In the miserable white skylight, the periphery of Bianliang City was trapped in a mass of killing.

Xue Changgong spit out a mouthful of blood foam and felt his whole head buzzing. He pushed away the doctor who bandaged his forehead and took the knife and stood up, his body still shook.

"Go away! It's okay for the Sa's house! It's okay! What's going on the city wall? How's it?"

Pushing the door out, the light shone down, and the fighting sounds suddenly became violent. In front of me was the tall city wall near Xinshenzao Gate, and the sound of shouting to kill was spreading on the city wall. Then the personal soldiers rushed over: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, how are you doing! Are you okay?"

"How dare you get down!" Xue Changgong grabbed the collar of his brother-in-law in front of him, "Go up! Go up!"

"Brother-in-law, you fell off the city wall! You fell off the city wall! Brother-in-law, are you okay!"

Xue Changgong was slightly stunned: "I'm fine!"

Starting from the morning of the third day of September, the Jurchens launched a large-scale attack on Bianliang City. The attack points were fixed at Chenqiao Gate, Xinshuo Gate and Xinfengqiu Gate. Among them, the attacks suffered the most fierce. Xue Changgong was to support a general in the Japanese army, with more than 400 people under his command. Not long ago, the siege troops led by Saila, the general under Zong Wang had crossed the moat and set up a ladder on the city wall. When Xue Changgong led his subordinates to defend, he fought with a team of Jurchens who rushed up the city wall. He pushed a Jurchen general and fell off the city wall.

The city wall, seven or eight feet tall, fell down like that, and two people fell on the roof of a large cart. The Jurchen general made a meat pad for him. After he woke up for a while, he was fine. At this time, he thought that he was lucky.

However, it was not a time to feel lucky. He almost dragged his brother-in-law to rush towards the city wall. Although the Japanese army was one of the most elite troops in the Wu Dynasty, with the best salary and the best training, this brother-in-law was the younger brother of his deceased wife. In fact, he had taught his own sword skills before he joined the company, but in fact he had not seen much blood. But the more he did this, the less he could not let his brother-in-law retreat.

Above the city wall, someone carried boiling oil and poured it out of the wall. As the arrows flew, flames roared. Xue Changgong walked into his subordinates and shouted loudly: "Grandpa is back! Grandpa fell from the wall, nothing happened, I saw it! That girl's bastard has become a meat paste! I took a few bites! Stones and oil. Throw them down, burn them for me, and cook them!"

The arrow flew over above the female wall and fell into the city. He walked on the city wall almost without dodging. Seeing the ferocity of the chief officer, the soldiers around him also picked up the city defense equipment and smashed it down even more violently. Not far away, a ladder survived the fierce defense. Then a young master rushed up. Xue Changgong held a big knife and called his brother-in-law and others to rush over.

Hand-to-hand combat suddenly fought on the city wall. Xue Changgong was his ancestral sword technique and fought twice with a tall Jurchen man. He killed the other party under the knife, and the surrounding soldiers fought fiercely with the Jurchens. His brother-in-law pretended to be a slasher, avoiding the passing while a Jurchens was slashing. Then, with a roar, he stabbed the steel knife directly into the Jurchens' belly, and then pushed the Jurchens back with red eyes.

Xue Changgong rushed forward and blocked the sword of another Jurchen soldier. The Jurchen man whose belly was pierced was still retreating. The long sword in his hand had already chopped on his brother-in-law's head, and then was smashed by Xue Changgong's steel knife. He kicked the Jurchen man away at the same time, then grabbed the brother-in-law's collar, pounced on the side, and avoided the attacks of the other two.

Rolling up on the city wall, he slapped his brother-in-law in the face, and there were shouts of killing around him. He shouted at his brother-in-law's crazy face: "Stir! I told you, you should stir - don't die anymore-" After saying this, he rushed out with a "Ah!" and stabbed into a Jurchen man's stomach with a knife, and then stirred a few crazy times before suddenly pulling his sword back.

