The carp in the pond swim past the quiet rocks, and the atmosphere of silence lasts for a while in the courtyard full of garden scenery.

Looking into the room from the open window, the two big men with uneven white hair were silent for a long time after receiving the message.

The world has been in a fierce melee for a long time, even in the vicinity of Xicheng County, a battle against the black flag is still fighting, the battle in Hanzhong is fierce, but sooner or later it will end, this is undoubtedly a thing. With Dai Mengwei's words, in the past few days, when talking about the general trend of the world, he also said words such as "even if the black flag wins, ......" to show his foresight and avoid loopholes in his words after the curtain of war falls.

But it's one thing to think about such an outcome, and it's another thing to think about how and when it will appear. Although it is difficult to imagine concretely, the Seventh Army of China can not fall behind even in the face of the troops in the face of the Agu Incident, and many people have it in their hearts.

But even so, in the face of Sticky Han's 100,000 people and Wanyan Xiyin's reinforcements, it took one day to brazenly defeat the entire Jurchen Western Route Army, which defeated Sticky Han and Xiyin at the same time, even if it was pinned on metaphysics, it was really difficult to accept.

Sticky Han is not a mediocre fighter on the battlefield, he is the best warlike general in the world, and although Xi Yin has been in the position of deputy for a long time, the name of the god of grains is probably a more difficult existence than Sticky Han in front of more Confucian scholars of the Wu Dynasty who advocate intrigue and worship military advisors like Zhuge Liang. He sat in the rear, planned several times, although he never faced the demon in the southwest, but a few shots in the air, he could show a convincing atmosphere, he rushed to the battlefield with great strength, but he was still unable to turn the tide? Can't overwhelm the tired soldiers of the Black Flag who have held out in the war for four or five days? And let Qin Shaoqian defeat the main force of Sticky Han head-on?

The overly heavy reality can bring people an unimaginable impact, and even at that moment, I am afraid that Liu Guangshi and Dai Mengwei had the thought of simply kneeling down in their hearts. But after all, the two of them are characters who have experienced countless major events, Dai Mengwei even gambled the lives of his loved ones on this game, and after muttering for a long time, with the change of expression on their faces, they first chose to suppress the incomprehensible reality and instead consider ways to face reality.

"Dai Gong ......"

Liu Guangshi, who spoke first, was a little hoarse, he paused, and then said, "Dai Gong...... As soon as this news arrives, the world is about to change. ”

Dai Mengwei nodded: "Yes......"

“…… The battle of Hanzhong, the chaos is unspeakable, and the little nephew also had some speculations about the victory of the black flag, but at this moment, I have to be honest, and the victory and defeat were determined yesterday, which is a bit amazing...... The evening before yesterday in the evening of Xiyin to the battlefield in Hanzhong, yesterday morning to start the battle, thinking that the Han side must have thought that they had the upper hand, so they put on a dignified posture to face the front, but this also shows that the Black Flag Seventh Army, which has been fighting for several days and has a small number of people, is on the frontal battlefield, and when Tu Shanwei's fighting spirit is the strongest, it will be defeated...... After that, he chased and killed Sticky Han, and even killed Shiya Ma in person, not to mention ......"

Liu Guangshi cleaned up the situation in his mind, and tried his best to weigh every word: "This kind of news can scare you and me, as well as others." At present, there are still 3,000 people in the Black Flag near Linpu, and from Xicheng County to the east, hundreds of thousands of troops have gathered...... Dai Gong, the black flag is unjust, although he has strong combat power, he will wreak havoc on the world sooner or later, but Liu has come here and has put life and death out of the way, but I don't know if Dai Gong's mind is still like this. ”

Dai Meng closed his eyes slightly, opened them again, and said in a calm tone: "Liu Gong, what the old man said before, how could he have been false, in terms of the general trend, within a few years, my Wu Dynasty will not be defeated by the black flag, it is inevitable, since Dai dares to offend the black flag here, he has already put life and death out of the degree, and even in terms of the general trend, millions of people in the south have just escaped from the cage, and the old man was killed by the black flag in Xicheng County, which is even greater for the awakening of the corporal people in the world. The black flag is going to be killed, and the old man is already ready......"

