Li Xiao knows a little about the origin of the Zhongtun District of Guangning from history books.

After Yuan Chonghuan won the Ningyuan Victory, the Ming Dynasty began to set up Tunbao beacon towers along Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, and military forts were set up in each bathroom. The important military forts from west to east were: Guangning Zhongqian (Suizhongqian), Guangning Qiantunwei (Suizhongqian), Guangning Zhonghou (Suizhong), Ningyuan Zhongyou (Xingcheng Shahou (Xingcheng), Ningyuan Zhongzuo (Lianshanta), Ningyuan Zhongzuo (Lianshanta), Ningyuan Zhongzuo (Lianshanta), Xingshan Post (Xingshan County Xingshan), Guangning Zhongtun (Jinxian Songshan), Guangning Zhongzuo (Jinzhou). These scattered Tunzhou military forts make the county-level and counties in the Liaoxi Corridor closer connection, and more convenient for the army's stationing and mobilization.

Guangning Zhongtun District is also known as Songshan Fort because its location is located in Songshan outside Jinzhou City. This fort covers a wide area, with a city surround of two miles and two hundred and sixty-nine steps, and a height of three meters. The moat outside the fort is one meter deep and two meters wide. The entire military fort is based on stone, with 7 layers of building, with blue bricks built on the outer layer and blue bricks built on the inner wall core as rammed earth. There are three city gates: the south gate is called Dingyuan, the west gate is called Guangding, and the north gate is called Yongwang. They are all built with blue bricks as the six-ding and six-horizontal arch method, and white ash cauldrons are built outside each city gate to strengthen protection capabilities.

Li Xiao stood outside the north gate and saw the gate tower above the north gate. There was a stone plaque inlaid in the middle with the three words "Zhongtunsou" engraved. He felt moved.

He suddenly thought that in real history, in the 13th year of Chongzhen, the famous Songjin Battle in the late Ming Dynasty took place in this area from here to Jinzhou. The Ming and Qing dynasties invested more than 100,000 troops to participate in the war. The war lasted for two years, and ended with a disastrous defeat of the Ming army. The commander of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou, was captured. The nine-sided elite troops built by the Ming Dynasty devoted all their national strength to the loss, leaving only 30,000 remaining troops with Wu Sangui retreated to Ningyuan. After that, all the cities outside the pass fell, leaving only the lonely city of Ningyuan. This battle was the last key battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties. After that, the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to organize an effective counterattack against the Qing army.

A city gate guard wearing a shabby mandarin duck battle jacket called back Li Xiao, who was watching the city gate not far away, from the memories of history.

"That guy! But he came to join the army."

Li Xiao jumped off his horse, led his horse over, bowed to the guard and said, "I am here to join the army."

The sergeant walked over and looked at the horse's weapons. He looked up and down again and said in a strange voice: "You are so generous, you can ride such a good horse, and your weapons are so exquisite, but I don't know where it comes from?"

Li Xiao's mind quickly turned around and said with a smile: "My father was originally a general of the official army. He had been killed in the battlefield a few years ago. His horses and weapons were left by his father. In order to inherit his father's ambition, he came to join the army to serve."

The sergeant said "Oh", thought for a while, but couldn't find anything wrong, so he nodded to Li Xiao and said, "Okay, go in, the examination school yard is not far from East Street. Go in and turn right from here, and walk a while before you can get there."

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Thank you brother for waking up."

When Li Xiao entered the station, he immediately found that the environment here was too different from that in Jinzhou City.

In this Zhongtun Station in Guangning, military households and civilian households live in a mixed manner. There are shops on both sides of the street. The shouts of the shops are heard one after another. There are also many pedestrians coming and going on the streets. Most of the houses and shops in the camp are dilapidated, the streets and alleys are bumpy, and there are garbage and mud everywhere. The air is filled with a strong smell of sweat and rotten smell. The whole street market is filled with dust and noise.

After turning a few street corners, Li Xiao, who was still thinking, looked up and found that the schoolyard had arrived.

The huge school ground in front of him suddenly made Li Xiao's spirit excited.

He saw that the entire school ground was slightly rectangular, about four hundred steps long and about seven hundred steps wide. At first glance, people and horses were hustling and noisy.

When Li Xiaofang entered the schoolyard, he saw the sergeant coming to ask, but he came to the exam school and didn't stop the squad at night.

Li Xiao was surprised and asked, "How did you know that I would not stop the whistle at night when I took the exam?"

The sergeant glanced at him: "You are strange. If you have such a good Ma Lianggong, don't you come to take the exam at night, can you still be a regular sergeant?"

Li Xiao laughed silently. It seemed that people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. He led the bow and came here like this, but he actually directly raised it to his test level.

Li Xiao was extremely hoping to be able to become a night without stopping.

The night is not collected, also known as "shou night", "directly dialed", which specifically refers to "those who can go deep into the barbarian camp to find the truth", that is, the elite whistle cavalry who can go deep into the enemy's territory for reconnaissance activities. Li Xiao thought to himself that he is good at martial arts, and if he cannot play his strengths and only votes for an ordinary soldier, it would be too aggrieved.

Li Xiao hurriedly asked again: "Brother, who is this examiner?"

The soldier pointed at the far-off judges' table with an impatient look on his face and said quickly: "See, that is the chief Gao Pu Gao, the captain of the sentry cavalry in our trunk, your examiner. The one next to him is Chief Gao Ji, who is in person."

After saying that, the soldier was afraid that Li Xiao would ask again and left quickly.

Li Xiao was looking up at the inner court, and someone else came over and led Li Xiao to a corner of the schoolyard, and took him to a person who looked like a clerk, register his name, and receive the entrance number for the entrance exam without taking the night.

When he saw Li Xiao writing his name in strong and powerful handwriting, the clerk was stunned. In his impression, these military Hanzhong who could only fight and kill, could write, and none of them could be written in a hundred. Most of the others who came to take the exam could only press a handprint.

Li Xiao, who received the number, looked around and found that there were many strong men standing here, waiting to enter the inner field to accept the whistle and do not stop the whistle. Li Xiao looked away coldly. Most of the people who came to take the exam were thick and tough, with bad expressions. Some of them even raised their chins, with fierce and bloodthirsty light in their eyes, and looked cold and cruel.

Li Xiao also understood in his heart that those who are directly under the competition are probably all people with outstanding martial arts and extraordinary skills. Many of them may be fierce, bloodthirsty, cruel and tyrannical people who are used to killing people.

At this time, a cannon sounded, and Gao Pu, named Hua Ji, followed him quickly, but he was a small officer with a beautiful face and no beard. He stood on a small earth platform in front and said loudly: "I have read the number below. Please carry your horse with your arm and follow me to the field. Everyone will ride horses in the order of numbers. The horses must not stop. Within seventy steps, you will immediately shoot an arrow and hit the target three times. Leave a wait for the arrangement. Please come back if you fail!"

After hearing the words of the little officer, the strong men waiting for the exam below began to wear armor. Li Xiao hesitated for a moment, took out the white-swinged soldier armor in the package and put it on, wearing armor, helmet, boots and belts, and quickly put it neatly.

Li Xiao, who was wearing his armor, heard bursts of exclamations coming from the side.

Li Xiao smiled in his heart, knowing that they must have been shocked by his white-paced armor.

Li Xiao looked at the crowd of test takers around him. None of them were wearing iron armor, only three or four were wearing cotton armor, and two were wearing leather armor. Other test takers, etc., had no armor except horse weapons.

"That guy! He is wearing a good armor. Come here and let me see."

A rough voice came from the inner venue.
Chapter completed!