“…… The Xiaocang River flows out of the valley, and the Gukou Dam was completed at the beginning of the year, reaching more than two zhang high. The southeast side of the valley mouth was originally the easiest for people to walk, and if there was a large army to kill it, it would be in this direction, and after the dam was built, the people in the valley had no fear...... As for the rest of the valley, the roads are rough and difficult...... It's not without inconsistencies, but only experienced hunters can get around. In several key places, lookouts have also been built, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention, there are many times the 'hot air balloon' tied to the lookout platform as a guard......"

“…… The army in the valley has been reorganized since it entered the mountain, and it was in October last year that the flag of Chenxing on a black background was set as the military flag. According to the traitor, the black background symbolizes firmness, determination, and invincibility, and the star means that the spark can start a prairie fire...... After the reorganization, the Wurui battalion was divided into a squad of about ten people, and about 30 people were in a row, and there was a company above the platoon, about 100 people, and above the company was a battalion, with a number of about 3 to 500 people. Three battalions plus one special battalion are one regiment. At present, the rebels are composed of a total of five regiments, and some people call themselves the Black Flag Army or the Huaxia Army......"

“…… The rebels trained every three days, but the rest of the time they had something to do, and the rules were strict, and after every six days, there was a day off. However, since the break, the morale of the rebels has been so high that half of the soldiers are not even willing to take turns resting...... The traitor set up many courses in the army, and in the next place, he took advantage of the winter refugees to blend into the valley, and he was not qualified to attend the classes, but when he heard the rebellion in the valley, it was mostly a great rebellion......"

In the slightly dim cave, men dressed and dressed in shabby clothes of the mountain people stood here, and they were telling in detail what they had discovered in a clear and coherent manner. Sitting in front of him was Li Pin, who coughed occasionally and wrote down in detail what the other party said with a pen and paper. Where there was sunlight at the entrance of the cave, sat Iron Aquila, who held the giant sword across his lap and closed his eyes to recuperate. But when Li Pin occasionally asked about some trivial things in the cave, he could vaguely see that Tie Tianying's mood was not good.

"The traitor has not stopped the remarks about the lack of grain in the grain?"

"Why didn't anyone mutiny?"

"How many refugees are there in the mountains in winter?"

"How do they screen?"

Li Pin's questions are trivial, and after one question is answered, he has to ask in more detail: "Why do you think so?" "What are the signs? Makes you think so. "The undercover agent who was sent into the valley by Tie Tianying was originally the elite of the fast catcher, and his thinking was clear, but he often couldn't help but ask such questions, and sometimes he was hesitant, and even Li Pin asked some things wrong.

But most of the questions are consistent with the information that Tie Tianying has already told Li Pin.

Since the winter has passed, the defense of Xiaocang River has been relatively tight, and the masters of Ning Yi's side have surveyed the terrain around the river valley in detail. Most of the time, the catchers under the command of the Iron Sky Eagle did not dare to approach that side, for fear of startling the snakes. Of course, there is more than one undercover agent who infiltrated Xiaocanghe in winter, but when he called it out when it was not necessary, just to ask for some trivial details in detail, it was almost to find fault with him.

There are not many things in the Xiaocang River Valley, but there are many less. The undercover agent was questioned back and forth by Li Pin while coughing for most of the day, and many of them were still talking back and forth. Wait until the inquiry is over. After saying a few good words, he said, "If there is anything missing, I still need this brother's help in the past two days." Tie Tianying stood up with his sword, let the man go down, and got closer to see what Li Pin had recorded, as well as the map he had drawn about the Xiaocang River.

"Mr. Li finished asking?"

"Ahem. There may be something unexpected. Li Pin frowned, looking at the accounts.

"Then Mr. Li, please teach me, is there a discrepancy with the information recorded by Tie?"

“…… Not much. ”

"That's it! Come, Tie really wants to confront Mr. Li today. Look at some of this information, which Tie has misremembered, so that Master Li can remember the next crime of negligence! ”

Li Pin, who was originally looking at the intelligence, raised his head to look at him at this time, then reached out to cover his mouth, coughed a few words with difficulty, and said: "Li only wants to be foolproof, and the iron catcher misunderstood." ”

"Foolproof? Master Li, do you know that I have tried my best to put the eyes in the Xiaocang River! At the critical moment, Lord Li, you called him out like this and asked for some trivial things, you played official power, and it was really time! ”

Li Pin was silent for a moment, and his eyes became serious: "With all due respect, Lord Tie, your information is indeed too negligent in your memory, and the general direction is naturally right." But the wording is sloppy, and many places are just speculation...... cough cough cough ......"

"Tie has been in the Criminal Department for many years, and he knows what information is more useful than you, Lord Li!"

"Ahem...... But are you his opponent!? Li Pin grabbed a stack of things in his hand and threw it on the ground in front of Tie Tianying. He, a sick scholar, suddenly made such a thing, which startled the Iron Aquila.

