As the saying goes, heroes come out of troubled times, and the one who serves as a bodyguard in a caravan is undoubtedly the cheapest hero. They transport goods, dusty, exposed to the sun and rain, and their monthly wages are less than one or two silver, and Ao Bai feels that it is not worth it, but many people are willing to work for this money.

Shanxi is a large country with few towns, and on the first night, the caravan was forced to camp in the wilderness. Everyone took turns to keep vigil, and Ao Bai was very curious about the tension that participated in the battle of Ningyuan, and took the initiative to ask to be his partner.

Late at night, the two sat around the fire, thinking that they could sit and chat with their opponents at that time. Zhang Li was over thirty years old, and he asked softly, "Brother Zhang, can you tell me about the battle of Ningyuan?" The wound on your face was left at that time, right? ”

At the mention of the injury, Zhang Li's eyelids jumped twice rapidly, and he sighed: "The Tartars attacked Ningyuan and sent people to dig the city wall at night. ”

dared to hang a rope to come out to kill the enemy, he was also a fierce man. Ao Bai asked again, "Then how did you get to this caravan?" ”

Zhang Zhang smiled bitterly: "I am blind in one eye, I have retired from the army, I have to find something to do to support my family, I am from Zhangjiakou Xuanfu, the Lu family goes back and forth to Zhangjiakou, recruiting people there, and I followed to Shanxi." ”

He definitely didn't know who the Lu family's goods were sold to, otherwise it would be strange if he was willing to do it. It can also be seen from this that the transactions in Zhangjiakou are very secret, not to mention outsiders, and even within the Jin merchants, most of them are kept in the dark.

Ao Bai said lightly: "Which is easier, protecting the caravan or going to the battlefield?" ”

Zhang Zhang said disdainfully: "Do you still need to ask?" Of course, it is easy to caravan, how can the skills of robbers be compared with those of Tartars? The imperial court raised taxes, and many peasants could not eat, so they were forced to become robbers. All that money was taken to repair the city outside the gate, and it was repaired back and forth, but it had no effect. If you want to level Liao, you must defeat the Tartars outside the city, and those high-ranking officials don't know what to think. ”

Ao Bai deliberately asked, "Do you think it's wrong to repair the city?" Didn't Ning Yuan win the battle? ”

Zhang Zhang snorted coldly, "Victory? Where is the win? Do you know how many cities and how many places were abandoned in this battle? Lie to those people outside, boy, do you want to know the truth? ”

"Yes!" Ao Bai had long wanted to know why the Ming army did not carry out Gao Di's order and retreat as soon as possible.

Zhang Zhang sighed: "Actually, the sixth day of the first month of the imperial court sent someone to send a notice, saying that the Tartars may send troops around the fifteenth day of the first month, asking people other than Ning Yuan to withdraw into Shanhaiguan. As long as the people are evacuated and the food is transferred at that time, it will definitely be in time. But Jin Qi and Yuan Chonghuan did not let them withdraw. ”

Ao Bai was shocked and said: "Yuan Chonghuan won't let you retreat? ”

"Yes, don't let you retreat." Zhang Zhang said coldly: "Yuan Chonghuan said that there is no advance or retreat in the art of war. The three cities of Jin, You, and Daling are all forwards, and the places that have been recovered cannot be handed over. The three cities of Jinzhou, Dalinghe, and Youtun together have less than 5,000 people, how can they block tens of thousands of people? Yuan Chonghuan actually said that it must be no problem to find a good general to guard! After a few days of delay, it would be too late to withdraw again, so Bai gave the Tartars a lot of grain. ”

Damn, there is no advance or retreat, did the generals of the Ming Dynasty learn this art of war? He couldn't believe it: "Brother Zhang, what you said is true?" Isn't Yuan Chonghuan a hero? I heard that Ning Yuan was defended because of him. ”

The tension didn't hit anywhere, and the voice was a little louder. "You don't believe me? What kind of hero is Yuan Chonghuan? Because he keeps? He has been accompanying the Korean envoys almost all the time in the palace, and they are all Mangui and Zu Dashou who are directing the battle, and the Tartars have been attacking for two days, and they can't see through the city and are about to retreat. Yuan Chonghuan had to show off in front of the Koreans, and sent a letter to mock Nurhachi, but the Tartars immediately went to attack Huajue Island, and sent someone to send him a gift, and wrote back to say thank you. Full of Gui Qi wanted to cut him at that time. I can't beat it in the first place, and I still mock each other, isn't this full of food? The eunuchs boasted about the sea and praised the sea, and they insisted on turning the big defeat into a big victory! I wonder why the imperial court reuses this waste. ”

"How do you know this?"

Zhang Li said: "Man Gui is my fellow countryman, we were soldiers together, but unfortunately I didn't have as good kung fu as him, he was promoted to the chief soldier, and I was still a small person." ”

It's over, Yuan Chonghuan in this world is really a eunuch, and he is a super wastewood. Ning Yuan turned out to be guarded by Man Gui and Zu Dashou, according to this development trend, Jin Yong's "Blue Blood Sword" is gone, even if there is, the protagonist will be called Zu Chengzhi and Man Chengzhi......

In his impression, Yuan Chonghuan has always been a hero who was wrongly killed because of his counter-plots. He often thinks about how to save Yuan Chonghuan to avoid tragedy, and let him join his own camp to increase his strength. Now that the hero has become this virtue, there is no need to save it, and he doesn't need this kind of talent who helps him build an ancestral hall and sing praises of virtue. Because of the emptiness, Man Gui has a relationship with him and can't let it go.

