Zheng Zhi arrived in Liaoyang, where the Jurchens had just passed two days earlier.

Zheng Zhi also arrived here for the second time, a few years ago when he sent an envoy to the Jurchen, Zheng Zhi passed by the jungle outside the city of Liaoyang Mansion, and in that jungle, he also fought with the mature Jurchen. At that time, the people who fought side by side were the Wanyan Jurchen men led by Mu Han.

At that time, Zheng Zhi really saw for the first time how brave and good the Jurchens in the jungle were, even the Bohai mature Jurchens, who were also jungle fishing and hunting peoples, had no power to fight back in the face of Wanyan Jurchens.

The last time I looked at Liaoyang Mansion from afar in Linzi, Liaoyang Mansion at that time, it was when Yelu Yanxi's so-called 700,000 troops personally conquered the Jurchens, and the iron armor in the city went in and out. In the blink of an eye, Yelu Yanxi, the former commander of the 700,000 army, has become a surviving person.

The world is impermanent, and it is embarrassing.

What is even more embarrassing is that this former Liao city is now devastated and full of corpses. The Jurchens once again showed the cruelty of being a barbarian in front of Zheng Zhi's eyes.

Since Wanyan Wu begged to buy and decided to return to the north, all the way through, there are corpses all over the field, as long as the people on this way back to the north, from Dading Mansion to Liaoyang Mansion, were all bloodily slaughtered by the Jurchens.

The populous Dading Mansion was particularly devastating, although the Jurchens were only slaughtered in a very short time. The unsuspecting people of Dading Mansion died more than 50,000.

Even Liaoyang Mansion, which had already received the news that the Jurchens had begun to slaughter innocent people in a frenzy, had more than 20,000 deaths. Except for the infants and children who have not yet remembered, men, women and children, there are dead and wounded all over the ground. Those infants and young children who have not really remembered are also taken north by the Jurchens, and in the future, these infants and children who are not descendants of the Jurchens will also become pure-blooded Jurchen descendants. In doing so, the Jurchens became more aware of the severity of the consequences of their population limitations, and the more they needed to find ways to increase their population.

More people fled to the mountains and forests, taking refuge for the time being.

Zheng Zhi followed all the way, and on this way, he saw such a scene everywhere, and most of the soldiers under his command were scolding or indignant. A small number of Khitan soldiers were even more furious.

But Zheng Zhi had no intention of catching up with the Jurchens and preventing such a tragedy. The big cities through which the avenue passes are all tragic. But those small towns and small villages escaped the catastrophe. It seems that this troubled era has been like this since ancient times, and the people of the city have always borne the brunt.

Zheng Zhi came, and the Chinese characters on the banner seemed to have a sense of summoning, and in the jungle, many people of Liaoyang Mansion kept coming out.

Looking at Zheng Zhi's army, it was like seeing relatives. For the rest of his life, Zheng Zhi seems to have become a savior, and this change in feelings is really wonderful.

At the time of the invasion of Liao, Zhao Ji thought that Yanyun was more Han people, as long as the Great Song army arrived, the people of Yanyun would inevitably eat pot pulp to welcome the king, but it was just wishful thinking.

But in this place outside the gate, Hermes-Epitek is a minority, but such a scene has appeared. Also unexpected.

Zheng Zhi stood on the not high city wall of Liaoyang Mansion, looking at the panicked faces coming from outside the city, his face was not shocked, but he looked into the north from afar.

The sun in the south of the Yangtze River is already scorching, and Yanyun can also make people sweat, but this Liaoyang Mansion is still a little cool.

"After mobilizing all the people and collecting the corpses in the city, they began to strengthen the walls, widening and raising them. It is also necessary to expand the city and find craftsmen from the river to plan. The city was expanded to accommodate at least 30,000 troops. Zheng Zhi said.

Wu Yong replied while recording: "Your Highness, this Liaoyang Mansion is afraid that it can't stop the Jurchens." To the west of the Jurchens, there is also the grassland Linhuang Mansion. Going down from the southwest is also a breeze. ”

As Wu Yong said, if the Jurchens go south again, there are two routes. One is through Liaoyang Mansion. One is to go south directly from the grassland. It was necessary for Liaoyang Mansion to expand the city and strengthen the city defenses, but it was not difficult for the Jurchens to go south and enter the edge of the grassland westward.

At this time, it is not difficult to mobilize the people of Liaoyang Mansion, but it is in the midst of a catastrophe, and everyone is frightened. Strengthening the city defense is in line with the people's minds, and the vast majority of people are also willing to make selfless contributions, so there is less of the persecution of those forced laborers, and everyone is united, and it will inevitably get twice the result with half the effort.

