“…… Yu Mingzhou...... I've known each other since childhood. ”

The afternoon sun was shining through the window, and the February air was still a little cool. After Yan Qingjue's questioning, he saw the young man in front of him looking at his fingers on the table, calmly recalling and speaking.

"The first time I met him was in the ninth year of Jinghan, and in the winter of the year when I was five years old...... My Zuo family is a big family that has passed on literature from generation to generation, the Yu family has only two generations of prosperity by leading soldiers, and my Zuo family has had an in-law, that year Yu Mingzhou was also five years old, he was smart since childhood, Yu Shibo took him to the door, hoping to worship under my left family, specializing in literature ......"

"In fact, the Wu Dynasty is still prosperous, the Jin State is about to succeed, and the Northern Expedition of the Wu Dynasty is blazing. Uncle and grandfather saw that Yu Mingzhou was really a little clever, so he persuaded him to study both civil and martial arts, and learned literature in the private school of the Zuo family, and then invited several famous generals in the court to teach martial arts and strategy, and my Zuo family also had a few children with me, I was one of them, and over time, I became friends with Yu Mingzhou......"

"Yu Mingzhou was born in the family of military generals, and he is in good health, but he has a peaceful temperament. I came out of Zuo's house, and although I was not the main lineage, I thought very highly of myself when I was young......"

In the room, in Zuo Wenhuai's slow narration, Wanyan Qingjue gradually pieced together the ins and outs of the whole thing. Of course, many things are not the same as what he has seen before, for example, the Yu Mingzhou he saw is a young military general with a violent temperament and a very bad temper, since he was defeated by Chen Fan for the first time, he has shouted to kill everything in the Huaxia army, where is there a little bit of peace of temperament.

And the young man named Zuo Wenhuai in front of him had oily hair and powdery face, his eyes were calm, and he looked like a rabbit. Except for the punch when they met, there is no trace of "self-esteem" when they were young.

This is a southern story that Wan Yan Qingjue has never heard before.

In the ninth year of Jinghan, two five-year-old boys met in the Zuo family, and then became friends due to the complementary personalities, Zuo Wenhuai was arrogant and often the dominant one among the good friends, and Yu Mingzhou was born in a military general family, with a relatively soft temperament, and in many things, Zuo Wenhuai was always able to give accommodation.

There wasn't much new in what happened when I was a child, skipping class in a private school, being punished, and fighting with children of the same age. At that time, Zuo Duanyou was probably aware of the arrival of a certain crisis, and for this group of children, they were more required to practice martial arts, be familiar with military strategy, and be familiar with the arrangement of troops.

There is an atmosphere under the military generals, in addition to fighting and brawling, when they are seven or eight years old, a group of arrogant and arrogant sons of the sky can already be initially understood as the meaning of military generals. In the gap between the healing of the wounds after the fights, a group of children are also determined to revitalize the Wu Dynasty in the future, recover Youyan, and become Wei Qing and Huo Quai, who can sweep the world for the Wu Dynasty.

In the past of Jinghan Dynasty, when the shame of Jingping came, the two children were only in their early tens, unable to share the worries of the country. As a great clan in Hedong, even after the initial fall of the Central Plains, Zuo Duanyou still sat in the local town, on the one hand, he was against the forces of the surrendered Jurchens, and on the other hand, he funded many rebels and rebel forces in the Central Plains to fight. But for the women, children, and children in the family, the old man still moved them to Jiangnan one step ahead of the other to keep the fire of the future.

It was under these circumstances that Zuo Wenhuai and Yu Mingzhou moved to Jiangnan, where they did not feel the threat of war, but they felt everything that had always caused anxiety: teachers changed and changed, adults in the family disappeared, the world was chaotic, and countless refugees had migrated to the south.

The shadow of chaos has been pressed in front of the eyes of the children who were once arrogant, but the pressure of reality is nothing for the children for the time being. Then in the second year of Jianshuo, Zuo Wenhuai and Yu Mingzhou were both thirteen years old, and they had a real difference for the first time in eight years.

At the age of thirteen, it is not far from the "adulthood" of the children in this era, and the teenagers already have a basic logical framework, and they are about to wait until the day when they meet again, so that they can work together to slaughter the golden dog and revive Dawu.

At that time, Yu Mingzhou didn't know Zuo Wenhuai's whereabouts, and Zuo Wenhuai's own arrangements for his family were actually not clear. Under the instruction of Zuo Duanyou, a group of young Zuo family teenagers were quickly arranged to go north to Xiaocanghe to be taught and studied by Ning Yi, and this learning process lasted for more than two years.

