Tang Yixian held the hot japonica rice porridge, Zhengde followed step by step, holding two plates of delicate side dishes in his hands, and hurried to the study in the helpless eyes of the guards, but saw that the couch was empty, Tang Yixian put down the rice porridge, walked to the door and asked the guards, "Where is my brother?" ”

A guard said respectfully: "Miss, my lord has received an important news and hurried to see President Yang."

Tang Yixian returned to the room disappointed, sat down on Yang Ling's handsome chair with a pout, and complained: "My cousin is not an iron man, and he is not allowed to eat, really, the emperor is not a hungry soldier?" How can there be such a calling."

Zhengde shrank his head a little weakly, laughed dryly, and held the two dishes and didn't know whether to put them down or what to do.

Tang Yixian glared at him and said angrily: "Put it down, you want to hold it up until your cousin comes back?" ”

Zhengde put the dish on the table and said enviously: "Beauty washes her hands and makes soup, I don't know whose son-in-law will be blessed in the future and can taste your craftsmanship girl." ”

Tang Yixian leaned on the table, held his chin with his hand, and said with a hazy look in his eyes: "I have also thought about this, Tang Yixian's husband must be a man who stands up to the sky, he must have great ability, he can protect me and the people of Datong from being bullied by the Tartars, and he can establish immortal feats, which will last forever!" ”

Zhengde looked at her obsessive and longing beauty, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, quietly puffed up his chest, and dangled in front of her. After Tang Yixian finished speaking, he glanced at him and said: "Anyway, it won't be like you, my cousin is a scholar, but he does everything himself, and he is not afraid of danger, what about you?"

Heroes are not afraid of low backgrounds, they are afraid of a lifetime of cheap work, those great generals are not born to be generals, but if you are willing to be a small soldier for the rest of your life, then you will have no interest, and you will only do some work to serve people after running all day long."

Zhengde blushed and said, "How can I have? I've also thought about making a contribution, isn't it because the adults have assigned me to you?"

Tang Yixian Xiao Yao'er snorted lightly, raised his eyes and glanced at him, seeing his embarrassed face, he couldn't help but soften in his heart, and said: "Xiao Huang, I watched you compete with the guards in the morning, although you are young, your martial arts are still quite good, read more military books when you have nothing to do in the future, you are still young, you will make meritorious contributions in the future, worship the generals, and be a general of Yunwen and Yunwu."

In fact, I was originally doing the work of waiting for people, and I still don't take myself as a big lady, and I usually call you around, but I just think you're funny, but I don't have the intention to call you. Men are not as good as us women, the glory of men is either bloody battlefields or governing the country and the country, and you have to be a famous man and a talented man at the worst, you should have some ambitions."

Zhengde was stirred by her words, his face was swollen and handsome, and he swore for a while: "A fairy girl, don't worry, I won't let you down, Xiao Huang is not an eternal soldier, one day, I want to stand in front of thousands of armies and horses, command Ruoding, halberd to command thousands of armies, establish immortal merits, live in the ages, be a general, right!" Be the biggest general! ”。

Tang Yixian laughed "sneered", held his cheeks in his hand and glanced at him and said, "What are I disappointed about, what does it have to do with me whether you have any interest or not?" ”

After she finished speaking, she withdrew her eyes, and her heart suddenly moved inexplicably, her eyes rose again, and she suddenly felt a little hot on her pretty face when she looked at Shang Zhengde's infatuated love.

The wind rose, and the snow covered the bow and sword.

Sixty war horses hurriedly swept through the increasingly populated street market, and went straight to Gudian Town outside the northern city.

This is the resting place of Miao Kui and Xu Tai garrisons who have just returned from the surprise attack on Mongolia.

Miao Kui and Xu Tai successfully completed the task of destroying behind the enemy line this time, and its significance is not insignificant, the Tatars who have always been nomadic for their livelihood continue to come to the border to plunder, this time the Ming army took the initiative to attack, deep into the steppe of the Tartars, and the blow to the morale of the entire Mongolian tribe can cause them more panic than killing tens of thousands of Mongolian iron horsemen on the land of the Ming Dynasty.

And this destruction, will definitely let the Mongolian tribes in order to survive in the spring after the start of an internal war, if the Ming can be led by the force, help the weak to destroy the strong, and then win the Duoyan Sanwei into the hands, you can make the desert that has just had a unified appearance become a mess of scattered sand again, into the state of the Warring States. If the Ming Dynasty takes the opportunity to ban rich countries and train and strengthen the army, then ten years later, twenty years later

Yang Ling thought of this, he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, a two-story restaurant in front of him, the red flags and lanterns were already a little dilapidated, and the blood-red wool Da Yan military flag and Miao character and Xu Zi Shuai flag standing on the roof indicated that this was the place where Miao Kui and Xu Tai were stationed.

