In the year 368 of the Great Zhou calendar, August 27.

As September approaches, the weather in the Far East has cooled a little, and this time of year is a good time for Far Eastern farmers to harvest their crops.

Wulai Town is located in the Far East between Jizhou and Yuanzhou border town, because ten years ago most of Jizhou was occupied by the Hulan people outside the Saiwai, Wulai Town has to face the Hulan cavalry south to plunder, many local people have moved to the inland areas of Yuanzhou for refuge, but those old, weak, young and disabled women, children and children can not travel long distances, so they can only rely on a few acres of thin fields outside the town or work for people to barely survive.

An old man who is close to the age of sixties, wearing a coarse cloth robe, sits in his yard smoking a slender dry tobacco, and a small pot of tea is placed on the coffee table woven by bamboo and rattan on the side, which is filled with a purple clay pot, and from time to time he takes a few sips on the tea spout.

In the yard, there is a woman in her twenties who is throwing off her freshly washed clothes and hanging them on a hanger to dry.

"Xiu'er......" The old man saw that the young woman in front of him was so busy, and he couldn't bear to think about it, so he said, "If you're tired, take a break, ah?" ”

"Daddy, I'm not tired, take advantage of the good weather these days, I'll go to the street with the sister-in-law next door to see if there is any place to help and subsidize some families." The one who was called Xiu'er was the daughter-in-law of the old man, the man went to Yuanzhou City half a year ago to find a job and there was no news, and she was all in charge of the family's housework, taking care of his father-in-law and his young children.

"Alas~ blame me for the uselessness of this old thing, I knew that going early would save you a few mothers." The old man looked annoyed and couldn't help blaming himself, a few years ago, his legs and feet began to be unstable, and he couldn't get off the ground, so he relied on his son and daughter-in-law to take care of him so that he wouldn't break the meal.

When Xiu'er heard this, she hurriedly said: "Daddy, don't say that, it's a matter of course for a daughter-in-law to be filial to her father-in-law, if you want the third brother to come back and hear you say this, I will definitely scold me again." ”

……

On the corner of the town, dozens of soldiers in shabby cloth armor were sitting or lying listlessly, leaning on the corner of the wall, and their weapons had long been lost. In a simple noodle stall opposite, only three or two people sat on a table less than one meter high, and there was a sound of eating noodles leaning over, but the owner of the noodle stall ran to a shop selling wooden rakes next door and chatted with people, and couldn't help but sigh that business was difficult to do.

At this time, several carriages drove by, followed by dozens of slaves carrying large bags and small bags, towards the city gate, several officers and soldiers guarding the city immediately got up energetically and patted the dust on their bodies, squeezed out a smile, the carriage stopped in front of the city gate, and a middle-aged man with a fat face and round waist jumped down from the car, looking at the officers and soldiers guarding the city, with a look of disdain.

"My lord is going to visit relatives in Yuanzhou City, and you still don't let go!" The round-faced butler said angrily.

"It turned out that Master Wang was visiting relatives." A defender stepped forward to curry favor with a flattering face, "Steward Li, how many days will Master Wang go back?" So many big bags and small bags ......"

"Is it also something you should inquire about Master Wang?" The butler's face changed, and he interrupted the soldier's question with a displeased face, "Why don't you hurry up and move these rags that are blocking the way, and delay the master's trip?" ”

When the soldier heard this, he immediately nodded and bowed: "Yes, yes, the little one is too talkative, brothers, Master Wang wants to go back to Yuanzhou to visit relatives, hurry up and move the rejection away!" After saying that, several people struggled to move the corner aside and clear a way for the carriage.

"It's about the same, oh, reward you~" Steward Li nodded with satisfaction, and then took out a hanging copper coin from his sleeve and threw it on the ground.

"Cut, a bunch of poor ghosts......" Steward Li muttered disdainfully when he saw their appearance.

"Li Quan, what's the matter? So noisy?" At this time, there was an inquiry from the old man Wang in a carriage behind him.

The housekeeper Li, who is also Li Quan, immediately changed his face, trotted all the way to Master Wang's carriage and nodded and said: "Let the old lady be frightened, it's just that these few gatekeepers don't know how to lift, and now they have been leveled by the small ones and can continue on the road." ”

After hearing this, the old man nodded and said, "Don't make any extraneous branches, it's important to hurry up and get on the road." ”

"Yes." Li Quan agreed, and then shouted: "Master Wang is out of the city!" Then he jumped into the carriage in front, and the carriage slowly drove in the direction of Yuanzhou outside the city......

"Cut, the person looks like a dog, and it's not relying on the face of the Wang family." A few soldiers picked up the copper coins on the ground, and when they saw the carriage moving away outside the city, they couldn't help but start muttering secretly.

"Who let that Li Quan's life be good, and he became a housekeeper for Master Wang, and he has to find a good master when he is a dog this year, this is really ...... Alas~ Who made our lives miserable, but we couldn't even eat enough to eat when we were soldiers, and I don't know when we will take our lives. One of the soldiers sighed to himself.

