Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 137
The subordinates looked at the southern city gate, which was about to be climbed by the enemy, with the flames shining in the sky, all blood was gone on their faces.

Feng Jiangyi said, "The method in Erniang's mind, plus my formation, let's try to see if it can scare the enemy away!"

"Ah..." Several people looked at Ma Min'er together, "Er Niang, what can you do?"

"Scatter the soybeans."

"..." Everyone was puzzled.

Fu Xiaoyou suddenly realized, "To deal with five thousand cavalry?"

"Correct."

"Then let's do it quickly." Fu Xiaoyou was interested in this, and he wished he could drive away the enemy now so that he could find his grandfather.

"Let's go, let's go to Li Tingzhang." Feng Jiangyi's expression has never been so serious.

After a while, a group of people found Li Tingzhang, who was surrounded by people, "Tingzhang, our Sannizi is still in town, please help me!"

"Ting Zhang, my family also has relatives in the town, can you send someone to rescue them..."

……

When Shen Houer saw Ma Miner and his party, he quickly jumped down from the top of the tree, "Master Jiang, Ma Erniang, where are you hiding?"

"Uncle Shen, you can't climb high, be careful not to be discovered by the Turks."

Shen Hou'er smiled embarrassedly, "I just want to see the situation in the town."

"Can you see it?" Ma Miner asked.

"I only see the torch which looks like a long dragon, but I can't see anything else." Shen Hou'er replied.

"Master Jiang, there are many enemies."

Feng Jiangyi nodded, looked at the besieged Li Tingchang, "Go and call someone."

"Okay." Shopkeeper Peng went to call for someone.

Li Xunting saw his former classmate Ma Yichu approaching, "Ma Dalang, where are you from?"

"The valley behind."

"I heard from my grandfather that you bought a small hill in Xiaoniu Mountain a long time ago. Is it over there?" Li Xunting pointed to the north.

Ma Yichu didn't answer directly to the place where the food was stored in the house, "How about your side where you live in the valley behind? Will the enemy find it?"

Li Xunting replied: "Fortunately, a few enemy troops chased us last night, and later found that the mountain road is not good and turned around."

"So that's how it is." Ma Dalang looked at his sister, implying that this place is also very dangerous!
Yes, the enemy is now mainly attacking the county seat. Once they have the energy, they will inevitably attack the mountains. What should we do!Ma Min'er now especially wants to know how many enemies there are in Pingding area, and how many troops are there in the county, can they be driven away?
Shopkeeper Peng pulled Tingchang Li from the crowd to Master Jiang, "Master, the pavilion chief is here."

"Master Jiang." Li Tingchang cupped his hands, and was very polite to Feng Jiangyi. He once asked him to plan his grandson's future, but was turned back by his saying that the time was not up.

"Li Tingchang, seeing that the enemy is going to break through Pingding, do you have any ideas?" Feng Jiangyi asked directly.

"Ah... to attack...to break through..." Li Tingchang staggered two steps in fright, "Why...how did this happen?" After finishing speaking, he looked down the mountain.

Ma Dalang said: "Ting Zhang, our family has gone outside to investigate, and Pingding is now in danger and needs support."

"Support... support, and there is no army in the yamen, how can we support?"

"There must be dozens of yamen."

"He...what can they do?"

"It's better than ordinary people." Ma Dalang said seriously.

The Ma family is now a wealthy gentry in Yunshui. If there is any fund-raising in the town, they have to ask them to come forward. Li Tingchang now dare not offend them directly, and said haha: "Then you...ask Du Butou, if he Willing to bring people to support, I... I have no objection."

Du Yingxiong was on the side, jumping three times, "Isn't this asking me to court death?"

"Don't worry, even if you die, I will die before you." Ma Min'er found that these people had no sense of ruining the city and destroying the people, so she hurriedly said harsh words.

"What do you mean, you are going to die with us?"

"Yes, that's right." Ma Min'er replied with narrowed eyes.

"How to die, go now?"

"Yes." Ma Min'er said: "Du Butou, please don't kill them one by one. I still want to do it, Mrs. General?"

