Winter has arrived, and heavy snow has fallen one after another north of the Yellow River.
In Wozhou City, an atmosphere of post-war strife is shrouding the place.
This is a city close to the front line on the northern edge of King Jin's territory. Ever since the Jurchens showed signs of heading south, the city defenses have been gradually reinforced in the past two or three months. During the preparations for the war, the female prime minister Shu Shu, who was under one person in King Jin's territory,
Wan has also visited Vaud canton twice. Now that the war has broken out, wounded soldiers who retreated from the front line and thousands of refugees have gathered here. In a short period of time, the situation near Vaud canton has become extremely chilling and terrifying.
Extremely chaotic.
There was once a petty official named Mu Yi who went on a rampage in the city because his family was murdered. In this current situation, not many people remember him.
Crossing Wozhou City to the north, the line from the ruins of Taiyuan to Yanmen Pass was once the battlefield where the Jurchens fought the most intensely after they went south. Over the past ten years, the population has dropped sharply and the people are in dire straits. A leader named Wang Juyun came here with a similar approach.
In the past, the purpose of Manichaeism gathered the residents to oppose the Jurchens and equalize the rich and the poor. After overthrowing the remaining wealthy households, millions of righteous teachers were gathered. In the mouths of the Puppet Qi and Jurchens, they were called "rebellious teachers"
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Li Xizhi, together with the garrison near Yanmen Pass, launched two campaigns to exterminate the rebel army. However, both times they failed, the elites under the command of the "rebellious army" were brainwashed by religion. They chanted the divine cry and were not afraid of life or death.
They followed one after another. Wang Juyun used his troops well and made a surprise attack on the opponent's logistics during the two campaigns. Li Xizhi and others failed to destroy them, but instead they were deprived of a lot of supplies by the opponent. Later, the campaign was stopped.
This time when the Jurchen East Route Army went south, it was Wang Juyun's team of volunteers who bore the brunt. Later, Tian Shi in the south spread the word to the world, and in response, millions of troops came one after another, turning the north of Taiyuan into a shura.
Killing scene.
In just over a month, four major battles broke out in the Jedi from Yanmen Pass to the ruins of Taiyuan. Wanyan Zonghan, the Jurchen Army's divine soldier, marched like a mountain. With the assistance of Xi Yin, he commanded the Jin Kingdom's fierce general Yin Shuke.
, Shu Liesu, Ba Lisu, Wanyan Saba and others
First, they defeated Wang Juyun's two invasions, and then defeated the vanguard of the Jin King's invasion. Soon after, they defeated the combined armies of Wang Juyun and Tian Shi. Under the city of Taiyuan, which was burned to rubble ten years ago, the blood of the Han people and
Corpses once again covered the field.
However, even after four major defeats, Wang Juyun's righteous army and Tian Shi's power of the Jin Dynasty still did not collapse. After several battles, a large number of wounded and broken troops gathered towards Wozhou and other places, to the north
The refugees who fled also evacuated southward, and Waud Prefecture
The other places did not refuse the arrival of these people. The government treated the wounded in the chaotic situation and arranged for the deserters to rejoin the army. Even for the skinny refugees who evacuated south, they also prepared at least enough charity porridge to survive and arranged for them.
Continue heading south.
In the more than ten years since the Jurchens came south, the Han people have struggled to survive. No one has seen such selfless acts of righteousness for many years. In a short period of time, countless people were inspired by the righteous acts of King Jin. Some skinny people
Taking up arms with tears in their eyes, they had already had enough of this inhumane life and were unwilling to continue going south to suffer. In such weather,
In such a world, even if people continue to have trouble escaping, what awaits them is probably just a dead end, or a torment that is more difficult than death. It is better to throw their lives here and die together with the Jurchens. And I feel like this
In such an atmosphere, some of the defeated soldiers who escaped also picked up their swords and guns again and joined the original team...
In war, there are scenes like this that bring tears to the eyes, but of course there are also all kinds of cowardice and despicability, terror and cruelty.
Within the Jin Dynasty, the high pressure and purges launched by Lou Shuwan are still going on, with the cooperation of the Zhuji forces led by Zhan Wu. In every city from south to north, most of those suspected of surrendering to the enemy are rounded up, and every
One day, there were house raids and beheadings taking place.
