Chapter 598: The Snow Sea of Condensation and the Giant Wheel of Life and Death (Seven)
The snow began to fall again. In addition to the cold wind that occasionally danced snowflakes, the large plains near Bianliang City were filled with quiet and dead breaths.
Fighting after battle, bleeding again and again. Originally living on this land, millions of people have migrated, and the abandoned villages, towns and towns are rippling with strange and dead breath at dusk when heavy snow falls. The birds have long since
Flying away, among the forest, a few animals ran in the snow, the squirrels hugged their hazelnuts, stood on the edge of the woods, looking at the area that once belonged to humans. In the past few months, they fell on this land
The human body has long been cold.
Wolves appear occasionally.
In a few cases, the lonely horse team ran in the heavy snow, from some place to some place, taking their mission.
This place has become a forbidden zone for strangers in less than half a year.
Mutuogang is ten miles away from the defense of Bianliang City. From this road to Bianliang City, it is still dominated by human breath. In the early morning, a loud "bang" sounded, the ice near Moutuogang was heard.
On the surface.
A team of Jurchens, holding chain-bound iron balls or sledgehammers, swung them on the ice near the camp, and white ice mist splashed everywhere.
As the area where the Jurchen camped, it was originally the place where Wu Dynasty herding horses were herding. Moutuogang was surrounded by water on three sides and the grassland was lush. After blocking the hole, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, after winter really came, the surrounding lakes began to freeze.
Especially on snowy days, the ice surface becomes thicker. It was originally in three directions of the lake. At this time, the ice surface and the land are completely connected.
After Yao Pingzhong's night attack plan failed, few people dared to attack the Jurchen camp. However, after the freezing, the Jurchen soldiers in Moutuogang smashed the edge ice layer and sent people every day.
Patrol mission. Every morning, after the strongman smashed the edge of the lake, the patrol soldiers were in groups of three, going back and forth.
The heavy snowfall made people unable to tell whether it was morning or noon. I only knew that it had been dawn for a long time. The soldiers on patrol came and went, occasionally looking at the flat, spreading ice and snow lake in front of my vision. Everything seemed monotonous.
The busy sound in the barracks occasionally came across the towering wooden walls. As the patrol passed, a Jurchen soldier stopped and turned his head to look towards the lake.
Heavy snow falls.
He glanced a few times, and for a moment, he caught up with the two companions in front of him.
We looked over and saw that there were white things on the ice hundreds of meters away from here. They were two figures lying on the ice and in the snow. Wearing and being extremely difficult to recognize in the snow.
In white clothes, one of them put down the tube object in his hand and even silently blocked the front end of the tube object with one hand.
After the three of them left in the distance, they raised the rough long cylindrical telescope again. The man next to him took out a small notebook, took out a charcoal pen, and wrote numbers on it with his hands trembling.
"Another one hundred and twenty-five breaths... the three of them patrol by... when they share..."
There is no accurate timing tool, so you can only estimate the time. In such a snowy day, you will be lurking for a long time. It is also a huge burden for the two of you. They are lying here and watching and recording. Only occasionally have small activities.
When you are hungry, pull out the warm jerky from your clothes and chew it slowly, but try not to move.
Sometimes, the sea east green crosses heavy snow and flies into the sky, which is the most difficult time for them.
At dusk, someone came quietly to replace them.
The two men quietly retreated from the lake and carefully covered the traces. They entered the woods at the other end of Moutuogang, and then walked silently. The temporary residence and the joint location was a cave in the mountains, and someone came to take the things they recorded.
, and also briefly talked a few words and sent some supplies. Before leaving, he reminded him as usual: "If it is not necessary, don't make a fire."
The fried rice, meat strips and other items brought by the other party had already been cold. But he took out a small iron pot wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside from his arms. The broth in it was still warm, so he gave it to the two of them.
I drank it quickly, and then gave another reminder.
It is enough to keep warm when you come out to perform this kind of task. One is a young man in his teens named Chen Hai, and the other is a middle-aged man in his forties. His surname is Zheng, and Chen Hai calls him
Uncle Zheng.
