Bai Ze read the letters on the table and felt in a daze.
What Hong Luan wrote in his first letter was about the outcome of the Zheng-Song War.
The decisive battle at Bishui Pass was outlined by Hong Luan in a few understatements, explaining the final outcome.
Song Zhiwen's army pressed on the border, and the Song army even used siege weapons such as the Abyss Black Fire. It was overwhelming and successfully broke through Sishui Pass.
The fire burned fiercely and the defenders of Sishui Pass suffered heavy casualties.
In order to prevent the jars containing the black fire of the abyss from being thrown into Sishui Pass, the young student Chen Shouren was seriously injured by Song Zhiwen and was captured alive by the Song army.
But just when the Song army rushed into Sishui Pass, broke through the Sishui Pass Wengcheng despite casualties, and started a street battle with the Sishui Pass defenders, and when the two armies were fighting fiercely, something unexpected happened.
The black reinforcements came from both sides of Sishui Pass and cut off the Song army's siege formation. The Song army's men and horses who had already entered Sishui Pass and those who were stranded outside Sishui Pass were left behind, regardless of their head or tail.
The front army of the Song Army and part of the central army had already rushed into Sishui Pass. Tens of thousands of rear troops were still on the other side of Sishui Pass. Nearly 30,000 troops of the central army were rushed from left to right by the reinforcements. In less than an hour, most of them were killed or injured. Almost annihilated.
Lu Yunshan, a veteran of the Song Army, died in the battle, the Chinese army was completely defeated, and all the remaining troops were captured.
Zhang Yan, the inspector general of the Song Army, saw that the Chinese army outside Sishui Pass was almost completely destroyed. He believed that the situation was over and was afraid that the reinforcements from Sishui Pass would cross the Sishui Pass and kill them all, so he directly led his troops to retreat.
At that time, Sishui Pass had been captured by Song Zhiwen.
Xu Guandong, the guard of Sishui Pass, died in the battle.
However, the officers and soldiers guarding the pass refused to surrender, so Song Zhiwen had no choice but to lead his army to the top of the ruined city of Sishui Pass, abandoning the officers and soldiers who would rather die than obey.
Sishui Pass has been surrounded.
The general of the reinforcements was none other than Liu Xianbing, the crown prince of Zheng.
The moment Song Zhiwen saw Liu Xianbing, he suddenly realized. It turned out that Prince Zheng's life was not as miserable as the intelligence said because he was stabbed with a poisoned dagger.
The information sent by the Song Army scouts was false information.
Song Zhiwen made a desperate move and finally broke through Sishui Pass. But the number of soldiers under his command was no more than 20,000.
On the other hand, Liu Xianbing devoted all his country's efforts to the rescue of Sishui Pass, with a total of 70,000 troops.
The outcome of this battle is already determined.
Song Zhiwen surrendered.
Liu Xianbing ordered the Song army to disarm and abandon its troops. Within ten days, all Song soldiers and horses must leave Zheng's territory, otherwise they would be killed without mercy.
Chen Shouren won.
Song Zhiwen returned to the Song Dynasty with the defeated troops of the Song army. The king of Song, Junzi Qi, was furious and deprived Song Zhiwen of all his honors and titles, and expelled him from the court to prevent him from becoming a commoner.
When this Confucian swordsman who was famous in the temples and the world took off his glory and left Suiyang City, he had become a rat on the street, and everyone wanted to beat him.
The people in Suiyang City angrily cursed Song Zhiwen for why he had the nerve to come back, why he didn't die to apologize, and how he had the face to face those 60,000 sons who died in Zheng State.
At first, they threw away rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.
Later, rocks were thrown, and the excited people of Suiyang City began to beat the silent young man.
Until someone in the crowd drew a sword and stabbed Song Zhiwen in the chest.
But Song Zhiwen just remained silent. He pulled out the long sword that stabbed his chest with his backhand and threw it to the ground.
