Just as Jiangzhou was shaking, Bao Dong and the others quietly arrived outside Ningxing City.
On the way, they met many people fleeing for safety. The entire people south of Ningxing were running towards Ningxing.
Those who didn't escape were all in the city, waiting to either live or die with the city or become prisoners, and then either migrate to the hinterland of northern Xinjiang or build roads.
"Where are you three from?"
Bao Dong put on his chubby face and said with a wry smile: "It's from Ximba."
There were some scars on the woman's face, and she didn't look very white and tender, but her smile was a bit charming, "Why did you escape just now?"
Bao Dong sighed, "Forget it, we're not hunting in the mountains! We didn't know about this until we got out of the mountains."
"Where is the family?" the woman asked.
Wang Laoer and the old thief squatted beside each other, "Old thief, there is something wrong with the way this woman looks at Bao Dong."
The old thief looked calm as an experienced driver, "Isn't it just that I'm in love with you?"
"Family members." Bao Dong said sadly, "They have all run away. I don't know if I will ever meet them again."
"Ah! They all ran away?" The woman was overjoyed, and then showed some sympathy, "Hey! You're okay. I'm a weak woman, and my husband was drafted into the army. Now I meet Yang Gou, I'm afraid he will come back.
Not coming anymore.”
"Then you." Bao Dong looked at the woman. She was pretty, carrying a small baggage, and probably had some wealth. "You weren't robbed along the way?"
The true nature of human nature can best be seen on the way to escape. Those who are rich and beautiful are the most likely to be unlucky.
The woman pointed to the people around her, "My family is the oldest in my family."
The big men around him smiled at Bao Dong, and one of them said: "The third sister just lost her husband. You guys, looking at the thin skin and tender flesh, are more beautiful than her original one, so you should marry her!"
Bao Dong blushed, "How can it be possible! Absolutely not!"
"I'm blushing because I'm thinking about it!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The big men burst out laughing, as did the women around them.
Bao Dong said: "I still have two brothers!"
The old thief and Wang Laoer squatting next to them giggled.
The woman glanced at the two of them casually and said, "Just follow them. If we have something to eat later, just give them a bite."
"Good man!" The old thief lowered his head and wiped away tears.
"Thank you so much!" Wang Laoer rubbed his eyes, but he couldn't shed tears.
"Old thief, teach me!" Wang Laoer whispered.
"Here!" the old thief handed over something, "wipe it into your eyes."
Wang Laoer wiped it casually.
Tears welled up.
It's ginger!
That night, the three of them rested together.
I don't know when Wang Laoer heard the noise. He glanced quietly and saw Bao Dong following someone behind the big tree.
After a long time, Bao Dong came back, panting and taking out something from the bag.
"Rejuvenation Pill, Rejuvenation Pill, how can I live without you?"
On the second day, the group arrived in Ningxing.
"Household registration!"
There was a crowd of horsemen outside the city gate. The old thief took one look and was convinced that even if the Duke of the Kingdom came, there would be no chance of a surprise attack.
The people walked around among the horses until they reached the city gate.
"Household registration, or road guide."
Those with road leads are mostly from the north, while those with household registration are mostly from the south.
Bao Dong and three others followed the woman's family forward.
"Is this a whole village that has escaped?"
The sergeant looked at this group of more than a hundred people and said with some sadness, "I'm lucky."
"yes!"
It's Bao Dong's turn.
"Household registration."
Bao Dong handed over his household registration and glanced at the old thief.
Is that okay?
The old thief glanced back, calm and calm.
Regarding this, he is the master!
If you find out the old thieves in Ningxing City, he can still be called the master!
Where have these sergeants seen the complicated seals and various inscriptions of those nobles?
The sergeant looked at the three people carefully.
"you!"
The sergeant pointed at the old thief, "I'm talking about you!"
"I?" The old thief pointed to his nose.
"It's just you." The sergeant said, "Looking at your sly eyebrows, do you want to sneak in and become a thief?"
The sergeant pointed at the old thief, but looked at Bao Dong.
paralysis!
This is blackmail!
Bao Dong was trying to figure out how much to give, which would satisfy the sergeant's request without causing suspicion.
"This is my home!"
The woman shouted from the front.
Immediately, more than a hundred people looked at the sergeant.
The sergeant hesitated for a moment. Blackmailing a few people was okay, but more than a hundred people would cause trouble. If the city was alarmed, he would not be able to escape death.
"roll!"
Bao Dong passed by and said, "Thank you very much."
The woman looked at him and said, "Tonight."
Bao Dong said gently: "I am yours tonight."
But after entering the city, the woman turned around and saw that Bao Dong and the others had disappeared without a trace.
"The eldest princess Zhan Juan is back."
Changling raised his head, holding the memorial in his hand, "How is the child?"
The child is still the same and laughs more.
"The Duke said that no dynasty can last for thousands of years. This is the general trend. The general trend is unstoppable."
"Call Aniang!" Changling smiled while holding the child.
"Mom!" the child said.
"Why!"
Zhan Juan continued: "Qin Guogong finally asked the slave to bring two sentences."
