The thunderstorm poured down, and the valley, which had been suddenly reduced by tens of thousands of people due to the army's attack, looked a little desolate in the heavy rain, but many traces of people's activity could still be seen in the settlement below, running around in the rain, packing up things, or digging ditches to direct the flow of water into the drainage system. There were still people standing guard on the watchtower, and at the dam at the mouth of the valley, a group of people in robes were watching around, keeping an eye on the condition of the dam. Although a large number of people have gone out, the residents in the Xiaocang River valley are still in normal operation.

The wheat on the other side of the valley had already been cut in half, but it stopped again because of the rain. Some idle farmers formed a patrol, dressed in robes and rain gear, patrolling among the watchtowers around the river valley, at this time walking on the hill in the torrential rain, beware of the next group of enemies to take advantage of the chaos, Min Chuyi's father Min San was in the middle of it, a man who has been silent since he can remember, although he has a lot of strength, but he can't be strong when he meets anyone, this time he is a patrol that voluntarily joins. So much so that when he went out with a fork, his wife repeatedly advised: "When you meet those bad people, if you want to fork, you will fork them to death, you have this temperament, don't retreat." ”

At this time, Xiaocang River was still mostly infantry, and what was talked about a lot during training was not to retreat when forming a formation: when there were companions around you, when you encountered anything, you would only advance and not retreat. Talking too much, these farmers and family members who joined in have also heard it. If you take half a step back, you will harm the people around you.

The silent peasant took his fork and nodded: "I think they are wild boars." ”

While he was patrolling the mountains with difficulty, his wife was sewing and mending at home. Min Chuyi squatted by the door of the house, looking through the rain curtain to the courtyard in the middle of the mountain, where there was her school and the courtyard of the Ning family. Since that day, Ning Xi was injured, and her mother gave her a hard slap in tears. She was crying too, and she had forgotten about it now.

It's just that in the past few days, Ning Xi has been recuperating at home and has never been to the school, and the little girl is a little worried in her heart, she has been attending classes these days. She hesitated to ask Teacher Yuan about Ning Xi's injury, but when she saw Teacher Yuan's beautiful and serious face, the little courage in her heart that had just sprouted was scared back again.

So at this time, I had to squat on the ground while silently writing a few words taught by Teacher Yuan, while being sullen and angry with myself.

In the courtyard halfway up the mountainside, Ning Xi's injury had already healed, but his head was still wrapped in bandages, and at this time, he and his younger brother Ning Ji moved a small bench and sat under the eaves holding their chin to watch the water: "It's raining so hard." By the door on the side, Yunzhu sat there with her daughter in her arms and watched the heavy rain. The little girl was born in the summer and was weak at first. Hearing thunder, rain, any sound will be frightened to cry, this time when she heard the thunderstorm, she stopped crying, and even looked a little curious, her small body was wrapped in swaddling clothes, and every time the lightning lit up outside, she had to squint her eyes and wrinkle her little face into a bun. Then it stretched out again.

In the next room, voices could be heard from time to time. However, in the heavy rain, many of the words were also vague, and among the few people outside the door, except for Yunzhu, most of them could understand the meaning of the words.

“…… The so-called rejection of Confucianism and anti-Confucianism It does not mean that Confucianism is useless, on the contrary, in these thousand years, Confucianism has played a great role, as long as it ignores foreign enemies. It's so ingenious that it's almost perfect. And it is becoming more perfect, but this perfect direction is going in the wrong direction. You say that a scholar should be sensible, read a book, what to read, why can't he read the Analects? Of course, you have to read the Analects, and you have to read the Four Books and the Five Classics. ”

“…… However, it is better to read books than to have no books. Zuo Gong, you touched your conscience and said, the words of the sages thousands of years ago, the Four Books and Five Classics a thousand years ago, are they the current interpretation? ”

“…… The simplest, Confucius said, how to repay virtue, to repay grievances, to repay virtue with virtue. Zuo Gong, how do you interpret this sentence side by side with the sage's so-called word 'benevolence'? Redeeming people from tribute, Confucius said, give what is lost, why? Zilu rescuers, their people worship oxen, Zilu receives them, Confucius said: "Lu people will save more drowning people." 'Why?' Confucius said, the hometown wishes, the thief of virtue. But if the countryside is ruled by the countryside today, why? ”

In the sound of thunderstorms, Ning Yi's voice came from the room, smooth and calm. The old man spoke impatiently at first, but when he said this, he also calmed down, and his words were calm and powerful.

