Chapter 150: Fighting for Hetao (15)

When the fierce battle at Okuraguan was in full swing, Fang Dangdu was besieged in Tongxin City by the Yongxing Army and the Qingzhou Alliance led by Wang Yanchao. Fang Dangdu did not know the specific situation of the battle. However, the main force of Fang Dangdu had been delayed in coming to rescue, which made Fang Dangdu feel that something was wrong. Fang Dangdu was sitting on a boat and drifting down the Qingshui River, which was only then that he was out of danger.

Fang Dangdu learned that Fang Danghanhai's six thousand troops had retreated to Xihuizhou without any hesitation. Without any hesitation, he immediately turned west to Jingyuan City. Along the way, there were constantly dispersed Fangdang soldiers joining Fangdou's team. When they saw the gray walls of Jingyuan City, Fangdou's troops had collected more than 200 defeated soldiers from Dangxiang.

Dangxiang people are divided into eight tribes, including Tuoba, Fangdang, and Xifeng. Fangdangren can be divided into three large ethnic groups. Fangdangming and Fangdangdu are the largest ethnic groups, Fangdanghanhai and Fangdangyanhe belong to another ethnic group. Fangdangduer and Fangdangchihu, who guard Wuliu Pass, belong to the smallest ethnic group among Fangdangmen.

Fang Dangling, the guardian general of Jingyuan City, belonged to Fang Dangming's tribe and was Fang Dangming's confidant general. After Yingshen Fang Dangming defeated Jingyuan, he left him to guard Jingyuan City. Fang Dangling saw Fang Dangdu back and still opened the city gate to welcome Fang Danghu General.

However, Fang Dangdu had a very embarrassing life when he first arrived in Jingyuan City. He was once one of the famous Fang Dangdang's Five Tiger Generals, but now he has become a defeated general. After losing Tongxin City, he only fled to Jingyuan in a panic, and naturally he was no longer the former Fang Dangdang's Five Tigers. Although Fang Dangling was Fang Dangming's subordinate, he had more than 2,500 subordinates in Jingyuan City. After Ying Shuai died in battle, he became a real local powerhouse. After Fang Dangdu arrived in Jingyuan City, it was a big problem that Fang Dangling and Fang Dangdu had the final say.

At this time, Fangdangren faced strong enemies on both sides of the east and west. Fangdangdu family also enjoyed a high prestige among the clan members. Therefore, Fangdangling was polite to Fangdangdu. He regarded Fangdangdu as a guest of honor and was served delicious food and drink every day. There is a rule in the world that, generally speaking, someone was regarded as a guest of honor, and Fangdangdu had no soldiers in his hands. Only Fangdangling could politely provide himself, and Fangdangling naturally had the final say in the big and small affairs of Jingyuan City.

This situation continued until Fangdangzhi Jindi arrived. After Guyuan City was captured by the coalition forces, Fangdangzhi Jin and Shi Gaojin led nearly 2,000 defeated soldiers to Jingyuan City. Fangdangling and Fangdangzhi Jin were both from Fangdangming tribes. The two had similar strengths. When the two tigers met, no one wanted the other to become the new leader, which made Fangdangdu cheaper. Both of them were willing to recommend Fangdangdu, who had no soldiers and was famous, as the new leader.

Fang Dangdu has no direct lineage in Jingyuan City, and as a leader, he will lose the temperament of Yingshang Fang Dangming. Fang Dangling and Fang Dangzhi Jin have similar attitudes towards Fang Dangdu. Both of them are very considerate of Fang Dangdu, and they will not let Fang Dangdu interfere in big and big things.

Fangdanghanhai, the military force in Xihuizhou, has reached more than 20,000. It has far exceeded the mainland power of Jingyuan City. Fang Dangdu tried to let Fangdanghanhai return his subordinates, but Fang Danghanhai refused to return Fang Dangming's remaining troops on the pretext that the war in Xihuizhou was tense.

Fangdangdu was a young and energetic time. After the two brothers died in battle, he led Fangdangdou to overcome difficulties and became his greatest wish. In the face of huge pressure, Fangdangdou quickly matured. Facing Fangdangling and Fangdangzhijin's attitude towards him, he did not care about it, but was happy all day long, and he was happy to be the new leader who did not care about everything.