"Scream again."
"Aniang."
"Why!"
Zhan Juan gritted her teeth and said: "There is no choice but the flowers fall away, and the familiar swallows return."
Changling paused, squinting his eyes, "I know."
Zhan Juan carried the child out of the hall, turned around and saw Chang Ling sitting there, holding his chin with one hand, his eyes blurred.
"There is no choice but the flowers fall away, and the familiar swallows return."
A chamberlain appeared outside the palace. "Eldest Princess, Your Majesty has fainted."
Changling stood up suddenly.
The emperor fainted during the lecture. The gentleman who was teaching him was detained. His face was pale and he was explaining, "Your Majesty was telling me that I had a headache earlier, so I just said to rest! Who would have known that Your Majesty would give the inkstone to me in a moment?"
It was thrown, but luckily I avoided it quickly."
The gentleman pointed to his shoulder, which was covered with ink marks.
"Your Majesty is not this kind of person."
Someone said angrily.
The old gentleman smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty has not been serious about reading lately. I often get angry after saying a few words."
"The eldest princess has arrived."
Changling came in and waved his hand. "Diagnosis and treatment first."
It was the same medical officer who checked the pulse and said, "It's serious."
He looked at everyone, and Changling said: "Everyone, get out!"
After the people left, the medical officer said: "It's getting more serious. Princess, I'm afraid your majesty won't be able to find the person who poisoned you."
Changling said with a cold face, "Can't we find the source of the poison?"
The medical officer was silent.
Changling's eyebrows were as cold as ice, "Incompetent!"
The medical officer smiled bitterly: "Princess, this kind of poison is invisible and colorless. The late emperor searched for it when he was still alive, but found nothing."
"How to determine continued poisoning?" Changling asked.
"Jaundice!" the medical officer pointed at the little emperor's face.
Somewhat yellow.
"There are still eyes." The medical officer opened the little emperor's eyes.
"Also." The medical officer opened the little emperor's lips.
There are black lines on the teeth.
"That's what the late Emperor was like!" The medical officer lowered his head.
Changling took a deep breath and walked out.
The little emperor has been a little absent-minded and lost his mind recently, and his understanding has declined rapidly.
"Let Wang Ju come."
Changling returned to the palace, and immediately someone took the little emperor away.
Wang Ju is here.
Standing outside the palace, looking at the eldest princess standing inside, he sighed deeply, "eldest princess."
Changling turned around and said, "Your Majesty continues to be poisoned."
"Anyone who can accomplish this must have great cultivation." Wang Ju said, "If it is really her, once she is desperate
It’s dangerous to take risks!”
Changling said calmly: "My father passed away that year. I have been thinking about why my father left like this when he was strong and healthy. I don't believe that he was so angry after the defeat.
Then came the late Emperor, and now His Majesty. I have captured more than thirty people in the palace, and I have used all kinds of methods, but no results have been found. I even had people secretly dig under the palace at night, except for the discovery. Nothing was found except the skeleton of a woman."
Wang Ju said: "Could it be food?"
Changling shook his head, "There are more than ten people in the palace who eat the same as your Majesty. There is no such thing."
Wang Ju said: "I sent someone to trace Helianhong's husband's family, and found that the family had no intention of escaping from the world during their migration."
"In other words, it is certain that they disappeared accidentally." Changling asked.
"Yes!" Wang Ju said, "I am still asking people to pursue this matter, but I found someone following me."
"A guilty conscience? Or maybe someone was meddling in what happened back then."
Eagle Guard.
He Lianhong sat behind the desk with a calm expression.
"Great Commander."
The handsome Wan Lingxiao came in and said, "I'm off to the Yamen."
"Yeah!" He Lianhong raised his head.
Wan Lingxiao lowered his head under the gaze of those cold eyes, with a hint of fanaticism in his eyes, "I will kill those two people."
"good!"
Wan Lingxiao said happily: "Do you have anything to say, Commander-in-Chief?"
"Go back!"
"yes!"
He Lianhong sat there and watched the sunset slanting in, and said, "It's so beautiful! It's a pity that you are no longer here."
She laughed, "Hahahaha!"
Amid laughter, she slowly stood up.
"You are no longer here, so why should I care whether the world is here or not?"
"Da Liao can't survive."
There are many refugees in Ningxing City. The refugees gather together and wait for government relief.
Bao Dong was among them.
"Yang Gou is so fierce that he can't even defeat King Jiang, so he just wants to defend." "Yes! It's good to be able to defend." said an old man.
"But how long can we stay like this?" Bao Dong looked worried.
"We can keep it as long as we can!" said a man. "We are lucky if we can survive. When we run out of food, we are all waiting to starve to death."
"Hey! It would be great if I could go home." Bao Dong sighed, "At least, I can have enough to eat by growing my own land."
"Who says it isn't?"
"I still have a cow at home, but it's a pity that it ran away this time. Maybe I can get it back when I go back."
"This year's spring plowing has been delayed. If we don't go back, what will we eat this year?"
Amid the heated discussion, Bao Dong quietly evacuated.