"Uncle Zheng, can you say that we can write down these every day and come in handy?"
"Go to bed early." Uncle Zheng said few words and his voice was not high, "How did I know."
"The Jurchens are so cruel..."
After Chen Hai said this, he stopped talking.
The teams of investigation were formed by Ning Yi. During the process of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, and later after the Wu Dynasty army was disbanded, some were talent reserves before Zhuji, some were hunters, or they were proficient in the survival skills in the wild.
Yes, a talented man. Chen Hai has been in good health since childhood and is free from liveliness. He can walk into the snow in the middle of winter with his bare butt. When the Jurchens came, his village could not escape.
In the first wave of massacre, his parents died under the butcher knife, and he survived by chance. Later, Ning Yi absorbed him in.
The next morning, they woke up, ate cold and hard things, and then went to take over. The snow was rippling, sometimes big and sometimes small. After returning to receive new orders, they would change places a little. They vaguely knew
, there are not only one group of people responsible for investigating the Jurchen camp.
The one who came to contact them should be an official - at least he should be an official. The broth he brought in his arms every day could make Chen Hai feel warm because he vaguely knew that there might not be other officials who could do this.
Something about.
He had known Uncle Zheng for a short time. Although Uncle Zheng was relatively taciturn, he should have been a powerful hunter in the past. He would occasionally give him some advice on hiding and hunting. After several days, he lurked in such a harsh environment.
If you have only one companion, you will unconsciously treat the other party as the only friend, or relative or elder in the world.
That day was November 20th.
At noon that day, they quietly changed their positions while observing. The snow had been falling for so long, and the ice on the lake was actually quite solid. Chen Hai occasionally reached out to knock and there would be nothing wrong. This day, he probably met him.
Going into a relatively thin place.
They had been in that place for a whole morning. When the soldiers patrolling the lake shore walked past their sight, Uncle Zheng was watching with a telescope, and a slight sound came from under him.
The two of them settled there and slowly looked over. Uncle Zheng reached out to sweep the snow, and the fine lines extended from under him.
Both of them knew that they could not do anything randomly at this time. Shu Zheng was already silent. At this time, he waved his hand slightly to move to the side, and he moved to the other side.
The ice surface collapsed.
Uncle Zheng fell into the water and came up again. He flapped a few times. In the distance, the patrolman was still walking over. Chen Hai, who had not fallen, carefully stretched out his hand. Uncle Zheng held his hand and used force.
, Fine lines began to appear under Chen Hai. The other party realized something and let go of his hand. He subconsciously turned his head and looked in the direction of the Jurchen military camp and fell into the water. He shouldn't be able to see people, but he had stopped
Flipped and made a sound.
In the wind and snow, there was a faint sound of the Jurchens talking. They were also looking here, but because they were too far away and blocked by the wind and snow, they could not see an ice hole that had appeared here.
Although he is over forty years old, in terms of the definition of the Wu Dynasty, Uncle Zheng is actually an old man. Chen Hai lay beside him and tried his best to reach out.
"Give me your hand. I got it..." He gritted his teeth and whispered.
The old man in the lake trembled and untied the telescope around his neck. He reached out and gently placed the telescope on the ice. Then he untied the small package behind him - Uncle Zheng carried the small package with him,
It seemed to be his entire possession - he wanted to hand over the small package. But halfway through, the package fell into the water.
"..." Chen Hai opened his mouth wide and opened his mouth desperately. He was already crying, and his tears blurred his vision. However, he could not make any sound. Two months ago, when the Jurchens came to their village, they killed him.
His father, his mother hid him in the pile of firewood, and he heard a lot of noises and sounds, and the last thing he heard was his mother's short scream. After surviving, he went out of the pile of firewood, and his mother
He died outside the firewood door, half of his body was covered with black mud and no clothes on his body. Red blood and black mud wrapped half of his body. This is how he cried in the pile of firewood.
He vaguely knew what was going on outside, but he didn't dare to go out. His mother did not cry and cried for help from beginning to end, but could not help but scream when she was finally killed. He sat next to his mother's body,
He opened his mouth wide and cried, and his fists could be stuffed into his mouth, but no sound was made.
