Angry Banana

Chapter 740 Deep Water Undercurrents, Shadow of Calamity (II)

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The stars shifted, and the night deepened. In the Xiangyang camp, the discussion about the Black Flag's information in the north came to a temporary end. Search: \(?Complete?Book?God?Station) Read high-quality literature for free. Generals and staff members came out of the central military camp one after another, dispersing in various directions while discussing.
At this time, several staff members such as Sun Ge were still in the room discussing the current situation with Yue Fei. Yue Yinping served tea to them and came out of the room first. The midnight wind was gentle. She took a deep breath, imagining the weight of the many things discussed tonight.
The reappearance of the Huaxia Army, the earth-shattering changes in the north, the suspected traces of that Mr. Ning... and the possible actions of the Jurchens. Perhaps, there will really be another war.
She was not afraid of this. As Yue Fei's adopted daughter, Yue Yinping was fourteen years old this year. She was a child who grew up in the flames of war. She had seen too many tragedies of defeat, refugees, and escapes with her father. Her adoptive mother died of illness on the way south, indirectly because of the damned Jurchen dogs. There was hatred in her heart. She had been learning martial arts with her father since she was a child, and she also had a solid foundation in martial arts.
Previously, Yue Fei did not want her to be exposed to the battlefield, but since she was eleven years old, the little Yue Yinping had become accustomed to running around with the army, maintaining order among the refugees. Last summer, in an accidental encounter, Yinping personally killed two Jurchen soldiers with her superb swordsmanship. Yue Fei no longer stopped her and was willing to let her come to the army to learn something.
"You are the daughter of my Yue family. Unfortunately, you have learned swords and guns. At this time of collapse, since you have to go to the battlefield, I can't stop you. But when you go to the battlefield, you must be careful first, don't die unclearly, and make others sad."
Yinping had been with Yue Fei since she was a child, and knew that her father had always been serious and upright. Only when he said these words did he show rare gentleness. However, Yinping, who was still young, would naturally not delve into the meaning of it. She was satisfied to feel her father's concern. At this time, knowing that she might really go to war with the Jurchen dogs, her heart was filled with generosity and joy.
She took two deep breaths of fresh air at the door and walked along the camp wall to the side. When she reached the corner, she suddenly discovered a figure not far from the corner of the wall who seemed to be eavesdropping. Yinping frowned and glanced at it, then walked over. It was Yue Yun, who was two years younger than her.
"Sister, I heard that the Huaxia Army has taken action in the north?"
Yue Yun, who was twelve years old, had just started to grow. He was more than a head shorter than Yue Yinping, but he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child and was extremely diligent. At this time, he looked like a very healthy and sturdy child. Seeing his sister coming, his eyes showed a bright light in the darkness. Yue Yinping glanced at the main camp next to her and reached out to pinch his ear.
"Ah, sister, it hurts, it hurts..." Yue Yun didn't dodge, was pinched shorter, and reached out to pat Yinping's wrist, saying softly.
"You still know it hurts. Don't you know the military discipline? How can you get close to here?" the girl said in a low voice.
"Sister, I just came over. I have something to do with Father, ah..."
"Hmph, you're hiding here. Father probably already knows. You wait..."
As Yue Yinping spoke, she heard voices and footsteps coming from the camp room. It was her father who had already gotten up to see people out. She thought she knew her father's martial arts were superb. He was originally a closed disciple of Grandmaster Zhou Tong, the number one in the world. Over the years, he had been sincere and forward, and had reached the pinnacle. However, these skills were not obvious on the battlefield, and he rarely mentioned them to others. But how could Yue Yun, a child, running to the corner of the wall to eavesdrop, escape his father's ears.
Sure enough, after seeing Sun Ge and others off, that dignified figure walked towards them: "Yue Yun, I have already said that you are not allowed to enter the military camp at will. Who let you in?"
"Father, younger brother he..."
"Yinping, you just saw him, you don't know the reason, why are you opening your mouth!" In front, Yue Fei looked at the two of them with a frown. His tone was calm, but it was strict. This year, Yue Pengju, who was thirty-four years old, had already shed the passion and immaturity of the past, leaving only the responsibility of resisting an entire army. "Yue Yun, I have told you the reason why you are not allowed to enter the military camp at will. Do you still remember?"
