In September, the city of Jiangning, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, was surrounded into a prison with no water to escape.

The light of dusk burned the sky, and the towering city wall like a hill under the sky was showing signs of collapse and crumbling, from the beginning of this year, to now, Jiangning has experienced nearly eight months of attack, the city wall is broken everywhere, a little twisted, blood will drench the city head red, and then it will be blackened by fire oil, sandbags and rolling logs raise the moat, and countless corpses will be scattered and rotten on the battlefield between the city wall and the Jurchen military camp.

The stench of corpses spread, crows flew in bursts, and from time to time they descended to the ground, and in several important attack sites in the south and east of the city, several catapults were still powerlessly throwing boulders over the stretching corpse pile.

At the head of the city, the soldiers of the Wu Dynasty, who looked like stubborn stones from a distance, were still holding on.

Beyond the corpse outside the city, guarding the first and second lines of the siege was still the female Allah under Sosuke and some of the Central Plains Han troops who had tasted the sweetness of the plunder and became firm. From this backbone camp outward, under the cover of the setting sun, all kinds of simple military camps are densely spread over the land, pushing towards the seemingly endless distance.

The Wu Dynasty army, which surrendered to the Jurchens and was then driven to the vicinity of Jiangning, now numbered in the millions. At this time, the soldiers were divided into relatively closed camps, with open spaces between the camps, and the Jurchen cavalry patrolled occasionally and killed if they encountered anyone.

Every day, Zongfu will select a few troops and drive them to the city to fight, in order to break Jiangning as soon as possible, Zongfu has a very high reward for the troops entering the city, but for more than two months, the so-called reward is still not received, but there are more and more dead and wounded troops......

The flames crackled and burned, columns of smoke rose between the dilapidated tents, iron pots boiling porridge were set up on the fire, and the fire-headed soldiers threw gray wild vegetables into it, and the soldiers in ragged clothes walked over: "Can you eat that dish, it's like that!" ”

"If you have to eat, you can read it."

"Throw away the black ones."

"Lao Tzu who can't eat has already thrown it once, and he can't kill you if he eats it!"

"Your mother'......"

The thin soldier was not good at arguing with the strong firehead, the two sides puffed out their eyes and watched, after a while, the soldier reached out and wiped his face, turned around and walked away angrily, and the faces of the surrounding soldiers flashed a trace of grief and indignation at this time, and the eyes of the gray-faced firehead army were red.

"If you want enough food to eat, I'll give you these pigs, you go and get grain, it's not winter yet, the grain has just been harvested...... ...... Do you want to cook me......"

The firehead soldier's eyes were smoky, and tears slipped down as he spoke, washing away the black ash sticking to his face one by one, and someone persuaded him on the side.

"Okay, okay, you fat man doesn't have a few taels of meat......"

In the midst of the words in the clearing, the soldier who had left before suddenly ran back, his expression was indignant, obviously unable to relieve it, and rushed towards the wild vegetables in the hands of the firehead army, and someone blocked him: "What are you doing! ”

"You can't eat it when it's dark—"

"Fuck you, you're looking for trouble!"

"Kill me! Come on! Kill me! Tears flowed down the soldier's eyes, and he pulled out his clothes to reveal his skinny chest, "It's just the autumn harvest, my family has planted the land!" They were all taken away by those Jurchens, and we still have to help them fight, what are we doing! You bastards don't dare speak! Kill me! Go and tell those Jurchens, sooner or later you will die! I can't eat that one when it's dark—"

As he cried, the soldier who had pushed him earlier tried to hit him with his fists, but with a bite of his teeth, he pushed him away from the back. Someone in the crowd said, "...... He's crazy. ”

Someone pulled him: "Let's go, get away, you don't hurt everyone......"

"What else, you want to rebel......"

The voice was high and low, and it was noisy for a while, the firehead army gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand and picked off a little bit of the wild vegetables that were not much, and after a while, the previous soldiers were pulled away, and someone's voice sounded: "Lao Tzu is going to die anyway, this matter is here, if anyone goes to tell the truth, I will die and do him!" ”

Behind a dilapidated tent not far away, Iron Aquila leaned over and watched the scene quietly, then turned to leave.

The orange setting sun was falling from the sky, and it seemed that the chaotic camp and the weak soldiers were gathering and eating, and he followed the previous soldier who was stirring up the trouble, turning the crowd in patches.

