Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 313 Cunning
Harlang led [-] soldiers and horses all the way south from Duolun, encountered only a few small stations and villages and towns on the way, and went straight to Anping Hutai after looting.

Looking south from the north of the vast wilderness of Liaodong, the second city of Hutai in Anping is like a gateway blocking the way for the barbarians to go south. If you want to enter Liaodong, you must first open this door. The city to attack is Hutai.

"Wait, can Harlang send troops to attack Anpingwei?" Madam Qian asked the most concerned question for everyone.

"Of course not. He only put a few thousand people outside Anping City, and most of them are here." Mrs. Yang shook her head vigorously. The barbarians clamored to capture Hutai within five days and Anping within ten days to avenge the beheaded pioneers."

Everyone couldn't help laughing loudly. With Mrs. Yang here, even Mrs. Qian and Young Mistress Feng became bold, laughing unsteadily, regardless of their appearance, "It's been two months now!"

"That's not it!" Mrs. Yang laughed, "We thought it was funny when we heard it. Needless to say, Anpingwei is Hutai. Although there are few people in the city, but with our General Tieshi, it's just a dream for them to attack. !"

Everyone laughed at Harlang to their heart's content, and then heard Mrs. Yang talk about how they came here.

"After we avoided Harlan's army, we thought we couldn't hide in the mountains all the time. At that time, we didn't know that General Iron Stone had arrived at Hutai, so we decided to go to Huju Mountain. The road was occupied by barbarians. It took a lot of time to go to Huju Mountain, but I didn't expect to find that many people came there, and the barracks on the mountain were full! It turned out that many station guards in this area admired the reputation of General Tieshi, and planned to do the same as us. There are quite a few of them, and Xu Baihu, who stayed in Huju Mountain, organized the hired workers in the coal mine into an army—they were mostly bandits, and they are not good at fighting."

"In just one month's time, there were five or six thousand people gathered in Huju Mountain, and we found out that General Tieshi was besieged in Hutai, so we discussed with Xu Baihu to come to the rescue," Mrs. Yang looked at Ning Wan, "Xu Baihu only asked us to wait, and only a few days ago, all the troops were sent down the mountain to rescue Hutai County, so I came here."

Ning Wan knew the reason for this.It turned out that Tie Shi had told her that when the barbarians went south, they were in full swing, but Anpingwei didn't dare to fight, which added to their arrogance.The combined strength of Hutai County and Huju Mountain is too small, and I am afraid that they will suffer losses in a head-to-head confrontation, so they can only stand by and wait for reinforcements.But after two months passed, the barbarians' spirits had faded a lot, and they were becoming very restless. At this time, it was time to fight, so Xu Baihu was recruited to lead the troops.

Ning Wan first got the news from Tie Shi, and now she has clarified everything before and after, except for one thing she still doesn't understand, "Why didn't the General Military Mansion send rescuers?"

"Naturally, we also sent people to inquire about the news in the mountains. I heard that the General Military Mansion dispatched most of the soldiers and horses in Liaodong to the capital to help." Mrs. Yang said, "It is also reported that the eldest prince and the second prince joined forces to the capital. Ge also went afterwards, so it seems that the situation in the capital may not be good."

The northern border of this dynasty has nine sides from east to west. Liaodong is the easternmost one, and the other eight sides protect the capital city and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.Now that the capital is under attack, it means that other border towns have been destroyed.

Everyone was very surprised, "So the barbarians went to the capital?"

It's no wonder that the General Army's Mansion can't take care of Hutai anymore.

Mrs. Yang said again: "We also heard that the General Military Mansion sent a military order to Anpingwei to watch each other with Hutai to keep Liaodong safe!"

Regarding the fact that Anpingwei did not come to help, everyone had guessed a lot before, but now that they know the details, they said: "We are still watching each other! Anpingwei must be very happy to see that the barbarians are fighting around the tiger platform. They don't have to meet the enemy." Already!"

Mrs. Yang said: "That's why we don't go to Anping, we must go to Hutai to help General Tieshi!"

Everyone was moved, and Madam Qian said in tears: "Loyalty is manifested in the sky, and this time there is a heroine like Madam Yang. In the future, the adults of our family will definitely present to the emperor the achievements of helping the generals today! I too I want to write a letter to the empress to praise Mrs. Yang as a role model for us girls!"

