When Cai Yuhua met Xu Ruyu in Jinmen, although he did not make his intentions clear in front of Cai Hui, he also conveyed Cai Yi's intention to move his clan to Jiangning to protect the clan. Fan Wenlong's potential Fan Yang, the matter of relocating, he and Cai Yuhua discussed in detail, in addition to the Cai family, there are still Lou, Wen, Sang, Chen and other families. They have always been the staunch supporters of the Cai family, that is, the Hulan army pressed the border, and they did not waver in their determination to resist. Then some of the clansmen were moved to Jiangning to protect the clan bloodline, and the rest of the clansmen stayed in Fanyang to resist resolutely, even if the city could not be defended, they would move to the mountains to continue the struggle.

The situation in Fanyang has deteriorated to the point where it is out of control, and Fanyang City is planning to transfer manpower and materials to the mountains, and this part of the clan will be transferred to the mountains even if they do not go to Jiangning. Before leaving the city, only a few people knew the truth, and it was not until the vision of the guards of the Kaicheng Tower that Cai Yuhua showed Cai Yi's warrant for moving south to Jiangning.

This is the last order issued to them by the palace of Beijing County, and at the end of the warrant, Cai Yi wrote: "Although the danger of Fan Yang is unavoidable, everyone should do their best to do their best in Jiangning." ”

Although Fan Yangcheng was hidden behind the mountains, Lou Qingzhi was riding on a horse, and he still turned his head from time to time to look.

The water of Laishui is very urgent, and the boat is also fast, and the next morning, the fleet will arrive outside the city of Jinmen. There is an open channel in the northwest of Jinmen City, which leads Laishui into the city, and the fleet sails into the nullah, passes through the water pass, and enters Jinmen City. It was only five or six days to go to Fanyang, and it was another situation in Jinmen City, Jun Zhuoyan said: "The fleet said that it would go to Wuhu again, and it should be eight days after returning again." ”

The Hulan army pressed the border, and civilians in the field flocked to the city to avoid trouble. Jinmen is close to the sea, and it is a lonely city on the plains, and there are not many displaced people who have fled to Jinmen. Despite this, the number of people in Jinmen City surged more than threefold, reaching an unprecedented 150,000. If so many refugees were to be moved to Wuhu Island at one time, the supplies hoarded on Wuhu Island would be exhausted in a very short time; Most of them had to be evacuated to the islands in the waters near Jinmen, and only to wait for Wuhu Island to recover before considering moving them to Jiangning or Qingzhou. It was said that the fleet going to Wuhu Island had evacuated for the third time, and now in addition to the necessary defensive forces, most of the people in Jinmen who had withdrawn from Fanyang were evacuated from Fanyang, and after the eighth day, they would move directly to Jiangning by sea boat.

Xu Ruyu listened to Jun Zhuoyan's introduction to the situation, and while lowering his head and thinking, there were too many people to take into account. Jun Zhuoyan also said that the displaced people on the nearby islands were afraid of being abandoned, so they wanted to make wooden rafts and cross the sea to Wuhu Island before the summer and autumn storms. Jinmen is 900 miles away from Wuhu Island in the open sea, the sea is turbulent, only with shoddy wooden rafts, seven or eight out of ten will be buried in the belly of the fish. Xu Ruyu was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at Fang Su, and said: "The people of Hulan also saw my actions on Wuhu Island, the Wulan Iron Cavalry advanced to the outside of Yuguan City, and the Jieshi conscription people in the north of Guancheng built a dock harbor and a large shipbuilding. ”

The Hulan people would not give up their advantages and wanted to compete with Jiangning at sea, but the Hulan's crude and simple water camp had enough force for the displaced people stranded on the desert island and had no military force to protect them.

