"Tell my lord, the villain was still young when he was caught, and we beggar to be charming and hunt among the mountains and rivers on weekdays, I can't remember where it is, I only know that there is a big lake nearby, we call it 'water mouse lake', because the lake is rich in a kind of water beast that looks like a big mouse, not only produces good fur, but also produces a spice, and the merchants are willing to pay a lot of money to buy it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info In our local dialect, the 'water mouse' is called Xingkai, so the lake is also called Xingkai Lake. The language of the local departments is actually not much different from the truth of the Jianzhou girl, only some differences in tone and name, I was eight years old when I was arrested, and I still remember a lot of local languages. ”

"Are there any of the captured people like you who have been captured from the Jurchen tribes of the East China Sea?"

Acton was stunned when he heard this, he didn't know the purpose of the adult in front of him asking these questions, but instinctively told him that this was an opportunity to change his fate, so he replied cautiously: "Tell your lordship, we are all elite soldiers with yellow flags and positive yellow flags, and the Great Khan specially selected them for the Great Baylor, most of them are Jianzhou Jurchen and Haixi Jurchen, and there are only three people like villains!" ”

Liu Cheng nodded, Acton's answer was also expected by him, there is a hierarchy in any human society, and soldiers like Acton who climbed from slaves to white-armor must be very few, and most of them must be the noble sons of the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens. He asked a few more about the customs of his hometown in Acton, and learned that there were many marshes along the Xingkai Lake, and there were islands in the lake, with a radius of more than 100 li, and many rivers flowed out, the largest of which was the Ussuri River, which flowed northward into the "Sakhalian Ula" (that is, today's Heilongjiang River). Liu Cheng turned his head to Ah Gui and said, "Ah Gui! “

"The last general!"

"You take this person to pick out the remaining two people, let them eat a good change of clothes, and then be an errand under you!"

"Huh?" Ah Gui was stunned when he heard this, he never expected Liu Cheng to ask a few words like this, and transfer these prisoners to his own personal team, which is too fast. It's just that he has been under Liu Cheng for a while, and he knows that this boss has always acted unexpectedly, for example, isn't he a good example? He hurriedly replied respectfully, "Yes, my lord!" ”

"A few of them are newcomers, you should pay attention to them on weekdays, don't make any mistakes!"

"Yes, my lord, what about the rest?"

"The rest?" Liu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and then waved his hand in annoyance: "Isn't there a shortage of people to dig the canal over there on Ma Ziyi's side?" Just leave it over there! ”

"Yes, sir!" Ah Gui saw that Liu Cheng was not in a good mood, so he didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly took Acton out of the tent, and thought to himself: "One is to be your own soldier, and the other is to dig the canal as a hard laborer, this is heaven and earth!" ”

In the Golden Tent, the atmosphere was a little strange, Zhao Wende thought about how to ask Liu Cheng, but heard Liu Cheng say: "Mr. Zhao, you wonder why I treat this captive so favorably? ”

"There must be an adult reason for this!"

"Not bad!" Liu Cheng stuffed a piece of mutton into his mouth and wiped his oily hands on a napkin: "Sun Tzu said: Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements. This battle is the same as playing chess, we captured Hauge alive this time, and built a new naturalized city, which is to grab a first move. But the problem is that Huang Taiji is a chess player on the Dongyu side, and it is not us who is sitting on the edge of the chessboard on our side, we are just a more important chess piece at best, I am afraid that we will take the lead, but we will be treated as pawns crossing the river by others, and we will be pitted in the back. ”

"What your lord says is very true!" For Liu Cheng's words, Zhao Wende can be said to be concerned, Yang He's strategy was not good, but he ended up in prison, and he had already learned enough about the skills of those adults and men in the Ming Dynasty who pulled their hind legs and pulled the bias. "Since ancient times, there has been no powerful minister, and the general can make contributions to the outside." This sentence applies not only to Da Song!

"Since I can't be a chess player on this board, I'll just start another game!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Why can Huang Taiji and Nurhachi be so rampant, it's not because they are trying to pacify the Jurchen tribes in the East China Sea and have no worries behind them?" Well, I'll put a fire on his back to see if he can concentrate on playing chess with me. ”

"My lord, do you mean to get through this beggar charming?"

