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Although it was autumn, the temperature in the air hadn't dropped. After passing Xin Prefecture, the number of travelers on the roads and in the mountains gradually decreased. Occasionally, a burnt smell wafted in the wind. Shi Jin knew it was the odor of corpses burned by fire.

The Jin people hadn't arrived yet, but the vanguard of the Yisheng Army, which had surrendered to the Jurchens at Yanmen Pass, was already rampaging in the area near Xin Prefecture. When Shi Jin and the other seven passed Xin Prefecture, the entire city had already begun to enforce martial law. The scattered Wusheng Army and half of the nearby Wuwei Army had entered Xin Prefecture, preparing to defend the city and seize opportunities to attack. However, on the other side of the road, more people were still heading south, hoping to enter large cities like Taiyuan.

As greenwoodsmen, Shi Jin and his companions were quite fast. They set off from the evening and headed north along the official road. By late at night, the road was already congested. They detoured a bit, crossing Xin Prefecture around midnight. A large number of soldiers were entering the city gate, torches stretching out and illuminating the entire city, as well as the ancient city walls. Cries and chaotic disturbances made the night as noisy as day. However, after Xin Prefecture, the light gradually faded, and the seven people entered a primeval wilderness, cautiously choosing their path and slowing down.

In the process of dawn approaching, the mountains were exceptionally silent. Occasionally, one or two points of torchlight could be seen, likely from villagers moving in the nearby mountains, who had been left behind by the main force and were still fleeing south. They might not be safe, but at least, the main force would no longer be moving in the middle of the night.

Further ahead, they could occasionally smell charred corpses, remnants of the previous evening. As dawn approached, mist gradually rose in the mountains. Near morning, white fog connected and spread out. As they led their horses quietly down a hillside, they saw a faint red glow in the mist ahead.

It was a sign of burning flames, but there was no sound of people. They walked forward in the fog like ships at sea, and the smell of burning became even stronger. Those in the front discovered the bodies first, lying in the small stream surrounding the village. There was a narrow stone bridge ahead, and beyond the bridge, dead people were hanging from huge trees. The scenery further ahead gradually became clearer. Half of the village was still burning, but most of it had been burned to ashes.

Scorched and un-scorched corpses appeared shockingly before their eyes. It was a mountain village that had been slaughtered and then burned for most of the night.

There were no living people.

Some of the houses in front had collapsed, and the road through the village was also blocked. They walked silently around the village, and in the floating mist, the ruins of the village next to them burned with flames. As they passed, the burnt-out houses collapsed, raising white smoke, just like a huge ship hijacked and burning before sinking into the sea.

In the mist, the seven people led their horses and were surprisingly silent as they moved forward. People who mingled in the greenwoods had seen blood on their hands, more or less. Like Shi Jin, who had seen slaughter on Mount Liang, perhaps some of the other six had as well. But perhaps no scene could give them such a strong feeling of "sinking." Compared to the destructive power that came from the entire country, no single army or bandit could create such a strong sense of destruction, because everyone could understand that the same scene might be happening in many places around them.

"This time, the Jin dogs are going south, and the commander of this western route is Nianhan."

After passing the village, the skinny informant at the front spoke in a low voice. His name was Qian Fei, and he was quite famous for traveling around the Yanmen Pass area. The so-called Nianhan was Wanyan Zonghan's Jurchen name.

"Ever since he was in the north, Grandmaster Zhou has been following this army to find out their true strength. Nianhan is one of the most powerful figures in the Jin court. If we can kill him, the encirclement of this army can be broken."

Among the seven, besides Shi Jin and Qian Fei, the other five were divided into two groups. Three of them had first arrived at the tavern and seemed to have been in the greenwoods for a long time. They were called "Crimson Copper Hand" Wei Bao, "Heavy Sword" Fang Ya, and "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing. The other two were relatively younger. One wielded a saber and the other a sword, and they were said to have some hidden weapon skills, and were called the "Two Heroes of Hebei," Chen Xi and Tang Zuhan. However, they didn't seem to be very famous people. According to them, they had listened to the storytellers at Zhuji and felt that true heroes should serve the country and the people. Therefore, when they heard the news of the Jurchens going south, they felt they should come and stop them and do something.

