In the eleventh year of the founding of the Wu Dynasty, the three behemoths in this world finally collided together. Thousands of people fought and bled. The tiny creatures went through their lives in a hurry and fiercely. The beginning of this tragic war originated from ten years ago.
One day more than ten years ago, if we want to delve deeper into the cause and effect, I am afraid that the hidden thread between heaven and earth will be entangled in a deeper and deeper place.
Even the gods with souls may not be able to understand everything in this world, and if we are as stupid as human beings, we can only intercept small tangible fragments of this world in the hope of gaining insight into the truth or metaphor about heaven and earth contained in it.
.Although this small fragment is already an unimaginable giant for us...
In the spring of the 11th year of Jian Shuo, Liangshan in January was cold and barren. The accumulated food had been eaten up in the early winter of last year. The men, women and children on the mountain fished as much as possible to feed themselves. The more than 200,000 Han troops outside the mountain occasionally
Attacking or cleaning up, when the weather gets colder, the tired fishermen abandon their boats and jump into the water, and many of them die. But when the weather comes outside, there is no fish catch, and the people in the mountains need to go hungry more.
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The old people died in the winter, and the young people were skinny and bones from hunger. Even the children suffered from hunger most of the time. The Huaxia Army and the Guangwu Army, which had less than 10,000 soldiers, relied on the geographical advantages and the unevenness of the troops outside the mountains.
The situation became a stalemate, but in fact, the situation outside the water park was even worse at this time.
The Shandong area with fierce folk customs and frequent banditry was not a rich grain-producing area. The Jurchen East Route Army went south and consumed a large amount of materials that were not much. There was no food outside the mountains. In the autumn, the grain was not harvested yet.
The Jurchen army was "requisitioned". Late autumn has not yet arrived, and a large number of people have begun to starve to death. In order to avoid starving to death, young people go to serve as soldiers. Soldiers only live in fish and meat villages, and there is nothing in the villages. These Han soldiers
The days have also become extremely difficult.
The 200,000 troops driven by Wan Yanchang to attack Liangshan have been struggling in such a difficult situation since late autumn. Too many people outside the mountains died. In late autumn, a plague broke out in Shandong, often a
All the people in the villages died, and it was difficult to see any living people walking in the towns. Some troops were also infected by the epidemic. The infected soldiers were isolated and waited to die in the epidemic camps. After they died, they were burned by fire.
During the attack on Liangshan, some of the infected corpses were even loaded onto large ships and rushed towards Liangshan. For a time, Liangshan was also affected to a certain extent.
After entering winter, the plague temporarily stopped spreading, and the Han army did not have any military pay. The soldiers were fishing in the water. Occasionally, two different armies met and started fighting. Every once in a while, the generals commanded
The soldiers rowed crude rafts to attack Liangshan, so as to achieve maximum attrition. It didn't matter if the soldiers died in the war, or they simply surrendered to Liangshan's Black Flag and Guangwu Second Army.
Resources have been exhausted, and cannibalism is a common thing outside. No one can afford more mouths. Zhu Biao, Wang Shanyue and others occasionally lead soldiers out of the mountains to launch raids. These incompetent Han people
Thousands of soldiers knelt down and begged for mercy. They even wanted to join the Liangshan army, but only asked for food. The hungry Zhu Biao and others could only let them disperse.
Soon after, they turned the raids into smaller-scale beheading battles. All raids only targeted the middle and high-level generals of the Han army. The soldiers at the lower levels were almost starving to death. Only the middle-level and upper-level generals still had some rations. As long as they kept an eye on
If they catch them, they can often find some food, but soon after, most of these generals also become vigilant. On two occasions, they deliberately set up ambushes, and almost trapped Zhu Biao and others in the trap.
Hunger, the most primitive and most brutal torture of mankind, turned the war in Liangshan into a desolate and ironic hell. When the old people who starved to death in Liangshan were carried out every day, Zhu Biao watched from a distance.
In my heart, there was an irresolvable powerlessness and resentment. It was the feeling that I wanted to scream with all my strength, but all my breath was blocked in my throat. Hundreds of thousands of "Han troops" outside the mountain were driven away by Wan Yanchang
, fighting them to death here, and the lives of these "Han soldiers" themselves have become worthless in the eyes of others or themselves. They knelt down in front of everyone, but did not dare to resist.
