Chapter 86: The Spring of the Tenth Year of Jianshuo (1)
As the New Year approaches, it snows on the Chengdu Plain.
The white snow covered everything, and on this land that was often covered by clouds, the heavy snow that fell was like a soft white blanket. On the eve of the New Year's Eve, Zhuo Yongqing took leave of absence and returned to the mountain. After passing through Jiading, he prepared to prepare for
The sisters He Ying and He Xiu, whose father was killed by Chinese army soldiers, sent some food.
In November, the situation in Chengdu Plain had stabilized. Zhuo Yongqing often traveled between the two places and visited several times. At first, his aggressive sister He Ying always tried to drive him out, so Zhuo Yongqing took him there.
He threw something over the wall. Later, the two parties got to know each other. He Ying did not chase people away, but his words were cold and hard. The other party did not understand why the Chinese army kept coming, and Zhuo Yongqing did not explain clearly.
This time when he came to the door, the situation became strange. When He Ying saw it was him, he slammed the door. Zhuo Yongqing originally put the bag with food behind him, wanted to say a few words to ease the embarrassment, and then offered the things
, I was quite confused at this time. After a while, I heard a voice coming from inside.
"Go away. Shameless thing..."
"What……"
"Let's go! Shameless!"
Perhaps because he didn't want to be watched by too many people, He Ying in the door suppressed his voice, but his tone was extremely disgusting. Zhuo Yongqing frowned: "What... what's so shameless, you... what's going on...
…”
"Go away! Go away! My whole family would rather die than be insulted by your Chinese army! Shameless!"
Zhuo Yongqing took two steps back, looked at the yard, turned around and left.
He is not a fool, so he can naturally understand that He Ying's anger towards the Huaxia Army at first was because of his father's death, but now this time, it was obviously caused by something, and the matter was very serious.
Maybe he had something to do with him. So he went all the way to the Jiading Yamen to find the household registration officer who was in charge of the He family - the other person was a retired army veteran named Dai Yong, who actually knew Zhuo Yongqing. This Dai Yong
There was a scar on his face, and he was so dim that he was embarrassed to talk about it.
The current administrative officials in the Chinese army do not have a very rich reserve - even if they have a certain scale, when Liangshan was the size of 200,000 people, spread across the entire Chengdu Plain, many people would definitely be able to make do with it. Ning Yi trained a group of
The people have structured the main axis of the regional government. In many places, wounded soldiers are still used. Although the veterans are loyal and reliable and have studied for a while, they are not familiar with the actual local conditions after all, and they have to be matched with some local personnel in their work.
.Partnering with Dai Yong - or at least acting as a consultant - was a local middle-aged woman.
This woman had also worked as a matchmaker, so she had a wide network of contacts and was the most familiar with the local situation. After He Ying and He Xiu's father passed away, the Huaxia Army punished a large number of officers who were jointly and severally responsible from top to bottom in order to give an explanation.
——The so-called leniency and severity at the beginning meant that the responsibility was increased and distributed to everyone. As for the company commander who committed the crime, he did not have to shoulder all the problems by himself, resign, go to jail, or temporarily stay in the military.
Doing meritorious deeds while on duty can be regarded as leaving a hole.
After such serious treatment, a good explanation was given to the public. In addition, the Huaxia Army did not cause too many disturbances to the people in other aspects, and the Huaxia Army quickly gained some recognition in Jiading people. Under such circumstances
Seeing that Zhuo Yongqing often came to He's house, Dai Yong's partner got smart and wanted to come to the house to talk matchmaking, so as to achieve a good thing and resolve a grudge.
In the eyes of the other party, Zhuo Yongqing is the great hero who killed Yan Lou's family. He has a good character and is considered a first-class talent everywhere. He Ying of the He family has a fierce temperament and is not bad in appearance.
, it was considered as a way to outdo each other. After the woman came to the door, she knocked around, and after a few words, He Ying heard the implication of the words, and was so angry that he almost found a kitchen knife and chopped him out.
The woman didn't say anything before, but was prepared to inquire about He Ying's intentions, so she came to Zhuo Yongqing to report her fault. She may have had the idea of flattering her in her heart. Now she messed up the matter and didn't dare to say more, so Zhuo Yongqing
Qing's awkward moment at the door of the other party's house.
"This, this, this..." Zhuo Yongqing blushed, "Why are you doing such stupid things..."
"Well, yes, yes." Dai Yong touched his nose, "Actually, I also think this woman is too shameless. She didn't tell me beforehand. In fact... no matter what, her father died in our hands, and she wants to be with her again."
I also find it difficult to sleep with her. However, Brother Zhuo, if we put it all together, I think it is not completely impossible...I am not saying that you are bullying others, you have to be sincere..."
