32. What is this?

Invite Xu Chu to ask, he has been staring at others? Who knew that Xu Chu held back a sentence for a long time: He seems to be a woman! Let Wang Bo be speechless.

In the end, the answer to the question was clear at night: Yu Poison's "younger brother" was the "saint" Zhang Ning.

When Wang Bo heard this fact from Du Yuan, he was immediately stunned on the spot. Isn't Zhang Ning in Qingzhou? Isn't Zhang Ning very young? How did Zhang Ning come to Xinghan City? ……

It wasn't until Zhang Ning took off his cloak and threw out a beautiful world that Wang Bo's eyes changed from a daze to a straight stare at him. In the end, Yang Feng couldn't stand it anymore, pretended to pass in front of Wang Bo inadvertently, and deliberately coughed again, only to pull Wang Bo back from his stupor.

After Wang Bo came back to his senses, he pressed his nose in embarrassment and coughed several times before looking at Du Yuan. Du Yuan understood and immediately told the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that after Zhang Ning was escorted to Qingzhou by everyone, he temporarily hid in the Qingzhou Yellow Turban General Guan Hai, and hid in the mountains and forests, but it was also very safe. After the wave of the imperial army killing the Yellow Turbans passed, Guan Hai and others, who were already ready to move, began to contact the scattered troops and loot everywhere.

Just in time for the Montenegrin Army led by Zhang Niujiao, it was raging in Jizhou, while Guan Hai and others echoed each other in Qingzhou. The local Han army in Hebei and Qingdao Prefecture wanted to exterminate it at first, but the result was that they were more and more suppressed and exhausted. Later, he had to urge the imperial court to send troops to come, and at the same time retreated in a few fortified cities to defend against danger, causing Qingzhou to be corrupted.

But Zhang Ning, who has been reading and learning since childhood, is very different from his father. Sympathizing with the poor people, he often persuaded his father and generals to kill less when marching and fighting, and hated those who wantonly killed the people. Therefore, she is revered as a "holy woman" among the Yellow Turban cultists.

After experiencing the upsurge and decline of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it has become clear that such a rebellion has no future, and it also runs counter to the original intention of hundreds of thousands of religious members. After persuading Guan Hai and others to no avail, he resolutely left Qingzhou and went to Zhang Yan to seek the support of the Montenegrin army. Who knew that after Zhang Yan saw Zhang Ning, she agreed to it in the open, but behind her back, she wanted to force Zhang Ning to be his wife.

Fortunately, thanks to the poisonous feeling of Zhang Jiao's kindness, he loyally protected the lord, and after learning of Zhang Yan's scheme, he resolutely escorted Zhang Ning to escape from the tiger's den, and with nowhere to go, he defected to Du Yuan. Under the persuasion of Du Yuan, he led his subordinates to Xinghan City. And the reason why Zhang Ning dressed as a man and a woman was because of safety considerations when he went north, and secondly, he also saved the meaning of Wang Bo for the school examination, and first secretly observed the Xinghan Army, is it as beautiful as Du Yuan said? Is it a good way out for tens of thousands of congregants?

Zhang Ning, who took off the big cloak on his head and revealed his true identity, suddenly added a lot of vividness to Wang Bo's big tent.

Dressed in a gray coarse cloth robe, the people's dress without a trace of decoration not only makes it difficult to hide her natural beauty, but sets off her refined appearance and bright smile to the fullest, and adds a fresh temperament that is back to basics and unbearable to blaspheme.

Zhang Ning used his little white and tender hands like shallots to pull back the hair that hung down in front of his face, and looked at Wang Bo, who had just turned around from shock, with a smile.

"Clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving!" Wang Bo couldn't help muttering to himself, and at the same time felt a flustered feeling in his heart for no reason.