Naturally, spies and lobbyists sent by Wanyan Xiyin were also active in this process, and there were also more than one unjust, false, and wrongful cases. If it were a normal regime, such a cleanup would be enough to shake the foundation of the entire regime. However, in the face of a complete
With a formidable enemy like Yan Zonghan and no reinforcements behind him, only this cold high pressure can ensure the progress of the frontline battle.
Some soldiers were unwilling to fight anymore and fled into the mountains. At the same time, there were also people who were greedy for life or wanted to take advantage of the troubled times to gain wealth and wealth. In the chaotic situation, they were waiting for the arrival of the Jurchen "King Banner". Near Wozhou
, this situation is particularly serious.
In the mountains and forests north of Wo Prefecture, in more than a month, five or six groups of bandits gathered together to declare their surrender to the Jurchens and wait for the arrival of the king's master. Their momentum varied, but they took advantage of the chaos.
Here, these people looted homes, destroyed villages and burned forests, and some even specially intercepted and killed the defeated soldiers fleeing south. They blocked the roads.
On the road, they threatened a small group of broken troops to join. If they did not agree, they would be killed immediately. The corpses were stripped naked and hung on the flagpole. There was also a team on the road to intercept and kill the Jin King's army baggage coming from the south. After the failure, they destroyed the road and even
He threatened to sneak into Wozhou City and kill people at will. When the Jurchens came, he opened the city gate for them, making people nearby panic.
The heavy snow had stopped that day, and smoke pillars rose from a village dozens of miles east of Waud. A team of bandits had already looted the place. The team consisted of about five to six hundred people.
The words "Dajinwo Prefecture Zhenfu Army" were written nondescript on the banner raised. After the village was looted, all the strong men in the village were massacred, and most of the women were raped and then arrested and taken away.
The leaving team formed a long queue. The man at the front was a tall man on a horse, wearing strong armor and carrying a long sword. He had a woman tied to the horse and was struggling. As the man rode forward, he waved to her.
After giving the woman a few slaps, she no longer dared to resist. He laughed, feeling very proud.
The leader of this man is named Wang Gan. He was one of the bandits who gathered near Wo Prefecture. He has strong martial arts skills and has a high self-esteem. After the Jurchens came, he was privately recruited and wanted to repay the favor.
, earn some fame, these days, he is
They looted everywhere, and even followed the plan of the Jurchen envoys who went south to spread all kinds of false news to Wozhou City, making people panic. At this time, they also massacred the village, killing the young and strong, leaving the elderly and children behind.
The city of Vaud continues to cause panic and burden.
When the Jurchens went south, the combination of Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin was considered invincible in the world. In a head-on battle, no one thought they could win. With this understanding, whether it was Wang Juyun, Tian Shi, or Yu Yulin, they were thinking
What I think about is not to defeat the enemy on the battlefield at once. Defeat can be defeated, and there is no harm in escaping. As long as you can
Enough to maximize the harassment and hold back the army on the east road, the battle north of the Yellow River has achieved its goal, and the two Jurchen armies are eager to go south to attack the Wu Dynasty, even if all the altars and pots in the King of Jin's territory are destroyed
After that, he will withdraw his people into the mountains. Zong Han and Xi Yin will not have the leisure to kill them all.
Even if we gather all the power of the world and defeat the Jurchens, as long as the world still belongs to the Han people, there will definitely be a position for the King of Jin north of the Yellow River. Even with the passage of time, with such a reputation in the future, it is not impossible to aspire to the world.
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It was also because of such psychological preparation that several major defeats on the front battlefield failed to completely break down the command system of the two groups of armies. Wang Juyun continued to gather the defeated troops after the defeat, and the King of Jin's side was already prepared for defeat.
Then preparations for the subsequent battle.
In such a situation, the control of these chaotic areas became slow. Wang Gan committed crimes several times. In this world after the snow, he focused on the city and the garrison forces around the city, but failed to do so in time.
Rescue the surrounding area.
It was the same this time. The team that slaughtered the village quickly left along the path with the looted materials and women, and returned to the mountains. Wang Gan was in high spirits, boasting to his deputies about their achievements this time and their future wealth.
