"Resentful army?" Several people in the carriage exchanged glances, they had been in Youzhou for so long, so they naturally knew the beginning and end of this resentful army. It turned out that in the sixth year of Liao Tianqing (1116), due to the successive defeats of the Liao Expedition to Jin, Gao Yongchang, a Bohai man, killed Xiao Baoxian in Liao and Tokyo, proclaimed himself the emperor of the Great Bohai Kingdom, changed the Yuan to Yingshun, and occupied more than 50 states in eastern Liao. Emperor Tianzuo sent Prime Minister Zhang Lin to crusade, and was defeated by the Jurchen soldiers supporting Gao Yongchang in Shenzhou. Emperor Tianzuo awarded Yeluchun, the king of Qin and Jin, as the marshal of the capital, recruited the hungry people of Liaodong, and took revenge on the Jurchens, which was called "resentful army". However, this "resentful army" not only could not repay the Jurchens, but fled from the Jin army. After Ye Luchun returned to Yanjing, he adapted the "Resentful Army" into the Winning Army. However, this army, which was generally composed of hungry people in eastern Liaodong, rebelled and surrendered from time to time, which made Yeluchun who stayed behind in Liaonanjing at that time a headache. And Zhou Ping, who is a traverser, knows more, this "resentful army" can be described as a catastrophe, they first rebelled against Liao and surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and later rebelled against the Song Dynasty and surrendered to Jin, and finally were dismantled and dispatched by the Jin army, and the backbone was all killed. This army is a microcosm of this chaotic era, they betray others and are betrayed by others, like a carriage driven by a blind man, running wildly on the mountain road, leaving corpses and blood stains along the way, and finally falling off the cliff and falling to pieces.

"Then you go and bandage the wound first, so that you can rest, and then make plans when the injury is healed!" Han Xiaoxuan said with a smile.

"Thank you so much!" The young man kowtowed to the crowd and was taken to the mission's doctor's carriage. Wen Cheng said with a smile: "I didn't expect that I would have to leave the Liao Realm, and I got such an idle man." It seems that this envoy, Xianggong is going straight to the clouds! ”

The next day, the mission crossed Baigou, arrived at the Song realm, and went all the way to Tokyo. Li Bao couldn't go to Tokyo because of the case, and was going to go to Xuejia Village in Anyang. Before parting, Li Bao suddenly said to Zhou Ping: "Brother Zhou, I have something to say to you, it's a little weird that you picked up that Luo She'er. ”

"Eccentric? So how to say? ”

Li Bao sighed and said: "This kid is very diligent in his hands and feet, and before his injuries are all healed, he got off the carriage and followed the grass and firewood, and he was busy with everything, and everyone liked him, but he spoke and acted a little strangely." For example, one night when he was camping, he saw me putting my saber aside before going to bed, and asked me why I didn't put it in my arms and put it close to my flesh. I said, "There is no such thing as a knife in the world." The boy said that the weather was cold, and that if the blade and scabbard were left outside at night, the blade and scabbard would stick together, and that if they could not pull it out temporarily, it would be a life, and they would keep the knife in their arms when they camped at night; Another time when we had dinner together, he only ate one bowl and stopped eating, and I asked him if he was full? However, he replied that he was only a half-grown child, not a regular soldier, and that it was enough to be able to eat half full, and that he should leave the millet for the regular soldiers to eat so that they could have the strength to fight; And yesterday, when we passed through a village, he asked me why there was no ditch outside the village, no stone wall and tower inside, and the road leading directly to the entrance of the village, and there were no twists and turns. I didn't know how to answer for a moment. ”

Zhou Ping recalled this mission to Youzhou, although he also saw some traces of war on the road, but generally speaking, it was still peaceful. But what this Luo Sheer said and saw in his eyes was all about attacking and killing, and it was obvious that he did not learn these experiences in Youzhou, but from the land of Liaodong and Liaoxi that the resentful army had escaped. From this point of view, what a hell it is on earth, and the life of even a half-year-old child is full of war. What a terrible scene it would be for the army to come out of this kind of hell on earth once it entered the Song Kingdom, which had been peaceful for more than 100 years and the people did not know how to fight. Thinking of this, Zhou Ping couldn't help but shudder.

"You see what I mean, right?" Li Bao said in a low voice: "When I think of the Great Xiangguo Temple, Thorn Basin, and Flutter Society in Tokyo, and then think about the place where this Luo Sheer came from, where the people live a good life, I shudder. If they are allowed to kill them, everything will be over, and the whole city of Tokyo will be wiped off the face of the earth! ”

"I see!" Zhou Ping nodded: "No matter what, you can't let them in!" ”

"Anyway!" Li Bao nodded heavily: "As long as I can prevent them from coming in, I am willing to do anything!" Speaking of this, he stretched out his right hand and shook Zhou Ping's arm tightly, shook it vigorously twice and turned to leave.

"Willing to do anything!" Zhou Ping looked at Li Bao's departing back, and a look of resoluteness appeared on his face.

