Although the time has entered autumn, the temperature in the air has not dropped. After passing Xinzhou City, fewer and fewer pedestrians can be seen on the roads and in the mountains. Occasionally, there is a smell of burning smell in the wind. Shi Jin knows that it is
The smell of burned corpses.
The Jin people have not yet come over, but this time the vanguard of the Yisheng Army who surrendered to the Jurchens at Yanmen Pass have already been raging in the areas near Xinzhou City. When Shi Jin and other seven people passed by Xinzhou City, the entire city
Martial law has begun. Half of the defeated Wu Sheng Army and the nearby Wuwei Army have entered Xinzhou, preparing to defend the city and wait for an opportunity to attack. However, on the other side of the road, more people continue to go south, hoping to enter Taiyuan.
big city.
As people in the green forest, Shi Jin and others were not slow. They set off in the evening of the same day and headed north along the official road. When entering late at night, the road was already congested. They took some detours and crossed Xinzhou City at midnight. A large number of officers and soldiers were
Entering from the city gate, torches stretched out, illuminating the entire city and the ancient city walls. The cry and chaos made the night as noisy as the day. However, after passing Xinzhou, the light gradually died out, and the seven people were like
Entering the wild ancient realm, I chose the road carefully and slowed down.
On the way to dawn in the early morning, the foothills were unusually silent. Occasionally, one or two torches could be seen. It was probably the villagers walking around the nearby mountains who had been left behind by the large army, but were still fleeing to the south.
.They may not be safe, but at least, in this late night, the large army will not move again.
Going further, you can occasionally smell burnt corpses, which are the traces left around yesterday evening. In the early morning, mist gradually surged in the mountains and fields. As the morning approached, the white mist connected and stretched away. People led their horses quietly.
When walking down a hill, I saw a faint red light burning in the mist in front of me.
There were signs of flames burning, but there was no sound of people. They moved forward in the fog like ships on the sea, and the burning smell became stronger. The people walking in front first discovered the corpse, lying on the small road surrounding the village.
In the stream, there is a not wide stone bridge ahead. Beyond the stone bridge, dead people are hanging from giant trees. The scenery further ahead gradually becomes clearer. Half of the village is still burning, but more of it has been burned to embers.
Burnt and unburnt corpses appeared shockingly before our eyes. This was a mountain village that had been massacred and then burned for most of the night.
No one alive.
Some houses in front of them had collapsed, and the road through the village was blocked. They walked silently around the village. In the floating mist, the ruins of the village next to them were burning with flames. As they walked by, there were still burned-out houses.
The house collapsed and raised white smoke, just like a huge ship that was burning and sinking after being hijacked on the sea.
In the mist, seven people led the horses and were surprisingly silent as they moved forward. People who wandered in the green forest had more or less seen blood on their hands, like Shi Jin, who had seen it on Liangshan Mountain.
There may be among the other six people who massacred. But perhaps no scene can give them such a strong feeling of "sinking". Compared with the destructive power coming from the whole country, no single army, bandits can cause such a strong
A sense of destruction, because everyone can understand that the same scene may still be happening in many places around you at this time.
"This time the Golden Dog went south, the general who commanded all the way to the west was Nianhan."
After passing the village, walking in front, the lean man Bao asked in such a low voice, his name was Qian Fei, he was quite famous in the Yanmen Pass area, and the so-called Nianhan was Wanyan Zonghan.
The Jurchen's real name.
"Zhou Zongshi has been following this army since he was in the north, just to find out their true identity. Nianhan is one of the most powerful in the Jin Dynasty court. If we can kill him, the encirclement of this army will also be
It can be solved."
Among the seven people, except Shi Jin and Qian Fei, the other five were divided into two groups. The first group of three were the first to arrive at the restaurant. They seemed to have spent a lot of time in the green forest. They were called "Red Bronze Hands".
"Wei Bao, "Epee" Fang Ya and "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing. The other two are relatively younger. They use swords and swords. It is said that they also have some hidden weapon skills. They are called "Hebei Shuangying". One is Chen.
The play, a Tang Zuhan, does not seem to be a very famous person. According to them, after listening to Zhu Ji’s story telling, he felt that a great chivalrous man should serve the country and the people, so he heard the story from the female
After hearing the news that Zhenren was going south, I thought it was time to stand in the way and do something.
