Time goes back a few days ago.

On the afternoon of April 24, the Seventh Army of China slaughtered Yan Sheyema and officially defeated Yan Zonghan's army, but due to the complexity of the battle formation, Xi Yin's army held the passage in Hanzhong City and really announced its withdrawal, and it was already the morning of the 25th.

The news of the end of the Battle of Hanzhong then spread everywhere. Dai Mengwei, Liu Guangshi and others in Xicheng County received the message on the afternoon of this day. They then began to move to stabilize the situation in various places, and at this time, the military units located near Xicheng County also learned the direction of the situation sooner or later.

The 100,000-strong army united by Zong Han and Xi Yin rushed to the Seventh Army of China, and was then defeated by the 20,000 men of the Seventh Army, and the news that Zong Han had even killed a son again brought a huge and strange psychological impact to the people on the south bank of the Han River. In a way, it's like the advent of a magical world.

Most of the powerful people reacted quietly when they received the news, and then ordered their subordinates to confirm the accuracy of the news.

For the forces of Dai Mengwei's family, which had not been integrated in the first place, the chaotic factor was already brewing. But Dai Mengwei's swift movements, especially with the endorsement of the more prestigious Liu Guangshi, quickly contacted the leaders of most of the nearby forces to stabilize the situation and reach a preliminary consensus.

Although the performance of the Chinese Seventh Army on the battlefield of Hanzhong was strong, the prospects of the entire army were not necessarily clear. Liu Guangshi, Dai Mengwei and others threw out the follow-up plans discussed before, and for those who can master it, they naturally hope that they can join the alliance and advance and retreat together, but even if they have doubts, they also hope that the other party will remember their past friendships and not have to turn their faces directly. After all, the army that can be here at this time, no one's strength can be called outstanding, even if they have different plans, they will be able to stay on the line, and they will meet again in the future.

Such lobbying temporarily suppressed the possible chaos, but on two sharp key points, the situation was no longer manageable:

The first is the siege of Qi Xinhan and Wang Zhainan on the side of Chuanlinpu, which has been unable to continue since the 26th. Most of the people involved in the siege have already begun to work and do not contribute, and some have even sent envoys to enter and quietly discuss the matter with Qi Xinhan and others. Because the changes were too rapid, so that they were besieged in the mountain city, Qi Xinhan, Wang Zhainan and others, who were difficult to confirm the news for a while, were also suspicious at first, for fear of believing the rumors, and falling into Yan Xiyin's calculations.

The second key point is the capture of prisoners east of Xicheng County. These Han troops were originally touched by the ascension of Dai Mengwei and others, and began to resist Jin anyway, and then they were betrayed to Wanyan Xiyin, and there were about 50,000 soldiers captured outside Xicheng County. For these more than 50,000 people, Dai Mengwei promised Xi Yin to draw three kills and kill one, but because the situation changed too quickly, and because Dai Mengwei was still in the process of digesting the forces under his command, he delayed the promised massacre, and when the news of Hanzhong came, even some leaders who agreed with Dai and Liu's ideas began to prevent the continuation of this massacre - of course, because Zong Han Xiyin had been defeated, Dai Mengwei was also happy about the delay in this matter.

On the 27th day, Qi Xinhan and Wang Zhainan, who had confirmed the news, pushed their troops to Xicheng County after a short rest, and more than 10,000 troops arrived in the suburbs outside the county on this night, but were blocked outside the city by a large number of people.

On the evening of 27 July and the early morning of 28 July, a large number of people entered and exited the camp of the Huaxia Army, either openly or covertly.

Among them, the public is the old man and the village sage who gathered in the vicinity, they came for Dai Mengwei, thinking that although the two sides have different ideas, Dai Mengwei lives millions of people in this place, and these old people either threaten each other with their lives, or declare righteousness, so as to dissuade Qi, Wang and others from starting a war against Xicheng County.

