In the mud, black, charred houses, corpses one by one.
Not long after the rain stopped, this was the village after being slaughtered by soldiers. The rain washed away the original flames and blood, but turned everything into an even more indescribable smell, which was disgusting. There were three knights standing on horseback in the woods on the side of the hill, looking this way.
The knight at the head had a beard and wore a scholar's robe, looking quite calm. He held a notebook in one hand and a fine brush in the other, dipped ink in the small ink bag at his waist, and then doodled the scene after the massacre on the notebook. After drawing for a while , will also lick the tip of the brush on the tongue, and then spit out a mouthful of black saliva.
The two people in the back are probably officers and soldiers of the Wu Dynasty. Looking at the sky, one of them whispered: "Sir Cheng, we have been staying here for a long time. If we don't leave, we might meet the Jurchen scouts..."
The adult surnamed Cheng added a few strokes, then shook the notebook and blew lightly. After a while, the ink dries a little before putting it away. Open your mouth slowly.
"Nianhan's main force slaughtered Xinzhou, and Wanyan Loushi broke Daizhou. It is estimated that he will arrive in Taiyuan soon." His tone was not high, and he asked with a little indifference, "Where are you going?"
This adult's words made the two officers and soldiers look embarrassed. Fortunately, the other party just sighed casually. After a while, he tightened the reins: "Let's go, go back quickly, don't be chased by the Jurchen scouts."
The three riders walked around the woods and left quickly.
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In Longcheng Taiyuan, Qin Shaohe stood on a small soil slope outside the city gate, watching the brigade of people pouring into the city, and on the field farther away. A large tract of rice that has been harvested is also being transported to the city.
Soon after, a group of knights tried to separate the crowd as much as possible, and came from a distance, full of dust. After the man in the scholar's robe at the head dismounted. Bow to Qin Shaohe and salute: "Sir."
"Zhouhai, how's it going?"
"Daizhou City was broken, Xinzhou City was slaughtered, and the vicinity of the city was also affected... It was extremely tragic." Cheng Zhouhai looked at him coldly, then sighed and turned to look behind. "If you don't see it in person, it's hard to imagine."
"It's not hard to imagine that Taiyuan is near." Qin Shaohe looked back at the towering Taiyuan city wall. He was the prefect of Taiyuan who was transferred this year. When Tong Guan was there, he was under Tong Guan's command. At this time, Tong Guan had already fled to the south, and he was left to guard this place with Wang Wei, who was in charge of the army.
As Qin Siyuan's eldest son, Qin Shaohe has always adhered to the way of a gentleman and is humble. Only this time Tong Guan abandoned Taiyuan and left, Qin Shaohe almost quarreled with Tong Guan. Of course, after that, Duke Chu's mind did not change, and he went south. Qin Shaohe naturally could only carry the burden with Wang Zhi.
This time the Jurchen went south and attacked the city so fast that the defense of the Wu Dynasty looked like a piece of paper. Qin Shaohe is also fine. Whether it is a boat or a sea, there is no basis for estimating the role of the army. Whether it was Shuozhou, Xinzhou, or Daizhou, one moment ago it was said that the Jin soldiers were attacking, and the next moment it seemed that the massacre of the city had already begun. Although Taiyuan's city defense is stronger than those of the city, but how long can it be held. No one has a bottom in their hearts.
In the distant field, the wind and clouds are flying, the top of the wall in Taiyuan. A large number of fortifications were also built with the army and civilians entering the city. Countless messages came from the west and north, among which there were warriors who had finished stabbing Yan Zonghan. Although I heard that some generals were killed, but since Wanyan Zonghan was only injured, his estimate of Taiyuan City is still not optimistic.
It seemed that maybe in a few days, everyone would be dead.
Looking at the crowds of people avoiding disaster, Qin Shaohe, Cheng Zhouhai and others had such thoughts flashed in their hearts. But since he is here, he can only do his best. After a while, Cheng Zhouhai went to the city and summoned the person in charge of Zhuji in Taiyuan City, and began to do what everyone was good at, inciting the entire city's military and civilians to participate in the defense of the city. And Qin Shaohe walked up to the city wall after a moment of relaxation, and more commanders got busy.
Soon after, Li Pin, who had already secured his position as the deputy envoy of the Hedong water and land transport, also entered the city with a large amount of transported military and civilian materials.
