By the Wuding River, Dong'er sat on the rocks, holding her knees with her hands, looking at the surging river water in a trance.
Tang Yanyan walked over in a hurry and said anxiously: "Sister, the officials haven't been found yet, and neither Xue'er nor Mrs. Zhou... Oh, I'm really anxious."
Dong'er didn't look back and said quietly: "Brother will definitely try his best to find them. I believe that as long as they are still alive, they will be found. Yanyan, you don't have to worry too much."
Yanyan was a little surprised by her unusually calm tone. She turned to look at Dong'er's calm face and couldn't help but said: "Sister, they... one is your official and the other is your flesh and blood.
Aren't you worried? Why..."
Dong'er slowly turned her head and smiled faintly: "What can I do if I worry? What should I do? She is like a madman, her bones are broken, and she sheds tears all day long. That is how a good wife should behave.
What?"
She stood up slowly: "Yes, I am his wife and Xueer's biological mother. But... right now I am still the backbone of countless soldiers and civilians on our side, and the commander-in-chief of thousands of troops. Yanyan, I just
I've thought about it a lot... In fact, the last time General Zhe stood still and refused to send reinforcements, the anger in my heart was no less than yours, but... I knew that was not the time to fall out with them.
But what are the facts? Facts have proved that General Zhe is right, and Miss Zhe is also right. If we really rushed to rescue the official at all costs, it would only cause the official to die early, and all of us would be caught.
Yesterday, Yinzhou was almost lost again. If the eldest brother hadn't happened to rush back with the new army after training, now it would not just be as simple as Xue'er and Mrs. Zhou's whereabouts being unknown.
I thought about it and thought a lot. Although we are developing rapidly, there are too few generals available. Zhang Pu is considered a wise general, but he is far away in Xiazhou and cannot support him. Mu En, Mu Kui, Ai Yihai
The three of them are all generals who are good at attacking. They can be heroes, but they are also not commander-in-chief. Although General Ke is a military general after the Tang Dynasty, he has been confined to the village as a hunter for too long, and his structure is too small, so he has never been able to become a great leader.
.”
Tang Yanyan said irritably: "Sister, the official's whereabouts are unknown, why are you talking about this now?"
Dong'er said seriously: "Look, if Zhe Yuxun had encountered what happened to our officials, Fuzhou would never have mobilized, leaving an empty city behind. If Zhe Yuxun fell, Fuzhou could
Immediately introduce a person to replace him, but we will not be able to do it. There is only one official who can lead the overall situation, and we have only a handful of generals who can do both offense and defense. If it were not for the help of others and the luck that fell from the sky, we would have been completely defeated.
But luck will not always be on our side. We are really...too emotional."
She slowly turned around, stood facing Yanyan, and said: "Yanyan, just now General Zhe sent someone to inquire about the officials' safety, and invited us to send troops to jointly attack Li Guangrui if possible. Otherwise, he will have to do it on his own."
I’m afraid I can’t defeat Li Guangrui with his strength.”
Tang Yanyan said in surprise: "So what? My sister won't agree to send troops, right? Now the officials are gone, and Xue'er is gone too. In the vast grassland, there are either rioting soldiers or rioting people. If we want to find them, why don't we find them? Let's use our men
If you spread them all out, you may not be able to search the entire grassland, so how can you have time to hunt down Li Guangrui?"
"No, I have to go, I must go!"
Dong'er said without question: "Before the officer jumped into the water to escape, he had already predicted the enemy's movements and our response. He told us not to go for reinforcements to avoid falling into a trap, and at the same time, he immediately entered a defensive state. We must prevent Li Guangrui from counterattacking, but we must not retreat far away. We must tightly entangle Li Guangrui until his army, which has lost its vitality, is trapped, collapsed, and dragged to pieces. This is a good opportunity to completely defeat Li Guangrui. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that cannot be missed.
Now, one thing the officials did not expect was that not only did Li Guangrui's plan to trap the officials and eat the reinforcements failed, but he also lost the food and grass he relied on for support. Therefore, their disintegration speed will be even faster. The time of collapse will also be advanced. Of course, this premise is... we exert strong pressure on the enemy forces that are about to collapse, making them feel that there is no way out.
In such a critical time, to send all the soldiers and horses as scouts and spread across the entire grassland to look for people is not stupid, but crazy. Yanyan, our family is not a common people's family living as one family. The reason why we did stupid things is because we didn't realize this. Even if the official is not here, we still have to fight this battle well! If I miss this opportunity, the official will not forgive me, and I will not forgive me."
