Chapter 200 After the Grassland

Tang Yixian was holding the hot rice porridge, and Zhengde followed behind him, holding two plates of exquisite side dishes in his hand, hurried to the study in the helpless eyes of the guards, but saw that there was no one on the couch. Tang Yixian put down the rice porridge and walked to the door and asked the guards: "Where is my brother?"

A guard said respectfully: "Miss, I received an important message and hurried to see General Yang."

Tang Yixian returned to the room disappointedly, pouted and sat on Yang Ling's handsome chair, complaining: "My cousin is not an iron man, and he doesn't let food be eaten. Really, the emperor is not a hungry soldier? How can he be so mean?"

Zhengde shrank his head a little guiltyly, laughed dryly, holding up two plates of dishes and wondering if he should put them down or what to do.

Tang Yixian glared at him and said angrily: "Let go, you want to lift it until your cousin comes back?"

Zhengde put the dishes on the table and said enviously: "The beauty washes her hands and makes soup. I don't know whose son will be blessed in the future and will be able to taste your skills, a girl."

Tang Yixian lay on the table, held his chin with his hands, and said in a dim look: "This... I also thought that Tang Yixian's husband must be a man who stands tall and upright. He must have great abilities to protect me and protect the people of Datong from bullying by the Tartars, and be able to make unparalleled achievements and be remembered forever!"

Zhengde looked at her obsessed and longed for beauty, and couldn't help but feel a swaying in his heart. He quietly raised his chest and swayed in front of her. Unexpectedly, Tang Yixian finished speaking, but he gave him a blank look and said, "Anyway, it's not like you. My cousin, a scholar, has done everything he has done and is not afraid of in danger. What about you?

A hero is not afraid of being a low-class person, but he is afraid of committing a low-class career throughout his life. Those generals are not born to be generals, but if you want to be a soldier for the rest of your life, you will be useless. Those who run around all day can only do some work to serve others."

Zhengde blushed and said, "Where do I have it? I have thought about making achievements, this is not... Isn't this the adults who will give me to you for listening?"

Tang Yixian Xiao Yao'er hummed softly, raised her eyes and looked at him with a slant. Seeing his embarrassed look, she couldn't help but feel soft. She said, "Xiao Huang, I saw you compete with the guards in the morning. Although you are young, your martial arts are still pretty good. When you have nothing to do in the future, you will read more military books. You are still young and you will make achievements in the future. You will be a general and a marquis. How great is it to be a general in the world.

Actually, what I did was to serve people. I still haven't treated myself as a young lady. I usually call you around, but I just think you are just fun, but I don't mean to help you. Men are not as good as us women. Men's glory is either bloody or governing the country and maintaining stability. At the least, they have to be a famous scholar. You should have some ambitions."

Zhengde was so excited by her words that he blushed with a handsome face. After a while, he swears: "Miss Yixian. Don't worry, I won't let you down. Xiao Huang is not an eternal soldier. One day, I will stand in front of thousands of troops, command as if determined, point the halberd to thousands of troops, establish unparalleled achievements, and be remembered for the eternal times. Be a great general, yes! Be the biggest general!"

Tang Yixian laughed with a "sneer", holding his cheek with his hands across his face and said, "What's so disappointed? What does it have to do with me if you have a future?"

After she finished speaking, she withdrew her eyes, and suddenly she felt inexplicably moved in her heart, and her eyes rose again. When she met Zhengde's infatuated lovely gaze, her pretty face suddenly felt a little hot.

The wind blows, the bow and knife are covered with heavy snow.

Sixty horses hurriedly passed through the increasingly crowded market and headed straight for Gudian Town outside the North City.

This is the rest and resting place of Miao Kui, who had just returned from the surprise attack on Mongolia.

Miao Kui and Xu Tai successfully completed the task of destruction behind enemy lines, which is of great significance. The Tatars, who have always been nomadic, have been constantly coming to the border to plunder. This time, the Ming army took the initiative to attack the Tartar grasslands, and attacked the morale of the entire Mongolian tribe. Compared with the killing of tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry on the land of the Ming Dynasty, they could even panic.

Moreover, this destruction will surely cause the Mongolian tribes to launch an internal war after the beginning of spring. If the Ming Dynasty can guide the weak and destroy the strong due to its power, and then win the three guards of Duoyan into their hands, the desert, which has just become a unified desert, can become a scattered sand again and fall into a state of warring state. If the Ming Dynasty takes the opportunity to ban the country and train and strengthen the army, then ten years later, twenty years later...

