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Chapter 681 One cavity of blood, half of a loyal soul, talking and listening to wild dogs

Chapter 681 Passionate blood, half a loyal soul, talk to wild dogs

In the spring of Jinghan's 14th year, in the middle of March, the gloomy spring rain fell on Taiyuan, the Dragon City.

When lightning occasionally flashed by, it showed the crumbling and bony body of the ruined city under the night. Even in the rain, its whole body still looked scorched black.Before that, the traces of the Jurchens' arson and massacre in the city were too strong to fade away. In order to ensure that everyone in the city was found out, after the Jurchens searched and looted wantonly, they still set fire to the entire city. In the ruins of the city, there are many corpses everywhere. The moat, the square, the market, every wellhead, and every house are all miserable deaths.The dead bodies gathered, and the water near Taiyuan was also pitch black.

The huge stench of corpses filled the sky near Taiyuan.

If you are a sentimental poet or singer, you might say that the spring rains are falling at this time, as if the heavens can't see it anymore, and they are washing away the sins of this world.

But it is not.

At Yanmen Pass, a large number of slaves in ragged clothes who were being chased away like pigs and dogs were passing through the pass. Occasionally, some of them fell down, and they were beaten by Jurchen soldiers approaching with whips, or directly killed with knives.

After the looting of Taiyuan without sealing the knife for ten days, the number of prisoners that could be captured from the ruined city was not as many as expected.But it doesn't matter, since the order not to seal the sword for ten days, Taiyuan is just a prop for Zong Han Zongwang to ease the morale of the army.The details of the Wu Dynasty have been ascertained, and Taiyuan has been destroyed. If you come back in the future, why worry about not having many slaves.

After the ten-day massacre, none of the residents in Taiyuan City survived, but tens of thousands of them were driven to the north after experiencing inhumane torture and abuse.Most of these people are women. The young and beautiful ones have already suffered a lot of humiliation when they were in the city, and those in poor health have already died. Along the way, they were tortured wantonly by the Jurchen soldiers. Every day, the bodies of the humiliated people were thrown on the road by the team.

Even if they were lucky enough to survive the Yanmen Pass, what awaited them was nothing but endless torture and humiliation.Most of them died within a year after that, and after leaving Yanmen Pass, there were very few people who could still step back to the land of the Wu Dynasty in this lifetime.

It's still raining.

In the south, more than a hundred miles away from Taiyuan, in a small town called Tongfu, the sky was dark in the light rain.

The arrival of the Jurchens looted a large number of towns near Taiyuan, and the intensity only slightly decreased when they arrived at Tongfu Town.When the mountains were covered by heavy snow, the residents of the small town hid in the city and spent the winter shivering. At this time, the weather had turned warm, but there were still no business travelers traveling from south to north, because the residents in the city had to go out to farm and chop. Firewood and harvest some wild fruits in spring to satisfy our hunger, so half of the town was carefully opened, and the soldiers nervously guarded the small number of people entering and leaving.

The Jurchens were massacred in Taiyuan, and what they were afraid of was that they would not be reconciled after slaughtering Taiyuan, and if they returned to their carbines, their lives would really be ruined.

In the light rain, the soldiers guarding the city saw a few townspeople from outside the city rushing in, covering their mouths and noses as if they were hiding from something. The soldier was startled and wanted to close the city. Only then did they hear them say: "Over there... there is a strange person..."

"I don't know who it is, I'm afraid it's a green forest hero..."

"It stinks...carrying the corpse..."

Carrying a dead body in the rain?This is crazy.The soldier's heart trembled, but since only one person came, he was a little relieved, picked up the spear and waited there, after a while, a figure came from the rain.

The figure was riding a horse, walking at a slow pace. The man on the horse was wearing a black cloak and ragged clothes. He was obviously injured. He was holding a stick in his hand, and behind his back was a big black bag.Sniffing carefully, in the light rain, there is also a faint stench in the air.He couldn't see the man's appearance clearly, he just vaguely felt like a ghost.Emboldened and courageous, he spoke just now.

"Who are you and where are you from!"

"People from the green forest, from Taiyuan." The figure swayed slightly on the horse, and just now I saw him say this sentence with his hands clasped.