The momentary enthusiasm could not cover up the lack of solidity in his hands. For Shi Jin, apart from Qian Fei's light kung fu, the rest of the six people's kung fu was at best average, or average, or even inferior to that of "Hebei".
"Shuangying" and "Shuangying" were not very solid in character. After passing Xinzhou City, they became obviously a little nervous. But at this time, it was difficult to ask for more.
When the sun rose, they heard the sound of horse hooves ringing and shaking the ground. The bag of inquiring money flew and said: "Dai County is about to arrive." Several people left the horses in the woods temporarily and moved forward until they reached the edge of the woods.
When the time comes, you can vaguely see the city wall in the distance.
A Jin cavalry galloped past the road outside, and the Jurchen soldiers stationed on the wall in the distance were already there.
Pillars of smoke emerged from the city and rose into the sky. In the county town over there, there were various small noises, like countless people whispering, screaming and howling. Several people were lying in the grass.
After listening for a moment, Qian Fei hit the ground with his fist: "The city has been occupied..."
"Senior Zhou...how should we contact him?" Tang Zuhan asked anxiously.
Qian Fei shook his head: "I don't know either. When I went south, it was my master who had contact with Senior Zhou. Now with such a dangerous war, I don't know where Senior Zhou is now. If he is in the city...
…We may have to wait until dark before we can go in and look for him…”
"The Jurchens are massacring the city." Chen Xiuqing said this through gritted teeth, "So what if we go in, can we find Senior Zhou?"
"You have to give it a try."
"Let's go around the city and see if there are any gaps that can be easily entered..." Shi Jin lowered his voice and crawled back in the grass. Several people accepted his idea, retreated into the woods, and circled around.
Perhaps it was because after the Jurchens completely occupied the city, they rushed out to kill the surroundings. There were also traces of people running through the woods. Occasionally, arrows were seen stuck on the ground, and occasionally corpses were exposed in the grass. The smell of blood filled the air.
Occasionally, there seems to be a small team of Jurchens walking around in the woods. Fortunately, several of them have skills. Qian Fei is good at Qing Gong and has high attainments in concealment, while Shi Jin has deep internal skills. It is not difficult to avoid these boring patrollers.
It was only when I saw the south gate of Dai County that an astonishing scene appeared before my eyes again.
The entrance to the south gate was covered with civilian corpses piled up. There seemed to be hundreds of them. The bloody smell had dyed the road red, and even pushed it into a small quagmire on the roadside. Some of them were also stuck in and hung on the flagpole.
Or on the city gate. Seeing such a scene, Tang Zuhan in "Hebei Shuangying" even covered his mouth and almost vomited out. Qian Fei looked far away in the shadow of the tree. After a while, everyone saw him kneeling.
He stood down, shed tears, and slowly kowtowed.
"The one on the city gate... is my master..." He simply said this. Among the few people, only Shi Jin had the highest skill and could see clearly the corpses hanging on the city gate, but he did not
You know, the master Qian Fei talks about is the body of the dwarf that was almost cut into two pieces on the city gate.
At this time, a sound was heard coming from the city wall, and then, the bodies of two stripped white bodies were shouted and pushed down the city by the Jurchens on the city wall. They fell to the bottom of the city and died.
Qian Fei gritted his teeth and whispered: "Let's go ahead and see if there is any place nearby that we can enter..."
So they took another detour, but after all they couldn't find a place nearby that they could go in during the day, so they hid in the nearby woods. Occasionally Qian Fei and others would go near the city wall to watch what was going on, and the ongoing massacre in the city continued.
The rising sun became clearer and clearer, and the sound came from far away, like a sound separated by a wall from hell. I don’t know how many people were searched out, killed, humiliated and raped in the city after the city was broken. Even Shi
After entering, I could only grit my teeth. At noon, I heard the "Hebei Shuangying" discussing how to go out and kill the Jurchens.
"They always get separated. I'll fight with them..."
"Killing one counts as one, killing two counts as a pair, I can't stand this..."
Qian Fei clenched his fists: "Does it make sense? Does it make sense?"
"Anyway, with the fight like this, we can't find Grandmaster Zhou. If he is in the city, he might just, just..."
