In the evening, the sunset on Jiumu Ridge changed, and the mountains in the distance, the trees were lush and green, and they were being swallowed up by the darkness. When the birds flew out of the woods, Lin Chong stood on the mountain road and turned back.

Jiumuling is still like that, a small mountain range, and the neighborhood looks barren and treacherous. Lin Chong and his wife Xu Jinhua have lived here for more than a year, and there is nothing important about it, only in the last few days, the number of people who have inadvertently passed by when fleeing has gradually increased.

"Someone's coming."

Back in the inn, Lin Chong whispered. There are already two families in the hall of the inn, both of them are not very wealthy families, the clothes are old, and there are patches, but because of the drag of the family, they came to the inn to buy hot water, but fortunately, the couple who opened the store did not charge too much money and food. After Lin Chong said this, the two families were already silent, showing a vigilant look.

"Don't light the lights." Lin Chong whispered another word, and walked towards the small room next to him, in the room on the side, his wife Xu Jinhua was packing her luggage, and there were a lot of things on the bed, after Lin Chong said the news of the person on the other side, the woman was a little panicked: "Just, just go?" ”

"No, I'll take a look." He turned around, picked up the wooden stick in the corner of the wall, which had obviously not been used for a long time, and looked a little crooked, and then brought a knife to his wife, "You have to be careful......" His gaze gestured outward.

"I know, I know...... They don't look like bad people, and they have children. ”

Xu Jinhua took the knife and put it aside. Lin Chong can actually see that the two outside should not be bad people. Nodding his head, he went out with a stick. When he was about to go out, he glanced back at his wife's belly - Xu Jinhua was already pregnant at this time.

It was getting dark. He went to the rest of the houses on the Nine Wood Ridge and patted on the doors, telling those who were still here not to turn on the lights, and then he crossed the road and walked forward. When they reached a corner of the mountain rock and looked ahead, there was almost no good road in the mountains, and a group of people came out one after another, about twenty deserters. Carrying torches, knives and guns, he walked listlessly.

Occasional voices can be heard. It's nothing more than where to go, not moving anymore, finding a place to rest, and so on.

Lin Chong didn't know what the battle was going on. But from the mouths of the refugees who passed by in the past two days, they also knew that there was already a fight ahead, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who had fled were not a small number, and they did not know whether there would be a new imperial army to meet them, but even if they did. Anyway, it must not be beaten.

After the second southern invasion of the Jurchens. To the north of the Yellow River, the Liukou rose together, each leading tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, occupying the king. Compared with the Liangshan period in Shandong, the momentum is unbelievable, and after the rule of the imperial court is weakened, for them, they can only be appeased but cannot be crusaded, and many mountains exist. And so it became justified. Lin Chong lives in this small mountain range, and only occasionally goes to nearby villages and towns with his wife. I also know the names of many people:

Known as the thief Wang Shan, who is known as the 700,000 people, Yang Jin, the "hornless cow", Tian Hu, the "King of Jin", the eight-character army "Wang Yan", Wang Zaixing, Li Gui, Wang Dalang, and the heroes of Wuma Mountain, as for the small mountains, there are countless people, even if it is the former brother Shi Jin, now in the name of the "eight-armed dragon king" of Chifeng Mountain, he once again gathered people to revolt and support the army to resist Jin.

And the more than 20 people who escaped their lives on the battlefield planned to go all the way south to join Tian Hu, the king of Jin--this is not because they are deserters and want to avoid responsibility, but because Tian Hu's territory is mostly in the mountains and mountains, and the terrain is dangerous.

Looking back at the scene when I was in Bianliang, it was still a good day of singing and dancing, but in recent years, the situation has become more and more chaotic, and people can't see it clearly. It's just that Lin Chong's heart has long been numb, whether it is sighing for the chaos or gloating about the world, it can't be up.

After listening to these people's words, and watching them walk directly ahead, making sure that they would not go up to Jiumu Ridge, Lin Chong quietly turned back.

The wife was packing her things, and some items in the inn that could not be taken away had been dragged by Lin Chong to the mountains and woods at this time, and then buried. The night passed without danger, and the next morning, Xu Jinhua got up and steamed her nest, prepared dry food, and the two set off with the other two families in the inn - they were both going to take refuge south of the Yangtze River, where there was no fighting, it is said.

Looking back at the dilapidated little inn on Jiumuling again, the husband and wife were reluctant, of course, this is not a good place, but they are almost getting used to it.

