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Chapter 875 The Wasteland (2)

The sky is green, and the rain falls from the sky and penetrates into people's clothes, bringing the chill that eclipses people in winter.

Outside Jianmen Pass, a crowded refugee team filled the valley, and the crying of women and children melted into a desolate area in the rain. The old men climbed up the towering ramp in front of Jianmen Pass, knelt on the ground, begging the guards inside the pass to release.

The miserable scene has lasted for more than ten days. Most of the refugees who were driven outside the northern pass have fallen ill, and are disabled. They have little food and clothing and lack medicine. Every day, hundreds of people die. Even though life in the mountains of Sichuan and Sichuan is difficult, there are still no such desolate scenes in Jiange for many years.

The soldiers wearing straw raincoats stood with guns on the city wall and could hardly bear to see. As the heavy rain fell, the old, weak, sick and disabled people in the valley ahead would slowly fall down in front of them and take their last breath. The scene that appeared in front of them was nothing but hell on earth.

However, it cannot be released.

Wanyan Zonghan's more than 200,000 troops have entered Lizhou and are stationed dozens of miles away. Jianmen Pass is the most important level in Shu.

Now Si Zhongxian is guarding here with 20,000 elite troops and more than 10,000 local troops. As long as Jianmen Pass is still in his hand, he can fight and talk. No matter what choice, he has high strategic value.

Against this background, even during the negotiation process, both parties involved were constantly testing Si Zhongxian's bottom line.

The Chinese army was relatively gentlemen. It was because there was no need to force them. At most, they kept lobbying all parties in the name of righteousness and uniting in the throne.

The Jurchens took a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, Wanyan Xiyin instructed to send an envoy, and under the leadership of Si Zhongxian's father Si Wenzhong, he offered unimaginable conditions for Si Zhongxian. On the other hand, Wanyan Zonghan, who was outside the Jian Pavilion, showed a firm fighting will and impatience day by day. While the envoy was still negotiating, they drove a large number of sick and weak people to the Jianmen Pass and incited them that as long as they passed the pass, the Chinese army would give them food and treat them.

Opening the pass and carefully letting people pass the pass is an option in the eyes of ordinary people. Even if a spy, two or even one or two teams of spies in the crowd, it seems that they cannot break the pass guarded by more than 30,000 people. However, there has never been such a logic on the battlefield. Experienced hunters will use various means to test the bottom line of the prey. Sometimes, one step back may determine the blood-threatening throat after several steps.

Wanyan Zonghan and a Jurchen general located outside Jianmen Pass are obviously both such experienced generals. Even if the negotiations have a substantial advantage, they are spared no effort to convey their cruelty and confidence: even if you don’t surrender, we will defeat you severely!

As for the sick and weak Han people who were driven to the north end of Jianmen Pass at the end of September, there were more than 30,000.

Walking northeast from the pass of Jiange, the rain lasted for more than 30 miles. The already-deceased ancient city of Zhaohua is the core of Wanyan Zonghan's troops stationed. About 80,000 Jurgens were stationed in the Zhaohua camp. On the west side of the outskirts of Zhaohua City, more than 100,000 people driven by the Jurchens were hiding in the dilapidated camp, under the tent, trembling.

In the rain, more than 2,000 people were driven out of the Jurchen army's own camp. These were prisoners who had fallen ill but could not be cured in the refugee camp. In order to prevent them from dying in the camp, the Jurchens drove the patients and their families out and headed towards Jiange to the west.

The Jurchen army did not supervise these wounded and weak Han people. Although there were patrols, once they encountered them, they would shoot arrows from afar and go to the nearby forests to avoid them. It was not impossible to avoid the Jurchen army, but firstly, the patients' health was getting worse and worse. Secondly, at least where the Jurchen army had passed, there were some ruins and dead places. In the autumn, the Jurchen army swept all the way from Xiangfan. For the next battle, the ones that should be plundered had already been plundered.