She raised her head, looked at the big Yang-shaped flag in the camp, and said firmly: "The official asked us to raise his flag regardless of whether he came back or not. The official has good intentions, Yanyan, I will hand over 3,000 female soldiers to you, and you will lead them to continue searching for Guan Ren’s way out, and I...will take up the banner of Guan Ren, cooperate with General Zhe, and launch the final attack on Li Guangrui!"
Dong'er patted Tang Yanyan on the shoulder and walked forward. Yanyan looked at her back in astonishment.
War makes people mature.
The trap in the ruins of Tao Valley and the recovery of Yinzhou City made Luo Dong'er grow up quickly. After learning from the experience, she gradually lost her initial youthful ignorance and began to face the enemy with a calm and calm attitude.
Yanyan looked at Dong'er's firm steps, and in a trance he seemed to see another Zhe Ziyu. Their eyes were equally determined and calm, but under those ice-like eyes, was there really no emotional fluctuation?
Maybe... I'm really wrong? Zhe Ziyu is not as ruthless as I see?
At the foot of Hengshan Mountain, in the mountain col, there is a hunter.
This is a very small mountain col. There is a river outside the col, winding its way north. The entrance of the col is covered with thorn bushes, and there is only a trail that can turn into the valley. The trees in the valley are lush, and the huts are covered with vines. From a distance, it looks like the same color as the mountains and forests, almost unrecognizable, and I don’t know how old it is. Compared to the chaos of the outside world, this place is like a small paradise.
There are three huts, basking in the warm sun. A few hens are rummaging through the haystacks in the stone yard, looking for bugs. A hen has just laid an egg, fluttering its wings and calling "cluck". Then he jumped down from the haystack and walked away triumphantly.
Hearing the crow of the rooster, a woman came out of the room. The woman was wearing rough and simple Qiang clothes. The clothes were all plain color, and the green cloth handkerchief on her head also looked very old. It was obvious that The family background is not very good. The woman is in her thirties, with a strong figure and a rather charming facial features. Although her skin is rough and has shallow wrinkles due to hard work, she can vaguely tell that she is several years younger. She must have been a very handsome woman.
The newly laid brown egg was very big, probably a double yolk egg. The woman smiled with satisfaction at the sight, picked up the still warm egg, and carefully placed it in the basket hanging on the porch.
The man then opened the door on the left and entered the house.
In the room, Yang Hao was sleeping drowsily, but was awakened by the crow of the hen. He was suffering from high fever, and his consciousness was sometimes awake and sometimes drowsy. His whole body seemed to be trapped in a cloud, and was suddenly blown by the wind.
He had to go straight up to Jiuxiao, and suddenly fell to the ground quickly. The feeling of spinning around was very uncomfortable, and he quickly closed his eyes again.
The door opened, and he felt someone come in. Then an earthen jar was handed to the corner of his mouth. Feeling the moistness of the water, Yang Hao subconsciously opened his mouth and drank it. The cold water entered his stomach and made his body feel cooler.
, his consciousness became slightly clearer, and then a calloused hand gently covered his forehead.
"Well..., I still have a severe fever."
The woman murmured, and her hand slid from his hot forehead to his cheek, stayed there for a while, then slid to his chest and gently pressed his strong chest muscles. The woman chuckled: "He is quite strong.
The man is handsome. I don’t know which family he is a soldier. Alas, he fights and kills all day long just for food. It’s so pitiful. If I hadn’t saved you, what a good man he is.
It’s so dilute…”
The woman's eyes moved to his lower body again, and when she saw the small tent that was propped up high, her laughter faintly brought out a hint of sluttishness: "You are so sick and you are not being honest. After all, you are young.
…”
Her face turned red, she bit her lip gently, and then tentatively touched his lower body with her hand...
"Xiaodong, Xiaodong..."
A man's voice suddenly rang out, and the woman retracted her hand like an electric shock and hurriedly left the room.
But Yang Hao didn't know her little move, and felt that she was leaving, so he weakly opened his eyes.
Yang Hao has martial arts skills, so he should not be inferior to those soldiers. Most of those soldiers were rescued ashore, and some struggled to row to the north bank halfway, and left on their own. Yang Hao should not have been unconscious in any case.
, drifting until now.
But unfortunately, after Yang Hao jumped off the cliff, he paddled desperately to prevent himself from being washed away immediately, and shouted to the cliff to encourage his brothers to jump down. Xiaoyu arranged for soldiers behind him, and he
When calling, they deliberately pushed forward and squeezed out a group of people. Poor Yang Hao had no roots at his feet and had no way to escape. His forehead was accidentally hit by a rotten tree held by a soldier, so... Marshal Yang
Just fainted...
