As the weather gradually sets westward, on the head of Taiyuan, a spreading soldier retreated from his sight to the back.

Far and near were all the black beacon smoke rising to the sky, and the flames were still burning on the top of the city. People pushed the bodies down the city, slapped wolf teeth and other objects guarding the city again, and piled up sandbags inside the female wall.

In the fields below, dark red blood and corpses intertwined into a tragic picture. Most of the corpses belonged to the Wuchao civilians who were driven to attack the city. The dead and the undead were mixed together. The moans of pain continued, but most of the moans became powerless. Countless corpses and those who were about to die were lying on the fields. Further away were civilian prisoners who were not dead but were nearly desperate and Jurchen troops with murderous intent and ambitions.

Qin Shaohe stood on the wall and looked at the Jin army camp on that side. During the battle, as the chief officer, he also participated in the battle on the city wall and killed two Jin soldiers with his own hands. At this time, his body was covered in mottled blood and a corner of his official uniform was burned to charred.

The fierce battle for a day and night has not stopped. When people see countless tragic situations up and down the city wall, their emotions are no longer compassion. The numbness and tremor of the body resonate with the whole world, and the buzzing sound permeates the surrounding air, every inch of the world, the awareness of death and the fear hidden behind it, the bloodthirsty impulse and the lingering fear after being injured, all will be mixed together.

As with these things, there is a greater sentiment that is above these, which expands in front of you - of course, perhaps only in the hearts of Qin Shao and such Confucian generals - the collision and death of more than 100,000 people, pain and hope. The past of countless people extends to this point, and many will come to an abrupt end in this tide.

"It's not very difficult to defend." Looking at the direction where Wanyan Zonghan might be, Qin Shaohe murmured in a hoarse voice, but his words were not recognized by the generals behind him.

Because the Jurchens' achievements were too brilliant before, when the opponent's troops burned to Taiyuan, no one who defended the city knew whether they could defend the city under the first wave of offensives. It was also because of their worries and consciousness that Qin Shaohe, as one of the chief officials, rushed up to the city wall to fight in the first time. Although he finally waited for the Jurchens to retreat for a day and night, everyone did not feel relaxed at all. Because of this feeling, when Qin Shaohe said morale-boosting words, the generals behind did not express their agreement at the first time.

Of course, this also proves that under Qin Shaohe's deployment, the generals did not slacken in the rear, and they had already felt the pressure brought by the Jurchens in this first collision.

After a brief look, the time to agree was over. One of the people pointed forward and whispered: "Master, the Jin people failed to attack the city for the first time. They were unable to do anything in one go because they rushed here and the siege equipment was not ready. They would never retreat at this time. They would take some time to prepare the equipment. The attack will definitely be even more fierce. We should not take it lightly."

"General Han is right." Qin Shaohe nodded, "At this point, we already know how fierce the Jurchens have reached. Look at the people under the city wall, from today on, the only way to defend us is to defend us. But the good thing is that we have never fought before, and everyone speculated in their hearts about the Jurchens' strength. After the fight at this time, we can always know that although the Jurchens are powerful, they are not three heads and six arms, and there is a limit. Everyone, from now on, hundreds of thousands of lives in Taiyuan will be handed over to us... Let's work hard."

He bowed, and the other generals bowed heavily. Qin Shaohe smiled and said, "But it's okay, it's said that Wanyan Agu fell to the capital. It took only three hours to do so. We have already guarded well." He said this, walked to the side, picked up a pair of bows and arrows, and went to the city wall. Looking at the moans below, aimed for a moment, and shot an arrow.

Among the corpse below, a Wu Chao civilian who had broken his hands and feet but had not died was caught in an arrow and finally died.

Qin Shaohe stood there with a bow and stared at the body below for a long time. Then he finally took a step back and waved his hand: "Tell me the order, let the Divine Bow Team, the military and legal team choose the civilians who are seriously injured below who can be confirmed to be unsuccessful. It's too painful. Let's send them a ride..."

He walked down the city wall, and not far away, a man named Cheng Zhouhai walked towards him. Although he was neatly dressed and meticulous, the other party's fatigue could be seen whether the dust on his robe or the appearance on his face. When he walked in front of him, Cheng Zhouhai bowed and said, "Mr. Qin, since the war has come to an end, it is time for the young and strong I organized to take turns to go to the city to take a look."

Qin Shaohe nodded: "Send it, it should be for them to see what the people outside the city look like, tell them that if the city is broken, they are like this... But although the Jurchens retreated, it is difficult to say whether they pretend to retreat. When the people are sent, don't be too many, beware of the Jurchens' detailed works being mixed. In addition, if the Jurchens attack the city again, they will immediately withdraw..."

