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Chapter 404 Against the Tide

"What is that sound?"

In the silence, a soldier asked in a low voice.

Two months ago, when the Red Coat Army signed the army for the last time, Yang An'er really couldn't get enough red cloth, so they no longer distributed red coats, and only a piece of red cloth was distributed to each of them.This soldier should have joined the Red Coat Army at that time.

He used that piece of red cloth to bandage the wound on his shoulder, so there were black spots of blood on the ocher red cloth.

Hearing his question, an old soldier beside him said, "That's Mingdi. It's the whistle on the shaft of the bundled arrow. It's used by the Jurchens to summon their companions... The Jurchens have new troops on the battlefield... ..."

When the old pawn explained slowly, Yang Miaozhen lowered his head, covered his face with his hands, and rubbed his cheeks.

"That's not the Jurchens," she said.

Her voice came out from the cracks in her palms, a bit dull: "The one who made the beeping is under the command of Admiral Li Ting of the Ding Navy, and the one who is about to enter the battlefield should be under the command of another Admiral of the Ding Navy, Qiu Huiluo. People are all Han'er...even their leader, Guo Ning, the Shandong Xuanfu envoy appointed by Emperor Jin Guogou, and the Dinghai Jiedu envoy, Guo Ning, are also Han'er. But these people are all from the imperial court's defense army in northern Xinjiang. I’m used to the Jurchen way.”

The young soldier was a little dazed: "Is it Han'er again?"

He seems to be asking himself, but also seems to be asking someone else.

After Yang Miaozhen finished saying this sentence, she didn't continue, she just rubbed her face repeatedly, as if she wanted to cheer herself up.

When she lowered her hands, she took a deep breath and seemed to be more energetic.However, even if the firelight flashed across her face, the redness of the firelight could not conceal her pale and tired face.

"Si Niangzi, are you alright?" the old soldier asked cautiously.

"I am fine."

Although Yang Miaozhen belongs to the generation of women, but when Yang An'er started her family, she relied on actual force, which can be called a great reputation.In the past few years, although she has not actually intervened in military affairs, many ordinary soldiers have heard the legendary story about the Fourth Lady, which was passed down orally.

When Yang An'er failed, the lower-level soldiers of the Red Coat Army subconsciously looked for new sustenance.Most of them pinned their hopes on the legendary Fourth Lady.

Therefore, when Yang Miaozhen charged Yang An'er's body all the way and turned back to Moqi Mountain in Juzhou from hundreds of rebellious troops, scattered soldiers continued to gather under her banner along the way.Some people even secretly rumored that Si Niangzi was more powerful than Marshal Yang, and would definitely be able to lead the soldiers to kill the hateful Jurchens.

At this moment, many of the soldiers surrounding Yang Miaozhen had eyes of admiration, as if they were looking at an extraordinary figure, an omnipotent god.

Yang Miaozhen herself was very sober.

She knew that the situation was worse than these soldiers imagined, but she herself did not have any outstanding talents.

She is just a young woman who is good at pear blossom marksmanship.In this situation, what is the use of the pear blossom spear method?
No matter how good your marksmanship is, you can only deal with one or two enemies at a time, at most five.If you go further up, you have to try your luck.But the Red Coat Army faced so many enemies.

Those old enemies are constantly approaching Juzhou and Mizhou with their teeth and claws. After the death of the elder brother, the original partners and allies have also begun to become new enemies.

Half a year ago, Yang An'er led thousands of disciples to initiate an army, and with a call from the top, there were hundreds of thousands of followers.How many heroes rejoiced, gathered under the banner of the Red Coat Army from all directions, followed Yang An'er's banner to sweep across Shandong, and won the foundation of two thousand miles.The results of it?

All that has been ruined.

Even Juzhou and Mizhou, the last bases, are already crumbling.

The Ding Navy force north of Mizhou has been sending military supplies to Juzhou in the past six months, and has almost become half an ally of the Red Coat Army.But now Yang Miaozhen knew that Guo Ning, the leader of Dinghai, had foreseen this failure long ago, and most likely participated in creating Yang An'er's failure.

He is the worst enemy.

Because this enemy is close at hand and comes the fastest.His subordinates, those ferocious dogs, have already rushed to the territory of Mizhou.

In this kind of world, it is common to plot against each other, not to mention forces like the Red Coat Army and Ding Haijun, Yang An'er also plotted against Guo Ning.So Yang Miaozhen was not angry because of this.

What she was angry about was that Guo Ning had such talent and ability, but he had been serving as the lackey of the Jurchens all along.He insisted on mixing with those savages who entered the Central Plains, but at this time, he attacked the Red Coat Army.

