The sky was bright.

When the maid came in to add charcoal, the master woke up from his sleep. The room was a little too warm, and the corners of her forehead were hot, and for several days, she was used to the somewhat cold barracks, and when she came back to the alum tower, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"How's Miss Cen doing?" She rubbed her forehead, lifted the quilt draped over her body and sat up, still groggy and groggy.

"The doctor said about her, said she ......" The maid was a little speechless and stopped.

"As long as my life is saved." The woman sitting on the edge of the bed looked at the maid calmly. The two have been together for a long time, and on weekdays, the maid also knows that her girl is a little cold to many things, and she has a feeling of being downbeat to the world. But this time...... It's not the same after all.

"Miss Shum's life...... It's no big deal. ”

“…… Her hands were gone. Shi Shi nodded. What Ling Ya couldn't say was this matter, but the master already knew about it.

Last night, it was the master who returned to the alum tower with Cen Zhiqing, who had no hands.

During this period of time, either driven by the teacher, or the propaganda in the city, among the alum towers, there are also some women who go to the city wall to help with the teacher. Cen Jiqing is also a red card with some reputation in Alum Tower, her temperament is plain, and she is a little similar to Nie Yunzhu Nie Girl next to Ning Yi, she was a doctor girl earlier, and she is much more skilled in healing and saving people than her teacher. Yesterday on the front line of Fengqiumen, his hands were cut off by a Jurchen soldier.

It was also because she was a woman that she was rescued in that situation. Last night, when the master drove her back to the alum tower, half of her body was already red with blood, and Cen Jiqing's hands were only roughly stopped and bandaged, and there was only a trace of rest left in the whole person.

The national crisis is at hand, and the soldiers are in danger, although most of the doctors have been recruited and transferred to the battlefield. But a place like Alum Tower can still have better medical resources than the battlefield. When the doctor was treating the injury of the broken arm to Cen with affection, the master returned to his yard tiredly, washed himself with hot water a little, half leaned on the bed, and fell asleep.

The weather is cold. Wind and snow stop and sunny. Half a month has passed since the Jurchens' siege began, and more than three months have passed since the Jurchens' sudden southward movement. The singing and dancing and prosperous brocade clothes in the past are still so real when I think about it now, as if what happened in front of me was just a nightmare that was difficult to get rid of.

This qiē is not real - many times these days, I have woken up from my sleep. Such thoughts will come to the mind of the teacher, those fierce enemies, the scene of rivers of blood, even if it happens in front of him, after thinking about it, the teacher can't help but feel in his heart: This is not true, right? Such a thought may be hovering in the minds of countless Bianliang people at this time.

My father, who was originally the pillar of the family, went to the city one day, and suddenly he never came back. He used to be a husband who ate food and received wages. Suddenly, it also became part of the city's bad news. She used to be a beautiful woman with bright eyes and bright teeth and slender hands. When I saw him again, he had already lost a pair of arms and was covered in blood...... In this short period of time, countless people have kept traces of zài and left memories in the minds of others, and they have come to an end. The teacher has seen many ups and downs in his growth, and he has seen the darkness of the world in his social encounters. But for this sudden collapse of the facts, I still feel like a nightmare.

However, this qiē is a real thing to happen. The Jurchens' sudden arrival shattered the dream of this country, and now in the fierce war, they are almost about to take this city.

In the early days. The ferocity and brutality of the Jurchens, and the news of their own military and civilian battles, almost never stopped, and indeed boosted the morale of the city, but when the effects of the death of the defenders gradually expanded in the city, feelings of sadness, cowardice, and even despair began to ferment in the city.

A person's death will not affect and affect only one or two people, he will have a family, relatives and friends, and social relations of one kind or another. The death of one person will trigger a circle of dozens of people, not to mention that at this time, within the range of dozens of people, I am afraid that there are more than one or two people who die.

People began to be afraid, a lot of sadness, bad news, and rumors of fierce battles, so that there were still young and strong people in the family, crying and begging not to let their families die, and some had already gone to the city wall, and people were moving to try to see if they could be removed or transferred elsewhere. The people who are related have already begun to seek a way back -- the Jurchens are too ruthless, and this is a posture that will not give up without breaking Bianliang.

