Southwest.

Time back to the fifth day of the first lunar month, outside the city of Zizhou, the car and horses were noisy. After about an hour, the wounded soldiers who had been torn from the front began to enter the city.

The snow had only been hastily shoveled, the ground was covered with mud marks, and the potholed roads spread along the human figure into the mountains in the distance. The commander wearing a red armband let the seriously wounded on an ox cart or stretcher pass first, while the lightly wounded waited on the side of the road.

The lightly wounded with bandages on their heads or bodies stood by the roadside, their eyes still looking in the direction of the northeast, not many people spoke, and the atmosphere seemed anxious. Some of the wounded were even unbandaging themselves, but were later stopped by the hygienists.

"My injuries are healed, so I don't have to go to the city."

The wounded were stunned word by word, and the hygienist couldn't persuade them for a while, and the commanders and fighters then came over and gave them a death order: "Go to the city, if the wounded are healed, you will accept the order after reorganization!" Don't listen to military orders? ”

In the Huaxia Army, military orders are like mountains and are never merciful rules, and the wounded can only obey orders, but there are also people gathered next to them: "Is there a way from above?" What about Huangming County? ”

The commander and fighter said: "The cavalry of the first division has gone over to relieve the siege. The Fourth Division is also interspersed. What's the matter, you can't trust your own people? ”

"Why can't we take back the position of our second division...... I shouldn't have stayed in the wounded barracks......"

Some are indignant, some are annoyed - these are the wounded of the 2nd Division who were withdrawn from the battlefield. In fact, after more than two months of fierce battles, even the soldiers who remained on the battlefield were almost no longer injured. Those who were able to enter the camp for wounded soldiers were seriously wounded, and it took a long time to turn into minor injuries.

These are all already veterans, for this battle with the Jin State, the political work and public opinion work in the Huaxia Army have been done for several years, and everyone is in a state of holding their breath. In the past two months, the county seat of Huangming County has been nailed to the front of the Jurchens like nails, and the Jurchen generals who dare to rush to the city, no matter how famous they have been in the past, will be beaten to death on the city wall.

This is a battle of luck with the Jurchens who destroyed the whole world, and all the soldiers have a great sense of pride in their hearts to be able to beat the Jurchens to this extent. Even if they are full of pain, it is quite difficult for the soldiers to defend the city day by day, but everyone has an inextinguishable breath in their hearts, and they firmly believe that the difficulties they feel will be fed back to the enemy on the opposite side tenfold and dozens of times, and they will hold on until one side collapses, and the Huaxia army has never been afraid.

There is a solid factual basis for their arrogance. For more than two months, Yushuixi and Huangming County were attacked at the same time, and the best battlefield results were still the defense line on the side of Huangming County, and the results of the battle at Yushuixi on December 19 reached Huangming, and the officers and men of the Second Division still breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts -- in fact, in addition to celebrating, the commanders and fighters in the army were also so morale-boosting -- to play better results than Yushuixi at some point.

Who knew that on the fourth day of the junior high school, the collapsed defense line belonged to their side, and the wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks in the rear were almost stunned for a while. During the transfer, people analyzed that when they realized that a large part of the collapse of the front line was due to the shortage of troops, some young wounded soldiers even cried on the spot in anger.

From the evening of the third year of junior high school to the morning of the fourth day of junior high school, the fierceness of the battle for Huangming County is beyond words. Pang Liu'an, who blamed himself the most, led the cadres to the city six or seven times in a row, and when he was forcibly pulled down, his whole body became a bloody man, and he was willing to finally withdraw from Huangming County after receiving the forced retreat order from the rear.

By the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the front-line operations had been handed over to Han Jing of the First Division and Qu Zhengyan of the Fourth Division.

Pang Liu'an, commander of the Second Division, Guo Chen, chief of staff, and others who were withdrawn from the front line have not yet returned to Zizhou, and the first to enter the city were the wounded of the Second Division, and they did not notice the strange situation in Zizhou City for the time being - in fact, when they entered the city, Ning Yi stood at the head of the city and looked at the road in front of him. Many of the staff members temporarily went up to the city walls.

In the city of Zizhou, it is currently in an extremely empty state, the first division, which was originally a mobile reinforcement, has now pushed forward to Huang Ming to cover the retreat of the second division, Qu Zhengyan led a small group of elites in the mountains with complex terrain to find an opportunity to insert a knife for the Jurchens. On the side of Yushuixi, the Fifth Division was still in control of the situation for the time being, and even many recruits were sent to Yushuixi, but Ning Yi did not take it lightly, and on the fourth day of the first month, the army commander He Zhicheng rushed to Yushuixi with more than 5,000 living forces in the city.