Fang Dangdu started to follow his two brothers in the battles in all directions at the age of twelve. Although his age is not very long, he has a deep understanding of reality and believes that there is authority in the hilt of the knife. Therefore, facing powerful factions such as Fang Dangling, Fang Dangzhijin and Fang Danghanhai, he adopted a willing attitude. After becoming the new leader, his only request was to increase his personal guards, from the original 200 people to 400 people. He recruited himself. Fang Dangling and Fang Dangzhijin had no reason to prevent Fang Dangdu from making reasonable requests. Thinking that the number of personal guards was not large, he acquiesced to Fang Dangdu's request to increase personal guards.

Fang Dangdu sent his confidants to Huangyangbazi, west of Qingshui River and east of Jingyuan. This is the place where the Fangdangming tribe is the most concentrated. With the prestige of Fangdang's three brothers, Fang Dangdu's confidants gathered more than a thousand troops and formed a new army - the Iron Harrier Team. Except for the 200 guards, most of the Iron Harrier Team did not drive to Jingyuan City, but stepped up training in Huangyangbazi.

With more than a thousand Iron Harrier teams, the confidence in the house was enough, so he was ready to conquer the two generals, Ling and Fang, Zhijin. These two generals were ready to conquer the house as the money, and the house as the money, and the master Gaojin and his son became important pawns.

Shi Gaojin was Fang Dangming's high sect. In the era of Yingshang Fangdangming, his status in Fangdang's army was much higher than Fangdangzhijin. For this reason, Fangdangzhijin did not fully trust this Yingshang's high sect. Shi Gaojin adopted the same strategy as Fangdangdu, and read more and talk less in Fangdangzhijin camp, and waited for the changes.

Shi Gaojin was in Jingyuan City, missing his daughter who was most uncertain about his life and death. He knew that all the young women in Tongxin City were kept by the Black Diao Army. In a small-scale battle at the end of the three years of Xiande, Fang Dangjun captured several Black Diao Army soldiers. Shi Gaojin then realized that all the women left in Tongxin City had married Black Diao Army soldiers. As for the whereabouts of his daughter, he still didn't know. However, Shi Gaojin was relieved after hearing this. He knew that with his daughter's intelligence and beauty, there should be no problem in preserving his life. However, when Shi Gaojin thought that Shi Gaoyueming might marry a rough man from the Black Diao Army, Shi Gaojin felt very disgusted.

Shi Gaojin is a far-sighted person. He has a son and a daughter. His daughter Shi Gaoyueming has been with him for a long time and lives in Tongxin City, the ancestral land of Fangdangren. After his son Shi Gaozhichao became an adult, Shi Gaojin arranged Shi Gaozhichao on the fiefdom on the west bank of Qingshui River, and bought dozens of slaves and some cattle and sheep for him, so that Shi Gaozhichao could take root in Fangdangren. This fiefdom is located in Huangyangbazi and has hundreds of acres of grassland. This was what Fangdangming rewarded Shi Gaojin when Shi Gaojin was happy after Shi Gaojin defeated the Uighurs. Shi Gaojin tasted the taste of rootless duckweed floating around and attached great importance to this piece of land. He asked his smart and capable son to manage this piece of land well. As long as he took root, it would slowly bear fruit.

At the end of February of the fourth year of Xiande, Shi Gaojin came back from the house as a gold tent in the wind and snow. As soon as he walked into the big tent, he saw his long-lost son standing in the room with great might. Shi Gaozhichao was a very strong Dangxiang man. When he saw his father come back, he immediately knelt down on the ground. He kowtowed at regular intervals and gave a big gift. The father and son hugged each other.

Shi Gaojin looked at his son with some caution and blamed him: "Jingyuan is a place of right and wrong. What are you doing here? Everything is fine at home?"