A moment of impetuousness could not hide their lack of solid skills. For Shi Jin, among the six, besides Qian Fei's lightness skill, the kung fu of the others was at most average or below average in the martial world. Even the "Two Heroes of Hebei" were not very stable in their minds. After passing Xin Prefecture, their emotions were obviously a bit neurotic. But at this time, it was difficult to ask for more.

As the sun rose, they heard the sound of hooves and the ground shaking. The informant Qian Fei said, "Dai County is about to arrive." They temporarily left their horses in the forest and went forward, and when they reached the edge of the forest, they could vaguely see the city walls in the distance.

A Jin troop galloped past on the road outside, and the Jurchen soldiers were already stationed on the city walls in the distance.

Pillars of smoke rose from the city, reaching the sky. Various subtle sounds came from the county town, as if countless people were whispering in it, with screams and howls. The group listened in the grass for a while, and Qian Fei's fist slammed on the ground, "The city has been occupied..."

"How should we contact Senior Zhou..." Tang Zuhan asked anxiously.

Qian Fei shook his head: "I don't know either. When I went south, my master was in contact with Senior Zhou. Now, with such a dangerous war, I don't know where Senior Zhou is now. If he's in the city... we may have to wait until nightfall to go in and find him..."

"The Jurchens are slaughtering the city." Chen Xiuqing gritted his teeth and said this sentence, "What's the point of going in? Can we find Senior Zhou?"

"We have to try."

"Let's go around the city and see if there are any gaps where we can get in..." Shi Jin lowered his voice and crawled backward in the grass. The group accepted his idea and retreated into the forest, circling around.

Perhaps because the Jurchens had completely occupied the city and then rushed out to kill everyone around, there were traces of people running through the forest. Occasionally, arrows were seen stuck in the ground, and occasionally, corpses were exposed in the grass, and the smell of blood permeated the air. Occasionally, it seemed that small Jurchen teams were walking in the forest. Fortunately, everyone had kung fu, and Qian Fei was highly skilled in lightness and concealment, while Shi Jin had profound internal strength. It was not difficult to avoid these boring patrols. But when they saw the south gate of Dai County, a shocking scene appeared before their eyes again.

At the opening of the south gate, there were piles of civilian corpses, which seemed to be hundreds of them. The blood had stained the road red, and had even formed small swamps on the side of the road. There were also corpses impaled or hung on flagpoles or city gates. When he saw this scene, Tang Zuhan, one of the "Two Heroes of Hebei," even covered his mouth and almost vomited. Qian Fei looked into the distance under the shadow of a tree. After a while, everyone saw him kneel down, shedding tears, and kowtowing slowly.

"The one on the city gate... is my master..." He simply said this sentence. Among the group, only Shi Jin had the highest skill and could clearly see the corpses hanging on the city gate. But he didn't know that Qian Fei's master was the dwarf corpse on the city gate that had been almost cut in two.

At this moment, they heard a sound from the city wall, and then, two naked, white bodies were pushed off the city wall by the Jurchens, who shouted loudly, and fell to their deaths below.

Qian Fei gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Let's go again and see if there's any place nearby where we can get in..."

So there was another round of detours, but after all, they couldn't find a place to get in during the day. They hid in the nearby forest. Occasionally, Qian Fei and others would go to the vicinity of the city wall to see what was happening. The slaughter that was taking place in the city became clearer as the sun rose, and came from afar, like the sound of being separated from hell by a wall. They didn't know how many people were being searched out, killed, insulted, and raped in the city after it was broken. Even Shi Jin could only clench his teeth at this time. At noon, he heard the "Two Heroes of Hebei" discussing going out to kill Jurchens.

"They always get separated, I'm going to fight them..."

"Killing one is one, killing two is a pair, I can't stand this..."

Qian Fei clenched his fists, "Is there any meaning? Is there any meaning?"

"Anyway, it's become like this, we can't find Grandmaster Zhou either. If he's in the city, he might have already..."

Although the group said this, they didn't really rush out to fight. By the afternoon, the sunlight shone down through the gaps in the trees. Shi Jin looked up and suddenly felt a little dazed about his impulsive trip north. He had certainly thought about the possibility of dying in the war, and he had also thought about the possibility of turning around and running away. But now that he had come up with Qian Fei and the others, and couldn't find Zhou Tong, it was really unexpected.

