Chapter 809: Spring of the Tenth Year of Jian Shuo (4)
The sky was gloomy, at the end of the first month, there was snow all over the ground, and the wind blowing through the city was becoming cold.
Gaizhou Chunping Warehouse, the towering outer wall is covered with ice, like a fortress. Funeral white silk ribbons are hung around the warehouse, and patrolling soldiers holding red-tasseled spears walk past the wall.
On the side road outside the warehouse, a group of soldiers rode back. The leader was Ai Cheng, the general guarding Chunpingcang. He was riding on the horse, restless. When he was approaching the warehouse door, he heard a rumbling sound coming from nearby.
Ice edges fell between the houses and shattered on the road. Spring has arrived. This is the most common scene in recent times.
When he arrived at the gate, he was about to ask the soldiers inside to lower the gate. The soldiers above him suddenly became alert and pointed forward. At the other end of the road, a figure came over, first the cavalry, and then the infantry, crowding the spacious road.
The leading general looked gentle and took out his token first: "But the general of the city guard? Chang Ningjun Guan Song, in the name of Master An, to help prevent Chun Pingcang."
"Chang Ning Jun." Wei Cheng's face darkened, "How can Chang Ning Jun take care of Chun Pingcang's affairs? I only listen to Master Fang's orders."
"In wartime orders, the army is the leader. Chunpingcang is a confidential place for military storage. Now there are Jurchen spies who want to sabotage it secretly. I have been specially ordered to come here. General An has greeted Mr. Fang Qiong and Mr. Fang about this matter.
I have already nodded. If you don’t believe me, you can ask.”
"If there is no order..."
"The situation is critical! I don't have time to delay here with you, open the door quickly!"
There was a flash of cold light, and the general on horseback had drawn out his steel sword, followed by rows of knights unsheathing their long swords, and a forest of spears behind them, pointing at the small group of people in the Acropolis. The soldiers in Chunpingcang had already moved, Han
The wind whined and blew across the Gaizhou sky.
Acropolis looked at the blade. The soldiers on the wall behind raised their bows and arrows, but they still looked weak in front of the pressing military formation. His expression changed in front of the blade. After a while, he reached out and drew the sword, pointing at it.
ahead.
"Gaizhou is in the rear, and Chunpingcang is in the city...The King of Jin has just left. Do you want to rebel?"
Cold fronts confront each other, and murderous intent permeates the long street...
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On the twenty-first day of the first lunar month, the alliance was held. On the twenty-second day, King Tian Shi of Jin died, and the news spread throughout Jin. In the following days, the atmosphere on the north bank of the Yellow River was chilly and the situation was chaotic. The undercurrent under the water had become intense.
Unable to suppress the situation, officials and forces, large and small, were anxious and made their own choices.
Jiaocheng, it's going to rain.
Lin Zongwu stood under the eaves with his hands behind his hands. His huge figure was like a divine Buddha, giving a huge sense of oppression to the old man drinking tea not far away.
"After Tian Shi left, people's hearts were unsettled. On my side, the people who have been coming and going recently all have their own agendas. Some want to win over me, some want to rely on me, and some want to persuade me to surrender to the Jurchen. Elder Chang, I
I have been holding back a fire in my heart recently, what was your intention in asking me to go to Wasion?"
"There is absolutely no bad intention, absolutely no evil intention, leader!" The old man named Chang in the room waved his hand and tried to clarify his intention, "Think about it, leader, twenty-one, the Jin family alliance, twenty-two, Jin
The king then died in the hands of the Jurchens. A woman named Shuwan was in charge of Wei Sheng Tower. She was ruthless and shallow-minded. Although Yu Yulin had troops in his hands, he could not suppress all the forces, and the land of Jin would be in chaos..."
The old man cupped his hands and said: "My Chang family has been operating in Jin for many years, and we also want to protect ourselves. Master, Jin is in chaos and all life is in ruins. How can my family be an exception? Therefore, even if the King of Jin has passed away, someone will be forced to take over."
Plate. Not to mention that the King of Jin's family is now headed by a woman and has no one to convince the public. Although Wang Juyun's rebellion was originally called a million, he was an outsider, and those million beggars were also defeated.
, the Black Flag Army has some reputation, but with only ten thousand people, how can they stabilize the situation in the Jin region? Ji Qingli and other thieves have their hands stained with blood, and the alliance is just an addition. Now that there is no hope of fighting against the gold, I am afraid they have to make a fortune.
Let’s go. After thinking about it, only the leader has the millions of followers of the Great Light Sect. Regardless of his martial arts and reputation, he can convince everyone. If the leader doesn’t go to Wei Sheng, I’m afraid Wei Sheng will be in chaos..."
"Hmph." Lin Zongwu snorted coldly, "Weisheng is in chaos. If I join in, it will be even more chaotic! Old Chang, the Jurchens are coming. Please protect yourself. I'm afraid you may have become a traitor!"