“…… Teaching a disciple is naturally straightforward, just because the disciple can read, and soon one of the ten can understand the truth and teach it. However, the people of the world are ignorant, even if I explain it directly, nine times out of ten I still can't understand its meaning, let alone the villagers. At this time, you can use a direct solution, you can use a hometown wish, but if you use a direct solution, the time contradictions will be numerous, and it will lead to trouble, so the hometown will be used as a solution. Hmph, these truths are all introductory words, what does Liheng say, there is no need to beat around the bush so much! ”

"Okay, isn't that my word in it? Confucius wrote the Analects in order to include the gains of his life. Later generations promoted Confucianism, but it was obtained by distorting the words that were conducive to rule. I want to get the reason, don't distort it, and just do it directly. ”

"Haha, do a straightforward explanation, you don't know at all, if you want to educate a person, how much effort it takes! The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qin to the Han Dynasty, talk about grievances and revenge, is this the prosperous era that Liheng said? The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period continued to fight, Qin II died, although the Han was strong, but the princes rose together, and the people continued to rise up. Every time there is such a dispute in the world, the people must be unhappy, and there are countless dead, and the sages of later generations have mercy on the world, so Confucianism is interpreted in this way. As Liheng said, hundreds of years ago, the people's blood was lost, but after more than 200 years of peace, it is not easy for this generation to live in this world. Liheng, with your method, one or two generations will arouse blood, or you may be able to drive away the Jurchens, but if there is no Confucian moderation, there will be constant poison in the next hundred years, and wars and disputes will be frequent. Liheng, can you see this? Agree with these? People don't live for a hundred years for your blood, is it worth it? ”

“…… Frankly, I can see it, and I agree with it. Old man, it's naturally good that you can think of this, which shows that you already have the idea of improving Confucianism in your heart, isn't this what I said at the beginning? For thousands of years, how Confucianism has become what it is today, you can see it, I can see it, you and I have differences, and we are never here, but whether we will do it in the future, and whether we can only use the wishes of the people to rule the people. You and I see things differently. ”

"You! Still! Yes! As! What! Go! Do! ”

“…… Everything in the world is in the process of development and change, since ancient times, people from slash-and-burn farming, to gradually make good use of various tools, at the beginning of people out of a big mountain. It took many days, and then there were more carriages and roads, connecting the two places, the cost gradually decreased, and various materials appeared, and all kinds of new utensils appeared, including the development of the Grand Canal and shipping. On the other hand, they are also constantly changing the way the court rules and governs. ”

“…… New changes are emerging today. Ruling Confucianism. But because of the rules I found, I chose not to change, because I drew a line in the circle, and either you broke it, or you made the whole circle bigger than that line. Zuo Gong, imagine that these workshops will develop again, and one person can be worth fifty people. One person can produce the goods of the usual fifty people, and the world will have abundant materials. Assuming that everyone has a book to read, literacy is no longer the privilege of scholars. So, how the world will change, how the way of ruling will change, can you imagine? ”

"The old man can't think of it, but you don't have anything for a figure-of-eight. Just go ahead and act recklessly!? ”

"I don't want to, if it's the Jurchen future, I'll care about its development for a thousand years! But now, I also know a little about why you came to me to talk about this. My soldiers are very good at fighting, and if one day, they can sweep the world, I will naturally be able to interpret the Analects directly, and there will be a large group of people to help solve them. I can start business and industry, and then the social structure will naturally disintegrate and restart. At least, it's not like I can't find something to fill in. And Zuo Gong, I have already said that the fundamental error of today's Confucian way is wrong. I don't expect you to follow. But the world of great changes is just around the corner, and the future that conforms to the Confucian way is also in front of us. ”

The voice in the room continued to come out: "-Shrink from self-reflexivity, although tens of millions of people go to me, what does Zuo Gong understand about this sentence!?" ”

There was silence inside for a moment, and in the sound of rain, Yun Zhu, who was sitting outside, smiled slightly, but there was also a slight bitterness in that smile. She also reads Confucianism, but when Ning Yi said this sentence at this time, she couldn't solve it.

After a while, the old man's voice sounded again: "Good! The old man will explain the Confucian way to you......"

