After reporting that the Chinese army had landed in Dongcheng, Xun Xuan, who was visiting Pei Xian in the palace, couldn't help but be surprised, and felt that his hands and feet were weak. Pei Xian said that you should go back quickly, it is important to protect your wife and children, but Xun Xuan smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that there are Chinese soldiers approaching, or Zhao soldiers will take the opportunity to loot on the street......"

What can be robbed in the city has already been looted by Xuan An, Kong Chang and others to boost morale and indulge the soldiers; Only the mansions of high-ranking officials such as Pei and Xun remained, and Zhao Bing did not dare to disturb them for the time being. However, once the city is about to be broken, will Zhao Bing have no scruples when they are looking for a way to survive? Xun Suixin said that even if you kill me at this time, I won't dare to leave your house and go back to my house through Tongqu Avenue.

Pei Xian was quite calm, smiled and said: "In this case, the lives of my two families depend on Yanshu." Then he called his two sons, Pei Ru and Pei Ying, over and asked them to bow to Xun Xuan.

Pei Ru and Pei Ying are both well-known for their literary talents, but when they encounter this situation, what can they do with light and poetry? All of them were the color of earth, and they were even sifted through chaff.

Pei Xian pointed at Xun Xuan and said: "I originally signed a contract with Xun Jun, and we have experienced hardships together, you and other parties Xun Jun is like a father, if I am ......."

These two were originally attached to Wang Jun, and after Wang Jun was killed, his subordinates all pleaded guilty to Shi Le, only Pei and Xun could not. Shi Le summoned the two of them and scolded: "Wang Jun is cruel and cruel, I will punish him for it, everyone has come to ask for sin, but the second king does not come, in order to share the evil with him - are you not afraid of death?!" ”

The two replied calmly: "We are waiting for the world to be in Jin, and I am honored with it, although Wang Jun is fierce and vulgar, after all, he is an important minister of the Jin domain, so we obey it, and I dare not have two hearts." If the general does not practice morality and righteousness, but only inflicts coercion punishment, how is it different from Wang Jun? Even if we die, we also do our duty—please die. "Don't bow down.

Seeing this, Shi Le hurriedly called the two back, and thanked him: "I often hear that the two gentlemen are loyal and righteous, and this is the case." It's just a joke, don't be responsible. "That's a courtesy.

Later, Shi Le confiscated the property of Wang Jun's subordinates and relatives, and there was a huge amount of money and silk, but Pei and Xun only got more than 100 sets of books in their homes, and more than 100 sets of salt and rice. So he paid more attention to the two of them, and said to their faces: "I don't like Youzhou, but I only like the two gentlemen." "It's another co-optation, and it's persecution, and the two-pronged approach finally makes Pei and Xun outstanding.

Why did Shi Le have already planted a big heel in front of Pei Gai, but he still refused to accept the lesson, and still bothered to recruit Pei Xian and Xun Xuan, but refused to kill them? Because the times are different—killing all the princes of Jin in Ningping City and leaving Pei Gai alone is purely Shi Le's personal interest; And by the time he killed Wang Jun, he was no longer wandering in all directions, and he was interested in using Ji and Yu as a base to gradually expand his power, and even seek to seize the world, so he couldn't help but recruit the children of Pei and Xun Zhi.

Even if the two of them did not pretend, but knelt down in fright, Shile would still treat them with courtesy.

Besides, Pei should be alone at the beginning and resolutely refused to surrender, and then in order to save his aunt, he temporarily stayed in the camp, and Shi Lexu and the snake; And Pei Xian, Xun Xuan, their wives and children are all in Jicheng, they don't care about their lives, aren't they afraid that their families will die in vain?

Therefore, as long as these two are not like Pei Gai, and repeatedly refute Shi Le's face, Shi Le is categorically unwilling to be ruthless. And these two people also pretended to be loyal as Shi Le expected, in order not to damage their reputation, and when Shi Le gave enough face, they also went down the slope and became thieves.

