Xiang Qing pointed out the last soldiers and horses of Sanqin, and the front foot just left; Zhou Chang'an and Wang Kenong immediately gave up returning to the dangerous Yanjing City and rushed straight to the empty Chang'an City; Under Zhou Changfeng's repeated requests, Zhu Yuntao of Bashu Road was also "forced" to gather 50,000 elite soldiers, leave Bashu Road, and go north to help King Qin defend the city, and meet Zhou Chang'an, the son of the enemy who intends to "break the cauldron and sink the boat, besiege Wei and save Zhao".

The timing is captured so exquisitely, and the rhythm is interlocking, directly inducing Zhou Changfeng to walk into a dead end. This kind of Tianhu situation, except for the rare accident in a century, must be a trap. It's just that for Zhou Changfeng at that time, he had already played all his hole cards; No matter how the situation develops in the future, he can only follow the trajectory of fate and drift with the tide, and there is no room for tossing and turning.

He could only trust Zhu Yuntao.

Of course, people who are as meticulous as Zhou Changfeng will always have a trick to spare. When Guan Beidou was still in Chang'an City, through the calculation and rehearsal, many fire-causing things were arranged in advance at various city defense points.

First, you can guard against Zhu Yuntao's counterattack and lead the army to besiege Chang'an; Second, it can also be burned with the invading enemy jade as a last resort, turning Chang'an City into a charred ruin.

It's just that Chang'an City is, after all, the old capital of the former dynasty, with a dense population and a vast area. If you want to build it into a fire prison ready to be ready at any time, it must be an extremely large siege city. As many people as there are many people involved, it is inevitable that the rumors will leak......

In the eyes of the Jianghu people, there is no secret in this world that "three people know".

Even Jia Laoliu, who was secretly dangerous in Chang'an City, was willing to sacrifice his life to repay his kindness after learning the news that Wu Chengfeng had been killed, awakening Zhou Changfeng's vigilance for his own safety. It is precisely because of his old life, Zhu Yuntao's 20,000 horses, that he was "forced" to take over the city defense and shoulder the responsibility of guarding the outer city of Chang'an.

Since you can patrol the night with a swagger, then under the guidance of the Jianghu people, the action of dismantling the fires in the city has become traceless......

Jia Laoliu used his life to avoid the mistakes of Chang'an City, the ancient capital of the previous dynasty, and repeating the mistakes of the East Customs.

This Chang'an City, which has roads extending in all directions and prosperous commerce, must not be damaged by the half. Because this is an important basis for the post-war revival of the Northern Yan Dynasty, and it is the only weapon to counterbalance the economic offensive of Nankang.

Although there is a huge disparity in national strength, the national fortunes seem to be tilting towards Gangnam Province; However, with Zhou Yuanqing's ambition and ambition, if he only wants to solve the hidden dangers in the southwest border, he will not need to endure so hard for decades.

Before Guan Beidou was alive, he had a dream of a new world; And Zhou Yuanqing, the "leisurely emperor" in his later years, of course, also has his own ambitions! In fact, whether it is the southwest border, the three roads in the north, or the Mobei grassland; In his eyes, these heroes and heroes who have come and gone can only become the role of "mountain king", and they are not worried about ringworm and scabies.

And the real enemy of the Northern Yan Dynasty is standing on the Purple Gold Palace, standing in front of his dragon book case, and standing on the land of the Northern Yan Dynasty! Zhou Yuanqing doesn't want to be the kind of Ming monarch and holy lord who "dies and disappears", and he is not satisfied with a peaceful and prosperous era like a mirror for decades.

It is true that the Nankang Dynasty has been in the national fortune for 40 years, and now it is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is difficult to compete with the strength of Huayu. But he had several secret deals with another smart person, Shen Gui. One of them is that north of the Huajiang River and after being completely subdued by Wanghua, Shen Gui will send him the best solution to the Nankang problem!

As for what kind of price Beiyan will have to pay if he wants to get this answer, Shen Gui has not mentioned it for the time being......

On that day, after Zhou Changan and Zhu Yuntao met in Huanglong Gudu, the two sides immediately joined forces and carried out a great purge. Relying on the list that has been secretly found out for many days after the start of the war, the Red Crow's deputy, the Scorpion Huzi, who has completely disappeared after the start of the war, plans to kill all the soldiers who secretly colluded with the Qin army or whose families were coerced in the wilderness and wilderness on the spot.

Since Zhu Yuntao was in charge of the troops at that time, he did not dare to guarantee that the 20,000 new dings left in Chang'an City would definitely not have the sand mixed in by the perimeter wind. Therefore, they must do a full set of plays, and at least they have to make a big scene of thousands of miles of red land and bloody pestles, so as to hide from the Qin army spies who are responsible for secretly revisiting the battlefield.

But even the two of them didn't expect that more than half of the elite soldiers of Bashu were on the list issued by Chiwu; And the veterans of the Tianyou Army are cleaner, but the generals in the Three Jin Army, in addition to Wang Kenong, there are also many generals and soldiers who are engulfed in it.

As a result, a trial to clean up the inner ghosts unexpectedly turned into a mutiny among the rebels! The fake fight turned into a real fight, and the two armies strangled together in chaos, and really killed a hell on earth full of corpses......

So when the army returned to Chiyang County, the extreme exhaustion and highly nervous mental state, including the real scars and battle damage, could not be seen at all!