Mrs. Yang had always been impassioned, but now she was embarrassed by Mrs. Qian's tears, blushing and said, "It's nothing, we should have followed General Tieshi's orders!"

Mrs. Yang Baihu has been in poor health. She was humiliated and angry because of the matter of Miss Yang Er and Xu Qianhu. Today, seeing her eldest daughter and son-in-law returning to Hutai County so heroically, she is very energetic. Immediately changed a lot.She had been sitting on the Kang and listening to her eldest daughter with a smile, and now she said with a smile: "Mrs. Qian, she has won the prize. She has been good at wielding knives since she was a child. She is not decent. As long as everyone doesn't laugh at her."

Young Mistress Feng praised: "Mrs. Yang is so brave and heroic, I am envious and still envious, how dare I laugh!"

Ning Wan also said: "My wife taught my daughters well. There is no daughter in the city who does not love her. Even the men admire her." She was not lying. He respects her very much, and has long forgotten the gossips that were caused by her beating Xu Qianhu.Moreover, many people commented that they should teach their daughters martial arts after seeing her demeanor, including themselves.

When the wine and food were ready, Ning Wan, as the host, poured a full glass of wine and brought it to Mrs. Yang, "Let me toast you first!" Everyone followed suit, and brought vegetables to Mrs. Yang. Madam's bowl was full, "Not only is there no shortage of food in the city, but life is pretty good, but you are suffering outside, so eat more."

After Xu, Chen and others led troops into Hutai City, the already confident Hutai people did not take the barbarians' encirclement seriously.Now there are thousands of people in the main army in the city, and there are thousands of gangsters, hired workers, and common people. With sufficient food and grass, it is no problem to stick to the city.As long as he guards Hutai, Harlan will have no way to go south.

There was a cheerful atmosphere everywhere in the city.

Not long after the light snow, there will be heavy snow. The winter in Liaodong is always a few solar terms in the morning. At this time, there have already been several heavy snowfalls, and this day it snowed heavily again.The momentum of barbarians attacking the city recently is obviously not as violent as before. No troops were sent out in this heavy snow day, so Hutai County has a somewhat leisurely feeling.

Ning's family stewed a large pot of beef with radishes, and the aroma was tangy.It turned out that when the people in the city learned that the Liaodong General Army had led troops to support the capital, they killed the cattle that had been brought to the city one after another. But it consumes a lot of food and grass, so it's better to kill and eat meat now.

Therefore, beef, which is not eaten much on weekdays, has become a common item on the dinner table at home.

Seeing that Tie Shi hadn't come back, Ning Wan stayed on the city wall for longer and longer in recent days, guarding night and night, and only came back to sleep during the day, so she filled a large bowl of beef with a few steamed buns on the wall. In the food box, a cotton pad was wrapped outside and sent to him.

In the freezing weather, there were many soldiers patrolling the city wall. Ning Wan greeted her with a smile and entered the archery tower. She saw Tie Shi standing on the highest stage looking into the distance, so she walked over and stood beside him. Side, "I brought food, you eat first and then look."

Tie Shi had already recognized her voice, so he held her hand and said, "Do you see any changes outside?"

Ning Wan often went up to the city wall, so naturally she would take a look outside.

The heavy snow had already covered up all the sins left by the barbarians, and the outside of the city was a vast expanse of whiteness, but it was very clean. The only difference from before the war was that there were many more tents.These camps were not neatly set up, a dozen or dozens of small tents surrounded a big tent, which should be scattered in small tribes one by one, and a large white tent a few miles away from the north gate belonged to Harlang. Several large flags were erected, surrounded by small tents like stars.

At this time, the twilight was deep, and those tents could only see faint outlines, but the bonfire in front of the tents was shining very brightly.At this time, the benefits of the city can be shown even more. People in Hutai city rest comfortably in warm houses, while the tents made of leather by the Yi people are no match for houses built of bricks and stones. He warmed up by the fire.

People in Hutai County often talked about this, and then proudly added a few words, "Since the Yi people are coming to fight, let them freeze outside the city!" Everyone laughed at each other proudly.

