Chapter 258: Making Friends

Bohai is very close to ***, but it is only two days away. When I arrived at the sea near ***, I could see that a military tent had been erected on the Yalu River, and Liang Hongyu introduced: "These are all soldiers from the Hebei Military Road." ”

"I know that General Yue landed in Suzhou and made a feint attack on Liaoyang Mansion. The Hebei military road hoarded troops on the Yalu River, mainly attacking Changbai Mountain, and threatening Huanglongfu. Ouyang turned his head and smiled at Liang Hongyu: "Mobilize the forces of the Huanglong Mansion to drive Liao and swallow gold." ”

Liang Hongyu was surprised: "How do you know so much about the county?" ”

"But I just didn't know you had a combat mission." Ouyang was dissatisfied: "I originally thought that I would meet you for a few months before the war, but I didn't expect Yue Fei to mess around. ”

On the deck, Zhan Ming walked over and said: "This has a fleet, but it is different, you can go wherever you want, and travel all over the world." ”

Liang Hongyu nodded: "It's a pity that there is no opponent." ”

"Don't be so belligerent." Ouyang asked: "Who is the main general of Hebei Military Road now?" ”

"After the general of the division said goodbye, there was no main general for the time being, and General Han was appointed by a deputy general named Wu Jue, the champion of martial arts the year before last, and I heard that General Han trusted him."

"There are talented people from generation to generation." Ouyang sighed, every year Wuju can find some talents to come out, and gradually enrich the middle and lower classes of the army. The combat effectiveness of the army has been greatly improved. It seems that Han Shizhong still left the position of the chief general of the Hebei Military Road to Zhang Jun, and by the way, he also exercised Wu Jue's ability to coordinate operations, so Han Shizhong should value this Wu Jue very much.

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The most desired thing for the people on the ship is to get on land, and Ouyang also feels this way. Liang Hongyu wanted to go to the Hebei Military Road to go through the formalities for the deployment of supplies, and Ouyang and Zhanming got off the boat and visited a small town under the jurisdiction of Xijing. There were a lot of people in the town, there were *** people, there were Jurchens, as well as Han soldiers and merchants. The wharf is about three miles away from the town, and except for a *** official, they are all van soldiers, which is in great contrast with the town.

The town is called Tianyin Town, which is the earliest trade town with Liao, as well as the town of Song Haimao, which is one of the more developed towns. The nearest station on the Hebei Military Road is twenty miles away from the town, and there is a post station outside the town to raise horses for the Song sergeants. He has always had a good relationship with the Central Plains, except after the Qing Dynasty, he has been very respectful of every dynasty in the Central Plains.

The women's costumes are almost all Korean, and they are quite distinctive. Walking into a restaurant, the guest was a young girl, who was very proficient in Chinese and asked, "How many may I ask?" ”

"Two." Zhan Ming said curiously: "You speak Chinese well." ”

The woman smiled, "My grandfather's grandfather is here." There is a place upstairs, two please. ”

Ouyang said with a smile: "Our Great Song still uses the Great Master to run the hall, it is really too backward." ”

"Haha!" Zhan Ming and the woman both smiled.

Upstairs, there are no private rooms. Since it was nearly noon, there were quite a few people upstairs. Most of the middle and lower classes of the ancients did not have the habit of eating lunch, so the people who came to eat at this time were generally people with some status or some money. Ouyang glanced around, there were Jurchens, locals, and a few people who looked like Song merchants. Without paying attention to anything else, Ouyang noticed that there were three Jurchens at a table, two of them were followers, one of them was in his early twenties, with a square face, sword eyebrows and beards, quite imposing. The hand holding the cup is wide and stout, and the joints are flexible. The three sheathed knives were placed on the table, and the knives were all placed clockwise, making it seem that there were many things on the table but not messy.

Although the Song army borrowed *** territory, *** did not cut off contact with the Jin State. After the trade of the Song Dynasty, many materials of the Jin Kingdom came from ***. And ten miles outside the city is the trading office of Jin and ***. According to the negotiations with ***, before the Hebei Military Road officially attacked the Jurchens, these Jurchen business practices were protected. The relationship with Kim is still good so far.

Therefore, a situation has been formed in which the Jurchens, Han people, and *** people live in peace here. If a brawl is found between the two clans, the *** soldiers on patrol will take both sides down, whip them and fine them to leave.