After talking a little, he felt that it seemed too long-lasting. Qin Shaohe's expression calmed down, and then smiled bitterly and patted Cheng Zhouhai on the shoulder. He had been doing things in the prime minister's mansion for so long. If he said that the plan was delicate and rigorous, Cheng Zhouhai would be better than him. With a slight smile, Cheng Zhouhai just answered: "Yes." Then he looked at the deputy beside him, and the deputy nodded.

Cheng Zhouhai looked at the city wall, Qin Shaohe, who patted his shoulder, looked forward. The outer buildings close to the city wall in Taiyuan were being demolished. The soldiers and civilians were busy in their sight, running around. Further away, the rows of houses in Taiyuan City continued to spread. The war had begun, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people still had to continue in a tense form.

On the wilderness outside the city, the August autumn wind whistled through the wilderness full of blood and beacon smoke. The bodies, wounded and gathered, and the restless army extended all the way, and what awaited them was an unknown fate.

This is the beginning of the Battle of Taiyuan...

Soon, Qin Shaoqian led Wu Rui Camp to catch up with the enemy in Shouzhang. The army led by Wanyan Zongwang and Guo Yaoshi. The two armies fought back and forth near Shouzhang, where the clear walls and clear fields had become scorched earth for a day. Qin Shaoqian did not ask Wu Rui Camp to confront the other side head-on. He divided Wu Rui Camp into five teams of nearly 10,000 people. With the advantage of the geographical advantage, it made it deal with Guo Yaoshi near Shouzhang, and made a feint attack. A large number of reconnaissance cavalry and teams broke out on small-scale battles around them from time to time.

In this kind of back and forth battle, Guo Yaoshi chose to advance relatively conservatively to determine the situation. In such feint attack and small-scale offensive situation, the most elite unit led by Qin Shaoqian turned virtual into real and rushed directly to the troops led by Zhang Linghui. The two sides fought fiercely near Xizhi Village on the north side of Shouzhang. He tried to swallow Zhang Linghui, who was weaker, in the first attack. However, he only gained a part of the upper hand.

Guo Yaoshi was already fighting against a ten thousand enemy who was responsible for restraining the enemy on the other side. The ten thousand team was defeated half an hour later.

The defeated team fled in all directions, and then many liaison officers who had already been arranged by Qin Shaoqian gathered together again. Next, the entire Shouzhang battlefield seemed to turn into a huge scattered sand. The surroundings seemed to be full of opponents. The battle became fierce. However, no one was the main force. Qin Shaoqian led the battle team to lurk around, and at the same time maintained the operation of the battlefield with the greatest strength, waiting for the opportunity to give Guo Yaoshi and others the most violent attack. Guo Yaoshi began to gather the troops and pounce on Shouzhang County where tens of thousands of people were guarding.

This chaotic battle lasted for a day, with small-scale fights breaking out dozens of times, and large-scale battles took place twice, but it also made it impossible for Guo Yaoshi and others to concentrate on siege. One day later, Wanyan Zongwang's main force arrived, and tens of people met in Shouzhang and collided with Wurui Camp, and they rushed over Shouzhang County in a mighty way...

The Wuwei, which was supposed to be attacking Zong Wang's troops in three directions, was attacked by Wusheng and the two armies of Wusheng were guarding Jinan, and Daming did not appear from beginning to end. The Wurui camp, which took the initiative to intercept the Jurchen army, was shown in this battle, except for the loose sand-like arrangement, Qin Shaoqian's superb military-organization skills, there was nothing to mention...

After this battle, Wanyan Zongwang entered the Central Plains!

A large number of wounded soldiers, defeated soldiers and civilians near Shouzhang retreated from the front. The sound of chaos filled the sky.

Ning Yi and Wen Renbuer stood by the roadside, watching the defeated scene.

"Although I already knew that General Qin would be defeated, in this way, there would be no time."

Wen Renbuer took a breath and sighed in a low voice. After a while, they greeted a wounded general who retreated: "Where is General Qin! Where are you General Qin!?"

The general looked at Wen Renbuer and Ning Yi, then shook his head: "I don't know! I don't know! I just ordered us to withdraw from Dongping! You ask others!"

The general mixed in the crowd and walked away. Wen Renbuer glanced at Ning Yi, who was serious but calm, and Ning Yi turned his head and looked at the crowd: "Do you think this is a calm transition?"

"What?"

"Looking at these people, the civilians retreated, it means they were not in a hurry, right?"

"...Yes." Wen Renbu-ji hesitated for a moment, and then said, "But the Jurchens have passed too quickly, and the original plan of Jianbi Qingye must not be able to keep up..."

"You have to do it if you can't keep up." Ning Yi closed his eyes and opened it for a moment. "After all, this is playing chess, and you can't expect others to follow your pace..."

After saying this, he walked into the crowd and grabbed a defeated general. The other party reached out and was about to draw his sword. Ning Yi pressed his wrist: "This general, where is General Qin? Where are you General Qin?"

