During the Chu era, the six eastern counties were at the forefront of the fight against Qi, but Xiangzhou was rarely connected by war. It was because of its geographical location, not only did it have no military occupation value, but it was not worth the effort to send troops from here. Logistics alone could drag the army to death. No general knew that he had a fever and chose this way to attack. It was amazing that some small harassing troops went all the way from here. This war idea now extended to the Ming Dynasty. Because the two sides of the Ming Dynasty and Qi are now facing each other, Guo Xiancheng and Zhou Jiyun. The two are the senior generals of the Qi State in the past.

Zhou Jiyun sent people to build a watchtower here, which is already a very careful person. In terms of military affairs, Zhou Jiyun is actually the one who loves to send surprise troops. Guo Xiancheng has always been known for his stability, and he is a person like him, so Zhou Jiyun never thought that Guo Xiancheng would send an army to attack from Xiangzhou.

Because the troops attacking from here are basically just ones who have no return and come in without going back, but it is really difficult to get out. Without logistics supplies, it is very difficult to rely solely on fighting to support the war. In Zhou Jiyun's idea, people like Guo Xiancheng would definitely not send an army to Xiangzhou in a desperate manner.

But Zhou Jiyun ignored two problems. First, after Xiangzhou was included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, its economy showed a leap forward in development, and the people gradually began to become richer. Once the place was rich, the population would naturally increase. This is a very simple truth. In the past, it was not that there was no birth, but that people could not afford it. Many babies were drowned alive as soon as they were born. But now, there is naturally no reason. Now that one is born, isn’t that family happy? More and more wealthy children have always been a deep-rooted traditional idea. Second, the Ming Dynasty bombed Chang'an from a distance, and a slap mark was covered on the faces of the people of Qi. No matter how calm Guo Xiancheng was, he would be furious, and the clay man was still a little bit naive. What’s more, there must be pressure from the court, so sending an army to take risks is what it means.

Bian Wenzhong is a person who deeply holds national hatred and family hatred. He is thinking about revenge. Such a general is the most suitable for doing such a thing. They will not care about the dangers of the task, they will only care about whether there is a chance.

Such a person will be as cruel as a wolf. When entering the Ming realm, he will not be subject to much moral constraints. He will do his best to give the Ming people the greatest trauma.

And the last point, even if Bian Wenzhong's entire army was finally destroyed, Guo Xiancheng would not have much sadness or disappointment. Bian Wenzhong was not his direct general. Since the purpose of this attack had been achieved, that would be fine.

The outpost stands alone on the high ground, looking down at the road below, Niushou Town is a bit strange. In front of it, the terrain is actually very flat, at most it is some undulating hills. Now the people of Niushou Town have reclaimed him and planted crops. For example, today the cold land is frozen, and the land is naturally deserted. There are still some black marks left on the ground that are burned by various orange stalks after autumn harvest. Behind Niushou Town are endless mountains and steep. After passing through these mountains, they will enter a section of plains and then there will be mountains. This is repeated until the city of Xiangzhou County, and then they will enter the real plain area and enter the richest area of ​​the six eastern counties.

Chen Xiong stood at the top of the watchtower, holding a telescope and observing the situation opposite him. This is his routine work every day. When shifts are changed for an hour, this is for ordinary soldiers. There is no time limit for him, the chief of the watchtower. In fact, he can stay in the warmer watchtower, but as the highest commander of this small army, he faithfully fulfills his duties.

He joined the army very early. When Qi State launched a large-scale attack on the six eastern counties, he responded to Zeng Lin's call and joined the army. At that time, he was only in his early twenties, and now ten years have passed.

In the past ten years, he has really experienced a lot, from a rookie who knows nothing to an experienced soldier. A few years ago, after the six eastern counties took the lead in joining the Ming Dynasty, the army experienced a large-scale dismissal of the army. He was kept because of his rich combat experience and repeated military achievements and became a member of the Ming army. Now, ordinary soldiers retired every three years, and grassroots officers like him can do it for five years. Five years later, if they are not promoted to the level of the lieutenant, they will also have to be dismissal of the army. After entering the Ming army, he has worked for four years and will be in service next year. However, with the beginning of the Ming Dynasty War, a large number of retired soldiers were re-sumed and his retirement plan was obviously impossible to implement.

However, he was not dissatisfied with it. After all, in the Ming army, the salary was quite generous. He had already started a family and had a wife and children. His military salary alone was enough to make the family eat and wear a lot. His wife planted several acres of land by herself, and she could still save a little every year.