There was a bloody smell and a burnt smell all around him. He didn't have time to see his brother-in-law's condition, because more Jurchens were rushing up, and blood was sprinkled on his face next to him. The neck of a personal soldier under his command was cut off and the body fell down. He shouted and rushed forward. The sword light collided violently, sparks, screams, and blood was overflowing. The moment a spear hit his head, he saw his brother-in-law pounce from the side.

Afterwards, I heard someone shouting: "Stop! Keep it! Li Xiang is here! Li Xiang is here to bring his troops..."

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After the Jin army arrived in Bianliang, the first one was Moutuogang in the northwest of Bianliang City. This was originally the Tiansijian where the Wu Dynasty raised military horses. It was surrounded by water on three sides, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was naturally due to the understanding of the vicinity of Bianliang by Guo Yaoshi who had been to the capital. Then on August 28, the Jin people launched an attack on the west water gate of Bianliang City along the waterway. This tentative attack was repelled by Li Gang who was prepared that night.

The main attack on the three city gates of Bianliang on the third day of September was the official attack. The battle between Chenqiao Gate and Xinfengqiu Gate was relatively simple. A large number of Jurchens stopped at the moat, but the battle at Xinxuan Zao Gate was extremely fierce. The Jin people once climbed the city wall. Finally, Li Gang summoned thousands of archers in the palace guards and rushed to the city for more than 20 miles to rescue the Jin people. The imperial guards responsible for defense on the city wall also suffered thousands of casualties.

After Xue Changgong woke up, it was already evening, and there were tragic shouts around him, and the strong smell of medicine and blood were mixed together.

This is a wounded hall set up in the army, and a large number of wounded people who participated in the battle of the city wall were concentrated here. The injuries on the battlefield were no more than other things. Broken hands and feet and lost their eyes were common. Some people moaned or screamed in the treatment. There was a wounded person with a broken leg next to Xue Changgong. He opened his eyes and looked at the top, making a meaningless sound. Xue Changgong was in a daze for a while before he could sit up, and then a personal soldier came over: "Boss..."

Xue Changgong grabbed him: "How is it? Win?"

"I won, I won, Li Xiang brought his troops over and repelled all the Jurchen dogs."

"Oh." Xue Changgong put his hand down, and then suddenly raised his head. "Where is Hou Jing? Where has he been? Why didn't he come?"

Hou Jing is his brother-in-law's name.

Although my memory of his wife who died of serious illness shortly after passing the family has long been blurred, Xue Changgong still feels responsible for this brother-in-law who was brought into the army by him.

The personal soldier under his command hesitated for a moment: "Hou Jing... is injured..."

"Injured! How is it? Where, take me to see him!" Xue Changgong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly turned over and got out of bed. He shook his body, then stood firm on the shoulder of the soldier, patted his head, and felt that it was fine, so he quickly walked forward, next to him, with countless wounds like hell scenes. The strong smell, blood formed into scabs, crying, moaning, and those who broke their hands and feet were despairing about life in the future. Someone cried and shouted: "I can't see, I can't see..." The doctors had their faces pale. When he walked out of the barracks, a doctor was lying on the ground and vomiting.

Fortunately, his brother-in-law was not seriously injured, and now he was staying in the slightly injured barracks not far away. Xue Changgong walked over and saw him and felt relieved. Hou Jing had already gotten off the bed and was about to leave. Seeing Xue Changgong coming, he said, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law. I killed three, I killed three!"

Xue Changgong looked at him, then patted his shoulder, his eyes turned cold: "You kid are lucky. I told you to stir it up, and stab it in. You should stir it up immediately, otherwise you will die."

"I understand. I know my brother-in-law. Are you okay? Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Xue Changgong nodded.

That night, the city was filled with joy. Xue Changgong returned to the army. The commander above was discussing the rewards. More than 100 soldiers under Xue Changgong died. They were just a great force. The left prime minister Li Gang sent a lot of money.

The next day, the money was in place. In addition to the pension of the deceased and the filial piety of Shangguan, the soldiers under Xue Changgong each received 520 taels of silver, while more than 80 taels of silver were left in his hands. The court was extremely generous this time, which was already a lot of money. The people who were slightly injured in the battle had two days off and asked them to take the money home. At the same time, the minor injured were also responsible for sending pensions to the families of the deceased - of course, if the battle began again, they would still have to come back immediately.

