The cold wind of late autumn blew stronger and stronger in the night, and in the night, the outline of the mountain was dim, and the sound of footsteps rustled around, with a moan that was half painful and half sobbing, and the bloody breath dispersed faintly, and someone fell.

“…… Get up, get up and go......"

The voice was also weak, and in the darkness, the figure dragged a few times, and someone came to help, but the movement then turned into a short cry. Because the cry belonged to the man, it was not long, and the man did not flick his tears, especially for the soldiers, but because of this, the short cry-like sound became more and more tragic and mournful.

In this dark mountain, there are many people walking, and many people can feel this scene, but it is unimaginable, everyone is walking forward, or alone, or supporting each other.

Soon after, the creek blocked the way, some waded through the water, and others stopped. It was not far from Qixian, Ning Yi raised his hand: "Take a break." "Around the queue, many people were clearly injured.

Ning Yi's right half of his body was also injured, with knife wounds on his shoulder and arm, wrapped in bandages. The injuries of the surrounding Zhuji people are light and serious, Yuwen Feidu was carried by someone, his body swayed, and he almost fainted and fell, his legs were injured, there were injuries under his ribs, and injuries on his back, and when he was running, due to falling, half of his face was worn out on the ground - this is a trivial matter - his body was tired and lost too much blood, coupled with the subsequent running and trekking, he was able to support it, and it can only be said that the masters of Zhuji laid a good physical foundation for him.

Compared with Yuwen Feidu, many masters in Zhuji know how to stimulate their own potential, and they are more able to tolerate injuries. And before that. There were also nearly 100 people who were lost in the battle formation, and none of the big cars they carried along the way were left.

After such a defeat and killing, after fleeing all the way, in addition to the members of Zhuji, Yue Fei and the remnants under his command, there were many stragglers who fled. At this time, some people waded through the river, and some people saw Ning Yi and the others stop. They also subconsciously stopped nearby, probably seeing the courage of the Zhuji people on the battlefield - after the battle, everyone fled all over the mountains, and there were not many people who could still maintain their establishment here.

Some things are hard to think about. After staying in Qixian for such a long time, the adjustment of many elm cannons was originally expected to play some role, but it was only on the road, and it was burned like this. Even these people in Zhuji have lost nearly half, and the rest are all tired and tired, and it is difficult to summarize what they are doing on their side, but if you think about it a little bigger, the strength of more than 100,000 people and 200,000 people has been burned. I don't know if it will sound better like this.

In the past—at least in the old days when Ning Yi was not discouraged—he was used to being a decision-maker. But it is also because of this that he understands more and more that if everyone is to be a decision-maker. Nothing can be done in that world. He came out to help, and there were only three or five hundred people around him. If you really want to mobilize all the subordinates who can be used, there are only a thousand people in the scope of this Bianliang battlefield, although they are disappointed in the Su zhì of the Wu Dynasty army, and they are also unhappy with the child's play-like decision-making inside and outside the capital, but since they are in this position. It's just a matter of doing things with trepidation, and advancing the solid wall step by step. Until this night, he sent troops, saying that he would cooperate with the Western Army Yao Pingzhong to rob the camp and launch a major encirclement and suppression battle, but he only followed. Even if the army of the Wu Dynasty is no matter how bad it is. In the end - both horizontal and vertical have to be fought.

But after such a fiasco, and as a person who knows a lot of the inside story of the capital, it is impossible to say that there is no anger in his heart at this time.

After sitting for a moment among the withered grass at the edge of the forest and the river, he went to check on the wounded around him. There are many martial arts people in Zhuji, even if they go to the battlefield, they all carry the wound medicine on their bodies, and most of them have experience in injury and illness. Many of the Jurchens died of injuries during their pursuit, and many of the seriously injured were able to survive their lives as long as they were not dead.

But there are exceptions to this situation. As he walked through the crowd in the darkness, Ning Yi heard a martial artist named Lin Nian whispering to his disciple about the experience of saving his life and killing the enemy on the battlefield. Some of the outstanding martial artists in Zhuji include Zhu Biao and the Qi family brothers, who have intersected in the past and are included in the command; There are some of the original leaders on Liangshan, such as Nie Mountain, a scarfaced man who followed Ning Yi to Luliang; There are also green forest people who come to take refuge, such as Tian Donghan, such as the monk Hou Lietang who mixed the copper rod, and Lin Nian who made the five phoenix knives.

