son-in-law

Chapter 618

Chapter 618

In the mud, there are black, charcoal-burned houses, and corpses one by one.

Not long after the rain stopped, this was a village that had been slaughtered by war. The rain washed away the original flames and blood, but turned everything into an even more indescribable smell, which made people sick.In the forest on the nearby hillside, there were three knights standing there on horseback, looking this way.

The leading knight had a beard and was wearing a scholar's robe, looking quite calm and calm.He held a notebook in one hand and a fine brush in the other, dipped the ink in the small ink bag at his waist, and then scribbled on the scene after the massacre on the notebook. After drawing for a while , and licked the tip of the brush on his tongue, and then spit out a mouthful of black saliva.

The two people behind were probably officers and soldiers of the Wu Dynasty. Looking at the sky, one of them said in a low voice: "Master Cheng, we have stayed here for a long time, if we don't leave, we might meet Jurchen scouts..."

The adult surnamed Cheng added a few strokes, then shook the notebook and blew it gently. After a while, the ink was slightly dry before putting it away.Open your mouth slowly.

"Nianhan's main force is Tuxin Prefecture, and Wanyan Loushi Podai Prefecture. It is estimated that he will arrive in Taiyuan soon." His tone was low, with a little indifference, and he asked, "Where are you going?"

The adult's words made the two officers and soldiers look embarrassed, but fortunately, the other party just sighed casually, and after a while, he reined in: "Let's go, go back quickly, don't be chased by the Jurchen scouts."

Sanqi walked around the woods and left quickly.

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In Taiyuan, Dragon City, Qin Shaohe stood on the small slope outside the city gate, watching the brigades of people pouring into the city. In the farther field, there were large tracts of harvested rice, which were also heading into the city. transport.

Not long after, a group of knights separated from the crowd as much as possible and came from a distance, full of dust.After the leading man in scholar's robe got off his horse, he bowed to Qin Shaohe and said, "My lord."

"Zhouhai, what's the matter?"

"Daizhou City was destroyed, Xinzhou City was slaughtered, and the vicinity of the city was also affected... It was extremely tragic." Cheng Zhouhai looked at him sternly, then sighed, and turned to look behind, "If I hadn't seen it in person, it would be hard Imagine."

"It's not hard to imagine that Taiyuan is also near." Qin Shaohe looked back at the towering city wall of Taiyuan.He was the magistrate of Taiyuan who was transferred this year. When Tong Guan was here, he was under Tong Guan's command. At this time, Tong Guan had already fled to the south, so he was left to guard this place with Wang Ting, who was in charge of the army.

As the eldest son of Qin Yuyuan, Qin Shaohe has always upheld the principles of a gentleman and is humble, but this time Tong Guan abandoned Taiyuan and left, Qin Shaohe almost quarreled with Tong Guan.Of course, since then, Duke Chu's intentions have not changed, and he went south, so Qin Shaohe can only shoulder the burden with Wang Tian.

This time the Jurchens went south and attacked the city so fast that the Wu Dynasty's defense looked like paper.Whether it is Qin Shaohe or Cheng Zhouhai, there is no basis for estimating the role of the army.Be it Shuozhou, Xinzhou, or Daizhou, one moment it was said that the Jin soldiers were invading, and the next moment it seemed that the massacre of the city had already begun.Although Taiyuan's city defense is stronger than those cities, no one has any idea how long it can be defended.

In the far field, the wind is flying and the clouds are flying, and a large number of fortifications are also being built on the top of Taiyuan's wall as the soldiers and civilians enter the city.Countless messages came from the west and north, among them were warriors who assassinated Yan Zonghan. Although it was said that some generals were killed, since Wanyan Zonghan was only injured, the estimation of Taiyuan City is still not optimistic.

It looked like, maybe in a few days, everyone was going to die.

Looking at the crowds fleeing from misfortune, Qin Shaohe, Cheng Zhouhai and the others had such thoughts flashing through their hearts.But since he was here, he had no choice but to fight with all his might.After a while, Cheng Zhouhai went to the city, summoned the person in charge of Zhuji in Taiyuan City, and began to do what everyone is good at, inciting the whole city's soldiers and civilians to participate in the work of defending the city.After Qin Shaohe relaxed for a moment, he also walked up the city wall, and more conductors became busy.