By the time the mission returned to Tokyo, it was already March of the second year of Shigema (1119), and the breath of spring had already appeared in this peaceful city. According to the custom of the past, the people of Tokyo are arguing about the most chic teahouses on both sides of the Bianhe River. Which famous garden peach blossom is newly blooming? What's new in Xianglan? Use all sorts of tricks to pass your free time. At this time, the Great Song Dynasty was so wealthy that there was such a large class of citizens in the city of Tokyo, who were like flies and insects next to the big honey pot in Tokyo, licking the sporadic honey splashed when the dignitaries devoured it. These lucky flies fluttered their wings and flaunted their luck, but they didn't realize that as the scent of honey spread, a pair of greedy eyes had gathered in the darkness around the honey pot.

"You two are going home?" Han Xiao asked reservedly, since the mission returned to Tokyo, no, it should be said that it was after arriving in Baigou and returning to the Song realm. Han Xiaoxuan's attitude towards Zhou and Xue underwent a subtle change, from the kind of closeness to his confidants to the kind of reserve and arrogance hidden behind the reserve that was unique to the scholars and doctors at that time to treat their subordinates. For this change, Zhou Ping didn't seem to feel all this at all, and always maintained a respectful and diligent attitude, which made Han Xiaoxuan very satisfied, and even praised Zhou Ping in a conversation with his wife Although he was from the township, he handled things decently, which was very rare among martial artists.

"Exactly!" Zhou Ping bowed and bowed, got up and said: "It's almost the spring ploughing season, the two of us still have some land in the township, which cannot be wasted, and please allow the two of us to return to our hometown, and then come to serve the minister after the autumn harvest!" ”

"I see!" Han Xiaoxuan stroked the beard under his chin, thought for a moment and smiled: "Originally, I wanted to find a mission for the two of you in Beijing, but since you are worried about your home, then let you go back." Before parting, take 30 yuan per person in the account room, and the bento is a coil on the road! ”

"Villain, thank you! I don't dare to stay in Tokyo, if only I could find a mission in Xiangzhou. ”

"That's easy! I mentioned the merits of the two of you in the excerpt, and I don't dare to say anything else, there is no problem with a county lieutenant and a head! ”

"Thank you for cultivating Xianggong!" Zhou Ping bowed and said, "The villain has one more thing to ask for, and he hopes to agree to it!" ”

"Oh? What do you want? ”

"The villain likes the art of forging since he was a child, and he has heard for a long time that the skilled craftsmen in the world are in the fifty-one works of the Beijing East and West Workshop (Northern Song Dynasty Weapons Workshop), and he dares to go to open his eyes, and please help him publicly!"

"Stuff workshop? Armament supervisor? Han Xiaoxuan's brows furrowed, and he was silent. Seeing this, Zhou Ping hurriedly explained: "The villain's daughter-in-law who has not passed through the door is a blacksmith in the family, and the villain is only afraid that he will also make a living from this in the future. Please also help each other! ”

"I see!" Han Xiaoxuan laughed: "Although your grade is low now, you are also a registered military attaché, why are you still thinking about that blacksmith shop?" Anyway, you are also a military attache of the imperial court, so it doesn't matter, it just so happens that I still owe two bottles of good wine to the father-in-law Qiu who mentioned the weapons supervisor, you two send them, by the way, just take a look over there. ”

"Thank you!"

As soon as Zhou Ping and Xue Liangyu retreated from the hall, Xue Liangyu asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhou, why don't you stay in the Han Xianggong Mansion, why don't you go back to Anyang?" ”

"Stay here?" Zhou Ping sneered and asked, "Do you feel that Han Xianggong's attitude towards us is a little different after returning to Tokyo?" ”

"Is there one?" Xue Liangyu was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said, "It seems to be true, not as close as it was when I was in Liao." ”

"That's natural, you and I are both fighting men who can only bend bows and dance knives, in Liao State, he can use you and me to work for him, what is the use of the two of us in Tokyo? Even if we help us find a dispatch, this love will be over. In this Tokyo city, we two rough men are high-ranking officials and nobles, even if there is a dispatch, how can it be compared to going home to be the head of the capital and the county lieutenant? ”

"That's what Big Brother said!"

"And this time you went to Liao, didn't you find that the peaceful days are coming to an end, and it will be the day of the warriors soon. Let's stay in Tokyo like Rong Junzhi and Golden Gun Straight to the nobles? It's better to go back to Anyang and train your own village soldiers, it's serious, you must know that they are our roots! ”

"Yes, that's our roots!" Xue Liangyu nodded fiercely: "Then the eldest brother is going to the Ordnance Prison for this?" ”

"That's nature!" Zhou Ping said with a smile: "How can you not have strong armor if you want to train soldiers?" We can't make iron armor and crossbows now, but let's see how we can make them, right? Let's have a good life tomorrow, and when I go back, I will expand the scale of Blacksmith Chen's shop several times, and my 5,000 yuan is for this. ”

"Okay, Brother Zhou still thinks ahead!" Xue Liangyu opened his mouth and laughed heartily.

The next day, Zhou Xue and the two brought two bottles of good wine and Han Xiaoxuan's famous thorn, came to the armory prison yamen, and handed the thorn, and soon after, someone led the two to the hall, and the head of the hall sat a white-faced fat man in his forties, with a lovely smile, and when Zhou and Xue had done the salute, they raised their hands and said sharply: "It's rare that Han Zuoshi still remembers this incident, and a certain family has suffered it." I haven't seen him for a few days, and I don't know if he went to Liao Country and his body is fine? ”

"Thank you for your inquiry, my family is fine."