"..." Du Yingxiong was gagged by Ma Miner.

"Du Butou, don't worry, I'll walk ahead of you, you just follow me."

Du Yingxiong knew that Ma Erniang was capable, and he also knew that she was the little general's daughter-in-law. Seeing that she was always going to support her as a young lady, he was curious, "How do you support?"

Ma Min'er asked urgently, "Would you dare to follow us first?"

"You are a little lady who dares, but I, Du Yingxiong, have nothing to dare."

"Okay, real man, I like to hear such words." Ma Min'er said with a smile.

Originally, it was good to say that Ma Dalang spoke all these scenes, but he couldn't bear it without saying a few words. It was his sister who controlled the scene. He really... sighed and sighed, when will he have a sister like this Courage!

Feng Jiangyi stood on the side, with a calm face, looking at Ma Min'er kindly all the time, seeing that she not only got rid of dozens of people in the government office, but also brought two or three hundred young men who dared to do it, and looked towards Pingding County , stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and squinted his eyes, as if there was a smile on his face.

In Pingding County, the enemy has already shot into the torches on the street, and one can be attacked by the enemy with a good eye.

General Wang, the guard at the south gate, was so anxious that his eyes were red. Seeing the general running towards the east gate, he yelled and scolded his mother, "Damn it, I commanded it myself!"

"General, hurry up, the people above the city gate can't stand it anymore, they were killed several times, and no one dares to go up if they don't think about it."

"Damn, I'll do it myself, and you kid, hurry up to the nearby place where Yexiang is poured, push all Yexiang over, pour Yexiang, and feed Yexiang on the arrow to soak in the poisonous gas."

"All right, General!"

The scolding General Wang didn't expect any great generals anymore, he pulled up the rocket and shot towards the city gate, "I want to kill you all, kill you all..."

At the gate of the east city, Xia Zetao did not expect that the enemy had already started bombarding the city gate with thick logs. The buzzing sound made people's scalp numb, and he shouted at the dozens of guards around him, "Hurry up and shoot me rockets. "

Dozens of soldiers hastily climbed up to the battlements and pushed away the dead comrades, took their bows and arrows and continued to kill the enemy.

"Kill..."

"Fight it..."

……

The Turkic people holding logs at the gate of the city were hit by rockets one after another, and the logs rolled down to the ground again. Xia Zetao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it, and another hundred people from the enemy stepped forward to carry the logs. You are fighting!
Ma Dalang followed Feng Jiangyi, the first time he came into contact with the formation, he was amazed by the wonderful formation, it was incredible, amazing, he didn't expect that a few simple trip ropes would have so much knowledge.

"Don't be in a daze!" Feng Jiangyi reminded.

"Yes, Master," Ma Dalang was extremely embarrassed, and quickly concentrated on doing things, knotting ropes or making nets, or tying ropes with a hundred young people, and digging traps after they were done.

While guiding, Feng Jiangyi explained to Ma Dalang: "This is the Gen [gèn] (mountain) position in the Eight Diagrams, which corresponds to our Xiaoniu Mountain..."

Ma Dalang listened very carefully. Apart from reading the books of the sages, he rarely came into contact with the Book of Changes.

Ma Min'er led hundreds of people carrying soybean bags and ran all the way to the outside of Pingding County, followed by Feng Jiangyi, who was setting up a formation with his hands.Why are there so many soybeans?Everyone forgets that she has a tofu shop, and when she stores grain, she also has soybeans.

In the Little General’s Mansion in Pingding County, Mrs. Xia’s eardrums ached from the shouts outside the city, “Qiuqin—”

"Madam, the servant is—"

"Let the steward call all the guards inside and outside the general's mansion."

"Yes, old lady."

It hasn't been like this for many years. The war is tense and the old lady needs to go out in person. The old lady quickly found the housekeeper, "Hurry up and call all the guards over."

"Oh, little one knows."

Half a quarter of an hour later, more than 100 guards inside and outside the mansion stood in front of the old lady, "Wait a minute, follow me, and do whatever I ask you to do."

"Yes, old lady."

