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Chapter 906 Boiling the Sea (6)

Chapter 906 Cooking the Sea ([-])

The winter when Wu Jianshuo transitioned from ten years to 11 was not cold, and there were only a few light snowfalls in the south of the Yangtze River.In February of the 11th year, a rare cold wave came suddenly as if to make up for the absence of winter, and fell on most of the Central Plains and Wu Dynasty. It was only a few days since the middle of February, and it passed overnight. At dawn, thick frost formed under the eaves and under the trees.

Many flower buds and tree buds froze to death overnight.

This rare cold spring lasted for several days. In Jiangnan, the pace of the war did not slow down. On February [-], near Danyang, southeast of Zhenjiang, the general Lu Haifeng of the Wu Dynasty gathered more than [-] troops to besiege Xi Yin and Yu. The [-]-odd Jurchen elites led by Yin Shuke were defeated and fled.

In the years since the popularity of artillery, the pattern of warfare has begun to change. In the past, infantry formed a phalanx so that the soldiers could not escape when they hedged.When the artillery was able to strike in groups, this style of play was curbed, and the importance of small-scale elite soldiers began to be highlighted. In the military of the Wu Dynasty, except for Han Shizhong's Zhenhai and Yue Fei's Beiwei Army, they were able to fight in an upright and upright manner. In the field, there were not many soldiers who rushed forward under the fire of artillery fire. Most of the troops were only able to use some of their combat power when they were defended by geographical advantages.

However, the army under Lu Haifeng was not so unbearable. The troops directly under him were also one of the new troops trained under the care of Jun Wu after the southward move.Lu Haifeng manages the army rigorously, so that he can train troops in various harsh weather and terrain, such as heavy snow and heavy rain, and let the soldiers advance and fight in the mud in the south of the Yangtze River. different faces.

Since Xi Yin and Yin Shu Ke led the Jurchen elites to arrive, the situation in the Jiangnan battlefield has become more intense and tense.In the capital - including all parts of the world - rumors are circulating that the East and West armies are determined to abandon their former suspicions and destroy the military in one fell swoop.This kind of firm will, coupled with Xi Yin and various spies in the capital, made the situation in the Wu Dynasty extremely tense.

Before that, there may be some people who will pin their hopes on the conflict between the Jurchen and the imperial court, and make some articles on it. By this time, in the capital, I don’t know how many people have been lobbying all parties or looking for them for themselves. Back way.In such a situation, Lu Haifeng launched an attack on Xi Yin and Yin Shuke's troops out of his confidence in his own military governance.

This large-scale attack was also carried out with the approval of the leadership headed by Jun Wu. Compared with the inevitable long task of defeating Zongfu's army head-on, if it can defeat the long-distance travel, there will be certain logistical problems. , and is likely to have a rift with Zongfu Zongbi, the elite of the former West Route Army, the crisis in the capital will be resolved.

Of course, it is not easy to defeat the elite troops led by the world-renowned Xi Yin and Yin Shuke, but if they dare not even attack, the so-called ten-year military training will be nothing but a joke at this time.On the other hand, even if Xi Yin and Yin Shuke couldn't be repelled at once, two, three times... 30, 50, or even a million troops would attack again and again, and they would definitely be able to grind like water. die each other.Before that, the entire Jiangnan army must have the determination to fight.

The attack was carried out on a heavy rainy day, and the late spring cold was still continuing. The 20 troops invited the opponent to fight in the bone-chilling rain.Such weather wiped out the power of all firearms, and Lu Haifeng took the [-] army he led as the vanguard to meet the [-] Tushanwei who were willing to fight.

In the torrential rain, even the arrows lost their strength, and the armies of both sides were pulled back to the simplest rules of fighting. The phalanx of spears and swords and shields spread like a tide under the dark sky. The 20 troops of the Chinese Communist Party seemed to cover the entire land, and their shouts even overwhelmed the thunder in the sky.The Tu Shanwei led by Xi Yin confronted each other proudly, and the two sides collided in the muddy water.

In a sense, if the military of the Wu Dynasty ten years ago had the determination and quality of Lu Haifeng to govern the army, the battle of Bianliang that year would have been different.But even so, it does not mean that the current Wu Dynasty army has the quality of the world's first-class strong soldiers, and Tu Shanwei, who has followed Zonghan all the year round, at this time, is still the Jurchen that "fullness is absolutely impossible." The generosity of the enemy's morale.

After an hour of head-to-head confrontation and slaughter, Lu Haifeng's army was defeated. After half a day, the entire battlefield was in a state of rolling bead curtains. Tu Shanwei and Yin Shuke's troops chased and killed more than ten miles behind the defeated troops of the Wu Dynasty, but the casualties were not counted.Lu Haifeng was reluctant to retreat in the battle, and finally led the team to rush to kill, and his hand was cut off.