Zheng Zhi heard Wu's words, nodded and said, "A thousand days to prevent thieves, there is no such reason in the world." Always come up with a one-and-done solution. The defense is only temporary. ”

Wu Yong's eyebrows moved slightly, he looked at Zheng Zhi's face, and saw that Zheng Zhi's expression was slightly embarrassed, and then said tentatively: "Your Highness, there is not no way to do it once and for all. It's just hurtful. ”

Zheng Zhi was stunned when he heard this, turned his head to look at Wu Yong, and said, "What's the way?" ”

Wu Yong put down the pen in his hand, walked a few steps forward, walked in front of Zheng Zhi, walked to the battlement, stretched out his finger and pointed to the endless jungle at the end of the distance, his face involuntarily became fierce, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, you look at the summer is full of greenery, and in winter, it will also be yellow." ”

Zheng Zhi's face was embarrassed when he heard this, his brows furrowed, and he was also inexplicably a little flustered in his heart, this feeling of panic, Zheng Zhi hadn't felt it for a long time.

In this position, Zheng Zhi has slowly learned to control his negative emotions. But when I heard Wu's words at this time, I couldn't control my heart beating wildly.

"The pedant is better than the poisoner Jia Xu, and it hurts the heavens and the peace... This is more than hurtful and ... The snow was covered with snow and yellow, and it was like a flood. Zheng Zhi's tone also showed a bit of horror.

It was yellow, and the wildfire burned the plain. The snow melts and the rivers swell. Thousands of miles of livestock mature food, a hundred years can not be restored, maybe never again, I don't know how many species will disappear from this world.

If there is really karma in this world, those who do such things will fall into the eighteen layers of hell forever, and they will never be able to turn over.

Wu Yong's face became more and more fierce, and he only said: "Your Highness, if it weren't for the fact that the jungle was too green in this summer, I was afraid that the momentum of the prairie fire would not be able to make the trip, and I would be able to act at this time." ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he sighed, there are not only Jurchens in the forest, but also Jurchens, and there are not only human beings. But this method of burning the prairie is really the method of once and for all. The jungle of this era is far from the sparse appearance of later generations.

Zheng Zhi was flustered in his heart, and in the panic, it was not the time to make a decision, and this decision was too difficult to make.

Zheng Zhi no longer looked at the jungle in the distance, but turned his head and went down to the city, and replied: "Wait until the dry yellow season." ”

When Wu Yong heard this, the fierceness on his face turned into a slight smile, and the smile was also fleeting, and he followed Zheng Zhi to the city, and the pen in his hand began to write and draw again.

It was Zheng Zhi's last answer, and Wu already knew in his heart that although His Royal Highness King Yan was entangled and uneasy in his heart, he was also moved. As long as His Royal Highness King Yan was moved, Wu Yong knew that he was becoming more and more important. It was also Wu Yong who saw Zheng Zhi more and more clearly, His Royal Highness King Yan has always been a ruthless person.

The ruthless Zheng Zhi also made Wu Yong feel much more at ease, feeling that he was really following the right person. This world must be the world of His Royal Highness King Yan, and Wu Yong, who holds a pen and follows Zheng Zhi to write and paint every day, has a little more vision for the future.

Looking forward to the ten thousand people under that person, looking forward to the history of the chronicles, and looking forward to the endless admiration and worship of future generations.

It is these longings that make Wu use the tip of the pen to write while walking, which is a lot lighter, and the words in his pen suddenly become very chic.

The saber rattling is Qin Feng.

Northeast of Qinzhou, close to Weizhou. The Northeast Dingbian Village, which was also a border fortress, has slowly advanced north with the Song-Xia border for decades, and today's Dingbian Village has long become a prison city only used to hold and distribute troops.

But it was Dingbian Village at this time, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The ironclad cavalry from Weizhou, more than 2,000 people, had been patrolling outside the fortress for three days, and the camp tent was five or six miles outside the fortress.

In the Dingbian Village, it has already been crowded with ironclad soldiers, and there are also two thousand. It is obvious that he has been prepared for it.

Outside the fortress is also a local official road, there is a lot of people, there are also small teahouses and small inns for pedestrians to rest outside the wall, at this time people have long been empty.

Qinfeng Road and Xihe Lanhuang Jing made Liu Zhengyan's order also arrived in the village, ordering the army in the village to open the prison city and accept the school.

If there are only some heads and troops in the village, I am afraid that the village has already been opened. But it is the person in this village that is Meng Lang. The stockade could not be opened, and even the military order from Liu Zhengyan was only seen by Meng Lang alone.

Even Meng Lang also has a weak heart, compared to Liu Zhengyan's official position, he has a justifiable name. Therefore, Meng Lang also needs to appease the morale of the army, so that those low-level soldiers must not have the slightest psychological change.

A group has always had an intricate relationship, life and death brothers, relatives and friends, nepotism, and human faces. In particular, the Qinzhou Folding Army, which has been operating for several generations, has long been very united in these relationships. Among the generals, most of them are naturally obedient to the fate.

