Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

278 The Finale 2
Mr. Tian is currently guarding Liangzhou City, so Zhao Suxin called him an adult. He knows what kind of person his wife is. If she doesn't tell a specific date, she will not give up. She will even find a guard station, in order to avoid trouble , he said an approximate date: "Ten more days."

"Wouldn't it be that you can't come back for the New Year?" His eyes were full of disappointment, and his face was full of melancholy.

Mr. Tian nodded, "There are hundreds of thousands of foreign enemies outside the city, so there is nothing we can do about it."

"Why... how could this happen..." Zhao Suxin was anxiously thinking.

Mr. Tian took advantage of her thoughts and slipped away. When he returned home, he opened his mouth and asked his old wife, "How is Xian'er?"

"No fever, much better." Mrs. Tian reached out to untie her husband's cloak, but he stopped her, "I'm going to the finger shop soon, so I'll come and see Xian'er. I'm relieved that she's fine."

Mrs. Tian's face was unwavering, "I really don't understand, how can there be a woman who is such a mother, and she doesn't even know that she has a fever with her child. If it weren't for us, this child would almost have a fever..."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Mrs. Tian also knew that this was not a good thing to say, but the fact was like this, her complexion was not good, and she wanted to beat someone up.

"You take Xian'er well, the big and small generals will be back, and then just take Xian'er to Erniang."

"My God, who's daughter-in-law takes sister-in-law?" Mrs. Tian cried out in surprise.

"Did you bring it?"

"I..." Mrs. Tian said angrily, "If it wasn't for the general's daughter, I would have come to feed it myself, but it's a pity that it's not my turn."

"It's good to know, treat Xian'er well."

"Well, I see, you should hurry up and get busy." Mrs. Tian waved her hand impatiently, telling him to go on his own.

-

It was extremely difficult to escape from the hands of human traffickers, and he brought a six-year-old boy, Gu Deshui (the Gu family who dug wells and produced blueprints mentioned in the previous article, once took in Huang Junyao, the prefect, and now works as a water manager in the yamen. Official.) After leaving the office, on the way home, he saw an old woman lying on the ground and a little boy fainting from hunger, so he reached out to help and took them back home.

After resting for three days and eating a full meal for three days, the old lady finally became clearer. Old Madam Gu asked her about her family background kindly and gently, and only when she asked clearly could she help.

"Big sister, please don't be offended. I don't want to ask you for food money, but I just want to help you find your family!"

"Family?" Probably because of starvation, sleeping in the open, homeless, the old woman has loose wrinkles and white hair. She looks very old, and she is slow to respond to others' questions.

"Big sister, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your children, right?"

"Child?" The old woman suddenly remembered that she had a grandson, "Where is Mang'er, where is my Mang'er?"

"Grandma——" the tidy little boy heard the cry, and entered the door from the corridor, his little hand was held by a young woman, "Grandma, Mang'er woke up from a nap and wants to find grandma."

The old lady Gu's kind smile never broke, she stretched out her hand like a dry branch and beckoned, "Waer, baby, come to grandma?" She already regarded Wa'er as her great-grandson, After all, the youngest great-grandson in the family is indeed that old.

Sure enough, the little boy following happily overtook the person in front, and plunged into the arms of Old Madam Gu, "Grandma, you belong to me, so I don't allow anyone else to embrace you."

"Okay, my Jill." The old lady Gu caressed the back of her great-grandson's head lovingly with her old hands, her whole body was filled with kindness.

The light pierced the old woman and burst into tears, "Why is my life so hard, why is it so hard..."

After crying for a long time, the old woman finally woke up from crying, told her name and said: "The wife of the general is my sister-in-law."

"General... General?" Mrs. Gu and his daughter-in-law looked at each other in surprise, "It is said that the wife of the general is only in her early forties, you..." They all looked at the old woman.

"I...I..." The woman couldn't help crying again, "I'm only forty!"

forty?She looks like an old woman in her sixties, these days...

The grandparents of the Gu family thought she would say something, but in addition to her own name, she also had the name of the child. The woman refused to say more, but asked the Gu family to take her to see the general's wife.

When the matter got to the man's ears, Old Man Gu shook his head, "We can't lead people to the General's wife with one-sided words. If he is a bad person, wouldn't he put the General's wife in danger?"