The woman kneaded it casually in her clothes. Although there was a real army fighting in the north of the Canton of Vaud.
battlefield, but at the moment, he has no fear of being intercepted by the army near Wozhou, because the Jurchen envoy coming from the south has previously made sure to him that Tian Shi's rebellion against Jin will lead to death, even if the Jurchen envoy sitting in charge of the court
The palace's female prime minister was ruthless and ruthless and killed countless people. The spies who would choose to secretly report information to the golden man were still killed endlessly.
As we were walking through a mountain bend with such arrogance, a "boulder" lying quietly in the snow beside the mountain road suddenly lifted up. An iron rod danced under the "boulder" and roared into the air. A man walking next to the team was
The soldier showed no reaction. It was as if someone had suddenly dragged him by the neck and raised half of his body, with blood and flesh flying into the sky.
"I...fuck"
The "boulder" was originally a disguise. The place it was raised was no more than ten feet away from Wang Gan. There were only two soldiers in the middle. Wang Gan was the first to react to the sudden movement in the white snow on the mountain. He roared
, pulled the reins suddenly, and immediately swung his sword. The other soldier on the side was already lazily hitting the front with his stick, and walked straight ahead.
The horse's buttocks of one of Fang's lieutenants. The figure's fierce running fingers crossed a distance of more than ten feet. Wang Gan felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up as he swung the sword. He turned sideways in a hurry, and the whistling shadow of the stick passed over his forehead.
Then, there was a loud bang on the back of the war horse's head, like a stone drum being broken, and then the war horse was knocked out with a bang.
The fall of the war horse was like a landslide, and it hit the two soldiers on the other side at the same time. Wang Gan followed the war horse and rolled to the ground. He made a defensive roll in embarrassment, only to feel something flying over his head.
Wang Gan, the woman on the horseback who was thrown away by the intruder, rolled up from the ground and got up. She shoveled the snow with one hand and threw it to the back. Her body was already running towards the rear team he was facing at this time, shouting:
"Stop him! Kill him, kill him."
The figure who was running and chasing was also very fast, almost drawing a small circle with the tumbling corpse of the war horse. The snow on the ground was splashed by his steps. The one behind had not yet fallen, and it had exploded in front, like a flower.
A blooming lotus. Team
Behind the column was an infantry formation of six or seven people, one column after another, with a forest of spears. Wang Gan shouted and ran over there. The assassins chased him fiercely. Facing the forest of spears, Wang Gan turned around and retreated inside.
What's approaching are eyes as fierce as fire.
The assassination came suddenly, like a tsunami and landslide. He had no time to measure the opponent's martial arts skills. He only defended himself with a round shield and a long knife in one hand. The soldiers at the rear had also reacted, and spears shot out from his body like a forest.
Stab in the side, that mad man
The assassin came running with the iron rod flying in his hand, causing the snow to roar towards the surroundings, like a huge tornado. Most of the more than ten spears were not made of iron. When they touched the shadow of the stick, they roared towards the surroundings.
Swinging away, several gun bodies of white wax rods flew in the sky.
It was too late, but soon, the figure came closer, and the iron bar came up with a bang, hitting Wang Gan's long sword and buckler, and at the same time pushing him to the soldiers behind.
"roar"
Following the violent impact, the man who rushed up shouted loudly. Wang Gan's body couldn't stop stepping backwards. The more than ten people behind him couldn't hold their bodies in a hurry. Some people staggered away, and some rolled over.
Falling to the ground, Wang Gan flew back
After several steps, the iron rod was retracted and the shadow of the rod whizzed across. He blocked his shield and his arms were numb from the shock. The dancing shadow of the rod came from the other side and hit him hard on the shoulder.
Then Kuangwu's attack engulfed him.
At this time, just the front line of the team passed the bend, and the people behind heard the shouts. Before they could react, they saw the human wall in front of the road suddenly being pushed away, and a figure waving an iron rod pushed away in the blink of an eye.
The crowd and General Wang Gan kept flying back to the hillside while shouting wildly. Some people tried to intercept and some tried to attack from behind. In the chaos of the wildly dancing iron rods, someone suddenly fell to the side, but his head was hit by the iron rod.
