Summer has gradually arrived, and the land south of the Yangtze River, which was originally in the midst of war, was blazing with flames. In May, it seemed to be covered by a sudden cold winter. The world situation was like a magical illusion. In a short period of time,

Everyone was surprised, doubtful, and shocked... and then gradually turned into bone-chilling despair.

On the first day of May in Danyang, Junwu woke up from a coma and felt emotions similar to this. The sun was shining brightly that day, and when he woke up, he still had injuries on his body, but he only felt that there were wounds all over his body.

With his blood boiling, his wife came over to help him wash up and drink porridge. He then prepared to summon Yue Fei and other generals, but the first person to come was the envoy from the inner palace who had arrived from Lin'an and had been waiting for a day.

At this time, the emperor Zhou Yong in the rear, his sister Zhou Pei and others had all boarded the dragon boat on the Qiantang River. All affairs in the capital were presided over by a group of ministers. What was currently going on were peace negotiations with the Jurchens.

Orders notifying all frontline armies to cease confrontation were being sent to all frontline areas one after another at this time. The more than 100,000 troops led by General Chen Shao, who had previously been sent from Changzhou to Zhenjiang, stopped advancing towards Xiyin's troops.

At this time, the Tushan Guards led by Xiyin and the troops led by Shu Liesu gave up their massacre of Zhenjiang and slowly turned southward.

Jun Wu, who still had pain in his abdomen, was stunned. It took a lot of effort for him to gradually understand everything in front of him.

Just in Lin'an, the first round of negotiations was underway. Wushu's cavalry wanted to attack the city, but Emperor Zhou Yong had already arrived on the Qiantang River. The officials in the court proposed that the Jurchen army stop moving forward so that the two sides could continue the peace talks. The Jurchen peace talks envoy

In exchange, the minister Wanyan Qingjue requested that all armies of the Wu Dynasty cease fighting and at the same time provide grain and grass supplies to the Jurchen army.

On the basis of such peace talks, the imperial court sent envoys from all walks of life to issue truce orders to the armies in the south of the Yangtze River. On the Jurchen side, Wushu stationed the cavalry outside the city to lure them away, and also conveyed the news to Zongfu on the battlefield in Jiangning. But it seems that,

Xiyin was not willing to abide by such conditions.

The peace negotiations in the imperial court were still going on. After explaining the situation clearly to Jun Wu, the envoys in the inner palace began to persuade Jun Wu to return to the capital. Jun Wu sat on the bedside for a long time, clutching his stomach, and stood up with difficulty.

His wife came from the side and was pushed away by him with a wave of his hand.

He tremblingly pulled out the sword hanging by the bedside, walked towards the official, and pressed the bright sword tip on the opponent's chest:

"If you keep talking, I'll kill you." The officer's voice of persuasion stopped.

On a bright May day, in addition to the sunshine coming through the window, there was also a buzzing sound that was as quiet as an illusion. Jun Wu put down his sword and sat down. After being silent for a long time, he finally said softly: "Please come in, Mr. Wenren."

His wife went out and called Wenren Buer in. Junwu sat there and put his hand on his forehead. It took him a long time to speak, his voice weak and hoarse: "Brother Wenren, do you know everything?"

"……yes."

"My mind... is a little messy. It seems like everything is wrong when I wake up..." Jun Wu said, "What should I do?"

"For the present plan, I can only persuade His Majesty to withdraw his orders. Your Highness's words may be of some use."

"Father, he is... frightened out of his wits. He has already gone to the dragon boat on the Qiantang River. How should I persuade him? If he can be persuaded, the emperor sister..."

When he said this, Wenren Buer came forward and whispered something in his ear, and Junwu understood.

"Since the imperial sister has... I don't know how to convince my father, senior brother Wenren, I would like to trouble you to write a letter for me later, explain my interests to my father, and then hand it over to the internal official later. Wenren.

Senior Brother Ren..." He felt pain in his abdomen and stretched out his hand to press it for a moment, "With this matter now, if Lin'an negotiates peace, will it mean... Jiangnan will be over?"

Wenren Buer's lips moved slightly and he thought for a moment: "I'm afraid... the world is going to end."

Jun Wu stood up, pressing his abdomen. He walked out of the door in despair. His wife came over to help him.

What flashed before his eyes seemed to be the rush and blood from the moment before he fell into coma. He felt the arrow wound in his abdomen and saw the soldiers and people rushing towards the Jurchens. That turbulent moment was what he had longed for most in the past ten years.

moment, but as he woke up from a dream, his father turned around and fled behind him.

He went out in a daze. In the distance on one side of his vision was the city wall of Danyang. On this side was a huge military camp built on a few huts. Farther away was a densely spread refugee camp. His wife said a few words beside him,

Here is the Zhenjiang Army, over there is the Beiwei Army, and so on. Jun Wu thought of Bianliang City more than ten years ago. After the first defense of the city, he witnessed Qin Siyuan being imprisoned. The teacher's mood even

Perhaps this is how Yu Wenren Buer feels.

