On July 11, the 9th year of Jinghan, at the junction of Huzhou and Hangzhou, after noon, the cloudy clouds in the sky seemed to cover the world into the afternoon, and thunderstorms gathered. In the camp, thousands of remnants of Wude Camp began to gather towards the open space.
Anxiety pervaded the crowd. On the main tent side, the generals and gentry at the top of the escape team could now participate in the fierce quarrel in this gloomy atmosphere. There were also those with relatively violent personalities, who seemed to want to do something, and then went back to the other side. Stopped by the people around. []
Not only here, but the army about Lu Jiao found the direction where everyone was hiding, and the news that they were running towards this side at this time has gradually spread to the army. There was a little bit of hearing among the civilians at this time, but the riots did not start for a while, because if things were true, everyone could not even make a reckless decision now, and then there were the rivers and lakes that were about to rain. In the past, he had thrown himself into a snare, and no one knew where to flee.
Some people are confirming the truth of the matter, while others are looking for people they know and asking for countermeasures. On the main account side, all kinds of people have invested the most attention. Tang Xiuxuan, Qian Haiping, Chen Xingdu, the ill young scholar Ning Liheng, and even more people who used to have talents and official names in Hangzhou were closely watched by everyone.
Ning Yi would occasionally talk to some people briefly, and the one who talked the most was probably Tang Xiuxuan over there. As one of the patriarchs of the Four Great Families, this old man still had the highest status and had the most connections. The Wu Dynasty has been emphasizing literature over martial arts for many years, and even Chen Xingdu could not neglect the real gentry at this time. Tang Xiuxuan and Ning Yi talked for a long time, and at a certain moment he finally frowned and gave Ning Yi a deep look and nodded.
"When I was in Hangzhou, Duke Xiwen valued you a lot... Now, I have no choice but to listen to you. Go and take care of your health."
When he said this, a general was about to rush towards Ning Yi angrily, and was then separated. Tang Xiuxuan glanced at it, shook his head, and turned away with a cane. The general was scolded and pulled away. , Ning Yi didn't look at him, and was supported by Su Tan'er and walked to the other side. Although he was very tired, he still had some things to do.
During this time, the team led by Yao Yi was constantly heading to the south where they were. Further north, Hei Lingwei turned around and rushed towards this side. Under the sky, on the northeast side of this big battlefield, across the river, a woman named Liu Qianqian, nicknamed Liu Xigua, was leading a team of Ba Dao Battalion towards the north side of Shiqiaodu. She did not In a hurry, just waiting for Lu Sheath and others to defeat the fleeing team somewhere in the north, and then go to receive the military division she likes.
When Ning Yi endured the dizziness and went to the open space where the soldiers of the Wude Battalion gathered, there were several uproars in the distance, and Chen Xingdu was talking vaguely. The whole situation he was about to face, They all told the soldiers present one by one.
It was a piece of grass. At this time, it looked like a small school field with a simple platform in front of it. There was not much wind. When Ning Yi went up from the side, half of the people looked at him, but Su Tan'er didn't follow him. She was not suitable for a place like this. Not only Chen Xingdu, but also Tang Xiuxuan, Qian Haiping, and some Hangzhou officials and gentry were on stage. Looking at Ning Yi, who was a little weak at this time, he was somewhat resentful, but he didn't show much, just stared at him. Looking at him, some turned their heads.
On the big stage, there was a simple curtain at this time, marking the position of everyone and the five enemies they faced.
"...Brothers! We have no way out, they are going to kill us! We can only move forward! We have three thousand people, and they only have one thousand, and they are all scattered, and there is no time to rescue... They are now underestimating the enemy, so we can There will be such an opportunity. If we wake them up, we won't have any chance... Over the past few days, we have worked hard to widen the distance between them. The road can be pointed out by others, but we have to earn our own lives! If there is blood, just pick up a knife for me and cut a bloody path—"
Chen Xingdu himself is also skilled in martial arts. At this time, he speaks loudly, and everyone in the audience hears it, but he is not a man of articulation, and he basically repeats what Ning Yi said. After he finished speaking, Ning Yi walked over and handed the large stack of volumes to Tang Xiuxuan, and then went to Chen Xingdu's side: "I'm running out of strength, can General Chen help me spread the word?"
Chen Xing nodded. Ning Yi glanced at the black mass of more than 3,000 people, and spoke in a low voice and slowness: "Returning in the middle of the road and falling into a dead place is a plan that I - Ning Liheng deliberately set up, and you are all calculated by me. But there is no other way for us to go than to die and live."
Chen Xingdu was stunned for a while, and then he spoke and recited his words aloud. Suddenly, there was another buzzing sound in the army, and Ning Yi waited for a while.
