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Chapter 443 Tonight's Moon Is Really Round ([-])

After receiving the promise from Ma Kuo that "someone will find a solution tonight", those brothers who gathered together temporarily.

In the following time, they all got busy on their own.

Even after a short time, bursts of deliberately suppressed laughter sounded faintly in the courtyards where they were hiding.

It was a group of reinforcements who had put their own life and death aside for a long time.
Before I heard that I was dying, I could still eat a bowl of 'Fuyuanzi'.

In fact, it is the ancestor of the modern plane 'tangyuan', when this kind of festival delicacy, I got an unexpected laugh.

It's just that as time passed, the sky gradually darkened.

Then a round of bright moon began to rise, illuminating everything on the earth brightly.

It's a pity that Ma Kuo still didn't have the slightest idea to solve the problem as the originally scheduled time for the reinforcements to attack tonight, that is, when Zi Shi was getting closer.

The water gate was locked, the iron chain crossed the river, and a large number of archers and stone cannons that the Jin soldiers had prepared on both sides of the strait were added.

For the reinforcements, which were essentially merely gathered by traffickers and pawns, these difficulties were almost insoluble.

Before such an overly disparate strength comparison, any ingenious schemes and action plans seemed to have become some ridiculous jokes.

So during this period of time, one plan after another flashed through Ma Kuo's mind, and after careful consideration, none of them was more suitable.

In a burst of distraction, he opened the closed window, intending to let Night Breeze clear his messy head.

At the same time, I made a decision in my heart:
If it was midnight and he hadn't come up with a better way, then he would take the 317 reinforcements who had left the city by boat tonight and rush into the Jinming Pool at night.

No matter what, the warships of the capital navy must be burned clean.

no way!Under the so-called two evils, whichever is the lesser, the capital navy is currently the biggest threat on Cooking Cake Mountain.

The problem is, even if they risked their lives to burn down one of the warships of the Jingshi Navy, allowing his unified brother to avoid the water, land and other four sides, they would all be under the pressure of attack.

But without a steady stream of reinforcements, materials and other support, Hu Yitong and others could only last for a day or two.

Thinking of this, Ma Kuo was very upset...

After opening the window, when the bright moonlight shone in, a cool night wind blew into the room, which lifted Ma Kuo's spirit.

He couldn't help sticking out the small half of his body and his whole head out of the window.

It was also a reason like this that made him see the situation of the bosses around him.

I saw it among the numerous houses around, whether it was the deep house of a big family or the dilapidated courtyard of a small family.

All the doors were closed tightly, and the lights in the rooms were also extinguished.

In the streets and alleys, except for some patrolling soldiers and civilians who occasionally passed by, there was no figure of half of the people at all, just like a huge ghost.

If it is changed to previous years?Because of the Shangyuan Festival, the streets are full of people at this time.

Adult men and women with bright smiles on their faces, wearing the most beautiful new clothes, supporting the old and the young, are playing in the streets and alleys, and the laughter echoes over the entire city.

The shops on both sides of the street are lit up with countless lights and lanterns, it is like a city that never sleeps.

Perhaps only the lost things are the most precious and cherished, after thinking of the grand scene that I have been accustomed to in the past.

Ma Kuo's whole body couldn't help becoming crazy for a moment.

Unknowingly, Ma Kuo woke up after a sudden chill on his cheek.

And on his face, a drop of water suddenly appeared, not because it started to rain on this Shangyuan Festival night.

But Ma Kuo, a rather big old man, actually cried at such a moment.

It's all because he knows that he will never be able to see such a scene of festive lanterns all over the city in Kaifeng City in his life...

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Ma Kuo soon found out that he was wrong, and he was still very wrong.

Because just when he was about to close the window, this one of the few outstanding foreign affairs personnel in the Northern Song Dynasty saw a scene that he would never forget throughout his life.

Amid the sound of a "creak~" door, in a dilapidated yard that was leaking from all sides and he thought no one had been there for a long time,

A disheveled woman, leading a child who was only three or four years old, and holding a small lantern in the shape of a lotus flower, came straight to the bank of the Cai River.

While the two were muttering words, they didn't know whether they were paying homage to their dead relatives, praying for the living, or both.

Finally, the lantern was placed on the water, and the lantern was allowed to float down the river with the quietly flowing Caihe River.

It's amazing that during such a process, the two people, one big and one small, didn't even make a little noise during the whole process, let alone yell.

But it was such a simple action that triggered an incredible follow-up.

Amidst the sound of 'creaking~', it was after the gates that had been tightly closed a long time ago were opened, one after another, large and small figures walked out of them.

Without exception, they all carried a lantern in their hands and walked straight towards the bank of the Cai River.

Also no one spoke loudly, only slow but firm steps kept moving forward.

Gradually, these scattered crowds gathered together, forming a brilliant river of lights; the city, which was still like a ghost before, finally came alive at this moment.

