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On the 28th of the winter month, Xihu's army went south to invade Tongzi, massacred the city for two days and two nights by the Nanjiang River, killed all twelve noble families in the city, and plundered [-] common people.

The next day,.

When the news came out, the two capitals were shaken.

Tongzi City is the site of Xihe King Sima Liang, and Tongzi's general is Xie Teng, one of Sima Liang's brother-in-law. Xie Teng died fighting to defend the city. The family has [-] elite soldiers.

Fifty thousand doesn't sound like a lot, but these are all elites carefully raised by the Xie family.

Ever since Xie Ze was defeated and died in the Huhou Gorge, the Xie family had dispatched government soldiers to follow the clan's children to take up the post, and now there is a trump card in crisis.After Xie Teng's sister entered the palace, Xie Teng was promoted to uncle, and the Xie family naturally valued him more and more.

He went to Tongzi City originally to accumulate qualifications to enter the center.Tongzi City is rich and rich and far away from the border. According to Xie's family's thinking, Guojiu will definitely not be in danger of being an official in Tongzi City.

In the end, it was never expected that Xue Yijian in Changzhou City actually rebelled!Hu Qi entered Changzhou City in a big way, followed by Chen Binghengshou. The first reaction of Xie's family was to take Uncle Guo back to the old capital.

After all, Hengshou is only two days away from Tongzi, and there are no important checkpoints or fortresses between the two cities. If Hu Qi really wants to attack Tongzi City, it will not be difficult to deploy food and rush to attack.

But Xie Teng was a good-looking person, and he boasted that he was versatile in both civil and military affairs. He flatly rejected the request to retreat, saying that he would be loyal to His Majesty, according to Hu Qi and Tongzi outside the city.

He deliberately competed with Feng Kai, who has been in the limelight recently, and asked his family for 5 elites to stick to Tongzi. Including the 13 Xihe soldiers who were originally stationed in Tongzi, a total of [-] people were prepared to fight against Hu Qi. Pull out a stance in the city for a decisive battle.

Xie Teng is a hard-nosed gentry gentleman, and he feels that Feng Jiazi can do anything he can do, so he chooses to fight Hu Qi head-on when he comes up.

He used Xiejiafu's soldiers as the front army's thrust, and the Xihe army supported them on the two wings.This formation is the "Phoenix Spreading its Wings" in the art of war. It can be advanced, attacked, retreated or defended. It is much more sophisticated than Feng Kai's hedging strategy of taking down the lion's mouth!

There is sufficient food and grass, and the number of people is superior, but military tactics and actual combat are completely different things.

The cavalry of the Heijia Army are precious blades that have been experienced in countless grassland charges, and their sharpness is no less than that of Hu Qi. In addition to the existence of the Mo Dao formation, Feng Kai has the capital to confront King Shatuo.

Although the Xie family's soldiers were equipped with first-class weapons and equipment, they hadn't been on the battlefield for many years, and they were killed as soon as they met each other.

Xie Teng fled into the city in a hurry, counted the battle damage, and found that more than half of the [-] elite soldiers had been damaged.

After that, Xie Teng also tried his best.

The terrain of Tongzi is flat, and there is almost no danger to defend. The Hu people used skyfire, thunder and catapults.

In the end, he was shot and killed by King Zuoguli on the top of the city tower. Before he died, his eyes turned towards the direction of the Nancheng River.

The Hu people besieged the city, and there were secret operations to burn all the boats along the river, so that the people in the city could not cross the river to escape.

Behind is the ancient waterway of the Nanjiang River. Xie Teng gritted his teeth and guarded for three days, but he didn't see the Lu family's boat enter the port. He died with regret.

"Bastard!"

Seeing Empress Xie who was crying into tears, Emperor Zhengming kicked over the desk angrily.

"Since the Lu family's boat can protect Nanchuan, why can't they cross the river to break the siege of Tongzi?!"

"Looking at the mourners on the other side and the floating corpses all over the river, how can he, Lu Bei, sit idly by?!"

Having said that, he walked around the study room twice angrily, and was irritated by the empress Xie crying.

Cry, cry, cry, you know how to cry!What's the use of crying!

First Xie Ze, and then Xie Teng, the two sons of the Xie family consumed nearly 20 of his army.

But the queen's own brother had just died in the country, and his family couldn't be too indifferent, so he could only barely comfort him, and then sent him back to the harem.

The most important thing now is that Hu Qi has regrouped again, and quickly captured Yanyang and Liancheng in the west of Tongzi City, all the way west, pointing his sword at Changning Pass, the gateway of the old capital.

Emperor Zhengming was anxious, and wanted to suspend the letter and talk to Sima Ye about the joint attack again, but because of Shi Chongde's death, he dared not do anything.

Chao Zhongyuan, Shi and Xie are mutually restraining each other, and he can balance the strength of both sides in the game.As a result, the Xie family's vitality was seriously injured this time, and the balance was completely broken, so he had to consider the Shi family's attitude.

