In October, the weather is getting colder and colder, although the snow has not yet fallen, but for the people in Jingnan City, the arrival of winter means death.

The long-term shortage of food has made the people in the city extremely weak, and under the double torture of hunger and cold, many old and weak have died one after another, although all this has made the "meat market" in the city prosperous a lot, but everyone knows that few people can survive this winter.

After a white snowfall, there will be no more dead people in the city!

At the time when people were wearing padded jackets, such words were circulated in the city, and no one doubted this, and everyone knew that it was true.

For those trapped in the city, starving and cold, this may be their only way out.

Just when people thought that they were going to die, news came from there: Today, the nine gates of the inner and outer city gates are open for four hours, and women can escape from the city, and men in the prime of life are not allowed to go out of the city.

No one knows where the news came from, but it is certain that everyone heard it from the mouth of the yacha. In less than half an hour, the news spread throughout the city, causing an unprecedented shock among the inhabitants of the city.

For a while, people have long been there to say that Li Dingguo once sent a secret letter to the emperor, saying that he was virtuous and could not bear to see the people of the city die together, and asked the master to release the old and weak women out of the city as soon as possible. However, the emperor, the imperial court, and the Jingnan prefect were secretive about this matter, and resolutely denied that Li Dingguo had sent this letter to the city, and even said that the Ming army would starve them to death.

But for the hungry people, they were suspicious of the legend of this book, until now the messengers went around telling the news that the gates of the city were wide open and that the prospective women and children had escaped, and everyone believed that it was true.

While bringing people hope for life, it also brings people all kinds of doubts and sadness about life and death. The people in the city were talking about it, some were worried that the Ming army might not kill the old and weak casually as the legend said, and some people were worried about the revenge of the Ming army. Of course, more people are worried, what will happen after leaving the city? After all, they have no relatives outside the city at all, and when they leave the city, there is no place to live, so how will the women and children survive when the time comes?

All this raises all kinds of doubts. Moreover, the men were not allowed to go out of the city, so it was inevitable that the family would be separated from each other. So after hearing the news, everyone was talking about it, and everyone was crying.

"Really, really, it's true, if you don't leave, you're in no hurry, hurry up, don't pack anything...... Man? It doesn't matter what kind of man or woman he is, change into women's clothes, and go out differently......"

Again, Huang Laoliu, who was a yacha, muttered to his neighbor, and he said to his daughter-in-law as he spoke.

"Hurry up, don't clean up, just a few hours, if you don't leave, if the imperial court closes the city gate, when the time comes, you can't leave if you want to......"

Huang Lao Liu looked at his daughter-in-law who was packing her luggage, and said in a hurry.

Although his daughter-in-law is also assigned to him, since she entered the door, Huang Lao Liu has always been very fond of her, saying that she is a clothed girl, but in fact she is regarded as a daughter-in-law, and slowly the woman also accepts her fate, and her life can be regarded as affection and love, and there has never been a time to turn against her.

"This, don't bring anything with you, what should you do when you go out?"

Xiang Lian looked at Huang Lao Liu and asked. When she first heard the news, she would rather starve to death with her husband than escape alone. But he thought that if he escaped, he could take his son and daughter out of the city. Both children are Huang Laoliu's children, and they can't starve to death in the city with her.

In fact, Xiang Lian herself is so hungry that she doesn't have the strength to walk, and she escapes with her two children, can she already walk? If you don't go out of the city, you can only starve to death here, and if you go out of the city, you can't walk when the time comes, what should you do?

Just when Xiang Lian was in a dilemma. At this moment, Huang Lao Liu came back. He came back with only one sentence.

"Let's go, let's go now."

Of course, he also followed.

Just when Huang Lao Liu changed into a woman's clothes, his neighbor Li Tieta also returned.

He was surprised when he saw the clothes on Huang Laoliu's body.

"Sixth brother, who are you?"

"What is this, hurry back and change your clothes, dress up as a woman!"

Huang Lao Liu looked at Li Tieta and said.

"Don't be foolish, I'll tell you. It's a great escape! If you don't take advantage of this time to escape, won't the whole family starve to death here? ”

Then, Huang Lao Liu lowered his voice and said.

