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Chapter 637 The Great Wheel of Life and Death in the Ningdong Snow Sea (1)

Chapter 637 The Giant Wheel of Life and Death in the Ningdong Snow Sea ([-])

winter.

The rain fell, soaking bit by bit, turning the chaotic street into a muddy alley. When the carriage passed slowly through the street, the teacher lifted the curtain and saw that there were not many lively shops on both sides of the street. Look in a certain direction of the city by the door with a few guests.A few children dragging wooden sticks ran in the rain clattering. When they reached the other end of the road, they also stood and looked north.One of the children raised his fist and shouted, "Kill all the golden dogs! Kill all the golden dogs!"

The sound of war was faintly coming from over there.

Bianliang City is very large, a city with more than a million people living together, the north and south ends are hard to see, the sound of war shakes the city wall, and then spreads into the city like ripples, and the sound fades away when it reaches a distance.But these days, most people in the city have been able to distinguish the meaning of that voice.

After the disastrous defeat of the Western Army's attack on the camp on September 24, Wanyan Zong hoped that all his cavalry would come out and smashed the hundreds of thousands of troops on the field outside Bianliang City.For the residents of Bianliang City, this news made them feel almost desperate, but it also aroused a huge sense of crisis.On the second day after the defeat of the Western Army, Taixue students and residents of the city went to petition outside the imperial city, demanding that the imperial court reuse Li Gang, Zhong Shidao and others to eliminate traitors. Taixue student Chen Dong even listed Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others. Into the list of "six thieves" and asked the court to deal with it.

After this incident happened, the imperial court accepted the opinions of the following part, and at the same time gave Zhong Shidao a promotion, and ordered him to assist Li Gang in organizing the battle of defending the city of Bianliang.After Zhong Shidao appeared in front of the crowd outside the imperial city in a carriage, the petitioners were willing to disperse.After that, Li Gang and others launched propaganda in the city, and tens of thousands of people in Bianliang responded, expressing their willingness to go to the city to fight and live and die with Bianliang.In this way, with one heart and one mind, the momentum of breaking the boat and sinking the boat is the same for a while.

Under such momentum, the original main peace faction has no voice to speak out.The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, Wang Rui, died in the riot that night, and the court spared no effort to publicize the cruelty of the Jurchens.Afterwards, the Jurchens attacked the city several times, and the residents of the city actively participated in the battle preparations, but they also firmly guarded the city wall for more than a month.

During this process, prices in the city have also begun to rise.

The first thing to soar is naturally the price of food and vegetables.Bianliang City has always had abundant supplies and stable prices, and most people would not have expected such a sudden call from the Jurchens.Before the siege, although a large amount of food was transported in, it was the food of the imperial court first. Li Gang and other court officials not only used righteousness to incite people to defend the city, but also distributed rations and other materials to those who worked hard.For this reason, the upper echelon did not adopt a policy of stabilizing prices. Some young and well-connected people can participate in the reserve team for defending the city, and can participate in the manufacture of defensive items such as rolling logs and stones. After all, people will still be divided into ranks and ranks.A very small number of people in the city will eventually be endangered by such a situation.

Fanlou is naturally not in the category of endangered livelihoods. Since there was no large-scale storage of grain earlier, at this time, the issue of food has already begun to be considered. When Shishi went out today, he went to Zhuji to find Su Wenfang who stayed behind, and discussed the purchase of grain. ——When Ning Yi left the city to go north, Su Tan'er and other family members had already gone south. Su Wenfang volunteered to stay in the city and continue to take care of Zhuji.

At this time, when they came back from the negotiation, the sounds of the Jurchens attacking the city in the north of the city continued.As you can see along the way, most of the residents in the city are paying attention to that direction. Even if there are calm and calm people, eating snacks and chatting with each other, they don't know how nervous they are.For everyone, the city wall is tall and thick, but when you think about it now, it is like a piece of thin paper. You can't help much if you beat it like this. Once it is broken, the whole city will be destroyed. To be slaughtered.

Shi Shi also let the carriage go in the direction of the north of the city. She is a girl, and she might be difficult to help, and she would not be allowed to approach, but... always wanted to take a closer look.