Wanting to see Zhou Tong was a concern for the brotherhood of Lin Chong, but even if he really saw him, he might not be able to say anything. He could accept fighting desperately or running away, but staying here and not knowing what to do seemed a bit silly, especially in such an environment, where the Jurchens were slaughtering the city, and many people were dying every moment. Not knowing what to do seemed especially silly.

Or maybe he shouldn't look for Zhou Tong and just get rid of these people. At that time, whether he turned around or fought desperately, or sneaked into the city, it would be much simpler. Such thoughts arose in his mind. At this time, Qian Fei and Wei Bao, Fang Ya, and Chen Xiuqing had gone to scout the reality of the city wall, and then the vibration of the earth gradually came.

Shi Jin and the "Two Heroes of Hebei" quickly rushed to the edge of the forest, but only found Qian Fei. On the side of their vision, the Jurchen flags came out of the south gate of Dai County, and the formation of the cavalry team spread out, like a huge torrent of warhorses and flags. Shi Jin asked Qian Fei about the whereabouts of the three, and Qian Fei said, "The Jurchens have left the city, they are going to attack Xin Prefecture. The three of them went around to other places to see if there were any places where the Jurchens had withdrawn their defenses."

"The defenses haven't been withdrawn." Shi Jin looked at the patrolling soldiers on the city wall and said in a low voice, "Only some of the people have come out, and the people inside are still killing people. I'm afraid we won't be able to get in until night."

Qian Fei nodded silently. The group hid in the shadows, not far from the large Jurchen army that was leaving the city to the south. They watched like this for a long time, and then saw people being driven out from the rear. These people were mostly tied with long ropes, both men and women, old and young, connected in strings. The Jurchen cavalry used whips to drive them frantically, and the sound of crying enveloped the entire air. The miserable scene made people really want to rush out.

Shi Jin watched for a while, gritted his teeth, pressed his hands on the shoulders of the "Two Heroes of Hebei," and said in a low voice, "Let's go, go back..."

Returning to the place where they had been hiding before, the group was still trembling. However, the other three hadn't returned yet. After a while, they heard a commotion from not far away, and someone shouted, "Go! Go! Ah-" Shi Jin recognized it as "Heavy Sword" Fang Ya, one of the three.

They rushed towards that side with their weapons, but the other side was also the edge of the forest. It was a rocky slope. When the group rushed over, they saw "Heavy Sword" Fang Ya and "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing leading two other people up. The two people were a man and a woman, both seemed to be civilians. The man was covered in blood, and the woman was raggedly dressed, barely able to cover her body. Behind them were five Jurchen cavalrymen, one of whom was holding a human head in his hand.

The head of "Crimson Copper Hand" Wei Bao.

Having arrived at Dai County without even entering, one of their companions was already dead. Although they knew that these people's martial arts skills might not be very high, it was inevitable that they would feel a sense of frustration in their hearts.

The "Two Heroes of Hebei" shouted and rushed out together. Shi Jin gritted his teeth and leaped past the two of them, rushing down. Seeing that reinforcements were coming, one of the five Jurchen cavalrymen suddenly fired a signal arrow, which exploded in the sky. At that moment, "Heavy Sword" Fang Ya was hit by a spear from an oncoming cavalryman, spitting blood and flying into the air. On the other side, Shi Jin had also rushed from the hillside, his body shrinking into a ball like a monkey, and then suddenly bursting open!

With a bang, the Jurchen cavalryman was sent flying by his stick, which carried a huge momentum, and his internal organs should have been shattered. The warhorse, which had been sideways, was driven by the power of the stick and couldn't stand still, staggering and rolling down the hillside with a rumble, splashing countless dust and gravel.

"Quick battle, quick resolution!"

Knowing that the other party had fired a signal arrow, the surrounding Jurchen patrol team would be able to come over immediately, Shi Jin shouted and waved his long stick in the dust, rushing straight up. Qian Fei and the "Two Heroes of Hebei" had also rushed over, and together with "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing, they suddenly exchanged blows with the remaining four riders.