After seeing this kind of scene a lot, Ning Wan didn't care about it. After being reminded by Tie Shi, Ning Wan looked at it carefully and said, "I don't think there is any change!"

"There are fewer fires than there used to be."

Ning Wan remembered one thing, still in her dream, the barbarians once shouted outside the city that Anping City had been broken a month or two after the siege, urging them to surrender.Of course everyone would not believe it, and Tieshi also said that the barbarians were disturbing everyone's minds, but after that, they asked everyone to pour a frozen city wall to protect themselves.So, was Anpingwei actually broken at that time?He knew it a long time ago, but he just kept it from everyone?So she opened her eyes suddenly, "You mean they went to Anpingwei?"

"Not bad!"

"However, they are still attacking the city! Besides, you led troops out of the city to fight against them a few days ago, and Harlan personally raided the formation!" Ning Wan said again: "Also, their tents have not changed. !"

Tieshi said simply: "Only the fires lit at night are less."

Ning Wan knew what he said was right.

The barbarians are vicious and cunning. Harlang knew that Hutai was a tough nut to crack, and reinforcements had entered the city, so he changed his plan and quietly dispatched part of his troops to attack Anpingwei, especially in the city. Showed his face once to confuse everyone.

But Ning Wan didn't worry too much, "We can defend Hutai, and Anpingwei will be fine."

"Everyone thinks so," Tie Shi smiled wryly, "but in fact, there are too many problems in Anping Guard. Very lax...I'm really worried about them."

"Even if that's the case, Mr. Anpingwei can last for half a month, right? It's only been a few days?" Ning Wan said as she forcefully pulled Tie Shi back to the table, "No matter what, it's time to eat well. Eat, you can think about what to do after eating, everything will be in time."

Tie Shi sat down to eat as he said, and suddenly saw a piece of crystal clear beef tendon. Knowing that his wife liked it all the time, he took it to her mouth, "You can go back first, I will take a closer look tonight, and I won't go home .”

Ning Wan ate with a smile, usually when she and Tie Shi were together, she would like you to feed me and I to feed you, but now they rarely have time to eat together alone.However, when the barbarians are defeated, the good times will return!

After Tie Shi finished eating, she put away the food box and told him, "It's very cold at night, you should wear more! Also, I'll bring you food tomorrow morning!"

The family bought a lot of beef. When Ning Wan returned home, she washed the two front tendons and put them in the pot, added water and seasoning, and after boiling, put a piece of coal in the stove. It was warm overnight and also kept the broth in the pot at the slightest simmer.

In the morning of the second day, the beef tendon was marinated until it was soft and delicious. Cut into slices, the tendon and beef interlaced to form a circle pattern, which was beautiful and delicious.Ning Wan mixed the noodles with eggs, rolled them into wide noodles, boiled them, took them out and added sliced ​​beef, garlic sprouts, fungus, mushrooms, and finally poured a spoonful of marinade to make a very delicious bowl Beef Noodles.

Just about to put the beef noodles into the food box, Tie Shi walked in from the outside, "It's very cold today, I'm going home for dinner." He sat down and ate the noodles, and praised his wife again and again, "The hands are skillful, and the thought is good." Coincidentally!"

Ning Wan was still thinking about what happened last night, and after he finished eating, she asked, "Have you thought about it?"

Tie Shi nodded, "Magistrate Qian, Lou You, Xu Cai, Chen Yong, and Mrs. Yang will all come over soon."

Since Tieshi entered Hutai County, he didn't use the official office of Qianhusuo. He was usually on the city wall, and many things were done in the watchtower.But if there is something very important, use Dejufeng's pavement.

De Jufeng has donated all the goods in the shop, and now he only keeps some dried vegetables from the mountains for his own use, so the business has long since stopped. A table and a dozen chairs are enough for Tie Shi to discuss their affairs.

Everyone came while talking.Mrs. Yang is about to pull Ning Wan to sit down together, "Mrs. Lu, come here too, everyone says you know a lot." Ning Wan shirks: "I don't know, and I have to make tea for everyone. Let's make some snacks." After saying that, she went out, she had already guessed what Tie Shi wanted to discuss with everyone.

(End of this chapter)