"I remember." The child, who was not tall, straightened his chest. "Father said that after all, I am the son of the main general. Even if I am humble and self-restrained, those soldiers will give me convenience because of Father's face. Over time, this will ruin my character!"
"The fact that they let you in today proves that this is true."
"That's not true." Yue Yun raised his head. "I really have something to see Father today."
Yue Fei's eyes narrowed: "Oh? You little kid, it seems you know some important military information?"
"Father, I pushed that big rock. You once said that as long as I pushed it, you would let me join the war. I am now a member of the Beiwei Army. Those brothers in the army will let me in!"
Yue Yinping blinked and looked at Yue Yun in surprise. The little boy stood neatly and was full of vigor. Yue Fei looked at him and fell silent.
It turned out that this pair of children had been learning inner strength from him since they were young, and their foundation was very good. Yue Fei's character was resolute, brave, and extremely upright. Over the years, he had seen the tragedy of the fall of the Central Plains. The family's education in this area had always been very positive.
The two children had been influenced by this emotion since they were young, and they were determined to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
After Yinping joined the army, Yue Yun naturally made a request. Yue Fei pointed to a large rock and said that as long as he could push it, he would agree to his idea. After capturing Xiangyang, Yue Yun came over, and Yue Fei pointed to another similar one. He thought that although the two children were quite skilled, it was not yet time to use brute force. Letting Yue Yun push instead of lifting a certain boulder was a good way to train him to use his strength skillfully without hurting his body. Who knew that the twelve-year-old child actually pushed the one he pointed to in Xiangyang City.
Perhaps he was careless at the beginning and pointed to one that was too easy to push...
Yue Fei was silent for a long time, and the scene was awkward for a while. After a while, he raised his head: "We'll talk about this tomorrow. You go and rest for a while, and let your sister send you back later... Yinping, you come with me for a walk."
Yue Yun looked triumphant: "Father, if you have any ideas, you can choose two prisoners to compete with me and see if I can go to the battlefield and kill the enemy. You can't go back on your word!"
"... We'll talk about it later." Yue Fei carried his hands behind his back and turned to leave. Yue Yun was still excited at this time and pulled Yue Yinping: "Sister, you have to say a few good words for me."
"You're not even as tall as a horse, you shorty."
Yinping knew the difficulty of this matter for both sides, and rarely frowned and said something harsh. Yue Yun didn't care and waved his hand with a silly smile on his face: "Hehe."
Yue Yinping turned around and chased after her father.
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In the military camp, many soldiers had already rested. The father and daughter walked leisurely one after the other. Yue Fei carried his hands behind his back and looked at the night sky in front of him, but remained silent all the way. When they were about to reach the edge of the military camp, he stopped: "Yue Yinping, what do you think of today's matter?"
"The Jurchens? If they come, just fight."
She was a young girl, and her words were simple, but Yue Fei in front of her did not feel disappointed in her eyes. He even glanced at her with some approval and pondered for a moment: "Yes, if they want to come, we can only fight. Unfortunately, many adults don't understand this simple truth..." He sighed, "Yinping, over the years, there are three people in my father's heart whom I admire and respect. Do you know who they are?"
The girl just thought for a while: "Grandmaster Zhou Tong must be one of them."
"Yes." After a moment of silence, Yue Fei nodded. "Master was upright throughout his life. He would do his best for anything that was right, but he was never pedantic or rigid. He roamed throughout his life and eventually died for assassinating Nianhan. His character is the pinnacle of chivalry. My father looks up to him, but the paths are different - of course, Master accepted me as a disciple in his later years and taught me archery and battle formations, mainly charging into formations. Perhaps this was one of his later thoughts."
"The second one..." Yinping pondered for a moment, "Could it be Elder Zong Ze?"
A smile appeared on Yue Fei's face: "Yes, Elder Zong Ze. I don't know him very well. However, since the shame of Jingping, he has been guarding Bianliang alone, planning and working hard. When he was dying, he shouted 'Cross the river!' These two words are also what my father has been hoping for in the past eight years. I think about them all the time, without reducing them. Elder Zong Ze dedicated his life to the country and the people, and he is similar to another elder at the beginning..."
"The third person my father is talking about... could it be Lord Li Gang?"
She saw a complicated smile on her father's face.
