Angry Banana
Chapter 741: Approaching Home, Feeling Apprehensive; Complications Arise (Part 1)
"There are some problems. Search: \\(¨Perfect¨End¨Divine¨Station¨\\) to read high-quality literature for free." Ning Yi pulled up a blade of grass from the ground and lay down: "We need to make some preparations for Wang Shitong's side."
"Picking peaches?"
Xi Gua asked a question, and Ning Yi smiled and shook his head:
"I'm not that thirsty. If he progresses steadily, I won't interfere with him. If he doesn't, I hope he can leave some people behind. Out of hundreds of thousands of people, something will always remain in the end. It's hard to say now, let's see how it develops."
Xi Gua lay next to him and looked at him. Ning Yi exchanged a few glances with her, then smiled again: "Wang Shitong is a very smart man. To gather hundreds of thousands of people together with a surge of passion and bring them to the Yellow River when the north moves south is remarkable in itself. But I don't know... maybe at some point, he still collapsed. Seeing so many people die along the way, and almost dying himself, maybe subconsciously he already knew this was a dead end."
Ning Yi looked at the sky, then smiled complexly: "Everyone has such a process: passionate, intelligent, and able to overcome many obstacles... but as you go, you realize that some things can't be achieved with intelligence and risking your life. That morning, I wanted to tell him the truth: many people would die, and the best outcome would be to have tens of thousands left. As the leader, if he could calmly analyze and bear the sins that others couldn't, then after the deaths of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, maybe there could be tens of thousands of combat-ready people left. In the end, everyone could join forces to defeat the Jurchens."
Ning Yi paused, looking at Xi Gua: "But he's too smart. As soon as I opened my mouth, he saw the essence. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are too heavy."
Xi Gua listened to him talk about this, her eyes filled with a smile, then her mouth flattened into a rabbit shape: "Bear... sins?"
"I don't see myself that way, don't worry about me." Ning Yi patted her head. "Hundreds of thousands of people are just trying to survive, and people die all the time. If you really analyze it, who lives and who dies, isn't there a number in your mind? Most people can't stand it, some people don't want to think about it, but if you don't think about it, more people die. This leader is really unqualified."
"Maybe he's worried that you'll let them be the vanguard and then abandon him in the future."
"He doesn't have a choice. Take what help you can get... Actually, if he could really understand the relationship between such cruelty and great kindness, he would be the Black Flag's best ally, and I would help him with all my strength. But since he can't understand it, then forget it. It's better to be biased. The scariest thing about smart people is when they think they have a way out."
Ning Yi pillowed his hands behind his head, watching the starry river in the sky: "Actually, I just feel that I haven't seen Ning Xi and them for so many years. This time I can finally meet them when I go back, and I'm a little sleepless."
"Four years," Xi Gua said. "Xiao Xi still misses you very much. He takes good care of his younger siblings, so you don't need to worry."
Ning Yi looked at the sky and pursed his lips. After a moment, he sat up: "You said, after feeling like his dad died for so many years, I suddenly appear. What will he feel?"
"It's also because you were too thorough."
"I was afraid. Children inevitably let things slip."
He looked up, sighed, and frowned slightly: "I remember more than ten years ago, when I was preparing to go to the capital, I told Tan'er that this trip to the capital felt bad. Once I started doing things, I might not be able to control myself in the future. Later... the Jurchens, the Mongols, those were minor matters. Not seeing my children for four years, bullshit..."
Seeing him frown, slightly showing a fierce aura, Xi Gua, who had been with him for a long time, knew that this was Ning Yi's normal emotional release after a long time. If there were enemies in front of him, they would probably be in big trouble. She hugged her knees: "If there were no these things, would you still be with me? I'm going to rebel."
"Life is always, um, a trade-off." The ferocity on Ning Yi's face faded, and he stood up and took two steps. "Xiao Xi is thirteen, Xiao Ji is ten, Wenwen is eight, they should all be sensible. Xiao He and Xiao Ke are five, Xiao Shuang and Xiao Ning are three, they were basically born without ever seeing me. Of course, I brought it on myself, but there will inevitably be some regrets. My own children, what if they don't recognize me?"
Xi Gua stood up, smiling with clear eyes: "You'll naturally know when you go back and see them. We've taught the children very well."
Ning Yi thought for a while and didn't say anything more. His experience from his previous life, coupled with the sixteen years of this life, had ingrained his composure deep into his bones. However, no matter who it was, children were always the most special existence. When he first arrived in the Wu Dynasty, he only wanted to live a leisurely life. Even if the flames of war came, he could move south with his family and live this life peacefully. Who knew that he would later embark on this path. Even him, he was only tossing and turning in the dangerous tide, walking on the cliff of a hurricane.
During the three years of the battle of Xiao Cang River, he only went south once at the beginning of the second year, and saw Tan'er, Yunzhu, and others who had settled down in the south. At this time, Hong Ti had given birth to Ning He, and Jin'er had also given birth to a daughter, named Ning Ke. This time when he returned home, Yunzhu was pregnant, and Xi Gua, who secretly associated with him, was also pregnant. Later, Yunzhu gave birth to a daughter named Shuang, and Xi Gua's daughter was named Ning. After the battle of Xiao Cang River ended, he hid and concealed his traces. He had never even seen these two daughters.