Another quarter of an hour later, Mrs. Ma found the county magistrate Mo Huaien, "Let's send out all the yamen."

"Yes, old lady, all of them have been dispatched to defend the city."

Mrs. Xia nodded, "Now, you and I organize the strong men in the city and let them guard the city together."

"old……"

"Don't think my words are useless, this is also a military order."

"Yes, old lady, I understand."

The house suddenly became quiet, and Zhao Suxin, the wife of the general who was sleeping on the threshold, seemed to feel it. She woke up from her exhausted sleep, stretched out her hand to push the door, and found that the door was still locked. What's going on?"

Shuanglian, the girl guarding the door, saw that the mansion was empty, and was nervous. Hearing Madam's cry, she quickly replied: "Madam, the enemy is very fierce. I'm afraid they are going to break through the city gate."

"What, breaking the city gate?" Zhao Suxin felt struck by lightning, "No, no, my Zening is still outside, what should he do, what should he do?"

"Ma'am, the general is a general, he must be fine."

"No, no, what's the use of a general, why don't you leave me for ten years, Shuanglian, you open the door, I'm going to find Zening."

"Ma'am, it's dangerous outside."

"Without him, what's the point of my life?"

"Madam, the old lady won't let you go out."

"Are you my girl, or her girl, let me out quickly, let me out..." Zhao Suxin knocked on the door vigorously.

Ma Min'er carried [-] to [-] catties of soybeans in front of her, and lay down in the field outside the city. This used to be a large wheat field, but now it has been trampled clean and turned into a battlefield. Looking over, she could see enemies climbing up the top of the city wall. Some were knocked down by the soldiers defending the city, and some escaped, and they climbed the city.

Feeling sweat all over his back, Du Yingxiong quietly asked, "When are we going to scatter the beans?"

"Wait for Master Jiang to signal."

I don't know why the waiting time for the signal was so hard, it seemed like a century had passed, and when Ma Min'er couldn't help but want to turn back to Mrs. Jiang, the signal was finally sent.

The flames shot up into the sky, not only shocked Ma Miner and others, but also made the siege enemies turn their heads. Could it be that reinforcements are coming, but Xia Shiyong went west to Liangzhou, why did he suddenly turn back?

When General Wang, who was already injured at the city gate, was about to lose his hold, he suddenly saw the signal, and his spirits lifted, "Look, everyone, it's the old general. The old general has returned. Hurry up and kill everyone?"

Xia Zetao, who was about to lose hope at the Dongcheng Gate and was about to fight the enemy to the death, also saw the signal in the air, and was so happy that he almost shed tears, "Ignoring the injured left arm, I drew the bow and shot the rocket again."

Outside the city of Pingding, under Feng Jiangyi's instruction, hundreds of strong men lined up in a long line, swaying torches, making the sound of trampling horses, and the front row of government servants shot arrows in their hands.

Although the arrows are not as good as the rain, they are also dense. Some of the yamen in the Yunshui Yamen are retired veterans from the army, so they are still somewhat accurate.

Feng Jiangyi and Ma Dalang looked nervously at the soldiers lined up outside the city, expecting them to turn around, not all of them, even some of them, it could be regarded as lightening the burden on Pingding County.

While expecting, the young and strong men were ready to run for their lives at any time, and the excitement in their nervousness made them forget their fear.

The enemy general rushed to the side of the official road and looked at the torch of the long dragon. There were horseshoes whistling in his ears. Could it be that old man Xia really turned his head and suddenly raised his knife, "Kill over..."

Mother, God, here it comes, the enemy is coming.Ma Min'er got up abruptly and sprinkled the beans, then turned around and ran towards Xiaoniu Mountain. Du Yingxiong and others followed suit.

All of a sudden, they heard the chaotic voices of the enemies, some fell horses, some didn't fall, but their formation was already disordered, they rushed forward, and soon entered Feng Jiangyi's maze circle.

Taking advantage of the enemy's chaos, Fu Xiaoyou and Shan Xiaoshan stood straight for the east city gate in the dark. Fu Xiaoyou stood guard, and Shan Xiaoshan quickly climbed to the top of the city with his climbing skills, shouting: "General! , open the city gate to attack the enemy, open the city gate to attack the enemy..."