Fang Su said: "The homeless people are bound to be rough and unbearable, and it is very difficult to cross thousands of miles of sea. In this case, it is better for Jinmen to send people to assist in the making of wooden rafts, use iron cables and iron nails instead of ropes to hinge the wooden rafts to death, transfer the stronger boats to them, and connect several wooden rafts with iron rings to make horizontal rows, although they are far inferior to sea boats, but they can be barely used. ”

Xu Ruyu sighed secretly and said, "Changyang Metropolitan Prefecture, do you know each other?" ”

Changyang-eup is located on the easternmost cape of Qingzhou, across the sea from Wuhu Island. Wuhu Island could not accommodate so many displaced people, and the journey to Jiangning was even more far, so they had to move to Changyangyi for temporary refuge.

Jun Zhuoyan said: "Xiaoyun has gone to Changyangyi, and he has not yet had time to mention it to the adults. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and said: "Even if you use a mixed horizontal row of boats and wooden rafts, there are few people who can carry them at one time, so I will leave the water camp between Wuhu Lake and Jinmen, and if the Hulan water camp dares to go to sea, it will be attacked head-on." ”

Jun Zhuoyan was surprised: "My lord returns to Jiangning, how can there be no water camp guards?" ”

Xu Ruyu said: "Those who are skilled in martial arts are temporarily transferred from the children of the Fanyang family into the cavalry battalion, led by Wei Yan and Luo Boyuan, to escort the fleet to Jiangning. I landed from Wuhu Lake and sneaked back to Jiangning by land, Wenlong and Yingxue followed me by land, who else among you would like to go by land with me? ”

Shao Ruyan said: "I will also go with you by land." ”

Xu Ruyu nodded in agreement. With the Northern Tang Dynasty, Xu Ruyu seems to be no longer a peerless master who dominates the world, lest they put their beaks, Xu Ruyu offered to take Fan Wenlong and Mei Yingxue with him, and it would naturally be okay to have more Shao Ruyan. Wei Yan was worried about the nearly 4,000 war horses brought out from Fan Yang this time, and he was really relieved that such things were in the hands of others, and he naturally had no objection when he saw that Xu Ruyu let him go with the fleet. Zhao Jingyun presided over the five northern county divisions, and naturally left for the end, that is, after the personnel were evacuated, Jinmen could not be easily abandoned to Hulan, in addition to the generals who stayed in the water camp such as Peng Muqiu, Jun Zongqing, Zi Zhongnan, Ge Jing, Jun Huaguang and others had to lead 4,000 foot soldiers to hold on to the city of Jinmen with the assistance of the water camp until the last moment.

Of course, Cai Yuhua and Cai Hui went to Jiangning by sea boat with the families of the children of the clans and the craftsmen of the Foundation Gen Hall.

Fang Su said: "It is enough for the cavalry to escort the fleet through Qingzhou, and I am afraid of changes when crossing the East China Sea, so I will go with the fleet." ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and said: "I am about to write to Jiangning, order the middle base army and the five school army to increase to 30,000 people each, and when the fleet returns south, it will be assembled on the north line of Guangling and Hailing, so as not to make any changes in the East China Sea." You go with the fleet, too. ”

In this way, Xuanji naturally went with the fleet. Jun Xiaoyun and Jun Zongrui still needed to stay to deal with all the affairs between Wuhu and Jinmen, while Song Qian and Jun Huaiwei went first with the fleet.

Jun Zhuoyan pointed at Lou Qingzhi and said, "Qingzhi and I also go by land. ”

Wei Yan smiled and said, "Why don't you cut off Jiang Ning's head by the way." ”

Xu Ruyu, Fan Wenlong, Mei Yingxue, Jun Zhuoyan, Lou Qingzhi, Shao Ruyan, except for Shao Ruyan, are all masters above the lower level of the first grade, and their lineup is even more gorgeous than the assassination of Yi Zhouwu a few years ago. Everyone laughed.

Lou Qingzhi stood up straight, walked in front of Xu Ruyu, knelt on one knee, and said earnestly: "Qingzhi's wish is to stay in Wuhu and deal with Hu Lu." ”

Lou Qingzhi's face was purple and broad, his hands were staggered, and he was wearing a brown leather armor over his gray cloth jacket, and his eyes shot an unwavering light.

