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Chapter 658 Chapter 610 Beyond the Blade (8)

Chapter 658 Chapter [-] Beyond the Blade ([-])

The sky is bright.

When the servant girl came in to add charcoal fire, Shishi woke up from his sleep.The room was a bit too warm, and her forehead was hot from the smoke. In the past few days, she was used to the somewhat cold military camp, and when she came back to the building suddenly, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"How is Miss Cen?" She rubbed her forehead, lifted the quilt covering her body and sat up, still feeling groggy.

"The doctor said her, said her..." The servant girl hesitated to speak.

"Just save your life." The woman sitting by the bed looked at the servant girl calmly.The two of them spent a lot of time together, and on weekdays, the servant girl also knew that her daughter was somewhat indifferent to many things, and she had a feeling of being indifferent to the world.But this time...it was different after all.

"Miss Cen's life... is all right."

"...She lost her hand." Shi Shi nodded.It was this matter that made the servant girl unable to speak out, but Shi Shi already knew about this matter.

Last night, it was Shishi who brought Cen Jiqing, who had lost both hands, back to the tower.

During this period of time, either under the guidance of the master, or through the propaganda in the city, some women and the master also went to help near the city wall in the building.Cen Jiqing can be regarded as a red card with some reputation in Lulou. Her temperament is plain, and she is somewhat similar to the girl Nie Yunzhu next to Ning Yi. She used to be a doctor's girl earlier, and she is much more skilled in healing and saving people than a teacher.On the front line of Fengqiu Gate yesterday, his hands were chopped off by a Jurchen soldier.

It was also because she was a woman that she was rescued in such a situation.When Shishi drove her back to the building last night, half of her body was already stained red with blood, but Cen Jiqing's hands had only been roughly hemostasis and bandaged, and there was only a trace of rest left in her whole body.

In the face of a national crisis, the soldiers are fierce and the war is in danger. Although most of the doctors have been conscripted to the battlefield, places like Fanlou can still have better medical resources than the battlefield.When the doctor was treating Cen Jiqing's broken arm, Shi Shi returned to his yard tiredly, washed himself with hot water, half leaned on the bed, and fell asleep.

The weather is cold, with intermittent wind and snow.Half a month has passed since the Jurchen's siege began, and more than three months have passed since the Jurchens suddenly went south.The past singing and dancing, prosperity and brocade clothing are still so real when I think about it now, as if what is happening before my eyes is just a nightmare that is difficult to escape.

All of this is unreal—these days, when waking up from sleep many times, Shi Shi will have such thoughts in his mind, those vicious enemies, the scenes of blood flowing into rivers, even if they happen in front of you, you can think about it afterwards , Teacher and teacher couldn't help but feel in their hearts: Isn't this true?Such thoughts may be circling in the minds of countless Bianliang people at this time.

The father, who was originally the pillar of the family, went to the city one day and suddenly couldn't come back again.The husband who used to be food and salary suddenly became part of the city's bad news.She used to be a beautiful woman with bright eyes, bright teeth, and slender hands. When she saw her again, she had already lost a pair of arms and was covered in blood... In this short period of time, the traces of the existence of countless people and the memories left in the minds of others have disappeared forever. Come to an end.Shishi has seen many ups and downs in his growth, and the darkness of the world in socializing and flattering, but he still feels like a nightmare for the fact that suddenly fell before him.

However, it all happened for real.The sudden appearance of the Jurchens broke the dream of this country, and now in the tragic war, they are almost about to take this city.

In the early days, the propaganda about the ferociousness of the Jurchens and the news of the struggle of our own soldiers and civilians has hardly stopped, and it has indeed boosted the morale of the city. Feelings of desperation also began to ferment in the city.

The death of a person will not only affect and affect only one or two people. He has family, relatives and friends, and social relations of one kind or another.The death of one person will trigger a circle of dozens of people, not to mention that within the range of dozens of people at this time, there may be more than one or two people who died.

