Qingyang Palace has changed guards, and the inner perimeter of the back garden is still under the protection of the guards of the King of Shu, but the periphery is completely Yang Ling's personal soldiers, and it is not allowed to enter or go out inside, otherwise it will be killed.

His personal soldiers brought a total of 500 people, and this time he transferred another 300, but if the person who wants to be unfavorable to Yang Ling is really the king of Shu, even if all the five hundred personal soldiers are sent, Yang Ling will not hesitate, because as long as the king of Shu is in his control, his personal safety is the greatest guarantee.

These elite of the Beijing army, as if cast in a mold, tall, short, fat and thin are almost the same, as Yang Ling has participated in many battlefield battles, that kind of awe-inspiring murderous aura is imitated by others, and those who look as mighty, but have a completely different temperament compared with the palace guards, and make judgments.

Although these people are few, they give people a feeling that this is the army, the real elite division, can be a bloody warrior with one ten, although they have a gentle smile on their faces, but whether it is the Taoist priests of Qingyang Palace on the periphery or the palace guards in the inner perimeter, they have intentionally or unintentionally distanced themselves from them, and they dare not approach lightly.

Liu Dabang mallet chewed a piece of grass in his mouth, stood on tiptoe on the platform and looked into the distance, and muttered, "Let's go soon?" Grandma's, this time I can't go out with the big handsome, standing here as a guard, it's really enough to hold my breath."

A guard next to him said with a smile: "Lord Baihu, didn't Master Hou say it, if you guard this place, it will be a great achievement, and you will remember your first merit when you come back."

Liu Dabang mung bean glared, and scolded with a smile: "You know a fart!" Do you know how to fight with the handsome, it's enjoyable, it's fun, it's fun, it's fun! You can't be a big stick."

The man grinned and said no more.

At this time, a brutal and delicate voice came from behind: "You are so bold, are you blind?" I don't even know you, or I'll cut off your heads!" ”

Liu Dabang mallet looked back, only to see the cold light in the hands of the two guards, two snowy knives together, blocking a girl in cuiyi, followed by two little girls, and their faces were white with fright.

Liu Dabang held the grass roots in his mouth, walked over slowly, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The two guards still vigilantly stopped the girl with their knives, and said without looking back: "Yu Baihu, this girl wants to leave Qingyang Palace."

The girl's apricot eyes widened, and she glared at him and said, "You are their leader?" Tell your people to get out of the way for me, this girl is going out for a walk."

Liu looked up and down with a mallet, and saw that it was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, her skin was pink and tender, as if she would pinch it out of the water, her eyes were round, her eyebrows were curved, her red mouth was slightly exposed, and the corners of her lips were pursed.

Liu Dabang's mallet mung bean's eyes narrowed, and he smiled: "What are you going out for?" We said that this place is now my final say, even a mouse, and you are not allowed to jump in or run out, although your little girl is small like a flower, but it is not bigger than a mouse, no! There is no order from the marshal, so I will honestly go back and squat."

The little girl's face turned white when she heard this, her hands crossed her willow waist, her eyebrows raised like a distant mountain, and she shouted sharply: "You are so bold, do you know who this girl is?" ”

"Yo ho", Liu Dabang spit out the grass stalks, and his hands also crossed his round stomach, he really couldn't find his waist: "Then do you know who this military master is?" ”

The little girl was so angry that she was about to explode, pointing at the tip of her small and sharp nose and shouting: "I am the daughter of the King of Shu, the county lord of Sichuan, you big bastard who doesn't open your eyes!" ”

Liu Dabang rolled his mung bean eyes, stretched out his fingers with the thickness of carrots, pointed at his garlic nose and said: "I am the handsome's personal soldier, Shandong Dabanon, you eyeless little girl!" ”

"You, you, you are a bad person, even if Yang Ling sees me, you must not be so rude, what law did the King of Shu commit, and the whole family actually became your prisoner?" Zhu Xiang'er roared angrily.