She couldn't figure it out, what was he planning?
Even if you can't figure it out.

The situation is dangerous, and Ding Haijun is just one of many vicious enemies.At this time, what is needed is not to think too much, but to immediately pick up the pear blossom gun in his hand and hit the enemy hard.

This is all she can do.

Yang Miaozhen raised her head and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "My brother is sorry for you!"

Her sharp voice echoed below the city wall in the night.

"He promised to make the soldiers rich and honored, but he failed. In the past few days, soldiers and soldiers died in large numbers, and no one saw where the wealth was. He promised to let the people be safe, He failed. In the territory under the jurisdiction of the Red Coat Army, the lives of the people are still very difficult, and the harvest this autumn may not be good. He promised that everyone would no longer be bullied by the Jurchens, and he did not Do it! He led his army to Henan to fight against the Jin army, but he was defeated and died!"

Everyone was talking in low voices, and there was a buzzing commotion in the crowd.

Amid the restlessness, Yang Miaozhen continued to shout: "Your Marshal Yang, my elder brother Yang An'er is dead! He failed to do what he promised, but now, Ding Haijun has come from the north and is attacking Yao outside the city. The general's camp! The Jin army on Henan Road also came from the west and defeated Huo Yi in Pizhou! The Jin army will continue to march. All of us will have no wealth and no peace. We will either be slaves to the Jurchens , or die!"

In the past few days, Liu Quan, Guo Yao'er and others were trying their best to appease the soldiers and ease their tension and fear, but Yang Miaozhen told the truth completely.

This kind of truth instantly broke the illusory comfort that many soldiers gave themselves, and the panic and fear began to spread rapidly among the crowd.Even from the dark place in the corner by the wall, a low sobbing began to be heard.

Yang Miaozhen stretched out her hand, pulled out a spear from behind her, and held it tightly in her hand.

She wanted to ask loudly, but her throat suddenly hurt and her voice became hoarse: "So, is there anyone who doesn't want to be a slave? Is there anyone who doesn't want to die?"

Her voice was buried in the panicked words of many people, and people in the distance probably didn't hear it.

Only the old soldier who was explaining Ming Di smiled: "Hehe, I don't want to be a dog for the Jurchens, and I don't want to die."

"I'm not afraid of death!" The young soldier beside the old soldier, whose shoulders were wrapped in red cloth, shouted, and said dejectedly, "But I don't want to die either. If I don't become a dog for the Jurchens, I can still live. alright."

At some point, to the east of Zhucheng, the sounds of fighting in the Lushui barracks became more intense.The sound of running and screaming from the rumbling crowd was even more endless.It should be that another army of the Ding Navy responded to Ming Di and had entered the battlefield.

Yang Miaozhen raised the spear with one hand, pointed to the soldiers a little far away: "Where are you?"

When Yang Miaozhen was slowly questioning the soldiers, Guo Ning was hundreds of miles away from her, and Guo Ning was boarding the northern city of Yidu, overlooking the southern city.

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty conquered Murong Chao, flattened Guangguang and solidified the city, and took Yang Muzhi as the governor of Qingzhou.Yangmuzhi built a city in the north of Yangshui, named Dongyang City, and later built a city in the south of Yangshui, named Nanyang City.The two cities of the north and the south are long from east to west and narrow from north to south. The two cities face each other, holding water like a crescent moon.

During the Jingkang period, the Jin army went south, and the northern city was destroyed by fire, leaving only ruins, so Yidu Mansion moved to the southern city.

In recent months, Li Quan has been moving Yidu people to Binzhou. There should not be many guards and strong men in the city.Guo Ning and others felt that it would not be difficult to win the city.

But at this time, Guo Ning was standing on the ruins of the tallest tower in Beicheng, watching while listening to Guo Zhongyuan's report.The content of the report, but how can people not happy.

"Today we attacked the city three times, and counted the soldiers. There were more than [-] casualties when filling the trenches, and another [-] casualties when we went up the ladder. The enemy army was protected by the city wall and had a firm will to fight. Roughly estimated, the casualties were much less than ours."

In Guo Ning's sight, there was a pool of blood in front of the gate of Yidu City.Many of the corpses and broken arms and limbs abandoned by the attacking soldiers were scattered among the pools of blood, showing patches of gray under the moonlight.

Guo Zhongyuan looked at Guo Ning's expression, and continued: "Jieshuai, I think...something is wrong."

　There are no book reviews during the conference, I am not used to it...

　
(End of this chapter)