"The meat is cooked, the meat is cooked!"
The night turned completely dark, Ni Yi shouted at the top of his voice, and A Duo also shouted a few words, as if they were both responsible for this.
Others said: "Why are you so anxious? Wait a moment!"
Accompanying Guo Ning to Juzhou this time, there was a new guard leader, Zhang Shao, who had excellent archery skills and hit the thunderous Yehuling defeated troops with one arrow.
Zhao Jue's shoulder was injured when he accompanied Guo Ning in the raid on Tolei Headquarters. Because the arrow cut through an important tendon, it is still difficult to bend and stretch. It will take at least half a year to regain the amazing shooting skills he used to have. Training hard.
Zhang Shao had also suffered such an injury. He was injured on the Yehuling battlefield and caught a cold in Hebei. It took him a full year and a half to recover from his injuries. Fortunately, once he recovers, he will be no different from when he was healthy, so Zhao Jue is not worried.
Because of this, when everyone returned, they could only watch Zhang Shao display his archery skills with his bow and arrow. He shot several greylag geese heading south for the winter as tooth sacrifices for the night camping trip.
At this moment, Yan Ning led people to set up an iron frame by the roadside. They washed and peeled the birds shot by Zhang Shao, rubbed some salt on them, and put them on the iron frame to slowly roast. Barbecuing by northerners does not have to be so complicated; this method was favored by Song people in the Southern Dynasties. Tiansheng Village in Yanning often interacted with merchants from the Song Dynasty and learned this skill...the taste is indeed good.
Not long after, a whole gray goose was roasted until it was golden brown, the skin was crispy, and the fat was dripping down. The aroma is permeating and makes people want to eat.
Guo Ning smelled the fragrance and opened his eyes.
It turned out that it didn't take long, just the time it took for a Gray Goose to be cooked.
He rubbed his eyes, sat up from the felt bag made of furs, looked around, and felt that his body was a little stiff. That's because deep in the eastern ocean, the deep, moist air keeps flowing into the inland.
The weather has been getting colder every year in the past few years. It is only the end of October now, and the temperature difference between day and night is terrifyingly large. Along the way, Guo Ning saw that many rivers were frozen. Even next to the campfire, he could feel the sudden chill.
The purpose of Guo Ning's long trip to and from Moqi Mountain this time was not to fight, but to show the local heroes of Shandong his ability to attack and behead people.
Anyone who is smart will be able to understand the huge deterrent brought by Guo Ning's trip. This kind of deterrence is enough to offset or even destroy the control power created by Yang An'er and Liu Erzu's many years of running the place; this is a smaller Mongolian army that has always been entrenched in Shandong. It can take the initiative on the battlefield at any time, and if it wants to fight, it will In battle, if you want to move, move forward and retreat freely. Anyone who becomes his enemy will only be beaten repeatedly!
Since Yang An'er and Liu Erzu want to respond to Li Quan, everything must be on the line and they cannot give up halfway. Guo Ning is 100% sure that they will give in.
Of course, after the two parties reached an agreement, Guo Ning did not stay in Moqishan for long.
After all, that place was Yang An'er's territory. With just one order, he was guaranteed to be able to gather tens of thousands of people from four villages and eight villages. It would also be troublesome if a kidnapper, horse, and Qingqi were surrounded. So after Guo Ning confirmed the agreement, he immediately withdrew his troops.
The two hundred riders continued to move quickly, and in just two hours, they left Juzhou and entered Mizhou.
This area is the mountainous area where the two states meet. To the south is a pass heavily deployed by Yang An'er, called Wulianchuan. The mountain itself is called the Nine Immortals Mountain. There are ten peaks and ten rocks in the mountain. It is also the place where traitors have fled since ancient times.
The leader of the most powerful group of bandits in the mountains is called Gao Xin. This man is famous for his ability to wield two spears. Although his subordinates only number dozens, they are quite fierce. And because Gao Xin's ancestors were originally from an official family, he was well-educated and not an ordinary and vulgar thief, so he had some friendship with Yan Ning.
Gao Xin had also heard about the news about the battle between Guo Ning and the Mongolian army. The day before yesterday, Yan Ning came and described in detail what he saw and heard in the battle. Gao Xin was fascinated by what he heard, so he decided to get closer to Guo Ning.
After all, Yang An'er was still unable to use his hands and fingers at the local level, and there were always forces that were more or less dissatisfied with him or hostile to him. Guo Ning's cavalry was introduced by Yan Ning, and with Gao Xin's cover, they were able to travel long distances without any hindrance.
After returning here, the cavalry was out of the direct control of Yang An'er's command, and could return to Laizhou at leisure.
At this moment, the handsome Gao Xin was taking out a jar of honey and carefully smearing it on the geese. While wiping it, he told Zhao Jue and others about the rumors and trivial matters in Jiuxian Mountain.
According to him, when the Song Dynasty was strong and powerful in the Southern Dynasties, there was a great scholar named Su who served as the magistrate of Mizhou. This magistrate Su often lingered here and even wrote a famous poem called "Jiang Cheng Zi".