When Yang Ling thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little hot. A two-story restaurant in front of him, the red flags and lanterns were already a little dilapidated. The roofs stood with blood-red wool large military flags and Miao characters. The Xu characters' hand-made flags indicate that this is the place where Miao Kui and Xu Tai are stationed.

When the cavalry arrived in front of the building, Yang Ling hurriedly dismounted and took the horse away and tied it. Yang Ling shook the floating snow on his robe and squinted his eyes at the vast sky.

The snow fell like fog, and the ancient restaurant was hidden in the snow. There was only the white flags and lanterns swaying slightly, bringing out a light red. There were soldiers coming and going in and out of the camp tents. Three or two war horses sometimes made a low neigh.

Zhang Yong also got off his horse. At this time, a group of people had already been snatched from inside. When one of the people in front saw Yang Ling, Zhang Yong rushed to the scene and said happily: "Sir Yang, Eunuch Zhang." As he said that, he rushed forward and grabbed Yang Ling's arm.

Yang Ling glanced at him, followed by Yang Yiqing and Du Renguo, and there was a young general in his twenties dressed in Mongolian costume next to him. Before he could finish his face, he was smiling at himself. Yang Ling's heart flashed with an inspiration, and he had already guessed that this person must be the top scholar in the martial arts two years ago, and now the Datong general Xu Tai.

No wonder they swept the desert smoothly. In addition to having detailed information and accurate maps provided by the internal factory, the bravery and good at fighting in the army, I am afraid that they would disguise themselves and dress up as Tartars all the way.

Yang Ling didn't even think about it carefully, and then looked at Miao Kui who was full of excitement. The former fine and tender skin of the West Factory Factory is now wearing a bloated and fat animal wool robe. The skin on his face and hands are rough, and his skin turns black, with cracked and thin cuts.

He went deep into the desert with life and death and suffered so much pain. To put it bluntly, this is called greed for power. So what achievements are those who claim to be making achievements and what achievements are they building? At this moment, Yang Ling had no doubts about this Eunuch Miao in his heart.

He tightened Miao Kui's hand and said with a smile: "Maintenance Master, 5,000 Iron Cavalry swept the desert and returned safely. Your great achievements will definitely be recorded in history. The Ming Dynasty will expand its territory and pacify the Tatars's enemy from today!"

Miao Kui was filled with tears when he heard this. He had been born and died in the past month and marched in a barren land every day. His hard work was so highly praised and respected by others, which made him feel inexplicably.

Zhang Yong was originally a subordinate of the Western Factory. When he saw his old boss, he also came forward to comfort him. The general in the robe smiled and waited for the greetings between the two sides. He then stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and said aloud: "Last general Xu Tai. Meet the two imperial envoys!"

Yang Ling and Zhang Yong hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said with a smile: "The general worked hard and made great contributions, don't be so polite."

Yang Yiqing smiled and said, "Haha, come on. It's snowing outside, let's talk about it later when we enter the room."

The group entered the house and saw a mud stove in the middle of the house. The iron pot boiled water on the stove, and there were large pieces of lamb stewed inside. On the table were garlic seasonings, some milk baking, dry food, and a few large bowls.

Yang Ling was inconvenient to ask about the Tatar Kedun immediately. He rubbed his hands and smiled, "Big bowl of wine. Big mouthfuls of meat, okay, I'm a little hungry in my stomach. Come on, let's bake wine around the stove and talk while eating."

The group walked to the table and sat down. Most of the people sitting were military generals. Although Yang Yiqing was a civil servant, he first raised horses in Xiliang and then the Bianguan Commander, he had long been assimilated. Except for Zhang Yong, he was more gentle in the court, these people were greedy and did not look like important officials in the court.

Miao Kui has been struggling in the desert for a month and has long been accustomed to the fishy smell. He cut the large piece of mutton with a knife, and the blood in the middle is still red, so he put it into his mouth and chewed it heavily, or picked up a bowl and sipped with a sip of strong wine. The generous portion is really more manly than a man.

Miao Kui and Xu Tai have already told Yang Yiqing in detail about his experience of sneaking into the desert. When they talked to Yang Ling and Zhang Yong, they were no longer so excited when they were emotional. They dug a hole in the blizzard and wind, encountered hungry and cruel wolves, and attacked and burned the Tatar tribe at night, telling them one by one. Whether it was the thrilling danger on the line of life and death, the free and happy fighting, and the miserable flesh and blood flying, being in this warm room at this time was like telling a story from the distant past.

After the two of them finished speaking, Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief and then asked: "I heard that you robbed a woman on your way back, a Ke Dun. Could it be...Boyan's queen?"

