The north wind swept the ground and the grass folded, and the snow flew in August.

Between the white mountains and black waters in the northeast, it is already snowing in July. By the end of October, the temperature is so cold that it turns to ice. Even the native Jurchen hunters could not withstand such a severe cold, and they all put on thick leather robes and thick fur hats.

In such weather, the vast majority of the Jurchens no longer go out, and all of them hide in warm tents, drink strong liquor, and eat beef. Anyway, today's Jurchens are no longer the bitter cold shepherds of decades ago. When they were still slaves of the Liao, even in the coldest December, the Jurchens still had to brave the white snow to go out to hunt and go to the sea to fish.

But since Taizu Wanyan Aguda was born, in just forty years, he has laid a lot of family business for the Jurchens. Destroyed the Bohai Kingdom established by Han'er, destroyed the Xi people's country, and destroyed the once invincible Great Liao Kingdom. Now it has destroyed the richest Great Song Kingdom in the world.

In the eyes of many Jurchens, the demise of the Great Song Dynasty was a foregone conclusion. Because the whole royal family has been taken captive. Although I heard that there was a prince who ran away and was called the emperor again, he definitely couldn't stop the hard blow of the Dajin Iron Horseman.

If it is said that the destruction of Liao only brings a kind of revenge to the Jurchens. So the destruction of the Song Dynasty, although it was only captured twice in the Central Plains, opened the eyes of the Jurchen **, who were used to living a hard life. The millions of Bianliang people captured with Huiqin Erzong all became slaves of the Jurchens.

Regardless of the dynasty, the capital has always gathered the best and the best people from all over the world. Of course, those who were exiled to Huanglong Mansion were elites. The artisans were driven into the arsenal workshop to build weapons for the Jurchen army day and night. The female dependents were sent to the mansions of the Jurchen nobles as slave girls. Even if it was the Emperor of the Heavenly Family yesterday, now it is just a plaything in bed for the Jurchen master. The chef has become the favorite talent of the Jurchen master. Because after eating Chef Bianliang's food, they realized that what they used to eat was only pig food. As for those craftsmen, they also have their own arrangements to create all kinds of small devices for the Jurchens. As for those strong forbidden soldiers and young men, they were assigned to the territory of the Jurchen nobles as slaves. Or herding horses, or hunting, or fishing. Anyway, it's the hardest work and the worst food. Sometimes they don't even have anything to eat, so they have to compete with their livestock for grass.

In just half a year, half of the millions of Bianliang citizens who were taken captive have died. Those who didn't die had half a life left. Both men and women, whether they are nobles or ordinary citizens, have now become lifeless, like walking corpses. In their eyes, in addition to deep sorrow, there is a numbness of resignation.

But no matter when, there are always warriors who are unwilling to be enslaved, and there is always blood that is unwilling to be frozen. The flames of defiance were quietly ignited in the snow.

More than 100 miles away from Huanglong Mansion is the imperial village where Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu begged to buy. In the old forest of Yuzhai blocked by snow, thousands of shirtless Bianliang Qingzhuang are plotting a **.

Some of these young and strong people are the original forbidden army, some are the playful idlers of Bianliang, and some are the citizens of Bianliang who have been guarded. There are also Jianghu men who play tricks on the flyover. Although their original identities were very different, they all now had one identity, a slave who felled wood for Jin Taizong.

Originally, a total of 20,000 young people were sent to this imperial village, but now half a year has passed, and only these 7,000 people are still alive.

Even though the temperature was already extremely cold, they didn't even have to wear a shirt. The Jurchen overseer Anshelu, who was dressed in a leather robe, told them with a horsewhip in his hand, "You lowly slaves want clothes to wear, don't you want to live anymore?" Take your axes and cut down the trees. As long as you keep working, it won't get cold. If you freeze to death, then you're lazy. Drag your carcasses into the wolf pen and feed them to the dogs.

After scolding them, the Jurchen overseer put his hands in his leather robes and went into the tent to roast and eat meat.

Glancing at the timber yard below the mountain, Yang Yun, the former head of the forbidden army and now the slave foreman, swung his axe fiercely and cut it at the waist of a towering tree. The tree shook for a while.

Yang Yun raised a muscular arm and shouted, "Brothers, don't cut down trees. ”

The young men all turned their eyes to Yang Yun. Although Yang Yun is nominally a foreman, he usually supervises the workers to cut down trees with due diligence. But he himself never stood idly by. Every day he felled no fewer trees than the others.

Another foreman, Liu Tao, looked at Yang Yun suspiciously, and asked, "Yang Tou, that old thing in Anshelu has arranged a lot of work for us today." If we don't get 3,000 trees down the mountain before dark, we won't have dinner. ”

Although Liu Tao was also one of the three foremen assigned by the Jurchens, he was originally just a showman in the rivers and lakes, and he had no ability to dominate the public, and his prestige among the young and strong was not high. In fact, when it comes to martial arts, Liu Tao is even higher than Yang Yun. But he only looked forward to Yang Yun's horse.

There was also a foreman named Shi Jian, who was originally a brothel owner. This man is very treacherous, always relying on his status to be a bully among the workers. He didn't convince Yang Yun very much. However, once he was beaten by Yang Yun with an axe on his neck, which is a lot more honest.