It was still raining, so he walked all the way, and when he passed a certain street, he suddenly found a figure in front of him.The figure walked forward hesitantly under the eaves, but maybe it hadn't brought an umbrella, and its body was almost wet, and it was quite embarrassing.Shi Shi hurriedly stopped the carriage, opened the curtain and waved: "Lei'er, Lei'er, come up."

The walking figure was also a woman in the building, named He Lei'er, she was neither a celebrity nor a celebrity, the two people's reputations were quite different, and they didn't have much contact with each other on weekdays.The woman held a food box in her hand and turned her head. Seeing that it was Shishi, she was really stunned for a moment, and then she got into the car. Shishi gave her a towel and frowned slightly.

"Sister Lei'er, where are you going in this weather? The city is not peaceful. If you come out alone like this, something will happen."

The Jurchens attacked the city, prices rose, martial law began to be imposed at night in the city, and public security began to decline.Shishi is the number one, and he has a car and guards when he goes out, but He Lei'er doesn't have these configurations.She wiped her head and face, lowered her head and thanked her, and then said a little embarrassedly: "I, I want to go to Suanzaomen to have a look. My...friend is currently guarding the city. I am afraid that something will happen to him, so I want to go and see Look...I also brought him something to eat..."

"Oh..." Shishi nodded.In fact, He Leier is not a noble person, and in the building, there is not much freedom to choose guests. If you want to talk about good friends, there are more than one or two, but if it is normal, how can a soldier guarding the city be possible? She regarded her as a "good friend", but these naturally need not be explained. After a little chat, in He Leier's somewhat proud tone, Shishi also learned that her good friend was a member of the Japanese army who led more than 500 people. The general named Xue Changgong——I have an impression of this name in Shishi’s mind. During this period of time, several generals in the army are known for their bravery in killing the enemy. This Xue Changgong is one of them. I have seen and said hello in the building.

In the past, the high-ranking officials or wealthy gentry were received in the high-rise building, and most of them were based on the standards of literary talent, money and status. At this time, the war continued, and the status of soldiers was rising steadily. He Leier had such a friend for herself, He was obviously proud, and when he talked to Shishi at this time, a lot of news came out, even Xue Changgong gave her a token so that she could go to the city wall to visit him, and he also showed it off, I heard that Shishi The teacher wanted to see the city wall, so he volunteered to take her there.

But Shishi felt that it was wrong: "There is a war at this time, I just take a look around, I really want to go there, can't I?"

But He Lei'er said: "I'm not a girl who doesn't know the importance. I've been to his barracks once, and it's still some distance away from the city wall. I'll put the things down and let's go." She hugged the snack box in her arms , "There are not many things in the building now. I have saved a few pastries. They taste pretty good, and I am reluctant to eat them, but if I put them away again, they will probably go bad..."

In the past, there were plenty of supplies, so even He Leier, who had a low status in the building, probably wouldn't be so tight, but at this time, some of the previous pastries were no different from delicacies.He Leier thought about giving it to Xue Changgong, and Shishi was somewhat moved. After a while, the two arrived near the warning line in the north of the city. The sound of the siege became more and more manic. If they went any further, ordinary people would not be able to go. .Shishi took the headscarves and veils to cover the heads and faces of the two of them, and wrapped the food box. After getting off the car, He Leier showed the token to the soldiers guarding the street, and then the two of them opened their umbrellas and went to the Xinsuanzao Gate. go.

This side is close to the city gate. The majestic city wall in the distance towers at the end of the sight, which is daunting. The scenery outside the city cannot be seen, but it seems to be being captured by an unknown giant beast. There was a general shaking, and occasionally there was a bang, probably because the stones from the trebuchet hit the outer wall, which made people's heart tremble. From here.

What the two of them went to was the barracks of the nearby soldiers. There were people coming and going around, and occasionally some turned their heads to look at them, which made people feel uneasy.As soon as she entered this area, He Leier regretted it in her heart. She had been here once in the past, but it was impossible to compare it with the situation during the war. What's more, there were no women close to them during the war. Possibly, Shi Shi also felt that this decision was a bit messy in his heart, and was regretting it, when he suddenly saw a few people in front of him amidst the chaos.