Shi Gaozhi's appearance is very similar to Shi Gao Yueming, with a pair of sky blue eyes and a straight nose. He heard his father's blame and said, "Some time ago, the people from Fangdangdu returned to Huangyangbazi. Every family has men who have been incorporated into the Iron Harrier Team. Now there are more than 1,000 Iron Harrier Team in Huangyangbazi, all of which are closest to Fangdangdu. We have more than 90 male servants in our family, and the forty of the strongest tyrants have been incorporated into the Iron Harrier Team. Fangdangdu said. Any slaves who enter the Iron Harrier Team will be exempted from their status as slaves as long as they make military achievements. In this way, the slaves all want to join the Iron Harrier Team. If I force myself to stop them, I will offend Fangdangdu, and the other is that these slaves will also have a sense of treacherousness. Now I am the commander of the Iron Harrier Team cavalry, and I have two hundred people under my command."

Shi Gaojin heard that Shi Gaozhichao had become the cavalry commander of the Iron Harrier team. After a while of silence, he said, "Then what's the matter with you coming to Jingyuan?" Shi Gaozhichao was tall and strong, with a wide chest. He spoke with a full breath. He lowered his voice and said, "Little Eagle coach asked me to bring two hundred Iron Harrier team soldiers over. I don't know what they do."

Shi Gaojin knew that Fang Dangdu wanted to increase his personal guards, so he did not speak anymore, but looked at his son carefully. The son's sky blue eyes flashed with a desire. This longing look was so familiar, and it was Shi Gaojin's father's long-term flashing eyes. Although he eventually lost in the struggle for power, the look of the young master Gaojin at that time remembered the young master Gaojin. Shi Gaojin saw the tragic tragedy of power struggle when he was a child. The scenes of blood flowing often appeared in his dreams. After Shi Gaojin came to Fangdang tribe, his ambition was gradually fading away, and he willingly became a strategist under Fangdangming's tent.

Shi Gaojin saw with his own eyes that the talented and wise Yingshu Fang Dangming fought with his left and right to defeat the glorious people and lands. Now he uses strong troops to challenge the giant Zhou, but he is like the waves of the Qingshui River, and he rushed to the cold rocks on both sides of the straits, but he is shattered on the hard rocks.

"Little Eagle handsome, that's what do you call Fangdangdu?"

"It's the land, all the tribesmen of Huangyangbazi call Fangdou this." Shi Gaozhi looked at his father eagerly and said, "Fangdou lost all his taxes in Yizhou and Xiaocangguan. Now the strong enemy surrounds him. Fangdou has reached a critical moment of life and death. Fangdou must have a strong leader to unite. His son believes that Fangdou and Fangdou Zhijinwei are not convinced. Although Fangdou occupied Xihuizhou and had strong soldiers and horses, Fangdou could not command Fangdou's tribesmen. Only Fangdou can become the real leader of Fangdou and lead Fangdou out of the predicament."

After hearing this, Shi Gaojin looked at Shi Gaozhi's climax and said sternly: "Shi Gaozhi's climax, have you ever seen Fang Dangdu?"

Shi Gaozhi looked at his father bravely and said, "Although we are not from Fangdeng tribesmen, my sister and I were both born on the banks of Qingshui River. It is no different from Fangdeng people. Fangdeng people are also ours. This is just like the common saying of the people in the Central Plains. If the hair is not there, how can the skin be attached? We must choose between whether the house is the right amount or the house is the right amount. My son has seen Fangdeng and accepted his appointment."

Shi Gaojin looked up at a thick and strange-style sword hanging on the wall, which was a weapon he carried with him. This sword was brought by his ancestors from the distant West. It is said that in the far west, there is also a vast and rich land. This land is divided into countless small countries. Their knights wore armor all over their bodies, holding spears and heavy swords to fight each other. After their ancestors were defeated, they migrated to the east. I don’t know what era it was when they arrived at the place called the Western Regions by the people of the Central Plains and became one of the Dangxiang people. With the continuous intermarriage with the Dangxiang people, the characteristics of the tribe members became less and less obvious. However, occasionally there was a child with the sky blue eyes of his ancestors, golden hair and white skin. Only his son and daughter had the same noble bloodline as his ancestors.

Shi Gaojin took off the heavy sword and solemnly said to Shi Gaozhi: "Your decision is correct, my father is indeed old. Today I will hand over the heavy sword of our ancestors to you. You must fight like a warrior and don't insult the hero's ancestors."

