The night was low, and dark clouds piled up in the night sky, pressing down on the city. Obscuring the starlight at all. Inside and outside the fortress, only the whining and rolling sound of the cold wind could be heard.

On this night, I couldn't see my fingers. Only the fires that burned at the head of the castle reflected the snowflakes that fluttered and rolled down in the air.

This winter in the states of Yunnei is unprecedentedly long.

The walls of the city were fiercely fighting, and the sergeants patrolling back and forth were frosty. The soldiers on duty gathered around the brazier to keep warm, and they were not in the mood to talk and chat, only to hear the sound of each stomping their feet and being cold. From time to time, I looked at the continuous fire outside the city, and all the moods were as cold as the air outside.

Two miles below the city, there were many more military tents. But it was the Jurchen military horses that came to the aid from the north who joined the siege. Now there are bonfires burning here and there in the camp, and sparks erupt from time to time. Those fierce and powerful Jurchen armor warriors either rested in the tent, or sat around the bonfire to talk and laugh. Some Jurchen soldiers roasted a fire for a while and drank some cheese wine to keep warm, then turned over and got on their horses, disappeared into the darkness, and patrolled around to be on guard.

Such a military horse camp seems to be scattered, but in fact it is extremely heavily guarded. No one wants to go out at night and steal the camp and rob the village.

Outside the camp was where the Jurchen captives and plundered the people gathered to live and earn their lives. Found all over the snowy fields. The bonfires lit by dead branches and the scraps of siege equipment were all the reliance of the thousands of people against the biting winds.

The numb hedgehogs of the people gathered around the bonfire, and they did not even dare to cry. Anyone who cries and cries at night will be regarded as disturbing the morale of the army. Pull out and kill the Jurchen Tartars who are patrolling - I can't tell who it is, cut a few more dozens, and it's not a big deal in the minds of these Jurchen Tartars.

Occasionally, in the depths of the night, there would be a sudden scream. But the people who had the courage to escape at night were captured by the Jurchen Tartar patrol and lost their lives. The corpses of these corpses were frozen with blood and mud, and they would be tied to the Jurchen cavalry and dragged back behind their horses, and thrown into the camp where the common people gathered, as a shock.

The most courageous died, and the one who refused to accept his fate died. The rest of the thousands of people sat around the campfire, their heads hung deeply, waiting for the long cold night to pass sooner. If you can live one more moment, it is a moment. No one knows how long Jing Jing can keep this life, and he is even too numb to care.

This winter is too long. This troubled era is too long.

In real history, this turbulent era will last for nearly 20 years. From north to south, the Jurchen Tartar soldiers even penetrated deep into the south of the Yangtze River, chasing Song Gaozong to the sea to avoid. The people of the Han family, in the past 20 years, have died like ants, how many tens of millions?

After five generations of troubled times, the vitality of China, which was slightly raised, was severely frustrated. And this is only the beginning of a campaign that has lasted for more than a hundred years in East Asia and brutally destroyed civilization!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ another terrible scream came from the night sky. Pulled by the cold wind, a beacon tower at the head of the city has become fragmented.

In this beacon made of large stones, seven or eight torches were lit inside. The high-ranking generals of the Yingzhou garrison, including Guo Rong, are all discussing here.

Jurchen reinforcements arrived, and the already tense atmosphere in Yingzhou City became even heavier. All the generals took turns to go to the city day and night to inspect the defense and stabilize the morale of the army. Guo Rong never returned to her office, which was quite comfortable, and also sideways to the soldiers of the city garrison to boost morale. I was really tired, wrapped in a cloak, and found a shed under the city to store the equipment used to defend the city and slept for an hour or two.

Yingzhou was isolated in the north, and the Liao army in the south was suppressed by the Jurchen Tartars, and there was no northern aid. And the Zhen Liuchen Department on Hedong Road still has the main force of the Shenwu Winning Army, and I don't know when I will be able to go north. When will it be close to Yingzhou. And the military horses in the city are all miscellaneous, not only because of the unstable factor of Meng Nuan's department, but also because many of the other seven or eight hundred military horses are newly expanded in the Yunnei Prefectures.

There is a strong enemy outside, and there is fear of change inside. Even though they knew that it was not a good thing to tighten the strings like this, the generals in the city still had to reluctantly do it. First settle down the military spirit that fluctuated due to the sudden arrival of reinforcements from the north of the Jurchen, and sort out the city defense matters again.