On the way, I talked about the life of going south, at noon that day, I met a family of refugees, and in the afternoon, I went on the official road, and there were more people, dragging families with mouths, cattle, horses, and vehicles, bustling, and there were also soldiers mixed with the period, and they moved forward fiercely.

In the afternoon, she remembered that she had never taken away a piece of jewelry that she liked when she was on the ridge, and looked for a while, looking in a trance, Lin Chong helped her rummage for a while, before she searched out of the package, the jewelry ornament was just a beautiful stone polished, Xu Jinhua had found it, and there was not much joy.

Occasionally, an official would walk through the crowd, and at this time, Xu Jinhua would wrap his arms around Lin Chong tighter and tighter, and also pulled his body almost down - although the stabbing on Lin Chong's face had been broken by the knife marks, if he really had doubts, he could still see some clues.

In the evening, the couple rested on a hillside, they squatted on the dirt slope, chewing on the already cold nest head, looking at the refugees all over the mountain, their eyes were a little dazed. At a certain moment, Xu Jinhua spoke: "Actually, when we go to the south, there is no one to run to." ”

Lin Chong did not speak.

"How can so many people feed them when they go to the south, and they have no land or food, and they beg ...... past?"

The woman's eyes became more and more panicked, and Lin Chong took a bite of the nest: "Good ...... for children"

"There are so many people left in the north. Even if the Jurchens killed, it would not be all over the mountain, and they would all be killed. ”

Lin Chong was silent for a moment: "You have to hide...... Of course you can. But ......"

"I'm pregnant with a child, and I don't know if I can keep my child if I can keep it. I...... I can't bear Jiumuling, I can't bear the small shop. ”

Xu Jinhua touched the scar on Lin Chong's face, Lin Chong stuffed the nest head into the nearest place, and it took a long time. Reach out and hug the woman next to you.

"Then we'll go back." He said, "Then we're not leaving......

The two figures blended into the refugees in this area, conveying insignificant warmth to each other. Finally, I decided not to leave.

The Jurchens went south. Some choose to stay, others choose to leave. There are many more whose lives have been changed in the early days. Hedong. The great thief Wang Shan's generals. It is already claimed that there are 700,000 people, chariots are claimed to be tens of thousands, "hornless ox" Yang Jin has 300,000 troops, "King of Jin" Tian Hu is known to the outside world as an army of 500,000, the "eight-character army" is 180,000, and the Wuma Mountain heroes gather more than 200,000 -- but these people are combined. That's nearly two million people. In addition, numerous armies of the imperial court. In the frenzied expansion and confrontation, the north of the Yellow River has also grown to millions of people. However, the north of the Yellow River was originally the territory of these armies, and just looking at their continuous expansion, they could not even suppress the soaring number of "righteous troops", which can illustrate a simple truth.

But it didn't work.

People are just trying to survive in their own way.

And a small number of people are also doing what they have to do in their own ways.

In Bianliang, an old man named Zong Ze, who was activated in danger, was doing his work with all his might. In the next half a year, he pacified the order around Bianliang, reconstructed the defensive front near Bianliang, and at the same time, tried his best to recruit all the rebels north of the Yellow River and gave them titles.

However, when the Jurchens really pressed south, the pressure from these "rebels" was already increasing. Wang Shan, Yang Jin, Tian Hu, Wang Zaixing, Li Gui and other leaders of the army all gathered here and asked the court for a large amount of grain, grass, ordnance, and even truly recognized territories, titles, and titles. Just as Guo Jing took the initiative to open the gate of Bianliang City, the liars themselves are the most sober, as the leaders, they know better than anyone how much strength their hundreds of thousands of millions of troops are - among them, there are many who want to fight the Jurchens, but this kind of past, itself has no meaning.

In the face of this helpless and powerless situation, Zong Ze pacified these forces every day, and at the same time, constantly wrote to Ying Tianfu, hoping that Zhou Yong could return to Bianliang to sit in the town, so as to boost the morale of the righteous army and firmly resist.

This year, the sixty-eight-year-old Zong Ze had already turned white, and Yue Fei, who was training in the Daimyo Army, was recruited here from the first moment when the Jurchens went south, and followed the old man to do things. For pacifying the Bianliang order, Yue Fei knew that this old man was extremely efficient, but for the rebel army in the north, the old man was also powerless - he could give a name, but the important allocation of grain and grass was enough for a million people, it was a fool's dream, the old man was an official at most a little famous, and the background was a world away from Qin Siyuan and others back then, not to mention a million people, and it was difficult for 10,000 old people to hold up.