The general named Xue Changgong was stained with blood, and was talking to a few soldiers next to him. When he saw He Leier, he froze there. He rushed over, knocked down the umbrellas they were holding together, and suppressed his voice: "Why did you come here, how dare you come here! Who is she? You are not afraid of military law!? How dare you..."

The heavy rain was falling, and He Leier's arm was suddenly pinched by the other party, and she frowned in pain: "I...I'll bring you something, you...you're injured..."

"You are messing around!" Xue Changgong gritted his teeth and said this, turned his head to look around, and suddenly raised his finger to the side: "Even if you are women, go help! Go to the wounded barracks! Over there! Go save people—Hou Jing , take them there to help!"

He Leier nodded desperately, she was still hesitating about the food box in her hand, and Shishi also took her hand: "Go!" Followed the soldier named Hou Jing to the wounded barracks - in fact, this person was called Hou Jing. The respected man is Xue Changgong's brother-in-law, and he has met Shishi before, but Shishi is in the mood to care about these things at this time.The two followed each other to the wounded barracks, Hou Jing picked up the umbrella from the ground and covered the two of them, but ran all the way, when they arrived at the wounded barracks, all kinds of screams, the smell of blood, and the smell of medicine filled the air. Even the heavy rain couldn't stop.They went in through the door of the shed, and a more miserable scene appeared in front of them. Hou Jing called someone to take them, and said hello from the side, but the teacher and the teacher couldn't listen at all.

Corpses, blood, severed limbs, and depressing screams, Shi Shi was better, but He Leier was almost terrified, when she was called to bandage a soldier who had been wounded by an arrow , "Wow", I vomited it out beside me...

Due to the heavy rain that was not conducive to attacking the city, the battle of the day came to an end at noon, but the affairs in the wounded barracks have not stopped. Most of the wounded soldiers sent were wounded by arrows, and some were injured by stones from trebuchets .Trapped in the chaotic atmosphere, Shi Shi, who knew a little bit about bandaging skills, also helped, but as long as she stopped for a while, her body almost collapsed, and her whole mind was shaken by all kinds of screams and wounds. Got buzzing.

The man named Hou Jing came here several times to see her, and even helped treat the wounds of several people. He was a little clumsy next to Shi Shi, and even sweated when he spoke, but a few simple exchanges In the middle, Shishi also knows that the intensity of today's battle is not high at all.

"...The Jurchens have not seriously attacked the city. They are mainly testing the machine for throwing stones recently, and it rained heavily today. These injuries are nothing at all. If they are allowed to go up the wall, it will be miserable..."

Even if it is a "nothing" injury, if the arrow is shot into the body and then pulled out, it will inflict the most unbearable pain on the person...

After staying in such an environment for a whole afternoon, Shi Shi's body was full of blood.Hou Jing brought her steamed buns, but she naturally couldn't eat them, but her body was shaking, as if she had no strength.Occasionally, when talking to Hou Jing for a few words, Hou Jing told her about the scenes of the siege and the brutality of the battle in the early days. It became paper thin again.

More than 100 million people, just like this, are surrounded by the city walls in all directions. Once the city walls are crossed, all of them may have such a fate...

Even in today's war, many people died.Naturally more in the past.And outside the city wall, more and more people died in the field.

During these days, Shi Shi occasionally fantasized about the fate of these people, and also remembered the last meeting between the two when Ning Yi left.She was in the city and saw such a scene today, what kind of situation did the other party experience when he was outside the city?

For more than a month, news of reinforcements and King Qin's army came from outside the city several times, but the Jurchens attacked continuously without mercy. During this period of time, they defeated the King Qin's army one by one. .

"...Outside the city, hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated by the Jurchens. I heard that those Jurchens have swept across the north of Bianliang several times now. Many people died. I'm afraid the corpses are still there. ...there is no place to bury... Those Jurchens are not very familiar with siege, but their cavalry is invincible on flat ground, and they can't even run away..."

Hou Jing told her about the battles that he could understand. Hundreds of thousands of troops came one after another, and they were defeated one after another. Killed into a thousand miles of red ground...

Chidiqianli...