Walking back means death, hiding in the mountains means slowly dying. Going to Jiange, maybe one day the Han generals guarding Jianmen Pass really sent mercy, gave them food, and allowed them to heal. Or opened the pass and asked them to go to the other side to surrender to the Chinese army, which is said to be holding the banner of benevolence and righteousness?

Perhaps as the slim hope turns into a dead end day by day, people will find that the dead end has already come.

The navy blue horse team stood on the hillside west of the city. Wanyan Zonghan was wearing a big flirtatious manner and watched thousands of people leave the camp and stumble forward. Crying sounds were everywhere, and someone fell into the mud and water, kneeling down to pray.

When they were caught, they still had a little family. In the camp, the Jurchens would provide a little food every day, but when they were driven out, they had nothing left. In the rain, some people were sick, without medicine or a meal, and were surrounded by mountains in Shu. All patients - even if they were just small colds - would gradually die within a few days, under the gaze of their relatives.

The king of the pearl, Wanyan Shie, came up from the other end of the hillside with his followers. He was the eldest son of Wanyan Zonghan and went to war with Nianhan since he was a child. When the Jurchens destroyed the Liao Dynasty, he was over ten years old and had not yet made his mark. When he reached the Second Battle of Bianliang, the 27-year-old Wanyan Shie, and his younger brother Wanyan Xiebao, were already generals in the army.

In another history, when the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Jingkang shame of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong was captured in the Jurchen camp and tried to plead with Wanyan Zongwang. Zongwang took the opportunity to propose marriage for Wanyan Xiebao, son of Nianhan, and asked Song Huizong to marry his thirteenth daughter, Emperor Huifu, to become a concubine. Huizong agreed.

Soon after, the Jingkang Incident became more and more intense. The female family members of the royal family in the capital, the wives, concubines, children and children all became slaves. The two emperors Huiqin and the queen and princess all lived a slave life worse than pigs and dogs in the Jin Dynasty. Only the Emperor Huifu, named Zhuzhu, became the only concubine to marry by the Jurchens. This became an excellent template for the domineering general in later generations, and some stories from the perspective of female harems were born. However, at that time, whether the only concubine who married back had a better life and situation than her parents and sisters was hard to investigate.

In any case, more than ten years have passed in this world. Although the two brothers Zhenzhu and Baoshan who are in their thirties are not as famous as Yin Shuke and Balisu, they are already the mainstay of the Jin generals. This time, the Western Route Army headed south and pointed to the southwest, the two brothers followed their father. This may be the last time that the Jurchen West Court has arrived so well, which shows how serious they are about this conquest.

"I have been in the north for a long time and it is difficult to see these scenery. Father and son are here." Shirayama said, and turned over and dismounted to salute Zonghan. Zonghan glanced at him and raised his hand: "How many days will it take to get out of the car?"

Xi Yin mobilized more than 100,000 Han troops to siege towards Changsha. Chen Fan led an army of only 8,000 to take the initiative to attack, defeating the three Han troops, a total of 140,000 troops. These three consecutive battles were either raids or used, and they won consecutive battles, shocking the world. Chen Fan of the Chinese Army's light cavalry came on the battlefield, and for a moment, he faintly shot out the momentum of thousands of troops avoiding white robes.

At this time, the main cavalry force with Yinshuke in the battlefield in Changsha to the east did not participate in the battle, but the failure of more than 100,000 Han troops was like a slap in the face of the Jurchens. When the news reached Zhaohua, the Jurchen generals felt humiliated and the emotions were surging, and they wanted to attack Jianmen Pass immediately to find the place.

This hustle and bustle lasted for several days. On the fifth day of October, Si Zhongxian switch reduced gold.

Zong Han, Ba Lisu, Saba, Shieyema, Xibao and others all breathed a sigh of relief.

On the day of entering the pass and receiving surrender, it was rainy and rainy. Wanyan Zonghan rode a high war horse to Jianmen Pass and saw the pale Han general in the rain with a pale face and a famous reputation. He got off the horse, looked at the other party for a moment, then patted his shoulder and walked past the other party.

He has stepped on the sword gate.

The road to defeating the Black Flag is half completed.
Chapter completed!
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