On the evening of the second day of the first month of March, a small funeral was being held in Xiaocanghe.

It was two families who mourned - in fact, it can only be regarded as one family - Lu Yannian, who was sent back to the head, still has an old wife in his family, and his deputy Qi Zhenbiao is a lonely family, and now, the bloodline is completely cut off. As for those Zhuji intelligence people who have not yet heard from them, since they are not considered to die, they have not been operated at this time.

In the long shed erected on the mountain, most of the people who came to pay their respects were soldiers and members of Zhuji who knew each other from these two families, and some people who were friends with those who had not yet been determined to be safe also came to sit down. The dishes are not sumptuous, with a glass of light wine per person. Ning Yi's family, Qin Shaoqian and other middle and high-ranking members of the army were responsible for entertaining the guests, and briefly told people the general ins and outs of the matter, the Jurchens' behavior and the response here, and some people became emotional and indignant, but after being whispered a few words by the officers who accompanied them, they were quiet again, only under the table, clenching their fists tightly.

Half a year after defeating the Western Xia, Xiaocanghe has been constantly developing and expanding in a quiet atmosphere, and sometimes, the bustling scene of outsiders pouring in and out of goods almost makes people forget the depression of the year before the battle against Western Xia. Even, in the past two years, those soldiers who came from the rich land of the Central Plains have gradually forgotten the appearance of the Central Plains. Only such deaths prove to people that the fierce conflict has never stopped in the place beyond this mountain.

Sooner or later, the killing hedges that had appeared under Bianliang City would appear on this land.

Ning Yi walked in the long shed with white flowers, nodded and whispered hello to every table of people who came over, and someone couldn't help but stand up and ask, "Mr. Ning, can we beat the Jurchens?" Ning Yi nodded.

"Of course you can." He replied in a low voice, "The state of each of you on Dong Zhiyuan is the invincible trick of the Jurchens. Even better than them. It is possible for us to beat them, but of course, it is difficult. Hard. Hard. ”

He said that these three were difficult, word by word.

Probably after greeting everyone, Ning Yi quietly left from the side, and Chen Fan followed him out. The two of them walked along the mountain path. There is no moon, and the stars are immense. Ning Yi put his hands into the pockets of his clothes - he was used to asking for pockets, so Tan'er and the others improved the short clothes at this time a lot, loose, light, and energetic.

"Brother Chen, you haven't been on the battlefield for a long time, have you?"

"I haven't been on it a few times." Chen Fan held a grass stalk in his mouth and laughed, "Actually, when you are on the Holy Father's side, there is no rule when you start a battle. It's nothing more than rushing forward with people. Now here, it is very different from the Catholic Uprising. Why do you want to send me out? ”

"You are a disciple of the Buddha, always follow me, I always feel that it is a waste."

"You're really budget-conscious, and you're reluctant to let people take advantage of it at all, so let me be at ease. There are too many people who want to kill you. If it is really a great grandmaster who does not want to die, Chen Huozi and they will definitely sacrifice their lives to protect you. But I'm afraid of being negligent for a while. You've already sent Zhu Biao to Shandong again......"

"Red will come over in a few days."

"If it's really a big war, don't you want Aoki Village? She's going to have to go back to the town. ”

"It's okay to find Jin'er to sit in charge. Ride a horse and wear a mask. ”

Ning Yi made a comparison, Chen Fan then laughed with him, and in the past half a month, the play of "Thorn Tiger" was performed in Qingmu Village and Xiaocanghe. The image of the Blood Bodhisattva with a hideous mask has gradually spread. If you just want to fill the number, maybe Jin'er can really act.

But such words can only be regarded as a joke after all, Chen Fan looked at him a few times: "What do you want me to do?" ”

"Zhuo Xiaofeng has been here for so long, and he is already familiar with the situation of Xiaocanghe. I will send them back to Miaojiang. But after thinking about it, the one who can hold down the battle the most is you. The easiest to coordinate with watermelon is also your husband and wife, so I have to trouble you to lead the team. ”

Chen Fan frowned, he looked at Ning Yi and was silent for a moment: "Usually I wouldn't ask that, but ...... Is it really this time? ...... with the Jurchens Is there still a gap? ”

