Chapter 141: Victory in the battle, but was questioned by the army

"Sir, the large team of the Tartars went north." Chi Hu reported to Xu Xingxia.

Xu Xingxia hurried up to the city tower and carefully observed the movement outside. Sure enough, the large Tartars troops slowly retreated northward. Obviously, the Tartars' retreat was very organized. After observing for a while, Xu Xingxia gave up the idea of ​​chasing. Maybe the Tartars were now looking forward to him leaving the city to pursue.

Of course, the necessary follow-up is still necessary. Xu Xingxia rode his horse out of Weizhen Fort, hung far behind the Tatar cavalry along the way, monitoring them to leave Weizhen Fort. He kept following Niujiao Dun, but found no strangeness. It seemed that the Tatars had indeed withdrawn.

This time the Tartars went south, although they did not complete the task of killing themselves, and suffered a great loss in Weizhen Fort. However, they still controlled two embroidered pillows. These two embroidered pillows are still very valuable. Therefore, it is hard to say whether the Tartars went south this time to lose or make a profit. Anyway, the end of their hands will be very long in the future.

"Sir, the Tartars really retreated this time." In the afternoon, Zhang Quanfu rode his horse to Weizhen Fort from Niujiaodun to report to Xu Xingxia. He said that the Tartars' large troops had crossed Niujiaodun and retreated to Zhenyuan Pass. He hung from behind from a distance and found that the Tartars' large troops had gone out of Zhenyuan Pass and all entered the Ulanbuhe Desert. In this way, the Tartars did retreat.

"The Tartars retreated!"

"The Tartars retreated!"

"We won! We won!"

The military and civilians of Weizhen Fort immediately cheered, and the cheers became stronger. The area around the glutinous rice field was even more of a joyful ocean. Adults and children couldn't help but jumped yangko in the glutinous rice field. This was reported from Shaanxi. Many military households in Weizhen Fort would jump, and Xu Xingxia would do it. However, he did not participate.

The arrest of two embroidered pillows always had a shadow in Xu Xingxia's heart. It was not because he did not agree to the request of the two, but because he considered that these two fools were very familiar with all aspects of Ningxia Town. If there were talented and wise guys on the Tatar side, they would definitely get a lot of valuable information from their mouths. There would be no secrets in Ningxia Town in the future.

The strategic position of Ningxia Town is very important. It connects Guyuan Town to the south, Gansu Town to the west, and Yansui Town to the east. Once Ningxia Town is captured, Guyuan Town to the south will be in danger. Without Ningxia Town and Guyuan Town, the northwest of the Ming Empire, Shaanxi Xingdusi (i.e. Gansu) and other places, they will all fall into the hands of nomadic peoples.

There is a regrettable thing about the territory of the Ming Empire, that is, the expansion of the northwest is far from enough. During the Han and Tang dynasties, today the Xinjiang area was included in the territory of the empire, with a large number of garrisons. However, the Ming Empire did not. The area truly controlled by the Ming Empire only reached the Jiayuguan area. After leaving Jiayuguan, it was impossible to achieve it.

Outside Jiayuguan, there is a large amount of land and a large population. These areas, even when the Ming Empire was at its peak, did not have the ability to control them. You said, "That's a strange thing. When did the two young masters ask me for help? I don't know what happened at all! When did the two young masters actually fall into the hands of the Tartars?"

Zhang Qiuqing didn't care about continuing to cheat, stood up, pointed at Xu Xingxia's nose, and shouted angrily: "You still dare to deny it!? The two young masters clearly wrote you a letter, asking you to hand over a woman and exchange them for the two of them! But you just refused to enforce it! Now, the two young masters were kidnapped by the Tartars! You, aren't you deliberately sending the two young masters into the fire pit? You, wait for the military law to deal with it!"

