0295, mysterious guest
Although the Yehenara clan was wiped out, after all, only three years have passed, and the hearts of the remaining orphans are still dripping blood.
Fifteen-year-old Yehenara Wanying and thirteen-year-old Yehenara Muqing are both natural beauties.
Nurhachi was despicable and shameless, rebelled, and killed his father Buyangu, who surrendered after signing the alliance.
Their ambition is the same as that of their predecessors, Yehnara Bushiyamara, which is to avenge their father, Buyangu.
However, after these two little girls experienced the test of blood and fire, they understood that Nurhachi was not so easy to kill, and knew that it was not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, so the conditions for marriage changed:
"Whoever can defeat me in mounted archery and swear to be an enemy of the Jianzhou Jurchens of Nurhachi will marry him. ”
In the perennial war with the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, the Yehnara tribe has always been a soldier for all people. Men begin combat duty at the age of 10 and women begin to take on combat duty at the age of 12.
Wan Ying and Mu Qing's one-handed riding and archery skills are not weak, and ordinary people are not opponents.
This is a very not weak standard, that is, the current White Phoenix Guards have no opponents for the two of them.
Lan Er, Yan Erniang, and Mandaili, the three leaders of the White Phoenix Guards, were able to defeat Wan Ying and Mu Qing in swordsmanship, but they could only bow down in their riding and archery skills on horseback.
With one foot off the saddle, galloping on a horse, and being able to shoot six arrows in a row, and there are no missing arrows within a hundred steps, and now he has not found an opponent.
Yan Erniang explained to Prince Xiong: "In the past three days, these two little girls have been in the White Phoenix Guard. Because they came out to find the allies, and they won't run away at all. Besides, they didn't even have a home, they had nowhere to go, and of course no one took them prisoner. ”
"However, if you really want to be able to defeat the two of them, you really can't find a suitable candidate now. At least we can't find anyone among them, and there is probably no such person among the Silver Armor Iron Guards. ”
Xiong Chu was stunned when he heard this: "Don't you see it, these two little girls are so powerful?"
"Brother, don't you know the power of hatred?" Lan'er's face was slightly red, as if she had thought a lot: "At the beginning of Jiudao Mountain Villa, we were not even as good as a small reptile, and we were even beaten half to death, but we never had the determination to stop us from escaping. ”
"The two of them live with me now, and the three of us talk a lot. In the past three years, Wanying and Mu Qing have been mixed in the army and fought with men, so they have developed the ability to kill enemies on the battlefield. ”
"Although there is another mission to follow Heligan out this time, they are both centurions. If it weren't for the serial ambush tactics used by the military advisor, once the frontal scuffle started, I don't know how many people were shot dead by the two of them. ”
The military advisor Wan Lian said: "Why do you want to get the clear promise of the lord to allow the expansion of the army, it is because Wanying and Mu Qing have touched me. The Jurchen Tartars and the Mongol army made the Ming army at a loss, because of their outstanding riding and archery skills. ”
"What do we lack? It is because there are more and more firearms, and they are getting stronger and stronger, so everyone has forgotten the basic skills of our ancestors to conquer the world, that is, the true ability to take the world on horseback. The current Ming army is all fancy, and once the firearms in their hands do not have a chance to fire, they will collapse completely. ”
"My lord, although firearms are powerful, they are subject to too many restrictions. You can't fight when it's wet, you can't fight on rainy days, you can't fight even when it's snowy. Why did the Battle of Salhu fail? It was because it was still freezing and snowy at that time, and our firearms were not fully powerful. ”
Xiong Chu nodded: "I agree with the military advisor's analysis of the Ming army, the most critical factor that determines the outcome of the war is not powerful weapons, but people." For a person to survive on the battlefield, he must defeat his enemies. If you want to defeat your enemies, you must have real skills. ”
Lan'er suddenly became grinning: "Brother, in the past three days, you and the military advisor have focused on the southwest of the Qitu Taiji, and our White Phoenix Guards have not been idle, and have done a lot of things secretly. ”
"Before the war, the military adviser told us that we would expand the number of female soldiers, so we have been operating in the shadows. At present, there are more than 200 recruits, all of whom are concentrated in the water village, but they don't let you know. ”
"To be honest, if it weren't for these two hundred girls, the defensive battle three days ago really wouldn't have been able to last. Regardless of whether they could fight or not, when the enemy rushed within two hundred paces, they found that we had hundreds of men, so they did not dare to attack. Hee-hee-"
Xiong Chu took turns to look at Wan Lian, Lan'er, Yan Erniang, and Huang Yanying: "You hid such a big thing from me, and then dug a pit for me and lured me to jump in, didn't you?"
There was no one to answer, and the four of them didn't seem to hear what Xiong Chu said, and there was no expression on their faces, which made Xiong Chu feel that he was talking in vain.
Wan Lian coughed lightly: "Lord, now Wanying and Mu Qing have accepted Miss Lan'er's advice, don't pin their hopes of revenge on others, so they have decided to continue to serve as centurions with us, commanding one hundred and thirty-six people respectively, and they are currently training." ”
"Helengen's affairs have to be dealt with first, after all, he has too many people, and it is a huge burden to put it on us. The rest of the weapons could be returned to him, but we had picked out six hundred strongbows, and left all the arrows, all wolf's fangs, twenty-four thousand. ”
Xiong Chu knew that the general situation had been decided, and it was useless to say anything: "Even if this is the case, Heligen and their mission over have not been completed, how can they go back and explain?"
