The sergeant who had gone out to reconnoiter just now came back breathless and said:

"Weihou, the people who came in front were all fleeing people, I shouted and asked a few words, and they only said that Yuzhou had been lost."

Although Lan Ziyi hated the news of "the loss of Yuzhou" in his heart, his hanging heart finally settled, and this result was actually expected, and now it is just confirmed.

Lan Ziyi reached out and pinched the bridge of his nose, thought for a while, and then asked:

"Where are the people? How did Yuzhou fall? ”

The sergeant replied:

"I didn't ask too much, I rushed back to inform Wei Hou first."

Lan Ziyi said "um", waved his hand to signal that the sergeant could go down, and Qiu Wenruo said on the side:

"Wei Hou, now the good people have fled and become displaced people, and there is no food, clothing, housing and transportation, if they are not properly resettled, once they enter other states and counties, they will conflict with the local natives, and it will not be good to cause a new people's change, if they are bewitched by demon thieves, it will be a big deal if they fall into the demon road."

Qiu Xiaozhi also said:

"At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, when the Central Plains Forbidden Army all went north, Yuzhou was defeated, and Heyin and Fengyang had no military strength to stop the thieves.

If I am a thief at this time, I will join the army at this time, and take the Beijing division directly, and in my opinion, Lei Youde is very likely to do this, I should quickly report to the Beijing division, and urgently transfer the Jiangnan forbidden army and even the eastern army to return to the Beijing division, even if the thieves do not go to the capital, the assembled army can also go to the front line to suppress the bandits, and there is no harm in all benefits. “

Lan Ziyi sighed and said:

"What the two gentlemen said is a timely plan, but the official bank of the household department has bottomed out, how big a stall will it be to do this?"

Qiu Xiaozhi says:

"The poisonous snake devours his fingers, the strong man breaks his wrist, not to mention that it is only spending money now, if the thieves really come to the city, how many years will this Taizheng have?"

Qiu Wenruo says:

"The thieves are now just traveling to Xiangnan, Xiangxi, and Heyin, there are nearly a million garrisons north of the big river, Jiangdong is rich, the country's tax source, has not yet suffered from military disasters, the situation is still under control, why should Wei Hou consider such a trivial matter as silver, because of a small loss."

Lan Ziyi smiled bitterly:

"Of course I don't have to think about the silver, but it's impossible for the court not to think about it."

Saying that, he took off the yellow list on his body and handed it to the soldier next to him, this person had already received Lan Ziyi's command when he chased Lei Youde at night outside Yuzhou City.

Lan Ziyi commanded:

"You immediately take a few people back the way they came, inform the prefectures and counties along the way to prepare food and shelter to collect the victims, and if you have any doubts, take out the holy decree and show it to the magistrate.

If the horses are tired, they will change to the horses of the post station, do not stop all the way, rush back to the capital, report the defeat of Yuzhou, and ask the imperial court to send an order to Fengyang Road to resettle the displaced people, and transfer troops to help the Beijing division. “

The sergeant looked at Huang Bang with a panicked expression and said:

"This is given by the emperor to the Marquis of Wei to transfer the army, how can I take it?"

Lan Ziyi gritted his teeth and smacked his tongue, and said sadly:

"From the moment Yuzhou City was broken, there was no army, what use do I need this holy decree?"

When the sergeant heard this, he remembered that he didn't know life and death with the thousands of tiger camp robes he got along with day and night, and he couldn't help but feel sad, two lines of tears rolled down, took the yellow list and gently shook it, and then nodded the two people and turned around and left.

Lan Ziyi looked at the soldiers of the Jihu Battalion who were already lined up next to him, and ordered:

"Soldiers, hurry up with me!"

When the armies heard this, they immediately set out,

On the side, Tao Zhuhu followed Lan Ziyi and said:

"I knew today, why did I send King De to the expedition at that time, and now I don't know where the main force of thieves is."

Everyone on the side sighed when they listened, but they were helpless.

Lan Ziyi and the others didn't run a few steps before they encountered the victims who had evacuated along the way.

At this time, the day has just risen in the east, and the night in the west has not faded, like dusk and morning, neither sleep nor bright, and the rolling refugees seem to extend from the night sky, enveloping the whole land, spreading step by step against the sun.

At first, when the victims saw the soldiers of the Jihu Battalion, they all stopped and watched, their eyes were full of joy, and when they found that there was only a small detachment of more than 200 horsemen, they all lowered their heads in disappointment, told each other and continued to move forward steadily.

Lan Ziyi ordered his soldiers to go down to the fields by the road and make way for the victims.

Looking at the victims who had already walked on the road, Lan Ziyi asked in a distant voice:

"Where did you come from and where are you going?"

People are still in a hurry, hearing the question, just report the name of their hometown, there are Wancheng, Yuzhou, Wuyang, Xuxian, Yingcheng and even the old capital, four sets of people from all directions, from the perspective of the household registration of the victims, the thieves broke through Yuzhou and went all the way to the north.

After the people were almost gossiping, Lan Ziyi asked again:

"Folks, where are you going to leave your hometown like this?"

There was a white-haired old man in the crowd, walking silently on crutches, and after hearing Lan Ziyi's words, he slowly leaned to the side of the road, stopped in front of Lan Ziyi's horse, and said:

"It's better to go anywhere than at home, the thieves call the young and strong and are captured to be soldiers and slaves, the grain and livestock are pulled to fill the army, and the old and weak are left to die, what if they don't run?"

兰子义 says:

"But where can you go if you leave home?"