Tie rode to the front of the building, Yang Ling hurriedly dismounted, and the soldiers led the horse to the side to tie it, Yang Ling shook the snow on his robe, and squinted at the vast sky.

The snow fell like mist, the old restaurant was hidden in the snow, a piece of white only the flags and lanterns swayed slightly, bringing out a light red, and there were soldiers constantly entering and exiting the tents in the four camps, and the horses sometimes neighed in and out of Xi Yuyu.

Zhang Yong also got off the horse, and at this time, he had heard the news and snatched out a group of people, and a person in front saw Yang Ling and Zhang Yong hurriedly running two steps, and couldn't help but say happily: "Lord Yang, Grandpa Zhang", and said that he had already rushed forward and grabbed Yang Ling's arm.

Yang Ling's eyes swept away, followed by Yang Yiqing and Du Renguo, and next to him there was a young general in Mongolian costume in his twenties, who had not yet had time to freshen up and was looking at himself with a smile, Yang Ling's heart flashed, and he had guessed that this person must be the champion of martial arts two years ago, and now Xu Tai, the general of Datong.

No wonder they swept the desert smoothly, in addition to having the detailed information and accurate maps provided by the inner factory, the army's courage and good fighting, I am afraid that they disguised themselves all the way and dressed as Tartars is also one of the reasons.

Yang Ling didn't have time to think about it, and then looked at Miao Kui, who was full of excitement, this Xichang factory man who was originally fine-skinned and tender-fleshed was now also wearing a bloated and fat animal skin cotton robe, the skin on his face and hands was rough, his complexion became dark, and he had a cracked and thin mouth.

Risking life and death to go deep into the desert and endure so many hardships, it is not good to say that this is called greedy for power, so what kind of merit and what kind of karma is the person who claims to have made meritorious contributions? At this moment, Yang Ling had no disagreement with this Miao father-in-law in his heart.

He tightened Miao Kui's hand tightly, and said with a smile: "Factory Gong, five thousand iron horsemen swept the desert and returned safely, your great achievements will definitely go down in history, and the Ming Dynasty will expand its territory and pacify the Tartars!" ”

Miao Kui burst into tears when he heard this, he was born and died in the past month, and said that the march was in a barren land, and this hard work could be so highly evaluated, and he could be respected by others, which made him feel inexplicable in his heart.

Zhang Yongyuan was a subordinate of Xichang, and when he saw his old boss, he also stepped forward to say a few words of comfort, and the general in the robe smiled and waited for the two sides to greet each other, before he stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "The last general, Xu Tai, meet the two lords!" ”

Yang Ling and Zhang Yong hurriedly stepped forward to pick him up, and said with a smile: "The general has worked hard and made great achievements, don't be so polite."

Yang Yiqing said with a smile: "Hehe, come on, it's snowing outside, let's go into the room and talk about it."

When the group entered the house, they saw a tandoor in the middle of the house, an iron pot on the stove boiling water, stewed with large pieces of mutton, and garlic seasoning and some milk branding, dry food, and a few large bowls on the table.

Yang Ling was inconvenient to immediately ask about the Tatar Kedun, he rubbed his hands and smiled: "Big bowl of wine, big mouthful of meat, okay, I'm also a little hungry in my belly, come, let's roast wine around the stove and talk while eating."

The group walked to the table and sat down, most of the people sitting were military generals, although Yang Yiqing was born in Wenchen, first Xiliang raised horses, and then was the commander of the border pass, he had already been assimilated, except for Zhang Yong, who ate Xiangswen, these people gobbled up, and there was no appearance of a major minister in the court.

Miao Kui has been crawling in the desert for a month, and he has long been accustomed to the fishy taste, the large piece of mutton is cut with a knife, and the blood in the middle is still red, so he puts it in his mouth and chews it, and occasionally takes a bowl to pour a sip of spirits, and the boldness is really more manly than a man.

Miao Kui and Xu Tai have already described the experience of infiltrating the desert to Yang Yiqing, and then talk about Yang Ling and Zhang Yong, and the emotions are no longer so excited, digging holes and hiding in the blizzard wind, encountering hungry and ferocious wolves, and burning and plundering the Tatar tribe at night, one by one, whether it is the thrill of life and death, the happy fight, the misery of flesh and blood, at this time in this warm room, it is like telling a story in the distant past.

After the two of them finished speaking, Yang Ling let out a long sigh of relief, and then asked, "I heard that you robbed a woman on your return journey, it is Ke Dun, could it be the queen of Boyan?" ”

Xu Tai shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, we encountered a violent snowstorm on the way back, and we didn't know the direction for a while, if we stayed there, the whole army would freeze to death, so we had to look for a leeward hiding place all the way, and found a small Mongolian tribe in a slope col, I wanted to copy them easily, so I only sent a team of 100 people, I didn't expect that the small tribe had no old and weak women and children, although there were less than 500 people, but they were all warriors who were good at fighting."