"Well, don't they have a lot of fur over there? So I built a trading post, and exchanged firearms, salt, and cloth for their furs, so that I might make a profit, and second, I might do a curse behind the captives. These barbarians were plundered by the Donglu and forcibly taxed, and the Donglu still regarded them as dogs and sheep, how can there be no reason not to hate? It's just that there are few people and poor weapons, and I can't beat it, so I will give weapons and teach it the art of war and defense, the land is vast, full of forests and swamps, and the snow is a few feet in winter, and it turns into a swamp in spring, and the waterway is the only convenient way, as long as a fortress is built in the lake, it can be communicated with the outside from the waterway, and even if there are many people, the east may not be able to use it. After a few years, you can make Dongyu exhausted. ”

"My lord is really the reincarnation of Shen Gong Wuchen, oops, his subordinates have lost their words!" As soon as Zhao Wende's words came out, he felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly bowed down to apologize. It turned out that the Shen Gong Wuchen in his mouth was a famous advisor of the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, because of his greed for beauty, he eloped with the famous beauty Xia Ji to the enemy Jin State, which angered the important minister Zi Rebellion, who also coveted Xia Ji's beauty, Zi Chong, and another enemy of Shen Gong Wu Chen, Zi Chong, joined forces to destroy the clan left by Shen Gong Wu Chen in Chu and divided his territory. After learning of this, Shen Gong Wuchen was furious, and he vowed to take revenge on his enemies, so he personally went to Wu State, which was still in a state of wilderness at that time, and established the Jin-Wu Alliance against Chu State, and left his son to teach Wu people advanced vehicle combat techniques in Wu State. The powerful state of Wu continued to attack the state of Chu, which made the state of Chu exhausted. What he did was in line with Liu Cheng's plan, but Shen Gong Wuchen betrayed his parents' state and clan for the sake of beauty, resulting in the destruction of the clan, and a hundred years later, Chu was attacked by Wu to break the national capital, this analogy is very inappropriate.

"It's okay!" Liu Cheng smiled: "But it's too early to say this, to repel Huang Taiji, it's best to hit him hard with the prestige of Bogda Khan, otherwise that bird Chechen Khan, or the East China Sea Nuzhen barbarian, I'm afraid they won't dare to stand on our side!" ”

"Then why is the adult walking so slowly? Aren't you afraid that Huang Taiji will go back first? ”

"Don't be afraid!" Liu Cheng's face showed a playful smile: "He broke the hole in Datong, and he grabbed a lot, so many people and livestock, can he be fast?" Even if I have a foot team on my side, there are horses, and if I want to be fast, it is not difficult to travel 200 miles in one day and one night. I did this to force the Eastern Captives to close the siege of Naturalization City without a fight, as long as I can enter Naturalization City, then this game of chess will live! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wende understood why Liu Cheng only walked twenty miles a day. Liu Chengming is bullying Huang Taiji for a few months, the horse is thin and heavy, winter is coming, and he must return to the teacher as soon as possible. Anyway, he will go slowly, and if your Emperor Taiji does not understand the siege of Guihua City for a day, he will slowly drag it out and refuse to confront the Houjin army. The longer the time drags on, the colder the weather becomes, he Huang Taiji is not afraid of half of the war horses that die in the winter in the wilderness, Liu Cheng is naturally even more afraid, anyway, he can use cloth, salt, tea and grain to exchange war horses from Jungar Khan, Chechen Taiji, Gushi Khan, plus the two war horses of the Chahar Department and Tumut every year, at most two or three years can recover their strength, and Huang Taiji, who has been fighting for many years, is not so good. After the siege of Guihua City is lifted, Liu Cheng will speed up his march and pursue Huang Taiji, anyway, it is best to win, even if the battle situation is unfavorable, he will retreat back to Huacheng at most, and there will be a chance to turn the tables. Although this move seems to be a bit rogue, it is indeed invulnerable in terms of strategy.

"The temple of the Lord is counted in the chest, and our side has already won ninety percent of this battle!"

Acton came out of the Golden Horde and followed Gui back to where the captives lived, which had been a horse pen. His nose was heavy on the familiar smell of horse manure and urine, and he recalled the aroma of wine and meat in the Golden Tent a few minutes ago, and he couldn't help but feel as if he was in a different world.