Although several people said this, they did not really rush out to fight for their lives. In the afternoon, the sun shone through the gaps between the trees. Shi Jin looked up and suddenly felt a little confused about his head-heated northward. Of course, he
I thought about the situation that I would die in the war, and also thought about the possibility of turning around and running away, but now that Qian Fei and others came up, they couldn't find the Zhou Tong they expected, which was really unexpected.
.
Wanting to see Zhou Tong is because he cares about brother Lin's loyalty, but even if he does see him, he may not be able to say anything. He can accept it by fighting for his life or running away, but he just stays here and doesn't know what to do, which makes him look a bit stupid.
Especially in an environment like this, where the Jurchens are massacring the city and many people are dying every moment, it seems particularly stupid to not know what to do.
Otherwise, we should not find Zhou Tong and get rid of these people. Then, no matter whether we turn around, fight hard, or sneak into the city, it will be much easier. Such thoughts came to mind. At this time, Qian Fei, Wei Bao, and Fang Ya,
Chen Xiuqing and others had already gone to explore the reality on the other side of the city wall, and then they heard the shaking of the earth gradually coming.
Shi Jin and "Hebei Shuangying" hurried to the edge of the woods, but only found Qian Fei. From the side of the field of vision, the Jurchen flags came out from the south gate of Dai County, and the formation of the cavalry spread like a huge torrent of war horses and flags.
Shi Jin asked Qian Fei about the whereabouts of the three of them. Qian Fei said: "The Jurchens left the city to attack Xinzhou. The three of them went around to other places to see if there was any place where the Jurchens had withdrawn the city defenses."
"The city defense has not been withdrawn." Shi Jin looked at the patrolling soldiers on the city wall and whispered, "Only some people came out, and those inside are still killing people. I'm afraid they won't be able to get in until nightfall."
Qian Fei nodded silently. They were hiding in the shadows. They were not far from the Jurchen brigade heading south from the city. They watched like this for a long time, and saw people being driven out from behind. Most of these people had their hands tied with long ropes.
, there were men, women, old and young, connected one after another, and the Jurchen cavalry used their whips to drive them away, and the sound of crying filled the whole air. The desolate scene made people really want to rush.
The desire to get out.
Shi Jin watched for a while, gritted his teeth, pressed "Hebei Shuangying"'s shoulders with both hands, and whispered: "Let's go back..."
Returning to the place where they had previously taken refuge, several people were still trembling. However, the other three people had not returned yet. After a while, they heard the sound of commotion coming from not far away, and someone was shouting: "Go! Let's go."
!Ah ah——" Shi Jin heard it, but it was Fang Ya, the "epee" among the three.
They rushed over there with their weapons, but the other side was also the edge of the woods. It was a rocky and rugged slope. When a few people rushed over, they saw "Epee" Fangya, "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing
, was running upwards with two other people. The two people, a man and a woman, seemed to be civilians. The man was covered in blood, and the woman was in ragged clothes. They could only cover their bodies. People from behind rushed up to surround them.
But there were five Jurchen cavalry, and one of them had a human head in his hand.
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When we arrived at Dai County, before we even entered, one of our companions was already dead. Although we knew that these people's martial arts might not be very strong, in people's hearts, it was inevitable that they would have a sense of frustration that their efforts were fruitless.
"Hebei Shuangying" shouted and rushed out together. Shi Jin gritted his teeth, and in a few steps he had already leapt in front of the two of them and rushed downwards. When the five Jurchen cavalry saw help coming, one of them suddenly released a
A loud arrow flew up into the sky and exploded. At that moment, Fang Ya, the "Epee", was hit by a cavalryman who was charging forward with a spear. He vomited blood and flew up in the air. On the other side, Shi Jin had also jumped from the hillside.
Rushing over, a Jurchen cavalry brandished a gun. Shi Jin leaped into the air, huddled up like an ape, and then suddenly exploded!
With a bang, the Jurchen cavalry was pushed away by the huge momentum of his stick, and his internal organs should have been shattered. The war horse that was originally lying horizontally was driven by the power of the stick, and could not stand still.
It stumbled and rolled down the hillside, causing countless dust and gravel to splash up.
"Quick victory!"
Knowing that the opponent had fired an arrow, the surrounding Jurchen patrols would come over immediately. Shi Jin shouted low, waved his long stick in the dust, and rushed forward. Qian Fei and "Hebei Shuangying" had also rushed over, together with
"Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing and the other four cavalry suddenly fought against each other.
