Since the head of the Han family was ambushed and killed by the Liao State in the previous generation, the Han army has been leaderless for a long time. Looking at Han Ningshuang's figure, the veteran Lu Kui's eyes were a little blurred, more than ten years have passed, and the brothers who escorted the orphans of the old master to kill a bloody road are now waiting in Huangquan Prefecture. Lu Kui forcibly suppressed the sigh in his heart, exchanged glances with Xu Detai who came in, nodded to Zhao Xingde again, and said in a deep voice: "Alliance leader, the envoy of the Xia Kingdom has arrived." ”

Han Ningshuang put down the map, stretched out his right hand and said, "General Zhao will sit first." She looked left and right and said with a smile: "When Ning Shuang lived in the Xia Kingdom, General Zhao's name had already been like thunder. I wanted to meet the general for a long time, but unfortunately there was no chance. Finally, God obeyed the wishes of the people, and let General Zhao come to help our Han army achieve meritorious deeds and save millions of Han people from the sea of suffering. She smiled slightly, and the generals of the Han army also laughed, and the atmosphere in the military tent was full of goodwill.

As the saying goes, if you don't hit a smiling person, even if Zhao Xingde blamed the Han army for hiding from him and arranged a plan to support the leader of the alliance, he couldn't get angry, and said with a smile: "Zhao is just a puppet, and the leader of the Han League is serious." He bowed his hand to several other Han generals in the tent.

Han Ningshuang's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Zhoushan once said that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. is talking about a good man like General Zhao. ”

Lu Kui praised loudly: "A good husband is responsible, where is the hero who said this?" Let's go and get him in. "Who Mr. Zhoushan is, the generals of the Han army don't know, but they feel extremely excited. Xu Detai smiled slightly and quipped: "This Mr. Zhoushan is a great sage, but there are many rules, he wants to go up the mountain, but I am afraid that the brothers will run more than half of it." ”

Lu Kui furrowed his eyebrows and scolded: "That rabbit cub dared to escape, I beheaded him to sacrifice the flag." Set up the rules, just have a big fight with Liao. If he is really a capable person, we can make him the chief military division. There are many rules, and we are not really mountain bandits, stragglers. ”

Although the Han army seems to be no different from the bandits who go up the mountain and fall into the grass, hereditary generals like Lu Kui have family heirlooms of military generals, and they also give the Han clan titles such as jiedu envoy, defense envoy, and general. They attach great importance to their family lineage, and they hate the abolition of military discipline. Now that the situation is turbulent, if the Han army wants to expand and manage its territory, it will have to confront the Liao army and the Jin soldiers. No matter how many people are coerced, if they can't be integrated into a strong army that is forbidden by order, they are just a rabble.

Han Ningshuang introduced: "This is the old general Lu Kui. She smiled, worried that Zhao Xingde would treat Lu Kui lightly because of Lu Kui's rudeness, and said slowly, "Back then, the king of Goryeo treacherously handed over more than 100 members of my Han clan to the Khitan, and Jiaci happened to take me to visit my grandfather, so I escaped this catastrophe by luck." The Liao Imperial Court was still searching everywhere, and it was General Lu and more than 100 uncles and uncles who protected Ning Shuang from death many times. ”

As she spoke, she choked up and said: "I still remember that once the Khitan soldiers suddenly surrounded the camp, General Lu protected me in front of me to break through, and changed three war horses in a row, after escaping, I was unharmed, but General Lu stained his clothes with blood and was injured in more than 30 places. Later, the Khitan court searched for me so hard that General Lu had to send someone to send me to the south. Over the years, the overall situation of Liaodong has also relied on the hard support of General Lu Lao and the generals. After she finished speaking, she stood up and gave a deep salute to Lu Kui and several other generals who insisted on Liaodong.

Zhao Xingde nodded and said: "In my corner of Liaodong, there are millions of Han people, among which if there are more heroes like General Lu, the generals will be able to take advantage of the talents, and everyone will work together to defeat the Khitan and Jurchen." ”

Under Lu Kui's agitation, his burly figure trembled slightly, and he said in a trembling voice: "The veteran has followed the Han clan for several generations, and all these things he has done are just some duties, and it is rare for the alliance leader to remember it so clearly." The eldest lady is the only bloodline of the Han family, and the Khitan people were in a hurry to search and arrest them, and the veteran's poor protection made the eldest lady frightened a lot. In the end, I had to send the eldest lady to Xia Guo for temporary refuge. The seven-year-old girl was tied to the front of the saddle and rushed all the way for more than 20 miles to get out of trouble, Han Ningshuang was strangled by the rope, and was bumped, passed out, and just woke up, not only did not cry, but asked about her injuries with great concern. Recalling that year, Lu Kui couldn't help but cry. This time, when he learned that Han Ningshuang was going to personally command the Han army, he was originally opposed, not wanting her to suffer from the danger of war and displacement, but Han Ningshuang insisted on this, and Lu Kui could only help with all his might.

Han Ningshuang said in a deep voice: "I also know the worries of the generals. My great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all killed by the Khitans, but none of them left their homeland in Liaodong and hid for peace because they were greedy for life and afraid of death. As I said just now, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. Although Ningshuang is a woman, she can also bear this responsibility. When I come back this time, as long as I don't defeat the Khitans, I, Han Ningshuang, will not leave my homeland in Liaodong again. It is better to die with your head held high, than to endure humiliation and steal life. ”

The generals of the Han army were moved by her awe-struckness, and Xu Detai said loudly: "We are willing to follow the leader of the alliance and make contributions!" Lu Kui hugged his fists and said: "The veteran has fought for his life, and he has to protect the safety of the eldest lady." There are also people who shout, "Defeat the Khitan!" "Swear to sweep away the Hulu!"

