When he first saw Hong Congjue, Hong Jinglai almost shouted "brother fierce general"!

In an era where malnutrition is common, most people are sallow and skinny, and 90% of people are night blind, a person who is over 1.8 meters tall, can hold a long card in his left hand and a short gun in the right, mount a horse, shoot a bow from left to right, run and shoot, that is an absolute fierce general.

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In addition, this dear friend is a truly loyal man who can gather volunteers to defend the homeland when the enemy is in great danger. At least from a moral point of view, he is completely innocent.

"This is the newly-appointed Jinshi, Hong Jinglai, Mr. Hong. Come and pay homage!"

"Greetings to Mr. Hong!" Although Hong Congjue was a little confused, he still stepped forward.

It’s not that he doesn’t understand Cui Zhengji’s character. He is a good person and will not do bad things, but he will not sacrifice himself to help others for the so-called justice of the family and country. This is also what the soldiers guarding the wall said. Xiongwu is in charge of Cui Zhengji.

The reason why Zhengji would hesitate for a while before opening the door when he came.

Cui Zhengji was born as a small businessman, and he was a clever and calculating person at heart. How could he return to face the enemy when the Tatars invaded?

Isn't this just sending death?

Now that he met Cui Zhengji, and saw Hong Jinglai and more than 20 strong men behind Hong Jinglai, Hong Congjue roughly understood. It must be Hong Jinglai who brought Cui Zhengji back as a superior.

"Get up, get up, the strong man Hong leads the villagers to defend his hometown, his loyalty is supreme!" Hong Jinglai hurriedly went up to help the people.

"Thank you, sir! I wonder if your lord is bringing the troops to expel the Tatars? Or?"

"The ambassador, Mr. Min, will be here soon. I am the disciple who came to visit first for him!"

"So the King's Master is coming soon?" Hong Congjue looked happy.

"Hmm..." Hong Jinglai couldn't tell him that the so-called King's Master must have gathered 450 miscellaneous soldiers by himself, so he had to deal with it.

A few people sat down and talked about the situation of Xiongmu in general. At first glance, it was clear that the name Xiongmu was not a serious place name, but a town where Shibyon forces migrated during the period of King Sejong. What other name is Yowon with a similar name to him?

, Shunwu, Xiongji, get an auspicious name.

After the collapse of the ancient city, some people fled to Xiongwu, and further prepared to take refuge in the mountains. Anyway, it is cooler in the mountains in summer now. When the cats come down from the mountains in the next month, the Tatar soldiers will retreat after they have plundered them.

At that time, no one was stationed in Xiongwu City, or in theory, all the people in the city were soldiers who had migrated from the country, and the whole city should have stood up to defend the city. However, one hundred and fifty years of peace had turned these soldiers into serfs.

Where is the courage to rise up and fight?

Soon, people retreated into the mountains along with the fleeing crowd. Hong Congjue, who was in the city at that time, was so indignant that he summoned a dozen brothers who were close to him to seize the official hall, reluctantly armed them, and closed the city gate to call on those who still had the courage.

The soldiers rose up to defend the city.

Fortunately, the small city with a population of less than a thousand people had only two city gates in the north and south, so it was not too difficult to defend. The dozens of villagers were brave enough to barely guard it.

Hong Jinglai pondered for a while and thought about it. First of all, he needed to make Hong Congjue change his story. He did not seize the official hall. It was Cui Zhengji who opened the official warehouse to distribute weapons and called on the soldiers to stand up and defend the city. Secondly, Hong Congjue, as the local alternate military officer, was the most important.

He responded first and brought more than ten brave men into the city to assist in the defense.

"Don't worry, this matter is settled. I will help you advise. You are indispensable for the case to be guaranteed." We can't let people cooperate for no reason. Anyway, this Hong Congli has the same background as Hong Jinglai.

"Gelang, his ancestors only served as Si Yong, and they were not from Liangban, but already from the army." Cui Zhengji whispered and came over.

"Yes, Manager Cui is right!" Hong Congjue boldly admitted.

To put it bluntly, they are poor. By Hong Congjue’s father’s generation, it was no longer possible to marry a wife with two classes of household registration, and could only marry a wife from an ordinary good family. Under the strict household registration system, Hong Congjue was demoted from his mother to a good wife. However,

Border counties still mainly need military personnel, and because military officials come from families, those registered in household registration are still military personnel.

Without the status of a Yangban household, it would be difficult to be awarded an official position. No wonder Hong Congjue had to go to Hanyang to take the martial arts test even if he pawned his assets. Only by being awarded an officer in the mid-term examination could he regain his status as a Yangban household.

"This is not a difficult task! This time it is a great achievement to pacify Tatar! All it takes is one sentence from Ambassador Min to redeem your mother!"

A person in a superior position can accomplish something in a single sentence that a person in a lower position cannot achieve in a lifetime!

"Everything depends on your orders!" Hong Congjue lowered her head completely this time.

This is the only thing that can be done for the time being. Although Hong Jinglai has a love for talents, he currently has no platform for him to express himself. How about letting him join the Min family, gain a lot of colleagues, and leave a lasting relationship?

Maybe there will be times in the future when we can support each other.

After arranging Cui Zhengji and Hong Congjue to guard the city and making them ready to rush to Qingxing's aid and recruit the ambassador's services, Hong Jinglai walked along the Tumen River to its mouth.

The transaction with Shekov could not be known to these unrelated people for the time being. He only obtained two shotguns from the official warehouse in Xiongwu City for self-defense.

Anyway, Li Zaichao was familiar with the roads and was not afraid of getting lost. After leaving Xiongwu and walking for another day, he arrived at Jiangkou. He avoided all the towns along the way to prevent accidents.

In the inaccessible forests and snowfields of the Far East at the beginning of the 19th century, it was not easy to find another group of people. Apart from the clear target of the Tumon River Estuary, the easiest way was actually fireworks.

These days, there is no such thing as a smoke strip on the mountain or celebrating the New Year in a detention center.

Who cares?

As long as you get some wet leaves and dry firewood, put a fire on the river bank, and the smoke can be seen clearly from more than ten miles away. Of course Hong Jinglai thought so, and Shekov obviously thought so too

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Because sure enough, in a forest on the backside of the river mouth, there was a long line of gray smoke rising. Judging from the current situation, apart from Shekov, there was no one else.

Driving the animals and carrying the steam engine towards the gray smoke, Hong Jinglai told Li Zaichao and others to be on guard.

Sure enough, when they were two or three miles away from the gray smoke, there was a whistle in the woods, and four or five cavalrymen came out, with a look of scrutiny and caution in their eyes. They also held their sabers in their hands, looking up and down at Hong Jinglai's group.

Although they looked a little eager to give it a try, they saw that Hong Jinglai's group had shotguns, bows and arrows, and daggers for close combat. The experience of these cavalrymen told them that Hong Jinglai's group was not easy to mess with.

No one on the two sides spoke, after all, they couldn't understand each other. After looking at each other and confronting each other, after waiting for about ten minutes, more than 20 riders came out of the sparse forest, and the leader was none other than Shekov!
Chapter completed!