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Chapter 609 Chapter 570

Chapter 609 Chapter [-]

Coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, I went to the two shops of Zhuji, and when I got home, it was still early, so Ning Yi walked around the courtyard.

Since Jing Han came to live in the capital for ten years, in the blink of an eye, it has been a hasty and long three years. In the three years, whether it is long or not, a big family has moved to two places in a row , are all due to the relocation caused by the increase of households.

Fortunately, young people are better able to adapt to the environment, and secondly, the people in Xiangfu helped to buy the house, and most of the original occupants have some background.The house has been carefully furnished and maintained in the hands of the original owner. After buying it and living in it, it will soon be regarded as a home.

At this time, the compound where everyone lived originally belonged to a master of Confucianism who is skilled in painting and calligraphy. The layout of the houses and courtyards is very particular, and there is a spirit of elegance and grace in it. , the appearance has not changed in general, but without so many rules of the original owner, the atmosphere is more lively and natural.

Autumn is here, the leaves of the sycamore trees in the courtyard have begun to turn yellow, and the sunshine and shade also have a warm atmosphere.Wen Fang Wending and others are mostly indifferent to such a scene, but Ning Yi likes this atmosphere very much.Walking all the way back to the inner courtyard, I nodded slightly with some family members. Knowing the recent tension in the north and knowing that Ning Yi was working in the prime minister's mansion, these family maids, or relatives such as younger brothers and sisters, did not dare to disturb him too much .

Back in the room where I live with Tan'er now, as the hostess of the family, Tan'er was looking through some account books or business records. Seeing him coming back, she greeted him with a smile, and at the same time asked Juan'er to pour tea: " Has the war in the north improved? Why did the Prime Minister let you back so early today?"

Ning Yi said with a smile: "I have something to tell you, sit down first."

"Yeah." Tan'er sat down beside the bed.Ning Yi held the tea, looked outside, then closed the door, and the room darkened slightly.

"The news just came and it came directly to Prime Minister Qin, so you haven't seen it yet. The war in the north has collapsed." Ning Yi gulped down the tea. The door, the Jurchens have already killed the first line of defense."

After Ning Yi took over the affairs of the secret investigation department, in order to let Tan'er's strength be brought into play, and for the family to have an extra backbone, a lot of information will be passed on to Tan'er while being passed on to him.At present, these information are too shocking and have not yet been released, so Ning Yi can only say it once.After hearing what he said, Tan'er also frowned: "Then, what should I do? Does the court have any countermeasures?"

"From Yanmen Pass to the south, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops, and it cannot be said that there is no countermeasure. But there is one thing that must be done, Tan'er, you have to take your family to retreat southward, you may return to Jiangning, or you may not return to Jiangning , we have money, so we will live in places with our houses first, but... we hope to withdraw as much as possible to the south of the Yangtze River. We keep things here, and we can come back after the incident is over."

Tan'er's eyes have become serious, she looked at Ning Yi, and thought for a moment: "Your... Xiangfu's expectations... are so bad?"

"In the worst estimate." Ning Yi lowered his voice, "The capital is not without the possibility of being breached."

"Okay." Tan'er took a breath, "I see. What about you? And Wen Dingwen Fang and the others? Go? If you stay in the capital, will you have a chance to escape?"

"I'm going north."

The room was quiet.

"……what?"

"Two aspects." Ning Yi pulled a stool and sat in front of Tan'er, bowing his body slightly forward, "I'm going to be in charge of the plan to clear the walls in the north. This plan is very troublesome, but what needs to be done must be done. According to current expectations , On the front lines of Yanmen Pass and Taiyuan, the Jurchens still have infantry and supply teams, and their cavalry is too powerful, but the infantry is our key target."

"...At the same time as attacking the infantry and slowing down their speed, the nearby residents withdrew into the city or the mountains, and cooperated with the army to launch a battle against the Jurchen in these places. However, there are too many people in the north, and the effect of clearing the field with a strong wall is limited. The people who want to completely defeat them Resupply is almost impossible. However, if we only consider the cavalry, if they fight on the move, they can only have a few days of rations at most, and they must continue to plunder. It is impossible for them to fight a war of attrition with us in the north, so we must consider, It is possible for them to make a quick decision and directly attack the capital."

