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Since the beginning of summer, heavy rains have been falling one after another on the northern land. The already hot weather, under such continuous rain, gradually became as cold as early spring. Sometimes in the early morning, you can still see traces of frost.

The old peasants who have decades of experience in the border areas of Hebei can almost definitely conclude that this first year of Jingkang will be an exceptionally cold year, and the day of the freeze will be much earlier than usual.

On weekdays, these farmers worry about this year's harvest. The land tax that should be paid, the green seedling money that should be repaid, the Ding tax of the fifth-class households, plus all kinds of additional distributions. Even with the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, these burdens are very heavy on the heads of the peasants, and there is a possibility that the annual growth will be a little worse.

But at this time, no one is worried about what will happen to this year's harvest. It's just because of the trouble of the war, and it weighs heavily on everyone's hearts in the border area!

There are already Jurchen Tartars in the east of the river, Hebei is facing the dark clouds pressing the city, a large number of Yandi refugees poured in, everywhere is a chaotic and panicked scene, the border prefectures and counties have begun martial law, the people in the border areas of Hebei have either fled, or they are conscripted as civil husbands, serving and transporting grain and straw.

Since Emperor Daojun ascended the throne, there have been more and more heavy endowments, more and more corrupt ruling systems, and worse and worse years. Coupled with the continuous fighting in recent years. Even ordinary people in the Great Song Dynasty can't help but have the feeling that this dynasty is about to end.

I think of the five dynasties more than a hundred years ago, when the world was shabby, and the princes attacked and killed each other. The Khitans took advantage of the situation to enter. The tragic scene of bloodbathing the whole of North China. These people, who have begun to drift away from the war again, can't help but look forward to what kind of heroes will emerge. Can resist these Jurchen Tartars who ruined the Liao Kingdom!

In the midst of a chaotic scene, some good news finally spread in the border areas of Hebei.

King Yan sent an army from the Flying Fox and stationed in Yizhou to attack the Jurchen army. There was an invincible fierce general in the army of King Yan called Yang Yi, who beheaded more than ten Jurchen kings, causing the Jurchen army to abandon Hebei and besiege Yi County. And now the Tianwu Army, which is stationed in the northern border of the river, has also begun to organize reinforcements. Prepare to kill all the way along Yishui, fight to the death with the Jurchen Tartars under Yixian County, and keep the roads of Hebei safe!

Such news came, combined with the cars and horses on the road in the eyes of the people on the border, and the rivers were connected, all of them were transporting military horses, grains and straw in the direction of Baigou Station, and the fleet composed of the Tianwu Army also began to move north from Baigou Station to Yishui. The hearts of the people in the north of the river are uplifted, and I don't know how many people began to supply Yang Yibu, Yu Jiang, the main general of the Tianwu Army, and even the immortal tablet of the legendary Yan King. Burn incense and pray day and night, just waiting for the news of their victory!

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Heavy rain is like a note. The wind roared, and the white waves rolled on the Yishui River. When the Jurchens of the Great Song Dynasty gathered tens of thousands of troops and prepared to fight here. This Yi Shui also seems to be infected with this murderous aura, churning like an angry dragon!

In the midst of the rain, the river is up and down. I don't know how many figures are busy in the rain.

These busy ants were also like the crowd of people, the army driven by the Jurchens and the people who had been captured from the entire Yan Land.

On the banks of the river, one wooden fort after another was erected. On the top of the wooden fort, heavy crossbows were set up from Yanjing, Danzhou and even the Khitans, and these crossbows fired arrows like iron guns.

And in the river, how many shirtless people are carrying heavy loads and floats in the white waves, desperately erecting barrage defenses. Wooden piles are driven deep into the silt at the bottom of the river, and the piles are fastened together by piso. Beyond the stakes, there are rows of wooden rows. This time, the wooden rows were nailed and connected with long boards to form a barrage city. Compared with the previous barrage wooden rafts, how much stronger is it ten times?

Heavy crossbow machines were also laid on top of such barrage cities, and the barrage bullets of the brigade were driven up to defend these wooden drainage cities. Such a barrage water city, three roads are being built at the same time at once!

The siege of Yi County, if it was simply to let a few female Allah generals vent their anger, originally thought that with the strength of the Jurchen army, this city could be destroyed and ravaged at will. But after this period of siege, the Jurchen army seemed to have hit a real fire, saying that they would pull out the nail anyway.

Even at the expense of making a big splash on this Yishui River, he said that he would cut off the water access of the defenders in the city, even if it was a long siege, he would trap this Yixian city to death!

How many true Jurchen generals were running and shouting among these busy auxiliary soldiers and people, and the rain flowed down their fur hats, and every Jurchen Tartar looked irritable and tired. Such weather made the Jurchen Tartars, who were accustomed to the dry and cold weather in the north outside the Saiwai, feel extremely uncomfortable. Coupled with the anger of the soldiers under the small city, they were extremely ruthless when they supervised the work, and within a few days, they didn't know how many people were hacked and killed by these Jurchen Tartars at will!

Heavy labor, minimal food rations, harsh conditions. Even if there were no knives from these Jurchen Tartars, how many people were busy in the water, and suddenly their whole bodies were weak and they fell into the rapids. And the numb raw mouths around him, as if they didn't see it, continued to work mechanically.

The Jurchen army was launched, and although the war between the two sides was still the beginning, I don't know how many lives were consumed so quickly. And the destructive power of the Jurchen army has only been revealed!

High on the shore of Yishui, a stout figure sat on the bed in the rain, and from time to time passed down orders to let the guards around him rush to a certain construction site. Supervise and speed up the progress.