Even if they are ready to sacrifice themselves, they still don't know what a difficult and long battle awaits them...
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Beijing, Xiaoxiaoyu breaks.
In the gloomy weather, Shishi woke up from his sleep. It was still in the afternoon, and the Fan Building was already lively.
Because of the war in the north, the business of Fanlou has become exceptionally good in recent days. The big merchants who travel to and from the capital, the officials who enter and leave the imperial court, the gentlemen and celebrities who enter the capital from the countryside, and the scholars who scold Fang Qiu all gather here.
The shadow of the war is shrouded in the shadow of the war. The merchants with business in the north need to transfer their interests and need to go to Beijing to clear the relationship; the gentry who are worried about the damage to the family industry should ask familiar officials about the changes in the war situation; above the court, there are various interests The officials involved need to be connected in private; the impassioned scholars are here to discuss the state affairs and express their minds. All these things, a busy lively.
There are also scholars who decided to write to join the army and go north to fight the enemy. They were invited to Fanlou to send poetry and wine to each other, and they made an agreement with each other that they would meet in the north soon.
Every time he got here, the teacher couldn't help but think of Ning Yi, who had been going north for several days. He didn't say too much, and there was no one to congratulate him. He just settled down with his wife and children and left like that. Shishi still doesn't know the specific purpose of his going north, thinking it is a major event, but he also told his family to go south.
"Things can be big or small. If possible recently, it's good to take a walk to the south."
This is what Ning Yi said to her that afternoon when she left. At that time, Ning Yi just called her home and explained the fact that he was going north temporarily, but he still said this to her later. The teacher is so eloquent, and he has guessed that Ning Yi went north to prevent the Jurchen from going south, so the deep meaning of this sentence becomes terrifying.
At that time, she looked at Ning Yi for a while with a stunned expression, and then asked in a low voice, "Is it so bad?" Ning Yi just nodded solemnly: "There is a possibility, so be prepared."
He was instructing to pack up the things going north at home at the time, his expression was too indifferent, and his words were too calm. The teacher was shocked at that time. He didn't even tell him to be careful when heading north.
Later, I thought about it and knew him for so long. He dealt with the Liangshan bandits, opened a shop in Bianjing, did business, took in orphans, recruited a large number of workers, and let Zhuji tell people the stories of literati defending Taoism and warriors for the country. In order to relieve the disaster, he also offended many people with backgrounds, resulting in assassinations every now and then. He has always been calm and right. But showing that indifferent and casual look that day may also explain. He was about to start working hard again.
This time, it was to meet the Jurchen. Even if he didn't understand what he was going to do, he could guess the danger.
After he left, what the teacher was brooding about was that he never said a word of caution to him. Sometimes she thinks too. He let his family go south, and he also reminded himself by the way, could it be that his feelings for himself are the same as for his family? Thinking like this, have you moved the love between men and women towards Ning Yi
Later, she thought that she should be careful with such a person, no matter who it is, not to mention that he is her childhood friend. As such. My heart was relieved, and I was no longer entangled in the love of children.
After that, the news in Fanlou. It is also complicated and varied. She listened carefully, and sometimes heard that Guo Yaoshi's surrender was persecuted by someone, sometimes heard that Wanyan Zonghan had already forced Taiyuan, and sometimes heard that Zong Wang He suffered a big defeat in Hebei. It was also said that Wu Cheng and Wu Feng were going to attack Zong Han, and so on. And so on…
In the courtroom, there are also various news. Some people advocate what to talk about, some people advocate attacking, some people advocate sticking to it. It is said that the Western Army of the commander of the master will soon be dispatched. The news came from the grandfather Tong Guan, and the teacher noticed that it was somewhat similar to Ning Yi's thoughts. Then, near Bianliang City, it seems that preparations have already begun to harden the walls and clear the fields. The migration of millions or even millions of people has been scolded for tyranny...
With the teacher's information ability, in the past, it was possible to clearly sort out clues from the chaotic news, but this time it was not so easy. And among them, she couldn't see what Ning Yi, who went north, was doing now. The nearby Wu Dynasty troops seemed to be heading north, preparing to meet the Jurchen. Under such circumstances, why does Ning Yi feel that Bianliang will be in danger
In such a mood, as for Ning Yi's suggestion to let her go south, she didn't want to think about it. This familiar city, she can't go north like him, she can always wait for the result and stay here.
