As the sun sets, the lights on Hedeng County are lit up. Halfway up the mountain, the sound of people coming and going from courtyard to courtyard seemed lively.
Near the General Political Department of the Huaxia Army, a courtyard with two camellia trees is where Ning Yi usually works. When things are busy, it is difficult to return early. In October, after the Huaxia Army captured Chengdu, it had entered a stage of temporary rest and consolidation. On this day, Han Jing returned from the front, held a meeting during the day, and came over to meet Ning Yi at night.
Han Jing was originally one of the most outstanding leaders in Qingmu Village. After he was integrated into the Huaxia Army, he was now the commander of the First Division of the Fifth Army. When I came here this time, the first thing I talked about with Ning Yi was something that Ning Ji had fully adapted to in the army.
It is now the ninth year of Jianshuo, and Ning Yi has been together for more than a year after reuniting with his family and children. The situation in the world is chaotic, and most of the children are beaten and beaten, and they are not squeamish. In the relatively easy-going relationship between Ning Yi and his family, the relationship between father and son, father and daughter, was finally not broken due to the long-term separation.
The eldest son, Ning Xi, is now fourteen and almost fifteen years old. At the beginning of the year, Ning Yi set up a marriage for him and Min Chuyi, but now Ning Xi is learning all kinds of mathematical and humanistic knowledge arranged by her father under the trend of sense of responsibility. Yi didn't care that he was trained as a successor by inheriting his father's business, but in the current atmosphere, and the child was motivated, Ning Yi was also happy to let him get in touch with all kinds of education in mathematics, physics, chemistry, history and politics.
The eldest son doesn't make people worry too much. The second son, Ning Ji, is almost twelve this year, but it is quite a headache for Ning Yi. Since he came to the Wu Dynasty, Ning Yi has been thinking about becoming a martial arts master, but now his achievements are limited. Xiao Ningji has been humble and polite since she was a child. She is more like a scholar than Ning Xi, but unexpectedly, her talent and interest are in martial arts. Ning Yi has not been able to practice martial arts since she was a child. At the age of ten, the foundation has already been laid.
However, to make achievements in martial arts, it is not something that a good master can do. Hongti, Watermelon, Du Sha, and even Chen Fan from Miaojiang, all of them have experienced life and death again and again. The improvement is only by luck. When parents don't want their children to fight for life and death, for Ningyi, on the one hand, they hope that their children have the ability to protect themselves, let them practice martial arts since childhood, at least physically strong, on the other hand, However, he does not approve of the child's development in martial arts. Now, the arrangement of Ning Ji has become a problem.
It was also that he reunited with the children after a long absence. He was overwhelmed with pride. At first, he boasted that he was the best in the world in martial arts. The set of martial arts strengthened Xiao Ningji's idea of inheriting "the best in the world". At the age of eleven, he had laid a foundation for his internal skills, and his bones gradually stabilized. Although he seemed handsome, his stature had begun to rise. After a few years of stability, it is estimated that he will overtake Yue Yun and Yue Yinping, the two children of the same generation that Ning Yi has met.
Ning Ji is the child of Ning Yi and Yunzhu. He inherited his mother's beautiful appearance. After his ambition was settled, Ning Yi struggled for a while, and finally chose to support him as openly as possible. The martial arts in the Huaxia Army is also prosperous. Even for young people, it is common to occasionally put the fight right. Ning Ji often participates. At this time, the opponent will not be able to practice real kung fu. Ning Yi's Yunzhu even cried twice with Ning Yi because of this, and almost came out as a mother to oppose Ning Ji's martial arts. Ning Yi discussed with Hongti and Xigua many times, and finally decided to throw Ning Ji into the medical team of the Huaxia Army to help.
You can learn martial arts, but first learn to heal.
This is also the well-intentioned work of several parents. When practicing martial arts, it is inevitable to face life and death. The cruelty seen in the military medical team is similar to the battlefield. Many times, the pain and helplessness in it is still more than that. Ning Yi took the children at home to help the military medical team more than once. On the one hand, it is to promote the value of heroes, and on the other hand, it is to let these children see the cruelty of the world in advance. During this period, even the most caring and helpful Wenwen was scared to cry every time and went back. Then have nightmares.
