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Chapter 612 Torrent

Chapter 612 Torrent

The grass dies.

Although time has entered autumn, the temperature in the air has not dropped. After passing Xinzhou City, fewer and fewer pedestrians can be seen on the roads and in the mountains, and occasionally there is a scorching smell in the wind. Shi Jin knew that it was The smell of burnt corpses.

The Jin people hadn't come yet, but this time the vanguards belonging to the Yisheng Army who surrendered to the Jurchens at Yanmenguan had already ravaged the border near Xinzhou City.When Shi Jin and other seven people passed through Xinzhou City, the entire city had already begun to be under martial law. Half of the defeated Wu Sheng Army and the nearby Wuwei Army had already entered Xinzhou, preparing to defend the city and wait for an opportunity to attack.It's just that on the other side of the road, more people are still heading south, hoping to enter a big city like Taiyuan.

As people in the green forest, Shi Jin and others were not slow. They set off in the evening and went north along the official road. When it was late at night, the road was already congested. They took some detours and crossed Xinzhou City in the middle of the night. Entering from the city gate, the torches stretched, illuminating the entire city and the ancient city walls. The cries and chaos made the night as noisy as the day.However, after passing Xinzhou, the light gradually disappeared, and the seven of them seemed to have entered a wild ancient land, choosing their path carefully and slowing down.

In the process of going to dawn in the early morning, the foothills were unusually silent. Occasionally, one or two torches could be seen, probably because the villagers walking among the nearby mountains had been left behind by the large army, but they were still fleeing to the south. .They may not be safe, but at least, in such a deep night, the large forces will no longer move.

Going forward, you can occasionally smell charred corpses, which are traces left around yesterday evening.In the early morning, the mist has gradually risen in the mountains and fields. As the morning approached, the white mist joined together and stretched away. When the people walked quietly down a hill with their horses, they saw a red light faintly burning in the mist in front of them.

It was a sign of burning flames, but there was no human voice. They were like ships in the sea moving forward in the fog, and the burning smell became more and more intense.Those who walked in front were the first to find the corpses, and they fell into the small stream surrounding the village. There was a stone bridge that was not wide in front, and the dead people were hung on giant trees.The scenery further ahead gradually became clear. Half of the village was still burning, but more had been burned to ashes.

The charred and unburned corpses appeared shockingly in front of my eyes. This was a mountain village that had been massacred and burned for most of the night.

There are no living people.

Some houses in front had collapsed, and the road through the village was also blocked. They walked around the village silently. In the floating mist, the ruins of the nearby village were burning with flames. When they passed by, there were still burned houses. The house collapsed, raising white smoke, just like a huge ship that was hijacked and sunk on the sea.

In the mist, the seven people led the horse, and they were surprisingly silent as they walked forward.Those who hang around in the green forest have more or less seen blood on their hands, like Shi Jin, who has seen massacres on Liangshan, and perhaps among the other six people.But perhaps there is no scene that can give them such a strong feeling of "sinking".Compared with the destructive force coming from the whole country, no single army or bandit can cause such a strong sense of destruction, because everyone can understand that the same scene may still be happening in many surrounding places at this time.

"This time the golden dog is going south, the general commanding all the way to the west is Nianhan."

After passing the village and walking in front, the lean Bao Wenqin spoke in such a low voice. His name is Qian Fei, and he is quite famous for running around Yanmen Pass. The so-called Nianhan is Wanyan Zonghan Jurchen's real name.

"Grandmaster Zhou has followed this army all the way since he was in the north, just to find out their reality. Nianhan is one of the most powerful in the court of the Kingdom of Jin. If we can kill him, the encirclement of this army will be just as big. I can solve it."

Among the seven people, except for Shi Jin and Qian Fei, the other five people were divided into two groups, and the group of three people was the first to go to the restaurant, and it seemed that they had spent a lot of time in the green forest. "Wei Bao, "Epee" Fang Ya and "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing.The other two are relatively young, and they are said to have some hidden weapons. They are called "Hebei Shuangying", one is Chen Xi, and the other is Tang Zuhan, but they don't seem to be very famous. .According to them, after listening to Zhuji's storytelling, they felt that a great hero should serve the country and the people, so after hearing the news of the Jurchens going south, they felt that they should stand in the way and do something.

