Chapter 309: Fifth Young Lady Knows a Lot [Thanks to everyone for your support

"Eleventh Brother, you ask him again how many major battles he has experienced."

Seeing Hu Yanjiong cupped his hands at the translator: "Let this little one speak first. If there are any errors, I ask the translator to correct them."

The translator from the Great Zhou Ministry of Rites to the side cupped his hands: "Ashamed, ashamed."

Just now, this middle-aged Jin martial artist said a slang term the translator hadn't heard before. If it hadn't been for Seeing Hu Yanjiong's rescue, the words translated by the translator would have been contradictory and embarrassing.

Seeing Hu Yanjiong spoke a stream of gibberish, and after the interpreter (translator) to the side added a few sentences,

the Jin martial artist spoke, and Seeing Hu Yanjiong and the interpreter translated together:

"He said that there were four or five times when the enemy exceeded ten thousand."

"The first time... the father of that Wanyan Zongjun, and the current Emperor of the Jin state, personally stood in the line of fire and used a bow and arrow to shoot and kill a Northern Liao general."

"..."

"The fifth time, they had less than twenty thousand people, facing the sixty-thousand-strong army of Northern Liao, and won a great victory!"

Listening to Seeing Hu Yanjiong's words, the young noble sons beside Xu Zaijing all showed surprise.

Watching the Jin martial artist puff out his chest and head with a serious expression, not looking like he was joking, Gu Tingye said in a low voice beside Xu Zaijing:

"Brother Jing, this is too formidable."

Xu Zaijing didn't answer him, but said to Seeing Hu Yanjiong: "Brother Jiong, you ask him how this number is known?"

Seeing Hu Yanjiong translated it, and after listening to the martial artist finish, he said:

"Listening to what this person said, it was said by the envoy sent by the Northern Liao Emperor to persuade them to surrender."

"There were also captured Northern Liao soldiers who said it was this number."

The interpreter to the side nodded.

Xu Zaijing and Zheng Xiao, Gu Tingye, and the Pei brothers looked at each other, and Zheng Xiao said:

"It should be words to bluff and scare the opponent, with no credibility."

Xu Zaijing nodded and said:

"Maybe there were only one hundred and twenty or one hundred and thirty thousand people."

Watching the expressions of the young nobles in the tent, the middle-aged Jin martial artist read some things, so he said a few more sentences.

The interpreter looked at Seeing Hu Yanjiong, who didn't open his mouth, and hurriedly said:

"This one said that they not only killed the Northern Liao imperial guards and core troops until they were scattered, but also captured the Northern Liao Emperor's ceremonial guard, carriages, and captured the women of the Northern Liao nobility."

Seeing Hu Yanjiong nodded: "I have indeed seen it before in the Jin state."

The three brothers of the Pei family looked at Xu Zaijing in confusion, and one said: "Brother Jing, how did you guess one hundred and twenty or one hundred and thirty thousand people?"

Before Xu Zaijing could speak, Zheng Xiao beside him said:

"Before, Brother Jing, by mistake, once helped the Imperial City Division send a Northern Liao imperial clan member back to the capital. Perhaps it was what that person said."

"I heard that using that imperial clan member, they even exchanged for several strategically located strongholds in the north."

Hearing this, the Pei brothers nodded in sudden realization.

Zheng Xiao was indeed right. Xu Zaijing had indeed learned about these things through Yelu Sun and Zhao Meifeng.

Xu Zaijing nodded and said:

"Even if Northern Liao only had one hundred and twenty or one hundred and thirty thousand people, they were still one against six! Especially since they even defeated the Northern Liao imperial guards and core troops, which shows their extraordinary strength."

Everyone in the tent nodded one after another.

Xu Zaijing looked at the middle-aged Jin martial artist, pointed at his own face, and said: "Looking at the scar on this person's face, it doesn't look like it was caused by swords or arrows."