Wan Lian shook his head: "This can't be rushed for the time being, because Xiong Kaishan and Helian Gen have an agreement, and they have to divide the victory and defeat between them, and then they can decide how to deal with it." ”
"The Mongols were very stubborn, and Heligen didn't leave at all until he saw Xiong Kaishan, and he couldn't drive them away. I've now sent him to the prisoner of war camp to command his men, and I don't even bother to pay attention to him. Qiao Rushan's abduction team of 100 people, camped two miles away from them, was regarded as surveillance. ”
Xiong Chu nodded: "How is the southwest direction of the Tu Taiji now, and what is the current situation of Xiong Kaishan and Liu Guozhi's silver-armored iron guards?"
Wan Lian smiled slightly: "More than 1,000 people in Tu Taiji retreated yesterday afternoon, but I didn't let the silver armor guard come back, but set up camp in Shuangchengzi, just pulled Huo Lianshan's Five Thunder God Machine 100 people back to the cottage to defend." ”
"In this way, Xiong Kaishan's six hundred people are our field mobile troops. But it creates an illusion for people outside who don't know the truth, that is, there is still a main force in our base camp. ”
Xiong Chu smiled: "I said why is it so quiet in the past two days, it turns out that the enemy has already left, but the empty city plan of the military division sings well." Put all the combat units outside, even if the enemy attacks the base camp, Xiong Kaishan will play a greater role behind the enemy. ”
Wan Lian shook his head: "The empty city plan can't be sung forever, so we must expand the army and use this time for training." Even if you can't put it on the front line to fight, but if you put it at home to guard the base camp, it will seem overwhelming. ”
Prince Xiong also knew that the current situation was very strange, and if he was not careful, he would be completely ruined, so he was still very worried: "Even if we have a buffer time, where will the soldiers come from?"
Wan Lian said with a smile: "In addition to leaving six people by my side to wait for dispatch, the other thirty people have already sneaked back to the pass, so they shouldn't let me down." ”
"The lord must know that there were two consecutive major earthquakes in the Hetao area last year and the year before last, and many victims were not resettled. They should be able to cross the Yellow River from the side of the pass and bring back two or three hundred men. ”
"As for the women's barracks, it was because of the war here that all the young and strong men ran away, so they could easily find more than 200 people within a radius of 200 miles. ”
"Alas, I don't know what's going on, the Yellow River Basin has been a natural and man-made disaster every year in the past ten years. It usually doesn't rain, but in the summer, there is a big flood that inundates a qiē, and there are major earthquakes almost every year. ”
"After more than ten years of uninterrupted tossing, the common people could not survive whether it was inside or outside the Guan, which was also the fundamental reason why the Mongol Tatars often attacked the Great Wall. ”
Huang Yanying snorted coldly: "It's all because the court is unpopular, so it was punished by God!"
"Is it really a curse? I can't see it. Prince Xiong shook his head: "Senior sister, since you said that the imperial court was punished by heaven. Now you have also seen that there have also been famines outside the Saiwai for many years, and the Jurchen Tartars in Jianzhou have also reached the point of cannibalism, and the common people have gone to the defense area of Marshal Mao Wenlong. ”
"It's the curse of God!" Huang Yanying's face was very ugly: "The Mongolian Tartars, the Jurchen Tartars, and the damned court, they are all cursed by God!"
Wan Lian hurriedly played a round: "Astronomy and geography are very profound, and it is not clear in three or two sentences, but Miss Huang's remarks about heavenly punishment are unreasonable." Because it is the common people who suffer the most, should the common people be damned?"
Huang Yanying waved her right hand and said categorically: "It is precisely because the people are cursed by God that they can't live, and they will wake up." Now it takes someone who can save them to step forward and save them from the fire. But this person is like a person who has nothing to do, and he just doesn't stand up!"
Xiong Chu is really a little helpless, and he also admires his junior sister Huang Yanying's small mouth, and in just a few words, he put all the responsibility on his head, as if he has become a big sinner of natural and man-made disasters.
Fortunately, Huang Yanying didn't have to be troubled for a long time, and with a report outside the tent, Xiong Chu escaped.
The one who came to report was Qiu Boming, the leader of the Ghost Knife Thirty-six: "Report to the lord and military advisor: There was a strange person outside the tent, saying that he was coming to deliver the letter, but he didn't take it out. ”
"What's the matter?" Wan Lian looked at Xiong Chu, and then said, "What does the person look like?"
Qiu Boming said loudly: "The person who came was wearing a big hat and a fine needle coat, covering the whole person tightly. I can't see my face clearly, and I can't guess my age. I only know that it is a man, and my martial arts cultivation should be very high, which can be said to be unfathomable. What should I do?"
Seeing Wan Lian once again asking for his opinion with his eyes, Xiong Chu waved his hand at Qiu Boming: "Since you are a top master, it is useless for you to block it." If someone comes to deliver a letter and asks you to come back and report it, it means that it is a visit by courtesy. You go and bring the guests in, and let's see what the hell is sacred!" I734