A soldier heard Shan Xiaoshan's cry and rushed over to confirm whether it was an enemy or a friend, but he didn't recognize him. From the clothes, he could tell that it was a Pingding man, "Who are you?"

"I'm the helper of Ma'er's mother's family."

Isn't Ma Erniang the little general's fiancée?The soldiers hurriedly pulled him up and brought him to the general, "General, the servant of Ma'er's family..."

Xia Zetao was puzzled when he heard Ma Erniang, "Didn't it be my father's signal?"

Shan Xiaoshan replied, "General, it's Master Jiang..."

"It turns out that the young master solved the difficulties in Pingcheng!" Xia Zetao hurriedly straightened his helmet, waved his army and shouted, "All people and horses should unite quickly, all people and horses should unite quickly..."

……

The battle between the Xia family army and the Turks was small in scale, but it was extremely fierce. General Xia left [-] elite soldiers, and the Turks brought [-] elite cavalry. Pingding County was almost captured by the Turks. The situation turned around. When Xia Zetao led his troops out of the city, the sky was already slightly bright. He hadn't led troops for ten years, and he was a little unfamiliar. The battle lasted for two days and two nights, and with the help of the people of Yunshui Town, it finally ended in victory.

"Thank you, Master." Xia Zetao, who hadn't shaved for a few days, was stubbled all over his face, and he cupped his hands, his voice hoarse, and he could hardly make a sound.

Even though he hadn't slept for three days, Feng Jiangyi was still calm and full of energy, and smiled slightly, "There are very few people in this world who can make me do it."

"Master..." Xia Zetao looked at the emperor excitedly.

Feng Jiangyi smiled lightly: "Thank you for your future daughter-in-law."

"Ma Er Niang?"

"Hmm." Feng Jiangyi said, "It was her preparedness and positive spirit that moved me, allowing me to lay out the formation and help you beat the Turks away."

Xia Zetao turned his head to look at the crowd.

"Don't look for her, she was so sleepy that she fell asleep lying on the donkey's back." Feng Jiangyi showed a kind smile.

Xia Zetao was gratified, "It is enough for my son to have this daughter-in-law."

Feng Jiangyi sighed, "There are a lot of things to do after the war, General Xia, hurry up and get busy!"

Xia Zetao cupped his hands again: "Master is a great kindness, Zetao will never forget it."

Feng Jiangyi waved his hand, "Go to work."

Xia Zetao pulled the reins and ran all the way towards the city gate. The first thing he had to do was to clean up the battlefield, clean up his soldiers, and bury the enemy's corpses to stabilize people's hearts.

On the main street of Pingding County, Shuanglian kept shouting: "Madam..."

Mrs. Xia and Mr. Mo took turns to rest, and when they heard that their son had already driven off the enemy, they happily ordered the women in Pingding County to prepare dinner for the returning army.

As soon as the women were assembled, they heard Shuanglian calling on the street, and the old nurse Qiuqin pointed at her and said, "Old madam, she is the maid next to madam."

"I know." The old lady pretended she didn't hear or see, and still directed the woman to cook.

Xia Zetao rode his horse into the city, and saw his mother directing the woman to cook on the ground at the gate of the east city, so he dismounted quickly, "Mother, thank you for your hard work!"

Mrs. Xia shook her head, "Many years ago, when your father defended the city and fought in battle, I did the same to solve his worries."

"Mother..." Xia Zetao understood the meaning of her mother's words. Her wife could do nothing but recite poems and fight against each other. "I'm sorry!"

Mrs. Xia kept a straight face and said nothing. In fact, she really wanted to say something about her daughter-in-law in front of her son, but seeing the dusty son restrained herself, "Tao'er, come here, drink a cup of hot water to warm your belly."

Xia Zetao had just received the boiling water bowl when Shuang Lian ran over, "General, General, Madam is missing. I searched all day and all night but couldn't find it."