The battle on the battlefield was decided in just a few breaths. Qian Fei and Chen Xiuqing attacked almost simultaneously, killing a cavalryman. Chen Xi and Tang Zuhan also knocked a Jurchen off his horse. Shi Jin was fighting alone against two people. He stabbed one person off his horse, and another cavalryman rushed over at high speed. Shi Jin passed by his spear, and the wooden stick smashed into the other person's body, shattering him in the air and sending him tumbling to the ground with a rumble. Shi Jin grabbed the spear and turned around to stab the other cavalryman who had been knocked off his horse to death on the ground.

When he turned his head, he saw Chen Xi, one of the "Two Heroes of Hebei," standing blankly not far away. He and Tang Zuhan had knocked down a Jurchen cavalryman, but the other party was also extremely brave. He pulled out his saber and rushed forward. The two of them joined forces to make Tang Zuhan chop the other party's head, and at this time, the broadsword was still embedded in the dead Jurchen's head. The other party's saber cut off Chen Xi's right hand, and at this time, blood was spraying from the break. Tang Zuhan looked at it blankly, and Chen Xi also stood blankly, looking at his shoulder, looking at the arm holding the sword on the ground. The sunlight shone down, his body staggered, and he fell backward.

Shi Jin rushed up and stabbed several acupoints near his broken arm, and then tore strips of cloth from his clothes and tied them tightly around the break on his shoulder. Chen Xi was still in a daze, unable to react. Not far away, "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing was panting heavily and talking to Qian Fei and Shi Jin, "I I I...we went to see the city wall...saw these Jurchens doing evil...they only had six people, we thought we would definitely win, we thought..."

Three of them had come together, but at this time, Wei Bao and Fang Ya were already dead, leaving him alone. Shi Jin turned his head and shouted, "Ride! Hurry up!" Qian Fei had already mounted a warhorse, and Chen Xiuqing, in his nervousness, also mounted a horse. Chen Xi pointed to his broken arm on the ground with his left finger, "My hand, my hand..."

"Your hand is gone!" Shi Jin shouted, and then turned to Tang Zuhan, "Take him and run!" In the distance, arrows came flying over! About a dozen Jurchen patrols had already rushed over.

Shi Jin grabbed the spear he had snatched and mounted his horse. Tang Zuhan also quickly carried Chen Xi onto his horse. Chen Xi cried, his words hurried, "My hand, my hand..." as if completely unaware that the blood from his broken arm had soaked half of his body.

Qian Fei rode out, grabbed the raggedly dressed woman on the hillside, and laid her across the horse. Shi Jin also rushed over and reached out to grab the other blood-stained man, but suddenly grabbed empty. When he fixed his eyes, an arrow had been shot into the man's back, and he had fallen to the ground, motionless.

Shi Jin pulled back his warhorse, staring at the dozen or so Jurchens rushing over. The other party drew their bows and shot arrows. Shi Jin waved his long spear, swatting away the arrows. He shouted a few words to Chen Xi and the others, made a few winks, and waited for them to run far away before turning his horse's head and running in another direction that had changed slightly.

Before long, the Jurchen patrol team split into two teams, and the larger team followed in the direction of Shi Jin's escape.

Warhorses chased, fled, fought, and ran into the mountains. And on the road parallel to them, a terrifying Jurchen army was heading south towards Xin Prefecture, like a vast torrent. A large number of Wu Dynasty civilians were being forced into it, and every moment, people were dying amid whips and cries.

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At night, the setting sun had already sunk below the horizon. In the faint light brought by the stars, a Jurchen knight stood in the mountains, holding a steel saber, quietly listening to the surrounding movements. At a certain moment, he suddenly waved his hand and bent his bow towards a certain direction. The sound of hooves came rushing, and the figure of a warhorse burst out, colliding violently with the warhorse under him. The two warhorses made a dull sound in the darkness, and an arrow flew out with a bloody light, rushing into the night sky. The knights on both warhorses were also knocked flying, rolling several times on the ground before standing up.

The Jurchen warrior held his steel saber, and the man opposite him stood up, but moved his arms. He was well-built, tall, and well-proportioned, with injuries on his body and blood on the corner of his mouth, but he walked towards him bare-handed. The Jurchen warrior shouted loudly and rushed forward, slashing his saber. The two figures collided under the starlight, but after only two fierce exchanges, the steel saber changed hands. The tall Han man, who had been bare-handed, swung five or six consecutive strikes, each of which directly hit the other party's body.