Shi Gaozhichao saw his father carrying this heavy sword since he was a child. He knew that this heavy sword was a sword passed down by his ancestors. His father handed over the heavy sword to himself and realized that he had to bear the burden of the family leader. He carefully held the heavy sword and said generously: "Shi Gaozhichao will definitely not insult his ancestors."

Shi Gaojin looked at his growing son with relief. He said to his son: "Shi Gaozhijin is brave and good at fighting. He is an excellent general. However, he was not in the position of Fangdang Army in the past, and his generals and schools under his command may not be truly obedient to him. There are many loyal Fangdangming brothers in the military. I know that two commanders were not convinced by Fangdangzhijin. One was Fangdangshan, the commander of the infantry army, and he had 600 troops under his command. The other was He Genggeng, the commander of the cavalry army, and they were nearly 500 people under his command. They were all Fangdangbai Bai Ge's confidant subordinates. Fangdangdu could not completely control them. Fangdangdu only had Fangdangshan and He Genggeng subdued him. Fangdangshan would be independent and difficult to hold on."

Master Gaozhi Chao Suzhi's father was resourceful. He smiled and said, "Little Eagle Shooter asked me to come to my father quietly. One is to touch my father's attitude, and the other is to ask my father for advice. My son has a clear idea."

From Yizhou, Okuraguan to Tongxin City, Guyuan City, the emerging Dangxiang Fangdang people's desire to expand was severely hit. Fangdangren's leader Fangdangming died in the battlefield. Fangdangren has reached the brink of division. The struggle between the three forces in Jingyuan City is exactly the pain that Fangdangren must go through to reintegrate.

Corresponding to the division of Fangdangren, Hou Dayong, guarding Lingzhou City and Tongxin City, had a rise in prestige among the Northwest Army. The Black Eagle Army successively defeated powerful enemies. The Longxi and Guyuan City, which had been lost for nearly a hundred years, successively achieved military power and morale. Hou Dayong's army in various towns in the northwest became a symbol of "invincibility".

However, the northwest battlefield was not the landlord battlefield of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Huainan, who was personally expeditioned, was the main battlefield of the Great Zhou Dynasty. From the perspective of the court, the victory in the northwest was just a typical defensive battle. The main significance of defeating Dangxiangfang was to stabilize the northwest border so that the main force of the Central Imperial Army had no worries when fighting in Huainan. Because Lingzhou was too far away from Daliang, under the traffic conditions at that time, the news of victory in the northwest often became old news when it reached Daliang, and Huainan was closer to Daliang City. It was also the imperial army to fight in person. Under the halo of victory in the battle in Huainan, the victory in the northwest battlefield was a little overshadowed in the eyes of court officials and civilians.

Hou Dayong showed great welcome to Meng Shu's arrival. He asked Feng Sha to clean up a house in the Intermediate Court and let Meng Shu live in the Intermediate Court. Hou Dayong chatted with Meng Shu casually every night, with major events in the court and casual affairs within the scope of discussion. During the constant chat, Hou Dayong also understood the views of the officials and people in Daliang City on the Northwest War. This view was a good thing for Hou Dayong, who needed to keep a low profile. However, on the other hand, Zhao Kuangyin continued to increase his prestige in the Huainan War and would definitely deepen his control over the imperial guards. If he needed to fight Zhao Kuangyin to the decisive battle, he would encounter greater difficulties.

On the first day of March, it was the day when Meng Shu set out to return to Daliang.

Hou Dayong still followed the old rules and got up early in the morning to practice morning. The weather was cold in winter and it was not suitable to exercise outdoors. Hou Dayong jumped in the warm house. Two ground dragons burned all night to make the house warm as spring. When the exercises such as burp burp, squats, sit-ups, and handstands were finished, Hou Dayong was already sweating.

The pregnant teacher Gao Yueming also woke up early, sitting on the kang on Hou Dayong's side, eating a very dry-baked cat. Shi Gao Yueming was in excellent health, but her pregnancy reaction was quite obvious. She accidentally discovered that the dry-baked cat can relieve annoying vomiting. Therefore, when she woke up every morning, she would eat a piece of baked cat with a baked cat. According to the habits of Dangxiang people, pregnant women cannot sleep with men, otherwise the children in the belly would become disabled. Hou Dayong comes from modern society and does not believe in these customs. However, Shi Gao Yueming showed strong maternal nature at this time. In order to protect the fetus, he insisted on moving to another house. Seeing that Shi Gao Yueming insisted on sleeping separately, Hou Dayong had to respect Shi Gao Yueming's opinions.