"There is no way forward, there are chasing troops behind, and the troops of nearly ten thousand people cannot hide the traces of their march. In this part of Hangzhou, no matter how we go, as time goes by, we will only have a dead end. In front of us, there are nearly There are 6,000 enemies, but in the battle of Hangzhou, the Fang bandit team has begun to underestimate the enemy. Yesterday, when Shiqiaodu went back, we deceived them so easily, which is the proof. We still have the only chance of winning, that is, we are Wude Camp...is the elite of the army."
Ning Yi looked at them, but in fact such flattery had no effect.
"In the Hangzhou battle, because of the weather, we lost a battle, and we were a little inexplicable. There are still 3,000 people walking here today. I don't know if everyone is starting to be afraid. But the people from Fang La's side , I already feel that we are local chickens, they sent five armies, each with only more than a thousand people. These people quarreled with each other and did not want the other party to take too much interest. As for how to defeat us, They didn't think about stealing our things. Like everyone else, they felt that it was no longer necessary to think about it, but we still have 3,000 people, and there are nearly 1,000 people in the hospital and guards over there. The current situation It has been drawn on the back picture, more than 1,000 of them came aggressively, and more than 4,000 of us just wanted to escape, 1,000 of them and 4,000 of us."
"I don't know much about fighting, I don't know if we can win or not, but now, our situation is clear to everyone. It's different from before. This time, each of you is clear, we want to You know how to fight. I can only help you with other things."
He waved his hand, and someone brought up some large and small boxes.
"Since yesterday, we have recorded the names and places of origin of all the brothers. Today, with Mr. Tang as the head, I have just handed over all the volumes to him. In this team today, everyone is on the same boat. , If you can go back to Huzhou, look at this stage, look over there, everyone owes you a favor, and each of you can be promoted and rich."
The boxes were opened, and the light of gold and silver flashed.
"The people here are not ungrateful people. Everyone is guarding Hangzhou. I know that many of you have relatives and brothers who are also in Hangzhou. Some of them are also in this team, and some have died in Hangzhou, or Can't get out... Fang La killed them and burned everyone's house... There are also women... "
Ning Yi paused, then pointed to the curtain behind: "They are different from the elites who attacked Hangzhou at the beginning. They are peasants who are not even worthy of swords and guns! They are fighting with us with rakes and sticks in their hands. Now, there are more than a thousand of them, and they have come over aggressively! We can think about how to escape. Now we take off our clothes and jump into the river and swim over here! We can also trample them to death now! You have seen it now When we got there, all five of their armies had dispersed. We ate Lu Jiao’s and Yao Yi’s, and the rest couldn’t catch up. Let’s fight against the river and go around and eat Xue Dounan. It's going to rain, this is God helping us... How to fight this battle, whether it is possible to win, you can think for yourself!"
"If you win the battle, you can avenge the death of your relatives and brothers in Hangzhou! You can take away the gold and silver! You can go to Huzhou and increase your ranks! You are the only army that has won this Hangzhou war! Every one of you The names are clearly recorded in the volume in Tang Lao's hand. When the volume reaches Huzhou, none of you will be left behind. Even if you can't go back, your family members will get what they should. What you get, the living people will care for your family like close relatives!"
Tang Lao nodded: "The old man can be responsible for this matter, and the world can learn from it." Someone spread his words.
Ning Yi smiled: "If you can't win, then there's nothing left. Brothers, my wife is now pregnant, and she's standing behind. If you can lose, everyone will die here. All the silver will be taken away by them. You can't survive. You were destroyed by them in Hangzhou, destroyed your home, and killed your close relatives. Those revenge will no longer be possible to avenge. , then survive, you will have everything. After this time, everyone will not be able to take revenge, and there will be a dead end... They are a group of chaotic people who don't even have full weapons. Man, will everyone lose? Lose everything to them?"
"Or do you want to get something back?"
After he finished speaking, the whole scene was suffocating. Under the dark clouds, everyone looked at the big curtain and was stunned for a while, and someone finally said: "You can take revenge..."
"How can you lose—"
"Tamp them to death—"
These noises gradually began to gather, and at this moment, someone suddenly rushed out: "Don't listen to him, he is bewitching the public, he is the one who trapped us here!" It was the general who had troubled Xun Ningyi before. . This person's surname is Xia and his name is Xia Qi. Ning Yi killed a troublemaker who blocked people from fetching water in the early morning of the ninth day. This is his cousin. In the past few days, he has sang a few times against Ning Yi. , He ran out at this time, which made the soldiers' emotions suddenly stagnate, and Xia Qi immediately began to say that the plan was made by Ning Yi alone.