"Don't be depressed, look at ......" I saw an officer and soldier come over, took out the yellow and clear copper coin in his hand and checked it, "Anyway, I'm idle right now, why don't you play?" ”

After saying that, the soldier took out two dice from his body and smiled wickedly, and soon the soldiers defending the city gathered around and gambled, leaving behind the unhappiness just now......

"Daddy, the rice is hot in the pot, my sister-in-law and I will go to the street first, if you are hungry, eat first, don't wait for me......" Xiu'er got up from the stove, untied her blackened apron, and said a few words to her father-in-law, then scooped a spoonful of water from the jar and washed her face, straightened her somewhat messy hair, lifted a basket and walked out of the courtyard door with a woman about forty years old and walked down the street.

"Well, when will this day be a head?" The old man looked at the back of Xiu'er and Sister-in-law Yu and sighed again.

He took a sharp puff of cigarette, suddenly felt a little choked, picked up the purple clay pot on the side and poured a few sips, just put it down, and was about to lift the cigarette stick to loosen it in his mouth, when suddenly the coffee table made a slight tremor, but the old man did not notice it, and still took a puff of cigarette and sighed.

"Xiu'er, let's go to that house and ask, maybe there is a guy who washes and scrubs, and it's not in vain." The sister-in-law took Xiu'er's hand and walked towards a satin shop at the entrance of West Street. As soon as I entered the house, I saw that the guy in the store was dozing off, Xiu'er plucked up the courage and knocked on the table, the guy woke up violently, and when he saw someone coming, he immediately cheered up.

"Two? Do you want to buy cloth? We are all good fabrics, what do you want, I will give you both, the price is fair. ”

Xiu'er's face was delicate, she looked at the brand-new cloth in the shop, and then looked at the coarse linen clothes that were all washed white, sighed slightly, and said timidly: "Little brother, we are not here to buy cloth, do you want to ask if there is anything you can do here?" We don't need money, we just give two liters of rice. ”

"Let's go, don't buy cloth to make a lot of fun, we don't need people, you can go to other places and ask." Seeing that he wasn't buying cloth, the guy drove Xiu'er and sister-in-law out of the door with a look of disgust.

"Little brother, please, you can give us some work to do, all the neighbors, help." Xiu'er almost knelt on the ground and begged bitterly.

"Let's go, it's not that I don't want to help you, who hasn't eaten the last meal these years, let's go, the shopkeeper sees that I'm going to be scolded again, and you still ......" The guy was about to say more, but stopped abruptly, staring at the water cup in front of the counter.

Xiu'er saw that the guy didn't care about himself, and looked at the water cup that he was looking at, only to see the water in the cup shaking for a while, and it couldn't help but spill out of the cup, and the whole counter made a slight vibration sound, and suddenly heard a terrible shout from outside the store......

"Hu Ren is here!"

For a while, people on the street scattered and fled, crying and shouting.

"Quick, close the gates! Come on! ”

The defenders in front of the city gate panicked to close the crumbling and dilapidated gate, but the city gate was in disrepair and was extremely difficult to shake, and several people used their strength to "squeak" to gradually close the city gate.

But I didn't want one of the gates to break in unison, and it fell heavily on the two unlucky soldiers, and there was a terrible cry from under the door.

"Move the corner of rejection!" The commander of the city gate hurriedly ordered the rejection horn that had been set aside to be moved, and while several soldiers were carrying it, several thick wolf's tooth arrows pierced their cheeks, chests, and necks, and spilled blood into the air.

The commander looked over, only to see dozens of war horses outside the city gate stepping on the deafening sound of horses' hooves, on the back of the horses one by one wearing riveted chain mail, wearing black iron helmets, bending bows and arrows, is smiling towards the city gate, not far behind the hillside, densely packed with countless Hulan cavalry, armed with heavy scimitars and tiger guns made of fine iron, are looking at the dilapidated town in front of them......

The commander shuddered with fear, but then a wolf-toothed arrow pierced his heart, and he fell to the ground in terror and died in agony......

The Hulan cavalry galloping at the front hung the horse bow behind him, pulled out the dazzling cold scimitar from his waist, and clamped his legs into the belly of the horse, and the war horse gasped and accelerated into the city gate, and then the scimitar gently slashed the face of a city defender with the help of the horse, and half of the soldier's face was cut off......

"Lao Tzu fought with you!" Seeing the tragic death of his companion, a soldier had the courage to pick up the stool on the side (the weapon could not be found), and rushed towards the Hulan cavalry, but before he arrived, he only felt a tight neck, and a horse leash soaked in oil lassoed him, and then under the vigorous drag of another Hulan cavalry who rushed into the city gate, his neck was broken alive, and he was dragged out more than ten meters away......

"Father-in-law, Ban'er, Erniu~" Xiu'er kept squeezing in the direction of her home in the panicked crowd, she was worried that her children and her father-in-law were in danger, and her sister-in-law had already been dispersed by the crowd......

