In the spring of March, the new trees in the courtyard have sprouted, the showers have just stopped, and the greenery on the branches seems to turn into water droplets and drip down.
"… my grandpa, I remember being a stale old guy."
"... Born into a scholarly family, there is nothing surprising in his life. He is fond of learning at a young age. , that is, there are several rooms of books there. When I think about it now, he is like a painting that everyone hangs in front of the hall. He has a serious face all year round. When I was young, I usually don’t like this grandfather. Dare to get close…”
"... When the Liao people came, the army couldn't stop them. Everyone who could escape escaped. I wasn't afraid. I was still young and didn't know what was going on. My family gathered and I was still in front of the court. Running around. The old man was in the hall, talking to a group of stubborn uncles and uncles about some knowledge, and everyone... sat upright, neatly dressed, scared to death... "
"... I cried a lot, and he pointed at me and said, it's enough for one person to pass down the blood in the family, my motherfucker... I just followed a group of women and survived. Before I left, my grandfather held my hand. … I forgot if he was holding me or holding me, he took torches and set fire to the row of houses where he had so much treasure… He ended up being skinned and hung on a flagpole…”
In the courtyard, in front of the hall, the scholar with a feminine appearance was holding a teacup and poured the tea under the eaves. In the hall, under the eaves, the generals and soldiers are listening to his words.
"...he doesn't drink, so I treat him with tea...I heard these things from my grandma later. A bunch of helpless guys, the most serious thing they do before they die is not to sharpen their guns, but to sharpen their guns. It's about tidying up your clothes, someone will be scolded for not being properly dressed, crazy..."
"...I, I didn't care about anything since I was a child. I did everything. I killed people and eaten raw people. I didn't care about my clothes and clothes. I wanted others to be afraid of me. God gave me such a face, My family is full of women. I went to the Beijing Academy, I was made fun of, and then I was beaten. It doesn’t matter if I was beaten, what should I do if there are only women in my family? If anyone laughs at me, I will bite it, tear his flesh, and swallow it raw got him..."
"... Then one day, when I was thirteen years old, an official in the capital bullied my family without a man and molested my weak-tempered aunt. I jumped up and tore half of his face, took out one of his eyes, and chewed The people around were frightened and arrested me. I pointed to the group of people and told them that as long as I didn't die, sooner or later I would go to his house and devour the old and young of his family alive... Then I was sent away. Came to the north... The guy doesn't know where he is now..."
He poured the second cup of tea into the dirt.
"...When I was in the north, the women I cared about most were the women in my family. Grandma, mother, aunt, aunt, sister and sister... A lot of people, how would they live without me, but I found out later that even if In the hardest time, they didn't lose to... Haha, lost to you guys..."
"... With my character, I should have followed that Ning Motou to do things, but then I didn't follow, not because of these relatives at home... It's strange to say, when Ning Motou rebelled, I and his The relationship is also very good, but he just didn't inform me, and he didn't show any clues..."
"...My ancestors of the Wang family have been scholars for generations, but I didn't think I had read many books since I was a child. I want to be a knight. It's better to be a big devil. Everyone is afraid of me. I can protect my family. What is it, wearing a scholar's robe and dressing up to kill the enemy? But ah, I don't know why, that pedantic... those pedantic old people..."
He was on the ground, pouring down the third cup of tea, and it seemed that it was not just the old man's image that flashed in his eyes. The sound of shouting to kill was faintly heard from far away. Wang Shanyue, who was wearing a robe, paused for a moment in her memory, raised her head, and walked into the hall.
"... those old guys, but I have to respect them... "
He went to the table at the other end of the hall and picked up the tall crown.
"... You are all real heroes. In the past few days, I asked you to listen to me. Wang Shanyue felt ashamed and did something wrong. Today, I will not apologize to you one by one. Jurchen came from the south. Ten years, the blood debts owed are countless, our husband and wife are here, we can fight side by side with you, not to mention anything else, it is an honor... honored."
Put the tall hat on, tie the lace slowly and steadily, and secure it with a long hairpin. Then, Wang Shanyue reached out and picked up the long knife on the table.
