When the sun was about to set, the town of Duxi in the north of the Yangtze River lit up with lights.
Flags were now erected in the originally antique bluestone mansion, and Jurchen generals and elites from the Tiefu Tu came in and out of the town. On the outskirts of the town, continuous military camps spread to the mountains in the north and the banks of the river in the south.
The leaders of the Jurchen East Route Army, who had made a triumphant return to the north, were stationed in the north of the Yangtze River. Amid daily celebrations and noises, they were waiting for the millions of Han slaves captured in the southern expedition to completely cross the river.
In the past few days, the lively atmosphere has cooled down a bit.
Regarding the intelligence coming from the southwest, the senior generals headed by Zong Fu and Zong Bi are reviewing and deducing again and again, and making cognitive adjustments as the news improves. More than three thousand miles away,
These messages once made the victorious Eastern Route Army generals incomprehensible.
Even though the east and west armies and the "imperial courts" on the east and west sides have always been in direct or indirect confrontation, when they suddenly heard about the huge setback Zong Han and others suffered in the southwest, the generals of the east route army could not help but feel sad.
What is stronger than this feeling is the confusion and uneasiness that something they cannot grasp and cannot understand appears in the southwest.
Even if they are in a state of confrontation, there will be occasional frictions, big and small, and occasional cynicism, but the generals of the East Route Army think they have an idea of the strength of people like Zong Han and Xi Yin. It is because of their arrogant temperament.
, when he met Xi Yin, he always acted like a strong person, but he always recognized the power of Zong Han, Xi Yin and others. At most, he felt that they were not inferior.
Wanyan Xiebao's 30,000 men were defeated by Ning Yi's 7,000 men. The whole army was captured, and Xiebao was beheaded in front of Zong Han. In response to the evil spell used by Ning Yi, the victors three thousand miles away
It is unimaginable. Even though the intelligence will state the new weapons of the Chinese Army, in front of Zong Fu, Zong Bi and others, they will not believe that there are any invincible weapons in this world.
Of course, there may be new firearms. At the same time, Wanyan Xiebao's improper response, and the inner demon Ning Yi's tricks, eventually led to the humiliating defeat of the 30,000-strong army. Zong Han must also be blamed for this.
The analysis that Xi Yin's deployment is inappropriate is the most reasonable idea.
With Zong Han and Xi Yin in charge, the Jurchen West Route Army was certainly a team that once dominated the world. But in the east, apart from Zong Fu, Zong Bi was in charge of the army as a prince, and his qualifications were not as good as those of Zong Han and Xi Yin.
Most of the veteran generals under their command were those who had fought with the Jurchen Army God Wanyan Zongwang. In the past, the recognition and respect for Zong Han and Xi Yin were one thing, but if the other side was defeated, everyone here would take their place.
Go in, but don't think that you will definitely fail if you face the same battle situation.
"...The entire army at Wangyuan Bridge was annihilated, more due to King Baoshan's reckless advance!"
In a few days, a lot of analysis was done on the battle situation thousands of miles away, and many people's visions were accurate and vicious.
"... When the guest army was fighting, facing the inner demon who was famous for his cunning and insidiousness, Wanyan Xiebao chose to rush forward with the whole army. Thirty thousand troops gave up the favorable location and crossed the river, knowing full well that Ning Yi's slow deployment of troops was to lure
He took the bait, but he relied on his strength and went straight to meet him. He arrogantly chose the battlefield carefully selected by Ning Yi, thinking that he could win with more people. Did he think Ning Yi was a fool..."
"... When it comes to dealing with firearms, I have a lot of experience in the past, either choosing to march on rainy days, or using light cavalry to circumvent the formation. I have never seen the King of Baoshan make such an arrangement, and this failure is his own fault..."
"...The defeat of 30,000 people in front of Ning Yi is indeed a major event that shakes the morale of the army, but does it mean that we can't fight? Look at what is written in this petition! Bragging! I will only talk about what Ruoning Yi has in hand.
Firearms are really capable of destroying heaven and earth. The mountain road behind the sword pavilion is winding. He can just guard the mountain pass and kill people. If I really have such firearms in my hands, my country of Jin is nothing. I will attack Yunzhong Mansion next year."
"Look... the second half of this year will be enough to level the clouds..."
"The journey is long and the journey is tiring. I have such a weapon that can destroy the world, but I still have to go on an expedition like this. I should see more scenery on the way... Or next year, maybe we will surrender before the people arrive.
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A group of generals were either ridiculing or angry about the intelligence coming from the southwest, but what was actually brewing behind the news was hidden under public opinion.
An undercurrent is brewing beneath the seemingly ordinary surface.
Through the window of the waterside pavilion, Wanyan Zongbi was looking at the gradually dimming Yangtze River from a distance. Huge ships were still passing through the river not far away. Women from the Wu Dynasty wearing very little clothes were forced to sing and dance.
After being sent off, his brother Zongsuke remained silent at the dinner table.