So far, for four years, Pei and Xun have been warming up in the Zhao regime, advancing and retreating together, and gradually forming a small group. It's just that this kind of family group can neither seize power from Zhang Bin, Cheng Yao and others, but will be bullied by the generals of Hu Xian, and their only hope is to teach the prince literature in the future, as well as Chinese etiquette and regulations, so that once the prince succeeds to the throne, they can have a good life in their old Jin dynasty.

——In the original history, this illusion was completely broken by Shi Hu, and Pei Ru and Pei Ying were also killed by Shi Hu......

As for this timeline, such a fantasy is also illusory, Pei Xiannai is no longer nostalgic for the world-the main thing is that he estimates that he will not be able to live-so he entrusts his second son to Xun Xuan, and then takes out the poison that has been prepared long ago from his sleeve, throws it into the water cup, shakes it slightly, and drinks it all.

Pei Ru and Pei Ying all knelt on the ground and cried. Xun Sui also mourned, but after all, he was old and had a lot of things, so he was not as overset as his second son, so he hurriedly ordered them to collect his father's body, and he ran to the front yard, and ordered the slaves who came to go home to report the news, and go to the street to inquire about the news.

Not long after, the Zhao soldiers scattered, and the Chinese army entered the city. Xun Xuanai ordered the gate to be slightly opened to show that he was unprepared, and to wait for the Chinese soldiers.

Under the leadership of Zu Lian, the first part of the Chinese army directly took the palace ban and went to capture Shile, and the rest were mostly led by Fan Ya and other generals to seize the city gates in the other three directions; Only a small part is under the command of Liu Yao, and he searches and kills stragglers in the city - he does not belong to Zu Li's cronies after all, and the heavy responsibility of searching for the lord and killing the general does not fall on his head, and he has made great contributions to the door before, and the credit behind him must be given to others.

A Chinese army team under his command, seeing that it was approaching Pei's mansion, Xun Sui hurriedly sent a servant to talk to him, saying that the front was Pei Gong's mansion, and there was Xun Gong's mansion two streets away, all of which were high-ranking families, and they were willing to subjugate China, and asked the general not to bully his family, and even send troops to protect him from being harmed.

As soon as the captain heard something, the surname Pei and the surname Xun...... This Pei won't be Wenxi Pei, this Xun won't be Yingyin Xun, right? hurriedly went to report that Liu Yao knew, and sent troops to his mansion to enter the hospital, but he really didn't dare to offend.

When Liu Yao heard the report, he didn't dare to be contemptuous - although he was a thief, who knows what kind of attitude Pei and Xun of Luoyang have towards them? Even if such a family loses its hair, it is still a phoenix, which is what can I hope to carry as a grass chicken? If a few years ago, the world was still in chaos, and a martial artist like Liu Yao might not have put Gaomen in his eyes - at least kill you quietly, what is the obstacle - but now that the social order is gradually restored, and the Son of Heaven is surnamed Pei, and the queen's surname is Xun, how dare Liu Zhengchang Meng Lang?

In addition, there is Marshal Zu's attitude. Thinking that day besieged the city, many so-called Zhao people, that is, the people of the old Jin Dynasty, fled outside the city, and Zu Ti ordered the people to arrest regardless of their clothes. However, those well-dressed people were caught, and they were not killed, they were screened one by one, most of them were sent to Luoyang, and a small part were reprimanded and released on the spot, and even more than a dozen middle-level officials of Zhao State were left in the camp by him and replaced as clerks.

So Liu Yao sent people to guard Pei and Xun's two mansions, and they sent people to guide them to protect all the old Jin families who remained in the city.

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Kong Chang galloped towards the forbidden city and went to report the bad news to Shi Le.

