The leaves have fallen, and the wind blowing across the mountains has brought a slight coolness, announcing the coming of winter. In the undulating mountains, the Xiaocang River flows quietly, the waterwheel turns as before, the children walk down the road, and there are not many residents walking on the streets in the valley. Due to the dispatch of the brigade, the white-hot battle situation in the northwest continued. The training ground in the valley was empty, and the atmosphere was not active. For days, it had been a quiet atmosphere.
Everyone in the valley is also concerned about the development of the war situation in the outside world.
Ning Yi walked on the mountainside, looking at the situation below.
After the outbreak of the war, this was the eleventh day, and there was a certain delay in the news, but Ning Yi knew that every day before, the battle between the Huaxia Army and the Jurchen Army was carried out at the most intense level. The first decisive battle report that came not long ago surprised him, but after confirming it, he became more complicated.
In the previous battle, due to the fierce battle and chaotic situation, many soldiers of the Huaxia Army were separated from the group. In the middle of the ambush of the Jurchen main formation in the Xuanjia Au area of Gyeongju, the accidental credit was made. These more than 20 people launched an attack on the Jurchen temporary camp in the middle of the night, suspected of killing Wanyan Loushi, the commander of the Jurchen West Route Army.
The news from the beginning is still suspected, because the main body of the news is still fighting.
On the night of the fourth day of September and the early morning of the fifth day of September, with the raid of more than 20 people as the fuse, the fighting in the Xuanjiakou area broke out to an astonishing level. No one could have imagined the tragic hedging and fighting. . In the previous nine days, every day of the battle was not easy, but the largest-scale hedging and fighting broke out twice, and this night, the two armies launched a full-scale hedging for the third time.
At first, it was the Fourth Regiment of the Huaxia Army who was in charge of the night attack, but the Jurchen's subsequent reaction mobilized the soldiers of the Huaxia Army near Xuanjia'ao. Not long after that, the scene was chaotic and the enemy was fully engaged. The Jurchen cavalry gave their last strength and launched a large-scale charge at night, while Liu Chengzong and others pushed the artillery array forward again.
Before this, in order to avoid the artillery formation of the Huaxia Army, Lou Shi was very careful every time he used troops. But this time Jurchen's attack was almost facing the artillery formation. After the initial shock, Qin Shaoqian and others realized the fact that the opposite command system had failed and began to calmly deal with it. The madness and strength of the Jurchen still exerted great destructive power on this night. After the chaotic and tragic war, the Jurchen brigade retreated, and the casualties were difficult to calculate. It became the fuse and the most fierce competition for Xuanjia's collapse. Around the village, the corpses left behind by the two sides seized each other almost piled up into mountains.
According to the preliminary information collected after the war, the matter pointed to the direction that Wanyan Loushi was killed by more than 20 raiding soldiers in the abandoned village of Xuanjiaao. Soon after, the second message from the battlefield basically confirmed this matter.
With few words on the battlefield, it's hard to imagine how hard it was for those on the front lines. Ning Yi was somewhat surprised that Wanyan Loushi, a god of war who had been on the battlefield for decades, was suddenly killed, but it was not incomprehensible. The previous eight or nine days of fierce confrontation, the fighting and hedging in every link, With the kind of spirit that has been elevated to the extreme, the Huaxia Army is no less inferior to any army. And there are those soldiers who have to come back even if they leave the team after a tragic war, and they have to give the opponent a savage blow with all their effort. Each of them is not much less humble than Wanyan Loushi.
It's just that if Wanyan Loushi really died, many things in the future might change from what was previously expected.
After all, fighting a dozen, dragging it down, talking and fighting a dozen is different from the Jurchen's unrelenting attack.
In the northwest valley after autumn, the color of the fallen leaves always shows a dignified withered yellow and pale gray. Ning Yi was chewing these things in his heart, but he was just sighing. Ever since Jurchen went south, things in the world have flowed like iron. Now that the Central Plains have fallen, and millions of people have migrated into exile, no one has ever been alone. Since they are in the center of this vortex, there is no way out. It was long gone. Although he was emotional, he didn't feel afraid.
