The reason why Du Xunhe is reluctant to go is not that he is ungrateful, but that he can't go and doesn't dare to go.

Strictly speaking, Du Xunhe is a sinner.

In the fifth year of Qianning, after Du Xunhe entered high school, he was appointed as the secretary of Dengzhou to join the army.

However, in the sixth year of Qianning, Zhu Wen rebelled against the imperial court, proclaimed himself emperor in Bianzhou, and established a pseudo-Liang.

Du Xunhe originally had some relationship with Zhu Wen, and in order to tie up with each other, he wrote a lot of poems to praise this King of Liang.

After Zhu Wen became emperor, Du Xunhe thought of this relationship, so he secretly communicated with the pseudo-Liang. Including the attack on Dengzhou by Ge Congzhou's army at that time, he also had his help.

After the Puppet Liang army broke through Dengzhou, he was appointed by the Puppet Liang as the Assassin of Dengzhou.

But the pseudo-Liang seemed to be powerful, but he was quickly defeated, and even Zhu Wen chose to commit suicide.

When the imperial army recaptured Dengzhou, Du Xunhe fled.

However, he did not flee to Bianzhou at that time, but fled back to Jiuhua Mountain to live in seclusion.

It didn't take long for Tian Hao to find him, and then entrusted him to reuse, until the current history of Xuanzhou Governor.

You must know that the imperial court has been clearing the remnants of the pseudo-Liang in recent years, except for some people who took the initiative to surrender, the others have basically been cleaned up. The head of the head is killed, the exile is exiled, and Du Xunhe should have been exiled, but he became Tian Hao's subordinate.

It can be said that in this matter, Tian Hao is working against the imperial court.

At that time, I thought that the emperor was far away, and there was a shortage of people under him, so it happened that Du Xunhe was famous and a jinshi, so he naturally used it without any scruples.

It can be said that Du Xunhe now, if he goes to the imperial army camp, he is likely to be taken down as a prisoner. Going now is tantamount to throwing yourself into a net, and Du Xunhe naturally doesn't want to go.

But Tian Hao's attitude is now firm, which makes Du Xunhe very helpless.

If he doesn't go, Tian Hao is likely to abandon him; If you go, you may be arrested by the imperial court again.

It's hard!

In the end, Du Xunhe still went out of the city.

However, to his surprise, in the large camp of the imperial army, he found an acquaintance.

"Brother Confucian? How could it be you? Why are you here? ”

Seeing Yin Wengui in front of him, Du Xunhe was very surprised.

Yin Wengui, also a native of Chizhou, studied with him in Jiuhua Mountain in his early years. At that time, Du Xunhe, Yin Wengui and Gu Yun had a good relationship.

It's just that Gu Yun was admitted to the Jinshi during the Xiantong years, and there was less contact with them, and the other party died of illness a few years ago.

And Yin Wengui and Du Xunhe haven't seen each other for a long time, but they didn't expect to be here in the imperial court.

"Brother Du? I served as a military officer in the Governor's Mansion of the Naval Division, and you are in Xuanzhou? Seeing Du Xunhe, Yin Wengui was also surprised.

"Hmm!" Du Xunhe nodded bitterly.

"And what are you? Coming on behalf of Tian Bao? Yin Wengui wondered.

Du Xunhe nodded, which was considered to be an acknowledgement.

"Hey, Brother Du, I don't know what to say about you, you come now... Yin Wengui sighed and shook his head.

"What do you mean?"

"It's late. Shi Dudu has already ordered Xuanzhou City to be blown up, and it is useless for you to surrender even if you come to surrender on behalf of Tian Hao. Yin Wengui said.

"That... No, I have to go back right away for my brother... "Du Xunhe is in a hurry.

Yin Wengui looked at the brocade guards who appeared behind Du Xunhe, and was a little helpless, "Brother Du, you shouldn't be able to leave." ”

As he spoke, Yin Wengui pursed his mouth and pointed behind Du Xunhe.