Among these green forest warriors, Tian Donghan was upright and down-to-earth, so even Zhou Dong admired him a lot, and the original formation was still handed over to Ning Yi through Guò Tian Donghan. Hou Lietang has a violent personality and is obsessed with martial arts, but his mouth is relatively silent. This Lin Nian is nearly forty years old, with a thin figure, but his face is quite a bit angry, his easy-going personality on weekdays, and he is also quite admired and liked.

Ning Yi also liked martial arts, and listened to him whisper to his disciple, "...... If you practice these moves repeatedly, you will have more chances to save your life on top of the battle formation......" walked over, but it was only long after the pass, and I heard Lin Nian's disciple hurriedly and whispered: "Master! Master! When he hurriedly ran over, he saw the middle-aged man sitting under the tree, tilting his head slightly, no matter how the disciple shook, there was no movement of his own.

There was an injured Zhuji martial artist who was resting next to him, struggling over, sniffing, pinching his pulse, and after a while, shaking his head, Ning Yi also squatted down to probe the other party's pulse: "What's wrong?" I heard Master Lin talking just now! ”

The martial artist shook his head: "Master Lin is running out of oil, he practiced in his early years, his family was poor, his body was already left with dark wounds, and he has always had a cough. Above the battle formation...... He's draining himself ......"

Ning Yi was slightly stunned, Lin Nian's family was poor and coughed occasionally, he knew it. After entering Zhuji, Ning Yi never treated people badly, gave them a good salary, and often prepared meat for these martial arts practitioners, and the other party's face was normal, but people didn't pay attention to nutrition in these years. It is not surprising that many rich people also have dishes all year round because of their frugality. At this time, Ning Yi scolded: "What are you kidding." Lin Nian was put on the ground, and cardiac resuscitation was done on the one hand, and artificial respiration was done on the other, which lasted for a long time. The people around looked at each other silently and with slight doubts, Lin Nian's disciple had already cried, and Ning Yi finally gave up.

After this toss, the injury on his right arm had begun to bleed again.

He sat beside Lin Nian's corpse for a while, and patted the disciple's shoulder: "In the future, you will take care of your master's daughter." Then he got up and left. When Lin Nian came to join him, he only brought a thin and skinny daughter with him, and that daughter was also sick and weak, he remembered.

It's not the only bleak thing around. It is not surprising that many wounded and dead, some of whom may have survived, but they are half dead in the future, or their hands and feet are broken. Among the three brothers of the Qi family, Qi Xinyi's left hand was almost cut off by Qi elbow, and although he was bandaged and broken at this time, he lost too much blood. Life and death are hard to say. He was one of the wounded who could no longer go, while Qi Xinhan and the others went to Qixian first. Find a trusted doctor and someone to come for further healing. Qi Xinyong, who fought all the way and later tried his best to save his brother, was also seriously injured and fainted at this time. Ning Yi walked again, and there was nothing he could say, in a sense, he was the one who brought these people to the battlefield, and he was just the owner of a tavern.

There was a slight break. Some of the Zhuji warriors who still have spare strength are still treating the injuries of the stragglers around them, and the direction of Qixian County has gradually become a little riotous in this night, and the other side of the river doesn't know what happened, only vaguely. At the end of the field of vision, a faint light lit up, and the sky was red, Ning Yi got up and took a few looks, only to see Yue Fei also coming over with a steel gun, and was about to speak, when a figure appeared on the other side of the river, riding a horse, and then crossed the river.

The few riders who came over, the leader was a member of the Zhuji who went back to Qi County with Qi Xinhan to find a doctor, and he was followed by two people who looked like doctors, but their beards were messy, and they were quite wolf. This person went straight to Ning Yi's side and anxiously reported to Ning Yi.

"There are two Jurchen thousand-man cavalry teams, which went straight to the camp in Qixian County. The news of the defeat at the front arrived, the defenders in the camp had no intention of fighting, and only a few people were left to resist, at this time the Jurchens were burning everywhere, and the Qi brothers went to assist the rest of the Zhuji brothers to transfer the household information, and we came back first......"

