Xiaocanghe, the sun is shining brightly, it is a difficult day for the green forest people who come.
Since Ning Yi killed the king, in the past year or so, there have been people from the Green Forest who came to Xiaocanghe to try to assassinate him every month. These people came in pieces, or were killed, or they were found outside the Xiaocang River, and they fled with injuries. They had also caused a small number of casualties in the Xiaocang River, and they did not affect the overall situation. But in the entire Wu Dynasty society and the green forest, the evaluation of the name Heart Demon has already fallen to a negative number.
For more than half a year after being assigned the task, Fan Zhong, the chief inspector, has been running around for this, gathering the heroes of the green forest to prepare for the attack on Ning Yi. Before that, Zhuji had long exaggerated Zhou Tong's assassination of Nianhan. When Fan Zhong went to pull people, many indignant Lulin people were incited by Zhuji. This kind of thing often made Fan Zhong and Tie Tianying and others found it ironic and interesting.
This time, there were a total of 362 people from the Green Forest gathered outside the Xiaocang River, and they were mixed with three religions and nine styles. Some of the Green Forest people who had been captured by Ning Yi and surrendered, or those who had hatred before, were also called over.
For example, Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, etc., they fell into the hands of Ning Yi in Liangshan, and later entered the army. When Ning Yi rebelled, he ignored them, but after liquidation, they naturally did not have a good life. Dispatched over and made meritorious deeds.
And people like Lei Heng and Li Jun, after Liangshan was broken, were chased and run everywhere by the forces of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and they were worried all day long. After Fan Zhong found them, he promised to reap the benefits and added threats at the same time, so they followed.
But most of the people who had dealt with Ning Yi before saw each other with complicated expressions.
In addition to the main gate, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Xiaocang River is still surrounded by rugged mountain roads that can be detoured. The timing of the attack was chosen during the day, because the concealment in the night would also make people unable to see the surrounding traps and traps. The heart demon Ning Yi was originally good at using firearms and tricks. Since this time it was a few hundred people. Attack, choose at night, but may be accidentally disrupted instantly.
In any case, everyone has made up their minds to live and die. Zhou Zongshi sacrificed his life for the assassination with dozens of people. He almost killed Nianhan, with hundreds of people on his side, even if he didn't succeed, he would have to make that demon terrified.
when making plans. The guys all echoed that.
It's just that when faced with life and death, it's embarrassing.
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In order to contain the defensive forces in the Xiaocang River Valley, the Green Forest people chose three places in total for this attack.
First, sneak up to the west side of the hill with a small number of hands, if you are found or not. A team of green forest experts with about 80 people will try to break through the main gate of the Xiaocang River estuary. The road here is narrow, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there are many people in the green forest who are good at flying over the eaves and climbing walls. , There are not too many people fighting each other in a narrow place, not to mention that there is water next to it, and there are people in the green forest. There were also quite a few water-powered ones, led by Li Jun, enough to catch Xiao Canghe's defenders by surprise.
The real attack was placed on the east side of the mountain, and it was launched at the end, going up the mountain through the originally explored trail, and over the past, straight to the inner demon's lair. According to the information from the Ministry of Punishment, this time Xiao Canghe went out to grab food, and all the defenders were dispatched. Even if there are defenders left, there must be not many. The attacking and killing of the green forest people may be almost impossible, as long as they rush in and wait for the opportunity to kill the demon. Everyone's hard work has paid off.
Xu Qiang lived among the more than 200 main forces on the east side. He did not know the specific situation of the other two routes. It was just that this route had just begun, and he encountered problems.
"White Fang Gun" Yu Lie stepped on the fire thunder, and his whole body was blown away. Blood drenched Xu Qiang, which was not too strange. When they set off, everyone expected a trap. It's just that the power of this trap is so powerful that the guards on the mountain will definitely be alerted. He Longqian, the "robber" who leads the team in front, shouts: "Everyone, watch out for the newly moved places on the ground!"
"Broken Door Knife" Li Yan said: "Anyway, it has already disturbed the mountain. I will not wait any longer and kill it immediately."
For a while, the crowd was enthusiastic, but the real problem occurred after running a few steps, and there was a shout from the rear: "Guan Sheng! I knew you had a problem!"
It was Hao Siwen, a former hero of Liangshan who was speaking, standing not far from Lei Heng and Guan Sheng, and did not move. Hearing this voice, everyone turned their heads subconsciously, only to see Guan Sheng holding a big sword, his face uncertain. At this time, there were still some people around, and someone asked, "Guan Sheng, why don't you leave!"