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengming had no choice but to seal off his family and order the frontier troops of Yongxiguan to enter the Central Plains to assist in the defense of Changningguan.

"What exactly does the Lu family want to do?"

Not only Emperor Zhengming couldn't understand this question, but Sima Ye, who was far away in Dingfeng City, couldn't figure it out either.

The only thing he could think of was that the Lu family wanted to rebel, so they didn't want to show off Sima Liang's face at all, and planned to weaken a wave of Sima Liang's minions along the way.

If they want to rebel, then it is impossible to only rebel against Sima Liang, most likely they will also rebel against Sima Ye!

He said that Lu Bei and Lu Tao were uneasy and kind!What kind of Qingliu everyone, who is hidden from the world, is fucking shit!

None of this group of aristocratic families is a good bird, as long as they are allowed to seize the opportunity, it is impossible for the world of Ye Dynasty to be named Sima again!

Thinking of this, he unconsciously glanced at Concubine Xue De who was standing by.

Concubine Xue De was also from a family. When Xue Bi was alive, Xue Huiyue also had a good time.

But now the Xue family's reputation is notorious, and there are officials in the court who wanted to abolish the concubine De, who said that treason was to punish the nine clans, and the concubine De was also among the nine clans, so they should be punished according to the law.

Sima Ye laughed on the spot, pointed to his nose and asked the speaker, if he, the emperor, accepted the Xue family's daughter, was he considered as one of the nine clans?

The officer was speechless at the question, and wanted to say more, but was thrown out by Sima Ye and the court guards, and directly announced the disbandment of the court.

Back in the study, he saw Concubine Xue De who came to plead guilty.

Sima Ye didn't bother to talk to her, and read the military newspaper by himself, until he felt hungry, and then remembered that there was a woman standing outside the door.

"Your Xue family has the same ability to see the wind and turn the rudder. You open the door and let the barbarians enter the Central Plains. Tens of thousands of soldiers dumped their corpses in the wilderness and buried their bones in Jiangbei. Xue Biquan has knowledge. I don't know if you will praise Xue Yibiao who understands current affairs as a hero."

Sima Ye's tone was full of contempt, and he glanced at Concubine Xue De again.

"Isn't it customary to bring food over? Why not today?"

"If His Majesty doesn't like it, the concubine will not hate it."

Xue Huiyue lowered her head and replied respectfully.

Her tone and posture are a little different from before, no longer deliberately submissive and catering, but more inexplicable tenacity.

But Sima Ye didn't take it to heart.

Women have never been the most important thing to him.He waved her to get out of here, but from the beginning to the end, he didn't mention a single word about the speaker's participation.

Xue Huiyue left the study, walked all the way back to her own palace, waved the maid to leave, leaving only the personal servant to serve.

"Those, don't mention them again in the future."

Thin and pale fingers pressed the forehead, as if suppressing the bone-piercing pain.

"Don't throw it away at once. If I go to see His Majesty, you can take it according to the portion, and if someone gives it to you, keep it and dispose of it little by little."

Hearing her arrangement like this, the maid immediately beamed with joy.

"Miss Seven, it's great that you finally think about it!"

Want to open?

Xue Huiyue gave a wry smile.

She thought about it early in the morning, but she had no choice but to choose the Lu family.

At least Lu Lang's brilliance is bright and bright, and he has the world in his heart, so he won't break his word and bully her a weak woman.

But after the battle with Zi, she suddenly felt that the world might think highly of the Nanjun Lu family.Although Sima Ye was rough, he acted magnanimously, but Lu Bei Suojiang did not save people, which was completely inconsistent with the name of compassion of the Lu family in Nanjun.

The century-old Lu family has always been the leader of the aristocratic family, but they have watched the twelve surnames perish...

How could it be impossible to let her down, the daughter of a criminal subject with a poor life experience?A three-foot white silk or a cup of poisoned wine can pin the crime of poisoning Emperor Guangtong on her head!The Lu family has solved the obstacle of usurping the world, and can continue to be elegant and romantic, why not do it?

Xue Huiyue closed her eyes.

She also heard about Sima Ye's blowing away of the speaker, and she was not touched.

For some halos, when the brilliance is gone, there will only be naked ugliness. As much as I liked it before, I will hate it now.

Now that she has the courage to drink poison to quench her thirst, she will live a good life from now on, and at some point, she will be able to control her own destiny and not be a rootless duckling chasing after the crowd.

Xue Huiyue didn't want to be adrift, but the people and aristocratic families in Yanyang and Liancheng had to leave their hometowns and started a wandering escape journey.

With the tragic situation of the Twelve Gates of Tongzi ahead, the aristocratic families in the two cities of Liyang and Liancheng were frightened. They heard that the Hu people started to march to the west and left the city in a hurry.