Han Ningshuang waited for the tent to quiet down again, and then said to Zhao Xingde: "General Zhao has seen that we are short of food and ordnance, but there is no shortage of heroes!" She pointed to a general with a grim face and said, "This is General Xiongrenyue who is stationed in Tongzhou Village." Just two months ago, General Xiong also broke through the camp in Ximu County, Liao, beheaded 400, and rescued more than 3,000 people. ”

Xiongren Yueren, as his name suggests, is burly, born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a stubby beard on his face, grinning at Zhao Xingde, hugging his fists and saying: "I heard that General Zhao is good at archery, when will I learn from him." Zhao Xingde returned the salute with a smile.

"This is General Zhang Liuge who is stationed in Chenzhou Water Village, General Zhang is good at water warfare, he is haunted, and the Khitans have to ban the sea to deal with it." With Han Ningshuang's praise, Zhang Liuge's face showed a slight look of pride, and he arched his hand towards Zhao Xingde.

"This is General Gao Bolong, who is stationed in Liuhe, and General Gao has five hundred ironclad soldiers, and the elite is no less than that of Jin Guotie Futu......" Gao Bolong said humbly: "Thanks to the continuous supply of grain, grass and ordnance, Gao can train this strong soldier for the eldest lady, and wait for today." ”

Han Ningshuang smiled and nodded, and then introduced: "This is General Xue Congxiao of Xianping Hutu Village, General Xue is brave, and he has fought with tigers with his bare hands......" "This is General Liu Chang who garrisoned Yimin Village, General Liu's subordinates are all elites who dare to fight, and the Khitans do not have hundreds of cavalry to go out together, so they dare not approach their village......" "This is General Yang Shilian who garrisoned Bolumai Cottage, and General Yang has 800 cavalry under his command......" "This is General Wang Xuansu who commanded the guards for me. ”

Zhao Xingde met with these Han generals one by one, and these Han generals were also quite kind to him. They had already learned from Xu Detai that it was this Zhao De who saw that the Khitan and Jurchen were in a struggle and had no time to care, so he suggested that the Han army coerce the people to strengthen their own power. Just now, Zhao Xingde stepped forward again and sabotaged Mr. Han Da's plan to subdue the generals of the Han army, which made these Han Ningshuang's henchmen and generals have a good impression of him.

Han Ningshuang smiled slightly: "This time, I invited General Zhao to come over, and I asked General Zhao to discuss the matter of the centralized reorganization of the Han army. She nodded, Wang Xuansu unfolded the map, pointed to the places marked with the Han army's cottages, and said in a deep voice: "My Liaodong Han army is known as the forty-eight villages, in fact, the total number of large and small villages, I am afraid there are more than 100 places." As the saying goes, the three caves of the cunning rabbit, in the past, we had to avoid the pursuit of the Liao soldiers, always thinking that the more places to hide, the better, and even the more scattered the soldiers and horses, the less easy it was to be wiped out by the Khitans. However, if the combination is strong, the division is weak, and after the soldiers and horses are too scattered, we can only make a small fight, and we are not able to confront the Khitans head-on. ”

Zhao Xingde saw this map for the first time, the distribution of the Han army's stockades, dotted almost all over the entire Liaodong, it is estimated that there are only a few dozen small shares, and only two or three thousand soldiers and horses in large stocks, which is indeed not enough to pose a threat to the Khitan or Jurchen armies that come prepared. Seeing that Wang Xuansu had already marked the approximate location of the Khitan and Jurchen garrisons, Zhao Xingde said secretly, if the Han army did not have a detailed network, it would never be able to detect these things, and it seems that the Protectorate decided to cooperate with the Han army, and there is still a certain reason. In Liaodong, a place where various ethnic groups are mixed, it is necessary to build a foundation from scratch, and I don't know what year and month it will take.

He nodded, and continued to listen to Wang Xuansu's explanation of the plan for the reorganization and concentration of the Han army: "Now the situation in eastern Liao, the Jin State occupies the Huanglong Mansion and Ningjiang Prefecture, and the Liao State guards Liaoyang and Shenzhou with heavy troops. The two tigers are fighting, and we should avoid their edge for the time being. Now the Liao State and the Jin State are facing each other heavily in the area of Tongzhou, Xianping and Shenzhou, under the threat of the Khitan and Jurchen large forces of soldiers and horses, the Hanzhai in these places does not have much room for development, and all the soldiers and horses should be transferred to the south, concentrated in the Kaizhou area, backed by the Taibai Mountain and the Yalu River, the remaining Khitan forces here will be completely eliminated, the surrounding tribes will be subdued, and then slowly develop their forces to the west and south. The people here are accustomed to our Han system, and as long as we show our strength, we can easily control this area. ”

The piece drawn by Wang Xuansu is the place where Wang Heng stands upright, and the Sanyin Village is also included. A cold light flashed in Zhao Xingde's eyes, and he narrowed slightly, but he heard Wang Xuansu mutter, "Most of the soldiers and horses of the Liao Kingdom have shrunk back from this area, and the Jin Kingdom has no descendants of Meng'an Mouke over there, and now the most interested in this area is probably the Yalu River Jurchen tribe and the Goryeo Kingdom." When he mentioned the Kingdom of Goryeo, a trace of hatred burst out of Han Ningshuang's eyes.