Chapter 138: The Great Wall is Like a Dragon (10,000 words updated, ask for order and receive)
Han family clothes, Han family hair bun, Han family face...... With Jiang Shoubei's many years of experience in guarding the border, it can be seen at a glance that this outfit is by no means like a disguise.
Because the spirit of the Han family, whether it is a Mongolian Tartar or a Jurchen Jiannu, it is impossible to imitate it, even if it is pretended to be similar, there are traces of painting tigers and not becoming anti-dogs.
Besides, this may be the resonance of the blood......
That subtle feeling, like meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign country, and like a fellow meeting a fellow countryman, although they don't know each other, as long as they meet, they will feel very cordial.
"Five of you, come forward, and the rest will wait where you are." Jiang Shoubei suddenly roared, like a loud bell, and there was no need for the help of the iron horn at all.
"What a tiger general." Huang Chongzhen heard the sound of distinguishing people, secretly praised, and took the lead in stepping forward, and opened his arms slightly, looking so open-minded.
Zhou Ji and Da Niu followed without hesitation, followed by Zu Dale and Yuan Qi.
Although Wu Sangui is suspicious by nature and is used to weighing the pros and cons, he is a young man with a bloody nature, and when his head is hot, he does not show weakness.
Step by step, the Guanning teenagers are getting closer and closer to Ma Lanyu.
Jiang Shoubei's arm was raised slightly, and he closed the sparse archers, and immediately gathered his strength to pull the uncontrollable horn bow to the full string.
The gently trembling appearance was obviously quite difficult to control, and the sharp-eyed Huang Chongzhen was really afraid that one of them would be unable to handle it and let the arrow leave the bowstring, thus triggering a chain reaction.
Fortunately, as the distance got closer and closer, Jiang Shoubei finally saw the truth, and was stunned to see that the five people who came from the snow were all teenagers, and the five childish young people's faces were frozen red by the wind and snow, full of vitality.
The fire hammer was tied to the left shoulder, the crossbow was inserted into the waist, and the sword was tied diagonally to the back, leaving only a hilt or hilt of the sword, which peeked out from the shoulder, and looked like a long march.
The young man at the head of them was the most exaggerated, and he had both.
Although they are not very old, whether they have muscle strength or momentum, they have not grown to the peak, but they are full of vigor and spirit, and they are really like a group of newborn calves, strong and fearless.
Although the group under his own hands is tall and big, they all have the posture of a soldier who is a hanger, and compared with it, they are inferior.
"What a bunch of boys." Jiang Shoubei blurted out praise, and most of the doubts and vigilance in his heart had gone, but he still confirmed again, "How can you prove that you are under Yuan Shuai?" Do you have a disc? Or tokens? ”
Huang Chongzhen stopped, raised his head and clenched his fists and said: "I waited for this time to go out of the customs to spy on the military situation in the area occupied by Jiannu, with Yuan Shuai's caution, how could he give any words or objects that can prove his identity?" lest he fall into the grip and give Jiannu an opportunity to take advantage of. ”
"In that case, why don't you go back to Guanning directly, but travel and come here?"
"I'm ashamed to say that I waited for a circle in the Jiannu occupation area, and there was no danger. But on the contrary, when he crossed the Hunhe River and returned to the south, he was blocked in the forest by more than 1,000 Jiannu cavalry disguised as horse bandits.
Although we also have war horses, we will definitely not be able to outrun the Jiannu cavalry, I believe you also know this, general.
In desperation, we had no choice but to go west into the territory of the Mongols, and then turn south, just to find a glimmer of life, make a detour back to Guanning, and report everything we found to Yuan Shuai.
I didn't want to hit it by mistake, but I first entered the Liuhe Road, and then came to this Malanyu Pass through Chengde Road, which disturbed the general and all my compatriots, please forgive me.
However, we sincerely hope that the general and all the compatriots and brothers will be able to make it convenient and let us enter the customs as soon as possible. ”
Huang Chongzhen is telling the truth, and he is reasonable, clear-minded, and sincere.
After closing the guards, they looked at each other and were completely convinced.
Jiang Shoubei also slowly lowered his raised right hand, and the soldiers who were struggling to carve their bows like a full moon all lowered their arrows and relaxed their bowstrings.
"General, let them in?" Seeing this, Wang Mazi hurriedly suggested to his general.
"This ......" Jiang Garrison was still a little hesitant, it was not that he was indecisive, but he was really a general, and he had a heavy responsibility, and the lives of the soldiers and civilians and their families in the entire city were entrusted to him, so he couldn't be careless.
Wu Sangui was angry in his heart, but he had to endure it forcibly, and Zu Dale was also a little unhappy, after all, looking at the other party's armor-breaking system, that is, a garrison, it was a whole order lower than himself.
Huang Chongzhen knew that this was a manifestation of responsibility, and he was somewhat relieved.
So as soon as his thoughts turned, he said again: "It's not a secret, I was blocked by the Liuhe River on the way back, and I was caught up by Jiannu, and fortunately I was rescued by the people of the Gu family who lived in the mountains."
