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Chapter 636 Cross-horizontal cavalry wind and rain Changge (5)

Chapter 636

At the edge of the forest, beside the small river, in the dim atmosphere, there is only a little light burning on the torch, and the images of the people around are very dense, but also seem to be very sparse, and the shadows continue to spread.An unknown number of stragglers around also came over quietly, listening to the man under the tree talking east about the situation in Qi County.Then, there was a slight silence for a moment.

"... What happened today is right or wrong. It's hard to sum up. You all work for Zhuji. In the final analysis, you are doing a job. I didn't say that I would go to the battlefield. I brought you here and sacrificed so many people. Companion, I have guilt in my heart, but guilt can't solve the problem."

In the light of the torch, Ning Yi's voice was not loud, but as the night wind spread, it was enough for people around to hear clearly.

"Tonight, no one can solve this matter. An army of more than ten and 20 people can't solve it. Let it go to you and me. Look at the people around us. We have tried our best. However, I am standing here talking to you because I want to I'm just thinking about it with you."

"Strong walls and clear fields." Ning Yi said a little tiredly, "This is what we at Zhuji have done recently. Many people don't understand it, and they come to make noise. There are so many people around Bianliang, how can they be cleared? What's the point? In fact, it doesn't make sense to do it now. There are too many people around Bianliang. If someone is alive, there will be food. Even if we withdraw nine out of ten, tens of thousands of Jurchens can still find food here It doesn't make any sense at all."

"For some people who are used to ambiguity and some officials, it is a good result for 100 million people to leave 50 yuan, and it is even more gratifying to leave 60 yuan. But it is not for us. From the beginning to the end At the end, people can't leave, we are zero, if 100 million people can't move 95, what we do will be meaningless." He waved his hand, and his tone became fierce, "From the very beginning, we have done Yes, that's what happened!"

"I don't know how long this matter will take." Ning Yi's tone slowed down, "The army has lost the battle, what will happen to everyone, what will happen to the capital, I don't know, will this battle stop here? The city is broken, the Wu Dynasty is dead, I don’t even know. But if the fight continues, I will do my own thing. But now that the Jurchens are attacking the camp, the people over there probably don’t have the heart to fight anymore. If we get food, grass and supplies, what we are doing now will be beaten back to its original form.”

When he said this, he paused for a while, because he was injured, and he was tired from talking, so he looked behind and found a rock to sit down on.But someone in the crowd responded: "Boss, you can just say what you want to do."

"That's not what I said, I'm a reasonable person." Ning Yi sat down and shook his head, "I want you to die, I have to tell you clearly, otherwise everyone will die, and you will blame me on Huangquan Road...death Don’t blame me, I hate this very much.”

He let out a sigh of relief: "Of course, there may be some people who are immortal. I want to choose some people, those who can still move, those with high martial arts skills, go to Qi County to see, if the people in the camp have burned all the food, grass and luggage , we turn around and leave, if not, we have to do it. The Jurchens only have [-] people, and there are still a lot of people around Qixian County, which is a mess. We find a way to move in and out quickly, and leave when we finish Maybe there is still a life left. It is... such a plan. If you can still move, who wants to follow me?"

After he finished speaking, Zhu Biao came over with a gun in his hand. In the crowd, the voice that had just uttered also supported the tree and stood up. The rest also stood up. They were all from Liangshan and they could still move.Everyone in Zhuji received a lot of positive publicity on weekdays, but after all, this is the situation, how many people are not only injured, tired, but also worried, and more or less hesitant.Ning Yi just sat on the rock to rest, watching all this quietly. In his words just now, there is no motivation and incitement content, but it is enough here, he is not willing to force anyone to do such a thing. thing.

One after another, someone stood up again, but someone beside him whispered: "Chen Tuozi, you don't want your wife and children anymore?"

The figure in the darkness over there is a slightly hunchbacked martial artist, reminded by his companion who was seriously injured and lying on the ground.The hunchback sneered: "I, Chen Tuozi, have never been a good person. When I was young, I murdered and robbed my wife. She was also robbed, but after following me, there was nothing I could do. I came here to make a living. , but I can clearly tell the good from the bad. I can see clearly what Zhuji has done in the past few years, how many people have been saved and how many people have been saved. I have done a few good deeds in the past few years. .Today someone asked me to fight the Jurchens, and I don’t care about him, but I’m willing to sell my life here.”

