Under the sun in early May, Hu Yangeng, who woke up, squinted his eyes and looked up at the sun. Zhi Yuelan looked at him from a distance with a dark face, neither of the two of them would speak, and even the soldiers stood far away. After a long time, Hu Yangeng withdrew his gaze, he turned his head and looked at Zheyue Lan's face of shame and anger.

"This is just what Zhao Wujie and others said casually, why are you doing this. In today's troubled times, even father and son are not credible when it comes to marriage. Yesterday, when I was drunk, I made a mistake in the chaos of Daizhou. ”

Yesterday, I agreed with Daizhou Haoqiang on three things, reluctantly, perfunctory, and finally Haoqiang agreed.

The Zhe family is still known for its prestige in Daizhou, and when the wine is hot, some people in Daizhou Haoqiang are bold and propose that the Zhe family, as the indigenous people of Daizhou, should be the big leaders of the fortresses in Daizhou, so that Daizhou Haoqiang will have someone to take the lead, and can compete with Huyan Geng, Ma Kuo and other outsiders.

Ma Kuo and the others were not allowed, and the two sides argued, Zhao Bangjie said: "I have an idea, I heard that the third lady of the Zhe family has not yet married, why don't you choose one of us and others to marry, so that Daizhou's son-in-law guards Daizhou, and you can rest assured that you are outside the ranks." ”

Before Zhi Yuelan could speak, Daizhou Haoqiang asked: "The noble family of the Zhe family is the right one." ”

Zhao Bangjie said: "The Lord of the Hu Dynasty is also the home of the founding nobles, and now the capital is in the four towns, not to mention that the family with Daizhou is also worthy of the family with Fuzhou." ”

In this case, Zhiyue Lan was embarrassed and angry, and she didn't say a word.

Hu Yangeng pretended to be drunk, but there was a hint of happiness in his heart. Zheyue Lan is heroic and cool, relatively high heron, but with a touch of gentleness, compared with Zhang Chan, there is also a kind of command in the army. Hu Yangeng had some admiration for her in his heart, so he pretended to be drunk and peeked at Zheyuelan's reaction.

Such a topic is naturally fruitless, but after yesterday's banquet, Zheyuelan did not speak to Hu Yangeng.

Her fiancé is Yang Juzhong of the Yang family in Linzhou, Yang Yizhong's brother, who is more than ten years older than Zheyuelan. The news of the southward movement of the Jin soldiers came, and there were no reinforcements in Taiyuan Tong Guan (Tong Guan was still in Taiyuan at that time), and he had the will to die in his heart, so he was afraid that his daughter would have no one to take care of him, so he hurriedly set up a marriage with Yang Juzhong as Yang Juzhong's steproom.

This marriage, Zhi Yuelan herself is unwilling, but her father's will cannot be easily disobeyed.

At yesterday's banquet, the heroes proposed marriage, but she did not oppose it immediately, and she inevitably had the intention of finding a good mate again. The generals of the red scarves are all heroes with lofty spirits, saying that Mendi, Huyan Geng, and Ma Kuo are all defense envoys, and Zhao Bangjie and Pu Liuru Bosheng are all rampant in the divisions, and they are not humiliated.

When she got up in the morning, her heart was empty, and she still wanted to test Hu Yangeng to see if there were any eyebrows. Walking behind the door, I heard Ma Kuo and others persuading Huyan Geng to marry him.

"How can the third lady be a concubine?" Hu Yangeng said to Ma Kuo, "If it weren't for Brother Zichong being the beloved son-in-law of Zhao Duhu in Longxi, you would be the most suitable for this matter." ”

Ma Kuo said: "My inner son is quite loved by my mother, if I marry again, I will have to be beaten to death by my mother, Brother Zhao ......"

Zhao Bangjie waved his hand again and again: "I am a farmer, the country is noble, even if I don't have a wife, people will not look at me, not to mention that we also have a guest." ”

Pu Liuru Bosheng was married by the Queen Mother, and he was about to marry a princess, so he naturally did not go to this troubled water. Hu Yangeng was about to speak, but he didn't want the door to be pushed open vigorously with a "bang", and Zhi Yuelan rushed up angrily.

Who has she become, being pushed around by everyone? Zhi Yuelan then looked at Hu Yangeng deadly. Hu Yangeng smiled bitterly, looking at the appearance of everyone being discovered for doing bad things, he had no choice but to send a message to let the old men return to the army to train the army. Don't talk about this kind of thing in the future.

Zhi Yuelan refused to give up, just followed him and didn't speak until she took the initiative to talk to her. But Hu Yangeng took the initiative to speak, but she stood a foot away.

Hu Yan Geng looked at Zheyue Lan steadily, until her face rose unnaturally flushed, and she tilted her head away in embarrassment.

"I already have a wife at home, and I don't dare to surprise a beautiful woman. The day before yesterday, you were asked to take the women and children to Cangzhou, but it was just a proposal. We need a solid foundation, but it's not a momentary need. "Let's talk about business first, Zheyuelan will take the old camp of the Hedong Red Turban to Cangzhou.

"Do you already have a wife at home?" Zhi Yuelan's face turned pale, among the things she heard today, there was nothing more difficult for her to accept than this sentence.

"Is your wife still there?". She fixed herself and asked again. At Hu Yangeng's age, during the Song Dynasty, it was normal to marry a wife and have children. However, after the invasion of the Jin soldiers, many responded to the sentence that the country was ruined and the family was destroyed, and the Yang family and the Zhe family were like this.

