Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 245 Drive the horse back to your hometown (6)

Han Ningshuang hastily confessed to Wang Xuansu, and Wanyan Meini chirped beside her, "I'm so envious, I really want to lead soldiers and horses to kill the enemy, but my father listened to the nonsense of outsiders, saying that women can't fight. I just don't accept it. Starting from the Nine Heavens Girl, generations of women in the tribe can kill the enemy, and my aunt also has her own Mengan."

Wanyan Meini came alone, but Han Ningshuang brought twenty knight guards, which made her even more envious. Along the way, she kept saying that she wanted to ask her father to be safe, but Han Ningshuang was noncommittal. The two came to a place without saying a word. Next to the camp tent.The center tent is only slightly larger than the Jurchen tent next to it.The familiar scent of freshly peeled birch bark made Han Ningshuang feel her nose sore. She held back tears and asked the guards to wait outside. She and Wanyan Meini stooped into the tent.

Under the light 'shooting' from the top of the tent.Wu Yaren sat on a piece of deerskin, with needles and threads, fish skin, hoops, knives, pearls and other things spread out in front of her.She looked up, her hair used to be as black as black silk, but now it is haggard and gray, but there are still jade-colored seashells tied into the braids, her face is full of deep and fine wrinkles, more It seemed that the eye sockets were sunken, and the eyes that used to shine like stars in the sky were now cloudy.She used to shine like a crescent moon, she was the most beautiful woman in the tribe, Wanyan Aguda's only younger sister, and Wanyan Mini's aunt Wu Yaren.

"Mini, my good daughter." Wu Yaren put down the things in her hands and stood up, tears streaming down from the corners of her eyes.Han Ningshuang and Wanyan Meini hurried over to support her, seeing her sad, Wanyan Meini pursed her lips on purpose and said, "Auntie, which Minnie are you talking about?" Han Ningshuang's eyes were slightly red, and she choked up and said, "Mother Minnie. "

When hiding in the Wanyan tribe, Han Ningshuang and Wanyan Meini had the same name, and outsiders always confused the two girls.This is the old wisdom of the rest of the Han family following Cheng Ying, a disciple of the Zhao family, and deliberately did it to prevent the Liao court from finding out Han Ningshuang's whereabouts.In the original tribes, women were no different from men except after giving birth. All tribes were unwilling to marry women off for nothing, and they could not marry people with the same surname, so there were some women in the tribe who brought their children alone.Wanyan Wu Yaren has been 'shooting' arrows and fighting with her brothers since she was a little girl. She is neither married nor has children.After Han Ningshuang's mother passed away, Han Ningshuang and Wanyan Mini who were fostered in the Wanyan tribe were like her two children. The tribe called Wanyan Wu Yaren "Mini's mother".

"Mini, I'm making clothes for you." Wanyan Wuya pointed to the half-made clothes in front of her.This is a long dress with a tight waist. A few precious round colored pearls have been sewn on the neckline and cuffs. The back of the robe is embroidered with patterns of phoenix and cloud patterns that Han people like.Wanyan Mei Ni said angrily: "Auntie, I am Mini." Looking at those rare pearls, her eyes sparkled, she shook Wu Yaren's hand and said, "I am, I am." Yan Wuya forbearance only looked at Han Ningshuang's hand, seemingly ignoring her completely, Wanyan Meini changed her words again: "I won't fight with Ningshuang, you can also make me a dress, good aunt, aunt" Milk'."

Wanyan Wuya looked at her helplessly, then looked at Ningshuang, and said, "There is nothing to argue about. Wushu is going to propose marriage to Minnie, and I will make her a beautiful dress so she can marry her." Ah." Wanyan Meini had a flash of joy in her eyes, and said with a smile, "Really, is Ningshuang going to be my sister-in-law?" She shook her head, wondering: "But she is a sister of the clan, How can you marry the fourth brother." "Ningshuang's surname is Han, isn't it?" Wanyan Wuya held back a smile, bent two fingers and tapped Wanyan Meini's forehead and said, "I want your fourth brother to hear He will marry you to the wild Jurchen tribe in the north of the river."

Wanyan Meini twitched her eyebrows, and said in disbelief, "If he dares to do this, I will fight him with a knife." She grabbed Han Ningshuang's shoulders with both hands, and said with a smile: "Ningshuang, Wushu is the worst, so don't you Promise him, at least..." She frowned and thought for a while, "Let him exchange five hundred horses and another five hundred cows."

Han Ningshuang pushed her, and said angrily: "You just traded cows for horses, I won't agree to Wushu, are you satisfied, Minnie?" After she finished speaking, she glanced at Wu Yaren, but her eyes were extremely serious.Wanyan Wuya sighed inwardly, and didn't try to persuade her any more. She lowered her head and picked up her needle and thread, humming an old song handed down from generation to generation, while continuing to sew the fish skin dress in her hand.With the trade between the Jurchen tribe and the south, many nobles are used to wearing cloth and silk, while poor families often do not have such exquisite sewing methods and materials. That's why Wanyan Meini coveted the clothes she made for Han Ningshuang.