I don't know who issued such an order, but it actually makes sense. Giving pensions to soldiers who died is always a bad job, but if the injured person sends it, it is not easy to be criticized. These people will bring money home with money, which can also inspire the will of others in the city to defend the city. So the next day, Xue Changgong and his brother-in-law Hou Jing ran to the houses of some brothers. This is an extremely hard thing, but after running, the brother-in-law's mind became lively: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, where can we go to play? Take me to the Alum Tower to see." As a personal soldier next to Xue Changgong, he got thirteen taels and two cents of silver, which was a lot of money for the soldiers at this time.

Although the soldiers of the Wu Dynasty were not valued, Xue Changgong occasionally visited the places like Anchor Tower, as a general who praised the Japanese army. He naturally had a re-string since his first wife died, but his second wife also died of illness shortly after getting married. Because his parents also died early, people said that he was desperate to defeat his family. Although he had the idea of ​​marrying the third one, it was left unresolved. He was a martial arts practitioner with strong blood and energy. Most of the money he earned later was spent in brothels.

In fact, he had an idea in his mind, thinking that the woman in the brothel was actually much more interesting than the wife who had married her home. Without the control of his family, he felt that it didn't matter if he just continued like this.

But when my brother-in-law talked about this, he was a little confused.

Xue Changgong looked at his brother-in-law: "It's too much to keep ten taels of silver at home. I'm going to Aanlou and wait for a place, but it's nothing. You stay at home and you can marry a girl after the war."

The brother-in-law dodged his eyes and curled his lips: "Brother-in-law, you said that more than ten taels of silver are actually more than ten taels of silver in the countryside. If you put it in the capital, you can marry a good family. Moreover, brother-in-law, look at the situation in the past few days, and I've got the money... I don't know if I have any life."

His words made Xue Changgong's gaze become stern. Hou Jing paused and said, "Actually, earlier, I went to Zhuji for dinner. I saw the performance of Shishi girl. Brother-in-law, if... if I could take a look again, I would... be fine..."

Xue Changgong slapped him on the head. After a moment, his eyes slowed down: "You have more than ten taels of silver. I want to see Li Shishi? And what's the best thing to see when the old girl is waiting for!" He took a breath and then said, "Forget it, to celebrate the resumption of the Jurchens, the Alum Tower will not receive cash in the past two days. But Li Shishi is not that easy to see. With your brother-in-law, my military card, you may be able to meet. You can try your luck with me tonight. Take these silver back! Let your parents collect it and marry you a wife!"

After he agreed, Hou Jing nodded repeatedly and became excited. That night, the two of them went to the Anchor Tower. Xue Changgong and Hou Jing were bandaged, but such injuries were indeed the most popular pass in Bianliang City at this time. On the way, Hou Jing talked about the incident of Li Gang leading his troops over and repelling the Jurchens that day. He was preparing to take them to the Anchor Tower to brag with others, and then talked about Li Gang, thinking that this person was really good.

"...A few days ago, when the Golden Dog raided Xishuimen, they did not expect that Li Xiang had prepared, so he built wooden stakes in the water and blocked the waterway with huge rocks. The Golden Dog could not reach the city at all..."

"That's nothing unpredictable. When the Jin people came over, they left the city waterway, which one was not blocked like this. It was not just blocking the west side."

"Well, that's true." Hou Jing nodded, then lowered his voice, "However, I heard from everyone that in order to block the waterway, Li Xiang directly sent someone to the Taishi Taishi Mansion to demolish the gardens in the Taishi Taishi Mansion. Fill the Taihu stones into the water. Brother-in-law, I thought. If you want to block the waterway, where can the stones be used? Li Xiang demolished the Taishi Taishi's gardens. Do you think this is..."

"Shut up." Xue Changgong interrupted him suddenly and glared at him, "Let's mention less of such things in the future... The things about those people above are not something you and I can guess..."

After a moment, he said: "You can't guess it or not!"

"Oh." Hou Jing nodded.