Xu Tai shook his head and said, "It's hard to say that we encountered a violent snowstorm on our way back. We didn't know the direction for a while. If we stayed there, the whole army would freeze to death. We had to look for a hidden place on the leeing side. We had no objection to find a small Mongolian tribe in a slope. We wanted to copy them, so we only sent a team of 100 people. Unexpectedly, the small tribe was not as old, weak, and women and children. Although there were less than 500 people, they were all warriors who were good at fighting.

Seeing that the offensive was frustrated, the general immediately led the entire army to cover the killing, and then killed them. A maid hurriedly fled into a big tent and shouted that Ke Dun would escape. My scouts knew the Tatar language and immediately led me to chase me. The general felt that the woman's identity must be unusual, so he brought her back."

Zhang Yongqi said: "Since he is called Ke Dun, can't Boyan have a second queen? Why can't she confirm her identity?"

Miao Kui smiled and explained: "Lao Zhang, the Mongolian people are different from our Han people. The wives of the Mongolian Khan and some of the wives of the leaders of the large tribes are called Kedun. In addition, the harem of the Mongolian Khan implements the "Oerduo" palace tent system. "Oerduo" is a tent-style palace. Each "Oerduo" can have a queen and several concubines under it."

Yang Yiqing interrogated: "So an emperor can have one, two or even several queens at the same time. This woman is very stubborn. No matter how you ask, she will never speak out about her identity, so it is difficult to determine. However, judging by the strong combat power of the 300 cavalry around her, this Ke Dun's identity must be unusual."

Yang Ling thought for a while and said, "Where is she? Let's go see her."

Everyone had almost finished eating. Yang Yiqing stood up and said, "The woman was locked upstairs and didn't refuse to give her food. She just asked her without saying anything. I'm afraid she couldn't ask anything. But this woman has a good identity and she was at a loss for how to settle her."

The group walked on the squeaking stairs to the second floor. The guards guarding the door saw that the adults had arrived and quickly gave in. Xu Tai took the lead and pushed open the door. A dressed woman dressed in a man sat by the bed, with white hair and wrinkles on her face. When she heard the sound, her old eyes narrowed her eyes and looked at them.

Yang Ling was very surprised. The old woman was at least about sixty years old and her robes were very ordinary. She didn't look like the wife of a powerful and powerful tribe chief. They were looking at the old woman carefully. The old woman also carefully looked at them with a sharp and smart look that was not comparable to her age. Then she slowly looked away.

A guard who knew Tatar language next to him shouted a few words to the old woman. The old woman looked at him contemptuously without saying a word. Yang Ling shook her head and whispered to Xu Tai: "Does there be anything around her who proves her identity, such as her three hundred guards. What is the flag of land-based land and what tribe is it affiliated with?"

Xu Tai also whispered: "Qi Qi is here. The guards, horses, camps, and weapons are extremely well-established. In the desert, only the guards that Boyan Khan's most trusted guards were equipped in this way, but this small tribe of 500 people was all first-class warriors. They were equipped with the best weapons.

Moreover, they did not seem to be protecting the woman, but instead had the responsibility of surveillance. When we broke through the camp, the maid who rushed in and called her to escape was killed by the Tartar soldiers guarding outside the camp. Then the Tartars wanted to kill the woman, and finally shot him with one arrow... It was really strange."

It's really strange, what big man's wife wants to use these excellent iron cavalry guards? You should know that it is not easy for each tribe to gather more than a thousand soldiers, and this old woman has five hundred soldiers who are all protected by warriors. Moreover, there are no women or children in the tribe, and there are obviously others who provide everything they need. At a critical moment, the guards dared to take the initiative to kill her. Who was she? Was she protected or under house arrest?

He can be accustomed to the exquisite equipment of Boyan Khan's personal bodyguard, a strange tribe composed of five hundred elite soldiers, a guard who dared to kill the master at a critical moment, and a lady Ke Dun, who is about 60 years old...

As the largest merchant smuggling between Datong and the Mongols, Han Lin found many unknown secrets. These border generals did not know about the other secrets except for military secrets, but Yang Ling knew very well.

He thought for a moment, and he couldn't help but move his heart and whispered by the guard who knew Tatar. The guard was stunned for a moment, turned around and repeated it to the woman. The old woman was shocked and shivered all over. She stood up tremblingly, shouted a few times in a hoarse voice, staring at Yang Lingru with both eyes tightly.

The guard turned around with surprise and admiration, "Sir, she said that Boyan is the king of the grassland, and the descendants of Genghis Khan will not be defeated. Even if Huo Silk has ambition, he will never dare to betray him. He does not have the strength or reputation, but he has the wisdom to weigh the pros and cons. She said we are nonsense."
Chapter completed!