Gu Deshui agreed, "That's right, what's more, the general is still defending against the enemy outside, and we can't lure people to the Beijun palace at will."

"Then..." asked the granddaughter-in-law.

"Let their grandparents live in our house first, and when the general comes back, we will find a way to lure him to the general and let the general make a decision."

"Yes, that's the safest way."

-

Just after the New Year's Eve, in the first month, it was the day when people visited relatives and friends, but because of the war, the common people in Liangzhou city stayed at home and dared not go out at will.Now I heard that enemies from other places have fled outside Liangzhou City again, and everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to go out.

Huang Yihan was anxious to grow a pair of wings and fly out. The young lady who had become calm over the years actually became frizzy. The girl Qingzhi couldn't help but murmured: "Han Niang, you are already a big girl, you can't do this Hairy and dry, not good."

"I..." Of course she also knew that this was not good, but she suddenly heard her brother say that the king of Beijun came back with his wife and children, and was following the foreign enemies. If they were going to come back, would his big brother Qiu also follow? Are you back?

Although after so many years, Brother Qiu has lost news since he left Liangzhou City, she also followed her daughter's family's reserve and did not go to the business to inquire, but waited for him silently at home.

From 15 years old to 19 years old, she was about to turn 20 years old. Even if she was about to become an old lady who paid taxes, she refused to accept the marriage arranged by her parents and brother for him, and just waited like this.

Why Qingzhi doesn't know her family's Hanniang's thoughts, she can't help but say: "Hanniang, Brother Qiu was already 23 or [-] years old when he was in Liangzhou City, and it's been so many years now, I'm afraid he's already married .”

Every time she heard the girl say something like this, Huang Yihan would always bite her lips and say, "I can only give up if I see him get married in person."

"Han Niang, why do you have to?"

"You do not understand."

"I don't understand. In Liangzhou City, there are so many young and promising young masters. Why do you have to..."

"Don't talk about it, you have never been in love with someone, and you don't understand the feeling of having something you want and getting what you want."

Qing Zhi sighed, no longer persuading her, and she couldn't persuade her anymore.

-

In the spring of the sixth year of Yuantai, on the 60th day of the first lunar month, the most brutal war in history took place in Liangzhou City. It was invaded by the four clans. All males in Liangzhou City, ranging from 12 to [-] years old, were conscripted to defend the city. .

In the middle of the night, the disparity between the strength of the two sides was too great, and the reinforcements had not yet arrived. Seeing that the enemy was about to attack the tower, Huang Junyao and Tian Shoubei temporarily dispatched middle-aged women, asked them to boil water and heat oil, and pour this thing down the city. The tide generally stopped the climbing enemy troops.

Standing on the top of the city gate that was scorched by enemy rockets, Mr. Huang was in a mess, "Sir, does the general have a letter?"

Mr. Tian shook his head, "Our letter delivery channel has been blocked by the enemy, and letters can't get in at all."

"Following the logic, the reinforcements should have arrived, why haven't they arrived yet?"

Mr. Tian squinted his eyes and looked into the dark distance. Except for the enemy's torches and the jumping heads of the two armies, he couldn't see anything. "Maybe...maybe...the general was stopped by the enemy."

"If they were stopped, they must be people from Jin and Liao who fled to Liangzhou City."

Mr. Tian nodded: "We don't need to worry about the lack of support now. We just need to stick to the city and insist on waiting until the reinforcements arrive. I think that when the reinforcements arrive, we will be able to defeat the enemy."

Yes, the big and small generals are not far away, and they have no reason not to believe that this battle will not be won.

Xia Zhen and his son did fight with the entire Jin army led by Prince Jin who came back from the counterattack. In the dark night, a hundred miles outside Liangzhou City, on the Guangbao Plain, a large-scale battle was raging like a fire. As Tu unfolded, the Jin Kingdom's 4 elite tax was against the Xia family's father and son's more than [-] elites. Their strengths were equal, and they fought desperately. The ground was covered with blood, staining the entire land red.

These are two armies with equal strength but different styles. For the Xia family army, they are good at infantry combat, while the Jin people are good at cavalry combat. Compared with the cavalry, the infantry is weaker, but as long as the formation is well organized, the combat effectiveness is not bad.

Xia Zhen, his father, and Zhang Nianmei divided into the upper, middle and lower armies, facing the enemy head-on, encircling the flanks left and right, and crawling forward.

