Lou Shuwan did not stay in the weak mood for too long.

Remembrance of the past can make people's hearts clear, but looking back, people who have experienced the weight of life and death still have to move forward on the road in front of them. And perhaps because of the sluggish thinking caused by indulging in alcohol over the years, Lou Shuheng failed to seize this rare opportunity to sneer at his sister, which was also the last time he saw Lou Shuwan's vulnerability.

In the next two days, the news of the impending war spread in the territory of the Jin king, the army began to mobilize, and Lou Shuwan once again devoted herself to her busy daily work. On this day of September 25 in the ninth year of Wu Jianshuo, the envoy of Tian Shi, the king of Jin, left Weisheng and rushed to the Jurchen West Road army, which had crossed the Yanmen Pass and was about to start a war with Wang Juyun's army.

The moth pounced on the flames.

After more than ten years of Jurchen invasion of the Central Plains, the forces of the King of Jin, who had always flinched, finally proved the blood of the Han people in their bodies with their actions at this unavoidable moment.

The anti-Jin inscription is impassioned, and at the same time detonated the general trend of resistance within the Central Plains, the territory of the Jin King was originally barren, but the ten years of the Jin invasion of the south, the rich and rich land all fell, and the people were not able to make a living, but within this land, there was a relatively independent administrative power, and later there was some peace. Now there are more than 8 million people living under the command of King Jin, and when they learned of this decision from above, some people were full of blood in their hearts, and some people were sad and panicked. In the face of a great enemy like the Jurchens, no matter what considerations are given from above, the lives and lives of more than 8 million people will be put into it.

Some people joined the army, some migrated, and some people waited for the arrival of the Jurchens to take the opportunity to seek some wealth and fame, and during the deliberations of the Weisheng court, the first decision was not only the issuance of the inscription, but also the Jin King Tian Shi's personal expedition. In the face of the powerful Jurchen, Tian Shi's decision was unexpected, and the ministers of the court and China failed to persuade them, Yu Yulin, Lou Shuwan and others also went to persuade them, and that night, Tian Shi set up a private banquet to invite Yu and Lou. When he first met Yu and Lou, he was still a gentleman in his twenties, with the care of his uncle Tian Hu, and his eyes were always above the top, and later he went to Luliang Mountain with Yu Yulin and Lou Shuwan, and only had a little friendship.

Later, when the world was in turmoil, Tian Hu's regime was in the mountains, and when the Tian family's relatives and nephews were rampant, Tian Shi's temperament was quiet and calm, and occasionally Lou Shuwan wanted to do something, Tian Shi was also willing to be kind to others and help. In this way, when Lou Shuwan, Yu Yulin, and Huaxia Jun went crazy behind and overthrew Tian Hu's regime, Tian Shi took the lead on the side of Lou Shuwan and others, and then was elected to become the new king of Jin.

For Tian Shi, Lou Shuwan, Yu Yulin and others have always had a good relationship with him, but if you really want to say that the evaluation of ability is naturally not too high. Tian Hu established the Jin Dynasty regime, the three brothers were only born in Orion, Tian Shi has a solid body since he was a child, has a lot of strength, and he can not be called a first-class master, he saw a stunning and brilliant character when he was young, and then Taoguang raised obscurity, although he was keen, but he could not be called a hot-blooded and decisive character. After taking over Tian Hu's position for more than a year, it is really strange that he has decided to personally recruit to defend against the Jurchens.

But for this matter, Tian Shi did not shy away from it in front of the two.

“…… For the discussion of pro-conquest, there was a lot of uproar in the court, and in the face of the Jurchen menacing, it was right to flee backwards, and it was a fool to rush forward. This king doesn't seem to be a fool, but the real reason can only be told to the two in private. ”

Tian Shi's private banquet was set up in the garden at the height of Tianji Palace, looking down from the terrace of this courtyard, Wasion was busy with traffic and picturesque night scenes, Tian Shi put his hands behind his back, smiling and sighing.

