Zhui Xu

Ping, ping ping ping ping—

The sound of clashing swords and swords resounded densely on the school field, and occasionally sparks splashed in the air. On a chilly spring day, two figures in single clothes circled and culled, fighting lively.

Liang Siyi and a group of soldiers watched nervously around. From time to time, she could hear applause among the soldiers, but her eyes were focused, her hands clenched into fists and pressed on her knees, her expression was a little nervous.

At a certain moment, the competition on the school field stopped because of the breaking of the long knife, and when the two of them opened up, the nervous look on her face faded away. The heroic laughter was also heard in the ears of everyone.

"Haha, happy! Happy—"

It was the burly "Little Ming King" Chen Fangda who fought with You Hongzhuo almost with all his strength on the school field.

Since the first martial arts competition with You Hongzhuo a few days ago, after finding that the two sides are evenly matched and worthy of being opponents, similar martial arts competitions have happened more than once before their eyes. For several days, whenever Chen Fangda finished his official business, he would go to find You Hongzhuo, and often said hello to Liang Siyi who was preparing for the marriage: "Sister, let me borrow your man!"

As for Liang Siyi, who had led soldiers and fought in wars, she was already tired of the series of girls' affairs for the wedding preparations. When Chen Fangda greeted her, she often followed Luo and ran out, letting a group of sisters and aunts who were chaotic teachers to toss about for her. The new house prepared by You Hongzhuo.

However, real swords and guns competitions on the school field often contain dangers. You Hongzhuo and Chen Fangda are similar in martial arts. Probably not for nothing. Although Liang Siyi had experienced the sea of ​​blood on the battlefield, he was also nervous at this time, and often complained that the two of them killed too fiercely, while You Hongzhuo said: "Competing with the third brother is too expensive."

Chen Fangda laughed loudly: "Martial arts on the battlefield, it is inevitable that it is like this, you will decide the outcome with one sword and one sword... You don't know, back then, my swordsmanship was also fine, but now, it is fine It's not fun to play..."

He loves martial arts, and for more than ten years, the elaborate rules of play have completely turned into big openings and closings on the battlefield. In the past, when the chaotic masters were short of supplies, he still restrained himself, but now his life is better, he is no longer hungry, and he always has to vent his excess energy in the competition every day.

At the end of the competition, both of them were steaming hot, so they went to rest in the side room of the school field together with Liang Siyi, during which time they exchanged their experience in martial arts, and Chen Fangda often talked about his own stories on the road to martial arts.

For example, she was smart since she was a child and very talented in martial arts, but unfortunately her family was poor when she was a child, and she didn't eat enough, so her figure was not tall enough. When she was nearly 30 years old, Jurchen went south and was moved by Wang Juyun. You Xia has many ways, so he can only draw with You Hongzhuo, and he feels like he was forced to be a prostitute all the way. Of course, he has a bold temperament, and You Hongzhuo only thinks it is funny when talking about it at this time.

In addition to chatting, Chen Fangda will also talk about many major events in the city in recent days, including the plan of the chaos division to go west. At this time, various plans have been basically completed. The marriage between You Hongzhuo and Liang Siyi is scheduled for the end of February in a few days, and at the beginning of March, the vanguard will officially move to the northwest.

"This time planning for the northwest, the female prime minister's side will be led by General Shi An Zhenshi, and besides our side, the Huaxia Army will also send a team, the one who came over a few days ago and met Zou Xu in the teahouse Fang Houzi, although there are not many people, but relying on the reputation of the black flag, it will be useful when negotiating to surrender..."

"Is it dangerous?" You Hongzhuo asked.

"...This time the danger should not be great." Chen Fangda thought for a while before answering, "Although that Mr. Ning wrote last month, mentioning that we should be careful of the grassland people in Xixia, in fact, we were originally worried This group of guys, that’s why they went to the Northwest. All the necessary preparations have been made. As for the situation in the Northwest, in fact, the female minister has sent people to investigate since last year, and all the grievances and grievances have been figured out..."

"...That's probably... the eleventh year of Jianshuo in the Wu Dynasty, that is, August and September of the last year of Jianshuo. When the Jurchen East Route Army was about to break through Lin'an, Nianhan had already gone down on our side, so he took a breath. There was a lively fight with Liao Yiren. In the northwest prefecture, a former military official named Chen Shiqun, after his family members were killed by Jurchen, colluded with the grassland people who had conquered Xixia for several years at that time, and smashed the last few buildings in the northwest in one fell swoop. City, kill Zhe Keqiu's family..."

