In July of the eighth year of Wu Jianshuo, on the vast land of the Central Plains, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River were still rushing. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info when the autumn wind rises, the leaves are yellow, wild flowers bloom, and all living beings are also like wild flowers and wild grasses to survive, from the land of the north of the Yangtze River to the water town of the south of the Yangtze River, showing a variety of different postures.

Joy and joy divide the riverside, and make up the southeast of Hujin...... These proverbs, which once applied to the Wu Dynasty, have now moved south on all fronts after a decade of war. After crossing the Yangtze River to the north, the public security situation is no longer peaceful, and a large number of displaced people from the north gathered, panicked and helpless, waiting for the court's help. The army is the bulk of the land, and all the armies that can win the war and have an independent backstage are busy recruiting soldiers.

Most of the civilians who came from the north and south had no long belongings, their families had to be resettled, and their children had to eat, and for families who were still young and strong, joining the army naturally became the only way out. These men have seen the cruelty of bloodshed and the pathos of vain death along the way, and with a little training, they can at least go into battle, they sell themselves, exchange for the first gold and silver for their families to settle in Jiangnan, and then leave their families and rush to the battlefield. Over the years, I don't know how many rumors and stories have been brewing.

And the people who took the gold and silver they sold their father and brother in exchange for going south may have to experience the exploitation of corrupt officials, the harassment of gangs and gangsters in the green forest, and when they arrive in Jiangnan, there are also various rejections by southerners. Some people who went south to join their relatives arrived at their destination after nine deaths and lives, or they found that these relatives were not completely good people, and the stories that began with "Don't bully the poor youth" are also in the brewing of the poor literati.

If the Wu Dynasty can still have a hundred years of national fortune, in the foreseeable future, people will be able to see these stories full of good wishes appear one after another. The general died in a hundred battles, the strong man returned in ten years, and the people who were separated from their families from the conscription office still have a moment to get together, and the young man who went to the south of the Yangtze River was able to stand at the top of the court, return to the alley of his childhood, and enjoy the former and backward of his relatives, and the girl who worked hard in the cold house but was still pure, will finally wait until the future of the young man who meets the young man......

How simple and beautiful wishes are, how can they be said to be wishful thinking?

Xiangyang, at night.

As an important ancient city in the throat of the Central Plains, it has lost its original prosperity at this time. Looking down from the sky, this majestic ancient city except for the torches on the four city walls, the original crowd of people in the city at this time but not much light, compared to the prosperity of the Wu Dynasty when the lights of the big city often stretched all night sleepless, Xiangyang at this time is more like a fishing village, small town. Under the leadership of the Jurchens, this city, which changed hands several times in a few years, also drove away too many local residents.

Of course, a month after the city fell into the hands of the Wu Dynasty army, many displaced people in the vicinity have finally gathered to hear the news, and for a while, this will become the best way for the neighborhood to go south.

The barracks stretched on the north side of the city, full of buildings, supplies, and half-built barracks, and the patrols came back from outside the camp, and the horses galloped into the school grounds. A victory brings high morale and vitality to the army, and combined with the strict discipline of this army, even from a distance, it can give people a sense of upliftment. In the army of Nanbu, there are very few troops with this appearance. In a barracks in the center of the camp, the lights were bright at this time, and there were many galloping horses that kept coming, indicating that the core members of the army were gathering because of something at this time.

The soldiers who passed by from a distance watched all this nervously and nervously.

Although the morale of this army was boosted by the record of capturing Xiangyang, it was inevitable that there would be worries. After the city was occupied, the material resources in the rear came from the back, and the craftsmen in the army were in full swing to repair the city walls and strengthen the defenses, which also showed that this city on the cusp could be counterattacked by the puppet Qi or Jurchen armies at any time. The sudden gathering of high-ranking military personnel with their own tasks was probably due to the big moves of the enemy forces in front.