After thinking for a while, he returned to the room and replied to the message in front of him:
First, let the members of Zhuji immediately publicize the news of Wanyan Loushi's death.
Second, it is recommended that the front line be cautious and beware of frauds. At the same time, if the fact that Lou Shi was killed in action is true, then do not consider any negotiation matters, and do your best to defeat the Jurchen army on the battlefield. The real people fled, and the Jurchen who did not surrender will kill them all in the northwest, so that they must understand the strength of the Huaxia army.
Third,…
In Jiangnan, Jurchen's search for mountains and seas has already begun.
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After the battle at Xuanjia'ao, the war in the northwest did not subside because of the defeat of the Jurchen army. In the following days, fierce battles were fought among the reinforcements from all sides. In the next battle, on the edge of Gyeongju, various forces, large and small, fought constantly.
There is news about Lou Shi's murder. The Jurchen team after the reorganization of the army has never confirmed it to the outside world. However, in the continuous fermentation of various information since then, people finally gradually realized that Wanyan Lou Shi, how many times in this soldier's life The nearly invincible Jurchen famous general was indeed killed by the opponent in a certain battle with the Huaxia Army.
On the seventh day of September, Zhe Keqiu vaguely realized this. On the ninth day of September, in the Chonggang area of Gyeongju, the Jurchen army, which had lost its highest command, fought a decisive battle with the Huaxia army. Hot air balloons equipped with crossbowmen lined up in the Huaxia army. It took off and threw explosive packs in the air. At the same time, the artillery positions launched a bombardment against the Jurchen army. After a frantic detour, the Jurchen army launched a full-scale assault on the Huaxia army under the leadership of the original guards of Wanyan Loushi. However, for the Huaxia Army at this time, such a reluctant attack basically does not have much meaning.
After this battle, Lou Shi's personal guards were all killed and wounded, and the rest of the Jurchen army had no intention to fight. Under the leadership of General Digu, they began to flee. The Huaxia army chased and killed thousands of enemies. The cavalry, in the northwest territory, launched a pursuit of the fleeing Jurchen army.
Amid the flood of retreat and casualties, this was perhaps the most embarrassing battle after the Jurchen army went south. On the same ninth day of September, after confirming the news of Lou Shi's death in Zhengzhou, Wanyan Xiyin smashed the table in the study with one punch. After the news of the defeat of the West Route Army came, he even let Ning Yi down. The pair of characters that Fan Hongji brought have been read many times.
"If the lingering people are here, who Yunhan is dead."
Over the years, Lou Shi's position in Zonghan's camp is really important. In the Jurchen court, he is also an important general with great military exploits. His merits on the battlefield are numerous, and his martial arts are strong. These are all made with one knife and one shot. He attacked Puzhou two years ago. He even led three soldiers to the city with one person, and the four of them fought at the head of the city. Opening the gap, no one thought that he would suddenly die on the battlefield. He is almost an invincible hero.
Similarly, after hearing the news of Lou Shi's death and the defeat of the West Route Army, Wu Shu and others' offensive in the south of the Yangtze River is going nowhere, and Yinshu can capture Mingzhou. He was originally a general with good intentions. The followers were a little restrained, and when they learned the news of Lou Shi's death, he ordered the soldiers not to block the sword for ten days. After that, the Jurchen massacred in Mingzhou, and then burned the city down with fire.
"This account is placed on the head of the man in the northwest." Yin Shuke said.
After that, the Jurchen East Route Army slaughtered several cities, and the Yangtze River Basin was full of bones.
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The blood was still spreading. In the color of the blood, he swung the thing in his hand and smashed the Jurchen general who was below him beyond recognition. Then he chopped off the head, lifted it in his hand, and threw it into the air.
"Come on" he shouted.