A few hours of busyness. The garrison and war equipment were counted and sorted out again, and many houses in the city were demolished, and the stones were used to make stones, and the wood was used to prepare boiling water to boil gold juice. The defenders of the city were further deployed, striving to use every cent of their strength. The main city of the city and the outer arch guard small fort, feel that there are still some thin places and use large stones and earth to reinforce. Even the deer that were densely packed outside the city were made and planted in a batch.

And Guo Rong inspected everywhere, and when everything was almost stopped at night, he gathered these henchmen and generals to discuss the defense of the city, see what else needed to be improved, and discuss all kinds of defense strategies in the upcoming war.

The generals are not polite, the enemy is persecuted, and it is not a time for a strong military horse to defend the lonely city, nor is it a polite time.

Entering the capital hand and foot drawing, arguing loudly.

“………… Qianbrian also dug off the only passage to the main city, dug out the deep hao, and then planted the deer stone densely. To get through guò here, several strong bows and crossbows are sandwiched and beaten, and see how many Jurchen Tartars can be used to send them to death? ”

“………… Are you learning from the turtle and not getting ahead, how good is it for birds? In response to the state's demand, it is to threaten the Jurchen's southbound road! Put on such a posture, and the Jurchen Tartars will know that you can't go out of the city and attack. You can rest assured that you can boldly cross Yingzhou and go south, so what does it mean for us to still guard Yingzhou? It's better to retreat south and pour down Qianjing, anyway, there is no threat to the Jurchen Tartars............ Now there are less than 2,000 Jurchen Tartar troops, and if you can't surround us, you will definitely be able to leave............ Just trapped, there is no unbreakable city! ”

"How to keep? How long can it last? To be honest, I don't have the confidence. The south must be supported by the main force of the Shenwu Victorious Army before it can move north. As soon as the army moved, the military resources prepared were shocking figures. No matter how fast the response is, it is difficult to set off without half a month. I don't know how long it took to hit the city of Yingzhou............ Can we hold on for so long? ”

"With such a strong city, what can't you hold onto? With the Jurchen Tartars' attacking tools, it's really not enough to see. Take it in and fill it, two thousand Jurchen Tartars, how much can you fill in? If there is a large army coming down from the north, even if there is a regular army of 10,000 and tens of thousands of auxiliary troops to support it. Ice and snow, eat and eat poor Jurchen tartars. Such a fortified city is most suitable for the use of besieging armies. The more Jurchen Tartars come, the greater the certainty of holding Yingzhou! ”

"How do I not know that there is a strong city to rely on? Yingzhou City Fortress, that is nothing to say. But the defense of the city still depends on entering! These more than 1,000 defenders are all Shenwu often victorious troops, and I won't be straight for a few years. The Jurchen Tartars came in tens of thousands, or fought with the city, or selected the elite to attack their grain routes. There are reinforcements from outside - don't be afraid to come late. I want to see how good the Jurchen Tartars are, and they can gnaw down this fortified city! But now, the defenders of the city are the victorious army of Shenwu, right? ”

“………… That's right. Even the elite of the Fuliao Army was also taken away by Zhen Liuchen———— who would have thought that the Jurchen Tartars would dare to go deep alone? Now there are hundreds of Meng Nuan's bird army in the city, and these entered the city once and surrendered, so naturally they also opened the second time! When I was patrolling the city, I watched them talk to each other. As soon as I passed, I didn't speak. Who knows what they have in mind? and that Meng Nuan, I can't see the depths............ These hundreds of horses have also brought the hearts of the whole city to float, with these defenders, who dares to say that they can defend Yingzhou to the death, waiting for reinforcements to come north? ”

"According to my will, kill Meng Nuan and his army! At this time, for the sake of the overall situation, who can take care of it? ”

"It's not difficult to kill Meng Nuan, so how can these hundreds of military horses be willing to die? is the remaining seven or eight hundred troops, most of which are newly recruited from the states of Yunnei, and they are naturally floating in their hearts. There is a strong enemy outside, but he kills his own generals inside, and he is in turmoil, so do you want to respond to the state? ”

"Don't do it, even if we retire from Longshou Village, the dangerous place will last for a month or two. Can the Jurchen Tartars be attacked? ”

"Longshou Village is dangerous, because Longshou Village is here, and Yingzhou City Fortress is more stable! With a single Longshou Village, what can be done? Even if the Jurchen Tartars can't capture Longshou Village, they can rest assured that they can boldly urge the army to go south. Reinforcements from the north can't come up! The dragon head village is stuffed, one or two hundred military horses are dying, and the Jurchen Tartars are easily surrounded to death, can they not wait for death in the village? Surrendering Longshou Village, just a last resort, how can you escape by yourself and wait to be killed? ”