In fact, even if they want to resist, neither the Huaxia Army nor the Guangwu Army can produce any food. The once majestic Wu Dynasty and the vast Central Plains have now been trampled and reduced to this. The lives of the Han people are at stake.
The Jurchens were as ridiculous as ants in front of them. Such anger made people breathless.
Another battlefield was Jin. The situation here was slightly better. Tian Hu’s more than ten years of management left some surplus for the usurper Lou Shuwan and others. After Wei Sheng was destroyed, Lou Shuwan and others turned to the western Shanxi area.
With the help of dangerous passes, a base area was maintained in the mountainous area. The offensive organized by the surrender forces headed by Liao Yiren has been continuing. The long-term war and the chaos in the occupied areas have killed many people. The tragedy of starving to the point of exchanging children for food is as common as in Shandong.
It never appeared, and people were mostly killed instead of starving to death. In a sense, this may be regarded as an ironic mercy.
Since the beginning of winter, the people at the bottom of the class often eat porridge made from grains with a musty smell. When Lou Shuwan was under Tian Hu, he was in charge of people's livelihood and prepared the storage of the entire Shan region. This place also
It was not considered rich and fertile. After Tian Hu's death, Lou Shuwan vigorously developed people's livelihood, which lasted for more than a year. By the spring of the eleventh year, it was probably difficult to resume spring plowing while the war continued.
I'm afraid that he will start cannibalism in the fall of the eleventh year... With this estimate in mind, Lou Shuwan has been using an iron fist to reduce the food expenditures of the military and government departments since last fall, practicing frugality. In order to set an example, she
She also often ate food that had a musty smell or contained bran powder. In the winter, she fell ill twice while busy and running around. She only recovered in three days at a time. People around her tried to persuade her, but she shook her head and refused to listen.
One time, it was extended to ten days. During these ten days, she had vomiting and diarrhea, and it was difficult to eat or drink. After she recovered, her already bad intestines and stomach were severely damaged. When spring came, Lou Shuwan was so thin that her face was skinny and bones.
Protruding like a skull, with frighteningly sharp eyes, she seems to have lost the still beautiful face and figure she once had.
She wrote in her diary: "...I have become more afraid of the cold in winter, my hair has begun to turn gray, my body is getting tired, and I am afraid that I will die soon...I have not dared to take a selfie in the mirror recently. I often recall that time in Hangzhou.
, Although Yu is shallow, she is plump and beautiful, and she is often praised by men around her. Compared with Su Tan'er, she is no different. Now it is not a bad thing... It's just that these tortures, I don't know when will they end..."
Feeling sad, he also wrote: "...When I die, the Liao family will always be at the forefront..." Such words, with the intention of killing the whole family, immediately gave rise to an iron-blooded spirit.
Over the years, she often read official documents or letters written by Ning Yi. Over time, her grammar became random. Sometimes she would throw it away after writing, and sometimes it would be saved by others. When spring came, Liao Yiren and other surrendering forces gradually lost their vigor.
, the key officials and generals in the force paid more attention to the stability and enjoyment behind them. Yu Yulin, Wang Juyun and other forces took advantage of the situation to attack, won several battles, and even took away some supplies from the opponent. The pressure in Lou Shuwan's heart was slightly relieved,
The body gradually recovered a little.
In mid-January, the Second Battle of Xuzhou, which began to expand, became one of the focuses of people's attention. Liu Chengzong, Luo Ye and others led more than 40,000 people to attack Xuzhou, and continuously defeated more than 60,000 puppet Qi and Han troops along the way.
At this time, most of the Eastern Route Army led by Zong Fu had crossed the Yangtze River. On the one hand, they were attacking Jiangning and the Wu Dynasty defenses in Zhenjiang. On the other hand, they were eager to face the battle situation in Lin'an. Liu Chengzong's troops resolutely cut back and tensed everyone's nerves.
General Nie Erbojin and others of the Jurchen East Route Army urgently mobilized nearly 150,000 troops from all over the south of the Yangtze River to confront this black-banner division in Xuzhou.