"When the Jurchens called, the choice they could make was nothing more than two, either to fight or to fight. The Tian family has always been an Orion, and when this king was a child, he didn't read any books, to be honest, if he could really make peace, he would also like to make peace. The storyteller said that the general trend of the world, five hundred years of rotation, the fortune of the Wu Dynasty went, the world is the Jurchens, descended to the Jurchens, hid in Weisheng, and have been this Taiping prince for generations, and he is also fucking energetic...... But I can't. ”

He shook his head: "This king and Miss Lou worked together for the first time, went to Luliang Mountain, competed to recruit relatives, and entered the blood bodhisattva, I saw many heroes at that time, but I didn't have any consciousness at that time. Later, Ning Liheng killed the monarch and moved to the northwest, I was terrified at that time, what is the king of Jin, if I annoyed him at that time, my head would have been gone. From then on, I looked at the thoughts of these big people and went back to ...... Reading books, listening to people's stories, throughout the ages, the so-called kindness is false. The Jurchens were in charge of the Central Plains for the first time, and their strength was not enough, so what Liu Yu and what Jin kings, once the world was decided, with the ferocity of the Jurchens, the Tian family was afraid that they would die. Princes and kings, how can you and I be the one? ”

His face was still a little unruly, but there was a little weakness in the mockery of his tone, and after saying this, he walked to the railing at the edge of the terrace and stood up directly. Lou Shuwan and Yu Yulin both stepped forward a little nervously, Tian Shi waved his hand to the rear: "Uncle has a fierce temperament and never believes in people, but he can go from a mountain bandit to this step, the vision is there, General Yu, Miss Lou, you all know, the Jurchen came south, although this territory has always surrendered, but the uncle has always been planning to start a war with the Jurchen, is it because of his loyal temperament?" In fact, he just understood this, the world is in chaos, and there is a place for the king of Jin, and there must be no way for princes and heroes to live in the world. ”

"But even so, Your Majesty can sit in the center......" Lou Shuwan stepped forward and said.

"Sitting in the middle, what is the difference between King Jin and Liu Yu, and the Son of Heaven of the Wu Dynasty? Miss Lou, General Yu, you all know what the outcome of this battle will be like," he said, and sat down on the dangerous railing, "...... The lights in the Central Plains will go out. ”

The mountain breeze blew past, and in front of it was the brilliant lights of this era, and Tian Shi's words dissolved in the wind, like an ominous prophecy, but for the three people present, everyone knew that this was a fact that was about to happen.

"There are already a few such places in the Central Plains, but after this battle, there will never be this Wasion City again. Before the declaration of war, the handwritten letter sent by Wang Juyun in private, you have also seen it, the Central Plains will not win, the Central Plains cannot stop the Jurchens, Wang Shanyue guards the name, it is a broken kettle and wants to slow down the pace of the Jurchens, Wang Juyun ...... A bunch of beggars who can't eat, they can't stop Yan Zonghan, we add it, it is a big defeat one after another, but I hope that after this big defeat, the people of Jiangnan, Nanwu, and even Black Flag, will finally be able to fight with the Jurchens, so that in the future, there will be a piece of the Han people. ”

"Since I know that it is a big defeat, the thing I can think about is how to transfer and regroup, if I can't fight, I will escape, if I can fight, I will fight, defeat, go to the mountains, the Jurchen people will pass, I will cut his rear, and I can ride the whole family of the King of Jin, but if it is ten or eight years, the Jurchens are really defeated...... There will be a name for me in this world, and maybe a seat for me. ”

"One way is to surrender to the Jurchens, and then enjoy happiness for a few years, more than ten years, and be killed like a pig, maybe for 10,000 years. In addition, you can only kill one way out in nine deaths and one life, how to choose? I'm actually very scared of the last one. ”

He then turned around and smiled at the two of them, his eyes were cold but resolute: "But since I want to smash the pot and sell iron, I sit in the center and lead the army to fight in person, which are two completely different reputations." First, I went into battle, and the people below will be more confident, and second, General Yu, don't worry, I don't command blindly, but I follow the army, and if I lose, I can flee together, haha......"

