Han ride

Chapter 306 Woman
"My lord, Lin Dan Khan's army is stationed at Tumuertai, and their food and grass must be nearby. It is not easy for us to find an opportunity to burn their food and grass!" Zhang Wu said worriedly.

"So what? General Zhang, could it be that you are afraid, but I, Hou Gongji, am not afraid." Hou Gongji said, cupping his hands.He could lose to Li Xin, but among the generals under Li Xin's command, perhaps Yang Xiong, Jiang Yi and others could win his respect, but Zhang Wu, who was the second echelon, did not pay attention to him.

"It's not a question of being afraid or not. It's about cutting off their grain roads with the fastest speed. Winter is approaching, and Lin Danhan will have to retreat for a while on the grain road." Seeing Zhang Wu deflated, Shang Kexi couldn't help but say .

"Lin Danhan is just a toothless tiger. I heard that he is seriously ill, so there are inevitably some loopholes in the arrangement. As long as you find his loopholes, you can attack with all your strength." Surprisingly, the person who spoke this time was not Hou Gongji, and a person hiding in Hou Gongji's guards, his voice is hoarse, and he rides on the horse with his head down, as if he is afraid that anyone will see his true face.

"This brother is very knowledgeable." Li Xin, who had been silent for a long time, glanced at Hou Gongji's guard team, and finally saw the surprise on Hou Gongji's face, and immediately knew that this person might be known by Hou Gongji. Appearing here was beyond Hou Gongji's expectation. He cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what to call this brother? With such a great talent, I'm afraid he is not an ordinary person!"

"I don't dare to do it. I'm just a servant protecting my young master. I can't take it so seriously as Marquis Zheng Bei." The hoarse voice came again, but it was firm, and he didn't seem to be afraid of offending Li Xin at all.

"What a bold tone, to actually talk to Lord Hou like that." Shang Kexi was about to drive his horse forward, ready to see what happened.

"Yuanji, stop." Li Xin frowned, stopped Shang Kexi and said.Although he is not very interested in this person, after all, Hou Gongji is a guest army, and he came to support him. If he did it rashly, it would easily cause the misunderstanding of these guest soldiers. Since the other party is protecting Hou Gongji, as long as he does not treat him Unfavorable, why bother about the origin of the other party?

"Forgive me, Lord Hou, this matter, this matter?" Hou Gong didn't know what to say, so he could only apologize to Li Xin with an embarrassing expression on his face.He looked at the man fiercely, but he didn't know what to say.It's a pity that the man obviously didn't take Hou Gongji seriously, but just looked at Li Xin with provocative eyes.

Li Xin saw all this in his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "It is true that Lin Danhan is a toothless tiger, but after all, this person has 10,000+ troops under his command. If these guys continue to wreak havoc on the grassland, It is the loss of my Yanhuang tribe. Therefore, no matter how difficult it is, we must eliminate the opponent immediately. What's more, we don't necessarily want to raid Lin Danhan's food."

"Who is Zheng Beihou planning to attack?" The man continued to ask in a hoarse voice.

"Tuchetu Khan." Li Xin raised his whip and said, "I heard that Lin Dan Khan was seriously ill, and Chahar Tuxietu Khan was handling matters in Lin Dan Khan's army, and his son Nuoyan was in charge of his camp. , this guy Nuoyan is an arrogant person, he is at odds with his general Zhuote Babatur, and often has conflicts, this is our opportunity."

"I'm afraid you will be disappointed. Although Chahar Tuxietu Khan has some food and grass, even if he burns it, Lin Dan Khan still has a lot of food and grass to support it, and Horqin's food and grass can also support it. Are they right? There will be a shortage of food and grass." The man said disdainfully.His voice was hoarse, and his sneer was particularly harsh.