Some people cannot cry when they are extremely sad.
In the blurry vision, the old man's hand stretched out did not retract. He gave him a thumbs up with his last strength and shook it slightly in the air.
The sound of making equipment in the Jurchen barracks came out, and several patrol soldiers left.
The old man had already sunk. When his body floated up again, Chen Hai knew that by then, the cold weather had sealed the hole. This winter, the old man would never see this world...
That night, the official who gave him the broth took him back to Xiacun Valley. The valley was lively and everyone was doing their business. He was arranged in a small room and someone sent him.
After a meal, he couldn't eat it. Soon after, someone came over and asked him about the details of Uncle Zheng's death. He mechanically said it again, and the other party said: "There will be someone coming later. Please brother Chen and say it again, they will
Write down the matter.”
"Remember...what..." Chen Hai asked mechanically.
"Remember...Uncle Zheng's affairs and tell others about it later."
"Why... want to tell others?"
"Because..." The other party thought for a moment, and suddenly someone knocked on the door outside, as if to report what happened. The man listened to the report, nodded, and came back, "In order to... let others remember him..."
"He is dead..." Chen Hai shook his head.
"Well, brother Chen, I know you are very sad, and we are also very sad, but I still have something to do here, and the person who comes will explain it to you."
"What's the sad thing about you? You don't know him, and you don't know him!" Chen Hai choked out with sobs.
The other party's eyes seemed a little embarrassed, but finally left. After a while, someone came in again. Chen Hai wanted to lose his temper, but he saw that the person who came behind the man was the man named Ning Yi. Chen Hai knew,
This is a high-ranking official.
The man came in front of him prepared a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. The high-ranking official named Ning Yi and his followers were blocked by him by him. The high-ranking official looked at him for a while before sitting down next to him.
"I've heard about Uncle Zheng's affairs, I'll take a look at you."
Chen Hai shook his head and said nothing.
The other party said, "He will ask you. We will write down more detailed things and let people remember him." This cliché made Chen Hai feel angry, and he gritted his teeth and stared at the other party: "Uncle Zheng, he
, Who is he? Where is he from? He gave me the burden when he was dying. He must have asked me to hand it over, and who will I hand it over now!"
"That's for you." The other party said, "Jin Yiquan is like you. His family is dead. His wife died five years ago. His son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons. When the Jurchens came, they were all dead.
…”
The other party shook his head and breathed a sigh of relief: "...huh. So, no matter what is in the bag, it should be for you."
Chen Hai was stunned for a while, tears fell down, and more anger surged: "It's because of this, it's because of this, you...you choose ours, it's because of this, you choose us to die, right?
Do you know how my family members died? How did my father die, how did my mother die..."
"I know everything." Before Chen Hai finished crying, the other party interrupted him. "It is because of this that you chose you... Of course not all. But a large part of it is."
Chen Hai was so angry that his teeth were trembling: "You people, hide behind, you people..."
"I sent you to the most dangerous place, but I didn't hide behind." Ning Yi emphasized, and he untied his clothes, then exposed the scars on his chest and arms. Then he walked towards the one who was about to write something.
The man pressed his head down, "They didn't hide behind either!" There was also a shocking scar on the side of the man's neck.
"Someone is indeed hiding, but today's people in this place are not at the back." Ning Yi looked at him and said, "I know what's happening around you. I have seen many people die. I've said frankly, choose
You go to that kind of place because you are holding back hatred in your heart, and you can do those things. Even if you die, you will think about not letting go of those guys. I chose you because of this, but there is no way, only
Only in this way can we do things. I sent someone over there casually. They were not cautious enough and were caught by the Jurchens and were not determined enough. Our affairs were exposed little by little. In the end, everyone died and the Jurchens conquered Bian.
Liang, kill more people, will I be fair to you?"
"But...he's dead..."
"The transmission of civilization is not based on blood ties." Ning Yi whispered something he didn't understand very well, "The Jurchens came here, many people died, and many people lost their entire tribe. Zheng Yiquan's bloodline was not left behind.
