“…… Five years ago, I was transferred to the governor of Tanzhou, and when I arrived in the capital, I was summoned by Duke Mei after the poetry meeting. The boss told me at that time that Miaojiang is a place with great trouble and many problems. Advise me to be cautious. At that time, the battle of Xiaocanghe stopped, and the vitality of the black flag was greatly damaged, but the three-year war with the Jurchens really played a tenacious battle that shook the world. ”

“…… This Miao Jiang is a place, which belongs to the black flag in the sword system, and earlier launched the Yongle Rebellion with Fang La, and has been in ambush since then, until the start of the Xiaocanghe War, there was a big move. In the fifth year of Jianshuo, the main force of Badao moved westward to prepare for the southward escape of the black flag of Xiaocanghe, and the soldiers who remained in Miaojiang were no more than 10,000 in addition to their families, but even so, I never had the slightest contempt...... It's a pity that the later development was not as I expected, Ji Sun's worries are not in the moment, but ......within the Xiao Wall."

Juling County. Autumn is approaching, the garden is full of gold, the most luxurious restaurant in the county, the woman who is playing the elegant song, the middle-aged official around forty years old is holding a wine glass, is talking to the burly and rough-looking military general opposite, in the words, there is occasional self-deprecation, but the tone can be regarded as very sincere.

“…… After the brothers were transferred to Tanzhou, they cleaned up military affairs, made friends with all parties, and inquired about the news of Miaojiang, and set a plan to blockade first and then exterminate, however, in the eighth, ninth and tenth years of Jianshuo, they sent troops five times, at least 80,000 people, and at most 200,000 troops were mobilized into the mountains, but in the end, they dragged their feet...... It's the people around you. ”

The middle-aged official waved his hand slowly: "Three years!" Five times! After returning again and again, they said that they wanted to fight, and on the southwest side, all parties began to talk about business, and after the business was over, they began to make trouble in private, and they all thought that they had taken a big advantage in the hands of Mr. Naning. Brother is bitter in his heart, brother is not lazy...... In the ninth year of Jianshuo, in the summer, Brother Zhu, you are sorry for me. ”

The rough-looking general on the opposite side raised his glass: "Drink." ”

“…… Don't talk about it, drink. ”

The two clinked glasses, the middle-aged official's face was red, and he poured the wine again: "I know, I, Yin Changxia, came to lobby Brother Zhu today, and with Brother Zhu's character, I want to look down on me, but, to put it mildly, you and I are both officials of the Wu Dynasty, I am the governor of Tanzhou, and you should be controlled by me." It's a pity that the Wu Dynasty is already in the middle of the slightest, everyone has their own ideas, it doesn't matter, Yin only came over as a friend today, and Brother Zhu can listen to what he says, and he can't listen to it. ”

The official named Yin Changxia had a smell of wine in his words, Tanzhou of the Wu Dynasty was Changsha City in the later generations, and it was also the place where the road of Jinghu South Road was located, and he was one of the highest governors of the provincial capital as the governor of Tanzhou, and Juling was only a small county near Tanzhou, which was nominally naturally controlled by Yin Changxia. Yin Changxia said these words through the smell of wine, and the military attache surnamed Zhu raised his glass to apologize: "Lord Yin is serious, the small one will punish himself with three cups and three cups." ”

"Let's drink together." Yin Changxia drank three glasses of wine with the other party, and clapped her hand on the table, "I said it just now...... Brother Zhu wants to look down on me, it doesn't matter, the Black Flag Army said that Yin was a traitor. What is a traitor? To oppose them is a traitor? Brother Zhu, I am also Han, I am an official of the Wu Dynasty, I am the parent official of Tanzhou, I ...... Chess is a bad move, I admit it! I have been in charge of Tanzhou for five years, and I have more than 50,000 people, but I have never entered Miaojiang once, what is the reason, no one listens, I admit it! ”

He waved his hand: "After dealing with them for so many years, I underestimated their combat power!" In June, they came out, saying that if they broke Changsha, they would break Changsha, and if they said that they would fight Linxiang, they would fight Linxiang, and the city defense was in a mess, and some people even opened the door for them. I think so. The world has changed, the Huaxia Army is powerful, and the Jurchens are also powerful, we have been left behind, and we can't accept it, but what's next? Brother Zhu? ”