Yu Yulin also laughed, Tian Shi laughed for a while and then stopped: "But in the future, my path will be different." Seeking wealth and danger, Ning Liheng told me the truth, there are some things, you have to take your life to get it...... Miss Lou, although you are a woman, I have admired you more and more over the years, and after I left with General Yu, I had to trouble you to sit in the center. Although you have been doing many things better than me, and you may have thought it through, but as this king, there are some words that our good friends will tell you in private. ”

"Please show me the king." Lou Shuwan bowed.

"Fighting with the Jurchens is a good reputation, but there are too many people who don't want fame. Wasion ...... I didn't dare to stay, for fear of being dragged out and killed in the middle of the night, and I was more down-to-earth when I went with the army. Since you are here, you are welcome. There was murder in his eyes, "Anyway, I'm going to smash the pot and sell iron, the territory of King Jin is at your disposal, there are a few old things that are unreliable, dare to mess around, punish them nine clans!" Tell the world to give them eight lifetimes of infamy! This is a matter of the rear, even if it involves my father...... You can do it, too! ”

In the previous coup d'état of King Jin's forces, the three brothers of the Tian family, Tian Hu and Tian Bao were all killed, and Tian Biao was placed under house arrest because he was Tian Shi's father. The battle with the Jurchens, the front fights for strength, and the rear fights for people's hearts and fears, the shadow of the Jurchens has shrouded the world for more than ten years, and there must be people who are unwilling to be sacrificed in this chaos, even a lot. Therefore, in this Central Plains, which has been evolving for ten years, the situation of unveiling the Jurchens may be far more complicated than ten years ago.

Lou Shuwan nodded simply.

"I know that Miss Lou has someone under her, and General Yu will also leave people, and the people in the palace can be transferred if you are available. But the most important thing, Miss Lou...... Pay attention to your own safety, and when you come to this point, there will not be only one or two people who want to kill you. The road is long and obstructive, and there are three of us...... It's all damn precious. ”

He waved his hand from the high terrace.

People can only go with the general trend.

When leaving Tianji Palace, Lou Shuwan looked at the prosperous Weisheng and remembered this sentence. Tian Shi has only been the king of Jin for more than a year, and he has not lost the breath in his heart, and what he says is not from the bottom of his heart that cannot be used by outsiders. In the ten years of operation in the territory of King Jin, she has participated in almost everything she has seen now, but when the Jurchen comes to the north, she wants to go against the general trend and strike a blow at the waves, and everything in front of her may defect at any time.

The people in this city and the court are willing to do something unimaginable in order to survive. She remembered Ning Yilai, when he was in the capital, when Qin Xiangye was imprisoned, the public opinion in the world was raging, he was a person who fought against the waves, and I really hoped that he also had such skills......

A few days later, the messenger who declared war went to the Jurchen West Route Army camp, and in the face of this war letter, Wanyan Zonghan was in a happy mood and wrote two words heroically: Come to war!

On the same day, the Jurchen Western Route Army defeated Wang Juyun's vanguard army of 160,000 and killed countless people.

Soon after, Weisheng's army swore an oath, Tian Shi, Yu Yulin and others led the army to attack the north, Lou Shuwan sat in Weisheng, waved goodbye to the mighty army on the high city tower, and the Confucian named Zeng Yuhuai also joined the army and went up with the army.

Weisheng was then under martial law, and from this time on, in order to ensure the operation of the rear, the strict suppression and control, including the bloody and bloody purge, did not stop, just because Lou Shuwan understood that at this moment, including Weisheng, all the territory of the Jin King, inside and outside the city, and the upper and lower courts, had turned into a sea of swords and swords. And in order to survive, she can only be more unscrupulous and ruthless in the face of all this alone.