Ning Yi waved his hand and gestured: "If the cavalry team really arrives here, they can start to station again, and the food they loot can also start to prepare for the siege and hoard it, so the most important thing is that they can't let them in Bian Liangcheng was plundered enough to support the rations of the siege. The purpose of fortifying the wall and clearing the fields in the north is to increase their efficiency and buy time for the purge around Bianliang City."

"I told Prime Minister Qin that in order not to be passive politically, I will consider the order from north to south, but in fact, it must be a two-pronged approach, and Prime Minister Qin understands this. The north races against time, and it is true that the surroundings of Bianliang City do not move. Grid, but all the preparations have to start immediately. The whole thing is very big, and I want to stay in the center, so as to have the fastest response and the highest efficiency. Tan'er, you can understand."

The two have been husband and wife for many years. Since they gained mutual understanding, they can discuss many things together.Ning Yi's words are both an explanation and an inquiry. When doing such a big event, he hopes to get the support of his family.However, when she raised her head at this time, Tan'er had already straightened up, looking at him, and after a while, she suddenly shook her head.

Ning Yi rubbed his fingers a few times: "Tan'er, this... must be done."

"But this is a war." Tan'er said hastily.Since the two became husband and wife, during the initial period, Tan'er did have a strong side. However, after the Huangshang incident, at least in front of Ning Yi, Tan'er no longer showed the posture of a strong woman , just sat there, just listening with the manner of a wife, until now, blinking and anxiously, he showed some of the previous expressions, "I don't agree this time, you can't... ...At least stay in the capital?"

"It may not be any different from Fang La or Liangshan."

"Of course it's different. Those are the Jurchens, and they have completely defeated the Liao Kingdom."

"How do you..."

In Ning Yi's heart, there is really no difference in many things that he has experienced all the time. Unexpectedly, Tan'er would object at this time, and he stood up.Tan'er by the bed also stood up almost in a jerk at the same time, grabbing Ning Yi's sleeves with both hands, as if subconsciously grabbing him and not letting him go away.

The sound of family members walking was faintly heard outside the window. In the room, Ning Yi sighed: "The matter has been decided." Tan'er grabbed his right hand, stretched out his left hand, and hugged her body. Tan'er walked by After two steps, he was hugged, and his eyes blinked, but they were already wet.

"I'm not going to die. The Jurchens invaded the south this time, with a force of at most a dozen or 20. They pay attention to speed, and there are definitely not many places that can be swept over. I am so well informed, there is a lot of room for maneuver outside the city, and it is very safe. of."

Tan'er just shook her head in his arms.

"Also, the matter of strengthening the wall and clearing the field may not have much effect, the scale is too large. But there must be a part of the effect, and it will not be completely meaningless. The battlefield is one aspect, and on the other hand, Zhuji has hundreds of people Thousands of people can participate in this operation. They have received preliminary training in following the rules and regulations. I will simplify the steps for them and formulate the rules. You can imagine that as long as these people participate in and promote an operation under the scheduling The migration of millions or even millions of people, no matter what the result is, Zhuji will have a large number of available talents in his hands. I know the household registration, terrain, and crowd conditions in the north. They, let alone doing business, can do anything in the future. No family power in the north can suppress us... Our enemies are not only the Jurchen this time, we just need to beat them back, compared to the Jurchen who defeated the Liao Kingdom So serious, their attitude this time is just a joke..."

When talking about the second half, Ning Yi has already lowered his voice, he put his arms around his wife to comfort him, and drew out his right hand ************************* ***************************************************** ***************************************************** ********************* Tan'er struggled suddenly, stepped back a few steps to the side, and left Ning Yi's embrace.

"But this time I still don't agree." Tan'er's eyes were full of tears, just like when Ning Yi was going out to do dangerous things in the past, but although she was worried in the past, she didn't stop her. This time there is a difference It's just an attitude, "I'm your woman, you obviously don't have to go to the battlefield, you must go, why do you want me to nod?"