Xia Zetao and Zhang Nianmei's two-winged infantry were the first to dispatch, while Xia Zhen of the Chinese army led the soldiers at a neat pace, advancing forward like a mountain wall, calmly.

The golden prince, Yelu Haorong, had suffered from Xia Zhen's loss, and he had already prevented the Wei people from defrauding him. He turned around and counterattacked in a way that was unexpected. He didn't give the other party a chance to adjust. He thought, now you have no chance to spread salt.

At the same time, the Third Prince of Liao took his cavalry and copied Xia Zhen's flanks, sweeping in like a black tide. The three armies of more than [-] horses collided with swords, spears and spears, and flew out. The arrows were as dense as locusts crossing the sky and covering the sky, and the dull shouts and short roars resounded throughout the night sky.

Outside the city of Liangzhou, the remaining Liao and Jin tribes, as well as the Xixia and Mongols heard the sound of killing from a distance, and knew that a great war was coming, and it was a crucial moment for them to take Liangzhou city.

The armies of the four countries poured down by hot water and boiling oil began to attack the city and loot the land again. They used rockets as cover, set up ladders again, released chariots, and threw boulders onto the towers.

On winter nights, when the sky was dry and the air was dry, the rockets hit by the enemy encountered flammable objects and burned quickly, and thick smoke billowed, filling the entire city.

The "Summer" banner fluttering in the cold wind was already broken and tattered by the rocket, and it seemed that it would fall down in an instant.There were countless wounded on the city tower, bleeding profusely, but no one cared about it. Everyone was defending Liangzhou City to the death.

Seeing the situation outside the city, Mr. Tian sent out an army of [-] to fight the enemy. Under the light black night sky, under the light of the city gate torches, Xia's army fought bravely. From their mouths, shouts that shook the world.

This kind of shouting is contagious and inspiring to each other, marching forward indomitably, marching towards the enemy.The foreign soldier who wanted to climb Liangzhou City, had just climbed the city wall, and was immediately greeted by several Xia's troops with their blades, and they landed on the city wall one after another. The soldiers shouted happily: "Ge Laozi, get off!"

-

The sky was getting brighter, and hearing the shouts of killing in the distance was still shaking the sky, Jin Luya, who was hiding in a small village, was trembling with fear, and kept urging the servants to inquire about the news.

But every time the news she brought back disappointed her, even though she was dozens of miles away from the battlefield, her nose was still filled with the smell of blood, and her eyes were filled with the smell of death.

Could it be that the Kingdom of Jin was defeated like this?No, no... Not only the Dajin Kingdom, but also the Liao, Xixia, and Mongolian people. Could it be that they joined forces and lost nearly 20 troops to the Xia family's more than [-] troops?

God, how could this be the case, the Xia family army has three 10,000+ troops, and there are nearly 20 troops distributed at various outposts, only more than [-] troops are gathered in Liangzhou City, and the Allied Forces of the Four Nations can't beat it, so she worked hard Wouldn't the revenge plan that was waiting and operating come to naught again?

She is unwilling!Why, why, she asked herself over and over again, and she didn't look back at God for a long time.

-

The two armies fought. In the dark night, Ma Min'er and Xiao Zilin's family were mixed in the grain and grass camp, protected by seven to eight thousand people. All night, they were filled with the sound of killing and the smell of blood.

Sophisticated and seasoned Xiao Zilin has never experienced war, and in the dark night, the sound of fighting makes him tremble with horror, let alone imagine what he will see after dawn.

On the movable flatbed cart, there was a simple nest half a person's height surrounded by straw. Ma Min'er hugged her son and sat inside with the three of Shu Yueru Niang, being pushed and run by the soldiers from time to time.

Feeling that the killing noise outside was not so loud, Ma Min'er glanced at her sleeping son and asked the other side: "Are you scared?"

Shu Yueru squeezed out a smile bluntly, not because she deliberately blunt, but because she couldn't make a facial expression with frozen cheeks, so she could only pull bluntly, and replied: "To be honest, at the beginning, I was afraid Yes, but thinking of my husband standing outside and pushing our flatbed cart with the soldiers, my fear is much less, and seeing you calm and composed by our side, my fear gradually disappeared."

Ma Min'er smiled and said, "This is probably an indelible memory in your life."