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"Master, it's absolutely impossible, it's impossible. The Chang family is also a reputable person. If your words spread, my Chang family won't be scolded in the spine by others in Jin..." The old man said, kneeling down anxiously.
He began to persuade on the ground, "Leader, it's normal for you to doubt me, but... no matter what, someone has to deal with the situation in Weisheng. In this way, if you don't want that position, at least go to Weisheng. As long as you show up, everyone will have a backbone."
ah……"
Lin Zongwu looked back at him, and after a while he said, "I don't care what your intentions are. You came here to make sweet talk. I don't want to pursue it today. But Elder Chang, your whole family is here. If one day, I know you are fighting for the Jurchens today."
Come... no matter when you are here, I will leave your family alone."
After he finished speaking this sentence word by word, the old man kneeling on the ground was shocked, and then he did not argue again. Lin Zongwu said: "Go ahead, Elder Chang, I have no other meaning, you don't need to be too concerned about it."
Take it to heart."
The old man stood up to say goodbye, and finally hesitantly said: "Master, when will you..."
"Get lost!" Lin Zongwu's voice was like thunder, and he gritted his teeth and said, "How honored are you to intervene in my decision!?"
After saying this, the old man ran away. Lin Zongwu stood there with his hands behind his back. After a while, Wang Nanda came in and saw Lin Zongwu's expression as complicated as ever.
"It's going to rain."
He said this in a low voice.
Soon after, it started to rain lightly. The cold was biting to the bones.
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The huge ship is sinking slowly.
Gentle.
As night falls, an atmosphere of chaos is spreading in the small city.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The heavy sound was rhythmic with the hammer blow. In the yard burning with blazing flames, hundreds of hardened steel knives were being formed one after another. Shi Jin was shirtless.
, watching sparks flying from the knife blank in front of him, he, like several other blacksmiths, was immersed in the process of forming the steel knife in front of him.
A small group of rebels, centered on his call, temporarily gathered here.
One of the deputy deputies of the rebel army who followed Shi Jin was named Li Honggu, who had followed Shi Jin from Chifeng Mountain. At this time, she was gathering more than a hundred people from the rebel army outside. They entered the yard where iron tools were being made.
, Shi Jin sat aside, wiping the sweat on his body with a towel, and took a short rest. He had a strong back and numerous scars on his body, and his indifferent eyes looked at the flames in a trance, and he had the aura of iron blood.
"Dragon King, everyone has gathered."
"Oh." The light in Shi Jin's eyes became softer and he raised his head, "Is anyone going to leave?"
"Everyone just asks the Dragon King where you want to go."
"I've thought about it..." Shi Jin said, paused, and then said: "Let's go to Washeng."
The woman nodded, frowned a little, and finally couldn't help but said: "Didn't the Dragon King say that he doesn't want to be near that place anymore..."
After Chifeng Mountain, especially after Lin Chong's death, Shi Jin was no longer willing to participate in large and complex power struggles. He also had many taboos about the core power of King Jin - of course, he was not interested in others borrowing his power.
Although he only had more than a hundred people under his command in Fenyang Huimeng, he was famous. Tian Shi specially invited him. Although he did not go, he sent one person as a representative.
Fully support this.
Now that Tian Shifang is dead, the Jin king is leaderless, and the situation in Weisheng is the most sensitive. Li Honggu didn't understand why Shi Jin suddenly changed his mind, so she asked, and saw Shi Jin stand up, nodded slightly, and said: "
Go save people."
"Rescue?"
"Well... King Jin died fighting against the Jin Dynasty. Now the situation is in ruins. Those who follow him will probably be liquidated next. General Yu, and the female Prime Minister Lou Shuwan, they follow Tian Shi,
The situation now may be quite critical.”
In the light of the fire, Shi Jin put on his clothes and picked up the iron rod: "The King of Jin died fighting against the Jin Dynasty, and we have nothing to repay. These loyal ministers should not suffer bad luck for this. Although I am not good at military affairs and interpersonal relationships,
But there is always a life left. If the situation becomes too overwhelming and we fall into chaos, I will risk my life to at least protect them."
"...I think if Old Hero Zhou were still alive today, he would do the same thing."
The figure of the Dragon King left the blacksmithing yard, flickering in and out of light. He explained his thoughts to the hundreds of men gathered outside and gave them a chance to make a new choice.
No one chooses to leave.
That night, a group of people left Heshun and embarked on the road to Wei Sheng. The light of the torches swayed on the ground in the night. In the next few days, people continued to gather and come to Wei Sheng because of the name Eight-Armed Dragon King.
.Like a remaining spark of fire, emitting its own light in the dark night...
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It was so powerful that black clouds pressed down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
The Tianji Palace occupies a vast area, but after Tian Shi personally went to war last year, Lou Shuwan drastically cut down all unnecessary expenses in the palace. At this time, the huge palace seemed empty and cold.
After returning to Wei Sheng, Lou Shuwan first killed Tian Shi's father, Tian Biao, and then chose a useless side hall in Tianji Palace to work. Since the anti-gold movement last year, too many people have been killed in this palace.