"I'm not going to the battlefield."

"You are going to the north. Don't lie to me with nonsense. If you are less efficient, you will be less efficient. If you die more, you will die more. I know you can stay in the capital. If you want to do something, I will support you. There is such a big danger, I don't want you to go."

As she said this, she ran towards the door suddenly, buttoned up her coat and opened the door, and shouted outside: "Yunzhu, Jin'er, Xiaochan, come quickly, my husband is going to the battlefield It's-"

Ning Yi didn't expect this move at all, he also walked over there, Tan'er turned around, looked at him, wiped his tears with his left hand and right hand respectively, watched Ning Yi coming, and suddenly knelt down on Ning Yi In front of Yi, Ning Xi was also staggeringly appearing in the courtyard at this time, Ning Yi picked up Tan'er and said, "What are you doing?"

"I will stay with you in the capital to do business, but I don't want you to go."

While his wife was choking, Ning Yi looked outside, and the whole yard was already in chaos. Yun Zhu and others were alarmed and ran over.

Before going north, such a scene actually appeared.This is definitely something he did not expect...

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north.

From Yanmenguan to Taiyuan, a huge chaos is spreading.

After the Yanmen Pass was breached, the dispersed Wu Dynasty troops fled in all directions. Along the way, groups of soldiers and generals began to form formations again, either stationed and waiting for orders, or gathered in nearby big cities.But the Jurchens did not stop, and the force of the army quickly expanded to the surrounding counties, towns and cities.On the third day of August, the county seat of Daixian County in Xinzhou, [-] miles away from Yanmen Pass, had just been demolished.

The massacre spread across the county town, like a flood covering the past. The defeated army and some residents of the original city organized sporadic resistance, and then were crushed without a trace under the catastrophe.

This is an important gathering point for people and a place of business roads south of Yanmen Pass—although compared with Taiyuan Mansion, Xinzhou City, and even Shuozhou, which has been attacked and massacred, this place can only be regarded as a small place.However, due to its proximity to Yanmen Pass, Dai County's city defenses are still relatively tight, and business from south to north has prospered here, making it tens of thousands of permanent residents. In any case, it can be regarded as a piece of fat.

At the north gate, Wanyan Xiyin pressed the hilt of his sword and led the team of soldiers into the streets of Daixian County. The sound of murder and arson spread all around.

A pair of eyes were quietly staring at him in a collapsed two-story building beside the road...

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Near the south gate of Dai County, soldiers and civilians crowded the city roads and rushed out of the city frantically.In the market at the rear, the Jurchens had already pushed forward, and started a fierce fight in the streets and alleys. In an alleyway full of people, three Jurchen knights blocked the back road, holding long spears, and stabbing forward frantically.

Blood flew out, and the cries of men, women, and children merged into one. Some people tried to hide below, but their arms and heads were crushed by horseshoes, and some people were stepping on The bodies of other people crawled to the other side of the wall. Among them were defeated soldiers holding steel knives. Seeing that the crowd was squeezing past too slowly, they raised the steel knives and started killing people. However, the spears from behind stabbed them through their bodies. .

When the corpses and blood stretched half the alleyway, a figure suddenly descended from the wall, slapped one of the Jurchen's heads, and a Jurchen cavalryman next to him reacted extremely quickly. Time swept over, and the lowered man waved his hand, the spear landed in his hand, turned around, and then simply swiped two shots, and the heads of the two cavalrymen were instantly pierced, and the brains and blood flowed Shoot on the wall.

When everyone in the alley saw clearly that the person who came was an elderly man, the old man had already held a spear, reined in the reins, and rushed to the other end of the alley, while a small group of Jurchen soldiers appeared at the fork in the road. When the man reined in the horse, the horse kicked out with both hooves, and trampled a Jurchen soldier into a pulp. The old man danced wildly with his spear, smashing flying men, weapons, and blood. He was already fighting with the surrounding Jurchen soldiers. stand up.