Shishi looked at the city wall and imagined that countless people had been killed in the area outside the city. Ning Yi didn't know if he was inside, but hundreds of thousands of rescues had either been defeated or killed.In this city in this wilderness, there are 100 million people alone, and there is no one who can save them.

After she returned to the building, she fell ill that night.I was sick for five days, and when I recovered, I asked the doctor in the building for advice on how to treat the wound, and then went to the wounded barracks to help.

Sometimes Yu Hezhong, Chen Sifeng and others would come to her and talk about the war.She often thinks of Ning Yi. Someone she knows has gone to the battlefield. She doesn't know how he is doing, whether he is still alive, and what he is doing.If she was alive, did she fear or run away in such an environment? She didn't know whether she wanted him to escape, live, or die bravely. The time in Bianliang City was in such an atmosphere. Day by day.

But in Moutuogang, in the Jurchens' barracks, the soldiers did not start to rest because of the cold weather, and many siege equipment were being built intensively.The Jurchens are good at horse fighting, and the siege method, although accumulated in the process of destroying the Liao Kingdom, is still a shortcoming. Taking advantage of the opportunity of besieging the city, Zongwang is going to train it. After all, the Jin Kingdom will take it all in the future. In the Wu Dynasty, going all the way south, there are still many cities that need to be conquered.

During this period of time, the cavalry under his command also showed almost invincible combat power in this field. Except that this city was the only target that needed to be conquered, there was basically no need to worry about the rest.

After fighting a few battles in the Wu Dynasty, he had a certainty in his heart. To be honest, the power of a country was so weak that it was beyond his expectation.

Apart from stationing here with the mentality of military training, for the Jurchen army, another purpose these days is to hunt for novelty.In the process of sweeping around, the Jurchens searched for a lot of good things and arrested a lot of people. Delicious and fun things are now popular in the barracks. Fortunately, Zongwang has a lot of prestige now. All the generals also kept the soldiers under their command with enough training and tension.

In November, it was about to snow. On this ordinary day, when Liu Yanzong, the commander of the Han army, was patrolling the barracks with General Huoligai, Huoligai casually mentioned something.

"There are fewer and fewer Han Chinese around here."

"Huh?" Liu Yanzong frowned.

"Yesterday, 3000 people were sent out to patrol the surrounding area for [-] miles, but they found nothing." Changed his job, "returned empty-handed."

Liu Yanzong smiled: "I have been in the army for so long, and the people around me who should have left have all gone. It's no wonder."

Huoligai shook his head: "In the past, the water and soil around here were fertile. Even if the army came, there were many people who hid in the mountains. Now even if they search the mountains, they can't find anyone. The general is not worried that they are being killed. Those who were frightened away or killed were just heard from some people who were arrested. Among the officials of the Wu Dynasty, there are still some people who are evacuating the surrounding people and food. The range may have expanded to more than a hundred miles. Fortify the walls and clear the fields, cut off the source of food and grass for our army. If it is true, maybe we should take it seriously."

Liu Yanzong frowned and thought about it, and then he smiled easily: "The people of the Wu Dynasty must do the matter of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness. Now our army has enough food and grass for several months. Sending people out is just to exercise the muscles and bones. Now the food and grass Don’t worry about it.” He immediately lowered his voice, “Wu Dynasty is on the south side, and the winter is cold to the bone. Although it is different from my land in Liaodong, it is not a serious problem after all. Immediately attack the city. The army of the Wu Dynasty has no morale, and they only rely on the fortified city to resist, just like the capital of the Liao Kingdom, if it was not for the use of these equipment, it may have been broken, now let's wait."

When the Jurchens attacked Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom, regardless of the cost, Shangjing was also a strong city, and it was breached within half a day.Of course, there are many complicated reasons for this, but after defeating hundreds of thousands of troops under the city of Bianliang, most of the Jurchens have such confidence.If it wasn't for the general who wanted to train the use of siege equipment, he would be attacking the city regardless of the cost. Bianliang might not be able to last for a few days.

This was just a small episode, and no one remembered it in his mind for a while. Although Huoli Gai said it, he was not too worried in his heart. He said it out of a cautious habit.After that, they no longer took it seriously, and when this matter was brought up again, it was already a period of time later, when the Jurchen had to be serious...

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North bank of the Yellow River.

