The massacre in Yunzhong on the fifth day of the seventh lunar month caused waves in the mighty war situation all over the world. On the front-line battlefields of Yangzhou and Xiangyang, it once became the catalyst for the attack of the Jurchen army. It led to several horrific massacres.
But that's what war is like. Even if there is no tragedy in the cloud, it is impossible to say whether everything will happen after that. The Qi family, who once stirred up the situation in the Wu Dynasty, died in obscurity in the Yunzhong Mansion this night. At least after Shi Yuanji's body appeared, their existence was insignificant.
Part of the Qi family headed by Qi Yan was once besieged in a wooden building in the mansion. After the chaos expanded, the wooden building was ignited by a fire. The building, whether old, young, women, children or adults, was mostly burned by the fire. Qi Yan, a great Confucian scholar who lived his whole life in the Central Plains, hid in the water tank in the building with his two great-grandchildren, but the fire was too strong, and then the wooden building collapsed. They were suffocated to death in the water tank, similar to death. Ding Peng's bold words, but I don't know how much suffering he suffered before his death.
Regarding the conclusion of the Yunzhong massacre in the outside world, it was decided not long after that. Compared with the spies of the Wu Dynasty who participated in the destruction, people were more inclined to the conspiracy behind the Black Flag Army and the external disturbance. Defined as the hand-in-hand of the Wu Dynasty and the Black Flag Army, the dignified Wu Dynasty Zhengshuo has already knelt in front of the Southwest Devil.
There is a dark tide inside.
On the night of the ninth day of the seventh lunar month, Yunzhongfu handed Dai Mo's last manuscript to Shi Liai's desk. Shi Liai burned the manuscript after reading it, and ordered that this was a trick of a traitor and would not be pursued further. But the whole news gradually spread among the middle and high-level Jurchens. Whether it is true or false, killing Shiliai's grandson and pointing at Wanyan Zongfu, this matter is complicated, strange, and intriguing.
For a long time, the Jurchen and Eastern courts have checked and balanced each other, and they have also been interdependent. When A Gu was beaten, he naturally had unquestionable authority. When Wu Qimai was still in good health, everything was fine. But in general, after the establishment of the dynasty, Aguda's direct blood relatives were a faction of power. The core of this force was in the Eastern court, initially headed by Aguda's second son Wanyan Zongwang, Zongwang down, the third son Zongfu, the fourth son Zongwang Bi (Wu Shu), prestige and power, can't compare to Zongwang, who was almost cultivated as a prince at first.
In the west, the military gods Wanyan Zonghan (Nianhan), Wanyan Xiyin, and even Wanyan Loushi, the original undefeated god of war, gathered together to create the majesty of the Western court. The Jurchen is divided into two parts, not because there is really much conflict of interests, but only because the territory of the Liao Kingdom is too large, and the two cores of mutual trust are easier to govern. In the previous years, fantasizing about the collision between the two imperial courts in the east and the west, and reap the benefits, was just the imagination of a group of scholars of the Wu Dynasty who "have the heart of a villain and the belly of a gentleman".
Zongwang's death widens the possibility of friction. Aguda's third son, Zongfu, is relatively honest and honest, without the domineering of his elder brother. Zongbi is domineering and lacking in strategy, and even because of his excessively arrogant and domineering personality, he was beaten by Wanyan Xiyin as a child. When Zongsuke was instigated by Zongbi to take over his brother's shift, the friction between the east and the west gradually began to appear. But at this time, Wanyan Zonghan, who could stand side by side with Agu all his life, was just treating Zongfu Zongbi and his brothers as ignorant juniors.
Wu Qimai fell, and the Jurchen launched the fourth southern expedition. It was an extremely restrained venting of domestic conflicts. Everyone understood that the bigger picture was the most important thing, and they had already seen the choice of the superior. For example, Zongfu fights Xiyin, and Xiyin kills Zongfu. People can easily see that it is the people in the south who really benefit.
In the final analysis, the level of suspicion in Jurchen has not reached the level of the Southern Wu Dynasty court. The group of people who really sit above this court are still the gang of founding people who are galloping on horseback and have a glass of wine for life and death.
Shi Liai's identity is the most special.
