son-in-law

Chapter 971
The moon is cold and bright, and the sky is full of stars.

In the southwest, among the mountains on the front line of Zizhou, a strange atmosphere is spreading among hundreds of thousands of people.

The army is also a society. When unreasonable results occur suddenly and news spreads, people will choose to face it with various attitudes.

Surprise, anger, confusion, verification, bewilderment, puzzlement... In the end, when it comes to accepting and coping, thousands of people will have thousands of expressions.

After nightfall, the torches were still spreading in the mountains, and the atmosphere in the camps was chilling everywhere, but in different places, there were still war horses galloping, information was being exchanged, and even troops were being mobilized.

Inside the Jin Army, high-level personnel have already entered the meeting process. Some people went to Shiling in person, and some generals were still making various arrangements.

The front line of Xiukouji, which corresponds to Shiling, was approaching when a battle broke out on the northwest side of the foothills where the martial law was still in place. The Jurchen troops who tried to make a detour and raid were blocked by the Huaxia Army patrol, and then several troops participated in the battle. .In front of Xiukou, the Jurchen troops also organized a night attack under the leadership of Saba.

When arriving at Xiukou Barracks in a hurry, what Ning Xi saw was the scene of fierce battles in the dark night: cannons, grenades, and flaming arrows fluttered across the side of the mountain. Soldiers were running between the camp and the front line. When Qu Zheng was speaking about the war here, the other party was directing soldiers to go to the front line to support him.

"Ning Xi. Why did you come here?" Qu Zhengyan always frowned slightly, and his words were calm and steady.The two saluted each other, and Ning Xi looked at the fire on the front line and said, "Saba still took the risk."

"Two groups of scouts came down from the north, and they seemed to be intercepted. It's not difficult to predict the Jurchen's desperate move. The 3 people on the Wangyuan Bridge were inexplicably lost. As long as they don't intend to surrender, they will definitely make moves now." Maybe taking advantage of our carelessness and breaking through the defense line in one fell swoop, then we can regain a victory." Qu Zhengyan looked ahead, "But it's just a desperate move, the two teams in the north can't get around, attacking from the front, It looks beautiful, but it’s already exhausted.”

Ning Xi nodded. He didn't have much contact with the front line. Looking at the fierce voices from the front line, he probably adjusted his cognition in his heart: It turned out that he was still weak.

Then he smiled embarrassedly: "After the battle at Wangyuan Bridge, my father asked me to come over here to hear Uncle Qu and Uncle Wu's views on the next battle... Of course, there is one more thing about Ning Ji, he Should be leaning over here, I'll drop by to see him..."

Qu Zhengyan nodded and looked at the foothills on the northwest side of the battlefield, before he came to pat Ning Xi on the shoulder and led him to the small wooden shed that served as the command post: "Speaking of which, you are in Wangyuan in the afternoon. bridge."

"Well, I followed the team in the rear and watched from a distance. Later, I participated in the custody of the prisoners, and I set off here after dark."

"Okay, then you can tell me more about the battle process and the rockets."

In the afternoon, other people naturally reported to Qu Zhengyan about the battle of Wangyuan Bridge, but Ning Xi, who was at the scene and the eldest son of Ning Yi, knew more about the situation passed on by the messengers.Qu Zhengyan took Ning Xi to the shed and poured him a glass of water. Ning Xi also recounted the entire situation of Wangyuan Bridge, and briefly introduced the basic attributes of the "Dijiang". Qu Zhengyan considered it for a moment. , and Ning Xi discussed the trend of the entire battlefield. By this time, the movement on the battlefield had gradually subsided.

Saba, who was desperate but never took advantage, chose to retreat one after another.The Huaxia Army did not chase after him.

It was almost midnight. Not long after Ning Xi and Qu Zhengyan finished their exchange, they saw Ning Ji half-stained with blood in the crowd returning to the camp. This boy who was a head shorter than the others was following a stretcher. Running forward, on the stretcher was a soldier who was seriously injured and his abdomen was bleeding continuously. Ning Ji tried to stop the bleeding skillfully and quickly.

The camp where the wounded were treated was not far away, but in fact, after each battle, the number of doctors accompanying the army was always insufficient.Ning Xi rolled up her sleeves and walked over to Ning Ji with a pot of hot water.