The momentary brain fever could hardly conceal the lack of solidity in his hands. For Shi Jin, among the six, except for Qian Fei's lightness kung fu, the kung fu of the others was at best average or low in the arena, even the "Hebei The two of Shuangying were not very solid in temperament. After passing Xinzhou City, they became obviously nervous in their emotions.But at this time, it is difficult to ask for more.

As the sun rose, they heard the sound of a horse's hooves shaking the ground.Qian Fei, who was inquiring, said: "Dai County is coming soon." They left their horses in the woods for a while, and moved forward. When they reached the edge of the woods, they could vaguely see the city wall in the distance.

A cavalry team of golden men galloped past on the road outside, and the soldiers stationed on the city wall in the distance were already Jurchen soldiers.

A plume of smoke emerged from the city and rose into the sky. In the county town over there, there were all kinds of small noises, as if there were countless people whispering, screaming and howling.Several people lay down in the grass and listened for a while, Qian Fei's fist hit the ground: "The city is occupied..."

"Senior Zhou...how should I contact you?" Tang Zuhan asked anxiously.

Qian Fei shook his head: "I don't know either. When I went south, it was my master who was in contact with Senior Zhou. Now that the army is in danger, I don't know where Senior Zhou is now. If he is in the city... ...we may have to wait until dark to go in and find him..."

"The Jurchens are massacring the city." Chen Xiuqing gritted her teeth and said, "So what if you go in, can you find Senior Zhou?"

"Have a look and try."

"Let's go around the city and see if there are any openings to get in..." Shi Jin lowered his voice and crawled back in the grass.Several people accepted his idea, retreated into the woods, and circled the past.

Perhaps it was because after the Jurchens completely occupied the city, they rushed out to kill it again. There were also traces of people running through the woods. Occasionally, arrows were seen sticking to the ground, and occasionally corpses were exposed in the grass, and the smell of blood pervaded the air.Occasionally, there seemed to be a Jurchen team walking around in the woods. Fortunately, several of them had kung fu, Qian Fei had high attainments in lightness kung fu and invisibility, and Shi Jin had profound internal kung fu. It was not difficult to avoid these boring patrols.It was only when he saw the south gate of Dai County that the astonishing scene appeared before his eyes again.

On the opening of the south gate, there are piles of corpses of civilians. It seems that there are hundreds of them. The bloody smell has stained the road red, and even pushed it into a small quagmire on the side of the road.Some were inserted or hung on flagpoles or city gates.Seeing such a scene, Tang Zuhan in "Hebei Shuangying" even covered his mouth and almost spit it out. Qian Fei looked far away in the shadow of the tree. After a while, everyone saw him kneeling down and crying , kowtow slowly.

"The one on the city gate... is my master..." He simply said this sentence. Among them, only Shi Jin had the highest skill and could clearly see the corpses hanging on the city gate, but he didn't He knew that the master Qian Fei was talking about was the dwarf corpse that was almost cut in half on the city gate.

At this time, a voice was heard from the city wall, and then, the bodies of two stripped white flowers were pushed down the city by the Jurchen yelling on the city wall, and they fell to the bottom of the city and died.

Qian Fei clenched his teeth and said in a low voice: "Let's go again and see if there is any place nearby that we can enter..."

So they took another detour, but after all, they couldn't find a place where they could go in during the daytime, so they hid in the nearby woods.Occasionally, Qian Fei and others would go to the city wall to watch the movement. The ongoing massacre in the city became more and more clear as the sun rose, and the sound came from a distance, like the sound of a wall separated from hell.I don't know how many people were found, killed, raped and raped in the city after the city was broken.Even Shi Jin could only grit his teeth at this time, and at noon, he heard the "Hebei Shuangying" discussing going out to kill the Jurchens.

"They always get separated, I went to fight with them..."

"Killing one counts as one, killing two counts as a pair, I can't stand this..."

Qian Fei clenched his fists: "Does it make sense? Does it make sense?"

"Anyway, we won't be able to find Grandmaster Zhou in this way. If he is in the city, he might just, just..."

