The river breeze is warm, the colorful flags are waving, and the summer sun reveals a clear breath. On the south bank of the Han River on April 25, a bustling crowd of people crossed the mountains and gathered towards the small county town on the bank of the river.

Sturdy young men in ragged clothes, trembling old men, children following their parents, scholars, soldiers, beggars...... At this moment, it is moving in the same direction, the mountains are undulating on the way, the green world is full of life, there are even people on both sides of the official road beating gongs and drums, and a few thin scholars meet and point out the surrounding scene, a lively and extraordinary scene.

Ahead is Xicheng County, where the Dai Mengwei people live.

Originally, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 people living in a small county town, but now the crowd has gathered as many as 150,000, and this naturally counts the soldiers gathered from all over the country. Xicheng County had only put down a "rebellion" before, the war was not over, and even the massacre and treatment of the "rebels" in the east of the city had just begun.

At this time, most of the civilians gathered came to thank Dai Mengwei for his life, and people sent pennants, plaques, and umbrellas to thank Dai Mengwei for his kindness to the Han people in the whole world.

Xicheng County is not big, Dai Mengwei is old, and there are not many people who can meet him, so people elected the old man who is old and virtuous as the representative, and sent the grateful things in his heart. Outside the city gate in the south, people who could not enter the city gathered on the grassy slopes and mountains, dragged their children, and bowed down in the direction of Dai Fu in the city.

In the past year or two of looting and fighting, the Jurchen Western Route Army has divided many cities into their own territory, and a large number of people, craftsmen, and women with a little appearance have been imprisoned in these cities, and the purpose of this is naturally to take them away when they retreat north. And with the defeat of the Southwest War, Dai Mengwei's transaction took back the "ownership" of these people. In the past few days, the news of their release and their ability to receive a certain amount of subsidies has spread throughout the towns south of the Yangtze River, and public opinion has begun to ferment under deliberate control.

If everything goes well, the only people who can be brought back to the north are hundreds of thousands of people, but it is not only these people who have been affected by the war. A large number of cities were controlled by the Han army after the war raged, and the Han army was attached to the Jurchens, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they were under the rule of the Jurchens. The Jurchen lost the war and returned north in a panic, and the people could not be taken away, but it was also very possible to set fire to the people who could not be taken away or to carry out a massacre.

At this time, it was the elderly Dai Mengwei who stood up and told the Jurchen Gushen face to face about the benefits, and finally not only saved everyone, but even the grain, grass and materials that the Jurchens could not take away were not destroyed, but all were handed over to Dai Mengwei's hands. In this way, after being released, people can even keep some belongings and resume their lives. Such kindness, in the south of the Yangtze River, to say that ten thousand families are born Buddhas, is by no means an exaggeration, and it is even enough to say that it was done by saints.

For example, there are tens of thousands of Black Flag bandits, although they are also anti-gold, but at this time they were calculated by Dai Meng and became bargaining chips, but for people who have already spent more than a year in fear and embarrassment, such flaws are insignificant.

People thought in panic and fear that no matter who defeated the Jurchens, they were heroes, but at this moment, they were rescued by Dai Mengwei, and they suddenly felt that Dai Mengwei could still insist on opposing the Black Flag at this time, and he was worthy of being a reasonable and temperate Confucian, a saint, yes, if it wasn't for the Black Flag to kill the emperor, why would the Wu Dynasty be here, if they forgot their past mistakes because they resisted the Jurchens, where is my integrity?

It has been a few days since Xi Yin handed over the population, materials, and control of the Han army on the south bank of the Yangtze River to Dai Mengwei, and although the generals of various armies also have their own ideas, at the moment, they can't help but be impressed by Dai Mengwei's generosity. Theoretically speaking, this ruthless old man who quietly turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain will inevitably be one of the most important power cores south of the Yangtze River, and it is for this reason that in the first few days of publicity and arrangement, everyone also did their best, a wave of information, to establish the image of this saint.

The people everywhere were worried that they would be slaughtered and taken to the north by the Jurchens, but when they heard that the war in the southwest had been lost, they did not feel relaxed, but the fear in their hearts was even worse. Localities farther away from Xicheng County may have been sluggish in their response, but residents from the two large cities in the vicinity poured into Xicheng County, blocking the small county seat.

There are also a large number of down-and-out Confucian students gathered here, one to thank Dai Mengwei for his kindness, and the other to take this opportunity to guide the country and sell what they have learned.

Dai Mengwei's reputation was not good in the past, and at this time, the world knows about his actions, and since then, the natural Quartet has come earlier, maybe he will be appreciated, and he can also mix with the dragon's skills.

