Since the Qi Dynasty, hard biscuits, salt cubes and sauce have become a three-piece set necessary for marching. Compared with the situation in the Chu Dynasty and earlier periods where soldiers could only eat millet every meal, this has been a great improvement.

Big improvement, but still not delicious.

After barely filling their stomachs until they were 80% full, the two began to talk about national affairs in the dark.

Although the Pingding Army is an inconspicuous army, it is located in a strategic location after all. On weekdays, the soldiers can more or less get a lot of information from the outside world from their superior officers.

Wang Fang sighed softly: "Brother Zhao, I have some regrets recently and sent my wife and children back."

Zhao Haiping thought for a while: "Why? The Jin soldiers have already moved south. Although the West Route Army is blocked by the strong city of Taiyuan at this time, many armies will bypass Taiyuan City if they are not protected. By then, our Pingding Army will inevitably be involved.

flames of war.

"Your decision to send your wife and children back was the right one."

Wang Fang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Zhao, you don't know something. The latest military information has been transmitted today. The Jin people's West Route Army is blocked in the fortified city of Taiyuan and cannot be conquered in a short time, so even our pacification army will encounter enemies.

, but as long as Taiyuan is not lost, we will probably not encounter a large number of Jin people.

"However, my hometown is in Xiangzhou, which is the only place where the Jin people's East Route Army must pass from Yanjing to Daliang...

"The East Route Army has been unstoppable along the way. It is said that the prefectures, counties and armies along the way have not been able to establish any resistance. It is estimated that in three or two days, the Jin soldiers will march through Cenqiao Station and reach the capital city..."

Only then did Zhao Haiping realize why Wang Fang regretted it, and for a moment he didn't know what to say to comfort him.

Everyone originally thought that the Jin soldiers would definitely take Taiyuan as their main attack direction, so pacifying the county would become a very dangerous place.

Many soldiers like Wang Fang finally made the decision to send their wives and children back to their hometowns.

It stands to reason that if Yanjing could resist for a longer time, or if the Jin soldiers did not put their main attack direction on the east road, or if the Jin soldiers did not plan to attack the capital directly, places like Xiangzhou would be safer.

However, the Jin's East Route Army was actually smoother than the West Route Army. It did not encounter much resistance along the way and was about to reach the capital city.

So what kind of purgatory scene should be along the way?

Regarding this point, Zhao Haiping is more aware than aborigines like Wang Fang.

For Wang Fang and others, they have never really dealt with the Jin people.

Since the founding of the Jin people, they have always shown a friendly and cooperative relationship with the Qi Dynasty. On the surface, the two sides seem to be relatively harmonious. This large-scale southern invasion was the first time that the Jin people and the Qi Dynasty faced off with swords.

Therefore, Wang Fang and others have not yet seen the cruelty of the Jin people.

However, Zhao Haiping knew that during this historical period before and after the Qi Dynasty, the Jin people could almost be said to be the most brutal, surpassing even many barbarians in the past and the Northern Barbarians after that.

Take the extremely cruel nomadic tribes like the Northern Barbarians. They massacre cities and fill the fields with people at every turn. Whenever they conquer a land, they usually kill everyone except the craftsmen.

However, in the process of the Northern Barbarians annexing the Qi Dynasty, they showed more or less sincerity to some of the old officials of the Qi Dynasty. Many important officials were killed only after trying to persuade them to surrender many times to no avail.

Of course, even so, it cannot change the nature of the heavy slaughter of the Northern Barbarians. The Shenzhou Luchen era when the Northern Barbarians took over the Central Plains was nothing less than a hell on earth for the people of the Central Plains.

But the cruelty of the Jin people is far beyond this.

The Jin people slaughtered the city even more than the Northern Barbarians, and they had no respect for the royal family, ministers, clansmen, etc. of the Qi Dynasty, and they abused and humiliated them for fun. Wherever the Jin soldiers went, basically there was no grass growing.

Everywhere he passed was in ruins.

Therefore, even if the Jin people controlled the entire north of the Yangtze River through powerful military power in the future, they never established a stable rule. Rebels similar to Yu Jiaxuan sprang up, and they could only reluctantly achieve indirect rule by supporting various traitors.

The soldiers of the Jin people even used massacre as a passive skill. During the Battle of Niuzhu, Wanyan Hailing, out of the desire to maintain stability, strictly ordered his soldiers not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, which actually caused the morale of the army to be extremely low.

, even eventually promoted a mutiny and killed Wanyan Hailing.

From this we can also see from the side how serious the consequences will be if these golden soldiers are not allowed to massacre.

At this time, the Jin people can be seen as a nation with full military skills but negative political skills. Everything they did seemed to deliberately provoke greater resistance from the people of the Qi Dynasty.

If the Jin army happened to pass by the small county where Wang Fang's wife and children lived, the consequences... would be unimaginable.