"I hope there's still time." Ning Yi looked at the valley below and sighed, "Kill the emperor, less than 10,000 people raise troops, a year's time, to defeat the Western Xia, another year, you have to deal with the Jurchen, how can there be such a thing." I chose the northwest before, and I never thought of doing this, if I was given a few years to open up the situation in the cracks, slowly figure it out. These four war places, barren mountains and mountains, and suitable for military training, will definitely be much better for us at that time. ”

He shook his head: "It's not a good choice to defeat Xixia, although because of this pressure, the potential of the team has been pressed out, but the loss is also large, and it is too quick to startle the snake." Nowadays, other local chickens and dogs can still be on the side, and on our side, we can only look at the intentions of the sticky Han side - but think about it, we are such a small place, and we have not yet risen, but there are firearms, such things as they have their eyes, you are sticky, what do you do? Can we afford to negotiate terms with him here? ”

"Is there another way?" Chen Fan frowned, "What if you save your strength and leave with your hands?" ”

"Little Brother Chen, I couldn't see that you were such a forward-looking person before." Ning Yi joked with a smile.

Chen Fan also smiled: "I am alone, I can put life and death out of the way, as long as I die well, it is common to work hard, but there are so many people." I have never fought against the Jurchens to what extent they are powerful, but it is conceivable that the purpose of their fight this time is different from the previous two times. The first time is a temptation, and there is no bottom in my heart, so I can solve it quickly. The second time was to break Bianliang and destroy the ambition of the Wu Dynasty, and the emperor was arrested. This time it won't be just a matter of playing and leaving, the three-way army will press over, and if you don't surrender, you will die, and there are not many people in this world who can stop it. ”

"After all, the Western Route Army only has 10,000 gold soldiers."

"Wanyan Lou's room is like a god, last year, the year before last, with 10,000 or 20,000 people to fight hundreds of thousands, more than 300,000 here, destroying the withering and decaying. Regardless of whether we can defeat him, even if we can, this bone will never be easy to gnaw. Moreover, if they really defeat their Western Route Army, the whole world will resist the Jurchens, I am afraid it will be us ...... first" Chen Fan said this, tilted his head and glanced at him, "You won't be surprised by this." What exactly are you thinking at the moment? ”

"I discussed it with Shaoqian and Chengzong, and I thought about it for a long time, a few questions." Ning Yi's eyes looked ahead, "I'm not good at fighting after all, if we really fight, our chances of winning are really not great?" How big will the loss be? ”

Chen Fan thought for a moment: "Lou Mu's own ability. After all, it has to be taken into account, if it is only the Western Route Army, of course there is a chance of victory, but ...... Not to be taken lightly, like you said, it's hard. So, you have to consider the situation where the loss is very large. ”

"The advent of firearms, after all, will change something, according to the previous estimates. It may not be accurate, and of course, there is no such thing as an accurate thing in the world. Ning Yi smiled slightly, "Looking back, what are we here to open up the situation in such a difficult place?" Ran away from Western Xia, and was driven away by the Jurchens a year later? Chased away? In peacetime, business should pay attention to probability and treat it rationally. But in this kind of chaos in the world, who is not standing on the cliff. ”

"I'm not reconciled." Ning Yi gritted his teeth. The look of extreme coldness and fierceness gradually appeared in his eyes, and the look disappeared like an illusion, and he tilted his head, "I haven't started yet, I shouldn't retreat." Here I want to take a gamble. If it is really certain that Mu Han and Xi Yin are determined to plot against Xiao Canghe and cannot coordinate, then ......"

The night breeze blew lightly, and on the hillside, Ning Yi's voice paused: "That...... I will do whatever it takes. After culling Yan Lou's room, even if it is Sticky Han again, I will tear off a piece of meat from him, and even consider the possibility of leaving them here. ”

Things haven't been done yet, Ning Yi's words are just statements, and they have always been calm and quiet, and this time is no exception. After listening to this, Chen Fan quietly looked at the valley below, and after a long time, he took a deep breath, he gritted his teeth, laughed, and a fanatical look appeared in his eyes: "Ha, that's what you do, that's what you do." I see, if you really want to do this, I'll follow, whatever you do, I'll follow. ”

He paused, nodded and said, "You know, when the Holy Father started the incident, it was called hundreds of thousands of people, and it was a mess, but I always felt that it was not interesting at all...... No, the meaning at that time, compared to now, really didn't have any courage at all......"