"...Everyone, it seems that the Daming Mansion is no longer safe. We have held these guys here for half a year. We have done what we should do. I can't say if I can go out. Right now, I just want to ask the Jurchen... The blood debt of the past decade"
The cold light of the blade flashed across the hall. At this moment, Wang Shanyue was dressed in a snow-white robe, and a generous and heroic smile appeared on her seemingly gentle face.
"Brothers, Jurchen is very powerful, the road has come to an end, I don't know where we can go, I don't know if we can get out alive, even if we can get out alive, I don't know how many years it will take. The blood debt was recovered from the hands of Jurchen. But I know and am sure that one day, there will be people like you and me who can restore my China and my clothes... If anyone is alive, let us see Bar."
He smiled: "... Now, let's go to collect the debt."
A sound of sympathy rang out in the footsteps of the people.
On March 23, the tenth year of Wu Jianshuo, the outer wall of Daming Mansion was breached, and the entire city fell into fierce street fighting. After half a year of offense and defense, the siege soldiers who finally entered the city discovered that many fortifications had been densely constructed in the Daming Mansion at this time, with explosives, traps, and tunnels extending in all directions, making them relax a little after entering the city. The army was the first to be hit head-on.
However, the defense of losing the city wall has been weakened too much after all. Wanyan Chang, the Jurchen general who sits in the Daming Mansion, is good at internal affairs and logistics. He is known for his conservative tactics. He commanded more than 200,000 Han troops to clean up the city. The city army, so on the third day after the city was broken, a small group of troops or individuals began to surrender, and cooperated with the Jurchen offensive to break the defensive line in the city.
There were also armies trying to break out of the city. However, more than 30,000 Jurchen troops led by Wanyan Chang took on the task of breaking the encirclement. The superior cavalry and eagles cooperated to sweep and chase. Born away from the scope of Daming House.
After being raided by Wang Shanyue's army, the 30,000 Jurchen elites were dragged down for half a year. For the Jin army, Wang Shanyue's group must be killed.
While gradually sieging and sweeping the city, Wanyan Chang was still keeping a close eye on his rear. In the past month, the Huaxia Army, who had won the battle in Linzhou, after a short rest, rushed from the northwest direction, and the purpose was self-evident.
With the power of the Great Defeated Technique, the whereabouts of this army frightened the courage of many city defenders along the way. The whereabouts of the Huaxia Army appeared several times near several important grain towns north of Damingfu. A few days ago, they even took a gap and raided Sufang, the granary in the north. Most of the troops originally under Li Xizhi were transferred to Damingfu. Under these circumstances, emergency documents from all over the world were sent to Wanyanchang.
But Wanyan Chang turned a blind eye.
As for March 28, half of the Daming Mansion has been swept away. At this time, the Jurchen army no longer accepts surrender, and the army in the city has been aroused by the will of mourning soldiers and fought tenaciously and tragically. In this case, Wanyan Chang didn't care. More than 200,000 Han troops entered from all directions in the city and launched the most violent attack on the more than 10,000 remaining soldiers in the city, while 30,000 Jurchen soldiers were stationed outside the city. No matter how many people died in the city, he would not move.
He was waiting for the arrival of the Huaxia Army, although it was also possible that the army would not come again.
Thirty-five thousand people with 13 pairs of tactical speed, no one can not hurt their vitality in such a situation, if this army can't come, he will first eat everyone in the Daming Palace, and then turn his head to use the superior force. Overwhelm this black flag remnant. If they came over recklessly, Wanyan Chang would also swallow them, and the battle in Jiangbei would be settled from then on.
…
Time to go back two days, north of Daming Mansion, the small town Sufang.
After winning the warehouse here, the Huaxia Army team that had been transferred from the bloody battle in Linzhou received a certain rest and had a few days of full food.
In a battle in Linzhou, although Shuxue was finally defeated, the reduction of the Huaxia Army was close to half after statistics. Half of the reductions were dead or seriously injured, and the lightly injured were not counted. The Huaxia Army members who could still participate in the battle in the end were about 6,400 people, and the participation of Linzhou defenders such as Shi Guangen and others made the number of this army reluctantly return to the number of 13,000. However, although the newly recruited personnel are full of blood, in the actual battle, it is naturally impossible to display the previous tenacious combat effectiveness.