In order to avoid being retaliated against by the Jiannu who came later, more than 100 people from the entire Zhuangzi have come with us, including women, children, and children. One of them is called Gu Tongying, a Jiangnan scholar, who traveled the world with some villagers in his early years, determined to serve the country.
But when he didn't want to go out of the customs, it happened that Liaodong was erosive, and he fled to the Liuhe area in the chaos of the army, and multiplied with some fleeing women, but formed a small and self-sufficient Zhuangzi.
This time, I came with us in the hope of returning to Kannai, returning to my homeland, and feeling homesick. The identity guide hidden in the body, although it is a lot tattered, is barely recognizable. If the general agrees, then he will be asked to present it. ”
Jiang Shoubei nodded and said, "He is the only one who comes." ”
"San'er, you go and call Brother Gu over, and the rest of the people don't get impatient." Shigejin also nodded and commanded to the side.
Wu Sangui's eyes bulged, and the boss reluctantly ran back.
After a while, he led Gu Tongying, who was in a fart, over.
For many years, Gu Tongying had never been as close to his homeland as he was today, so that a good old man, after seeing those huge city bricks up close, actually had some lips twitching and couldn't help himself.
With strong emotion, at the signal of the defenders, he took out a piece of linen cloth folded into a square from his bosom and solemnly placed it on the hanging basket.
He didn't forget to raise his head and shout at the pass: "General, be careful when you look, after you go out of the pass, you will encounter war, and all your belongings will be lost, and there will only be these two pieces of paper hidden close to you, so as to prove that you are also a pure Han family." ”
These statements are all good with each other, and they have deduced all the way, but they dare not say that they have ever been soldiers, otherwise they are likely to be treated as deserters.
That is to say, the speed of Liaodong's erosion is too fast, and some people have just joined the army and suffered a big defeat, so they can't tell whether they are deserters or not.
Besides, to tell the truth, although Gu Tongying, a Jiangnan scholar, is also quite tall, he is really not a piece of soldier's material, he has spent so many years in the mountains, not to mention the military atmosphere that has been accumulated with great difficulty, that is, the scholarly temperament of Jiangnan scholars, and he has long been baptized clean by the years and the farm work of getting up early and getting up in the dark.
Therefore, although Jiang Shoubei's knife-like gaze lingered on Gu Tongying for a long time, he could only see that this was an honest and swarthy old farmer struggling to survive in the mountains.
He nodded approvingly, and then took the square linen cloth handed over by Wang Mazi, spread it out carefully, and looked at it carefully, and at the same time, he was also carefully confirming each other's statements in his heart, and found that they were completely matched.
So, the only remaining hesitation in Jiang Shoubei's heart faded like a tide, and after carefully folding the linen cloth, he put it back in the hanging basket and signaled it back to Gu Tongying, and groaned for a while, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, then he stared at Chongzhen and said, "You just said that there are women and children with you, just behind?" ”
"Yes."
"Do you dare to let them go to the level first, if there is no problem, I will open the level and let you wait to enter the level?"
"Impossible...... Ah Zhen, you can't ......."
Before Wu Sangui could finish speaking, Huang Chongzhen waved his hand to stop him, and then looked at Gu Tongying, who grinned at him, said "I'll call them over", and ran back.
Wu Sangui shook his head helplessly, so he had to shut up.
- Anyway, I don't know when it started, everyone has become accustomed to letting Huang Chongzhen make decisions, so let him carry everything, and see how long he can carry it and how much he can carry.
Huang Chongzhen didn't care what Wu Sangui thought, he just felt that he was very moved by this unconditional trust, raised his head and said, "Why not", then he didn't say anything, just stared at the burly guard who was closed.
Jiang Shoubei also did not give up his salute in the slightest, but he felt that although he was condescending, he was a little uncontrollable, and for a moment he had an illusion, feeling that this young man's eyes were not only sharp, but also wise and deep.
When the two of them exchanged glances across the huge city bricks, Gu Tongying had already led the women and children over, and the men were naturally not at ease, so they all followed behind them.
Some hung their heads, for fear of being seen with anger on their faces, while others couldn't help but glare angrily at the defenders at the gate, as if their daughter-in-law and children were about to be snatched away.
In fact, in this increasingly chaotic time and space of the late Ming Dynasty, the basic trust between people has long been deceived and betrayed again and again, and it has been washed away.
Naturally, women and children do not want to leave the pillars of the house, even if the time and distance are very short.
Couples who love to quarrel on weekdays are holding each other's hands tightly at this moment, unwilling to let go for a long time, and the child is either firmly held or held tightly.
Under the teaching of Gu Tongying, these little guys who have experienced initial enlightenment already have a simple impression of their own nation in their hearts.
Such as the Great Wall, such as the Yellow River, such as the Yangtze River, these great symbols that can represent this ancient nation are also deeply imprinted in their immature bones that are still growing.
For the first time, the children saw this dragon-like existence made of boulders, and there was only a trace of curiosity in their pure eyes, but they were more open than their parents.