The night breeze was slightly cold, and Xu Detai stood in front of the tent, quietly watching the thousands of strong men lined up. A group of people had just arrived today, and together with hundreds of women and children, they gathered around the open space of the school parade and watched the excitement curiously, and at the same time discussed a lot. The orderly reclamation scene in this valley has calmed the hearts of many people with fear. Torches were lit around the clearing, and in order not to be reprimanded by the sergeant, and to lose face in front of his wife and children, the men had to cheer up, and hold the sticks in their hands tightly, and straighten their waists. Although many people are at a loss, they are already in the army.

"Han Xin points soldiers, the more the merrier." Xu Detai's heart suddenly flashed over this sentence, the people coerced by Xia Guozhai can't be counted, Ding Zhuang is one or two thousand, and the old and weak women and children add no more than 10,000, but it is terrifying to pinch these people together so quickly. The long sticks in Ding Zhuang's hands were like a forest slowly, and with the sergeant's command, the ten-person team and the hundred-person team were advancing and retreating freely. "There are millions of Han people in Liaodong, and if they can organize their troops like here, it is not impossible to compete with the Khitan Jurchens. It's just that, over time, who is the master of Liaodong? Xu Detai couldn't help squinting his eyes, he got up, and suddenly heard someone behind him "Xu San is in charge", he looked back, but it was Jin Changtai.

According to the rules of the Chengying Army, the specific duties of the sergeant are kept secret from the outside world, and outsiders do not know that Kim Chang-tae is a marching Sima with a transcendent status. Seeing that he had a high status in the camp, Xu Detai also guessed that he was probably a military advisor, so he politely bowed his hand and said, "Mr. Jin." In the eyes of the Han army, Jin Changtai is sleek and a little withdrawn, and he is an outlier among the officers of the Xia State who have a straightforward temperament. He took the initiative to come over to say hello, which made Xu Detai wonder.

"Jin has some doubts about the alliance, so he came to ask the three masters for advice." Jin Changtai smiled, pointed to the tent, and motioned to enter the tent for a detailed discussion, Xu Detai hesitated for a moment, and then walked into the tent with him. His tent was made of greased sheepskin, and the ground was covered with felt blankets, and although it was not as good as the houses of the Han army, it was much better than the thatched huts where the people lived. Two sergeants from the Chengying Battalion then stood guard at the door, alerting bystanders to eavesdrop.

Xu Detai was very strict with himself, and he did not drink alcohol at will when he went out to do business, so he poured a bowl of oil tea for Jin Changtai to entertain guests. Jin Changtai took the teacup, and felt a strong fishy smell rushing to his nose, frowning slightly, Xu Detai put the salt, milk and ghee very heavy, and the northerners were in the habit of mixing with the Hu people. After the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the imperial court vigorously banned Hu Fu and Hu customs, and after a hundred years, these Han people in the north were almost the same as the Fan people in the eyes of the Central Plains.

Xu Detai said in a deep voice: "If Mr. Jin has any doubts, he knows everything. ”

Jin Changtai smiled and said: "Xu San is in charge, the Ming people don't say secret words, more than 40 Hanzhai alliances, who wants to be the leader of the alliance, there is always a score for us, right?" He took a sip of oil tea, swallowed the hot tea, and said, "I only know that the Han family is the co-owner of the Han people in Liaodong, and all the ordnance, grain and grass, and even the reinforcements are all won by Miss Han in the Protectorate Mansion, and now there is suddenly another alliance leader, and he is also involved in the Jurchens......." He looked at the other side with a sad face, and asked Xu Detai to give an explanation.

Xu Detai was slightly stunned, subconsciously wanted to avoid this topic, and said with a forced smile: "The Han family is naturally the co-leader of our waiting, and the leader of this proposed alliance is also at the behest of Miss Han." ”

Kim Chang-tae smiled slightly: "Really? I'm a little worried that the Protectorate will misunderstand and delay the next step of cooperation between you and me. You must know that our artillery, food, grass and ordnance are still floating on the sea, and it is difficult to say whether these things can be handed over to us if the generals who escort them find out that the situation is different. ”

Xu Detai heard that Jin Changtai's words were threatening, bowed his head silently, and said secretly, "If you don't get in the way, how can the escort officer know the details of our waiting." Kim Chang-tae was not in a hurry, and looked at him while drinking tea. There seemed to be an embarrassment in the air, Xu Detai only felt that the gaze from the opposite side was about to penetrate people's hearts, and he couldn't help but secretly say, how could he not see that this Mr. Jin was so powerful before.

Liaodong is the Tang Dynasty Pinglu Jiedu envoy territory, Hu and Han miscellaneous places make the Han people here Hu very deep, many Han army ancestors are first following the Anshi rebellion, and then separating the self-reliance, since the Anshi rebellion of the previous dynasty, it will be separated from the Central Plains. The interests of the Han villages in eastern Liaodong are intricately entangled with each other, but they all have a strong sense of precaution against the Central Plains court. The Xia State and Liaodong were far apart, and the system of sergeants was implemented, and it was the place where Han Chang's mother and son were buried. Although the Xia Kingdom was a friend rather than an enemy, Xu Detai still did not want outsiders to know about the internal struggle between the Han army. And Jin Changtai had to find out the inside story of the Han army no matter what, so that he could explain to Zhao Xingde and the general's mansion, so that the manpower and material resources invested by Xia Guo in Liaodong could get the maximum benefit.