"...I have always been...a little unbelievable about the news that came out in the past two days. Baoshan was killed in front of the battle, and Marshal Zong Han...actually turned around and fled. Fourth brother, this is not his temperament. When did you ever
Have you ever seen Nianhan like this? He is... a hero like a big brother."
Zong Bi looked outside: "...he is old."
"...I didn't realize this when I saw him before. I thought he was determined to fight to the death in the Southwest Battle..."
"He is old." Zong Bi repeated, "He is old, so he needs to be safe. If it was just a small setback, I think he would move forward bravely, but he met an evenly matched opponent. Ning Yi defeated Baoshan and faced him.
Kill him. After the death of his son, Zong Han felt that... my Jurchen had met a real enemy. He thought that he was a strong man and had cut off his arms, so he wanted to save his strength and return north... Brother Huang, you are getting old."
"That's right." Zongfu thought for a moment and nodded, "When my father was in trouble, no matter how powerful the enemy was, he just rushed forward. And my eldest brother... How could we meet them in the early years?
It's a must-win situation. Nianhan has been fighting for his whole life, and it's possible that he will think like this when he gets old... Sigh, I thought the God of Grain would persuade him, but what happened this time..."
"So what about the God of Ceres!" Zong Bi turned around with an angry look in his eyes, "I gave him 30,000 cavalry, but he won't take them back to me to see how I can deal with him!"
In Zong Fu's mind, Zong Han and Xi Yin still had some power, and there was no question about the word "deal with" at this time. Zong Biwu thought to himself for a moment and said: "Brother, the number of civil servants in the court has increased in recent years.
There are some sounds, I wonder if you have heard them."
"Isn't it true that civil servants are often on good terms with Mr. Gushen, Mr. Shi..."
"Xi Yin admires Chinese studies, but Chinese studies don't wait until he sees him." Zong Bi sneered, "I can conquer the world on horseback with a lot of money, but I may not be able to rule the world on horses. If you want to rule the world, you need to cultivate the skills of literary governance. In the past, it was said
Xi Yin's Sinology is profound, but that's just because he is the only one among the brothers and uncles who has read more books. But after I gained the world with great wealth, ministers from all over the world came to surrender, Xiyin... hum, he is just the most knowledgeable among those who understand Sinology.
It’s just the one who can fight!”
"..." Zongfu listened and nodded.
"We say that we can win the world immediately, but we cannot rule the world immediately. What are you talking about? Our old ways of Dajin are gradually becoming outdated. Nianhan, Xiyin, including you and my brothers... we have fought and fought in these years.
"We have more and more troops and better weapons, but it took longer than the Liao Dynasty to deal with a mere Wu Dynasty. Why?" He paused, "Zong Han, what Xi Yin did.
, it will gradually become outdated..."
Zong Bi frowned.
"In the past, my staff have told me this. Why should we care about the Western Court? The old and decayed things will melt away sooner or later like snow. Even this time when we go south, what Zong Han and Xi Yin did before
You and I should be aware of the fierce posture. They say they want to conquer the world with one battle, but in fact they are aware that the world is too big. Just relying on force and fighting all the way will slowly make it impossible. Zong Han
, Xiyin, this is fear."
Zong Fu also frowned: "But fighting and fighting requires courage."
"It requires courage, but it is very different from before." Zong Bi said, "When you and I were young, we were still playing in the snow in the mountains. The people around us all had nothing to grow at home, and we had to endure hunger in the winter.
Starving Jurchen men. At that time, I waved my hand and went out to fight, so I, the Jurchen, gained a reputation of being completely invincible. But after decades of fighting, the Liao Kingdom was defeated, and everyone had their own
If you have worries about your family, when it comes to war, if you raise your arms, there will naturally be fewer people fighting for their lives."
Zong Bi sneered: "Zong Han, Xi Yin and others regard this as the catastrophe of our Jurchen clan, and feel that if we lose this courage, our great golden country will be in danger. But these things are all human nature.
This step is what this step looks like, how can you violate it! They think that without the life-threatening consequences of having nothing to grow, there is nothing. But I don’t think so. For hundreds of years in the Liao Kingdom, the Wu Dynasty
How did you get here after hundreds of years?"
"You can conquer the world immediately, but you cannot rule the world immediately. This is the truth! We Jin people are not as desperate as bachelors twenty years ago, but the courage on the battlefield is really only possible for bachelors. On the battlefield
There are military laws, incentives, and training. When the country is big, there is still the power of enlightenment. The warriors who are willing to fight for me, it depends on how we find a way and practice it."
"Zong Han and Xi Yin only know how to move forward. They are old and have encountered a formidable enemy. They can't bear it in their hearts. They think they have encountered the Jin Kingdom's henchman. But what is said outside these days is right. If Baoshan is not that
How can Ning Yi fight so smoothly if he has to give up all the time and place to Ning Yi! He just changes the place slightly and doesn't rely on a lonely bridge, and thirty thousand people can escape!"
"...Brother Emperor, I have only figured out these truths at this time. In the past, when I think about it, I don't want to admit it myself." Zong Bi said, "But Brother Emperor, look at the results of these years, the Lou family has been destroyed.