"Ahem...... Ning Yi and I haven't had many opportunities to work together, but I still know a little about his actions in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Under his control, the Zhuji and Secret Investigation Divisions clearly understand the requirements for information and intelligence, and those who can use numbers are not ambiguous! It's to the point of nitpicking! Cough...... His methods are fantastical, but most of them are built on this nitpicking! In the case of the day when he killed the monarch in the Golden Palace, we have repeatedly deduced that he has at least several backup plans, the most obvious one, his first choice must be to use Lu Hong to raise the face saint of Qingmu Village, if it wasn't for the first emperor to summon him in advance, cough cough cough cough cough ......"

He babbled in his mouth, talking about these things, and then lowered his head and picked up the stack of information: "Now that the Northland has fallen, we are already weak here, and it is difficult for the government to help. Li knew that Master Tie had his own way of handling cases, but if that didn't work, maybe the opportunity would be in these nitpicky things......"

Tie Tianying was silent for a moment, he couldn't say that he was a scholar, but he wouldn't be frightened by the other party's words, and sneered: "Hmph, where Tie doesn't work, what can Master Li see?" ”

"There are many doubts, and I can't figure it out." Li Pin said softly, "It's just that this Xiaocanghe is the biggest suspicion." Why did he choose to stop here? On the surface, it can be said that it echoes Aoki Village at both ends, but in fact, both ends are mountains. The roads are not smooth in the first place. He led the Wurui battalion of 7,000 people to rise up, and defeated tens of thousands of troops twice. It was the Western Xia army attacking, they were defending the city, and they also had the strength to fight, which was far better than being trapped in the mountains at this time......"

Tie Tianying retorted: "It's just that in that case, the imperial army and the western army take turns to fight, he braves the disapproval of the world, and it is difficult to have allies, how long can he last?" ”

"He doesn't necessarily have to hold on. Taking a step back, I really can't hold it. Naturally, you can enter the mountains again, and with the supplies of one city and one place, it will be better than the current situation. Li Pin tapped the information in his hand, "And it seems that he didn't regard the matter in front of him as a predicament at all." Accepting refugees during the winter is a cost of food, and second, he doesn't know. Now the court will send someone to keep an eye on him? He was not even afraid of spies, and directly drove away the envoy of Western Xia. is not afraid to anger the king of Western Xia, how can there be such a person......"

"He's not afraid of spies." Iron Sky Eagle repeated, "That may mean that some of the information we know now is false information that he deliberately revealed. Perhaps he pretended to be calm, or perhaps he had a private relationship with the Tanguts...... Wrong. If he wanted to pretend to be calm, he should have chosen the city outside the mountain to defend it from the beginning. However, it is more likely that they have dealings with the Tangut people in private, and it is not surprising that such a kingless and fatherless person is such a traitor. ”

"If he really has voted for Western Xia. It's useless for me to wait here for anything. But I always think it's unlikely......" Li Pin glanced at Tie Tianying, "But in the middle of this, why didn't he prohibit everyone from discussing the matter of storing grain in the valley, and why did he always let people discuss political affairs inside and outside the valley, the more people think about it, the more difficult it is to control, and the people can let it go, but they can't make it know." He is so confident, is he really not afraid of the mutiny of everyone in the valley? became rebellious, looking for a desperate way, rejecting Western Xia, and accepting refugees in winter...... These things...... Ahem......"

The two originally had some quarrels, but Li Pin really didn't mess around, and many of what he said was also the doubts in Tie Tianying's heart. At this time, when it was pointed out, I felt more and more that in this valley called Xiaocang River, many things were contradictory.

"Ha, these things add up, it can only show that Ning Liheng has already gone crazy!"

"If he's really crazy, that's fine." Li Pin exhaled slightly, "However, this person plans and then acts, and he can never deal with common sense." Hey, kill the king in court! He said that after all, it was difficult to calm down, if he really planned to rebel, he would leave the capital first and arrange slowly, and now that the Jurchen is messing up the world, when will he have no chance. But he did...... You say he's crazy, but he has a clear understanding of the current situation, you and I are not as good, in the news he released, within a year, the north of the Yellow River will be in the hands of the Jurchens, it seems that within three years, it is not impossible for the Wu Dynasty to lose the Yangtze River......"

“…… I can't figure out what he's going to do. ”

With a whisper, Li Pin sat down on the stone behind him. Iron Skyhawk frowned and looked to the side as well. After a while, he said, "I can't figure it out either, but one thing is clear." ”

"If he really took refuge in Western Xia, and now he is backed by this, no one in the entire northwest can help him." Tie Tianying said, "But if not, he has a shortage of grain in the valley, and he can't do anything else, and before the grain runs out, he will have a move!" Whatever the move, that's the best chance we've ever waited! ”

After he said this, he waved his hand violently, took two steps and stopped, and stared back at Li Pin: "It's just that I'm worried that even this opportunity is in his calculations." Master Li, you are familiar with him, your brain is easy to use, if there is any danger, you can figure it out yourself! ”

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Tie Tianying left from the entrance of the cave, Li Pin sat there, coughed a few times, he took the information in his hand, opened it and looked at it, his eyes were confused, his brows frowned slightly, and then he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes slightly for a long time.