"...the gang of barbarians from the grassland, that is, the group of people who promised to be hired by the Liao family at the end of the year to fight with us. In fact, they had blood debts... It was the spring of the second year, and they used tricks to cheat General Li Guotang at the time The guarding Qi County massacred a lot of people, but later these barbarians came and went like the wind with light cavalry, only destroying the seedlings and wheat in the Jin area, and did not fight, which made us a little bit headache, I just felt that Liao Yiren was completely crazy... Before they had time to retaliate, they killed Liao Yiren's family and walked away..."

"...Although it caused us some trouble at that time, Qingqi rushed forward, massacred the enemy and left without distinguishing between the enemy and the enemy. The battle in Jindi took less time, so I didn't pay much attention to them afterwards... Of course, the lady remembers this incident. Since then, some grassland merchants came from Xixia and wanted to discuss cooperation with us. Miss and rejected them..."

"...Last year, I sent people to the northwest to investigate, and found that although the group of prairie people handed over some of the prefectures and towns of the Zhe family to Chen Shiqun after breaking the prefecture, this one did not take the seat of the Zhe family, the prairie people Only two months after he left, his subordinates mutinied, killed Chen Shiqun, and started a big fight..."

"...Northwest was massacred by the Jurchens for several rounds, and the Zhe family, the only one who kept the place, was massacred by the prairie people again, and all the supplies were looted. After another year of fighting, only a few horse bandits and Jiezhai Zizhai were left. The guards are small forces. These forces are very weak and cannot withstand the army's sweep. We are willing to go over and take over. In addition, there is the black flag of the Huaxia Army as a guarantee. Guys who can't eat enough should refuse no..."

For this Northwest Raider, whether it is in Jindi or within the Chaotic Division, it must have been discussed repeatedly for several rounds, and Chen Fangda said it with confidence. You Hongzhuo thought for a while, and said: "If there is anything I can use..."

Chen Fangda laughed and said, "Yes—that is, I will play a few more rounds happily with my brother before going out. Oh, brother-in-law, you don't know that I wanted to be a hero like Zhou Tong back then. Years of mundane affairs are entangled, and life is really not smooth enough. You also know that the style of play on the battlefield is straightforward. It can't practice fancy moves, and it can't practice real masters. Fighting with foster father, Shi Daxia and the others, it's a bit of a martial arts..."

"...But the adoptive father is old after all. Shi Daxia guards the daughter-in-law, and the task is heavy. After all, I don't have a deep friendship with him, so it's not easy to drag him to feed me. Brother-in-law, your side is different. Our martial arts, Between brothers and sisters, the fight is the longest, and the fight is the most refreshing. I feel that I have improved in the past few days, so when it comes to martial arts, there must be old enemies, and we will be old enemies from now on..."

When Chen Fangda talked about martial arts, he was chattering and talking nonsense for a while. You Hongzhuo couldn't help but laugh.

"Then you don't need to be an old enemy..." he said, "However, I'm in the southwest, and I saw the Huaxia Army training soldiers, and they have their own rules. I have also learned some skills, and I talked about it with Lao Taishan before..."

You Hongzhuo came back from the southwest and learned a lot of special training skills in the Southwest. When he talked about it with Wang Juyun, Wang Juyun mentioned that he hoped that he would occasionally join the army to teach, but he and Liang Siyi were getting married soon, and there was no rush to arrange this matter. Now that Chen Fangda was about to go to war, You Hongzhuo also gave a general account of the situation in Southwest China. Chen Fangda listened carefully. After a while, You Hongzhuo stopped, and he waved his hands with a slight smile.

"...Actually, General Xue Guangcheng, who came with the technical team, also told us about some training methods in the Southwest, including with the female prime minister. There have been many discussions in the past. The firearms of the Huaxia Army, we will take over I came here for a while and learned a lot, but later I found out that the best things from others are not available to us for the time being..."

"Why?"

Chen Fangda sighed: "The most powerful thing about the Huaxia Army is not the training of one or two soldiers or elite scouts, but that Mr. Ning used various methods to enlighten most of the soldiers...here It is about teaching them to read, teach them the art of war, even teach them the principles of life, let them go to the battlefield not even for pay, and can fight when they are hungry. Can't use it..."

Different from the passion and boldness when talking about martial arts before, Chen Fangda really has a serious taste when he breaks his fingers when talking about military affairs.