There have been many discussions among the military as to whether it can continue to rescue the Daming House. In the original plan, the Huaxia Army assisted in the defense of Jin, and helped the King of Jin to establish a relatively strong anti-gold alliance at first, and then borrowed troops from the King of Jin when he had a little spare time, and raided the Daming Mansion to assist Wang Shanyue to break out of the siege. This is the most ideal state. Now of course it is impossible.
13,000 people were already in front of the speed of the battle. In this dilapidated state, if they had to raid the Daming Mansion with 30,000 Jurchen troops and more than 200,000 Han troops, the whole behavior was no different from dying. During this period of time, the Huaxia Army harassed the surrounding area many times, and tried their best to get Wanyanchang's response, but Wanyanchang's response also confirmed that he is the kind of person who is not easy to deal with if he is not a surprise soldier. A dignified general.
For such a general, there is no need to expect even a fluke beheading.
Don't go to the rescue, watch the people in Daming Mansion die, go to the rescue, and everyone is tied together to die. For such a choice, everyone has made it extremely difficult.
But that night, the decision was made...
…
On March 26th, near the school grounds outside Sufang Town, piles of bonfires started to burn.
In the previous Huaxia Army, there were often mobilization meetings to clean up military discipline or boost the morale of the army. After absorbing new members, such meetings became more frequent. Even the newly joined Huaxia Army members are already familiar with such gatherings at this time. The venue is organized in groups, and today's mobilization meeting looks no different from the previous days.
In a venue on the east side, staff officer Li Nian entered the venue with Shi Guangen, and started "lecturing" after a little chat.
"...During the Xiaocanghe period, until today's southwest, there are many titles in the Huaxia army, called 'comrades'. What is 'comrades'? Friends with common aspirations call each other comrades. But it's a very formal and solemn title."
"…What is the ambition of the Huaxia Army? Our ancestors were born in Sri Lanka thousands of years ago, and our ancestors have done a lot of praiseworthy things. Some people say that China has the beauty of uniforms, called Hua, and etiquette. Big, so called Xia, we create good things, we have good etiquette and spirit, so we call it Huaxia. Huaxia Army is built on these good things, those good people, good spirit, like In front of you, like other brothers of the Huaxia Army, facing the aggressive Jurchen, we will never give in. We defeated them in Xiaocanghe! We defeated them in Linzhou! In Xuzhou, our brothers are still fighting. In the face of the enemy's trampling, we will not stop resisting, such a spirit can be called a part of China."
"...There are many other virtues in this world. Even in the Wu Dynasty, the civil servants really cared about the affairs of the country, and the military generals died in the killing field. Weak, this is also China. But there are also dirty things. Once, when the Jurchen first went south, Prime Minister Qin did his best for the country, Qin Shaohe defended Taiyuan, and in the end, the sacrifices of countless people saved the life of the Wu Dynasty... "
"...But in order to fight and intrigue, the court did not rescue Taiyuan, so that Taiyuan was broken after a year of hard work, and the people of the city were slaughtered. On the city gate. In the capital, Prime Minister Qin was imprisoned, and he was eventually killed on the way for three thousand miles. Mr. Ning slaughtered Zhou Zhe in the golden palace!"
"... Over the years, whether in Xiaocanghe or in the southwest, many people have said that even if they want to rebel, they don't need to kill Zhou Zhe, otherwise the Huaxia Army will have more retreats, and the road can be wider. It sounds reasonable, But it turns out that those who think they have a way out can't do big things! Over the years, the road of the Wu Dynasty has become narrower and narrower, and our Huaxia army has emerged from the desperate situation of Xiaocanghe, and we are getting stronger and stronger! We have defeated Shu Lisu! In the southwest, we have already conquered the entire Chengdu Plain! Why?"