The battle was fought on the battlefield, and the victory or defeat was decided in a blink of an eye. Qian Fei and Chen Xiuqing took action almost at the same time, killing a cavalryman, Chen Xi, and Tang Zuhan also knocked a Jurchen off his horse. Shi Jin fought against the two of them alone.
He poked one man off his horse, and another cavalryman rushed towards him at high speed. Shi Jin missed his spear, and smashed the wooden stick into pieces with a sudden blow on the other man, causing him to flip several times in the air.
Then he landed with a rumble. Shi Jin grabbed the spear, turned around and stabbed another dismounted cavalryman to the ground.
When he turned around to look, he saw Chen Xi from "Hebei Double Heroes" standing blankly not far away. He and Tang Zuhan defeated a Jurchen cavalry, but the other party was also extremely brave. He drew his sword and charged.
Together, Tang Zuhan chopped off the opponent's head with a knife. At this time, the big knife was still embedded in the dead Jurchen's head, and the opponent cut off Chen Xi's right hand with a knife. At this time, blood spurted out from the cut.
Tang Zuhan next to him was at a loss. Chen Xi also stood blankly, looking at his shoulders and the arm holding the sword on the ground. When the sun shone down, he staggered and sat back.
Shi Jin rushed up and tapped several acupuncture points near his broken arm, then tore strips of cloth from his clothes and tied the broken wound on his shoulder. Chen Xi was still sluggish and could not react. Not far away, "iron hook"
"Chen Xiuqing was panting heavily and talking to Qian Fei and Shi Jin here: "I, I, I... let's go see the city wall... we see these Jurchens doing evil... there are only six of them, we thought we would definitely win.
, we thought..."
The three of them came together, but by this time, Wei Bao and Fang Ya were already dead, leaving him alone. Shi Jin turned around and shouted: "Ride a horse! Let's go quickly!" Qian Fei had already climbed onto a war horse.
, Chen Xiuqing also turned over and rode a horse in her nervousness. Chen Xi pointed to the severed arm on the ground with his left hand: "My hand, my hand..."
"Your hand is gone!" Shi Jin shouted and said to Tang Zuhan, "Wait for him and run away!" In the distance, arrows were flying towards this side! About ten Jurchen patrols on horseback had already rushed over.
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Shi Jin grabbed the snatched spear and got on the horse. Tang Zuhan also quickly led Chen Xi onto the horse. Chen Xi was crying and speaking hurriedly: "My hand, my hand..." as if he didn't know that the bleeding from the broken arm had already stopped.
Soaked half the body.
Qian Fei rode out, grabbed the ragged woman on the slope and placed him on his horse. Shi Jin also rushed over and reached out to grab another man who was covered in blood, but suddenly missed the opportunity and looked intently.
, an arrow was shot into the man's back, and he fell to the ground without moving.
Shi Jin reined in his horse and looked at the more than ten Jurchens who were charging towards him. He opened his bow and fired an arrow. Shi Jin danced his spear, knocked the arrows away with a splash, shouted a few times at Foreplay and others, and used
After a few glances, they waited until they were running away, then turned the horse's head and ran in another slightly changed direction.
Not long after, the Jurchen patrol team divided into two teams, and the larger team followed Shi Jin in the direction of his escape.
The war horses chased, fled, fought, and rushed into the mountains. On the road parallel to them, a terrifying Jurchen army was heading south in the direction of Xinzhou City. A large number of Wu Dynasty civilians
, was trapped in it, and every moment, someone died while being beaten and crying.
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At night, the setting sun had already set in the sky. In the dim light brought by the stars, the Jurchen knight stood in the mountains, holding a steel knife, quietly listening to the movements around him. At a certain moment, he suddenly waved his hand in a certain direction.
The sound of bows and horse hooves came galloping, and the figure of the war horse rushed out with a bang, colliding hard with the war horse under his crotch. The two war horses collided with a dull sound in the darkness, and the arrows flew out with bloody light, and rushed in
In the night sky, the knights on the two war horses were also knocked out. They rolled on the ground several times and stood up.
The Jurchen warrior held a steel knife in his hand. The man opposite stood up and moved his arms. He was strong, tall and well-proportioned. He also had wounds on his body and blood at the corner of his mouth, but he walked towards this side with bare hands. The Jurchen warrior
With a loud shout of "Wow", he rushed towards him with a sword. The two figures collided with each other under the starlight. After two fierce exchanges, the steel sword changed hands. The tall man who was originally bare-handed swung five times in a row.