The Jurchen also found that Ouyang was looking at himself, and also looked at Ouyang and the two, although Ouyang was dressed as a businessman, but the Jurchen also saw that he was not an ordinary businessman. Ouyang's side Zhanming is even more stable as Mount Tai.

Ouyang looked at him and chuckled, ready to find a table. I didn't think that the Jurchens raised their hands and said, "This Han brother, do you want to come over and have a glass of water and wine together." ”

Zhan Ming said lightly: "It seems that the three of them have some ability. ”

It's just a bit of ability, Ouyang smiled: "Then bother." ”

The table is by the window and not big. The two attendants neatly put away the dishes and chopsticks they were using, gave up their positions, and stood behind the Jurchen. Ouyang bowed his hand to the seat: "Didn't ask the brother Tai?" ”

"You Song people are sour when you speak, my name is Sip." Sip helped Ouyang pour wine and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Juda!" Ouyang gave up.

"Juda? I've never heard of that name. He sobbed: "You are from the Song Mansion, right?" ”

Ouyang and Zhanming were taken aback, and Ouyang asked, "How do you know?" ”

"This brother is using an official knife." Sip finger pointing at Zhan Ming, Zhan Ming is embarrassed.

Ouyang nodded: "Brother has good eyesight." We were sent to coordinate the locality. But brother, I'm a pawn, and I'll help the later adults check the local situation. ”

"My lord? What grown-up? ”

Ouyang Dao: "Lord Ouyang Ou! ”

"No wonder!" Sip suddenly: "I just said that where is there an official who is so energetic, and he talks extraordinary, it turns out that he is from Yangping." I know you, it's pretty good, I heard that Ouyang's personal Zhang San and Li Si are both unique characters. ”

Ouyang wondered in his heart, who is this kid. How do you know so clearly. Ouyang smiled: "You see that Your Excellency is not an ordinary person, right?" ”

"People are people, they are all ordinary, a nose and a pair of eyes, just an ordinary businessman." After raising his glass, he said first: "Brother, do you know why there are so many Han troops here all of a sudden?" ”

"I've only heard it's training." Ouyang Dao: "I heard that Song will recruit 500,000 forbidden troops this year, so I should put the training here." ”

Sip shook his head: "But how do I look at it, Song seems to be attacking the Jurchens." ”

Ouyang smiled: "How is it possible." The Song army would not be stupid enough to start a war on both sides. The Royal News also said that after General Han became the commander, he moved the soldiers who were not trained enough to ***. It is said to be for a sneak attack on Jinzhou. "This place is only three days' sea journey from Jinzhou. The news announced by the Royal Daily is that it is borrowed from the *** realm to train troops, and it is speculated that it is for the future battle of Jinzhou and the use of outflanking the Liao army's Jinzhou back road from the sea. Moreover, these sergeants did not even have a chief general, so they were led by a lieutenant general of the sixth grade. Song and Jin still have a very harmonious relationship on the surface.

He snorted and said, "Many Jurchen people think so too. But I don't think so. ”

"You care!"

Sirped: "You Han people have a saying that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband." We naturally have to care. ”

"Actually, let the emperor go to their *** hearts." Ouyang raised his glass and said, "Let's just drink." ”

"Okay,!" Sip put down the cup and said, "It's not pleasant to drink like this, why don't you take the bowl?" ”

"If my brother wants to get the bowl, then I can't talk to you." Ouyang said: "I can't drink enough. ”

"That brother with a cup." Sip instructed, "Help me get a bowl." ”

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The two began to brag, first about the scenery and food, then about Yangping, and about the Song and Jin generals. Ouyang Dao: "If you want to say that the Jurchen famous general knows one person, it is Zong Han, the guard general of the Huanglong Mansion. ”

Sip asked, "How is that compared to Han Shizhong?" ”

"No, General Han is good at fighting big battles. The two clashed, and General Han may suffer a small loss, but the long-term confrontation is definitely General Han's upper hand. ”

"I'm afraid not necessarily, General Zong Han is brave and strategic. He is best at attacking the enemy's shortcomings with his own strengths. Si Si was a little dissatisfied with Ouyang's opinion.