Between the barren land south of Yanmen Pass and the ruins of Taiyuan, Wang Juyun was defeated again and again, and he was prepared to collect the rout again and again. Originally, there was not much way to live, the army lacked food and clothing, and the equipment was not elite, and the people gathered by Wang Juyun in the form of religion moved forward under the last hope and encouragement, and vaguely, they could see some shadows of the Yongle Dynasty back then.

The fierce battle in the Daimyo's Mansion was like a bloody hell, and as it continued day by day, Zhu Biao led more than 10,000 Huaxia troops to constantly harass and ignite fires around. But insurgents began to gather in more places. Between September and October, on the land of the Central Plains north of the Yellow River, the awakened people were like the last white blood cells in the body of a sick and weak person, burning themselves and rushing towards the invading enemy.

This is the last fight of the Central Plains.

In the northwest, the war on the plains is pushing day by day towards the ancient city of Chengdu. For the inhabitants of the city, who had not experienced war for a long time, news from outside the city was coming every day. The prefect Liu Shaojing gathered "tens of thousands" of rebels to resist the Black Flag bandits, and there were rumors of good news and defeat, and occasionally there were rumors that Jiading and other places were slaughtered by the Black Flag bandits.

Some people fled before the start of the war, and there are always those who are unable to leave their homeland, or who hesitate and lose the opportunity to leave. Liu Laozhuan is one of the people who have never left, his ancestors have lived in Chengdu for generations, there is a small shop near the south gate, business has always been good, when the first batch of people left, he was still a little hesitant, soon after, Chengdu was under martial law on all sides, and could not leave. Then, all kinds of rumors are fermenting in the city.

Black Flag - This is an army that people in the Wu Dynasty do not understand, to talk about its biggest retrograde, it is undoubtedly the murder of the monarch more than ten years ago, and even many people believe that it is the murder of the devil that led to the national fortune of the Wu Dynasty to be taken away, and since then it has declined. In the years when the Black Flag was transferred to the southwest, the outside world did not know much about it, and even if there were forces that had business dealings, they would not usually talk about it.

What kind of murderous group of people must be to have a relationship with those Jurchen barbarians? Under the premise of this understanding, rumors including the Black Flag massacring half of the Chengdu Plain, Jiading being burned to the ground, and the Black Flag Army not only eating people, but also eating women and children the most, are constantly expanding. At the same time, in the news of good news and defeat, the artillery fire of the Black Flag continued to extend to Chengdu.

By the end of September, in the city of Chengdu, you could already see the wounded soldiers retreating from the front line from time to time. On September 27, the Huaxia army, which had come too quickly for the inhabitants of Chengdu and had actually slowed down its offensive, arrived to the south of the city and began to besiege the city.

Liu Laozhuan picked up the fire fork at home, said goodbye to his wife and children at home, and prepared to help in the city at a critical juncture.

On the first day of October, half an hour after the charge of the Huaxia Army sounded, Liu Laozhuan had not had time to go out, and the south gate of Chengdu was broken under the defection of the defenders.

The gate was pushed open under artillery fire, and the black banner spread......

Wu Dynasty, Lin'an.

Not to mention the war in the southwest, by October, the weather had cooled down, and the atmosphere in Lin'an was boiling with ambition and joy.

The vigorous outbreak of war north of the Yellow River was already known to the majority of the people of the Wu Dynasty at this time, and the tactics of the Jin Dynasty and his generous northward march seemed to mean that the Wu Dynasty was still the orthodoxy of the Mandate of Heaven at this time. And the most inspiring thing is Wang Shanyue's persistence in the Daimyo's Mansion.