"Doesn't this gentleman know that there is a saying in this world, that is, don't worry about the few but the uneven?" Li Xin laughed loudly and said, "Once Tuxietu Khan's grain and grass are burned, he can only Going to find Lin Danhan to ask for food and grass, if Lin Danhan has enough food and grass, there is nothing to say, but when we start looting food and grass, Lin Danhan's food and grass supply will definitely be a problem. At that time, Lin Danhan who lacks food and grass will be fair How about distributing your own food and grass? As long as there is a problem between them, the alliance will naturally be broken. No matter how much Tuxietu Khan respects Lin Danhan, his soldiers will not agree. They have to do it for Alive."

"Hmph, sophistry." The man was even more disdainful.But after he uttered a sophistry, he stopped talking and marched with his head down, while Hou Gongji was sweating profusely, looking at the man, he wanted to speak but dared not.But in Li Xin's army, Zhang Wu and Shang Kexi looked at the man with dissatisfied eyes. If Li Xin hadn't stopped him just now, they would have rushed forward to give the man a hard lesson.

In the evening, Li Xin let Zhang Wu and others set up a camp, and inferred the location of Tuxietu Khan's food and grass in the big tent, and waited for the information from the seven great families.

Not far away on one side, it is Hou Gongji's big tent. As the commander of the Ming army, he naturally has his own big tent, but at this time, he is far from scolding Zhang Wu and Shang Kexi. Arrogant, he looked at the man dressed as a soldier in front of him, this man was the one who argued with Li Xin during the day, a trace of worry appeared on Hou Gongji's face.It finally turned into a long sigh.

"What's the matter, I'm here to embarrass you? How about I go back to the Xuan Mansion now." At this time, the man said disdainfully.I saw his voice was like a silver bell, and there was no hoarseness at all during the day.

"Auntie, we are marching and fighting. What are you doing here? If grandfather and father find out about this, my nephew will be in great trouble." Hou Gongji showed a trace of nervousness on his face.

It turned out that the other party was actually a woman, and she was also Hou Gongji's aunt.Hou Shilu's younger sister.It has to be said that the Hou family deserves to be born as a general.Hou Shilu's father was Hou Chengzu, who was the guard of Jinshan in the Ming Dynasty. His sons and brothers, such as Hou Shilu, Hou Shiyin, Hou Zhongxi, and Hou Shiding, all died in the anti-Qing war.They are all loyal men of Ming Dynasty, and even his daughter Hou Rong is also among the heroines. The spear in his hand has defeated countless military men.Seeing Li Xin leading the army to sweep across the grassland this time, she was also worried about her nephew, and because she was bored in the Xuan Mansion, she pretended to be Hou Gongji's personal soldier and mixed in with the team.

"War? With your martial arts skills, are you my opponent?" Hou Rong cast a disdainful glance at Hou Gongji and said.After Hou Gongji heard this, Jun blushed.Hou Rong is right about this point. In terms of martial arts, he is not as good as his aunt.

"That's better than you being here." Hou Gongji thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid it's not safe for you to be a woman here! Master Hou has been fighting here for a long time, and once he finds out that you are here, it might not be too good! "

"If you don't tell me, how would he know? A rebel, it's fine if I don't kill him." Hou Rong said proudly.The Hou family passed on loyalty to the family. Whether it is Hou Shilu and his son, or Hou Rong, a woman who has not left the cabinet, they are all loyal to the Ming Dynasty. People like Hou Rong just can't understand Li Xin, who is rebellious. sign people.

"Auntie, be careful what you say!" Hou Gongji turned pale with fright, and hurriedly stopped him: "Master Hou is now the Marquis of Zhengbei of the imperial court, not rebellious, if this word reaches Lord Hou, you I'm not well."

"What a coward." Hou Rong muttered.However, although she was a bit arrogant, she was also a person who knew how to measure. Li Xin was now the Marquis of Zhengbei, no matter what the world said about him, but the court had not declared him a rebel, then he was the Marquis of Zhengbei.

And in the large tent not far away, Li Xin, Shang Kexi and others were looking at the map, Zhang Wu glanced at Li Xin cautiously, and said, "My lord, is that the guard next to Hou Gongji?"