Not long after, Li Pin, who had secured his position as the Deputy Envoy of Water and Land Transfer in the River East, also entered the city with a large amount of military and civilian supplies being transferred.

Even though they were already mentally prepared to sacrifice, they still didn't know what a difficult and long battle was waiting in front of them...

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In the capital, the rain breaks.

In the gloomy weather, Shi Shi woke up from his sleep, it was still in the afternoon, and the building was already bustling.

Because of the war in the north, the business of the building has become particularly good in recent days.Big merchants traveling to and from the capital, officials entering and leaving the imperial court, gentry and celebrities from the countryside entering Beijing, and scholars who scolded Fang Qiu all gathered here.

The shadow of the war has shrouded. Merchants who have business in the north need to transfer their interests and need to go to Beijing to clear up the relationship; gentry who are worried about the damage to their family properties need to ask familiar officials about the changes in the war situation; above the court, there are various interests The officials involved need to connect in private; the impassioned scholars will come here to talk about the government and express their feelings.All these kinds of things are busy and lively.

There are also scholars who decided to join the army and go north to fight against the enemy. They were invited to Fanlou, where they gave them poems and wine, and agreed with each other that they would meet in the north soon.

Whenever it comes to this, Shishi can't help but think of Ning Yi who has been going north for several days. He didn't say too much, and there was no one to congratulate him. He just settled his wife and children at home and left like that.Shishi still doesn't know the specific purpose of his going north. He thought it was a big deal, but he also told his family to go south.

"Things can be big or small. If it's possible recently, it's better to go south."

This is what Ning Yi said to her that afternoon when she left.At that time, Ning Yi just called her home and explained the fact that he was going north temporarily, but he still said this to her later.What kind of exquisite heart is Shi Shi, how many guessed that Ning Yi went north to prevent the war of Jurchen going south, so the deep meaning of this sentence became terrible.

At that time, she looked at Ning Yi in amazement for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "Is it so bad?" Ning Yi just nodded solemnly: "There is a possibility, so be prepared."

At that time, he was at home directing the packing of things going north, his expression was too indifferent, and his words were too calm.Shi Shi was shocked at the time, and he didn't even tell him to be careful when going north.

Thinking about it later, knowing him for so long, he dealt with Liangshan bandits, opened a store in Bianjing, took in orphans, recruited a large number of workers, and asked Zhuji to tell people the stories of those literati defending the way and warriors serving the country, for disaster relief He worked hard and offended many people with backgrounds, resulting in assassinations every now and then. He has always dealt with it calmly.But showing the indifferent and casual look that day may also indicate that he is about to start working seriously again.

This time, it was to meet the Jurchens.Even if he didn't understand what he was going to do, he could guess the danger.

After he left, what Shi Shi had in his heart was that he had never said a word of caution to him.Sometimes she also thought in her heart, he told her family to go south, and told herself by the way, could it be that the feelings for her are the same as those for her family?Thinking like this, do you have feelings for men and women towards Ning Yi?

Later, she thought, no matter who it is, she has to be careful with such a person, not to mention that he is her childhood friend.In this way, my heart will be relieved, and I will no longer be entangled in the relationship between my children.

Afterwards, the news in the tower was also complicated and varied. She listened carefully, and sometimes heard that Guo Yaoshi was persecuted by so and so for his surrender, and sometimes heard that Wan Yan Zonghan had invaded Taiyuan. From time to time, I heard people say that Zong Wang suffered a big defeat in Hebei, and some said that the Wu Cheng and Wu Feng armies were going to pinch Zong Han, etc., etc...

In the court hall, there are also various news. Some people advocate what to talk about, some advocate to attack, and some advocate to stick to it. It is said that the Western Army, the commander of the teacher, will be dispatched in a few days. There are also pessimists who say that Jin The human army will be pushed to the city of Bianliang - this news comes from the Duke Tong Guan, the teacher noticed that it is somewhat similar to Ning Yi's idea.Then, near Bianliang City, it seems that preparations have begun to fortify the walls and clear the country. Millions or even millions of people have been relocated, and people have been scolded for tyranny...

With Shishi's information ability, in the past, he could clearly sort out clues from the chaotic news, but this time it was not so easy.And among them, she couldn't see what Ning Yi, who went north, was doing now.The nearby Wu Dynasty troops seemed to be heading north, preparing to meet the Jurchens.Under such circumstances, why does Ning Yi still think that Bianliang will be in danger?