"If you want to leave, hurry up, and if it's late, you won't be in a hurry!"

Originally, he even discussed with the Li Tieta brothers how to escape, but when this matter was still being discussed, Lord Jin brought the news over there, although Jin Fu did not say it explicitly, but Huang Lao Liu still understood that this city gate was opened privately, of course, even if he guessed it, he couldn't say it.

When the time comes, take advantage of the chaos, rush out first, and when the court comes to its senses, there will be no chance to go out again.

Li Tieta listened and said in a daze.

"What's going on?"

"How long do you think this gate will be open? That is, in a few hours, if the court comes to its senses, this city gate will definitely have to be closed! ”

Li Tieta nodded and said.

"Then we have to hurry."

"Put on a woman's clothes and don't pretend to be stupid!"

Huang Lao Liu shouted again.

"Let's go together, and when the time comes, we will have a ...... to take care of."

When he was about to go out, Huang Lao Liu suddenly asked.

"Tie Tower, your father fought with the Ming army in the past, is it true that the Ming soldiers and horses are all so good, they don't suffer from collapse and don't kill people?"

"Hmmm......"

Li Tieta said.

"I'll tell you the truth, the Ming army is not as bad as us, we kill people everywhere, the Ming army has never killed anyone, when we slaughtered the city, the Ming army did not slaughter, but this can only be said behind the back, and people can't talk nonsense. As long as we go out, the Ming army will definitely not kill anyone. ”

Then he said in a low voice.

"That is, there are mines in front of the Ming army, when the time comes, what will I do?"

Xiang Lian, who was packing up her things on the side, hurriedly said:

"Since the Ming army has sent a message to the city, it will definitely give us a way to live."

Nodding, Li Tieta said.

"Well, that's the same reason, Cheng, sixth brother, you wait for me for a while, and I'll go home and clean up ......"

On this day, everyone in Jingnan City was packing up their things, thousands of people left their homes one after another, dragging their families towards the city gate, when they arrived at the city gate, the city gate was really wide open, and there were not even soldiers to check it, and people fled happily when they saw this, including both men and women.

Huang Lao Liu pulled Xianglian and his children, just with a small burden, and he also prepared a stick in his hand. This stick is for fear that after going on the road, in case you can't walk, you can use it as a crutch, and when necessary, you can also defend yourself.

"I hope it's still in a hurry......"

As the crowd walked out of the city, Huang Lao Liu's heart was extremely nervous, he knew that the city gate could be closed at any time, and once the city gate was closed, the family would definitely starve to death here.

"Hurry up, hurry up, get out of the city, and when the time comes, the Ming army will give us food......"

Although he was worried, Huang Lao Liu still tried to say some comforting words to his daughter-in-law.

Before leaving, they had already eaten the last bit of food in the house, which would be regarded as having some strength, and they could keep up with their footsteps. But at this time the people in the streets did not walk fast, after all, everyone was so hungry that they would fall down if a gust of wind blew.

The two brothers Li Tieta, who followed Huang Laoliu, with their families, also surged towards the city gate with the flow of people. Look at the city gates that are getting closer and closer. The hearts of the two of them are also hanging there, and they have already seen that this city gate is not necessarily opened by the imperial court, if it is opened by the imperial court, how can there be no soldiers guarding it, but now the city gate is wide open, but the soldiers are gone.

This gate must not have been opened privately.

Despite their fears, in the end, they got out of the city gate and left Jingnan in the crowd.

Standing on the city gate, watching the bustling flow of people rushing towards the outside of the city, Jin Fu said to Chen Degong on the side quite excitedly.

"Chen Junmen's life this time is more than hundreds of thousands, and the people in the city of Jin have thanked Junmen for their life!"

Facing Jin Fu's thanks, Chen Degong just grinned.

"Live?"

Shaking his head, he said again.

"I opened this city gate, not so much to keep them alive, but for myself, Lord Jin, you say, let's just open three city gates and let out all the people in the city, when the time comes, what will the Ming army do?"

"What should I do?"