Someone came up: "Brother Guan, have something to say."
Although this was the beginning of the attack on the mountain, it was also the most urgent moment. Just after the explosion, who knew what enemies would appear on the mountain. Someone subconsciously surrounded him, and Guan Sheng took two steps back to get rid of the surrounding people. Seeing that he actually resisted, the nearby people subconsciously bullied him forward, Guan Sheng slashed his sword horizontally, and swept it out.
"After Liangshan, I didn't communicate with that Ning. But can you go up today?"
Hao Siwen gritted his teeth: "You were broken by that demon!"
"It's useless, just die." Guan Sheng glanced at the crowd of heroes in the mountains, "Hmph, Hao Siwen, you are wrong about me, but one thing is right, with the calculations of the devil, how can there be no such thing in the middle? His people? I'm afraid it's not one or two. In such a battle, I think that Fan Zhong is the one with the inner demon!"
"Sophistry! Guan Sheng, you speak clearly, do you dare to admit it!"
Someone rushed over, Guan Sheng turned around, and with a flick of the blade, forced the man away, and his body had stepped out of the way: "At this point, what is the benefit of Guan Mou talking more..."
Before he finished speaking, a figure on the hillside raised a steel whip and smashed the heads of the two people around him like a watermelon. This man laughed, but it was "Thunder Torch" Qin Ming: Brother is right, a group of rabble came voluntarily, how can there be no spies in the middle! He is not, but Qin is!"
There was a quick response nearby, and he drew his knife and rushed over: "Kill him!"
Qin Ming's steel whip swung, and his feet retreated several feet away. The sword-drawer rushed again, only to hear a bang, the ground exploded, and the man was blown away, and blood was sprinkled all over the ground.
Qin Ming stood there, but no one dared to go past. I saw him shaking the steel whip in his hand: "A bunch of stupid dogs! There is more than enough to fail! They dare to pretend to be chivalrous. In fact, they are extremely ignorant. You will come to kill while this little Canghe is empty, but some people know that this Why is Xiaocanghe empty?"
"Don't listen to his nonsense!" A locust stone flew over and was smashed open by Qin Ming.
"You can tell. The entire army of Xiao Canghe has gone westward, and the 200,000-strong Xixia army is now raging in the northwest. This entire army of Xiao Canghe is fighting against the people of Xixia! You wait for the little people of the rat generation! Huaxia Occupied. When the souls are ruined, they dare not fight against foreigners, but only dare to sneak here to show their prestige, and want to be famous. All die here!"
His words echoed in the mountains, and after he finished speaking, the figure flew to the rear and disappeared into the rocks in the distance. Everyone on the hillside looked at each other in dismay. There was still blood on Xu Qiang's face, and for a while he felt that his teeth were sore and powerless.
A group of people put life and death to come to kill the devil, and it has just begun. It is a traitor and an infighting. This iron cable crosses the river, can't go up or down, how can this fight
After a while, someone shouted: "This is a trick to confuse the public. The inner demon is the best at this kind of trickery. I will know the danger when I come here. You can't be shaken. Come on, kill with me."
Immediately someone responded: "That's right! Go ahead, except for this devil"
The crowd shouted and rushed towards the mountain. After a while, another explosion sounded, someone was blown away, and a figure gradually appeared on the hill. Arrows are also starting to fly down...
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In the valley, the sound of rushing and explosions could be vaguely heard outside. In the yard halfway up the mountain, Ning Yi came out with tea and cakes, humming a brisk tune.
"A big river with wide waves... The wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both sides, my home is right here... I'm used to listening to the stern's horn. I'm used to seeing the white sails on the boat... The girl is like... flowers... "
At the gate of the courtyard, the old man stood there with his hands on his back, looking up at the balloons fluttering in the sky. In the basket hanging from the balloons, someone was holding a red and white flag and waving it there.
"This thing is about to fly out, how to turn it?"
"A friend is here... There's good wine, if the jackal comes... Well, it can't be turned, this thing can only rely on the wind, it doesn't matter where it blows. Zuo Gong, come and drink tea."
Zuo Duanyou walked over, picked up a piece of cake, put it in his mouth and ate it, then clapped his palms and continued to listen to the sound of fighting outside: "Hundreds of people from the Green Forest rushed up and almost died, it seems that Liheng is really not afraid. You have offended the whole world. If a man is angry and splashes his blood for ten steps, you will have no peace in the future."