"No argument, no argument." Ouyang didn't like to do a war of words, so he poured wine for him: "Song Jin is still a friendly ally." ”

"Friendly? Then why didn't the Song merchant ship come ashore? ”

The royal newspaper said that it was the merchants who boycotted the trade in gold. The imperial court also sent a boatload of supplies every month. ”

"Humph! It's the means of your lord Ouyang. Sipping said: "This person is really insidious, the year before last, he made a fake princess Shang, forced Liaojin to restart the war, not to mention, and let the deputy marshal Wanyan Zongbi and the deputy marshal be removed." ”

Ouyang shook his head: "No, we adults have always been benevolent." Never make villains mean. ”

"Haha!" He sipped and was about to refute, but heard a loud voice downstairs.

At the same time someone in the street shouted: "Murder, robbery." ”

Ouyang looked out and saw a Song merchant lying in a pool of blood on the street, and a patrol was coming. Looking back, two *** people, a man and a woman, appeared on the second floor with blood-stained short knives in their hands. The hostess, who had been on the second floor, said, "This way! "Push open the window in the back.

"Take it!" Snorted.

"Yes!" The two attendants drew their swords and slashed at a man and a woman.

Sip picked up the bowl and said, "These people were originally bandits, and they often gathered in groups to loot the property of merchants. ”

Ouyang nodded, he knew this. Tianyin Town was the trading place of the Song, Jurchen, ***, and even Liao merchants. And many *** people took a fancy to this piece of fertile land and robbed the merchants. Although the army carried out *** against them, these bandits were either in groups of three or two, or hundreds of people together, and there were more dens in Tianyin, so it was quite difficult to suppress them. After the Song army was stationed, the scope of bandits' activities outside the city was greatly reduced, so the law and order in the town deteriorated dramatically. As Ouyang and the others saw, an ordinary hostess helped the two bandits escape for their lives, and the hostess may not be a member of the gang, but may just have a relative in the gang. The locals were supportive of the bandits, who often robbed the rich and gave to the poor.

Looking at the chaos on the streets, many people ran aimlessly, and carts and stalls were scattered, blocking the way of the patrolmen. The second floor was in a mess, and the two retinues were originally two to two, but soon became two to six. Even so, the two retinues did not fall behind.

Damn, did you travel to Dongguan? Ouyang looked at the scene in front of him with deep emotion. After a while, all the bandit members scattered. The patrol went upstairs and only caught the female bandit who was entangled by two entourages and could not get out. The leader of the team looked at the road of the two entourage, and then asked a few questions. Then he said a *** sentence. One soldier held down the female bandit, and the other raised his knife to cut off the female bandit's head. Then the corpse was not disposed of, and it walked away.

Ouyang looked stupid, what is the situation? Ouyang was still in the gods, a local went upstairs, hugged the corpse of the female bandit and cried bitterly for a while, and then looked at the two wounded entourages with hatred, and then fell to the slur, pointed to the sip and said a *** word, and left with the corpse. A few people from the restaurant came out and began to wash the stairs and tidy up the tables and chairs.

The waitress came over and said a word, then helped the two of them pour the wine and helped clean it up.

He sipped and laughed, "It was the woman's husband who collected the body, and he said he wouldn't let me go." The female junior told me that I was in trouble and that I was leaving Tianyin Town before sunset. Once it reaches the range of the Song army's garrison, it can be considered safe. Brothers haven't seen this meeting, they are all scared stupid. They killed me Jurchen businessmen not one or two, even if they threatened. ”

Ouyang was surprised by the patrolman's way of doing things, which was quite South American and had the color of the late Qing Dynasty. Bandits and patrolmen respect the rules of the game, don't get caught if you rob, and if you do, you'll die. Ouyang listened to the words for a long time before coming back to his senses and said, "I've never seen anything like this." ”

"What are you afraid of. Besides, my hands itch for a long time. Si Si pulled out his knife and stroked the blade and said, "His little nephew was robbed and killed here." Do you know how much it is? It's just three copper coins. ”

One of the attendants nodded.

"The Jurchens without horses are only worthy of carrying shoes." "Our horse is outside the town, and there is an inn outside the town, and we will kill him there tonight, so are you interested in watching the battle?" ”

"Okay, we just happened to be looking for a place to live."

"Young master, I'm afraid it's not good." Zhan Ming hurriedly dissuaded. Although Zhan Ming is not afraid, he must also worry about Ouyang's safety.