Liu Dabang mallet hurriedly made a face, and said solemnly: "Dashuai said, the prince is seriously ill, the prince was captured, the situation is very serious, the slightest wind and grass, Shu is full of wolf smoke, the stakes are very important, for the safety of the prince, before the rebellion in Xuzhou was pacified, the place where the prince lived was controlled by military. The county lord is right, I am a muddy person, I only know how to admit death, you must not be like me. ”

Zhu Xiang'er was so angry with him that she couldn't help it, she paused and said to herself: "Okay!" You're waiting, bastard, it's great to climb up to the chin? Dare to offend me like this, when Yang Ling comes back, this county wants him to kneel down and lick my toes! ”

Zhu Binhan was calm under his rule, and although he was a prince, he was often lightly dressed and simple, and enjoyed with the people. He disciplined his son very strictly, and he couldn't help but indulge and spoil this little daughter, so Zhu Xianger often sneaked to the folk to have fun, and when she heard some foul language in the market, she felt very majestic, and then she said it by the way, but as soon as the words came out, she felt that it was inappropriate, and her tender cheeks suddenly swollen red.

Liu Dabang looked at this pretty little girl with flowers and bones, and "poof" and laughed: "I am only responsible for the safety of the prince, if the handsome man likes to lick his feet, I can't control it."

Zhu Xiang'er couldn't explain it to a bad person, she wanted to scold someone but was taken advantage of, so she paused in anger, turned around and left.

Liu Dabang looked at her and walked away as if she had escaped, smiled, turned his face flat, and commanded left and right: "Good job, keep a close eye on me, especially this naughty little mouse!" ”

The guards on both sides laughed and shouted in unison, "Obey! ”

The palace of the king of Shu is majestic and magnificent, because the land of Shu is rich, the palace of the king of Shu is also the largest in the palace of the princes, it almost occupies one-fifth of the place in the city of Chengdu, the whole building sits in the north and faces south, the pavilion and pavilion platform everywhere, the golden splendor. The garden is exquisite and beautiful, the small bridge and flowing water, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, it is simply a fairyland on earth, among which the "chrysanthemum autumn fragrance" is known as one of the eight major landscapes in Chengdu, but there are very few who are destined to see it.

Beyond the confines of this grand palace, there is a palace castle, surrounded by a royal river that leads to the Golden River. Beyond the royal river, there is also a brick city, called Chongcheng. There is a pavilion on the east and west sides outside the palace gate, the east pavilion is called the dragon yin, and the west pavilion is called the tiger roar.

Such a huge building, at the end of the Ming Dynasty Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu had made it the imperial city of the Great Western Kingdom, when the army was defeated and left, Zhang Xianzhong did not want this luxurious palace to fall into the hands of the Qing people, and burned down the imperial city with a fire.

At this time, Zhu Rangjin and Tuoba Yanran walked slowly in the palace. The scenery around him is beautiful, the birds are pleasant, and the autumn breeze is cool, bringing the fragrance of chrysanthemums. Tuoba Yanran said in a low voice: "I went to Xuzhou, I was careful in everything, now that the prince of the world has fallen into the hands of Du Zhangman, your situation is the most embarrassing, if you blindly seek peace and strike the army, it will damage the dignity of the imperial court, not only will the Qin Cha not like it, but the Bashu officials will definitely not be satisfied." But if you advocate sending troops, you will inevitably be suspected of taking the opportunity to trap and kill the son of the world, seeking glory and wealth, alas, silence is golden, can you not open your mouth and speak less."

Zhu Rangjin wore a robe with arrow sleeves today, even more red lips and white teeth, graceful, listening to Tuoba Yanran's words, he laughed loudly: "Yanran is too worried, I, Zhu Rangjin, have an open heart, what wealth and glory, but it is just a passing cloud, this position of the king of Shu, my father gave it to me, I still think it is uncomfortable." But now that Brother Wang is in the hands of those barbarians, he is my compatriot and brother, and I have to think of a way to save him, and why should I care what others say. ”

Tuoba Yanran glanced at him coquettishly, and said angrily: "You, it's just this self-done temper that is not good, otherwise with your talent, how could the prince not like you?" To know the convergence".

Zhu Rangjin shook his head and chuckled: "I admire Brother Wang's talent and character very much, why do you admire me, but you don't like Brother Wang?" Isn't it because my surname is Zhangyang, I do my own thing, and I am not as serious and restrained as Brother Wang? ”

Tuoba Yanran shook her head and sighed: "You, you", but her expression was full of joy, obviously Zhu Rang Jinzheng said what was on her mind.