Ning Yi drank a cup of tea: "I've been offended a long time ago, haven't I?"
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On the eastern side of the foothills, on the rugged cliff behind, at this time, two ropes were hanging there silently. During the lively fighting outside, dozens of people walked along the most impossible rock wall and struggled to reach it. climb up.
Li Pin is one of them. His face was flushed red, and his hands had been ripped off by the rope. However, with the help of his companions, he still managed to climb to the top of the mountain, even though he was already weak.
So far, they have not alarmed any of the defenders of Xiaocanghe, because it is really difficult to get up and down this cliff. However, finding a strange man who can drill and climb mountains is also the biggest support for Li Pin's trip.
Ning Yi has been running Xiaocanghe for a year, even if most of the troops in the mountains have left, it is still impossible to sneak in and assassinate. For this day's attack, Fan Zhong assembled a large group of people from the Green Forest, but Li Pin did not trust this team from the beginning. This may have been influenced by Ning Yi at the beginning. Without a strictly organized manpower, it would be useless.
They are just bait.
On the mountain wall here, everyone pulled on the rope one by one and climbed forward again. The wind was blowing from the west, Li Pin stood on the last foothold, and was about to go up again after a break, and was stunned for a moment, and many people were also stunned.
A huge hot air balloon floated out from the mountain in the wind. Li Pin raised a telescopic mirror in his hand and looked over there. In the basket in the sky, a person was also holding a telescopic mirror and looked over, his expression seemed to be slightly deformed.
The man in the basket put down the telescopic mirror and shook the flag in his hand!
"superior"
Li Pin shouted
In the valley, a horse team ran towards the cliff here.
Before the horse team arrived, Li Pin's men climbed the steep cliff, and the people who came up first started to defend and fight. On the other side, the explosion on the hillside was still sounding, and Li Yanni and the others rushed into the valley covered in blood, braved by the defenders' bows and arrows. They wanted to find someone to fight, and the defenders who were on top had already begun to retreat faster, and those who rushed down fell into the traps, bows and arrows and other objects again.
On the hillside outside, there were bloodstains and corpses lying across the ground. Some people are already dead, some people are lying on the hillside among the earth and rocks, and they don't dare to move at this time, because they don't know where the explosion will suddenly occur, and some people are injured. The foothills on this side, which was gradually becoming quiet, were howling in pain.
The people who rushed into the valley rushed forward for a while before someone finally came out and fought them. The three-to-five-person team rushed towards the lonely people in the green forest, and ran away after a while of slashing. The "Burning City Gun" Zhu Biao, Yuwen Feidu, Xiao Hei and others stalked the lives of those who were left alone. This fight, which was supposed to be unfair, was like falling into a quagmire for the attackers. They continued to attack the courtyard on the mountainside over there. After all, the valley was not big. When they came in, they saw Ning Yi and others on the other side of the courtyard from a distance.
On the other hand, Li Pin and others also fought hard in the horse team's "kite" tactics. The people around him fought on the cliff after a fight. There are more than 40 people left, and these people are relatively strict in advancing and retreating, and they are not very hard bones.
Of course, Ning Yi didn't plan to have a hard time with them.
Chen Fan and Ji Qianer, the elite of the defenders, were near the courtyard at this time, waiting for Li Pin and others to arrive.
Zuo Duanyou looked at the queue that was killed by the hillside on the northeast side, frowning slightly: "Aren't you going to kill them immediately?"
"After all, there will still be some casualties in a strong attack. When they get here, their mood is almost the same." Ning Yi took a teacup in his hand and glanced at it. "There is also a friend in the middle. I haven't seen you for a long time. I should meet. Zuo Gong should also meet."
"Oh?"
"It's called Li Pin, and he once guarded Taiyuan with the eldest brother of the Qin family. He lived in nine deaths. He has been trained through experience, and he is a good scholar." Ning Yi tilted his head towards Zuo Duanyou, "You can... inherit Confucianism."
"Inheritance?" The old man frowned.
Ning Yi nodded without explaining.
Not long after, the two groups of people met in front of the open space about tens of meters in front of the small courtyard, ready to kill. The courtyard is here. More than ten large shields were dragged out, and the formation was set up, standing like a wall. The people in charge of garrisoning Xiaocanghe rushed out from all directions, pointing their bows, arrows, swords and spears there.
There are only a hundred people who can rush here, but at this time, there are as many as three or five hundred people rushing out from the vicinity, and the hillside is surrounded. In fact, from the moment Li Pin and others were discovered, these people had no chance.