"What a mess, I didn't want to sleep... I wanted to marry her..." Zhuo Yongqing blinked nervously, "Hey, that's not what I said..."
"Uh..." Dai Yong thought for a while, "The Wang family's sister-in-law's work... is not very reliable. However, Brother Zhuo is also this kind of person. He knows the local area very well and has solutions for many things. I can't do it because of this."
Things will drive her away...or I call her over and you scold her..."
"I, you..." Zhuo Yongqing backed away with a troubled expression, then waved and walked away, "Why did I scold her? I'm too lazy to care about you..."
"Hey, otherwise I will accompany you to your door to apologize..."
"Stop coming and stop causing trouble for me!"
Zhuo Yongqing turned back and pointed at him, then walked away depressed.
Walking around the city all the way.
This matter is quite tangled for him, but the matter itself is not big, at least compared to his usual military affairs. How big can a personal matter be? He calculated the time of coming out this time, at most
He was leaving tomorrow morning. Seeing that there was a misunderstanding, should he simply save some time and go back to Liangshan, or should he continue to waste time here? After going around like this for a few times, the style of the army took over. Gritting his teeth and stamping his feet, he went back to
Went to the He family.
After knocking on the door for a while, someone clearly looked out from the crack of the courtyard door, and then he tightened the door bolt tighter. He Ying was angrily silent inside, Zhuo Yongqing took a deep breath, and then paused.
Take another deep breath.
"He Ying, I know you are inside."
"roll……"
"Then about the sister-in-law named Wang, I have nothing to say. I don't know at all. Hey, I said you are smart, why are you so stupid here? Then what... I don't know, can't you see this?
."
"roll!"
"Of course, I have caused you trouble, and I apologize to you. The Chinese New Year is coming, and every household eats meat and puts happy words on it, and you sit next to it? You sit next to your mother and your sister next to you? I just mean it out of kindness, Hua...
...The Chinese Army is kind enough to send you something, what are you thinking about..."
"Go away. What you brought was not sent by the Chinese Army at all. They sent it before..."
"Sent away... You are different. Our Mr. Ning privately asked me to take care of you, Mr. Ning..."
"fraud!"
"What a liar... You, you just listened to that Aunt Wang, Aunt Wang... no matter what Aunt Wang and Aunt Wang said, right?"
"You beasts, you want to kill my father..." The voice inside became more choked up.
"I didn't think about it. What are you thinking about...Okay, you have to listen to the truth, right? The Huaxia Army is sorry for you. Mr. Ning also told me in private, and it's all the truth! Yes, I also have a good impression of you.
...Not to you! I want to fall in love with your sister He Xiu, and I want to marry He Xiu. You always feel insulted, right? You..."
There was a clang in the yard. Someone broke a jar. After a while, someone fell down. He Ying shouted: "Xiu..." and ran over. Zhuo Yongqing knocked on the door twice. At this time, he also
He couldn't care too much anymore and used his strength to climb over the wall. The lame girl He Xiu had fallen to the ground, her face almost turned dark red. Zhuo Yongqing ran over: "I'll come..." He wanted to save, but He Xiu was stopped by He Xiu.
Yingyi pushed away: "What are you doing!"
"I...I know what to do, she...she is just a little frightened...you..." Zhuo Yongqing wanted to go over, but then controlled himself, and danced and commanded He Ying. He Ying helped his sister up, and talked with that
The mother, who was always timid and silent, ran out in panic and carried the girl into the room.
The whole thing was not too big. After a while, He Xiu woke up and turned around. After taking a few breaths on the bed, he looked up and saw Zhuo Yongqing at the door of the room. He was so frightened that he lowered his head and curled up into a ball. Zhuo Yong
Qing went outside in embarrassment, wondering what was going on. Just as he was sighing, He Ying and He Xiu's mother walked over quietly: "That..."
"Ah...aunt...you...good..."
"Young man of the Zhuo family, what you said... what you said, is it true..."
"...Uh..." Zhuo Yongqing touched his head.
He Ying came over from behind, holding a pottery bowl in his hand, and spoke in a very low voice: "You... you are satisfied, my He family, my He family didn't do anything bad, but you talked nonsense and humiliated my sister... you...
…”
"What I said is true……"
"you……"
"I said what I said is true!" Zhuo Yongqing glared over seriously, "I, I ran over again and again just to see He Xiu. Although she didn't talk to me, I didn't mean that she had to
How about it, I don’t mean any harm...She, she is like my former savior..."
Hearing what Zhuo Yongqing said, He Ying was speechless. Zhuo Yongqing said: "I, I haven't thought about anything else, and you shouldn't think that I am deliberately trying to humiliate your family.
