Since this novel is a pure historical fiction, it is only for readers to joke about after tea and dinner, so I hope that the names of the countries involved in it will not be linked to the dynasties in history.

Okay, let's start with the story in this novel.

As human beings, what we see and hear is really too small, because our time and space are too big, even if technology is developed, there are still many things that we don't know or may not be able to accept at all, we think that we are the only human beings, and we live on the only continent. However, perhaps, in a certain time and space, there may be countless continents that we can't even imagine, where human beings who live like us, and who have the same civilization as us, and they can't see us, and we can't touch them. Their stories are so similar to the stories that we have happened to us that seeing them is like a dream, like going back to the past.

Now, let's travel through time and space, through those fragments, into this dream-like continent with the same civilization as we once had!

This is a war-torn continent, which reminds us of the Warring States Period thousands of years ago, and like that era, this vast continent is divided by heroes and wars, and the tragedy of the weak and the strong has been staged that we are accustomed to.

To the west of the continent is the southwest region, which is an area where there are many powerful countries, and the Western Qin and Western Wei are the most powerful of these powers; It is an extraterritorial area, there are many uncivilized ethnic groups here, there are many countries with strong folk customs, such as Hu State, Qiang State and Yan State, the southeast of the mainland, is the rich southern Xinjiang region, here the mountains and rivers are pleasant, the economy is developed, rich countries abound, such as the Jin State, the Qi State and the Wu State, the weakest is the Lianghe region, divided into Hanoi and outside the river, the two river countries due to the weak country and the poor people, rarely participate in the hegemony, has been the object of violation, there are four countries in the Hanoi region, Yang, Jiang, Liang, Qing, Jiang and Qing were the weakest, and Liang's strength was second to none among the four countries.

Unfortunately, our story is to tell the story of this weak Qing country (again, this Qing country is not the Qing Dynasty established by Huang Taiji in history, but only the author's liking for the name "Qing"), this small country is located in the Hanoi region, relying on the nourishment of the two rivers, and the land is quite rich. However, the monarch at that time abolished the emperor Lu Ke never asked about political affairs, only cared about pleasure, and the actual operation of the country was supported by several huge families in the country. Out of dissatisfaction with the monarch's debauchery and misuse of the country, taking advantage of Lu Ke's serious illness, the Xu family and the Wang family quietly launched the Jingzhou Incident and killed Lu Ke. At that time, Empress Dowager Xu, as the eldest sister of the Xu family, suddenly grasped the power of the Qing State, and under her strong promotion, her son Lu Ji, the fourth son of the emperor, was put on the throne and changed the name of the year to Xiangxing. Young and immature, he ascended to the throne of the emperor by this chance, and in the face of a corrupt and decadent country, he was determined to work hard to be a generation of emperors. Under the care of the Empress Dowager and the support of the Xu family, he boldly used a group of young talents to inject fresh vitality into this small country.

On this day, Lu Ji's teacher, Tong Duolun, the central minister at the time, was giving Lu Ji a lecture on how to govern the country. Tong Duolun is nearly fifty years old, but he is old and strong, extraordinarily energetic, his slightly silver hair is neatly combed in a bun, set in a silver wooden crown, and the black and white beard under his chin is touched by him, which looks very soft, he made a loud voice like a bell, and said to Lu Ji: "The most important thing in governing the country is to conform to the will of the people, and to get more help and less help for the unjust!"

In front of him sat Lu Ji, his hair bun was covered with a crown engraved with a dragon totem that symbolized the supreme imperial power, and he was wearing a white tight-fitting dragon robe painted with the dragon totem, and a young but ambitious face looked at his teacher, he was not interested in the books he read, after all, he understood these truths, and he was interested in his teacher, an old minister who had always been called "Old Fox" by others.

At this time, a soldier rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xu Cheng asks you to go to the Council Hall immediately, and all the ministers are waiting for you there!"

Lu Ji didn't know what was going on, but when he entered the council hall, he watched the ministers talk about it, and then looked at Xu Yin and Wang Ze's faces were not very good-looking, and he also realized that something was wrong.

When Lu Ji sat down, Xu Yin hurriedly played: "According to the report from the Ningzhou Mansion, the Jin State raised 300,000 troops to the north, and its pioneers Xu Chao and Cao Ran were like bamboos, and the Liang State and Jiang State surrendered one after another, and now, the Jin army has forced to the border of our country!"

Lu Ji was also a little surprised, he hadn't heard of so many soldiers and horses, but he had also heard the teacher say that for the monarch, even if the building was about to fall, he had to be calm, so he nodded calmly and asked, "In that case, you ministers should tell me how to deal with the enemy?"

A minister said: "If you talk about national strength, Liang is better than our country, Your Majesty, imagine that Liang is no match for the Jin army, how can we be his opponents? Rather than being defeated and captured, it is better to take the initiative to surrender!"

Xu Yin pointed at the minister and scolded: "What are you talking about, before the first battle, you are here to instigate Your Majesty to surrender, what are your intentions?"

After speaking, he played: "Your Majesty, the minister insists on fighting with the Jin army, even if all my whole country is killed in battle, I will never give in to the Jin country!"