During the period of recuperation, there were not many wounded in the military medical team. When the Huaxia Army and the Mangshan Ni people officially fought, and then the soldiers left the Chengdu Plain, what the military medical team saw became a real Shura field. In the hedging of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, no matter how elite the army is, it will inevitably suffer casualties. Even if the front line is successful, the military doctors are still faced with a large number of bloody wounded. Soldiers whose heads were bleeding, their stumps were broken, and even their bodies were split open, and their stomachs flowed across their stomachs. Howling and struggling between life and death can give people an indescribable spiritual shock.
However, these are also heroes who fought bravely.
Throwing eleven-year-old children in such an environment is the most cruel way to grow up, but it is also the only relatively "gentle" choice that can replace life and death experiences. If you can retreat in spite of difficulties, that's fine, if you survive... If you want to be an adult, you have to endure this hardship in the first place. Then let him go.
"... If you want to talk about your experience, I naturally understand it, but I don't dare to be so cruel to children... The mother-in-law at home won't let it. Fortunately, the second young boy is very good, and he is only eleven years old. , running around in a group of wounded soldiers, no matter how good he is, my soldiers like him. I see, if this goes on, Second Young Master will become a general in the future."
Sitting down in the room and talking about Ning Ji after chatting, Han Jing admired it quite a bit, Ning Yi poured him some tea, but sighed when he sat down.
"There can be other ways, who would want children to suffer this crime, but there is no way, the world is not peaceful, and they are not children of good families. When I was in Bianliang, I assassinated several times a month. Now It's even more troublesome. A bunch of children, you can't keep him at home all day, you have to let him see the world, and let him have the ability to take care of himself... It didn't matter to kill an emperor before, but now you think about which child will die someday , I feel uncomfortable, I don't know how to explain to their mother..."
"...don't think so."
"It's psychological preparation." Ning Yi paused, then smiled: "It's my mouth too, otherwise Ning Ji wouldn't want to become a martial arts master. What's the use of becoming a great master, the future is not Green Forest The era of ... In fact, there has never been the era of Green Forest, let's not talk about the probability of not becoming a master and dying halfway, even if you become Zhou Tong, what can you do, engage in sports in the future, or sing opera, crazy... "
He said mean things, Han Jing couldn't help laughing, Ning Yi touched him with a teacup like drinking: "Little boy, Big Brother Han, don't call him Er Shao, a playboy is a sign of premature death. The most precious thing is Toughness, when I first let him follow the military medical team, he had nightmares every night and couldn't eat food. After less than a month, he didn't complain. After overcoming it, he began to practice martial arts again. I can't stop a child from having this kind of toughness. He... However, I hinted to him at the beginning that the future is the era of muskets. If you want to avoid injury, you should follow Yuwen Feidu to ask more about archery and marksmanship. What did Hei ask for advice from the Thirteen Taibao Heng Lian Jin Zhongjia, sigh, he was the most handsome child in our family, but now he will be ruined, I don't know how to explain it to Yunzhu."
Han Jing also smiled: "Thirteen Taibao Gong cultivates both inside and outside, ahem, it's still... not bad."
"What about both internal and external cultivation? Look at Xiao Hei's appearance, you are so worried..." He sighed casually, but there was still a sense of relief that a child could persevere in his smile. After a while, the two chatted from the military medical team to the front line. After the capture of Chengdu, the Huaxia Army was on standby for repairs, and everything was maintained in wartime state, but there was no plan to attack Zizhou in a short period of time.
"... Block the border and consolidate the defense line. First, complete the household registration and material statistics of the occupied area. The legal team has passed, and the backlog is cleared. The bullies who have caused public grievances in the market will be hit first and maintained for a period of time. After this process has passed , Everyone has adapted to each other, and then the population and trade flow will be released, and there should be a lot fewer people leaving... In the letter, we said that we will hit Zizhou, so Zizhou will not fight first, and maintain the initiative of military operations. The consideration is The division must be famous. As long as Zizhou is still there, the process of sending troops will not be over, so it is more convenient to deal with the cards on the other side... Using deterrence to promote peace talks, if we can really force a negotiation, it will be worth more than Zizhou."
"Although I don't understand the officials of the Wu Dynasty, but the possibility of negotiation is not high, right?" Han Jing said.
"It's not big." Ning Yi nodded with a smile, "However, as long as Zizhou is still in their hands, there will be a lot of interests involved, and these people will persuade the court not to give up the southwest, and will accuse the loss of the southwest. The people who are in the courtroom will make those high-ranking officials in the court utterly devastated. Once Zizhou changes hands and the matter is settled, the words of these people will be of no value... So let it go first, the situation is so chaotic, and it will be won next year. Not too late."
