Chapter 46
Xu Detai's voice was quite loud. Not only did Zhao Xingde relax his bowstring, but other soldiers around him looked at him. However, he did not explain, walked out from behind the invisible house, stood in the middle of the road at the entrance of the village, raised his hand and waved his gesture.
Unexpectedly, there was someone hidden in the village. When they were surprised, they pulled the reins tightly, and the war horses were neighing and slowing down their iron hooves. After more than a dozen riders were patrolling outside the village for a while, the leader said in surprise: "Uncle Xu San!" He was still dozens of steps away from Xu Detai and jumped off the war horse. The two of them held hands and looked very familiar and intimate. Zhao Xingde breathed a sigh of relief and put down his bow and arrow. It seemed that the flood had washed away the Dragon King Temple. Han troops from all directions came to Huanglong Mansion to meet an alliance, and it was natural to meet an allies along the way.
Xu Detai said a few words to the man, then took him to Zhao Xingde and smiled and said, "General Zhao, this is Wang Ji, the major general in the village. He has always followed Miss Han to do things." Zhao Xingde said, "Is Miss Han nearby?" Wang Ji nodded and said, "That's right, we are preparing to camp. We will go to the village to investigate first, and exchange it for some food, vegetables and fruits." As he said that, he bowed to Zhao Xingde as a gift. Wang Ji escorted Han Ningshuang from Xia Kingdom, and knew that the identity of the Captain of the Guardian Mansion was very high, and he was quite respectful in his words. The troops under his command had already returned to report the letter. Not long after, more than thirty cavalry escorted seven or eight large carts to the southwest.
Han Ningshuang was wearing a gray-white narrow-sleeved short jacket, wolveskin cloak, deer leather boots, and other objects hanging behind the saddle. She was no different from other Han soldiers. Only a strand of hair was exposed under Zhaojun's hat revealing her daughter's identity. She greeted Zhao Xingde, Xu Detai and others in turn. Xu Detai introduced the enemy situation around the village, and pointed out what happened last night.
When Xu Detai heard that the villagers begged Zhao Xingde and others not to kill the Khitans near the village, Han Ningshuang frowned slightly and shook her head gently. However, Wang Ji said, "So that's the case, you are planning to ambush the Khitan soldiers here." Looking back at the location where the soldiers of Chengying Camp appeared at the beginning, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked. If Xu Detai had not recognized his friend but not the enemy, and with the reputation of Chengying Camp, he would have been afraid that most of his more than a dozen cavalry would have fallen down with a round of secret arrows.
Zhao Xingde nodded and smiled, "That's right." He looked up into the distance, and Xu Detai thought slightly, thinking that he still remembered this matter. He remembered that Miss Han's safety was important, and was about to persuade Zhao Demo to have another problem, but Han Ningshuang said lightly: "Maybe General Zhao doesn't need to do this for you." She turned around and asked Wang Ji, "I just met the Khitans of more than 20 cavalry. I wonder if the group of people Xu San said?"
"What?" Xu Detai said in surprise, "You killed those Khitans?"
Han Ningshuang looked at the village not far away, thinking and without answering. Wang Ji nodded and said in a deep voice: "Just two miles away, these Khitan dogs are not clean in their mouths, which annoyed the eldest lady." He had a look of ashamed on his face, and he only hated that he would not kill the Khitan people quickly enough, so he had to make Miss Han angry before he took action.
Looking at the village ahead, Han Ningshuang's starry eyes were slightly cold and she said slowly: "I don't know if it's the same group of Khitan dogs as Xu San, Wang Ji, take two people back and drag the corpse of the Khitan dogs that are leading over and let the villagers identify them one by one." Although her voice was light, Xu Detai's face changed. The people in this village tried every means and did not want to have anything to do with the death of the Khitans, but she refused to give up, and wanted to discard the Khitan bodies in this village, and let the villagers identify them one by one, so that no one could escape.
Wang Ji received the order and drove away from the world. Xu Detai looked at Han Ningshuang with a hint of awe.
Han Ningshuang told Zhao Xingde again: "The people of Liaodong are in danger of peace. After living under the iron hooves of Hu people for a long time, they can't help but feel a little confused for a while, so they called Zhao Jiawei laughing."
Although she said this to Zhao Xingde, Xu Detai felt that his old face was feverish. The Han army had some relatives and acquaintances in the surrounding villages. Since the Khitans set this rule, the Han army was afraid of weapons due to their romance and killed the Khitans. Originally, the Khitans would never dare to approach the Han army without hundreds of cavalry. Later, more than a dozen cavalry, even the Khitan cavalry, dared to rush around. For decades, the Khitans have oppressed the Han army's sphere of influence, and the people have become less and less afraid to help the Han army, and some even informed the Khitans. If it weren't for the Jurchens' violent rise and disrupted the situation in Liaodong, the Han army would not even be able to gain a foothold. After the final analysis, it was the consequence of being obsessed with the fact that it was the evil consequence of being tolerant of the past.
Zhao Xingde nodded and said in a deep voice: "It is human nature to be greedy for life and fear death. We also blame Di Yi for being cunning and cruel. We should make a fuss." When he was in Dunhuang, he also heard about Miss Han who was running around the door of the nobles. Many noble ladies and wives mentioned Han Ningshuang in a tone of pity, so they always looked like a pitiful weak woman in their minds. I think when I saw him today, I acted decisively and had far-reaching things, and they were actually a woman who was not as good as a man.