If it is said that in this tragic battle, Xiyin's performance is still not inferior to the bravery of the year, but the death battle of the people of the Wu Dynasty still brought a lot of things.

On the nineteenth day, as the casualty figures came out, Yin Shuke's face was not good-looking, and when he saw Xi Yin, he said: "As Gu Shen said, this little prince's determination is not light, and the army of the Wu Dynasty is like this every time. Resolutely, we should go back soon."

Xi Yin's eyes were serious and calm: "A dying rabbit will also bite people. There will always be some such people in the huge Wu Dynasty. With this battle, it has been very convenient for others to make a fuss."

On the [-]th, Jun Wu in the Zhenjiang camp affirmed and encouraged Lu Haifeng's death battle, and asked the court for credit, to give Lu Haifeng a rank and an official promotion.

"In front of us is the strongest and most ferocious army in the whole world. It is no shame to lose to them! I am not afraid! They destroyed the Liao Kingdom and swallowed up the Central Plains. Our Wu Dynasty fell, and the people were enslaved by them! Now he 5 people dare to come to Jiangnan! I am not afraid of losing and I am not afraid of you losing the battle! From today on, I want you to risk everything to fight! If necessary, we will fight every day, I will kill them, I will let None of their 5 people can return to the Kingdom of Jin, and for all of you who participated in the battle, I will give credit to you—”

Jun Wu's statement will soon spread throughout Jiangnan.At the same time, Yue Fei defeated the 13 Han army led by Li Yangzong near Taiping Prefecture and captured more than [-] Han troops.In addition to punishing some of the "chief culprits" who had committed numerous bloody cases in the massacre, Yue Fei proposed to the court to recruit the Han army, punish only the chief culprits, and let the past go.

In the fierce battle between the two sides, some of the Central Plains Han army had previously made such a proposal in the Jiangnan massacre and looting and committed a lot of blood debt, which immediately caused a complicated discussion inside.However, although these Central Plains Han troops were extremely vicious after arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, in fact their fighting intentions were not firm.In the past few years, the spirit of the Central Plains has been ruined, and even the life in the army has been extremely poor. If Jiangnan can let go of the past and even give a full meal, it is conceivable that most of the Han army will look at the wind and surrender.

Soon after, Jun Wu accepted Yue Fei's proposal and made a statement. He recruited the Han troops who were willing to return south on the battlefield. As long as they did not commit the bloody debt of slaughter before, everything in the past could be forgiven.

At the same time, in response to Xiyin's request for "reconciliation" to the Wu Dynasty, before the end of February, a corresponding news came from the southwest. Under the deliberate push, Yu Jiangnan joined the boiling voice...

Jiang Ning, the sky in the field of vision was shrouded in layers of blue clouds. Wu Qilong and the prefect's master Liu Jing were seated in the noisy teahouse. Soon after, they heard the voices of discussions next to them.

"...Speaking of the current situation outside, our crown prince is really strong, and anyone will give a thumbs up... Although General Lu lost, but our people are not afraid, I heard that, Changzhou has now mobilized more than [-] people to encircle Xiyin with the Zhenjiang army... We are not afraid of defeat, we are afraid that those golden dogs will be able to return alive..."

"...The green forest is also killing a lot, you don't know, the golden man fished in troubled waters and killed a lot of people secretly. I heard that half a month ago, there were several firefights in Xuanzhou, and hundreds of people died. He was slaughtered all over the house, and he also left behind a copy of the cheating book, but in fact, this thing was done by Jurchen's lackey... Later, Mr. Fu Lu led people to kill the golden dog. This is absolutely true, Xuanzhou That movie, a lot of people died in a few days..."

"...Actually, if you want to say who should be killed, you have to look at the southwest side. I heard that at the end of January, a roster was released in the southwest. The Huang family, who had a Huang Shichu in the past, served as the Minister of Officials for two years. He took advantage of his reign to make a lot of money. Although he was fired later, he took advantage of those few years to form numerous party members, and even gave them to women. The real person handed in information, privately persuaded everyone to surrender, his mother's whole family bastard..."

"...he has countless fertile fields in Changsha, and his family has more than a thousand family members. He is indeed a local tyrant. As soon as the anti-rape order in the Southwest came out, he knew something was wrong. I heard that he set up a net at home and was worried day and night. But at the end of January, The Black Banner Army came, more than 100 people... Let me tell you, that night, when the anti-rape certificate came out, everything was in chaos, and they couldn't even hold out until the army came..."

Everyone in the teahouse gathered around, the speaker lowered his voice, as if he was talking about a big secret, and everyone talked in the same voice.

