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A few years ago, Murong Chui sent Gao Hu and Fu Mo to Hexi to seek support, and at the same time vigorously rectified the interior.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Later Yan, like other Hulu regimes, they followed the example of the Wei and Jin dynasties to implement the tribal system.

Each general (chief) has a tribe, and the tribe is subordinate to each general's (chief).

They were loyal only to their own sons and never paid taxes to the government (alliance chiefs).

In addition to the government (alliance chiefs) owning a part of the household accounts captured during the battle, a considerable part of them were also given as rewards and distributed to the generals (chiefs).

After a long time, the generals (chiefs) took possession of and concealed many household registrations in their names, which were commonly known as shade households.

In the early stage of Houyan, with Murong Chui's use of soldiers like a god, he won many battles, making all parties make a lot of money.

However, the failure of the Western Expedition, the setback of the Southern Expedition, and the fiasco of Yishui shook the foundation of Houyan.

At present, Houyan is not only short of soldiers, but also the treasury is stretched.

In order to realize the long-cherished wish of the Northern Expedition, Murong Chui suddenly ordered the household registration to be checked.

The so-called inspection of the household registration is nothing more than snatching food from the mouths of the Xianbei nobles and clans to fill the emptiness of the treasury.

This move greatly damaged the interests of Hu Hanhaoqiang and the nobles of the family, and was unanimously opposed by them.

All of a sudden, Houyan was boiling in the country, and all parts of the country were ready to move.

However, the nobles of the family obviously underestimated Murong Chui's determination.

As a strong man for a while, Murong Chui will never give up halfway in what he believes.

He thought about it very clearly, and if he didn't take unconventional means, he wouldn't want to go north in a short period of time.

And what Murong Trai lacks most at the moment is time, since the beginning of winter, his body has been getting worse day by day, maybe one day he will fall down and never get up again.

He must take advantage of the fact that he can still move, gather enough strength, and destroy the henchman of the Northern Wei Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Murong Chui relied on his prestige to forcibly verify the household registration nationwide.

It also stipulates the number of households occupied by different official ranks, and once it exceeds it, it will be handed over to the government immediately.

If it is a peaceful and prosperous era, it may be possible to complete the population verification with the prestige of Murong Chui.

But now it is a troubled time, except for some Xianbei nobles who are willing, the rest of the family and Hu Luqu Shuai are very dissatisfied with this.

Therefore, Houyan's act of verifying the population made the nobles and families who occupied the households complain.

At the same time, Murong Chui only cared about enriching the treasury, and ignored the interests of the people at the bottom.

This made the act of verifying the population and causing a part of the common people who evaded taxes to follow suit.

Around the Spring Festival, the land of Hebei became turbulent due to the imperial court's inspection of the population, which eventually led to a rebellion.

With the support of Hu Hanhaoqiang, the general of Later Yan Zhengdong, Pinggui, led the garrisons of Boling, Wuyi, and Changle counties, and announced an uprising at Lukou, openly betraying Houyan.

This sudden incident caught Murong Trai off guard.

And Ping Gui is not an ordinary person, since the beginning of Murong Chui's incident, he has followed Murong Chui around.

Now it has openly raised troops and rebelled, which has had an extremely bad impact on the outside world.

Even if Murong Chui quickly put down the rebellion, it still caused even more shock.

As a result, the land of Hebei was full of smoke, and the displaced people were everywhere.

A large number of unbearable people, under the influence of the new Heavenly Master Taoist missionaries, have migrated to Bingzhou.

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Yang Daochang had just arrived at the foot of Taihang Mountain with the displaced people, and was about to continue to migrate to Bingzhou, when he unfortunately encountered a group of Xianbei cavalry.

"Hundreds of households, a group of displaced people was found in front, about 300 people."

"What, outcast?"

When Hu Lu Baihu heard that he had found a homeless person in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but shine.

In the eyes of Hu Lu, the so-called homeless people are like lambs to the slaughter, and they are either flat or round, and they are allowed to ravage.

It's much easier than fighting for prisoners on the battlefield, and there are often women among the homeless people who can give them an outlet for their desires.

Hu Lu Baihu couldn't help laughing and said, "Hmph! Lao Tzu is worried that he has been patrolling hard recently, and he can't get anything to reward his brothers, but he didn't expect to encounter the jackpot today. ”

"Hahaha, more than 300 people, enough for the brothers to be happy."

At that moment, his eyes rolled, and he said with a fierce light: "Where did the homeless people come from in the wilderness?" It's clearly a thief who makes trouble! ”

"Brothers, listen well, Your Majesty has an order: Anyone who participates in the rebellion will be killed!"

"Everyone hurry up, kill the old, weak, sick and disabled, and only the young and strong and the women will be left."