As for those who come stealthily, they are the forces in the vicinity that are trying to get a good idea or trying to probe in front of a good day. After the Jurchens crossed the Han River and wreaked havoc, the number of "armies" in this land actually increased on a large scale, first, all forces began to desperately catch strong men, and second, with the collapse of the country and the collapse of the family, if you can be a soldier and bully others, it is better than not being a soldier and being bullied. The number of troops handed over by Xi Yin to Dai Mengwei is hundreds of thousands, and the soldiers have long been tired, but the generals have more or less developed the habit of bandits or speculation in the process of plundering big fish eating small fish, they have their own demands, hoping to be "recruited", for such an idea, Qi Xinhan naturally cannot give any response.

Twenty-eighth, Dai Mengwei went out of the city to meet Qi Xinhan and Wang Zhainan, behind him were the people all over the mountains, he was impassioned in front of the two armies, and bitterly Chen Huaxia Army was bound to be a disaster in the world, he knew that Xicheng County was difficult to resist the strength of the Huaxia Army, but even so, he would never give up resistance, and released a declaration, the people with conscience would never give up resistance, so that the Huaxia Army "despite the slaughter".

Several generals stood with Dai Mengwei, and at the same time, the people all over the mountains outside Xicheng County also shouted together under the initiation of the Dai family, so that the Huaxia army could only "kill it".

At this time, several Han army units of different sizes made a position of unconditionally reluctantly resigning themselves to the Huaxia army, but most of the forces remained on the sidelines. Wang Zhainan had a hot temper and tried to directly lead the troops into Xicheng County and slaughter Dai Mengwei's family, but Qi Xinhan could not make such a decision, so he could only order someone to transmit this information to the former enemy headquarters in Hanzhong.

Also on the evening of the 28th, the Jurchen West Route Army flotilla retreating east along the Han River to Xiangfan crossed Xicheng County.

From the mighty southward movement of more than 200,000 invincible troops to the hasty eastward retreat of tens of thousands of people, at this moment, the Jurchen evacuation fleet was almost across the river from the 3,000 Huaxia army on this side, but the Jurchen troops no longer had the heart to attack.

What not many people know is that it was also on the evening of this day that Wanyan Xiyin, who learned about the situation in Xicheng County, secretly approached the south bank of the Han River with a small fleet and quietly met with Dai Mengwei outside Xicheng County.

The last time Xi Yin and Dai Mengwei met was only more than ten years ago, when Xi Yin was surprised by Dai Mengwei's vicious intentions, but for what Dai did, I am afraid that they would neither agree nor understand, but now, the same interests and the changed situation make them have to meet again.

This time the meeting was in the grove by the river, the bleak sunset fell through the gaps in the trees, Xi Yin got off the boat, did not walk much, and only confronted Qi Xinhan and others in the morning, Dai Mengweihuan, who made a generous statement, arched his hands, still with a sad face and an old look. After saluting each other, he confessed to Xi Yin that his previous promise to draw three kills and one of the captives was no longer possible.

Hee-yin waved his hand, not minding. He asked Dai Mengwei to kill people, but in order to determine his position, he asked him to accept the vote, and now that the confrontation between Dai Mengwei and Huaxia Army has been determined, it doesn't matter if he votes. And from a macro point of view, when the strongest armed forces of the Jin State were defeated by the Huaxia Army, the Han army in the south was useless in front of the Huaxia Army, but on the contrary, Dai Mengwei's strength did not seem to be strong, but he held high the banner of righteousness, and he was not afraid of life and death The most can cause trouble to the Huaxia Army.

"Since Dai Gong is in charge of the name of righteousness, indiscriminate killing can be avoided, and this is what I want to suggest to Dai Gong today. There are 50,000 people in Xicheng County, and even if Dai Gong returns to the Huaxia Army after that, I can understand that Dai Gong can just let it go. ”

Dai Mengwei arched his hand: "Xie Gushen understands." ”

Xi Yin walked forward slowly: "Dai Gong is a smart man, the result of the battle of Hanzhong has been decided, and the Western Route Army is going back." I ventured here today, so what is going on, I think Dai Gong knows it in his heart. Today's confrontation before the battle made me see Dai Gong's determination to fight against the Black Flag Army, but it was just ...... I don't know if the Black Flag Army is desperate and has to level Xicheng, how many ways Dai Gong can deal with it. ”

Dai Mengwei's hands were clasped in his sleeves: "The black flag is powerful, from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River, no one is invincible." Today, the old decay is inciting the people and shouting in front of the battle, but if Ning Liheng really shows his determination to kill him, they will not really stand in the way, then people will fight me for fish and meat, and it is difficult for the old decay to have other results except death. ”

"Then Dai Gong is just pinning his hopes on Ning Yi's mercy."

