In the five hundred and thirty-second year of the Song calendar, this year is destined to leave a strong mark in the "History of the Song Dynasty".

In this year, the prince of the Song Dynasty awarded the sword to the general of the Song Kingdom, and the Confucian sword Song asked. Zheng and Song officially kicked off the national war.

Song Zhi asked this person, born in a famous family in the Song Kingdom, grandfather Song Shenshu followed the sword immortal Li Muzhi for seven or eight years when he traveled to the north of the world, and wanted to learn the sword immortal stunt to cross the sea.

Unexpectedly, Song Shenshu didn't learn that sword in the end. Frustrated, Song Shenshu decided to go home, but when he was about to cross the Lancang River, this person suddenly realized that in the face of the mighty river of the Lancang River, he got "The Sword Intent of the Great River".

Song Zhiwen has been cultivating both civil and martial arts under his grandfather since he was a child, and joined the army at the age of twelve with great achievements. At the age of twenty, he broke through the four realms in one fell swoop and became the youngest supreme in the history of the Song Kingdom.

But this history was quickly refreshed.

Not long after Song Zhiwen broke through the Four Realms Supreme, he was awarded the title of general. So this man got the second title, the youngest general in the history of the North!

In the same year, the temple scholar studied in Yuelu Academy because of Song Zhiwen, and his swordsmanship was already well-known in the north Song Shenshu, which was passed on by word of mouth, and added a reputation of "Confucian sword" to this young general who was proud of the spring breeze.

And the opponent of the Confucian sword Song Zhiwen also has a great background, it is the most dazzling new star of Qi Guoji's school palace, the little gentleman Chen Shouren.

Jixia School Palace is the Confucian Taoist system in the north, and the little Mr. Chen Shouren not only studied under Mr. Yuan Tiangang and got his true inheritance, but also the most proud protégé of Yan Zhitui, the master of the school.

Therefore, the victory or defeat of this battle naturally entangled the eyes of the entire northern scholars.

The battle of Zheng and Song, on the one hand, was the revenge and shame battle of the Song State, and on the other hand, the defense of the Zheng State. The game between Confucian Sword Song Zhiwen and Mr. Chen Shouren is not only a contest between them, but also a division between Jixia Academy and Yuelu Academy, and it is also a grievance between Zheng and Song.

In the late spring of 532 years of the Song calendar, the Confucian sword Song Zhiwen led his troops to pull out fifteen cities of Zheng State. Zheng is worried about domestic and foreign troubles, and the princelings and the little princelings have not yet decided the winner or loser, and Song Zhiwen has already pointed at Zheng Du.

And the intervention of the Jixia School Palace made the war take a turn for the better immediately.

Chen Shouren led 30,000 elite soldiers of Qi State to aid Zheng State, intending to block Song Zhiwen's army at the throat fortress leading directly to Zheng Du, Bishui Pass.

Chen Shouren did it.

After Song Zhiwen pulled out fifteen cities in a row, he broke three more cities, and the Song army went directly to the Bishui Pass and encountered Chen Shouren head-on. The two armies faced each other, and it took three months, and the urn city of Bishui Pass was broken by Song Zhiwen three times, but each time the urn city was broken, the army of the Song State was repelled by Chen Shouren.

The urn city was broken three times and defended three times, and the battle situation suddenly became deadlocked.

For a time, the siege of the city turned into a tug-of-war between the two armies. Chen Shouren occupies Bishui Pass, backed by Zhengdu, and has a steady stream of baggage supplies. And Song Zhiwen's side, although he broke through the eighteen cities of Zheng State, but in the end, he was in a foreign country, and if he wanted to get heavy supplies, he had to take extraordinary measures.

Song Zhiwen's intention was to break through the Zheng capital, and the first king of Yixue drank the shame of hatred, and did not want to ravage the people of Zheng State. But the war situation can't be delayed, if he doesn't use extraordinary means, within half a month, the army of Song State will be wiped out in Zheng State.

The young general was forced to finally give the order and ordered the army to plunder the grain, grass and military supplies. But even though the military order repeatedly stated that the army should not burn, kill, loot, and harm the lives of the people, those red-eyed soldiers still committed all kinds of atrocities.

"History of Zheng" records that in the 489th year of the Zheng calendar, the Zheng and Song dynasties were warned. After the Song army withdrew from the border, Daocheng, Goose City, and Tiecheng, and the sons born to women in the period were all Song people.

More than seventy percent of babies are killed. or drowning, pinching, or cooking and eating. The survivors were kept for three or five years, and were bought as slaves, and kept with pigs and dogs.

As soon as Song Zhiwen's military order came out, he was immediately criticized by Confucian scholars led by Jixia Xuegong. The name of the Confucian sword became a laughing stock under the crowd for a while.

Song Zhiwen didn't say anything about this, as if the name of the Confucian sword didn't matter to him.

On this night, the moon was in the sky, shining with stars.

Military common sense, night raids should avoid moonlit nights. Because the moonlight is bright, it will reveal the whereabouts of the army, and it will be easy to be discovered by the enemy, which will lead to the failure of the night attack.

But the opponent was the little gentleman Chen Shouren, Song Zhiwen didn't dare to be careless, or ordered the night patrol scouts to stare at Bishui Pass, and report immediately if there was any movement.

Commander's military tent.

Song Zhiwen was writing under an oil lamp.

This is already the seventeenth letter written by the young general.

But to the surprise of the guards in the military tent, the letters written by the general himself were all packed in a box by him, and none of them were sent.

"General, my subordinates don't understand. Konoe once asked him, "Why didn't the general send any of the letters he wrote so many letters?"

