"There are some problems." Ning Yi plucked a blade of grass from the ground and lay down. "Wang Shitong has to make some preparations."
"Picking peaches?"
Watermelon asked. Ning Yi smiled and shook his head.
"I'm not that hungry. If he can walk steadily, I don't care about him. If he can't, I hope he can leave a few people behind. In the end, hundreds of thousands of people will leave something behind. It's hard to say now. Let's see how it develops. "
Watermelon lay on the side and looked at him. Ning Yi exchanged a few glances with her and smiled. "Wang Shitong is a very smart person. From the north to the south, he was able to gather hundreds of thousands of people with a mouthful of hot blood and bring them to the Yellow River. But, I don't know … maybe at some point, he broke down. Along the way, he saw so many people die, and he almost died. Maybe in his subconscious, he already knew that this was a dead end. "
Ning Yi looked at the sky and gave a complicated smile. "Everyone has a process like this. Blood surges, people are smart, and they can overcome many obstacles … As they walk, they find that some things can't be done by being smart and risking one's life. That morning, I wanted to tell him that a lot of people had to die, but the best result was that tens of thousands of people could stay. As the leader, if he could calmly analyze and bear the sins that others couldn't, after hundreds of thousands or even millions of people died, maybe there would be tens of thousands of people who could fight. In the end, everyone could join forces to defeat the Jurchens. "
Ning Yi paused and looked at Watermelon. "But he was too smart. When I opened my mouth, he saw the essence. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are too heavy. "
Watermelon listened to him and smiled. Then, her mouth flattened into a rabbit's. "Bear … sins?"
"I don't think of myself like that. Don't worry about me." Ning Yi patted her head. "Hundreds of thousands of people can die at any time. If you really analyze, who will live and who will die, don't you know? Most people can't bear it, and some people don't want to think about it. In fact, if they don't think about it, more people will die. This leader is really not qualified. "
"Maybe he's worried that you'll let them be the vanguard and ignore him in the future."
"He doesn't have a choice. If there's a share, I'll just help him take one first … Actually, if he can really understand the relationship between cruelty and kindness, he'll be Black Flag's best ally. I'll do my best to help him. But since he couldn't understand it, then forget it. It's better to be more extreme. Smart people are most afraid of thinking that they have a backup plan. "
Ning Yi rested his head on his hands and looked at the stars in the sky, "Actually, I just feel that I haven't seen Ning Xi and the others for a few years. Now that I can finally see them, I can't sleep."
"Four years." Watermelon said, "Little Xi still misses you very much. He has also taken good care of his younger siblings. Don't worry."
Ning Yi looked at the sky and curled his lips. After a while, he sat up and said, "Say, after so many years of thinking that he had died, how do you think he would feel when I suddenly appeared?"
"It's also because you were too ruthless."
"I'm afraid. It's hard for children to say things."
He raised his head and sighed, frowning slightly, "I remember more than ten years ago, when I was preparing to go to the capital, I told Tan Er that I didn't feel good on this trip to the capital. Once I started doing things, I might not be able to control myself in the future. Then … Jurchen, Mongolia, these are small matters. Not being able to see one's own children for four years, it's nonsense …"
Looking at his frowning face, Watermelon, who had been with him for a long time, knew that this was Ning Yi's normal emotional release. If there were enemies in front of him, he would most likely be in big trouble. She hugged her knees, "If these things didn't happen, would you still be with me? I'm going to rebel. "
"Life is always, en, there are gains and losses." The hostility on Ning Yi's face faded. He stood up and took two steps, "Little Xi is thirteen, Little Ji is ten, Wen Wen is eight, they should all be sensible. Little He and Little Ke are five, Little Shuang and Little Ning are three, they haven't seen me since they were born. Of course, I asked for it, but there will be some regrets. What if my own children don't recognize me? "
Watermelon stood up and smiled with clear eyes, "When you go back and see them, you will naturally know that we have taught our children well."
Ning Yi thought for a while and didn't speak again. With the experience of his previous life and the sixteen years in this life, his ability to control his emotions was already deeply rooted in his bones. But no matter who it was, children were always the most special existence. When he first came to the Wu dynasty, he only wanted to live leisurely. Even if the flames of war came, he could move south with his family and spend the rest of his life in peace. Who knew that on this path, even he would only be tossing about in dangerous waves and walking on cliffs of hurricanes.
During the three years of the battle at Little Canghe, he only went south once at the beginning of the second year to see Tan'Er, Yunzhu, and the others who had settled down in the south. At this time, Hongti had already 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 Watermelon, who had been secretly with him, was also pregnant. Later, Yunzhu gave birth to a daughter named Shuang, and Watermelon's daughter named Ning. After the battle at the Little Cang River, he had gone into hiding and had never seen his two daughters before.
When the Huaxia army went south, they incorporated a lot of Daqi's troops. More than half of the original elites were lost, and the internal situation was chaotic and complicated. From Lu Mingfang's intelligence network in the north, he knew that Wanyan Xiyin was keeping a close eye on the Huaxia army. On one hand, he was afraid that his children would accidentally leak information, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Wanyan Xiyin would risk everything to test them and implicate his family. Ning Yi racked his brains and couldn't sleep at night. It wasn't until the first round of education and purge was over that Ning Yi strictly inspected the state of the generals in the army and selected a group of young people to participate in the operations of the Huaxia army that he was slightly relieved. During this period, there were several assassination attempts, but they were all resolved by Hongti, Du Sha, Fang Shuchang, and the others.