"...Speaking of which, although the guy from the southwest is rebellious, he is really a hero in these matters. You all know that Xiyin's beast persuaded us to surrender and asked us to cede all the places from the west of Xiangyang to Sichuan. For Nianhan to go to Chengdu to fight the Black Flag Army, hehe, it didn't take long for Southwest to know, I heard that Mr. Ning wrote a letter directly to Nianhan a few days ago, and the above said: waiting for you to come, You'll be buried here from now on. Tsk tsk..."

"...If the two sides fight, I really don't know what the momentum is..."

In the midst of this discussion, Liu Jing smiled at Wu Qilong: "You said, are there any black flags among them?"

"It's hard to tell." Wu Qilong held the teacup and shook his head with a smile.

Jiangning is the birthplace of the demon Ning Yi, as well as the former residence of Zhou Yong, the king of Kang.In the past, Jiangning people were very secretive about the devil in the southwest, but when Zongfu crossed the river to attack Jiangning at the beginning of this year, it has been nearly two months now, and the city residents' perception of this great rebel has changed. When it is different, he is often heard mentioned in the mouth.After all, in today's world, the one who can really stand in front of Jurchen is probably the vicious gangsters in the southwest. Ning Yi, who was born in Jiangning, and some other heroic people, are often called by people. Take it out to boost morale.

Also mentioned in the middle are Princess Chengguo and her husband Kangxian who died in the previous fall of Jiangning.

"I heard that Brother Wu had an old relationship with Ning Yi earlier? I don't know if he is different from what these people said." Just asked.Wu Qilong was silent for a moment, looking at a table and chairs by the window.

"If he's staring at him, it's true to peel off the skin."

"Oh? Brother Wu was targeted?"

"He is a cloth dealer, and I am also a cloth dealer. There are festivals, but fortunately, it is not enough to see life and death." Wu Qilong smiled, "most of the belongings are gone."

When he said this, Liu Jing frowned and became interested.He kept asking, and Wu Qilong also recalled and talked about the incident of the royal merchants of the year. At that time, the entanglement between the two families, he sought cooperation with Xi Junyu, the ambitious shopkeeper of the Su family, and then the assassination of Su Boyong broke out. Events, big and small, can't help but feel embarrassed when I think about it now, but in the context of this world-shattering war, these things have also become interesting.

"Actually, now that I think about it, that Xi Junyu is too ambitious. There are some things he does that I can't think of. If my family is not just seeking money, and I haven't fully participated in it, I'm afraid I won't be able to do half of it later..."

"Then...how did you go to half of the fortune?" Liu Jing asked expectantly.

Wu Qilong continued to talk about the incident of the imperial merchant, took the formula and won the imperial merchant, and was so angry that Ning Liheng wrote the poem "Prime Minister Bai knows how to press his sword, and Zhumen Xianda laughed at the crown": "...One day later, the cloth faded."

After saying these words, Liu Jing was stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of surprise: "...ruthless, then later, how will I deal with you?"

"...One day later, in this teahouse, here, in that place over there, he was reading a book, and I went over to say hello and test his reaction. He was absent-minded, and then he suddenly reacted, looking at me and saying: 'Oh, the cloth has faded...' At that time... well, Brother Liu could have imagined... wanted to kill him..."

The two looked at the window over there. The sky was gloomy, and it seemed that it was about to rain. Now sitting there were two thin men drinking tea.Wu Qilong, who already has ragged white hair and an elegant bearing, seems to be able to see that afternoon more than ten years ago, the bright sunshine outside the window, Ning Yi was flipping the pages of a book there, and after that, the Wu family was cut off.

At that time, Wu Qilong was in his early 30s, and he encountered the biggest setback in his life. The Wu family was knocked down from the position of the number one cloth merchant in Jiangning, and they were almost devastated.But soon after, Ning Yi, who also went north, united with Jiang Ning's businessmen and began to develop in the capital. Later, there was disaster relief. Born in Jiangning, Kang Xian took good care of the Wu family.

At the beginning of the third year of Jianshuo, Wushu broke Jiangning. The old man refused to leave Jiangning, where he had lived almost his entire life. He died when the army entered the city, and the Princess Palace of Chengguo was burnt to the ground.Soon after, Wu Qilong took his family back to Jiangning to rebuild the Wu family. Later, he took the Wu family to take over most of the military uniform business of the court. When the Jurchen went south, he donated most of his family wealth to support the army. The family property of the Wu family is still several times higher than that of the year.

Of course, he didn't need to talk to Liu Jing about many things in the middle, but thinking about it at this time, time seemed to be passing by in a few strands. Compared to today, it was still more peaceful back then.

Even now in the southwest, Ning Yi, who can fight against the world, probably misses the time when he read books here.

Wu Qilong thought so.

Not long after, there was a huge vibration from the city wall, followed by a chaotic and irritable voice...

(End of this chapter)