The interpreter translated Xu Zaijing's words. After the Jin martial artist said several sentences, the interpreter translated:

"This one said, Fifth Young Master has good eyes. The scar on his face was from more than ten years ago when the Northern Liao Emperor was hunting in the autumn. He and his clansmen were forced to fight bears and catch tigers for the Northern Liao Emperor, and he was scratched by a tiger's claw."

"Many of his clansmen also died under the tiger's mouth."

Seeing Hu Yanjiong interjected: "I have seen the big bugs there. Their muscles are knotted, and their body size is a circle larger than the big bugs here, with a body length of nearly a zhang."

The three disciples of Lu Junyi standing to the side of the tent nodded after hearing this, their faces full of admiration.

Xu Zaijing also nodded. The fierce tiger that these Jin martial artists' clansmen caught was the Siberian tiger that grew in the northern forests, extremely strong!

This kind of fierce tiger was not only strong but also very swift. Like that kind of small river three or four meters wide, the fierce tiger didn't need a running start at all; standing on the bank, it could jump over with a light leap.

Daring to face this kind of fierce beast directly, those who lacked courage couldn't even hold their weapons steady, let alone fight.

Thinking of these, Xu Zaijing tilted his head and glanced at Wu Song in the crowd.

Sensing Xu Zaijing's gaze, Wu Song, who was completely unaware of Xu Zaijing's intention, nodded at him and gave a thumbs up.

Xu Zaijing returned a smile and continued to ask the Jin martial artist: "Then are the soldiers under your command all from your own tribe?"

After the interpreter translated, the Jin martial artist nodded, gestured with both hands pressed tightly against the sides of his body, and said a few words in gibberish.

"This one said, the young man you helped just now is his nephew."

"After his nephew went to the battlefield, he had to be tied up after drinking, otherwise something would happen."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

Zheng Xiao to the side said: "Why not ask this person to talk about the process of this last battle?"

After the interpreter translated, the middle-aged martial artist nodded and began to speak with a look of recollection in his eyes.

Half a quarter of an hour later,

after the interpreter drank a mouthful of tea offered by the Xu family servant, he hurriedly said:

"Listening to what he said, on the way to pursue the Northern Liao Emperor, Northern Liao once had a young general who led the Northern Liao imperial guards and core troops to cover the retreat. This martial artist and his comrades fought fiercely with him from noon until dark before defeating him."

The middle-aged martial artist said a sentence, and the interpreter said: "It can be considered a rare elite troop of Northern Liao."

Xu Zaijing discovered that from the moment they entered the tent,

whenever the interpreter was translating, this middle-aged martial artist's gaze was scanning the bodies of Zhang Fangling, Gu Tingye, and others.

Whenever he saw the luxurious robes and gold ornaments on everyone, a glimmer of light would always flash in his eyes.

Gu Tingye to the side clicked his tongue: "At least three hours..."

The other young nobles all nodded.

The middle-aged martial artist said another sentence in gibberish.

Interpreter: "Unfortunately, we didn't catch that young general and let him run away..."

Xu Zaijing thought to himself, actually you did catch him. Subsequently, he cleared his throat and asked: "Was this the time he fought fiercely for the longest?"

Seeing Hu Yanjiong translated it, and the middle-aged martial artist waved his hand and said a few words.

Seeing Hu Yanjiong said: "No, the longest time was from sunrise to sunset. He changed four or five war horses, and only after many good men died in battle did he win."

Zhang Fangling, who had been silent, said: "How many times did they attack in this battle?"

After the interpreter translated, the middle-aged martial artist said two sentences with a serious expression.

"He said he didn't count, but Jin has a saying that as a horse soldier, as long as you don't die, what does it matter if you attack a hundred times."

Hearing this, the Great Zhou noble sons in the tent all looked at each other.

Xu Zaijing said softly: "For the Jin horse soldiers to have this thought, it can be seen that their character is tenacious, so it is not strange to win with fewer against more."

Zheng Xiao nodded and said: "Brother Jing is right, especially what this person said, the general can personally stand in the line of fire, the morale must be extremely high."

Zhang Fangling and the Pei family sons to the side asked a few more questions about Jin's military law, the distribution of spoils of war, etc.