"General Xie Wang praises falsely! The surviving Zhang Ning has seen the general! ”

Wang Bo closed his eyes and took a deep breath, calmed his pounding heart, put on a smile that he thought was the most handsome, and said: "The 'holy woman' doesn't need to be polite, Bo is out of shape, let the 'holy woman' see the laugh!" Forgive sins, forgive sins! ”

"The general said that Zhang Ning was a homeless person, how could he dare to be called a 'holy woman'? If General Wang doesn't dislike it, he can call the little girl Ning'er. Zhang Ning replied with a more beautiful smile.

"Hehe, the 'holy woman' is laughing, and the 'holy woman' who is admired by thousands of my Yellow Turban Sect members has no place? If the Holy ...... Peaceful... I don't think we are all vulgar martial artists, you can stay in Xinghan for a long time, and the military and people of Xinghan are honored! Wang Bo touched his nose and said with a slight blush.

"Ning'er, thank you, General Wang! To be able to reunite with her brothers and uncles, and live and work here in peace and contentment, Ning'er is very relieved. I would also like to thank the general for giving my Yellow Turban Sect the path of rebirth! After speaking, he bowed down.

Wang Bo hurriedly got up and helped each other from afar, and said: "Ning'er is serious, Qingyi deserves it!" The brothers of our sect are all from poor backgrounds, loyal and righteous people, and they only want to be in one place when they suffer from this calamity, and they are not worried about the rampant of strong and filthy officials, and the future generations live without worrying about food and clothing! Bo Tian is one of them, and it is a matter of course! How dare you say thank you? ”

"It's that Ning'er is young and hasn't reached yet, that is, in this troubled world, all relatives are dead, and she can keep her original intention and deal with it indifferently despite the disaster, so open-minded and man-like Furu! Bo also respects it! Wang Bo exclaimed.

"Brother Wang's praise! Brother Wang is not much older than Ning Er, and now he has the posture of a hero. It is really the heavenly saint of my Yellow Turban Sect, if the family Weng Spring knows, I feel very relieved! Zhang Ning replied with an indifferent smile. But in the flow of beautiful eyes, a trace of loneliness and sadness overflowing from the depths did not escape Wang Bo's staring eyes.

Seeing Zhang Ning's inadvertent forced smile, I saw a look of pity, Wang Bo's already calmed heart, suddenly twitched hard, and then an impulse rose in his heart to protect him.

Sincere words, blurted out without thinking: "Ning'er has gone through hardships, and the helplessness of her heart is empathetic, but the deceased is gone, and the great filial piety of a person is nothing more than being good at survival!" If this is not the case: Qingyi will accompany Ning'er to travel around tomorrow, one can take a closer look at the grand scene of Xinghancheng's rule, and the congregation can enjoy themselves, and second, you can also meet with the brothers who have not seen each other for a long time to relieve the pain of depression in your heart, how about it? ”

"Thank you, Brother Wang, for your kind appointment! Ning'er also had this intention for a long time, and she had to work hard! Zhang Ning hurriedly said when he heard this, and his heart was overflowing.

That night, Wang Bo set up a banquet, accompanied by Du Yuan, Yang Feng, and Yu Poison, to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Zhang Ning. Zhang Ning, who had long been accustomed to life in the barracks, took a sip of the Xinghan fruit wine that Wang Bo personally poured out, his bright eyes instantly brightened, and his bold spirit was fully revealed. After a few glasses of wine, his cheeks were crimson, and he looked even more coquettish, Wang Bo had to excuse himself from being too strong to drink, and fled in the wilderness, so as to avoid making a fool of himself again.

At the end of the morning run the next day, Wang Bo changed into casual clothes, washed and ate early, and walked restlessly around the tent until Zhang Ning's arrival.

Stepping on the horse that Xu Chu had already prepared, Zhang Ning was very curious about the stirrup at first, and after listening to Wang Bo's explanation, he immediately praised Wang Bo's whimsical ideas. In the end, I didn't forget to laugh at Wang Bo: What is Brother Wang's head? You invented this wine; This table and chair was transformed by you; This stirrup is also your masterpiece, so what else can't you think of?