"This third person can be said to be one person, or two people..." A look of remembrance appeared on Yue Fei's face. "When the Jurchens had not yet gone south, many people were running around to prevent it. Later, when the Jurchens invaded south, this old man and his disciples also did many things. The first time they defended Bianliang, they fortified the walls and cleared the fields, maintained logistics, and provided supplies for every army. Although it was not obvious on the front line, their contribution in it was indelible. Until the battle of Xiacun, they defeated Guo Yaoshi's army..."
He paused here. Yinping was smart, but she already knew what he was talking about.
"Father is referring to Right Minister Qin Siyuan, and that... Black Flag Ning Yi?"
"You know quite a lot."
"My daughter was still young at the time, but I vaguely remember that my father worked with that Ning Yi. Later, you never hated the Black Flag, but you never told others."
"The big mistake has been made, the past is over, and it's useless to talk about it."
"But... that Ning Yi has no ruler or father, it's really..."
Yue Yinping frowned, wanting to say something but hesitating. Yue Fei glanced at her and nodded: "Yes, this is indeed his big mistake. However, over the years, whenever I recall the events of the past, only that Ning Yi and the Right Minister's Mansion worked in an orderly manner. Thousands of things were sorted out clearly in their hands, which made my father look up to them. During the first Jurchen invasion south, if it wasn't for their work in the rear, Qin Xiang's organization in Bianliang, Ning Yi's continuous clearing of the fields, and the reorganization of the defeated soldiers and the revitalization of morale at the most difficult time, without the delay in Bianliang and the great victory in Xiacun, I'm afraid the Wu Dynasty would have died long ago."
He sighed: "At that time, there was no shame of Jingping, and no one had expected that my great Wu Dynasty would be beaten to this point today. The Central Plains fell, the people were displaced, and tens of millions died... Yinping, that was the time since the war between the Jin and Wu countries."
, the most hopeful moment my father felt, it was really amazing, if it weren't for the later events..."
Yue Yinping didn't know how to respond. Yue Fei took a deep breath: "If we don't talk about his rebellious actions, but only about Bianliang, Xiacun, and the subsequent three years of the Huaxia Army and Xiaocanghe, Ning Yi's methods and all his achievements are almost unmatched. I have trained soldiers for ten years and captured Xiangyang, but when the Black Flag came out, he killed Tian Hu. In terms of overall situation, my father is not even one ten-thousandth of the Black Flag."
Yinping said: "However, the Black Flag is just scheming..."
Yue Fei waved his hand: "If things are useful, they should be admitted. The Black Flag resisted the Jurchens for three years in Xiaocanghe and defeated more than a million puppets. My father has now taken Xiangyang, but I am still worried about whether we can win if the Jurchens send troops. The gap is the gap." He looked up at the flag fluttering in the night wind not far away. "Beiwei Army... Yinping, he rebelled at the beginning and had a conversation with my father, saying that he would give my father the name of an army."
"Name..." Yue Yinping widened her eyes and couldn't help but speak. Yue Fei smiled and nodded.
"Yes, Beiwei... He said that it means a person carrying a mountain, and it also refers to an army carrying a mountain-like weight. I think, going up the mountain and down to the ghosts, carrying high mountains, dedicating one's life to the country, this body becoming a ghost... Over the years, my father has been worried that this army has failed this name."
"..." The girl frowned, thinking about these things. Over the years, Yue Fei often told his family the meaning and weight of this name, and Yinping had naturally been familiar with it for a long time. Only today did she hear her father talk about the origin of this name, and she was naturally greatly shocked. After a while, she said: "Father, what are you saying these things..."
As soon as this sentence was asked, the father's expression in front of him became strange. He hesitated for a moment: "Actually, the most powerful thing about this Ning Yi has never been on the battlefield. Planning, employing people, and managing many things in the rear are what he is really good at. The real battle formation is often just a small skill..."
He stopped here with a troubled expression and didn't say any more. Yinping was stunned for a long time and then laughed: "Father, daughter... daughter knows, I will definitely help persuade my younger brother..."
"Hey, what I said... is not really..."
"Pfft--" Yinping covered her mouth. After a while, she tried her best to look solemn. Yue Fei looked at her with embarrassment, difficulty, and apology in his eyes. After a moment, he turned his gaze away and couldn't help but laugh: "Hehe... Hahahaha... Hahahahahaha..."