After some conversation, the middle-aged martial artist asked the interpreter a few more questions, then nodded at everyone in the Xu family tent, said a sentence, and turned to leave.

The interpreter looked at Seeing Hu Yanjiong and said:

"He said, for the sake of Brother Jing and Brother Xiao, he will not show mercy when practicing foot combat with everyone later."

After the interpreter finished speaking, he cupped his hands in a salute and followed.

The Xu family tent was in an uproar. Lu Junyi held down his junior brother who wanted to jump up and said: "We'll see the truth on the field later. Scolding now is useless."

Zhang Fangling to the side smiled, looked at Xu Zaijing and Zheng Xiao, and asked: "What's going on? Do you two have any... conflict with them?"

Zheng Xiao and Xu Zaijing looked at each other and said: "Before at Qingfeng Tower, they wanted to see the strong crossbows of our Great Zhou, and were blocked by me and Brother Jing."

"Let's go, let's also go change clothes, and overturn the families of the Xiao Xiao Gongye of Han and the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An first."

In the Jin envoy tent,

Wanyan Zongjun was talking with the Great Zhou Dukes,

"You defeated Northern Liao, do you have any war trophies as spirited as that horse?"

The Marquis of Xiangyang said, pointing to the side of the polo field, near the Xu family horse shed.

Wanyan Zongjun asked the translator beside him a few questions, and then said in stiff Great Zhou language: "The Northern Liao state once presented such horses to my father the Emperor."

The Marquis of Xiangyang nodded.

The Xiao Xiao Gongye of Han and the Xiao Xiao Gongye of Ling to the side looked at each other, and then also asked: "Then do you have any Northern Liao noble women?"

Wanyan Zongjun nodded, looked at the two Dukes and said: "If the two elders like them, in a few days I will send someone to send a few over."

"This, this, we can't take them for nothing, we should buy them, buy them!"

Wanyan Zongjun waved his hand: "Now my Great Jin and Great Zhou are friendly nations, how can we talk about money."

The Xiao Xiao Gongye of Lian to the side glanced at the several people who were smiling, and sneered in his heart.

At this time, the middle-aged martial artist who came out of the Xu family tent returned here and said a few words beside Wanyan Zongjun.

Before the interpreter from the Ministry of Rites could translate,

another Jin martial artist who went to the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An's tent walked back with an ugly expression, shaking his head, and muttering Jin language in his mouth.

Just looking at his face, one knew that what he was saying was not good.

After Wanyan Zongjun heard the muttering, his eyes narrowed.

The Xiao Xiao Gongye of Qi turned his head to look at the interpreter, and the interpreter bowed:

"The person who went to the Xu family tent said that Wanyan Zongjun's words have already been brought."

"The person who came in later said that the little... in that tent..."

The Xiao Xiao Gongye of Xin said:

"Speak truthfully."

The interpreter said:

"Yes! Said the little brats in that tent said that Jin's long battle with Northern Liao was because Jin is an uncivilized barbarian."

"Because Great Zhou, Northern Liao, and Bai Gao have always won in one battle, why would it take so long!"

"Just now, he said that he would teach the several brothers of the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An's family a lesson later."

The martial artist beside Jin's Wanyan Zongjun continued to speak.

The several interpreters to the side were also translating non-stop.

"The martial artist who returned from the Xu family tent said they didn't have a chance to teach the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An's family brothers a lesson..."

Hearing the interpreter's words,

the elderly Xiao Xiao Gongye of An looked at the martial artist and nodded in approval, and then, together with the Xiao Xiao Gongye of Han, proudly glanced at the Marquis of Xiangyang.

"Because the brothers of the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An's family will be beaten to a pulp by those several in the Xu family tent."

The Xiao Xiao Gongye of An's old face drooped.

The attendant beside the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An scolded angrily: "How are you talking? Can you translate or not!"

The interpreter hurriedly bowed and apologized.

Wanyan Zongjun to the side said in confusion: "This interpreter is very good, very good at translating! That is exactly what he meant."

