"Hu Ren has entered! The Hu people have entered the city! Run, everyone! ”

"The Hu people are here, I see them. Hu Ren has really entered the city, run! ”

"Oh my God, how can this be? How could the Hu people suddenly come in?! ”

"The Hu people are here, the Hu people are here, everyone run!"

In the outer city where the common people lived, such screams could be heard everywhere in the streets and alleys, and people could be seen everywhere fleeing for their lives like frightened birds.

When the news spread that the east gate was lost and that a large number of Hu people were pouring into the city, everyone felt that the sky was about to fall.

Especially the ordinary people living in the outer city were even more shocked, and they couldn't believe that this was true.

Didn't you just hear yesterday that the soldiers defending the city had won? Why is the city broken all of a sudden?!

"Daddy, what are we going to do now?" Qi Guifang, who lived in Osmanthus Lane in the south of the city, heard that the Hu people had entered the city, and she lost her square inch for a while.

Although Peng Daqiang was also panicked, as the head of the family, he knew that he had to find a way to protect his wife and children at this time, and he couldn't mess with him, so he instructed his wife and children: "Ah Fang, you hurry up and pack your things, and we will leave here immediately." Remember not to bring too many things, just what you need to use on the road.

He'an, you come with me, let's go to the kitchen and collect the food, and bring the rest of the rice with us. ”

Qi Guifang and her son Ping'an hurriedly did what Peng Daqiang said.

After the family of three packed their luggage as quickly as possible, Peng Daqiang hesitated when he went out with his wife and children, and he didn't know where to go for a while.

You can't go to the east gate, because the Hu people are pouring in from there.

And there is still a war on the south gate, so I can't go. In this way, only the north gate and the northwest are left to go.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to go to the nearest north gate, hoping to get out there.

Along the way, you can see people like their family fleeing in a hurry with their luggage on their backs.

Most of the people who fled for their lives were ordinary people, and all of them instinctively followed the large army, but the crowd gathered more and more, and gradually turned into a crowd of nearly 50,000 people.

Everyone's face was filled with fear and unease, as if the end was coming.

When tens of thousands of people flocked to the north gate, they found that the city gate was closed and no one was allowed to pass at all.

When some people wanted to beg the city defense officer to open the door, the city defense officer was anxious and angry: "What kind of door to open, there are all Hu people outside, do you want to die?" ”

"Can I go out from Simon?"

"There are more Hu people there, so you will die of this heart."

Hearing the city guard say this, the people's hearts suddenly turned to ashes, and despair quickly spread among the crowd.

"It's over, it's over, we're dead."

"What now, what now?"

"Dad, I don't want to die, I don't want to die......"

There were bursts of crying from the crowd, which made people feel even more desperate.

Although Peng Daqiang and Qi Guifang, who were standing in the crowd, did not cry like those people, their faces were also pale, and they subconsciously clenched their son Peng Ping'an's hand.

Peng Ping'an, who had grown into a teenager, knew that his father and mother were sad, so he could only smile and comfort: "Dad, mother, let's go back." ”

Peng Daqiang said with a heavy expression: "Okay, let's go back." Ah Fang, let's go. ”

Qi Guifang finally couldn't hold back her tears, and then nodded vigorously.

At this time, she had only one thought in her heart: their family would die together even if they died, and no one could separate them.

Just as Peng Daqiang's family wanted to go back, a man in gray clothes suddenly came over and shouted to all the people: "If you want to live, follow me." ”

"Who are you? What do you want to do? The city guard questioned him loudly.

The man ignored him and continued to shout at everyone, "I repeat, if you want to live, follow me." You only get one chance, believe it or not. With that, he turned and left.

The city defense officer said coldly: "Don't say that I don't remind you, that person's origin is unknown, it is very likely that he is a gangster who wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, and it may even be a spy of the Hu people, don't let him be deceived." ”

Hearing the city defense officer say this, the people who originally wanted to go over with him suddenly stopped their feet.

Looking at the back of the person who was getting farther and farther away, Peng Daqiang suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go, let's go over and have a look." ”

Peng Daqiang's idea is very simple, he just wants to gamble.

Even if the other party really wants to take advantage of the fire to rob the gangsters, he and his wife are both martial arts practitioners, even if they can't beat it, it's still okay to escape.

