Go to collect the horses first, then to collect the weapons."

"Yu Lijun, you are responsible for distributing weapons."

"Zhang Quanfu, you are responsible for distributing war horses."

Xu Xingxia said briefly.

Niujiao Dun has many war horses and newly built weapons, all stored in Weizhen Fort, which can be used in this time. Originally, thirty pieces of equipment have only been made about two-thirds, and only twenty sets. Fortunately, there are only a dozen people around Xu Xingxia, and everyone can get a brand new set of equipment.

Soon, everyone received a war horse and a set of newly built equipment, including all the mandarin duck battle jackets, all the bows and arrows, and all the scimitars. Since it is mainly based on riding and shooting, the main weapons everyone received are of course all the bent bows. Xu Xingxia specially checked the quality of the bows and arrows, and it felt pretty good.

All of this is because of Xu Xingxia's previous special request, requiring the craftsmen to engrave their names on their weapons and equipment. With such requests, the craftsmen in Weizhenbao dared not be careless. When creating weapons, they were all focused on ensuring quality. Therefore, the quality of the weapons and equipment Xu Xingxia obtained was quite good. It was much better than those in Niujiaodune before.

"Not bad, really good."

Even Yu Lijun couldn't help but praise him.

Not to mention Mao Shisan and others, they all loved to check all their equipment. A set of good-quality equipment is crucial to them. No one wants their weapons and equipment to have problems on the battlefield. That will cause a loss of heads. Mao Shisan used to be a horse thief, but he had never used such a good weapon. As a regular army equipment, as long as the quality is guaranteed, it will definitely win much better than the horse thief.

"Let's go!"

Xu Xingxia waved his hand and led his subordinates to Niujiaodun.

When I returned to Niujiaoduan, it was breakfast time. Lao Yangtou had already prepared everyone's rebellion in advance. There were only two breakfasts in Niujiaoduan, both steamed buns and porridge. There were also some pickled vegetables such as pickled radish next to them. Those who like to eat steamed buns and those who like to eat porridge. Of course, the two are also OK. The portion is not limited, until you have enough.

The recruits, who had long been envious of Niujiaoduan's food, broke into the canteen with a loud noise, and hurriedly opened their food. Some people took five or six big steamed buns in one breath, regardless of whether they could eat them. Old Yang saw it and shouted anxiously: "It must be finished, it must be finished. If anyone takes too much and hasn't finished it, I will report it to the 100-households."

The hungry recruits turned a deaf ear to Lao Yang's warning, but just lowered their heads and tried hard to chew the steamed buns. Mao Shisan chewed the most fiercely, and he actually drew his bows from both sides and kept stuffing them into his mouth. Xu Xingxia saw him eating steamed buns, and knew that he must have been hungry when he was a horse thief. Chen Shouwang, Liu Heng and others were not too embarrassed. Lin Dacheng actually ate ten steamed buns in one breath, which scared Lao Yang's head, for fear that he would break his stomach and die, so he didn't say anything to give him porridge. Alas, they were really a group of miserable children.

"Dadada..."

Just after breakfast, there was a dense sound of horse hooves coming from the north.

The original old soldiers of Niujiaoduan immediately reacted. Without any order, they quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks, like rabbits, hurriedly ran into Niujiaoduan, grabbed their respective weapons, and went up to the top floor.

Tartars!

Damn Tartars are here again!

Zhang Quanfu was the first to shout: "The Tartars are here!"

Soon, there was also a cry of looking out whistle coming from above: "The Tartars are here!"

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

The alarm bell kept ringing, and the sound shook the whole field.

On the south side of Niujiao Dun, several herders were grazing. When they heard the alarm bell, they hurriedly gathered their flocks and desperately evacuated to Weizhen Fort south. In places that were invisible to the naked eye, there were also a large number of people retreating quickly.

"Line in line to enter the pier!"

"Don't panic!"

Xu Xingxia said in a deep voice.

He stood at the Dun Gate and stared at every new recruit who arrived. The first time the recruits arrived at Niujiaodun, they encountered the Tartars. Of course, this was not what Xu Xingxia wanted to see. However, since the Tartars came, he would definitely not retreat. Now, it is time to test these new recruits.

Whether they are afraid of the Tartars or whether they have the ability to kill the Tartars is the easiest to see in actual combat. Under his personal command, all the recruits from Niujiaodu successfully entered the pier. They followed the stairs in an orderly manner and arrived at the top of Niujiaodu.

When Xu Xingxia arrived at the top, it was already very vigilant. As soon as he arrived at Niujiao Dun, the new recruits who were facing actual combat were all squatting and hiding behind the battlements at the command of Zhang Quanfu. Xu Xingxia walked behind the battlements and saw outside. Sure enough, there were many black spots on the northern field. The black spots were getting closer and closer, bigger and bigger, and finally connected into a black cloud.

Without careful discernment, Xu Xingxia knew that the number of Tartars must have exceeded fifty people. Tartars with less than fifty people will definitely not be able to form a black cloud. Therefore, Xu Xingxia said in a deep voice: "Light up the five piles of beacons."

The five-duty beacon fire represents the number of Tartars, exceeding fifty. According to past experience, the number of Tartars, Qianhushou and Weili can no longer be dealt with alone, and the warriors in the town must be requested to be dispatched.

If the number of Tatars is larger and even Ningxia Town cannot handle it alone, Guyuan Town to the south, Yansui Town to the east, and Gansu Town to the west will all send troops to help. Of course, the regulations are like this. As for whether anyone has implemented it, it is not clear. Anyway, everyone can understand some things, just understand them yourself.

Soon, Gao Meng lit all five beacons, and black smoke kept floating towards the sky. Soon, in the distant sky in the south, five black smoke pillars were also seen rising up at the location of Weizhen Fort. This was when Weizhen Fort received an alarm and reported the enemy situation to Pinglu City farther away.
Chapter completed!