Blood flowed all over the floor.
The angry crowd turned pale in fright at Song Zhiwen's tactics. They no longer dared to take any action, and cursed and moved away from the man covered in blood.
At the end of the letter, Hong Luan wrote:
"More than a month after the battle between Zheng and Song Dynasty, Song Zhiwen and Chen Shouren both broke through the fourth realm and climbed to the fifth realm."
"Song Zhiwen's whereabouts are unknown after he visited the Five Realms."
"Some people said they saw him walking north with a sword in hand."
"As for the traces, I don't know."
The second letter is about the meeting between Zhou Dynasty and Yan State in Mianchi.
Tang Shiqi is dead.
The Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty was assassinated in Mianchi. General Zhenxi failed to protect the isolated city. In anger, the King of Zhou demoted the isolated city to the border gate to guard the border wall.
The meeting in Mianchi ended without any problems.
Everyone knew that Tang Shiqi's death was caused by the State of Yan.
Hongluan wrote in the letter:
"The King of Zhou borrowed a sword to kill people. Once Tang Shiqi died, no one in the Zhou Dynasty could stop him from launching a war."
Before the end of the new year, the situation in the north is rising again, the general situation of the world has become a mess, and the national war is no longer possible to avoid.
The remaining letters mentioned the situation in Zheng and the changes in Jin and Wei respectively.
Zheng Guo experienced civil war and the Battle of Sishui Pass, and his vitality was severely damaged. Prince Liu Xianbing was crowned king, but the domestic situation was no longer optimistic. In nearly one-third of the country, the vassal kings of various towns demanded autonomy and were not under the jurisdiction of Zhengdu.
The new king Liu Xianbing was furious, but after the war, he was unable to quell the rebellion. He could only watch the feudal towns being separated, bandits rising everywhere in the country, and mourning everywhere.
In the middle of winter this year, it is still so cold that it makes people feel chilly in their hearts.
Countless people in the northern border froze to death in this bone-crushing cold.
In the east, the State of Jin, which was separated from the State of Yan by a natural chasm and a single mountain, suddenly launched a war and deprived the two countries of their border.
Qiufeng Pass is one of the four northern passes. It is the boundary between Jin and Wei. It has always been controlled by Wei. However, the Jin State launched a war without warning, catching the Wei State off guard, causing Qiufeng Pass to fall and become a border town of the Jin State. The consequences can be imagined.
The State of Jin officially announced its participation in the national war sequence with the Battle of Qiufengguan.
Hongluan wrote in the letter:
"The battle of Qiufeng Pass is full of doubts. According to our intelligence, there are no rebels inside Qiufeng Pass. But the Jin State was able to launch a blitzkrieg within three days and seize control of Qiufeng Pass. Its destructive power is horrifying. .”
"I suspect that there is an alien race involved in this dispute."
Bai Ze breathed a sigh of relief after reading all the letters.
He put the letter back on the desk, and then he realized that Xiaoman had been standing in front of the door, looking at Bai Ze.
"I've been waiting for the young master for a long time, but he still hasn't come out, so I came to find him." The pretty girl said warmly.
"You put the letter here on purpose for me to read," Bai Ze said with a firm tone, looking into Xiaoman's lake-like eyes.
"That's right." Xiaoman said, "I thought these are things the young master should know."
"Xiao Man, you, Fan Su, and Hong Luan are all from the Blood Shadow Studio."
"Yes." The girl smiled, "Hong Luan is the master of the Blood Shadow Pavilion."
"Where is Ye Qiu?" Bai Ze asked him.
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"
Bai Ze sacrificed the token from the chess piece.
The token was given to him by Ye Qiu when he left the Northern Territory. It was engraved with a shadow character showing teeth and claws.
"He is the owner of the Blood Shadow Building."
"yes."
"This token?"
"It's the Blood Shadow Order." Xiaoman said warmly, "Whoever holds the order is as if the owner of the building is here in person."