Xu Xingxia continued to pretend to be stupid and said coldly: "Why can't I understand what you said? Are you not talking about human words? I want to ask the deputy Qianhu, what woman are you talking about, who is it? What is the name? What is this related to her? What does the two young masters have to do with her?"

Zhang Qiuqing said angrily: "It's Zhu Hengzhi! Don't pretend to be stupid! The Tartars like her and want to exchange her for the two young masters! This was originally a good opportunity to redeem the two young masters, why didn't you execute it immediately? If you handed over that woman earlier, wouldn't the two young masters come back safely? Now, the two young masters have been robbed back to the desert, and life and death are uncertain. This is all your responsibility!"

Xu Xingxia suddenly straightened her body and shouted in a deep voice: "Zhang Qiuqing, shut up!"

His voice was very loud, which scared everyone around him, and his whole body was shocked. Even a strong man like Peng Feng couldn't help but tremble all over his body, and subconsciously held the scimitar on his waist. It is said that the shadow of a famous tree, Xu Xingxia's archery technique is indeed too perverted. Killing Tartars is as simple as killing a chicken. In front of him, who dares to take it lightly?

The soldiers of the white-clothed army were subconsciously blocking in front of Xu Xingxia, and everyone's right hands were held on the knife handle, and they were drawing their swords at any time. When the armed servants brought by Peng Feng saw that it was not good, they hurriedly blocked in front of Peng Feng and Zhang Qiuqing. Their right hands were also held on the knife handle, and they drew their swords at any time. For a moment, the atmosphere in Weizhen Fort suddenly became tense.

The military households in Weizhen Fort originally thought that the superiors were here to commend Xu Xingxia, and they might be able to get some benefits. After killing so many Tartars, as long as they were exchanged for silver, each person would have a few taels of silver. There was definitely no problem. They all knew that Xu Xingxia was not the kind of stingy person, and if there were any benefits, they would definitely have a good difference. But unexpectedly, the superiors were here to question Xu Xingxia. This time, they stopped doing it.

Mom, our Weizhen Fort won an unprecedented victory and killed hundreds of Tartars. It would be fine if you don’t care about it, and we don’t expect you to do anything decent. But you came up and talked about Xu Baihu’s fault. What the hell is this? Do you want to pick a bone in the egg? Are you jealous of the military achievements of Weizhen Fort?

Lin Hainiu, who had a hot temper, couldn't help but take action. Liu Guangliang next to him hurriedly grabbed him. However, Chen Denglong, as a good man, couldn't bear it anymore. His reaction was very simple, just gesture to the backbone military households, summoned all the military households, and watched first. As a result, more and more military households rushed to the entrance of the teahouse, and soon surrounded Peng Feng, Zhang Qiuqing and others.

Zhang Qiuqing was also shocked by Xu Xingxia's drunkenness, and he didn't react for a while. He was a deputy thousand household, but he was actually shouted like this by a hundred households. How could he lose face? What's more, he was pulled down from the horse by Xu Xingxia just now, and his old face was thrown away. What's even more, the military households around him were all his former subordinates. In the past, they didn't dare to let a single fart in front of them. Now, they all stood on Xu Xingxia's side.

However, he felt that he was standing up for the Governor and the General Officer. With the support of them, he dared to do anything too much. He mustered up the courage and shouted sternly to Xu Xingxia: "You! Xu Xingxia! You dare to commit crimes! Do you know how serious your crime is? If you don't obey the order, don't you be punished?

Xu Xingxia smiled coldly, her eyes fixed on Zhang Qiuqing, and said bluntly: "Don't obey the order? What order? Who gave the order?"

Zhang Qiuqing said angrily: "It's the order given to you by the two young masters!"

Xu Xingxia laughed and said loudly: "The two young masters want me to hand over a weak woman and give it to the Tartars in exchange for their lives. Is this an order? Zhang Qiuqing, do you think this is an order? Ha!"

Zhang Qiuqing said angrily: "What is this not an order?"
Chapter completed!