But not long after, the news that came from the top and was not deliberately concealed slightly dispelled everyone's nervousness.

In the northern part of the Central Plains, the black flag moved.

After two years of hiding, this giant beast sunk under the surface of the water finally turned its body under the hedge of the undercurrent, and this action overturned half of the forces of the Central Plains, and the strongest prince and bandit king of the pseudo-Qi was swept down.

“…… Arresting spies and purging the internal Black Flag forces is what all parties have been doing since two years ago, and with the Jurchen army, Liu Yu even asked his subordinates to launch several massacres, but the result was ...... No one knows if there is a right kill, so for the Black Flag Army, the north has already become a cup bow and snake shadow......"

In the brightly lit barracks, it was a middle-aged scholar who had come up from Tian Hu's forces to speak. After Qin Siyuan's death, the Secret Investigation Division was temporarily dissolved, and part of the inheritance was ostensibly divided by Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Li Gang and others. After Ning Yi killed Jun, the remnants of the real Secret Investigation Division were pulled up again by Kang Xian, and later attributed to Zhou Pei and Junwu sisters and brothers - when Ning Yi was in charge of the part of the Secret Investigation Division, he was more partial to the green forest and the front line of business, he underwent a thorough transformation of this part, and then there was the tempering of the strong wall and the Qingye and Bianliang confrontation, and after he had to kill Zhou Zhe and rebel, it was the most determined part of the members who followed him away, but after all, not everyone could be moved, and many of the people in the middle still stayed, and now, Become the most available intelligence agency in the hands of the Wu Dynasty.

This middle-aged scholar has a pair of narrow eyes, and the mustache looks like a shrewd, cunning and timid master—perhaps his usual disguise—but now that he is in the middle of the camp, he really shows a solemn expression and a clear mind and logic.

"As far as we know, the situation in the Tianhu Dynasty in the north has been very tense since the beginning of this year. Although Tian Hu was born in Orion, he has been in business for more than ten years, and now he is the most powerful among the kings of the Pseudo-Qi, and he is also the most unbearable to have black flag spies lurking in his court. After more than a year of forbearance, he wanted to launch, and we expected that the Black Flag side would resist, and we also arranged for people to investigate. On June 29, the two sides started. ”

The scholar inserted a sign on the large map in front of him: "The Black Flag forces are joined by Wang Juyun, Tian Shi, and Yu Yulin...... Fenyang, Weisheng, Jinning, Gaizhou, Zhaode, Zezhou on the territory of Tianhu...... We determined that the Black Flag was the main force in the series, but in Weisheng, which we paid the most attention to, it was mainly the power of Tian Shi and Yu Yulin, which also had the invisible influence of Lou Shuwan, and later we determined that the real planning center of the Black Flag in this operation was Zezhou, according to our intelligence, there was a group of suspected rebel Ning Yi's team in Zezhou, and the top level of the Black Flag involved in the plan, codenamed Black Sword. ”

Many people gathered in the room at this time, led by Fang Yuefei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Niu Gao, Li Dao, Gao Chong, Sun Ge, and Yu Peng...... In the inconspicuous corner of the room, there was even a girl in military uniform, slender figure, but obviously not very old, I don't know if she was sixteen years old, with a sword at her waist, listening to all this excitedly and curiously.

Seeing that the scholar paused, Zhang Xian, who was among the crowd, said, "What is the black sword?" ”

The middle-aged scholar frowned: "The year before last, the remnants of the black flag went south, and there were people in Changzhou, Zizhou and other places who were ready to move, wanting to block their edge, and finally there was chaos in several places, several cities in Jinghu and other places were broken, and all the officials of the county and state government were arrested, and Cui Jingwen was almost killed in Guangnan Jiedu, and it was Chen Fan who led the troops in Xiangnan, and the prime minister in Changzhou, Zizhou and others, the code name is 'Black Sword', this person is one of Ning Yi's wives, Liu Watermelon, the Badaozhuang under the command of Fang La. ”

In the past few years, Nanwu has been very strict about the black flag, and although the people in the room are all high-level military officials, they have not had much contact with it in the past. Hearing the name Liu Watermelon, some people couldn't help laughing, and some secretly realized that it was powerful, and their complexions were serious.