In the black flag, his words are not lost to the black flag, his silver skills can be broken to the black flag, Zong Han was defeated miserably in the southwest, and his sons were all killed... In the past, these generals were more powerful than the other under Zong Han, but,
The more powerful you are, the more you believe that your previous tactics were correct."
"Relying on courage and courage, I moved forward bravely to the extreme. Although I defeated the Liao people and the Wu Dynasty, I faced an opponent like Ning Yi who was both strong and soft. In the end, I suffered defeats one after another.
.In fact, I think, after all, the world is changing, and they refuse to change, and slowly, the road is exhausted. Twenty years ago, they waved their hands and said, go ahead, everyone, go up and fight with all your strength.
Twenty years later, they are still waving their hands and saying, "Come on, there are fewer people fighting, so there is nothing we can do."
He used to have an arrogant temperament, but after saying this, he put his hands behind his back and sounded calm. The room was a little lonely, and the two brothers fell silent. After a while, Zongfu sighed: "These days, I
I have also heard others talk about it privately, and it seems to make some sense... However, fourth brother, after all, we are more than three thousand miles apart, so it is hard to be so sure as to the underlying reasons."
"I'm just speculating in my mind." Zong Bi smiled, "Maybe there are other reasons, that's not sure. Alas, the distance is too far, and the southwest is frustrated. Anyway, it is out of reach. Many matters can only be discussed back home.
In any case, you and I have finally managed to live up to our fate, but when the time comes, we have to see how Zong, Han, Xi and Yin will explain this matter to us and His Majesty."
When he said this, Zongfu couldn't help but smile, and then he shook his head: "Eat."
In fact, when it comes to Zong Han's side, although Zong Fu Zong Bi is anxious on the surface, the senior generals are also discussing and deducing the battle situation, and the celebrations about the triumph have stopped, but in private people
The celebration mood did not stop, they just called the women to the room to have sex and have fun, and did not gather in public to celebrate.
The two brothers exchanged ideas and sat down to drink and have fun. It was already the night of March 14th. The night swallowed up the sky. In the distance, lights spread on the Yangtze River, and every ship carried the fruits of their victory.
However, late at night, a small boat carrying a message came quickly towards Duxi, and someone woke Zong Bi from his sleep.
There was trouble south of the Yangtze River.
A rebel army under the name of Black Flag sneaked into the Han army camp outside Zhenjiang, and caused chaos after slaughtering a Han general named Niutu Song. The gate of a nearby craftsman camp with nearly 20,000 prisoners was opened.
, the Han slaves took advantage of the darkness to flee.
"Black Flag?" After hearing this name, Zong Bi was still slightly stunned.
After the Jurchens ravaged the south of the Yangtze River, people everywhere were destroyed and their families were destroyed. Many rebels surged under the banner of resisting the Jin people, but there were almost no ones who really dared to attack the Jin people and could succeed because of the rules and regulations. In January, someone attacked
Although Zong Bi knew what he was doing to gather refugees in the south of the Yangtze River under the guise of a black flag, today the other party actually came to rescue people and even caused trouble...
...could this black flag be real?
After a while, he became angry because of his hesitation: "Send the order to raise the account! Since there are still people who don't want to die, I will fulfill them."
By early morning, the order to exterminate this bandit army and the fugitives had been sent to the south of the Yangtze River. The Jin army, which had not yet crossed the river, started moving again on the land south of Zhenjiang.
In mid-to-late March, the Chinese rebel army led by He Wen broke into the Jurchen camp and rescued nearly 8,000 captured Han people. News spread in the south of the Yangtze River. As a result, the Jurchens launched a new round of massacre. The name of the Fair Party
Along with the raging battles and blood, it soon came into view.
At the same moment, a real tragic feast of blood and fire was blooming in the mountains of the southwest. Just as our vision was directed to all directions in the world, fierce fighting and confrontation were taking place in this mountain road that stretches for hundreds of miles.
Never stopped.
In order to compete for the national destiny of the rise of the Jin Dynasty and eliminate the last hidden dangers of the Jin Kingdom, in the past few months, the army led by Wanyan Zonghan stormed into this mountain. At this moment, they were all for the same thing.
They fought their way back along the narrow and winding mountain road. They were fierce and passionate when they entered, but when they retreated, they were still like wild beasts, but what they had added was more blood, and in some aspects, it was even shocking.
It was so moving and tragic.
No matter how frivolous the evaluation of people thousands of miles away is, what happened at this moment in the southwest mountains can indeed be regarded as the struggle of the strongest people of this era.
"……Meow meow meow."
At the moment when he received the recreational article from Lin'an, the firelight of "Dijiang" flashed across the night sky. Hongti beside him turned his head and looked at Ning Yi who raised the letter and made a strange sound.
"Gah?" she asked, "What's wrong?"
"Just kidding... cruel, cunning, crazy, violent... how can I be like this?"
Not far away, flames burst into flames on the mountain roads under the night sky, raging and burning.