Although the few people said so, they didn't really rush out to fight desperately after all.In the afternoon, when the sun shone through the gaps in the trees, Shi Jin looked up and suddenly felt a little dazed about his current head north.Although he thought about the situation that he would die in the war, he also thought about the possibility of turning around and running away, but now that Qian Fei and others came up, he couldn't find the Zhou Tong he wanted to see, which was really unexpected things.

Wanting to see Zhou Tong is out of concern for Brother Lin, but even if he does see him, he may not be able to say anything.He can accept desperately or run away, but staying here doesn't know what to do, it seems a bit stupid, especially in the surrounding environment, Jurchens are massacring the city, and many people die every moment, I don't know Especially what to do, it seems stupid.

Otherwise, don't look for Zhou Tong, just get rid of these people.At that time, it will be much easier whether you turn around, desperately, or sneak into the city.This thought came to mind.At this time, Qian Fei, Wei Bao, Fang Ya, and Chen Xiuqing had already gone to explore the reality on the other side of the city wall, and they heard the earth shaking gradually.

Shi Jin and "Hebei Shuangying" rushed to the edge of the woods, but only found Qian Fei. On the side of the field of vision, the banner of the Jurchens came out from the south gate of Dai County, and the formation of the cavalry spread like a huge torrent of horses and banners. .Shi Jin asked Qian Fei about the whereabouts of the three of them. Qian Fei said: "The Jurchens are leaving the city. They are going to attack Xinzhou. The three of them went around to other places to see if there is any place where the Jurchens have withdrawn the city defense."

"The city defense has not been withdrawn." Shi Jin looked at the patrolling soldiers on the city wall, and said in a low voice, "Only some people came out, and those inside were still killing people. Until night... I'm afraid they still won't be able to get in."

Qian Fei nodded silently.The few of them hid in the shadows, not far from the Jurchen brigade heading south from the city. They just watched for a long time, and then saw people being driven out from behind.Most of these people had their hands tied with long ropes, including men, women, old and young, and were connected one by one. The Jurchens cavalry tried their best to drive them away with whips, and the sound of crying filled the entire air.The desolate scene makes people really want to rush out.

Shi Jin looked at it for a while, gritted his teeth, put his hands on the shoulders of "Hebei Shuangying", and said in a low voice: "Let's go, go back..."

Back to the place where they hid before, the few people were still trembling.However, the other three people hadn't come back yet. After a while, they heard the sound of commotion coming from not far away, and someone was shouting: "Go! Go! Yaah——" Shi Jin heard that it was one of the three. The "epee" square cliff.

They rushed there with their weapons, but the other side was also the edge of the forest, but it was a rocky slope. When they rushed over, they saw "Epee" Fangya and "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing , running up with two other people.Those two people, a man and a woman, seem to be civilians, the man is covered in blood, and the woman's clothes are ragged, they will only be able to cover their bodies.It was five Jurchen cavalry who rushed up to surround them from behind, and one of them held a human head in his hand.

"Bronze Hand" Wei Bao's head.

Arriving in Dai County, even before entering, one of his companions had already died. Although he knew that these people's martial arts might not be very strong, in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration.

"Hebei Shuangying" shouted and rushed out together.As soon as Shi Jin gritted his teeth, he jumped in front of the two of them in a few steps, and flew down.When the five Jurchen cavalry saw help coming, one of them suddenly released a loud arrow that flew into the sky and exploded.At that time, the "epee" Fangya was hit by a cavalry who was rushing straight, vomiting blood and flew into the air. On the other side, Shi Jin had already rushed from the hillside. Swinging the gun out, Shi Jin leaped in mid-air, curled up like an ape, and then exploded suddenly!

With a bang, the Jurchen cavalry was thrown away by his stick with a huge momentum, and all internal organs should have been shattered.Driven by this great power, the war horse, which was originally standing horizontally, couldn't stand still. It staggered and rolled down the hillside, splashing countless dust and gravel.

"Quick fight!"

Knowing that the other party had fired an arrow, the surrounding Jurchen patrols would be able to come over immediately. Shi Jin gave a low shout, waved a long stick in the dust, and charged straight up. Qian Fei and "Hebei Shuangying" had also rushed over, together with "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing and the other four knights fought suddenly.