The stretcher was put down in the shed, Ning Xi also put down the hot water and reached out to help, Ning Ji raised his head and glanced - half of his face was covered with blood, and there were scratches on his forehead - seeing his brother's arrival, he lowered his head again The head continued to deal with the injuries of the wounded.The two brothers collaborated wordlessly.

Seeing this scene, Qu Zhengyan turned around and left here.

In fact, Ning Ji followed Mao Yishan's team, and was still farther north yesterday, and made contact with this side for the first time.At the same time as the news was sent to Wangyuan Bridge, Qu Zhengyan also issued an order to let the team leave the team quickly converge in the direction of Xiukou.Mao Yishan, Ning Ji and the others should have rushed towards Xiukou quickly. When the Jurchen was first discovered in the mountains in the northwest, they happened to be nearby and quickly participated in the battle.

When Ning Xi came over, Qu Zhengyan said that he was not completely sure whether Ning Ji could come back safely.

Following the military medical team for nearly two years, Xiao Ningji, who has also been taught by a good teacher, is not much inferior to other military doctors in terms of healing. Can play a certain role.But the wounded person in front of him was seriously injured, and after a while of treatment, the other party's eyes finally dimmed.

Ning Xi has been following Ning Yi, Chen Tuozi and others to learn how to strategize in a larger direction in the past few years. Such cruel practical operations are rare. He originally thought that the brothers would be able to save the other party by breaking the gold together. When I saw the wounded dying gradually, a huge sense of frustration rose in my heart.But Xiao Ningji, who was kneeling beside him, was silent for a moment. After testing the breath and heartbeat of the deceased, he touched the other's eyes, and then stood up.

"Brother, let's go over there to help."

Ning Xi reacted and followed.

As partners, the brothers rescued a seriously wounded and bandaged a minor wounded. There were medics and nursing staff walking around under the barracks, but the tension had subsided.The two of them washed their hands and faces and walked slowly towards the side of the barracks.

The night sky is full of stars.

Ning Xi looked at her younger brother who was almost four years younger than her, as if she knew him again.Ning Ji turned to look around: "Brother, where is the first sister of the first year, why didn't you come with you?"

"She was leading the female soldiers at the Wangyuan Bridge. Dad asked me to come over and talk to Uncle Qu and the others about what happened next. I'll see you by the way." Ning Xi said, and then she remembered something, and took out a The small package came, "By the way, the rice cakes that I asked me to bring you on the first day of the new year are all cold... I'm hungry too, let's eat half of it each."

"The first sister gave it to me, how can you eat half of it?"

"I brought you all the way. There is no credit or hard work. Hey, do you want the bigger half or the smaller half?"

"I'm a martial artist. I'm growing. I want a bigger one."

"Don't you know the reason why Kong Rong gave pears?"

"I know, if it's you, brother, do you want the big one or the small one?"

"Of course I say small."

"So I want the big one, hahahaha..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

When the brothers said this, they all laughed.Such words are one of the classic jokes of the Ning family, and the original source may also come from Ning Yi.The two of them each held half of the rice cake and sat down in the open space beside the military camp.

"Brother, I heard that Dad shot at Wangyuan Bridge?"

"Well, Dad dug out all the belongings. 6000 people killed 3 people in Xiebao. We didn't have many casualties. The Jurchens are going to have a headache."

"So powerful, how did you fight?"

Ning Ji was marching all night, and later participated in the battle. He only listened to the news of Wangyuan Bridge in bits and pieces, and Ning Xi recounted it to him in detail:
"...I heard that in the evening, my father had already sent someone to the Jurchen army camp to talk to Zonghan. The [-] elites had all fought hard, and the Jurchen had nothing to fight."

In the process of talking, the two brothers had already finished eating the rice cakes. At this time, Ning Ji raised his head to the north where he was still fighting, frowning slightly: "It seems that the golden dogs are not going to surrender."

"It will take some time to digest the news from Wangyuan Bridge. The Jurchens may take risks at the beginning, but as long as we don't give them any openings, after they wake up, they can only choose between advancing and retreating. The Jurchens killed from the white mountains and black waters. Come out, for 30 years, it has been the advantage of meeting the brave man in a narrow road. It is not without the danger of advancing, but in general, the greatest possibility is to choose to retreat... At that time, we will bite him all the way , devour him."

Ning Ji has been in the battlefield for a while, and although he has achieved quite a lot, he is not yet old, and it is difficult to speak about the strategic level of the general direction.

Ning Xi smiled: "Speaking of which, one thing may be certain, if you are not recalled to Xiukou, you will probably find out tomorrow that the Han army of Li Rulai's troops has already retreated quickly. It is retreat, for Jurchen, this Han army has no value at all, if we hit it with rockets, it is estimated that we will completely defect and rush to Jurchen."

Ning Ji blinked, and the trick suddenly lit up: "At this time, the entire army retreats. We only need a few charges in the back, so he shouldn't be able to hold it, right?"

"That said, but the most important thing next is to concentrate on catching the Jurchen's desperate gamble and breaking their delusions. Once they start to evacuate, the time to cut the flesh will come. Also, Dad is planning to go to Nianhan. Show off, don't get caught by Jurchen at this time." Ning Xi added, "So, I'm here to stare at you."

Under the starlight, Ning Ji's eyes were melancholy and his face flattened.

At this time, it was already the early morning of the first day of March this year. While the brothers were chatting at night beside the military camp, in the mountains on the other side, Jurchen never chose to surrender after a sudden fiasco.On the bank of Wangyuan Bridge, thousands of Huaxia troops are guarding the newly defeated [-] prisoners. In the mountains more than ten miles away, Yu Yu has led a team to set off towards this side in a starry night.

Waiting in front of them is another round of blocking by the Huaxia Army led by Han Jing and others.

In the dark woods on the front line of Shiling, there were also sporadic but treacherous scout conflicts, which broke out continuously this night. Jurchen was anxiously trying every means of breakthrough. Correspondingly, the Huaxia Army was in Shiling. A squad advancing secretly on the east side.

It was windy at night, whimpering across the mountains.

Accompanied by elite scouts, the mechanic team set up iron armor on the edge of the mountain, and someone had already calculated the direction.

"...the test horizon... 43 degrees to the west, 35 degrees of elevation, and a predetermined distance of 350 feet... two rounds..."

The hot air balloon was floating on the peaks of Shiling, and the people standing on the hot air balloon in the dark were already several high-level officers of the Huaxia Army, including Pang Luan. show moment.

In the golden man's barracks, the lights were lit, and at a certain moment, the rockets dragged their bright tails and rose from the mountains on the east side of the barracks.

The explosion overturned tents in the camp and set fire to it.The Jin Man's barracks became lively, but it did not cause large-scale turmoil or bombing of the camp - this is a symbol of the other party's preparations. Can't play a final mutiny effect, but the momentum caused is amazing.

The Jurchen scout team reacted, and the two sides had a brief confrontation in the mountains. After an hour, two rockets flew into the Jinren's Shiling camp from the other direction.

Under the shroud of the stars and the moon, in a seemingly peaceful night, there are still many conflicts and malice about to break out.

As long as there is a ray of possibility, neither side will give the other any breathing room.

Zong Han, Gao Qingyi, Han Qixian, Ba Lisu, Wanyan Sheyema, Dalai and others gathered in the tent behind Shiling.People were calculating the next variables and possibilities of this battle. Dalai's main force rushed into the Chengdu Plain in a desperate attempt, and Tu Lisu and others tried to calmly analyze the role and flaws of the Huaxia Army's new weapons.

Zong Han didn't say much. He sat on the chair behind him, as if in half a day, this Jurchen veteran had aged ten years.He is like an old but still dangerous lion, recalling the countless difficulties and obstacles in his life in the dark, seeking strength from the difficulties of the past, and wisdom and determination alternately appear in his eyes.

Decades ago, when the Jurchen had only a few thousand supporters, everyone feared the huge Liao Kingdom, but he and Wanyan Aguda insisted on their determination to oppose the Liao Dynasty.They seized the key to the rise and fall of the ethnic group in the tide of ups and downs of history, and thus determined the prosperity of the Jurchen for decades.At this moment, he knew it was the same time again.