Zhou Changfeng, who was drunk and began to talk nonsense, returned to the palace to rest; Zhu Yuntao immediately cleaned up the 20,000 Bashu Xinding. Fortunately, after the war began, Zhou Changfeng, the king of Qin, was already too busy to take care of himself, and his busy foot hit the back of his head every day, and the silver was also consumed as quickly as the flowing water of the Huajiang River, and he was unable to continue to infiltrate the Bashu army.

Therefore, the 20,000 Bashu new army had a clean foundation, and in the end only a few hundred people were handled.

When Zhu Yuntao opened the gate of Weiyang Palace with the order of the Son of Heaven rewarded by Zhou Changfeng, in less than a quarter of an hour, the last Sanqin veteran completely gave up resistance and sacrificed a Weiyang Palace.

At this point, the dream of the two generations of the father and son of the Qin Wangfu was officially shattered.

In fact, this result, for Zhou Changfeng, is of course a failure. But for the people of the land of Sanqin, in addition to the families who have joined the army; The impact is not even comparable to that of a major drought year.

First of all, at the beginning of King Qin's army, he relied on the materials and military salaries sent by Nankang; After Nankang withdrew, King Qin moved out the small treasury he had accumulated over the years for Chen Ziling to continue the Northern Expedition. If the war continues for more than fifteen days, he must impose civil taxes; But before the plan was implemented, Zhu Yuntao and Zhou Changan showed their hole cards, drew salaries from the bottom of the kettle, smashed Huanglong, and flew to seize the land of Sanqin.

So from this point of view, King Qin may not be an eloquent hero, but at least he will be a benevolent and generous monarch.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Yuntao, a veteran who had made great achievements in quelling the rebellion, carried a handwritten letter from the four princes, dressed as a veteran of the government office, drove a prisoner car, and embarked on the road to escort the Qin prisoners north for trial.

"Master Hou, the last general has been in the southwest all his life, and he has never been to any good places. You have a high status and have seen a wide range of the world, where is the scenery of our Huayu better? ”

Zhu Yuntao asked Zhou Changfeng, who was wearing prison clothes, while driving the prisoner car.

"What? Knowing that you are a good master, and now you want to retreat bravely? Zhu Yuntao, how could it be so easy for you to get down when you stepped on the ship of heaven? Your son...... Zhu Wenhan, don't you still have to stay in Bashu Dao? A rope is tied to two grasshoppers, and you can't fly Lao Tzu or jump on your son! ”

Although Zhou Changfeng was wearing prison uniforms, he did not wear shackles and chains, and there was no trace of being tortured; And listening to his voice is a little relaxed, it should be that the knot in his heart has been relieved, or he has completely accepted his fate......

"What do you think of that kid in my house? It's also a talent, right? Hey! I don't want him to continue to be an official, the two of them go to a place with good scenery, open a small shop to spend the day, and then marry him a daughter-in-law and give birth to a few more fat dolls...... Tut-tut..."

Hearing Zhu Yuntao's relaxed and happy imagination of the future, Zhou Changfeng's expression moved, the corners of his eyes twitched a few times, and then he sighed:

"Hey, I don't know...... What will happen to my wife and child? ”

"Don't worry, Master Hou, Your Majesty is lenient, and the little young master has the blood of the Heavenly Family, so he will not be implicated in this matter."

"If you want to live in seclusion, then go to Jiangnan Province, or stay in Chang'an City. Zhu Yuntao, don't look at our Sanqin wind and sand, but ...... Hey, that's it...... Great rivers and mountains, great rivers and mountains! ”

Zhou Changfeng said as he spoke, and cloudy tears flowed down. This "set" that has been abandoned for decades, and the ins and outs of it, whether it is his cousin Zhou Changan or Zhu Yuntao himself, did not hide it from him. Although Zhou Changfeng knew who he was defeated, he never came up with an answer: where he was wrong and how to change it in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

This long sigh is not only a helpless relief, but also an evasion of complaining......

It is now the height of summer, and the plague under the city of Hedong has also intensified, and has gradually spread and spread; Zhongzhou Road, Jingchu Road, Sanjin and other places have all suffered. Therefore, Zhu Yuntao escorted the Qin prisoner back to Beijing for trial, and still took the rugged northern route of Huanglong Gudu. It's just that a few days ago, because he and Zhou Chang'an went on a killing spree here, they scared away the people living in the nearby villages and counties; So the two of them went all the way south and didn't see any idlers here.

Sure enough, the people left their homes and took refuge, and there were no more river workers waiting at the wharf; The two stopped to watch, and saw that on the edge of the pier of Huanglong Gudu, there was only a man with a straw hat on his face and napping shirtless, who was sleeping on his boat......

"Boatman...... Boatman! ”

Zhu Yuntao, who was dressed as a small official, stepped forward and knocked on the ship's bong; When the man heard this, he coughed, stretched out his hand to tilt the straw hat slightly, and glanced at the two of them with half an eye:

"Prisoner car? Bad luck...... Is there an official paperwork? ”

"Nope."

"That's going to be easy. Two people, two carts and one horse, divided into three times, give two hundred taels of silver. ”

Under normal circumstances, a person takes a boat to ferry, and the boat fare is a penny. The price of the carriage, the prisoner's cart, and the old horses was relatively high, but when they were counted together, two taels of silver would come to an end. And today, this young man with fine skin and tender flesh doesn't look like an old river worker, obviously seeing this unique business opportunity and earning this "knife money" with his head.