Lou Qingzhi was originally the chief sentinel of the camp in the northwest defense army of Fanyang, but the Hulan Iron Cavalry only entered the Senei from the Yanmen Pass in the northwest, and the situation in Fanyang was critical, Lou Qingzhi could not exonerate himself, resigned from the post of the general outpost, and wanted to die in the head of Fanyang City to show his will, but he did not expect Cai Yuhua to go out of the city. Although the will to die gradually faded, he was unwilling to move to Jiangning Gou'an with everyone. Knowles are good at reconnaissance and latent tracking, and most of the clansmen are assassinated by the Youji wind media, and Lou Qingzhi has lived in the post of chief sentinel for a long time, and his familiarity with the situation of Youji is beyond the reach of others. It's just that he agreed to stay at this time, and the children of the Fan Yang clan are bound to rush to ask to stay, even if they don't want to stay, they will be forced to stay under pressure.

Xu Ruyu sighed, shook his head, and said, "I have already arranged the matter of Wuhu, you go back to Jiangning with me." ”

Lou Qingzhi's face was as pale as dirt, he made a salute, and retreated in disgrace.

On April 26, the Hulan servant banner foot soldiers and the Yuguan defenders fiercely fought for the Guancheng tower, the Yuguan guard Cai Lingshi was the brother of Cai Zhengshi, the head of the Hulan Anyang Han Camp, was hit by 18 arrows, planted the city tower and died, Yuguan was trapped, 20,000 soldiers and civilians in the city were driven to the plain on the south side of Yuguan, and were shot and tortured by the Hulan iron cavalry.

Although the Qingzhou Yi clan and Wanling fought fiercely in the area of Pengcheng, in the face of the aggressive offensive of the Hulan Iron Cavalry in Youji, Yi Hanwen concluded an alliance with the Li family and the Xun family of Qinghe. On this day, the representatives of the three families sent an appointment with Guan Yinggong, the homeless bandit marshal in Bianzhou, in a small town called Taoling to discuss the matter of peace and war. If Guan Yinggong should not be discussed in this way, the three will attack it together.

Gu Shida was finally able to whip his horse into Xijing City from the broken and broken Xijing Jinghua Gate Yongdao, and behind him, 100,000 Suchuan tiger and wolf soldiers poured into Xijing City like flying locusts, only to hear Gu Shida say "Xijing is prosperous, and now it is separated from Zhuerlang", and then bursts of cheers through the golden cracked stones, and with the cheers erupted was the beast surname that Sugu soldiers had suppressed for nearly half a year. From this day on, Xijing suffered a hundred days of ravaging and plundering, and the prosperous city that was once the head of the four capitals suffered a catastrophe again.

Xun Zhuwu, who was training in Xiayi, Hedong Mansion, received the secret report of the fall of Xijing, a soft and sharp light flashed in his eyes, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he finally didn't laugh.

Xun Zhuwu bowed down and said: "Father, Gu Shida has been trapped in Xijing, and within ten months, it will be a great opportunity for us to take Xijing." ”

Li Sixun stroked his beard and bowed slightly, and said: "The rest of the soldiers are inferior to you, you can decide it alone." ”

Xun Zhuwu said: "Candle Wu is not talented, so he can only help in the strategy. ”

Li Sixun laughed and said: "You don't need to be humble, I have no children under my knees, and when I return to the country, I will make you my heir." ”

Xun Candle Wu knelt on the ground when he heard this, kowtowed to Li Sixun's feet, wept loudly, and said: "Candle Wu has regarded his father as his father in his heart, but he is not greedy for the position of his son-in-law, it is really Candle Wu has not felt his father's pain since he was a child, if the eldest father does not give up, Candle Wu will be easy to be Li today, and he said that he will insert the surname Li Da Ming into Xijing City for his father." ”

Li Sixun was moved in his heart, stroked Xun Zhuwu's shoulder, and said, "Idiot, idiot, you are." ”

As early as April 20, the 20,000 Puji water battalion passed through the river waterway in the lower reaches of Jiangning, entered the territory of Baishi Zhenning, and joined the Lingfengjing and Xu Bodang troops, and then said that the combined army of 70,000 troops, traced the river, and also arrived in Jiangzhou on this day, and formed a joint encirclement with the 40,000 Nanping elites of Yuzhang against the 40,000 remnants of the Huo family in Fenghua.