She thought for a while, and then said: "Since you go to Xuzhou, I don't have any meaning in Chengdu, so I will return to Xiaojinchuan in these two days, and the affairs of the palace have been arranged?" ”

Zhu Rangjin smiled and said: "I don't need to worry about the affairs of the palace, the day after tomorrow, the big housekeeper will come back from Shaanxi, my father is meditating, and he will handle the affairs of the palace when the king brother is away."

Tuoba Yanran said unhappily: "These rules are really inexplicable, they are also the sons of the King of Shu, and the eldest son can be in charge of the entire palace on behalf of the prince, but you can't even touch any affairs, and you have to avoid suspicion everywhere." You are not even allowed to enter the Yin'an Palace, but I can sit in my father's seat if I want, and it makes people angry when I think about it. ”

Tuoba Yanran was upset for him, but Zhu Rangjin looked happy, and said with a smile: "Isn't this good?" Brocade clothes and food, I'm not bad. Really let me do those things, take care of the regular affairs of the palace, take care of the salt wells and mulberry fields, iron ore and silver mountains, do you like it? ”

"Don't", Tuoba Yanran pursed her lips disdainfully, shook her head and said: "Don't want it, Zhu Rangjin is a dragon and phoenix among people, how can he be contaminated with those vulgar things?" ”

Zhu Rangjin was overjoyed by her praise, couldn't help but scratch her nose affectionately, and said with a smile: "You, my father didn't hand over those things to me, you think my father snubbed me." Assign it to me, you think those mundane things shackle me, hehe, women are so contradictory. ”

Tuoba Yanran put on a pretty face and said, "What do you mean?" Do you want to say: Only women and villains are difficult to raise, those who are close are not inferior, and those who are far away are resentful, and the ancients did not deceive me? ”

Zhu Rangjin smiled and said, "You, you are suspicious again, where do I mean this?" ”

"It must be!" Tuoba Yanran's unruly surname came up again: "No wonder you look like you can't forget that Jiangnan Dai Xiaolou, and you are full of praise." A woman like her is well-behaved and clever, and she is the best at coaxing men to be happy, she doesn't dare to say west if you want to go east, if you are lucky enough to climb your high branches, she will only have honey on her mouth, how can she say this and that."

Zhu Rangjin's handsome face suddenly collapsed: "My mother, it started again, Yanran's face is like the sky in Yunnan, it changes when it is said, who knows which sentence she will not listen to, silence is golden, um!" Silence is golden".

Tuoba Yanran talked for a long time, and when she saw that he didn't say a word, she couldn't help but say angrily: "You have a weak heart, aren't you?" Otherwise, why don't you say a word? ”

Zhu Rangjin said helplessly: "What is the lack of heart, I mean, my obedient Yanran, with a seven-trick and exquisite heart, which makes people incomprehensible and unpredictable."

"You're still quibbling!"

Zhu Rangjin hurriedly shut up again.

At this moment, a laugher said, "Haha, Miss Tuoba is bullying the second prince again?" In this world, you are the only one who can make him speechless."

I saw a middle-aged man in a black shirt with narrow sleeves and lace on the right cardigan, and wide trousers with many pleats laughing, followed by a woman in a similar costume but in bright colors and wearing a cockscomb.

The man had a lock of hair about three inches long on the top of his head, called the "Heavenly Bodhisattva", and wrapped his head in blue-blue cotton cloth, leaving a high sharp horn on his left forehead, called the Hero Knot, and wore a needle in his left ear, and wore a large gold earring. Although the weather was still very hot at this time, this person actually wore a piece of coarse felt like a cloak on his shoulders, which was actually a Yi decoration.

He is much older than Zhu Rangjin, about thirty years old, but the Yi people regard the absence of beard as beauty, and they pull it off one by one from the long beard, so his jaw is smooth and smooth, and he looks much younger.

