In the middle of March, in the mountains of the southwest, the weather was hazy, the clouds were low, the soil in the mountains seemed to carry heavy water vapor, the road was trampled by the footsteps of the army, and it did not take long to turn into annoying mud.

The soldiers from the north could not bear the wind and rain in the south, and some of them contracted the wind and cold, and the wounded lieutenant general who entered the roadside and hastily set up it lived. The bloated retreating army continued to move forward every day, but even if it stopped, it would not be left far behind by the retreating troops. From the sixth day of the first month of March, the army turned around, and by March 18, it had arrived at the middle line of the battlefield at Huangming County and Yushuixi, and there were only 10,000 or 20,000 forwards.

It was impossible for the Huaxia army to cross the retreating front line of the Jurchen army line, leaving all the men behind, but the blocking battle broke out in every part of this retreating serpent-like line. After Yu Yu's death, the Jurchen army lost most of the initiative in the rugged mountains of the southwest, and the Huaxia army relied on the preliminary reconnaissance to cross one difficult trail after another with elite troops, and launched an attack on every weakly defended mountain road.

If the soft persimmon is easy to pinch, it will resolutely launch an attack, if it encounters the elite of the Jin country who is resolute and has a good combat strength, it will first harass a wave in the nearby woods, making it irritable and tired, and if the Jin soldiers want to chase after them in the mountains, it is also in the hands of the Chinese Xia army

——After breaking away from a few relatively easy roads, every place in this area of mountains can be regarded as a pass that cannot be opened, and if you want to break through the cooperation of the Huaxia Army's defense, you need several times the strength to push it over. In fact, even if several times the number of troops arrived, there was no way to launch an attack formation in the mountains and forests, and the soldiers in the rear could only watch their companions in front die under the crossbow blockade of the Huaxia army.

It was the most humiliating battle, and the pain of dying a companion was intertwined with the fear that he might not be able to return, and the pain was even more desperate if he was wounded.

For the high-spirited Jin troops, the situation today could not have been predicted at any moment before. Especially before entering the southwest, they marched all the way, hundreds of thousands of Jin troops, burned and looted all the way, destroying the place where tens of millions of Han people lived, and they also looted countless good things. The mountain road of less than 100 miles is so close that many people can't go back at this time.

It is also difficult for some people to understand the decision of the upper echelons, the defeat in the battle of Wangyuan Bridge can no longer be covered up in the army at this time. But even if 30,000 people are defeated by 7,000 people, it does not mean that 100,000 people will inevitably be completely lost in the hands of the Huaxia army...... In times of adversity, such and such complaints are always inevitable, and with complaints is great remorse.

When the Jin Kingdom was still poor and weak, the people who were killed from the mountains went to the battlefield and faced death, and there would be no such remorse, it was just a single act of people dying and immortalizing for thousands of years, but at this moment, when people faced the possibility of death, they couldn't help but think of the good things looted along the way, and the good life in the north, such regrets would not only appear, but also multiply.

But at the moment, no Jin troops have chosen to surrender and beg for mercy, all the way south, what the people on their side have done, everyone knows in their own hearts, what has happened in the past ten years of conquest and confrontation, and the Jin soldiers also know in their hearts.

After these things have been done, if the enemy is defeated at his own hands, he will be stripped of his skin.

And these days, what the Chinese Xia Army has shown in the southwest mountains is precisely the strong will to peel off the skin and bones of the entire Jin State army regardless of everything. They were not afraid of the hatred of the strong, and after defeating the slanted guards, Ning Yi killed the slanted guards directly in front of Zong Han and threw the broken heads back, which naturally aroused the anger of the Jurchen troops at first, but then people were gradually able to chew on the meaning behind the actions.

Especially in the past ten days, a small number of Huaxia army troops have been intercepted on the road of the Jurchen army again and again, they are not facing a smooth chase battle, every time they have to withstand the hysterical attack of the Jin army, but also have to pay huge sacrifices and costs to nail the retreating army to death for a period of time, but such an attack is more and more fierce every time, and what is shown in their eyes is also the most resolute killing intent.

In the face of bitter hatred, no one will care about the possibility of your so-called revenge in the future.