Alum Tower is in the center of Bianliang's news circle, and it is the most sensitive to these things. However, as far as the teacher is concerned, she is already a person who has been on the battlefield, but she no longer thinks about it so much.

After a little freshening up, the master went to look at Cen Jiqing, who was still asleep. She has been on the edge of the battlefield for half a month, and she has not retouched her appearance too much, but her own temperament is still there. Although the appearance is still weak, after seeing the blood of swords and guns, the body is more like a tenacious momentum, like weeds growing out of the cracks in the stones. Li Yun was also outside the house, looked at her, and stopped talking.

Even last night, after the teacher led someone to hug Cen Jiqing, who was covered in blood, he lifted the covered clothes and saw Cen Jiqing's arms broken and covered in blood, and someone was so frightened that he fainted on the spot, Li Yun felt a little unbearable, only the master was still tired and calmly arranged, and waited until the doctor came before he went back to sleep.

The sky is not yet bright, but the wind and snow have stopped today, and it will only be colder than in the past-because the master knows that the siege of the Jurchens will be more convenient. Looking northeast from the alum tower, a black column of smoke rose into the gray sky in the distance, which was the smoke and dust that had burned corpses for several days. No one knew if the city would be broken today, but Shi Shi packed up his things a little and prepared to go to the wounded barracks again, and after that, He Leier came over.

"Master...... Senior sister, you are on the battlefield...... How is he? ”

This woman, who was not too high in Alum Tower, was thinking about Xue Changgong's affairs and came to inquire about the news from her teacher.

"He hasn't been here these days, and I'm worried that something will happen to him, not ...... Don't the Jurchens attack the city at night......"

"I prepared some pastries that he liked to eat...... I wanted to give it to him, but he said he wouldn't let me...... And I'm afraid ......"

“…… Senior sister, I also heard from others. The Jurchens are determined to break the city, and many people are looking for a way......"

"He was assigned to the sour jujube gate, but he was a general...... Senior sister, you ...... Can you go find him and bring him the pastry for me......"

He Leier is not bad-looking. But she can't mix up much status in the alum building, also because she only has looks. At this time, I came to talk to my teacher with all my heart, and I chattered and talked about some timid and selfish things. She wanted to go to Xue Changgong, but she was afraid of the danger of the battlefield, and she wanted to please the other party, all she could think of was to send some pastries, and she wanted Xue Changgong to arrange for her to escape......

She didn't notice that Shishi was preparing to go out. The master was angry at first, and then he just sighed. She listened to Herrell say that for a while, perfunctory words. Then tell her: Xue Changgong is stationed in the fiercest part of the battle, although he is nearby, but the two sides have no intersection, and he can't be found recently, if you want to send something. I had to take his token myself, maybe I could find it.

The flames of war swept in. In this unpreparedness, some people lost their lives at the first time, some people were confused, and some people were depressed. There are also people who have completed their transformation in such a war, and Xue Changgong is one of them.

Alas, such a man. I may have liked you before, but after the war is over, when he rises step by step, there will be no kind of woman, and you may want to be a concubine. You can't get it......

When He Lei'er was sent away, the master thought so in his heart, and then, the figure of another man appeared in his mind. The man who had warned him to leave before the war seemed to have seen the development of events a long time ago, had been doing his own thing, and then met the man. Now when I think back to the last time we met and separated, it seems like it happened not long ago.

Ning Yi ......

He is not a man who has been transformed in war, what kind of category should he be? The teacher couldn't say clearly.

From the first day of December, after the news of the victory of the Xia Village defenders against Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren came, the only progress that could be detected in Bianliang City was that Guo Yaoshi led the resentful army to pounce on it.

The battle was fierce......

The division itself could not judge what kind of evaluation of the fierce battle of the world's strong army with a total of 36,000 people against the troops cobbled together by about 18,000 people. She could only look at the dead people above and below the walls of Bianliang, and occasionally fantasize about the war taking place on the banks of the Yellow River. In any case, the absence of news of defeat may be good news.