People began to be afraid, a lot of sad, bad news, and rumors of fierce battles, so that there were still young and strong people in the family, crying and begging not to dare to let their family members die, and some had already gone to the city wall, people moved Trying to see if they can be taken down, or transferred elsewhere.Those who are related have already begun to seek a way out - the Jurchens are too ruthless, this is a posture that will not give up until they break the bridge.

Fanlou is in the center of Bianliang's news circle, and it is the most sensitive about these things.But as far as Shi Shi is concerned, she has already been on the battlefield, so she no longer thinks about it so much.

After a little grooming, Shishi took a look at Cen Jiqing who was still in a coma.She has been on the sidelines of the battlefield for half a month, and she has not modified her appearance too much, but her own temperament is still there.Although he looked weak on the outside, after seeing the blood of swords and guns, his body seemed to have a more tenacious aura, like weeds growing out of the cracks in the rocks.Li Yun was also outside the house, looked at her, hesitated to speak.

If it was in the past, none of the girls in the building would be able to bear the scene of seeing a person's hands being cut off alive. Even last night, after the teacher brought Cen Jiqing who was covered in blood in his arms, he opened the Seeing that Cen Jiqing's arms were severed and his body was covered in blood, someone was so frightened that he fainted on the spot. Li Yun felt a little overwhelmed. Only Shi Shi was still arranging everything tiredly and calmly. Come, just go back to sleep.

The sky is not yet bright, but the wind and snow stopped today, it will only be colder than in the past - because Shishi knows that the Jurchen's siege will be more convenient.Looking northeast from the fan building, a black column of smoke rises into the gray sky in the distance. It is the smoke and dust of burning corpses for days.No one knew if the city would be broken today, but Shishi packed up his things a little bit and was about to go to the wounded barracks again. After that, He Leier came to find him.

"Master... Senior Sister, you are on the battlefield...how is he?"

This woman, who was not too high in the tower, was thinking about Xue Changgong's matter, so she came to ask the teacher for news.

"He hasn't come these days. I'm worried that something will happen to him. Didn't I say...the Jurchens don't attack the city at night..."

"I have prepared some pastries that he likes to eat...and I want to give them to him, but he said he won't let me go...and I'm afraid..."

"...Senior sister, I also heard from others that the Jurchens are determined and must break the city. Many people are looking for a way..."

"He was assigned to the Suanzao Sect, but he is a general after all... Senior Sister, you... can you go find him and bring him the pastries for me..."

He Leier looks pretty good, but she can't get a high status in the building because all she has is her looks.At this time, I came to talk to my teacher with my heart full of worries, and talked about timid and selfish things.She wanted to go to Xue Changgong, but she was afraid of the dangers of the battlefield, and wanted to please him, all she could think of was to send some pastries, and she wanted Xue Changgong to arrange for her to escape.

She didn't notice that Shi Shi was about to go out, and when she babbled about these words, Shi Shi felt angry at first, and then just sighed.She listened to what He Leier said for a while, and she said a few perfunctory words.Then tell her: Xue Changgong is stationed in the area where the battle is the most intense. Although he is nearby, the two sides have no intersection. Recently, he has not been found. If you want to send something, you have to take his token to go , may be found.

The flames of war swept across, and in this unprepared, some people lost their lives immediately, some were confused, and some were depressed.There are also some people who have completed transformation in such a war, and Xue Changgong is one of them.

Alas, such a man may have been interested in you before, but after the war is over, when he is promoted step by step, he will not have any woman he wants. I am afraid that if you want to be a concubine, you will not be able to get it...

After sending He Leier away, Shi Shi thought this way in his heart, and then another man appeared in his mind.The man who had warned him to leave before the war started, seemed to have seen the development of the situation a long time ago, had been doing his own thing, and then went up to meet the man.Looking back on the scene of the last meeting and parting now, it seems that it happened not so long ago.

Ning Yi...

He is not a man transformed in the war, what kind of category should he be?The teacher can't tell.