On this day, 10,000 Nanping troops set out from Jiangling and arrived in the city of Fengjie Jiangguan by the water camp warship.

Fengjie guards the Jiangguan, which is the gateway to the east of Chengdu and Chongqing, also known as the Jiangguan City; Entering the river from the east, it is impossible to go down to Fengjie; As soon as Fengjie is introduced, it will cross the danger of the Long Gorge, and seize the eastern gateway of Chongqing, so the "Balance of Forces" calls Fengjie "the throat of the four roads in the southwest, and the belt of Wu Chu Wanli". Although the eastern Sichuan region takes Fengjie as the gateway, the importance of its situation is attributed to Yuzhou. Up and down the long gorge, both sides of the river are lofty mountains and mountains, the river waterway is like a slender bottleneck in this area, out of Yiling in the east, out of Yuzhou in the west, the terrain is only slightly flat, and Yuzhou is at the west end of this slender bottleneck. Between Fengjie and Yuzhou, the mountains on both sides of the river generally travel along with the river, so it is extremely difficult to get around Yuzhou by waving troops into Chengdu and Chongqing. The waters in the area of Yuzhou converge, with the Fujiang River, Jialing River and Qujiang River flowing into the river in the north, and the Qijiang River and Chishui River flowing into the river in the south. As long as you control Yuzhou, and then control the whole territory of Chengdu-Chongqing, it will be much easier.

Since more than ten years ago, Rong Yanmen took the Fengjie River Pass, the Changxia natural danger is the Yuzhou Wu family and the Nanping old dynasty relics equally divided, the Wu family wants to go east, then need to capture Fengjie and Yiling, in order to leak thousands of miles, Nanping wants to go west, it is necessary to cross the dangerous pass between Fengjie and Yuzhou.

When the Wu family learned that Rong Yanmen mobilized 10,000 elite soldiers from Jiangling to garrison Fengjie, they didn't think it was strange, and they all thought that Rong Yanmen was just guarding the risk of Fengjie, so they could show their skills in Jingxiang and Jingjun.

Nanping's original garrison in Fengjiejiang Pass City was only 3,000 people, even if the newly transferred 10,000 troops were added, it was only 13,000 people.

At the Jiangguan ferry, a heavy boat moored on the stone shore after the water camp warship, and an emerald green thick velvet satin soft sedan chair was carried out of the cabin by four healthy women, and several women in brocade clothes surrounded the soft sedan chair and went straight to the yamen of Fengjie Metropolitan Mansion. The people who saw this scene all whispered softly: "I don't know which young lady hides so tightly, she seems to be a noble brother, but she sent it to let Yuan Gongchen spoil it?" ”

Although Jiangguan City is small, but the merchants who come and go between the river have to pass through here, Jiangguan City is shoulder to shoulder, crowded with people, and it is more prosperous and prosperous than Jingzhou City downstream. No matter how tight the war between Nanping and Jingxiang is, there is no ban on commerce and trade between the two places, during which there are naturally mixed with the fine work of the two families, Nanping is in the river and the Han water and the Huo family is in a big fight, can not but attract the attention of the Yuzhou Wu family, Nanping wants to use troops against Chengyu, the army is bound to pass through Jiangguan City, and the southeast general post of the Yuzhou Wu family is located in Jiangguan City.

Yuan Gongchen led the officials of Jiangguan to line up on the stone bank of Jiangwu to greet the leading general Yuan Xun.