Let me just look at her...that woman named Wang is so smart."
As he said this, he walked out of the yard, brought in a bag of new year's goods, then looked at the situation in the yard, and went over to clean up the broken clay pots under the eaves. This kind of cleaning should be done by women.
He Ying hesitated several times and did not come to intervene. He just asked hesitantly: "What you said...is true?"
"believe it or not."
After finishing his work, Zhuo Yongqing left the courtyard. When he opened the courtyard door, He Ying seemed to have made up his mind and ran over again: "You, wait."
"What are you waiting for?" Zhuo Yongqing turned around.
"Are you telling the truth? You want to...marry my sister..."
"Don't worry, I don't intend to embarrass your family..."
"If you like He Xiu, bring me your horoscope, and I will find someone to marry you."
"Well……"
He Ying in the yard looked at him with stubborn eyes. Zhuo Yongqing was stunned and confused.
On the way back to the mountains after leaving Jiading, he thought, what is going on...
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Zhuo Yongqing and the He sisters had an inexplicable close fight at this age. Ning Yi's family spent their time in a small village twenty miles south of Jiading. From a security perspective, cities such as Chengdu and Jiading were too
It’s too complicated. The population is large and the business is not yet stable. If trade is completely liberalized, the number of Green Foresters and assassins will increase on a large scale. Ning Yi finally selected a deserted village south of Jiading as the temporary base for the core of the Chinese army.
place of residence.
With the heavy snowfall, the situation in the southwest has solidified. The temporary task of the Chinese Army is only the orderly relocation and transfer of various departments. Of course, Ning Yi and others still have to go back to Hedeng to spend the New Year's Eve of this year.
In contrast to the temporary tranquility in the southwest, the war situation is still coming from the north. In occupied cities such as Chengdu, these news will be announced in large quantities at the yamen gate every day, which is a surprise to the people gathered in teahouses and restaurants.
It brought a lot of new topics for discussion. Some people have also accepted the existence of the Huaxia Army - their rule is not bad after all compared to the Wu Dynasty - so when talking about the generosity and bravery of the King of Jin and others, people also
This article discusses what kind of situation the Chinese army will have with the Jurchens when they fight out one day.
In the Wu Dynasty, preparations for the New Year's Eve celebrations were also being made in an orderly manner. New Year's greetings from officials from all over the country continued to be sent, and many people also stated the crisis of the world's situation in letters summarizing the year. People who were supposed to arrive in Lin'an in the early New Year
Junwu didn't rush back to the city until December 27th. Zhou Yong greatly praised him for his diligence. As a father, he was proud of his son.
However, Zhou Yong still had many doubts about the upcoming battle. During the family banquet, Zhou Yong asked several times about the defense situation on the front line, preparations for the future war, and confidence in whether he could win. Jun Wu
He sincerely introduced the status of the various armies, and then said: "...nowadays, the soldiers are working hard, and the morale of the army is different from the previous sluggishness. Especially the main forces such as General Yue and General Han are quite similar to the Jurchens.
We have the strength to fight, this time the Jurchens have come thousands of miles away, and we have the depth of waterways along the Yangtze River, so we still have a 50-50 chance of winning..."
Zhou Yong was still a little hesitant about this answer. After the family banquet, Zhou Pei complained that his younger brother was too honest: "Since there is a 50-50 chance of winning, in front of my father, it doesn't hurt to say more. At least tell him that he will definitely not do it."
It will fail, that’s it.”
Jun Wu frowned and said: "No matter what, as a father and a king of a country, many things should be made clear. As a son, I stand in the front and risk my life, that's all... Actually, how to judge the 50% to 80%?
The last time we fought against the Jurchens was a few years ago, and we were defeated at that time... 50% is quite a lot."
Zhou Pei sighed, then nodded: "But, little brother, you are the prince, just stay in the front. Don't risk your life at every turn. When it's time to run, you still have to protect yourself. As long as you can come back, Wu Chao will
It doesn’t count as a loss.”
"But if you don't risk your life, how can you win?" Jun Wu said, and then smiled, "I know, Sister Huang, in fact, I understand what you said, and I will definitely come back alive. I said risk it...
...Well, it just refers to...that state, where you have to fight tooth and nail...Sister Huang, you understand, right? Don't worry too much about me."
At the end of this year, everyone in the court seemed calm. Since there was no party dispute, the fight that almost started between Zhao Ding's group and Qin Hui's group two months ago was finally suppressed. After that, Qin Hui accepted the fight and accepted the punishment, and there was no major incident.
Movements. Such harmony makes this Spring Festival seem extremely warm and lively.