The stick was carried over. In just a short moment,
, the stick shadow swung, ping-ping-ping-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang, Wang Gan was pushed through the chaotic crowd, almost flying back eight or nine feet to the hillside, and everyone behind him had been thrown away. The stick shadow suddenly stopped,
Crossing the sky, inserting it towards the back,
With a loud noise, a large boulder in the snow cracked, and an iron rod was inserted there. The assassin kept approaching Wang Gan, who was as drunk as a step forward. He grabbed the knife with one hand, opened his helmet with the other, grabbed the man's head, and killed him.
The blade pressed forward.
In the thick blood, the human head was cut off with a knife. Wang Gan's body seemed to have no bones. As the armor fell to the ground, thick blood was seeping out from the middle.
"Han'er shouldn't be a slave! You deserve to die!"
The angry voice was forced by internal force, and passed through the snowy ridge like thunder. The assassin turned around with the head in hand, and the iron rod stood in the stone beside him. For a while, no one among the hundreds of bandits dared to
Step forward and hear him say: "Don't kneel down yet."
Naturally, no one would kneel down, but with this loud shout, military bugles suddenly sounded in the nearby forest, followed by the sound of an army marching through the woods. The hundreds of people behind and under Wang Gan's command were no more than a mob.
Seeing the assassin kill the leader in front of hundreds of people, he fled in an uproar.
The assassin pulled out his iron rod and chased him, knocking down the nearby bandits one by one in the snow. He also saw someone in the distance snatching gold and silver and kidnapping the woman who was trying to escape, so he chased after him with all his strength.
A crowd of people fought out of the woods. Some of the bandits knelt down and surrendered, while others threw heavy objects and ran away lifelessly.
When the two or three hundred bandits threw away their weapons and knelt down in the snow, most of the people in the woods had come out. However, they saw that these people totaled no more than thirty, and some of them secretly wanted to escape.
, the man with the stick who rushed out first chased him and beat him until his brains burst. In one moment, more than 30 people tied up nearly 300 prisoners, and rescued a group of captive women. On the mountain road, everyone was begging for help.
and the sound of crying.
The man holding the stick looked at the captured women from a distance, his eyes sad, but he didn't get close. Seeing that most of the prisoners were tied up in a bunch, he looked towards the direction where the bandits were fleeing, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
At that time, a woman in military uniform with a scarred face came over from behind and asked him about the next step. The man with a stick said: "You send the woman back to the village, take the people who are still alive, and take these beasts to Wozhou City.
…I’m going to chase these ones who ran away.”
He paused: "The Jurchens have envoys going south, and I want to find them."
This man is naturally Jiu Wenlong Shi Jin who returned to Wozhou. Since he reunited with Lin Chong, and later confirmed that Lin Chong died for delivering a letter, he was disheartened. The only thing he cared about was the death of Lin Chong's son Mu Anping.
Whereabouts. But the only thing he knew about this matter was the name Tan Lu.
After Shi Jin returned to Wo Prefecture, he conducted several investigations and asked for the cooperation of the government, but still could not find out the whereabouts of Tan Lu. At this time, the situation around him gradually became tense, and Shi Jin was anxious, so he summoned the people behind the disintegration of Chifeng Mountain.
For those who were still willing to follow him, although the first priority was still to find the child, seeing the situation becoming chaotic, it was difficult for him to ignore such a disaster.
But with the lessons learned from Chifeng Mountain, what Shi Jin was willing to do was to secretly carry out small assassination operations. Now that Wang Gan was ambushed, Shi Jin did not take much rest and chased towards the woods ahead. His martial arts skills
Having reached the realm of transformation, he now chased behind one of Wang Gan's lieutenants. On the third day, he finally found clues about a messenger sent by the Jurchens.
This was a Han Chinese from Liaodong, who was under Wanyan Xiyin's command. Shi Jin captured this man and tortured him for a long time, but he didn't get much information. He ruled the world and lived an upright life. Although he was facing the enemy at this time,
After all, he was a little disgusted with this kind of beating and interrogation, and the endless torture. In the middle of the night, the spy committed suicide and died. Shi Jin sighed, dug a hole and buried the man's body.
Returning to Wo Prefecture the next day, a righteous man killed Wang Gan and saved the villagers, and the story of capturing the bandits had spread in the city. Shi Jin did not want to be famous, so he silently returned to the inn where he stayed.
An unexpected news, someone claimed to know the whereabouts of Mu Yi's son and hoped to meet him.
He also knew this person: Lin Zongwu, the leader of the Great Light Sect.