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Chapter 608: Out of the Sky, Lonely Hong's Instant Fire

Chapter 608: Out of the Sky, Lonely Hong's Instant Fire

At the moment when the change quietly appeared, Wanyan Zongwang and his uncle Wanyan's mother were talking about Guo Pharmacist in the main formation of the Jin army on the opposite side. They were also a little surprised that the Wu Dynasty people could recruit such a famous general and powerful enemy.

"Because of Zhang Jue's incident, soldiers came to the city of Yanjing earlier. I heard that Guo Yaoshi advocated to occupy the city." Wanyan's mother tilted her head on the horse and said, "It's a pity that nothing happened later. If we could fight once at that time, This time, I have a bottom line in my heart.”

"That's okay, Uncle, what I hope in my heart is to fight against the heroes of the world. This time he can give me a surprise... Uh..." Wanyan Zongwang was speaking boldly, and suddenly frowned. In the darkness, He looked to one side of the battle formation, raised his whip, "What is that... what are they planning?"

Wanyan's mother also squinted her eyes for a while: "Retreat? Or reorganize the attack?"

"Order the generals to advance in the northeast, slow down, and concentrate on the horse army under Majimeng'an's headquarters. No rash advance is allowed, and fraudulent actions are strictly prohibited! Hurry up!"

Following Zongwang's order, the messenger flew down, the rocket rose into the night sky, and the entire Golden Army's main formation began to operate even more noisily in a tense atmosphere.

On the other side, Guo Pharmacist looked at the situation on the flank, and subconsciously galloped a few steps forward, then stopped: "What's going on! Why back off!"

"It's under Zhang Shuai and Liu Shuai..."

"I know it's them, they've been fighting the autumn wind from the side, just making small feints, why are they withdrawing! Send me an order to let them move forward—"

This sudden and strange situation caught Guo Yaoshi off guard. He couldn't even figure out why Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren, two sworn brothers, would do such a thing.The battlefield is huge, and it is night again. When the changes are clearly seen, the two armies on the northeast flank have already retreated and withdrawn from a huge trough. The Jinren seemed to be taken aback, and their team retreated there. The front of the army gathered in amazement and silence.The whole process lasted about half a stick of incense, and countless orders and wills rushed over the chaotic battlefield.

The Jurchens blew their horns.

Then, the cavalry rushed straight down according to the retreating army!

A tidal wave of routs began to appear on one side of the battlefield.Guo Yaoshi's cavalry pierced up from the flanks, trying to block the Jurchen's attack, but the collapse had already taken place.The main formation of the Changsheng Army rushed towards this side, and at the same time issued orders, trying to distance their own team from the two defeated teams of Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren, and reorganize a tight defense, but it was still too late At night, the defeated army and the troops directly under him have formed a situation where you have me and you have me. The collapse of a cliff gradually turned into the collapse of half a mountain.

Countless corpses flowed down the Chaobai River, and flames flowed in the night sky, and the rest was the constant reorganization of the army and constant fighting.On the opposite side, the Jin army, which had been fighting for a day, resumed its offensive like a raging wave, crushing towards the half of the ever-victorious army that had not yet collapsed. Guo Yaoshi just subconsciously held back the chaotic formation and led the army to defeat Yanjing City. go.After a few years, the scene of being crushed and defeated by Xiao Qian under the city of Yanjing seemed to come back before his eyes again, and at this time, the one who betrayed him first was actually his brother...

In the middle of the night, countless routs poured into the gate of Yanjing City. The magistrate Cai Jing stood on the gate and watched this scene. His whole body was already icy cold. As the army directly under Guo Yaoshi entered the gate, the Jurchens were like a tide. Come, rush to this city.

After the city gate was closed, Cai Jing ran down and found Guo Yaoshi in the chaotic army formation. He was wearing a cloak, holding a steel knife, half of his body was covered with blood, and his eyes were bloodshot, like a fierce tiger ready to kill.Cai Jing didn't dare to take responsibility, and said in his mouth: "It's good that the general is back, it's good that the general is back, as long as the general is here, we can defend Yanjing..."

Guo Yaoshi had already dismounted from his horse and turned to look at him: "Don't you ask me why I lost?"

"No matter why you lost, as long as you can learn a lesson..."

"But I really want to know why I lost!" Guo Yaoshi roared, "Follow me! Let's ask!"