Of course, for him, he still had a small ambition. In the past year, it was not enough to make him accumulating merits and promotion. Without war, it would be difficult for people like him to be promoted to intermediate officials like the lieutenant, but it would be different with war, and there would always be opportunities.

He was very dissatisfied with being sent here. There have not been many wars in history in Xiangzhou. How could he have the opportunity to make contributions here?

But there is no way to do this. In fact, Zeng Lin's army was not on the front line now. Those who were really on the front line were either the old army of the Ming army or the direct troops of the general Zhou Jiyun. The only exception was the 10,000 cavalry of Jiang Shangyan, but Jiang Shangyan himself also had close ties with the Ming Dynasty. It would not be too much to say that he was a serious general of the Ming Dynasty.

Let's wait, or as the war deepens, experienced warriors like him always have the opportunity to step onto the battlefield.

He raised his telescope again and looked at the empty field.

But this time, his hands were not put down for a long time, and his whole body trembled slightly.

In the field of vision, there were dense cavalry and flying flags of the Qi army.

He longs for war and to make meritorious deeds, but he will never want to have such a scene in front of him. If he is in a large army, he certainly has the inevitable confidence to defeat the enemy, but now he has only about fifty people under his command, and at this moment there are at least thousands of enemies appearing in his sight, and they are all cavalry.

"Enemy attacks, enemy attacks, ignite beacon fire, release the harrier eagle!" He screamed loudly with some loss of composure.

The soldiers rushed to the watchtower. At this moment, the enemy in the distance looked just a line with their naked eyes. The beacon fire was quickly lit, and the black smoke was supported to the distance. The hawk used to warn flew out of the watchtower with its wings and flew out of the watchtower and towards the mountains in the distance. Its purpose was the garrison in Guyang County.

After doing all this, all the soldiers looked at Chen Xiong.

"Boss, what should we do now?"

Chen Xiong swallowed and ran away? He looked back at the enemy army in the distance. It was still the same line before, but now he could see their vast team with his naked eyes. He ran with two legs, but he was afraid that before he could reach Niushou Town, he would be caught up by the enemy and killed his group of people like a chicken. And even if he ran to Niushou Town, what could he do?

Now staying in the watchtower and dealing with the enemy, maybe there will be a way out. The rich combat experience of Chen Xiong instantly made the most correct decision.

"Prepare for battle!" he shouted sternly. Since he can't escape, he will fight to the death. If he is lucky, it will be a naked military merit that no one can take away. Of course, if he dies, it will be a life. Fighting in the army and death is not a taboo topic. If he escapes without fighting, I am afraid that even if there is a little hope of not dying, when he settles the accounts after the war, he will at least be ordered to retire. Withdrawing from the army in this way, not only will he lose his face, but he will not even lose all the honors that veterans should enjoy. Not only his family, but also his children will not be able to raise their heads.

The weapons and equipment of this team are very good. The Ming Dynasty Type 1, which is rarely seen in Kunling War Zone, has twenty of them here, each of them is equipped with three grenades, two crossbow machines and one bed crossbow.

"The riflesmen all went downstairs and used the shooting hole to kill the enemy. The crossbowman and I stayed on the top floor." Chen Xiong ordered: "The tower is strong and the enemy is all cavalry. If we defend the tower, they may not be able to fight. Get ready for battle."

Niushou Town is already in chaos, and Tan Zhou, the official stationed here, was panicked. He was just an ordinary civil servant. He never thought that one day he would face a large number of enemies and all the burdens were carried on his shoulders alone.

He rode his horse in the town, looking at the panicked people, and shouted loudly: "Run, run, run into the mountains behind."

He had no other choice but to ride his horse and shout loudly in the town.

When he saw someone carrying a large box and a small bag, he was so angry that he could get some whips. "What are you doing with these things? It's important to save your life. Life is still there. What can you make money back? Run quickly, run as fast as you can!"

Seeing the people fleeing desperately, Tan Zhou stood up and stood up. At this moment, the earth was trembling slightly. Even if he was not in military affairs, he knew that only the cavalry in the brigade could cause such movement. Looking at the people running away in a panic, he sighed. It was still a long way to escape from Niushou Town to the mountains, and he didn't know how many people could escape.

Looking back, there was no one around him. He arrived alone, and after he came, some of the assistants he recruited had fled to his life.

But he could not escape. He was an official of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he was just a small mayor, he was also a regular official of the Ming Dynasty. He was responsible for defending the territory. He took a deep breath and pulled out the long sword that was usually used as decoration on his waist. In this way, he pulled his horse and started alone at the top of the town.
Chapter completed!