The cute appearance of smiling and disgusting made Wang Bo stunned again. Fortunately, he was protected by a stirrup made by himself, otherwise the bumpy back of the horse would have made Wang Bo fall on all fours, and Xu Chu who could see him behind him shook his head.

Zhang Ning saw Wang Bo showing a stupid expression again, and couldn't help but blush, his legs touched the horse's belly, and he rushed forward with a smoke, and ran along the spacious and smooth stone road towards the Imperial Slave Pass. Only strings of silver bell-like laughter were left, echoing in the empty field, and also knocking into Wang Bo's heart.

After months of hard work by young men and prisoners of war, the Imperial Slave Pass was increased by two feet, and in order to prevent the enemy from using heavy ramming weapons when attacking the fortified positions, a layer of high pedestals made of huge stones was specially added to the outside of the bottom. Shooting ports of various sizes were all over the wall, and the higher you go, the denser they became.

Outside the wall, the blood-drenched scene of the last war has long been gone, only the mottled black and purple blood clots on the stone wall, and the chilling Jingguan pile, telling people that the battlefield is tragic and inhumane.

The trench in front of the pass has already been widened and deepened, and when it goes down, the slightly turbid water surface in the rest of the zhang is bottomless, like a monster that devours all things, which makes people dare not despise it, anyway, Wang Bo will not be killed in front of him.

Wang Bo led Zhang Ning and walked to the top of the pass, while telling her about the scene of the last battle with the Xianbei people.

At this time, after Qin Shi Huang's unification of China and the influence of hundreds of years of national thought in the Han Dynasty, the national pride and xenophobic thinking were much more serious than those of modern people. Therefore, when Zhang Ning listened to Wang Bo's explanation, he did not show a little pity for the heavy casualties of the Xianbei people, but instead showed a lot of admiration for Wang Bo.

But when the hideous Jingguandui was really displayed in front of her face, in addition to the pale face, there was also a trace of unbearable between the words, beautiful big eyes, staring straight at Wang Bo, with an indifferent face, as if to say: You are too cruel, right?

Wang Bo saw through her thoughts, and said leisurely: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different!" I don't know that this move is too vicious? However, above the battle array, the mercy I give to the enemy is the cruelty I give to myself! This Jingguan is made of the corpses of the enemy, and thousands of captives are also incorporated into the coolie camp as punishment, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness! If our army had been captured by Hu, I am afraid that they would have all been slaughtered! Guo Bo thought that if this was not the case, it would not be enough to deter Hu Lu! ”

Zhang Ning nodded, and said: "Ning Er also feels it, Brother Wang's courage is only seen by Ning!" ”

As he was talking, he saw several horsemen galloping from outside the gate, mixed with hoarse laughter. When I got closer, I saw that it was the wolf owl Wei Zhou Cang and others who had returned from hunting in the clouds.

"Let's go! Ning'er and I go down to welcome the return of the warriors! Hahaha......". Wang Bo laughed and hurried down.

Zhou Cang and the others, who were dressed in military uniforms, entered the pass, and were pleasantly surprised to see Wang Bo waiting inside, and immediately threw off his somewhat tattered cloak, jumped off the horse, and walked quickly to this side.

When they got closer, they saw the tragic situation of Zhou Cang and the others: their faces were black, as if they had just crawled out of the mound, and only their eyes were still flashing with cold light. The robes on the body are basically tattered except for the places covered by the armor, some belong to the thorns, and some are obviously caused by blades such as knives and arrows.

Judging from the wrapping up and down of everyone's body, there are indeed a lot of injuries, Pei Yuanshao even hangs on one arm, it seems that he has suffered a lot and experienced a lot of life and death battles. But there are also a lot of gains, at least from Wang Bo's point of view, the pressure they bring to the people in front is no longer to scare people with looks and dresses, but to give them with bloodthirsty power.

"Hahaha! Brothers work hard! Was the injury serious? How did you get out of the trip? Wang Bo hurriedly greeted him and asked with a smile.