These things have just begun, and Dai Mengwei has not stopped the gathering of people. He just ordered the children to open the granary, and set up a porridge shop outside the city, try to let the people who come over eat a meal before leaving, on the bright side, the old man does not meet too many outsiders every day, but according to the habits of the past, in the Dai family private school every day to teach for half a day, Confucian integrity, style, spread to the outside world, heartbreaking.

On the 25th day, although the east of the city has begun to kill the original "rebels", but the county is still lively and stable, a funeral is carried out in the back mountain of the Dai family in the morning, that is for the burial of the children of the Dai family who died in this big operation, after entering the ground, the old man began to lecture in front of the grave mountain, and a group of Dai children and clan relatives knelt nearby, listening respectfully.

The mountain breeze was crisp, and only in the distance was black smoke wafting from the sky east of the county seat, which was the smoke that rose from the burning of the bodies of the rebels. The two scenes of death are strangely combined with the atmosphere, and the old man also follows this scene and begins to talk about the general situation of the world, occasionally mentioning the discussion in the Analects, and then extending to the "Morality", and begins to talk about the principle that "the soldier is also the murder weapon, and the saint has to use it as a last resort".

Everyone listened with their heads bowed.

When the lesson was about to be reached, a steward came over and whispered some news to Dai Mengwei. Dai Meng nodded slightly, let everyone disperse on their own, and then walked towards Zhuangzi, and after a while, he saw a big man who came lightly in the courtyard of Dai's study, Liu Guangshi.

Liu Guangshi saluted Dai Mengwei, and Dai Mengwei also replied: "I didn't expect Liu Gong to come in person." ”

"How can such a matter be handled by a subordinate? Moreover, if you don't come in person, how can you see with your own eyes the grand occasion of Dai Gong's millions of people living and the people's hearts. Liu Guangshi's tone was not high, natural and sincere, "The West Route Army of the Jin Kingdom was frustrated and returned to the north, and the lives of millions of people, the heavy grain and grass, if it were not for Dai Gong, there would be no such way to deal with it, Dai Gong was righteous, and he was worshiped by his little nephew." ”

"Liu Gongyan is serious." Dai Mengwei supported him, "The old man's withered body is powerless to resist the enemy, but he just took advantage of a loophole and did his best." The conspiracy can't last long, and the world will be turbulent in the future, and this major event in the world still needs to be supported by a soldier like Liu Gong. Today, it has reached the point where everything is burned and vitality is unsustainable, and if there is no way to innovate, it will drag on for three or five years like old decay, and it will only be a drink to quench thirst. ”

"What Dai Gong said is extremely true." Liu Guangshi nodded, "Liu Mou's worries in recent years are the same, in troubled times, Wusheng and literature declined, in order to fight against the Jurchens, we have to rely on those military laws and mountain bandits, but these people do not teach scriptures, are vulgar and unspeakable, entrenched in one place to encroach on the people, never think about the well-being of the people, and add chaos to chaos...... It seems that there are too few scholarly heirlooms like Dai Gong who are willing to stand up for the future. ”

"Liu Gongbai praised it."

"Dai Gong deserves it." Liu Guangshi complimented, looked at Dai Mengwei's unmoved old face, and sighed, "Getting back to business, Dai Gong, Ning Liheng has come out of the Sword Pavilion, or there are still a few days before he can reach Hanzhong...... How is the situation in Hanzhong, is it possible to see the clues? ”

"The battlefield of Hanzhong, previously under the command of Sticky Han has been in chaos, the evening before yesterday Xi Yin rushed to the outside of Hanzhong City, yesterday has already started the war, in terms of the previous Hanzhong battle situation, to distinguish the victory and defeat, I am afraid it is not easy, Qin Shaoqian's 20,000 elite soldiers are strong, but Sticky Han, Xi Yin are all heroes for a while, this victory is unpredictable...... Of course, Lao Yu doesn't understand military affairs, and this judgment may be difficult to enter the ears of the Fang family, how to be specific, Liu Gongdang can see it more clearly than Lao Yu. ”

The decisive battle between Jin Guo and the Black Flag Seventh Army in Hanzhong attracted the attention of the world, and Liu Guangshi must have arranged for spies to go over and send back information at any time, but he secretly set off to Xicheng County, and the feedback of information was inevitably not as fast as Dai Mengwei and others nearby. After saying a few words, Dai Mengwei took the recent information and handed it to Liu Guangshi, who watched it in detail in the room.