Two years ago, the chaos in Jinghu was said to be a disturbance by homeless people, but in fact, it was a black flag that went berserk. The army in Jinghu and Guangnan is located in the south, even against the Jurchens, the king of Qinwang in the north is not much, I heard that the black flag was crippled in the north, some bigwigs in the court wanted to pick peaches, the young general named Chen Fan took the black flag army of the southern Hunan series of Lianke several cities, defeated two armies of tens of thousands of people, and then because of the changes in Changzhou, Zizhou and other places, the Nanwu was forced to suppress the impatience of the southern martial arts.

At that time, everyone was an officer, even if they didn't know the black sword, they also initially knew that there was such an army in the south of the black flag, and the general named Chen Fan, who was originally a rebel who started the Yongle incident and a personal disciple of Fang Qifo. When the Yongle Dynasty started, Fang La's fame was known to everyone, and his brother Fang Qifo was the real Wen Tao Wuluo, and at this time, everyone saw the power of his mantle.

Of course, for those who really know the green forest, or those who have really seen Chen Fan, the battle two years ago was truly shocking.

Over the years, Chen Fan's image has always been that of a brave and heroic man, his internal image is sunny and bold, and externally he is a master of martial arts. Yongle uprising, Fang Qifo only let him be the vanguard of the army in the army, and later he gradually grew up, and even killed Sikong Nan with his wife, shocking the rivers and lakes. When following Ning Yi, there are many masters in Xiaocanghe, but the only one who can really suppress him is Lu Hongti, and even Liu Watermelon, who grew up with him, is likely to be a line behind him in this regard.

No one expected that the first time he was in charge of the army, he was like a pot of boiled old soup, and every aspect of the march and battle was impeccable. On the battlefield facing tens of thousands of enemies, with a team of less than 10,000, he calmly attacked, crushing the enemy one after another, and attacking cities and counties in the middle, accurately and calmly. Up to now, the black flag is entrenched in several places, and the easternmost Xiangnan Miao Village is guarded by him, and no one dares to move within two years.

"In this way, this chaos of Tian Hu's forces may be led by Ning Yi?" Seeing that everyone was discussing or pondering, Sun Ge, a staff member, opened his mouth and asked.

The middle-aged scholar shook his head: "I don't dare to make a conclusion at this time, in the past two years, the news that Ning Yi is not dead has occasionally appeared, and most of them are black flags. This time, their launch in the north to get rid of Tian Hu also had the intention of demonstrating, so it is unknown whether they wanted to deliberately arouse people's reverie. Because of this turmoil, we found some people who were in the middle and set off the incident, suspected to be members of the Black Flag, but they were related to Wang Juyun and Tian Shi, and it seemed that they couldn't move for a while. ”

The scholar paused: "Three days after this big change, the Tian Hu relatives who were rampant in the Northland, except for Tian Shi's family, were all arrested and imprisoned, and some of the resisters were beheaded on the spot. When I set off from Weisheng to the south, the takeover of Tian Shi's family was almost the same, they had already prepared, and many forces such as Tian Hu's family, retinue, and helpers were all vigorous and resolute bloodbaths, and most of them were clapping hands and saying that they were happy, and it was estimated that they would stabilize soon. ”

"Tian Hu originally surrendered to the Jurchens, and Wang Juyun raised his army to resist Jin, and the black flag was a thorn in the eye of the Jin State." Sun Ge said, "Now that the three parties have joined forces, what is the attitude of the Jurchens?" ”

"When I went south, the Jurchens had already sent someone to reprimand Tian Shi - it is said that Tian Shi wrote a letter to confess his guilt, saying that he would stabilize the situation as quickly as possible, so as not to cause turmoil in the situation and affect the people's livelihood."

