The city of Linzhou is divided into inner and outer cities, the circumference of the outer city is about eight miles, there are three gates in the east, south and north, and there are two gates in the south and north in the inner city, and the west faces the cliff. Outside the east gate, the Zhenwu Temple, usually lively and extraordinary, less than 100 meters southeast of the city, two huge verdant pine trees are lush, witness the magic and vitality of nature, therefore, the surrounding people also call Linzhou City as Shenmu Village.

Even the extremely ferocious Jurchens did not have the idea of beating these two pine trees. Some Jurchen soldiers dismounted, kowtowed, and feared the gods and the sacred tree given by God.

The site of Linzhou city is adjacent to Caodigou in the north, Guye River in the west, Taoyanliang in the east, and Mayan Ditch in the south. The entire city consists of three small cities, namely the East City, the West City, and the Purple Brocade City. Among the three cities, Zijin City is located in the middle of the west city and the east city, the east city and the west city face ravines, backed by mountain walls to guard, relying on the natural barriers of mountains and ravines, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Since the Jurchen army entered northern Shaanxi, the people were less than two or three out of ten, starving and dying, one after another in the wilderness, the land was barren, irrigation channels and facilities were abandoned, and many fertile areas of rivers, including the papaya plain between Jialu Village and Wubao Village, and the plastered land of hundreds of miles, have also become a mess.

The three small cities of Linzhou City, East City, West City and Zijin City are both interconnected and relatively independent. If an invader attacks one city, the other two cities can immediately send troops to support. In the city, there are urns, city walls, horse faces, and corner towers, and they are extremely strong.

Because of the flat terrain in the eastern city, a large number of people live in it. Xicheng is the Yamen of Linzhou Zhizhou, which is where the Yamen of the former Linzhou Thorn History Mansion is located.

It's just that now this Linzhou City, whether it is the East City, the West City, or the Zijin City, outside the city, inside the city, and under the city walls, there are layers of corpses. The walls were smoky and smoky, and shredded flesh, flesh foam, and blood stains could be seen everywhere, and under the light snow of winter, it looked like a dead city.

Only the Jurchen rangers who ran by from time to time, the occasional sound of fighting at the head of the city, and the eagle vulture hovering in the sky added a little life to the silent land.

Kuye River, a tributary of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, flows from the northwest in the territory of Xixia, flows all the way to the southeast, passes through the south of Linzhou City, passes through the south of Jingqiang Village, and flows into the Yellow River at the head of Linzhou Shaqiaotou.

The locals call this river "Crying Night River", this river breaks out every year, the river floods, the people on both sides of the river lose their lives because of it, and the sound of crying spreads all over the radius of a hundred miles. Even though it's winter, the river is still rolling away, and the depths of the river still have to be crossed by boats.

The sky was full of haze, and Shao Xing stood on a high ground, holding a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, looking towards the north bank of the Guye River.

It was early in the morning, the river was covered with white fog, and the opposite bank was covered with clouds and mountains, so it was completely unclear whether there was an ambush.

After hesitating for a while, Shao Xingcai said in a deep voice: "Find a place and cross the river!"

Everyone turned over and got on their horses together, and arrived at the cave river. Seeing the sound of the rolling waves, everyone could only go up the river, and in a gentle place in the lower reaches of the Kuye River, they unexpectedly found a team of Jin people guarding the ferry by the river, and the number of people was unknown.

In the fog, Jin Bing, who was on duty, saw Shao Xing and others appear, shouted loudly, and the sound of Diao Dou's horn also sounded.

Seeing the Jin soldiers on the opposite side panicking, the wolf scurried and the fox scurried, running and howling, Shao Xing hit the war horse, and the bow and crossbow in his hand shot out quickly.

The two hundred knights behind them galloped wildly, and the bows and crossbows in their hands shot out in a row, and the golden soldiers who were running fell down in an instant.

Several scouts stepped forward, threw out the iron hooks in their hands, and hung them on the fence, and the horses worked together so hard that the fence was pulled over, and a huge gap was immediately revealed in the camp.

