Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 578 Zhang Xuan is a Han and laughs at Han people
After hearing the words of the Han general, Wanyan Zongbi couldn't help but scolded: "How can there be a man who doesn't grow a beard? It's probably customary to shave it off, right?"

The Han officer said: "Back to the Sixth Prince, I have only heard people say that the Han people in the south cannot grow beards."

"Aren't you also Han, so why do you have a beard?"

The Han general rolled his eyes and said with a flattering face: "Now that I have surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, I am naturally a Jin national and no longer a Han."

"My beard wasn't very long in the past. Ever since I joined the Khitan army, it has grown a bit. Now that I have surrendered to the Jin Kingdom and joined the Jin Kingdom in the north and south, I have to grow a full beard." Out!"

Wanyan Zongbi couldn't help but laugh along with the Jurchen nobles beside him.

"This barbarian is really interesting!"

After some ridicule, Wanyan Zongbi was in a good mood. He finally no longer took the protection army seriously. He thought that even these Khitan troops with such weak combat effectiveness could despise the Han army. This shows that these Han people are really serious. There is no ability to fight anymore.

Wanyan Zongbi, who was in a happy mood, looked at the Han officer, nodded at him and said, "What's your name?"

"The villain's name is Zhang Xuan. He was originally a Jinshi of the Liao Kingdom."

Wanyan Zongbi nodded, thinking that he was also a scholar, and he despised this guy even more in his heart, but in terms of face, he knew that these scholars were highly regarded among the Han people, so he asked Zhang Xuan to change into scholar's clothes and go to the big tent to talk with him.

In the distance, at the head of Wanping County City, the artillery soldiers of the protection army watched the scene happening three miles outside the city with vigilance. Telescopes and sextants were alternately passed in the hands of several soldiers.

The technical soldiers quickly adjusted the muzzle angle of the bronze cannon on the city head.

There are more than a dozen bronze cannons dazzlingly displayed on the city. This is the equipment that Deng Fei transferred from the entire North China base area to Wanping County.

The level of bronze cannons manufactured in Dengzhou is now quite high, with the lifespan of the barrel reaching more than 700 rounds. Many of the latest bronze cannons made by Sun Xinrang Tang Long have reached the level of the Napoleonic period, with an effective range of nearly [-] meters. , according to the length of the unit at this time, it was close to four miles away. Among the bronze cannons sent to the North China base area, the best were selected. There were more than a dozen that could reach this level, and now they are all placed in Wanping County.

The soldiers in the city have been busy all day, waiting for an opportunity to show off their power in the evening.

That night, there was a peaceful scene in the entire Jin Guojun camp. Almost no one was as nervous as before the war. Instead, they were having a great time cooking cattle and sheep.

After all, Wanyan Zongbi did not make an exception to let the whole army drink, but he called Zhang Xuan to the tent to talk with everyone to relieve their boredom.

Everyone inquired and now figured out Zhang Xuan's identity. He was born in Pingzhou of the Liao Kingdom. He was a Jinshi of the Southern Academy. He had been an official in Pingzhou, but they didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, this Yanyun Sixteenth The state has already been stepped on by the iron hoofs of the Jin people.

At that time, Zhang Xuan was originally a civil servant in Pingzhou City, but because the number of generals in the city was too small, he was forced to serve as a military attaché leading soldiers to resist the Jin people.

Zhang Xuan simply did not have the courage to lead troops to resist. Originally, even if he went to the battlefield, he would probably surrender, but before Zhang Xuan could surrender, his superior Zhang Jue surrendered first. Now he is even reused by the Jin people because of this, and Zhang Because Xuan brought the army with him when he surrendered, he was treated as a military general. At that time, Zhang Xuan felt that the vocational education was unlucky. However, after the Jin people entered the city, he discovered that these people did not regard Han civilian officials as human beings at all. Officials have no effect, but they still feel that they have a little value in wining over Han generals. After all, they can not be used as cannon fodder to fill the lines.

Only then did Zhang Xuan realize that he had gained some benefits by leading his troops to surrender, so he never spoke out again.

After hearing this, Wanyan Zongbi understood that Zhang Xuan had brought thousands of soldiers and horses to follow him to attack the North China base this time, in order to gain more military exploits and be promoted quickly.

Wanyan Zongbi felt contempt in his heart, but did not say it out loud.While cutting the meat, he looked at Zhang Xuan and saw Zhang Xuan chatting and laughing among the Jurchen nobles. He tried his best to act ugly and behave well, and also received warm applause from the Jurchen nobles.

"You're such a smart guy!"

Wanyan Zongbi suddenly said these words, which made Zhang Xuan stunned for a moment. The frightened look on his face flashed away, and then he made an ugly face and said stupidly: "Thank you for the compliment, Sixth Prince. I will remember it when I get home." Kuai Bian went inside and said that the sixth prince of Jin Kingdom also praised me as a smart person."

Even though they knew that Zhang Xuan was deliberately trying to please everyone, everyone still couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

Even Wanyan Zongbi fell down laughing, shook his head and said, "You Han people really don't lack such intelligence."

"The Sixth Prince is praising me again!"

Suddenly Wanyan Zongbi put his greasy fingers directly on Zhang Xuan's head and rubbed it hard. Zhang Xuan's wrinkled forehead was immediately stained with oil.

"It's a pity. Such intelligence is useless in fighting. In the end, you will only be bullied. If your wife and daughter are taken away from you in the future, there is nothing you can do."

Zhang Xuan's heart thumped. He didn't know what Wanyan Zongbi wanted to do, so he could only force a smile and continue to act ugly.

Wanyan Zongbi suddenly glared at him and asked with a smile: "Are you really not resentful at all?"

Zhang Xuan swallowed quietly and said tremblingly: "I...how dare I have any resentment? The people of Jin are so kind and virtuous..."

"Don't lie to us with such lies, pretending that we Jurchens are just stupid creatures in the forest, just like the big fish and roe deer in the snow forest. We believe someone's kind words after hearing them. ?”

After hearing Wanyan Zongbi's question, Zhang Xuan finally felt his legs begin to tremble, and he knelt down with a plop: "Students are punished by death..."

When Wanyan Zongbi saw this, he pointed at Zhang Xuan and laughed: "Look, this guy still has resentment!"

The young Jurchen nobles around him also burst into laughter.

"Get up, for a person like you, what does it matter if you have resentment?"

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but be startled when he heard the words, and quietly raised his eyes to look at Wanyan Zongbi and the Jurchen nobles beside him. At this moment, he suddenly found that everyone had a laughing look on their faces and did not take what he just said seriously.

Originally, Zhang Xuan wanted to be good and make a fool of himself after entering the tent, and he completely abandoned the concept of shame in his heart, doing whatever he could to climb up.

But when he saw that he had said something that he still resented against the Jurchens, but this group of Jurchens in their teens and 20s still pointed at him and laughed with contempt on their faces, Zhang Xuan felt in his heart. Suddenly a sense of sadness came over me.

He suppressed the feeling of sadness in his heart, and Wanyan Zongbi's words came to his ears again.

"Do you know why we are not afraid of you at all?"

(End of this chapter)