Several soldiers beat a few roe deer and roe deer, washed them and cooked them in a large pot with them. They brought the dough cakes and used them for supper.

After ordering the guards, Shisanlang sat next to the fire and closed his eyes slightly. Now he is an intermediate officer. Apart from the military position of Yingtianxiang Army, he is in charge of the Hequlu Road military position. He has been promoted, but everything is no longer as simple as before and has many troubles. The only thing that has not changed is Du Zhongxiao, who has followed him for many years. No matter how things change in the world, the two of them are together, like they did in Bozhou many years ago.

Shisanlang likes such simple days, things in the officialdom are too complicated and boring for him.

Du Zhongxiao sat by the fire, looking at the beating flames, feeling confused.

After occupying Dongshengzhou, he had planned his future days. He divided his troops to occupy several states, built land affairs like on Jingxi Road, and built a Changping Office, moved from the mainland to the population, and developed the rich land in this area. Over a hundred years in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, this area once again passed the cycle of agriculture and animal husbandry. The Han farmers who moved to the Tang Dynasty had already fled. Now the farming here were either the Dangxiang people who moved here or the Han slaves obtained by various ethnic groups from various channels. The Khitans built several military cities, and they also used official Han slaves. The Khitans left, but the Han slaves were not taken away. When the Song army arrived, they restored their freedom and became the most important source of self-cultivation farmers under the rule of the court.

Du Zhongxiao originally thought that he would use the power of the government to give some compensation, redeem the Han slaves here, and add them to the camp and land affairs. The foreigners gathered into various foreign tribes, turned nomads into fixed herds, and lived separately. The Han people used the Han laws, and the foreigners followed the foreign laws and the dead, which looked the same as the border areas.

Then he mixed the reinforcements with the Yingtianxiang Army, trained and practiced, and brought out a strong army like he was training camp in the west of Beijing.

As a result, there was a case of Shaoyao and Qiaoqiao and other Han women being sold on a large scale, and nothing could be possible.

This was originally a small case. At first, the Khitan soldiers were defeated. Some of the Han women they plundered escaped, saying that others were plundered and sold by the foreign tribes. Du Zhongxiao issued a notice to all the troops that the Han people who received recently were sent to officials regardless of gender and were given compensation. Unexpectedly, only a small number of Han men were sent back, and no young woman was seen. After sending people to investigate, he found out that the foreign tribes were plundering people everywhere and selling them privately.

No matter what order Du Zhongxiao issued in the name of the General Secretary, no one should pay attention to it, and no one could catch it back. If someone sent to investigate, it was said that it involved the foreign leaders and could not be investigated. If it was necessary to investigate, it would arouse rebellion.

In the end, Du Zhongxiao decided to take Shisanlang to investigate himself. But no matter where he found it, the people were dead. The reasons were strange. Anyway, these people died before the court found it. They chased from Dongshengzhou to Fengzhou, which was the last batch.

If such a case occurs, and in the end, Du Zhongxiao will be laughed to death by doing things according to the plan. The various foreign tribes regard their own strategy as fools and make up excuses to do whatever they want. How can they manage it in the future?

Looking at a new tomb behind him, Du Zhongxiao sighed. Sometimes the lives of the world are just like that. He just killed the Khitan Emperor more than a month ago, defeated the 100,000 army, and forced Yelu Renxian to take away. How glorious is it? He appointed as the Hequ Road Military Commander, holding the seal of the commander, but more than 500 people could not save any of them. For the various foreign tribes, these women, in their eyes, were the goods they bought and sold.

I have tried my best and there is nothing to be sorry for them. But for these women, the Han people in the Central Plains have finally lost them. If it weren't for despair, how could he escape when Tanglong Town was about to win? Just like Wang Zhaojun inside the tall green tomb behind him, he was also from the shallow Hu Enshen, and in the end he could not even return to his hometown.

Of course, there are all kinds of people who live in the northern part. Some sell the country and seek honor, some take the initiative to transform, some take the initiative to transform the Han people, but some also care about their hometowns and look at the king's army for another year. Which kind of people are mainstream, and where can we explain it clearly? Defining a kind of people is mainstream, just for political purposes. For the Central Plains dynasty, as long as they do not actively leave the Central Plains and move to the Hu territory, there is nothing wrong. If someone must have done something wrong, it can only be the fault that the Central Plains dynasty cannot take back their hometowns. For the whole, it is the Central Plains that blamed them, not them.

It is natural for the Han people under his rule to receive certain compensation when they were taken back. All the officials and slaves moved from the Khitan will be restored to their freedom, and land and farm tools will be distributed to the government, including housing. In order to take care of the foreign tribes under his rule, Du Zhongxiao originally wanted to use the government money to redeem Han slaves and give them land and farm tools.

But now, the foreign tribes should not be compensated, and Du Zhongxiao did not plan to give the discount he had promised before.