Zhu Rangjin saw the savior, and hurriedly stepped forward happily and said, "Ji Panwasi, my good brother, you finally arrived in time." As he spoke, he hugged him, and then smiled and said hello to the Yi woman behind him, who was Vasi's wife, Jigu Ajia.

Because her husband Jipanwasi is the son of Tusi and has a noble status, according to the rule that the more noble the status, the denser the skirt folds, her long skirt is covered with layers of wrinkles, and at the same time drags the ground tightly, and the dust flies when walking, which shows the preciousness of her status.

"I received your news, and I came all night long, good brother, do you want me to help you with anything?" Ji Panwasi said to Zhu Rangjin with a smile.

Jipanwasi and Tuoba Yanran also knew each other, so they smiled and said hello. He had a serious illness a few years ago, the witch doctor in the tribe was not cured, and he was about to die in Huangquan, it was Zhu Rangjin who happened to wander here to let Lang Zhong heal him, and the Yi people were surnamed heroic, and they repaid their kindness, and since then they have regarded Zhu Rangjin as a brother with a different surname.

Zhu Rangjin briefly explained the matter, and then said: "I know that you have been to Lingxiao City and Jiusi Village to do business with them, and you must know the path into the mountain, Brother Wang is now in their hands, and if you rely on the imperial army to attack, Brother Wang's surname must be in danger, so I hope you can walk with me, act at the opportunity, and maybe have the opportunity to save my brother Wang."

Ji Panwasi's face was embarrassed when he heard this, and he hesitated for a while before he whispered: "Good brother, I don't know the news of your brother Wang's arrest, but the news that the barbarians are fighting against the court has spread in all the mountains and villages, and most of the old men of the Tusi have cough cough, that kind of thought, if I come forward to help you, our tribe will be isolated."

Zhu Rangjin lowered his eyebrows, sighed softly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I understand, let Jin not embarrass my brother, I'll find another way, don't be too embarrassed."

Ji Panwasi hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I'll go with you, but I can't show my face in public, you give me a set of Han clothes, don't let people know that Ji Pan Wasi is with you."

Zhu Rangjin was overjoyed, hugged him and said: "This is easy to do, my sister-in-law will live in the palace first, and I will definitely ask someone to take care of my sister-in-law."

Ji Panwasi glanced at Tuoba Yanran, and Zhu Rangjin smiled knowingly: "Yanran is my confidant, the only confidant, you should rest assured that she is."

Although Tuoba Yanran loves to make a small surname with Zhu Rangjin, he still knows how to maintain his face in public, and he is busy and said with a smile: "Yes, don't worry, I haven't seen your husband and wife come to the palace today, hehehe, so you should rest assured, Brother Ahei."

Some officials thought that Shu was difficult to walk, Xuzhou was dangerous, and the 200,000 troops in the past could not enter the mountains for half a step.

Opponents believe that once agreed, Duzhangman in the Xuzhou area is equivalent to painting the land as a prison, as if it is a country within a country, and the imperial court wants to send troops again, morally it will cause passivity, and the teacher will be nameless, and if other Tusi tribes follow the example, there will be no peace in Shu from now on, so they should be suppressed and appeased, and they can be promised heavy money, land and official positions to redeem the prince, and at the same time they will be approached by strong force, so that Duzhangman will give up too many conditions.

The two sides are in dispute, but a basic consensus is the same, the Han people withdrew from Xuzhou, so that Du Zhangman is like a country of its own, this is absolutely impossible, even if the king of Shu agrees, the court will never agree when he hears the news, Du Zhangman put forward such an excessive condition, and there is a ** is to keep it for the court to bargain, so that the lion opens his mouth and asks for a high price.

Yang Ling had expected that it would be impossible to have a result in a unilateral discussion sitting here like this, and it was only because he was in power for the first time that he deliberately discussed politics openly, so as not to give people a sense of arbitrariness and self-righteousness.

He sat on the top, holding the Shang Fang sword and the Qincha seal letter wrapped in yellow silk on the left and right, waiting for the two sides to fight, the Qincha master slammed the table and decisively said: "Fight or not, go out first." We have discussed a hundred ideas here, and we have to be willing to accept them from the barbarians. Blindly talking about it here, isn't that just talking on paper?