The balance of war was tilting, and the whole army had advanced less than thirty miles in these days. Of course, there will be occasional victories, after the death of his younger brother, the white-robed Wanyan Sheye Ma once besieged a Chinese army of hundreds of people, and the repeated attacks annihilated its entire army, when it died to the last dozen people, Sheyema tried to surrender and humiliate the other party, and shouted in front of the mountain: "When you killed my brother, did you expect that there was today!?" ”

The soldiers of the Huaxia Army, who were supporting each other with blood on the mountain, also laughed and gritted their teeth: "If you wear linen and filial piety, it will look powerful, and you will see that the sky will be white all over the field - all of you don't want to go back-"

The cry was firm and bloody. On March 19, the day after this team was killed at several times the cost, Qu Zhengyan led Mao Yishan and a few other elite attack regiments, with the launch of more than a dozen rockets, to penetrate the Yushuixi position and cut off the Jurchens' way home.

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Spring rain is falling.

The war horse crossed the muddy mountain road and carried the Wanyan Shiya horse towards the opposite ridge. This nameless ridge is where Wanyan Zonghan's temporary camp is located, and it is still eleven miles away from Huangming County, and the surrounding mountain terrain is relatively gentle, and the defense network of the scouts can be extended to the surroundings, avoiding the possibility of the Shuai camp being attacked by firearms in the middle of the night.

In the drizzling rain, the morale of the soldiers gathered in the surrounding tents and under the canopy is not high, or they describe themselves as depressed, or emotionally fanatical, which is not a good thing, and the state of the soldiers suitable for fighting should be calm, but ...... I haven't seen it for more than half a month.

As the "crown prince" of the Western Route Army, Wanyan Shiyema's armor was stained with specks of blood, and his fighting figure inspired the morale of many soldiers. As long as the top does not fall, there is always a chance to go back.

The small group did not stop at the front of the main camp, and the leading soldiers led them to a small inconspicuous tent not far away. She also got off the horse and opened the tent to go in, and Wan Yan Zonghan and Han Qixian were discussing around the simple sand table.

"Father, Lord Han." Sheyema saluted the two, Zong Han waved his hand, and he got up, "I heard about Yushuixi. ”

Zong Han nodded: "You fought the day before yesterday, and you were not steady." Life and death are not in the tongue. ”

Sheyama was slightly silent for a moment: "...... The son knew he was wrong. ”

There was silence in the tent for a while. During the period of the Jurchens' stubborn retreat, many generals bravely took the lead, trying to boost the morale of the army, and set up a horse to completely annihilate the more than 200 Huaxia troops the day before yesterday, which was originally news worthy of vigorous publicity, but in the end the reaction caused was quite subtle.

Part of the reason for this subtle reaction is the last few words that Sheima shouts. Since the death of his younger brother, he was depressed in his heart, unable to add more, planning and ambushing for more than ten days, and finally seized the opportunity to make the more than 200 people fall into the encirclement and retreat, and only shouted when there were more than a dozen people, which was also a vent in extreme grievance, but this group of Chinese soldiers who participated in the attack had too much hatred for the Jin people, even if there were more than ten people left, none of them begged for mercy, but made a generous response.

- If you wear linen and filial piety, you will be powerful, and you will see the white flags all over the mountain.

Some of them were either hateful, and some of them also had the consciousness that life was worse than death if they fell into the hands of the Jurchens, and more than 200 people finally fought until the whole army was annihilated, and nearly 600 Jin soldiers were buried with them, and none of them surrendered. The words of response then quietly spread among the Jin army, although the upper echelons reacted and issued a gag order soon after, which did not cause too many waves for the time being, but in short, it did not bring much benefit.

“…… Ning Yi is a demon, if there are words, what he said is not bad, this group of people in the southwest today, there are countless family members and relatives who have died, if you die a younger brother today, and I have a son after Yan Zonghan dies, you will shout here and think how much you have been wronged, that is what will be ridiculed. Most people think you're a kid. ”

Zong Han looked at the sand table, and some hoarse voices sounded again: "This time to kill back, in the future, there will be a battle to fight between you and Black Flag, and in the end, most of the sides will die." You'd better ...... Get that in mind now. ”

“…… Be. "In the tent, this sound should be very heavy after that. Zong Han turned his head to look at him after that: "You came here this time, do you have something to say?" ”

"The Huaxia army has the upper hand, don't die, these days, according to what Erchen has seen, the army's heart has been shaken greatly." These days, the generals in the army have been a little evasive when talking about this matter, but in front of Zong Han, after receiving the previous instructions, Shiyema no longer hides it. Zong Han nodded: "Everyone knows something, just say what you think." ”

"Erchen asks for orders to attack Rainwater Creek." Shiyema said, "According to Erchen's view, the terrain of Yushuixi is different from Huang Ming, the terrain there is complicated, and the defense line is not narrow. The Huaxia army attacked with elite forces, ostensibly occupying the place, but in fact, if it wanted to defend, it might not have enough manpower. Erchen led people to counterattack in the past, it is best to attack from both sides, our side has the advantage in numbers, in Yushuixi, whether the Huaxia army starts a battle, or moves after a while, it is beneficial to our side. ”