Yuan Xun and Yuan Gongchen are listed in the same case, among the cousins, Yuan Gongchen is ranked second, Yuan Xun is ranked seventh, but the appearance and surname of the two are far from each other.

Yuan Gongchen's face is short and fat, his eyes are squeezed into thin slits, his eyes are turbid and evil, his surname is lustful, and he saw the old emperor Yuan Zhen's favorite concubine beautiful during the banquet, and there was a lot of disrespect between his words, and he was disliked by the old emperor, so he was disliked by the old emperor, and Rong Yanmen captured Jiangguan and sent him as a general, only hoping that the Wu family could have the ambition to recapture Fengjie, so as to send away the surname of this womanizer. Yuan Gongchen did evil in Jiangguan, and often sent masters to sneak into the territory of Yuzhou to plunder beautiful girls for him to enjoy Yinle, but Wu Liren, the head of the Wu family, said: "Jiangguan has Yuan Gongchen as a general, which is the blessing of Yuzhou." ”

Yuan Xun is as beautiful as a woman, slender in size, wearing chain armor, and a dark iron sword at his waist, he looks even more handsome and elegant, his eyes are as wide as electricity, he glanced at Yuan Gongchen, and looked away.

Yuan Gongchen laughed and said, "The seventh brother is a young phoenix in the clan, why do you want to compete with Narong Yanmen at the banquet and fall into the same situation as being a brother?" ”

Yuan Xun out of the teacher said, Tianji Xueqiu called it "the young phoenix in the clan", there is a product to become famous on the green night fast, and then in Rong Yanmen under the command of the general, outstanding achievements, but in the battle of Yuzhang, in the banquet and Rong Yanmen to compete for merit, so gradually Rong Yanmen idle.

Yuan Xun smiled coldly and said: "Knowing the preferences of the second brother, when you leave from Jiangling, choose a stunning one, and I hope that the second brother will take care of the younger brother here." ”

Yuan Gongchen had already seen the soft sedan chair that came ashore from the tail of the river dock, and he had been surprised in his heart, and when he heard Yuan Xun say, he secretly said: Yuan Xun was sharp in Rong Yanmen, and now he is so knowledgeable. Suddenly, his eyebrows fluttered, he grabbed Yuan Xun's arm, and said with a smile: "You and my brother, where can you say such a thing." "Walked straight to the mansion. After crossing the gate of the mansion, he was about to walk to the middle hall, but he saw Yuan Xun stop and asked him with a smile: "The second brother doesn't want to see the beauty first, and then decide how to entertain the younger brother?" ”

"Where's the word? But it's still early, so the seventh brother and I will go to the inner house to see the newly opened hibiscus yesterday. ”

Yuan Xun glanced at this cousin, a smile appeared in his eyelids, and turned around to let the generals and guards go to the middle hall to wait first.

Yuan Gongchen hurriedly pulled Yuan Xun to the inner house, passed through the moon gate, but saw the emerald green thick velvet satin soft sedan chair parked in the middle of the courtyard, the river breeze blowing, but the curtains on both sides did not move, several women stood on one side, not to let the maids and servants of the inner house approach.

Yuan Gongchen smiled and said secretly: The beauty is still shy, and before she walks up, she has to open the curtain and look inside.

Yuan Xun grabbed his outstretched wrist and said: "This young lady is ashamed to see outsiders, and the second brother will not be too late to send the servant women in the courtyard out to see it, or the second brother will take the sedan chair to the compartment by himself and take it to the compartment to see it again." ”

Yuan Gongchen laughed, waved his hand, and let the busy servants and maids in the courtyard go out, only Yuan Xun and a few women who came with the sedan chair were left in the courtyard, Yuan Gongchen turned around, glanced at Yuan Xun, and said with a smile: "Seventh brother, isn't it a sudden beauty now?" ”

Yuan Xun extended his hand to make a gesture of please.

Yuan Gongchen walked to the front of the sedan chair, and grabbed the straight hanging curtain and lifted it up.

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