Yin Changxia stretched out his hand and lit the table: "In June, Chen Fan and they came out, saying that they wanted to kill me and sacrifice the flag, I had no choice but to hide, everyone nearby, said that they wanted to join forces with the black flag to fight against gold, and said it very well, Yu Daya of Pingjiang couldn't wait to go to the southwest to kneel to see Mr. Ning immediately, in Pingjiang County, he said that Mr. Ning was a saint, and Xiangxiang and other places also said that they wanted to cast the black flag, but unfortunately, in August, it was different." ”

"Brother Zhu, I lost Changsha, Linxiang and other places in June, hid, and began to come out in August, and all over the country responded and began to fight against the black flag, do you think Yin has such appeal?" Yin Changxia shook her head, "Yin is insignificant. Brother Zhu, to tell the truth, the Hunan people have a strong temperament and dare to be the first in the world. It's the people out there who really move you......"

When he said this, he sighed slightly, and looked out of the window of the restaurant.

Beyond the small courtyard, there is the gray and black county town and market of Juling. Juling is where Liuyang is in the future, it is not a big city at the moment, at first glance, it does not show the prosperity of the brocade, but even so, between the pedestrians coming and going, there is also a quiet atmosphere in. The sun shines through the gaps in the trees, the leaves turn yellow, the insects chirp, the beggars rest on the roadside, and the children run by......

Yin Changxia said: "In August, the Jurchen Wanyan Xiyin has given the order to attack Jinghu, Guo Baohuai, Yu Gusheng, and Li Touhe...... The three armies add up to almost 200,000 people, they will be the first to kill, and then the army of hundreds of thousands of people will be pressed one after another, and there is also the Jurchen general Yinshuke who is sitting behind, they have beaten Lin'an, made corrections, and are now on the way over. Brother Zhu, what's here? ”

He smiled sarcastically: "This batch of black flags in Miao Jiang is slightly inferior to the batch of Xiaocanghe back then, and more than 10,000 people came out to occupy Changsha and Linxiang, and they are out of the limelight." Next, hundreds of thousands of troops pressed in, they couldn't be defeated, they went back to the mountains, even if they had the backbone, they would boil to death, and none of them on their side could live. The northwest of the year is still white land now. ”

The general surnamed Zhu on the opposite side nodded: "Yes, it's not easy to do." ”

"Moreover, the Jurchen god of Ceres, Wanyan Xiyin, is different from the two princes in the east." Yin Changxia drank a glass of wine, "The founding veterans are the most tricky, they are not like Zong Fu and Zong Bi, who drive people to fight, but have set the rules of rewards and punishments early, those who have been able to fight, those who have made meritorious contributions, there are land, people, weapons and cannons, what are people implying about?" Someday they will go north, and when the time comes...... Brother Zhu, to put it mildly, everyone in the south, the Jurchens are happy to see everyone tear the earth and seal the king, so it is best for them. Fighting for the Jurchens, everyone was reluctant, fighting for themselves, or for the Wu Dynasty...... To be honest, you can still fight it. ”

The general on the opposite side took a sip of wine: "Is this also for the Wu Dynasty?" ”

The cup in Yin Changxia's hand was stunned, and after a while, he took the wine jug, drank a few glasses in a row, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhu, this doesn't count, but now the situation is ...... What do you want everyone to say...... The first emperor abandoned the city and left, Jiangnan was defeated, and they all surrendered, the new emperor had the heart to cheer up, great, a few days ago there was news that Yan Zongfu was defeated in Jiangning, but what happened next, I don't know how to escape...... Brother Zhu, let everyone in the world get up, go to Jiangning to kill, and kill the Jurchens, what do you think...... Is it possible? ”

He shook his head: "Jiangnan has knelt down, more than a million people, around his prince to do it, Jiangnan West Road, hundreds of thousands of people have surrendered, the richest place in the Wu Dynasty, the autumn harvest has been taken advantage of by the Jurchens, who doesn't want to, I have been in Tanzhou for a few years, and I also want to fight Miao Jiang...... That's the way it is. A few days ago, I went to Pingjiang to meet Yu Daya, do you think I persuaded him? He has already seen that since the Jurchens, tens of thousands of people in Pingjiang and more than 100,000 people have to die, Brother Zhu, that's the people outside. ”

"If there were no black flags, everyone would not have died, the Jurchens would not have treated this place as a thorn in the flesh, and the 10,000 Black Flag Army, Brother Zhu, and millions of people would have to be buried with them. How innocent are the people? ”

Yin Changxia said this with tears in her eyes. Zhu Jing, the rough-looking commander of the Xiang army on the opposite side, stood up, looked at the scene outside from the window, and muttered to himself: "Yes, 10,000 people ...... a million people."