In the third year of Jianshuo, the Jurchens began to attack Xiaocanghe, opening the prelude to the three-year war of Xiaocanghe, Ning Yi once wanted to return these children to the Zuo family, so as not to be injured in the war, and he could not bear the trust of the Zuo family. But Zuo Duanyou wrote back and expressed his refusal, and the old man wanted to let the children in the family endure the same polishing as the children of the Huaxia Army. If it can't be made, even if it comes back, it's waste.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Jianshuo, Zuo Wenhuai and others moved south with the first batch of women and children who left, and at that time they had already experienced the difficulties when the Xiaocang River was blocked, and witnessed the heroic posture of the Chinese soldiers in battle.

At this age, there are some things that are engraved in the soul after being witnessed once.

After going to the southwest and participating in the construction for a certain period of time, he returned to Zuo's house, and Zuo Wenhuai was already a sixteen-year-old "adult". He and Yu Mingzhou met again, the things in the soul were more similar to steel, when the three-year war of Xiaocanghe had just come to an end, and the news of Mr. Ning's death came out, Zuo Wenhuai's heart was greatly impacted, on the one hand, he couldn't believe it, and on the other hand, he couldn't help but start thinking about the future of the world.

Yu Mingzhou has spent several years in the false singing and dancing promotion, although his thinking is still sunny and upright, but his understanding of the cruelty of the Jurchens is no longer enough, and he is only a little vigilant about the weakness of the Nanwu singing and dancing after the promotion, and his mind is full of optimism.

The two of them who have reached the age of sixteen have been able to decide their own future, out of the strict confidentiality education learned in Xiaocanghe, Zuo Wenhuai did not reveal to Mingzhou for a while where he has been going for three years, he led Yu Mingzhou, who had completed his studies, to leave Jiangnan, cross the Yangtze River, travel all over the Central Plains, and even arrived at the border of Jin for a time.

One or two years after the end of the Xiaocanghe War, it was the most chaotic time in the Central Plains, due to the Huaxia Army's last spies planted within the warlords in the Central Plains, the "Great Qi" forces headed by Liu Yu were almost crazy, and the famine, military disasters, the brutality of officials at all levels, and countless inhumane scenes were presented in front of the two young people one by one, even Zuo Wenhuai, who had experienced the Xiaocanghe War, was a little unbearable, not to mention Yu Mingzhou, who had been living in singing and dancing.

After traveling like this for a year, Zuo Wenhuai gradually told Yu Mingzhou about the deeds of the Huaxia Army, and explained to him everything he had witnessed in Xiaocanghe in the past few years.

However, Zuo Wenhuai, who was only seventeen years old at this time, had the idea that "you can get understanding by talking about things" was only a fantasy. His most critical three years witnessed everything about Xiaocanghe and the Huaxia Army, while Yu Mingzhou's most critical three years were under the teaching of a military general who was loyal to the Wu Dynasty and upright. After listening to Zuo Wenhuai's confession, the two friends started a violent quarrel.

"Everything in the Central Plains was caused by the Huaxia Army", "Ning Liheng is just a reckless butcher", "The Black Flag Army should bear the blood debt of the whole world"...... When Zuo Wenhuai told the deeds of the Huaxia Army, Yu Mingzhou also began to complain in another direction, and the two of them quarreled for half a month, escalating from a quarrel to a fight, when Zuo Wenhuai, who seemed to be weak, knocked Mingzhou to the ground again and again, Yu Mingzhou chose to cut off his robe with Zuo Wenhuai.

"The Wu Dynasty will inevitably have a way out other than the black flag!"

With such a belief, after parting ways with Zuo Wenhuai, Yu Mingzhou traveled in the chaotic land of the Central Plains for nearly a year, and no one knew how many tragic scenes he saw. Zuo Wenhuai returned to Jiangnan and entered the work he should do, and a year later, he knew that Yu Mingzhou came back to continue to study military strategy, and he never revealed to others that Zuo Wenhuai was likely to have become a member of the Huaxia Army.

At the beginning of the ninth year of Jianshuo, the Jurchens prepared for the fourth southern expedition, and in the tenth year, the world fell into war, and Yu Mingzhou, who was just in his early twenties, did some things, but it was bound to be to no avail. No one knows what kind of anxiety this young man who has no foundation and ability to do so in the heart of seeing the world fall.

It was not until the autumn of the eleventh year that an unexpected situation happened, at this time, Yu Gusheng sought self-protection and took refuge in the Jurchens, and was ordered by Xi Yin to attack Changsha, and Yu Mingzhou contacted Zuo Wenhuai through the secret line.

When the two met again, Zuo Wenhuai saw Yu Mingzhou, who had already made some kind of decision, and there was bloodshot in his eyes, vaguely with a hint of madness: "I have a plan, maybe I can help you defeat Yinshuke and defend Changsha...... Can you cooperate? ”

Being able to win reinforcements, Zuo Wenhuai naturally nodded and agreed, but when Yu Mingzhou said something about the beginning, Zuo Wenhuai shook his head greatly for such a plan. The idea of abandoning his own 50,000 troops and winning the trust of the Jurchen upper echelons in the hope of playing a decisive role at a critical time was too much of a test of luck, and if he really intended to do so, it was better to try to persuade Yu Gu Sheng to lead the army anyway.