Where are the barbarians? In the deep mountains and old forests of Xuzhou! The opinions of both of you, Ben Qincha has already written it down, and when you get to Xuzhou, you can only make a choice when you find out the bottom limit of the barbarians. Ben Chin Cha now announced that Li Sen would lead a large army of 70,000 under the command of the capital and immediately open up Xuzhou.

The place was steep and narrow, and if a million troops were sent, only 20,000 could directly fight the Duzhang barbarians, and 70,000 troops were more than enough. At the same time, Ben Qincha and the second prince, the political envoy to participate in the politics of Lord Feng, Chengdu Tongzhiwu went to Xuzhou, and the political envoy An and the inspection made Lord Lu stay in Chengdu to preside over the overall situation.

The entourage includes the political envoy Yamen, the Chengdu Prefect Yamen, and the most important thing is that the second son of the King of Shu also traveled with the army, what other opinions do you have? So the two sides of the dispute only retreated, Yang Ling looked at it, brushed his sleeves and shouted: "Set off immediately to open Xuzhou, civil and military officials perform their duties, and those who delay the military order of Benhou will be killed." Retire! ”

The 70,000-strong army had to be mobilized from all over the place, the military order was issued, and the army went to Xuzhou on its own to stand by, and the army from Chengdu was only 15,000 people. However, these 15,000 people are also immense, especially the rear team is still pulling a cannon, which looks scary, but the local knowledgeable officials and soldiers shook their heads when they saw it:

This Qincha should still be fighting Tartars in the north? The dwelling of the Duzhang barbarians is extremely dangerous, and the soldiers have difficulty traveling, if he can transport these cannons weighing thousands of pounds into the mountains, it will be a miracle, as for the fortresses and cliffs formed by those heaven and earth, only God knows.

Yang Ling didn't care, he didn't care what others thought of him. Since the Ming Dynasty established the country, and Du Zhangman is like a pair of enemies, he has fought for more than 100 years, and he doesn't know how many famous generals have been sent, and the army has dispatched at most 250,000, and he has no choice but to win people.

For no other reason, not all the barbarians have sharp weapons, nor do they have great wisdom, although this group of barbarians is brave, it is still an exaggeration to take one as a hundred, if it is really a war, thirty or fifty thousand soldiers are enough.

The problem is that there are poor mountains and bad waters, and if you have a famous general like a god and a million lions under your command, you can only wave the flag and shout in the back when you really fight, just say that the sheep intestine path in front of Jiusi City is more than 30 miles long, and if you send hundreds of people to constantly sneak attack and kill in the grass and bushes, your army will not be able to pass.

The strategy of the famous general, the invincible army, in front of the power of heaven and earth, in front of this masterpiece of the devil, can only return with a feather. Let those tattered elephants called Hanako, and the barbarians whose civilization is still in a state of ignorance and ignorance, are allowed to roam freely in the mountains.

What Yang Ling wanted was to give people the illusion that his strategy was no different from that of the other barbarians who had encircled and suppressed Duzhang, so as to despise his military morale. As for Yang Ling's clever calculation and method of winning the game, it is still in the making, and he needs Liu Biao as much information as possible in order to prescribe the right medicine and come up with a way to deal with it.

In the Song Dynasty, the army had not yet set out, the emperor first drew a formation map, and handed it to the generals of the army to catch the medicine according to the prescription, at that time, whether it was the generals in the army or the hundred officials in the court, no one felt that there was anything wrong, but in the eyes of Yang Ling, it was inevitably absurd and abnormal.

When we arrive at the front battlefield, we cannot predict the strength of the enemy or our troops, the place of engagement, the enemy's tactics, morale, morale, and even the weather.

Under the condition that the intelligence system was extremely underdeveloped at that time, Yang Ling thought that it was also irresponsible for the generals to formulate specific tactics and tactics before setting out for the battle, so he was not at all uneasy that he was the commander-in-chief and that the army had no specific strategy, but took it for granted.

The army left for two days, and the three fast horses rushed to Chengdu from the Beijing Division, and only stopped for a moment in Qincha Xingyuan, and then beat the horses like flying, and went straight to Xuzhou.