People who have shed too much blood sometimes look out from the door and feel that this huge palace is like a ghost, with countless lonely ghosts wandering outside looking for their lives.
The whole situation is slipping into the abyss.
If it were Lou Shuwan in the late Tian Hu era, her power was based on common interests within a system. When Tian Hu got mad and wanted to kill her, under the covert activities of the Chinese army and the guarantee of Yu Yulin's military strength,
Cooperating with the huge interest chain in the entire system, Lou Shuwan completed the feat of counter-killing Tian Hu and pushed Tian Shi to power.
With the help of Tian Shi and Yu Yulin's support, Lou Shuwan promoted the anti-golden movement, but it was also an anti-golden move that broke the chain of interests that was originally a community in the Jin Dynasty system. Tian Shi's revitalization enhanced his control over the army.
, and then this control was lost with Tian Shi's death. Now Lou Shuwan no longer has a huge profit card in her hand. What she can rely on are only some brave men who are determined to fight against the Jin Dynasty, and Yu Yulin.
The Jin army is in hand.
However, among them, even those who are determined to resist the Jin Dynasty, many actually don't mind Lou Shuwan's downfall.
So after leaving Gusongyi, Yu Yulin began to mobilize his troops to rob supplies from various places, lobby and deter various forces, and ensure that he could capture the basic market. Lou Shuwan returned to Weisheng and entered with a decisive attitude.
In Tianji Palace, she certainly cannot rule the power of the Jin Dynasty with such an attitude.
It has been too long, but the determination and madness in the past can still scare some people. At least seeing Lou Shuwan's posture, rational people can understand: even if she cannot kill everyone in front of her, at least she will be the first one to block it.
The forces in front of her will be eaten alive by this crazy woman.
The Jurchen forces have already been active within the Jin Dynasty.
Although the heavy snow has not yet melted, and the Jurchen troops coming from the north have not launched an offensive yet, the attack will come sooner or later. As long as we understand this, under the huge blow of Tian Shi's death, the forces that have begun to choose to turn to the Jurchens are really too much.
There are too many. Although some forces have not expressed their stance, they
And they have begun to actively seize control of various passes, cities, or material warehouses. Some generals in the army from large and small families have begun to re-state their positions, and divisions and conflicts are unfolding silently but violently. Within a few days, various places have begun to
The reports that came in were horrifying.
This is the coercion of the general trend. Under the pressure of the Jurchen army, it is like the melting snow of the spring sun, which is simply difficult to resist. Over the past few days, Lou Shuwan has been constantly re-dividing the ownership of the forces in her heart, sending out personnel or lobbying or
Threat, hoping to save enough chips and vitality. But even the defenders near Weisheng are already splitting and taking sides.
Zhan Wu of the Huaxia Army is also running among them - in fact, the Huaxia Army is also one of the trump cards behind her. If it weren't for this flag standing here, and it would be impossible for them to join the Jurchens, I am afraid that several big families near Washeng have already begun
Swordsman spoke.
On February 2, the dragon raised its head. That night, it rained in Wei Sheng City. All the snow on the trees and roofs had fallen during the night. When the ice and snow began to melt, the cold was so deep that it penetrated into the bones. It was also on this night,
Someone quietly entered the palace and sent a message: "...Liao Gong sent words and wanted to talk..."
When Lou Shuwan killed Tian Hu, the basic base of the Jin family was supported by three large families. The Yuan family was headed by Yuan Zhanxia, the Tang family of Tang Shun, and the Liao family of Liao Yiren. Later, they began to resist the Jin Dynasty, and the Yuan family was among them.
To obstruct, Lou Shuwan led the army
The Yuan family was massacred. Up to now, the Liao family and the Tang family have taken action on both the military and political sides, but the group that wants to pay money is mainly dominated by the Liao family. Now I want to talk about the scale of the private connections.
It should be quite impressive.
Lou Shuwan took a breath.
"Okay, let's talk."
The cold rain falls on every part of this dark palace city. Outside this palace city, countless confrontations have already taken shape, and violent and fierce confrontations may begin at any time.
Rivers of blood flow...
The huge ship is sinking.
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Jurchen, Shu Liesu camp.
Wanyan Xiyin and General Shu Liesu walked out of the central military tent and saw that the entire military camp was already being organized. He raised his hand to Shu Liesu.
"The ice and snow have not yet melted, so the attack has been hasty. However, the Jin area is already in chaos. A heavy blow can force them to make an early decision." After a pause, he added: "The Black Flag Army has good combat power, but there are
If the general takes action, he will definitely get it. This is the key to this battle, so take care, general."
On Shu Liesu's face, there was only an awe-inspiring fighting spirit: "If you can't defeat him, Shu Liesu will come to see you with your head raised."
The freeze had not yet been lifted, and in an instant, there was light, thunder, and fire, and the ten-year war of Jianshuo began in an all-out way.