Considering that the Black Flag Army led by Ning Yi had a record of using secret passages to seize the city and kill them without losing the battle in the Northwest War, the Jurchen army launched several repeated searches in Xuzhou. Years ago, the Jurchen army had not yet been reduced to ruins in the war.
Some of the areas that had been cleared were quickly cleaned up, and then I felt relieved. The Chinese Army troops camped outside the city, and even launched two fierce attacks in mid-to-late January, threatening Xuzhou like a cobra.
At this time, Lin'an faced the same situation as Xuzhou for a period of time. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Wu Shu attacked outside the city. He retreated on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and then continued to maneuver outside Lin'an city. Although Wu Shu was lacking in grand strategy,
The use of troops on the battlefield still had its own rules and regulations. Several Qinwang troops outside Lin'an City failed to benefit from his flexible yet determined attacks. In one month, they suffered two minor defeats and one disastrous defeat.
The pressure in Lin'an City is building. In the city of millions of people, officials, gentry, soldiers, and ordinary people are fighting for their lives. More than ten officials in the court have been deposed and imprisoned. Various assassinations and firefights have also occurred in the city.
During the first Bianliang Defense War more than ten years ago, the Wu Dynasty could at least be united as one. This time, more complex thoughts and connections are secretly intertwined and surging.
But no matter what, during this month, more than 100,000 imperial troops surrounded the entire city of Lin'an, and the people who defended the city suppressed the thoughts of the city that were about to move. In the direction of Jiangning, Zongfu ordered the army to attack Jiangning fiercely.
The troops were separated and tried to go south several times in response to Lin'an's Wushu. The team led by Han Shizhong held on to the southward route and even achieved considerable victories several times.
In mid-January, Yue Fei led his troops behind Wei to march eastward along the Yangtze River and inserted into the Jiangning battlefield at high speed. In late January, Xi Yin and Yin Shuke's troops, who were moving slightly slower, took advantage of the boat division's transport capacity that had been mobilized last winter to move along the Huaihe River.
The first line of the canal leads to Jiangning and the battle circle of Zhenjiang.
More massive chaos was breaking out in various parts of the Wu Dynasty. The uprisings led by Fujian Lu, Guan Tianxia, Wu Heilong and others captured several prefectures and counties; in Xuanzhou, refugees from the Central Plains led by Cao Jinlu rebelled and captured the prefecture.
City; Dingzhou, Hu Yun'er revolted in the name of Manichaeism... While the anti-Jin uprising gradually emerged in the Central Plains, various conflicts that had been suppressed for more than ten years in the Wu Dynasty, and the oppression of the northerners by the southerners,
When the Jurchens arrived, they also began to erupt intensively.
Against this background, in late January, Chinese army squads from various places began their missions one after another. Wu'an, Changsha, Qimen, Xiazhou, Guangnan... people with incriminating evidence and anti-rape documents appeared one after another in various places.
Organized assassinations, planned confrontations about such things, and various fake killings also broke out one after another. Some Chinese army squads roamed secretly, privately communicating with and warning the wavering forces and wealthy families.
During this period, a group of 120 Chinese Army soldiers headed by Zhuo Yongqing came out from Shu and followed a relatively safe route to lobby and visit forces that had previously done business with the Chinese Army.
During this period, two loosely organized fighting broke out. Some gentry forces who hated the Chinese army gathered "righteous men" and "militia groups" attacked them. One time, there were about 500 people, one time there were 1,000 people, and twice
After they were assembled, they were defeated by another team secretly following Zhuo Yongqing using a beheading strategy.
In order to cope with the actions of these special teams who left their hometowns, in mid-January, 30,000 Chinese troops in the Chengdu Plain were mobilized from Zhang Village and entered the boundary lines of power in the east and north, entering a state of war preparation.
The expansion of various things and the dissemination of news still need time to ferment. In the world where everything is boiling, in mid-January, there was a news that gradually spread through the words of vendors and storytellers walking around.
The news spread throughout the green forests and markets of the Wu Dynasty.
There was an old man named Fulu, carrying the last clothes of his former master, reappearing in the green forest, heading east along the Yangtze River, heading towards Jiangning and Zhenjiang, which were caught in the war.