No matter how tragic the war is, as long as he can save his life, perhaps...... That's the good news......

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Stampede Tread......

The sound of horses' hooves rushing through the snow.

One, ten, hundred, the figure of the cavalry galloped on the snowfield, and then passed through a small forest. Hundreds of horsemen in the rear followed dozens of figures in front, and finally completed the encirclement.

As the two sides made contact, the horse in front of them turned around and leaned towards the pursuers. As soon as the black figure stretched out his hand, he rushed out from the horse as if he was striding out, and with a whirl, the cavalry that collided with him spun and flew up in the air, the black figure fell to the ground and walked backwards, shoveling up the snow on the soles of his feet, and the oncoming two horsemen almost collided with him, but then, the two galloping horses lost their center of gravity, one jumped high to the left, and fell with a long neigh, and the other rolled out to the right, and the black-robed man took the knight's hand on horseback and waved it backwards, and the man flew out, drawing an astonishing arc in the air, turning over several feet away before falling into the snow.

"Stop! Stop! It's a misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding! Someone shouted.

The black-robed man had already stopped in the snow, carrying his hands behind his back, it was Fu Lu with sharp eyes and a solemn expression, and among the hundreds of horses in the rear, the one who was guarded by everyone was Chen Yanshu, the commander of the Wusheng Army, this person was in his forties, and his appearance was upright, he was born as a civil official, and he was also a military general at this time, which was the favorite type of Confucian general of the Wu Dynasty. Seeing Fu Lu flying three charging cavalry in one stride, his heart was shocked, and he was always amazed by the superb martial arts skills of these martial arts masters, but unfortunately, this person in front of him was difficult to use for himself.

Chivalry is forbidden by force, these people who do things with a moment of blood. I always can't understand the overall situation and the helplessness of those who defend the overall situation......

"Senior Fulu, stop it, Chen said, you misunderstood me......

"There's no misunderstanding." The old man said loudly, and also hugged his fists, "Lord Chen." You have your ideas, I have my ambitions. The Jurchens went south, my master has died in order to assassinate Sticky Han, and now the war in Bianliang has reached such a situation, you dare not go to Bianliang City, and you do not want to send troops in Xia Village, you have a reason, I can understand, but the old decay only has half of his life left. If you want to die for it, you can't stop it. ”

"It's complicated! Old-timer! Chen Yanshu took a deep breath, "Regarding the matter of Bianliang and the matter of Xia Village, Chen has already told you in detail!" The soldiers of Bianliang City are fierce and dangerous, and the Jurchens are fierce and cruel, who doesn't know. If you don't want to send troops, you really can't send troops! These tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people have been newly defeated. If you go out rashly, you can't go in general. That's going to be scattered. My Wu Shengjun stayed here, and he still had some deterrence power against the Jurchens and the resentful army, as long as Bianliang could hold on, and the Jurchens would inevitably ask for peace. As for Xia Village, why not...... The resentful army is the hero of the world. At the beginning, he was recruited to settle down, and the imperial court supported each other with the strength of Yanyun Liuzhou and half of the imperial court, but who knew that Guo Yaoshi was two-faced and stabbed, and turned into a rebel against the Jurchen! Summer Village? A few days earlier, or rely on the opponent to underestimate the enemy. Take a momentary advantage, sooner or later it will be a big defeat, do the old-timers have to let all our belongings be smashed in it!? ”

Fu Lu was clumsy in words, on the other hand, because of Zhou Dong's teaching, although he parted ways at this time, he didn't want to collapse Chen Yanshu's platform with the inside story in front of the army, so he just arched his hand: "Lord Chen, everyone has their own ambitions, I have already said ......"