Zong Han looked at the map and didn't speak, and Han Qixian on the side opened his mouth at this time: "Actually...... Even if Rainwater Creek is temporarily put down, it doesn't matter much. The Huaxia army took advantage of the early survey of the landform, and was able to venture out of the mountains outside the avenue, thus causing us these troubles, their strongest control is still the road before Yushuixi and Huangming County, Huangming County to Jiange, which is still in our hands at the moment, at the beginning of the retreat, the marshal arranged for General Gao to go to the rear to familiarize himself with the mountain environment, and set traps on various trails, so as long as he can pass Huangming, the difficulty of retreating has been greatly reduced. ”

Zong Han and Sheye Ma are father and son, Han Qi was a close minister first, and when he saw that Sheye Ma invited himself to take an adventure, he came out to appease, in fact, after Yan Zonghan had been fighting horses all his life, when the whole army was marching hard, how could his subordinates not have the slightest response. After saying this, seeing that Zong Han had not yet expressed his position, Han Qi first added a few more words.

In addition, the camp was set up here by the marshal in order to cut off the possibility of passage between the mountains on both sides to the greatest extent. Now that the possible paths of seven or eight miles in the mountains on the east side have been blocked by our side, the possibility that the Huaxia army wants to bypass the front road of our army, or raid the county seat of Huangming is not very likely, and in two days, the speed of our passage will be accelerated. ”

Sheema shook his head, and a smile appeared on his serious face at Han Qixian: "Lord Han doesn't have to be like this, Lord Han should know better than me about the situation in our army." Not to mention the speed, our army's heart was cut off by Ning Yi's sword, and it was a question of whether everyone could reach the Sword Pavilion alive. Now the most important thing is how to encourage the general's heart, I led the troops to attack Yushuixi, regardless of victory or defeat, I showed the attitude of my father. And tens of thousands of people are stuck on the road, stop-and-go, rather than letting them have nothing to do, it is better to go to the front to fight lively, even if the battle is anxious, they have something to do anyway. ”

The white scarf was stained with yellow mud, the armor was stained with blood, and the words of the face and the horse did reveal extraordinary insight and courage. In fact, following Zong Han to fight for half a life, the King of the Pearl is also a man who is nearly forty years old at this time, he has fought bravely, has made many military exploits, and has killed countless enemies, but for a long time with Zong Han, Xi Yin, Gao Qingyi, Han Qixian and other outstanding figures, in some places, in fact, there is always a little inferior.

It wasn't until the death of the oblique body and the Jurchen army that the Jurchen army also fell into problems, and the qualities in him were more revealed. In fact, Wanyan Sheyema led his troops to attack Yushuixi, whether it was to defeat the Huaxia Army, or to temporarily force it back in Yushuixi due to the lack of strength of the Huaxia Army, it was the greatest benefit to the Jurchens.

Han Qixian stopped refutating, and Zong Han on the side sighed slowly: "If you go to attack and can't attack for a long time, what about it?" ”

"Erchen...... If we can't win, try to drag down the Huaxia army and make it invest more troops in Yushuixi to alleviate the surrounding situation. ”

Zong Han glanced at Han Qixian, Han Qixian shook his head slightly, but Zong Han also shook his head at the other party: "...... If, as you have done in the past, you answer that you are the first to come and see you, then there is no need to go. Go out first, I have something to say to him. ”

The Korean company was ordered to go out first.

In the tent, Zong Han stood in front of the sand table, holding his hands behind his back and silent for a long time before he spoke: "...... In the years of the Xiaocang River in the northwest of the year, the Lou room was broken and the resignation was not lost, and the god of grain and I knew that one day the Huaxia army would become a big trouble. We have been preparing for the Battle of the Southwest for several years, but today's events show that we still underestimate the enemy. ”

Sheyama opened his mouth: "...... The world is all over the world, and the news is difficult to get through. The son thought that it was not a crime of war. ”

"How can a war tell you this?" Zong Han smiled at the horse, stretched out his hand to let him stand closer, and patted him on the shoulder, "No matter what the crime is, in short, you have to bear the responsibility of defeat." Ceres and I want to take this opportunity to settle down on the southwest, so that my Jurchen can develop smoothly, and now it seems that it will not work, as long as it takes a few years, the Huaxia army will finish digesting the results of this battle, and they will sweep the world, no matter how far the north is, they will definitely fight it. ”

Sheyama clenched his fists and did not speak.