Shi Gaoyueming had the joy of having sex for the first time. Seeing Hou Dayong's eyes always tender. Although he moved to another house in the inner courtyard for his children, after washing up early in the morning, Shi Gaoyueming would sit on Hou Dayong's kang every day and watch Hou Dayong exercise in the house.

Shi Gao Luqi walked in with two bowls of horse milk, holding his head and head. Shi Gao Luqi looked at Hou Dayong in boxer shorts, her face burned again, put down her horse milk and sat by the bed, and spoke in a low voice with Shi Gao Yueming. Shi Gao Luqi had been learning Zhongyuan dialect for several months, and now she could understand and speak clearly, but she had not learned the tone well yet, and she always felt strange when she spoke Zhongyuan dialect.

When Hou Dayong had drunk the milk, Shi Gao Luqi picked up a dry towel and wiped the sweat of Hou Dayong. At the same time, he prepared the cleaned underwear for Hou Dayong. After Hou Dayong came to ancient times, the first autumn chrysanthemum and Chunlan served him meticulously, which made him very uncomfortable. However, after four years, Hou Dayong was very accustomed to this kind of life of clothes to reach out and eat.

When the teacher Gao Luqi was tiptoeing to wipe Hou Dayong's sweat, Hou Dayong was suddenly surprised to find that the teacher Gao Luqi was tiptoeing, with a slightly open mouth slightly the same as Qiu Ju Chunlan. Hou Dayong was a little confused: Qiu Ju Chunlan and Shi Gao Luqi were meticulous when serving themselves, and the carefulness and consideration when wiping sweat was almost exactly the same. It felt like it was taught by a master, but Qiu Ju Chunlan was the maid of Liu San of Cangzhou, and Shi Gao Luqi was the maid of Dangxiang women's Shi Gao Yueming. The two places were separated by thousands of mountains, so why were their movements so similar?

When the teacher Gao Luqi put on his coat for Hou Dayong, Hou Dayong also thought it out clearly: the maids serve the master to make the master more comfortable, and the basic needs of people are the same, so no matter where the maids do, they are basically the same.

Thinking of this question, Hou Dayong couldn't help but think of Chai Rong, who is the son of heaven and the emperor above ten thousand people. However, Chai Rong is also a human being, and he has the peak of power step by step. He also has the feelings of ordinary people and should also have the shortcomings of ordinary people.

Hou Dayong tried hard to recall Chai Rong's hobby, but suddenly a flash of inspiration: As far as he knew and talked to Meng Shu, Chai Rong believed in Taoism in particular and summoned the Taoist master Chen Tuan to preach several times. Since Chai Rong was superstitious about Taoism, why didn't he use Taoist methods to win some favorable conditions for himself, or make Chai Rong suspicious of Zhao Kuangyin.

When Hou Dayong thought of this, he quickly thought of various plans in his mind, and could not think of a suitable method for a while. He thought for a while, and turned his head and said, "You go and tell Huang Laoliu, cook a pot of horse milk, get some lamb legs, make a cup of good tea, and take it to the intermediate courtyard."

After Hou Dayong finished the arrangement, he said to Shi Gao Yueming: "Meng Shu wants to go back to Daliang, I will have morning tea with him. After drinking the milk, you can walk around the yard by yourself, or find a few personal guards to accompany you, and go around the streets. Don't lie on the bed all day long, as this is not good for the children in your stomach."

Shi Gaoyueming blinked his eyes and said, "I finished drinking horse milk, slept for a while, and then walked around the street. I want to buy some cloth and make clothes for the child. According to the habits of Dangxiang people, the first piece of clothing after the child is born must be worn by his mother's biological child." Hou Dayong walked to the edge of the kang, bent down, put his hand on Shi Gaoyueming's abdomen and gently stroked it for a while. Although Shi Gaoyueming's belly was still flat, Hou Dayong seemed to feel the rhythm of life and said softly: "Don't walk too tired, let alone ride a horse, be obedient."
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