The Guangwu army was the first to provoke when the Jurchens came south, seized the Daimyo's mansion, and defeated Li Xizhi's behavior, which was initially accused of recklessness by people, but when this army was attacked by the 300,000 troops of Zongfu and Zongbi, the city was magically defended, and every day passed, people's minds were generous. If more than 40,000 people can compete with the Jurchen's 300,000 army, it may prove that after ten years of training, the Wu Dynasty is not without a chance of winning against the Jurchens.

At the same time as the war of the Daimyo's Mansion, there was also the rehabilitation of the Taiyuan Siege of that year. The Jurchen went south for the first time, Qin Shaohe, the eldest son of Qin Siyuan, and held Taiyuan for a year, but in the end, because of the lack of fate left and right, the city was broken and people died. No matter what Ning Yi was, Qin Siyuan back then was not useless, especially his eldest son, who was really a truly loyal person.

At least Emperor Jinghan Zhou Zhe's handling of this matter is inappropriate.

This change in the tone of public opinion comes from the princess's mansion, which now has the power of propaganda at the lower level of Lin'an, but behind it, there are deeper reasons: one is that over the years, Zhou Pei has always had hatred for Ning Yi, and the reason why she has hatred is because she still regards Ning Yi as a teacher rather than an enemy, but as time passes, the push of reality, especially Ning Yi's status quo in dealing with the Wu Dynasty, has broken the illusion that she can't be with outsiders. When she really regarded Ning Yi as an enemy, she realized that it was pointless to complain, and since she had stopped complaining, she could only soberly weigh the pros and cons.

The second is because of the embarrassing situation in the southwest. It was a group of ministers led by Qin Hui who chose to start a war in the southwest, and it was the emperor who couldn't do his best because he was afraid, and when the situation in the southwest was out of control, the war in the north was imminent, and it was impossible for the army to make a large-scale transfer to the southwest, and in the face of such a strong combat power of the Black Flag Army, let the imperial court transfer some remnants of the defeated generals, and engage in refueling tactics again and again, but also just send the face to people to beat.

How to alleviate the situation in the southwest, Prince Junwu is very rogues: what you have done, you clean up, the Black Flag Army made it clear in the text, we want to protect the trade road, temporarily occupy the city, if you want to take it back, just send someone to talk.

But how is it actually possible to talk? The relationship between the Wu Dynasty and the Huaxia Army is a mutual hatred of killing the king, and it has always been characterized that the Black Flag Army is just a gang of bandits. Once the imperial court sent someone to negotiate, regardless of the outcome, this was an official recognition that the Huaxia Army was a great force equal to the Wu Dynasty. This kind of qualitative, not to mention that there is no guarantee to get back Sichuan Si, even if the black flag really returns the Chengdu Plain, it is an unacceptable exchange for the Wu Dynasty.

However, when the strength of the other side is really displayed, no matter how reluctant it is, politically, people have to accept the status quo.

The rehabilitation of Qin Shaohe is the first step to change his attitude.

The world is too big, and great changes or disasters are just around the corner. In Lin'an in October, everything was noisy, people preached the deeds of the Wang family, pushed out the widows of the Wang family, and kept praising them, the scholars threw their pens from Rong, generous and sang, at this time, Long Qifei and others were also running in Beijing, publicizing the generosity and tragedy in the face of the black flag bandits and the sages of the southwest, praying for the "heavenly soldiers" of the imperial court to attack. In the midst of this hustle and bustle, there are still things happening quietly in this corner of the city.

The Ming Hall, where Li Pin is located, is a relatively quiet place these days.

During the years in Lin'an City, he engaged in journalism, education, and so-called Neo-Confucianism, and went to the southwest to fight Ning Yi's enemies, and most of them had some exchanges with him, but relatively speaking, Mingtang gradually moved away from the core of politics. In the recent turmoil in the world, Li Pin closed his door and kept a relatively quiet state, although his newspaper matched the pace of the princess's mansion in the propaganda mouth, but for more family and country affairs, he has not participated in it.