Everyone on the stage was also stunned. Chen Xingdu originally saw that the emotions of the generals had been mobilized, and he was still happy. At this time, he pointed at the man: "Xia Qi! For the personal grudge between your cousin and Ning Gongzi, Isn't it enough for you to be unreasonable these past few days! At this time, the heart of the cholera army!"
A team of 10,000 people can be said to be big or small. Some sergeants also understand that Ning Yi and this cousin Xia Qi forged a relationship that day. Xia Xia raised his head and said, "General Chen, what I said is the truth, if it weren't for this Ning Liheng..."
Before he could finish his words, Ning Yi on the stage had already taken a few steps to the side, grabbed the crossbow of a soldier next to him and went north, slammed it on the string, and pointed directly at Xia Qi. Xia Qi was stunned for a while, then opened his hands: "You dare—"
The next moment, with a bang, the bloody light shot out, and the crossbow arrow shot directly on his forehead. The man opened his eyes and fell to the ground with his arms outstretched. Ning Yi grabbed the long spear in the hand of a soldier next to him with the other hand, and tried to make himself stand firm: "Longlong! Mother-in-law! Not a man!"
He was already in a weak state, but this time he used brute force. When the voice said it, everyone in the audience heard it. For a time, not only the soldiers below, but also Tang Xiuxuan and others on the stage looked at him in amazement. The scholar, who was usually ill, was terrified. They had also heard the rumors that Ning Yi was ruthless and had fought against Shi Bao and others, but they had never seen him on weekdays, so it was only at this time that they saw him kill people so decisively.
"There are only two ways! Go forward! Go backward! Once you have chosen, go over and earn your own life! Those who have a personal grudge against me! Find me later! Kill me! I will accompany you! Yes, they are everyone's mortal enemies! You can choose not to listen to them!"
After Ning Yi said this, his hands and body shook violently, but he still stood there. There were originally some people in Xia Qi's subordinates, but after the initial surprise, someone suddenly shouted: "How dare you act in public, brothers..." Before the words were finished, a "ping" sound was suddenly heard, and someone behind was fierce. The ground drew a knife and slashed at him, the man was also alert, blocked the knife, took a few steps back, only to hear the man who took the shot shout: "Who the hell is your brother!" This man has always had animosity with him one person.
Someone in the crowd pulled out a knife and pointed to this side: "This person is uneasy and kind!"
"Kill him!"
Someone shouted again. The man took a few steps back with the knife, and the shouts from there were already one after another, and many people's eyes were reddened by the blood just now. It was useless to trouble Ning Yi at this time. In the shouting, the man was slashed between the waist and ribs by the person next to him, and blood shot out. He opened his eyes in astonishment and swung the knife around, and a big man in the group of soldiers rushed straight over and swiped the knife towards him. He stabbed it in his stomach: "I killed you bastard—"
After one slash, another slash, the soldiers around had formed a circle, and the knife light slashed at the man, blood flying everywhere, until someone slashed the man's head, and the surrounding ground was covered with blood. dyed red. The big man at the front raised the steel knife in his hand and faced north: "Brothers, kill all those bastards! Revenge—"
"Kill them."
"Kill all those peasants—"
"I want revenge!"
In a moment, almost everyone's eyes were reddened by the killing, the swords and soldiers were like fire, and the sound began to boil. At this time, the army might not be able to command very well, but the blood of people in desperation has finally been eliminated. excited.
Ning Yi stood there, holding a long spear, watching all this, he blinked, and then, the surrounding darkness surrounded him. His body was cold, his vision began to tilt, he took a breath, and vaguely heard someone shouting: "Ning Gongzi—"
"Young Master Ning..."
Awareness away from...
Half an hour later, under the gloomy sky, on the hillside of a hill less than two miles to the north, the soldiers led by Lu Jiao brought their target into their field of vision, like a pack of wolves. The other side rushed away, and the two sides quickly entered the distance that the arrows could reach. Not many arrows flew past here, and it didn't seem to have any effect.
Lu Jiao was still wondering why the two sides received troops so quickly. Thousands of soldiers from the Wude Battalion over there, with red eyes, waving swords and guns, drowned like a sea tide, and their shouts were loud.
A soldier under Lu Jiao who rushed to the front slightly noticed something was wrong, and almost stopped subconsciously. He was pushed to the ground by his companions in the back and stepped on it. Then, more people in front subconsciously slowed down or slowed down. stop. This development was not what they had imagined, nor was it the same as what they had experienced a few days earlier.
The astonishment of the thousands of people did not last long. After a while, they were pushed flat by this simple, unruly charge of blood and energy in front of them. The anger of thousands of people swept across the miles-long front , heading north.
There was no fierce battle, no rules, no more siege and interception. After the soldiers passed, the red carpet was rolled out at one time, and the ground was covered with corpses...