Shao Xing beat his horse forward, and when he reached the trench, the war horse jumped up lightly and entered the camp of the Jinren.

Seeing that the other party's Song army broke in, the feather arrows of the golden people in the panic also shot sparsely. The round shield on the left arm of the crowd covered the horse's head and body, and the weapon in the right hand whipped the horse's buttocks, and the wind swept forward.

Shao Xing took the lead, shielded his head, and rushed to the front. The feather arrow hit the shield, Bangbang rattled, and one of the armorers beside him, who he didn't know who it was, screamed, and fell from his horse.

Shao Xing was furious, and the long knife was swung out with horsepower, and a golden soldier fell to the ground screaming. Before a golden soldier could stab his spear, he had already been knocked out by his horse. Seeing a golden soldier with a bow in his hand, intending to shoot out, Shao Xing was in a hurry, and the long knife in his hand was thrown out, which was smashing on the bowstring of the golden man.

The bowstring broke, the Jin people were shocked, and before they could react, Shao Xing's war horse had already arrived in front of him, Shao Xing took off the spear on the horse, and stabbed it out with his arm. The spear broke his throat, Shao Xing put away the spear, and the golden man had no life.

Shao Ping and Xu San followed, beating horses and walking in front of Shao Xing. They held their shields high in front of them. Shao Ping said loudly: "Big brother, you have to be careful, there are no eyes for knives and guns, you can't have an accident!" ”

Shao Xing shook his head and said: "Who knew that when you encounter these golden people here, it seems that they are all Han'er, everyone will cover up and kill for a while, quickly disperse these golden people, catch some live mouths, and find out the whereabouts of Fanzi." ”

Some of the golden soldiers ran towards the river, and their arrows flew away, and one by one the golden soldiers fell to the riverbank. A few of them were lucky enough to get on a boat and try to escape, but a smoking earth-shattering thunderbolt was thrown at it, sending sawdust flying around. The golden soldiers let out a miserable scream, and slowly sank into the river with the spinning boat.

The cavalry was opposed to the infantry, the number was basically equal, and the battle quickly came to an end. Most of the Jin soldiers were killed, and the remaining dozens of people were all captured and captured.

After the interrogation, everyone learned that a large number of Jin soldiers had gathered in Shenmu Village and Fugu. To the south of the Kuye River, there are very few Jin soldiers stationed, and as for the specific stationing of the Jin soldiers, these people know nothing.

Some of the scouts pressed the captives back to their lives, while others got into boats, crossed the Kuno River, and landed on the north bank.

The bells had long since been removed, the horses were put on their halts, their hooves wrapped in cotton cloth, and they walked slowly through the fog on the hard ground. Everyone was cautious, pricked up their ears and listened carefully, lest they miss something.

The crowd marched slowly. The villages were dilapidated along the way, and the corpses of the people were endless. The crowd marched for about forty or fifty miles, and arrived at the boundary east of Zhenchuan Fort, which had reached the junction of Linzhou and Fuzhou, and the Jurchen rangers often haunted, and everyone became extremely cautious.

Suddenly, the bow and arrow in Shao Ping's hand were set up, aimed at a roadside ruin, and shouted loudly.

"What kind of person, come out quickly, otherwise Hugh blames the sword and arrow without eyes!"

"Don't, don't, come out now, come out right away!"

Behind the ruins, a few figures walked out of the trembling streets, men, women and children, all dressed as Song people, looking like a family.

"Who are you, why are you hiding here, is it the work of the Jurchens?"

Shao Ping asked loudly, but his heart relaxed.

The leading old man smiled bitterly: "This military master, the little old man is a native of the Song Dynasty, how can it be a Jurchen man's meticulous work!"

Everyone looked at each other a few times, and they were all relieved, and they put away the weapons in their hands one after another.

"Don't worry, uncle, we are the officials and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, who came here from Hedong to help the people in all parts of Linfu. Uncle, where are you from, and how did you end up here?"

The young man next to the old man preemptively said, "You are waiting for the fruit to be a member of the Great Song Dynasty, not a Han'er under Fanzi?"

