The early spring when warblers fly and grass grows, the war-torn land.
The time is the thirteenth year since the Jurchens first went south, and the eleventh year after the Wu Dynasty's southern crossing. The Wu Dynasty court, which was once magnificent and glorious in history and has led the way for more than two hundred years, exists in name only at this moment.
Already.
The team that maintained the last bloodline of the Wu Dynasty named this year the first year of revitalization. In these years of continuous war, the new emperor of the Wu Dynasty, Zhou Junwu, who carried the ambition of revitalization, has not become the focus of the times for the time being.
In the first month of the first month, the Princess's team docked in Fujian, and with the help of Cheng Zhouhai and others, they easily captured the important town of Fuzhou. By the middle of the first month, the mighty dragon boat fleet moved north along the coast, and received the main force of Junwu's team to board the ship, assisting
Running south, the fleet once entered the Qiantang estuary, approaching and threatening Lin'an.
Considering that the plan to hunt down Zhou Junwu was difficult to realize in the short term, when the snow melted and the ice disappeared in early February, Zong Fu Zong Bi announced the victory of the Southern Expedition. After leaving some troops to sit in Lin'an, he led a mighty brigade and set off to the north.
Return.
Taking into account the goal of this southern expedition, as the Eastern Route Army, Zongfu Zongbi was able to return victoriously. At this time, the Wu Dynasty had been torn apart under the operation of the Lin'an small court and the Jurchen team for more than half a year. Zhou Junwu was not captured.
Completely annihilating the Zhou family lineage is just a small flaw. It is a pity to abandon it, but if you continue to eat it, it doesn't have much flavor anymore.
On the other hand, the Western Route Army, which was preparing to destroy the southwest with great momentum, fell into the quagmire of war, which was good news for Zongfu Zongbi. Admittedly as a member of the same clan, Zongfu Zongbi still hoped that Zonghan and others could win.
- You will definitely win - but before you win, the worse you play, the better.
The war in the southwest has now become the core target of the entire world's attention. Some people are gloating about it, while others are anxious about it. During this period, the corresponding battle in Changsha has also attracted the attention of many people. Considering the situation between the two sides near Changsha,
Comparing the combat power, when it came to an end at the end of February this year, many people were stunned by the results reported.
The soldiers who participated in the entire Changsha Battle were on the Jin side, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Among them, there were more than 30,000 Jin elite troops led by the Jurchen veteran Yin Shuke. These 30,000
Half of them were the cavalry team that Xi Yin had obtained from Zong Bi. In addition to Yin Shuke's troops, there were more than 300,000 surrendered Han troops who came one after another.
In the Chinese army, the Miao troops led by Chen Fan amounted to no more than 10,000 people. Even with the addition of more than 2,000 strong special operations troops and the miscellaneous troops led by hot-blooded generals such as Zhu Jing, the total number of
, Xiangyong, the overall number has never exceeded 40,000.
Although at the beginning of the war last year, Chen Fan led a long-distance attack with 7,000 elite troops and quickly defeated the invading Han army of more than 100,000 people led by Li Touhe, Yu Gusheng and others in less than a month, but then
With the arrival of Yin Shuke's main force, the Battle of Changsha, which lasted for about half a year, was extremely difficult for the Chinese army.
Chen Fan gave up Changsha for a time, and later captured Changsha with his carbine, and then gave up Changsha again... During the entire battle, Chen Fan's troops always carried out mobile operations based on the terrain. Juling, where Zhu Jing was, was once captured by the Jurchens and then massacred.
After that, he kept running away and moving around.
If we look at the overall situation of the Changsha Battle from the back, even within the Chinese Army, the overall situation is not optimistic. Chen Fan's combat principle is to rely on silver skills, but he is not familiar with the southern mountainous areas and constantly guerrillas, seizing an opportunity to quickly attack
Defeat one of the opponent's troops - his military skills and ability to lead troops were brought out by Fang Qifu back then. Coupled with his own accumulation for so many years, his fighting style is stable and resolute, which is reflected in his extremely rapid attack.
, is extremely keen on seizing opportunities, attacks extremely vigorously when attacking, and once things fail, he will never be sloppy in retreating.
Even under the pressure of Yin Shuke's pursuit, Chen Fan achieved several brilliant victories in the cracks surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops. In one of them, he even defeated Yin Shuke's partial army and swallowed nearly 600 gold.
The soldiers became elite and marched away.
But no matter how good the command is, it can only go so far. If all the troops faced by the Wu Dynasty after surrender were surrendered, Chen Fan might be able to lead 10,000 people from the south of the Yangtze River to kill seven in and seven out, but facing silver skills, he could not do this.
A Jurchen veteran of this level could occasionally take advantage, which was already the limit of strategic planning.
Within the Chinese Army, the prediction of the overall trend is that Chen Fan will gradually enter the mountains of Miao territory to resist after constant maneuvering. If he is not wiped out, it will be a great victory.
No one expected that the Battle of Changsha would end with Yin Shuke's defeat and death.