After the rain stopped, water droplets dripped from the eaves, and the wind blew from the courtyard, stroking the tulle dress on her body, bringing bursts of chills. The hustle and bustle in the building spread to the courtyard through the wall, and the maid also came, bringing the news that the two groups of people were asking to see each other. She pulled the collar of her clothes and looked out at the gloomy sky still shrouded in dark clouds.
Oh, it's so cold and autumn...
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A huge fortified wall and clear field is unfolding on the land to the north. Countless messages are gathering toward the south like snowflakes. Located in the center of this piece of news, Ning Yi is sorting out a lot of news and materials on the carriage going forward. Occasionally, for some useful things, he can send out something that will make Zhuji respond. , partial opinion.
A lot of information related to and unrelated to the progress of the fortified wall and clearing the field is also gathering. Because of the distance, he knows it earlier than the capital.
Zonghan broke through Xinzhou, and Wanyan Loushi of the West Route Army broke through Daizhou. To the east, Wanyan Zongwang headed south with Guo Pharmacist Chang Sheng's army as the vanguard. Peng Zuhui led a 60,000-strong army to meet Wanyan Zongwang in the north of Dizhou, but was defeated by Guo Pharmacist. After the big break, Peng Zuhui fled south with 8,000 defeated soldiers, Dizhou was destroyed and the city was massacred, the Jurchen East Road Army galloped towards Jinan and so on...
The Jurchen marched rapidly, and at this time it was the autumn harvest, and it was almost impossible for a large-scale firm to clear the walls. There was a lot of questioning and criticism in the courtroom, and they believed that the fortified walls and clear fields in the north were meaningless to stop the Jurchen. All kinds of problems rose to the top almost as soon as they started. Ning Yi had a very tight time on hand, especially in the first time, he kept summarizing information and issuing various concise and clear instructions. So when Zhu Biao brought in that information, he simply looked at it, put it down, and then picked it up and looked at it again. Some modifications have been made to the above.
"Give it to Dong Fangxian, join the propaganda plan, special class, and push him to the altar."
Zhu Biao hesitated for a while. In fact, he was not responsible for delivering news to Ning Yi in person. He came here at this time, probably because he thought the news was too important, but then he took it over and lifted the curtain of the car to go out.
The carriage continued to drive, and people came to knock on the wall from time to time. About half an hour later, another thing came. The person who got on the carriage was also Dong Fangxian, who was in charge of publicity in Zhuji, and handed a manuscript to Ning Yi. Ning Yi took it and looked at it.
"The backgrounds of the eight Jurchen generals who died may still need to be carefully checked, but that's all you have at hand, and it will gradually thicken after that. Can you see if this is okay?"
Ning Yi looked over quickly, drew a few points with a brush, and then quickly said: "Except for the eight people with names, the rest are the elites around Nianhan to emphasize. The numbers cannot be vague, you are saying that they were killed or injured. More than 100 is not shocking, add it to the top, let’s say 268 people were killed and injured, 127 people were killed and the rest were injured, just write it like this.”
"If anyone asks how we figure out the numbers..."
"Let's just say that the Nianhan army made statistics by himself."
"Yes."
Dong Fangxian went down with the article, and Ning Yi continued to deal with the matter. After half an hour, the second draft was handed in. Ning Yi looked at it, and then waved his hand impatiently for someone to take it away.
The carriage continued to move forward, and the piled up things continued to be dealt with. When it came to an end, the car stopped. Ning Yi was about to get out of the car to move his muscles and bones. Bring a follower and ask him to fetch something.
When he got out of the carriage, there was a bleak sunset in the distance, and the entourage ran back and took back the note he had given Zhu Biao to Dong Fangxian. The original information was on it. He sat on the side of the carriage and watched. words above.
"On the night of the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, Zhou Tong led the green forest heroes in Xinzhou City to assassinate Nianhan, and killed eight members of the Jurchen army, including Chixian, Shu Mutu, Han Erguo, etc. The Jurchen army generals Nianhan, Wanyan Xiyin, Yin Shuke, Tu Lisu, and others were all slightly injured... Known to be involved in the assassination... Zhou Dong died..."
He saw a lot of news in a day, and the fiasco and the massacre were all in one, but maybe because of the name of a certain person in this news, his mood was lowered...
Zhu Biao also walked over with a complicated and depressed look... ()
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