But if they want to fight with their comrades, there is always a lack of an exciting excuse. This is where Meng Lang is difficult.

On the contrary, Liu Zhengyan, this excuse has long been there. The wounds of the tiger teeth on Liu Zhengyan's body, and the dozens of henchmen who died in the forest, had already made the military men under Liu Zhengyan's command rub their hands, and they wanted to give that Fold Keqiu a little color to see, and to avenge their own prime minister.

Zhe Keqiu has already brought thousands of people and horses to Jingzhao Mansion, which is on the northwest edge, and it is also the richest place in the northwest. Although everyone knows whether they should enter the city, no one dares to stop it.

The treasury in the city is not a problem. Among the government offices, taxes are being raised again, and the war tax is still added, and the names are varied. But the meaning is just the same as the left-behind prefect who was taken to Tokyo by Zheng Zhi at the beginning.

The officials under the Jingzhao Mansion are also familiar with this kind of tax, and most of them are willing to serve, because they can also do some good for themselves.

From the land of Xihe Lanhuang to Pingxia Weizhou, there is a steady stream of Xiang soldiers, prison cities, fortresses, border cities, but all the young and strong soldiers go to the east, most of them go to Weizhou.

Yang Keshi's military order is better than Liu Zhengyan's military order. Most of the soldiers and soldiers in Yan'an Mansion were under the command of the breeders, and they were also assembling in Weizhou.

In comparison, the box army under the command of the breeder is more presentable, and the generals are mostly white-haired, but these white-haired generals are mostly battlefield veterans.

The northwest, the division between north and south, is already obvious.

It seems that it is still a little difficult to start a war, whether it is the Folding Family Army, or the Seed Family Army, or the Liu Family Army, as well as the soldiers under Yang Keshi.

Over the generations, most of these people have fought side by side, and there are naturally many acquaintances and friends among them. If you really want to draw a knife and fight to the death, it also needs a brewing process. This process is the brewing of hatred.

A small group of knights approached from the north of Dingbian Village, and the knights at the head galloped to the city and stopped, and shouted: "Tell Meng Lang to come out and speak." ”

After a while, Meng Lang naturally went to the head of the city and replied: "I don't know which general is in front of the city?" Meng Lang is polite! ”

"Lao Tzu is your grandfather Liu Zhengjun, Zhe Keqiu This dog thief dares to intercept and kill a certain prime minister, so you go to send a message to Zhe Keqiu, tell him to wash his neck, and wait for Lao Tzu to come to kill him." Liu Zhengjun opened his mouth and shouted, this person is the cousin of Liu Zhengyan's clan, and he is also in this capacity, so he is a little more angry than others.

"Is there any misunderstanding about General Liu, the villain's provocative words should not be believed." Meng Lang has countless soldiers around him, how can he admit such a thing on such an occasion, so he can only talk nonsense with his eyes open.

Liu Zhengjun was furious when he heard this, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, picked up a hard crossbow, opened his bow and shot at the head of the city!

Meng Lang hurriedly lowered his head and hid, and naturally he also dodged.

But when he looked up again, forty or fifty bows and crossbows under the city were all shot upward. Meng Lang had no choice but to hide again.

But it was Meng Lang who dodged, and there was a wail above the city, and there were more than a dozen people who were hit by arrows, and the injuries were light and serious, and under the heavy armor, most of them were minor injuries. But a Qinzhou soldier was hit by a feather arrow, and he couldn't live now.

Meng Lang raised his head and shouted: "Liu Zhengjun, you are so bold, you dare to shoot your comrades, do you know that this is a capital crime!" ”

Where does Liu Zhengjun care about capital crimes and living crimes, he only felt relieved, and laughed loudly: "Meng Lang, today is just to give you a little color, if you know the opportunity, then open the city gate early." If you don't know what to do, come to see someone take your head. ”

After saying that, Liu Zhengjun turned around and left, and he also knew that his forty or fifty people were under the city, and he couldn't stay longer.

Meng Lang looked left and right, and then looked at Liu Zhengjun, who was walking away, and he was also entangled.

"General Meng, how can you let them go like this, why don't the perpetrators of the murder be punished by the law?"

"General Meng, open the city gate, and the last general will go and take the murderer!"

Seeing the dead and wounded people in his comrades, where can he not be angry, angry that Liu Zhengjun committed murder to his comrades, and he is also angry that Meng Lang didn't even let out a fart, just watched others go, and didn't even have the order to shoot arrows to fight back.

When Meng Lang heard this, he looked left and right, looked again, and said to himself: "It's a blessing or a curse, and you can't avoid it." Sooner or later, this will happen! ”

After talking to himself, he heard Meng Lang shouting loudly: "Release the arrows, release the arrows, release the arrows quickly!" ”

The soldiers of the left and right armies hurriedly pulled their bows and arrows, that is, to shoot. There were hundreds of arrows, but the team of knights and horses had already galloped more than a hundred paces away.