No one expected that in the Wu Dynasty's army, there would be an "outlier" as determined and ferocious as Yu Mingzhou.
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The Battle of Changsha ended on February 24th of this year.
Wanyan Qingjue was captured on the evening of February 21st. He remembered that the smoke was thick and the sunset was red. Southeast of Changsha, near Liuyang County, a big battle had actually begun. This was against the troops led by Zhu Jing.
The fundamental purpose of a containment and interception was to swallow up Chen Fan's troops who came to rescue.
In the sunset, the young general of the Wu Dynasty who had a violent personality but was quite popular with him suddenly punched him and knocked him off his horse.
Wanyan Qingjue was not even mentally prepared. He fainted for a moment. When the buzzing in his head became clear, he turned around and reacted. A scene of massacre was already unfolding in front of him. Yu Mingzhou on the war horse was condescending.
, his face was bloody and ferocious, and then he drew his sword.
This was Wanyan Qingjue's last memory of that day. Later, someone knocked him out completely and stuffed him into a sack.
This was the second time Wanyan Qingjue was captured by the Chinese army.
After waking up, he was locked up in a simple camp, and everything around him still seemed chaotic. There was still a war at the time, and someone was watching over him, but they didn't seem to care about it - this carelessness refers to if he escapes from prison
, the opponent will choose to kill him rather than knock him out.
Wanyan Qingjue failed to find a chance to escape, and he did not know the development of external affairs in a short period of time. Except on the evening of February 24th, he heard someone cheering "victory" outside. On February 25th,
He was escorted to the direction of Changsha City - before he fainted, Changsha City was still owned by his side, but apparently, the Chinese army made a comeback and captured Changsha for the third time.
The soldiers escorting the prisoners on the way seemed to have forgotten the threat of the Jin soldiers - as if they had won a complete victory - this was something that shouldn't happen. Even if the Chinese army won another victory, Marshal Yin Shu could
It is impossible for all the elites he leads to be lost. After all, victory or defeat is a natural outcome for a military strategist.
He remained silent all the way and did not ask about this matter. Until the sunset on the twenty-fifth day, he approached Changsha City. The sunset poured down on his field of vision like orange blood. He saw the flagpole in Changsha City.
, hangs a handsome armor with silver skills. Beside the armor hangs a ferocious human head with excellent silver skills.
There were other pedestrians and soldiers coming and going on the road. Wanyan Qingjue's steps were shaky and she knelt down on the roadside: "What, what's going on..."
He asked in a hoarse and weak voice, but the handle of the knife hit him on the back, urging him to move forward. Wanyan Qingjue's eyes were red. He pointed at the head on the flagpole and looked back at the guarding soldiers, with a terrifying expression. Soldier
He raised his foot and kicked him hard in the face, knocking him down into the mud.
No one explained anything to him, and he was detained in a prison in Changsha. Victory and defeat changed, and political power changed. Even in prison, he could occasionally detect the turmoil in the outside world. From the mouths of the guards who walked by, from
From the shouts of the criminals being escorted back and forth, from the murmurs of the injured...but it was impossible to piece together the whole story. It was not until the afternoon of February 27th that he was escorted out.
I left the prison, walked through the long corridor, and then came to a courtyard behind the prison. Many soldiers could be seen here, and it was possible that prisoners under centralized custody were digging in the ground. Two of them should
A man who is a member of the Chinese Army is talking in the corridor. The man in military uniform is a middle-aged man, and the one in a robe is a young man with oily hair and pink face. Both of them have serious expressions. The young man with oily hair and pink face slightly clasped his fists at each other and looked over.
, Wanyan Qingjue felt familiar, but then she was escorted to an empty room next to her.
The empty room was simple and spacious. With the windows open, one could see the sight of soldiers standing guard in front and behind. After a while, the slightly familiar young man walked in. Wanyan Qingjue squinted her eyes, and then she remembered: This is
One of the followers of the traitor Yu Mingzhou was not Yu Mingzhou's most trusted right-hand man. Therefore, Wanyan Qingjue had only vaguely seen him once or twice in the past few days.
The young man looks quite good, like an actor. Recalling his past impressions, he may even think that this person is the wife raised by Yu Mingzhou - Yu Mingzhou has an anxious and violent temperament, and comes from a family who is eager to have fun.
Habits, it’s not surprising that this is the case - but at this moment Wanyan Qingjue couldn’t see much from the young man’s face. The young man’s eyes were calm, with a bit of gloom, and he opened the door and then closed it
.
He came over. Wanyan Qingjue's hands were tied to the table, unable to move. He raised his head and struggled slightly, then gritted his teeth and said: "Where is Yu Xiaoxiao? It's not polite to send a subordinate to support me at this time, right? He
…”
At this moment of the confrontation, considering the death of Yin Shuke and the defeat of the Battle of Changsha, Wanyan Qingjue, who had been a proud disciple of Xi Yin for half his life, had already completely risked his life, risking life and death, and was about to say a few sarcastic swear words.
, a fierce light flashed in the eyes of the young man standing in front of him and looking down at him.