"...During this period, my father-in-law and I also discussed several times, what are the methods of the Huaxia Army... First of all, we have the technology of papermaking, but the idea he used next is that everyone is equal, and the second is to think hard Sweet, three, what he is fanning is the hatred of the Jurchens among the soldiers... these things, we can barely use the second point, and the third point is even more usable, but when you really want to use it, you will find out, There are not many people in our army who can speak these words.”

"In front of me...a group of righteous brothers and sisters, we are a family, but Xiaoyou, how many people can speak beautiful words? A big piece of meat, a big bowl of wine, and now the situation has eased up a bit. Between soldiers and generals, there has been a lot of indiscretions. Now, most of our generals are those who can take the lead on the battlefield, and those who may speak can speak Yes, there are really too few..."

"...Mr. Ning has been using this matter for more than ten years. From Zhuji to Xiaocanghe, he personally taught people one by one, and brought the next group with his own hands. In the end, almost all the big heads Soldiers have been taught to know such a few words, so these talents are selected from the middle..."

Chen Fangda said, lowering his voice: "This matter, the female phase is the first to understand it, and I want to do it, but it is time, and the second is the idea, it is not enough. Mr. Ning spent ten hours. For many years, I put aside Confucianism and taught a group of people from scratch. They killed the emperor so that they could abandon Confucianism and use their own ideas. What do we use here? Call out all the Confucian students who can read and teach It is also the same as the one who is the master and teacher of heaven and earth..."

"...And here in Jin, how many great clans have been there over the years. Even if the women are in power, it is these big clans that must be united. If everyone is equal, you can't mention it. If you can't mention everyone's equality, then why should you be a soldier? The big clans in the back think about the country, the world, how many people can you let leave the team after enlightenment and fight the enemy bravely..."

"...So these things are not easy to do, but of course it's not impossible to do them. Since last year, the female minister has arranged for many people to follow the teachers of the Huaxia Army to learn, and some of the children of the rich families were sent to the southwest. Some of them learned to do things in our own classes, and promoted and cared for some eloquent and good-natured generals in the army... These things, in short, are moving forward step by step..."

When Chen Fangda spoke, he also showed his dedication and professionalism as a general. You Hongzhuo listened solemnly, and cupped his hands and said: "The third brother is right." .

Chen Fangda smiled and waved his hands: "Hahahaha, that's what the mistress and foster father said. If I had my temper, I would have ignored these bad things in the morning."

After a pause like this, he said again: "But don't worry too much. There has never been anyone in this world who trains troops like Mr. Ning. As long as they don't compare with the Southwest Black Flag, no matter whether it is the Tiger King's army or our chaotic division It’s not too bad, let’s go to the northwest, let’s go and see, after passing this hurdle, our chaos division’s territory is really ample, and we still have to learn the way of the southwest.”

In addition to the martial arts competition, Chen Fangda occasionally talked about these trivial matters, and when he sweated, he went to take a shower in the bathroom of the barracks. Afterwards, they changed into dry clothes, usually in the afternoon, and You Hongzhuo and Liang Siyi took a walk in Weisheng City.

The city of Jindi, which has gone through many years of war, is now full of vitality amidst a series of open public opinions. Merchants from south to north began to gather, and people in the streets and alleys also showed joy on their faces. The two people who are about to get married talk about the past and the future. The prosperity of Weisheng is certainly not comparable to that of the Southwest, and perhaps it is not as good as the faint traces of the past in some cities in the south of the Yangtze River, but the people here are like weeds, tenacious and rough. Their emotions also became more pure, and the two people who have traveled all over the world liked the feeling here even more.

Walking around in the streets and alleys that were unfamiliar in the past, buying some novel and interesting food, talking, competing or going out in the warming spring, when they go to places where there is no one, they will always hold hands, Regardless of the reality or the future, the hearts of the two are filled with happiness.

Chen Fangda came to You Hongzhuo for several martial arts competitions. Some extroverted brothers in the chaos would always drag him to participate in the party. Wang Juyun occasionally mentioned his martial arts. After a few days, at the end of February, he and Liang Siyi got married.

The crowd held a lively and grand wedding ceremony, not only the people in the Chaotic Master, but even Nu Xiang, Shi Jin, many members of the Huaxia Army and many knight-errants came to watch the ceremony.

Due to the large number of people joining in the fun, the bridal chamber project was booed by many people. Seeing that You Hongzhuo didn't have many helpers, under the leadership of Chen Fangda, the people in the chaotic teacher took on him as a family member to prevent others from booing and tossing the couple. A group of people fought and laughed in the courtyard of the bridal chamber for a long time.

