As soon as they entered Fengyang Road, Lan Ziyi and they received news from the front that Ruyin was lost.

Before Lan Ziyi entered Xiangcheng, the fleeing people all walked to the east.

Now Lan Ziyi and they saw the people dragging their families and going west,

The situation is very chaotic, and the news that Lan Ziyi can get is also very messy, and many of them are contradictory.

Fortunately, there are peach deer and the enemy father and son, these three people constantly inquire about all kinds of people who go against the tide on the way to march every day, farmers, traders, tycoons, landlords and officials, by comparing the words of these different people, keep the truth and eliminate the false, as much as possible to eliminate the prejudice of the parties' words, plus a certain amount of reasoning, and finally the three of them summed up the loss of Fengyang Road.

The process of losing is exactly the same as Lan Ziyi and they imagined, there was friction between the homeless people and the local people, and the disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court was not in place for a long time, and the thieves planted the eyeliner among the homeless people to take the opportunity to spread the demon law.

In the end, the situation was out of control, the demon thieves and believers actually preached in broad daylight, and although the government tried its best to arrest people, even the prisons and class rooms were stuffed with water, but they still couldn't stop the spread of witchcraft.

Disputes between the displaced and local people occur every day, which deepens the estrangement between the two people, and makes the displaced people themselves huddle.

As soon as the news of the thieves withdrawing from Xiangcheng and starting to advance eastward spread, all parts of the river were boiling, and there were rumors everywhere, and there were rumors among the homeless people that the government wanted to recognize the homeless people as thieves and bloodied, and the local people rumored that the homeless people wanted to lead the way for the thieves, kill all the locals, and rob money, food, and women.

At this point, things have inevitably slipped into riots, and the displaced people began to revolt almost at the same time.

Because there were no official garrisons in the towns around the river, and there were no regimental training and militia in the localities, the offensive of the displaced people was unusually smooth, and most of the cities fell into madness before the arrival of the thieves.

The displaced people who were driven away by the thieves now find that keeping up with the thieves is actually their only way out, and they have many fathers, brothers and children who have joined the thieves passively or actively.

In the blink of an eye, the momentum of the thieves has multiplied several times.

As Lan Ziyi and the others continued to the east, the battle reports flew one after another like snowflakes.

The towns along the river were lost one after another, and the number of thieves and thieves was snowballing, and such a huge army could no longer be solved by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.

After the Jihu Battalion lost Wei Qionglou, it was personally commanded by Lan Ziyi and became Lan Ziyi's personal guard, and Lan Ziyi found the previous forbidden cavalry from the converging forbidden army to supplement the strength of the Jihu Battalion, and finally expanded the Jihu Battalion to more than 3,000 people.

Since it was the vanguard, the Jihu battalion naturally followed Lan Ziyi to open the way for the army, and the group was the first to enter Ruyin City before the army.

Even if he was still outside the city, Lan Ziyi could already see the smoke and dust that wanted to fly up but was powerless after the fire in the city decayed.

These smoke and dust floated in the air tiredly, helpless, looking left and right like a dying patient, and finally beckoned pitifully after seeing Lan Ziyi and their reinforcements.

Naturally, there are no plants and trees left, and Lan Ziyi has already prepared the worst for the scene in front of him, but the scene he saw after entering the city is still heart-wrenching.

Ruyin is an important town in the upper reaches of the river, and it is the key to enter the river by land, although Lan Ziyi was busy on the way to Xiangcheng, just passing by in a hurry outside the city, but at that time the traffic in Ruyin City was busy, and the business travelers still left a deep impression on Lan Ziyi.

And when Lan Ziyi entered the city again, only the broken gate swayed lonely in the wind and smoke,

There were no pedestrians in the city for a long time, and the streets were lined with only ashes from the fire and charred corpses, and it was not known whether these people were killed and thrown into the fire or burned alive.

Walking two steps, you can occasionally see a dog suddenly bursting out of the alley, the hair on the dog's body has been burned to different lengths, and the hair cracks are full of ashes.

The dog's eyes were red, and it had pieces of charred black flesh of various shapes in its mouth, which it knew was torn from the corpse without thinking about it.

Seeing the cavalry passing by, this one barked twice wildly, and then fled in disgrace.

Next to him, Li Guangzhong said to Lan Ziyi:

"This dog has begun to eat human flesh, and now he is afraid of people because he has just lost his family and has not completely become wild, and when he is released into the wild, these beasts will be a disaster."

Lan Ziyi glanced in the direction where the wild dog had fled and did not speak.

Lan Ziyi entered the city from the west of the city, and marched all the way to the southeast, until the dock did not see a living person.

The huge Ruyin City is like a ghost domain.

After crossing Ruyin City, Lan Ziyi was in a heavy mood, he stopped at the dock and looked at the corpses floating in the river,

These corpses were thieves and officials, but most of them were ordinary people and ragged homeless.

The river that continues to go east is wave after wave, and the corpses on the dense river are also constantly undulating, slowly drifting downstream.

The river was washed away little by little, but there were still a few hard bones choked on the bank of the river, and they didn't want to leave because they were washed by the river.