In such tranquility, Qin Hui fell ill. After the cold, his body had not yet recovered. In more than ten days, he seemed to have aged more than ten years. On this day, he went to the palace to see the fight and asked to leave again.
As expected, Zhou Yong comforted him with kind words and gave him a lot of tonics. In a certain gap, Qin Hui knelt in front of Zhou Yong.
"...The guilty minister is stupid and incompetent. Now he is dragging his body with this body, and I don't know if he will be fine in the future. There are a few words, which are just the private thoughts of the guilty minister... The mess in the Southwest is due to the fault of the guilty minister, and now
Unsolved, the Jurchens from the north have arrived. If the crown prince is brave and can defeat the Jurchens, then God will bless our dynasty. However... Your Majesty is your Majesty, you still have to make a plan... If you are defeated... The guilty ministers will die.
There is a big war ahead, so we should not have such thoughts, shake the morale of the army, and the guilty ministers will die... Your Majesty convicts you..."
The Wu Dynasty and the scholar-bureaucrats jointly ruled the world. Ministers did not kneel when they went to court. Only when they committed serious crimes did they kneel down to listen to instructions. Zhou Yong looked at the old minister who knelt down and kowtowed, and sighed.
Originally, because Qin Hui had become a troublemaker recently, he felt tired and already had a certain opinion of the other party. However, only at this moment did he feel guilty. In his heart, he promised the other party to attack the southwest with all his strength last year. Finally,
Things that I had been hesitating about became clear again.
"Alas..." He stepped forward to help Qin Hui up: "Qin Qing, this is also what an old man says when planning for the country. I have always heard people say that those who are good at fighting must not worry about defeat and prepare for a rainy day. What is the crime? However, at this time, the prince has already done his best.
While we are fully prepared for the war ahead, I have to support him well from behind. Qin Qing is my Privy Councilor and will recover from his illness in a few days. The important task of helping me run this business should fall on him.
On Qin Qing’s head…”
He patted Qin Hui on the shoulder: "You can't just beg for help. Qin Qing, to be honest, you are the one I trust the most. You are capable..."
Qin Hui was so moved that his eyes filled with tears. After a while, he solemnly bowed down again: "...I, I have dedicated my whole life until my death."
As he spoke, he started to swallow even more.
The monarch and his ministers supported each other and encouraged each other for a while. At some point, heavy snow fell from the sky again.
The wind and snow continued all the way north to Xuzhou. Luo Ye spent this new year on the city wall of Xuzhou. Accompanying him in the snow and wind were millions of hungry ghosts outside Xuzhou.
This is the main force of hungry ghosts led by Wang Shitong. Ever since they heard the news that 8,000 Chinese troops had entered Xuzhou, hungry ghosts have been coming in a steady stream. They were unable to attack the city in the ice and snow, and surrounded it outside the city, constantly and continuously.
Die. Compared with the scattered refugees who lack food and clothing, the core group of hungry ghosts is slightly richer in supplies. People who have no food can still feed each other. Therefore, it is foreseeable that when the spring warms and the flowers bloom, these people will still be able to survive.
Many will remain.
Looking out from the Xuzhou city wall, there is a hell outside the city where everyone eats each other. There is not much food in Xuzhou city, so it is unrealistic to open the door for relief. Luo Ye looks at the hell scene outside the city every day. Many times, he invites them to
Li Anmao, the prefect of Xuzhou, will also come. He is a son of a wealthy family who cares about the Wu Dynasty, and he has many topics in common with Luo Ye, who originally had a well-established family background in Beijing.
On the New Year's Day, the two of them were drinking at the top of the city. Li Anmao talked about the hungry ghosts besieging the city. He also mentioned that in addition to the hungry ghosts besieging the city, Zongfu and Zongbi's army might arrive in Xuzhou in the beginning of spring. Li Anmao was actually deeply connected with the Wu Dynasty and China.
Jun asked for help just to drag people into the water. He did not shy away from this. Liu Chengzong, Luo Ye and others who came this time also knew it well. Luo Ye took the glass of wine and sprinkled it on the ground.
"... Most of my family members were killed or taken captive by the Jurchens during the Jingping Disgrace. Most of these people are mediocre and commonplace, not worth mentioning. I just never thought about them.
Something like this will happen... I have a sister at home who is cute and obedient. She is the only person I care about. She is probably in the north now. I am looking for her with my brothers in the army. There is no news yet. I just hope she is still alive..."
"As for the Jurchens..."
He said: "Then come."
In the tenth year of Wu Jianshuo and the thirteenth year of Jin Tianhui, the snow has not gone away, the blood has not gone away, and spring has arrived as promised.