The two girls laughed for a while, lowered their heads to pick up the things, hummed along, and helped Wan Yan Wu Yaren.It's just that both of them are absent-minded. This unique sewing skill of the Wanyan tribe may be lost in the future.

"Mother Minnie, in a few days, I'm leaving here, and I'm going to fight the Khitans for my people."

"My Minnie has grown up..." "Good aunt, I am Minnie." Youyou's singing came out, and the soldiers belonging to Wanyan Wu Yaren carefully guarded the outside of the tent.Except for the tents of more than a hundred cavalry golden soldiers around here, Wu Yaren's Meng'an stayed in Ningjiang Prefecture, guarding the large warehouse for the tribe to store grain and grass.

In the emperor's village not far from here, Wanyan Zongbi said with a full face of resentment: "Why can't Ningshuang stay, she is the leader of the Han army, as long as she stays, the Han army will either obey our orders, or there will be no leader, father Emperor, I am not just for myself."

Seeing his son spread his hands openly, Wanyan Agu smiled and said: "Ningshuang is a good girl, I have already asked your aunt to persuade her." A complicated expression flashed in his eyes. She changed his tone, and said, "But if she doesn't want to, we can't force her to stay. It didn't work in the past, and it won't work in the future." His tone was extremely affirmative.

Wanyan Zongbi's chest rushed to the top of his head, and he asked loudly, "Why not?"

"Because we have to keep our promises." Wanyan Agu said in a deep voice with his face darkened.

"But we haven't signed the covenant with the Han army yet." Wanyan Zongbi said in a deep voice, "Keeping Ningshuang is not considered a breach of trust. She is the leader of the Han people. If she is in our hands, the Han people in Liaodong will submit to us." of."

"It's not the same thing." Wanyan Aguda's voice was a little low, "If Ningshuang was the leader of the Han people, she would keep her word. Ningshuang will not be our enemy. Our common enemy is the Khitan people." Because of his old age, he closed his eyes a little tiredly, obviously unwilling to discuss this matter again.His father's stubbornness and his strategy are equally well-known in Wanyan tribe, although Wanyan Zongbi's face was ugly, he still had no choice but to turn around and back out.

In Zhao Xingde's camp, Du Chuanjiao Bing said: "General Zhao, Miss Han sent someone to inform that everyone is going to pack up. Maybe the alliance agreement between the Han army and the Kingdom of Jin has been negotiated in the past few days, and we will return to the village."

"Understood." Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice, looking at the map absently.Han Ningshuang and the Han army who regard her as the leader are really not easy to save fuel.The original idea of ​​the Huguo Mansion was to help the Han army and at the same time lay a nail in Liaodong that truly belonged to the Xia Kingdom.Now it seems that the Fenghuang Mountain where Xia Jun was arranged happened to be in the middle of the Han army, slightly to the north. There will be Han troops stationed on the east, west, and south sides of the team. If you want to develop power, you can only fight recklessly with the Jurchens or Liao people in the north, or contact the Japanese army.To get supplies and reinforcements from the sea to the south, you have to pass through the defense lines of other Han troops.

"Without depth, even if the artillery arrives, it will be difficult to do anything." Zhao Xingde said to himself, "Unexpectedly, I offered a plan to coerce the people, and the Han army coerced our army in again." *** Xia If the army does not want to challenge the Liao army or the Jin soldiers alone, it can only fight with the Han army.It's okay to hide in the Sanyin Village and farm the fields, so what is Chengying Ying doing in Liaodong?As a hostage?Zhao Xingde let out a deep sigh of suffocation in his chest, unfolded a blank sheet of paper, and began to write some observation reports on the Han army as part of Chengying Battalion's military affairs.

In the past ten days, although the Han army deliberately displayed its strength, Zhao Xingde felt that both the Huguofu and the Military Intelligence Department underestimated the strength of the Han army and their ambitions.Han Ningshuang said that the Han army had no more than [-] soldiers capable of fighting, and the others were selected from among the common people, but who knows?The Han army was able to forcibly reorganize the stragglers all over Liaodong, at least not the kind of mob that was originally imagined.Zhao Xingde has seen it in the previous battles. These Han troops are at least less afraid of death than the Song army. If they have better armor and weapons than now, and proper training, they will show people in battle. Astonishing potential. "But who are they going to fight for?"

Zhao Xingde rolled up the map, groaned and walked out of the tent, squinting his eyes to observe the surrounding Han troops.Most of the Han soldiers knew this General Zhao from Xia Guolai. Those with high ranks bowed their hands to him, and those with low ranks also expressed considerable respect.From the appearance alone, most of the Han people in Liaodong are very different from the Hu people. Those who meticulously kept the hair bun and clothes of the Central Plains like Dr. Xia are one of the few.Not far away, two Han soldiers were wrestling. Because they were bored, many people formed a circle and bet on them. "He's a 'grandmother', he's in danger for wealth!" Someone cursed.

Zhao Xingde was in a daze when suddenly Han Ningshuang's voice came from behind him: "General Zhao, why don't you make a bet?"