From the first day of December, when the news came that the defenders of Xia Village had won against Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren, the only progress that could be found in Bianliang City was that Guo Yaoshi led the entire resentful army to pounce on it.

The battle is fierce...

The world's powerful army with a total of 6000 people is against a patchwork army of about [-]. The division itself cannot judge how fierce the battle is.She could only look at the dead people above and below the Bianliang City Wall, and occasionally fantasize about the war on the banks of the Yellow River.In any case, the news of no defeat may be good news.

No matter how tragic the battle is, as long as he can survive, maybe... that is good news...

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Tread, step, step...

The sound of horseshoes rushing through the snow.

One cavalry, ten cavalry, hundred cavalry, the figure of the cavalry galloped on the snow field, and then passed through a small forest.Hundreds of riders behind followed dozens of figures in front, and finally completed the encirclement.

When the two sides came into contact, the rider in front turned around and leaned towards the pursuers.As soon as the black figure stretched out his hand, he rushed out from the horse's back as if striding. The heavy snow was covered, and the two oncoming pursuers almost ran into each other, but then, the two galloping horses lost their center of gravity, and one leaped high to the left, Hissing and crashing, the other horse rolled out to the right. The man in black took the hand of the knight on the horse and waved it backwards. It fell into the snow several feet away.

"Stop! Everyone stop! It's a misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding!" Someone shouted.

The black-robed man had already stopped in the snow, with his hands behind his back, it was Fu Lu with sharp eyes and a solemn expression, and among the hundreds of riders behind, surrounded by everyone was Chen Yanshu, the commander of the Wu Sheng Army. This man was in his 40s, with an upright appearance. He was a civil servant, and he was also a general at this time, which was the type of Confucian generals that people in the Wu Dynasty liked most.Seeing Fu Lu throwing away three charging cavalry in one stride, his heart was shocked. He often marveled at the superb martial arts skills of these martial arts masters, but it was a pity that this person in front of him was difficult for him to use.

The chivalrous use of martial arts to restrain people, these people who act on the basis of their blood, are always unable to understand the overall situation and the helplessness of those who protect the overall situation...

"Senior Fulu, let's go, Chen said it, you misunderstood me..."

"There is no misunderstanding." The old man said loudly, clasping his fists together, "Master Chen, you have your ideas, and I have my ambitions. The Jurchens went south, and my master died to assassinate Nianhan. Now the Bianliang war is over. As for this situation, you dare not go to Bianliang City, and you don't want to send troops to Xia Village. I can forgive you for your reasons, but I only have half my life left. If you want to die for this, you can't stop it of."

"The situation is complicated! Senior!" Chen Yanshu took a deep breath, "Chen has already told you in detail about Bianliang and Xia Village! Who doesn't know. If someone is unwilling to send troops, he really can't send troops! Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people are newly defeated. Here, there is still a deterrent effect on the Jurchens and the resentful army. As long as Bianliang can persist and worry about our existence, the Jurchens will definitely demand peace. As for Xiacun, why not... The resentful army is a hero in the world, At the beginning, he was recruited, and the imperial court supported him with the strength of the six prefectures of Yanyun and half of the imperial court, but who knew that Guo Yaoshi was double-faced and turned against the Jurchen! If we are going to be defeated, does the old man insist on throwing all our belongings in it!?"

On the other hand, due to Zhou Tong's teaching, even though he parted ways at this time, he did not want to destroy Chen Yanshu's power in front of the army with the inside story, but just cupped his hands: "Master Chen, everyone has his own ambition, I already said..."

"Furthermore! Those who do great things, if they fail to do so, let them go! Old man, in order to boost the morale of the army, I, Chen Yanshu, did nothing! To show your name in the army is to hope that all the soldiers will To be able to carry on Master Zhou’s behest, to be brave again, to fight the enemy with all your strength, but these things will take time, now that you are gone, what will happen to the morale of tens of thousands of people!?”