Many years ago, the young man who fought his way out of the mountain village with his family ruined, never imagined that one day, so many people would come to congratulate him so happily on his marriage.

The departure of the chaos division to the northwest is scheduled for the second day of March of this year.

The newly married You Hongzhuo and Liang Siyi bid farewell to Chen Fangda, who led the army, and many other brothers who were in disorder. When the army left through the city gate, they and a large group of people watched everyone go away on the city wall.

The burly Chen Fangda carried the Peacock Ming King's swords on his back, and gradually rode away to the distance. He finally clenched his fist with one hand to signal to the people behind him, looking mighty and airy.

The white-haired Wang Juyun stood in front of him without saying much. Generals die in hundreds of battles and warriors return after ten years. No matter how small the war is, there will always be people dying in the middle. The chaotic divisions in the past have experienced too much sadness of the loss of their loved ones year after year. Now even if they are fully prepared, the real Those who understand war will not cheer for such an expedition.

When the army was drifting away, You Hongzhuo asked Wang Juyun again: "Master Taishan, is there anything... that I can do..."

Wang Juyun looked at him calmly and kindly, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Xiaoyou, do you think that the land of Jin is already at peace? Is it possible to rest easy from now on?"

"...Huh?" You Hongzhuo shook his head, "Of course not."

"That's right... It's been sixteen years since the Jurchens first went south. In these sixteen years, the only one who has won a battle against the Jurchens is the one in the southwest. Now the new king of the Jin Kingdom is fighting with the old ministers. , the Huaxia Army in the southwest brought all kinds of ideas, and also brought hope. It seems that everything is striving for spring, but in fact, Xiaoyou, everything is just a mirror image. The prosperity of Jindi we see today will be here sooner or later We will be tested in the next round of war with the Jurchens, and we will have ten or a hundred wars in the future, and I am afraid that these things will all be burned sooner or later."

The old man looked at You Hongzhuo with kind eyes, but what he said were extremely fierce words, and then he reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"So, what should we do...Xiao You, don't worry about them, we have to live in this world, everyone has their own tests, their hurdles, they have to pass by themselves, and here, you will also have His own pass. Chen Fangda must have told you that when he was young, he wanted to be a ranger and Zhou Tong, but unfortunately... because of various things, he was delayed, and he barely became a soldier. He said It's true, if it wasn't for the lack of chaotic masters back then, he did have hope to improve..."

You Hongzhuo thought for a while: "But now... there is no shortage of rangers, maybe..."

"You're wrong, Xiaoyou... There must be all kinds of people in this world, there must be leaders like Mr. The craftsmen who study Gewu in the Huaxia Army must have enlightenment teachers and heroes like Shi Jin and Zhou Tong..."

Wang Juyun took You Hongzhuo's shoulders, and walked slowly on the city wall: "In this world... when it comes to winter, when foreign aggression strikes, many people, like Chen Fangda and the others, have no choice. Even a woman like Siyi must Go into battle and kill the enemy. But when the situation is still relatively good, everyone should be able to find their most potential job. Because you are congenial with Chen Fangda and want to help him in the army, I am afraid that you will end up as a third-rate A general, or decades later, will be a scout captain, but if you continue to improve your martial arts, one day in the future, you may become a great master like Zhou Tong. At that time, you will lead another team of scouts, If you cooperate with good generals, you might be able to accomplish extraordinary things..."

The old man paused, and then sighed slightly: "Actually speaking, I can't be considered a good leader. The Manichaeism, coupled with the adoption of adoptive sons and daughters, was an expedient back then. This plan will actually plant the seeds of disaster in the future, making the chaotic teacher's achievements limited. But Xiaoyou, there is no way..."

"Look at the many flowers and trees in the world. They always bloom in spring and grow vigorously in summer. They not only leave offspring in autumn, but also store nutrients for winter. In winter, they don't care about so much... I Back then, in the spring and summer, all you learned was the Manichaeism rebellion, so in winter, you can only take out this set of things to keep out the cold. As for you, there is also Siyi..."

"...What you have to do is to work hard to absorb nutrients in the spring when you are well-off. Since you have your own talents, you have to work hard and forge ahead to do things that others cannot do. This is for the future. The best preparations everyone has made for the winter... Do you understand?"

The white-haired old man asked with a smile, You Hongzhuo and Liang Siyi thought about it, and they both nodded solemnly. Wang Juyun laughed out loud.

"Okay, okay." He said to the surroundings, "You are all like this, you have to do what you do best."

The voices of everyone's promises resounded on the city wall.