"The enemy is strong and I am weak, we are neighbors to each other, the situation in the world has come to this, how much choice can the old man have? It's just that no matter whether the old decay is alive or dead, the problem of the black flag is unsolvable. He doesn't kill the old man today, the old man will naturally continue to be his enemy, he killed it today, those who shouted will certainly not stand in front of the old man, but after the slaughter, they will naturally publicize the tyranny of the black flag, in addition, the families in the south of the Yangtze River will not give up the spread of such deeds, from Liu Guangshi to Wu Qimei, from Xiao Zheng to Qiu Wenlu, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp. ”

Xi Yin turned his head and looked over: "It's just that in front of the combat power of the black flag, what's the use of these shouts?" ”

Dai Mengwei did not hesitate: "The battle between the Wu Dynasty and the Jin people is a national war, and many times, you are dead or alive." But the battle between the Black Flag and the Wu Dynasty is a battle of ideas, and today Ning Yi is desperate to sweep the Central Plains and Jiangnan, it may not be impossible, but after the sweep, the people who are used to govern are still Han people after all, and they all have to be Han people who have read books. There is no shortage of people in these vacant seats, and the first batch to go up can determine what the next ones will look like. If Ning Yi doesn't want people's hearts, although no one can defeat it from the outside, it will quickly disintegrate and die out inside. If he kills the Wu Dynasty today, what will come to him tomorrow will only be an empty shell that can't get out of the capital, and in a few years, my Wu Dynasty will be able to come back. ”

Dai Mengwei's words always seemed to have an ominous yin aura in his calmness, but the truth in them was often difficult to refute, Xi Yin frowned, and muttered: "Borrowing the corpse to return the soul......"

"Ceres's description is actually not wrong." Dai Meng bowed his hand slightly, and calmly responded to these four words to describe, "It is also because of this, the chance of Lao Yu surviving this time may not be small, and as long as the Black Flag does not kill Lao Yu this time, Lao Yu and the Wu Dynasty will have a weapon that is enough to fight against the Black Flag." Since then, there have been many verbal disputes, and old decay is not necessarily the loser. ”

Dai Meng paused slightly: "Since the god of grains came over today, he naturally understands these things, and there is no need for the old man to be noisy." ”

Xi Yin looked at the river to the north: "I and Dashuai are returning to the north this time, the Jin country is going to experience a big upheaval, and within ten years, my Dajin is powerless, this is good news or bad news for you...... The matter of the Wu Dynasty will be decided between you in the future. ”

Dai Meng nodded slightly: "In terms of force, in the face of the black flag, it is difficult for anyone in the world to see a glimmer of hope, but in terms of substance, the chaos in the world in the future is still unpredictable." ”

"There is no need to hide in front of smart people like Dai Gong, in today's situation, whoever can become a black flag trouble, I am happy to see it. At the beginning of the retreat to the north, I said that everything in the south of the Yangtze River could be left at Dai Gong's disposal, but now it seems that these things are of limited help to Dai Gong. Now the Black Flag is strong and strong, and the concept of Gewu is ahead of the world, but in terms of materials, it is still my Dajin with strong strength, and in the study of Gewu, the only person in the world who is likely to keep up with the Black Flag is not my Jinguo University...... If Dai Gong is okay this time, he has to fight against the black flag, and there are many things on our side that can come in handy. ”

"The god of grains is so calculating......" While the two walked slowly, Dai Mengwei was silent for a long time, "It's just that in the name of righteousness, our side competes with the black flag, but in private we make deals with Dajin and take the support of the god of ceres." Even if one day in the future, it is really possible for our side to defeat the Black Flag, the last lifeblood is only tied to the thoughts of Jin Guogushen and others. In this round of trading, we lost too much. ”

Xi Yin smiled: "Dai Gong really knows everything...... That's okay, some transactions will leave the end of the hand, some transactions can be avoided, since I'm here today, what Dai Gong wants, how he wants, you can open your mouth, can you do it, let's discuss it carefully......"