Zhao Haiping thought for a while and comforted him: "The Jin's East Route Army was unstoppable along the way. The commander of the East Route Army, Wanyan Sheng, strictly ordered the Jin soldiers to march straight to the capital. I don't think there will be much time for burning, killing and looting on the way. As long as

If people along the way receive the news in time and flee into the mountains, they will probably be fine."

Wang Fang sighed: "Oh, I can only comfort myself like this.

"Brother Zhao, how do you think it will end this time when the Jin people go south?"

Zhao Haiping was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head: "I don't know."

Although he knew the subsequent script, it was too heavy for a low-level soldier like Wang Fang.

Zhao Haiping knew that since the Pingding Army had become an important location in this dungeon, it would inevitably be involved in the flames of war and experience a major battle in the future. As for whether he and Wang Fang could survive this battle, it was indeed difficult to say.

Therefore, it is better not to cause trouble to the other party.

In the darkness, Wang Fang let out a long breath and sighed: "In the past few years, the Gong Gong princes in the court have made frequent mistakes. I really don't know what they think.

"First, I thought of redeeming Yanyun and spent a lot of money to buy back an empty city. Then I mobilized all kinds of manpower and resources to enrich it. The final result was that with the Jin people's southward invasion, all these things were advantageous to the Jin people.

"I even heard that the imperial court planned to take in the exiled Emperor Tianzuo to show its 'lenience' to its former allies, and also wanted to have an extra bargaining chip with the Jin people; it even first accepted and then killed the Jin people's rebels

Leader Zhang Jue...

"He is showing cowardice and seeking death, like an ignorant child who insists on playing with fire without realizing it. It is only a matter of time before he gets burned.

"As expected, the Jin people just found an excuse and sent their troops southward. However, none of the Gonggun princes in the entire dynasty had a good strategy to fight the enemy. The number one general in the dynasty, Tong Daofu, actually escaped from Taiyuan as soon as the Jin people went south.

, returned to the capital, and fled south with the Guan family, hey!"

Zhao Haiping chuckled: "By killing the uprising, we redeemed the first general who was awarded the title of Yanjing..."

Wang Fang sighed: "Yes.

"But there are still many people in the army who say that since Tong Daofu can be crowned king as a eunuch and has experienced meritorious service in the northwest war, he must be a very talented general.

"As for why we escaped from Taiyuan this time, we must have seen many things that we couldn't see..."

Zhao Haiping couldn't help but burst into laughter, shook his head and said: "That's not the case. Sometimes, people at the bottom don't need to look too high on the Gonggun princes in the court. Many of them stand there because of luck or other reasons.

People in positions, with the interests of all parties involved, often make foolish decisions not necessarily because they have other plans, or simply because they have such a choice.

"Take the matter of Tong Daofu abandoning Taiyuan as an example. Perhaps it is just because Tong Daofu is not restrained and does not want to live and die with Taiyuan. And he knows that even if he escapes back to the capital, he has a high-sounding reason. Whether it is the DPRK or the Central Government,

Neither officials nor other political opponents can touch him.

"If that's the case, why bother taking risks? In many cases, it's just as simple as greed for life and fear of death."

Wang Fang nodded: "That's what Brother Zhao said. So where does Brother Zhao think the Pingding Army will go in the end?"

Zhao Haiping was silent for a moment and whispered: "Just try to survive, that's all."

After this period of life, Zhao Haiping has roughly guessed the goal of this mission.

Judging from the current war situation, if no particularly serious unexpected situation occurs, the Pingding Army will almost certainly be involved in the war in the future, and it will only be a matter of time before the entire army is annihilated.

Then, as a player, Zhao Haiping's mission goal is probably to find a way to survive, or to kill a key figure before dying in battle.

After all, this is just the first stage of the challenge, it won't be too difficult, but the degree of freedom won't be very high either.

It's just that Zhao Haiping is a little confused. Didn't the previous announcement say that heroes who have already cooperated can be summoned at will in the past historical slices?

But so far, Zhao Haiping has not seen this option.

Does it mean that you have to wait for the progress of the entire trial fantasy to reach a certain level before you can unlock this function?

Zhao Haiping was also a little confused, but at this time he could only take one step at a time.

…

At the same time, Cenqiaoyi.

After Li Hongyun carefully selected, he bought himself a crossbow and dozens of arrows.

If possible, he would of course be willing to find a way to get a divine arm bow or other more advanced weapons, but it is basically impossible in a place like this.

In a short period of time, the situation in Cenqiaoyi also changed.

All the gates of the small town were closed. Those who could not completely make up their mind to escape could only choose to stay in the city and live and die with the small town.

In the north, more and more refugees began to appear. They were dressed in tatters and looked frightened. They all seemed to have come from distant states and counties.

After seeing that the city gate of Cenqiaoyi was closed, some of them made do with living outside the city of Cenqiaoyi, either because they didn't give up or because they couldn't walk anymore, hoping to find a way to enter the city.

; Some of the refugees went directly across Cenqiaoyi and headed towards the capital.

But the possibility of them wanting to enter the capital is very slim.

In addition, Li Hongyun also heard about one thing.
Chapter completed!