Jin Fu smiled,

"What else can I do? The gates of this city are opened, and you and I are already sitting in the city! ”

Jin Fu had a smile on his face, but Chen Degong looked at the direction of the palace with some uneasiness, and then asked.

"Are you sure that the emperor will do that, will do that?"

The reason why Chen Degong dared to open the city gate was not only because he and Jin Fu had the credit of "dedicating the city" together, but because Jin Fu clearly told him that the emperor would not stop him.

"As long as the emperor wants to live!"

Jin Fu sneered and glanced at the palace.

"The emperor never wants to die here, so as long as there is a chance, he will definitely escape, as for the chance, ......"

Pointing to the bustling crowd on the road leading to the outside of the city, hundreds of thousands of women and children were fleeing through the gates.

"There are so many hundreds of thousands of people desperately running out of the city, you say, is there a more chaotic mess in the world? The emperor is not a fool, he may be angry, but after calming down, he must know that this is his last chance, and if he wants to escape from the city, he will definitely seize this opportunity! ”

Only chaos can make it possible to fish in troubled waters!

After Chen Degong nodded yes thoughtfully, he asked a little unconvinced.

"Lord Jin, you say, Your Majesty, will you really leave from me?"

Chen Degong swallowed a little nervously, and then said.

"With so many city gates, how could the emperor choose me here?"

This is what Chen Degong is most worried about, he is not afraid of opening the city gate, nor is he afraid of letting the people out of the city, and he is not afraid that the Ming army will be annoyed by this, and the premise of all this is that he can take the emperor, and then dedicate the emperor to the Ming army, at that time, the two great merits of sacrificing the city and the chief will add up, and no one will blame him!

"Hmph, our emperor......"

With a long sigh, Jin Fu said with great confidence.

"He's a smart man, just watch it, he'll definitely show up......"

A few clothes found from somewhere, when they were placed in front of him, Xuan Ye's expression became a little strange, everything came too suddenly, and he was going to leave the city now!

It is no longer a concentrated army to rush and kill the Ming army, and then the dead soldiers will kill a passage, but take advantage of the chaos to go out of the city, mix in the fleeing crowd, and leave Jingnan.

"Wang Xi, can you really go out?"

Again, Xuan Ye looked at Wang Xi, his tone was not very sure.

"Your Majesty, if you miss this opportunity, there will be no other chance."

Facing the emperor's gaze, Wang Xi said.

"Your Majesty, there are more than 400,000 women and children in the city, they are all hungry, and in order to make a living, they must rush desperately outside the city, and the emperor can be mixed in, there are hundreds of thousands of people as cover, why can't he escape?"

Because he knew that the time was pressing, Wang Xi even forgot to cover it up, and did not say anything about Nan Hunting, but directly used "escape." In this regard, Xuan Ye, who was bent on survival, did not show displeasure.

"However, the emperor, now you can't go out, this city gate is opened, there must be someone secretly colluding with the Ming army, maybe, they will also calculate that the emperor will take advantage of the chaos to get out of the city, they will definitely set up an ambush halfway, so, the emperor, the minister thinks ......"

Wang Xi, who lowered his voice, lest his words be heard by others, said.

"Now, it is necessary to order Weiyuan, Weiping, Liangbao and Jingnan defenders to attack the Ming army together, so that the situation outside the city is bound to be more chaotic, and the emperor can directly hide in the defenders and leave this place calmly......"

Listening to Wang Xi's suggestion, Xuan Ye did not express his position immediately, he just secretly thought about the feasibility of this suggestion in his heart.

Indeed, it is exactly like what Wang Xi said. Now someone dares to open the gates. Then there must be someone who colluded with the Ming army inside and outside. They must be waiting for their side to mess around. When the time comes, it will be much easier for them to do things.

Those people are unreliable, but is Wang Xi in front of him reliable? Will he collude with those people and plot against them? Now it's just a matter of putting on a show there.

People will always suspect a lot of things.

I felt that Wang Xi was loyal before. That's just a passing thought, right now. For Xuan Ye, he doesn't believe in any so-called loyalty.

After all, he has seen too many betrayals over the years. Even their own people are unreliable, let alone outsiders.

But are there any other options now?