Dai Mengwei also nodded: "Since the god of grain is so generous, then ...... I want to talk to Ceres first, talk about Bianliang......"

In a moment, on the riverside under the sunset, there was the sound of Xi Yin's laughter, which was heroic, approving, ridiculed, and complicated...... After that, the two talked about a lot of things on the riverside.

At this moment, no one knew about the negotiation and transaction between Dai Mengwei and Wanyan Xiyin, but a few days later, Liu Guangshi in the alliance sighed, "This old boy really has a set".

On the night of the 28th, Dai Mengwei completed the negotiation with Xi Yin, and on the 29th, Ning Yi arrived in Hanzhong, and late at night on the 29th, Ning Yi and Qin Shaoqian discussed many things, and Qin Shaoqian took out the situation and instructions in Xicheng County, which was originally an important matter that needed to be discussed at the first time, but there were too many things at the moment, so it was slightly postponed.

“…… When it comes to the empty glove white wolf, I really admire this surname, and he is also impassioned, at least he is not afraid of death...... I'm curious to see what this old thing's expression will look like when the knife is on its neck. ”

The two chatted in the dining hall all night, and at this time they went out and walked in the barracks under the starlight, speaking of Dai Mengwei, Qin Shaoqian couldn't help but sigh and admire.

Ning Yi had seen Qi Xinhan's request for instructions.

"For the army that wants to surrender, it is not okay to kill people and set fire to be recruited, we can accept the unconditional surrender anyway, as long as they surrender, we have the final say in the future, whether it is reorganized, reorganized or disbanded. However, considering that most of these soldiers were strong men who had been captured and were already disgusted with war, we can guarantee that those who have no great evil or murder are not guilty of the past and can go back to farming...... Of course, those who have the ability and are willing to accept the transformation can stay, but they must accept the transformation, and there is no need to be too clear about this transformation, and those who want to bargain do not need to talk about it. ”

Qin Shaoqian nodded: "This is okay, in fact, it is counted as hundreds of thousands, or even millions of troops, but to put it bluntly, it is a strong man, and it is also a problem caused by the Jurchen rampant." When the news of the battle of Hanzhong spread, I think that within a month, most of this 'army' will be disintegrated. It is necessary for us to come up with a statement...... But what about Lao Dai? Let him take advantage of it, it's a bit faceless. ”

"Sometimes, I think, it's important to admit the existence of idealists."

"Huh?"

"Let's just think that Lao Dai is really driven by a sense of mission and a Confucian model who is not afraid of life and death, I don't think it matters." Ning Yi smiled, "In the past, we were either in the northwest or in the southwest, the people of the Wu Dynasty didn't take us as the same thing, many people didn't wake up, after this incident, everyone who should react reacted to it, such an enemy, we will face a lot in the future, and experience needs to be accumulated slowly." And today Lao Dai said that he is a Buddha of ten thousand families, and he wants to save millions of people, and millions of people are also willing to let him save, which is a good thing, I think, to support. ”

Qin Shaoqian glanced at Ning Yi and smiled: "It's still the same thing as I said before, there are not enough people, you don't want this place to ......"

"That's a reason." Ning Yi smiled: "Another reason is that when you are a person on the other side, whether he is not well educated, or is blinded, or for any other reason, he does not agree with you, you have to hold him in your hands, you are not serving him well." Today we said that we want to let the people of the world live a good life, so we will kill Dai Mengwei and grab the territory, even if they really live better, they will not thank you. ”

Qin Shaoqian nodded: "Wait until Lao Dai is smashed, and then we will do it, in terms of time and talent reserves, it should be enough." ”

"It's not enough to just mess up, I think it's still a good educational opportunity." Ning Yi smiled and patted Qin Shaoqian's shoulder, "Today they were instigated by Dai Mengwei and stood in front of us, and the rest of the people are just waiting and seeing, and whoever will solve the problem can do it." Well, let Lao Dai solve the problem of these millions of people, but in the future, if he can't solve it well, we can't say that we will solve it, but we must guide their own people to the streets, let them say their wishes, and when there are enough people who make the opposite voice to today, we will enter the market and solve the problem, so that there is value in solving the problem. ”

“…… So, let's post an article to refute Lao Dai's statement, and make it clear that we accept everyone's choice today, but one day in the future, warlords and privileged classes like Lao Dai will mess up the livelihood of the people in this place, and it's none of our business - the hook can stay now. Ning Yi said.

