Volume II Chapter 179 Good News
"Have you thought about it?" Princess Ulan's face looked like earth, and her delicate body couldn't help but tremble. She did not call Omubuhan as her brother's name as before.
"Think about it!" Omubuhan gritted his teeth, afraid that he would let go again after hesitation. His sister always wanted to get married. Yuetuo was gentle and elegant, at least better than the rude Prince Arukha. Could it be that he really let him marry that hateful Han man!
"I will obey the decision of Khan!" Ulanbian turned his face and walked towards the door step by step with his leather boots, his joints all over his body seemed to be stiff.
Seeing Ulan leave, Omubuhan stretched out his hand to keep it. His fingertips bent in the air, and his mouth was squirming without any sound.
Outside the city of Guihua, Ulan repelled his personal soldiers and rode a red horse to the depths of the grassland. He jumped off the horse and twitched softly on the shiny horse's back. The Han man once said he was coming to marry her, but there was a little fantasy in her heart, which was ultimately a dream of Nan Ke.
Of course, Zhai Zhe didn't know these changes in Guihua City, he was rushing to the road now.
A row of cavalry crossed the canyon between the two mountains and headed straight to the gate of Shahukou. This was the first time Zhai Zhe entered the subway since he left the subway in May.
More than thirty cavalry arrived at the pass in vain, and the soldiers guarding the gate blocked the way. Since Li Mingli took office as the garrison, the Khahukou has strictly controlled the population entering the Passerby. Only those caravans with families and small families in the Ming Dynasty could enter and exit easily. Of course, these cavalrymen with swords and bows were not allowed to enter.
Zhai Zhele lived in the dark horse and condescendingly said to the guards guarding the gate: "You can't sit in some things, so please ask your guards to come here in person!" He could have entered the blockade from the Heihu Mountain Trail, but he also wanted to take this opportunity to leave a little impression on the new guards.
The soldiers ran to the garrison palace in the Shahukou Fort.
The cavalry outside the frontier circled in front of the iron-cast city gate, occasionally swept at the handmaster with fierce eyes. After a while, Zhai Zhe keenly felt that there were neat footsteps not far away after the closing of the door, and it must have been a group of border troops coming urgently. From this, it can be seen that the guards here are much tighter than before. It seems that Li Mingli really has two tricks.
After waiting for a cup of tea, Zhai Zhe was a little anxious, and a sound of horse hooves came from the gate.
Then, four neatly arranged infantrymen and more than a dozen cavalry arrived at the front of the pass. The leader of Huama Li Mingli immediately bowed and said hello: "Master Qianhu, don't be fine!"
Zhai Zhe bowed his hand and said, "I want to enter the pass, please give me some convenience!"
"Mr. Qianhu wants to enter the subway?" Li Mingli laughed dryly, and said for a moment, "Of course there is no problem. But will so many well-equipped cavalry scare the people of the Ming Dynasty?"
"What does it mean?" Zhai Zhe grabbed the restless dark horse.
"It's okay for Lord Qianhu to enter the frontier. Can you ask your personal soldiers to remove the bow and arrow? According to the "Da Ming Law", the bow and arrow are prohibited from entering the city!" Li Mingli straightened his chest and faced Zhai Zhe. This was his first time to confront Thousand Houses of Han. The explanation given to him was to prevent the infiltration of Tumote's Hanhu to the Ming Dynasty. This time the momentum was very important!
"The Law of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhai Zhe sneered, "I have never encountered such a thing when I walked here dozens of times. Have you deliberately caused me trouble?"
"I don't dare!" Li Mingli's face didn't mean that he was afraid.
"Are you afraid of getting into trouble if you are so difficult?" Zhai Zhe was secretly amused. His little guard dared to make trouble on his head, and he really thought he was a young man who had never seen the world.
"Dropping the bow and arrow will be released when you are down!" Li Mingli refused to let go.
Zhai Zhe turned his head and ordered the personal soldiers behind him, "Appoint the cavalry under Laoya Mountain to come here quickly!"
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The personal soldiers took the order and left quickly, and Li Mingli's face changed slightly.
"If you don't let go, I will take off this pass!" Zhai Zhe lifted the reins, and the big black horse jumped up and turned its direction, and pointed its strong butt at Li Mingli. His personal soldiers and Zhai retreated to the ground two arrows from the gate.
A rapid sound of trumpets sounded inside the Killing Hukou, and the soldiers resting in the military camp quickly took their weapons to the city wall to defend. This was the first time in the past seven or eight years that the alarm of foreign invasions sounded. The merchants in the market were panicked and did not know what happened outside the border.
After waiting for about two hours, a large group of cavalry galloped in the mountain road outside the canyon, and the black battle flag of the Han army appeared and loomed in the jungle.
On the city tower, Li Mingli bit his lip lightly. He didn't believe that the Han army dared to attack the city because he had mastered the lifeblood of these people - the caravan!
Zhai Zhe looked at the rusty iron gate creakingly and shouted to the city tower: "If the garrison regrets it, it's still time!" Li Mingli did not respond.
The roads in the canyon were narrow, and only twenty or thirty horses could run in parallel. The Qing soldiers who were ordered were stationed in the jungle outside the canyon.
Zhai Zhe urged the horse to return, Lei Yanqian and Zuo Ruo went up and asked anxiously, "What happened?" Only half of the Han cavalry was stationed at the foot of Laoya Mountain, and the rest were led by Fengqin and Meng Kang to patrol the surrounding area of the Han village, so less than three thousand people came.
"Siege the city!" Zhai Zhe only said two words.
"What?" the two of them spoke in unison.
"Attack Khukou immediately!"
"Sir, please think twice! This move must not be done!" Zuo Ruo knelt on one knee and bowed, Lei Yanqian's burly body shook, but finally stood there without moving.
Zhai Zhe hurriedly reached out and helped Zuo Ruo up and said, "You have been thinking wrongly. I am not going to go to war with the Ming Dynasty!"
"Why is that?" Zuo Ruojing broke out in a cold sweat.
Zhai Zhe pointed to the city and said, "I want to scare that kid!"
Li Mingli must have thought that he would not dare to start a war against the Ming Dynasty. If even a small Hukou Guard could hold his mind, how could he still be in the Ming Dynasty? The Shang Alliance could not bear the consequences of starting a war, and the Hukou Guard could not bear it. As long as the news of the war here reached Datong, Li Mingli would not be able to bear it. Zhai Zhe believed that Jiao Yuanbo would not give him such great authority.
The heavy-armored cavalry abandoned their horses and walked five hundred steps below the city. The sunlight reflected by the armor was dazzling. The light cavalry cut down trees and quickly built a ladder to lift it towards the pass, and the archers lined up in loose queues.
Li Mingli wiped his face and sweat remained from his cheeks. He didn't believe that Qianhu, the Hanmen who could control the Ming Dynasty's business, was a lunatic.
"Ding Ding Ding..." More than a dozen long arrows that flew up and hit the bluestone slabs on the city wall, making a crisp and pleasant sound.
The defenders on the top of the city all looked at the garrison and waited for the order to fight back. As long as you fight back, you will be fighting if you don’t fight!
Li Mingli rubbed his hands tightly together and shouted to the city: "Stop, I have something to say!"
The Han army would never dare to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, but there might be another result in the war here. Kill Hukou and change to the garrison, and the merchants still pass. He has been in the army for many years and knows that not every war will be reported to the Ministry of War. Before taking office, the governor even told him that he must grasp the degree of his actions and not cause conflicts.
Zhai Zhe reached out to stop the archer's movements and urged him to come forward and reply: "What do you mean!"
"I don't want to be an enemy of the Qianhu Lord!"
“So best!”
Zhai Zhe waved his hand, and the attacking soldiers retreated out of the canyon in batches, and even the flags in the jungle gradually faded away.
Li Mingli saw that all the Han cavalry were gone on the towering city tower and dared to order the city gate to open. Zhai Zhe led more than 30 cavalry to enter at the city gate, bowing and greeting Li Mingli, who looked like a pig liver, with a dark face: "Thank you for the convenience of the garrison!"
For some people, you must let them know that you are very reasonable; for some people, you must let them know that you are sometimes unreasonable!
Li Mingli is an idea-worthy person. Zhai Zhe would rather take the risk of spending some thoughts than let him know that something is inconvenient to touch.
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After entering the Killing Hukou, Zhai Zhe returned home as if he was so eager to go back, and rode his horse in the quiet mountain road to Datong. Because he only received news from the caravan the day before yesterday that Fan Yi was pregnant.
Zhai Zhe and Fan Yi have been married for several years, and they have been together for a long time. Only after the end of the War in Monan was the last half year, they finally bear fruit.
In fact, since Zhai Zhe left the frontier, Fan Yi worked until he was tired and didn't even have the energy to take care of the business alliance. He didn't know that he was happy until he asked the doctor to diagnose. In surprise, Fan Yi wanted to tell Zhai immediately, but Zhe left shortly. According to the customs of the Han area, it was not advisable to make a big fuss about the first three months of happiness. Fan Yi endured it until mid-July before he let the caravans leaving the frontier send a letter.
There are messengers between the Shang League and the Han Ministry, but Zhai Zhe never let Fan Yi touch on this area, and Fan Yi also knows not to violate taboos. How can a woman who does business not understand the minds of men?
After the conflict between the Eight Great Masters and the Commercial Alliance, she was always walking on thin ice. If the two broke into enemies, her position would be very embarrassing. In addition, she had no children, wouldn't she be abandoned? While staying in Datong, Zhai kept urging him to take Lu Ying and Yong Ying as concubines. After all, they were both her own family, but Zhai Zhe has always turned a deaf ear. Now that there is finally a good thing, his tense mind relaxes.
"I am about to have a child!" Zhai Zhe was silent all the way on the dark horse, unable to tell whether he was happy or what he felt, as if he was no longer lonely in this world, and there was a person who came here because of him.
Half of the personal soldiers left halfway to Chenjiazhuang to inform Xiao Zhiyan. Zhai Zhe rushed to the streets all night. When he arrived at Datong City, Qi Mingxing in the east was shining. The autumn dew was the heaviest. He waited at the city for the second half of the night, and his whole body was as sticky as if it was wet by light rain, but Zhai Zhe felt uncomfortable.
It took more than two hours later that the city gate of Datong Mansion opened on time, and Zhai Zhe led a big dark horse mixed with a large number of vendors who were rushing to get early to transport goods.
The group passed through the sparsely pedestrian street and waited in front of the Zhai house. Smoke was emitting from the chimney of the kitchen.
Zhai Zhe knocked in and entered. The guards of the Shang League guards guarding the place could not have imagined that the boss had entered the city so early. Zhai Zhe stopped the guards from informing him of the intention, handed over the reins of the big dark horse and walked slowly in.
In the backyard, Fan Yi was walking leisurely with one hand on her slightly raised belly, and the lively Luying took a step behind her.
"Why haven't the master come back yet? It would be great if the lady is pregnant with a boy!" Luying's mouth rarely stopped.
When Fan Yi turned around, he happened to see the familiar figure at the door. (To be continued)
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Chapter completed!