"He is going to delay, once the situation stabilizes and the internal troubles are cleared, the strength of Tian Shi and others will be stronger than when Tian Hu was there. And the location of his power is mountainous, and it is not easy for the Jurchens to attack, as long as they are attached in name, they are likely to turn a blind eye...... It's a good game. Sun Ge analyzed and paused, "However, there are also people among the Jurchens who are good at planning, will they give the Central Plains such a chance?" ”

The room fell silent, and everyone actually thought in their hearts: What if the Jurchens sent troops?

For the people of Nanwu, this is a real and daily problem, and the lords and factions in the court are all coming from this. We fight Xiangyang, what if the Jurchens send troops? We put on an offensive stance, what if the Jurchens send troops because of this? We are walking too loudly today, what if the Jurchens send troops because of this? Some ideas are too unambitious, but too often, they are real threats.

If the people who captured Xiangyang can still get lucky, this time the action of the black flag is obviously another sensitive signal.

Sun Ge stood up, stepped forward, pointed to the map, and drew a circle to the southwest: "Now the black flag is here." Although there was a three-year war in Xiaocanghe, after retreating, most of the places they occupied were bad. In the past two years, our Wu Dynasty tried its best to blockade and not trade with it, Dali, Liu Yu and others were also excluded and blockaded, the northwest has become a white land, there are few people, the Western Xia War almost the whole country was wiped out, around the black flag, everywhere predicament. So after two years, they asked for a way out. ”

Tian Hu endured it for two years, couldn't bear it anymore, and finally made a move, which was considered to be hitting the hand of the black flag. In this place, Tian Shi, Yu Yulin and others want to rebel, and Wang Juyun is eyeing each other, and the two sides fought against each other, but he was run over by the black flag and lost unjustly. The pattern of the black flag is also large, and he will win over the two forces of King Jin and Wang Juyun at one time, and he will open up the road of the Central Plains. We all know Ning Yi's ability to do business, as long as there is someone on the other side to cooperate, this section in the middle ...... Liu Yu is not afraid, to be honest, with the arrangement of the black flag, if they want to kill Liu Yu at this time, I am afraid it will not take much effort......"

Sun Ge circled the territory of the King of Jin: "Tian Hu here, the person who maintains the people's livelihood is a woman, called Lou Shuwan, she was one of the first people to do business with Qingmu Village in Luliang Mountain and Xiaocanghe in the early years, under Tian Hu, and also paid the most attention to the relationship with all parties, why this piece is now the most peaceful place in the Central Plains, because even after the fall of Xiaocanghe, they have been maintaining trade with the Jin State, and in the early years they also wanted to receive the green salt of Western Xia." Once the Black Flag Army is connected to here, he will be able to reach into the Kingdom of Jin when he turns around...... In this world, they will go anywhere. ”

"We don't have to worry about the back army now, once the black flag is broken, the Jurchens will have a headache." Sun Ge looked at the map, "However, playing chess is not something like you, others will wait." I can see the black flag's plan on the surface, whether the Jurchens will obey his wishes, everyone, it's hard to say......"

In Sun Ge's speech, some of the people present looked indifferent, some frowned and pondered, and some, such as Gao Zhong and others, had already laughed fiercely: "Then there will be a battle." ”

It's something that everyone can think of. Once the Jurchens really send troops, they will never stop just bulldozing one Jindi. Over the years, every time the Jurchen went south, it was a catastrophe that turned the world upside down and devastated the lives of the people, and the Xiaocang River of that year had brought six or seven years of opportunity for Nanwu to recuperate, even if there was a large-scale battle, it could not be compared with the cruelty of Wushu and others who "searched the mountains and picked up the sea" back then.

Now that the news came, everyone realized it: perhaps, the world was on the verge of a new catastrophe...... (To be continued.) )