Lu Ji nodded and said: "I have the same meaning as the prime minister, that is, a battle with the Jin army, the Jin army has traveled far away, and it is an arrogant soldier, although my Qing country is weak, as long as I have the heart of death, I can fight with it!"

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly entered the main hall and shouted loudly, "The general's five hundred miles of urgency" to Lu Ji to present the general's recital. He was Lu Ji's confidant, a young general, because he was well-read and resourceful, and Lu Ji was worshiped as a general after being called the emperor and was in charge of military affairs. In order to quell the rebellion in Qingzhou, he led his army to go, so he was not in Beijing, so there was this 500 miles of urgency.

Lu Ji looked at Wang Yu's presentation and said, "Wang Yu advises me not to use troops and horses in a decisive battle with the Jin army, but to avoid its edge, preserve strength, and wait for fighters. What do you think?"

Xu Yin played: "The minister thinks that what the general said, although it is feasible in theory, if you blindly avoid its edge, will you let the Jin army gradually encroach on our country?"

Xu Tai also said: "The minister thinks that what the prime minister said is extremely true, if our army is unable to react, the Jin army will invade our country even more frantically, and avoiding its edge will only speed up the Jin army's march!"

Lu Ji heard this, nodded, stood up, and said: "I have made up my mind, send troops to Ningzhou, and fight a decisive battle with the Jin army!" Those opposing ministers wanted to say something more, and seeing Lu Ji's resolute attitude, they had no choice but to shut up.

In this way, in the spring of the first year of Xiangxing, Lu Ji took Li Zhong and Wen Ping, two young generals, as the vanguard, personally led the army, sent 50,000 troops, and planned to fight a decisive battle with the Jin army in Ningzhou.

As a pioneer, Wen Ping took the lead in rushing to Ningzhou, and joined forces with the defenders of Ningzhou, preparing to hold Ningzhou City, and the Jin army's men and horses were indeed fast, and within a few days after Wen Ping's arrival, the Jin army was overwhelmed. Since the Jin army was mostly cavalry, it marched dozens of miles, and not long ago it was still cleaning up the mess in Jiang State, and now it has come to the city.

Under the city are the black pressure of the Jin army horses, about forty or fifty thousand, one by one the armor is clean, holding soldiers, ready to go. The banner of the Jin army fluttered wantonly in the wind, heralding the coming of the great war. Led by a general, I saw that he was wearing a black tasseled helmet, wearing black gold armor, wearing a black robe on his shoulders, his face was dark and thin, his eyes were burning like torches, and he looked at Ningzhou City coldly, with that look, not angry and arrogant. He was followed closely by a general, who also wore a military uniform, but his face was ruddy, his face was fat, his expression was gentle, and because of his wide body, and then wrapped in battle armor, he looked pot-bellied and a little more amiable. The black-faced general is Xu Chao, the general of the Jin Kingdom, as a close confidant of Emperor Yuanhua of the Jin Dynasty, he is known for his courage in battle, courage and arrogance, with a spear in his hand, killing countless people, and behind him is his deputy general - Cao Ran, who is modest, rarely loses his temper, and is known for his prudence. Emperor Wu of Jin put the two in charge of military power in order to make up for each other and learn from each other's strengths.

Xu Chao pointed a spear at Ningzhou Chengguan and shouted: "Listen to the generals on the city tower, you are limited to surrender to the city within one hour, otherwise, my three armies will go up and this place will be razed to the ground!"

Wen Ping faced Xu Chao downstairs and replied loudly: "The eldest husband would rather be a broken jade than a complete tile, my Qing army is bound to live and die with Ningzhou, and fight to the last person and the last moment!

Xu Chao saw that the city gate was wide open, and a young general, wearing a white tasseled helmet and gray gold armor, with a white robe on his shoulders moving with the wind, his eyes were like a sword, pointing directly at him Xu Chao, as the war horse rushed to him quickly, the sharp spear tip pierced over. He intuitively felt a cold light coming, and hurriedly dodged away.

The young general is Wenpin, and he is also a fierce general of the Qing State. After Xu Chao dodged, he clenched his spear and said loudly: "Good boy, the soldiers are very fast! If you can kill me, you will save this Ningzhou City!" After speaking, he shouted "Come on", and waved his spear at Wen Ping, who was not an idle person, and tried his best to parry. The two of you come and go, you stab me with a shot, I dodge, and then stab you with another shot, everyone does everything they can. I saw Xu Chao first exert force from the palm of his hand, and pushed the spear out with all his might, and then his fingers exerted force, held the spear, and slashed horizontally at Wen Ping's neck, Wen Ping's reaction was even faster, and he pulled out his sword and cut off the spear. Taking advantage of Xu Chao's surprise, Wen Ping immediately stabbed a shot at him, who knew that Xu Chao suddenly used his arm to exert force, and he was stunned to drive his spear far away and stick it straight into the ground. Without the spear, it stands to reason that both of them should have stopped fighting, but the two of them actually drew their swords and fought there, and after more than a hundred rounds, they still couldn't tell the winner.

Just when the battle between the two was in full swing, the rear of the Jin army was in chaos, what happened here?