They were holding lanterns in their hands, each of them was obviously made in a hurry, and the workmanship was extremely poor.

Compared with those elaborately crafted by merchants, wealthy mansions, and even officials in previous years, those festive lanterns are basically two different concepts, and the gap is astonishingly large.

But Ma Kuo can solemnly swear to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky that this is the most beautiful and precious lantern he has ever seen in his life.

The main reason is that at such a time, he already had a vague guess in his mind about why these people did this and what changes would follow.

Of course, Ma Kuo is not the only one who can see the situation behind this.

The one with hundreds of soldiers and horses from the imperial city guarded the Northeast Water Gate Captain Song.

At first, he was still laughing and watching the bustle in front of him, pointing his hands, pointing at a certain young lady in the crowd, shouting that the other person's figure is really graceful, and I don't know which family's daughter it is.

Or, it was the little lady in the washhouse and wine shop.

If you have free time, also go to patronize one or two.

But gradually, he felt something different from those people, something that he couldn't tell what it was, but he felt a strong fear.

There was even something that made his body tremble.

After shaking all over his body, this school lieutenant, who was said to be a descendant of the imperial family, suddenly pulled out an ancestral sword from his waist.

While waving his hands, he roared viciously:
"Everyone go back, everyone go back quickly, the court has an order, all idlers are not allowed to go out at night, and those who violate the order will be [-] rods, and they will be killed on the spot.

You, you, don’t you want to die now~”

But amidst his stern roar, the people all over the street didn't even pay him a second look, and continued to walk towards the bank of the river.

In great panic, the captain glanced left and right.

Only then did he realize that he was not fighting alone, and he still had hundreds of soldiers in his hands.

Immediately, he yelled at some of the soldiers around him: "You bastards who only know how to eat, hurry up and drive them home.

If you have the courage to resist the rioters, kill me. "

It's a pity that all his current performances are like a poor clown.

The soldiers in front of him turned their heads aside one after another, as if they had not heard his order.

At the beginning, the captain who was furious in his heart immediately turned the back of his sword and started to beat these disobedient subordinates.

It turned out that it was only a few whippings when he found out that these soldiers were usually driven by him like servants to help his family with various chores, like servants.

The look in his eyes was so strange.

To be more precise, it was that he saw murderous intent in the eyes of his subordinates.

Instinctively, this honorable man stopped the whipping in his hands afterwards, and he did not dare to continue to do it no matter what, because he believed that if he continued to do it, these subordinates would definitely kill him.

However, due to his long-term aloofness, he couldn't bear such a humiliation.

After he got on a war horse, he cursed loudly:
"You rioters and thieves, wait for me. I will report to the officials and gentlemen right away. After that, you will feel better."

After saying such a harsh word, he hurriedly patted his horse and left directly.

I'm afraid that it will be a little bit late, but I won't be able to leave at all.

But what he didn't expect was that after he turned a street corner, a rope loop was thrown out of an alley next to him.

It was precisely put on his neck, and within a drag, he was dragged off the horse and dragged into the alley.

After a mouth was covered, there was an inaudible scream, and there was no movement.

Soon after, a man rushed out and led the horse outside, and this honorable man lost the last trace of his existence in this world...

Of course, the performance of this great Song nobleman did not have the slightest impact on what happened on the banks of the Cai River.

Soon after, the people in the city stood on the banks of the Cai River.

After they muttered prayers, they put all kinds of flower lanterns in their hands into the river one by one, and let them float along the river.

They sent their blessings, expectations, exhortations, etc. to Grandpa Hu and others on the Cooking Bread Mountain in this way.

For a while, it seemed that the entire Cai River was filled with various styles of lanterns; looking at it from a distance, it seemed like the galaxy in the sky had fallen into the city of Kaifeng.

During such a process, no one, including the hundreds of Imperial City soldiers stranded in front of the Northeast Water Gate, spoke up.

There was such a long-lost peaceful smile on his face since Jin Bing's arrival.

Just silently looking at the mother and daughter who appeared first, put down the lotus-shaped lantern, floated out of the iron fence along the river, and left the city.

Afterwards, there were lanterns on the river like stars.

With the love and hatred, as well as blessings and other emotions of tens of thousands of people in Kaifeng City, they floated out of the city one by one.

Seriously!At this moment, Ma Kuo's eye sockets became moist again.

However, this is only the beginning, and the things that make him unable to hold back are still to come.

To put it bluntly, this 30-year-old man has never cried so motionlessly since he became sensible.

Because soon after, bursts of shouts and the sound of gongs and drums reached his ears.

This is not the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses in the city, they have already been killed and suppressed.

But amidst the voices of 'the water is gone' and 'the big ships of the capital navy have been ignited~', it seems that there is a problem with the confidant in their hearts.

After reacting, Ma Kuo quickly came to the roof and looked in the direction of Jin Mingchi.

Although the Dongcheng area where they were located was still far away from Jinming Lake, a fire ignited soaring in that direction, lighting up almost half of Kaifeng City.