The Marquis of Xiangyang smiled:

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be angry, let the juniors see the truth with their own hands! Go and ask if those little rabbits have put on their armor!"

The Xiao Xiao Gongye of An took a deep breath and said: "Go and see if our family is ready too."

The polo field was busy, and both the Xu family tent and the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An's tent were putting on armor.

Beside the polo field,

Wu Lou, third floor.

Because the ground dragon and fire walls were burning,

it was not very cold on the third floor.

And the window lattice facing the polo field was propped up, and the field of vision could overlook the polo field.

The matter decided on the first day had already spread throughout Bianjing.

How many people were outside Yujin Garden at Nanxun Gate, no one knew,

but today, most of the young Bianjing nobles were gathered in the polo field, and because it was a military exchange, noble women naturally could not watch from the side of the polo field.

However, there was no place in the city that could be more lively than the polo field.

Therefore, the noble women followed their fathers and brothers out of the city and directly occupied the third floor of Wu Lou. The maids of each family either brought their own or bought many dried fruits and candied fruits,

which were placed on plates and arranged on the table together with teacups.

But there were no tables by the windows, because they took up too much space, so only people could stand.

For a time, the voices of sisters were endless on the third floor of Wu Lou. Although the noble women were scattered on the third floor, they were invisibly divided into two groups.

One group was the Tan, Han, Lu, Ma, Wei, and other families,

and one group was the Zhang, Gu, Xu, Zheng, and other families.

The atmosphere between the two groups of noble women was somewhat stiff,

especially Gu Tingyi. Although she was talking with Seeing Chai Zhengzheng and Fifth Young Lady Zhang, whenever the girl from the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An's family looked over from not far away, she would always roll her eyes at her.

Seeing Rong Feiyan also stood beside Anmei on her own, talking one sentence after another.

Her maid Seeing Ningxiang leaned over to Seeing Rong Feiyan and said in a low voice: "Miss, the one beside the Xiao Xiao Gongye of Ling's daughter, which family's noble girl is she?"

Anmei, who heard Seeing Ningxiang's words, relied on her height, took a look, and said: "County Princess Jiacheng, the Prince of Yong has four sons, and only this one daughter. What's wrong?"

Seeing Ningxiang bowed: "Thank you, Miss, for clearing up my confusion. The look that one gave our Miss is somewhat..."

Anmei looked at Seeing Rong Feiyan, then scanned the County Princess and said: "Your Miss and the County Princess have the same style of clothing."

Seeing Ningxiang: "Is that so?"

Fifth Young Lady Zhang to the side nodded: "Same! A new style from Tianyi Pavilion."

Anmei shook her head:

"So, with the same pink clothing, it would be fine without comparison!"

"But now that there is a comparison, your Miss looks fair and beautiful wearing it, while that County Princess looks dark."

"It would be strange if her gaze was friendly!"

Seeing Chai Zhengzheng and Tingyi, who heard Anmei's words, looked at each other, and then looked at County Princess Jiacheng together.

Where the noble women of the Tan family of the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An and others were,

the crowd, sensing the gazes of Tingyi and others, also looked at County Princess Jiacheng, and then looked at Seeing Rong Feiyan.

Someone said in a low voice:

"The little fox-spirit of the Rong family, wearing such gaudy clothes, who is she trying to seduce! Pfft!"

Just after speaking, someone pulled her sleeve: just say fox-spirit, don't say gaudy clothes, it will cause collateral damage!

"That Chai family girl, why did she join in too?"

"Maybe because those few are classmates of Little Xiao Xiao Gongye Qi?"

"That Seeing Chai Zhengzheng wouldn't also be rushing to find Little Xiao Xiao Gongye Qi, would she?"

"Just an old girl older than us, Little Xiao Xiao Gongye doesn't look at her."

"Sister is right, but the jewelry on that Seeing Chai Zhengzheng's head is beautiful."

These several girls were talking, their gazes looked at Seeing Chai Zhengzheng, and then their line of sight was blocked by Anmei's tall figure.