Fighting on the battlefield, the victory or defeat is only a few breaths away, and it is divided in a blink of an eye.Qian Fei and Chen Xiuqing attacked almost at the same time, killing a cavalryman, and Chen Xi and Tang Zuhan also knocked down a Jurchen.Shi Jin fought alone. He poked one of them off his horse, while the other cavalry rushed towards him at high speed. The opponent flipped several times in the air before crashing to the ground.Shi Jin grabbed the spear, turned around and stabbed another dismounted cavalryman to the ground.

When he turned his head to look, he saw Chen Xi from "Hebei Shuangying" standing blankly not far away.He and Tang Zuhan took down a Jurchen cavalry soldier, but the opponent was also extremely brave. He drew his sword and charged. The two joined forces and Tang Zuhan chopped off the opponent's head with a knife. At this time, the sword was still embedded in the dead Jurchen's head. And the knife handed out by the other party cut off Chen Xi's right hand. At this time, blood spurted out from the cut. Tang Zuhan next to him was at a loss. Chen Xi also stood there blankly, looking at his shoulder and the ground. With the arm holding the sword, the sun shone down, and he staggered and sat back.

Shi Jin rushed up, severely tapped a few acupuncture points near his severed arm, then tore a piece of cloth from his clothes and tied it tightly around the cut on his shoulder.Chen Xi was still sluggish and unable to react.Not far away, "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing was gasping for breath, talking to Qian Fei and Shi Jin here: "I, I, I... Let's go to see the city wall... I saw these Jurchens doing evil... There are only six of them, we We thought we would definitely win, we thought..."

The three of them came together, but by this time, both Wei Bao and Fang Ya were dead, leaving him alone.Shi Jin turned around and shouted: "Ride a horse! Go!" Qian Fei had already turned on a war horse, and Chen Xiuqing was nervous, and also turned on a horse. Chen Xi pointed to the broken arm on the ground with his left hand: "My hand, my hand……"

"Your hand is gone!" Shi Jin shouted, and said to Tang Zuhan again, "Wait for him to run!" In the distance, arrows whizzed towards us!About a dozen Jurchen patrollers had rushed over.

Shi Jin grabbed the snatched spear and got on his horse. Tang Zuhan also hurriedly led Chen Xi onto the horse. Chen Xi was crying, speaking hurriedly: "My hand, my hand..." As if he didn't know that the bleeding from the severed arm had already begun. Drenched half the body.

Qian Fei galloped out, grabbed the ragged woman on the dirt slope, and put him on the horse. Shi Jin also rushed over, reaching out to grab another blood-stained man, but suddenly caught nothing, and looked at the man carefully. , the man was shot in the back with an arrow, and he fell to the ground without moving.

Shi Jin reined in his war horse and fixed the ten or so Jurchen riders who were rushing forward. The opponent drew a bow and shot an arrow. After a few winks, they waited until they ran away, then turned their horses and ran towards another direction that had changed slightly.

Not long after, the Jurchen patrol team divided into two teams, and the larger team followed in the direction of Shi Jin's escape.

The war horses chased, fled, fought, and ran into the mountains.And on the road parallel to them, a terrifying Jurchen army is heading south in the direction of Xinzhou City. A large number of civilians of the Wu Dynasty are trapped in it. Every moment, someone is whipping and die crying.

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At night, the setting sun has sunk into the sky.In the twilight brought by the stars, the Jurchen knight stood in the mountains, holding a steel knife, and quietly listening to the movement around him. At a certain moment, he suddenly moved in a certain direction, waving his hands and bending his bow, and the sound of horseshoes galloped towards him. The figure of the war horse rushed out loudly, colliding fiercely with the war horse under his crotch.The two war horses collided with each other in the darkness with a dull sound, and the arrow flew out with bloody light, and rushed into the night sky.The knights on the two horses were also knocked out, rolled on the ground several times, and stood up.

The Jurchen soldier held a steel knife in his hand, and the man opposite stood up, but moved his arms. He was tall, strong, and well-proportioned, with wounds on his body and blood at the corner of his mouth, but he walked towards this side with bare hands.The Jurchen warrior yelled "Wow", and rushed forward with a knife, the two figures collided under the starlight, just two violent fights, the steel knife changed hands, and the tall man who was originally unarmed continued to swing Five or six knives were thrown, each of which was directly slashed at the opponent's body.

