Water Margin Survival

No matter how impetuous the day is, it will return to tranquility at night.No matter how panicked people are, they will fall asleep at night.

Nianchan County, the gateway county of Lelang County and Cao County, has returned to the tranquility of night after experiencing the impetuousness and fear of the day.

It's a pity that a commotion at the south gate of the county seat completely shattered the fragile tranquility on the surface.

The Jurchens are finally in town!

At this time, the residents who still stayed in the city and did not escape were almost all the old people who had deep-rooted ideas and did not want to leave their homeland.Anyone in the city who could walk basically retreated southwards with the county magistrate Nianchan during the day.The rest of the people are all numbly waiting for the verdict of the invaders.

woo woo woo woo……

The sound of mournful crying spread from far to near, from small to loud, and gradually spread throughout the city.At this time, the whole city was immersed in fear, and no one could calmly think about why the Jurchens came from the north, but why they entered from the south gate.

"Don't mess around! It's us, the Song Frontier Army!"

The soldiers and horses who had just retreated into the city hastily hadn't recovered their breath yet, and they were very embarrassed by the scene in the city, and then a general ordered his subordinates to clear up the misunderstanding along the streets.

However, although the troops entering the city called out the Great Song Frontier Army, their full name should actually be called "The Frontier Army of Lelang County, Andong Capital of the Great Song Dynasty".But with these people's natural habit of putting gold on their faces, they directly omitted the middle vocabulary and became the frontier army of the Song Dynasty.In fact, this group of people with a Goryeo accent are all genuine Goryeo servants.

"Wu Xianggong is dead, what should we do!?" The distraught Korean officers gathered together, discussing countermeasures in fear.Mr. Wu, who was lying on a crude stretcher on the ground, was a civil official and county magistrate sent by the Song Dynasty.It was his order to abandon the city today, and the whole army retreated to Cao County in the south with the refugees.Unexpectedly, he ran into Jurchen's ranger on the way, and this person was shot in the cold on the spot, and died.The rest of the people had no choice but to flee back with his body, so this scene happened tonight.

"Wuzhi County is a good man!"

"That's right! Before we left, Dujian Wu ordered him to lead us to delay the enemy as much as possible. As a result, Dujian Wu led us back, but he led us back. A good official who seems to love us so much, why did he just leave like that?"

At the scene, many Koryo military officers spontaneously mourned the county magistrate.Fortunately, Wu Bingyi was not here, otherwise he would have been pissed to death by this civil servant with the same surname!If you don't have the guts to defend the city, just say so, I'll just replace you!There is no reason to coax Lao Tzu away first, and then lead others to escape by himself, so doing it like this can not miss a big deal! ?

"Wu Xianggong is gone, what should we do?" Some people repeated the old saying, but everyone had nothing to do with each other.

"Quickly discuss a solution! Now people are in panic, if the camp roars, we will all die without a place to die!"

Everyone looked back, under the densely packed torches, the defeated soldiers were standing or sitting, restless emotions were always shrouded in everyone, but at this time, no junior officer came out to appease the soldiers.To make matters worse, the wailing of the refugees who fled back with the army became even louder. This wailing was like a catalyst, destroying what little morale was left of the defeated army.

"How about we try to break through again?" Someone suggested.

"How did you break through? How do you explain if you protrude? Before, there was Magistrate Wu as a guarantee, after all, he gave the order! But now, even if we narrowly escaped death and went back, who will bear the crime of abandoning the city for us?" Someone immediately retorted road.

All the officers were silent when they heard the words. If they were not afraid of being charged with this crime, they would not have returned.After all, what they met on the way were only Jurchen cavalry, not a large army.So technically speaking, there is still hope to break through, the key is that everyone dare not break through casually.Voluntarily abandoning the city before engaging in battle and being defeated by the enemy head-on are two different things. The former will be dealt with by strict military law.

But speaking of it, these frontier soldiers have improved compared to their previous careers in the army. If they were in the past, they would run away if they escaped. Who would have any scruples?But it’s different now. From the commander to the ordinary soldier, they all know that their every move is directly related to the future life of the family members in the rear. If they flee without fighting, the generous military treatment will definitely no longer belong to deserters like them family members.

Not only did they dare not flee privately, they even dared not surrender to Jurchen.There is not only the factor of the family members behind, but also a direct reason. The evil slavery system has been exterminated in the Koryo Peninsula today, but if they fall into the hands of the barbaric and ignorant Jurchens, they will definitely think that they lived too freely before. .

"What should we do! Without the leader of the Song Dynasty, even if we retreat to Cao County, we will be punished by military law!"