When the last general saw that the attack had been frustrated, he immediately led his whole army to cover up and kill them, and then he slew them down, and one of the Mongolian maids hurriedly fled into a large tent and shouted for him to flee, and my scouts, who knew the Tatar language, immediately led me after them, and the last general felt that this woman's status must be unusual, so he brought her back."

Zhang Yongqi said: "Since it is called Kedun, is there a second queen in Boyan?" Why can't you confirm her identity? ”

Miao Kui explained with a smile: "Lao Zhang, the Mongolian people are different from our Han people, the wives of the Mongolian Great Khan and the wives of some big tribal leaders are called Kedun, and the harem of the Mongolian Great Khan implements the "ear cut" palace account system. "Ear Cut" is a tent-style palace, each "Ear Cut" can set up a queen, and there are a number of concubines. ”

Yang Yiqing said: "So an emperor can have one, two, or even several empresses at the same time. This woman is very stubborn, no matter how you ask, she doesn't say anything about her identity, so it's hard to determine, but judging from the strong combat power of the three hundred iron horsemen around her, this Kedun's identity must be extraordinary."

Yang Ling thought for a while and said, "Where is she, let's go meet her."

Everyone had almost eaten, Yang Yiqing got up and said: "The woman is locked upstairs, and she doesn't refuse to give her food, but she doesn't say anything when she asks her, I'm afraid I can't ask anything, it's just that this woman has a good identity, and we are at a loss how to place us."

The group stepped on the creaking stairs to the second floor, the guards guarding the door saw that the adults were coming, and they were busy giving way, Xu Tai took the lead, pushed open the door, and sat next to the bed an old woman dressed as a person, with white hair and wrinkled faces, and a pair of old eyes looked at them slightly when she heard the voice.

Yang Ling was surprised, this old woman looked at least sixty years old, and her robe was also very ordinary, not like the wife of a powerful and powerful chieftain of a big tribe, they were looking at the old woman carefully, and the old woman also carefully took care of them with sharp and shrewd eyes that did not match her age, and then slowly looked away.

A guard who knew Tatar beside him spoke a few words aloud to the old woman, who looked at him contemptuously and said nothing. Yang Ling shook his head and whispered to Xu Tai: "Is there anything around her to prove her identity, such as her three hundred guards, what banner is she under and what tribe does she belong to?" ”

Xu Tai also said in a low voice: "Qi is strange here, those guards and horse ornaments, camp tents, and ordnance are extremely sophisticated, in the desert, it stands to reason that only the most trusted guards of Boyan Khan have such equipment, but this small tribe of five hundred people is all first-class warriors, equipped with the best weapons."

And they did not seem to be protecting the woman, but were on the duty of surveillance, and when we broke through the camp, the maid who rushed in and shouted for her to flee for her life was killed by the Tartars who were guarding outside the tent, and the Tartars were about to kill her, and it was strange that the last general shot her with an arrow."

It is indeed strange that the wives of the great men should be escorted by these fine iron horses? You must know that it is not easy to gather more than a thousand warriors among the tribes, and this old woman has five hundred tribe warriors who are all warriors to protect her, and there are no women and children in the tribe, and it is obvious that there are other people who provide everything they need, and the guards dare to kill her at a critical moment, who is she? Was it protected or placed under house arrest?

The sophisticated equipment of the personal guards of the Boyan Khan, a strange tribe composed of 500 elite soldiers, the guards who dared to kill the lord at a critical moment, and the noble lady of Kedun who was about sixty years old

As the largest merchant in Datong's smuggling with the Mongols, Han Lin discovered many unknown secrets, and these border generals did not know anything except military secrets, but Yang Ling knew very well.

He thought for a moment, his heart couldn't help but move, and he beckoned the guard who knew Tatar to whisper, the guard was stunned for a moment, turned around and repeated to the woman, the old woman trembled with horror, she stood up tremblingly, shouted a few words in a hoarse voice, and stared at Yang Ling with two eyes as if she saw a demon.

The guard turned around with surprise and admiration on his face and said: "My lord, she said that Boyan is the king of the steppe, the descendant of Genghis Khan, and he will not be defeated, even if the fire sieve has ambition, he will never dare to betray him, he does not have the strength, he does not have the prestige, but he has the wisdom to weigh the pros and cons, she said that we are a bunch of nonsense."

The lights flickered, Yang Ling's eyes also flashed, from the woman's attention and reaction to his words, he had judged the identity of this woman to be eight points, Yang Ling smiled and patted the guard on the shoulder, and then made a final temptation: "Tell her that I am indeed a bunch of nonsense, but Boyan will definitely be defeated in my hands sooner or later, please wait and see for Her Majesty the Empress of Manduhai!" ”

(To be continued)