Bai Ze took a breath and looked at the girl in the Blood Shadow Studio, "Why would Ye Qiu give such an important thing to me?"
"The poster said that he bet the chance of victory on the young master."
"What are the odds?"
"The North's odds."
The conversation between the two woke up Qing Lin. The little guy jumped out of bed, sat up, stretched out his chubby hands, and rubbed his eyes vigorously. The moment he saw Bai Ze, he suddenly became energetic, "Bai Ze" Ze!"
With that said, he jumped off the bed and ran towards Bai Ze.
Before Qing Lin ran over, Xiaoman stood on tiptoes and whispered in Bai Ze's ear: "Master, I will never do anything detrimental to you when I am by your side. But at the same time, I am not like what the poster told me. , just to warm your bed."
Qing Lin arched into Bai Ze's arms.
Xiaoman smiled and said to the little guy: "Miss, the master said he would take us to dig winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest in the east and come back to make soup. Do you want to go?"
"I'm going, I'm going!" Qing Lin was so happy that she hugged Bai Ze's neck, gave the boy a kiss on the face, "Bai Ze hasn't taken me to play with him for a long time, Lin'er is very happy. Woolen cloth!"
A few people talked and laughed, packed up their things, stepped on the snow on the ground, and walked straight to the green bamboo forest at the east end.
When they arrived at the place, Xiaoman used a trick to blow the snow in the bamboo forest away, revealing a large area of snow-free ground. He put down his backpack and started looking for winter bamboo shoots with a hoe.
This was Qinglin's first time digging winter bamboo shoots. He was always curious about new things. He dug around and the soil was thrown to his head. After a long time of hard work, he still couldn't find a winter bamboo shoot.
Bai Ze smiled and asked Qing Lin to follow him, walked around a few times, selected a place, and told Qing Lin to dig there.
Qinglin dug for a while, and sure enough, a winter bamboo shoot popped out.
"Wow, Bai Ze, you are so awesome!" The little guy was extremely happy, dancing and holding up the winter bamboo shoots in his hand, his eyes sparkling, "How did you know the winter bamboo shoots are in this?"
"Want to learn?" Bai Ze gave up.
"Yeah!" The little head nodded.
"I'll teach you." Bai Ze smiled.
The big one and the small one divided the labor and cooperated in the bamboo forest. One was responsible for searching and the other was responsible for digging. After a while, many winter bamboo shoots had been dug out.
But after all, he is a child and cannot bear his temper. Once the novelty of everything wears off, he feels bored.
Bai Ze smiled and asked Qing Lin to put the dug winter bamboo shoots into a basket and find something for her to do. Then he picked up the hoe and started to do it himself.
Xiaoman looked at the figure in the bamboo forest. He was very skilled in digging winter bamboo shoots, as if he had done this job often.
But for some reason, I always felt that there was a layer of confusion about him that no one could see through.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
Because the person who taught him how to dig winter bamboo shoots has been gone for two years.
For two years, there has been no news.
Bai Ze didn't even know if he was still alive.
Whenever it snows heavily, he misses that person extremely.
I remember when they were together, he would always try his best to celebrate his birthday.
If he were in a town, he would buy roasted chicken and roasted goose, drink some wine, and have a good night's sleep, not to mention how comfortable it would be.
If it were in the deep mountains and old forests, he would go hunting himself and barbecue for Bai Ze to eat.
Sometimes I fail and have to dig winter bamboo shoots.
"Bah, old man, what the hell is this? It tastes so bad!"
"You kid, it's okay to have something to eat. It's better than chewing tree bark, right?"
In the past, Bai Ze disliked this stuff and felt that it was not for human consumption at all.
But now, he actually missed the taste of those days.
Sure enough, the saddest thing is the ruthless years
Time can always change many things.
From hating it to missing it.
Snow is still falling.
There was a lot of excitement.
Ten years of promise, eight years to go.
The young man calculated silently in his mind.
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