Apart from the fact that the entire capital navy was ignited by a fire, there are other possibilities.

As for the hands-on personnel, except for those fresh-blooded men in the capital's navy, it can be said that they are not the second choice.

Thinking of the scene where a group of hot-blooded men risked their lives to set the capital's navy on fire because they didn't want their brothers to fight against the wall, Ma Kuo was so excited that his whole body trembled.

As a result, at this moment, the brother dressed as a yamen servant walked behind him.

He clasped his fists and said, "Big brother, the hour of Zishi has come, and it seems that even if you can sail out of the city, you can't cross the golden man's iron rope Hengjiang.

But so what?I wait for a good man, and there is no such thing as watching Grandpa Hu and others die in battle.

Even if we swim there, we will also swim to Cooking Cake Mountain to fight side by side with Grandpa Hu; just like they sang, we don’t rely on the fairy emperor, we rely on ourselves~”

After finishing speaking, he arched his hands and left resolutely.

In the following time, under the gaze of Ma Kuo standing on the roof, and under the eyes of tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Cai River.

A total of more than 300 men in various costumes carried a large package behind their backs, held wood, bath tubs, and even carved toilets in their left hands, and killed them towards the northeast water gate with a sword in their right hand.

Fortunately, there was no need for them to fight, someone among the defenders yelled.

Not only did no one stop them, but they got out of the way, and many people worked together to twist the turntable, causing the iron gate to rise slowly.

And after the yamen servant rushed to the door, he jumped into the icy river with the log in his arms.

In the following time, the sound of "咚咚～" falling into the water was heard endlessly, not only the more than 300 men who had been prepared for a long time, jumped into the Cai River one after another.

More than 200 soldiers of the Imperial City Division and more than [-] men on both sides of the river also jumped into the river one after another.

Following those spark-like lanterns, they floated out of the city along the river.

At the same time, a childish voice suddenly sang on the shore, taking the lead in singing a song with a strange tune that I learned from Cooking Bread Mountain:

"Get up, slaves suffering from hunger and cold, people who get up and plant flowers and suffer... There has never been a great saint, nor a fairy emperor..."

Soon after, such singing sounded into one piece, resounding throughout Kaifeng City.

One second later, Song Huizong, who was still furious because of the fire in the capital's navy, and those ministers of the court, the next second, became pale in great fear.

They discovered that there was an extremely strange and terrifying power in the singing.

What happened on the night of the Lantern Festival in the second year of Jingkang was more than Ma Kuo would never forget.

The many soldiers and civilians in the city, as well as the 10,000+ golden soldiers outside the city, Hu Biao and others on the Cooking Cake Mountain, how could they forget everything that happened on this night when the moon seemed to be particularly round.

Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of Jin Kingdom, wanted to verify the effectiveness of his method.

That night, I personally sat in the upper reaches of the Caihe River, and saw countless Song people carrying logs coming out of the city amidst the starry lanterns, floating towards the doomed Tiesuo Hengjiang.

In a great fear, he yelled frantically: "Fire arrows, throw stones, and kill these Song people!"

Even during this process, he personally held a gold-painted bow and arrow and shot at the Song people in the river.

But for some reason, he who claimed to be able to hunt wild wolves at the age of nine was so soft at this moment; that he didn't know where the arrows he shot went.

Ten minutes later, the red-eyed college student Zhuo Zhu jumped into the water amid Hu Biao's roar.

After dragging a man dressed as a yamen servant who had been shot by many arrows ashore from the water, he was about to hug him and rush up to the tunnel on the reverse slope for treatment.

Unexpectedly, the man showed an ugly smile at him.

While stretching his hands into his arms, he said in his mouth:
"I don't know how to address this grandfather, the villain is called Lin Ping'an, he is a yamen servant in Kaifeng City, and he is also under Liu An and Liu Tou.

When you robbed people that day, it was the villain who was escorted by Liu Tou. We have seen it once.

It's a pity that I hesitated for a moment that day and couldn't follow you up the mountain; but it's okay, I just happened to be able to bring some 'fuyuanzi' when I came here this time.

My mother told me since I was a child, how can I not eat 'Fuyuanzi' on the Lantern Festival~"

Having said that, although Lin Pingan, holding his last breath in his heart, was not dead, he couldn't even take out the things in his arms.

Under the expectant eyes of the other party, Corn reached in and helped out a small bag.

After opening it, it was found that there were not many raw glutinous rice balls that were soaked in river water and stained with a lot of blood, so that they had long been out of shape.

In the following time, when the corn was stuffed into his mouth with his hand and swallowed with difficulty, Lin Pingan closed his eyes in relief.

But Corn, a third-year student, was crying like rain...

　PS: 1.1 words are updated today, and the chapter owed last month can be regarded as repaid.

　　In addition, no matter whether the above plot is sensational or nonsensical, the following is the plot of escape and counterattack.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)