Everyone entered the village while talking. At first, in order to worry that someone would inform the Khitans, the soldiers concentrated the whole village around the yard of the old man surnamed Zhang. No one was willing to approach the woman who was seeking death. Many villagers did not scold the Khitans, but instead cursed the broom star that caused trouble to the whole village.
As soon as Han Ningshuang stepped into the yard, she saw a pale woman standing under the old elm tree like a lonely ghost. A soldier seemed to feel the malice of the villagers and stood beside her with his hand pressed on the hilt of the knife. Han Ningshuang's eyebrows were slightly frowned, and this scene reminded her of some past events. Xu Detai was tactful and did not say much, but only introduced the leaders of various Han villages who came to the alliance for Miss Han.
Not long after, each of the three war horses dragged a Khitan corpse. When they appeared in front of the villagers, everyone opened their eyes in horror, and whispered in a buzz, as if thousands of mosquitoes and flies were falling from the sky. "Oh my God, this is the Khitan people that day." Zhong Shier's eyes were very sharp and recognized at first glance. Finally, there was a dead person. Seeing this big excitement, he felt a little excited and excited at first, and after a moment he came to his senses, his face turned pale. "It's over, the Khitans died in our village."
"Madam, please go and identify it. Is this a Khitan who committed evil deeds?"
This voice woke Zhang Hu from a trance. She looked up and saw that it was the kind-faced military master who was pointing at the three-bedroom corpse not far away and asked apologetically. Zhang Hu looked closely and felt a sense of resentment and sorrow that had been suppressed for a long time rushed up, as if it was blocked in her chest. Her lips were almost bleeding, and she couldn't speak, so she nodded heavily.
Liu Zheng looked at her with apology, turned around and nodded to Zhao Xingde. Han Ningshuang had a expressionless face. Seeing this, Xu Detai walked to the old man of the Zhang family squatting on the ground and asked in a deep voice: "Are there any Khitans in these corpses who are insulting your daughter-in-law?"
From last night to now, after experiencing many things, the old man was a little numb. He looked at the three Khitan corpses in the yard, and withdrew his eyes as if he was frightened, and said tremblingly: "Yes, yes." Xu Detai sighed inwardly, ignored him, walked towards the next person, and continued to ask questions. More than a dozen Han soldiers acted at the same time, and soon asked more than 300 villagers. More than fifty people in this village had seen the Khitans who committed violence.
"Miss, the dead man from the border officer Xiao Zhengxi is the culprit here." Xu Detai said respectfully. Seeing this scene, other Han generals also guessed Miss Han's intentions, and they all restrained their smiles and held their breath to listen to her instructions.
"The Khitan camp is less than ten miles away. If these twenty cavalry are not back until dark, they will cause trouble." Han Ningshuang said coldly. She glanced at the old and young villagers who were squatting or standing. The faces of these people were filled with despair, fear, panic, sadness, and sorrow. A wave of uneasiness surged in her heart, and then forced it down and said in a deep voice, "If I remember well, thirty miles east of this place is the Panshi Mountain of Guangjiling, where is our village?"
"That's right." Xu Detai replied. They came out of the Panshi Village yesterday. Xue Jingrong, the leader of Panshi Village, stood at the bottom, and stood forward after hearing this, and smiled and said, "Miss still remembers my little village." He looked quite proud on his face.
Han Ningshuang smiled and nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Tell these people that if you don't want to die, just run east to the east." A complicated expression flashed in her eyes.
"Abide by the order." Xu Detai replied loudly. He saw that although Han Ningshuang was a woman, his methods and strategies were afraid that he would not be under the head of the Han family in the previous generation. Xue Jingrong also smiled and said: Third Brother Xu, I originally thought that the eldest lady was a woman's family, but today I was really convinced. If I had known this method, I would have thrown the body of the Khitan people at the doors of these greedy and fearful death every day and asked them to throw them into the village." When Xue Jingrong said "women's family", Xu Detai's eyes trembled. Fortunately, this man did not continue to speak nonsense, so Xu Detai did not rebuke him. However, he said in his heart that if the leader Han had not died young and had not had time to leave his son, how could a woman have experienced these winds, frost, snow and rain... A trace of gloom flashed through Xu Detai's eyes.
People are so strange. When the Han army did not kill the Khitans, everyone knew that the Khitans would come to take revenge. When the three Khitan corpses were placed in front of everyone, most villagers were lucky. Many people had the idea of "Maybe the Khitans could not find out, right?" "I didn't kill people." They rarely thought of running away immediately. Xu Detai and Xue Jingrong told these villagers that they fled eastward, and these self-deceiving villagers were really panicked. For a moment, pots and pans were ringing everywhere, and the village was full of chaos. After about a stick of incense, people began to go east one after another.
Although most villagers have not traveled far away, it is very easy to distinguish the direction at this time. On the top of the mountains, a rising sun is about to burst out, and the red clouds are covered with the east sky. As long as these people escape to the sunrise, they will not be able to lose their direction.
Chapter completed!