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Chapter 961 Chapter [-] Earthquake Thunder ([-])

In February, it rained.

Upstream of the river, ice floes flow.The snow in Jiangnan began to melt.

In Jindi, the snow-covered mountain roads are still rough and difficult to navigate, but the outside world has gradually awakened from the breath of severe winter. The conspirators have been acting in the cold winter for a long time. Will return to the Shura field where they were fighting.

For all this, Lou Shuwan has been able to take it calmly.

After inspecting the warehouse where the seedlings were stored, she took a carriage and headed for the direction of Yulin's main camp.It was still raining lightly outside the car, and the driver of the carriage was sitting next to the "eight-armed dragon king" Shi Jin, who was holding a copper rod. This made Lou Shuwan not worry too much about the danger of being assassinated, but could concentrate on reading the inside of the car. information that has been gathered.

After the end of the year, she gained a little bit of weight, maybe she also grew a little more beautiful, and the dresses of the past were finally able to hold up again.Of course, in front of outsiders, Lou Shuwan has become accustomed to her unsmiling behavior, which can further increase her majesty.Only occasionally does she show her vulnerable side when no one is there.

After picking up the information and flipping through a few pages that day, there was a momentary daze on her face.

The information gathered from all over the place was big and small, and the information that made her look dazed for a moment was only a few lines of words. It reported the number of people who died of starvation in a small county in the direction of Jinning in winter, and one died of injuries and illnesses. The name of the squire was also recorded.

That name is Zeng Yuhuai.

Lou Shuwan was holding the information, her thinking was a little confused, she didn't know who the information was summed up, and what purpose the other party had.Have you ever told anyone to pay attention to this person?Why was this name added on purpose?Because he participated in the battle against the Jurchen, and later became a monk to save food for refugees?So his injuries deteriorated and he died. Do the people below think they would be interested in knowing such a person?
Why does this name appear here?

Her mind revolved around this place for a moment, turned the information over a page, read a few lines, and then turned back to confirm the content of these lines.

Zeng Yuhuai.

Before the war, he accused her of not paying too much attention to her own reputation in the general's business, and then confided to her seriously that he participated in the battle with Liao Yiren and Jurchen, and soon lost his legs on the battlefield.She once saw the comatose middle-aged man on a stretcher in the retreating crowd. She was too busy to pay any further attention.

...The time has picked up. After returning to the rear home, his injuries, who had broken both legs, were good and bad. He became a monk and saved food to help the refugees near Jinning this winter. On the unsurprising days of the first month, he Due to the deterioration of his injuries, he finally died.

Lou Shuwan's eyes were cold and her lips were tightly pressed. She clenched her fist and slammed it against the wall of the carriage twice.

Ahead, the driver of the carriage and Shi Jin both turned their heads, and Shi Jin said, "Lord Lou."

"……fine."

Lou Shuwan turned over the information in her hand.

If it was in Hangzhou more than ten years ago, just such a story would make her cry.But after experiencing so many things, the strong emotions will be diluted-perhaps more like being suppressed by more things as heavy as a mountain, people can't react, and they have to devote themselves to other things.

Turning the next page of the intelligence, there is news about the Southwest War situation, which is the core of the fighting in the whole world. The life and death conflict of tens of thousands of people is fiercely erupting.Since mid-January, the entire southwestern battlefield has been fierce and chaotic. In the summarized information thousands of miles away, it is difficult to distinguish many details, such as the preparations and tactics of both sides.

It is also because of this that before the outcome of the incident, Lou Shuwan only watched the information and felt the heat of the conflict.The man and the army in the Southwest are making a fierce struggle that amazes everyone. Faced with the past two or three years, or even two or three decades, no one in Liao, Jin, Central Plains, and Jiangnan can do it. The Jurchen army that blocked it, but this black flag, was indeed making a fierce counterattack-it could no longer be called a resistance, it was indeed an evenly matched counterattack.

For a time she admired and liked that man.

Although it is only a secret infatuation, deformed emotions... She is infatuated and admired by the mysterious, calm and powerful appearance of this man, but to be honest, no matter what standard she judges him by, in those days in the past , she really didn't treat Ning Yi as someone who could face the whole Dajin.