He turned around abruptly, and led the generals to the inner city. The rest of the soldiers had already started to guard the city wall consciously, and the Jurchen's offensive outside the city stopped.Cai Jing followed Guo Yaoshi forward, his heart fluttered, and after a while, he arrived at the school camp on the side of the city, where Zhang Linghui and others were stationed. The guards in the camp were obviously on guard, and someone greeted He came up to try to stop him, but Guo Yaoshi ignored him at all, and the people around him rushed up to subdue him, and after a while, the team rushed in like a tide.

On the school field in the center of the camp, the two generals Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren were obviously waiting for his arrival. The soldiers on both sides confronted each other. Punching him in the face, Liu Shunren also rushed over to try to stop the fight, but Guo Yaoshi punched him in the lower abdomen, and another punch hit him from the back, hitting him on the ground, Zhang Linghui was beaten back at this time After a few steps, he raised his head and wanted to speak again, when Guo Yaoshi walked in front of him and kicked him flying.

Swords were raging around, but under Guo Yaoshi's coercion, no one dared to make a move.

"You ran away and betrayed your brothers." Guo Yaoshi walked back to his side and drew a steel knife from his attendant's waist, "I will kill you today, what do you have to say?"

Only then did Cai Jing roughly understand what happened.

But Zhang Linghui got up from the ground: "I have something to say." Then he pointed to Cai Jing, "But with him here, what should I say?"

Guo Yaoshi pointed at Cai Jing and roared, "Say it right in front of him!"

Zhang Linghui gritted his teeth: "Okay, you are the eldest brother, I will say what you want. People from the Wu Dynasty are not worth it! They are just mud that can't support the wall! We can't hold it!"

"Who says I can't defend!" Guo Yaoshi roared, "I'm going to defeat Yan Zongwang today!"

"Brother, you can only defeat Wanyan Zongwang a little! They still have Wanyan Chang's army to the west, and there are more behind! How about you, brother? You only have the Changsheng army! How much can you defend? People from the Wu Dynasty are not trustworthy, brother you Forget the big defeat here last time? Have you forgotten how Zhang Jue died? They only know about greed for power and money, and there are no men in the Wu Dynasty!"

Guo Yaoshi looked at him and shook his head: "But this time...you guys made me lose..."

Zhang Linghui said: "But if you win, big brother, if you fight too badly, what if you kill Wanyan Zongwang? Big brother, we only have so many people in our hands, brothers don't want to be enemies with the Jurchens..."

"Is it your brother, or are you the only coward!?" Guo Yaoshi waved his hand, facing all the densely packed soldiers around him.

Liu Shunren came from the side: "Brother, this is also my idea..."

"Then there are two cowards among my brothers." Guo Yaoshi took a breath, "You are in a hurry to retreat, you are afraid that you will not have a chance to surrender, you are in a hurry to be slaves to others, and you say that the Wu Dynasty did not Men, how can you be men, you were not like this in the past...I don't like Wu Dynasty, I don't like Zhang Jue, but how can I be like you..."

Guo Yaoshi's voice gradually lowered, and Cai Jing was startled when he heard it. After a long time, he saw Guo Yaoshi's shoulders trembling: "Hahahahahahahaha..." laughed, when he raised his head, his tall body The image collapsed, and the eyes and laughter were full of sadness.

Cai Jing walked over and said: "Several generals, as long as we work together, Yanjing can still be defended. As long as Yanjing is defended, there will be reinforcements in the south..." Before he finished speaking, he stopped, because Guo Yaoshi turned his head and looked Already had his eye on him.

He looked at Cai Jing for a while, and sighed in a low voice: "Master Cai, do you know that you people from the Wu Dynasty are like an epidemic..." After saying this, his figure suddenly exploded. There was a turning point, approached, this time Guo Yaoshi kicked him in the heart again, kicked him upside down, slid far away on his knees, blood spurted out of his mouth.

"Do you know how many brothers you let me die unjustly—"

Guo Yaoshi's voice resounded throughout the camp.Seeing Zhang Linghui being kicked away, Liu Shunren took two steps back, while Guo Yaoshi just swung his knife, cut off a large piece of clothing from his body, and threw it into the sky.

"I will surrender, but from now on, we will be no longer brothers."

Countless soldiers around watched this scene.

Cai Jing rushed up: "General Guo, you can't do this..."

Guo Yaoshi reached out and grabbed his shoulder, turned his head and said, "What can we do now? Master Cai, surrender."

"No, General Guo, you once said that as long as the city is defended..."