Among these people, Xu Qiang had a feeling of despair and coldness in his heart. As a martial artist, I didn't think much about it. At first, I said that life and death were out of reach, and then I just subconsciously rushed to kill. After this step, I realized that such a charge may only bring a shock to the other party. Death is really coming.
Moreover, when he got here, he couldn't even fight anyone. He was injured by an explosion once and was shot twice. The rest of the time, he just waved his weapons and tried desperately to dodge. If you really want to say that you will be shocked by the other party, I am afraid it is unlikely.
Ahead, a voice sounded, delaying the time of his death.
"Brother Li, it's been a long time. Come and catch up."
In the crowd, Li Pin lined up the crowd and walked out with difficulty. He looked at the hundreds of people around him, and then walked towards the opposite side.
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After crossing the shield wall, in the courtyard, Ning Yi raised a teacup to him.
"More than 300 people from the Green Forest, dozens of yamen to arrest them... Even if Xiao Canghe's entire army is exhausted, 300 or 400 people will definitely stay behind. Are you dizzy? Come and drink tea."
In the small courtyard, the voice was plain and simple. Li Pin saw Ning Yi's figure, took a deep breath, and adjusted his clothes. At this time, he knew that he was going to die, but he still didn't know how the current conversation would develop.
So he replied: "I'm dizzy? Are you dizzy? Everyone says that the devil is in ten steps, and there is no way out. But he never imagined that he would kill the king in one anger and become the enemy of the world. You take this step, not only It's dizzy, and it's crazy!"
"Killing Zhou Zhe is just a trivial matter. I have decided to rebel. Oh, yes, Zuo Duanyou Zuo Gong."
Li Pin walked closer. Slightly stunned, then cupped his hands: "Li Dexin, the junior at the end of school, has seen Duke Zuo."
Zuo Duanyou stood there and nodded: "You help the Qin family to keep Taiyuan. It's good to put life and death aside."
"This is the responsibility of the younger generation. Taiyuan is still broken in the end, and life is ruined. It can't be well." After saying this, he has already walked into the courtyard. He picked up the tea cup on the table and drank it, then drank another.
"Rebellion is settled?" Li Pin was silent for a moment, before he spoke again, "There is a way to rebel, the Golden Palace kills the monarch, Tiandijun's personal teacher, you can't go any way! Ning Liheng, you are beyond stupid! Today I am If you die here, it will be hard for you to see tomorrow!"
"Rebel..." Ning Yi smiled, "Brother Li might as well talk about it. What's the way to rebel?"
"You have a long way to go. You have Lu Liangshan to help you, you have the right minister's left Ze, and you have Kang's concubine as a friend in the south, and you have a relationship with Kang Wang's mansion. King Kang is going to be a great treasure now. In any case, you only need to slowly plan. In short, all roads will be better than what you are walking in front of you. But you chose the most reckless road... No, there is no road in the place you choose."
Li Pin shook his head. Looking at Ning Yi, Ning Yi stood there, smiling all the time, he poured the tea again: "Do you still drink it?"
"Okay."
"Okay. Then let's talk about the difference between rebelling and killing the emperor." Ning Yi clapped his hands, "Brother Li think, why should I rebel, why should I kill the emperor?"
Li Pin was silent for a moment: "For the weakening of the Wu Dynasty, for the injustice of the loyal ministers, for the efforts to be fruitless?"
"Suffering for the people." Ning Yi added.
"Have it?"
"Yes. You always like to look at the big picture. Qin is always a loyal minister. When he suffers, he suffers, but others don't? I fought in Xia Village and saw a woman who was raped by Jurchen. She was rescued, skinny, very Poor, after a few days of rest, she got up to cook for the soldiers who rescued her, bandaged their wounds, and some people said they wanted to marry her. On the last day of the summer village battle, she rushed out with a knife, you see, she learned to get , became a real man... died on the battlefield."
Ning Yi shook his head: "In order to defend Bianliang City, how many people died, those in Xia Village, outside the city, they died to save Wu Chao. After death, there is no result. An emperor, With the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the world on his shoulders, weighing it up is like a kid joking, without any responsibility, who will die if he doesn’t die?”
"This is for the people?"
"Seeking common ground while reserving differences, we have very different views on the suffering of the people, but I'm rebelling for these good things, things that make me feel important, precious things, and people. Is this understandable?"
"You're damned, but understandable."
"Well, then Brother Li thinks, what is the most important thing about rebelling?"
When Ning Yi asked this sentence, Li Pin looked at him and didn't answer, Ning Yi smiled.
