The boat sailed across the Tuxiao River and entered Dongting Lake, and there were suddenly more boats on the lake.

Large and small awning boats, fishing boats, and small sailboats, covering the sky and the sun, come from the vast water, almost covering the surface of the lake.

Su Yun and the two of them stood at the bow of the boat, chattering.

Born in the Northland and raised in the Northland, they have never seen a thousand sails covering the sky and the sun.

"Hey, why is that girl not wearing clothes?"

Xiao Si'er's surprised voice sounded, and then there was the sound of footsteps, and it was Xiao Wu who ran into the cabin.

Su Lu asked the mud next to him: "What's going on outside, why is it so lively?" ”

The mud ran out and came back a moment later with a pale cheek and a hoarse voice.

"Something's wrong, my lord."

"On the lake are people fleeing from Xuanfu, dragging their families with their mouths, and the number of people is tens of thousands."

Su Lu was stunned for a moment, the fleeing people?

The next moment, he understood that the front was advancing to the area of Yanzhou in Beiyang, not to mention the people of Xitunling and Beizheng, but the people of Beiyang and Yanzhou must have been thinking about fleeing.

Su Lu put down the book in his hand, got up and walked out of the cabin.

A small, dark wooden boat with a family of seven on board was passing by the official boat.

The eldest son, who was thirteen or fourteen years old, was helping him to rock, and a thin woman in the cabin was holding a skinny baby in her arms, and a little girl sucking her fingers on her thigh.

The two old couples were depressed, nestled on the side of the cabin, seeing that they had no strength to move again.

The baby was crying, the woman lifted her clothes to feed, the baby ate two bites, did not eat the milk, continued to cry loudly, the woman looked at the crying baby, her cheeks were full of helplessness.

The old man resting on the boat looked sluggish, and his eyes were full of helplessness and hesitation.

Su Lu glanced at Xiao Si next to him, Xiao Si muttered, reached out and took out a bag of pastries from the cloth bag on his side, gritted his teeth, and threw it down.

"Snap"

The pastry fell beside the woman, and the paper bag cracked, revealing the pastry inside.

The woman picked one up, sniffed it, a look of surprise appeared on her cheeks, looked up at it, and immediately said a few words in a hoarse voice.

The old man, the old woman, the man who operated the boat, and the young man who rocked the oar, all raised their heads to look at the official boat, and the child holding the woman's thigh picked up a pastry and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Thank you, benefactor."

The old man shook at the official ship again and again.

The man who operated the boat was moved, and he also waved at the official ship.

The two boats passed by, Su Lu got up and went back to the cabin, there are many more such scenes.

The fleeing crowd came by boat from Beiyang, and according to the speed of this small boat, it will take more than ten days to get here, and the rations prepared by this family of seven are afraid that they have been consumed.

The mud ran to the other side of the hull and shouted: "When my lord returns to Beiyang, he will definitely be able to break the Tule army, so don't leave your homeland." ”

Until the ship arrived in Beiyang, Su Lu never left the cabin again, sitting in the cabin reading a book, while thinking about the new cards he could make.

Scout soldiers, short sword soldiers, sword and shield soldiers, and long qiāng soldiers, these are the four types of soldier cards that Su Lu can produce.

The long qiāng soldier has the strongest attack, the sword and shield soldier has the strongest defense, and the scout soldier is a professional soldier, but there are short knife soldiers, Su Lu has never been able to figure out where the most suitable scene for the short knife soldier is.

The camp was defeated and demoralized, and in the face of the invading Thule army, the first task was to defend the city.

The walls of Beiyang City are not high, the moat is almost non-existent, and if you want to hold Beiyang, it is almost impossible to fight in the city.

In the field battle on the plains, after a long defeat and fatigue, this battle was basically impossible to fight against the Thule cavalry, who were in high morale.

Su Lu calculated the bonuses of the soldier card and the array card to the city of the guard, if it was a level 3 soldier card, even if it was a long-defeated and tired army, there would be no problem in dealing with the Tule soldiers, but unfortunately he only had four level 3 soldier cards in his hand.

I still have to defend the city.

Su Lu was thinking about it, when the hull of the ship suddenly shook, it should have landed.

"Master Hou, we have arrived in Beiyang."

Su Ge's voice sounded outside the cabin, and Su Ge, who was dressed in a lake-green lieutenant's robe, walked in quickly, and said with excitement on his cheeks.

"Master Hou, we can rest in Beiyang tonight."

Su Lu got up with the book and asked Su Ge as he walked out.

"I remember that your hometown is Shangshan, how do you feel that you are back in Beiyang, just like returning to your hometown."

Su Ge smiled and narrowed his eyes, his cheeks were full of pride: "I have two hometowns, my grandmother's hometown is Shangshan, my grandfather's family is from Beiyang, I grew up in Beiyang when I was a child, and later lived in Shangshan for many years, Shangshan is my hometown." ”

The ship had already docked, and the guards were moving the boxes and cages, and there was a fishy smell on their faces.

Su Lu stepped on the wet water of the lake, and ordered the guards on duty to help carry things, and now that it was dark, if it was delayed a little longer, he would have to spend the night outside the city.

"Brother, it's really you."

In the crowd of people who were lining up to get on the boat, a young man suddenly ran over and said excitedly.

Su Lu waved his hand to let go of the guards blocking the way, and asked Zhao San, "San'er, what's the matter, you are also going to leave Beiyang by boat?" ”

Zhao San beckoned his daughter-in-law who was queuing up, and said in a voice full of loss: "Brother, you don't know, you're not here, the Tule people have all hit Beiyang City." ”

"My business is getting worse and worse, I asked Su Ping, Su Ping was a person who didn't pay attention, but Li Kun suggested that I go, no, Zhao Fatzi entrusted the relationship and helped me arrange a boat."

Su Yun opened his mouth and said: "Third brother, you still go back, my brother is back, Beiyang will definitely not be lost." ”

Zhao San was obviously a little moved, under the care of Su Lu, his stall in the Drunken Red Mansion was getting bigger and bigger, and now he had even set up a shed.

If there is a little way, Zhao San doesn't want to go.

Zhao San's daughter-in-law looked at Su Lu hesitantly: "Brother, can you really repel those vicious Tule people?" I've heard that almost all the men and horses of Zhao Fatzi's battalion were killed. ”

"Li Kun is a calculating, didn't he end up with a guard battalion of soldiers left less than half a battalion, Su Ping was lucky and was punished to defend the city in Beiyang, but after the siege battle in the past few days, Su Ping's men and horses have also lost a lot."

Zhao San glared at his daughter-in-law, as if he disliked her for talking too much, he said hesitantly: "Brother, you say, what should I do?" If you let me go back, I will follow you back. ”

Su Lu waved his hand, "Bring your things and follow me back to Beiyang." ”

On both sides of the wharf, it was crowded with people who dragged their families and families, and everyone received the news that there would be more and more battles in Beiyang, and these were people who had left their homes and fled.

Everywhere there were the cries of women and babies, a child of four or five years old, holding his mother's thigh, crying at the top of his voice.

The boatman, whose hair was completely gray, lifted his little grandson with all his strength, carefully placed it in the boat, and then went to pick up his wife.

On Dongting Lake, there is a miserable scene.