The rain was pouring outside, the lightning in the sky occasionally crossed over, and the argument in the room lasted for a long time, until a certain moment, when the tea in the house was drunk, Ning Yi opened the window, looked outside, and asked someone to bring water. Left end you shouted: "I don't need to!" Ning Xi on this side had already run to the kitchen, and when he entered the study with water, Zuo Duanyou was standing there, his face was red, his beard was open, and Ning Yi was sorting out the paper that was blown when he opened the window at the table. Ning Xi had a good impression of this rather serious old man, and walked over to pull the corner of his clothes: "Grandpa, don't be angry." ”

Zuo Duanyou snorted, he ignored Ning Xi, and only said to Ning Yi: "Hmph, come over today, the old man does know that your army has broken the 50,000 army of Rasaile and captured Yanzhou." This is not simple, but it is still the same sentence, your army is not really sensible, they can't live like this for a lifetime, such people, put down their swords and guns, they will become a scourge, this is not their fault, but you who taught them to be like this! ”

"Zuo Gong, you might as well say that it is the world that is wrong, we rebelled and put our lives on the line, in order to have a right world and the right world. So, they don't have to worry about that. ”

"Don't be ashamed, let me ask you, what is your idea of capturing Yanzhou and not defending it."

Ning Yi replied.

"What?"

Ning Yi repeated it again.

After a while, the left end of the door slammed out, and his servant retinue hurriedly came up, holding up the umbrella, only to see the old man walk into the rain, tilting his head and scolding.

"Unattainable—"

He strode out of the courtyard with a cane, sheltered and supported by his attendant's umbrellas, and walked farther and farther in the face of the heavy rain. At the beginning, Ning Yi said those words that rebelled against the whole world, after Li Pin left, the old man stayed to continue to watch the development of the situation, who knew that it was only two days, and the news came that Yanzhou City was breached in the afternoon of the same day.

The controversy over the Dao is a big deal, but after all, it will not affect the reality for a while, on the contrary, the Wu Dynasty does not have a force that can fight like this, in the spirit of both sadness and anger, he finally decided to come over and argue with Ning Yi, trying to save this child who went the wrong way, who knows that in the end, talking about the movements of the Black Flag Army, hearing Ning Yi's answer, he can really be sure that the people in this entire valley have gone crazy, the kid of the Qin family. It's already crazy.

Old people don't want to deal with real madmen.

However, after sulking that night, the next morning, Yunzhu was coaxing his daughter in the yard, and looked up to see the white-haired old man coming all the way vigorously. When he came to the gate of the courtyard, he did not say hello. Pushing the door in—the guard next to him wanted to stop him, but it was Yunzhu who waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to—Ning Xi, who was reading under the eaves, stood up and shouted, "Grandpa Zuo is good." Zuo Duanyou strode across the courtyard, turned his head and glanced at the comic book in the child's hand, ignored him, and directly pushed Ning Yi's study in.

Ning Yi, who was writing at the table, turned his head to look at him, his face was full of innocence, and then spread his hands: "Zuo Gong, please sit down and drink tea." ”

Not much. The quarrel in the room began again.

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At the same time that there is nothing to do every day in the valley of the Xiaochang River, the situation in Wonju is changing dramatically.

Lou Shuwan and her entourage stood on the top of the mountain, watching the Western Xia army pull out the camp and head northeast. The actions of tens of thousands of people, for a time, the loess was all over the sky, the banner was hunting, and the murderous spirit was about to move the sky.

"Lord Lou. Where are we going? ”

Only one of the attendants was a woman, and the rest were men. But in the face of Lou Shuwan, she was respectful and respectful, and she didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

“…… Go to Gyeongju. ”

"Yes."

"I always feel ......"

"Huh? What do you think, adult? ”

Lou Shuwan wanted to speak and stopped, and the accompanying officials under the command of the Tiger King asked, but after a while. The woman still shook her head, the words in her heart were not easy to say.

Originally, the Western Xia army stationed troops north of Yuanzhou in order to attack and exterminate the remnants of the Western Army led by Chong Yan, but with the sudden arrival of the military report in Yanzhou. The king of Western Xia was furious. The Pingshan Iron Harrier has led the team first, and then the camp is pulled, leaving only more than 10,000 elites who have penetrated into Huanzhou to deal with the seeds. It is necessary to use the momentum of thunder to destroy the more than 10,000 Wu Dynasty bandits who do not know the height of the sky.