Yang Ling settled down first when he arrived in Xuzhou, Wu Tongzhi was in charge of the military quartermaster, he was the busiest person in the early stage, said hello to Qincha, and went to arrange grain and grass by himself.

Li Sen arranged the armies that arrived one after another, set up camps, set up sand tables, learned about the situation of the barbarians in the nearby counties, and discussed with the generals in the army, and was very busy.

Liu Biao heard that Yang Ling had arrived, so he immediately rushed to meet him, and when Yang Ling's personal soldiers introduced him to Yang Ling's big tent, Liu Biao saw that Yang Ling was dressed in a soft white robe, with a silk scarf and a graceful demeanor, just like a literati and elegant scholar, without the slightest general temperament, but behind him stood a small colonel in full uniform.

Liu Biao arched his hand to Yang Ling and said, "See my lord."

"Sit, sit, you're welcome, look at your appearance, I've been working hard for you these past few days. Taste this Emei bamboo leaf green, similar to the West Lake Longjing, but the taste is different, first moisten the throat, refresh the mind and then say."

"Yes, thank you, my lord", Liu Biao responded with a smile, took a cup of tea and took a sip, and suddenly felt that the little colonel behind Yang Ling was a little familiar, and the eyes looking at him were unusual.

Liu Biao looked back carefully: such a handsome little lieutenant, with red lips and white teeth, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, just like a twenty-eight year old girl. Liu Biao's eyes lit up: Where did you find it from, how good the dignitaries are, aren't the adults enough for women, and they also want to try the taste of prostitution?

At that time, a good man's style was a fashion, and it was not despised by the people of the time, so Liu Biao just smiled evilly and thought about it, but when the handsome young man saw him looking at himself, he suddenly pursed his lips and smiled, and winked at him.

This smile is full of femininity, Liu Biao's eyes widened suddenly, and he squirted out a sip of tea with a "poof": "Isn't this General Song Bing?" ”

Liu Biao was stunned and said, "Didn't Lord Song stay in Chengdu?" I didn't hear that the wolf soldiers also came to Xuzhou."

Yang Ling looked back at Song Xiaoai, and said with a smile: "Even you have hidden it?" That's good, don't say it yet. The wolf army walks on flat ground in the 100,000 mountains, and it must also come in handy in this place, at least it is better at mountain warfare and jungle warfare than our official army, this is a strange soldier of mine, how to use it has not been thought about yet, just wait for your news."

Liu Biao calmed down, and then said with a wry smile: "Humble people, of course, they won't pay special attention to listening to your news, but we have always cared about your whereabouts, and we can hide from their ears and eyes, and your lord's secrecy skills are powerful enough."

He took a sip of tea, put down the cup, synthesized the information collected by his subordinates, and told Yang Ling one by one, Yang Ling listened while casually jotting down the main points on the paper: the location where the Duzhang barbarians lived, the distribution of tribes, the composition of the villages, the approximate ratio of men, women, and children, the food he liked to eat, the customs, the ethnic habits, and even what festivals he had, as well as religious beliefs.

"They originally lived in the nearby six counties of Rong County, Jiegao, Jing, Yunlian, Changning, Jiang'an, and Naxi, and after the conflict with the Han people, they plundered all directions, killed hundreds of good people, robbed a lot of grain and grass, and some people took the opportunity to annihilate silver women, and then gathered in Dudu Village, Lingxiao City, Jiusi City and other dangerous places, but after the prince was detained, they seemed to have some fear, thinking that the officers and soldiers did not dare to harm them, and the crops in the field were almost ripe and needed to be harvested, so many people had returned to the village."

"In addition to the capital of the village, nine silk city, Lingxiao city and several other dangers, the adults know its details, there are all the heavy soldiers of the capital and the king of the mountain, in the Tang and Song dynasties, in the mountain's main peak of the black hat top of the halfway mountainside built a stone village, this village is built around the mountain, the boulder is the wall, about more than zhang high, the area of the city is as much as 100 acres, set up the big village gate, the small village gate, so it is also called the stone big village.