But when you were dying, you passed it down. The Jurchens fought along the way, and so many people died, and some people stayed behind, so that later generations knew that there was a group of such people who lived
After that, when you die, civilization will be passed down. People cannot be resurrected. If there is no way, if you die, try to pass on the story."
He looked at Chen Hai, but Chen Hai didn't say anything. After a while, he raised his head, took a breath, and sat down on the stool behind him, just opened his mouth and cried silently. Ning Yi stood with his eyes closed.
After a while, he walked over and knocked on the small table when he passed by the recorder: "I have already said it, don't ask too much...it's uncomfortable enough..."
That night, Chen Hai saw the old man's thumbs up in his dream. He woke up from the dream and opened his eyes on the warm bed that had been disobedient for a long time. He knew that he had seen the figures in Moutuogang.
There will be countless people who die, and everything is just beginning.
Opening the window, the snow stopped temporarily. He thought of the old man, his parents, and the people in the village. The people who died in this field over the past few months. The old man was quietly
It was at the bottom of the lake. They were all standing quietly somewhere, with heavy snow pushing and spreading towards the surrounding world with the valley as the center, and their figures seemed to spread around them. There were so many of them...
The moonlight in the night sky is like water. The moonlight shines on countless black clothes.
He found that he could no longer sleep on the bed. The next day he went back to Moutuogang. Before he could reach the lake, the Jurchen camp, there was a murderous aura...
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It was noon, and when the old man walked up to the city wall, he was surrounded by running defenders.
People carrying buckets were rushing up to the city wall one by one, pouring water on the outer wall before going down. This was repeated. The soldiers had raised their shields and prepared the yakshas, rolling wood and stones and other objects to defend the city. Countless guards
The city is ready to spread across the city wall.
The strong wind blew very cold on the city, but the cold was no longer a matter of worrying. Qin Siyuan walked to the middle of the city tower not far away, and the same two old men had already arrived there, the leader was Li Gang and the other was
It was the Western Army's Zhong Shidao. Zhong Shidao's serious illness had not been cured, but at this time, he could only struggle to hold on.
Looking out, it was the camp where the Jurchens were stationed when they siege the city. During this period, some siege and throwing stones were displayed there, but the number was not large. However, the atmosphere on the positions at this time had begun.
There has been a change.
More siege equipment, the army has not arrived yet, but the scouts outside the city have received news that the Jurchen general attack is coming.
For this period of time, the Jurchens have been working hard to make equipment. Everyone in the city knows that Zhong Shidao once considered the strategy of taking the initiative while he was sick, but with Yao Pingzhong's affairs, no one dared to take responsibility for it anymore
This plan was made, and the 30,000 family troops brought by Zhong Shidao's clan brother Zhong Shidao, not long ago, also suffered a defeat on the plain outside Bianliang City. At this time, he was huddling nearby to rectify the defense.
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When the Western Army arrived, people had deep expectations for the combat effectiveness of the Western Army. They felt that the Western Army could turn the tide as soon as it arrived. Yao Pingzhong's failure broke this expectation, and people could continue to look forward to Zhong Shidao.
However, under such expectations, when Zhong Shizhong led his army to come, Zhong Shidao could not keep his troops silent. As a result, after the two sides launched a battle to kill him, the Zhong family army also returned in a defeat. Although Zhong Shizhong
Seeing the opportunity, the Zhong family army still retained the combat power of more than 20,000 people, but at least the senior officials had already fully understood that even the strongest Western army in the Wu Dynasty was in front of the Jurchen Iron Cavalry who was dominating the world at this time.
Unspeakable to be victorious.
In fact, perhaps only Zhong Shidao himself could see this clearly. After he arrived in the capital, he held down the Yao family army and kept stopping the army from attacking recklessly. He only hoped that his subordinates would meet with all the king-supporting troops.
, able to scare Wanyan Zongwang, make him retreat, or concentrate all his strength to fight him. Unfortunately, he was too prestige when he entered the city, and Zhou Zhe couldn't see it, so he finally put him under house arrest and then agreed to Yao Pingzhong's plan.