Old man says:

"Where you can live, where you can eat."

Lan Ziyi shook his head, paused for a moment and said:

"The old man doesn't have to go far, it won't take long for the officials and soldiers to exterminate the thieves, and you can go home."

A young man walking with his head buried on the side scolded:

"Officers and soldiers? In addition to eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, what else will the officers and soldiers do when they bully men and women? The 100,000 army will play after speaking, and it is useless to fart.

The city of Yuzhou was eaten up by them, and the thieves were burned down again, but in the end? It's not that it's been broken by thieves.

Wang Daguanren's reputation in the city, the whole family was ruined by the beasts in the official barracks, and they surrendered to the thieves, and most of the thieves attacked the city when they attacked the city again. “

Lan Ziyi listened to the young man's accusation and clenched the reins in his hand, how could Yuzhou City be forced to sound a little eyebrow, although this eyebrow was heart-wrenching.

The old man also said to Lan Ziyi:

"This young general, what are you going to do to exterminate the thieves? The 100,000 troops in Yuzhou City have been wiped out, can you rely on these cavalry to turn things around?

Alas, maybe the thieves really have the help of the gods, but why did the gods kill us? “

As he spoke, the old man turned around again and blended into the ranks of the victims, and left without looking back.

Looking at the victims who were like the water of a great river going eastward, Lan Ziyi could only sigh, he turned around and said to the father and son of the enemy family:

"The two gentlemen really know how much danger they have."

Then, without waiting for the two enemies to reply, they turned their horses' heads and shouted:

"All the armies come with me."

More than 200 knights of the Tiger Battalion followed Lan Ziyi to face the victims upstream, like a carp trying to jump over the dragon gate, and like the morning light splitting the night, piercing deep into the darkness.

Peach Chase Gallop beside Lan Ziyi said:

"Wei Hou, there are many thieves and I am outnumbered, there is no need for us to go over and die in vain."

兰子义 says:

"Of course I won't feed my brothers and my own lives,

But now the movement of the thieves, the battle situation in Yuzhou is not clear, even if the 100,000 army is defeated, it is impossible for all of them to be killed, I have to go forward again, gather the stragglers, and survey the enemy's situation, otherwise sitting on the commander's seat is a corpse vegetarian meal, so how can it. “

Tao Zhuhu smiled happily in the wind and said:

"Wei Hou is my border man in the end, and he has the toughness to not admit defeat in his bones."

Lan Ziyi smiled:

"In his position, he will seek his own government and fulfill his responsibilities."

The cavalry had overtaken the plague in a frenzy, the sky was already dawning in the east, and a city stood alone on the earth in the distance of the endless plain, without a foil or support, and the small but strong city wall did not seem to rely on any other force, he was a fortress on the flat ground, he was a sandbar in the flood, he seemed to have that strength.

Lan Ziyi looked at this small city, and inexplicably felt a sense of peace of mind in his heart, pointing to the horsewhip and asking:

"What's ahead?"

A sergeant replied:

"Back to Weihou, in front of you is Xiangcheng County."

兰子义 says:

"Hurry up and get to the city as soon as possible, maybe there are some of our people in the city."

So Lan Ziyi and his knights waved their horsewhips again, speeding up and leaning towards Xiang Cheng.

When he was about to arrive at the city, Lan Ziyi saw that many people were digging trenches outside the moat outside the city wall of Xiangcheng.

Seeing Lan Ziyi's cavalry galloping over, the sentry men hurriedly knocked on the bangzi, and some people on the city wall shouted.

The people, who had just been busy in the trenches, immediately picked up the guys and climbed out of the trenches and ran back to the city at great speed.

Lan Ziyi began to slow down his horse from a distance, pointed at these people and asked:

"Who is in charge of this city? The city has already been built and the people are so well trained. ”

Next to him, Tao Zhulu and the soldiers of the Jihu Battalion looked at each other, not knowing how to answer Lan Ziyi.

On the side, Tao Zhutu asked:

"Wei Hou, could it be a thief?"

Lan Ziyi smiled:

"Is it a thief who still dares to defend the city? Isn't that looking for death? It must be my loyal and filial son. ”

The kung fu people of this conversation have withdrawn into the city, the city gate is pressing, and many archers have gathered on the city wall, these archers are wearing civilian clothes, and the bows they hold are of different lengths, and the movements are not neat when holding the bow and aiming, and no one has orders, it seems that it is a militia organized by the people in the city, but these militias are in good spirits,

Lan Ziyi stopped outside the trench that had not yet been dug and looked at the people on the city wall, and the archers on the city wall also looked at the city, and some archers said:

"Demon thief! If you have the guts, lean over and grandpa will shoot you like a hedgehog. ”

Lan Ziyi laughed happily when he heard this, and said to the people next to him:

"Yes, morale is high."

Then someone on the city wall scolded:

"What kind of thief, who comes from the east to make a thief? That's my own people.

Put the guys away and open the gates. “

Lan Ziyi listened and led the knights to lean towards the city gate, and looking at the man who spoke just now from a distance, he could only see a round ball of meat churning up and down with a vigorous body,

It wasn't until the meat ball under the city gate brought people out to greet him that it turned out to be a big fat man, his neck had been buried in the flesh, and his head and body were like two round balls connected together.

Although he was fat, this person was athletic, his movements were not muddy at all, he was wearing a linen shirt casually and walked out with a few people, and said with a fist in front of Lan Ziyi:

"In the next city and county order Gao Yanzong, dare to ask who this general is?"

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