If the other party is not a villain, and what he said is true, then their family has a chance to live.

Anyway, now that it's a dead horse, it's better to be a dead horse and a live horse doctor, and then talk about it.

With such an idea, Peng Daqiang took his wife and children to follow first.

When others saw that Peng Daqiang's family really followed that man, they couldn't help but start to move.

Eventually, a few more daring families followed.

People have a herd mentality, and seeing so many people doing this, more and more people can't help but follow suit.

In the end, nearly a fifth of them left, and most of the rest felt that it would be safer to follow the officers and soldiers, so they stayed.

"A bunch of idiots." Seeing so many people following the man of unknown origin, the city guard had a mocking expression on his face.

If it were a normal time, the government would definitely investigate this kind of behavior of gathering people in large numbers.

But now that the east gate is lost, and almost all the officers and soldiers have rushed to the inner city there for reinforcements, who still has the heart and energy to take care of such a trivial matter.

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On the other side, tens of thousands of people, including Peng Daqiang's family, followed the man to the outskirts of the city.

Along the way, more and more people who didn't know where to flee saw this huge team and immediately instinctively joined in.

In this way, the number of people assembled increased and soon exceeded 20,000.

"Brother Tai, where do you want to take us?" Finally, someone couldn't help but run to the man's side and asked cautiously.

"If you want to live, don't ask so much, just follow me." The man replied coldly.

Looking at the increasingly remote environment around them, many people began to feel regret, afraid that the man really brought them into the den of thieves.

Peng Daqiang is not afraid that the other party is a gangster who takes advantage of the fire to rob, because no matter how many accomplices there are on the other side, it is impossible to stop so many people.

He was only afraid that that person was really a spy of the Hu people, and it would be dangerous.

In addition, Peng Daqiang felt very strange that why he couldn't even see a single Hu person on the way, didn't he say that the Hu people had already entered the city?

After walking for about half an hour, the man finally stopped outside a farm in the suburbs.

At first glance, this farm is a medium-sized farm.

Outside is a fertile field for growing rice, and inside is a yard for raising chickens and ducks, which looks no different from an ordinary farm.

At this time, the outside of Zhuangzi was full of people, even in the fields. All of them are ordinary people like them, not to mention more than 100,000 people, and a large area of black oppression.

Peng Daqiang's group of people could only stand at the back because they came late.

At this time, a man in his thirties came over and asked the man in gray, "Is there only so many people who are willing to come with me?" ”

The man in gray replied, "Yes, that's all. I called them over at the north gate, and these were the only ones who would follow. ”

"Did you meet Hu people on the road?"

"No, those Hu people who entered the city are besieging the inner city, and they don't have time to manage the civilian area, so we have a loophole."

"That's good, we can't wait any longer, otherwise sooner or later the Hu people will find out here. I'll go and tell Brother Zhang, you watch here first. ”

"Okay, there you go."

The closest, Peng Daqiang, who had been eavesdropping on the conversation between the two, felt that the origin of these people was not simple.

Not long after the man left, he followed a tall man in his thirties out of the village.

After glancing at the crowd that had begun to be restless, the tall man stood on the table that had been prepared long ago, and then said condescendingly to everyone: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please listen to me. ”

As soon as he shouted, everyone immediately stopped talking, and all looked at him without blinking.

"So far, I won't hide it from you.

Under the surname Zhang, he is an ordinary hundred households in the Northwest Army, you can call me Zhang Baihu. The voice of this hundred households was loud and full of energy, so that everyone present could hear it clearly.

Hearing his self-introduction, everyone suddenly showed shocked expressions.

Northwest Army? The Northwest Army, which was called a chaotic party by the imperial court?!

"You...... Are you really soldiers of the Northwest Army? A nearby citizen asked tremblingly.

"That's right, I and all my comrades are members of the Northwest Army.

Our general Ning Gong is a loyal and righteous man, and because he refused to obey the orders of the puppet dynasty that killed the king and killed his father, he was slandered by the puppet dynasty as a chaotic party.

In order to save the people in the city from fire and water, Ning Gong ordered me to dig a secret passage in the suburbs of Xinjing a few years ago in case of emergency.

