Mid-July, the tenth year of Wu Jian Shuo, in the southern part of Jin, the rolling mountains, banners were waving. Search: \(Complete Book God Station\) to read high-quality literature for free.

Northwest of Jinning Prefecture, Yanhuguan, the newly built pass, more than half of it had already been engulfed in a sea of fire. On the breached southern city wall, densely packed soldiers were pouring into the city in formation. Beneath the forest of banners, the flames flickered on the soldiers' pale faces.

Within the breached city, the fierce fighting continued. Yu Yulin led his troops, using the city's fortifications to defend to the death. Catapults and heavy crossbows fired repeatedly towards the breach in the pass. Yu Yulin, with bandages wrapped around his body, stood at the highest point of the city, directing the battle, the flames sending scorching air into the sky.

Since the city wall was breached, the battle had lasted a full day and night. The resistance within the city showed no sign of stopping, so much so that the attacking soldiers outside the pass had lost their initial vigor. But regardless, the attacking army, with its superior numbers and overwhelming force, continued to pour troops into the pass. In the mountains east of Yanhuguan, countless soldiers waited to advance.

Since Tian Shi was assassinated on the twenty-second day of the first month, by late February and early March, the pro-Jin faction led by Liao Yiren had effectively completed the division of Jin. In May, Weisheng fell, and on Lou Shuwan's decisive orders, the entire city was set ablaze. At this time, the Western Route Army, commanded by Wanyan Zonghan and Xiyin, chose to march directly south, appointing the forces led by the Liao family to preside over the suppression of anti-Jin forces in Jin.

Lou Shuwan and others abandoned Weisheng and retreated to the mountains to the west and south, relying on the increasingly rugged terrain and passes to defend. The surrender faction, which had just joined the Jin, recklessly mobilized heavy troops, pushing in this direction. On July 8th, after being besieged for over a month, Yanhuguan had a breach torn open by the defection of a squad of soldiers.

West of Yanhuguan, the civilians unwilling to surrender to the Jin were still densely entering the mountains under the jurisdiction of Lou Shuwan and others. Southeast of Yanhuguan, Wang Juyun, leading the Ming King Army in an attempt to provide rescue, was blocked by Chen Longzhou, a surrendered general leading over 50,000 troops, and was caught in a fierce battle.

The setting sun was like blood, in the rugged mountains, You Hongzhu fought with his sword. His face was twisted, and his body was covered in blood, a terrifying wound extending down from his shoulder. In this mountain area, twelve Green Forest heroes, who had received the mission, escorted scouts to Yanhuguan to report the news that An Xifu was leading a small detachment on a detour. However, they were discovered by scouts from the surrendered Jin army. After a fierce battle, only five people, including You Hongzhu, remained.

A spear thrust towards him. You Hongzhu roared and threw himself forward, following the momentum of the spear into the range of the spear shadows. The long knife had already slashed out, and the opponent dodged, pushing away You Hongzhu, who had risked everything, with the spear shaft, and then retracted the spear to thrust. You Hongzhu, already injured and exhausted, staggered, watching the tip of the spear approach, unable to dodge. At that moment, a figure came from the side, the long spear shattering in the air, a huge figure grabbed the flying fragments of the spear tip, and stabbed them into the neck of the spear-wielder as he moved forward.

"...This is the Wang family spear from Yannan, more agile than powerful, suitable for battle formations, but if you have deep inner strength and are more skilled than him, it is not to be feared... Pao Chui, the best at it now, belongs to Chen Fan in the south. In the hands of these two, the martial art is simply disgraced, a foolish trick... This swordsman originally learned the Tiger Form, all form and no spirit. Look at the tiger in my hands..."

You Hongzhu staggered. The figure had already entered the crowd. The pace didn't seem fast, but as the voice spread, the figure's fist and foot movements stirred the air, the sleeves whistling, the astral wind like thunder. The figures of the scouts coming to kill him were like encountering the battlefield's swirling situation, instantly flying left and right. Later, when he punched out the Tiger Form, a roar like a tiger could be faintly heard in the air. The figures blocking him were sprayed with blood, like explosions.

Such profound inner strength, martial arts achievements reaching a transcendent realm, You Hongzhu had only vaguely seen in the Zhao couple and in the Eight-Armed Dragon King beside the Lady Prime Minister. He was too seriously injured at this time, his eyes already swaying. Before the arrival of this expert, the two sides had already had a fierce fight. Now, with eleven or twelve opponents remaining, they were killed until only the last spear-wielder was left. The large figure waved his hand backward, summoning a child who had been hiding under a tree.

"...As your teacher previously said, in the Green Forest, when using a spear, an inch longer is an inch stronger, what to do against him? Ping An, take out your knife, today he is yours..."

The child behind him was small, appearing to be only five or six years old—at this time, You Hongzhu naturally couldn't remember that he had once saved this child in Ze Prefecture—this child named Ping An trembled, took out a dagger at his master's shout, but dared not go forward.