It was noon, the sun was shining in the courtyard outside, but there was a breeze in the room, and the well-dressed subordinate came in to refill the tea, and could not help but look at the majestic and steady guest with curious eyes.

Although the Dai family was a family in the past, and the family education was very strict, but when it came to the level, after all, it only affected a few small states and counties nearby, that is, in the last few days, the actions of the head of the family shocked the world, not only reached an equal agreement with the Jurchen Valley God, set up a clear flag against the black flag, but also won the support of all parties and all parties came to the court. Although the people in the house have been strictly ordered and their bearing has improved, they still can't help but be shocked by the identity of the guests who have secretly come over in the past few days.

This General Liu Guangshi, in the past, was one of the best generals and big men in the world, and now it is said that he has mastered a large area of territory, on the surface it is to defend the land for the Wu Dynasty, in fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the king of the land, but in front of his own master, he actually came to the door in person, visited and discussed. Those who know the story are shocked and honored.

Liu Guangshi read the information on Dai Mengwei's side in detail and took a sip of tea. In the past few days, the battle in Hanzhong has been so fierce that even Mu Han and Xi Yin themselves have difficulty grasping the whole picture, and the news found out by some spies who are scouting around is even more confusing. On the way over, Liu Guangshi received some information, and compared it with Liu's information, he knew that the detailed information was not reliable, only the general direction, and one or two could be speculated.

"Sticky Han and Xiyin led the troops, the Jin State had more than 100,000 troops, and Tu Shanwei was among them, Qin Shaoqian's troops were only 20,000, if in the past, it was hard to believe that they could face the battle, but after all, it was ...... It's such a stalemate and rotten battle, Qin Shaoqian ...... Alas......"

Liu Guangshi sighed, what he remembered in his mind was Qin Siyuan, Qin Shaohe, and Qin Shaoqian more than ten years ago, Qin Siyuan was a powerful person who had a round wrist and could break his wrist with Cai Jing and Tong Guan, Qin Shaohe inherited the mantle of Qin Siyuan, and soared all the way, and later faced the sticky Han to guard Taiyuan for a year, which is also admirable, but Qin Shaoqian, as the second young man of the Qin family, has nothing to do except for his violent and upright personality, but he can't imagine that Qin Siyuan, Qin Shaohe and more than ten years after his death, this Qin family son who took the path of a military general, Pressed the sticky han in front of him.

More than a year ago, the Jinguo West Route Army attacked the Jingxiang defense line, and Liu Guangshi supervised the battle on the front line, and he knew the strength of Tushanwei in particular. Corruption was rampant in the army of the Wu Dynasty, and the relationship was intertwined, and the children of the family such as Liu Guangshi understood it best, Zhou Junwu risked the disapproval of the world, offended countless people, and trained a back-to-back army that no one was allowed to interfere with, and in the face of Tu Shanwei, he was defeated and won less. Liu Guangshi couldn't help but sigh, Yue Fei was young and vigorous and his methods were not tactful enough, he often thought that if the same resources and trust were placed on him...... Jing Xiang might just hold it.

Of course, such a thing can only be thought about and cannot be said, but because of this, he understands the power of the Beiwei Army and the power of Tu Shanwei. At this moment, it is difficult to figure out what kind of powerful method Qin Shaoqian's Huaxia Seventh Army is in the specific intelligence.

“…… The strength of the Huaxia army, the fundamental reason is still in Mr. Xi Nanning's body, Wangyuan Bridge 7,000 broke 30,000, the battle beheaded Yan Xianbao, scared through the courage of Sticky Han, only then did the West Route Army turn around and retreat, and now he killed the pull out of the speed, out of the Sword Pavilion, Sticky Han, Xi Yin, will not want to fight with him at this time. Sticky Han fought into a chaotic battle, which was a tired and procrastinating strategy without the confidence of a frontal decisive battle, but the delay was only for the decisive battle. Qin Shaoqian's use of troops is fierce, almost stubborn, and I am afraid that he will also meet him head-on......"

Liu Guangshi analyzed: "What Dai Gong said is good, according to Liu, this war will also have a result in a few days...... 100,000 sticky Han, 20,000 Qin's, if the demons do not come, they can only lose both, the question is how fierce the fight is, or when to stop. ”

"Liu Gong thinks he will stop?"