"What?" Xia Zetao was so panicked that the water in the bowl was spilled, "Suxin, Suxin..." He ran to find someone!

Shuang Lian didn't dare to look at the old lady, she shrank her head and ran away with the general, "General, madam got separated from me in a certain alley..."

……

The old mother saw that the old lady looked like she wanted to cry and laugh, and said distressedly: "Old lady, she is blessed to marry the general."

The old lady took a deep breath, "I'm not angry, I'm not angry, really, Qiuqin, I'm not angry." She took a breath and shouted, "Lord Mo..."

"The officer is—"

"Pingding County, you are more familiar than Tao'er, all three religions and nine streams are mobilized to find your wife, 1000 taels."

"Yes, old lady."

When Liu heard the 1000 taels, his eyes glowed, and he moved his fat body to find his younger brother Liu Yang.

"What, found 1000 taels?"

"Yeah, I got rich." Liu yelled happily, "Hurry up and mobilize your rogues, and hurry up and find someone before your brother-in-law."

"Okay, sister, you wait."

The people in Yunshui Town finally returned to their homes, but the home at this moment is still the original home, full of sores and horrific sights. Seeing this, the family conditions are average and they sit down on the ground, "God, what is this?" How can I fix it, build a house and build a house, my money!"

The families of those who did not escape and were killed by the enemy, some of which were extinct, and some of which were only orphans and widows, stood at the intersection with dull expressions, watching the fleeing people come back unscathed except for exhaustion, and suddenly mourned, and the appearance of silent tears made people feel sad. Can't bear to look at it.

Old man Hu shook his head, and murmured, "I told you that there are natural and man-made disasters, and you are told to avoid them, but you just refuse to avoid... Who is to blame..." His son covered his mouth in fright when he heard what he said.

The orphans and widows whose families were ruined suddenly looked at the whispering old man Hu, "Is that Fuwa?"

"Then..." Old man Hu was about to speak, but was dragged away by his son, who laughed with him and said, "Auntie Tie, when the people in Chuanling County were fleeing to the east, Mr. Li Ting asked everyone to flee to the east at a dangerous time." There are no Fuwa in Xiaoniu Mountain, we only know about it after seeing people from Chuanling County escape."

The stunned crowd looked towards the countryside, and they ran towards the countryside.

Old man Hu was puzzled, "Why are they going?"

"Father, you have caused trouble for Ma Erniang."

"What... what's the trouble?" Father Hu was very puzzled.

Ma Chengzu's family stood in the crowd, watching these ruined people running towards Xiaowang Village, Ma Qimeng was puzzled, "Father, why are they going?"

"Hmph..." Ma Chengzu sneered, "I want to see how she, who is self-righteous, handles these things." After speaking, he followed behind those people regardless of his tired body.

"Mother, what is father doing?" Ma Qimeng was still puzzled.

Madam Ma shook her head and sighed, "Let's go, let's go home!"

"Mother, what does this mean?"

No one answered Mazimon's words.

Xiaowang Village, Ma’s yard, it took only three or four days before and after. The inside and outside of Ma’s yard was as if it had been deserted for three or four years. It was in dilapidated condition. Some walls were not bad, but the fences, gardens, and wooden structures were ruined. It's a mess.

The old man Fu had already drilled out of the cellar, and when he saw his master come back, he shouted happily, "They didn't find the cellar, everything is fine."

"Father..." Ma Min'er and the others laughed at his words in their sadness.

"That's good, that's good." Ma Qifeng looked at the yard as he walked, thinking about how to repair it.

"Father, wait until you've had a rest before getting back together."

"I can't even put the feet in." Shi Chunyue put the child on the ground, and began to put it together. Throw away what needs to be thrown away, and straighten everything. "I'll tidy it up first, so I can find someone to fix it."

Ma Min'er took her hand, "First cook the fire, eat and sleep well, and then do these things."

"Can……"

"Listen to me, Aunt Niu!" Ma Min'er refused to let her, mainly because she had no idea whether the enemy would return the carbine, so she might as well rest first, and if the enemy came, she could escape for her life.