But occasionally acquaintances come over, come to him to sit and leave, and Cheng Zhouhai, who has been working for the princess's mansion, is one of them. On the seventh day of the first month of October, the eldest princess Zhou Pei's car also came, and in the courtyard of Mingtang, Li Pin, Zhou Pei, and Cheng Zhouhai sat down, and Li Pin simply said some things.

“…… Over the years, it has been almost impossible to fight the Huaxia Army in the front. Their offensive on the Sichuan Fourth Road looked invincible, but in reality, the pace had slowed down as they approached Chengdu. Ning Yi was very stingy in this regard, he would rather spend a lot of time plotting against the enemy than losing too many of his soldiers. The opening of Chengdu was due to the defection of the army, but in these news, I only care about one ......"

In the daylight, Li Pin slowly poured tea: "The Huaxia army swept most of the Sichuan Fourth Road, and at the beginning there were some violations of discipline and discipline, but in Jiading, they were all found out and dealt with very severely. After entering Chengdu, the soldiers of the Huaxia Army committed almost no crimes with the people in the city, did not demolish houses, did not rob grain, and had almost no conflicts with the residents of the city except for necessary arrests. Your Highness, Mr. Cheng, how many armies of the Wu Dynasty can do this? Yue Fei's back army may barely be able to arrive, but it is only reluctantly, the other armies, after breaking the city, set such a rule, and still enforce it, and those who lead the troops will come to complain, so they can't bring the soldiers at all......"

Li Pin paused: "Ning Yi...... He was right, if you want to defeat him, you can only become like him. So over the years, I've been going over and over what he said, what he did and thought...... I've figured out some, and I've got a lot of things I can't figure out. In these words, I found that there were many contradictions in what he did and thought......"

“…… At the beginning of his rebellion, there were some things that he probably didn't think clearly, and he said it more impassionedly. When I was in the northwest, I broke with him that time, and he said something, saying that he wanted to destroy Confucianism, and that he would survive by natural selection, but then it seemed that his steps were not so radical. He said that he wanted to be equal and awakened, but from what I saw later, Ning Yi was very cautious in this regard, and even his wife, the one surnamed Liu, went further than him, and there were often quarrels between the two...... Before the deceased Zuo Duanyou Zuo Gong left Xiaocanghe, Ning Yi had a joke with him, probably saying that if the situation gets out of control, everyone in the world will be my enemy, and I will equal the rights ...... land."

Li Pin held the teacup and thought for a while: "Zuo Gong later talked to me about this matter, saying that Ning Yi seemed to be joking, but he was very sure about this matter...... I had a long talk with Zuo Gong all night, and I deliberated on this matter before and after, and I was terrified to think about it...... The reason why Ning Yi said this must be because he knew the horror of these words. Equal land tenure plus equality for all...... But he said that when he was desperate, he used it, why didn't he use it at that time, he came all the way, he looked heroic, but in fact it was not easy. He wants to destroy Confucianism, to make everyone equal, to make everyone awaken, to fight the Wu Dynasty, to fight the Jurchens, to fight the whole world, so difficult, why doesn't he use this means? ”

"Over the years, after repeated scrutiny, I feel that behind Ning Yi's thoughts, there is a more extreme way, and he can't be sure of this path. All along, he said that first awakening and then equality, if equality first and then awakening, since everyone is equal, why can those squires and landlords, a few of you and I sitting here, sit in this position, why do you and I live better than others, everyone is human ......"

The winter sun was not warm, and he paused for a moment as he said these words: "...... The things of the world are the mean...... The Huaxia Army is about to be killed, and there will be more people to speak, Ning Yi wants to be modest, we can push him. In this way......"

He took a sip of tea: "...... I don't know what will become of it. ”

The city is restless, the whole land is also restless, Li Pin's eyes are cold and sad, like the last quiet in the world, all contained here.

The light of the Mass shines down through the gaps in the trees, and it is a dreamless world that makes people unable to sleep peacefully......