This stout figure is the Wanyan Zongbi who was often called the Golden Vulture in later generations. Since the two roads of Danzhou and Yanjing joined forces. Wanyan Zongbi has always followed his brother Zongwang. At this moment, he was given the task of commanding more than 10,000 troops and horses to barrage the river and cut off the southerners' reinforcements.

Although Wanyan Zongbi is not as good as his brothers who have already made a name for himself in all aspects at the moment, he has always been regarded as the rising star of the Wanyan family. And every time he is sent, he is also down-to-earth and thorough, and he works tirelessly. has already revealed a little bit of the temperament of the future commander of the army.

(The so-called commander of the army is not just a lupine scarf, but Zhou Langgu can lead it so charming.) The most basic thing is to be able to bear hardships and stand hard work, and you must be able to take care of all aspects of a large army. It must be meticulous and able to endure hard work. Why do some generals have a poor grasp of the army once they start to be arrogant? To put it simply, there is less movement. There is also less control. When the battle is approaching, the cohesion naturally declines, and the command and dispatch cannot be appropriate. The so-called whole army does not sleep at home, and the whole army does not eat at home, it is not just a gesture to express the same weal and woe, it must really see that the whole army has eaten, and the whole army can have a place to sleep in the wind and rain, and only as the commander of the army can he be down-to-earth - Oscar press)

A Wanyan Zongbi directly led Mou Ke to splash the muddy water, turned over and dismounted, and before he had time to report the progress of the project he was responsible for, he wiped the rain on his face and began to complain.

“………… What to do here on a delay? The inside of the bones is going to be moldy! Zong Bi, go and ask Zong Wang for his life. This is to let us go south. Find the southerners to fight! No matter how many southerners there are military horses, I promise to crush them in a while! If you can't break down. Although let Zong Wang cut off my head! ”

Wanyan Zongbi's expression didn't move, he just asked coldly, "Why is your barrage wooden city slowing down?" What are you doing again? ”

Na Mouke said angrily: "In the past three days, seven or eight hundred people have died, and there are not enough people!" ”

Wanyan Zongbi raised his hand and pointed to the continuous Jurchen camp behind him: "Go and drive out all the women in the camp and let them go!" ”

Na Mouke was stunned, and rushed to the river to fill in the gaps in these barrage lines with his life, naturally there were both men and women, and the Jurchen Tartars were not so pitiful to the southerners. Those who can still stay in the camp at this moment are naturally a little beautiful, and those who are left to be the playthings of their concubines in the tents of the Jurchen generals in the future are all regarded as the personal property of the Jurchen generals. Even in this Mouke's tent, there are five or six left, two of which must be the daughters of the Yandi clan back then, which makes this Mouke quite a little loved.

Na Mok was just stunned, and Zong Bi had already gotten up, and with a wave of his hand, he was whipped in the face. With a burst of whiplash, a bloody hole suddenly opened on Namouke's face, and blood mixed with rain rolled down.

"With this appearance, you still want to crush the southerners' military horses for a while? You must know that the southern army in the city may be stronger than you at this moment! When did you dare to question Zong Wanghe's orders? If there is a woman in the camp who is not driven into the river today, you will be filled in the river! ”

In Zong Bi's cold voice, Na Mouke retreated in a hurry. Not long after, Zong Bi, who was still guarding the high place like a sculpture, saw how many southerner women were driven out of the camp. These women, who had become the playthings of the Jurchen Tartars, were thinly dressed, with scars on their bodies and faces, and were driven numb in the rain, and then they were filled into the busy construction sites, and in a short time, many people had already stumbled into the rapids, and only short, shrill shouts could be heard and quickly drowned out.

This tragic scene is not in Zong Bi's mind at all. He was just pondering where the war was going.

Under the city of Yizhou, he was also a little puzzled at first. But the elder brother gave orders and resolutely obeyed orders. Now Zong Bi vaguely felt that his brother's actions seemed to have a deep meaning.

Maybe the summer is coming, and in the territory of Nanren Hebei, the ditches are vertical and horizontal, and the water potential is rising. For the Jurchen military horses, it was not a suitable season for combat. There is the entire Yan Land behind him, and the plundering is enough to support this army to survive the summer, and take advantage of the cool autumn to go south in one fell swoop?

Maybe it was the military horse of the Nanren, who was said to be run by King Yan, who had enough combat power to make Zong Wang and others have to be a little afraid. A team of thousands of men is so difficult. Not to mention that the defense along Hebei is also the Tianwu Army run by the King of Yan, and across Taihang, there is also the main force led by the King of Yan! Maybe Zong Wang was waiting for Zong Han on the west road to entangle the Yan King's army and horses more strongly, alleviating his concerns about the flanks, and then marching south?

Or just want to use Yi County to attract the southerners to come to help, just after the decisive battle in Yandi and the defeat of the southerners defenders, there will be no resistance to the south?

After thinking about it, Zong Bi only felt that the last guess was more reliable. In any case, it's a good thing that the southerners are willing to come! I hope they will come!

In the midst of the rain, suddenly dozens of horsemen came at a gallop, found Zong Bi's tall tower, and galloped over.

When these knights came closer, they could be seen that they were all real female sentinels, and the rain drenched their armor and leather robes, and everyone's faces were extremely tired and gray.

Dozens of knights were stopped by the guards until before Zong Bi. The Jurchen army, the leader of the team, strode up to Zong Bi and bowed heavily.

"Zong Bi, the southerners are coming! More than 100 miles away, it is going straight into the water! ”

Zong Bi Huo Ran got up and slapped his fist fiercely.

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