But Yu Mingzhou just laughed sarcastically: "If you take refuge in the Golden Dog, half of your family has fallen under their surveillance, not to mention whether my father's soft egg has the courage to do it anyway, even if he fights hand in hand with you, the 50,000 old soldiers may not be able to withstand a charge from Yinshuke." What are you going to do with the things that make up the number of people? ”

In hindsight, Yu Mingzhou, who decided to betray his own army and even his biological father, must have experienced a series of things that made him feel desperate: the tragedy of the Central Plains, the rout of Jiangnan, the vulnerability of the Han army, and the rout and surrender of tens of millions of people......

After passing on the information of the army to Chen Fan through Zuo Wenhuai, Yu Mingzhou, who had experienced the first defeat, encountered the little prince Wanyan Qingjue who came in a hurry in the Jurchen military camp.

……

"There is information about you, which was only handed over to Yu Mingzhou by me at that time, and many details you have seen will be perfected one by one in the future. The irascible and powerless Yu Mingzhou you saw actually came from his imitation of you......"

As Zuo Wenhuai spoke, Wan Yan Qingjue's hands slammed on the table, because of the humiliation contained in this sentence, the anger was extremely ......

……

The arrival of Wanyan Qingjue increased the possibility of Yu Mingzhou's plan to succeed.

As a disciple of Xi Yin and the little prince of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Qingjue has a transcendent position in the battle of Changsha. Of course, he couldn't have imagined that during the time when he was captured by the Huaxia Army, the staff of the Huaxia Army conducted a lot of observation and analysis of him, including asking people to imitate his behavior, speak, and play his appearance. Among the three armies that Chen Fan initially defeated, the one led by Li Touhe was bewitched by the Huaxia army team disguised as the little prince, and after receiving false information, it was attacked by a beheading attack and defeated.

Zuo Wenhuai vouched for Yu Mingzhou in the Huaxia Army, and after that, Yan Qingjue's information was handed over to Yu Mingzhou.

In the first attack and rout, although Yu Gusheng's army was repelled by Chen Fan, Yu Mingzhou showed a certain command strength in the rout, and he gathered the remnants of the army and fought and retreated, which seemed quite orderly. But the Jurchens, who were very defensive of the Han army, would not appreciate him because of his talent, and Yu Mingzhou had to choose another direction.

The troops led by Chen Fan were not many, and for the army of more than 100,000 people, they could only choose to defeat it, but they could not carry out large-scale annihilation. The second rout chose to occur when Wanyan Qingjue was attacked, the information itself was transmitted by Mingzhou, and he also led the army towards Wanyan Qingjue, in the huge chaos, Yu Gusheng was attacked and "died", Yu Mingzhou commanded the remnants of the army to fight tenaciously and protect Wanyan Qingjue's transfer.

In this battle, Yu Mingzhou not only "lost" his father, but also lost three fingers of his left hand.

……

"His fingers were chopped off by his own hands...... I later said that one would be fine, and he said that it would be too stingy to cut off only one with a knife, and if he chopped four of them, his hands would be wasted, and he was reluctant. ”

Zuo Wenhuai's calm words in the room were filled with thrilling tremors. Wan Yan Qingjue took a deep breath, he naturally remembered the bloody hands and the appearance of the young general who was almost crazy with hatred.

……

Yu Mingzhou killed one of his uncles, kidnapped his father with his own hands, and chopped off three of his fingers, and began to play the role of a crazy general who wanted to take revenge on the Huaxia army.

His hatred and the ugliness that he wantonly vented later, Wan Yan Qingjue felt the same way.

Being easily captured by the Huaxia Army back then was the biggest pain in Wanyan Qingjue's heart, but he couldn't show his revenge against the Huaxia Army. As a decision-maker, especially a disciple of Ceres, he had to show his composure, and in private, he was even more afraid of the ridicule of others for this.

Yu Mingzhou's even more unbearable ugliness made him find a mirror, yes, he also wanted to make the Chinese soldiers pay a heavy price, and he also wanted to slaughter the other party's entire family, watching the other party cry and beg for mercy. These vulgar thoughts made him feel ashamed, and because of this, Yu Mingzhou's pain made him feel happy.

It just so happens that Yu Mingzhou is really not an incompetent general, he has a good command and planning ability, and he knows many things in the officialdom and army of the Wu Dynasty, and in private, Yu Mingzhou also knows the way of pleasure of the Wu Dynasty, he will seem to inadvertently provide some channels for Wanyan Qingjue to enjoy himself, and will seize some of Wanyan Qingjue's favorite treasures, and then transfer them to Wanyan Qingjue's hands in an unassuming form, and he will also exchange some military funds for "revenge" and leave.