The person in front just laughed: "Ping An, what did your teacher say? In the Jianghu, chivalry comes first. Today, the world is in turmoil, these traitors have surrendered to the Jin people, deceiving our Han Chinese Jiangshan, eating inside and out deserve to die. Think about the scenes your teacher has shown you these days, think about the damned Jin soldiers you've seen these days, think about the children who are the same age as you! Don't be afraid! They deserve to die! They deserve to be killed! They are only a few years older than you and taller, but their necks are also soft! Today, your teacher will support you, go and see their blood—"

As he said this, the man reached out and grabbed the child's collar, throwing the child out violently. The child screamed and spun in the air. The last spear-wielding scout in front couldn't help but thrust the spear up. The large figure with superb martial arts on this side waved his sleeves, the child's figure landed on the spear shaft, only hearing a few clangs, the figure flew to the ground. The spear-wielding man fell to the ground, got up again, reached out and touched his neck, blood spurted out, falling on the child's face as he climbed up from the ground—the spear-wielder's throat had been cut open by the dagger.

"Hahahaha, good—" You Hongzhu heard a deep laugh ringing in his ears, the setting sun like blood spreading, "Ping An! Good! From today onwards, you are a dignified man, no longer inferior to anyone—"

The atmosphere of the chaotic world had changed, and even a scene like this in front of him would probably become commonplace. The pervasive smoke rose to the sky, and people were fighting and struggling under the sky.

Liangshan Marsh, small boats traveled through the reeds. The people on the boats held their breath, seeing corpses floating on the water ahead. Traveling along the corpses, the sounds of fighting gradually became clearer, and then they rushed out of the reeds, gathering towards the battlefield on the more open waters ahead.

Cannons roared like thunder, arrows flew, soldiers fought on boats, in the water, and under the water. On a large official ship, gunpowder was ignited, a huge explosion accompanied by flames erupted from the ship's cabin, the ship sinking to the bottom of the water with pervasive smoke.

Southwest, Chengdu Plain. The flood season in summer had eased. After completing the flood control task and defending the Hua Xia Army's expansion achievements in its first year, the Hua Xia Fifth Army returned to its training and preparation rhythm. Small-scale recruitment had also begun in an orderly manner. Theoretically, once the autumn harvest was completed this year, the Hua Xia Army in the southwest could enter a new round of expansion.

Zhang Village, the core of the Hua Xia Army, the General Staff Department, had already entered a state of tension in June. On the one hand, it received external information, studied the various weaknesses of the Jurchen army. On the other hand, according to the previously transmitted information, it estimated and predicted the development of the war. In fact, considering the war that would inevitably occur in the future, various targeted war preparations had to be submitted as projects at this time, communicate logistics, and begin to work on them.

Information on the war situations on the east and west routes was transmitted every day, summarized in Zhang Village. Every day, there would also be half an hour for everyone to gather for group analysis and discussion, and then various tasks would be assigned to everyone. For example, based on the confirmed war situation, analyze the war thinking and habits of Jurchen senior generals such as Zonghan, Xiyin, Zongfu, and Zongbi, and then establish a preliminary logical framework based on the psychological analysis of each of them, and analyze the decisions they might make next.

Although it seemed like armchair strategy, the prediction of the behavior of some simple-minded generals was already quite accurate.

In recent days, in this General Staff Department, the most praised by everyone was Yue Fei's tactical movements on the western front. He had been operating in Xiangyang for a long time, but with the arrival of the Jurchens, he was the first to attack, besieging Dengzhou and then attacking the reinforcements.

The Jurchen general Ali Guagua originally guarded Bianliang, and by plundering in the Central Plains, gathered tens of thousands of heavy cavalry - for the Iron Pagoda heavy cavalry, for a period of time, it was a popular development direction for the Jin people, but later, as the Elm Cannon and gunpowder were used more and more, and then the Iron Cannon came out, Xiyin's side realized the limitations of heavy cavalry, and gradually called a halt. However, large-scale armored heavy cavalry was still a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. Ali Guagua took over some of the original Jin Iron Pagoda, and later supplemented it in large quantities in the Central Plains, expanding the Iron Pagoda madly to nearly ten thousand. This time, seeing Yue Fei attack Dengzhou, he rushed to crush him.

Yue Fei's Beiwei Army completed the selection and deployment of the battlefield in a very short time twenty miles north of Dengzhou. After the two sides made contact, they engaged in a fierce fight. Yue Fei cleverly constructed several lines of iron cannon defense. Ali Guagua tried to overthrow the opponent's cannon formation head-on with heavy cavalry. After overthrowing two Beiwei Army positions, he entered a large-scale iron cannon encirclement and encountered fierce attacks.

In this tragic battle, both sides suffered heavy losses. The Beiwei Army suffered thousands of casualties and had more than a hundred iron cannons destroyed. Ali Guagua's side tasted the sweetness at the beginning of the reckless advance, but later became bogged down and unable to extricate himself. Nearly a thousand heavy cavalry were killed on the spot, and more than three thousand cavalry lost their combat power due to serious injuries to their warhorses. The infantry lost more than two thousand. When Ali Guagua retreated in horror, the Beiwei Army withdrew and defeated the Xinye army that came to reinforce Dengzhou, beheading nearly three thousand, completing a head-on blow before Xiyin's arrival.