Seeing that Fulu didn't have anything to answer, Chen Yanshu spoke one sentence after another, loudly and resoundingly.As soon as he finished speaking, one of the dozens of horsemen who were being chased was the first to answer: "Shut up, Chen Yanshu!"

On the horse's back, I saw the man pull out his steel knife and point it over. After a while, dozens of people from the green forest who followed Fulu also drew out their weapons: "Smart words, bold words! Have you finished talking! The army is tens of thousands, There is not even an inch of morale in the army, what does the court want you to do! Thanks to you, you took this as a show off and said it shamelessly! Let me tell you, although General Long Huilong only has more than 5 people, they are far more powerful than yours. [-] people are much more bloody..."

"Long Hui!" Chen Yanshu reined in his horse's head and sneered, "Let's not say that he is just a partial general. Taking advantage of the defeat of the army, he gathered thousands of people and has no qualifications to lead the army. General, this man is brave and foolhardy, he leads thousands of people, but he just dies! Chen caught up, because he didn't want senior and you to be buried with fools—"

"Chen Yanshu, you..."

"Okay!" The man on the horseback was still talking, but Fu Lu interrupted his words with a wave of his hand, and then bowed his hands to Chen Yanshu with a cold face.

"Mr. Chen, you don't need to say any more. I have made up my mind about today's matter. Even if I die in Xia Village, it has nothing to do with Mr. Chen. If it really brings trouble to Mr. Chen, I will not be afraid of it when I die. I have to ask Mr. Chen to forgive me. This is because everyone has their own aspirations. If Mr. Chen is not willing to forgive, then I will not accept your style of action. You can order the brothers under your command to kill them today. If we get away with it, anyway I won't be able to go to Xia Village anymore, and from now on, I will only be enemies with my lord's family. Although the old man is not good at martial arts, if he only wants to survive, he may still be able to escape today. My lord, you make your decision."

There was no room for maneuver in his words, and his companions waved their knives and guns: "That's it! Senior, if they really come to kill you, don't worry about us!"

"It's really going to kill each other! It's easy to die here!"

"Chen Yanshu, did you hear that! If I live, I will kill your whole family—"

After everyone shouted for a while, the expression on Chen Yanshu's face turned ugly for a while, and in the end, there was a tense and embarrassing silence for both parties.After a long time like this, Chen Yanshu finally took a deep breath, and slowly rode forward. The guards around him were about to protect him, but he waved his hand to stop him.I saw him riding alone towards Fulu, and then he came down in the snow, and when he reached the old man, he clasped his fists proudly.

"Senior, you have misunderstood me very much." He said slowly and in a deep voice, "But the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to argue. Long Hui is ambitious but incompetent. If you go to attack Guo Yaoshi, you will die without death." The same is true for Xia Village, so what if you hold on for a few days, maybe at this moment, that place has already been breached... Chen chased here, and he was exhausted, since he couldn't stay... Alas, everyone Ah, just take care..."

After he finished these words slowly, he just bowed, and then walked back to the horse with a serious face.

Not long after, in the snow, the two groups of people finally separated gradually and went in different directions.

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In the snow, a long array of soldiers meanders forward.

"Yesterday it was still snowing. Today, when I touch it, the sky will clear up. This is a good omen, and it is God helping us! Brothers, cheer up! Brothers in Xiacun have survived the onslaught of the resentful army for several days. One day, our army suddenly arrived, attacking back and forth, we will be able to defeat the slaves of the three surnames! Let’s go! As long as you win, military merit and salary are nothing to worry about! You are all heroes in this world—”

On the snowy slope in the middle of the team, the generals on horses marched forward while cheering loudly for the team.He also has the foundation of martial arts, his internal strength is forced out, and his voice is like a bell. In addition, he is tall and upright, and he is very encouraging when he shouts all the way.

After a while, a small group of troops came to vote, and after gradually converging, the whole team became more impassioned.It was the eighth day of December, and in the afternoon, Fu Lu and others also came, and the mood of the team became even more enthusiastic.