After four months of getting along, Wanyan Qingjue finally fully trusted Yu Mingzhou, and the troops commanded by Yu Mingzhou also became one of the most relied on Han army teams by the Jin people in the Battle of Changsha. By February 21, a large-scale battle had begun, and Yu Mingzhou chose to do it after repeated calculations.

Show one’s true colors in the end.

……

The last time Zuo Wenhuai saw Yu Mingzhou was the moment when his eyes were bloodshot and he finally decided to do it.

Friends for more than ten years, although they have also been separated for a few years, but in the past few months, they have been able to talk to each other a lot. Zuo Wenhuai actually had a lot to say, and he also wanted to persuade him to go through the whole plan again, but Yu Mingzhou still behaved stubbornly in this matter.

"It's my thing. After slaughtering Yinshuke, let's take a look at who is powerful. Yu Mingzhou said this, looking proud, "...... The Wu Dynasty also had a way to win. If you give me twenty more years, I won't need you. ”

After he said this, he hesitated slightly, but finally ...... No more words were spoken.

In the entire course of the operation, Yu Mingzhou had only one chance. He captured Wan Yan Qingjue, then disrupted the communication system, issued a fake order drafted earlier, and introduced Yinshuke's troops into the mountains in the name of Wan Yan Qingjue, divided the troops by the mountain, and then mobilized a large number of Han troops to block the road.

He set up a large-scale minefield for Yinshuke to ambush, but the plan still failed to catch up with the changes, as a lifelong Jurchen veteran, Yinshuke was one step ahead of the problem and the minefield did not cause great damage to it. The situation in the mountains is chaotic, and Yinshu can lead the elite to rush out to join the large army.

Chen Fan's troops were still rushing through the mountains and had not yet arrived. Yu Mingzhou personally led the team to intercept it, and realized that the silver technique where the problem was could be directly pounced on Yu Mingzhou's main formation, and Yu Mingzhou tried his best to entangle or escape in the mountains to contain the silver technique.

In the early morning of the 24th of February, Yu Mingzhou, who had been fighting all night, led a small number of personal guards, and was blocked in the mountains by Yinshuke - he surrendered for too long, many things need to be kept secret, there are not many troops with real combat power around him after all, a large number of troops are vulnerable under the charge of Yinshuke, and in the end it is just a flight all over the mountains, to the moment when it has to be blocked, Yu Mingzhou is half bloodstained, his armor is shattered, he is holding a single knife, laughing loudly at the Yinshuke troops rushing in front of him, and issuing a challenge.

"Hahahaha, silver! Grandpa is Yu Mingzhou, a native of the Wu Dynasty! I'm the one who got you this far! If you want revenge, do you dare to fight me alone-"

His hands were trembling, and he could barely hold the blood-stained long knife, but as he shouted, he was still walking forward, with unforgettable, bloodthirsty hatred in his eyes, and Yinshu accepted his challenge, and single-handedly, rushed over.

When the morning sun rose, Yu Mingzhou rushed forward towards the enemies of the Jin Kingdom without reservation, fighting with all his might-

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"Yu Mingzhou can't come to see you, on the morning of the twenty-fourth, he died in the battle with Yinshuke." Zuo Wenhuai spoke, "Unlike the Huaxia Army, he has too few companions, and until the end, there are not many people who can fight side by side with him. This was the reason for the fall of the Wu Dynasty. But as a human being, he really didn't lose to anyone in this world. ”

"He ......"

Zuo Wenhuai pondered for a moment, and deep sadness flashed in his eyes, but he didn't speak again.

The problems he faced were too great, the world he faced was too tragic, and the responsibilities he had to bear were too heavy, so he could only fight in such a decisive way, he betrayed his father, killed his relatives, mutilated himself, and laid down his dignity...... Is it his brutal nature? It's just that the world is too corrupt, and the hero can only resist like this.

He fought all the way, and finally fought with a sword. Who could be like him?

Zuo Wenhuai slowly stood up and left the room.

……

The confusion of intelligence and the departure of the commander caused huge losses on the battlefield, and it was also a decisive loss.

Yinshu Ke died the next hour after Yu Mingzhou's death, Chen Fan led his troops to catch up with him.

Someone told Chen Fan about Yu Mingzhou's death, and soon after, Chen Fan got off his war horse and walked to the desperate female Allah.

"Translate to him, Yinshuke! Here's your chance! You and I will decide the outcome of this war! ”

Yinshuke's war horse had died under Yu Mingzhou's sword, and he waved the guards, threw away his helmet, and stepped forward with his gun. Soon after, this Jurchen was beaten to death by Chen Fan in a fierce battle on the slope near Liuyang County.