"It's not just the lives of those 10,000 people." Yin Changxia sat at the table and ate food, stretched out her hand to wipe her face, "There are still millions of innocent people's lives and deaths, from Pingjiang Yu Daya to Miluo Lou Xian, and then to Liu Tusheng, everyone has decided to avoid it." Brother Zhu, there is only Juling left in the east, there are more than 10,000 people under your command, plus the population of 40,000 or 50,000 in Juling, Guo Baohuai and them will not be able to stop them...... Of course, I just said that Chen is powerful, Brother Zhu look at the people outside and let them die for the bandits of the Black Flag? I was unwilling. ”

Zhu Jing, who looked rude, pressed his hands on the windowsill, frowned and looked into the distance, and did not speak for a long time, Yin Changxia knew that his words had reached the other party's heart, and he pretended to eat the dishes on the table casually, suppressing the tension in his heart.

When Chen Fan attacked Changsha, Linxiang and other places in June, Yin Changxia's first reaction was naturally to counterattack, who knew that the Huaxia army had passed through the pass in a few days, and he hadn't even figured out who betrayed him, and Changsha and Linxiang were opened one after another. It was night when Linxiang was attacked, and it was said that the bandit leader Chen Fan led people to kill him directly, wanting to take his head. Yin Changxia fled in a hurry because of her disheveled clothes, and then hid outside for two months and did not dare to come forward.

In August, Wu Qimei Mei, who is now in a high position in the small court of Lin'an, repaired the book with him, and he dared to come forward to lobby all parties around. At this time, the momentum of the Jurchens directly pressed Tanzhou, and because the strength of the Huaxia Army on this side was too small to completely unify the surrounding forces, many people were afraid of the million-strong army that could be killed at any time.

Even if you can't completely stay out of the situation, you have to at least find a way to make a living for the tens of thousands of innocent people under your rule.

At present, as long as Zhu Jing is persuaded to give up Juling, the road east of Tanzhou will be completely opened.

I have indeed fulfilled my responsibilities as a parent official in Tanzhou.

That's what he thought.

In the sunlight outside the window, the fallen leaves are about to end.

The general named Zhu Jing looked out the window and was silent for a long, long time.

"Lord Yin, you grew up in Jiangnan, right?"

"My brother's ancestral home is Suzhou." Yin Changxia said.

"When the Central Plains fell, I killed pigs in Bianliang." The rough and slightly obese general looked at the autumn colors outside, and said quietly, "Later, I followed everyone to flee back to my hometown, and then I started to serve as a soldier. Lord Yin is fortunate to have been living in Jiangnan. ”

“…… When searching the mountains and seas, I also saw how people died...... Therefore do not let them die worthlessly. ”

"yes, you have to die a well-deserved death." Zhu Jing slapped his fist on the palm of his hand, "I kill pigs in Bianliang, and I always have to be strong black and white characters to kill pigs, and sometimes I have to fight with people with knives...... It's been ten years since the fall of the Central Plains, and Lord Yin's words today really made me understand that even if I hid in a small place like Juling, the tragic death of millions of people at the beginning was finally chased over. ”

The corners of Yin Changxia's eyes twitched: "...... Brother Zhu, this ...... I can still avoid ......."

"Lord Yin, why do you want to avoid it's always the Han people?"

"You...... It's a bit of a bull's horn, it's not something you can do alone......"

"Two years ago, Zhu broke the Shuangqiao Village, the village is in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, these two months, I cleaned it up, if Juling can't hold it, I will take people into the mountain, just like you said Miao Jiang, stay up to death."

Zhu Jing turned his head, the quiet but rugged-looking man's eyes were so crazy that he felt frightened, Yin Changxia stood up: "You, you are ......"