"Mu Han and Xi Yin are in charge of an army of 100,000, although they hope to eliminate Qin Shaoqian in a battle, but looking at the previous news, the strength of this army under Qin Shaoqian is really earth-shattering. With Qin Shaoqian's thoughts, I am afraid that he also hopes to kill Sticky Han and Xiyin in Hanzhong, but I think so, what kind of people are Sticky Han and Xiyin, even if Qin Shaoqian is a hero who is a hero in the world, Sticky Han is not the Tianzuo Emperor before the step-up...... This battle has been tragic and abnormal, in my opinion, the two sides take Hanzhong as a battlefield, entangled for several days, if Mu Han and Qin Shaoqian do not die, the two sides slowly leave the battle, and both sides are defeated, which is the most likely result...... In fact, now it is already a defeat for both sides, but the Seventh Army of China can force Muhan to such an extent, and it can be said that there is no one in the world who is invincible. ”

are people who have seen countless worlds, although Liu Guangshi said that the Seventh Army of China is invincible, but his tone is still calm, after all, the general trend of the world, not one or two invincible armies can be controlled, and the transformation of strength and weakness in this world is often not clear in a few words. Dai Mengwei's face was a little sad, and he nodded: "As the princes in Beijing said, this Huaxia army is a strong and easy to defend for a long time, so they will have a lot less trouble." ”

His tone was flat and slightly sarcastic, Liu Guangshi smiled slightly: "What does Dai Gong think?" ”

"The old man is not so optimistic, the Huaxia army is rising like the rising sun, forging ahead, which is convincing, and the Ningren Tu is also the same as Wanyan Aguda, which can be called a generation of masterpieces...... It's just that his path is too radical, and the stronger the Huaxia army, the longer the world will be in this turmoil. For example, if there has been turmoil for more than ten years today, there have been tens of millions of casualties among the Han people in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and the Chinese army is so radical that it wants to exterminate Confucianism, and there are no hundreds of millions of deaths in this world, I am afraid it will be difficult to quell this chaos...... Since the old decay knows this principle, he can't help but stand up and stop this great difficulty. ”

Liu Guangshi was slightly puzzled: "I still hope that Dai Gong will elaborate." ”

Dai Mengwei immediately roughly recounted what Xi Yin said that day, and Liu Guangshi got up and shook again: "Today I know that Daxian is here, compared with Dai Gong's mind, the princes of the capital are ...... the princes of the capital, but the clown who jumps the beam."

In the face of the actual rise of the Huaxia Army, the confrontation method chosen by Wu Qimei and others in the capital is a patchwork of reasons, explaining the harm of the Huaxia Army to the big clans, families, and separatist forces in various places. It's just that the great enemy is present and the same enemy, and people naturally won't refute it.

Relatively speaking, Dai Mengwei's rhetoric at this time started with the overall situation, and was full of persuasiveness. The Huaxia Army's extermination of Confucianism can be regarded as a joke in the past, if it is really implemented, the series of actions of killing the monarch and destroying Confucianism will cause chaos in the world, which is a result that anyone with a little insight can see. Now that the Huaxia Army has defeated the Jurchens, such a result is imminent, and Dai Mengwei's words are equivalent to setting the program and starting point of opposing the Black Flag Army at the highest level.

With Liu Guangshi's insight, he naturally understands that many big clans in the capital are just pushing the boat down the river and pretending to believe it, but Dai Mengwei's words are spread, and people with insight from all over the world will really believe it and will have a sense of mission.

He complimented Dai Mengwei, and had already considered many operations in his heart, and immediately confessed to Dai Mengwei: "Don't hide it from Dai Gong, in the past month and more, seeing the Jinguo West Route Army retreating northward, the Huaxia Army is gaining momentum, and the little nephew and the leaders of all parties under his command have also had various plans...... In fact, the world is in turmoil so far, and how much my Wu Dynasty can save depends on the current ......"

He now connected the various families in series, and confessed to Dai Mengwei one by one the plans of Jingxiang and Fubianliang, and some of the participants were also one of the warlords who were "loyal" to Dai Mengwei at this time. If the situation is chaotic today, seeing that the black flag is about to sit big, the position of Liu Dai and the two can be regarded as the side of the couch of the black flag, and the reason for joining forces is extremely sufficient.

What's more, Liu Guangshi is proficient in military affairs, but he lacks the most professional structure and vision for the structure of civil affairs, and in the future situation, even if he can recover Bianliang, he can only construct a word, but he can't build a relatively healthy small court; Dai Mengwei has the meticulousness of writing and the vision of the overall situation, but the binding force on the generals under his command is still not enough, and it just needs the participation and balance of collaborators.