"You, you, many people think how to implement it, how to plan it step by step, slowly and slowly. You take this kind of thing as a cold case analysis, a simple thing, tear it down and see how It can be done. But I don’t agree with him: for any major event, the most important thing is his intentions!”
Ning Yi raised a finger, his eyes became cold and harsh: "Chen Sheng and Wu Guang have been oppressed, saying that the princes and generals are like Ning; Fang La rebels, it is equal to the law. You are stupid in reading, thinking that This kind of ambition is to shout out to play, to coax those farmers." He reached out and banged on the table, "This is the most important thing!"
He smiled: "Then why did I rebel? Those who did good deeds died, those who deserved good rewards died, those who deserved to live died, and those who deserved to die live. I want to change the first of these things. Step, I want to draw it slowly?"
Li Pin said coldly, "Then you want to kill the king?"
"It depends on whether I have the ability to kill the king." Ning Yi said, "If I don't have the ability, of course I will do it slowly, if I am Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and Fang La, of course I will do it slowly, but I'm not, this possibility lies in In front of me. If I want to rebel, he has to pay the price. If I can kill him without killing him, then I won't have to rebel in the future."
After a moment of silence in the yard, Ning Yi picked up the teacup and took a sip: "This is how people and things work. In the end, your standards will recede to a certain extent, because the world is harsh. You have the highest standard, and do things according to your life standards. You can retreat a little, you can compromise a bit, but your final achievement depends on how much you retreat. It is better to die than retreat, and only those who have survived can achieve great things. People who follow Xu Xutu, no matter how clearly they think, can only achieve nothing."
"Have you ever thought about... What will happen to the people of Bianliang? What will happen to the world?"
"Nonsense." Ning Yi drank the tea in his hand, "They have to die."
boom! Li Pin's palm clapped on the table: "They have to die!?"
Ning Yi's eyes were calm: "Of course you will die if you choose the wrong side. Did you know that when Lao Qin was in prison, they poured feces on Lao Qin."
Li Pin has roared out word by word: "Is that their fault?"
"It's not their fault?" Ning Yi spread his hands, then shrugged, "Oh, it's not their fault, they are innocent."
After Ning Yi finished saying this, there was pity in his eyes, but he had begun to become severe, and shook his head slowly and firmly: "No, it's their fault! They are not innocent! They are from the Wu Dynasty! But Jurchen, they will die."
His voice was thick and his inner strength was agitated. Later, his voice had already oscillated around and spread far and wide: "You are reasonable because you formed the Wu Dynasty! Peasants worked in farming and weaving, scholars studied and ruled, workers repaired houses, and merchants exchanged currency everywhere. You live together! The country is strong, and the people benefit from it! The country is weak, and the people die! This is a punishment from heaven! Because the country faces this world, and the world is unreasonable! There are only eight words for heaven and earth..."
His voice came out, word by word: "Natural selection, survival of the fittest!"
The voice was faint like thunder, and Li Pin frowned. He wanted to say something, but Ning Yi, who was acting like this, suddenly laughed: "Ha, I'm joking."
This time, even Zuo Duanyou, who was next to him, was frowning, not knowing what Ning Yi was trying to say. Ning Yi turned around, went to the box next to him and took out a few books, talking while walking over.
"Indeed, the people of Bianliang are very innocent, why are they not innocent, they don't know anything all their lives, the emperor did something wrong, and when the Jurchen called, they died in humiliation, and when people like me rebelled, They died humiliatingly. No matter whether they know the truth or not, their words are of no use, and they can only pick up what falls from the sky... Now, Li Pin, this is a book left by Qin Xiang, here's a set for you."
Ning Yi threw the book on the table: "So, in the middle of this, didn't you find anything wrong? They are too innocent, which is wrong in itself, how can you still be innocent after doing such a wrong thing? So I I was thinking, how about giving them a word that can be useful to the country? In this way, if something happens, people will die, and the reason will be the same."
In this babble-like voice, something was vaguely brewing, Ning Yi sat there, tapping his fingers on his knees, as if thinking. Li Pin knew that his actions would not be aimless, and was still thinking about the deep meaning of his words. On the other side, Zuo Duanyou frowned and opened his mouth.
"The people can let it go, but they can't let it know. The truth in the middle is not just talking about it."
Over there, the fingers that tapped on the knee stopped, Ning Yi raised his head, and there was no joke in his eyes.
Soon after, what he said was as terrifying as an abyss... (~^~)
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