The three of them will get together later.
"I mentioned three places," the old thief said.
"I recognized a brother among the beggars!" Wang Laoer said, "It made them burst into tears."
Bao Dong said: "The next step is to look at the Duke."
Sangzhou.
After riding several horses to the front of the state house, after dismounting, a man came forward and said to the door: "If you want to report, please tell me that someone is coming to the house."
When the door went in, the governor Wu Yun heard the words and said: "Please come in quickly."
The three men entered, and the leader saluted, "Xiaoguan Lin Xia, the last time your envoy went to Taoxian County, it was your Majesty's reception. Do you still remember?"
Wu Yun naturally remembered, "I remember, why did the Duke of the country have an order?"
Lin Xia wrote a document, "The Duke ordered the Sangzhou Army to prepare to send troops to northern Xinjiang."
Wu Yun took the document and looked at the seal carefully. At the end was Yang Xuan's signature.
"That's it. That's all. I shouldn't ask. I won't ask."
The Sangzhou army immediately gathered.
Pressed towards the north.
Dengzhou.
Several riders arrived outside the Dengzhou Army camp.
Approaching, the leading man dismounted and said to the intercepting sergeant: "Please tell General Yan Zhonglang that I want to see my old friend Zhang Qi."
Later, yes
The man came out, looked at Zhang Qi carefully, and said, "Follow me."
Zhang Qi followed this person all the way to the outside of the check-in room.
"General Zhonglang, he is here."
The voice of Zhonglang General Yan Jun came from the duty room, "Come in!"
When Zhang Qi entered, Yan Jun said: "We are all our own people, what do you want the Duke to do?"
Zhang Qi said: "The Duke asked, is it possible for General Zhonglang to send a group of troops forward to make a move to send troops to northern Xinjiang?"
Yan Jun was startled, "Who is the Duke trying to dig a hole to bury?"
Zhang Qi was silent.
Yan Jun smiled and said: "I'm presumptuous. This matter is quite simple. The new envoy often said that once the Chang'an army comes, he will attack with all his strength. I said not to act rashly, otherwise it will give Northern Xinjiang a reason to send troops.
.I will go look for him now.”
Yan Jun found Qian Lin, the governor, and said, "Your Majesty, the army scouts have come to report that the current Northern Xinjiang army in Dengzhou is much smaller. I am wondering if I can send troops to test it? At least, before the Chang'an army arrives, we can test it.
Come up with the truth."
This is also a credit!
Qian Lin's eyes lit up and he pretended to think deeply.
"Are you sure?"
Yan Jun smiled and said: "The official's attack posture makes people say that the Chang'an army has arrived. They are bluffing and seeing how the other side responds. If they show weakness, they will press forward step by step. If they do not retreat even an inch, it will not be too late to withdraw."
.When the news reaches Chang'an, it also makes you loyal!"
Immediately, Dengzhou's army dispatched.
Tao County.
"Dengzhou and Sangzhou responded."
Song Zhen entered the duty room and said with a smile: "Dengzhou Army and Sangzhou Army are dispatched together. I just ordered Taoxian County to dispatch 20,000 troops to deal with it."
Liu Qing smiled and said: "That's it, someone is here!"
A minor official came in and Liu Qing said: "Hurry up and inform the Duke that the Chang'an army is coming."
"yes!"
Spring passes and summer comes.
At this moment, Yang Xuan has led his army to the front of Jiangzhou City.
The siege battle has been going on for several days. The defense of the city is solid and the Northern Xinjiang army is attacking the city sharply. The outcome is unclear for the time being.
The early summer sunshine shone on the top of the city, and the Northern Xinjiang army retreated.
He Liantong walked up to the top of the city, looked at the retreating Northern Xinjiang Army's neat formation, and said: "It is indeed a powerful force."
Chen De said with a smile: "However, if you can force him to attack Jiangzhou City, it shows that the king is more skilled."
"Don't underestimate the enemy."
Heliantong was very cautious.
But looking back, he smiled and said to his subordinates: "People say that Yang Xuan is a famous general in the world, but today, you have given this famous general a cruel lesson. I am mighty in the Liao Dynasty!"
This is a compliment from King Yu Lianjiang, which is extremely rare.
The soldiers at the top of the city raised their weapons and cheered.
"Yang Gou, I'm waiting for you!"
"Jiangzhou City is impregnable, but Yang Gou is escaping in embarrassment!"
This word immediately spread throughout the army.
Huge shouts chased the retreating Northern Xinjiang Army.
"Jiangzhou City is impregnable, but Yang Gou is escaping in embarrassment!"
In the distance, more than ten cavalrymen entered the Chinese army.
"Duke!"
The visitor is an official from the Jiedushi Mansion.
"Liu Gong ordered the officials to report to the Duke, everything is ready."
Yang Xuan turned around and glanced at the city, and said: "Many times, the louder your voice is, the faster you die!"
Several Eagle Guard spies dispersed, two of them attracted the scouts of the Northern Xinjiang Army to pursue them, and the other three quietly crossed the scouts' blockade.