As Ning Yi said that, he and Han Jing looked at the huge map of the Wu Dynasty on the wall on the side of the room. A large amount of information has been transformed into flags and arrows, which are densely presented on the map. The war in the southwest is only a corner. What is really complicated is the actions and confrontations north of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yellow River. Near the Daming Mansion, the yellow flags representing the golden people were densely planted into a grove. This was a battle situation that Han Jing, who was on the front line, couldn't help but worry about.
Zongfu and Zongbi began to attack Damingfu in September, but after more than a month, the battle failed. Now the main force of the Jurchen army has begun to cross the Yellow River south. Wanyan Chang, who was in charge of logistics, led more than 30,000 Jurchen elites, and together with the more than 200,000 Han troops collected from Li Xizhiyuan's jurisdiction, they continued to besiege Da Ming. It seemed that they were ready for a long-term siege.
The latest information is reflected in the west line of the Central Plains corresponding to the east road. After Wang Juyun's mobilization of troops, Jin Wang Tianshi drove the expedition in person, and the army rushed to the Zonghan army from Yueyanmen Pass with the momentum of burning jade and stone. The most powerful and shocking resistance that suddenly erupted in the Central Plains. Han Jing had doubts about this, so he asked Ning Yi, and Ning Yi nodded to confirm.
The news about the direction of King Jin in the Central Plains was personally delivered by Zhan Wu, the shopkeeper of Zhuji who was in charge of contacting Lou Shuwan. With Tian Shi's departure, King Jin's army mobilized as many as one million troops one after another. Tian Hu's fortune saved in more than ten years.
With the dispatch of the army, the struggle in this local political circle suddenly became fierce. Although the anti-gold slogan was enthusiastic, there were many people who were unwilling to take their lives under the iron hoofs of the golden man, and these people moved accordingly.
On the day the army was dispatched, martial law was started in King Jin's territory. On the second day, Yuan Zhanxia, one of the elders who had supported Tian Shi's rebellion, secretly sent an envoy to try to contact Wanyan Xiyin of the East Route Army.
On the same day, Lou Shuwan, who had already prepared manpower, led his troops into the original family, and a whole large family was imprisoned. Zhongfan and the original family have been imprisoned countless times, and within a few days, the head cut off in Wasion City can build a Jingguan.
This kind of brutal and tyrannical means came from the hands of a woman, and even Zhan Wu, who was used to seeing the world, was heartbroken. The Jurchen army has not yet reached Taiyuan, and the entire territory of King Jin has turned into a chilling Shura field.
The tense situation north of the Yellow River has its own reasons. After more than ten years of recuperation, the King of Jin’s territory was able to gather millions of soldiers and then resist, although some Han people were excited, but what they faced in front of them was the one who once fought side by side with Wanyan Aguda, and now rules half of the Jin Kingdom. Jurchen military god Wanyan Zonghan.
On the other hand, in King Jin's territory, in addition to its own army of one million, to the west is the northwest that has been killed by Jurchen, and to the east, even if the resistance of Damingfu is added with Zhu Biao's black flag army, it is only a mere 50,000 to 60,000 people. , to cross the Yellow River to the south, and have to cross Bianliang City and the nearly 1,000-mile journey that was actually still in the hands of the Jurchens to reach the Yangtze River Valley, which was actually controlled by the Wu Dynasty. The army of millions faced Wanyan Zonghan. In fact, That is, a lonely army.
Everyone is making a choice with their own lives.
"... Back then in Luliang Mountain, I met this young master of the Tian family once. When I first met, I felt that this man was arrogant and short-sighted, and I didn't pay attention. But I didn't expect that this person was also a hero. And this girl from Lou. , it's really... amazing."
When Tian Shi and Lou Shuwan went to Luliang, Han Jing and the others were still preparing for a battle code-named "beating children." At this time, they looked at the summaries of the various messages from the north, and they couldn't help but sigh for the other party.
Among these news, there is also a letter written by Lou Shuwan and sent to the Huaxia Army by Zhan Wu. On the letter, Lou Shuwan has a clear logic and calmly analyzed the King Jin's plan and the situation faced by the Huaxia Army headed by Ning Yi, and stated the fact that the King Jin's army will fail. After such a calm statement, she hopes that the Huaxia Army can provide more support to the King of Jin's troops in the spirit of being the people of China and helping each other. At the same time, she hopes that the Huaxia Army, who has been cultivating in the southwest, will be able to send troops decisively and quickly. Open up the passage from the southwest to Xiangyang and Bianliang, or turn from the southwest to the northwest, so as to provide practical support to the troops of the King of Jin.