"Yeah, when I'm old, I'm going to tell my grandkids about them, and tell them your grandma was in the blood."

"Yes, I will too." Ma Min'er looked at the twins and Xiaoyu, "They couldn't sleep at first, but they got used to it gradually!"

Shu Yueru sighed with emotion, "You are amazing."

"Me?" Ma Min'er shook her head: "At this time, it's not us who are amazing, it's Xia Zhen who led the army to fight, and Master Xiao who helped the soldiers push the carts. They stood in the cold winter night to fight the enemy, protect us, protect us, Great Wei Dynasty, they are our heroes."

"Hero?" Shu Yueru reflected on her words, she was absolutely right.

-

The sky was gradually getting brighter, and Xiao Lin, who was pushing the cart, saw the situation on the battlefield clearly. Suddenly, he felt nauseous and almost vomited. He quickly buried his head in the straw in front of him.

It was so cruel. On the vast wilderness and the lonely gray-white land, there were all dead people, soldiers from the Wei Dynasty, or people from other races. Blood flowed like a river, making people dare not look at it.

The little soldier standing beside Xiao Lin realized that the imperial envoy from the capital couldn't stand such a scene, so he secretly used his hands to push the flatbed cart he was pushing, so as to ease his swelling stomach.

The little soldier raised his eyes and looked into the distance. The battle seemed to be coming to an end. The enemy had suffered too many casualties, and seemed to have escaped. He was not sure if this was the case, but he searched around with his eyes dripping, hoping that someone would give him definite news.

"Pillar... Zhuzi..." A young man in the [-]th or [-]th year ran over excitedly.

The called 'Pillar' asked happily and loudly: "Did the foreigners escape?"

"Yes, the Liao and Jin armies that confronted us yesterday retreated like a tide."

"My God, does that mean the war is over?"

The boy shook his head: "I don't know about that."

"Then you are here..."

"The little general asked me to see the young lady, the young master, and Master Xiao's family?"

"Following the enemy with our baggage truck overnight, it's not bad, there are no leaks."

"That's good, the little general said, they are already heading straight for Liangzhou City, let you follow up quickly."

"Okay, little one understands." Zhu Zi happily wanted to say to the people pushing the cart together, but everyone pushed the flat cart and ran forward, and there was no need to say anything else.

Feeling sick, Xiao Lin tried his best to let himself focus on the straw instead of looking at the dead people on the battlefield. It was really terrifying. The dead people on the battlefield were like chickens, ducks and geese killed in a slaughterhouse, one after another. It was no longer shocking. Yes, Jane is the rhythm of terrifying people.

He thought to himself, if I hadn't been under a lot of pressure and let my wife and children see it, I wouldn't be shocked. He regretted letting his wife and children follow him. Realizing this, he quickly looked into the straw nest, The children were still asleep, and the two women leaned against the straw wall and closed their eyes to rest, without looking outside.

these kids?He actually fell asleep, could it be that he was thinking too much?

Xiao Lin, who was pampered and respected, mixed with the junior and senior soldiers, and ran with him for a long time, watching helplessly as Xia Zhen and his son joined forces with the soldiers in Liangzhou City, and finally repelled the Allied Forces of the Four Nations.

Here, Xiao Lin used the word 'repel'. He didn't understand and didn't know whether the enemy would come again. He really thought about how to ask Xia Zian, so he walked towards him.

In the cold wind, his general's cloak fluttered with the majestic posture of his walking. His appearance was sloppy but he was full of energy. This was the calm gesture of a winner after going through all kinds of hardships.

Xiao Lin has always felt that Xia Zhen is different from the children of the aristocratic family in the capital. He couldn't tell the difference before, but at this moment, he finally understands the difference.The demeanor of a calm general who has experienced life and death is engraved on his body. Even if he takes off his battle robe and is as cynical as the children of the aristocratic family, he still cannot dilute his majesty and gracefulness as a general of the country.

Seeing him coming in front of him, he smiled lightly: "Thank you, Zi'an!"

"This is my duty." Xia Zhen looked at the cart, "Min'er—"

"Zian——" Ma Min'er, who had already woken up and dared not come out, heard the voice of her beloved, and immediately bent down and got out with her son in her arms, and rushed forward, "Zian...Zian..."

(End of this chapter)