He is a Han family with deep roots. He lives in the cloud and stays in the Western court. His official position in the Jin Kingdom is Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhangshi, which is roughly equivalent to the prime minister who manages the state's political affairs, and is opposite to the secret envoy who manages military affairs. At the same time, he is also the commander of the Han army. If you don’t understand the key point at all, you will think that he is the confidant of Zonghan, the elder of the Western court, but in fact, Shi Liai is the military adviser who once defeated Zongwang, the second son of Agu. He was killed by Zongwang Please come out.
Zongwang's military advisor lived in the Western court all the year round, Wanyan Xiyin regarded him as a friend, and Wanyan Zonghan relied on him, and he himself had his own family power. In a sense, he is a character with the most complex identity used to balance the north and the south. On the surface, he was loyal to the Eastern court. After Zongwang died, of course he was loyal to Zongfu, but Zongfu killed him. grandson
On the surface, this is of course false. But if it's fake, who gets the benefit? Heiqi and Wu Chao did not benefit. And if it's true, it's too intriguing.
Knowing that the clue of the whole incident pointed to Zongsuke at the moment when Tuqiong Dagger saw it. Chen Wenjun in Gushen Mansion was a little dazed for a while, frowning and thinking for a long time, this day was still the middle of the night on the ninth day of the seventh lunar month, and on the second day, she did not move, and the entire Yunzhong Mansion seemed to be silent without any movement. sound. On July 11, the sun was shining brightly, and Chen Wenjun found Tang Minjie who was sorting vegetables in the backyard of the vegetable store. Her appearance seemed to startle Tang Minjie a lot. "Wow" covered his still injured face, and his eyes turned around.
Chen Wenjun stepped forward and walked all the way to his side: "Why is it Zongfu who framed it?"
"What, what?"
"Don't pretend to be confused, I admit to underestimating you, but why is it Zongfu, you clearly know that Shi Liai is Zongfu's person."
Tang Minjie touched his chin, then spread out his hands for a long time: "Uh... yes... ah... why?"
"What do you want to imply? What other tricks haven't been released yet?" Chen Wenjun frowned, "Shiliai betrayed the Eastern court? Zongfu is going to beat him? Shi Liai? Or do you want to point the finger at someone else... "
Chen Wenjun whispered her reasoning. Tang Minjie, who was standing on the side, looked at her innocently. When the other party's stern eyes turned around, he whispered: "This is not a child's play! Don't play stupid here!" Tang Minjie Then he pursed his lips and nodded desperately.
"Actually... It's like this." Tang Minjie thought about it, "Mrs Wanyan, look, Dai Mo is an official of the Wu Dynasty. He has been arrested for almost ten years. His wife died and his daughter was spoiled. There is no problem with this, right? I found him who had a grudge in his heart, and he taught Wanyan Wenqin badly. If they are caught, they will be recorded in the name of Zongsuke Wanyan..."
He gestured with both hands: "Then... what can I do? I want to remember her under the name of Zonghan, but how long have I been here? I didn't think about it that much, I just wanted to play tricks. Killing a few of Jin Guo's sons and brothers, you smart people think too much, this is not good, you see you have gray hair, I used to hear from Boss Lu that you are beautiful and in good spirits..."
Chen Wenjun was unmoved: "Even if that girl Dai is indeed under the name of Zongfu, you always choose who to kill on the fifth night of the fifth day, it shows that you deliberately chose Shi Liai's eldest grandson to start, this is your intention. Manipulation. You didn't choose the son and nephew of Zonghan's family, you didn't choose my child, you chose the Shi family... I want to know what's behind you to provoke Zongfu and Shi Liai to turn against each other? It makes people feel that Shi Liai has already Standing in line? Zongsuke has broken with him? Or who will be pulled into the water next?"
"It's really gone!" Tang Minjie emphasized in a low voice, then picked up a box of vegetables and put it away, "You smart people are hard to deal with, long-winded and suspicious, I'm not an immortal, I just kill people to vent their anger, you Do you think Shi Liai's grandson is easy to follow? After staring at him for a long time, of course it is him, er... come again... "
He babbled, the steel knife was placed on his neck again, Tang Minjie was so angry that he closed his eyes, and it took a while before he opened his eyes and changed his face: "Hey, kill the Zonghan family. What's the benefit? What's the benefit of killing your two children? Madam Wanyan, the Jurchen chose the Southern Expedition instead of the internal strife, which means that they have done a good job of ideological unity. Those scholars in the Wu Dynasty felt that one day It is very interesting to provoke discord at night. So, even if I catch the two children in your family and kill them, all the evidence points to Wanyan Zongfu, either you or Mr. Gushen, will seek revenge against Wanyan Zongfu ?"