"Why did a personal guard provoke you?" Li Xin asked without raising his head.

"Hmph, if he offends me, it's fine, but he offends the lord, and the general likes it in his heart." Zhang Wu snorted coldly: "If the lord stops me, I will beat him until his face is full of flowers."

"Master Hou, what Brother Zhang said is true! That kid is really too arrogant. He is so bold in front of the Hou family boy. I don't think he is an ordinary person. At least Hou Gong dare not provoke him. .” Shang Kexi is undoubtedly much clearer than Zhang Wu.

"What do you care about with a woman?" Li Xin threw the whip in his hand aside, glared at the two, and said with some dissatisfaction.

"Woman?" Zhang Wu and Shang Kexi glanced at each other, and finally looked at Li Xin together, obviously not sure why Li Xin said that the other party was actually a woman.

"Although he has a hoarse voice, he is dressed in a black robe and has his head down. He looks the same as the guards around Hou Gongji, but her figure is undoubtedly much smaller. Will the guards look like this?" Li Xin analyzed: "And her hands, although she is covered in black robes, it is not clear whether she is a man or a woman, but the hand holding the horse's rein is as white as white. Yu, do you think that's a man's hand?"

"It's actually a woman, this Hou Gongji actually led a woman to march and fight, this is too much fun!" Shang Kexi said slightly dissatisfied.

"My lord, it's no wonder that the imperial army is defeated by us every time. It turns out that this root is here. It's a joke for the general to bring a woman into battle." Zhang Wu also had a look of disdain on his face.

"You only saw one thing. Who do you think this woman is? I don't think this woman is simple. Not everyone dares to question me, Li Xin." Li Xin shook his head and said.Zhang Wu and Shang were delighted that the two of them remembered that the woman didn't seem to be ridiculing Li Xin just once.It can be seen from this that this woman is either a fool or a powerful character.

"This?" No matter what, Zhang Wu and Shang Kexi still felt a little unwilling.It's just that there is nothing to do in front of Li Xin.

"Pass down my order, all soldiers must wear Mongolian costumes from tomorrow. If we want to attack their grain roads, we must act like that. If there are only mandarin ducks and jackets, we will not be able to deceive the enemy." Li Xin Zhengrong said: "Right now we have entered Tuxietu Khan's territory, this guy is Lin Danhan's loyal loyal figure, these years, Lin Danhan fled in embarrassment after being beaten by Jiannu, but Tuxietu Khan is The soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the soldiers under our command are not necessarily inferior to ours, if we want to sneak attack the opponent, how can we do it without some preparations."

"My lord, it doesn't matter to our soldiers, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for the imperial court team." Zhang Wu said with some embarrassment.The 5000 people led by Li Xin followed Li Xin from south to north and traveled tens of thousands of miles. It can be said that they were extremely loyal. Li Xin would not frown if he asked them to die.But the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were different.

"Then you go and tell Hou Gongji that if you can't handle this matter well, let him know how to announce the government!" Li Xin's face was cold. In his opinion, as long as he wants to win the battle, he doesn't care about his hair. Concerned about the thinking of people in this era, Li Xin even thought about cutting his hair short. Not only does it show a more energetic person, but it is also more convenient when fighting, and the helmet will not be knocked off by the enemy. , with disheveled hair, which is not conducive to fighting.Although the Jiannu looked very cruel and had a money mouse tail, in fact, this was also the experience and lessons their nation learned in the process of survival. Long hair, in the jungle, is not conducive to fighting and surviving, so Only a rat tail was left. As for why it became a big braid, it was because after the slaves captured the Central Plains, their lives were much more comfortable. In addition, they were influenced by the Han family culture in the Central Plains and turned the money rat tail into a big braid. .It has been proved that this kind of big braid is even more unfavorable for fighting.