"Don't look! Don't look! Be careful of provoking that demon star's sister, and letting that demon star seek trouble and beat up our brothers!"

At this time,

The six golden flowers of the Lu family of the Imperial Son-in-law arrived on the third floor, and the atmosphere became even more lively.

The six Lu family girls saw Anmei and surrounded her: "Sister Anmei, has it started?"

Anmei looked at the cousins of Xu Zaijing's sworn brother and said with a smile: "Not yet, I just saw Jin martial artists enter the tents of the two families."

Just after Anmei finished speaking, Seeing Chai Zhengzheng by the window said: "They're out! They're all out!"

Hearing this, the noble women stood full by the window, some concerned about their brothers, some...

maybe concerned about Little Xiao Xiao Gongye Qi.

In the polo field,

Xu Zaijing was wearing the armor he had placed in his own carriage before. Not far from him, behind the Ministry of War and Three Departments tents, the three disciples of Lu Junyi and those brought by the Tan family of the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An were also wearing armor.

Among this group of people, there was no one who was unfamiliar with wearing armor; they were clearly all veterans.

Wu Song, who had had a hard bow snatched away, wanted to start a conflict with someone, but was pulled by Lu Junyi:

"We'll see the truth when we spar later!"

Wu Song stared at the person who snatched his hard bow and nodded with a smile.

Everyone finished dressing,

and when the three disciples of Lu Junyi walked over, they also brought two quivers of arrows for Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing pulled out a feathered arrow, touched the position of the arrowhead, and found that it had been replaced with a semi-circular blunt iron arrowhead.

It was wrapped in cloth, and the bottom of the quiver was also covered with white ash.

Everyone was armored, and with this kind of arrowhead, as long as it didn't hit the eyes, it had no power.

On Xu Zaijing's side, including the sons of each family and the pages, there were twenty people.

Before putting on the armor, everyone divided the work.

Because the Zhang and Zheng families were relatively familiar, plus the three Pei brothers, they mixed into one team.

Xu Zaijing, Qingyun, Gu Tingye, Zhique, the Lu Junyi disciples, the Li brothers, and Seeing Hu Yanjiong mixed into one team.

Each team had ten people, and they were further divided into five-person squads.

Although they were all wearing armor, they were easy to recognize, because the armor of the sons of the Dukes and Marquises was exceptionally worn out, full of traces of use.

Instead, those of the Lu Junyi disciples and others were very new.

The four squads of twenty people walked in neat formation. Just as they walked out from behind the Xu family tent, a sound of noble women talking faintly came from Wu Lou not far away.

Xu Zaijing had excellent eyesight. He could see clearly who was standing beside his own sister waving at the window.

Xu Zaijing raised the shield in his hand, causing the several people beside him to follow suit.

Before Gu Tingye could break free from the joy of being watched by the noble women,

behind the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An Tan family tent not far away, more than forty people walked out.

Wu Lou, third floor,

at first, it was the sound of cheers from Anmei and Tingyi's side,

but when the people behind the Xiao Xiao Gongye of An's tent walked out,

the huge difference in numbers was clear at a glance from the height!

This made the voices of the noble women on Anmei's side drop.

And the cheers of the girls from the Tan, Han, and other families suddenly rose.

Fifth Young Lady Zhang looked at the withered "teammates" around her helplessly and said:

"Why do you lose your voices just by looking at the number of people?"

"If you could determine victory or defeat just by looking at the number of people, the Jin state would have perished long ago!"

Hearing this, everyone around nodded one after another.

Tingyi said embarrassedly: "We, we just don't understand this... Fifth Young Lady still knows more."

Fifth Young Lady Zhang proudly raised her chin: "Hmph! That's right!"

Subsequently, she turned her head in confusion:

"Zhengzheng! Why don't you praise me?"

Seeing Chai Zhengzheng was stunned,

thinking to herself: Because I know who will win!

But she still looked at each other with Seeing Rong Feiyan and smiled: "Fifth Young Lady, you know so much!"

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