The sky is like a dome, and the snow is full, covering all directions. The snowy evening had come early, and when the last ray of light was about to be immersed in the mountains, Canggu's shaman's battle song was sounding beside the bonfire in front of the golden tent.
The firelight propped up the small orange space, as if fighting against the sky.
The wind and snow in the southwest was not such a strange weather in front of the Jurchen and Liaodong people from the north. Many years ago, they lived in the days when there would be nearly half of the snow in the year, braved the cold to cross the mountains, and hunted in the knee-length snow, which is a familiar experience for many people.
Since the defeat of the Liao Kingdom, such experiences have gradually diminished.
Thanks to the dividends brought by the war, they got warm houses, built new houses, hired servants and bought slaves. In winter, they could rely on the stove without facing the harsh snow, The same hungry and ferocious tiger wolf in the snow.
Their children can begin to enjoy the pleasant and beautiful side of the wind and snow, and some younger children may not be able to walk the mountain roads in the snow, but at least for the generation before the bonfire, the memory of the past is still deep. Engraved in their souls, it is a story and past that can be told to people at any time.
—My white tiger mountain god, roar!
I am the one who surpasses all people and is favored by God!
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The sun of the Nine Mountains in the South!
The unyielding grandfather of the East!
Look at me-
... The ancient shaman battle song rang out in the mouths of everyone, Wanyan Zonghan stood in front of the fire, the flames set off his tall figure, and for a moment, someone dragged the sheep up.
The struggling goat was tied to a post, and some people held steel knives. During the battle song, the limbs of the goat were cut off. The hot blood was put into a bowl and brought to the crowd in front of the bonfire. Zong Han took the bowl and drank the hot blood. The rest did the same.
Bloody aura swirls around the person.
"The snow in the south is very fine." Zong Han opened his mouth slowly, he looked around, "Thirty-eight years ago, the snow was ten times heavier than today, and the Liao Kingdom is now in the sky. Many of us stand like this. At the time of the fire, many people were still hesitant to discuss whether to oppose Liaoning. My thoughts and A Guda's ideas coincided with each other."
"The Wanyan Department at that time had only 2,000 people who could fight. Looking back now, in the past 38 years, there have been countless tents behind you. The world is in your hands."
Behind the crowd, the barracks sprawled, and countless firelights faintly emerged in the wind and snow.
Wanyan Zonghan turned around and walked a few steps, then took another piece of firewood and threw it into the fire. He didn't deliberately show the momentum in his speech, and his movements were natural, which made the surrounding atmosphere a bit quiet and solemn.
"It's been more than 30 years. Some of you are the old brothers of the year. Even if you join later, they are all part of my big gold. My big gold is invincible. Head, you have carried this head forward all your life and are proud of it. Are you happy?"
Zonghan Hero I is usually domineering and awe-inspiring, but he is not a kind person. At this time, although the words were gentle, but the defeat was ahead, naturally no one thought that he was going to praise everyone, and everyone was silent for a while. Zonghan looked at the flames.
"With the number of 2,000, they resisted a behemoth like the Liao Kingdom. Later, tens of thousands of people overturned the entire Liao Kingdom. When I think about it today, it seems like a big dream. , they all felt that they were like ants - in front of the Liao Kingdom, Jurchen was just a little ant. We raised birds for the Liao people, and the Liao people thought we were savages in the mountains! When Agu became the leader and went to see Emperor Tianzuo, Emperor Tianzuo Say, you look quite skinny and different from other leaders, so give me a dance..."
"Agu can't dance."
As Zong Han spoke, he sat down on the wooden stake behind. He waved casually at the crowd and motioned to sit down, but no one sat down.
"I came out today and said that since Your Majesty is interested, I will perform for Your Majesty. Emperor Tianzuo wanted to have a seizure, but today a bear was let out. In front of everyone, he gave birth to The bear was killed. This incident is a hero, but my Jurchen is still the ant in front of Emperor Tianzuo. He was not angry at the time. He may think that the ant is very interesting... Later, the angels from the Liao came every year and would still call my daughter. A real person beats and scolds wantonly, you can kill a bear, he is not afraid."
"From a few years old to a teenager, I was young and aggressive, but every time I saw an angel from the Liao people, I had to kneel and kowtow, and even the most powerful warriors in the tribe would kneel and kowtow. Although the angel looks thin, he is picturesquely dressed and arrogant. He is definitely not the same type of person as us. When I start to think about things, I also feel that it is appropriate to kneel down. Why? , When I saw those Liao people with neat armour, when I knew that the Liao people were rich in thousands of miles, I felt that kneeling down was the right thing to do."
"Rebel, it's not that I think my Jurchen is born to take the world's life, it's just that I can't live any longer. When 2,000 people raised the army, Agu Da was hesitant, and I was also very hesitant, but it was like eating a bite when the snow closed the mountain. , we are going to the mountains to hunt bears and tigers. In the face of Liao, which is more powerful than bears and tigers, there is no food, so we can only hunt it.”