"Acton, you go in and call out those two girls who are also East China Sea girls?" Ah Gui patted the other party's shoulder, he was already completely treating a subordinate at this time.

"Yes, sir!" Acton answered, jumping into the ring. When everyone saw him coming back, they hurriedly surrounded him and asked, "Actun, what did that Han general say to you?" What is he going to do with us? ”

Acton looked at the eager eyes and suddenly felt a pang of shame, he didn't know how to deal with these companions who had heeded his advice to lay down their arms, only to be reduced to coolies, while he, the man who had given advice, had a much better way out. He lowered his head: "I, I don't know!" The Han general said that he would ask a few people, Alin (Manchu Mountain), Amba (Manchu University), you two come with me! ”

The two people whose names were called looked puzzled and followed Acton out. Without saying a word, Acton walked out as fast as he could, feeling dozens of hopeful glances cast behind him, like needles pricking.

The three were taken to the river, shaved off their hair and beards, and then kicked into the river and washed twice. Trembling by the fire, Acton was wondering what awaited him next when a cloth bag slammed into his head.

"Jurchens, click on it! A total of a cowhide mat, a blanket, a pair of trousers, a piece of armor, a piece of armor, a leather hat, two foot wraps, a pair of boots, a waist belt, a pair of gloves, see if there are any shortcomings? ”

Acton picked up the cloth bag and saw a large man with a full beard staring at him. He didn't dare to say much, so he hurriedly opened the cloth bag and counted it, and sure enough, the cloth bag was full of clothes, and it happened to be the three of them.

"Dare to ask the eldest brother, do all three of us have it?"

"Nonsense, the three of you are now the personal soldiers of the Chief Soldier, naturally everyone has them, do you want to let you lose the face of the Chief Soldier with your bare ass? I don't care about the armor and weapons, try the size of the boots, if it's not suitable, it's easy to change! Although the big man's voice sounded a little vicious, but his heart was really good, and when he saw Acton, he shoved his bare feet into his shoes, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop, you must wrap your feet before putting them on, otherwise your feet will freeze to death in such a cold day!" ”

Acton followed the big man's gesture, wrapped his feet and put on his shoes, and sure enough, he felt that his feet were much warmer. He was about to thank him, but the big man smiled and said, "You learn quickly, it's okay, you can teach the two of them, there is nothing short of things, right?" The three of you will be by the fire tonight for the night, and it will be too early, so rest and march tomorrow morning!" With that, he gave a halce and turned away.

The three of Acton looked at each other with a pile of clothes in their hands. After a while, Acton smiled bitterly, "Okay, let's sleep."

Acton put on his clothes, spread the cowhide cushion on the ground, folded his clothes and lay down, covered himself with a blanket, and lay down, the hot ground of the fire came up from the cowhide cushion, and he only felt very warm all over his body, compared to the upheavals of these days, hunger and cold were almost to heaven.

"Acton, do you think anyone else has this?"

From behind him, Alin's voice came, Acton's mood suddenly became bad, he pretended not to hear, but there was an excited voice in his ears: "How is it possible, have you ever seen so many things being sent to prisoners?" Didn't you hear what the man said? We are now the personal soldiers of the General Soldier, that is, Goshha. Naransagai was so proud in the past, now they will spend the night naked in the horse manure heap! ”

Alin was not as excited as Amba, he was silent for a while, and then asked Acton, "What the hell is going on?" Why are we being chosen to be soldiers, but they are in the stable? ”

"How do I know?" Acton finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the pressure that had been building up for a long time finally broke out: "The chief soldier asked me where my hometown was, if I would say anything charming, and how many of us were from savage Jurchen origins, so I reported the names of the two of you, and that's it." When you ask me this, am I doing you harm? ”

"No, no, Brother Acton, how could you think that!" Arin was taken aback by Acton's fierce reaction: "It seems that the chief soldier is because of our background, but what do you want us to do?" ”

"I don't know!" Acton sneered, "I only know that we should give our lives to that chief soldier, just like we did to the old Khan back then." Do you know what happens to the others next? Go dig the canals, if you like, it's too late to go and be with them! ”

(To be continued.) )