I want to lead this army back to Lin'an and keep my father.

He thought of this in his mind, and then stopped. Outside Lin'an City, Wushu's army was already encamped. In fact, no one could get through this section.

Send people back, lobby all parties, rescue his sister, leave the dragon boat, do his best and obey fate... Various thoughts flashed through his mind. He walked slowly to the slope on the side of the house, and then he saw a star

He sat down under the sickly tree. The half-split branches of the tree cast uneven shades in the afternoon sun. Junwu sat on the stone and watched the summer sunshine shining on the land in front of him.

Not long after, my wife said next to me: "General Yue is here."

Jun Wu straightened up and asked him to come over. Yue Fei came over wearing armor to meet him. Jun Wu smiled and said, "General Yue, what should I do next? This world...can't hold on any longer."

"This is why the general is here."

"General, do you have any ideas?"

"For the current plan, the first priority is to stabilize the situation in Lin'an. Send a small number of people to contact everyone in the Princess's Mansion to try to retain Her Majesty, or if it is not possible, try to retain Her Majesty the Princess. The Prince writes a letter to persuade Your Majesty to change his mind.

The first thing to do..."

When Yue Fei said this, he held up his hands and paused: "However, since Her Royal Highness the Princess cannot stabilize the situation in Lin'an, Her Royal Highness may not be able to achieve anything if she takes action. Her Royal Highness has to consider the follow-up matters when there is no way to save the day... With our court

In the current situation, if Your Majesty escapes, the morale of the army and the people in the world may be lost. The gentry and officials from all over the world will hardly be able to fight against the Jurchens. The fall of the world is close at hand, but the only glimmer of hope is still here with Your Highness."

"General Yue is hope..."

"If Your Majesty leaves, half of the princes in the world will kneel down in front of the Jurchens, but there must be half or even most of the loyal people who miss the good old days of our court and are unwilling to switch to the Jurchens. But even so, our court's justice has been lost.

It will be difficult to fight against the Jurchens again. Half-hearted people like those who appeared when His Highness was guarding Zhenjiang may appear one after another. The most important thing for the current plan is to clean up the internal affairs so that His Highness can still have combatable soldiers. As long as he still has a

With the power of war, even if Lin'an kneels down and the world falls, we will still have the people's aspirations south of the Yangtze River, and there will still be room for maneuver whether to fight or to stay."

Yue Fei's words were sonorous and categorical: "In the past eight years, His Highness has been rectifying military discipline in the world, but in fact he still had to win over and compromise among the officials, powerful ministers and generals of all parties. With millions of troops, military discipline cannot be unified and law enforcement must not be strict. Therefore,

Only then did Xi Yin from the south of the Yangtze River take advantage of the situation. I would like to ask His Highness, as the crown prince, to summon all the officials from all sides that can be summoned at the moment, to withdraw the military power, to strictly supervise the situation, and to tighten military discipline!"

"In an emergency, extraordinary measures should be taken." Jun Wu's eyes flashed and he stood up, "But if I do this, I am afraid I will break with Lin'an and the hearts of most of the nobles in the world."

"Reporting to Your Highness, if Your Majesty escapes, the people of this world may no longer be completely trustworthy. The only thing Your Highness can rely on is the few things you can hold in your hands."

At this point, Yue Fei's words were frank to the extreme, and Jun Wu could naturally understand. Over the past eight years, all the frontline armies have been painstakingly built. In fact, Yue Fei's Beiwei Army has the most stringent military laws, and many times it is so strict that it is a human being.

Despite the level of criticism, when the war breaks out, the most capable fighter is this Beiwei army.

The rest, such as Han Shizhong's Zhenjiang Army, were isolated from many external influences through the prince's majesty and Han Shizhong's name. So far, he led more than 100,000 troops to guard Zhenjiang, and he was still an elite in the Wu Dynasty army.

, but just one or two spies later destroyed the battle line of more than 100,000 people, and even destroyed the foundation of the entire Wu Dynasty. It is heartbreaking to think about it.

In the past, he was the prince of the Wu Dynasty. Even if he could maintain the morale of one or two armies despite huge obstacles, facing a country with tens of millions of people and various forces, he had to make various trade-offs and make concessions.

.In order to increase the chips for victory, he killed his brother-in-law, which almost made his wife die of depression. But in the end he was unable to save himself.

At this point, if my father escapes Lin'an, the whole world will collapse, and the whole mess will be a mess. If he cannot accept the demands of various vested interests, it will be nothing more than a dead end - he no longer has to compromise.

The sun gradually began to become harsh in May and shone through the crooked trees. Jun Wu pressed the wound on his waist, his eyes gradually condensed and became determined.