Most soldiers were already asleep, and flames kept jumping. At this moment, a gunshot cut through the quiet night, and then a firework lit up to illuminate the night.

Shisanlang jumped up suddenly: "There is an enemy attack, line up!"

The soldiers stood up quickly and took advantage of the light of the fire to form an emergency military formation.

After a moment, a ranger ran over and dismounted and crossed his hands at Shisanlang: "General, hundreds of cavalrymen are approaching!"

Shisanlang said: "You cavalry follow the enemy, don't lose their traces! I will lead my own troops to fight!"

The knight crossed his hands and replied, turned over and went away like a horse.

Shisanlang came to Du Zhongxiao and crossed his hands and said, "Master, the rafts have just arrived to report, and hundreds of cavalry are coming! This is not far from Fengzhou, where are so many soldiers and horses coming? This is a bit strange!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "What's strange? It's just that the person who just escaped went back to summon the foreign troops and came to attack him."

Shisanlang said: "How come they are so bold! The Khitans are no match for us, and several foreign tribes dare to make trouble!"

Du Zhongxiao said, "What's strange about it? Our war was fought in Tanglong Town. These states have never fought in a single battle. It is common for the union tribe to accept it. If you lead troops to fight, don't have any worries, don't be afraid of killing people, let them see. Also, take a few back alive, I want to know which union tribes were made. Go back to Fengzhou tomorrow and find them one by one!"

Shisanlang responded with his hands, turned over his horse, and met with three hundred cavalrymen, leaving two hundred to protect Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao stood in the snow with his hands behind his back, looking at the deep darkness. Soon, gunfire and a shocking sound of hissings came from afar.

The British tribes all grew up on horseback, and they relied on their strength in cavalry and did not take the cavalry of the Song army seriously. Seeing that Du Zhongxiao was not many people, it was no wonder that they were sneak attacking in the dark. In fact, it was not just the British tribe, but even the Song court, they also believed that the British people along the border were the best cavalry. In several routes in Shaanxi, there were tens of thousands of cavalrymen who took the military name as the military. After Di Qing's expedition in the south, there were a large number of foreign cavalrymen.

Those who have been riding horses since childhood are of course good cavalry seedlings, but they may not be strong. The most important combat power of the army is organizational ability, and the source of troops is second. It is only in this era that the Song army, like the surrounding countries, had poor organizational capabilities, which was just like this.

The gunshots gradually faded away and became farther and farther away. It was obvious that Shisanlang led his men to chase them. These light cavalrymen were originally used for chasing them. This time, Du Zhongxiao was all light-fitted, each with a rifle and a saber.

About half an hour later, Shisanlang brought his troops back and went to Du Zhongxiao to sing his promise with his hands.

Du Zhongxiao said: "How many people are coming? How many casualties are our army?"

Shisanlang said: "About 300 enemies came, but after they were defeated, more than 100 people fled and could not pursue them in the dark. During the war, two of our army were killed and sixteen were injured. One hundred and eighty-three enemies were killed, one hundred and thirty-seven people were killed, and forty-six people were captured."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The wounded soldiers were immediately treated by the military doctor and properly guarded them. The prisoners were carefully tied up and taken to Fengzhou tomorrow!"

Shisanlang promised to deal with the wounded and guard the prisoners.

The cavalry of Yingtianxiang Army used muskets and was well organized, so they were not comparable to those of the cavalry that were temporarily gathered in Fanluo. They attacked them just by using eggs to hit the stones. However, they had never encountered them before, and they thought they were similar to ordinary troops.

I was speechless all night, and the next day, the earth was covered with snow and knees.

Du Zhongxiao's entire army led his camp and headed towards Fengzhou dozens of miles away. After walking for several miles, Du Zhongxiao turned around and saw a tall green tomb standing beside the iced Hei River, as if the reflection of Yinshan not far away.

The red sun rises, the sunlight shines on the green tomb, and the snow reflects the beautiful brilliance.

The ancients lamented that this woman who went to the frontier and the regret that she could not return to her homeland in the end. She lamented that she went thousands of miles and lived up to the Han court. The Han court did not let her return to her country in old age, and finally felt guilty about her. People in later generations praised her as a symbol of national harmony and friendship. Du Zhongxiao thought that national friendship would depend on a weak woman who traveled thousands of miles and was unwilling to give up food for decades. In the end, she had to accept the customs that the Han people could never accept love, and in the end she could not be buried in her homeland. Such friendship is too cheap for the nation and too harsh for a woman. True friendship should not be exchanged for this.

The grace of Han has been very shallow and deep, and life is joyful in knowing each other. The pity that the green tomb has been gone, and there are still sorrows and strings left to this day.

This poem by Wang Anshi has not been written yet, and Du Zhongxiao certainly didn't know it, but it was inconsistent with his current view. Regarding this green tomb, I still lamented that the grievances of Han's grace and in the end he could not return to his hometown. The grief of Zhaojun's grievances.
Chapter completed!