The whole city of Zizhou is under martial law and ready to fight at any time.

Zong Han had already appeared in Yushui Creek, and it would be naïve to expect them to be satisfied if they ate Huangming County. The Jurchens are experienced wolves, the best at danger and the best at grasping the fighter, as long as there is a little flaw at the end of the rain stream, the other party will definitely pounce on it, bite the neck, and die to the death.

The order to convene the meeting has been issued, and the personnel of the staff department have gathered on the side of the city tower one after another, and there are not many people, so they will gather quickly, and when Peng Yueyun came to report to Ning Yi, he saw Ning Yi on the side of the city wall looking into the distance, humming something in a low voice. Mr. Ning's expression was serious, but the voice in his mouth seemed extremely careless.

“…… Dear Mom and Dad...... How are you guys. I'm already very handsome...... Uh-huh, uh-huh, ......"

“…… The people are here. ”

"Hmm."

Ning Yi turned around, put his hand in his pocket, and walked towards the city tower. Entering the city tower, several tables were put together, and more than ten people from the staff department, including Li Yi, the chief of the general staff, Ning Yi said hello to everyone, and then sat down, his face was not good-looking.

"I'm presiding. Knowing that everyone is busy today and has something to do, there is a ...... on the agenda of this emergency convening Or a few will do. As you know, the people of the Second Division are withdrawing, Pang Liu'an, Guo Chen, and they may also arrive this afternoon, what is the main reason for the defeat in Huangming County, and how to deal with the first step within us, I want to hear your thoughts......"

Those present are either the leaders of the General Staff in charge of actual affairs, or the staff in key positions, and everyone was already understanding the situation when the war situation in Huangming County was in an emergency. After Ning Yi finished speaking, everyone spoke in order, one after another, some talked about the use of troops in quick pulling, some talked about the judgment errors of the front-line staff officers, Pang Liuan and others, and some mentioned the tension of the troops, and when Peng Yueyun arrived, he mentioned the riot of a surrendered Han army in Yushuixi.

“…… On the side of Yushuixi, the battle situation on December 20 was initially decided, and at that time, some work was done in consideration of the problem of prisoners, but the number of prisoners was too large, and we had to collect our wounded soldiers on the one hand, and on the other hand, we had to consolidate the defense line of Yushuixi, and the prisoners were not completely dispersed at the first time. Then from the twenty-fourth, there was a riot behind us, at this time, the troops were even more nervous, and a rebellion actually broke out in Yushuixi here to the second day of junior high school, and it broke out in conjunction with the time when Zong Han arrived at Yushuixi, which was a big problem......"

“…… I'm thinking now that Wanyan Xiyin, who didn't arrive at the front line, was actually not completely defenseless against the Han army among the Jurchens. What could he do when he realized that these armies were not very credible? On the surface, we see that he made clear the rewards and punishments, and acted impartially to make the Han army come to heart, but in private, I think he probably chose a few of the most 'credible' Han army units a long time ago, and did a preventive ...... in private."

“…… For example, these small numbers of Han troops were told in advance that when there was a major rout on the front line, they would simply not resist and surrender to our side, so that they would have at least a chance to strike. We see, December 20 Yushuixi was defeated, and then we rebelled in the rear, on the 28th, Zong Han gathered his subordinates and shouted, saying that they should treat the Han army well, pull out the quick Chinese New Year's Eve and launch an attack, and there was a riot in Yushuixi on the second day of the first month, and Zong Han had actually reached the front line......"

Peng Yueyun said: "...... They are rushing for time, once the nearly 20,000 Han troops who have surrendered are completely digested by us, Zong Han Xiyin's arrangement will be in vain. But all of these arrangements erupted after our victory over Rainwater Creek...... We won the battle at Yushuixi, which caused some traitors who were still watching in the rear to no longer be able to hold their breath, and took advantage of the New Year's pass to take risks, we had to watch 20,000 prisoners, we were already nervous, Yushuixi raided the rear riots in front, and our troops were tight across the board, so we made the strongest attack in Huangming County, which was actually the result of the Jurchens' comprehensive layout......"

Throughout the meeting, Ning Yi's eyes were serious, his hands were clasped on the table and he didn't look at this side, until Peng Yueyun said this, his eyes moved, and Li Yi on the side nodded: "Xiao Peng analyzed it very well, then do you think there is a problem with the command of Division Commander Pang and Chief of Staff Guo?" ”

Peng Yueyun was silent for a moment: "In this battle in Huangming County, the opportunity is fleeting, I ...... Personally, I think that the Second Division has done its best and is not a crime of war, but it is ...... The battlefield is always based on results......"