Hair is a very important thing in this era. The so-called body hair and skin are affected by parents. Once the hair is damaged, it is unfilial.It's no wonder that Cao Cao was able to win the hearts of the army by cutting off his hair back then.Hair has been very important since ancient times.According to Li Xin's speculation, Hou Gongji probably wouldn't make his hair look like a Mongolian.

However, when he got up the next morning, he found that although Hou Gongji's soldiers had not changed into Mongolian costumes, their hair was scattered and wrapped in rags. It looks like a Mongolian.But if you look very close, it is easy to see through.However, Li Xin also knew that it was not easy for these people to achieve this step.

In the crowd, he also saw that Tsundere, who was still dressed in black, and couldn't see clearly what was inside. Li Xin just smiled, no matter who the other party was, as long as he obeyed his orders.If Hou Gongji doesn't cooperate, he doesn't mind teaching him a lesson.

"The army is on the way." Li Xin nodded towards Zhang Wu, who saw Zhang Wu draw out the treasured sword from his waist, and roared loudly.In an instant, ten thousand cavalrymen disappeared on the vast grassland.

Baiying Temple is just a small place, but it is different now. It is responsible for the supply of grain and grass for the Chahar army. The construction of this city has been going back to the Khitan people of the Liao Kingdom. At that time, the Khitan people established their country on the grassland. I also learned from the Central Plains people and built many cities. The Baiying Temple also gradually became a large city from a temple.The Mongols cultivated and thrived here, and following the arrival of the merchants, it became the place where the prairie people traded.It's a pity that all this changed with Lin Dan Khan's army westward. In the Baiying Temple, [-] soldiers were stationed, and all the other herdsmen and businessmen were driven out. There are all Chaha Soldiers of Ertushetu Khan.Stationed at the grain and grass transfer base.

As the guard Dari Hude, he is Tuxietu Khan's most trusted general, and he is extremely brave in combat. However, compared with his own food, he still let his beloved general be stationed here.

"Recently, someone reported that an enemy is harassing our grain road. They attacked our army from time to time, killed many warriors of our tribe, and robbed a lot of grain. So we have to be careful. Here is Most of the food and grass hoarded by the Great Khan cannot be breached by others." Dari Hude said with a glance to the left and right.

"Don't worry, general, there are no other cities besides our Baiying Temple for more than a hundred miles. As soon as an enemy appears, we will find that there are no siege equipment here. It is impossible to break through the Baiying Temple defended by our army." A general said disdainfully.

"General Zhuozhuo is also worried that the enemy will attack our Baiying Temple, and he has ordered the left captain Yeluhan to lead the army to support." Darihude said: "There are a total of 6000 elite wolf cavalry. From now on, our army will escort For grain and grass, the number of people must reach [-]. Only in this way can the grain and grass be safely escorted to the camp."

"Hmph, I didn't expect that there would be someone so daring on the grassland, trying to take our food and grass, they are looking for death." The lieutenant general also said coldly.

"Anyway, be careful to defend. You can't relax because of Yeluhan's arrival." Darihude said coldly: "Recently, the atmosphere in the camp is a bit weird. Sometimes Taiji and General Zhuozhuo will Conflicts arise because of some small things. As Taiji’s confidantes, sometimes we have to fight for him, and we can’t be looked down upon by others.”

"Don't worry, general." The deputy general said quickly.

"Well, let's go down! Guard carefully." Darihude seemed to have thought of something, with a trace of ferocity in his eyes, and said: "I heard that Ming Dynasty people are very cunning, and there are many spies. There are also many spies around this Baiying Temple." Han people, drive them away, no, arrest them all." Dari Hude originally planned to drive them away, but when he thought that there were quite a few businessmen here, these businessmen from the Ming Dynasty were extremely rich .Darihude doesn't like other things, except for good fortune. What he likes most is the exquisite porcelain and gorgeous silk from the Central Plains.It's a pity that the asking price for these things is too high, and even Dari Hude himself didn't buy many. At this time, he finally caught an opportunity, how could he let it go?

(End of this chapter)