Prior to this, Shi Le had already received the news that the Chinese army had landed in the city, and he hurriedly changed into armor, put on a war sword, and planned to go to the front in person and command the soldiers to force the Chinese to retreat. As soon as he went down to the palace, waiting for the attendants to lead the horse, Kong Chang arrived, immediately knelt down on one knee in front of Shi Le, and reported the situation in the east city concisely, and said: "Look at this situation, the city is no longer defensible, and Your Majesty should urgently plan to break through the siege......"

Shi Le's eyebrows tightened, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly sneered: "You can actually use artillery stones to apply poisonous smoke...... Than Fei Zu's plan, it must be Pei's trick! ”

He had dealt with Zu Ti many times, and knew that the other party was both wise and brave, but there was no new breakthrough in equipment and command; On the contrary, Pei Gai, although there are not many head-to-head confrontations, but they all say that the Guanzhong military has gunpowder, is good at rockets, and can even spray sand and gravel with iron cylinders...... Almost every trick was heard by Zhao Junchen.

Shi Le also once asked Zhang Bin: "Did Pei Wenyu visit any capable people, or even the help of the immortal family?" Zhang Bin's answer was: "Pei Wenyue admires Zhuge Liang the most, and it is said that Zhuge Liang once made a crossbow, ten arrows at a time, and made wooden oxen and horses, which can transport grain in narrow roads like flying...... I know that the real generals are also talented, the changes of the heavens and people, the reason of the Ming Liuhe, the good can fake things for the work, Pei Wen is about its stream? It's not ...... if you can't do it."

In other words, Zhang Bin felt that those tricks should have been figured out by Pei Gai himself - of course, for the general, only one direction is needed, and there must be craftsmen to help implement and improve - Shi Le Su believes in Zhang Bin, plus he also values Pei Gai, so he naturally believes in this.

Therefore, if it is said that Zu Ti newly invented the method of using artillery carts to release poison, Shi Le may not believe it; But considering that Pei should be Zu Li's big backstage now, he will naturally supply the magic weapon in his hand to Zu Li with some reservations, so there is no need for people to say, let alone Zhang Bin underground, he will have seven or eight points of certainty.

Listening to Kong Chang's description of the battle situation near Dongcheng, Shi Le also knew that the general trend was gone—as long as the poisonous smoke was used, the Chinese could climb to the top of the city and hold the city for a period of time, and there would naturally be an endless stream of reinforcements arriving; The number of Zhao soldiers is outnumbered by the Chinese army, and the previous pure defense of the strong wall will be depressed, once the Chinese army breaks into the city, the morale will be depressed, and I am afraid it will be difficult to reverse the defeat.

So he asked Kong Chang: "Where is the peach leopard?" Where is Juan? ”

Kong Chang replied: "When the minister arrived, he was gone, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape...... Your Majesty should hurry up and get on the horse, be escorted by the ministers, open a bloody road, and break out of the encirclement. ”

Shi Le smiled bitterly: "How difficult...... then his eyes widened, and he scolded: "I, Zhao, only the king of death, have a monarch who abandons the people to escape?" I'd rather die than leave, and the others can find their own way to survive. As he spoke, he didn't pay any more attention to Kong Chang, turned around and walked towards the apse.

Kong Chang had no choice but to kowtow, and then fled for his life without mentioning it. And it is said that Shi Le entered the back bed, that is, he pulled out his knife, and when he saw the palace people and slaves, he immediately stabbed over, and slashed to death, saying: "It is better for me to kill you than to be humiliated by Huakou!" ”

The palace people and slaves fled for their lives in shock, and Shi Le was covered in blood and his eyes were red, until he was in front of Cheng Hou and the prince. Cheng Hou was shocked, and hurriedly covered the crown prince Shi Hong behind him, and asked in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty...... Why is Your Majesty so? Could it be that Hua Kou entered the city? ”

Shi Le was dumbfounded: "Exactly." I'd rather die, I can't be humiliated by Hua Kou, I should kill you first, and then kill myself! ”

Cheng Shi hurriedly said: "The concubine should die with His Majesty, but please take care of Hong'er when he is still young, even if he is captured by the Chinese, he may not be killed, spare his life." And please let Your Majesty allow your concubine to commit suicide, and don't defile Your Majesty's sword......"