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Dozens of sets of horse locks continue to lassoze the fleeing crowd, these people who grew up on horseback whether riding or riding horses are at the first-class level, there is no one empty, the people who are lassoed cry dad and mother, shouting for help, but all of them are dragged by the Hulan people to the side of the carriage that comes behind, and then a group of Hulan people with ugly faces like wolves and tigers pick them up one by one, load them into the car, trap them with ropes, and connect their hands into a string.

Xiu'er was about to be caught by a rope, and was pushed by the crowd behind him to escape the catastrophe, but the middle-aged man who pushed him was unfortunately caught by the reins, only to see his eyes wide open, and he grabbed the horse sleeve around his neck, and before he had time to call for help, he was pulled to the ground by the Hulan people and dragged away, with a face full of unwillingness and fear, and was pulled to the carriage where the prisoners were held.

"Daddy, let's go! The Hu people have entered the city! Xiu'er, who had worked so hard, ran home and began to shout before she entered the door.

"Xiu'er! What are you doing here! What a bad old man I do! Leave me alone, run away with Ban'er Erya! When he saw his daughter-in-law come back, the old man put the weeping two children in front of him with both hands and stomped his feet

"Daddy, how could I leave you behind? Let's run together, otherwise the third brother will blame me again! After speaking, Xiu'er pulled the two children, "Good, don't cry, my mother is here, daddy let's go!" ”

Just about to walk out of the yard, suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves, five Hulan cavalry horses came to the courtyard, saw Xiu'er, their eyes lit up, several people looked at each other, couldn't help but let out a lewd laugh, and then turned over and dismounted and walked towards them.

"No, don't come here! What are you going to do! Don't touch me! Xiu'er was constantly pulled by a Hulan person, so frightened that she hugged the two children and dodged around, while the other four Hulan people watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"You go away for me! Don't touch me! Xiu'er didn't know where the strength came from, so she pushed the Hulan people away, and the Hulan people stumbled and tripped over a raised stone behind them and fell to the ground, causing the four Hulan people around to laugh and muttered a bunch of nonsense, to the effect that the Hulan soldiers couldn't even deal with a woman, which was really a shame for the Hulan grassland man's face.

The Hulan man got up, clapped his hands, scolded a few words back, and stared at Xiu'er with squinting eyes.

"Don't come near my mother!" The five- or six-year-old boy who was screaming suddenly rushed to the Hulan man and opened his mouth to bite his palm fiercely, and the hurting Hulan man grinned his teeth and showed a fierce face.

"Ban'er, don't!" In Xiu'er's exclamation, I saw that the Hulan people pulled the board away and lifted it above their heads, and then threw it out and fell on the stone slab......

"Board! No! Xiu'er rushed to Ban'er's side and picked it up desperately, only to see Ban'er's eyes rolling, a trace of blood flowing from the corners of her mouth and nostrils, and her whole body convulsed, "Don't scare my mother, Ban'er!" Say something! At this time, Xiu'er couldn't cry anymore, and she couldn't stop shaking while holding the board.

"Brute!" The old man yelled, "I'll fight with you!" ”

I saw that he desperately threw himself at the Hulan man who killed his grandson, but then he was kicked in the chest, fell on his back, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Daddy!" Seeing that her father-in-law was kicked down, Xiu'er was anxious and didn't know what to do, but seeing that his father-in-law stubbornly got up, he looked at the Hulan people in front of him angrily with a mouth full of blood, and said word by word: "Beast, don't be complacent, one day, you will be punished!" ”

The Hulan man was furious, drew out a scimitar and stabbed the old man in the chest, but saw that the old man's eyes were full of resentment, and he didn't say a word.

"Daddy, Daddy!" Xiu'er wailed and cried.

"Grandpa, grandpa!" Although Erya, who was only two years old, didn't know what was happening, she couldn't help but cry out when she saw her grandfather lying in a pool of blood.

"Brute! Brutes! Xiu'er cried helplessly and gave up resistance. The Hulan man smiled lewdly and carried Xiu'er on his shoulder, and patted her buttocks with his hand, and walked out of the courtyard with the four companions to show off, leaving only his two-year-old daughter crying beside the corpse......

"Erya! Erya! Oh my God! Open your eyes! Xiu'er let out a heart-rending cry on the shoulders of the Hulan people, "Who will save us!" The cry shook heaven and earth......

In the year 368 of the Great Zhou calendar, on August 27, 60,000 Hulan cavalry went south again to plunder, the Far Eastern provinces were full of wolf smoke, millions of soldiers cowered behind the city wall and did not dare to meet the enemy, Hulan wolf cavalry swept into the south of Jizhou, Yuanzhou, Dingzhou, Yizhou, Yanyun and other villages and towns, millions of civilians became Hu slaves, material losses were hundreds of millions, thousands of villages and towns were razed to the ground, and the raging fire burned for several days without subsidence.

Year after year, the people of the Far East have gradually become numb to these things......