The body of the Jurchen exploded like a wave of blood, and when he fell to the ground, the speed of the opponent's swinging the knife slowed down, and then he swung the knife a few times at the corpse on the ground before stopping.

"Nine-patterned Dragon" Shi Jin.He wiped the blood from the steel knife in the mountains, put it on his body, and went to look at the two horses, only to find that the two horses were injured after the violent collision, and they fell in a pool of blood and could not walk.He sighed, turned his head to identify the direction, and then walked towards Xinzhou.

In the process of fleeing just now, he killed all the Jurchen cavalry behind him one by one, including two Jurchen scouts who had joined the hunt. Although they were also injured, they were not serious after all.Going down like this, in the outline of the mountains not far away, you can vaguely see the ruins of the burned village that you saw in the morning. Now it has no fire, and in the darkness, it looks like a tomb. up.

Shi Jin traveled all the way across the mountains, and met two Jurchen scouts on the way, but was killed by him again, snatched a horse and walked in the mountains.When he got to a woodland, he suddenly noticed something, he reined in his horse and stopped, and a figure jumped down from a tree not far away, it was Qian Fei who was in charge of making inquiries.

The two looked at each other without saying anything, Qian Fei led the way, and Shi Jin followed.In a place in the forest, Shi Jin saw several people who had fled.Chen Xiuqing huddled in the darkness, looking at a corpse in front of her. The corpse belonged to the woman who was rescued. She stabbed a knife into her chest, which seemed to be suicide.Not far away, Chen Xi with a broken arm in "Hebei Shuangying" was lying under a tree, and Tang Zuhan sat beside him blankly.

Seeing Shi Jin, who is highly skilled in martial arts, approaching quietly, Chen Xiuqing and Tang Zuhan seemed to wake up a little bit.Shi Jin looked at the corpse of the woman who committed suicide, and Chen Xiuqing looked at him in the dark: "We, none of us were saved... None of us were saved..."

Qian Fei whispered a few words beside him, in fact, he could think of it without explaining Shi Jin.The woman was disheveled before, and even though she was humiliated like that, she still ran away desperately, but when she ran here, she was able to calm down and think clearly, but she committed suicide. In the end, "Red Copper Hand" Wei Bao and "Chong "Sword" Fang Ya, it seems that they are worthless if they die.

Shi Jin couldn't say anything, so he went to Chen Xi and Tang Zuhan.Chen Xi's arm was broken, but it seemed that it had been bandaged, and he was still breathing.Shi Jin stared at it for a while, then he woke up in a daze again, looked at the people around him, and said in a weak and hoarse voice: "I'm useless, kill me...I'm useless..."

Shi Jin put the steel knife on his back, picked up a spear, stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "This is war."

There were still seven people who came up last night, and nothing was done. There were only five living people left, and one of them had a broken arm.But no matter what, this is the battlefield, and Shi Jin, who still felt empty in the afternoon and didn't know what he was doing, was now clearly aware of it.This is war. The Jurchens' army is still going south like a torrent, scattered and scattered, surrounded by countless scouts. There are countless people who want to resist, and countless people will be crushed just like this. In such a situation , The power of one person or a few people is really insignificant.

"You're alive, so it might be useful in the future. This is fighting." Shi Jin clenched the spear in his hand, "I'm going to Xinzhou."

Qian Fei looked at him: "Go to help defend the city?"

"Dai County has already been destroyed, and it is not big enough. Xinzhou City is big enough. After the city is broken, there must be street fighting. At this time, the situation is the most chaotic. If Nianhan enters the city, we will have the possibility of assassinating him." Shi Jin said , "If Grandmaster Zhou is not dead, if he wants to have the best chance, he may be there too. Anyway, I want to meet him."

Chen Xiuqing and Tang Zuhan looked this way, Qian Fei was silent for a while, took a breath, and looked at Shi Jin: "I wanted to go back to Dai County and find a way to save Master's body for burial, but what you said makes sense... I'll go with you."

Under the starlight, the little thoughts that flowed in the bloody torrent were decided like this...

　On Christmas Eve, it’s now, I’m really too stupid...

Anyway, this chapter is almost [-] words.Well, Merry Christmas everyone ^_^

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