Du Xunhe hurriedly turned around, and saw a group of soldiers with knives wearing Jinyi guard uniforms appear in his sight. Thinking of his friend's expression, he knew what it meant.

"Brother Xian, you must save your brother, you also know the situation at that time, Brother Wei didn't really want to take refuge in Pseudo Liang, he was really forced to do so!"

Du Xunhe hurriedly begged Yin Wengui for mercy, but at this time, Jinyiwei had already arrived and directly escorted Du Xunhe, for the sake of Yin Wengui's face, so he did not immediately escort him away.

"Brother Du, what's the use of you saying this now? At the beginning, even if you were a deserter, but you served as the assassin of Dengzhou appointed by the pseudo-Liang, the facts are in front of you, how can you let your brother help you?

After the fall of the pseudo-beam, you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but you ran away again!

You have the status of a jinshi, and you will not be sentenced to death if you come to Dali Temple, but this prison disaster should be inevitable, and it may even be a distribution. How to judge Dali Temple, I don't have the strength to ask for my brother, so you can do it yourself! ”

Du Xunhe's matter, Yin Wengui, a scholar from the Ming Dynasty, didn't dare to ask. This brother is equivalent to two rebellions, not even the family is considered a saint's grace, in today's environment where the imperial court likes to exile prisoners to the border, the other party will be sent to the frontier nine times out of ten.

Now Du Xunhe is fifty years old, and if he is sent to the frontier, he doesn't know if he can come back alive.

After all, they have been friends for many years, and when he thinks of the other party's ending, he feels a little uncomfortable.

One wrong step, one wrong step!

"Governor, just now Tian Hao sent someone to surrender, and the person has been taken away by the Jinyi Guard." Yin Wengui came to Shi Ling and reported.

"The messenger sent by Tian Hao was taken away by the Jinyi Guard? What's going on? Shi Ling was a little puzzled.

"Back to the capital, that person's name is Du Xunhe, a Jinshi in Qianning for five years, who served as the assassin of Dengzhou appointed by the pseudo-Liang during the pacification of the pseudo-Liang in the imperial court, and now he is the long history of Tian Bao's subordinates." Yin Wengui said truthfully.

"I see, can you inquire about how Tian Hao surrendered?" Shi Ling didn't care about Du Xunhe, he cared about Xuanzhou.

"Back to the governor, Tian Hao wants to withdraw the army in exchange for the governor on the condition of surrendering the history of Xuanzhou Assassin."

"A history of self-inflicted stabs? He thinks beautifully! Then there is no need to talk about it, and if there is a messenger from Xuanzhou, he will directly cut down the sacrificial flag.

I still want to be Xuanzhou City, and when the siege weapon of the governor of Pontus arrives, I will directly smash your turtle shell in Xuanzhou. ”

Hearing that Tian Hao still wanted to continue to be the king of Xuanzhou, Shi Ling was naturally unwilling, unless the other party was willing to lay down his arms and surrender.

Du Xunhe was arrested, and Tian Hao didn't know about it.

However, after Du Xunhe did not return for a few days, Tian Hao continued to send envoys with a large amount of property, hoping to exchange for the withdrawal of the imperial court.

Shi Ling directly put the property under his hands, and then cut off the heads of the people who came, and asked people to erect a few bamboo poles outside Xuanzhou City to hang.

This undoubtedly infuriated Tian Hao.

Angry, Tian Hao commanded an army of 20,000 to fight out of the city, but the demoralized Xuanzhou soldiers were soon beaten back by the imperial army. Not to mention the loss of the soldiers, the morale of the already low morale was even lower, and some soldiers had already escaped from the city wall.

And at this time, the artillery and Tiance cannons that Shi Ling dismantled from the naval warship also arrived at Xuanzhou City.

Since Tian Hao did not surrender, he used brute force to smash Xuanzhou City open, establish the prestige of the sailor, and let the towns in the south of the Yangtze know that his sailor is not easy to mess with.