When Xiyin arrived in Nanyang, the Beiwei Army calmly retreated to Xiangyang. Xiyin, in a fit of anger, directly dismissed Ali Guagua from his post and demoted him to the vanguard. After that, the army was reorganized and no longer attacked, which can be regarded as acknowledging the combat power of the Beiwei Army under Yue Fei.

As for Yangzhou, Wushu had been bombarding the city for several days. Zongfu's large army pressed up from the rear, confronting the 100,000 troops led by Fu Dingkang who came to relieve the siege. The vanguard had begun to fight. The fierce fighting in the Gaoyou direction had not stopped either. Most of the participating troops were in place, but the results of the battle still needed several days of development.

On July 11th, the members of the General Staff Department gathered for a meeting. A small staff member named Peng Yueyun submitted a tactical inference that Han Shizhong might have begun to play dirty tricks. Everyone discussed this tactic, and Ning Yi also came over. After a brief discussion, new information was delivered. Ning Yi looked at the first copy and smiled, handing it to the others.

"Perhaps it's right. It seems that Han Shizhong may really abandon Yangzhou to lure Zongbi to take the bait. Preserve people and lose land, both people and land are preserved. Preserve land and lose people, both people and land are lost. This is the news report on the evacuation of refugees from Jiangnan. It seems that the Little Crown Prince's side is ready to give up every place north of the Yangtze River. South of the Yangtze River is the chosen place for the decisive battle... Of course, to make this game well, it will definitely take time. Let's see when Han Shizhong abandons Yangzhou... Hmm..."

As Ning Yi spoke, he looked at the second piece of information delivered. At this point, he frowned slightly, his face with a complex smile. Everyone looked over at him. Ning Yi was silent for a moment, handing the information to everyone, with some hesitation on his face.

"How was this kind of thing done..."

Everyone looked at the information, first frowning, then suddenly realizing, then excited, but then also with complex expressions, looking at each other.

"This is..."

"We did this... This is too ruthless..."

"Should we have an extra meal tonight?"

"The Jurchens are going to go crazy, is this good or bad..."

"Uh, everyone, talk about it, this news... Will we get it first or the Jurchen's East and West Route Armies get it first..."

"...Do they know we did it?"

"Hahahaha... I don't know why, I suddenly don't want to be associated with this matter. Otherwise, let's issue a statement saying this has nothing to do with us?"

"I think it makes sense, a statement clarifying the relationship, should we issue it before the Jurchens go crazy?" Amidst the discussion, Ning Yi looked at them: "That way, it seems more realistic, hahahaha..."

As he said this, he couldn't help but laugh himself.

The report was about the Yunzhong massacre.

On July 5th, a group of anti-Jin bandits entered Yunzhong, intending to plunder the residence of the great scholar Qi Yan, capture the Qi family, and then withdraw. However, mistakes occurred during the action. First, the Qi family's retainers resisted stubbornly, slightly disrupting the bandits' plan. Then, Shi Yuanji, the eldest grandson of Shi Li'ai, was bizarrely involved in the incident, had his throat slit, and dragged the entire event into a completely out-of-control direction.

Shi Li'ai was one of the most famous Han Chinese in the north. When the Jin destroyed the Liao, he was an official in the Liao. At that time, the Wu Dynasty summoned him several times, but Shi Li'ai felt that the Wu Dynasty was corrupt and refused to go, and solemnly warned the entire family not to serve as officials.

Until later, when the Jin unified the country, Shi Li'ai joined the Jin and was greatly favored. Now, he was the head of the Han officials under Zonghan and even in the entire Jurchen court, ennobled as Duke, and knew the affairs of the Privy Council. After Zonghan's southern expedition, he was in charge of the affairs of Yunzhong Prefecture.

In terms of actual power, even several Jurchen dukes or even princes combined were probably not as good as Shi Li'ai today. If other Jurchen nobles were involved in the Qi family's affairs this night, it probably wouldn't have caused a big disturbance, but the first to die was Shi Li'ai's eldest grandson.

Shortly after Shi Yuanji disappeared in the evening, the Shi family had already noticed something was wrong. After that, Yunzhong Prefecture was placed under martial law, and the bandits who entered the Qi family, with nowhere to go, faced the corpse of Shi Li'ai's eldest grandson, began a series of crazy actions.

That night, hundreds of bandits who entered the city ran and fought in Yunzhong Prefecture, frantically seeking survival and setting fires everywhere. It was autumn, when the weather was dry, and for some reason, some places were stockpiled with oil. A strong wind blew that night, the fire in Yunzhong Prefecture spread, burning countless houses, and thousands of people died in this chaos and fire. In the process of the bandits seeking survival, a dozen Jurchen noble children who were taken as hostages also died one after another, their deaths tragic.

In this great chaos, Black Flag Army scouts also took the opportunity to enter the Da Zao Yuan (Great Manufacturing Yard) that was almost affected by the fire, and carried out some sabotage.

Time returned to the night of July 5th.

In the Qi mansion, Wanyan Wenqin was stunned the moment he saw Shi Yuanji's body...

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