On this side of the long street, the crowded crowd pushed forward even more frantically, and in the streets and alleys adjacent to them, the Jurchens had already caught up. In some places, small-scale resistance would occasionally form, but except for the elderly This kind of master who can fight, kill and escape is usually crushed shortly after the resistance, and the human body is either lying on the side of the road, or being pierced on a spear...

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Shi Jin and a few younger brothers sat in the restaurant, watching occasional strange pedestrians and carts passing through the county town, or residents in the county town packing up in twos and threes to leave for big cities like Taiyuan.

There were more and more people scattered from the north to the south, including soldiers from the Wu Sheng Army, bringing bad news.The Jurchens broke Yanmen Pass, slaughtered Shuozhou City, and now they are pushing towards Xinzhou. Dai County, which bears the brunt, is almost gone. The Yisheng Army surrendered the Jurchens, and these original Liao people, together with the Jurchens, were defeated.None of the surrounding Wu Dynasty troops can fight, and Wu Shengjun and Dong Pang'er are all unreliable. It is said that Duke Tong of Chu State is in Taiyuan, so everyone is fleeing towards Taiyuan.

The restaurant is no longer in business, and the boss is packing up and planning to leave. Shi Jin doesn't care, and is not afraid.While watching all this in the restaurant, someone came up from below, wearing Jianghu clothes and bamboo hats, there were three in total, all of them seemed to be from the green forest.

"Alcohol is not sold here, the boss is closed." The younger brother said to the three people.

The three of them looked at this side, then cupped their hands: "Brother only knows this place, and we have made an appointment to meet someone, so we can borrow a place to rest."

The little brother glanced at Shi Jin, Shi Jin turned his head to look down, he didn't care, so the little brother stopped talking.Not long after, two more people from the green forest came over and greeted the other three, and after a while, another person came.

The six people were whispering and talking in low voices. The last person who came was obviously a well-informed Baoqian in Jianghu. He was light in stature and good at playing. He was probably dedicated to spreading news, telling the other five about the situation of the war in the north, Shi Jin pretended not to care, but his ears were listening.

After a while, something caught his attention.

"...The golden man came in a menacing way, and broke through the city of Shuozhou without any effort...When Tu Shuozhou was slaughtered, the old man was there...Gathering all the heroes to help...Zhou Master is already in his eighties, and he can still do this, we wait Great time..."

The others asked: "Where is Grandmaster Zhou now..."

"Being able to contribute by Grandmaster Zhou's side is the blessing of my life..."

Shi Jin stood up, and several younger brothers wanted to stand up, so Shi Jin waved his hand to signal them to sit down.He walked towards the six people and cupped his hands: "Brothers, you are talking about Master Zhou Dong, who is known as Iron Arm."

Those six people looked at him, then stood up and cupped their hands: "This brother is..."

"A humble name is degrading to the ears, but if you want to go north to help Grandmaster Zhou, can you take them with you?"

Several people looked at each other, and one of them said: "Brother, I'm waiting to go north, but I'm going to die, I can't go there in a flash."

"We join hands."

Shi Jin stretched out his right hand, and the person on the opposite side also stretched out his hand. The two hands touched each other. The man exerted force suddenly, and with a twist of his wrist, the eagle claws grabbed Shi Jin's pulse gate. Shi Jin also slapped his palm. Turn over, let him grab it, but the sleeves are pulled out, blocking everyone's view.After a while, the man withdrew his hand: "This brother is an expert. The one who can be called Grandmaster Zhou in the world is naturally Senior Zhou Tong. It's just that the brother's martial arts are so strong and he doesn't want to reveal his identity. Could it be that he is the enemy of Grandmaster Zhou?"

"I'm also a Han." Shi Jin cupped his hands and said for a moment, "I'm a guilty person, but my close brother is a direct disciple of Master Zhou. His mentor is here, so I can go."

Several people laughed: "It's hard to be innocent if you're a fool on the road."

The light-bodied man next to him said: "It is enough to say that there are brothers who are Han Chinese."

The seven people said a few more words here. Not long after, the sky was approaching dusk. The seven figures left the small county town and rode their horses all the way to the north. Terrible, endless...

(End of this chapter)