"Nonsense, you man is so boring! "

Xu San's eyes widened, and he said indignantly: "We are the Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army, and we are the subordinates of Wang Song and Wang Xianggong, who specialize in killing Fanzi and those beasts who don't know their fathers and mothers!"

Several Song people looked at each other and shook their heads, obviously not knowing what the loyal army was.

Xu San shook his head and said, "It's really a mountain villager, and he doesn't even know about the prince!"

He raised his voice and said to a few people: "Rescue Tokyo City, drive away Fanzi's Wang Iron Spear, Saibawang, do you know now?"

Several people were relieved, and the old man suddenly realized: "It's the team under the "Saibawang", this old man knows. ”

Xu San nodded proudly and said, "By the way, it's the subordinate of the "Saibawang" Wang Song Wang Xianggong!"

The old man's face was happy, and the people around him were also happy.

The old man laughed and said: "Don't be angry, if the "Saibawang" comes, this time it will be good-looking!"

He pointed to the men, women and children next to him and said, "Master Jun, these are the family and relatives of the little old man. Xiao Lao'er is a native of Zhenchuan Fort, which has been occupied by Fanzi, Xiao Lao'er has no choice but to escape with his family, hiding in Tibet, avoiding those Fanzi. ”

He pointed to a pair of young men, women and children next to him and said, "This is Xiao Lao'er's daughter and son-in-law, as well as his grandson."

After the Jurchens occupied Fengzhou, they returned to the army to restore the Lin and Fu, and seized the fortress between the Lin and the Fu, so that the two states were isolated. Then he used rangers to copy the road and rob the nearby Akita grain.

The area of Lin, Fu and Feng is suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry, especially the fertile land in the west of the Guye River in Linzhou, the land is fertile, and the river water can be diverted to irrigate the fields, which is the main grain producing area in Linzhou and Fuzhou. Lin and Fuzhou officials recruited people to cultivate it to make up for the border fee, so there are a lot of people here.

Shao Xing nodded and said, "Uncle, tell me about the situation of the two fortresses in Zhenchuan and Jianning."

Between these two forts, Kalin Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture, the east and west correspond, each other is the horns, if the loyal army wants to go north to Fuzhou, it must pass through these two places.

"Zhenchuan Fort and Jianning Village are garrisoned, it seems that there are four or five thousand people, and there is no fanzi!"

The son-in-law said on the side: "There are all Han'er inside, the number of people is about 4,000, and half of Zhenchuan and Jianning are each."

"Where do you live as a family when you are displaced, and do you have anything to eat or drink?"

"The big guy escaped, and when he had eaten all the things he had brought from home, he began to dig up the roots, peel the bark of the trees, or go to the river to catch some fish. Usually, everyone lives in the ravine, squeezing it, and it can be counted. ”

The old man's son-in-law, who was a scholar, began to complain again.

"The bark of the vegetable root is good, if you hit the fanzi, you will die! What everyone usually eats is nothing more than the meat of the dead. When we come out today, it's not just looking for the dead!"

Everyone was sick to their stomachs. Xu San looked at the family and asked strangely: "You came out to find the dead, how can you bring the child out, aren't you afraid of meeting Fanzi?"

The son-in-law shook his head and sneered: "How dare the child stay in the ditch!" As soon as the adults come out, the children will definitely be taken away and eaten. Many families exchange children, you eat mine, I eat yours, straight mother thief, what kind of world is this!"

Everyone in the army has always been full of food and drink, who would have thought that there would be such a tragic phenomenon in the world. Fanzi went south, and it was thousands of poor people who suffered.

Shao Xing and the others scraped together some dry food and left it for the old man's family.

"Rest assured, everyone, Fanzi will soon be retributed, and everyone will not be hiding in Tibet soon!"

Seeing that Shaoxing and the others were sincere people, the look on his son-in-law's face was a little better, and he pointed to the north and said: "Yangjiagou, fifty miles away from here, is stationed in a large army of fans, with at least tens of thousands of people. Beware!"

Shao Xing was shocked, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for telling me!"

Tens of thousands of troops seem to be the main force of the Jin soldiers.