This mountain is steep on all sides, there is no road under the mountain, but there is a pass road between the west pass and the flag planting mountain to go up, and the boulder city walls on both sides of the mountain path stretch for hundreds of meters, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Yang Ling remembered one by one, now he is just listening to Liu Biao's dictation, he does not have a clear concept in his heart, after the army is stationed, he must first contact the barbarians to see how to rescue the son, if the peace cannot be reached, the army can be moved, so he is not in a hurry, just understand all aspects, in case of emergency.

"You say that all the palms are rich in bronze drums? Don't they use silver and gold? Yang Ling stopped his pen and asked curiously.

"No, I am afraid that gold and silver are equally precious treasures among all tribes, but just as the Tibetans of Usi expressed their wealth by the number of cattle and sheep, they all expressed their wealth by bronze drums, and a large bronze drum of the highest quality was worth two hundred taels of silver, which could be exchanged for a thousand head of cattle.

The barbarians drink and have fun to beat the drum, worship the gods and sacrifice to beat the drum, and lead the troops to fight or beat the drum, so the copper drum is not only a symbol of wealth in their eyes, but also represents power, luck, and bravery.

The Duzhang barbarians looked down on the Han people, but they only feared Zhuge Liang abnormally, thinking that he was an invincible god, so they called the bronze drum that represented their bravery and combat power Zhuge Drum. ”

Yang Ling wrote it down in a deep voice, and Liu Biao said again: "The god that Duzhangman believes in is the frog god, that is, the frog, and their ritual of worshipping the god is to put on special clothes, imitate the movements of the frog, and pray to the frog god. Many of the cliffs are left on the huge frog god statues they painted, and they have seen one of them, and the steep walls are thousands, even if they are tied with ropes, to paint such a large picture, I don't know how long it will take, and their worship of the frog god can be seen."

Yang Ling didn't know which of these miscellaneous things could be used and which ones could not be used, but he recorded them one by one first, and the more he knew about the surname and temperament of the Duzhang barbarians, the more he knew about his opponent, and he would always be able to have a better chance of winning.

Yang Ling said: "There are thousands of villages in Duzhangman, scattered in the surrounding counties, the largest village is only more than 100 people, but every time there is a war, it can quickly gather, and the whole is united, this tribe does have its own uniqueness, I heard that their patriarch is surnamed A (pronounced Ha)?" ”

Liu Biao said: "Yes, in fact, the tribes of Shu, such as Qiang, Yi, Miao, Wusizang and other tribes, have lived together with the Han people for more than 100 years, accepted the Han culture, many have been sinicized, known as Shufan, living in remote mountainous areas, wild surnames are difficult to tame, and often go out of the mountains to rob Han villages, known as Shengfan." However, Du Zhangman is an outlier among them, always living alone and widowed, and does not interact with Han people.

However, this non-communication means that they do not live and interact with Han people, and they are extremely repulsive to Han people, but they like many things of Han people very much. According to the investigation of the lowly position, their great chieftain Ah Da had sent people to buy a large number of porcelain and silk, and he was also very envious of the honor guards of the court officials who went out on patrol.

Some of the Han refugees who took refuge in them patted their horses and instigated the chief of Ah Da to learn from the Han people to call the emperor the emperor, and now they ride in a four-seated carriage, wearing embroidered dragon clothes, and holding a Huangluo umbrella cover on their heads, beating gongs and drums along the way."

Liu Biao couldn't help but laugh and said: "But Ah Da feels that the emperor doesn't sound as majestic as the king, so he made the clansmen call him the king instead of the emperor." When he gives orders, it is not called a holy decree, but a great king's decree."

Song Xiaoai laughed out loud, Yang Ling couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and at this moment, someone outside the door shouted: "The holy decree has arrived, Yang Ling has received the decree!" ”

Yang Ling was taken aback, and before he could think about it, he hurriedly dressed up and went out of the tent, only to see three knights on three horses, with a special 100,000 fire shoulder flag made by the military post on their shoulders, and Zhu Rangjin, the political envoy and the political envoy Feng and others followed inexplicably.

Yang Ling's heart sank, what happened in Beijing?

He hurriedly stepped forward, picked up his clothes and knelt down, and said loudly: "Yang Ling takes the order."