As the spring wind blows, You Hongzhuo looks down. The army in front of him is gradually drifting away. In the spring, the leaves are green and everything grows. Even the unknown wild flowers look colorful. This is not only the spring of Jindi, but also the second spring in his life. This time, he has a wife, family, brothers, and a majestic father-like elder who can show him the way forward.

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The cold of winter has passed, and the warmth of spring has arrived, and not far from the city wall, female ministers, representatives of the Huaxia Army, Zou Xu from Bianliang, and representatives of many merchants and merchants are all smiling and watching the army leave. In the past, people talked and laughed with each other in harmony, and there was a beautiful prospect in front of them.

Thunderclouds are coming...

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Thunderclouds are coming.

In the southwest, in the office of Mohechi, Ning Yi woke up from his sleep, and the spring thunder rang outside the window, and the rain was about to fall.

Perhaps because he didn't want to disturb his sleep, the secretary didn't come in to light the lamp. The heavy rain made the room look a little dark, so he rubbed his forehead and lit the candle himself.

On the table is a round of business affairs that have been dealt with roughly, and there are also intelligence gathered from various places. Most of the recent urgent news is about land reform. After the initial one-hundred-village pilot project was forced to go through a round, starting in February, many working groups were split up, and the ten-member working group spread to a wider area. Among the small and medium-sized villages, they have entered into a step-by-step large-scale rollout process, and the activists selected in the first round of pilot projects in 100 villages have now been classified and entered into different aspects of civil servant training.

All the work is trivial and complicated, and the summarized information does not have too much tendency in the early days of the land reform. It seems to be just a sea of ​​data, but finding problems and finding out problems is still the work that the central government cannot relax for a moment.

He seemed to think of something in his sleep, but when he opened his eyes, he forgot it again. Ning Yi looked at the various books on the table, raised the candle again, and walked to the side of the study. There are several large maps hanging there, the most conspicuous of which is the schematic diagram of the land reform that depicts the establishment of the entire southwest village. Many villages are densely planted with flags and even marked with numbers.

This is what he has seen the most in recent days.

But in addition to this map, there are also maps of forces in the Central Plains, Jiangnan, and even the entire world. Ning Yi held a candle and turned around.

In the southeast, the little emperor's move to seize power is still going on, rough, concise but also fierce, and the big clans under his rule have begun to resist one wave after another. .

The Fair Party in Jiangnan entered into a formal war atmosphere after the beginning of the spring. He Wen followed the steps and accumulated strength on hand. The savings of the other companies were almost empty. When Shi Baofeng and Xu Zhaonan attacked He Wen with little success, He also aimed at Tie Yan and Wu Qimei in Lin'an. It is estimated that it will not be long before the small imperial court in Lin'an will become history, and it will be a small fight. Let him pack up a disciplined fair party.

Bianliang... Dai Mengwei is busy inviting Confucian scholars and green forest people from all over the world to gather in the old capital, and is currently distributing invitations. And according to the information that Lou Shuwan, Zhan Wu and the others passed on earlier, what is really meaningful is probably the fact that Zou Xu wants to hug Lou Shuwan's thigh—this cannot be stopped, as long as he is willing to give money, There is no reason for Lou Shuwan to push this Kaizi out, even to her own side... Well, I still want to save face, the Huaxia Army is not barefoot now, and started to wear shoes, after all, it is impossible to have a deal with Zou Xu, but there is no need think about this.

And in Jindi, the move to plot the northwest should have already begun to be implemented—this is something that must be done, and I wrote a letter to let them be careful about the Mongols in Xixia, although it is hard to say how much to be careful at the moment , but with the abilities of Lou Shuwan, Wang Juyun, Fang Chengye and others, it shouldn't cause too many changes...

He thought about it for a while, but he couldn't recall the clues of the dream. When he turned to leave, he suddenly raised the candle again and shone a few times at Bianliang and Jindi.

"Zou Xu..."

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"If I were him...what would I do..."

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The sense of vigilance in the dream seems to come from this~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This is a question that he has not thought about for a long time, because the situation is obvious, as long as the land reform can be carried out smoothly, he basically does not need to think about what other forces are doing. What.

At this time, I just thought about it, but I didn't grasp any clues.

At this moment, the secretary knocked on the door and reported to him that a small team that went to the Kingdom of Jin to perform a mission had returned.

"Did Chen Wenjun bring it back?"

he asked.

Outside the door, the secretary replied.

Behind him, the heavy spring rain has poured down on the Maha Pond...