In general, running away is still an unstoppable thought in everyone's mind, but the key now is who will take the lead?Previously, there was Wuzhi County as a shield to explain to the county, but now who do you rely on?

Suddenly, the military doctor with cold sweat stood up, looked at the crowd timidly and said, "I know there is a gentleman who can make decisions for us!"

"Who?" "Who!" Everyone asked urgently, and suddenly someone asked: "Is it the gentleman who was entrusted to you by the imperial physician who returned to the Tianjun a few days ago?"

"Yes, yes, there really is such a person! It's just that I didn't see him during this retreat? He wasn't injured!" Everyone was obviously concerned about the sudden appearance of straw.

The military doctor wanted to lower his head into his crotch, and said after a while: "There are tens of thousands of refugees and the team, but I am the only military doctor. How can I take care of everything? So this gentleman told me to forget it, I'm afraid now Still in the county!"

Seeing that everyone was in an uproar, he dared to leave the Xianggong from the Song Dynasty in the city, this man is not so courageous!It's just that everyone didn't have time to accuse him of being reckless, so they just said: "Nowadays, the dragons have no leader, and the brothers can't elect a leader. Although this gentleman is not our immediate boss, he came from the Song Dynasty to take up the post. Who else can you listen to if you listen to him?"

Seeing this, the military doctor begged everyone: "I can take you there, but you must not turn around and sell me!"

"Don't sell it, don't sell it! You are the only doctor among our tens of thousands of people. If we sell you, won't we suffer ourselves?" Everyone patted their chests and promised.

The military doctor had no better way, so he had no choice but to trust these people, and immediately took them to the place where the wounded husband was recuperating.Not long after, everyone came to a courtyard, and the military doctor knocked on the door, but the door opened by itself. Everyone looked at each other, and a bad premonition came to their hearts. Would this gentleman leave by himself?

Everyone rushed in, only to see that the door of the main room was closed tightly, but the door of the side room was still open, everyone swallowed back their saliva, and begged God to bless them: "I hope that the servant who served the husband escaped! "

The military doctor stepped forward timidly and pushed open the door of the main room. By the light of the fire, he saw a person lying on the kang. The military doctor was overjoyed and almost knelt down. With tears in his eyes, he said: "Mr. I would like to serve you as the master, and we will tide over the difficulties together!"

This person is a local doctor in Korea, but he spoke Song language. The patient lying on the bed was woken up by everyone, and he raised his head sickly, and asked, "What? What did you say?"

Under the urging of everyone, the military doctor repeated what he had just said, and the gentleman just understood, but said: "What Nianchan County, I have four hundred military prefectures in the Song Dynasty, and there are thousands of counties, but I have never heard of a Nianchan County." County! Which road does it belong to?"

Although the people don't speak Song dialect very well, they have joined the Song Army for so long, and they can still understand a little bit of meaning. Now they are all surprised to ask the military doctor what kind of disease this gentleman is suffering from. Why doesn't he seem to remember anything? The military doctor is sweating coldly , whispered in Korean dialect: "When I sent him here, I heard from the imperial physicians of the Tianjun that this gentleman had a head injury, and he didn't remember what he was doing, and he didn't know how he got here! "

"Isn't that a useless person!?" Everyone was surprised.

"You can't say that. Apart from forgetting things all the time, everything else is normal!" the military doctor introduced.

The patient was startled again when he saw the crowd muttering in front of him. He was not in a hurry to speak, but just observed the situation secretly.This observation made him discover many abnormalities.For example, many of the soldiers in front of us are obviously not in the uniform of the Song army (Song is Huode, and the uniform is still red), and the accent of each person's speech is obviously not like Song dialect. The patient gradually became vigilant.

"Then tell him about the situation first!" The crowd hurriedly urged.

The military doctor had no choice but to say hello every time they met: "Cheng Xianggong, do you still remember the villain?"

The patient asked, "You called me? Who am I?"

"It's Cheng Xianggong!" The military doctor sighed in his heart. It seems that the situation is still not getting better. He has introduced the situation to the patient many times before, but he can't remember clearly every time he wakes up. Therefore, the military doctor feels that there is no hope. , Some are avoiding this person.But now the situation is urgent, and tens of thousands of people pointed at him as the top bag, so I had to patiently introduce again:

"Ye's surname is Cheng Mingju. He is the gentleman sent by the Song Dynasty to our Anton Governor's Mansion, but he didn't know what happened on the way, so that he was injured on the head. Fortunately, the imperial physicians healed him. A few days ago, he was injured. Entrust it to the villain and stay in Nianchan County to recuperate!"