Seeing that Erniang refused to let her do it, Shi Chunyue had to stop, "Then... I'll go make a fire and cook."

"Go!" Several days of nervous escape made people sleepy and tired. Ma Min'er opened her mouth and yawned. Before she finished her yawn, there was a loud noise at the gate of the yard.

"Where is Ma Erniang?"

"Ma Erniang, come out!"

……

The voices rose and fell, as if Ma Min'er was a creditor, as if she owed hard-earned money to many people, and they came to ask for it.

The Ma family walked outside the door suspiciously. As soon as Ma Min'er stepped out of the threshold, someone rushed up and didn't know whether to beat or scratch her. Anyway, it just made people feel uncomfortable.

No one expected this to happen. Fortunately, Ma Min'er had the skills to jump away, and then Niu Dabao and others stepped forward to stop the angry crowd.

"What are you doing?"

"What are you doing, ask Ma Erniang!"

"Ask me...Ask me what?" Ma Min'er felt extremely puzzled.

Someone stretched out his hand and pointed at her viciously: "Why didn't you tell us that there was going to be a catastrophe, why didn't you force us to run for our lives?"

Someone agreed: "Yes, you are a Fuwa, why didn't you tell us for sure that staying in the town is dangerous and our family will suffer?"

"Why don't you tell me?"

"What is your intention to make us orphans and widows?"

……

A sentence of questioning made the Ma family tremble with horror, "What is the reason for this? We saw that the next county was fleeing, and we were fleeing to Xiaoniu Mountain. How did it become what we should do for you? We are neither officials nor Li Zheng. , why force you, it doesn’t make sense!” Ma Dalang retorted.

"She is a Fuwa, she can predict natural and man-made disasters, why won't she tell us that we can't stay at home?" Everyone pointed at Ma Min'er and shouted excitedly.

"I..." Fuck it, these people are crazy, they have suffered disasters, they have suffered disasters, why should they let themselves pay the bill, besides, on the one hand, Li Tingchang has already publicized it, on the other hand, old man Hu has long been superstitious Talking in the town, you are reluctant to leave your home, who is to blame?Ma Min'er really wanted to kill someone with a knife.

Feng Jiangyi shook his head and stood behind the crowd. This is the dark side of human nature. When a group of people are in trouble, no one will complain, and they will even encourage and support each other to get out of the predicament together. Some people choose to be lucky, and if they get lucky, they will gloat and laugh at the escaped person; if the escaped person successfully avoids the disaster, then the victim will impose his loss and disaster on others, such as Ma Miner now .

Those who lost their homes and mouths were so emotional that they seemed to burst out at once. If they were not handled properly, the Ma family would be in serious trouble.

Father Shi slapped his thigh when he heard his grandson come back and said such a thing, "Mother, I almost didn't believe that the old general couldn't defend the city, but the old general wasn't in the city at all. Who is to blame for that?"

"You, don't slap your thighs here, and take the folks to drive away these unreasonable things."

"Understood, I'll go right away."

……

In the capital city, the spring rain was endless. Xia Zhen's illness was not due to the rain, and she did not go out for the expedition. She recovered a little in the camp, but she didn't have a fever, but she was listless and coughed.

"Little general, little general..." Zhuang Hao excitedly ran in from the outside, bringing rainwater all over his body.

Xia Zhen raised her head, rubbed her temples, and waited for the other party to speak.

"Little general, good news."

"What kind of good news, let's hear it quickly." Xia Zhen rubbed her temples with her hand, and instantly felt her headache go away.

"The general relieved the siege of Pingding."

"Great." Xia Zhen stood up excitedly, "Is there any news about Er Niang?"

"The general sent a letter saying that Erniang Ma is the first person who can break the siege this time."

"Ah, what did she do?" Xia Zhen's eyes sparkled.

"The general said that under the influence of her positive attitude, Feng Jiangyi participated in the battle to solve the difficulties."

"Let me just say, it turns out to be like this, it's great, it's wonderful." Xia Zhen walked around happily on the spot a few times, and suddenly asked, "Is there any other good news?"

(End of this chapter)