The knight in the middle untied the yellow silk package on his shoulder, took out the holy decree, slowly unfolded it, and said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says:

Yang Ling, the mighty marquis, the general of the Zhu country, and the admiral of the inner factory, was ordered to patrol the world.

From time to time, there were robbers and raids in the southern Xinjiang waters, and the army of the six provinces, as the army of the tiger and wolf, was sharpened by the armor, and the momentum was like a broken bamboo, invincible, and the fingers were restrained. Promote my majesty, fame, and I am very commended. Looking at the government and the opposition, those who want to promote wisdom and courage to deal with internal and external affairs are none other than Qing.

Aiqing loses sincerity and serves the country. Qing's wife, Han's demeanor, gentle and quiet, virtuous and virtuous, and housekeeping"

Yang Ling quietly moved his numb knee, and said secretly in his heart: "Fuck, this is definitely not written by the emperor, I don't know what the emperor thinks, this is probably to reward me, there is so much nonsense ahead!" ”

Immediately, the knight changed his tone and continued: "Jinqing's wife, Han Shixi, is happy to give birth to Lin'er, smart and lovely, and has a handsome character.

Yang Ling's head slammed to the ground, and his body seemed to float up suddenly: "The young lady gave birth, and the young lady gave birth to a son for me!" Yang Ling was so happy that he just wanted to shout happily, and he couldn't hear what he said next, but he felt that his ear drums were buzzing, as if he had drunk two catties of spirits.

Immediately, the knight said to himself: "The merit of the Qing is not to be repeated, and now it will be changed to a first-class marquis, so that the land of Belel will be divided and the world will enjoy the grace of the country." Qing's wife, Han, was crowned as a first-class lady. Qing's beloved son, awarded General Wude, promoted to General Wujie. The descendants of you are the descendants of me, the descendants of me enjoy the blessings of ten thousand years, and the children and grandchildren of you enjoy the happiness of ten thousand years. Chin this! ”

Although Yang Ling was originally a marquis, but he could not be hereditary, but now he has been promoted to a first-class marquis, and the position of this marquis can be hereditary.

As for Han Youniang, when Yang Ling was named the general of the Zhuguo, she was a first-class person, but this first-class lady is not a decree, but the decree has an edict, an official robe, and a salary, and the treatment and status are naturally different.

The most terrible thing is his baby son who hasn't seen anything yet, although he is a hereditary little marquis, but his father is still alive, he doesn't have any official title, and now he is accepted by the emperor as a righteous son, not to mention, his mother can't call it, so he became a general of Wupin Wujie, although he is a casual job, but he eats the court.

A few days ago, it was rumored that Yang Ling had lost his holy favor, and this grace was obviously beyond measure. Yang Ling didn't see everyone's complicated eyes at all, and after listening to the holy decree, he knelt there in a daze for a long time, and flew back to Yanjing City with a heart, and flew back to the Hou Ye's mansion, thinking about his beloved wife and Jiao'er.

Seeing that he did not accept the order, the brocade guard jumped off the horse, stepped forward to support him with a smile, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the Hou Ye, please accept the order."

"Ahh Only then did Yang Ling react, and hurriedly took the holy decree with both hands, and said, "Thank the emperor for his grace!" Yang Ling took the order and stood up, and the brocade guard said: "The emperor gave His Royal Highness a name, and the emperor said that his name is good, and the adults can name their sons, but when they are registered, they can write the name given by the emperor."

Yang Ling just came back to his senses, as soon as he heard this, it was bad, the last time the emperor wanted to unify the country and the country, Zhu Shou Wannian, so he easily made a table called Wannian for himself. This emperor is a little unreliable, I don't know what name he will give his son this time?

Yang Ling said worriedly: "Yes, the minister obeys the order." It's just that I don't know, what name did the emperor give to the minister's son? ”

The Jinyi lieutenant sniffed and said with a strange expression: "The emperor is looking forward to His Royal Highness being honest and benevolent as soon as possible, so he has given him a name, Lord Yang!" ”

"Lord Yang, congratulations", the surrounding officials rushed up and congratulated them with envy on their faces.

"Ah, thank you so much, happy together, happy together", Yang Ling couldn't cry or laugh, and returned the salute one by one, only to feel awkward.

(To be continued)