Lan Ziyi stared at the river, unable to take his eyes off for a long time,

One Ruyin has already filled up the river, and there are many cities downstream, are the people there also like here, killed and thrown into the river like cattle? What will the river look like there?

Tao Zhutu, who was following Lan Ziyi, looked at Lan Ziyi in a daze and asked:

"Young Master, what's wrong?"

Lan Ziyi was asked by Tao Zhutu, took a deep breath, and the smell that had begun to rot made people sick.

Lan Ziyi did not answer Tao Zhutu, but ordered:

"Go out in waves and look for any living people in the city."

When Tao Zhutu was about to give the order, Lan Ziyi remembered something again, and instructed:

"Let the brethren go together, at least ten horsemen in a band, and do not act alone, and do not fall into the ambush of the thieves who are in the city."

Peach Rabbit nodded and passed on the order,

At this time, Tao Zhuhu rode his horse to Lan Ziyi's side, looked at the corpse flowing downstream, and said:

"It's miserable."

Lan Ziyi asked:

"Has the eldest brother ever seen a more tragic scene?"

Tao Zhuhu shook his head and said:

"No, it's the first time."

Li Guangzhong said at this time:

"These damn bandits."

Then Li Guangzhong asked:

"Why didn't the Marquis of Wei let me accompany the forbidden infantry behind? That's the workhorse.

Does Wei Hou want Qi Rongxun to command all the infantry? Didn't Wei Hou believe in Qi Rongxun? “

Lan Ziyi glanced back at Li Guangzhong's horse slightly, and said:

"General Li is a cavalry general, it is not suitable to lead the infantry, Qi Hou is a commander of the infantry and has rich experience, it is appropriate to hand over the infantry to him.

And there is Qiu Xiaozhi in the back, Qiu Wenruo and the two gentlemen are in charge of Qi Hou's heavy supplies, and my second brother Tao Zhulu is in charge of Qi Hou's intelligence, and it will be fine.

However, after the death of General Wei, the Jihu battalion lacked a battalion general, and now there are many forbidden cavalry in the Jihu battalion, so that General Li can not only lead the Jihu battalion, but also reconcile the contradictions between the new and old soldiers, just right. “

Li Guangzhong hugged his fist when he heard this:

"Thank you, Wei Hou.

It's just that Jihu Camp is the Beijing Camp, let me lead it, is there any court documents, it's too inappropriate,

And Da Lang, Erlang, and San Lang are all strong generals, wouldn't it be better to let them lead the Jihu Battalion? “

兰子义 says:

"No matter how my three elder brothers say it, they are all Beizhen soldiers, and it is taboo to lead the Beijing army without authorization.

Now that the military situation is urgent, I can only use it as I go, General Li, you can rest assured that you can lead the troops, and when the war is over in the future, I will play the imperial court and let you make up for General Wei's shortcomings. “

Li Guangzhong was stunned at first when he heard the news of this sudden promotion, and then immediately clenched his fists and said:

"Thank you Wei Hou for lifting up, from now on I will be Wei Hou your person!"

Lan Ziyi watched Li Guangzhong riding on a horse and made an impassioned speech, glancing at the corpses floating in the river, thinking about it, it was really ironic.

After Li Guangzhong finished speaking, Lan Ziyi said again:

"General Li, don't be in a hurry to thank me first, I just plan to report to you to fill the vacancy, but in the end, it is up to the imperial court to decide whether it will be approved or not."

Li Guangzhong replied:

"It is already a great honor for me Li Guangzhong to sign up for me, and I Li Guangzhong is already grateful for this!"

兰子义 says:

"Where General Li is, we are all generals of the imperial court, and we can't talk about the favors owed to anyone.

I didn't know where Qi Hou and the brigade behind me went, so I asked General Li to run for me and take the brothers to pick up the team behind. “

Li Guangzhong was ordered to set off immediately.

Looking at the back in the distance, Tao Zhutu said slightly teasingly:

"Young Master, why don't you fill this gap with me?"

Tao Zhuhu took it and said:

"At most, you are a servant of the Marquis of Wei, and you have not been registered in the military at all.

Even if you join the army, it is also the Beizhen Army, even if you fight desperately to make military achievements, this official position cannot be given to you, and it is absolutely impossible for the Zhenjun to be promoted to the commander of the Beijing Army, don't think about it. “

Then Tao Zhuhu asked Lan Ziyidao:

"Why did the young master promise benefits to Li Guangzhong?"

Lan Ziyi sighed and said:

"Big brother, look at this scene, it is much more tragic than Xiangfan and Wancheng before.

The thieves have become bigger, and now our strength is insignificant in front of the thieves, so there is no harm in boosting our own people at this time.

Moreover, there is still a big mess in the capital after the extermination of the thieves, so you can be prepared in advance. “

Tao Zhuhu asked again:

"Then Wei Hou trusts Li Guangzhong so much?"

Lan Ziyi didn't answer immediately, and after thinking about it, he said:

"As soon as Wei Qionglou dies, I can only give it a try.

And I think Li Guangzhong is worth using. “

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