Yang Hao, who was in a coma, went straight down the river, crossed the pontoon bridge, floated into the fork in the waterway, and finally floated along a small tributary to this mountain col. If it weren't for the woman named Xiaodong who was washing her clothes in the stream, she happened to save him.
When he came up, he had become a water ghost. But although his people were rescued, he had been immersed in the water for too long. The river after the flood was chilly to the bones. Even if he was immersed for such a long time, even if he was strong, he would not be able to survive.
He couldn't bear it anymore. He was born with a solitary sun body, and external heat triggered internal fire. Once he had a fever, it was out of control.
The woman turned into another room, put her hands on her hips and yelled: "O'er Niu, what do you call me when I go out and do such a big job?"
Just listen to the man's voice: "Xiaodong, our family lives a miserable life, it's hard enough, how can you save a freeloader?"
The woman said: "Then you will die without saving him?"
She sighed, entered the room, sat down on the edge of the Kang, and said, "O'er Niu, I'm planning to keep him, what do you think?"
"Leave?"
"Well, although his robes are in tatters and in disgrace, you can still tell that he is a soldier. Why doesn't he also have a sword on him? Being a soldier is not just to have food to eat. In our day
It's a little bitter, but at least you don't have to risk losing your head. I'll make a plan and talk to him, and he can agree."
The man became excited: "I knew it, I knew it, but you didn't make up your mind when you rescued a strange man. Okay! Okay! Are you going to give it up..."
There was a bang in the house, as if someone had been slapped, and then the woman spoke with a somewhat angry voice: "Or Niu, I didn't have a man when I was twenty-three years old, and you used a bear
I came back from the skin exchange and married you two brothers. Originally, your brothers were famous hunters and their families were relatively well-off, so they didn’t betray me. But the next winter, the leopard you were hunting lost its leopard and killed it.
Your brother, your leg has been bitten and lame. Our days are getting worse day by day. Who has worked hard to support this family for more than ten years?
If I were that kind of ruthless woman, I would have left a long time ago. Where would you go after me? Even now, with the way I look like this, am I worried about getting married? I just can’t bear to leave you. But you are now
My legs and feet are weak, so I can only set snares and traps up and down the nearby mountains. What kind of prey can we catch? How can we live without recruiting a man into the house, don't you think?"
The man stopped talking, and the woman said again: "Besides, your brothers are as strong as bears, but they didn't allow me to give birth to a son and a half. When we get old and have no one to rely on, will we still have a way to survive? What if he
If you are willing to stay, won’t our family also have some success?”
The man was silent, and the woman sighed and said: "Don't worry, we are a good couple for a hundred days. No matter whether you are paralyzed or lame, I will not leave you alone. But
This family can't survive with just me as a woman..."
The woman started to cry as she spoke, and the man sighed longly and said: "Xiaodong, don't cry. I'm sorry for you. Oh, then... let's keep him, ah?"
The woman cried for a while and said: "I will go to the mountain to see what prey you caught yesterday with the trap. I will pick some herbs for him when I come back. I have boiled five eggs in the pot. When he wakes up later, you can give them to him."
Send him over, I see he is strong and strong, if he is willing to eat, this disease will be easily cured."
The man hummed in a naive voice, the door creaked, and the woman walked out.
Yang Hao could hear intermittently, but the house was not soundproof at all. He could still hear the conversation between the two clearly, and his eyes suddenly widened...
Yang Hao knew that various ethnic groups in the Hengshan area lived together, and some things might be a bit shocking if viewed from the perspective of the Han people in the Central Plains. However, in the bitter cold region of the northwest, due to the harsh living environment, some things that were not allowed by law in the Central Plains were ordinary in the local area.
Very, like polygamy.
Some tribes in the Hengshan area are monogamous, some are polygamous, and some deep mountain tribes are polyandrous. In polyandry families, some brothers share wives, and some friends share wives. Brothers share wives.
After the eldest brother marries a wife, the younger brother can also live with his sister-in-law. This phenomenon is mainly due to the fact that the family is poor and cannot afford a wife. It is a custom that has been formed over time.
In such a family, the eldest brother is the househusband. No matter who the child's biological father is, the children will call the eldest brother father and call his younger brothers uncles, even if the younger brother is his biological father. The househusband represents the family to the outside world and to the outside world.