Perhaps the relatively close distance obliterated the sense of mystery to a certain extent. Ning Yi's calculations and operations made the scalp numb and breathtaking. Even now, when Lou Shuwan takes the position of the opponent's enemy, she also feels powerless.But in any case, these are always traceable things. The use of conspiracy shows that his own strength is not strong, and there are always flaws. Therefore, the sword goes sideways. He killed the king in anger because of Qin Siyuan's incident, which is also considered by many people as a Hasty, thoughtless behavior.

In the final analysis, his strength has many limitations. If he was really strong enough, he would not have fallen into Hangzhou. If he was really strong enough, the Su family would not have been slaughtered by Liangshan. It is possible to protect Qin Siyuan and not just watch Qin Siyuan die.Precisely because these series were not strong enough, Ning Yi could only rush to the northwest after killing the king in a rage, and finally endured Xiao Canghe's three years of fighting and fleeing.

In fact, in the final analysis, his strength has specific traces after all.But the strength of the Jurchen is the strength that crushes the entire world.That's why, in the past, people always felt that the Huaxia Army was inferior to the Jurchen, but until this time, many people - at least on Lou Shuwan's side, have seen clearly that in the Southwest battle. , The Black Flag Army, as an opponent of the same level or even better than the Jinguo West Road Army, is throwing an unstoppable punch at the opponent.

If such an attack falls on him, his side... may not be able to pick it up.

From late January to early February, only a rough outline can be seen in the information that came out.

Originally, according to everyone's predictions and calculations, the Huaxia Army, which was at a disadvantage in strength, would take the defensive in this battle and make up for the lack of numbers with the addition of fortifications. The blocking of Huangming County and Yuyuxi once confirmed this speculation.If this policy continues, after Huangming County is broken through, the Huaxia Army will pin the possibility of winning on the city defense of Zizhou. During the progress of the Jurchen, they will continue to harass and take advantage of a small number of elites, and they will steadily retreat from the meeting. is the best policy.

However, large-scale field operations should not occur, because even if the Huaxia Army has a slight advantage in the offensive due to the advantages of terrain, the outcome of field operations is sometimes not as easy to control as defensive warfare.In several attacks, once the opponent caught a flaw and took a bite, it would be an unbearable loss for the Huaxia Army.

However, according to the information, from mid-January, the Huaxia Army chose such an active combat mode.The road from Huangming County and Yuyuxi to Zizhou is still fifty miles away. Since the Jurchen army crossed the fifteen-mile line, the first wave of offensive raids has already appeared. The fog disappeared and retreated, and began to interspersed with the pull-off speed department on the attack road.

The Jurchen army stretched forward, in fact, the greater the distance between each army. The troops in the front tried to fight steadily, clearing and familiarizing themselves with the nearby mountain roads. The troops in the rear were still coming, but the Huaxia Army's The troops began to attack the slightly isolated troops in the mountains.

At this time, the two road networks of Huangming County and Yuyuxi began to merge, and the forks between the surrounding mountains began to increase. In late January, the Huaxia Army launched an attack on the fog and forks in the mountains. The battle with the Jurchen with more than [-] participants broke out six times one after another, and three times the Jurchen's troops were successfully defeated and more than [-] enemies were wiped out.Once the retreat was not as good as the two sides almost fought a large-scale positional battle.

Even on January 27th, the three divisions of the Huaxia Army even once showed their intention to encircle and raid Yanshanwei. However, due to the quick response of pulling out and leaving the speed, the nearly [-] Huaxia Army troops that once showed clear movements were in despair. They chose to retreat without hesitation--although the intelligence information is an understatement, it is conceivable that if the action of pulling out the speed is a little slow, for example, if the Huaxia Army is left with more than half a day, they are likely to have to attack the troops commanded by Wanyan Xiebao. This mourning army launched a partial decisive battle.

Lou Shuwan couldn't even think of what Huaxia Jun was relying on to show such confidence.

