Zheng Yunming's heart moved, and he shouted: "The day before yesterday, Nanzhang County had already posted a notice that it was strictly forbidden for people to drown babies and not to abandon female babies at will, could anyone still dare to openly break the law?" ”

Wang Deng sighed: "The law can't help the village rules, haven't the officials heard of it?" The tradition of the villagers is greater than the regulations of the government and even the royal law. This is a deep-rooted bad habit that no force in the world can take over. ”

Zheng Yunming snorted lightly from his nose: "Don't I know? I have ordered the establishment of seven abandoned baby islands in the whole county, so that the girls who are really unwilling to adopt them will be sent to the abandoned baby islands, and then ordered the almshouses to set up a separate courtyard for the government to hire servants to take care of them in a centralized manner. This in itself is a concession to the country rules, what is to be done! ”

Lai Ruyue said: "The little lady of the Qin family saw that the girl was about to be drowned, and she couldn't bear it, so she quarreled with the family and fled back to Xiangyang City with the doll. I was just about to tell the officials about sending her to a solatorium for a while, and then finding a good family to adopt her. ”

Zheng Yunming said to Wang Deng: "You must pay close attention to the prohibition of infanticide, you have also seen it in Nanzhang County, there are many bachelors and widowers who cannot find their daughters-in-law here, these people are scoundrels, and they are a great unstable factor in the township." We must let everyone in Jinghu live and work in peace and contentment, that is, everyone can marry a daughter-in-law, so that we can free up a hand to deal with the invasion of foreign enemies, not to mention that women, like men, are all subjects under His Majesty, and they are also the necessary strength for war. ”

Wang Dengha laughed, and when he saw Lai Ruyue's annoyed expression, he immediately restrained his laughter and said, "Women are small and weak, how can they fight on the battlefield?" The officials think too much. ”

Zheng Yunming looked at him with regretful eyes: "Don't you hear that 'men fight at the border, and women weave in their homes'?" Fighting a war is not just about slashing the enemy with a knife. It is necessary to hoard a large amount of military rations, to prepare roads and fortifications, to organize various weapons, and to support the operation of the whole society after a large number of men go to war, these difficult tasks need to be completed by women, so we urgently need to set up a women's organization immediately, and organize the women of Jinghu to be unified under the establishment of the government to assist men in guarding the place. This will be one of the most important things in future wars. ”

"The women in the army have been with the army for a long time to carry out various tasks, but if you want to mobilize local women, you will not be ridiculed." Wang Deng said: "How can fighting a war be a man's business"

Lai Ruyue stood up, her expression was extremely serious, and she said to Wang Deng: "Do you think that fighting a war is none of a woman's business? When the enemy comes, our homes are burned, husbands are killed, children are taken away, and even we ourselves will become slaves of the Hu people, should we women bear all this in silence? No, we will never wait for this to befall us, we also have a pair of hands and a pair of feet, and we can fight like men! Banxia, right? ”

The little lady of the Qin family came out of the inner room and made a grimace at Wang Deng.

Zheng Yunming saw that Mrs. Ru's momentum had come up, and he didn't dare to say more, and led Wang Deng out of the courtyard. said to Wang Deng: "Although Ruyue is a little extreme, it is not unreasonable to speak, once millions of women in Jinghu are mobilized, isn't it equivalent to adding millions of male labor?" However, to mobilize women, most of the officials and the army have grievances, and when the time comes, we must do a good job of alleviating them, and do not cause conflicts because of this matter. ”

Wang Deng responded and said: "These are all trivial matters, but Bi joined the army and asked again, when will the affairs of Huizhou be completed." ”

The corners of Zheng Yunming's mouth twitched, and he said: "This person is so unreasonable, under the siege of the Mongolian army, where is it so easy to save people, not to mention that the rescue is still the general who guards the city!" It will take some time to rescue. ”

Wang Deng looked around at no one and whispered to Zheng Yunming: "Is the inner line of the White Army Division in the north reliable enough, do we need to send another person to Huizhou to check the situation?" ”

"It doesn't have to be like this," Zheng Yunming waved his hand and said, "If the military advisor says that he is sure, then he must be sure." If I had a trace of doubt about the inside line of the military division at that time, I would not have agreed to the military division and Bi joining the army to do this business. ”

Song Yichang stood in the woods a mile outside Huizhou City, unaware that the deputy capital of Lu Dao and Jing E was talking about him.

His top priority now is to get rid of the eyes and ears that Kuoduan has planted in the army, and find a way to infiltrate the city of Huizhou to meet Guo Xiatoad.

The Song army of the Western Road Expedition first gathered in Liangzhou, the ruling center of Shaanxi, Gansu and Liangsu, and then attacked the nearby Huizhou Guo Shrimp Toad with the whole army, and then attacked the Song Dynasty after capturing it.

At this moment, more than 100,000 troops gathered under the city of Huizhou, and the water of the siege of Huizhou was impassable. Dozens of seven-pinned and nine-pinned cannons were erected in the west of the city, bombarding the city day and night, and many houses in the city were smashed by boulders. The Mongol army under the city placed whirlwind cannons, tiger squat cannons and single small cannons specifically for bombarding the city's head, bombarding a city of Huizhou, which was known as an important town of the Jin Kingdom.