Li Nian waved his hand: "Because we do the right thing! We do the excellent thing! We keep moving forward! We fight with people first, and then negotiate with them. Those who negotiate first, then fail to succeed and then try their best, they He will be eliminated from this world! Just imagine, when Mr. Ning saw so many disgusting things and so many injustices, he swallowed it and endured it. Zhou Zhe continued to be his emperor and lived well all the time. Yes, how does Mr. Ning let people know that he is willing to sacrifice everything for those heroes who died in vain! No one will believe him! But he killed Zhou Zhe, this road is difficult to walk, but if you don't sacrifice your life, there is nothing in the world. road"
"... We are going south this time, and everyone understands to some extent what we are going to do. Just to the south, Wanyan Chang is attacking the Daming Mansion with more than 200,000 soft bones. They have been attacking for half a year! There are a group of heroes, they clearly know There were no reinforcements near the Daming Mansion. After entering, it was difficult to get out of the body, but they still managed to catch up with all their belongings. They persisted there for half a year. Wanyan Zongbi took 300,000 troops and tried to attack them, but they were unsuccessful. ...they are amazing people."
The roaring fire reflected the figure: "...but it's not easy to save them. Many people say that we might put ourselves in the Daming Mansion. Let me tell you, Wanyanchang is also waiting for us to pass by, and he will put us there. Daming Mansion devoured in one bite, the shame of a fiasco with snow! Everyone, should you take a safe path and watch the group of people in Daming Mansion die, or risk us to go deep into the dangerous land and try to rescue them…”
"... Among those people, many of them lost their family members in the process of Jurchen going south. Many people lost their brothers, sisters, parents and relatives because of their resistance. They have nothing, so they have no turning back. That Wang Shanyue King General, all the men in his family have died in the past rebellion. He is the only seedling of the Wang family, but he stayed in the Daming Mansion. During the process of winning the Daming Mansion last year, the General Wang said that there is no need to do so. The Huaxia Army will come back to rescue…”
"Just two days ago, the city walls of Daming Mansion were breached, and the city is now fighting the last street battle..."
The wind was swirling, passing over the square, Li Nian's voice paused, stopped there, and looked around.
"We're going to the rescue."
he said.
"Because this is the right thing, this is the spirit of the Huaxia Army, when these heroes, in order to resist the Jurchen, gave everything they had, someone should save them! Even if we have to pay a lot for it, even if we We have to face danger, even if we have to sacrifice our blood and even our lives! Because to defeat the Jurchen, we cannot do it alone, because we have to have more and more comrades, because when one day, we fall into such a dangerous situation, we We also need thousands of Chinese people to rescue us.”
"This world is a very narrow road! You can only walk through it if you risk your life! These scraps stand in front of us, and we will chop them with our own knives and tear them with our own teeth, everyone... comrades! We want to I went to Daming Mansion to save people! This battle is very difficult, very difficult, but no one can stop us head-on, and we have proved this in Linzhou."
His voice had fallen, but not in a low voice, but in a calm and firm tone. Among the crowd, the people who had just joined the Huaxia Army could not wait to shout out. The veterans were calm and stern with cold eyes. In the firelight, Li Nian finally said, "Get ready and set off in half an hour."
He waved his hand and handed the speech to Shi Guangen, who was the head of the regiment. Shi Guangen blinked his eyes, his lips were slightly parted, and he was still in a state of excitement and shock. At the high-level meeting just now, this staff named Li Nian raised many unfavorable factors. , the meeting summed up the situation that will be faced this time. It is a real life and death, which makes Shi Guangen's spirit quite gloomy. When he said that, his heart was full of blood, and he wished to kill the Jurchen immediately and give them a good meal.
Staff Officer Li is really amazing... In the vigorous applause, Shi Guangen thought to himself that after this battle, he should learn from Staff Staff Li the skill of speaking like this.
But such an opportunity never came.
On March 28, one hour after the rescue of Daming Mansion began, Li Nian, the staff officer, died in this fierce battle. Since then, Shi Guangen has fought in the Huaxia Army for many years, and he always remembers his involvement in the early days of the Huaxia Army. The mobilization meeting, the kind of optimism and firmness that remained after a deep understanding of the current situation, and the tragic rescue that followed...