Let the Black Flag Army be dispatched at the moment, directly open up the thousands of miles of territory in the entire Central Plains, and then start a confrontation with the Jurchen Army. This is of course impossible, but Han Jing felt more or less admiration and guilt in the other party's calm statement and desperate facts. When he handed the letter back to Ning Yi with a complicated look, Ning Yi also looked at him with a half-smile: "How do you feel?"
"...It's amazing, and she's telling the truth."
"Yeah, it's amazing." Ning Yi smiled, and after a while, he threw the letter back on the desk, "However, this woman is a lunatic, and the purpose of her writing this letter is to disgust people, Don't worry too much."
"Uh… "
Han Jing was puzzled, but Ning Yi had a different feeling about this seemingly normal letter. He is a person with a resolute heart. He is used to treating mediocre people as adults. Back then in Hangzhou, Ning Yi had no appreciation for this woman. Even if he killed the whole family, at the moment of reunion in Luliangshan, Ning Yi would definitely not appreciate it. I don't care. It's just from the development of Lou Shuwan over the years and the way she does things that she can see the trajectory of the other party's existence, and what cruel experiences and struggles she has experienced between life and death.
The beams of the two sides are too deep, but at this moment, they have to admit that the other party has grown into a real person. Especially when this letter was written, she made a desperate choice, and also knew that the Huaxia Army would never be able to move north and recover the Central Plains at this time. Such behaviors that put life and death are enough to make people feel admirable. Huaxia soldiers While admiring her, Ning Yi's mood was naturally disgusting.
This almost perverted sense of humour also made Ning Yi laugh and cry, and a bit of respect.
"I knew that I had killed her back then... it's been a hundred times..."
After chatting with Han Jing for a while, when we sent him out, the sky was already full of stars. Talking about the current situation of the Northland on such a night, the fierce and cruel battle situation, is actually talking about your own future. Even if you are in the southwest, how long can you be calm? The hedge between the black flag and the golden man will come sooner or later.
In the ordinary starlight, going north and east, the traces of winter have already descended on the earth. Over three thousand miles to the east, Lin'an City has a night that is a hundred times more prosperous than Hedeng in the mountains.
As the heart of today's Wu Dynasty, people from south to north gather here, and countless things, big and small, related to the whole world, happen and brew here. Right now, the temporary protagonist of a story in the capital is Long Qifei.
In August, the Huaxia Army issued a letter to the southwest, telling the world, and soon after, Long Qifei set off from Zizhou to return to Beijing, and all the way, the car and the boat, the horse, the horse, the starry night, and it had been more than ten days since he returned to Lin'an.
When the country is in danger, it is also a time when heroes are born in large numbers. At this time of the Wu Dynasty, the poems of the scholars are sharp and tragic, the green forest has a patriotic feeling, and the chivalrous people are born in large numbers. made great progress. In addition, various schools and ideas have gradually emerged, and many literati are running around Beijing every day, selling their strategies for saving the country. Under the inspiration of Ning Yi, Li Pin and others gradually developed schools and newspapers.
Since the Jin people went south to show signs, the prince Junwu left Lin'an, led various troops to the front line, and built a steel Great Wall north of the Yangtze River. The sight to the north has always been the focus of the scholars. However, there are still many people who are still vigilant about the Southwest. Before the war in the Southwest, there was propaganda among the scholars about the deeds of Long Qifei and others. When the Southwest was in danger and Long Qifei arrived in Beijing, this group of people immediately It attracted a lot of attention.
There may also be doubts about these people escaping, but after all, they are too far apart, and heroes are needed when the situation is in danger. Most of the propaganda for these people is positive. After Li Xiannong was questioned and arrested in the southwest, the deeds of the scholars who persuaded the Mangshan Ni people to raise troops to fight against the Black Banner Army also became Long Qifei's strategy in most people's eyes. In the face of a savage devil like the Black Flag Army, it is not easy to be able to do these things. After all, the tragic and solemnity of killing thieves and being unable to return to the sky can also make people feel recognition.
During the 3,000-mile journey, Long Qifei lost weight in the uneasiness and high-intensity running. After arriving in Lin'an, he was stubborn and his mouth was full of anger. The first thing he did after arriving in Beijing was to kneel to all the Confucian scholars he knew. The black flag was so powerful that he was disgraceful to his mission.