It's just that after capturing Yanzhou, the Black Flag Army did not stop at all, and it is said that it only took a few days of food and rushed straight to the west.

At this time, the wheat in the field has not been cut, from Yanzhou to Gyeongju, to the front line of Yuanzhou, not only the Yanzhou rout is fleeing, there are many wheat still waiting in the field to be collected, the other party is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, coming to this side, no matter whether the purpose is wheat or Gyeongju, which is weak in the air defense, for the king of Western Xia, this is a maximum contempt, naked slap in the face.

According to the analysis, the team that jumped out of the mountains took risks and wanted to echo the Western Army and disrupt the defense of the Western Xia, but the king of the Western Xia was really taboo about this matter. Especially after the capture of Gyeongju, a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance were hoarded in Gyeongju City, Yeonju was only the center of the town of Ra Sele, but Gyeongju was an outpost to the west, if it was really beaten, something went wrong, and it could not be made up for in the future.

Everything is developing extremely fast, the military situation is coming extremely fast, the other party is coming extremely fast, and the speed of the Western Xia army is also extremely fast. A force of 9,000 men pounced on a force of 70,000 men like a fool, and how the 70,000 men were going to react - in fact, there was not much to say.

Don't turn around and run away.

Only Lou Shuwan faintly smelled a trace of uneasiness at such a speed. Previously, all parties blocked Xiaocanghe, she felt that Xiaocanghe was unlucky, but deep down she still felt that that person would not be so simple at all, when the Yanzhou military report came, there was a trace of "sure enough" in her heart, the man called Ning Yi, who was brave and resolute, would not stay like this in such a situation.

To be able to capture Yanzhou, it must be a painstaking layout, a battle of nine deaths, the crisis of Xiaocanghe has been solved, but a bigger crisis is just about to come - how can the king of Western Xia swallow such humiliation. Even if the food crisis of Xiaocanghe is solved for a while, and the Western Xia army counterattacks on another day, Xiaocanghe will inevitably be unable to resist, and attacking Yanzhou is just an unimaginable drink to quench thirst. However, when she heard that the black flag army was heading straight to Gyeongju, a hint of foreboding rose in her heart.

That man rushed straight after capturing Yanzhou, was it really just to relieve the siege? Blocking Western Xia? She vaguely felt that it wouldn't be that simple.

She looked into the distance, silent, her heart fluttering, for the possibility that she was vaguely aware of, had already burned......

It can't be like this, it's just a dream...... But for that person, if that's really the case......

As a third party in this war, he was speeding up the collection of grain in Huanzhou, and the Western Army only received the information of the Jurchen camp the next day, and after some inquiry, he only understood a little what was going on. Within the Western Army, there was also a discussion about whether to act immediately to echo this contingent that might be an ally of the army. But the resolution of this discussion was not made in the end, because the more than 10,000 troops left on this side of the Western Xia had already begun to press over.

It was only a few days before they received more news, and by that time, the whole world had changed color.

From the Jurchens going south for the second time, colluding with the Western Xia, to the official arming of the Western Xia and the annexation of the northwest, the whole process has lasted for half a year on this land. However, at the end of this summer, the battle that suddenly decided the direction of the whole northwest, as the rhythm of its beginning, moved like thunder, swift as sparks, fierce, and violent, and in the next few days, it split everything with lightning speed!

"Let's go! Hurry up—"

"Let's go, let's go—"

Above the mountains and rivers, black flags stretched out, and groups of soldiers ran through the mountains, heading west. Qin Shaoqian rode a horse, his eyes were cold and fiery, he looked at the torrent running in the mountains, and what was turning in his mind was what Ning Yi had said in the previous many deductions.

“…… But where new technologies appear, only the first destruction is the greatest. If we want to give full play to the destructive power of this time, we should choose an army with the highest cost performance, and do our best to paralyze the Western Xia army at one time! Theoretically, the army that should be chosen is ......"

The army passed through the mountains, Qin Shaoqian's horse passed through the high places of the mountains, the vision ahead suddenly opened up, and the mountains and rivers of Muye were pushed out in front of him, and when he raised his head, the sky was slightly gloomy.

"Don't let it rain......," he whispered, and behind him, more horses carrying long boxes were crossing the mountain.

More than 100 miles away, the strongest iron horse in the world is passing through Gyeongju and sweeping in. The two armies will soon meet and collide fiercely—(To be continued.) )

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