The young general just smiled, looked at the guard, and said, "Who said that if you write a letter, you must send it?"

"But the general, if you don't send it, why do you write a letter?" the guard was still surprised.

"I wrote only because I wanted to. The young general smiled, "If you can send it out, you have to consider whether the other party is willing to read it." I never do something I'm not sure of. ”

"The general is worried that the person you wrote the letter that the person probably didn't want to receive?" Konoe understood, but he didn't understand.

A man like a general, who can refuse the letter he wrote?

But the young general just laughed and did not answer the guard's question again.

Perhaps who he wanted to send it to, only he knew.

"Woo!——"

The silence of the long night was suddenly broken by the sound of a desolate horn, and the young general in the military tent stood up suddenly, and said in surprise: "On such a moonlit night, you dare to attack the camp?"

The sound of trumpets spread throughout the Song army camp.

"The three armies are on alert! The three armies are on alert!" The patrol commander galloped wildly, and the Song army camp, the armor soldier got out of the spark-filled military tent, carried a halberd with a sword, and turned over on his horse.

The soldiers got up one after another, organized the queue in an orderly manner, and the commander led the troops to meet the centurion, and the centurion led the troops to the general's banner.

Song Zhiwen was dressed in Xuanjin plate armor, and the sword was out of the military tent, and the guards had already brought the war horse. The young general did not say a word and turned over his horse.

"Boss, the scouts are coming, the enemy army opened the city gate at night, intending to attack the camp!" "Adjutant General Yang Chengzong came to report, holding a Xuanhua big axe, five big and three thick, and his voice was as loud as a drum.

"And lead the troops out of the gate first. Song Zhiwen ordered, and then said no more, and led the guards straight to the lookout in the camp.

The Song army barracks are cast with a lookout, far behind the camp, and flush with the city wall of Bishui Pass. The huge lookout platform, ascending on it, can see the situation in the Bishui Pass at a glance.

Tonight, the moonlight is everywhere, and the vision is wide.

Based on Song Zhiwen's understanding of Chen Shouren, this person would never launch an attack on the camp in such a situation of losing his days.

So either the news from the scouts is wrong, or there is a big move in the Bishui Pass.

Song Zhiwen must go and find out in person.

The barracks were full of noisy shouts, Song Zhiwen came to the lookout, patted the war horse under his crotch, and went straight up against the wind, and in the blink of an eye, he had reached the top of the platform more than 20 zhang high.

"Boss!" the soldier in charge of guarding the lookout immediately saluted when he saw someone coming.

Song Zhiwen only nodded, and looked in the direction of Bishui Pass.

The cold moon hangs high, and the huge pass is like a desolate beast crawling on the field, and it is magnificent. The name of Bishui Pass is related to Bishui.

Under the huge city pass, there is a big river flowing through, which is the water.

The Song army camp was stationed south of Bishui, and due north, it was the last line of defense leading directly to Zhengdu, Bishui Pass!

Song Zhiwen took the stage, and as far as he could see, everything was as usual in Bishui Pass, and there was no sign of a large army launching a night attack. Closing the urn city, the patrol armor soldier held a torch, although it was heavily guarded, it did not look like it was going to war.

"Order, scout news......" Song Zhi didn't finish his sentence, and suddenly saw a white-robed general raising a glass from afar above the head of Bishui Pass, with a clear face, quite out of the dust.

"I would have turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. The water was closed, and the white-robed general drank all the tea in the cup.

"In the world of life, suddenly like a traveler. Song Zhi asked and smiled, "Don't you know that the bright moon is originally a heavenly thing, and you don't know that the red dust is sad?" You and I are just parasitic mayflies in heaven and earth, and An can turn his heart to the bright moon?"

The two were talking thirty miles apart, but the sound clearly reached each other's ears.

"As a human being, how can you think of yourself very little?" Chen Shouren said, "A gentleman sits and talks about the Tao, and gets up and acts." You must know that everything in the world is man-made. ”

"The way of heaven is constant, and the principle of Shunchang is against death, how can Mr. Xiao not understand?" Song Zhiwen sneered.

Chen Shouren seemed to be smiling, playing with the white jade teacup in his hand, looked at Song Zhi suddenly, and said, "Rujian's words are reasonable. If you look at the current trend, is the way of heaven here, or is it there?"

Song Zhiwen's face was slightly gloomy.

Fighting deep into the hinterland of the enemy country is indeed a risky move.

Although Zheng's civil war has not yet ended, after all, it is to pull out eighteen cities in a row and go straight to the bottom of Bishui Pass. Now Song Jun has been like a sword, nailed into Zheng Guo's body.

But if the war ends before the autumn comes, it is better to say that the three armies have the spare strength to withdraw to the Song State. If it drags on any longer, the Song army is likely to usher in an embattled situation in the autumn and winter.

This is no joke.

A large part of the reason why the Song army's offensive was unstoppable was that Zheng Guo was tired of civil war, and many cities had already been taken by Song Zhiwen in one fell swoop before they could figure out who to listen to.

And once the civil war takes a turn for the better, the major cities are ordered by the prince, and the Song army is attacked on all sides, the current battle situation may be easily overturned.

Therefore, the Bishui Pass must be breached before the autumn comes.

Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Song Zhiwen's eyes locked on Chen Shouren at the head of Bishui Pass, he knew that if he wanted to break the city, the biggest enemy was the white-robed general.

"The way of heaven is here, or it is there, within a month, we will see and know. Song Zhiwen said coldly.

"We'll see. Chen Shouren just smiled, "Rujian doesn't need to be nervous, he didn't plan to attack at night tonight." Just send someone to send you a letter, that's all. ”

With that, he walked away.

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