He opened his hand: "How is that possible? It must have been done by the people of the Huaxia Army, and it must have been done by the people of the Wu Dynasty! Let me put it another way, even if it was really done by Zongfu, you know clearly that there will be fights on both sides. Get up? Relatives are hurting enemies, hurry up, madam, don't fight, Lord Gushen. The people below will hold you and your husband. This must be done by bad people, even if Lord Gushen wants to seek revenge , this matter is not too big, but ah, Shi Liai's grandson died, Zongfu did it, hehe, it's really strange..."
Tang Minjie said, looking at the female guard with a knife beside him with his strange eyes, that woman must follow Chen Wenjun, and she must be a determined person with considerable ability, but at this time, she could not help but move the blade away, Tang Min Jay went to move things again. Lowered the voice.
"What do you think, Madam Wanyan, didn't you see it just now? Smart people are the most troublesome and always like to ponder, but my teacher said that everything is..." He added to Chen Wenjun's ear with an exaggerated expression, "... I'm afraid ponder."
"Is this answer satisfied? Just go and think about it. In fact, there are not so many things at all. It's just a coincidence. The wind is so strong on the fifth night of the first day, I can't count it, right." Tang Minjie started to work, and then said again One sentence, "Don't come again in the future, it's dangerous, I said that someone is watching me, maybe they will find me when I see you, Mrs. Wanyan, when you jump into the soup pot, you won't be able to wash it clean... um, the soup pot... uh , I can't wash it clean, whirring, hahahaha..."
He said in a low voice, seeming to sense something interesting, and laughed uncontrollably.
Chen Wenjun looked at him, frowned for a while, and finally said: "Shi Liai was originally stepping between the two factions, and he has kept a low profile for a long time. He will not let go of any possibility. To all the possible enemies in the Zhongfu, you will have a hard time in the future, so be careful."
After saying this, he turned to leave, and behind him was Tang Minjie indifferently moving things.
It was already autumn, the golden leaves were falling, and in the ruins of the Qi Mansion, the yamen were clearing the field. Mandu Daru stood beside the burnt courtyard, thoughtful.
The deputy came over: "Sir, what's the matter?"
"Things that night were too messy, and some things have not yet been figured out." Mandu Daru pointed to the ruins ahead, "Part of the Qi family, including the old man, was burned alive here in the end. Little... I found the burned door panel, look, someone knocked on the door... Who locked the door in the end?"
"Uh, sire..." The deputy hesitated slightly, "Sir Shi has already spoken about this matter, isn't it just... And that night there was a mix of dragons and snakes, my own, the east, the south, the southwest... I'm afraid not at all. Don't worry, it's nothing if you find out the south side, you really need to pull out the radish and carry the mud, my lord..."
"Yeah, don't check." Mandu Daru frowned.
The deputy followed from the side: "Furthermore, when I framed the matter against Mr. Shi to the third highness, Xiao always felt that it was a little strange, too strange, and it didn't look like it was done by Wu Chao or Hei Qi... something will happen..."
Tiny guesses vanished into the autumn wind. In mid-July, Shi Liai came forward, guarded many of the Qi family's belongings, and handed them back to the Qi family survivors who survived the Yunzhong massacre. On the night of the fire, they were either dead or injured, and the descendants of the Qi family were trembling, trying to send a large amount of treasures, land deeds, and cultural relics to Shi's home to seek shelter. Apologize.
Shi Liai did not receive a penny, but on behalf of the court of the Jin Kingdom, he apologized to the Qi family who was attacked by the tragic incident, and at the same time released the words: "I think in the future, who else will dare to touch your Qi family in the Jin Kingdom? Ichiki! Even if it is a royal family member, I, Daikin, will never let it go!"
The Yunzhong massacre has set the tone for this, and no one dares to make unnecessary discussions except for the condemnation of the Wu Dynasty and the Black Flag Army. During this time, news has also reached the front lines. Xi Yin, who was sitting in Nanyang, read all the information, punched the table, and only called for the Zong Han army in the rear to speed up.