"My lord! We are safe and sound, and small injuries are not enough to worry about our teeth! As for the ...... obtained? Pei Yuanshao patted the bulging spare horse's back with his intact hand, showing off proudly.

And Zhou Cang and Ping Han on the side were already with a bloody aura, and they fell down in front of Zhang Ning, crying silently. Pei Yuanshao and others, who didn't know Zhang Ning, also hurriedly came over to meet them as soon as they heard that the person in front of them was a "holy woman".

After everyone and Zhang Ning greeted each other, Pei Yuanshao said with a straight face: "Lord! This time to the clouds, in our view, most of the Xianbei dogs have returned to the tribe, according to the people captured yesterday: its bullshit Shan Yu has ordered to gather young and strong, select warriors, I am afraid that I will soon come to invade my imperial slave pass! Please prepare early. Zhou Cang and the others next to him also nodded solemnly.

"Hmmm! Anyway! The soldiers will block the water and hoard the soil, and the Han army will not be vegetarian? Xianbei dogs are hateful! Dare to repeat it? I can't let it come and go! The brothers went to the medical team first to treat them carefully, and they should not be careless to prevent the existence of hidden injuries. ”

"Thank you, lord!" After several people said goodbye to Zhang Ning, they returned to Xinghancheng.

After Zhang Ning looked at everyone leaving, he asked worriedly: "In autumn and winter, when the Saiwai Hu people are strong and strong, I don't know how many people of the Xianbei tribe are in the clouds?" How much is Brother Wang's victory? ”

"Hahaha...... Ning'er can be relieved! At that time, it was rather possible to be here, how to see how to break the enemy's ears? "At present, Wang Bo can't have the slightest recognition, the cowhide blows the earth-shattering sound, and then briefly introduces Zhang Ning to the current military strength of the Xinghan Army.

After months of hard work, Heunghan City is no longer what it used to be. The total population is several times larger than when the city was first founded.

Excluding the number of cavalry troops, the official soldiers have reached more than 4,000 people, this is not the Yellow Turban Army that was almost a rabble before, all of them are well-trained, morale is high, pull out and dare not say that one enemy is a hundred, at least against several times the Han army, it can definitely be easily defeated.

The cavalry is now the largest branch of the army in the combat establishment. Mainly thanks to the last capture of a large number of war horses, and the Xinghan Army's new horse equipment, greatly shortened the time for cavalry training, the number of cavalry like an assembly line, rapidly expanded into an army, the number reached more than 4,000 people, and nearly 2,000 reserve cavalry, and the arms under the requirements of Wang Bo, like the development of subdivision direction: archers, lancers, heavy cavalry and other arms.

In addition, there were thousands of Hu battalions, a thousand Han cavalry brought by Zhang Liao, and a large number of reserve auxiliaries.

After introducing the troops, Wang Bo told Zhang Ning in high spirits that he would take her to the Xinghan Army Weapons Workshop tomorrow to see a few powerful new weapons.

The next day, Wang Bo took Zhang Ning to the Xinghan Army's armory, which was a place that Wang Bo had always been proud of.

"What is this?" Zhang Ning, who showed a childlike heart, pointed to a strange-shaped object, pulled Wang Bo and asked.

"Hey, hey! This thing should be called a repeater! Wang Bo smiled embarrassedly, and after speaking, he proudly introduced Zhang Ning to what the craftsmen were making.

In the last battle, after suffering a big loss because the archers were exhausted, Wang Bo drilled in the armory workshop for several days and nights, vowing to build a repeater to solve this problem. After countless discussions and trial production with the old craftsmen, this kind of repeater, which can be called the world's stupidest, finally met with everyone.

However, what was made in the end made Wang Bo himself look ashamed: this may not be called a repeater, in fact, on the basis of the hand-drawn bow of the Han Dynasty, the crossbow arm was lengthened or several layers of crossbow arms were set up, and each crossbow was installed with five or six bowstrings and a card slot for releasing arrows in order to increase the number of shots.