Zong Han said slowly: "In the past, the court said that the Eastern Court and the Western Court sneered at my father and did not defend it, just because my Jurchen won generously all the way, these things are not a problem. However, the defeat in the southwest has greatly damaged the vitality of our army, and looking back, these things are going to go wrong. ”

"Even if there are few people, my son may not be afraid of Zongfu Zongbi."

"It has nothing to do with Zongfu Zongbi, Zhenzhu, after this battle, Baoshan can't go back, is that all you have in your vision?" Zong Han's eyes stared at him, at this moment, he was kind but also resolute, "Even if Zong Fu Zong Bi can be strong for a while, what can he do?" The real trouble is this black flag in the southwest, and the terrible thing is that Zongfu Zongbi will not know how we were defeated, they only think that I and the god of grain are old and can't fight, and they are still in the prime of life. ”

Zong Han let out a long sigh: "...... My Jurchen East and West sides can't fight anymore. When I launched this fourth southern expedition, I originally said that I would judge the hero by my record, but now that I defeated him and won, in the future, I will be in the Jin country, they will have the final say, it doesn't matter. ”

"Father!"

"Listen to me!" Zong Han interrupted him sternly, "My father has thought about this matter repeatedly, as long as he can return to the north, all kinds of big things are just to prepare for the black flag." Zongfu Zongbi is victorious, but as long as I and the god of grain are still there, the old officials and generals in the entire court will give us some face, we don't want the things in the court, give up the power that can be conceded, I will persuade Zongfu Zongbi to put all the strength on the preparation for the black flag, all the benefits, I will let it out. They will say yes. Even if they don't believe in the strength of Black Flag and smoothly take over the power of my Zonghan, it will be much better to start fighting! ”

"In this way, it may be able to leave a chance for me to continue with Dajin."

"I am talking to you about this because this withdrawal of troops from the southwest, if it doesn't go well, neither of you and I, father and son, will be able to return to the north." Zong Han paused word by word, "You are still young, over the years, there are still many shortcomings, you seem to be calm, but in fact you are more than brave, and you are not enough." Baoshan is rough and reckless on the surface, but in fact he is delicate and smart, but he also has unpolished places...... That's it. ”

Speaking of the dead Xianbao, Zong Han shook his head and didn't talk about it anymore: "After this war, you have grown up, and after you go back, you should be able to reluctantly take over the mantle of the palace, and if you have anything in the future, you should also think more about your brother." Although I have dealt with this retreat, Ning Yi will not let go of my southwest army easily, and the next step is still dangerous. Zhenzhu, this time back to the north, if you and my father and son can only live one, you will keep in mind today's words for me, whether you endure humiliation or swallow your anger, this is your responsibility for the rest of your life. ”

"Father, I will definitely not-" Sheyema's eyes were red, Zong Han grabbed it with his big hand, and suddenly grabbed the iron helmet on his body: "Don't want your mother-in-law and mother to follow the posture of your daughter, victory and defeat are common, but if you defeat, you have to admit it!" You can't guarantee anything today! It's not a pity for me to die, and it's not a pity for you to die! Only the future and fate of the Jurchen clan is something worth worrying about—"

Sheyema's eyes were red, and the expression on his face became resolute, and Zong Han put down his armor: "Go, give me a battle with rules and regulations, don't be reckless, don't underestimate the enemy, try to live, and give me a few points of the army's military heart." That's a big help. ”

Sheyama took two steps back and fell to his knees.

"—Yes!!"

Outside the camp, the spring rain was still falling, and Sheyama led the team out of the camp, and soon after, he ordered the elite soldiers and went in the direction of Yushui Creek. It was the afternoon of March 20th, and Shiyama's heart was fearless, but there was also a strong intellect that ruled him, and he considered several plans for battle.

The mountain road is difficult to travel, there are often troops blocking the road before and after, until the morning of the 21st, Sheyema arrived near the rain stream, and surveyed nearby, this battle, he will have to face the most difficult general of the Chinese army, Qu Zhengyan, but fortunately, the other side should only carry a few elites, and the rain also erased the advantage of firearms.

After a while, the scout who had gone to the front to investigate returned, stammering.

"Ning, Ning Yi...... When it came, it seemed to be in the rain...... Storm Creek ......"

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Sheyama's red eyes froze slightly, and heavy rain fell.

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"I'm ...... Into your mother's ......"

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On the afternoon of the 21st, Sheyama launched an attack on Yushui Creek......

(End of chapter)