After a long time, Xu Detai sighed and said in a deep voice: "Don't hide it from Mr. Jin, the matter of promoting the leader of the alliance was brought up by Mr. Han Da of Huanglong Mansion. Referring to this Mr. Han Da, Xu Detai's tone was with a hint of astringency, and he didn't wait for Jin Changtai to ask, and said, "Mr. Han Da can also be regarded as the queen of the Han family." This man is an all-round talent in humanities and martial arts, first set up a village at the northern foot of Taibai Mountain, and later became a strategist of Wanyan Aguda. This time, he learned the news of the Liaodong Hanzhai Alliance, so he proposed that the leaders of each village should elect an alliance leader to take charge of the army. ”

Kim Chang-tae was surprised, "There are such characters, why didn't you know about them before?" He secretly said that the Military Intelligence Department was derelict in his duties, and he wanted to find out the origin of Mr. Han Da from Xu Detai.

Xu Detai smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Big has always been obscure, even I don't know what his name is, but he is indeed a character, the Han camp under his command is also considered an elite in the Jurchen army, the court system of the Jin State, and the creation of Jurchen writing, he has contributed a lot." If it weren't for this, how could he, a Han Chinese, let the Wanyan tribe be treated as a guest. In this alliance, Mr. Han Da said first, he was the one who initiated it, but he would never come to be the leader of this alliance, so many Hanzhai leaders only admired him and had no other ideas. He paused for a moment and said in a deep voice, "But I think that it is the so-called unprofitable not to get up early, and Mr. Han Da is so sparing no effort to promote this matter, I am afraid that he has ulterior motives." ”

Jin Changtai doubted: "If he is so powerful and popular after the Han family, then why is it so troublesome?" ”

Xu Detai sneered: "His branch is a succession, not the bloodline of Marshal Han, but he refuses to settle down." This is a family matter of the Han family, so I didn't tell it at the beginning. ”

"That's a troubled man." Kim Chang-tae groaned: "Is this Mr. Han Da also going to the alliance?" ”

Xu Detai nodded and said, "For the sake of the alliance between the Han army and the Jurchens, he will go." He knew that Xia Guo had always opposed the alliance between the Han army and the Jurchens, and said, "Mr. Jin, the Khitan is strong, the Jin State is prosperous, and the Han army in Liaodong is weak. Xu Detai usually has a hard temper, but at this moment, in order for the Han army not to anger another strong reinforcement Xia because of his good relationship with the Jurchens, he actually lowered his voice.

Jin Changtai was silent for a moment and said: "Thank you Xu San for telling me calmly, I will go back to General Zhao and see how to decide." He got up and took his leave, and Hsu was sent out of the tent. In the open space not far away, Sergeant Xia Guo commanded Ding Zhuang to train the infantry army in a large formation, and the children excitedly waved knives and guns made of tree branches, laughing and making trouble, and the sound of more than 1,000 people shouting together echoed in the valley. He also watched with his arms crossed, and when he saw Xu Detai coming out, he pointed to Ding Zhuang in the field, and sneered: "The signing army who sent him to death, can he scare people to death by shouting loudly?" A hundred Jurchen cavalry would be able to slaughter them all. ”

In the tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Xingde is finally reviewing the iron-making bellows pattern, this pattern is painted by Zhao Xingde himself, a simple crank connecting rod mechanism, four oxen pull the bellows, he estimated that the furnace temperature is enough to get liquid molten iron, but unfortunately the refractory material is not well prepared, can not directly get the molten steel, to make weapons or can only take the road of repeated forging. There was a shortage of craftsmen in the shade, and Zhao Xingde had to ask the sergeant to supervise the construction while hoarding ore charcoal. The matter of the Han army alliance is related to the overall situation of Liaodong, Zhao Xingde must go in person, and he does not want to delay the progress, so he has to draw a pattern, and make the explanation very detailed, and hand it over to Jin Changtai to supervise.

The sound of the sergeant's salute came from outside the tent, Jin Changtai and Wang Tongdeng came in together, Zhao Xingde raised his head and smiled: "It's just in time, I'm here to participate in the alliance of their Han army, and many important things in the village will fall on the shoulders of the two of them." I estimate that the artillery and craftsmen will soon arrive, and in addition to coercing the shade to reclaim the wasteland, the iron-making furnace will be built according to the pattern. The specific details of ironmaking are subject to the arrangement of the craftsman. ”

Jin Changtai picked up the pattern and said with a smile: "Did you think of coercing the people when you were in Dunhuang?" The ability of such a temple is comparable to Guan Zhong Leyi. When Zhao Xingde decided on this plan to coerce the people, everyone felt that weapons, farm tools, armor, everything needed iron, and they only hated that they didn't bring the blacksmith with the team at the beginning. However, even ordinary craftsmen can only make iron, and they cannot design an iron-making furnace by themselves. Zhao Xingde took out this picture with detailed instructions, and Jin Changtai only thought that he had brought it in Dunhuang in advance.

Zhao Xingde smiled: "It's always good to plan ahead." After I leave, you can burn some pottery armor and match it for the regimental training soldiers. He took out another drawing, a suit of armor made of hard pottery shards, a helmet in the shape of an upside-down clay pot, and a clay mask attached.

Wang Tongdeng frowned and said, "Can this thing work?" It shattered with a blow from a gun stick. ”

Kim Chang-tae said with a smile: "Now that everything is lacking, this pottery armor is better than no armor." Although it is a little heavy, this armor can at least resist stray arrows, and it is good to be brave. He took the pattern and looked at it carefully, and asked Zhao Xingde about it, and Zhao Xingde also explained to him in detail. After roughly understanding the patterns, Jin Changtai rolled up the two patterns and put them away, and said to Zhao Xingde: "We are in charge of the construction of the reclamation camp, you can rest assured to deal with those snakes, insects, rats and ants." ”

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