The Jurchen man's body burst open as if it had been cut open by a wave of blood. When he fell to the ground, the speed of the other party's saber slowed down, and he swung a few more strikes at the corpse on the ground before stopping.

"Nine-纹龙" Shi Jin. He wiped the blood on the steel saber on the mountain ridge, put it away, and then went to look at the two warhorses, only to find that both horses had been injured in the violent collision and had fallen in a pool of blood and could not walk. He sighed, turned his head to identify the direction, and then walked towards Xin Prefecture.

In the process of fleeing just now, he had killed all the Jurchen cavalrymen following him, one by one, including two newly joined Jurchen scouts. Although he was also injured, it was not serious. He continued all the way down, and in the outline of the mountains not far away, he could faintly see the ruins of the burned village that he had seen in the morning, which was now without firelight and looked like a tomb in the darkness.

Shi Jin traveled through the mountains, and on the way, he encountered two Jurchen scouts, who were killed by him again. He snatched a horse and walked in the mountains. When he reached a forest, he suddenly sensed something. He pulled back his horse and stopped. A figure jumped down from a tree not far away, and it was Qian Fei, who was responsible for scouting information.

The two looked at each other and said nothing. Qian Fei led the way ahead, and Shi Jin followed in. In a part of the forest, Shi Jin saw the people who had escaped. Chen Xiuqing was huddled in a ball in the darkness, looking at a corpse in front of him. The corpse was that of the woman who had been rescued, and she had stabbed a knife into her chest. It seemed that she had committed suicide. Not far away, Chen Xi, the "Two Heroes of Hebei," whose arm had been broken, was lying under a tree, and Tang Zuhan was sitting blankly beside him.

Seeing Shi Jin, who was highly skilled in martial arts, coming quietly, Chen Xiuqing and Tang Zuhan seemed to have regained a bit of their senses. Shi Jin looked at the woman's suicide corpse, and Chen Xiuqing looked at him in the darkness, "We...we didn't save anyone...we didn't save anyone..."

Qian Fei said a few words in a low voice next to him. In fact, Shi Jin could have imagined it without him explaining. The woman had been barely dressed before. Even after being humiliated like that, she was still desperately trying to escape, but when she ran here, she was able to calm down and think clearly, and then committed suicide. In the end, it seemed that "Crimson Copper Hand" Wei Bao and "Heavy Sword" Fang Ya had died without value.

Shi Jin didn't know what to say either, and went over to Chen Xi and Tang Zuhan. Chen Xi's arm had been broken, but it seemed that he had already bandaged it and still had a breath. Shi Jin looked at him for a moment, and he woke up again in a daze, looked at the people around him, and opened his mouth in a weak and hoarse voice, "I'm useless, kill me...I'm useless..."

Shi Jin carried the steel saber on his back, picked up a long spear, stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "This is war."

Last night, seven people had come, but they hadn't done anything, and only five were left alive, one of whom had also broken his arm. But in any case, this was the battlefield. Shi Jin, who had felt empty in the afternoon and didn't know what to do, was now very clear. This was war. The Jurchen army was still heading south like a torrent, and there were countless scattered scouts around. Countless people wanted to resist, and countless people would be crushed like this. In such a situation, the power of one person or a few people was truly insignificant.

"If you live, you may be useful in the future. This is war." Shi Jin gripped the long spear in his hand, "I'm going to Xin Prefecture."

Qian Fei looked at him, "Are you going to help defend the city?"

"Dai County has already been broken, and it's not big enough. Xin Prefecture is big enough. After the city is broken, there will be street fighting. The situation will be most chaotic at this time. If Nianhan enters the city, we will have a chance to assassinate him." Shi Jin said, "If Grandmaster Zhou is not dead, and he wants to have the best opportunity, he may also be there. In any case, I want to see him."

Chen Xiuqing and Tang Zuhan looked over here, Qian Fei was silent for a long time, took a breath, looked at Shi Jin: "I originally wanted to go back to Dai County, and try to rescue my master's body and bury it, but what you said makes sense... I'll go with you."

Under the starlight, a small thought gathered in the bloody torrent was decided like this...

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