"Yesterday, Chen Fan led the troops to borrow from me, and he was right, the army will not be able to defeat the Jurchens in a lifetime as before. The Black Flag Army does not force the slippery heads of the big teeth to join the gang, just because it is useless to enter, and only those who can stand in front of them when the world is in a dead end can be brothers. ”

Zhu Jing's mouth showed Sensen's white teeth: "General Chen is a real hero, crazy and crazy, Zhu admires it very much, I, Zhu Jing, not only want to join the gang, I guard more than 13,000 people, I don't care about any of them, and in the future, they will all be trained and reorganized by the Huaxia Army." Lord Yin, you came over today, and you talked a lot, and you were so stingy, Zhu Mou will let you die. ”

"Chen Fan, you ......" Yin Changxia's mind was confused for a moment, he was able to come over in person, naturally he had trustworthy information and assurance, who knew that in such a situation, he took a deep breath and calmed down his chaotic thoughts a little: "Chen Fan borrowed from you...... Where does he borrow and where does he go......"

"Like you said, Yu Gusheng and Guo Baohuai are coming, and General Chen is going to greet them."

"He has more than 10,000 people, and he can't defend Changsha and Linxiang, how can he send troops-"

"Haha, Lord Yin is right, he is more than 10,000 people, what are you doing guarding two cities, waiting for a million troops to overwhelm the border...... Lord Yin saw it, the Huaxia Army is all crazy, if it weren't for Chen Fan borrowing from me, I really wouldn't have made up my mind to catch Lord Yin, you come to sacrifice the flag......"

The sun shines into the window, the dust in the air seems to be ominous, the music in the room has long stopped, Yin Changxia looked out the window, there were passers-by walking in the distance, he settled down, tried to make his eyes righteous and serious, and knocked his hand on the table:

"You yourself are crazy, you don't take your life seriously, it doesn't matter, what about the tens of thousands of people in this tomb! What about the millions and tens of millions of people in this Tanzhou and this Jinghu South Road! How dare you take them to death! What qualifications do you have to do such a thing! ”

His voice was deafening, and Zhu Jing looked at him and licked his tongue.

"So, if they don't want to, they'll have to pick up their own knives and kill me as best they can—there's no second way in this world."

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In the distance of the mountain stream, smoke rises from a small village, and red leaves fall on the top of the mountain. The big monk with a broad body and a kind face wore a cloak and walked up the hill and greeted a few people at the edge of the mountain camp.

The fat monk waiting for the arrival of the fat monk at the side of this camp was Zhuo Yongqing and the injured Qu Qing, as soon as they saw each other, Zhuo Yongqing's face was a little unkind: "Okay, your surname is Feng, you dare to come!" I just learned that Yu Daya was betrayed by you - such a big matter without discussing it in advance!? ”

"Zhuo Yingying dissipated his anger, I heard that Boss Qu was injured, and the little one brought the best wound medicine over." The fat monk looked kind, took out a packet of wound medicine from under the cloak and presented it to Zhuo Yongqing in a tribute gesture, and Zhuo Yongqing subconsciously took it. After taking it, I felt that something was wrong, so it was not easy to get mad.

Since the beginning of the year, dozens of special agent teams have gone out of the southwest, and Zhuo Yongqing's side has received the most attention and the most special. A team of people led by Qu Qing and Zhuo Yongqing walked on the bright side, and at the same time there would be one or two teams secretly responding, Feng Zhen, nicknamed "Honest Monk", was a well-known intelligence dealer in Jinghu South and Jiangnanxi.

Feng Zhen smiled: "The situation is urgent, there is no time to discuss it carefully, Yin Changxia's people have been in contact with Yu Daya many times in secret, Yu Daya is moved, there is no way, I can only push the boat down the river, and simply arrange for the two people to meet." Yu Daya sent troops to chase you over, didn't I immediately call someone to inform you, if there is any danger, I know that Brother Zhuo is there, and it will be fine. ”

"It's okay, the reaction is a little slower, people are around the head, three thousand, no...... Four thousand to two hundred! Even if we reacted, we would have turned back and hit more than a thousand ......."

"It's only more than a thousand, no problem, small scene, Brother Zhuo, it's not the first time you've encountered it...... Listen to my explanation, listen to my explanation, I can't help it, Yin Changxia is quite vigilant, timid and small, if he doesn't give him a little sweetness, he won't take the bait. I matched him with Yu Daya, and then it was much easier to organize his itinerary. A few days earlier, he was arranged to meet Zhu Jing, if he was not mistaken, this guy threw himself into the net, and now he has been arrested. ”

“…… Zhu Jing is reliable? ”

"In the Jinghu area, he should be the most reliable, Vice Marshal Chen also asked Zhu Jing in detail about the situation, speaking of which, he borrowed from Zhu Jing yesterday, and now it should not be far from us......"