At this point, Gao Xin recited this Que poem for everyone to listen to, and everyone applauded.
Guo Ning also praised it.
He had read little and lacked literary talent, but his appreciation ability was not bad, and he felt that this Que poem was magnificent and heroic. The sentence "Thousands of cavalry roll up Ping Gang" is in line with the momentum of thousands of cavalry under Guo Ning's command, and the sentence "will draw the eagle bow like a full moon, look northwest, shoot at the wolf" is Guo Ning's long-cherished wish. , it sounds really enjoyable.
Hearing Guo Ning's praise, everyone in front turned around.
Guo Ning rubbed his eyes and said with a smile: "It has become a big event, and I feel a little relieved. I just wanted to take a rest, but I fell asleep unknowingly."
Everyone nodded, and several of them smiled: "It has indeed become a big deal."
It turns out that Guo Ning mentioned three things just now and reached an agreement with Yang An'er. However, Yang An'er said that after all, the public identities of the two parties were very different. It was inevitable that there would be a lack of trust and other troubles would arise out of thin air. Therefore, if Yang An'er raised his troops this time, if he could defeat Wan Yan Sala, Huang Lai Wudian and others in one fell swoop, and then sweep across Shandong, please Guo Ning agreed to a marriage.
If the two families were married, Yang An'er would have reason to restrain his subordinates from invading Laizhou. And if the situation changes in other ways in the future, with this marriage, the two families will have a reason to take care of each other, so that there will be no immediate tension.
That's a good idea.
Liu Erzu immediately started making noises.
After hearing this, Yang Miaozhen lowered her head a little shyly, but everyone could see the smile on her face. She is naturally a rare and strange woman, and Guo Ning is also a strange man. In terms of appearance, talent, and ambition, he is more than ten times a hundred times better than the ordinary rebels under Yang An'er's command?
As for Guo Ning, he has been in the army since he was a child. All he thinks about is marching and fighting every day. In the past few years, he has been in trouble and rarely thinks about women. But after all, at a young age, there are times when you are ready to make a move.
What's more, Yang Miaozhen is so heroic and good-looking?
Although there is still Lu Han at home, a manly man doesn't have to worry too much.
Guo Ning nodded in agreement almost immediately.
Fortunately, he is still clear-headed and knows that with his current status, getting married is not a matter between two people or two families. This is related to the future of the two military and political groups, and further to whether the Dinghai navy, which has always gone its own way between the imperial court and the rebels, should be more biased in the direction of the rebels.
So in the end, he didn't make any promises to Yang An'er. He just told Yang An'er that he thought it was feasible, but the matter was serious and needed to be taken into consideration at the appropriate time. As long as we have a conclusion, it will not be too late for the two parties to discuss it again.
Yang An'er was a little disappointed, but not entangled. No matter what, the intentions of the two families were always achieved.
At this time, everyone dispersed and asked Guo Ning to sit in front of the bonfire.
Although it is on the flat land between the mountains and the sea on the side of the official road, the sky is dark and the bonfire is beating. Looking up and looking around, it feels like the sky is high and the sky is vast.
Zhang Shao cut a piece of bird meat with a knife, took a bite, and sighed: "This long-distance run is really enjoyable. It's like the feeling on the grassland outside the northern border trench. This gray goose is also delicious, but not too much." A little bit, but not enough. If I can return to Changzhou and Fuzhou in the future, I will shoot a fat yellow sheep and make roast mutton for you to eat. I will eat it until you are full!"
The yellow sheep is indeed fat, tender and delicious. When Guo Ning was a boy, his father went hunting in the grassland and shot a yellow sheep and shared it with everyone. Everyone was very happy with the meal. Later, when the Mongols became stronger, the garrison troops in northern Xinjiang rarely dared to go deep into the grasslands for hunting. In my mind, that time was the last time.
Guo Ning was silent for a while, then laughed and said, "It's settled, we'll roast the yellow sheep later."
He turned to Gao Xin and continued to smile: "The honey from Chief Gao is very sweet, so I have to bring it with me."
Gao Xin was quite extravagant. He wore a tunic-collar robe, a jade rabbit and falcon belt around his waist, and a brocade-faced soft-footed futou. He looked like a romantic young man. Hearing what Guo Ning said, he stood up and gave a solemn salute: "I hope you will be handsome."
Everyone laughed. Yan Ning pulled Gao Xin to sit down and cut a piece of goose wing for him.
There was another person beside Guo Ning, sitting cross-legged. The bonfire flickered, and one could see that he had a complicated expression on his face, ranging from unwillingness to anger to fear, a little reserved and flattered.
"Please give it a try, Geng Shijun. You're welcome."
The person Guo Ning called "Geng Shijun" was surprisingly the Dengzhou governor Geng Ge who had close contacts with Yang An'er.
Geng Ge smiled bitterly and replied: "Okay, okay, thank you so much, Commander-in-Chief."
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Can you imagine, I only spent three hours on these two chapters today... I'm so sweaty.