The surrounding companions were all leaning over, and they formed a formation. In front, countless Jurchens rushed over, stabbing them straight back with swords and spears, and the warhorse crashed in. Impaled, chopped down, corpses piled up like a hill. He also fell, and the blood gradually drowned everything...
When he opened his eyes, the sky was white in front of him.
It took Zhuo Yongqing a long time to realize that he was not dead. He was in a room where wounded soldiers were placed. There was someone on the bed next to him, gauze wrapped half of his head and face, but he could vaguely see that it was the squad leader Mao Yishan.
"Hey, kid woke up?" Mao Yishan was smiling.
It took him a while to figure out what had happened.
On the night of Xuanjia'ao, they met Wanyan Loushi and he killed Wanyan Loushi. When Mao Yishan talked about it, Zhuo Yongqing didn't believe it, but not long after, Mr. Ning and others came to see him, and he knew it was true.
In the bloody battle at Xuanjia'ao that night, there were countless casualties in the abandoned village, but in the end it was the Huaxia army who had the upper hand. They were a group of more than 20 people who finally held a group together and rescued seven seriously injured people. Two of them died not long ago, and five people were left alive. Now they are all temporarily placed in this room.
The five people are: Zhuo Yongqing, Luo Ye, Qu Qing, Hou Wu, and Mao Yishan.
In the time since then, five people have woken up one after another. In winter, it snowed outside, and they had been injured for nearly two or three months. The war outside had already been fought, and Zhejia returned to his own territory to defend the city. With the support of the Huaxia Army, the Zhongjia Army grew stronger and stronger. The influence has grown, and the Jurchen army is still killing in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, but at last, the northwest has been temporarily peaceful.
The five people were settled in Yanzhou City at this time, and Mr. Ning, General Qin and others also came to visit them occasionally. Luo Ye's injury was the fastest, and Qu Qing was the slowest. Three fingers were cut off from his left hand, and he was also stabbed in the leg. Maybe he would become lame in the future, and Mao Yishan was cut to pieces. Now, Hou Wu's injury is similar to Zhuo Yongqing's, and he won't leave too much sequelae after recovery. Of course, the place where Zhuo Yongqing's hand was pierced by a knife would occasionally hurt after scarring, or it would be inconvenient. Doing things, this is only a minor injury.
Because of the wound on his hand, Zhuo Yongqing occasionally thinks of the dumb girl who died in front of him.
Since Zhuo Yongqing's family was in Yanzhou, he went back to live for a few days after his injury got better. After the New Year, the five of them were all getting better. On this day, they went out together to celebrate the recovery of their bodies. Several people ordered a table in the restaurant. Luo Ye said to Zhuo Yongqing, "Boy, I am so envious. You... you actually killed Lou Shi." However, it wasn't the first time he said something similar.
Zhuo Yongqing was quite embarrassed: "I, I don't know if it is..."
They poured wine on the ground to pay homage to the dead souls. Soon after, Luo Ye raised his wine glass and paused: "If there are five of us in the book, it's called survival, and we have to swoop as brothers. But doing this kind of thing , is disrespectful to the dead and the living, because we, the Huaxia Army, everyone... have long been brothers." He pursed his lips and shook the glass, "So, brothers and sisters, let's toast!"
Zhuo Yongqing held the wine glass: "Cheers... brother."
They didn't say anything more about how special the five people were, none of them were special, and they didn't necessarily get together because of that. This is disrespectful to the dead. They came from different places and gathered together, just like all the members of the Huaxia Army who have died and are still alive.
However, in the years since then, Zhuo Yongqing has always remembered this day. No matter how many wars, divisions, sufferings, struggles, shouts and even eternal tricks they have experienced since then, he can always remember that many years ago , the scene where he gathers with such ordinary and unusual people.
It was the first winter he survived on the battlefield, and the Northwest ushered in a brief peace.
It was snowing outside the window.
Also, he was very drunk. (.)