The other party was shocked and looked at Ning Yi up and down, and waved his hand suddenly: "How did I know!"

The sky was filled with an ominous aura, far and near, it was just a chaotic corner. And the Jurchens' long-distance advance meant that the entire plan to clear the world would be lagging behind at the beginning.

On the seventh day of the eighth day of the 13th year of Jinghan, Emperor Zhou Zhegan Gang made arbitrary decision, and the court issued an order to strengthen the walls and clear the fields of five roads, including Hedongdong, Hedongdong, Jingdongdong, Jingdong and Hebei. However, the entire court and society were actually in a very delicate state.

The Jurchens came too quickly, and the whole society was not shrouded in fear of war. While Ning Yi and others were carrying out the implementation of the strong walls and clearing the fields, the impeachment memorials in the entire court flew towards Zhou Zhe's imperial case like snowflakes.

In a war, using methods such as firm walls and clearing the fields is really a resolute measure. The interests involved in the migration and destruction of materials of tens of millions of people are astronomical, not to mention that it is still around the autumn harvest at this time. Anyway, most people who firm walls and clearing the fields basically hold two attitudes. One is that they are derived from interests. To firm walls and clearing the fields and houses, the most affected are the landlords and gentry in the north. The one who can support their position is another relatively rational attitude, that is,: firm walls and clearing the fields is useless at all, and it will only let a large number of civilians die at the hands of our own people.

This argument is very tenable. On the most intuitive level, all the Jurchens went south with only 200,000 troops. How many places can they sweep along the way? How many people can they kill? More places will not be affected by wars. These people may survive in the cracks of war. Even if the walls are really strong and cleared, when these 200,000 people want food, they can easily meet their needs. On the land where tens of millions of people survive, how much can you clear the field and make all the food disappear?

"Even if the court cannot stop the Jurchens, it should leave the people with a way out!"

In the remarks of Confucian scholars, the rebound caused by this measure is indescribable, but what really supports this measure is the attitude of Emperor Zhou Zhe. In a sense, Zhou Zhe is synonymous with courage, and only his support can make this matter remain unmoved with so many criticisms. As the upper class of the Wu Dynasty, whether it is Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Li Gang, Qin Siyuan and others, they may have already vaguely seen the seriousness of this situation. The middle and lower classes quarreled fiercely, and the attitudes of these real power factions were still surprisingly consistent. They just watched this matter silently. This was something that could not be justified for Li Gang and Qin Siyuan.

Under the operation of the lower-level officials north of the Yellow River, great and amazing results were achieved in the early stage of the work of Ning Yi and others. However, the real focus of Ning Yi and others was actually placed south of the Yellow River from the beginning. They guided a large number of refugees to move south, exaggerate the atmosphere of war, and publicize the necessity of the strong wall and clear the field. The terrifying atmosphere quickly accumulates, but as Wen Renbuer said, the Jurchens came too quickly.

The impeachment was still going on in chaos in the court in the capital. Scholars and scholars were talking about the passion of the war in the restaurant and the heroic courage in the front. On August 20, Wanyan Zongwang's troops began to cross the Yellow River. Zhou Zhe shouted in the Golden Palace: "Why hasn't the cleaning started near the capital yet?"

Just before this day, the troops near the Gyeonggi had already transported a large amount of nearby grain into the city, and finally began to drive away civilians and plunder the grain. The huge and chaotic civil chaos began to break out. When a county magistrate asked the people to evacuate, he was killed by the angry people with stones, and then the army began to clash with the people. Under this rapid situation, the debate on the solid walls and clearing the fields came to an abrupt end in the capital. The atmosphere of panic began to cover every part of the city. A large number of people flocked into the capital, and a large number of people rushed out to the south.

On August 23, the Yellow River defense line collapsed, and the Jurchen Eastern Route Army crossed the Yellow River.

Ning Yi and others' previous plans created a certain structure and convenience for the transportation of grain and population migration near Kaifeng, but a large number of people were still swept into the war. For the first time in more than two hundred years, the war has spread to the south bank of the Yellow River. No one expected that the entire war would extend so quickly. It seemed that it had reached the end of everything at the beginning.

On August 28th, just over a month before the Jurchens started the war, Wanyan Zongwang fought thousands of miles away, began to siege the city of Tokyo, and then launched an attack.

The defense of Wuchao's capital has been shrinking across the board to the city. At the same time as the Battle of Tokyo began, Zhou Zhe's orders had been sent out. More than 300,000 royal soldiers from all over the country began to gather in Tokyo. Among them, Wuwei, which had not been moved in the Battle of Shouzhang, and Wusheng's two armies were won. The even larger and chaotic war was about to begin outside Tokyo.

While Ning Yi was coming south with the army, Taiyuan City had been resisting Wanyan Zonghan's crazy attack for nearly half a month... (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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