"Again! Those who do great things, if they can't do it, they must let go! Old-timers, in order to cheer up the morale of the army, I, Chen Yanshu, have not done anything! Showing your name in the army is to hope that all the soldiers can inherit the legacy of Master Zhou, and can rise up again and fight bravely to kill the enemy, but these things will take time, and now that you are gone, what will happen to the morale of tens of thousands of people!? ”

Seeing that Fu Lu didn't have any dry answers, Chen Yanshu said one sentence after another, deafening and loud. Before his words fell, the first person to pick up was one of the dozens of riders who was chased: "Shut up, Chen Yanshu!" ”

On the back of the horse, I saw the man's steel knife pulled out and pointed over, and in a moment, dozens of people in the green forest who followed Fu Lu away also drew their weapons: "Clever words, unashamed!" Are you done! The army is tens of thousands, and there is not an inch of military heart, so what does this court want to do! It's a shame that you still take this as a show-off, and you say it shamelessly! Sue you, although there are only more than 6,000 people under the command of General Long Weilong, they are far more bloody than the 40,000 or 50,000 under your command......"

"Dragon!" Chen Yanshu strangled his horse's head and sneered, "Let's not say that he is just a partial general, taking advantage of the rout of the army, he gathered thousands of people, and he has no qualifications to lead the army. Chen caught up, but he didn't want his predecessors to be buried with stupid people-"

"Chen Yanshu, you ......"

"That's it!" The man on horseback was about to speak, Fu Lu waved his hand to interrupt his words, and then, with a cold face, he bowed his hand to Chen Yanshu again.

"Lord Chen, you don't have to say it anymore, today's matter, we have made up our minds, even if we die in Xia Village, it has nothing to do with Lord Chen, if it really brings trouble to Lord Chen, I will wait for death, and I have to ask Lord Chen to bear with me." This is everyone has their own ambitions, if Lord Chen is unwilling to bear it, then I can't accept the adult's style of acting, although you ordered your brothers to kill you today, if we have a chance to escape, we won't be able to go to Xia Village anyway, and in the rest of my life, I will only be enemies with and my family. Although the old decay is not good at martial arts, if it is designed to survive, it may still be able to escape today. Your Excellency, you decide. ”

There was no room for maneuver in his words, and his companions around him brandished knives and guns: "That's it! Seniors, if they really kill us, you don't have to worry about us! ”

"What a cannibalism! Die here! ”

"Chen Yanshu, did you hear that! If I live! I'm going to kill your whole family—"

Everyone shouted for a moment, and the expression on Chen Yanshu's face was ugly for a while, and in the end, it was a tense and embarrassing silence on both sides. After a long time, Chen Yanshu finally took a deep breath and slowly rode his horse forward, and the guards around him wanted to protect him, but he waved his hand to stop him. I saw him riding alone towards Fu Lu, and then came down in the snow, and when he reached the old man, he clenched his fists proudly.

"Senior, you misunderstood me very much." He said slowly, in a deep voice, "But this has come to this. It's also useless to argue. Long Wei is a person who is ambitious and incompetent, so he will attack Guo Yaoshi, and he will die and die. Xia Cun is the same, for a while, what if you hold on for a few days. Maybe at this moment, the convenience of the land has been breached...... Chen chased this place, and his benevolence and righteousness were exhausted, since he couldn't keep it...... Alas, everyone, take care......"

He finished these words slowly, bowed, and then walked back to his horse with a solemn face.

Soon after, in the snow. The two groups of people finally separated and went in different directions.

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In the snow, a long array of soldiers scurried forward.

"Yesterday was still a wind and snow, today we are touched, the sky will be clear, this is a good sign, it is God to help me wait! Brothers, Cheer up! Xia Village's brothers have been supported for several days under the onslaught of the resentful army. Our army suddenly arrived, flanking back and forth. I will be able to defeat those three slaves! Let's go! As long as you win, military merit and salary are not a problem! You're all heroes of the world—"

On the snowy slope in the middle of the ranks, the generals on war horses were cheering loudly for the team as they walked forward. He also has a background in martial arts. The internal force is pressing, the sound is like a bell, plus he is burly and upright, shouting all the way. It's very encouraging.

In a short time, a small force of troops came to vote, and after gradually merging, the whole team became even more impassioned. It was the eighth day of the twelfth month, and in the afternoon, Fu Lu and others also came, and the feelings of the team became even more enthusiastic.