"She ......" Hu Yangeng hesitated, after all, he couldn't cheat on marriage, "She's in Cangzhou." ”

Tears welled up in Zhiyuelan's eyes: "I am engaged to Yang Erlang of Linzhou, and such frivolous words as marriage will never be mentioned again." ”

After a few days, the affairs of Daizhou were generally formed, Zhao Bangjie guarded the prosperity, the rest of the people were divided into counties, and Haoqiang from all over Daizhou also sent their families. Most of the heroes sent thirty or forty people, which means something.

Hu Yangeng and the others were still flourishing, he walked to the old camp of the military camp and gently held on to the branches. Zheyue Lan was practicing a group of small red scarves. He looked at the children's early mature faces, and he was gloomy for a while.

Looking up, the sunset was shining on this quiet and peaceful old camp, and the sunset was brilliant, like fire. Sprinkled on top of the short spears in the hands of the children. These children have already begun to practice the Changhong Array.

Daizhou Haoqiang was perfunctory to him, how Hu Yangeng couldn't see it, so he had to find Ma Kuo and others to discuss. Zhao Bangjie reiterated the idea of marriage, which is actually a very affordable and effective suggestion.

"It is impossible for Zhe Sanniang to be a concubine, and ordinary military men, I am afraid that Zhe Sanniang will not be able to see it, it is not as good as the generals of our army, and the powerful people in Daizhou are married, and the thin threads are condensed into ropes, which can be worry-free."

After the red scarf temporarily solves the place of settlement, it is necessary to establish a foundation in the locality, the land east of the river is barren, not suitable for tuntian, and now the marriage strategy is temporarily adopted, first the strong and strong are enveloped over, and the golden soldiers are repelled again, and the prestige is established, and the new armor is established within the fortresses by using the way of in-laws.

"In this way, the advantage is that the Daizhou heroes will be of one heart and one mind, and the disadvantage is that our army will be trapped in the interests of the Daizhou heroes, and the struggle will not be moved."

"Let's do this first" Hu Yangeng thought very clearly, he has no foundation in Daizhou, and it is impossible to mobilize the masses like the Jinchaji base back then, so he can only rely on traditional marriage and power schemes, "I will go out of the city with the three ladies tomorrow to visit all the heroes and strong, so as to calm the hearts of all the heroes." ”

At the east gate, Huyan Geng rode on a horse and gradually moved away from the county seat. Ma Kuo, Daizhou Haoqiang, Cheng Fangwang, and Lu Jia followed Hu Yangeng's side. Ma Kuo was at the city gate, and it was not until Hu Yangeng's figure disappeared that Ma Kuo said to the people around him: "The general is now entrusting Daizhou to me, and before the general returns, everyone must not slack off." ”

Everyone solemnly promised, Ma Kuo looked at everyone, and then said: "The general has never been bound by military law, but our army is gradually increasing, mixed with stubborn people, and there are many complaints from the residents of Daizhou. ”

Ma Kuo said loudly: "The general's reputation is benevolent, and if he is restrained by a criminal order, it will be detrimental to recruiting everyone in the future." Therefore, before leaving Daizhou, I was ordered to restrain everyone and strictly enforce military discipline. Don't let us and other red scarves become a crowd of hooligans, and the order will not work. You and the others were all present that day. After the general is gone, he should cooperate with me. ”

Everyone agreed. Ma Kuo was a little relieved. He was originally a hero, otherwise he would not have been able to do the great cause of Lianjin to destroy Liao, but he has suffered too many setbacks in the past two years, and he often feels that someone behind him is pointing fingers at him, saying that he has harmed the Great Song Dynasty.

Ma Kuofa gave the order, lacking confidence in his heart, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone had promised.

Seeing that the crowd gradually dispersed, Ma Kuan boarded the city, and Hu Yangeng's team had already walked away. There was a vague uneasiness in his heart, maybe something was going to happen.

But when I thought that the heroes had already sent some soldiers and horses to show goodwill, I felt a little relieved. Maybe the general still has the intention of deterring and appeasing the Daizhou people.

On the outskirts of Daizhou, the weeds buried the earth deeply, and the mountain wind blew the weeds to the ground from time to time, and everyone could see the bleak white bones emerging from the weeds in the sun. From time to time there are some dilapidated villages, and the weeds have flooded the straw on the houses.

The few populated villages that occasionally passed, and the people who were still working in the fields, immediately retreated back into the wood-lined villages amid the panicked shouts.

Hu Yangeng and Zheyue Lan were in the front, Gao Zhong led two hundred cavalry, and Wu Song also rode horses with dozens of infantry, following behind a distance of about two hundred paces. Both served as commanders in Huyan Geng's back army, and Wu Song and Gao Zhong were also familiar with each other, and they spoke more casually.

"Lord Gao, the general and the three ladies of the Zhe family are a little like Sister Ling."

Gao Chong had a calm face: "The town government is the general of my family, and my sister is also older than Gao Chong, their affairs, Gao Chong is not good at talking nonsense." ”

"Then will you make the Lord your brother-in-law?"

"My Gao family, the queen has also had three, how can she ever be a wife with someone? It's just that my age and seniority are not enough to interject. Now I just ask, if I will marry my sister, I must get three books and six ceremonies, and the Ming media is marrying, and I can't say much about other things. ”

Gao Zhong was silent for a while: "To do everything well with the Lord is to take the affairs of men and women too seriously, and it may delay major events in the future." ”

At this time, Hu Yangeng in front shouted: "Everyone work hard, and we must arrive at the dock fort that Cheng Fang is looking at before dark." ”

At this time, Zhao Bangjie hurried over.

"General, the old man just saw our red turban banner, trembling, his subordinates asked again and again, and only then did he say that a few days ago, a stream of thieves flowed around, taking the red turban banner, and plundering the small village. Therefore, when he saw us, he closed the village and defended himself. ”