Shi Le looked at his wife and children, and his originally hard and cold heart couldn't help but soften slightly, so he raised his left hand and waved it gently: "Go ahead." ”

Cheng hugged Shi Hong, still reluctant, Shi Le suddenly shouted: "If you don't go yet, do you really want me to do it?!" He pulled Shi Hong out of his mother's arms. Cheng's tears rained down, covering his face and running into the back. Shi Hong was sad and scared, and let out a heart-rending scream at the moment. Shile picked up his son, caught him under his side, and returned to the front hall.

When he returned to the front hall, he looked left and right and asked, "Has Kong Chang gone?" ”

Several guards replied yes, Shi Le couldn't help but sigh, and then summoned Li Han over and ordered: "I have decided to die with the country, but I can't bear to kill the prince, so I entrust it to Aiqing." Qing Ke hugged this son to catch up with Kong Chang and broke out of the encirclement with him - if he could break the siege, he would be incognito and raise the prince for me; If you can't break the siege, you Qing will kill the prince, and don't fall into the hands of Hua Kou! ”

Li Han took the crown prince Shi Hong and wept away.

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Before Zu Jian in the Zhao Palace, he encountered the most stubborn resistance, and hundreds of Zhao soldiers relied on their geographical advantages, arrows rained down like arrows, and spears pierced like forests, causing a lot of damage to the Chinese soldiers. Zu Lian attacked three times in a row and it was difficult to break through, so he hated to go into battle in person, wearing heavy armor, holding a spear in his hand, and his life was covered with a big shield, and he took the lead and went straight to the palace gate.

The palace gate was quickly smashed, and then the two sides fought fiercely inside and outside the gate. The Chinese army relied on the strength of the crowd and repeatedly replaced the new force into battle, and finally forced the Zhao soldiers to retreat into the palace step by step.

Suddenly, I heard a loud shout, and saw a person wearing gold armor, but not a helmet, but wearing a flat heavenly crown—the common name of the crown—with eight spears in his hand, and rushed out of the hall, blood splashed at the beginning of the spear, stabbing through several Chinese soldiers one after another, and killing Zu Lian. Zu Lian raised his spear to meet him, only to feel that his arms were shocked, and he was forced to retreat, hiding behind the big shield in his hand. The enemy general raised a spear, and it pierced through the big shield, and the spear tip was pressed against Zu Lian's breastplate, which made Zu Lian take a step back, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

I only heard the other party shouting: "I am Shi Le, and I sent a message to Pei Wenyue for me, the world is turbulent, so why not let me let him!" Then he did not draw back his spear, but went into the temple again with his bare hands.

Not long after Shile was gone, smoke and flames rose in the temple. The guards of the Zhao army all screamed, and at the moment they pounced like mad tigers, and even forced the Chinese army out of the palace gate. By the time Zu Lian replaced the previous group of new forces and broke through the palace gate again, the fire of Zhao Dian was already extremely strong, and it was difficult to extinguish.

In the end, hundreds of Zhao army guards were all killed, and no one was willing to flee, let alone surrender. The Chinese army could only bypass the main hall and enter the inner palace, but they saw corpses all over the place, and palace people who were killed and committed suicide abounded. With the guidance of the palace people, Cheng Hou's body was found, which was already hanging high on the roof beam.

But Shi Le, Shi Hong's father and son were nowhere to be found, only Shi Le's eldest son Shi Xing was captured. It is estimated that Shi Le burned himself to death in the main hall, but unfortunately he couldn't get his whole body, and Zu Ti had to report afterwards, and scolded his son on the spot.

But where did Shi Hong go?