"That's not right!" Yue Fei next to him took a step forward and shouted in a low voice, "The Jurchens are moving so fast, it's definitely not just to kill them all...... You said that the Jurchens burned and killed everywhere, did they find out where the logistics of the camp were located? ”

The members of the Bamboo Record were slightly stunned, but Ning Yi had already reacted: "Their focus is on food!" ”

"I don't know where General Qin is at this time......" Yue Fei whispered, glancing at Ning Yi. In such a rout, if Qin Shaoqian is still alive and leads the remnants back, it seems that he will be able to turn the tide, at least so that the Jurchens will not even copy the bottom of the Qixian camp, but at this time, it seems like the delusion of an incompetent person. After all, around here, their subordinates are already wounded and disabled, even if they detect the intentions of the Jurchens, what can they do.

A legion of tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people can not participate in the battle.

The night was cold and restless, far away, the faint light through the sky seemed to suggest something, and by the river, the bleak silence continued, and people walked as they walked, trying not to make too much movement. But finally, the sound of flint sounded, the torch lit up and dangled in the air, Ning Yi held the torch, walked to a slightly higher place, and stuck it in the trunk of the tree.

He was also bandaged, bloody, and tired, but after looking at the crowd, he finally spoke.

"Today's events have become like this, I may not say anything more, I should not ask for anything more, but ......"

He was silent for a moment: "I still have to say ......"

In the light of the fire, there were miserable seriously wounded and corpses that were forever silent, but everyone was listening......

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In the capital, the teams of Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others have already followed the emperor's convoy, and a little farther away, south of Bianliang, Nanxun Gate, the queen's convoy has arrived, and the accompanying uncle Liang Feng is ordering the generals guarding the city to open the door.

The guard of the Nanxun Gate is named Cao Yan, a young general with no name, and among his colleagues, he has always been known for being cowardly and wise. However, this time when the queen's decree came, he just hid on the city tower and desperately recited Amitabha, and did not dare to accept the decree for a while, only when he was not there.

In the rear, Li Gang's carriage finally caught up with Zhou Zhe's convoy, he put the carriage across the royal street, and knelt on the ground: "The criminal minister Li Gang asks to see His Majesty, and begs His Majesty not to go out of the city!" ”

Zhou Zhe immediately summoned him.

"What sin are you, I ...... Where do you really want to get out of the city! It's just that the queen was instigated by Liang Feng and persuaded me to tour the south, and I wanted to chase her back in person—"

"The Western Army has been defeated, the Jin people have already premeditated, at this time the army is coming at any time, His Majesty will go out from the south, and it will not be safe, His Majesty, Li Gang implored His Majesty to return to the palace......"

"I didn't say I was going out of the city!"

Li Gang knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, in fact, the status of the literati of the Wu Dynasty was quite high at this time, although there was occasionally a ritual of kneeling and worshipping, according to Li Gang's identity, there was no need for this, but it was also because of this, he was an old man with a blood-stained bandage on his head and kept kowtowing, and Zhou Zhe had no way to take him for a while. And where would Li Gang listen to what he said just to chase the queen, once he arrived at the city gate, it was estimated that he would be coerced out by the queen and the minister.

In such a stalemate, someone came to report: "Yan Mingzhao of the Ministry of Rites asks to see ......" This is a guy who was born as a gossip official, and when he saw Zhou Zhe, he said loudly: "The national war is ahead, how can Your Majesty abandon the city and flee south——"

Zhou Zhe's face immediately turned red with anger, and he ordered someone to drag the other party out during the scolding, and he also took this opportunity to let Li Gang pull him up, and said: "I will deal with this matter first, and then share it with the prime minister, you just look at it!" He was about to order the convoy to move forward, but then there was a noise: "Tang Ke, the head of the household department, asks to see, the Ministry of Industry asks to see in Fengzhong, and He Jiting asks to see ......."

In the city, a force quickly intercepted it.

Zhou Zhe was furious, took something in the car and threw it out, and shouted: "What are they doing!" I don't see—what are they going to do—"

At this time, a henchman eunuch knocked on the window from the side and whispered: "Enlighten the saint, Taishi Cai asked the slave and maid to tell the curfew tonight, it is not appropriate to disturb the people's ......"

He accentuated his tone on the word curfew, and after Zhou Zhe heard it, his eyes lit up...... (To be continued......)