At this time, Yang Daochang stood at the front of the line, staring gloomily at the Hulu cavalry who were rushing towards the homeless.

He gritted his teeth secretly and said, "What a fucking bad luck! Seeing that he was about to enter the Taihang Mountains, he unexpectedly encountered Hu Lu Ranger. ”

The young man next to him looked worried, and couldn't help sighing: "Whether it's hunger or cold, we've all come here." ”

"But I never expected that when I was about to set foot in the state, it would fall into the hands of a group of Hulu."

Without saying a word, the Hulu cavalry rushed up and slashed at the old and infirm with their swords, and in the blink of an eye, several old homeless people had fallen in a pool of blood.

Most of the displaced people trembled with fear, some stood numbly, others knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Daoist Wei Yang and the young man had been standing there, looking coldly at the Xianbei cavalry that was gradually surrounding.

"What can I do?"

Erya turned pale with fright, and hid behind Yang Daochang, trembling with fright.

The maid who had just seen Hu Lu's fierce face also buried her little head in Yang Daochang's arms with a face full of fear.

"Dao Chief, Yaya is so scared, Yaya misses Daddy."

"Don't be afraid."

Yang Daochang patted the little girl's shoulder comfortingly, while he kept looking around, thinking hard about countermeasures.

At this time, the homeless people had become frightened birds, watching the Xianbei people continue to rush up, the only thing they could do was to surround Yang Daochang.

Everyone couldn't help but think that Yang Daochang was a believer in the Great Heavenly Venerable, and he would definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune.

As everyone knows, Yang Daochang was helpless at this time, so he could only keep praying to the Great Heavenly Venerable, praying for a miracle.

Just when the homeless people were full of despair, thinking that they would not be able to escape the poisonous hands of Hu Lu.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and the sound of swishing through the air.

But seeing the dozen or so Hu cavalry rushing to the front, they were instantly shot off their horses by a row of crossbow arrows.

When the Hulu hundred households saw this, they hurriedly ordered to stop their formation.

Yang Daochang, who was already desperate, shouted in surprise: "It's the Hexi Army!" Folks, the Hexi Army has rescued us. ”

A large group of Hexi soldiers came out of the west at some point, and the sound of killing sounded around them.

And the displaced people who were surrounded by many besiegers were also excited when they learned that the Hexi army was coming.

When Hu people saw the Hexi army suddenly killing, they couldn't help frowning.

However, when he saw that there were only dozens of people on the other side, he was relieved and at the same time personally led the men and horses to outflank him.

Seeing that the 100 Hu people on the opposite side were outflanking, the tun chief shouted: "Shoot with a crossbow." ”

So a rain of arrows swept by, and in an instant, they shot down a large number of Hu horses, so frightened that the other Hu people had to retreat.

If it weren't for the small number of Hexi troops, I'm afraid they would have collapsed long ago.

Boom! Fifty Hexi riders drew their horizontal knives with brushes, and the winter sun sprinkled on the white flower knives, reflecting a dazzling cold light.

A murderous aura rushed to the face, making the Hu people on the opposite side tremble.

"Kill!"

The tun chief roared angrily, pointed at the long knife, and rushed out first like an arrow off the string.

The rest of the cavalry followed, swept in.

The Hexi Iron Cavalry roared like a rolling torrent and surged towards the Xianbei people, plunging straight into the Hulu array.

When the war horses were staggered, the Hexi riders danced their horizontal swords one after another, and slashed at the enemy with the power of the war horses.

"Ahh A series of screams rang out in the camps of both sides.

After several rounds in a row, dozens of Hexi cavalry killed 100 Hu cavalry without being able to fight back.

Seeing his subordinates being slaughtered, Hu Lu Baihu trembled in distress, this is all his own cronies.

After a few breaths, Baihu couldn't hold on anymore and had to flee.

The displaced people who survived the catastrophe couldn't help but burst into tears, and some of the young people among the displaced people stared at the majestic Hexi Iron Cavalry with burning eyes, eager to replace them.

The young man standing beside his sister Erya secretly swore: "Sooner or later, I will also join the Hexi Army." ”

At this time, the tun chief rode towards Yang Daochang, raised his right arm and gave a military salute and asked, "Dao Chief, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, thanks to the timely arrival of Tun Lord, otherwise the poor road and everyone are really lucky."

"Hahaha, it's okay, let's get on the road quickly! If a large group of Xianbei people comes over again, it will be troublesome. ”

"Yes, yes, hurry up and get on the road, it's safe to enter Taihang Mountain."

"Folks, hold on a little longer, Bingzhou will be here soon, and the assassin has built a resettlement site in Jinyang and is waiting for everyone."