"In terms of practice, Qi Xinhan and Wang Zhainan can cooperate in the division of labor, singing white faces and red faces respectively, and those who were arrested by Lao Dai must be released, and some of the first evils have to come over, in addition, you occupy such a large area, and you can't block our business in the future, and the agreement on trade must be discussed. Lao Dai and the officials of the Wu Dynasty are accustomed to slowly drawing it, and I think they hope that they will be peaceful for a few years, and they will agree and give in in terms of the details of trade and the protection of caravans. ”

Qin Shaoqian nodded: "Once you start doing business, it's hard not to be cut by you......"

"You can't say that, Huaxia Army has always been fair in doing business, and everyone will get rich together......

At the end of April, the sky was full of stars, the two of them took a walk, smiled at the same time, and after a while, Ning Yi's face became serious: "Actually, the internal and external pressures and changes have already passed, and the future will become more complicated, we just won the first battle, what the future will be, it's really hard to say......"

"Looking north today, the Jin Kingdom is divided into two imperial courts, east and west, and it is likely that there will be a fight next, and there are two forces here. A few days ago, Zhuji sent information that the Mongols who were originally in Western Xia went north from the Jin Dynasty, crossed the Yanmen Pass, and went straight to Yunzhong, which is the third force ......"

Qin Shaoqian frowned: "The gang of people you went to Western Xia to investigate......"

Ning Yi nodded: "They are belligerent, and they seem to be very disciplined at the moment, and their potential should not be underestimated." But it doesn't matter, there are enough people on this stage, I don't care about one more...... King Jin and Miss Lou can be the fourth force, and next, Lao Dai, Liu Guangshi, and Wu Qimei, they took advantage of the disintegration of the Wu Dynasty, although it is a little inexplicable, but here it is...... Five, six, seven......"

"Count us and Jun Wu again, nine forces. In addition, the rebels from all walks of life in various places are scattered and fragmented, and in the area south of the Yangtze River, He Wen is waving our flag, which has a certain influence at present, and I see the message that came at the end of March, he wants to make a 'fair party', and the basic idea is to fight the landlords and divide the land...... He listened to me say this when he was in the southwest, and once he figured out the rules, it would be very loud......"

Qin Shaoqian said: "Somewhat similar to the old bull head? ”

"Lao Niutou also has a similar idea, but it is limited by me to the northwest of the plain, there is not much territory that can be expanded, and after the internal landlords are finished and the land is divided, there is not much way to expand outward, I hope that in this way, they will be forced to think about the internal cycle and balance. But He Wen is in Jiangnan, fighting landlords and dividing the fields, he can drive a group of people to sweep the world, and they will keep repeating this process, if they don't know how to stop, it will become a problem in the future. ”

"In this way, with the addition of the old bull head, there are already eleven forces...... Qin Shaoqian laughed, "It's really a big fuss, five generations and ten kingdoms." ”

"And that's not all." Ning Yi took out a piece of information from his sleeve, "Take a look." ”

"What's going on......" Qin Shaoqian glanced at it, "The group of people from Zhao'an in Xuzhou ......"

"As I said before, we are still very fragile internally, and as soon as we relax our ideological problems, there will be big problems. At the beginning, Liu Chengzong and the others went north, but these tens of thousands of people could not be brought over, so they could only be placed north of the Yangtze River to rest and train. A working group left behind as the leader, for more than a year, the Quartet has been very difficult to fight, and no one can send it over, and they have even opened up some situations, unexpectedly......"

……

There was no moon in the sky, the picture scroll of the stars was as vast as the sea, and the two of them walked forward slowly, and Ning Yi let out a low sigh.

“…… This kind of thing will happen......"

PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone!