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Chapter 664 Battle Marks
Snowflakes began to fall in the sky again.

The large-scale fierce battle inside and outside the valley of Xia Village has come to an end, where the camp of the resentment army was originally located, flames and thick smoke are raging.The corpses and blood of people and horses spewed out from the valley. At the edge of the valley, there were also small-scale resentment soldiers who were still resisting. From time to time, there are cheers in the snowy valleys and mountains.

There are also some people who are searching for property in the resentment army camp that cannot be taken away, and the people in charge of arranging the wounded are coming out of the camp to give first aid to the wounded soldiers on the battlefield.The voices of people were noisy, and the cheers of victory accounted for the majority. The horses galloped through the foothills, and when they stopped, the knights in black armor also took off their helmets.

Beacon smoke was everywhere, in the middle of the valley, the bodies of Long Hui and others were put down, wrapped in banners, and the soldiers who walked by were saluting to him.

The snow field outside the valley was full of messy footprints. Tens of thousands of people ran and evacuated and smashed the entire snow field. Xia Village's scouts were also chasing after them from different directions towards the distant world.Qin Shaoqian stood above the snow ridge, holding a big knife still stained with blood, looking at the distant scenery.At this moment, there were already cheers from around, but the hotness in his brain did not fade away. For everything he saw, he accepted part of it, and the other part could not be fully digested.

"Send all the scouts out...be vigilant, lest Guo Yaoshi come back...kill us all with carbine guns...go, go! Be vigilant..."

The resentful army was defeated and retreated.

As for the fact of today's anti-killing, from the time when everyone decided to open the gate of the camp and the morale was boiling all over the mountains and plains, as an outstanding general, he already knew it well and was sure of it.However, when all the situation was preliminarily settled, recalling the tyranny of the Jurchen all the way south, he led Wu Ruiying to try to stop the difficulties. In the past few months, the 10 people outside Bianliang City were depressed after losing consecutive battles. A bloody battle like a broken boat... At this time, everything was reversed, but it made him feel a little unreal...

This has been suffering for a long time, until last night, they did not see too many possibilities of breaking the game or ending it.But at this moment... did he survive all of a sudden?

"...Where is Liheng?"

Turning this matter in my mind, I then recalled the decisiveness of this companion who was like a brother and mentor.On the chaotic battlefield, this brother who is good at planning can't clearly grasp the changes of every moment of the war, and sometimes he can't understand the local advantages or disadvantages clearly, so he never intervenes in the detailed decision-making.However, this morning, if it weren't for the sudden determination he showed at that time, I am afraid that the only chance of victory would have disappeared in a flash.

For the grasp and grasp of the morale of the overall situation, Ning Yi showed unparalleled precision at that moment.The depression, tragedy and even despair of the past few days, coupled with the desire of everyone to give it a go before the heavy pressure came, was compressed to the extreme in that instant.When those prisoners made unexpected decisions, for many generals, all they could do was wait and see and hesitate. Even if they were moved, they could only hope for the soldiers in the camp to fight next.But he made an unexpected suggestion and risked everything.

In the ensuing battle, Guo Yaoshi showed his ability to operate and control the soldiers under his command, but for Xia Cun's side, the victory still came quite easily.When Liu Shunren's team was completely annihilated in front of Xia Village, Guo Yaoshi had already mobilized his direct descendants to retreat, and the cannon fodder dragged on the battlefield started a scuffle with Xia Village soldiers, almost a unilateral massacre.However, Guo Yaoshi still led more than 1 surviving main forces to evacuate after this almost ruthless warrior broke his wrist.

It's hard to guess how Guo Yaoshi's mood changed this morning, and it's hard to tell what he was thinking when he retreated decisively.It's not that the resentment army is incapable of fighting, but the reality is as cold as this winter. Xiacun may be ruined and die forever, but the resentment army has absolutely no possibility of betting everyone in the first battle.

He was still wary of the possibility of Guo Yaoshi returning to his horse and attacking him. When Qin Shaoqian looked back, heavy snow was falling on the battlefield filled with smog.However, at this moment, the emotions after victory, for the first time, are erupting among the crowd all over the mountains and plains.Accompanied by cheers and laughter, there is also the sound of faintly suppressed crying.

Qu Qing limped across the ridge, and this place was already at the forefront of Xia Village soldiers' pursuit. Some people were hugging and laughing, and there were tears in their laughter.He saw Mao Yishan behind a big rock. He was covered in blood, and he almost sat paralyzed in the snow. He laughed for a while, and for some reason, he cried again holding a long knife, crying a few times , Wiped tears again, wanted to stand up, but after holding on to the stone hard, he collapsed again, sitting in the snow and laughing "haha".

Qu Qing didn't help him, he walked over from behind.Someone bumped into him, and someone came over, hugged his shoulder and said something, he also smiled and punched the other person in the chest, and then he walked into the nearby woods.

In the woods, white snow and deep red blood are still spreading, and occasionally there are corpses.When he walked to a place where no one was around, the fatigue in his heart welled up, and he knelt down slowly on the ground. After a while, tears flowed out, he opened his mouth, and cried out in a low voice, which lasted for a while, and finally punched He slammed into the snow with a bang, and his head hit the tree trunk in front of him. He punched the tree trunk again. He hit his head several times, and blood flowed out. He bit it with his teeth and punched it with his hands. After smashing and peeling, his head, hands and mouth were covered with blood. He hugged the tree, crying with red eyes.

The man's cry was not pleasant, it was distorted like a lunatic.

He used to be a general in Wuwei Battalion. He had a team of two to three hundred people. On the night of the surprise attack on Moutuogang, almost the entire army was wiped out.He left the brigade in a daze, struggling to survive, and came to Xia Village by accident.People talked about the cruel and invincible myth of Jurchen, justifying themselves, making people feel that failure is justifiable, and he believed it at first, but these days, after all, something different made him see up.

Nothing is invincible, but his brothers are all dead after all...

He hugged the tree trunk, and his twisted and suppressed crying continued intermittently for a long time...

At this moment, besides Qu Qing, many people were crying while laughing.

In the wounded barracks above the valley, someone closed his eyes, listened to the voice outside, and murmured: "We won?" The skinny woman who was in charge of taking care of her nodded and replied in a suppressed manner: "Yes." Bing whispered: "Ah, we won..." Finally he stopped breathing, and the cushion under him was already covered with blood.

Beside, people were still treating the wounded or collecting the corpses one after another, and the cheers from below came, as if in a dream.

The entire mountain was immersed in an atmosphere as smooth as wine, but with a little madness.Ning Yi walked up the hill quickly, and saw the woman lying on the stretcher. It was Juan'er. She had blood on her body, a bandage on her head, and one eye was swollen.

When the battle at the foot of the mountain was in chaos, some of the resentful soldiers who had been slaughtered broke through the unguarded camp wall and rushed into the camp.At that time, Guo Yaoshi had already led the troops to retreat, and they began to fight desperately. Behind them were wounded, sick and disabled soldiers, and those who still had strength rose up to fight. hurt everywhere.

"It's not life-threatening, is it?"

Ning Yi first grabbed the doctor who was treating Juan'er, while Hong Ti also went over and began to examine her.

"Miss Juan'er is still in good health, although this time..." The doctor shook his head and said a few words, seeing Ning Yi's expression, he hurriedly said, "It's not life-threatening."

"Will it affect your body in the future?"

"Miss Juan'er's hand bones, if it encounters wet and cold weather in the future, I'm afraid it will hurt... Besides..."

The doctor said a few words, and Juan'er had opened her eyes. One eye was swollen, so she could only look at people with the other eye. , Grandpa... I'm fine, grandpa, you are not hurt..."

Ning Yi walked over, held one of her hands, reached out and touched her cheek, not knowing what to say.Juan'er struggled and smiled: "Did we win?"

"Win." Ning Yi said, "Don't worry about these things, take care of your injuries, I heard that you were injured, and I am very worried about you... Well, it's fine, you recuperate first, and I will come to see you after I finish the matter."

"Yeah." Juan'er nodded, and Ning Yi waved someone to carry her away. The woman's hand was still holding Ning Yi's finger, but after a while, she finally let go.Ning Yi turned around and asked Yuwen Feidu next to him: "How many people were arrested after entering the camp?" Before he could answer, he said again, "Ask someone to kill them all."

Yuwen Feidu nodded first, and then hesitated: "Boss, listen to them...the killing of prisoners is ominous..."

"Heh." Ning Yi rubbed his forehead, and after a while, he patted Yuwen Feidu's shoulder, "It doesn't matter, I'm not in the mood to think about the overall situation now, all those who come in are dead, and those who are outside are kept. Go."

"Yes."

After Yuwen Feidu took the order to leave, Ning Yi stood there for a while, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Looking back, the scattered snowflakes were not dense, but the continuous snowflakes had already begun to cover the whole world. The atmosphere between the mountains and the mountains seemed warm and calm for the first time amidst the devastation. Whether it was cheering or crying, the sense of tragedy and suffering that made people almost collapse finally began to dissipate for the time being.

Looking back, the fierce and torturous fighting and fighting in the past ten days really makes people feel as if they have passed away.The possibility of forcing back the resentful army was once out of reach.Hong Ti came from behind and took his hand: "Miss Juan'er is fine."

"Contain the corpses of General Long and all the other brothers first." Ning Yi said, but said to the followers next to him, "Tell all the generals not to let down your vigilance. Start paying homage to General Long in the afternoon, and get ready in the evening One meal, but the wine...per person is still a glass. Send someone to pass the news to the capital, and see how the battle is going there. In addition, track Guo Yaoshi..."

In the wind and snow, he waved his hand and began to issue orders one by one.

A few miles away from Xia Village, in the snow field, the battle between the scouts was still going on.The corpses of horses and soldiers fell on the snow and in the forest. Occasional battles broke out, leaving one or two lives. The survivors left in different directions, and soon after, they were interspersed together.

It was near noon that the retreating brigade of the resentful army slowed down.

Among the queues with low morale, Guo Yaoshi rode on a horse with a cold expression, neither happy nor angry.Along the way, his capable generals had reorganized the formation, and he paid more attention to the information brought by the scouts.Among the senior generals of the Resentment Army, Liu Shunren is already dead, and Zhang Linghui may also be captured or killed. The rest of the team in front of him are already his direct descendants. After careful calculation, there are only about [-] people. .

Thirty-six thousand people attacked the valley where the number of their own side was only half, and the opponents were only some remnants of the Wu Dynasty. In the end, their own side lost more than half.This is something he never thought would happen.

At this moment, he stopped in the snow field, reined in his horse and stood still, and when he looked around, the sky and the earth were all the same white scene, making it almost impossible to tell the direction.In the past, most of their army was made up of hungry people in Liaodong. However, in order to survive, they later defected to the Wu Dynasty for reconstruction. The members were also refugees from the six prefectures of Yanyun who had lost their property and land. They had no roots and did not know Where should I go.When several generals came to ask Guo Yaoshi for orders, no one could see what he was thinking from his calm face.

Messages are still coming in.After a long time, on the snowfield, Guo Yaoshi pointed in one direction: "We have to... go there."

The faces of the generals were stunned, but after a short while, most of them stamped their feet and sighed. This afternoon, the unit of the resentment army set off again, and finally, went deeper into the snow...

This day was the tenth day of December in the 13th year of Jinghan, and the Jurchen's southward invasion battle ushered in a turning point for the first time.For many troops around Bianliang at this time, the situation was astonishing. Most of them received the battle reports from Xia Village in a short period of time.And because of the exhaustion after the battle, Xia Village's army was mostly licking their wounds and consolidating their combat power this afternoon.As long as the soldiers could stand up, they participated in the sacrifice of General Long Hui and many people who died in the ten days in the heavy snow.

When the released scouts came back gradually, someone handed over a letter to Ning Yi.

When the scout was tracking Guo Yaoshi's team, he met an old man with excellent martial arts skills. The other party asked him to take the letter back and hand it over. After several people in the green forest confirmed that the old man was the only one who survived Zhou Tong. Senior Fulu.

After the author opened the letter, he found a blood book inside.

After reading it, Ning Yi stood in the snow for a while, then threw the blood book into the fire and burned it.

This is just a small episode in the great war, when the things written in that blood book were announced to the world, it will be many years later.In the evening, the scouts who came back from the capital received another urgent message.

The Jurchens have stopped attacking the city since early this morning.

The reason is that more than 2 Western Army troops led by Yu Zhongshi rushed to the foot of Bianliang City, and officially launched a confrontation with Wanyan Zongwang, trying to threaten Zongwang from the back.Faced with such a situation, Zong Wang, who failed to attack the city, directly gave up Bianliang City and counterattacked the Western Army with elite cavalry on a large scale—this may be an act of venting anger that has not been attacked for a long time—the internal combat power of Bianliang City Not enough, dare not go out of the city to rescue, and then outside the city, the two armies launched a tragic battle.Although the seed division is a veteran, they still take the lead and fight with all their strength, but after all, due to the gap in strength, when the scouts left Bianliang City in the afternoon, more than 2 people in the Western Army had been killed and defeated. I can control part of the situation, but if I continue, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out outside Bianliang City.

Hearing such news, Qin Shaoqian, Ning Yi and others were all stunned for a long time. The Western Army is indeed famous in the eyes of ordinary people. For many high-level officials in the Wu Dynasty, it also has combat power, but having combat power does not mean that they can compete with The Jurchens resisted head-on.In previous battles, although the Western Army led by Zhongshi had a certain combat power, they still knew how to fight the Jurchen, fought for a while, and retreated if they couldn't do it.Afterwards, everyone hid nearby, and Zhong Shizhong also led the army to hide. When Guo Yaoshi went to him for a one-on-one challenge, he just made a detour and was unwilling to fight head-on.

Unexpectedly, when Wanyan Zongwang attacked the city for nearly 20 days, the old man suddenly killed him.

This time, he did not choose to retreat.

According to scout reports, during this battle, corpses littered the field outside Bianliang City, not only the corpses of men from the Western Army. Under the leadership, many victories have been achieved.

The old man's intentions are obvious. The Jurchen siege failed for 2 days, and the combat power has begun to decline, and the number of staff has been severely reduced.The more than [-] people in the Western Army may not be able to defeat the opponent, but as long as they risk their lives and cause certain losses to the Jurchens, the Jurchen troops with huge losses may no longer be able to consider attacking the city, and Zhong Shidao and others in the city , and finally able to choose to force the opponent...

While Ning Yi and others were shocked by the bravery and decisiveness of the planting division in Xia Village, the extremely tired people in Bianliang City were cheering and weeping for the arrival of the Western Army. The news has not been known to everyone.When Su Wenfang came to the wounded soldiers camp, he saw Shishi with disheveled hair, pale complexion and emaciated figure, and told him about Xia Village.

Shishi stared at him for a long time with his big eyes wide open. After a while, he clutched the front of his clothes with both hands, lowered his body slightly, and wept depressively and violently.The thin body trembled and made a "woo-woo" sound, like bean sprouts about to fall at any time, and tears fell like rain.Seeing this scene, Su Wenfang's eyes also turned red. He was running around the city for several days, and he described it as thin, with stubble all over his face. After a while, he left here and continued to work for the Xiangfu.

In the imperial city, the ministers had already gathered here, summarizing the news from all parties, and they were all beaming.And at this time, an old man named Qin Yuyuan was talking about something unsightly in the hall.

This matter is... Rescue the Seed Master.

(End of this chapter)