After releasing Master Zong, the army of 200,000 was defeated. This old man who was still awake while sick would be unable to turn things around.
At this time, in the city of Bianliang, all the civil and military gathered, and there were still many people who truly knew about the war. However, the Ministry of War, starting from the highest Tong Guan, saw the momentum of the Jurchens, and was fundamentally responsible for defending the city.
I dare not accept it anymore, just saying that I had retreated from Taiyuan and could no longer convince the public when I was guilty. Such a vision proved his "knowing soldiers". If he didn't accept it, the others would understand it, and a few experienced people would
I dare not answer again.
The emperor's silent attitude recently made the two ministers of the left and right hold power, but in fact, what they got may be everyone's wait and see. In the end, the two ministers only had the power to appoint at will on the middle-level officers, so that
Their tactical use of the city defense can only be done in a regular manner, and they cannot do too many dangerous things.
In short, you can only keep it.
The wind blew, and the three old men over 60 years old stood in the wind and snow, waiting for the arrival of Zong Wang's army. Only Qin Siyuan, after a long period of solemnity, gradually laughed out loud, and the laughter was solemn,
It does not match his usual image. But Li Gang gradually laughed, and then Zhong Shidao also laughed.
"Today we have you and I here, face this matter, we should be revealed!" Li Gang said with a smile.
In the distance, the flags of Zong Wang's army came.
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Xiacun Valley. News has been spread.
In the room, Hongti and Juan'er were sewing some linings of clothes. In the open space outside the door, Qin Siyuan, Han Jing, Yue Fei, Qi Xinyong, Yuwen Feidu and many others gathered here to see the person named Xiaohei.
The boy put on those things.
When the armor made of iron and steel sheets were completely worn on the body, the young man almost turned into a walking iron armor.
This is not the first time a boy has worn this. When he swept his punch, the snowflakes flying in the air roared and rotated. Behind him, the war horse in iron armor whistled and shouted softly, and behind him,
More than a hundred iron armored heavy riders were all dressed.
"It's okay." Ning Yi whispered, not far away, Qin Shaoqian stroked the iron armor on the war horse and shook his head to sigh.
Put on his helmet and holds the knife. The boy blew up and turned over the horse.
Soon after, the valley started to move. As early as the evening, everyone gathered up and down the entire valley, and piles of bonfires spread. Ning Yi, Qin Shaoqian and other generals appeared above the valley.
On the high platform, Qin Shaoqian raised his wine glass to the people in the entire valley. Then, he slowly fell down from left to right.
"Today's cup, sacrifice to this world, gods and ghosts, dead people, and you and me who are here. Zong Wang has officially sent troops to attack Bianliang today. Everyone, the time is coming..."
The bonfire was beating and the valley was stern, and everyone was listening to his words silently.
Floating in the sky, the wind and snow were everywhere, and for a moment I seemed to dare not get close to here...
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Taiyuan.
At night, Qin Shaohe, who was sick, woke up from his sleep. In the dark room, his concubine fell asleep beside the bed. He opened his eyes for a long time until he couldn't help but cough, and woke him up.
"Master, do you want to drink water when you wake up?" the concubine asked, and then said, "The city defense is fine, don't worry."
"I had a dream. I dreamed of my father." He said weakly.
"My father-in-law is better than here in Bianliang, so don't worry."
"Yes." Qin Shaohe nodded slightly, then he smiled and said:
"Zhanmei, I think I may not be able to see my father..."
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The sea of snow spreads, day and night, and on November 22, the early morning comes.
This morning in Bianliang City was particularly quiet. Except for the falling snowflakes, it seemed that no one had woken up. The carriage in the Alum Tower passed through the quiet streets and alleys. When they arrived near the city wall, the sky was just slightly white. Shishi got off the carriage.
She has been here to help recently, but this time, the atmosphere in the military camp was a little different.
Before she could tell the change of the atmosphere, the sound of horns came faintly and suddenly across the huge wall in the distance. A huge object was passing through the sky. The bang, the lightly bright sky and
In the snow, it seemed like a wind suddenly passed by. Shishi's body shrank. She felt the earth moving, and someone shouted "ah" in the distance-