Before he finished his sentence, Guo Yaoshi punched him in the face with a slam, and sent him flying, landing at the feet of the generals who followed him.

"I gave you so much money, you just need to nod..."

He murmured in his mouth, touched his mouth, and took a last look at Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren in the camp, at the numerous soldiers ahead, then turned and walked outside.The wind whimpered, the huge city under the night sky, the people of Wu Dynasty have been operating here for two years, and paid countless silver taels. Now the city is towering and strong, like a giant female crouching.To the east of the city, the Jurchens began to set up camp. Tomorrow, they will start making siege equipment and make psychological preparations for a long-term attack.

A person's ambition, in such a night, pierces the sky and disappears quietly.

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In the capital, the Xiangfu is chaotic and noisy. In the study, all the materials brought by Ning Yi, together with many documents taken from the Ministry of Housing, are summarized and classified here.Yao Zunian, Ji Kun, Wenren Buer and others are doing all kinds of work here.

"The imperial edict to seal Guo Yaoshi as the king of Yan is probably about to be issued..." Ning Yi looked at the document in his hand, drinking tea and talking casually.

"The Holy One is scared." Yao Zunian said in a low voice after putting a file on the shelf next to him, "When the news of the Jurchens going south came, everyone knew that it was not good, but at this time, I will be crowned king... sick Go to the doctor in a hurry."

Ji Kun said: "On the one hand, His Majesty seems to be very clear about the whole situation."

"Yeah, it looks more clear than us..." Ning Yi frowned.

While speaking, Qin Yuyuan came in from the door, and he looked at the things piled up on Ning Yi's table: "This is what Li Heng said before?"

Ning Yi took a look and nodded: "Well, the terrain and household registration information of the Ministry of Housing, together with Zhuji's survey of the north, all the mountain and forest terrain that is not conducive to the cavalry, and the preliminary plan for the transfer of surrounding villages and countryside... ...But now it seems that it should be useless."

When the news of the Jurchens' invasion of the South arrived, there were a lot of predictions and deduction in the prime minister's mansion, one of which was the most radical.Judging from the comparison of the strength of the Jurchens against the Liao people, and the Liao people against the Wu Dynasty army, if the Jurchens take advantage of the cavalry and march south frantically, when they break through Yanjing and Yanmen Pass, they will not take important towns but only plunder the countryside In the future, the army of the Wu Dynasty people will be powerless against their advancement. In the end, the only battle and decisive battle will be Bianliang City.

Such inference results can only be discussed internally, and no one dares to take it to the Golden Palace.Because the other party just started to go south, we said: "Give up the entire north of the Yellow River, they may be meaningless." How much the army can block the Jurchens, everyone... seems to have no confidence at all.

This is something beyond reason and tactics.But in reality, the Jurchens' victories over the Liao people seem to be evidence of this "unrealistic".

Under the premise that "the north of the Yellow River is of little significance" and "the only strategic goal of the Jinren is Bianliang", Ning Yi asked Zhuji to do a lot of work. The most important thing is to survey the terrain of the area where the people live in the north of the Yellow River. Summarize all the places that are not conducive to horse battles, so as to meet the needs of transferring people and food, and clearing the fields.He even made a big shift based on a lot of information from the Ministry of Household Affairs, a plan to fortify the wall and clear the country within a range of thousands of miles, and strangle the enemy's logistics.But of course, none of this makes sense now because no one is going to play like that with him.Because no one understands that there may be a "Shame of Jingkang" in the future.

Of course, his plan is only a preliminary idea at present, and it is still not perfect.A few days ago, the big guys had a discussion together. Both of them are smart people, so they can only be discussed as a brainstorming fantasy proposal: the opponent's strength lies in the fact that the pure cavalry attack may not need to consider logistical support.The problem on my side is that, in a place that has been in business for more than 200 years, I will fortify the wall and clear the field. Leaving aside the possibility, the loss alone may be greater than losing the war.

"It might be useful now." Qin Yuyuan, who entered the room, sighed, and passed some of the information sent to everyone to see, and then everyone fell silent, and Wen Renbuer said: "My lord... "Then vigilantly did not continue.After reading those things, Ning Yi sat back on the chair. Even if he had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel his heart churning at this time: "Are you kidding..."