"You...... What the hell do you want to do......

Hoarseness. The sun poured outside the cave, and Tie Tianying walked up the hill, looked at the direction of the Xiaocang River, and looked back at the southeast for a long time.

When he first took over the mission to come here, he had a strong desire to prove himself. The moment he really came, ** was fading, manpower was sometimes poor, and he was not the opponent of this madman who wanted to be the enemy of the world. Now, he knew that everyone's reasons for staying here were slowly disappearing. In the news brought by Li Pin, he knew that in the southeast direction, the dignitaries and magnates were leaving Bianliang, which was the weakening of an era, and the people who had once led the world were losing their color.

Wang Tongguan, the most successful military artist in the past few decades. Yu Ningyi died on the day of his rebellion, and the emperor also died on the same day. More than a month ago, Tang Ke, the left minister in charge of the court, hanged himself in his home after meeting all the requirements of the Jurchens and hollowing out Bianliang, but before he died, he did not do anything. This old man, who has always been the leader of the Lord's Peace. At the first time he took the position, he copied Cai Jing's home. Cai Jing, who once had a full party and manipulated the court for decades, was starved to death during exile.

…… Eighty-one years ago, 3,000 miles away without a home, alone in the world, looking at Shenzhou in tears. The five golden palaces have worshiped the prime minister, and the jade hall has been declared ten times, reminiscing about the prosperity of the past, and turning it into a dream here......

This is Cai Jing's last poem. It is said that he was disgusted by the people of the world because of his evil deeds, and he could not buy anything with gold or silver during his exile, but in fact, where could there be such a thing. The fact that this eighty-one-year-old minister will starve to death may also prove that the rest of the powerful people may not have no complaints about him at this point in his family and country.

What's the use?

All the royal families in Bianliang City were taken captive. Now like pigs and dogs, they are rushing back to the territory of Jinguo, and hundreds of officials are heading south. They're really going to give up this part of the north. If the Yangtze River is the boundary in the future, this half of the world will collapse on his head at this time.

He looked back at Xiaocanghe and thought: This madman!

************

In May, the heavens and the earth are collapsing.

After the Jurchens went, a large number of officials in Bianliang City began to move south.

The Emperor is gone. The royal family was also swept away, and the next successor to the throne must be the clan in the south. Although the current situation is not yet decided, there are also officials in the south: this support and the work of the dragon, is it necessary to hand over the idle people in the south to wait?

Tong Guan, Cai Jing, and Qin Siyuan are all dead now. The rest of the traitors who were denounced as the "Seven Tigers" by the people of Beijing are now all dismissed and degraded, and the court has finally returned to the hands of many righteous people, and the people led by Qin Hui began to cross the Yellow River in a mighty way, preparing to support the new emperor. Zhang Bangchang, who had no choice but to accept the throne of the Great Chu Emperor, also promoted the transfer of various materials to the south during this May, and then prepared to go to the south to plead guilty. From Yanmen Pass to the Yellow River, and from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River, a large number of problems have arisen in the areas of whether people go or stay, and for a time, even greater chaos is brewing.

To the south, a solemn and festive atmosphere is gathering, and in Jiangning, where Ning Yi once lived, the idle Kang King Zhou Yong, under the impetus of Princess Chengguo, Kang Xian and others, will soon become the new emperor of the Wu Dynasty. Some people have already seen this clue, in the city and in the palace, the county lord Zhou Pei knelt on the palace, looking at the kind old lady who handed her Huanpei, which symbolized the princess of Chengguo's mansion, thinking that they were driven to the north by the barbarians at this time, and those Zhou family members who did not know life and death, they all had tears.

The young prince sat on a high stone pier and looked in the direction of the north, and the sunset cast magnificent colors. He also sighed a little.

“…… In the past 40 years, the country has been 3,000 miles of mountains and rivers. Fengge Longlou is even Xiaohan, Yushu Qiongzhi is a smoke, how many times have you ever known a fight? ”

This song "Breaking the Array" is the death of Empress Li, he looked at the flowing clouds in the sky, recited it in a low voice, and then, he sighed.

"Master, ......"

He jumped down from the stone pier and stood there looking at the sunset for a long time, until the evening breeze blew and stroked his clothes, and he waved his hand.

"I will carry forward the way of good things, and I will help the Zhou family to defend the Wu Dynasty. Look at it. ”

He spoke in a low voice and made his decision.

He should be the crown prince.

- So you can build a bigger workshop!

The summer is scorching, as if I have not felt the collapse of the outside world, and in the Xiaocang River, the days are passing day by day.

By the end of May, a lot of news had flowed out, the Tanguts blocked the southwest route, the Jurchens also began to rectify the smuggling of rich households in the Luliang area, Qingmu Village, the last few trade routes, are being cut off. Not long after, such news, Li Pin, Tie Tianying and others also knew. (To be continued.) )

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