During this time, Tan'Er was the housekeeper of the Huaxia army, and Hongti was responsible for the safety of the adults and children. They almost couldn't find time to reunite with Ning Yi. Yunzhu, Jin'Er, Xiaochan, Watermelon, and the others would occasionally sneak out to accompany Ning Yi where he lived in seclusion. Even with Ning Yi's strong will, he would occasionally dream about this or that child who was sick, injured, or weak would cry, and he couldn't help but sigh softly.
Two years passed, and the situation in the Huaxia army was settled. That year, Ning Yi and Watermelon went north together. They went from Tubo to Western Xia, then to the northwest, and then to the Central Plains. It was only then that they happened to encounter You Hongzhuo and the hungry ghost of Zezhou. Now, it was less than a month before they returned home. Even if Wanyan Xiyinzhen made some arrangements, Ning Yi had already made sufficient preparations.
The situation in the Central Plains had changed. Qin Shaoqian would continue to lead the Huaxia army on the surface, and Ning Yi would reunite with his family. Even if he occasionally appeared, it wouldn't be a problem. If the Female Zhenren really wanted to cross thousands of mountains and tens of thousands of rivers to come to the southwest to fight the Huaxia army, then they would fight again, and there would be nothing to say.
Since the start of the war with the Female Zhenren, even if it spanned several years, it was just a race against time for Ning Yi. The bloated Wu dynasty was still playing around with recuperating, but Ning Yi, who had been to the north, already knew that after the Mongolians finished swallowing Western Xia, they would find the best springboard to go straight to the Central Plains. At this time, in the northwest, apart from the Zhe family who had attached themselves to the Female Zhenren and were still picking up scraps to make a living, most of the places had already become barren. Without the former Western Army, the door to the Central Plains was basically wide open. Once the cavalry, which was still unknown to most people in the Central Plains, took this step, the Central Plains would truly become hell on earth in the future.
Even if the Female Zhenren became enemies, in this cruel battlefield, it would be very difficult for the weak to survive.
"Just thinking about it makes me feel touched …" Ning Yi mumbled as he walked with Watermelon on the grassy slope. "After sounding out the Mongolians …"
As they were talking, someone suddenly came from afar. The torch shook a few times, and it was a familiar hand gesture. The figure hidden in the darkness snuck in again. The person coming over was Fang Shuchang, who was staying in a nearby town tonight. Ning Yi frowned. If it wasn't for the fact that he needed to respond immediately, he probably wouldn't have come over.
"What's wrong?"
"Something happened." Fang Shuchang looked back and pointed into the distance. In the farthest part of the darkness, there was a faint change in light.
"Fighting?" Watermelon frowned. "The Beiwei Army attacked Dengzhou at night?"
"No, the Dengzhou garrison sent a group of people, and so did the Lulin people. There are people from all sides. It's said that two nights ago, there were Jin warriors who entered Xiangyang and took General Yue's children out of the city. The Beiwei Army also sent out experts to pursue them. The two sides fought a few times, and the speed of the Jin troops was slowed down. The news has already spread in Dengzhou and Xinye. There are people coming to rescue them, and there are people coming to pick them up. Many people have already started fighting, and it won't be long before this area is affected. We'd better move first. "
"General Yue … Yue Fei's children are Yin Ping and Yue Yun." Ning Yi recalled and thought for a while. "The army hasn't caught up yet? If they meet, it will be a big battle."
"I heard that the Female Zhenren have experts, a total of a hundred of them, and they are here to kill. The Yue Army is very cautious and did not advance rashly. The experts in front did not seem to be able to grasp their position, and only took some detours. These Female Zhenren even killed a lone general from the Beiwei Army, and brought his head as a demonstration. They think highly of themselves. Although Dengzhou and Xinye are in chaos, some Lulin people still came out to save General Yue's children. You see … "
Watermelon glanced at Ning Yi. "This General Yue used to follow you, so you have some ties. Why don't you save him?"
"He is Zhou Dong's disciple, and has an upright personality. With the regicide incident, it will be difficult for them to meet. After so many years, his Beiwei Army has become somewhat strong. If he really targets us, I'm afraid Xiangyang will be in trouble … "Ning Yi frowned and finished speaking. He raised his finger and said," Forget it, let's do what we can. If these people are really here to behead you, there will inevitably be conflicts with you in the future. Before we offend the Beiwei Army, we should quickly take a detour. "
Fang Shuchang nodded. Watermelon smiled and walked away from Ning Yi's side. In the blink of an eye, he was two feet away. He picked up the black cloak beside the bonfire and wrapped it around his body. He went to the side of a big tree and mounted his horse. He pulled the reins. "I'll lead."
On the horseback, the valiant female rider smiled. Ning Yi was a little hesitant. "Hey, you …"
"Don't worry."
The black horse galloped forward. She raised her hand, and light sprinkled from her fingertips. Then, a firework rose.
The autumn wind rustled, and the waves surged. Not long after, in the grassland and forest, figures split the waves and began to gather in the same direction.
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