As long as this battle can be decisively won, there will be no fear of more clowns jumping on the beam in the future, and it can naturally be sorted out slowly. But if this battle doesn't go well, the enemies in the rear are already prying the foundations of the Golden Kingdom, and the contradictions that were suppressed by the tacit understanding between the east and the west in the southern expedition may break out...
In August, the current situation within the Jin Kingdom began to become strange, but this strange atmosphere did not enter the eyes of the people of the world, especially the people of the Wu Dynasty, in a short period of time. In addition to the Huaxia Army Center, which has been keeping an eye on the situation in the North, more people have only noticed the change in Jin Guo's mind since a few years.
Although after Wu Qimai fell ill, many Jurchen dignitaries were already preparing for the future, but the massive South Expedition suppressed many contradictions, and from then on, the internal situation in the Jin Kingdom gradually changed. Deterioration, many seemingly non-existent effects started from this massacre in the cloud.
During this period of time, Shi Liai, who was sitting in the cloud, cleaned up the suspicious people among the local Han slaves on a large scale, killing the entire city to the head. On the one hand, due to the pain of bereavement, no one dared to touch the old man's bad head. He was expanding the power of the Shi family and had to respond to the violation. On the other hand, this old man who has been up and down in the political circles of Liao and Jin seems to have vaguely sensed the danger behind the conspiracy.
Judging from some of the manuscripts left in the last days of his life, Shi Liai's thunderous tactics against the Han people in Yunzhongfu during this period were precisely to find out the suspected "inner demon" in the southwest hidden behind the shadows. strength. However, the shadow behind the Yunzhong Mansion was silently silent. He did not hand out any further moves related to this, but drew the period into a question mark, cleared the relationship, and let it ferment in people's hearts.
This is something.
In the autumn of Wu Jianshuo's tenth year, our eyes left the clouds and turned to the south. It seems that the news of the massacre in Yunzhong inspired the Jurchen attack to a certain extent. In July, both Yangzhou and Xiangyang were caught in the white-hot war.
In Yangzhou City, Han Shizhong was on the defensive, taking advantage of the city's defense and location to defend, but the Jurchen offensive was fierce. At this time, many veterans in the Jinbing still retained the fierceness of the past. The Khitan, Xi and Liaodong people who joined the army south They all held their breaths and tried to make a contribution in this war, and the entire army's offensive was ferocious.
In August, Han Shizhong pretended to abandon Yangzhou and fled south. Jin Wushu was ecstatic and led a large army to pursue him. He wanted to kill Han Shizhong's head to show the world. He was then ambushed and counterattacked by Han Shizhong's troops. At the head of Yangzhou City, Jin Wushu bombarded indiscriminately with a large number of siege equipment, and had the upper hand. In this battle, he was surrounded by Han Shizhong and killed more than 3,000 Jurchen soldiers. .
This battle became the most dazzling record on the entire Eastern Front, but at the same time, on the battlefield near Yangzhou, there were more than 1.5 million troops participating in the war, of which 900,000 troops from the Wu Dynasty belonged to About half of the twelve different teams were defeated in the first battle. After the defeat, these teams complained to the Zhenjiang camp for different reasons, some of them were deducted military funds, some of the friendly forces were weak, or some of them were not equipped with swords and guns.
However, compared to the first Bianliang defense battle more than ten years ago, when 100,000 Jurchen troops defeated millions of Wu Dynasty reinforcements outside Bianliang City, many troops north of the Yangtze River can still fight. The situation has been much better.
The defeated army was gathered and incorporated into the establishment again. Soldiers who had already experienced the war were gradually selected into the elite troops. Jun Wu, who was in Zhenjiang, was abolishing and promoting generals and officers every day according to the battle report of the front line. Feed the battleable soldiers into the establishment of generals such as Han Shizhong. Many soldiers on the Jiangnan battlefield have never experienced a big bloody battle, and they can only filter and purify under such circumstances.
In September, the Yangzhou defense line finally collapsed, and the front line gradually pushed to the edge of the Yangtze River, and then retreated across the Yangtze River one after another to defend with the Navy Division and the Zhenjiang Camp as the core.