Things are decided within the family, so the status of the parents and the eldest son is clear.
Another situation is when friends share wives. Due to the lack of labor force in the family, the family cannot survive, so they have to recruit a man to form a wife-shared family to make a living together. The local saying goes that this family form is called sharing the pot or cooperating.
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The status of a woman in a shared-wife family is relatively high. As long as the woman is smart and capable, arranges her family life properly, and can make the husbands live in harmony, she will be a virtuous and capable wife, and the local people will not care about her because she has several wives.
If her husband looks down upon her, he will admire her ability to run the household.
It sounds like this family is indeed suffering a bit, and this kind of custom also exists in the local area, so although Orniu was a little reluctant, he did not have the confidence to refute his wife, so he could only agree.
Yang Hao heard the story clearly and couldn't help but laugh a little: "Remnant soldiers? Recruitment? I didn't expect that I, Yang Hao, was quite popular..."
After laughing at himself, he worried about his own army again: "Li Yide must have got the news now. Zhe Yuxun's army should have arrived at Wuding River. If they join together, they should be able to withstand Li Guangrui's attack."
Crazy counterattack, and then panic and despair will spread among Li Guangrui's army. I hope they can seize the opportunity and completely defeat Li Guangrui. At this point, Li Guangrui should never be able to recover. I have to...
I have to recover as soon as possible and rush back. Well... maybe my people will come to find me in the next day or two. Where is this place?"
Thinking drowsily, a wave of tiredness made his eyelids heavy again. No matter what, he knew that he had been rescued, and for the time being... he was safe. Feeling relieved, Yang Hao fell asleep again...
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The strong horse neighed and fell to the ground. The horse was foaming at the mouth, and it looked like it was in trouble. Fortunately, Zhou Nuying was good at riding and was not thrown out. However, after galloping all night, her legs were sore and her thighs were sore.
The skin on the inside seemed to be worn off and it was burning. It took a lot of effort to jump away.
Xue'er in her arms was tired and tired from crying all the way. She didn't wake up after being shaken like this, and was still falling asleep. Nvying felt relieved, looked around, and then staggered along the foot of the mountain.
There was chaos in the city last night. The driver of her car was hit by an arrow. The car lost control and deviated from the group. Then the horse was hit by the arrow and ran wildly. As a result, he was crowded out of the south city by the crowd of refugees. After leaving the city, he ran a long way.
After running out of energy and no one whipping in a hurry, he walked slowly on the road. Not long after, Li Jiyun's rebel soldiers in the city were chased by Ding Chengzong's troops. Those soldiers were burning, killing and looting in the city. Suddenly
Another group of Khitan men and horses came out. For a moment, the soldiers had no way to look after each other, so they had to go their separate ways to escape for their lives.
The escaping soldiers ran in groups of three and two, each going their own way. Two of them fled southward along the road in a panic. They heard that the horses and horses hooves of the pursuers behind them were getting thinner, and they felt relieved. At this time, they saw the front
A carriage appeared, and I knew it was from people escaping from the city. I also saw that the carriage was gorgeous, so I guessed it was from a wealthy family, and I suddenly became greedy again.
These soldiers broke up and no longer wanted to look for the general to assemble. They just wanted to grab some property and go their separate ways. Naturally, the more property they plundered, the more they looted. Unexpectedly, the two soldiers shined torches into the car and saw no gold, silver or jewelry.
Instead, they saw a lively and beautiful woman. They had probably never seen such a beautiful woman in their lives. They were overjoyed. She was carrying gold and silver treasures snatched from the city. There was another stunning beauty in front of them.
What the hell are you fighting? It's more serious to go find a place to be happy.
The knight on the horse immediately came to rob him. When the female hero saw the fierce look of the two warriors, she was so frightened that her hands and feet were weak. She could not think of resisting. When she saw the big man reaching out to catch him, she could only freeze.
She sat there on the ground. Unexpectedly, the warrior saw a child in her arms again, but he suddenly became malicious. He snatched the child and wanted to throw it out to death. The female British was so frightened that she had no strength to resist.
Suddenly seeing the child being snatched away by him, he threw it away violently. His motherly instinct to protect the calf suddenly broke out, but he suddenly burst out with infinite courage.
Nvying didn't even think about it. The lost strength and flexible skills suddenly returned to her body. The "fox tail" wrapped around her wrist stretched out like a snake, wrapped around the crying Xue'er and rolled it back to her.
He hugged me, leaned out of the car, and cracked the whip again.