Six knives, each knives were swung directly on the opponent's body.
The body of the Jurchen exploded like a wave of blood. When he fell to the ground, the speed of the opponent's knife slowed down. He swung the knife a few more times at the corpse on the ground before stopping.
"Nine Patterns Dragon" Shi Jin. He wiped the blood on the steel knife in the mountains, kept it on his body, and looked at the two horses again, only to find that both horses were injured after the violent collision and fell to the ground.
He couldn't walk away from the pool of blood. He sighed, turned his head to identify the direction, and then walked in the direction of Xinzhou.
In the process of escaping just now, he killed all the Jurchen cavalry following him one by one, including two new Jurchen scouts who joined the pursuit. Although they were also injured, they were not serious after all. Just like this all the way.
Below, in the outline of the mountains not far away, you can vaguely see the ruins of the burned village that you saw in the morning, but now there is no firelight, and it looks like a tomb in the darkness.
Shi Jin walked through the mountains all the way, and met two Jurchen scouts on the way. They were killed by him, and he snatched a horse and walked in the mountains. When he reached a woodland, he suddenly noticed something. He reined in the horse and stopped.
From a tree in the distance, a figure jumped down, and it turned out to be Qian Fei, who was responsible for making inquiries.
The two looked at each other and said nothing. Qian Fei led the way and Shi Jin followed. In a place in the forest, Shi Jin saw several people running away. Chen Xiuqing huddled in the darkness and looked ahead.
A corpse, but that corpse belonged to the woman who was rescued. She stabbed a knife into her chest, seemingly committing suicide. Not far away, Chen, whose arm had been broken in "Hebei Shuangying"
The play was lying under the tree, and Tang Zuhan sat beside him blankly.
Seeing Shi Jin, who was highly skilled in martial arts, coming quietly, Chen Xiuqing and Tang Zuhan seemed to wake up a little. Shi Jin looked at the body of the woman who committed suicide, and Chen Xiuqing looked at him in the dark: "We, we didn't save any of us.
...No one was saved..."
Qian Fei whispered a few words beside him. In fact, he could have guessed it without explaining to Shi Jin. The woman was naked before, and even after being humiliated like that, she was still running away desperately. But when she ran here, she was able to calm down.
After thinking about it clearly, he committed suicide. In the end, Wei Bao, the "Red Bronze Hand", and Fang Ya, the "Epee Sword", seemed to be dead and worthless.
Shi Jin didn't know what to say, so he went to Chen Xi and Tang Zuhan. Chen Xi's arm was broken, but it seemed that it had been bandaged and he was still breathing. Shi Jin looked at it for a moment, and he woke up again in a daze.
, looked at the people around him, and said in a weak and hoarse voice: "I'm useless, kill me... I'm useless..."
Shi Jin put the steel knife on his back, picked up a long gun, stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "This is war."
Seven people came up last night, but nothing was done. Only five people were left alive, and one of them had a broken arm. But no matter what, this is the battlefield. In the afternoon, Shi Jin still felt empty. He didn't know what he had done.
But it was already clear at this time. This was a war. The Jurchen army was still moving southward like a torrent. They were scattered and scattered, and there were countless scouts surrounding them. There were countless people who wanted to resist, and countless people who would not.
Being crushed like this, in such a situation, the power of one person or a few people is really insignificant.
"You may be useful in the future if you are alive. This is fighting." Shi Jin tightened his grip on the spear in his hand, "I want to go to Xinzhou."
Qian Fei looked at him: "Are you going to help defend the city?"
"Dai County has been defeated, and it is not big enough. Xinzhou City is big enough. After the city is broken, there will be street fighting. The situation is the most chaotic at this time. Only if Nianhan enters the city can we assassinate him," Shi Jin said.
, "If Grandmaster Zhou had not died and wanted to have the best chance, he might be there. Anyway, I want to see him."
Chen Xiuqing and Tang Zuhan looked over. Qian Fei was silent for a long time, took a breath, and looked at Shi Jin: "I originally wanted to go back to Dai County and find a way to save the master's body and bury it, but what you said makes sense...
I'll go with you."
Under the starlight, the small thoughts flowing into the bloody torrent were decided...