A fierce punch landed on Wanyan Qingjue's face.
With a buzzing sound, Wanyan Qingjue's whole brain buzzed, and her body twisted to the side. When she reacted, her mouth was already full of blood, two teeth were knocked out and fell out of her mouth, and the teeth in half of her mouth were loose.
Wanyan Qingjue spit out the blood in her mouth with difficulty.
"Well...you..."
"Yu Mingzhou said a long time ago that sooner or later, he will punch your smug face with his own hands, so that you will never laugh."
"Ahem...let him come..." Wanyan Qingjue spoke with difficulty.
"He can't come, so I'll come to see you after finishing my work."
"Beast!" Wanyan Qingjue raised her head, "He even sold his own father..."
"He only sold out all his belongings, Yu Shibo is not dead..." The young man sat down opposite, "These things were all forced by you."
"Let him come to see me and tell me face to face. He is now a big shot, amazing... He is just a dog in front of me." Wanyan Qingjue said, "He has no face to see me, he is afraid of being mentioned by me.
He’s a dog!”
The young man put his hands on the table and rolled up his sleeves slowly, without looking at Yan Qingjue: "He is not a dog..." He was silent for a moment, "You have seen me, but you don't know who I am. Get to know me.
His name is Zuo Wenhuai, also known as Jiazhen. Do you have any impression of this surname, Mr. Wanyan?"
A sad look flashed in the eyes of the young man named Zuo Wenhuai in front of him: "Compared to my master Wanyan Xiyin, you are indeed just a playboy worth mentioning. Compared to Ming Zhou, you are far behind. Zuo
Jiyun is my clan uncle, and one of my uncles and grandfathers in the Zuo clan is named Zuo Duanyou. In order to kill him, you also paid a large reward."
Wanyan Qingjue reacted.
The Zuo family, a wealthy family of the Wu Dynasty, followed the Jianshuo court to Jiangnan after the Wu Dynasty moved south. It is said that the great scholar Zuo Duanyou visited the Xiaocang River several times and sat down with Ning Yi to discuss things, but the quarrel failed.
The Zuo family has always had a good impression of the Chinese Army in He, and there was even information that the Zuo family had a secret connection with the Chinese Army.
Such rumors may be true, but they have never been conclusively concluded. First, because Zuo Duanyou was well-known in the Wu Dynasty scholar circle and had deep family roots. Second, after the southern crossing from Jianshuo, the crown prince and eldest princess also had a good impression of the Chinese army.
Zhou Zhe's calls for revenge gradually decreased, and some families even started trade with the Huaxia Army, hoping to "learn from the barbarians and gain skills to control the Jurchens." Rumors about who had a good relationship with the Huaxia Army were just rumors.
Only the Jurchens once offered a head bounty to Zuo Duanyou, not only because he did go to Xiaocang River and received courtesy from Ning Yi, but also because Zuo Duanyou had a good relationship with Qin Siyuan before. The two reasons combined,
There was also a reason to kill him.
Zuo Duanyou did not die at the hands of the Jurchens in the end. He died of natural causes in Jiangnan. However, during the whole process, the Zuo family did establish inextricable connections with the Chinese Army. Of course, how deep this connection is, it is still natural to see at the moment.
unclear.
After Zongfu Zongbi teamed up with Xiyin to break through the Jiangnan defense line, Xiyin once paid attention to the Zuo family. However, at that time, the entire Zuo family had quietly disappeared from people's eyes, and Xiyin only thought that this was a big family.
Wisdom to avoid disaster. But now, there is such a disciple of the Zuo family walking in front of Wanyan Qingjue.
Wanyan Qingjue recalled for a moment and said: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I missed one move. Now of course you can say whatever you want..."
He was targeting Zuo Wenhuai's comment about him as a "dandy". Zuo Wenhuai looked at him for a moment and then said: "I am a soldier of the Chinese Army."
"...You puppies are naturally soldiers of the Chinese Army. Hey, do you know what Yu Mingzhou has done..."
Zuo Wenhuai shook his head: "I came to see you today just to tell you this. I am a soldier of the Chinese Army. I once studied in Xiaocanghe and was taught by Mr. De Ning. But I have given you this disastrous defeat.
Yu Mingzhou was not a member of the Chinese Army from the beginning to the end. From the beginning to the end, he was a soldier of the Wu Dynasty. He cared about the Wu Dynasty and was loyal to the millions of people in the Wu Dynasty. He was heartbroken for the situation of the Wu Dynasty..."
Zuo Wenhuai stared at him and said word by word: "You remember - you and Yin Shu were defeated by such a person."
Wanyan Qingjue tilted his head. The previous punch made his thinking slow down, but at this moment, in the other party's words, he finally realized something...
"Haha...Yu Mingzhou...how is it?"
What flashed through his mind was the violent look in Yu Mingzhou's eyes as he looked down from his horse on the evening of February 21st.
Gun smoke fills the air, and the setting sun is like fire. People will never be able to avenge the hatred of some years.
So certain emotions will become clear in such emotions...