Now they are faced with the problem of where to go. Go north out of the pass and enter the desert, bypassing Tonghui and Xinzhou occupied by the Hu people, and they can reach Yongxi Pass.The Feng family has troops and territory, but Feng Bosheng is notoriously not talkative, and his attitude towards the aristocratic family is not friendly, so he might not have received preferential treatment in the past.

Crossing the river to the south, Nanjun is the territory of the Lu family.

If there was no need to think about this matter before, it is natural to vote for the Lu Cui family, the head of the family. Moreover, Nanjun has been rich for generations and has outstanding people, but it is much more comfortable than the two cities of Yanyang and Liucheng.

But after Lu Bei locked the river, the aristocratic family thought differently.

If you don't save Tongzi, you clearly don't want to participate in the Great War in the Central Plains, and the Lu clan doesn't seem to be as generous and hospitable as the legend says, so can they be accepted if they fled in the past?

So after much deliberation, the aristocratic families in the two cities still chose to return to the old Beijing.

Emperor Zhengming always treated the gentry kindly, the emperor's hometown and Shi Jie's two surnames are also in the old capital, how can we keep it!

The fact that the small families are scratching their heads also troubles the common people of poor families.

It's just that they are less worried than the aristocratic family, because they have one less choice, the old capital does not welcome refugees at all.

Going to South County or crossing the border is not a problem for some people.

"The aristocratic families are all facing south, so let us go north!"

An old man thought about it and quickly made a decision.

"My brother went to the border town during the war in Zhuozhou, and now he has settled down, and it is said that he is doing well."

"There is a place where you can eat and drink as long as you are willing to work, and you don't have to pay taxes from the family. It's easier to live."

When they heard that there was no need to pay taxes to the aristocratic family, the common people were a little tempted.

Now the two cities of Yanyang and Liancheng are heavily taxed. In addition to paying the emperor's tax, they also have to pay part of the harvest to the local aristocratic family. Life is very difficult.

"Old Xiong, do you really not have to pay the family tax?"

A middle-aged man asked.

"Did you hear that right? Is there really a place in the world that doesn't need to be handed over to an aristocratic family?"

"What you said, my old man is not blind or deaf, so it is naturally true."

The old man surnamed Xiong glared at him.

"I heard it with my own ears!"

"It's just that the road here is not easy, and we have to make a detour outside the pass. My family is going to the north to defect to brothers. Those who are willing can go together. Prepare dry food and set off at noon."

The crowd hesitated.In the beginning, only a few people stood up sparsely, but gradually, more and more people gathered, and there were two to three hundred people.

Among them, there are men and women, old and young, and they are all low-level people struggling to survive.Born in troubled times, life is as cheap as grass, and wherever he goes, he will be the target of being squeezed.

The Hu people would force them to be sheep slaves, and they would kill them for military rations, but working for Shijiagang is not like being a cow or a horse, squeezing the last bit of flesh and blood?

They may not only have to farm the land to pay rent, but also have to bear corvees. The annual harvest is not enough to feed the family, but they have to go hungry to repair the city wall, pull grain and grass, and many children in the family are forced to be bought into slavery. Already numb.

So today, many people are moved when they hear that there is no family in a certain place, and there is no identity mark that cannot be shaken off from birth.

At the same time, the cavalry of the Hu people had already reached the city of Changning Pass.

Hussar general Shi Chongjing led his army to meet him. Shi Chongjing was a true wise general. Twenty thousand people killed fifty thousand Xihu allied forces, and the undefeated King Zuoguli suffered great embarrassment in the Central Plains.

After the victory in this battle, Shi Chongjing captured the Hu general Talu alive, and beheaded all the [-] captured Hu people, which was regarded as revenge for the Tongzi murder.

All regimes are focused on the Central Plains, and the control over the Great Wall has been greatly reduced, and the refugees have not encountered any obstacles in leaving the customs.

At the beginning there were only 200 people, but gradually, more and more people joined in, and the team became bigger and bigger.

Even if they ate grass, swallowed bark, and slept all the way, but with longing for the future, everyone persisted, helped each other, and established a family-like friendship with each other.

"Further forward, over this mountain ridge, behind is the Wuzhi River."

Old Xiong nodded his cane.

"Wuzhi River is where the frontier army is, and we are about to arrive."

He is not young, and the ups and downs along the way have already seriously consumed his body.But his eyes became brighter and brighter. The old man took the lead and staggered towards the mountain ridge. The people behind were hesitant, but soon climbed up with him.

The closer to the border town, the more uneasy everyone felt.

I thought it was beautiful before, but is there really such a place?

Will people at the border not accept them?

If driven out, where else could they go to live?

The refugees hesitated, but they still climbed over the mountain.

Behind the mountain ridge is a wide river valley, with high mountains on both sides towering like cliffs, if Old Xiong didn't know the path, it would be impossible for them to turn over.

The towering cliffs, like a barrier, firmly trap the Wuzhi River.Looking at the scene in the river, the refugees couldn't help but gasp.

This... this... this is... a big ship? !