Since Junwu's troops broke into Jiangning in June, both Wanyan Zongfu and the bystanders of various forces were waiting for this moment as if the last light of the Wu Dynasty was extinguished, and in July, the crowd tactics began to wash away wave after wave, Zongfu mixed the elite troops in the siege of the city to try to open the situation, and Jiangning's city was also breached several times, but they were killed again soon after—and even in several battles, it is said that the prince of the Wu Dynasty had personally gone into battle and commanded the charge.

By mid-August, the people had begun to become numb to such an offensive, and some of them were even somewhat awe-inspiring at the stubborn resistance of the city's only 200,000 troops.

However, all this will not help to improve the situation.

Zhou Yong's escape devastatedly knocked down the morale of all the people of the Wu Dynasty, and the army surrendered one after another, gradually forming a huge avalanche trend. Some of the generals really surrendered, and some of the generals felt that they were vain and wronged, waiting for the opportunity to slowly figure it out, waiting for the opportunity to do it anyway, but after arriving at Jiangning City, their supplies, grain and grass were all controlled by the Jurchens, and even most of the weapons were disarmed, and inferior materials were not distributed until the siege of the city.

At this stage, the order to surrender was more of a choice of generals, and the soldiers' hearts still could not understand the fact that the Wu Dynasty had begun to die, and in the process of attacking Jiangning, some soldiers still wanted to surrender on the battlefield and join the command of the prince of Jiangning to help kill the enemy. But they were greeted by the unbearable eyes and resolute swords and guns of the soldiers at the head of the city.

During the entire process of the attack, Wanyan Zongfu had already given random orders to some troops to pretend to surrender. In the current situation, the defenders in Jiangning City do not even have room to take in, isolate, and distinguish between the enemy and us, and the Han army outside the city is as many as one million, and in the case of being at a disadvantage, if the other party shouts that I will accept it anyway, these troops will soon become an uncontrollable powder magazine in Jiangning City.

People soon found out that the more than 200,000 Jiangning defenders in the city did not accept any defectors. The morale of the Han army who were driven to the battlefield was already low, they could not compete with the soldiers at the head of the city, and there was no way to surrender.

In the course of more than two months, there were also several mutinies in the barracks that surrendered to the Han army, the Jurchen cavalry killed a large number of people who tried to escape, the materials in the mutinous barracks were divided by the Han troops who participated in the suppression around them, and the Wu Dynasty surrenderers, who were inadequately guarded and cooperated, were dragged out by the Jurchens and beheaded for public display. As a result, in August and September, although the atmosphere that shrouded the barracks became more and more desperate, there were fewer and fewer rebels, and some generals and soldiers were even looking forward to the early collapse of Jiangning City.

As long as Jiangning City is broken, everyone will not have to suffer in this life-and-death dilemma.

More than ten years have passed, and these swaying people have finally come to a desperate road that they cannot choose.

At the end of April, Tie Tianying was seriously wounded in the assassination of the Jurchen envoys, and later in May, the city of Lin'an was broken, and although he was lucky enough to save his life, he also had a very difficult time to escape, and then his injuries worsened. When his injuries healed in August, he secretly came to the vicinity of Jiangning, and all he could see was such a desperate situation.

There were still many forces in the world that still nominally supported the Wu Dynasty, but no one dared to rush to Jiangning and face the Jurchen soldiers. The city of Jiangning is composed of the Beiwei Army, the Zhenhai Navy, the original Zhenjiang Garrison, and the Jiangning Garrison...... There are more than 200,000 defenders formed by the reorganization of the troops, but even with the stubborn support of the crown prince, in the past few months, even though Jiangning City has stood still under the daily attacks of the Wu Dynasty's surrendered army, but more than two months have passed, and the situation in the city has reached a difficult point, and Tie Tianying cannot see clearly.

In late August, the news of Zhou Yong's succession to the throne of Junwu was brought ashore and quickly spread all over the world. This means that in the eyes of those who are willing to believe, the crown prince in Jiangning City is now the orthodox emperor of the Wu Dynasty, but it is difficult to stir up too many ripples in the surrender camp outside Jiangning City. Even if he is an emperor, he is a Jedi like a millstone.

Seeing such a situation, even the long-standing Iron Sky Eagle couldn't help but cry - if such a decision had been made half a year earlier, the current situation in the world would have been completely different.

He considered venturing into Jiangning and joining up with the crown prince and others; I also considered mixing among the soldiers and waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Yan Zongfu. There were many other ideas, but it wasn't long before he found some people who were out of place and still acting in such a desperate situation.

On the fifth day of the ninth month, he followed the back of the emaciated soldier all the way, and before he reached the hiding place of the other party's line, the footsteps of the man in front of him suddenly slowed down, and his eyes looked north.

