At the end of the second year of Yonglong in the Tang Dynasty, Li Xian's crown princess Zhao Yinyue successfully gave birth to a son, Gaozong was overjoyed when he heard the news, gave him a great blessing, and issued an edict to crown Li Chongfu as the emperor's grandson, and changed it to Yongchun, and ordered a general amnesty to the world. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info news came, and the Empress Wu was also shocked, because this was a heavy blow to Empress Wu's plot to abolish the crown prince Li Xian and support Li Dan, the king of Yu, so the ministers persuaded bitterly that there was no precedent in the history of the emperor's grandson, and this case could not be opened without permission, but Gaozong ignored these words and insisted on canonizing the emperor's grandson and changing the yuan.

In April of the first year of Yongchun, Zhaozhou, Baixiang County.

At the time of the wheat harvest, tens of thousands of people should have harvested wheat and celebrated the harvest, but there was indeed a depression and desolation here, and the dead bodies and the sad voices of the families of the dead were everywhere, and the tragedy was staged here.

The reason for the investigation is mainly because Wu Yizong, the main general who was ordered to crusade against the Khitan, fled and abandoned Zhaozhou, as a result, this fortified city, more than 100,000 people were captured by the Khitan soldiers without blood, and after that, the Khitan general Li Quanzhong used tricks to defeat the Tang army Cao Renshi, Zhang Xuanyu and others who came to crusade, completely gained a foothold in Zhaozhou, and slaughtered the people who dared to resist, which led to the occurrence of one tragedy after another.

"Haha, now the Tang Dynasty is incompetent, and the people have been abandoned like cheats, the officers and soldiers are shrinking in Luoyang, and they no longer dare to fight with our army, and the people are desperate, if you obediently agree to build iron tools for my Khitan, plant land, and pay taxes, my Khitan can protect your peace, if you don't obey, you can only die, where to go, but you wait for your choice." On the edge of a river outside the city, a murderous Khitan general with a bloody sword in his hand shouted loudly at the trembling people.

This general's name is He Axiao, who is brutal and easy to kill, and is the general who is called "Er He" with Wu Yizong, after he came to Zhaozhou, he has killed nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians who disobeyed him, and among these 100,000 people, nearly eighty percent were killed by innocent people.

"Is it true that my Datang will not come again?" After listening to He Axiao's words, the hearts of the people were full of disappointment, and a sad mood gradually spread, because as the people of the Tang Dynasty, they originally expected that the Tang Dynasty would be able to shelter them, but after such a long time, they never saw the officials and soldiers come again.

As for the previous Wu Yizong, in fact, it is better for him not to come, because after Wu Yizong came, except for slaughtering the people and looting wealth, he did not do anything good at all, and he did not even prepare for war.

In this team of Datang soldiers and civilians, there was a young man who was silent, although he was very disappointed in his heart, but he did not lose the last hope for Datang, and thought silently: "Is there really no one in my Datang?" Could it really be that no one will defeat these hateful Khitans? No, my Datang is full of talents, there is no shortage of generals who can fight habitually, and there are people who dare to fight all over the world, and His Majesty and the prince are benevolent, we believe that my Tang Dynasty officials and troops will definitely come to save us, maybe it is already on the road at this time, Khitans, you can't wait long to be rampant. ”

In fact, although this group of soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty did not have as much hope for the Tang Dynasty as this young man, they also resented the cruelty and inhumanity of the Khitan, many of their family members had been brutally killed, and now those Khitans even wanted them to be slaves and seek wealth for them, such humiliation was really unbearable. However, if they explicitly refused, they would definitely be killed on the spot, so they all chose to remain silent, neither explicitly opposed, nor in agreement.

Seeing this, He Axiao could naturally guess the intentions of these people, and immediately became furious, and shouted: "Don't think that you don't speak, the general will not know your intentions, today's matter, we must make a clear statement, those who are willing to follow my Khitan can live, if they don't want to follow, there is only one death, you wait to make a decision quickly, the knife in my hand is hungry and thirsty." ”

After He Axiao finished speaking, seeing that there was silence among the group of people, he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and immediately stepped forward, grabbed an old man and asked, "You old thing, tell Uncle Ben, do you want to die or live?" ”

The old man originally closed his eyes tightly and ignored He Axiao's question, but in the end, when he saw that the other party had drawn out a steel knife and really wanted to do it, he said: "No one wants to die, but if I am allowed to live as humbly as a dog and be your slave, then I would rather die than be a slave of this country!" Hmph, old man, I have lived for more than seventy years, and it doesn't matter if I die, but I can't be a slave to the country, pay taxes for the enemy country, let their people eat our food, use our wealth, and then grow strong to attack our own people, if I really do this, what face will I have to go to my ancestors after death? Therefore, you Khitan thief can rest assured, even if I die, I will not be a slave to the country, you just need to remember, my Tang people's heads can be broken, blood can flow, solar terms can not be lost, death today is dead, it is nothing, eighteen years later, Lao Tzu is a good man again! ”

"Hehe, since you old horseman want to die, then General Ben will fulfill you!" He Ah Xiao sneered, waved the steel knife in his hand, and said loudly: "A useless old waste like you, how dare you talk about integrity?" ”

After finishing speaking, He Ah waved his knife and slashed at the old man's head.

"Stop!" At this moment, I saw the young man who had been pondering before shouting: "He Axiao, don't kill innocents indiscriminately, when my Tang Dynasty official army comes, you may be able to save your life, otherwise, I dare to guarantee that you will never leave Zhaozhou alive." ”

"Haha, another arrogant! The most annoying thing about General Ben is the so-called righteous man like you, hum, the Tang Dynasty official army? Where? I don't believe that they dare to come, even if they come, they are all wine bags and rice bags like Wu Yizong, this time General Ben dares to promise, I will kill one if one comes, and I will kill one pair when I come to two! Hmph, but even if I kill them all, I'm afraid it has nothing to do with you, because you will definitely die first today, and you will never see this scene again, boy, you dare to be so rude to this general, even if the king of heaven Lao Tzu comes today, he will definitely want his life. ”

He Axiao sneered, brandished a steel knife, and slashed straight at the young man.

But at this moment, I could only hear a rumbling sound coming from behind, and then I heard a voice from behind shouting: "The Khitan thieves are presumptuous, and my Tang officials and soldiers are coming." (To be continued.) )