The matter of such great Confucians, who had their hearts on the family and the country, and kneeling down to the people to plead for their sins, immediately became a good story in the capital. In the following days, Long Qifei and the people ran back and forth, and kept going to the palaces of the ministers in the court to plead. With the help of many sages in Beijing. He stated the importance of the Southwest, the wolf ambitions of the Black Flag Army, and constantly warned the DPRK, stating that the Southwest cannot be lost, and that if the Southwest is lost, the world will perish. patriotic craze.
Many senior officials in Beijing came to invite him to the banquet, and even the stewards of the princess' mansion came to invite him to discuss and learn about the specific situation in the southwest. Poetry clubs sent invitations to him. Never stop... During this period, he twice visited the privy envoy Qin Huizhi, Lord Qin, who had prompted him to go west. However, after the failure of the court, Qin Hui was powerless and unwilling to push the expedition against the southwest again. Many senior officials and celebrities have expressed great importance and respect for him, but few important figures are willing to make efforts for the event of sending troops to the southwest.
In the middle of the night, at the entrance of Qingyi Alley, the red lanterns were hanging high, and the brothel Chu Pavilion and the theater tea shop in the alley were still not enthusiastic. This is one of the lively social outlets in Lin'an City. In the lobby of the inn, there are still many celebrities and scholars who came here. There is a brothel in front of the Sihai Club. Even in the windows above the brothel, some people listen to the music and pay attention to the situation below.
Finally, a carriage came in from the street and stopped in front of the Sihai Club. Long Qifei, who was thin, with half-white hair and red eyes but still enthusiastic, got off the carriage. He was only four years old. Ten, during the more than a month of rushing, all kinds of worries and pains, so that the hair is half white, but this is also the appearance, which makes everyone respect him even more. Leaving the carriage, he leaned on a wooden stick in one hand and stood still with difficulty, his dark red lips pursed, his face filled with anger, and the crowd gathered around him. He just walked towards the inn without saying a word. .
Sending troops to the southwest is a complicated decision that determines the direction of a country. After more than ten days, there is no result. He realizes that the momentum is not large enough, and it is not enough to prompt adults such as Qin and the eldest princess to make a decision. After all, people of insight are on his side, so that night, he went to Mingtang to visit Li Pin and Li Dexin, who had an interview.
Li Dexin's newspaper has a huge influence in Beijing today, but these days, there have only been some descriptive reports on Long Qifei's return to Beijing. Long Qifei was dissatisfied, and felt that maybe he did not respect him enough, so he went to the door in person, hoping that the other party would realize the importance of the southwest, put national affairs first, and promote the defense of the public opinion in the southwest.
However, Li Dexin refused his request.
Back at the inn at this time, everyone asked about the results of the negotiation between the two parties. Long Qifei just walked inside. After passing through the lobby, he put the wooden stick on the ground. After a while, he said: "Li Dexin... generation…”
The words were resentful, but they were loud and loud. Everyone in the hall was stunned, and then began to talk in a low voice. Someone chased after him and continued to ask. Long Qifei stopped talking and went back to the other side of the room. When he returned to the room, Lu Guoer, a famous prostitute who accompanied him to Beijing, came to comfort him. He remained silent and did not speak, and his eyes became even more red.
"Master, this is the list of the adults who sent the post today... Master, things in the world are inherently difficult and difficult, don't hurt yourself for these people..."
Lu Guoer is also a woman who has seen many things. After speaking for a while, Long Qifei waved his hand: "You don't understand, you don't understand..."
There are some things he won't say to the woman around him. In Li Pin's conversation with him today, he was very distressed, and some of his words went too far, which made Long Qifei feel palpitations. Since he returned to Beijing, everyone has regarded him as a leader that everyone expects, but this is also due to the situation in the southwest. If the court really cannot take back the southwest in a practical sense, what meaning does he have as an opinion leader
Li Pin made a name for himself. At the beginning, he talked about how to be different from Ning Yi, because the devil was too high for his status, but now he is pretending to talk about it slowly. In addition... the members of the court are not things, including Qin Huizhi! At the beginning, he encouraged himself to go to the southwest and tried his best to deal with the Huaxia army. Now, these people have done their best to arrest the envoys of the Huaxia army, instigated the Mangshan Ni people, and survived nine deaths... He couldn't promote the encirclement and suppression of the whole country, Papai The ass is gone, how can these people leave
Meat eaters contempt. The words of the saint speak clearly. He listened to the indignation and discussions that were still vaguely coming from the outside... The court and the public were mediocre, only myself, who worked hard for the country... After thinking about this for a while, he settled down and started to read the famous posts that were sent. , when I flipped through one of them, I hesitated for a moment, put it down, and picked it up again soon after.