This Chen Tuozi was originally a ruthless person with a bad reputation in the world, but now he was speaking generously and laughing, but he also seemed a bit cunning.The person next to him nodded and said, "Chen Tuozi is right." Someone stood up again.This Chen Tuozi said to Ning Yi: "By the way, boss, let me tell you that you do such things that others don't know, but we know. People come to trouble you all the year round. Last year, when I was young A group of sworn brothers also came over and said they wanted to kill you to make a name for themselves. I, Chen Tuozi, have a bad reputation. When I told them what you did, they didn’t believe me, thinking that I had been bribed. Kill them all, drag their bodies outside the city and bury them."

When everyone heard him say this, they were a little silent, but someone said: "You didn't call me about this." Ning Yi sat on the stone and laughed: "Who is your boss, who will give you food? Why? , want me to thank you?"

He was not polite, but that Chen Tuozi was originally a character of the evil sect, and he liked it the most.At this time, he said: "I'm not talking about this, my boss, you have done so many things and saved so many people, I can't do it. I, Chen Tuozi, don't have a good reputation, and my sworn brothers used to be valued very much. In the past few years in Zhuji From now on, when I look at their appearance, I think it’s nothing. Today’s matter, if you say you want to do it, we will help you, but you don’t have to go, you can just rest here and wait for us to come back to announce the good news. I want to say That's all!"

After he finished speaking, the surrounding immediately echoed: "That's right, that's right, what Chen Tuozi said is right!"

"Boss, you can't go, let's go!"

"You don't need to do this."

In the midst of the noise, Yuwen Feidu had already stood up on the ground where several seriously injured people were not far away, and was raising his hand: "I, I'm going..." Ning Yi looked carefully and pointed out: " Help him up!" Someone helped the fallen boy and made him lie on the ground again.Ning Yi stood up with serious eyes: "Okay! I'm not holding a conference here, and I won't talk about democracy with you! Now that everyone has a sigh of relief, I wish Biao to pick someone! Leave me with too much injury, don't make up for it! I'm Tu Ning Liheng, a man with bloody hands, Zhou Tong wants to be courteous when he sees me, Lin Echan doesn't even dare to make a big noise in front of me, do you want me to teach you how to do things?"

At this time, there are dozens of people who are willing to go to Qi County with Ning Yi. After he finished speaking, Zhu Biao went to further screen the personnel.At this time, someone raised his hand again: "I, can I go? I am not injured, and I have practiced some moves. I can help!"

It was a straggler next to him who was not a member of Zhuji. After this person finished speaking, someone in the crowd stood up again.Someone also said: "My brother just died, I think what you said is reasonable, I can go with you..."

From top to bottom, the army of the Wu Dynasty was mixed, and it was difficult to trust each other during large-scale battles. But even so, there were always some outstanding figures in the army, and some were passionate. By the river, one by one figures stood up hesitantly and walked out of the crowd.The night wind blows, Ning Yi looks at this scene, Zhu Biao looks at Ning Yi, Yue Fei's side, some soldiers also start to sign up.After a while, Ning Yi said coldly: "It doesn't matter if you have blood, those who can kill people, those who have kung fu, you can go."

Then he added: "Die there, don't blame me."

His tone was cold and blunt, but when Zhu Biao went to pick people, he tried his hand one by one, and said with a smile: "I will be my brother in the future." Many people felt their chests burning.

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When the 80 or [-] people gathered by Ning Yi crossed the river and hills and dragged their tired bodies to Qi County, the farce of intrigue in the capital due to the defeat of the Western Army was reaching its climax.

Shi Shi went to the room on the outskirts of the building, and through the window, he watched the army rushing past the street. The city in the night became noisy, which disturbed many people's slumber.For ordinary people, they wondered in their hearts whether the Jurchens had begun to attack the city again.And on the solemn Yujie Avenue, many courtiers who rushed over blocked the emperor's car, begging the emperor to return to the palace.

Zhou Zhe had lost his temper for a long time, but the development of the situation at this time was indeed beyond his expectation. Originally, he wanted to drive all the courtiers back home in the name of curfew, but the order just started, and the city The commotion had already begun indistinctly.Li Gang came to report, but said that someone leaked the news of the Western Army's disastrous defeat, and now many people in the city are starting to make trouble, the most important thing is the gang of imperial students, who have to go out to the palace to petition against the curfew in the middle of the night—— Know how they are privately connected in series.