Hearing someone talking about taking office, the patient suddenly felt like he remembered something, yes, he was going to take office, but it seemed that he was going to the state capital in the south of the Yangtze River to take office, how did he come to this absurd and unruly Anton Governor's Mansion?I saw that he was a little puzzled and said:

"What is the Anton Protectorate? That's an old thing in the Tang Dynasty. Isn't it the country of Korea now?"

The military doctor was very happy when he heard the words. After all, he was not sober when he saw him that time. He immediately said: "Yes, yes! Your husband is absolutely right! My country was originally Koryo, but in recent years there have been many treacherous officials in the country, and wars have continued. , The people are in dire straits, and their lives are in dire straits. Meng Da Song sent troops to save our people from the fire and water, quelled the flames of war, and then restored the Andong Protectorate, so we are all subjects of Da Song now!"

With such a group of people in front of me, they wouldn't come here to amuse themselves in the middle of the night, right?The patient touched his head, which was wrapped in a heavy white cloth, and felt joy in his heart. It turns out...my name is Cheng Ju!

"Sir, the people behind me are the frontier officers of the Duhufu, and the villain is the military doctor of the Duhufu!" Seeing the joyful smile on Cheng Ju's face, the military doctor's heart sank, and he quickly revealed his identity road.

"Since you say so, let me believe you for once! It's just that you came to look for me overnight, why?" Cheng Ju asked.

Seeing that the conversation finally got to the point, everyone was about to cry.The military doctor took advantage of the fire and said: "Not long after the establishment of the Protectorate of Andong, the barbarian Jurchen from the north asked our Korean traitors to come in. Now the Jurchens are almost at the gate of the city. We are in a hurry and no one is in charge. I think it is not the case County officials, but those who come from the Song Dynasty, we are willing to listen to you!"

"No way? Since it's my Great Song territory, why are there no other Song officials?" Cheng Ju looked suspicious.

"Yes, yes, there is an incumbent Wu magistrate! But when he was leading us to retreat, he was shot by the Jurchen's sniper arrow. So we have no master, and we retreated back to the city!"

Six gods without a master?My Da Song has such a high prestige in Korea?Wouldn't you dare to continue to break through without the leader of the Song Dynasty?I'm afraid it's not that simple?Cheng Ju seemed to have just taken a dose of the best tonic, turned over, sat on the kang and asked:

"What is the current situation? I am not asking about one city or one place, but the situation of the entire Anton Governor's Mansion and the Jurchens!"

Military doctors only know how to treat diseases, how can they know the general situation?But when Cheng Ju asked, it was hard not to talk, so he picked up what he knew and made a generalization, and finally did not forget to get back to the topic: "Originally everyone retreated to Cao County with the order of Wu County in this county. If Xianggong ordered to retreat to the south , my whole army is willing to swear to the death to protect Xianggong and retreat to Cao County!"

Cheng Ju finally understood that this group of people wanted to run away because they couldn't wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and they also planned to trick themselves into taking the blame.

The military doctor was quite right, he just lost his memory, even his memory was good and bad at this time, but this did not affect his IQ.

"Although I am a Zhengyin official selected by the Ministry of Officials of the Great Song Dynasty, I did not go to Nianchan County to take up the post! If I take over the military administration of a city at this time, I will be suspected of exceeding my authority, and my name is not right!"

Seeing Cheng Ju become reserved, the military doctor was overjoyed, this is a sign of being persuaded!The military doctor hastily relayed Cheng Ju's meaning to the commanders. When the dozen or so people heard the words, they all knelt in front of Cheng Ju and said in unison: "The final general is willing to listen to Cheng Xianggong!"

When Cheng Ju heard this, he actually forced himself to stand up, helped everyone up one by one, and said, "Since I have everyone's trust, I will reluctantly take over this Nianchan County regardless of the suspicion of exceeding my authority!"

After Cheng Ju finished speaking, he stared straight at the military doctor. The military doctor quickly understood and translated Cheng Ju's words.

Cheng Ju chuckled, and suddenly said: "In that case, follow me to defend the city! From now on, those who abandon the city lightly, will be decisive!"

No matter how the Koryo military officers did not understand Song language, they could still understand "abandoning the city" and "cutting down", and everyone was dumbfounded.Everyone brought him out just to make him stand up, but they didn't expect him to fight the Jurchens to death.Everyone stared at the innocent military doctor like a ghost, and they all felt a sad feeling of shooting themselves in the foot with a stone!