However, despite what seemed useless in Yue Fei's eyes, the old man was still resolute - and even a little violently - he promised Wang Shan and the others that there would be a turnaround, and he kept sending messages to Yingtian. It wasn't until a certain time that Zong Ze privately summoned him to give an order, and Yue Fei asked.

"There are millions of people in the north, even if the grain and grass are complete, and when they meet the Jurchens, I am afraid they will not be able to fight, and they will not be able to fly, and the old man seems to really hope for them...... Even if His Majesty really still has Bianliang, what good will it be? ”

The old man glanced at him, his temperament was a little hot recently, and he said directly: "Then you said that when you meet a Jurchen, how can you fight!?" ”

Yue Fei was stunned and wanted to speak, but the white-haired and white-bearded old man waved his hand: "These millions of people can't fight, why doesn't the old man know?" However, in this world, how many people meet the Jurchens and dare to speak out! I'm not sure how to defeat the Jurchens, but the old man knows that if there is really a possibility of defeating the Jurchens, the Wu Dynasty must have the intention of breaking everything to the death! Your Majesty is still all Bianliang, it is the meaning of this decisive death, Your Majesty has this idea, these millions of people dare to really fight with the Jurchens, they dare to fight with the Jurchens, among the millions of people, it is possible to kill a group of heroes and find a way to defeat the Jurchens! If you can't, then you're dead! ”

"The old man just sees these things and does what he should do."

Yue Fei was silent for a long time before he went out. At this moment, he seemed to see an old man he had seen again, doing something that might have little hope in the turbulent torrent of the world. And his master Zhou Tong is actually like this.

It's not that you can do it, but if you want to do it, you have to do it.

Ying Tianfu.

Heated discussions take place every day in the Jinluan Palace, but Zong Ze's twists and turns have long been pressed into many folds. Even Li Gang, who was a hard-line main battle faction, did not agree with Zong Ze's proposal to keep asking the emperor to return to Bianliang.

The ruined city that had been trampled by the Jurchens really shouldn't go back.

“…… What can really be done is the inside of the gold people! ”

“…… Although the Jin army has been almost invincible since the Agu Rebellion, it is no longer monolithic within the Jin country. According to the Beidi Business Travel, since the early years, the Jin Dynasty has two privy councils in the east and west, Wanyan Zongwang is in charge of the military and government in the east, and Wanyan Zonghan is in charge of the west court. As early as when Zong Han went south for the first time, there were rumors that Zong Han urged Zong Han, and Zong Han did not move according to Taiyuan......"

“…… As of last year, Liu Yanzong, the privy envoy of the Eastern Privy Council, died of illness, and Wanyan Zongwang was also seriously ill due to years of war. This time the Jurchens came south, and there was a struggle for power and profit, in the east, Wanyan Zongfu, Zongbi and other princes hoped to establish prestige, and Zonghan had to cooperate, but he used Wanyan Lou's room to conquer the west, and it is rumored that he also wanted to pacify the north of the Yellow River, which just proved his intention, he wanted to expand his private land......"

“…… In my opinion, there are a lot of provocative strategies in the middle, you can think! ”

The adults in the court were noisy and shouting, expressing their opinions, in addition to the military, the only thing that the scholars could provide was the political and vertical wisdom accumulated over thousands of years. Soon, Hongxi, an old Confucian puppet who came out of Chenzhou, invited himself to send an envoy to the auxiliary army of the Jurchen Emperor Sect to talk about the interests and disadvantages in order to block the army, and everyone in the court praised his high righteousness.

King Kang Zhou Yong didn't have much knowledge in the first place, so he left it all up to them, and he mingled with Xinna's concubines in the harem every day. Not long after, the news came out, and the scholar Ouyang Che posted a big-character poster in the city to denounce it......

Xiaocanghe, this is a quiet season. With the departure of spring and the arrival of summer, Guzhong has stopped frequent contact with the outside world, and only the spies sent out to send news back to the outside world from time to time, and in the summer of the second year of Jianshuo, the whole world is pale.

If the death of Emperor Jinghan and the capture of Emperor Jingping symbolized the sunset of the Wu Dynasty, to the third time that the Jurchens went south, the night of the Wu Dynasty has finally arrived...... (To be continued.) )