In such a mood, as for Ning Yi's suggestion to let her go south, she didn't want to think about it.This familiar city, she can't go north like him, she can always wait for the result and stay here.

After the rain stopped, the water dripped from the eaves, and the wind blew from the courtyard, stroking her tulle dress, bringing bursts of chill.The hustle and bustle of the building was transmitted to the courtyard through the wall, and the servant girl also came, bringing the news that two groups of people had come to see each other.She pulled the collar of her shirt and looked out at the gloomy sky still shrouded in dark clouds.

Alas, it's a cool autumn...

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A huge fortified wall clearing the field is unfolding on the land in the north.Countless news gathered towards the south like snowflakes, located in the center of this piece of news, on the carriage ahead, Ning Yi was sorting out a lot of news and materials, and occasionally sent some useful things that could make Zhuji react Yes, unorthodox opinion.

A lot of information related to and unrelated to the progress of Jianbi clearing the field was also gathered, because of the distance, he knew it earlier than the capital.

Zonghan broke Xinzhou, and Wanyan Loushi of the West Route Army broke Daizhou. To the east, Wanyan Zongwang took Guo Yaoshi Changsheng Army as the forward and went south. Peng Zuhui led an army of [-] to meet Wanyan Zongwang in the north of Dizhou. The big break, Peng Zuhui fled south with [-] routs, Dizhou was destroyed and the city was massacred, the Jurchen East Route Army galloped towards Jinan, etc...

The Jurchens marched rapidly, and at this time, it was the autumn harvest, and it was almost impossible to go smoothly on a large scale and resolutely fortify the walls and clear the fields.There were also a lot of questioning and criticism in the court, thinking that the strong walls and clear fields in the north were meaningless to stop the Jurchens.All kinds of problems rose to the peak almost as soon as they started, and Ning Yi had extremely tight time on hand, especially in the initial time, he kept summarizing information and issued various concise and clear instructions.So when Zhu Biao brought the information in, he simply looked at it, put it down, and then picked it up to look at it again.I made some modifications on it.

"Give it to Dong Fangxian, join the publicity plan, super class, push him to the altar."

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment. In fact, he was not responsible for delivering the message to Ning Yi himself. He came here at this time, probably because he thought the news was too important, but then he took it and opened the curtain to go out.

The carriage continued to drive, and people came and knocked on the wall from time to time. About half an hour later, another item came. The person who got on the carriage was also Dong Fangxian, who was in charge of publicity in Bamboo Notes, and handed over a manuscript to Ning Yi. Ning Yi took a look.

"The backgrounds of the eight Jurchen generals who died may need to be checked carefully, but these are what are available at hand, and they will gradually thicken later. See if this is okay."

Ning Yi looked over quickly, took a brush to draw a few points, and then said quickly: "Except for the eight people with names, the rest are the elite around Nianhan to be emphasized. The numbers should not be vague. You are saying that they were killed or injured. More than one hundred is not shocking, if you add more, 260 people will be killed or injured, 120 people will die and [-] people will be injured, that’s all.”

"If anyone asks how we figured out the numbers..."

"Let's just say that the Nianhan Army made their own statistics."

"Yes."

Dong Fangxian went down with the article, and Ning Yi continued to deal with things. After half an hour, the second draft was handed in. Ning Yi looked at it, and then waved impatiently for someone to take it away.

The carriage continued to move forward, and the accumulated matters continued to be dealt with. When it came to an end, the vehicle stopped. Ning Yi was about to get out of the car to exercise his muscles. Come to a follower and let him fetch things.

When he got out of the carriage, there was a bleak sunset in the distance. His attendants ran back and took back the note he asked Zhu Biao to hand over to Dong Fangxian earlier. It was the original message on it. He sat on the shaft of the carriage and watched words above.

"In the evening of the ninth day of August, Zhou Tong led a group of heroes from the green forest to assassinate Nianhan in Xinzhou City. , Yin Shuke, Ba Lisu and others were all seriously injured...It is known that those who participated in the assassination...Zhou Tong died..."

He saw a lot of news in a day, including fiasco and massacre, but perhaps because there was a name he knew in this news, his mood was depressed...

Zhu Biao also walked over from the side with a complicated and downcast expression...

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