A team of horses is crossing the river.

There were about [-] horsemen in this team. The phalanx by the river was neat, and the queue was quiet and chilling, and some carts were used to pull some things behind.

The fleet responsible for transporting them there was arranged by the magistrate of the nearby county. Since it is located at the crossing of the Yellow River and it was a time of war, during the recent period, the boss of the fleet has already transported many people there, and how many people have been transported back. What went in the past was the entire army, but what came back was often broken soldiers, wounded soldiers, and corpses.

After transporting so many troops, the boss of the ship can basically recognize the quality of these soldiers, but the cavalry in front of him is a bit weird.The soldiers among them seem to be seasoned veterans of killing. In the army of the Wu Dynasty, such soldiers are often elite and close soldiers. Those who remain serious and trembling are often those recruits. Although they look obedient and neat, such soldiers often collapse after entering the battlefield. Some even have no way to escape, and the casualties are often the highest.

This team has two characteristics. On the one hand, their team is as neat as a painting, and on the other hand, each of their composition does not look like a mediocre team.

After seeing their organization, the boss of the ship knew that this was the rebel army that had surrendered when the North recruited security—but to be honest, this is even more strange—the so-called rebel army is often composed of bandits and bandits, and these teams have even worse discipline. , Rebel armies sprang up all over the place, but those who really dared to catch up with the Jurchens were very few, and they just said it nicely.According to Ning Yi, those people are all models of "at least patriotism", but if it is more serious: how many people who have done bad things will "at least be patriotic"?

But no matter what, his fleet transported the team over there in an orderly manner. When parting, he also told the other party the situation of the Jurchens in detail, and asked them to be careful not to repeat the mistakes of the troops ahead.

"We are different." When putting a few ingots of silver as the capital of the ferry into the hands of the captain of the fleet, the lieutenant named Han Jing in the army said so, and the captain thought that it would be best, Naturally, he didn't refute, but he remembered this team that was said to be from Luliang Mountain.He secretly looked towards the front of the queue, and the leading general in a cloak looked like a woman.

He had glanced at the other party when he was on the other side of the Yellow River before. When the gaze under the cloak looked over, he felt startled as if his eyes had been pricked by needles. Dare to look around...

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This is a valley on the south bank of the Yellow River, where forests and valleys stretch. At this time, this place has become a temporary military station. The periphery of the valley is surrounded by horses and trenches, making this place the most unsuitable for horse warfare. place.

Since the Jurchens launched their offensive on the night of September 24, and now in November, hundreds of thousands of troops have been defeated in the fields north of Bianliang.The corpses of many people are now in that field, and many broken soldiers fled in all directions and lost their traces.But there are always a few forces that can temporarily gather the crowd.

The place in front of me was originally a branch of Wu Ruiying. In this name, many other routs were collected, and they finally settled down here. Now, they are training all day long.

This place is a bit difficult to navigate, not too far from Moutuogang and Bianliang City. The Jurchens knew of their existence, but after seeing the overlapping trenches and repelling horses outside, they were too lazy to force their way in for the time being.

Ning Yi stood on the bank of the river, his face was a little pale, he coughed a few times, and beside him were a few people who belonged to Zhuji—not warriors, but mostly accountants, staff officers and the like.

"...I asked, it is the dry season, so the water level is so low, it will rise after spring." Ning Yi turned his head and pointed to the guide surface, "If you dig this precaution when the water level is the highest, the Yellow River will divert and the flood will It will go straight to Bianliang City, when the time comes..."

He paused, took a breath, and waved his hands: "When the time comes, the water will recede, and the fertile wilderness will be able to feed many people."

Several people are looking towards the river, only Ning Yi is facing the direction of the valley, the trenches and horses in the distance, the fortifications, the people in the whole valley, his face is pale, and his eyes are a little pale, That's the color of death.

Although he claimed to be ruthless and had dominated the lives of many people, the deaths he had seen in the past month or so had far exceeded the sum of the past.Including himself, he has gone through life and death several times.

That night in Qi County, the injuries on his body have not fully healed even now, and more people no longer even have the chance to recover from their injuries...

　Well, seven thousand characters, the entire Battle of Bianliang, should be put under this title^_^

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