His expression had completely recovered his indifference, and he looked at Liu Guangshi at this time: "Of course, this matter is empty words, and it may be difficult to win people's trust, but after that, things will develop, and Liu Gong will watch it." ”

Liu Guangshi waved his hand.

"It's enough to have Dai Gong's words! Since Dai Gong is so honest, Liu will also be straightforward. He raised his head and looked at the sky outside the courtyard, which still seemed peaceful, "Since the Black Flag has won such a big victory, from this time on, there will probably be chaos in the vicinity of Xicheng County." Dai Gong took over more than ten troops from the Jurchens, but the time has not yet deepened, and there will be no fewer people with ghosts in their hearts. These people lowered their gold in the past, and they may naturally lower the black flag in the future, at least the fight in Chuanlinpu will be difficult to continue...... There are many preparations, and now we need to do ......"

He said: "Among these more than ten troops, there are a few of Dai Gong's masters, and there are a few who are familiar with each other. Fortunately, Dai Gong has deep virtues, and Liu also has a good relationship with the leaders of some of these teams, so you and I work together to lobby all parties as soon as possible, and maybe we can ensure that the situation is not chaotic and the overall situation is not lost...... There are a few of these people, who had been in tandem with Liu and planned a month ago, even though they are afraid of the black flag, as long as they can see you and me join forces, they will definitely not lose their righteousness, such as Yuan Jinwen, Hou Xiao......"

When Liu Guangshi said this, his speech quickened. Although he spared his life and lost many battles in his life, he was able to come to this point, and his thinking ability naturally far exceeded ordinary people. The achievements of the Black Flag Seventh Army can certainly intimidate many people, but in such a tragic battle, the loss of the Black Flag itself is also huge, and it will inevitably take several years to recover. One Dai Mengwei and one Liu Guangshi, although they can't compete with the Black Flag, but a large group of people in tandem to plot against the Central Plains after the Jurchens leave, but it is really a heart-warming prospect full of benefits, compared with taking refuge in the Black Flag, such a prospect is more attractive.

After all, even though the Black Flag is strong at the moment, the possibility that he is strong and easy to break still exists, even greatly. Moreover, after the Black Flag defeated the Jurchen Western Route Army, he took refuge in the past, not to mention whether the other party would treat him or not, and whether he would be cleared or not, but the strict military regulations of the Black Flag, and the ruthlessness to advance and retreat on the battlefield, far exceeded the ability of some people from big clans and pampered people.

Now surrendering the black flag, the other party is taking advantage of the opportunity of a big victory, and the surrender of troops is just a small person who is controlled by it. On the contrary, if you follow Dai and Liu to take the Central Plains and operate for a few years, you will have a better life, and even if the black flag has not fallen after a few years, you will surrender after a generous battle on the battlefield, which will be more important to the black flag. Murder and arson are recruited, and now the black flag is domineering, and they don't have enough ability to cause trouble, so they can't stand Zhao'an.

For these thoughts, Liu Guangshi and Dai Mengwei have a very clear grasp, but there are some things that naturally cannot be said verbally, and now, as long as they can persuade everyone with righteousness, they will wait until they take the Central Plains, carry out reforms, and slowly figure it out, and they will not be able to get rid of a bunch of soft eggs under their command and revitalize themselves.

At this time, the sun outside the courtyard was quiet, the breeze was passing through the hall, and both of them knew that they had reached the most urgent moment, and they tried to show their hole cards as openly as possible. While discussing intensively, on the other hand, he had already summoned his entourage to go to various armies to deliver the news, not to mention the Hanzhong war report, but only to reveal the information that Liu and Dai had decided to join forces to everyone as soon as possible.

Under the sun, the knight delivering the news passed through the crowded county market, and the scorching atmosphere was fermenting in the peaceful atmosphere. At two o'clock in the hour, a scout came in from outside the city and reported that there seemed to be an unusual movement in a military camp somewhere to the east.

Liu Guangshi took a carriage out of the city, passing through the crowd of kneeling and chatting, he wanted to lobby all parties as quickly as possible to stabilize the situation for Dai Mengwei, but in the general direction, he took advantage of this trip, because the black flag was victorious, Xicheng County bore the brunt, Dai Mengwei was the party who most urgently needed to relieve the siege, where are his hole cards in the army, and which troops are really mastered, in this case, he can't hide his secrets. In other words, Dai Mengwei really gave him the truth, but he can have reservations about the connection and control of all forces.