This moment came so suddenly that even the outstanding people gathered around such as Gao Qingyi, Han Qixian and others might not be able to realize it at the first time.But Zong Han is a person who bears the burden of the rise and fall of the ethnic group all the year round, as if in the dark, the feeling of trembling and goosebumps has come down. The really terrible thing is not even the capture of his son Xie Bao, The defeat of those 3 people was an omen that would fundamentally determine the future fate of the entire Jin Kingdom.

Zonghan couldn't even fully understand this omen. He saw the rockets that flew into the barracks and then exploded in the dark. It is true that it may have weaknesses of one kind or another, but when it comes to the big battlefield, even if it has such weaknesses , the distance between the Jurchen and the Huaxia Army may have become an insurmountable moat.

Even such a distance may continue to widen.

Xi Yin once told him about the possibility of the study of the study of objects in the Southwest, but Zong Han did not fully understand it—even Gu Shen himself might not have expected this scene that might happen on the Southwest battlefield.The original intention of Nanzheng flashed in his mind: the next generation of Jurchen has begun to indulge in leisure, and maybe one day they will even become the same as the Wu Dynasty. He and Xi Yin and others maintained the final glory of Jurchen. , I hope to solve the serious troubles of the Southwest's henchmen before the afterglow dies out.

Is it too late?How much hope is there to move forward?

Step back, maybe Jin Guo will lose his chance forever...

"...As long as all firearms, first of all, they must be afraid of rain. Therefore, if you want to deal with such firearms, the first thing you need is a rainy day... Now it's spring, and the southwest is raining. If you can seize this opportunity It's not impossible to win... In addition, Ning Yi only took out such things at this time, which may prove that he doesn't have many firearms. We can't defeat the southwest this time. If we fight again in the future, such firearms may be overwhelming. now..."

"...I don't know that the other party deliberately brought us in..."

"...If that's the case, they didn't guard the rain and Huang Ming at the beginning, so we came in too. If his firearms are endless, it will be so difficult if he arrives at the city of Zizhou. How difficult is it for a battle? With a few hundred thousand people, how can they fight?" How much can you stand him?"

"...This statement is reasonable."

Everyone is still discussing. In fact, they can only discuss according to the status quo. They have to face the reality and withdraw from the army. After all, they dare not take the lead and say it.Zong Han supported the chair and stood up.

"Since the start of the war last year, it has been as much as April since the beginning of the war. Our army has been advancing all the way, and we want to conquer the southwest. But the way to exit Jianmenguan all the way if we can't beat it is to start from the beginning. In the end, nothing has been done.”

Zong Han said here, his eyes slowly swept over everyone, and the tent was almost suffocating.Just listen to him say slowly: "Do it... As soon as possible, let's do it by retreating."

Gao Qingyi, Tu Lisu, and the others' eyes sank, as deep as an ancient well, but they didn't speak. Dalai clenched his fists, his body was shaking, and Sheya Ma lowered his head.After a while, Shiya came out and knelt down in the middle of the tent.

"My son, I would like to be the queen of the army."

The pale breath is coming here. This is a taste that all the generals of the Jin Army have never tasted. Countless thoughts and mixed flavors are surging in their hearts. It is naturally impossible for any meticulous decision to be made this night, and neither does Zong Han. In response to Shiyema's request, he patted his son on the shoulder, but just looked at the front of the tent.

"At dawn, let someone repay the Huaxia Army, and I want to talk to Na Ningyi."

For the first time in decades, the air around Jurchen's barracks was slightly cooler.If we look from the back to the front, in the dark night of this conflict, the signal of the change of times caught many people by surprise. Some people clearly felt the huge gap and change, and more people may have to wait for dozens of days. , chew it all slowly over months and beyond.

At dawn, the army that Yu Yu led to rescue the Wangyuan Bridge was blocked and found that they had returned in vain.The Jurchen side replied to the message that Zong Han and Ning Yi met to "talk". At almost the same time, there were other news that were introduced into the camps of both sides.

In the early morning sun, Ning Yi carefully read the news that had been rushed, and when he put down the information, he let out a long, long sigh.In this news, there are both good news and bad news.

Over the years, the nature of good news and bad news has actually been similar. Good news must be accompanied by bad news, but bad news does not necessarily bring good news.War can be exciting only in fiction, and in reality, there may be only the difference between hurting people and hurting people more.

The battle of Changsha was won.

(End of this chapter)