Information can be broadly summarized into three items:

After resisting Yan Zongwang for several hours, Guo Yaoshi was defeated like a mountain, and then surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin.The people of Wu Dynasty spent a lot of money to redeem and buy it back, and then used the whole Yanyun as a nourishment to manage Yanjing City for more than two years.At this time, the Jurchen East Route Army is estimated to have rushed to the three towns in Hebei.

On the West Road, tens of thousands of soldiers from Yanmen Pass were dispersed by the army led by Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin.They didn't spend too much time conquering the pass. In addition to the Wu Sheng Army guarding the place at Yanmen Pass, there was also the Yi Sheng Army who recruited many Liao people in the past two years.Facing the Jurchens who once destroyed their entire country, these victorious soldiers did not show hatred or fighting power. They turned against the water and opened their doors to sacrifice the city. It is Yimapingchuan.

Whether it is Xiongguan or Jiancheng, just like the ancient proverbs, in the end, none of them were breached from the outside.In order to prevent the Jurchens from going south, the imperial court once made a strategy of aggressively recruiting the remnants of the Liao Kingdom, which has almost completely failed so far.

As for the third article, Tong Guan left Taiyuan and was on his way back to Beijing when he passed the imperial decree that Beishang granted him the post of privy envoy with full authority to control the war in the northern defense.

Although he understands that the Jurchens in this era are like hanging up, Ning Yi never thought that everything would be so fast, but in ten days, the entire northern defense line on the Yanmen Pass fell, and the Jurchens drove like a torrent. Straight down.

"Next, the south of Yanmen Pass is our own place after all. Hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed everywhere. No matter how fast they are, they will not be faster than the previous march. We still have time. Liheng, try to organize what you have When the time comes, cooperate with the interception from the north to slow down the logistics of the Jurchens. As long as the emperor nods, all the officials of the household department in the north will listen to your deployment. Grain, concentrate bait, and cooperate with the nearby northern army to fight."

Ning Yi's eyes were complicated, and Yao Zunian said: "Master, at this time, the risk is too great." In everyone's heart, most of them can understand this matter, even if they know that Jurchen is powerful, even if the first line of defense in the north is already gone. It has been completely occupied, and there are still hundreds of thousands of troops behind. Now that the war has only been going on for ten days, it is proposed to clear the Northland and make the people lose their homes. The big political risk is unbearable.Maybe some people really blocked the Jurchens on the front line of Taiyuan and defeated them?With tens of thousands of people, there is no reason to assert their defeat.

"I can't help it." Qin Yuyuan shook his head, "Fortunately, the Holy Majesty knows... well. I won't mention it in court for the time being. I will enter the palace later and tell the Holy Majesty privately. It will be approved."

Ning Yi nodded: "The order of migration is as far as possible from north to south."

Ji Kun also said: "Expand the whole thing. It may be a good thing for Duke Chu to return to Beijing. He doesn't want to stay in Taiyuan, so we will find reasons for Duke Chu. The core of this battle will definitely fall in the capital, so the country Grandpa returned to Beijing early to sit in town. Now it sounds a bit alarmist, but Grandpa Guo will probably accept the goods. Let's push him to the forefront."

Wenren Buer laughed, and on the other side, Ning Yi packed up his things: "If approved, I'm going to go north."

Yao Zunian frowned: "Isn't it enough for Liheng to sit in the capital?"

"The fastest information feedback is the highest efficiency. Anyway, I don't have the energy to deal with other things after receiving it. I'd better go to the nearest place to have a look. Don't worry, if there is any danger, I will run away immediately."

"Then I'll go north with you." Wenrenbuer said with a smile, "Anyway, you will run away immediately."

Qin Yuyuan looked at the crowd and smiled: "I'm going to enter the palace. The matter will be settled in these two days."

The old man turned and left the room, Ning Yi also smiled: "I'll go back and settle down first." Say goodbye to everyone.

Originally, the war had just begun, and as the Right Prime Minister's Mansion in charge of logistics, it was still undertaking many trivial and complicated tasks, but at this time, the sense of urgency was finally suppressed, and people had to get ready to move.And in the more than ten days since the war started, residents in many places north of the Yellow River began to leave their places of residence under the deterrence of the war. , Countless troops are rapidly mobilizing to the front line and pass.

War is a matter for soldiers, and ordinary people have to go away, or suffer in silence.But also in this atmosphere, some of them are very special people, in twos and threes, or alone, holding different weapons such as knives or guns, dressed in bright or old clothes, or riding horses, boats, or cars. , towards the front line of the battle that heralds death, coming against the current...

(End of this chapter)