The war in Xiacun attracted the attention of many people outside Bianliang City, and Fu Lu played a great role in it. It was he who secretly lobbied and instigated many people, and this situation began to emerge.As a matter of fact, when Guo Yaoshi gathered the resentful army to Xia Village, the tragic, yet reciprocal battle really scared many people, but also encouraged them.

The leading general named Long Hui is one of them.Of course, it is difficult to say whether the impassioned passion is driven by the desire for power, but at this time, these are not important.

"Commander Chen is wise enough to protect himself, and he doesn't want to make a move. I have already expected it. The situation in this world has become so corrupt, and it is useless for us to curse here. If you don't want to come, then don't want to come." After hearing what Fu Lu and others said, On the snowy slope, Long Hui just smiled boldly, "It's just that senior came from Xia Village, how is the battle in the village...?"

"It's sunny today, it's not easy to hide, I just took a quick look...it's quite tragic..." Fu Lu sighed, "The resentful army seems to have broken through the camp wall..."

The news he brought caused Long Hui to be silent for a moment. Now it is the sixth day of the fierce battle of Xiacun. According to the previous news, the defending army and the resentful army fought back and forth, and the resentful army used There are many ways to siege the city, but with the cooperation and assistance of firearms, the defenders have never been truly attacked by the resentful army.Unexpectedly, until today, the solid defense was finally broken.

Of course, it’s just a wooden wall, no matter how well it is piled up, it is already extremely lucky to be able to survive for five days in such a fight. In terms of mental preparation, it is not completely lacking, but as a peripheral companion, after all, it is extremely lucky. I just don't want to see it.

On the outskirts of Xia Village, on the snowy ground, Guo Yaoshi was riding a horse, looking at the fierce battlefield ahead from a distance.The three colors of red, white and scorched black almost filled everything in front of my eyes. At this time, the line of soldiers spread from the southeast into the gap in the crooked camp wall, and on the mountainside, a reserve team came rushing to fight against the enemy. The resentful soldiers who rushed in fought fiercely, trying to push out the strikers who broke into the camp wall.

Ning Yi rushed across the blood-stained slope, slashed out with a long knife, and flew a tall resentful soldier with his hands. Beside him, Zhu Biao, Qi brothers, Tian Donghan, Chen Tuozi, Nie Shan and others all rushed into the enemy with the momentum of a tiger. In a sense, these people are the guard group that Ning Yi stayed with, and they can be regarded as the prepared cadre group.

The injuries he suffered before have basically healed, but the accumulated hidden injuries of Po Liu Dao, even with the treatment of red grapes, are not completely healed.Not far away, Hongti brandished a big gun and led a small group of elites to fight towards Ning Yi.She was afraid that Ning Yi would be injured, and Ning Yi was also afraid that something would happen to her, so she fired a shot and fought hard towards that side.Blood splashed on their heads and bodies from time to time, and in the boiling crowd, the figures of the two people were already bloodshot——

"Damn—" Slashing the neck of a resentful soldier hard, Ning Yi staggered towards Hongti, reached out and wiped the blood on his face, "Fairy tales are all deceptive..."

With a whistling sound, the spear ran past Ning Yi's side like a python, and stabbed behind him. Hong Ti heard his low-pitched complaint: "What?"

"Didn't it mean that [-]% of the casualties would collapse? How many dead now—"

In the fierce battle for the past few days, the casualty rate between the resentful army and the Xiacun defenders has long been more than a mere one. On the verge of victory.

But at this moment, in Xiacun Valley, the strength of the resentful army still has the upper hand.It's just that compared to Ning Yi's fighting and complaining, in the army of the resentful army, while watching the development of the war, Guo Yaoshi said: "What tricks, use it..."

In the past few days, the Ever Victorious Army has launched an attack under the advantage, and encountered a novel situation, but it is really not the first time...

(End of this chapter)