Now that the Hu people are really coming to the city, and the city gate has been broken, Xinjing will soon fall.

At this time of life and death, we are ordered by the Duke of Ning to summon the people to open the secret passage, so that you can take the opportunity to escape from Xinjing to ensure safety.

That's why we've brought you here. ”

"Are you telling the truth? Is there really a secret passage here? Someone couldn't help but cry out.

Others are also skeptical.

"Nature is true.

As a loyal minister of the Great Wei, Ning Gong naturally did not want to see the people of the capital who were also Han people slaughtered by the Hu people, so he deliberately left this way of life for all the fathers and villagers.

Ning Gong didn't ask for anything else, just to save a few more people.

This is Ning Gong's kindness, and I hope you can distinguish who is a good person and who is a bad person.

If you don't believe me, please feel free to take a look at the truth and see if it's true or not. With that, the hundred households jumped down from the table and opened the door of the farm.

When they saw the entrance to the tunnel with their own eyes, many people were moved to tears.

Zhang Tan, Jiang Erhe and the others did not waste any more time, and immediately arranged for the people to enter the tunnel in batches to evacuate in the order of first come, first served.

Although there are more than 100,000 of these people, for Xinjing, which has a population of nearly one million, these are only a small part of the many people.

However, as the saying goes, choice determines fate, and anyone who is willing to follow can escape from Xinjing from the secret passage. And those who didn't come with him could only settle their own destiny.

This evacuation operation that took place on the outskirts did not attract too much attention, because at this time, all the Hu people who poured into the city did not go to the civilian area to burn and loot, but concentrated their forces to attack the inner city.

On the other hand, the Wei army also concentrated all its forces to guard the inner city and guard their last shelter.

It was precisely because the Hu and Wei soldiers were engaged in fierce offensive and defensive battles in the inner city that there was no trace of the Hu people in the civilian areas of the outer city.

But everyone knew in their hearts that it was only a matter of time before the inner city was lost.

Even the towering and sturdy outer city walls could not resist the invasion of the Hu people, so how could the city walls in the middle of the city do this?

As the number of soldiers killed and wounded increased, it seemed that they could not hold on, and the military generals such as Zheng Zhi, the governor of the five armies, and Hu Chunbo, the commander of the battalion who sat on the right side, who were in charge of commanding the defense of the inner city, were eager to lead the army at the south gate to return as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the inner city is broken, the temperament of the Zhaohu people is likely to massacre the city, and no one will be able to escape at that time.

However, an hour later, what they were waiting for was not reinforcements, but a piece of news that made everyone desperate: An Guogong took Xie Changcheng, Xie Qingyuan and others to lead 20,000 remnants of the army to break through and escape from the West Gate.

An Guogong fled?!

The news was like thunder, and everyone was stunned.

Finally, Zheng Zhi, the governor of the five armies who came back to his senses, smiled miserably at several comrades around him: "No need to fight, let's surrender, maybe the Hu people can spare us from dying." ”

Hu Chunbo and the others didn't say anything, they just stood there with a pale face.

Xie Changyin, the third son of the Xie family, who was standing on the side, was already trembling with fright, and his whole face became as white as paper.

He never dreamed that his grandfather would leave him and run away alone.

As for what would happen next, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

It didn't take long for a white flag to be erected from the wall of the inner city, and the flag fluttered in the wind, but it was extremely dazzling.

When the eldest prince Arobu, who was commanding the battle, saw the white flag, he immediately laughed out loud.

After laughing, he bowed to Mr. Qiu beside him, and said with joy: "Thanks to Mr. Cleverness, Lone Cai won Xinjing so easily." The credit of Mr. Lone will not be forgotten. ”

"Your Highness has won the prize. It's a pity that Xie Mingshun, the old thief, escaped, otherwise this matter would be even more complete. ”

"Don't worry, there will always be a chance to catch him in the future. Let's go, sir, and let's go into town together. "The eldest prince Arobu rode forward in high spirits.

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In the winter of the eighth year of He'an, Xinjing was lost and the whole city fell.

Except for the disappearance of Emperor Jing'an's sister Princess Qingping and his daughter-in-law Princess Yanfang, the rest, including Emperor An Zhao Chun'an, almost all of the entire Zhao royal family were captured.