"Okay." There was murderous intent coming out of him, "It's time to kill!"

He strode down the slope.

"General Yue, even if the mountains and rivers are in chaos... you and I will not surrender until death."

Yue Fei cupped his hands and said: "The last general takes orders."

Summer is gradually deepening, and the atmosphere in the world is gradually beginning to change.

On the second day of May, Junwu summoned all the generals of the Zhenjiang city defense army in Danyang. With the 30,000 elite troops of Beiwei Army as the core, he began to consolidate military power and tighten military discipline. At the same time, he wrote a book to lobby the armies in the south of the Yangtze River, analyzed the current situation, stated the interests and disadvantages, and hoped that all parties would

Even if the forces on the other side face this critical situation, they can still put the interests of the Wu Dynasty first, strictly adhere to the bottom line, and jointly fight against the Jurchens.

Danyang's purge and reorganization began in the most severe form. At the same time, Xi Yin and Yin Shuke's troops ignored the prerequisites for peace talks and quickly went south. In the court hall of Lin'an, Wanyan Qingjue declared that "the peace negotiator is the sect."

On the grounds that the two marshals Fu and Zongbi were unable to restrain Xiyin's troops, he promised to send envoys to try to delay or stop the march of the Ceres' troops southward. On a practical level, this was of course empty talk.

Zhou Yong had already boarded the dragon boat at this time, and did not care about the Jurchens coming south. The armistice order was sent to all directions. In the next few days, with the power of the princess's palace, the prince's palace, the Chinese army and the main war factions in the city

The various forces at the core continued to intercept and rescue Zhou Yong and Zhou Pei, and the situation in Beijing became chaotic for a while, with fighting everywhere.

On the fifth day of May, during the Dragon Boat Festival when Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, Zhou Yong ordered the dragon boat fleet to set sail after it was determined that Xi Yin's troops were gradually approaching Lin'an, and they sailed away from the sea. As a result, Qin Hui was summoned by Zhou Yong to board the dragon boat and fled the capital.

The peace talks in Beijing were presided over by some ministers headed by the peacemaker Li Nanzhou. Zhou Yong hoped that they could resist the Jurchens' persecution and obtain orders for the Wu Dynasty without "any worries."

Satisfactory terms of surrender.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, Xi Yin's troops arrived in Lin'an and silently began to set up siege equipment. The negotiation situation was in chaos. Wanyan Qingjue forced Li Nanzhou, who was in charge of the emperor's seal at this time, to draft an edict and sent an envoy to summon Han Shizhong to leave Jiangning.

On May 11th, the envoy heading for Jiangning was stopped halfway by the men sent by Prince Junwu. At the same time, the army that had initially completed the reorganization of Danyang began to move towards Jiangning. After ten years of operation, Jiangning can be regarded as the true leader of Junwu.

At the base camp of Zongfu, hundreds of thousands of Zongfu troops lay across the road, and the two sides faced off south of Jiangning.

At the same time, the imperial court began to issue orders continuously, telling Prince Junwu not to lead his army into rash actions and not to start a war with the Jurchens. Junwu left the order without replying.

In the long middle of May, countless people and countless wills were united in private across the land of the Wu Dynasty. When the news of the armistice reached Xiangfan, Liu Guangshi looked up to the sky and sighed, with tears streaming down his face. But he had already done it.

Be prepared to fight to the death. At this time, the news of internal strife and split in the Chinese Army coming from the southwest also more or less increased the bargaining chips in the hands of the Jurchens.

By the end of May, the nerves of all parties were stretched to the extreme. On the evening of May 26, Lin'an City, Wanyan Xiyin was fully prepared to attack the city, and the Forbidden Army General Niu Xingguo and others

In the most desperate circumstances, a rebellion was launched.

At this time, various humiliating and traitorous regulations in the court had been drafted, the city gates of Lin'an were about to be opened, and the Jurchen army of 100,000 people outside the city was ready to move. The first batch of "labor army" women who were collected at the urging of the Jurchens had already

As they prepare to be sent out of Lin'an City, another most tragic humiliation of Jingping is about to begin.

The rebels left the city and faced one hundred thousand Jurchens, who were facing a dead end. If they stayed in the city, when the Jurchens entered the city in a dignified manner, everyone would also be dead. The "rebels" in Lin'an City finally chose to strike a desperate blow.

This evening, the two city gates to the west and south of Lin'an were opened, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians began to surge out of the city. Jurchen soldiers also chased them. It was getting dark, and raging fires were burning in Lin'an.

The city was burning. Niu Xingguo and other generals led the Forbidden Army soldiers to try to block the pursuit of the Jurchens on the front line outside Lin'an City. However, they were soon dispersed by Wushu's cavalry. Some soldiers and people carried bombs and fired gunpowder at the women.

The real person launched a suicidal attack.
To be continued...