The laughter spread in the night along with his internal strength. For a time, it suppressed the silence in all directions, like a huge echo in an empty valley. After a while, the laughter stopped, and the face of this thirty-year-old general, who was extremely upright, also had a complicated expression: "Since I let you go to the battlefield, I shouldn't have said these things. It's just... a twelve-year-old child doesn't know how to protect himself, let him choose one more time. If he is a little older... a man should go to the battlefield to kill the enemy..."
"Yes, daughter knows." Yinping suppressed her laughter, "Daughter will try her best to persuade him, but... Yue Yun is a silly one-track mind, daughter is not sure if I can really persuade him."
"Go."
Unwilling to make a fool of himself in front of his daughter, Yue Fei waved his hand. After Yinping left, he stood there, looking at the darkness outside the military camp, for a long, long time without speaking. Young children regard war as a child's play, but for adults, it has a completely different meaning. Yue Pengju, who was thirty-four years old, was strong and shrewd externally, and iron-blooded and serious internally, but in his heart, he still had some things that he couldn't get over.
If he had a tongue like Ning Yi's, things might be much better now. He thought in his heart.
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Later that night, Yinping found Yue Yun, who was still meditating and adjusting his breathing to pretend to be calm, in his father's camp. The two of them left the military camp together, preparing to return to the house they were temporarily living in outside the camp. Yue Yun asked his sister about the progress of the matter, while Yinping frowned, considering how to hold back this one-track-minded kid for a moment.
At this time, a section of the Xiangyang city wall had collapsed in several battles, and repairs were still continuing. For the convenience of observation, the house where Yue Yun and others were temporarily living was on one side of the city wall. The craftsmen repairing the city wall had already rested, and there was not much light on the road. She had little Yue Yun carry the lantern, and the two talked intermittently. As they were walking forward, a figure came from the front.
The figure was tall. When they got closer, Yinping's words stopped. The person in front of them was burly. As he walked forward, his figure seemed to be growing - changing from harmless to dangerous, this was a symbol of a green forest expert releasing his aura. Even a true expert might not be able to hide his clumsiness to this extent.
"You two are the little generals of the Yue family..." When the figure got closer, the firelight revealed a black face full of scars.
Yinping grabbed Yue Yun's shoulder: "Who are you?"
In one step, the giant had already reached out and grabbed them.
In Yinping's hand, the Drifting Shadow Sword was unsheathed like white silk. At the same time, she opened the lid of the signal arrow. Beside her, the twelve-year-old Yue Yun sank like a mountain, shouted loudly, and punched out a heavy punch. The two of them could be said to be direct descendants of the Zhou Tong lineage. Even if they were young girls and children, they were not enemies that ordinary green forest masters could resist. However, at this moment, the black-skinned giant's big hand was like a huge seal covering the sky, catching the wind and thunder and pressing down!
——Not long after
There was a loud alarm, and someone rushed into the military camp covered in blood, telling Yue Fei: Some pseudo-Qi or Jurchen masters had entered the city and kidnapped Yinping and Yue Yun, and rushed out of the city wall.
After a while, Gao Chong, Niu Gao and others took the military's good players and quickly chased them out -
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Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.
Since the Zezhou affair, Ning Yi and Xigua and others have been heading south all the way, and have already embarked on the road back. Along the way, the two of them took Fang Shuchang and a group of guards and followers, sometimes traveling together and sometimes separately, inquiring about the people's livelihood, conditions, and various intelligence along the way every day, walking and stopping, crossing the Yellow River and Bianliang, and gradually, when they reached the vicinity of Dengzhou and Xinye, they were not far from Xiangyang.
Ning Yi was unwilling to rashly enter the territory of the Beiwei Army, and the idea was to detour. He seemed leisurely on this road, but in fact he had many things to do, and he needed to think about the planning. One night in mid-July, the couple were camping in the wild in a carriage. Ning Yi thought about things until midnight, and slept very lightly, so he quietly came out to get some air. Not long after sitting on the grass where the bonfire was gradually dying, Xigua also came over.
"I've seen you haven't been resting well these past two days. Are you worried about the Jurchens or Wang Shitong?"
"You know I'm worried about Wang Shitong." Ning Yi smiled.
"You have made a lot of arrangements for him these days, how can you hide it from me." Xigua straightened her legs, reached out and grabbed her toes, folding and stretching her body on the grass. Ning Yi reached out and touched her hair.
"There are some problems." he said.
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