Soon after, the two of them came to the Alum Tower. It was already the lights on and the food was full of fragrance. The lights were decorated in the Alum Tower. After Xue Changgong revealed his identity, he realized that the Alum Tower had a free banquet for soldiers in the past two days. It was not difficult to see famous courtesans such as Li Shishi, but of course it was not one-on-one. There were several senior officers in the yard in Shishi at this time. However, when he saw Xue Changjiu's injuries and the army organization, Li Yun came to welcome him in person.

In Li Shishi's room, he was serving guests at a round table. Now there were six or seven military officials, most of whom were higher than Xue Changgong's position. However, after hearing Xue Changgong's organization, they all gave him a thumbs up and called him a hero. In the room, Shishi and her two beautiful maids took turns to toasting everyone, asking about the situation of the war, and thanking them, and naturally there were performances later. It was no problem. Although Hou Jing was Xue Changgong's follower, he was able to sit down and watch the performance because of injury. Even Li Shishi and everyone asked him about it. Before the young man could drink, his face was already red.

Even though the city of Bianliang was no longer the most popular courtesan, Li Shishi was still very famous at this time, not to mention that the singing and dancing skills had reached its peak. When the lights in the room were dark and the girl Shishi left the table and came over again, a simple dance performance really made people feel excited. However, Xue Changjiu, who had just come down from the battlefield and came out of the place where he broke his hands and feet, always felt something was wrong. After a while, he left his brother-in-law on the excuse of something to leave the table and left his brother-in-law there.

When leaving the door, Li Shishi was inside and asked everyone about the matter of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness outside the city. A general said: "Now outside the city, hundreds of thousands of troops are coming to Bianliang. The whole country's survival and demise are all above the battle. As soon as the battle starts, millions of people around naturally ran away. No one mentioned it."

Another general said: "I don't know why Miss Shishi asked about this. This hard wall and clear world were originally a bad idea. Everything about the Jin people would still have to be won and defeated on the battlefield..."

Xue Changgong didn't know this either. After leaving the yard here, he asked a woman named He Leier in the lively alum building. At this time, there were hundreds of women in the alum building, some selling themselves and some not selling themselves. He Leier was originally a maid of a courtesan, but now she is just a famous red apprentice. When Xue Changgong found the other party, there were several men and women in the room, eating and drinking, and the men were all soldiers. Xue Changgong pretended to be drunk and showed off his identity, and then naturally sat down next to He Leier and started talking to everyone.

Those people were all small officials in the army. Seeing that Xue Changgong was a general who was the Japanese army, he was injured again. He did not dare to neglect. Soon, everyone became enthusiastic. After a while, he fell into He Lei'er's arms. He fell asleep, took a silver in his hand and slapped it on the table.

When he woke up the next day, the woman lay naked in his arms. Xue Changgong usually came to the Alum Tower, so he naturally had no money to find the famous girls to have a day with He Leier. After serving him to get up and wash up, the woman asked hesitantly: "General, will you come again?"

Xue Changgong said: "If you are not dead, you will probably come."

After a while, the other party asked again: "Then... General, do you think this city can be defended?"

"This is the capital. Hundreds of thousands of troops of kings are coming from outside the city, so they can naturally defend it."

"Oh." He Lei'er nodded.

After a while, He Leier hesitated and said, "General, you can no longer leave the city at this time, but I heard that if it is really dangerous, there is a warrant that can allow people to leave the city from the south. General, if you have this warrant, I mean...If so...will you take Leier away?"

"I haven't heard of this thing." Xue Changgong felt a sense of disgust. His words became a little rough. The woman should have noticed his emotions and passed for a moment, her tone became even more swallowed.

"General... Lei'er, Lei'er doesn't mean that, Lei'er is... Lei'er is heard that women who fell into the hands of those Jurchens are all worse than death. I don't want to die. I don't want to fall into their hands..."

After she said this almost cryingly, Xue Changgong felt a little softer in his heart. He sighed: "If there is that thing, I will tell you, you...ah, don't worry..."

In fact, no one has confidence in what will happen to this city.

After he said this, the woman stopped mentioning it, and then she naturally had a compliment. However, Xue Changgong had finished his interest and left the alum building soon after.