The heroine is really powerful when she shows off her power. Under the guidance of a famous teacher, her whip has already become somewhat heated. A small tree with a thick wrist can be cut off by her whip, not to mention whipping people. In addition, in the dark of night
The shadow of the whip was hard to distinguish. The two soldiers held knives in their hands, but they could not deal with such a weapon that was soft and hard, long or short, and its position was extremely tricky. One soldier was blinded by one eye and was so frightened.
While trying to escape, the other one had a whip wrapped around his neck and was strangled to death.
After Nv Ying killed someone, she was frightened and frightened. She lay paralyzed on the ground unable to move. Until Xue'er cried out and woke her up. She didn't know how many enemy soldiers would be chasing her, so she instinctively wanted to escape. Although she didn't
She knew how to drive a car, but she also knew how to ride a horse. It was a legacy of the Tang Dynasty that few wealthy ladies could not ride a horse. So they tied Xue'er in her arms with a ribbon and wanted to use the dead soldier's horse to escape.
After getting on her horse, she realized that her dress was too eye-catching, so she bravely took off the dead soldier's robe and put it on herself. There were dry food, water bags and stolen gold and silver in the robe, which was heavy.
, for a moment she had no time to observe, so she got on the horse and deviated from the official road and fled until the horse ran alive and died at the foot of an unknown mountain.
Although Nv Ying could ride a horse, she had never ridden such a fast horse before. Her legs were so tired that she felt so weak that she staggered for a while. She was so hungry and thirsty that she had no strength left. When she heard the sound of running water, she felt in her heart
I couldn't help but feel happy. I turned around the foot of the mountain and saw a stream in front of me. I ran to the river, drank some water, washed my face, and then sat down by the river to rest.
Xue'er woke up from hunger, opened her little mouth and started crying again. While crying, she crawled into Nv Ying's arms. Nv Ying felt sad when she saw it, but she had no milk. How could she make the child breastfeed? In anxiety,
She rummaged around on her body and took out a few steamed buns. She chewed the steamed buns until they were chewy and gave them to Xueer bit by bit.
Xue'er was used to drinking milk, so she just hid her mouth here and there at first, but she was very hungry, and seeing that there was no sweet milk to eat today, she had no choice but to cry a few times in protest, and then she obeyed and started eating.
The batter is mushy.
After finally feeding Xueer, Nvying gnawed half a piece of steamed bun and couldn't eat any more. She looked at the young child in her arms and thought about the fact that Yinzhou had been lost and the horse was exhausted. She was in this desolate place.
In the countryside, I didn't know if I could walk out with just one pair of legs, so I couldn't help but shed tears: "My poor little boy, my godmother's life has been hard enough, but I still managed to live a prosperous life for twenty years, you little one
Why did you suffer so many hardships at such a young age?"
Nvying pressed Xueer's little face, cried and said something, and the more she cried, the more desolate she became. At this time, Xueer, who was not familiar with the world, had a full stomach, snuggled in her arms, and fell asleep sweetly. Nvying's heart
She was originally worried, but looking at the innocent little face in her arms, this cute baby now relied on her to have a chance of survival, and Nv Ying suddenly felt a surge of courage in her heart.
She has always relied on others to take care of her. The beautiful and charming little Queen Zhou is just a vine attached to men and power. Her life path has to be arranged by others, her destiny must be controlled by others, and she is used to it.
Such a life.
But this time is different. In my arms is a child who is unfamiliar with the world. Her life and death are completely tied to Nv Ying. From the moment she was born until today, the two of them have been together for the longest time.
My mother's affection for her child was by no means weaker than that of Xue'er's biological mother. The power of motherhood and the thought of keeping her child no matter what made Nv Yingzhong become determined again. The ivy turned into a small tree and she had her own will.
and ideas.
"Xue'er, my godmother will definitely take you out and return you to your parents, for sure!"
Nvying kissed the child's little face gently, put her back into her arms, tied her tightly with a belt, and imitated the marching method of Yinzhou soldiers, tearing off the strips of cloth from her clothes, and sewed them carefully on her calves.
He put on his leggings and continued on the road along the river.
In the past few months in the northwest, she has understood something: "Water sources are very precious on the grasslands, so if you follow the water sources, you will definitely find places where humans live, and you can also find a way out!"
There was vastness all around, either in the wilderness or in the mountains, but Nvying was no longer hesitant. No matter how long the road ahead was, as long as she still had breath, she would go out. At this moment, her spine was straight.
But... this stream is not that big. Can we find a place for human life ahead?