Liu Guangshi confessed, although Dai Mengwei's expression remained unchanged, she immediately confided in Liu Guangshi what she thought. In the past, the military dynasty was eroded, and all kinds of relationships were intertwined, so that the military generals of the civil and military generals tended to be corrupt, and at this moment, the great enemy is at present, and the alliance of all parties must talk about interests, but it is also the time to break and stand up, for the warlords and generals of all walks of life, they have just experienced the shadow of the golden man and the black flag, and the requirements will not be too much, it is the time to clean up military discipline, reform the military system, and strengthen management.

As for the Wenchen system, the old framework is now in chaos, and it is also the opportunity to take the opportunity to promote the imperial examination and promote the poor. All dynasties and dynasties had such opportunities at the time of the founding of the country, although they also had to win over the big families in various places, but there were many vacant positions, and it was easy to reach a consensus in front of the strong enemy.

Dai Mengwei is now the people's desire, and he is also very prepared for this change. Liu Guangshi communicated with him and was overjoyed. At this time, it was noon, Dai Mengwei ordered his subordinates to prepare dishes and wine, and the two continued to talk while eating, during which Liu Guangshi also talked about the problem of the Black Flag Army: "Now the seventh army of the Qin family is in Hanzhong, and there is also a force of more than 3,000 people still besieged nearby. No matter what the situation of the war in Hanzhong is, when the Jurchens retreat, the habit of retribution with a black flag is probably not willing to give up with Dai Gong, for this matter, does Dai Gong have a way to deal with it? ”

Dai Mengwei just smiled calmly: "If this is the case, the old man will wait and let him kill him, so that the people of the world can see how good this Huaxia army is." ”

He saved "millions of people" from the Jurchens, and now the momentum has risen, and the possibility of revenge for the Huaxia Army is only generous and awe-inspiring, and he regards death as home. Liu Guangshi hurriedly shook his head: "Hey, don't be like this, Dai Gong has the hope of the world, everything in this world in the future will be inseparable from Dai Gong, Dai Gong must not be so angry, this matter should be discussed in the long run." ”

Dai Mengwei said: "Just let him come, it's okay." ”

The two then discussed the details of the alliance. After noon, it was not time, and before three o'clock, the information from Hanzhong arrived.

The moment the information arrived, the city government of Dai Mengwei also irrepressibly changed his face, he confirmed the information twice, his hands trembled slightly, looked at the scout who came over, and then looked at Liu Guangshi on the side, and took a long breath: "I didn't expect that the old man would hope that the Jurchens would ...... one day."

When he said this, his lips trembled and he didn't continue, and handed over the information to Liu Guangshi, who glanced at it and looked at the scout: "...... Are you sure? ”

In terms of time, the scout came too quickly, and this kind of first-hand information, without time confirmation, is also very likely to be reversed. That intelligence is not bad news, after all, both sides of the war are enemies to them, but the meaning of such intelligence for the whole world is too heavy, and the meaning for them is also heavy and complicated.

On April 24, the Jurchen West Route Army and the Chinese Seventh Army launched a decisive battle outside the city of Hanzhong, in the afternoon of the same day, Qin Shaoqian led the main force of the Seventh Army of more than 10,000 people, and broke the main force of the sticky Han near the Tuan Mountain fifteen miles west of the city of Hanzhong, and the sticky Han fled to Hanzhong, Qin Shaoqian chased and killed, and cut off the son of the sticky Han, Wanyan and set the horse on the way, so far when the message was sent, the war burned into Hanzhong, and the Jurchen West Route Army was 100,000, which was close to a complete collapse......

It's too fast.

Liu Guangshi's mind was buzzing, he couldn't notice too many details at this time, for example, this was the first time in decades that Sticky Han had been killed so embarrassed and fled, for example, Sticky Han's two sons had been killed by the Huaxia Army in front of the battle, for example, the Jurchen Western Route Army came mightily, and the defeated army was like a mountain, what would become of the world...... For the time being, there was only one sentence "too fast" in his mind, and the impassioned and half-day talk became boring for a while.

Dai Mengwei's mind was also a little empty.

Outside the courtyard, the sun was shining, there were birds chirping, and everything seemed to have changed, but it seemed to have changed in the blink of an eye. The past, the present, and the future are all new.

The two were silent in the hall, the people outside were walking around, the crowd in Xicheng County was still bustling, the scholars were pointing and discussing, and the crowd kowtowing outside the county was still full of mountains and valleys. The news of the transformation of the world is bursting on the hidden side of the world, and many people do not know what is happening......

……

"Dai Gong ......"

I don't know when Liu Guangshi stood up and was about to speak......