At the end of the northern view was the towering and crumbling city wall, which was still under the attack of catapults, and at the moment of sunset, a huge white banner slowly fell on the top of the city, and even from a distance of several miles, the whiteness was clearly visible to the eyes of the people.

Doubts flashed in Tie Tianying's heart, his steps became a little weak at this moment, he didn't know what was going on, and the news of the prince's death was reflected in his mind for the first time.

The sound of whispers spread like a tide in every barracks, but soon after, as the Jurchens raised the reward for Zhou Junwu, people learned of Zhou Yong's death, and the knowledge that the Jianshuo Dynasty had ended also took shape in people's minds.

Some people burst into tears.

But so what?

In such a Jedi, no matter how tenacious and wise the former prince was...... It's only a matter of time before he dies......

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The buzzing sound spread across the land outside Jiangning City, and in Jiangning City, a wave was also formed.

At this moment when the colorful tides in the sky spread, Jun Wu came out of the room in a plain dress, and Shen Ruxin, who was also dressed in white, was waiting for him under the eaves, he looked at the sunset, and walked to the front hall: "Look at this glow, it's like the present of the Wu Dynasty......"

"Look...... Your Majesty cherishes ......"

Jun Wu pressed the sword at his waist, he actually didn't have much consciousness as a king, there were tears on his face that had just been wiped away, and there was also a smile: "The night is coming, but no matter how long the night is, the sun will rise again." ”

The difference is ...... Who can see it.

His eyes were solemn, and the words in his heart did not continue, the news of Zhou Yong's death came into the city last night, and at this time, some decisions had been made, and the city was full of plain clothes, and on the front hall, hundreds of generals were wearing sackcloth and white scarves, and were quietly waiting for his arrival.

This may be the last emperor of the Wu Dynasty, his succession came too late, and there is no way around, but the more times like this, the more tragic emotions people feel.

"Soldiers!"

The sun was fading away, the fire was burning, and Jun Wu stood on the steps in front of the hall to let the sound out.

"Today I have learned that my father was at sea seven days ago and has passed away, which means that the founding year of the Wu Dynasty is ...... Passed. Since I was a child, I have heard people say that the Wu Dynasty has been a country for more than 200 years and has been blessed, but today I am here, ladies and gentlemen, I want to say...... It doesn't matter—"

In the rising flames, he drew his sword.

"Today, I and you are guarding this Jiangning City, in front of us is a million-strong army of Jurchens and surrendered Jurchens, and everyone knows that we have no way out! There are still people in this city behind me, but our world has been invaded and ravaged by the Jurchens, our family members, relatives, died in their original homes, died on the way to flee, suffered humiliation, there is no way to go in front of us, I am not the prince, nor the emperor of the Wu Dynasty, all the soldiers, here...... I'm just a man who feels humiliated, the world has fallen, there's nothing I can do, I want to die here-"

He waved his sword in his hand, and looked down from the night sky, and there was only a little fire in the square, and then the mournful sound of the vigil resounded through the city, and the night and day passed.

The news fermented in the barracks inside and outside the city.

On the seventh day of the ninth month, it was sunny.

The huge dragon flag was raised at the head of Jiangning City, surrounded by white flags, and an hour later, with the tragic sound of the trumpet, Jiangning opened the city gate. This is the first time that Jiangning City has opened its doors after holding on for more than two months, surrounded by a million troops, and everyone was alarmed at the first time, and people's first reaction was that the prince was ready to break through.

However, no.

The mighty army was dressed in plain silk, and under the leadership of Jun Wu, who was already the emperor of the Wu Dynasty at this time, rushed to the camp of Wanyan Zongfu in the west of the city, the town navy came out from the front, and the back army was outflanked from the south of the city, and the army led by different generals killed different city gates to meet the million army in front.

"Here...... I'm just a man who feels humiliated, the world has fallen, there's nothing I can do, I want to die here-"

“…… I die with you! ”

At this moment, the cauldron is broken, and the mourning soldiers will win. After more than two months of hard fighting, the Jiangning army that was able to go to the battlefield was only more than 120,000 people, but no one retreated at this moment - the consequences of retreat and surrender, in the previous two months, the million troops outside the city had done enough demonstrations, and they rushed towards the rolling crowd.

"Today I am equivalent to dying here, as a Han Chinese, I killed the golden dog and cut off Yan Zongfu-"

The soldiers and generals who rushed out of the city shouted in a fight, and soon after, outside the city of Jiangning, millions of people were washed into an upside-down tidal wave......