At this moment, Shi Jian didn't speak, just rolled his eyes, wanting to see what kind of medicine was sold in Yang Yun's gourd.

Yang Yun stretched out his hand to test the strength of the cold wind, and then said sadly, "Brothers, can't you see it?" These golden dogs have no intention of keeping us alive at all. It's freezing today, but they don't even give us a single coat to wear. Now we can't even sweat a drop of sweat after a day's work. Any colder and we'll all freeze to death. If you don't freeze to death, you will die of exhaustion and starvation. If we want to survive, we can only fight now. ”

A young man named Wang Daring asked tentatively, "Yang Tou, what do you say, the brothers will listen to you." Don't hide it from Yang Tou, I am weak, and I always feel like I'm going to freeze to death these days. Just like those brothers who have frozen to death. ”

Yang Yun's eyes suddenly turned to the direction of Bianliang, and his gaze seemed to see the prosperous Bianliang again through thousands of mountains and rivers. Although he knew in his heart that Bianliang no longer existed. Under the burning and looting of the Jurchens, today's Bianliang is nothing more than a huge ruin. But his eyes still showed infinite affection and tenderness, and he seemed to think of his wife and children in Bianliang again. Although he also knew that his wife and children had died under the sword and arrow of the Jurchens.

Yang Yun's voice also seemed to become infinitely distant. "Brothers, do you miss Bianliang?"

"The turtle grandson doesn't want to be Bianliang!" Wang Daring, the former Bianliang thief, said loudly, "How good Bianliang is." There is food, there is drinking, there is playing. The wrestlers in Xiangguo Temple, the beautiful fans in the Cuihong Courtyard, and the endless fruit pastries behind the overpass. Alas, Lao Tzu dreamed of going back. ”

The other young men also reminisced about the scenery of Bianliang. Although they also know that the Bianliang in their memory no longer exists. But they still miss that city, that land, day and night. Because that's where they live. And this icy and snowy fortress is a demon that devours their lives.

Shi Jian's eyes lit up with a hateful face. It seems to think of the small Liuhong courtyard again. I thought of the dozens of prostitutes in Liu Hong's courtyard, and remembered the happy days when I was the boss.

"That's good. Since the brothers want to go back to Bianliang. Yang Yun's voice suddenly became extremely firm, and he said in a deep voice, "I'll take you back." ”

Yang Yun's bold words not only did not get anyone applauded, but made many people dumbfounded. Because it's not possible. How far it is from Bianliang, no one knows. They walked on the road for three months to get to this place.

If you want to go back the way you came, it means three more months. But didn't Jin Bing let them go back? I know that it is impossible to think about it with my ass.

"I know that the brethren are afraid of the golden dog. thinks that we can't beat the golden dog, and thinks that our resistance is also a death. Yang Yun's voice suddenly raised, and it was still very clear in the howling north wind. But if we don't resist, we will also die of starvation, so why don't we give it a go? We are not like other slaves who have no weapons in their hands. But we have weapons, and each of us has a long axe for logging. Although we have no armor, there are only a hundred golden dogs in the lumber yard, and they are all old and weak. Don't look at how fierce they were in the past, if we do it together, they will definitely not be our opponents. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yun paused and glanced at the young men around him. He noticed that many young people's eyes began to shine, and he knew that many people were beginning to be excited. So he continued, "Kill the golden dogs who take care of the timber yard, and we can get more than a hundred pieces of armor, and more than two hundred horses. Of course, there are also a lot of animal skins. We wrap these skins around our bodies, which can be used as simple leather armor. Then thousands of us attacked it unprepared, and slaughtered Huanglong Mansion in one fell swoop. Grab the golden dog leader Wu Qi and take him back to Bianliang. ”

Yang Yun's words were too scary, and all the young people thought that Yang Yun might be talking in his dreams. Thousands of young men who didn't even have armor also wanted to attack the Yellow Dragon Mansion, which was definitely a joke. It was the capital of the Golden Dog, and the standing army in the city was the elite Flying Tiger Army of the Golden Dog's elite. Although there are only 3,000 Flying Tiger troops, their combat power is definitely not weaker than 20,000 iron cavalry.

Liu Tao muttered, "Yang Tou, your idea is very good. But the probability of success is absolutely zero. It doesn't work. If we really want to escape, we should fight our way out of the timber yard and go straight to the Mingtong River (now Songhua River). The mixed river is only more than 60 miles from the ground. If you run hard, it's a day's journey. When the time comes, go down the river and flee to the sea. Maybe we can still have a little bit of life. ”

Yang Yun's eyes widened, "But we don't have a ship." Do you want the brothers to jump into the mixed river to feed the fish and turtles? ”

Liu Tao pointed to the timber yard under the mountain, and said confidently, "Yang Tou, Golden Dog has let us keep cutting down trees in the past few months. I don't think it's a ladder, it's a boat. So I think there are definitely shipyards along the riverside. When the time comes, we will grab a few large ships, and there are also shipwrights among the brethren anyway, and once we get on the boats, there is at least half a chance that we will escape. ”

Yang Yun rubbed his head with his hand and thought for a while, and said embarrassedly, "Brother Liu's words are more reasonable. My plan to attack the Yellow Dragon Mansion is indeed crazy. Alas, our forbidden army fought less. Brothers, let's do what Brother Liu has planned. Kill out of the timber yard and go straight to the mixed river. ”