The disastrous defeat of the Western Army was already a major event, and in addition, there were problems in the city. Once people knew that the emperor left overnight, I really don't know what would happen.Li Gang kowtowed and said that the army had been mobilized to maintain order. Zhou Zhe could see that the veins on his forehead were bulging. Then Li Gang said, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin is still in the city. The army must bypass Bianliang and go south to pursue.

At this moment, Zhou Zhe also felt that he was hopeless.

In the tower of Nanxun Gate, the scolding of the uncle Liang Feng resounded through the night sky. In a small room on the side of the tower, Cao Yan, the general guarding the city, walked up and down anxiously, with a sad face on his face. He had wanted to Go out, but the reason why he didn't do so was because of a figure in the corner of the room.

"Go out and open the door, the general is a sinner through the ages."

In the darkness, that figure was holding a Buddhist bead and moving it slowly, vaguely, it was the staff member of the right minister's mansion, the monk Jueming who was also a relative of the emperor...

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Half an hour later, in the palace, Zhou Zhe broke the huge vase.

"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable! This group of officials, this gang of treacherous parties...they are forcing the palace! This is despising the emperor! They don't see me as the emperor in their eyes—"

The queen knelt on the ground, facing Zhou Zhe who was about to go mad with anger.But Zhou Zhe ran over, pulled her up, put her aside and sat down, and after a while came to her again: "You are confused! You are also confused! Queen, you..."

He waved his finger for a long time, and finally waved it down: "Oh, I'm confused too! Queen, look, what commotion in the city, what noise, it's all caused by them! Those who are fighting and peace, they all They are united, and they want to take me out as the emperor, Li Gang! No, Qin Yuyuan! Only Qin Yuyuan has such means. He thinks that if he doesn’t show up today and call other people to block me, I don’t know! I, I know it well... ..."

When he said this, he was stunned for a while, then shook his head: "No, no, maybe it's not just him...Cai Jing! Hmph, old man, Cai Jing, I don't know, he rushed over on the surface and put on a serious look. The appearance of going south with me, in fact, he... he manipulated secretly, so that my eyes could only be fixed on other people. I still don't know the tricks of this old dog, it's amazing, or he will leave, After leaving, he can still suppress all the guys who are not with him, no matter what, he will make money. These things, I, I..."

He said this for a long time, even stammering his tone: "As soon as, as soon as the situation stabilizes, these guys, I will beat them one by one, and let them... know how powerful I am. ...I am the Son of Heaven!"

"I am the Son of Heaven..." he said, "The top priority is peace talks, negotiations, no, no, no... there is no way to talk, the Jurchens have taken advantage of it, so it's hard to talk, but we have to talk anyway... Immediately send someone to summon the Jin envoy to discuss this matter..."

Before he finished speaking, someone came into the palace and reported to him: "... There was a commotion in the city. Some imperial students and people rushed into the mansion where the Jin envoy Wang Rui lived temporarily. In the chaos, Wang Rui was beaten to death. gone."

"You..." Zhou Zhe stood in front of the throne, clenched his fists, and looked at the eunuch who reported the news. After a while, his body shook, and he sat on the seat, his hands clenched on his knees, his lips tightly pursed , trembling slightly with anger...

"Okay..." He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay...let them go..."

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In Bianliang City, Qingluo Garden is a small garden, and occasionally Qin Yuyuan would rest here. It was already late at night, and Qin Yuyuan was sitting in the pavilion in the dark, his eyes seemed to look over the surrounding courtyards and over the city wall , to see the place hundreds of miles outside the city.

Some people are already nearby, and some people are also coming, including Yaozu Nian, Jueming, and even Tang Ke who came here.

"If it's not forced, I don't want to do this, but I can't think about it anymore." He closed his eyes, and after a while, he sighed tiredly, "Mr. Nian, after this incident, I'm afraid it will be hard for you and me to die well... ..."

The voice was muffled and no one spoke.

Outside the city, in the east and north directions, within a range of nearly a hundred miles, the diffuse beacon smoke began to dissipate, and tens of thousands of defeated soldiers, wounded soldiers, and corpses scattered in this vast area, scattered and fled.During this night, Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of the Kingdom of Jin, completed his strategy, destroying almost all threats near Bianliang in one fell swoop.Late autumn is fading away, and next, the cold winter is coming...

(End of this chapter)