"I don't believe it, killing Meng Nuan in the city can be overturned? With him as the head, it will shock the hearts of the army, and maybe it will make us feel at ease to protect Yingzhou. Even if I don't want his hundreds of troops, I don't have to worry about internal worries, I can make a military order, and I can still keep Yingzhou as safe as Mount Tai! ”

"It's just a mouth, and it's a bird? In case of even greater chaos and the loss of Yingzhou, do you have to bear this responsibility? ”

"Is it just like this, facing the Jurchen Tartars, and at the same time, you have to take out five points of spirit to take care of the city? What kind of bird war is this? ”

The generals talked a lot, first talking about the defense of the city, and finally turned to the worries of the city. All of them revolved around Meng Nuan, the only alien among the generals.

Defend the city with the city, rely on the strong city outside, and rely on the heart inside. Indispensable. How many fortified fortresses were broken because of civil strife. As long as there are internal worries, this battle will not be fought well no matter what!

Killing Meng Nuan and his army naturally caused a lot of trouble. But what worries is that when Meng Nuan didn't do anything, he will double the disintegration of the already patchwork of the defenders' hearts. At that time, it was impossible to hold on.

In the meantime, it is difficult to make a decision. All the eyes of the inlet naturally turned to Guo Rong. Although Guo Rong is a woman, more often than not, she only exists as a signboard. But she is the head of the generals in the city, and such an important decision still requires her to make the final decision!

Guo Rong tightened her pretty face, and the firelight flickered, illuminating her face uncertainly, and she didn't say a word for a long time.

Enter, she is not afraid. What's more, although this Meng Nuan has always been respectful, it always makes Guo Rong feel uncomfortable. The hidden things in his eyes always made Guo Rong faintly feel that something was wrong.

But what if you kill Meng Nuan, what if you provoke a bigger change? If she doesn't kill her, not only the generals, but even she won't worry!

At this time, Guo Rong felt the responsibility of being the commander of the side.

That bad entry isn't necessarily much bigger than her. How can you start from scratch, pull up such a situation, run such a big business, and bear so many responsibilities?

When he killed his father, was he in a dilemma, as he is today?

Thinking of Pharmacist Guo, Guo Rong felt a pain in her heart. This grievance and hatred, she is already destined to be entangled with Xiao Yan in this life, and it is difficult to distinguish what is right and wrong. What kind of revenge, but there is an afterlife, let's find Xiao Yan to revenge............ At this moment, she only hoped that the bad man would come north early and take over the burden on her. And she didn't think about anything, and she was safe to shelter from the wind and cold under his wing.

This is bad, is it okay in Bianliang? His major affairs have already been carried out, has he gained a firm foothold in Bianliang?

Thinking of Xiao Yan, Guo Rong was a little stupid for a while. The generals looked at Guo Rong blankly, and when they saw this beautiful girl with a thin waist and long legs, their eyes began to drift a little.

In the end, Tang Huai, who had been silent, coughed heavily. Guo Rong was suddenly alarmed. A little flush flew up her cheeks, and she bit her lip and asked, "Where is Meng Nuan?" ”

A general replied: "I didn't let him go to the city to patrol, even if he was in the city, he commanded soldiers and horses, and they were divided into several units." More than 100 troops on duty in the city were all under close surveillance. There is also a military horse in the camp in the city, and there are also 200 troops outside, waiting for the day, with a hard crossbow and a strong bow, once there is a change, it can be killed immediately! ”

Guo Rong was silent for a while with a calm face, and finally gritted her white teeth: "It's unbelievable, start early!" The faster the movement, the less change there may be. I'll make this decision. Kill Meng Nuan and his army! Then it was announced that the whole army was going to make trouble, so he was killed! ”

The generals looked at each other, some raised their eyebrows, some were worried, and some stood up as soon as they got up, and they were ready to receive orders to do this. Some generals were really worried and asked: "If it can't be good, the army's heart deviates, and the state is not guaranteed, what should I do?" ”

Guo Rong's voice was cold, and her expression was resolute: "Then break out of the siege and retreat to Longshou Village to wait for death!" ”

"If the state is not guaranteed, then the states in Yunnei will also be difficult to protect, and the overall situation of the arrangement of Xianmo ............"