Ao Bai asked, "What kind of person is Man Gui?" ”

"He is very powerful, brave, righteous, hot-blooded, as a Mongolian, but willing to fight for the Ming Dynasty, he is the person I admire the most, if you are willing to go to Shanhaiguan to do it with him, I can help you introduce, I will not treat you badly." Zhang Zhang was discharged from the army in the prime of life, and he was unwilling, but he still wanted to persuade Ao Bai to become a soldier.

Ao Bai Zhengse said: "One day I will go to the battlefield, but not now, thank you." ”

Zhang Zhang felt that he was perfunctory, shook his head, and stopped talking. Ao Bai didn't say anything, and when he arrived in Shanxi and he revealed his identity, Zhang Zhang would naturally understand the reason why he didn't go to the army.

At breakfast the next day, Guo Jun sat next to Ao Bai and said with a smile: "Huang An, how did you sleep yesterday?" Not used to sleeping in the open air, right? ”

Ao Bai smiled: "It's okay." ”

Guo Jun said: "You are very promising, at such an age, it is the first time I have seen someone who can shoot a three-stone bow." Let's talk about it when we have time. ”

"Okay." Fighting, he likes it the most.

Everyone talked about hunting again, and Ao Bai talked about his experience, and everyone listened with relish, and they couldn't wait to find a forest with him immediately.

Lu Leyao also came up and asked, "Is hunting really that interesting?" ”

Women in the Ming Dynasty rarely went out, and they generally lived their lives with their husbands and children after getting married, and it was very rare for someone like Lu Leyao to come out to do business, let alone hunting. "I started hunting when I was ten years old, and I think it's the most fun thing to do. ”

Lu Leyao smiled: "They say that you are so godly, is it really that easy to kill a tiger?" ”

Since Ao Bai became the commander of the Jinyi Guard, many people took the initiative to curry favor, whether they were really interested, or they had nothing to say, he could see it at a glance. Hunting is such a thing, and women tend to feel cruel and not interested at all. Lu Leyao's smile was a little disdainful, and at first glance, he regarded him as a barbarian, probably trying to win him over as a thug.

Ao Bai smiled: "It's not easy to kill a tiger, and it's very thrilling, and the hunters in the town can't help it when the tiger first appears." ”

Everyone listened carefully, and those who were far away pricked up their ears. (Are they Avatar?) ）

Ao Bai said slowly: "There is a tiger often haunts the nearby villages, eats some domestic animals, and attacks the villagers, and then the hunters discuss the way to catch the tiger together, and after discussing for a long time, a hunter named Tie Niu in the village volunteered to wear cowhide at night, learn to bark, lead the tiger out and take the opportunity to kill it, and do not let others help." ”

Everyone thought it was thrilling and held their breath.

Lu Leyao interrupted: "Wasn't you the one who killed the tiger?" ”

Ao Bai said: "I killed it later, the first person to come up with a way is Tie Niu, he is a very imaginative person, a bold person, always eclectic, stealing vegetables at the age of three, stealing melons at the age of five, bullying children at the age of eight, and peeking at the age of ten to see the girl taking a bath...... In short, he was very strong, and he said that he would not let anyone help, and everyone agreed. ”

Guo Jun asked, "And then?" ”

Ao Bai preached vividly: "Then, in the first half of the night, people heard the cry of the iron ox, which was nothing serious, and suddenly heard him screaming in the second half of the night, because it was dark at that time, and no one dared to rush to save him, so everyone was anxious until dawn. The next day, the people found the Iron Ox leaning against a big tree, his face was pale, and he was bleeding a lot from his lower body, so they hurriedly helped him up to see his wounds, and everyone thought that he was lucky to be alive under the attack of the tiger. As a result, Tie Niu said that he would not let others see his injuries, and scolded: Nima, whose bull was not bolted well last night? ”

Everyone reacted one after another, laughing forward and backwards. Lu Leyao asked Xu Jin, only to understand, his face was red with shame, he snorted, and went back to the carriage. Ao Bai didn't care about her and continued to tell the story. He is not a romantic genius, so there is no need to pretend to be very elegant.

Waiting for the caravan to hit the road, Guo Jun said mysteriously: "Huang An, why did you suddenly make such a joke, Miss is afraid that she will be unhappy." ”

Ao Bai smiled: "I just like to tell this kind of joke, she doesn't like it, she can't listen to it." You just have to think it's fun. ”

Guo Jun said: "Don't you like Miss? ”

"When we meet, should I like her?" has three ladies in the family, and he is not the kind of playboy who wants to soak when he sees a girl, and he will not deliberately please Lu Leyao.

Guo Jun shook his head, not knowing what to say. He has been in the Lu family for ten years, in Xinzhou, Lu Leyao is a famous beauty and talented woman, young people see her, it is too late to please her, but this "Huang An" looks indifferent, and is not moved by her beauty at all. He thought that "Huang An" had really been a monk, but he was afraid that he hadn't enlightened himself yet.

From that day on, Lu Leyao ignored Aobai's answer, Aobai didn't take it seriously, only chatted with the family, and when he didn't chat, he practiced the nine-character mantra seal, and soon became friends with the family. He also took the time to discuss with Zhang Li, Guo Jun and others, and the bodyguards were naturally not his opponents, seeing that he was so powerful, everyone admired him even more. At the same time, the number of people who persuaded him to join the army also increased.

On the fourth day, after having lunch in the wild, Lu Leyao's maid Xiaoyan suddenly came to look for Ao Bai and said with a smile: "Huang An, Miss has something to look for you." ”