"It's okay." Ouyang said: "Just take the trouble to help us book a room, and we'll go shopping in the evening." ”

"Good!" He smirked, "Don't you dare to come." ”

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"My lord, I'm afraid it's going to be dangerous." Zhan Ming said: "I just inquired, there is a flat river outside the inn, there is a curfew at night, I can't go back to the town, and there are nearly twenty miles to the Hebei Military Road station." ”

"So we'll have to buy two horses and get ready to run." Ouyang explained: "Don't worry so much, you go to the dock to find the fleet and throw the cannon." "The wharf is more than three miles away from the town, and there are a lot of supplies from the Song army. Liang Hongyu had to go to the Chinese army on the Hebei East Road first to show the military order, and in exchange for the supply order, he could only give supplies. Ouyang never fights uncertain battles. After all, those people are bandits, rabble. There will be no strict discipline, as long as the firearms are out, the other side will definitely not be able to bear such heavy casualties. Besides, looking at Sisi's confident appearance, Ouyang will not lose face and miss another good show.

The inn outside the town is very simple, barely sheltered from the wind and rain, but the scale is okay, Ouyang estimates that there are about thirty rooms. Outside the inn is a flat land, which can be seen five miles away at a glance. As soon as Ouyang and Zhanming arrived with their horses, they knew that the night was very unusual. Outside the lonely inn, there are *** people sitting in pairs, and there are all kinds of guys in their hands. Entered the inn. There are no less than twenty *** people in the pointed hall.

"My name is Zhu Da, has anyone booked a room?"

Xiao Er nodded: "Yes, the word B, but the guest officer, the little one still advises you to hurry up." ”

"It's fine." Ouyang followed Xiao Er to the room and ordered, "Help us get two basins of hot water." By the way, I stuffed a consistent silver ticket.

Xiao Er replied attentively: "Wait a minute, guest officer." ”

"Look, sir." Zhan Ming pointed out the window, Ouyang looked at it, and saw a tent two hundred meters away standing lonely in the middle of the flat ground, sipping two attendants sitting on the ground to eat dry food, and three horses were quietly looking for tender grass on the ground.

Sipping his upper body and coming out, he raised his hand towards Ouyang, and Ouyang returned the salute. Sip on the ground and start eating. And look at the other side, there are more *** people. Ouyang had seen a man standing on a stone glaring at the tent, and this person was the husband of the female bandit. But it was not possible to do it yet, and before the sun went down, there were patrols near the inn. After the patrol returns to the city, the two sides can coach.

Zhan Ming, who had been walking around outside, came back and whispered: "There are about thirty *** people in the inn, and it seems that some of them want to attack us." ”

"I care about who it is." Ouyang asked, "Where is the horse?" ”

"Backyard, close to us." Zhan Ming said: "I don't think this sip is an ordinary person, and he won't be an unknown villain. It is likely that the generals of the Jin State came to *** probe the news. ”

"No, if it's a fine work, you should change into low-key clothes. He speaks both *** and Chinese very well. And the fine work will not be so eye-catching. Ouyang said: "Let's see at night." ”

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The sun went down and the patrols withdrew. The sunset has not disappeared, and a bright moon has hung in the sky. Riots began inside and outside the inn. Zhan Ming whispered: "There are at least a hundred *** people, it seems that the husband of the female bandit is the leader of the gang...... Someone is outside our door. Three, two on the left and one on the right, against the wall. ”

"Here we go!" Ouyang said a word, and saw the original three or two *** people slowly walking towards the tent in groups with various blades in their hands. The tent occupants didn't seem to notice, sitting on the ground talking and laughing.

"......" the female bandit's husband suddenly shouted, and the bandits shouted together and began to trot.

Sipping his upper body, he raised his hand in the direction of Ouyang, grabbed a long knife from under the grass, and led the horse to face the *** people who were rushing from afar. Zhan Ming said: "That's right, this person is definitely the general of the Jin Kingdom." "This type of long blade is a common style used by the generals of the Jin Kingdom.

'Smack! The door was kicked open, and Zhan Ming didn't look back at the knife, and the blade stabbed through the neck of the person who rushed in. Then immediately rushed into the two *** people, but before they could react, their necks were cold, and they all fell to the ground and died. Zhan Ming received: "I'd rather take ten knives than take one robbery." ”

Ouyang asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Knives are generally used to cut, except for the neck, there is no vital point, and it is difficult to kill with a single knife. The stinger looks more elegant than the slash, but it is the most ferocious, and it is easy to kill with a single hit. Zhan Ming looked out the window, Sip had already mounted the horse and galloped, and the entourage was half a horse behind, protecting left and right.