Guo Rong raised her face: "This sin, I will go to find the bad one!" ”

Guo Rong called Xiao Xianmo bad, what else did the generals say. And at this moment, it is necessary to make a decision, and at the moment of the great enemy, no matter what kind of decision is better than hesitation. Guo Rong was decisive, and the generals also received the order with a bang, and they were ready to select the elite to act secretly.

Guo Rongqiao's face turned a little pale, but she bit her lip stubbornly, refusing to show her hidden hesitation after making this decision.

Come on, come quickly, this burden is so heavy. I'll carry it for you, if you do something wrong, how can it be good? In such a troubled world, between the fires, no one can help themselves. My enmity with you, I won't revenge it in this life, I will look for you in the next life, and then the white knife will go in and the red knife will come out, and there will be no soft-heartedness - even if I owe you something, this life will be a thousand clean, right?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a few clusters of torches were held by the guards, reflecting Meng Nuan's figure.

This former horse thief leader with a lot of potential is wearing armor and pressing a sword. Stride around the camp. Beside him, he was closely followed by several generals from the Shenwu Victory Army. There are also two people far away outside the camp, watching the movement here.

The camp occupied by Meng Nuan's department is not very large. In fact, it was a small temple in the city in the past. At this moment, the wall and the main hall were demolished, and the materials were either used to strengthen the city defenses or used as guards. His henchmen and horses were crowded in the wings on both sides.

Although the place is not big, there are not many soldiers and horses in the camp now, which is enough to live. The various supplies, including firewood for winter heating, did not shorten their white spoons. But compared to the past, Meng Nuan held the power of Yingzhou and was the emperor of one side. These henchmen of him have already felt that the treatment is underground.

Guo Rong and her generals naturally would not deliberately treat these military horses who surrendered, but they said that they wanted to hold them in their hands and soothe and accept them, and they did not have that leisure. Anyway, when the foundation of the states in Yunnei is stable, and Xiao Yan has decided everything here, these hundreds of troops and horses will be divided and scattered, and Meng Nuan will no longer be able to lead them directly.

However, he did not expect that these hundreds of military horses were still led by Meng Nuan, and the situation in Yingzhou was temporarily maintained. Jurchen Tartars, but they are directly pressing Yingzhou! And these hundreds of military horses suddenly became the most unstable factor in Yingzhou City!

When the enemy is pressing the city, it is only natural that the lord will patrol the camp at night. Even those Shenwu Changsheng generals who were sent to monitor Meng Nuan's side couldn't stop it.

During the inspection, it is nothing more than to see if the sergeants who come down to rest after taking turns on duty can get hot food and how well they are warm. There is no contact at night, and there are signs of noise and chaos. Whether the morale of the army is high or low is not uneven among the various departments. Strangle the things that may cause accidents before they show signs of it.

Commanding the army for the generals is like alchemy and hatching eggs, which requires great energy and patience, and requires diligent feet, eyes, and mouths, and must be taken care of everywhere. Just thinking that the orders are strict, you can lead the army well, and the whole army can return to the heart when talking and laughing, and you can command Ruoding if you want, which can only be said to have no experience in actually leading troops.

This barracks is really not big, and in the blink of an eye, most of them are inspected, as usual. The soldier slept peacefully in the camp. There are patrols in all directions, and the guards on duty will not have any slack.

Meng Nuan pretended to be satisfied and stood still, looking back left and right: "It's still as usual, so that's it tonight." The fire in my tent is burning vigorously, this thief is a cold bird, and he can't eat and drink when he is in battle, and he sleeps comfortably with the bird fire, who knows whether the fight is dead or alive? ”

There was nothing to say about everyone around. Meng Nuan's military tent was deliberately set up in a camp that was not in his department. Now Meng Nuan wants to turn back, that's the best.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw a shadow suddenly entering the door of a wing room. The barracks building used as this small temple has long been in decay, and there is no gate in the wings, and the entrance to the black hole is open. Suddenly, there were more than a dozen incoming shadows. They did not raise fires, and the torches around the camp also showed their white spoon figures. It was all the soldiers under Meng Nuan's command, in the armor, holding a sharp blade, and flashing out like a ghost!

All the colors change, look around. Every place in the camp where troops can be stationed is pouring out! In the military camp here, there are only more than 100 soldiers in the night, and now at least more than half of them have emerged!

As soon as he entered, it was Meng Nuan's confidant, who shouted at Meng Nuan: "General Meng, we will welcome the Jurchen army into the city with you!" Capture this bird princess! ”

(To be continued)