"Tai, Taiyuan?" The soldier was startled, "Taiyuan has already fallen, you, are you a Jurchen spy——what is behind you—"

"I am not a spy... Taiyuan City, the Jurchen army has retreated, I, I escorted things over..."

"What...you wait, you are not allowed to move forward!"

"Head." The man replied weakly. Hearing the soldiers yell, he stopped the thin horse under his crotch, and then got off the horse.He stood there with a black bundle on his back. He was actually a head taller than the soldiers. He was rather burly, but he was dressed in rags. The rags were wounded by sharp objects, and his body was also pierced with filthy wounds. bandage.

At this time, many people stuck their heads out to see his appearance, and they were all surprised when they heard him say the word "human head".They were on the edge where the Jurchens could come at any time, and they were already frightened. Then, they saw the man slowly put down the package.

"When the Jurchens slaughtered Taiyuan, they hung on the head of the city gate. The Jurchens army retreated north, I went to fetch them, and went all the way south. However, although there were few Jurchens staying near Taiyuan, I was still discovered by several people. come over……"

He was weak, just to explain his injury, but when he said this, everyone was in an uproar. Everyone was looking into the distance, and the soldier clenched his spear tightly, forcing the man in black to retreat. took a step.He paused slightly, and gently put down the package.

"The Jurchen scouts were killed by me a long time ago. If you are afraid, I will not enter the city, but these people..."

He put down his stick, knelt down on the ground, opened the package in front of him, stretched out his hand, picked up a ball that was not only covered with mucus, but also dirty and difficult to distinguish, slowly placed it in front of the city gate, and then picked up One, put it down gently.

These people were killed long ago, and their heads were hung on the gate of Taiyuan city, exposed to the wind and sun, and they had already begun to rot.His black package was slightly insulated, and when he opened it, the stench was unspeakable, but the ferocious heads placed there seemed to have a terrifying magical power.The soldier took a step back, watching the scene in bewilderment.

"...These people are all loyal ministers and righteous men who died for the defense of Taiyuan. I am seriously injured and cannot be sent away. I will trouble you all. Loyal ministers are passionate, but I hope they will not be turned into... wild ghosts and lonely souls."

After the man finished speaking slowly, he finally stood up, clasped his fists, and then took a few steps, got on his horse and left.

In front of Tongfu Town, the light of Chunlei lit up. There were seven human heads placed there. The long-term rot made the skin and flesh on their faces rotten, and most of their eyes had disappeared. No one could recognize who they were. Who, there are only empty and terrifying eye sockets left, facing the city gate, only facing south.

After a long time, someone took the order of the Shangguan and went out of the city to find the righteous man who sent his head.

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The barracks outside Bianliang City was cloudy.

In a part of the camp, hundreds of soldiers were performing martial arts, and the light of the saber was striking out neatly. Accompanied by the vigorous light of the saber, they heard a rather different singing voice.

"...The smoke rises, the mountains and rivers look north! The dragon flag rolls up, the horse neighs, and the sword energy is like frost! The heart is like the Yellow River! In 20 years, who can resist..."

"...Hateful, the direction of the long knife..."

In this alternative singing, Ning Yi stood in front of the wooden platform, watching the exercise calmly. Around the exercise site, many soldiers also surrounded him, and everyone followed the singing.Ning Yi hasn't been here for a long time, and everyone is quite excited.

He never thought that such singing would be heard in the barracks.Moreover, at this time, it sounds like the mood is quite complicated.

When they were in Xia Village, they considered finding a few generous military songs. This was Ning Yi's proposal, and they chose this one later.But naturally, this kind of casual libretto is really a bit of a minority at the moment. He only heard it for some people around him, and later it spread to high-level military officers. opened.

Everyone sang and danced their knives, and when the song was over, all the teams stopped in unison and looked at Ning Yi.Ning Yi also looked at them quietly. After a while, there was a small school in the queue nearby who couldn't bear it, and raised his hand and said: "Report! Mr. Ning, I have something to ask!"

Ning Yi glanced at him and thought for a while: "Ask."

"Sir, has General Qin been framed by traitors and can't come back!?"

When he asked this question, the soldiers were buzzing. Seeing that Ning Yi did not answer, someone dared to say: "Mr. Ning, we have not been able to go to Taiyuan. Is there someone in Beijing who is hindering us!"

Then someone said: "It must be Cai Jing..."