With this matter, even if Bianliang is restored in the future, the rebuilding of the court will have to rely on this old man, and his status in the court and his control of the court will be higher than that of the other party.

The speed of the carriage increased, and he kept thinking about the gains and losses in his mind, planning the next plan, and then vigorously threw himself into the "battlefield" that he was good at.

At this moment, flames and turmoil seemed to be burning from the ground of Xicheng County. Most people don't know how it spreads.

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When he received the results of the battle of Hanzhong, Ning Yi stood on the top of the mountain and was silent for a long time.

This is already the morning of April 26, due to the poor transmission of news during the march, the first wave of scouts to the south missed the Huaxia army heading north last night, and should have rushed to the Sword Pavilion, and the soldiers of the second wave of communication found the troops led by Ning Yi, and the information was already relatively detailed.

At this time, the wind and clouds are gone, and it looks like it may rain at any time in the distance, and on the hillside is the Huaxia Army troops running and marching - after leaving Zhaohua, this elite army of more than 2,000 people marched at a speed of more than sixty miles a day, and actually maintained the physical surplus to fight along the way, after all, Muhan Xiyin is an enemy that should not be underestimated, and it is difficult to determine whether they will be desperate to volley Ning Yi on the way and reverse the victory.

The straight-line distance from Zhaohua to Hanzhong is more than 260 miles, and the road distance is more than 400, Ning Yi and Qu Zhengyan left Zhaohua on the 23rd, and theoretically speaking, they will arrive at the fastest speed after the 29th - if you have to play with your life, of course, you can be faster, for example, a forced march of more than 120 miles a day, more than 2,000 people are not impossible, but before the popularization of hot weapons, such a marching intensity to the battlefield is also in vain, and there is no meaning.

Qin Shaoqian led the Seventh Army to fight from April 19, and the first round of battles was fierce to white-hot, and Ning Yi and Qu Zhengyan's northward march was more like doing their best to obey the destiny of heaven, and many psychological preparations had been made earlier.

Win or lose, it's possible.

But the confirmation of the news, as always, can still give people a huge impact. Ning Yi stood in the mountains, shrouded by that huge emotion, his martial arts training has not been interrupted for many years, running and marching is not a problem, but at this time, it seems that he has lost his strength, and he let his mood be dominated by that emotion, and he stood in a daze for a long time.

As a victor, it is a legitimate right to enjoy the moment or even indulge in it. From the first moment of the Jurchen going south, more than ten years have passed, at that time Ning Ji was just born, he wanted to go north, including Tan'er, his family were stopping, even though he had been exposed to many things in his life, but for the military, the war was not able to catch after all, the world was turbulent, but not hard to go up.

After more than ten years of tossing and turning, he finally defeated Sticky Han and Xi Yin.

After killing Sheyema outside the city of Hanzhong, a group of Jurchen generals escorted Sticky Han to flee to Hanzhong, and the only one who still had combat power Xi Yin built a defense line inside and outside Hanzhong, mobilized the fleet, and prepared to flee, and the pursuing army fought all the way into Hanzhong, and the resistance of the Jurchens that night almost lit up half of the city, but a large number of daring Jurchen troops were also desperately fleeing. Xi Yin and the others gave up stubborn resistance and escorted Mu Han and part of the main force to the east, leaving only a small number of troops to gather as much as possible to rout and flee.

On the entire battlefield in Hanzhong, there were tens of thousands of Jin troops who were defeated and scattered, and some of the Huaxia troops were forced to land, but for most of them, they finally gave up chasing and annihilating. In fact, in this tragic battle, the number of casualties of the Seventh Army of China has exceeded one-third, and many of them have left the team and scattered in the chaos, and the specific number is still being counted, and the possibility of counting the light and serious wounded on the 25th day has not yet been counted.

After Sticky Han left, the Seventh Army was also unable to catch up.

The horror of the battle could not be described in detail on a small piece of paper.

Qu Zhengyan walked over from the side, Ning Yi handed over the information to him, Qu Zhengyan waved his fist almost subconsciously after reading it, and then stood there in a daze for a moment before looking at Ning Yi: "It's the same...... What was expected before, after this battle......"