When the Chinese Army went south, it incorporated many of the Great Qi troops. The original elite troops
were more than half depleted, and the interior was actually chaotic and complex. From the intelligence channels of Lu Mingfang in the north, he knew that Wanyan Xiyin was watching the Chinese Army very closely. On the one hand, he was afraid that the children would accidentally reveal secrets, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Wanyan Xiyin would recklessly take risks and implicate his family. Ning Yi worked tirelessly, sleeplessly, until after the first round of education and purification, Ning Yi strictly examined the state of some of the generals in the army, and selected and trained a group of young people to participate in the operation of the Chinese Army, before he could relax a little. During this period, there were several assassinations, all of which were resolved by Hong Ti, Du Sha, Fang Shuchang and others.
During this time, Tan'er acted as a housekeeper in the Chinese Army, and Hong Ti was responsible for the safety of adults and children. She almost couldn't find time to reunite with Ning Yi. Yunzhu, Jin'er, Xiao Chan, Xi Gua and others occasionally sneaked out to Ning Yi's retreat to accompany him. Even with Ning Yi's strong will, he would occasionally sigh softly when he dreamed back at midnight, thinking about this and that child being sick, injured, or crying weakly.
Two years passed, and the situation in the Chinese Army had been stabilized. This year, Ning Yi and Xi Gua went north together, bypassing Xixia from Tibet, then to the Northwest, and then back to the Central Plains, just in time to encounter the affairs of You Hongzhuo and the Ze Prefecture Ghouls. Now, it was less than a month away from returning home, and even if Wanyan Xiyin really had any actions arranged, Ning Yi had enough precautions.
With the change of the situation in the Central Plains, Qin Shaoqian would continue to lead the Chinese Army in the open. It was no longer a problem for Ning Yi to reunite with his family, or even to occasionally appear. If the Jurchens really wanted to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to fight the Chinese Army in the southwest, then he would fight them again. There was nothing to say.
Since the war with the Jurchens began, even if it spanned several years, for Ning Yi, it was all about racing against time. The bloated Wu Dynasty was still playing the game of recuperation, but Ning Yi, who had been to the north, already knew that once the Mongols swallowed Xixia, they would be able to find the best springboard to directly approach the Central Plains. At this time, in the Northwest, except for the Zhe family and others who were attached to the Jurchens who were still picking up scraps and recovering their livelihoods, most places had become barren land. Without the former Western Army, the gate of the Central Plains was basically wide open. Once that cavalry, which was not yet known to most people in the Central Plains, took this step, the future Central Plains would become a real hell on earth.
Even if the Jurchens would be at odds with them, it would be difficult for the weak to survive in this round of cruel battlefields.
"Thinking about it makes me feel moved..." Ning Yi muttered, walking on the grassy slope with Xi Gua, "After testing the Mongols' intentions..."
As he was talking, someone suddenly came from a distance. The torches flickered a few times, it was a familiar gesture. The figure hidden in the darkness retreated again, and the one coming from the opposite side was Fang Shuchang, who was staying in a nearby town tonight. Ning Yi frowned. If it wasn't something that needed to be dealt with immediately, he probably wouldn't have come over.
"What's wrong?"
"Something happened." Fang Shuchang turned his head and pointed to the distance. In the farthest part of the darkness, there were faint changes in the light.
"Fighting?" Xi Gua frowned. "The Beiwei Army raided Dengzhou at night?"
"No, a group of people from the Dengzhou garrison, and a group of Green Forest people also came out. There were people from all sides. It is said that two nights ago, Jurchen warriors entered Xiangyang and captured General Yue's children out of the city. The Beiwei Army also sent out experts to pursue them. The two sides fought several times, slowing down the speed of the Jurchen team. The news has now spread in Dengzhou and Xinye. Some people are coming to rescue them, and some people are coming to pick them up. Now many people are fighting. It is estimated that it will soon affect this side. We'd better move first."
"General Yue... Yue Fei's children, Yin Ping and Yue Yun." Ning Yi recalled, thinking, "Hasn't the army chased after them yet? If the two sides meet, it will be a big battle."
"I heard that there are experts on the Jurchen side, a total of hundreds of people, who came specifically to kill and behead. The Yue Family Army is very cautious and has not advanced rashly. The experts in front seem to have never caught their position, but they have been chasing some detours. These Jurchens also killed a single staff officer in the Beiwei Army, and paraded his head as a demonstration, thinking highly of themselves. Although Dengzhou Xinye is now chaotic, some Green Forest people have still come out to try to rescue General Yue's children. Look..."
Xi Gua glanced at Ning Yi: "This General Yue used to follow you, so there is some old friendship. Otherwise, let's save them?"
"He is Zhou Tong's disciple, and he is upright. There was an incident of assassinating the emperor, and it is difficult for the two sides to meet. Over the years, his Beiwei Army has looked decent. If he really targets us, I am afraid it will be difficult to cross Xiangyang..." Ning Yi frowned, said these words, raised a finger, "Forget it, let's do our best. If these people really came to behead, there will inevitably be conflicts with you in the future. Before provoking the Beiwei Army, let's detour quickly."
Fang Shuchang nodded, Xi Gua smiled, her figure brushed out from Ning Yi's side, and in the blink of an eye she was two feet away. She casually picked up the black cloak by the fire and wrapped it around her body, turned to a big tree and jumped on her horse, and tightened the reins: "I'll lead the team."
On horseback, the valiant female knight smiled, clean and neat, Ning Yi hesitated: "Hey, you..."
"Don't worry."
The black horse galloped out, she raised her hand, and light spilled from her fingertips. Then, a firework rose.
The autumn wind was bleak, and the torrents surged. Soon after, in the grasslands and forests, figures came crashing through the waves, and began to spread and gather in the same direction.
Ning Yi also mounted
the horse, and together with Fang Shuchang, galloped and spread with those figures. Ahead, a chaotic killing field had already unfolded in the night...
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