But no one dared to answer these words, everyone just looked at the man, and then said: "Mr. Ning, if you have any difficulties, just speak up!"

"Yeah, although we are humble, we also want to know—"

"I will swear to the death that I will not be ranked with the traitor—"

In the barracks, there was a turmoil. Although Wu Ruiying was required to practice daily in the barracks and was not allowed to go out during this period of time, most of the high-level, middle-level and even low-level officers held private meetings to talk about the news in Beijing.At this time, although the high-level military officers felt that something was wrong, they all stood proudly and didn't care about it.Ning Yi stood there silent for a long time, everyone stopped asking, and the atmosphere was suppressed.Until then, Ning Yi waved and called someone, and gave him a piece of paper.

"This is...the news from Taiyuan City, you go and read it, and read it to everyone."

The news that Taiyuan City fell and was massacred has long been known to the people in Beijing, and of course the barracks also knew it. The man was slightly taken aback, then stood there, bowed his head and read aloud.

"On February 25th, the city of Taiyuan was broken. Zong Han ordered that no swords be sealed in Taiyuan city for ten days. After that, a brutal massacre began. The Jurchens closed the gates of the four sides of the city tightly, from all sides..."

The secret investigation department's news is more detailed than ordinary informants. Among them, the sequence of massacres in Taiyuan City and various killings can be recorded, and records are more or less given. What happened to the women, what happened to the slaves who were driven north like pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, and what happened after the massacre were all recorded as calmly and indifferently as possible.Everyone stood there, their scalps felt numb, and some people had already gritted their teeth.

"How is the song sung?" Ning Yi suddenly interjected, "The smoke rises, and the mountains and rivers look north! The dragon flag rolls up, the horse neighs, and the sword is like frost! The heart is like the Yellow River! Hey, in the 20 years, who Can resist—sing!"

Everyone froze, Ning Yi suddenly yelled: "Sing—" Here are all well-trained soldiers, and then they sang: "Wolf smoke rises—" It's just that the tone is obviously much lower, and when it's time to sing In the past 20 years, the sound has become more pronounced.Ning Yi pressed his palm: "Stop."

He took a breath, turned around and walked up to the wooden table waiting for the general to patrol, and wiped his mouth and nose with his hand: "This song is not official. When I first said that I would use it, I actually didn't like it, but I didn't expect you to like it. That is also a good thing. But military songs must have a military spirit, and they must be reasonable. Who can resist in 20 years... Hey, now there is only hatred and madness, which is worthy of you. But I hope you will remember this feeling, I hope that 20 years from now, you will all be able to sing this song with dignity."

Ning Yi paused: "As for General Qin, he won't come back for the time being. Other people will take over you, and I will go back too. I am not happy to see the news from Taiyuan recently, but I am very relieved to see you today. "

He scanned the people in front of him, and then walked away.There was an uproar among the crowd.An officer around Ning Yi shouted: "All stand at attention—" Those soldiers stood in horror.It's just that when Ning Yi walked forward, more people gathered again, seeming to block the way.

Someone shouted: "Is there a traitor in the court!" Someone shouted: "The traitor is in power, Your Majesty will not know!" —” The voice came loudly, Ning Yi stopped, and suddenly shouted: “Enough——”

The voice came out with the internal force, and Sifang gradually calmed down.

"I have my business, and you have yours. Now I will do my business, and you will do yours." He said, "That is the truth, don't act like a little girl here, give it to me Step aside!"

In the barracks, everyone slowly stepped aside.When he reached the edge of the camp and saw the still neat team and the woman on the side not far away, he nodded slightly towards the other party.

Hong Ti also nodded.

It was cloudy and rainy.

With the news that the Jurchens had withdrawn from Taiyuan and returned to the north, a lot of changes finally started in Bianliang City.

The next day, Luo Shengzhou, the champion of martial arts under Tan Zhen's command, officially took over Qin Shaoqian's seat and was transferred to Wu Shengjun. This is just a trivial matter that no one knows.On the same day, Emperor Zhou Zhe issued an edict of guilt to the world, and at the same time ordered a strict investigation and elimination of the official system at this time, and the public sentiment in Beijing was invigorated.

Knowing mistakes can be corrected, this is the beginning of cheering up...

　It may be a strange feeling to listen to "Serving the Country with the Loyalty" while reading this chapter.

(End of this chapter)