Feng Zhen whispered and pointed to the back of the foothills, Zhuo Yongqing frowned: "Yu Gusheng and Guo Baohuai are not far from us, there are about 100,000 people in total, how many are from Vice Marshal Chen's side?" ”

"Seven or eight thousand." Feng Zhen said with a smile, "So I'm also here to give orders, it's time to converge as planned." ”

Several people saluted each other, Zhuo Yongqing turned around, the sunset was shining in the smoke-filled mountain stream, and the people in the village who lived and worked in peace and contentment probably couldn't feel anything. He looked at Qu Qing and touched the still painful injuries on his body, for nine months, the two of them had been injured in this way in turn, but this mission was finally going to turn from a small-scale battle to a large-scale gathering.

"It's finally time for a fight." He exhaled and said just that.

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It's about to start...... This kind of thing, among the army that killed all the way, there is not much feeling.

The sky gradually darkened, and more than 45,000 people from the original Wufeng battalion led by Yu Gusheng set up camp early in the mountains. After stepping into the boundary of Jinghu South Road, this army began to slow down, on the one hand, it was moving forward steadily, and on the other hand, it was also waiting for the arrival of Guo Baohuai and Li Touhe's army, which was a little slower.

After nightfall, Yu Gusheng took his son Yu Mingzhou to inspect the camp, and while walking, the father and son discussed the military strategy this time. As Yu Gusheng's eldest son, Yu Mingzhou, who has been determined to lead the army since he was a child, is 21 years old this year. At this time, the young general wore a suit of armor and carried a long sword at his waist, while talking with his father.

Compared with Yu Gusheng, who fought in the rotten military system of the Wu Dynasty, the young Yu Mingzhou encountered the worst era and the best era, despite the fall of the world, but the identity of the martial artist is getting higher, Yu Mingzhou no longer has to look at the face of the scholar like his father for the rest of his life to do things, at this time Yu Mingzhou looked high-spirited between his gestures, and he showed that Yu Gusheng was the most satisfied as a father.

“…… In this attack on Tanzhou, according to his son's idea, he did not have to cross the line of Pingjiang and Juling in the first place...... Although in Tanzhou, our people are numerous, and the surrounding places have also been surrendered one after another, but against the Black Flag Army, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of rabble may still not be able to win steadily, for the sake of today's plan, the first people should not be broken by each of them as much as possible, in order to win over the surrounding forces, stabilize the front, and slowly advance to the upper ......"

“…… In order to give an account to the Jurchens in the rear, the son would prepare a letter for the matter, and it would be better for the father to hand it over to the god of grains. The Jurchen Valley God was a hero at that time, and he must have been able to comprehend the necessity of this strategy, of course, on the surface, he would have urged, and at that time, our troops with Lord Guo and Lord Li had already formed a line, and the troops in the vicinity had also been collected......"

“…… In fact, there are also some other considerations in this, although the world has fallen now, there are still many people who care about the Wu Dynasty. Although we have no choice but to go to war with the Black Flag, according to my son's considerations, it is best not to be the first army to see blood, and not to make it seem that we are in a hurry to die for the Jurchens, so that many things in the future will be much easier to say......"

The autumn breeze was pleasant, the bonfire was burning, Yu Mingzhou's words made Yu Gusheng nod from time to time, and when he inspected the camp of the Chinese army, he praised his son's steady style of presiding over the camp. Although it is still far away from Tanzhou at this time, but for the general, he should always be cautious about everything, and there is a son like this, although if he falls and declines today, he has some comfort in his heart.

……

When Gu Sheng was inspecting the peaceful military camp, Chen Fan was taking people to rest in the dark mountains, and he was in the depression of the mountain wall, holding a fire fold, and looking carefully at a piece of information he had just received.

Ji Qian'er came in from outside, holding a small bag of dry food: "How is it?" Are you really going to go over tonight? A bit of a rush, right? ”

"When I was a child, Master told me that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is one who will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Chen Fan handed over the information and fire fold to his wife in exchange for a bag of dry food, and he was slightly distracted for a moment, with a strange expression.

"It's the first time I've met ...... Such detailed enemy intelligence ......"