The battle in Xia Village was able to attract the attention of many people outside Bianliang City, and Fu Lu played a great role in it, because he lobbied many parties in secret and instigated many people, so that such a situation began. In fact, when Guo Yaoshi concentrated the resentful army on the side of Xia Village, the tragic but able to have contacts with each other really frightened many people, but also inspired them.

The leader of the general, named Long Wei, is one of them. Of course, it is difficult to say whether the impassioned impassioned power was driven by the desire for power, but at this point, none of that mattered.

"Commander Chen Mingzhe protects himself, and he is reluctant to make a move, I have already expected it. The situation in this world has been so rotten that even if we scold here, it is useless, and if we don't want to come, we don't want to come. Listening to what Fu Lu and the others said, on the snow slope, Long Wei just smiled heroically, "It's just that the seniors came from Xia Village, and the village ...... How's the war going? ”

"It's a sunny day, it's hard to hide, just a quick look...... It's quite miserable...... "Fu Lu sighed, "The resentful army seems to have broken through the camp wall......"

The news he brought made Delong Wei silent for a moment, it was now the sixth day that the battle of Xia Village had entered the white heat, in the previous news, the defenders and the resentful army fought back and forth, the resentful army used a variety of siege methods, but the defenders with the cooperation and assistance of firearms, have never been really attacked by the resentful army into the camp wall. Unexpectedly, today, that solid defense is still broken after all.

Of course, the wooden wall is just a good pile, in such a fight, it is already an extremely lucky thing to be able to last for five days, to say that psychological preparation, it is not completely absent, but as a companion on the periphery, I don't want to see it after all.

On the outskirts of Xia Village, on the snow, Guo Yaoshi rode a horse, looking at the fierce battlefield in front of him from a distance. The red, white, and charred colors almost filled the front of the eyes, and at this time, the line of troops spread from the southeast into the breach of the crooked camp wall, and halfway up the mountainside, a reserve army rushed in, and was engaged in a fierce battle with the resentful soldiers who rushed in, trying to press out the front line that broke through the camp wall.

Ning Yi rushed across the blood-stained slope, slashed out with a long knife, and flew out with a tall resentful soldier practicing his hands and leading people to fly, on his side, Zhu Biao, the Qi family brothers, Tian Donghan, Chen Huozi, Nie Shan and others all killed the enemy with a tiger-like momentum, in a sense, these people are the personal guard group that Ning Yi left behind, and they can be regarded as a reserve cadre regiment.

The injuries he received before have basically healed, but the accumulation of dark injuries that break the six paths, even if there is the conditioning of red grapes, is not completely good, and at this time, he will shoot with all his strength, and his chest will inevitably ache faintly. Not far away, Hongti brandished a big spear, led the small elite, and fought towards Ning Yi's side. She was afraid that Ning Yi would be injured, and Ning Yi was also afraid that something would happen to her, so she fired a shot and fought hard towards that side. Blood splashed on their heads and bodies from time to time, and in the boiling crowd, the figures of the two people were already red.

"Fuck-" Forcefully splitting the neck of a resentful soldier, Ning Yi staggered towards Hongti, reached out and wiped the blood on his face, "Fairy tales are all deceitful ......"

With a whistling, the spear rushed past Ning Yi's side like a giant python, stabbing behind him, and Hongti heard his whispered complaint: "What? ”

"Didn't you say that if you are killed or wounded, you will collapse, how many people are dying now-"

In the fierce battle for several days, the casualty rate between the resentful army and the defenders of Xia Village has long been more than a mere one, but at this time, no matter which side is fighting, they don't know how long they will have to fight before they can see the hints of victory.

But at this moment, in the Xia Village Valley, the strength of the resentful army has always had the upper hand. It's just that compared to Ning Yi's fighting and complaining, in the military formation of the resentful army, while watching the development of the war, Guo Yaoshi was chattering: "What other tricks do you have to use it......"

In the past few days, the victorious army has launched an offensive under the condition of dominance, but it is not the first time that it has encountered a novel situation...... (To be continued......)