The news of the old man's appearance spread, and people from all over the country heard about it, first in silence and then in whispers. As the sun rose and the moon set, gradually, some people packed up their packages, some arranged their families, and began to go north. Among them, some
There are old men who have already become famous but take advantage of the opportunity to come down. There are middle-aged people who are wandering around as performers on the streets, and there are also confused beggars who are among the people who are fleeing...
In Yizhang County, the notorious gangster Jin Chenghu held a strange drinking feast.
Jin Chenghu is in his forties, with a fierce face and a body as tall as an iron tower. He is a gangster strongman who conquered the world with his fierceness after the Wu Dynasty moved south. After ten years of hard work, it is not easy to save a whole life. In the eyes of others,
He is really in the prime of life. In the next ten years, the Yizhang area will probably be his territory.
On the 16th day of the first lunar month, there were neither weddings nor weddings, nor was it a move to a new house. Jin Chenghu insisted on opening this flowing banquet. The reason was really confusing to many people. His former enemies were even afraid that this guy would use excuses for some reason, such as "It's already passed."
Lantern Festival, you can start killing people" and so on.
The flowing water mat has been open on the small school ground in Yizhang County for three days. At noon that day, snow suddenly fell in the sky. Jin Chenghu drank some wine, stood on the high platform, and looked up at the snow. He
Start talking.
"Everyone... fellow villagers, brothers, I am Jin Chenghu. My original name was not Jin Chenghu. My name is Jin Cheng. When I was in the Northland, I was... a bandit!"
He held up the wine bowl: "The village I live in is Dahu Village on Hedong Road! My boss is called Peng Dahu! He is not a good person, but he is a good man! He has done two things that I will remember forever! Jing Han 11
In 1998, there was a grain shortage in Hedong. Grandmaster Zhou Dong and Zhou came to Dahu Village to ask for food. He left the rations in the village and asked for 216 dan of grain. The village owner gave it to him without saying a word! We told the village owner, then
Zhou Tong was just a master and a servant. We, over a hundred men, had nothing to fear from him! The village leader said at the time that Zhou Tong robbed us for the sake of the world, not for himself! The village leader took us and handed over two hundred and sixteen
Shi Liang, there are no tricks!"
"The second thing!" He paused, and snowflakes fell on his head, face, and in the wine bowl, "Jing Han! In the autumn of the thirteenth year! The golden dog went south! Master Zhou Dong didn't say a word, stabbing
Nianhan! Many people followed him, and the leader of our village, Peng Dahu, was one of them! I remember that day, he happily told us that Grandmaster Zhou’s martial arts skills were unparalleled. The last time he came to our village, he asked Grandmaster Zhou to teach him martial arts.
Grandmaster Zhou said that he will teach you when one day you stop being a bandit. The leader of the village said, Grandmaster Zhou will definitely teach me now!"
"The leader of my village is one of the righteous men who followed Zhou Dong Cinihan!" He almost shouted these words with tears in his eyes. "He disbanded the village back then and said he wanted to follow Master Zhou. You dispersed.
Well. I'm afraid, I'm afraid when the Jurchens come! After the village was dispersed, I came to the south. My name is Jincheng! I changed my name to Jinchenghu, not with the word "tiger" to make it look fierce! I have been thinking about the meaning of this name for more than ten years.
Almost all of the righteous men who followed Grand Master Zhou Jia Nianhan died. This time, Senior Fulu came out, and I figured it out."
Amidst the falling snowflakes, Jin Chenghu glanced at the crowd following him in the audience, the concubines he had married over the years, and then raised the wine bowl in his hands with both hands: "Dear fellow villagers,
Brother! The time has come”
"Let's break up!"
His whole body was as muscular as an iron tower, and he usually had a fierce look on his face, which was quite scary. Now he was standing upright, but he didn't look handsome at all. It was snowing heavily.
Time has passed through a distance of more than ten years, and there is a figure that has left a lasting impact in the long time. His life and death have left a huge imprint on people's hearts. His spirit will remain with him even after his death.
In the next few years and more than ten years, it is still running through and changing the lives of many people...