Then he said: "I'll tell the watermelon about this, and that chick will like you to death." On the surface, I don't say anything, I turn my back and there are stars in my eyes, hey, that's it......"

Hearing him say this, Ning Yi also laughed: "It's just a temporary idea, sometimes, the situation is stronger than people, if there is a change, you can only see a walk." ”

"Yes." Chen Fan crossed his hands on his hips, and then pointed at him: "Be careful not to die, practice more martial arts." ”

"I'm already a martial arts master."

Chen Fan looked ahead, shook his head, and said to himself as if he hadn't heard Ning Yi's words at all: "Damn, it's time to find a time, I'll team up with Zhu Biao and Grandmaster Lu to go and do Lin Xichan, and I will have a big trouble...... Otherwise, it's okay to find watermelons and Chen Huozi...... I don't ...... worried."

"Stupid ......" Ning Yi pursed his lips rather dissatisfied, turned around and walked forward, Chen Fan thought about things to keep up, Ning Yi spread his hands while moving forward, and spoke loudly, "Everyone saw it, I feel that I have found the wrong candidate now." ”

"What I'm saying is true, and it can be done." Chen Fan said.

"How can I have time to pay attention to the ...... surnamed Lin"

The two discussed for a while, and gradually reached the small courtyard in front of them, and a figure was wandering around outside the courtyard, but it was Jin'er who stayed at home with the child. She was wearing a floral jacket, holding Ning Yi's youngest daughter Ning Wenwen, who was less than a year old, walking outside the courtyard, there was naturally a secret whistle nearby, Chen Fan saw that he had arrived at the place, so he went to the side and stopped following.

Ning Yi walked over and sat down on the grass with Jin'er, Jin'er asked a few words about the funeral, and Ning Yi answered. At this time, the fire in the valley below is a little bit stretched, and the traces of people make everything seem warm, Jin'er recalled the things when she was in Jiangning, and said a few words to Ning Yi, the days in the Qinglou, the evaluation of Jiangning talents with her sisters, the small building by the Qinhuai River, the cohabitation life with Yunzhu, the morning fog every day, the running in the morning fog, and the strange man who ran over. At that time, she couldn't imagine that this man would become her husband, and of course she couldn't imagine that the son-in-law and talented son she fell in love with would finally come here.

If everything is the same, that's what it looks like.

"We ...... Will you be able to live like that in the future? Jin'er smiled and whispered, "Wait until you beat the Jurchens away." ”

"When the Jurchens are beaten away, the world is peaceful, we will go back to Jiangning, get a wooden building by the Qinhuai River, you and Yunzhu live there, I run every day, you ...... Well, you're going to be annoyed by your kids all day long, so it's clear that some of them won't be the same as they used to be. ”

Jin'er laughed, and after a while, she stretched out her finger: "It's an appointment." ”

Ning Yi stretched out his hand and hooked: "It's an appointment." ”

On this night, there were brilliant stars in the sky, and in the valley of the Xiaocang River, the firelight of the crowd of people also stretched like stars to the mountain pass, at this time, the Jurchen Jurchens went south from the north, and the situation north of the entire Yellow River was completely chaotic. Most of the business roads have been paralyzed, and the goods in and out of Xiaocanghe have gradually come to an end, but on the fourth day of the first month of March, someone came with letters, and then came the last batch of large-scale materials transported to Xiaocanghe.

Surprisingly, it was a letter from Yu Zuo. After leaving Xiaocanghe, and now that the Jurchen has finally invaded the south, Zuo Duanyou has made a decision to move his family south.

A large amount of ordnance, iron, gunpowder, grain and grass were transported to the mountains of Xiaocang River, so that the valley was solid and lively for a while.

To the east, the land of the Central Plains.

On the various avenues from north to south, the crowd of refugees stretched for hundreds of miles. Large households drove cattle, sheep, and cars, while poor and small households carried parcels and dragged their families with their mouths. At every crossing of the Yellow River, the ferries are already overloaded.

Because the first wave of refugees from the south of the Jin people has already begun to appear. The Jurchen army followed, killing with its tails, and after the first wave of several battles, another 100,000 defeated troops scattered like a sea tide in the land north of the Yellow River. To the south, the operation of the Wu Dynasty court was as if it was frightened, and it was completely frozen.

Blood and life, the burning flames of war, sorrow and wailing, are the first price paid in this world...... (To be continued.) )

PS: Said it was connected, it was connected ^_^