"... This person seems to be from the court of Zhao Xianggong." Lu Guo'er whispered beside him. Long Qifei pressed the name and tapped his fingers.
After a while, he said, "A group of gentlemen does not belong to the party, how can there be a family that does not belong to the family."
The name on the invitation was Yan Huan. He was not a high official, but he was a disciple of Zhao Ding, the left minister, and Zhao Ding was said to be at odds with Qin Hui.
"...I have seen the article written by this Lord Yan before, and I have a righteous heart... Maybe I can see it." Long Qifei sighed and said so.
There was a whimper of the night wind outside the window.
The night wind blowing 1,500 miles to the north, and the cold wind blowing over the city wall was blowing the flames in the night fiercely. The continuous bombardment of the slings on the north wall of Daming Mansion smashed a gap in the city wall. Below the gap, corpses, rubble, and soil that was constantly transported by the army piled up a sloping earth slope along the wall. Under the urging of the Jurchen, the soldiers outside the city shouted and launched a sea tide toward the gap. s attack.
On the city wall, the pushed artillery launched an attack towards the outside of the city. The cannonballs passed through the crowd, bringing with them blood and blood, bows and arrows, kerosene, rolling wood... As long as there are defensive methods that can be used, they will be fiercely attacked inside and outside this gap at this time. Gathering, on the position outside the city, the catapults were still firing continuously, throwing huge stones at this high wall.
"Bring the artillery here... Everyone! The city is alive, and the city will die." Wang Shanyue, wearing a white turban, roared in a hoarse voice in the dark. His body was already stained with blood, and the people around him followed him. She shouted loudly, and pressed towards the gap in the high wall.
Daming Mansion is a strong city built for garrison. The thickness of the entire outer wall is several feet wide. The immature artillery cannot affect such a wall. On the contrary, the slings still have some effect, and the city is bombarded outside the city. The artillery can cause a huge defensive advantage. Even so, for more than a month, the enemies who have climbed the city several times still need a lot of life to fill up.
This night was still such a fierce fight. At a certain moment, something cold fell from the sky. It was a small ice particle before the heavy snow. After a while, it shrouded the whole world, and countless firelights on the city and below the city. It went out, and after a while, the fighting in the dark finally stopped, and the people on the city wall were able to survive. On the one hand, they began to clear the soil slope, and on the other hand, they began to reinforce and raise the city wall in that place.
Behind the siege camp, Wanyan Chang looked at everything in the darkness under the big umbrella, his eyes were also cold. He did not instigate the elite soldiers under his command to seize this rare gap. After withdrawing the soldiers, he asked the craftsmen to repair the stone-throwing equipment. When he left, he threw down the order.
"Don't be idle, keep throwing the corpse into me!"
Dozens of miles to the south. The stretched flags symbolize an army of hundreds of thousands. In the past days, they have started to cross the Yellow River one after another. Wu Shu led the leading front to cross the river first, and looking back to the north, the Yellow River was full of water, and the smoke of the Daming House was no longer visible, but he believed that in a short time, everything in that city would disappear under the leadership of Wanyanchang, with hundreds of thousands of people. The Han soldiers were attacking in turn.
In front of the army was a ruined land that had been displaced not long ago. Apart from corpses and plagues, what was now ravaging this land was a group of displaced people who were collectively called "hungry ghosts".
Even the Jurchen army or the pseudo-Qi army that used to be stationed in the south of the Yellow River can only rely on the strong city to garrison one side. Most of the small-scale cities were knocked on by the refugees, and the people in the city lost everything. They can only choose to survive by plundering and wandering. In many places, grass roots and bark have been gnawed. People who died from eating Guanyin soil were skinny, but their belly was swollen and rotted in the wild.
These people who have lost their homes and everything, and who can only rely on plunder to survive, are now in the millions on this land south of the Yellow River, and no brushstroke can accurately describe their experience.
Fortunately, winter has come, and beggars can't survive the winter. When it snows, millions of refugees will die one after another... 8)