"There are too many people who have died...... Ning Yi said.

For Ning Yi's words, Qu Zhengyan couldn't continue, the war would naturally have casualties, the Seventh Army defeated the 100,000 armies of Muhan and Xiyin in a state of less than 20,000 people, and it was useless to kill them, it was cruel to pay such a price, but if such a price was not paid, it would be a little too naïve. Thinking of this, he heard Ning Yi say again: "...... Damn not dead. Only then did he understand that he had thought of some other people, and as for which one it was, there was no need to guess at this time.

He said, "Do you want the team to stop, take a break, and tell them the news?" ”

Ning Yi shook his head.

"Keep walking, just practice."

When he had said this, he also trotted forward. Flags fluttered, and long processions crossed the mountains. In the distance, the clouds were rolling in the sky, and it seemed to be raining, but it was a sunny day, and the sun was shining down from the other side of the sky.

In this way, the team moved forward in the clouds and wind and rain for a few days, until April 29, Ning Yi arrived near Hanzhong, and when he crossed the hillside, Qin Shaoqian led people to greet him from there, he was still one-eyed, wearing a bandage, the injury had not yet healed, and his hair was messy, but he smiled heroically in the breath of wounded medicine, and stretched out his uninjured right hand to face Ning Yi.

"We won. What do you think? ”

"There's not much to say except to be handsome."

Ning Yi sighed in his words, and the two hugged each other. After a while, Qin Shaoqian stretched out his hand and wiped his eyes, then put his shoulder on his shoulder, and the group walked towards the military camp not far away.

The gongs and drums of victory have already sounded.

……

As soon as he arrived, Ning Yi went to see the wounded in the wounded barracks, followed by a meeting, a summary and statement of the battle situation, and a summary and statement of the situation in Hanzhong and even hundreds of miles nearby. Half the day was piled up for several days in a row, and this first round of debriefing was messy and compact.

Ning Yi held a meeting for most of the day, and after understanding the whole situation from a macro perspective, his brain was also a little tired. Towards evening, he sat down on the mountainside outside the barracks, the sunset had not yet turned red, the barracks were nearby, and not far away was Hanzhong, the traces of the war had actually faded in front of his eyes, the wounded were lying in the camp, and the victims had never been seen, and it had only been a few days. This perception is sad. Ning Yi could only imagine that his location had experienced an incomparably fierce rush a few days ago.

Qin Shaoqian came up from the side, waved away his entourage, and stood aside: "After a big victory, it's better to be festive." ”

"There are too many people who have died, and those who should have survived, even if they didn't fight this ...... in Hanzhong"

"Without this one, they would have been uncomfortable for the rest of their lives...... The 20,000 people of the Seventh Army, the method of training troops is extreme, they have all been squeezed out, they live for this war, live for revenge, after the Southwest War, although they have proved to the world that the Huaxia Army is strong, but without this one, the 20,000 people of the Seventh Army will not survive, they may become evil ghosts and disrupt the order of the world. With this big victory, those who survive may be able to live well......"

Qin Shaoqian said this, was silent for a moment, and patted Ning Yi on the shoulder: "Why do you want me to say these things, you understand it clearly in your heart." In addition, the reason why Muhan and Xiyin are willing to start a decisive battle is because you can't rush to Hanzhong for the time being, they will leave if you come, and you will have to fight if you don't come, so no matter what, this is a battle that must be completed by the Seventh Army independently, and now this result is very good, I am very pleased. Father and brother will also feel relieved if they have spirits in heaven. ”

Ning Yi was silent, and smiled at this time: "If Old Qin has a spirit in the sky, I'm afraid he doesn't want to fight with me." ”

"So what, you're invincible in the world, he can't beat you."

"That's what you said."

Ning Yi replied, Qin Shaoqian sat down on the side, just like on August 15 many years ago, Zong Wang and Guo Yaoshi came over, Qin Shaoqian wanted to lead the troops to meet the enemy, they sat down on that grassy slope, the red sunset in front of them. This day is April 29 of the first year of revitalization.

In the barracks not far away, the singing of soldiers was heard. The two listened for a while, and Qin Shaoqian opened his mouth:

"What's next...... Make an emperor? ”

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