Song Yichang rode a horse and patrolled outside the city, and the outside of the city was full of human corpses and bones. The white bones were captured by the Mongol army outside the city of Huizhou in the past few years and used to fill the ravines of Huizhou, and the corpses were the soldiers of the Han Dynasty who died under the siege yesterday. He thought that he was alone in the Northland, and he was not a timid and wavering person, but he couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he saw death filling the fields.

The direction of the Mongolian army camp suddenly sounded the sound of drumming, Song Yichang understood that this was to take care of the Han army that liked to use the golden drum to command, the Mongolian headquarters originally did not have a golden drum system, but they used a large number of Han soldiers and border soldiers, these people are used to using the golden drum, so the Mongolian commander will inevitably follow the local customs when commanding the army.

When he hurried to the tent, there were not many generals in the tent, and after a while, all the generals of the army came and stood in two columns under the broad seats, waiting for the commander-in-chief's order.

Kuoduan stood up, glanced around at the fierce and brave generals in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "There is no city north of the river that our Mongolia has not mastered, and here is the last one!" ”

"Tomorrow launch a general attack and take down the city as an audience gift to the Great Khan of Helin!"

The generals responded loudly: "Everything must obey the king's orders!" ”

Broadend said no more, and began to dispatch the generals under his tent one by one with brief orders. Who attacked the south of the city, who attacked the east gate, who organized the artillery bombardment, who was responsible for escorting the prisoners to fill the moat, the piles were clear and concise, and even Song Yichang secretly admired that this person's general demeanor was still above the four princes.

After he had finished dividing his troops and sending generals, Song Yichang stepped forward and bowed to Kuoduan: "Before the general attack of the army, I have something to tell the king. ”

Seeing that it was Song Yichang, a Han man who had recently been favored in front of his father Khan, Kuoduan was also a little polite and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

"The Central Plains is a country of etiquette, and it has always paid attention to etiquette before soldiers. Although in the past few years, we have repeatedly sent envoys to recruit Guo Shrimp Toad, but he has ignored them. But tomorrow the army will attack the city in a big way, Huizhou will become a powder in a moment, before the jade is burned, the righteous chief is not talented, and wants to act as a messenger for the king's last time, and enter the city of Huizhou to persuade that Guo shrimp toad to surrender and serve Mongolia. ”

Kuoduan snorted: "Of the nine messengers sent into the city, two were burned with beards, six were beaten out by Guo Shrimp Toad with a big stick, and one was actually cut off by him because of a verbal conflict with him, and his body was hung on the head of the city." This kind of guy who doesn't know what to do, why do you do this more? ”

Song Yichang said: "It's not for him Guo Shrimp Toad alone, but for the lives of tens of thousands of people in Huizhou, now that the Central Plains is empty, what the country needs most is the population, and if you can kill one less, you will kill one less." ”

Kuoduan thought for a while, and felt that the ideas of this southerner seemed to be in line with the Great Khan, so he said: "Then you don't have to go in person, we have the subordinates of Guo Shrimp Toad who have been captured, just find one to teach them to deliver the letter." ”

Song Yichang put his hands behind his back, showed a bit of arrogance, and said: "If I didn't go by myself, how could I show my ability to have a three-inch tongue?" ”

Kuoduan laughed: "It's that you southerners have a lot of things, how many guards do you want to accompany you when you enter Huizhou City this time?" ”

Song Yichang waved his hand and said: "Even if you bring a hundred and ten warriors in, when Guo Shrimp Toad says that he wants to turn his face, these ten people can still play a role?" I don't need to use one more person, wait for me to ride alone to Huizhou, and say that Guo shrimp and toad will be descended for the king. ”

Of course, Kuoduan knew that Song Yichang had little chance of success, but it was indeed one of the Mongolian traditions to lure surrender before the war. He nodded and said, "Then don't waste time, you can ride over immediately." ”

When Song Yichang rode his horse to the west gate of Huizhou, he raised his eyes and saw the ruined city, the flag planted in the city was so worn out that he could not distinguish the color, and several archers with bandages struggled to pull out their bows and arrows, pointing to the unknown figure who rode alone under the city.

"Don't let go of the arrows, I am the envoy of the Mongolian King Kuduan, asking to see Marshal Guo of Huizhou!" Song Yi shouted loudly, waved his arms, and approached the city gate while carrying his horse.

"Marshal Guo has an order, if the Mongolian envoys come to persuade them to surrender, they will all be shot! Look no further! Otherwise, we'll let the arrows go! ”

Song Yichang stopped the horse's hooves and shouted on his back: "You wait to report to Marshal Guo, do you remember that Marshal A Hai's account was sent to control Bi Zilun!" I have news of him! ”

The defender didn't know whether it was true or not, but hurried down to the city to return to the commander, and when he was young, he stood on the head of the city again and said loudly: "The city gate has long been welded dead!" You dismount, we'll put down the basket and go to town! ”