When he said this, he was quite entangled, Ning Yi knocked on the table, looked at this side, and looked gentle: "Just say what you need to say." ”

"I think there should be a certain punishment, but it should not be too severe......"

Ning Yi nodded, and then asked the rest of the people to speak, and only after everyone finished speaking, Ning Yi nodded, and tapped his fingers.

"I'm not talking nonsense, in the past ten years, our Huaxia Army has experienced a lot of life-and-death battles, from Dong Zhiyuan to Xiaocanghe in three years, to say that it has experienced a hundred battles, it can barely be regarded as a battle. But like this one, it is the first time for us to do a big battle of this scale with the Jurchens. ”

He waved his hand: "The three years of Xiaocanghe are not counted, because even in Xiaocanghe, the fight is very fierce, but the intensity and regularity are not as good as this time, the so-called million army in the Central Plains, the combat effectiveness is not as good as the Jurchen 30,000 people, at that time we took the troops to intersperse in the mountains, while fighting and collecting the army that can be recruited, the most important thing is to exploit loopholes and save lives......

"The Jurchens are different, thirty years, they are also experienced in a hundred battles in regular battles, and the mobilization to destroy the country is commonplace for them, to tell the truth, thirty years of time, the big waves and sand have been practiced, and they can survive to today's Jurchen generals, Zong Han, Xi Yin, and Bali Su, their comprehensive ability is far higher than ours, we only surpass them in terms of training ability and organization, and we use the staff to counter the wisdom and intuition that these generals have boiled out for more than 30 years. Overwhelm their wildness with the quality of soldiers, but if you really want to use soldiers, they are famous generals who have been ranked for thousands of years, and on our side, the polishing they have experienced is still not enough. ”

"But we're proud."

Ning Yi's hand patted on the table: "In the past two months, I have indeed fought with high morale, and I also feel very excited, since the battle of Yushui Creek, this excitement has reached the extreme, not only you, but also negligence." In the past, when I encountered such victories, I habitually had to calm down, but this time I think, anyway, after the Chinese New Year, I won't say anything unpleasant, so that you can be happy for a few more days, and it turns out that this is my problem, and it is the problem of all of us. Jurchen Dad taught us a lesson. ”

He paused slightly: "Over the years, the big battles we have fought, the worst and the largest scale, is Xiaocanghe, at that time in Xiaocanghe, for three years, day by day, I saw that the familiar people around me fell like that." Pang Liu'an was in charge of the frontal defense many times, and they all said that he was good at defending, but we talked about it many times, and it was very uncomfortable to see the comrades around him fall in round after round of attacks, and he held Huangming County for more than two months, and his troops have been decreasing......"

"As for the pull-out speed on the other side, two months of frontal attack, no fancy at all, he also quietly stared at Pang Liu'an for two months, whether it was through analysis or intuition, he grasped the weakness of Master Pang, which is very powerful. Master Pang needs to introspect, and we must also reflect on our own mindset and psychological weaknesses. ”

"Another point, very interesting, Pang Liu'an's second division, is currently our artillery most and the most sophisticated division, Huang Ming County arranged two lines of defense for him, although the first line of defense was full of holes a year ago, at least the second line is still standing well, we have always thought that Huang Ming County is the place with the greatest defensive advantage, but it first became the enemy's breakthrough, what is reflected in this? In the current state, don't be superstitious about the superiority of equipment and armaments, the most important thing is people! ”

When Ning Yi said this, his eyes still became more and more serious, and he looked at the recorder on the side: "Have you written it down?" After receiving an affirmative answer, he nodded.

"Okay, take this defeat as an opportunity, from the army commander downwards, all officers must comprehensively review and reflect." He took out a few pieces of paper from his bosom, "This is my personal review, including the record of this meeting, which was transcribed and transmitted to various departments, down to the platoon level, and was organized, read out, and discussed by literate commanders and fighters...... I want this review to be clear to everyone from top to bottom. This is the next thing you guys are going to implement, is that clear? ”

By this time, everyone had naturally understood and got up to accept the order.

At this time, the ground outside the castle was still covered with snow, and under the gloomy sky, a light rain gradually fell. Rain and snow are mixed together, and the whole climate is surprisingly cold. In the next half month, the war situation in front of Zizhou was chaotic like a pot of porridge intertwined with ice and fire, ice and rain, blood, flesh and blood, life and death...... They were all messed together, and both sides were struggling to gain the next balance point, including the Seventh Army, which had always maintained a deterrent, and it was also moved by this.

And until 20 years later, the balance of offensive and defensive battles similar to Huangming County and Yushuixi has never taken shape. Ning Yi did not defend Zizhou, and the more dangerous sports battles, battles and dog-tooth battles quickly unfolded in the new year......