At the beginning of February, the Jurchen army crossed the center line 25 miles away from Zizhou. At this time, the Jurchen troops were divided into three groups and marched forward. Going down the road, there were also 3 horses who rushed to the front at Balisu, and the revenge army led by Wanyan Xiebao, with Yanshanwei as the main body, came with nearly 3 cores.More troops are still chasing behind.

The mountain road ahead cut through the Jurchen troops to a certain extent. Although the three heads echoed each other, they still chose the strategy of camping and sticking to each step.With the camp as the core, they released troops and scouts, and were familiar with and mastered the terrain of the surrounding mountains and forests.However, once the troops of a slightly larger scale moved forward, it would be difficult.The troop that came forward first from here could hardly gain a firm foothold on the further road.

It was still early February when the information from the southwest was sent to Jin. It was only on the seventh day of the first lunar month that two Jurchen pioneers were raided by the Huaxia Army and had to retreat. When the information was released, There is still a Jurchen with more than [-] people in front of it, which was cut by the Huaxia Army on the mountain road to block the back road, and is being surrounded by points for reinforcements...

The situation is fiery, but sticky.Lou Shuwan could not estimate its direction. Even if the Huaxia Army was brave and good at fighting, and slapped Jurchen in the face in this way, how long could he last with his strength?What is Ning Yi thinking about, will he be so simple?What about Zonghan in front of him?

"...pretending to be a ghost...I don't know how many are true."

After being silent for a long time with the information, Lou Shuwan muttered to herself in a low voice.

Her mind can stop for this battle in the southwest, but it is impossible to put down too much energy to investigate the development of the battle thousands of miles away.After thinking for a while, Lou Shuwan cheered up and read the other reports one by one.In Jindi, there are also things that belong to her and are about to be dealt with.

It was approaching the evening when the carriage that was traveling forward arrived at Yu Yulin's camp. The atmosphere in the military camp was a little solemn. Lou Shuwan and others walked into the camp and saw Yu Yulin who had just finished listening to the report.

This general, who has a general overview of the military power in Jin, can be regarded as a general who has experienced hundreds of battles, frowning slightly, and there is an ominous aura in his eyes.Lou Shuwan stepped forward and said, "What happened to Qixian? Did Li Guotang find it? Did he go against the water again?"

"Qixian County was slaughtered..."

"..."

Lou Shuwan's eyes widened for a moment, and then gradually narrowed: "Liao Yiren... really the whole family is tired of working? Where is Li Guotang? There are more than 3000 men under his command, and all the things I gave him have been fed to the dogs?"

"Li Guotang died, his head was chopped off, and he hung up in the county seat. Also, he said that it wasn't Liao Yiren who did it."

"The head was chopped off, maybe Jin Chan escaped." Lou Shuwan frowned. Compared with other things, at this moment, she first paid attention to the possibility of betrayal.Of course, she calmed down after a while: "What's going on?"

"... I found some people who were lucky enough to survive, and said that there was a group of businessmen who came from other places. They could get a batch of seedlings and contacted Li Guotang. Li Guotang sent people into the county seat, about dozens of people, after entering the city. Suddenly attacked, killed Li Guotang on the spot, repelled the guards around him, opened the city gate... I don't know how many people came in behind, but I only know that Qixian was slaughtered for three days, and the one who reported the news didn't run out." Yu Yulin said When he got here, he paused for a while, "The survivors said, look at the way those people dress, they look like barbarians from the north...like prairie people."

Lou Shuwan thought for a moment: "Dozens of people seize the city... Ban Dingyuan?"

Yu Yulin said: "There is no such person under Liao Yiren, and General Li opened the door because I think he really wanted to do this business because he was sure that the other party was not Liao Yiren's subordinate - he knew that we lacked seeds and seedlings."

"... Then check." Lou Shuwan said, "Even if the Jurchen really sends reinforcements to him, it won't be too much, or if he finds help in winter... If he can afford it, we will beat him."

In her eyes, the anger gradually calmed down: "As long as Li Guotang doesn't betray, we will always avenge him for this."

It was still raining lightly outside the tent, the sky was overcast, and the wind was a little cold.At almost the same moment, Liao Yiren, who was hundreds of miles away, saw Li Guotang's head.

This is the beginning of this year, Jindi.

(End of this chapter)