He put his hands on his knees, looked at the flames, paused for a long time, and then smiled.
"From the time of the uprising, whether A Gu Da or me, as well as everyone standing here today, every battle must be the first, which is amazing. I learned later that the Liao people cherish feathers, and there are people who are greedy for life and fear death. The Wu Dynasty in the south was even more unbearable. When it came time to fight, what would you say? The son of a daughter can't sit in the hall, and the literate people don't know what nonsense! In this way, 2,000 people defeated tens of thousands of people, and 20,000 people defeated hundreds of thousands of people. Back then Many people who followed the charge have already died. We are alive to this day, and when we think about it, it is really amazing. Two years ago, Gu Shen told me, throughout history, how many people can achieve our achievements? I think about it. , you guys are really amazing."
His gaze crossed the flames and everyone present, looked at the large camp that stretched behind him, then cast it further afield, and then retracted it.
"I think today, it turns out that as long as everyone can fight first in every battle, they can achieve such results, because in this world, there are too many people who are greedy for life and fear of death. Everyone here today is amazing. On the battlefield, I didn't see many people who were afraid. That's it. There were 2,000 people in the past, and now they have swept the world. Thousands and thousands of people have been swept away by us."
"You can sweep the world." Zong Han's eyes swept across the face of a famous general, his gentleness and calmness gradually became strict, and he said, "However, some people say that you do not have the bearing of the world! "
"In every battle, you must be the first to fight without fear of death. You can fight the world in your hands, you can sweep away the Liao Kingdom, and you can drive away the Zhou family of the Wu Dynasty from this stage. But you can sit firmly. Is this the world! A Gu Da said when he was still alive, that conquering the world and sitting in the world are not the same thing! Today, he said again and again that he wants to embrace the world with the people of the world—look at the world behind you!”
Zong Han's voice was like a tiger's mouth, and it even suppressed the whistling of the surrounding wind and snow for a while. Someone looked back, and the far side of the barracks was the rolling hills, and the farther hills were consumed in the boundless darkness.
"Where is your world?"
"Is it the military camp of these tens of thousands of people?"
"Is this the barren mountain you can see today?"
"It's all the places you've traveled and seen in your life?"
"-Your world, the world of Jurchen, is bigger than all you have seen combined. We have destroyed the Liao Kingdom and the Wu Dynasty. Our world is all over the world! We have hundreds of millions of subjects! Are they!? Do you have them in your heart!?"
Zonghan's voice roared along with the wind and snow, his hands were on his knees, and the flames reflected his sitting figure, shaking in the night sky. After these words, after a long silence, Zonghan stood up slowly, he took half a piece of firewood and threw it into the bonfire.
"You think that I called you all today to tell you that Rainwater Creek lost a battle, but don't be discouraged, I want to boost your morale, or say some bad words with you..."
He was silent for a moment: "No, what worries this king is that you don't have the heart to embrace the world."
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"Before A Guda left, he talked to me several times."
In front of the bonfire, Zong Han's voice sounded: "If we can use 20,000 people to conquer the world, could we also use 20,000 people to rule the world?"
"Whether the previous emperor or the present, including the respected gods of the valley, this is the one thing that has been devoted to all these years... Among the people present, there are people from Xi, people from Bohai, people from Khitan, and people from Liaodong. The Han Chinese, we have fought together for many years, and today you are all Jin people, why? Today, everyone is treated equally, this world is also your world, not just the Jurchen world.”
"If you have you in Jurchen's heart, you will share the world with Jurchen; whoever you have in your heart will become your world!"
Zong Han looked at everyone: "More than ten years ago, I took the Liao Kingdom as a big gold and treated the Khitan equally, so everyone from the Khitan became a part of my big gold. At that time, we did not have the energy to take the Wu Dynasty, so we went from the Wu Dynasty. The Han people brought back are all slaves. After more than ten years, I have gradually gained the strength to conquer the Wu Dynasty. Today, I ordered that it is not allowed to kill Han slaves and treat Han people kindly. Everyone, this is the fourth southern expedition. , the Wu Dynasty is dead, do you have the mind to replace it with the Wu Dynasty?"
He waved his hand and swept his eyes sternly: "I don't think you have any!"
"Rainwater Creek lost the first battle, and I saw you shirk the blame! Complain! Look for excuses! Until now, you haven't figured out what kind of enemy is standing opposite you? You haven't figured it out yet. What is the reason why Gu Shen and I will destroy the Southwest even if we abandon the Central Plains and Jiangnan?"
"The one and the group of people opposite you, they killed the emperor of the Wu Dynasty under the most inopportune circumstances! They cut off all escape routes! They are enemies of the whole world! They faced an army of millions and did not follow suit. Anyone begging for mercy! In more than ten years, they have come out and survived! You haven't seen it yet! They are who we were—"