When Xue Changgong left the Alum Tower, Li Shishi was watching the pedestrians on the street in the morning. In the city where martial law was already in the night, there was always an anxious atmosphere during the day. As the courtesan of the Alum Tower, although she could not know the atmosphere on the battlefield, she was more clear about the overall situation than ordinary people.

The arrival of the Jurchens caused millions of people to flee everywhere outside the Bianliang City, and hundreds of thousands of royal soldiers were gathering. The Jurchen Western Army led by Wanyan Zonghan was blocked near Taiyuan. Zhe Keqiu and Liu Guangshi were rushing to rescue. Small-scale battles or plunders were constantly erupting everywhere. The attacks of the Jin people could shake the city defense of Bianliang City at any time. There were endless quarrels in the court, and there were already voices of peace.

No one could see the situation clearly. What Shishi thought of was what Ning Yi said to her when he left a month ago: "If possible, leave Bianliang and go south." Shishi was shocked by the meaning of his words, but gritted his teeth and did not choose to leave. However, at this moment, she was scared.

Now what separates the Jin people from the millions of people in the city is a thick city wall, and it is just like a thin layer of window paper. When the Jurchens really kill to the city of Bianliang, no one knows when they will rush into the city. When such a nightmare comes, no one can imagine what the men and women in the city will look like.

No matter how she felt when she decided to stay, at this moment, she knew she was still afraid.

On the other hand, she didn't know what Ning Yi had become. Earlier, the city was full of controversy over the tight walls and clearing the fields, and there was endless debate in the court. Later, Wanyan Zongwang drove straight into the Yellow River, and all the quarrels came to an abrupt end. Shishi vaguely knew that he was going to find Qin Shaoqian, the second son of Qin Shaoqian, but the Wu Rui army led by Qin Shaoqian was defeated by Zong Wang's army in Shouzhang County. Now it is said that there are voices impeaching him in the court.

What happened to him in this?

She always thinks like this...

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The convoy was shaking and Ning Yi processed the summary information.

In the evening, the convoy arrived on the bank of the Yellow River, and troops were stationed here, with military camps all over the mountains and fields, crossing the Yellow River one after another.

The Wu Rui army that had been integrated was the first to arrive, and then the Wu Sheng army of Daming Prefecture, led by Chen Yanshu, was joining with the Wu Rui army, and nearly 100,000 troops gathered together. The ferry on the river was a little pitiful, and the floating bridge could not be built. When Ning Yi entered the Wu Rui army's central tent, Qin Shaoqian was coughing and cursing. His body was full of medicine. He was also wrapped in bandages on his head, and his left eye was wrapped in bandages. During the Battle of Shouzhang, his cheek was cut by a rocket, and his eyes were affected. Now his left eye may no longer be able to see anything.

Seeing Ning Yi coming, Qin Shaoqian waved back several generals in the tent and sat back on the chair.

"When the Jin people crossed the river, more than 140,000 troops were stationed south of the Yellow River." Qin Shaoqian said, "They did not start a war. I heard that the Jurchens found some sheep. They tied them to drums and let them beat the drums for a day and a night. The troops on the south bank of the Yellow River all retracted back to Bianliang. They drove all the big ships away, so when the Jurchens crossed the river, they could only find some small boats, and they slowly sent people over one or two days. So now we only have some small boats, and the big ships will take a day or two to drive over."

"I heard it." Ning Yi nodded, "I thought it was a good thing for a good person to tie the sheep to the drum."

"What?"

"No." Ning Yi smiled, "Your eyes."

"The one on the left can't be seen, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, the thing you gave me called a telescope is enough. Just have one eye." Qin Shaoqian pursed his lips, and then a little smile appeared on his face, "Oh. Taiyuan has been supported, and the order in the capital has been issued. Zhe Keqiu and Liu Guangshi each led 20,000 people to rescue the siege. The Western Army has combat power, and may be able to slow down the situation in Taiyuan."

Ning Yi nodded and passed for a moment. He said, "I want a boat and send a few people over first."

"I'll give you a small one. If you're so anxious, you can leave immediately."
To be continued...