In October, some areas in Jiangbei that had not been attacked by the Jurchen were still resisting, but most of the troops headed by Han Shizhong had already withdrawn to the south of the Yangtze River. From Jiangning to Zhenjiang, from Zhenjiang to Jiangyin, 100,000 navy ships were poised on the river, watching the movements of the Jurchen army at any time, waiting for the enemy's invasion.
On this day, in Lin'an City, Zhou Yong summoned his daughter to the palace again to inquire about the battle situation. For example, where are the Jurchen troops, when will they fight, Jun Wu should be evacuated from Zhenjiang, are you sure, etc.
Zhou Pei once again explained the situation on the northern battlefield. Although the battle situation in Jiangbei was not ideal, he finally evacuated the Yangtze River, but this was originally a matter of psychological preparation. After all, the army of the Wu Dynasty was not as war-torn as the Jurchen army. At the beginning, it attacked Liao and Wu, and then fought with the black flag. Although some veterans have retired over the years, there are still a considerable number of elites who can support the army. After a certain amount of fighting, our Wu Dynasty army has given them a lot of preferential treatment and strict training over the years. Compared with the situation of Jing Han Dynasty, it is already much better.
In the three-month battle in Jiangbei, there were winners and losers, but quite a few soldiers who had actually seen blood survived. Jurchen wanted to cross the river to fight without occupying the land. Junwu and the others thought about it at the beginning. , If the first wave of attack, the Jurchen offensive is fierce, they will use Jiangbei to train troops, and Jiangnan will fight decisively. As for the Zhenjiang camp, which is guarded by layers, the water and land routes are in all directions, and Junwu is there, and naturally nothing happens.
Zhou Yong nodded again and again: "Oh, you know this matter, of course it's the best. But... But... "
The emperor, who has often looked haggard recently, walked around the room, there was something in his throat, but he hesitated for a long time: "But..."
"The father has something in his heart, but it's okay to say that, in this battle with the Jurchen, there is no retreat. The daughter and the father's family must stand together."
She accentuated the tone of "no retreat" in her words, trying to remind her father of something, Zhou Yong smiled and looked at her repeatedly with a smile: "Well, there is one thing that the royal father heard others say, Daughter, don't worry about it, it's also a good thing, but, it's just... "
"..." Zhou Pei tilted his head politely and stared at him with bright eyes.
"I heard that your daughter, you sent someone to the southwest..." Zhou Yong shook his hands after saying this, "Daughter, don't be angry, the father has no other intentions, that's good... Uh, whatever you want, daughter What is it, the royal father will never interfere, never interfere, it is just that the royal father has recently thought, if there is something... I want the royal father to cooperate, say it... The royal father has to know, daughter, you... "
Zhou Yong gestured to her with a smile, cautiously and tremblingly. Zhou Pei stood there and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. After ten years of being the emperor, he had uneven white hair on his head and looked old. He was his own father, and he was not qualified as an emperor. At that time, he was more like a loving father. In fact, earlier, he was neither like an emperor nor a loving father. In Jiangning City, he was just like a prodigal prince with no self-cultivation and temperance. When did his transformation come from
In the second year of Jianshuo, when Jurchen came to the south, he was chased to the sea and drifted for half a year. After returning, he gradually took on the appearance of a loving father. Or the guilt of Jun Wu in his heart, or the value of family love finally understood. Zhou Pei and Jun Wu gradually became satisfied with such a father. Even if they took the emperor's seat, what else could you ask of him.
But for some unknown reason, at this moment, Zhou Pei suddenly felt disgust in her mind, which was an emotion she had never had before. Even if this father is unbearable on the throne, he is at least a kind father.
But at this moment, the war has been started for almost four months.
Lin'an still seems peaceful, Jurchen has not crossed the Yangtze River yet, but only Zhou Pei understands that these days, on the road from the bank of the Yangtze River to the south, how many people with their families and their families have embarked on wandering and migrating, and the Yangtze River has In the north, how many people have lost their families and even lost their lives, and what kind of anxious and chilling atmosphere is there on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
And at this moment, Zhou Pei suddenly saw clearly the two words in the eyes of the smiling loving father. For many years, the meaning of these two words has been hanging in the eyes of his father, but she only thinks it is ordinary, only when he arrives Right now, she suddenly realized all the meanings of these two words, and in the blink of an eye, her back felt cold, and the chills all over her body stood on end.
Those two words are
fear.