At the Xiangjiang ferry, early in the morning, the people on both sides of the river came to the ferry to prepare to cross the river, and the peasants in the countryside were anxious to pick up fresh melons, fruits and vegetables into the city to sell, and the people in the city were in a hurry to leave. However, the ferry port, which was supposed to be busy, was temporarily blocked by the Xiangyang City Defense Army, and the people could not cross the river for the time being.

A farmer carrying mountain goods laid down his burden in the crowd, and looked on tiptoe, and saw many sergeants and servants and the like escorting large carts covered with black tarpaulins from the pontoon bridge. The farmer was curious and asked the old man on the side, "Old man, what is the government doing?" The old man shook his head, "I don't know." ”

At this moment, a strong wind blew, and the tarpaulin on a large cart was blown up by the wind because it was not properly tied, revealing a boxy honeycomb-like thing. The people saw it, talked about it, and speculated about the purpose of the thing. "It's like a beehive." A middle-aged humane. The middle-aged woman next to her said angrily: "That's a beehive, I think it's a kind of cooking utensil." "Other people's speculation is even more ridiculous. The few people with brains felt very strange, they thought that it should be of great use for the government to make so many such things, right?

Several soldiers hurriedly picked up the tarpaulin that had been blown off and put the cart back in place.

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Luoyang.

Huang Yueying climbed the city wall surrounded by all the subordinates, raised her eyes and looked into the distance, only to see that the bleak farmland outside the city could not be seen, it was still cold winter at the moment, and spring sowing had not yet begun. Huang Yueying looked back at the city, only to see that the city was bustling, the whole city was like a boiling pot, Luoyang was already very lively, and now there are more than 100,000 people who fled from Bingzhou, which is even more lively and crowded. At this time, from Jiguan in Bingzhou to the Yellow River Ferry, from the Yellow River Ferry to Luoyang, on the official road of five or six hundred people along the line, there is still an endless stream of fleeing people, and they are running to Luoyang, a safe place in their hearts, with their families.

The family is here, although the journey is very hard, but I am also happy; And those who have relatives who died in the hands of Xianbei people are sad and sad, all the way south, tears are also sprinkled all the way.

In order to ensure that the refugees had a smooth journey, many porridge shacks were set up along the way to distribute food and warm clothes to the people who could not escape. As a result of this measure, although a large number of people have fled, there have been no cases of death from freezing and starvation.

At the same time, in Chang'an in the west, the same scene is the same. The streets and alleys were filled with refugees fleeing from Bingzhou, and at the same time, new refugees were constantly arriving, and the Chang'an government government almost all took action to take care of these refugees.

……

The gaze turned to the location of the Shuofang County Governor's Office, Linrong City.

The original famous city is burning and wailing at the moment. In the city, the corpses of the people re-established the streets, and everywhere there was a scene of frenzied killing, the Xianbei people chased the people, brutally killing men, children, and the elderly, and at the same time abusing the young women who fell into their hands in the streets, screams and helpless wails echoed in the city air, and the firelight reflected the crazy faces and desperate faces.

Linrong was lost. At the same time, in the northern part of Xihe County, Meiji City, which was used to house the surrendered Xiongnu, was also lost, and the Xiongnu suffered heavy casualties, and the rest fled south and surrendered to Xianbei.

On the official roads and in the wilderness, there were people fleeing south in panic.

More than 100,000 Xianbei cavalry swept through Yunzhong County, Wuyuan County, Shuofang County, and the northern part of Xihe County, and almost did not meet with resistance from Xiangyang. It is said that the counties and counties have killed people and cities, cities and villages have been reduced to ruins, the people of the Han family have suffered heavy casualties, and countless people have been taken captive. Fortunately, before the Xianbei people invaded the south, the General's Mansion had already begun evacuation measures, otherwise, the losses would have been even heavier.

After more than 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry swept through the three northern counties, they divided into two routes to the south, the west road to the large walled city on the edge of the desert in the south of Shuofang County, and the east road to the south through Meiji to prepare to seize Xihe County and regain Lishicheng.

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Sun Hong, a commander of the Eagle Yang Legion. At this moment, he was leading a thousand soldiers to guard the Great Walled City, an important city on the edge of the desert.

The location of the walled city is very special, between the two deserts in the north and south, and it is a necessary place to enter the state from the Linrong side.

The walled city is not particularly large, and the walls are made of glutinous rice pulp and mud, only three meters high, but it is very strong. On the east and west sides of the walled city are vast grasslands, and on the north and south sides are vast deserts.

People continued to flee from Linrong, bypassing the big walled city and fleeing to the interior.

Sun Hong, dressed in armor, stood on the west city wall, his eyes staring at the western land. On the left and right, hundreds of armor soldiers lined up with spears. The walls were so quiet that there was no sound at all, and the soldiers were like statues.

Smoke and dust appeared on the distant skyline, and soon the smoke and dust became very large, like a sandstorm rolling up in the desert. Then, under the smoke and dust in the sky, I saw countless brown figures appear. At first, it looked like a swarm of ants, but it didn't take long for it to turn into a wave and flood towards it.

The soldiers who had always been statues on the walls frowned. A soldier muttered in a low voice, "How can you kill so many enemies!" ”

The 60,000 Xianbei army came overwhelmingly, came to fight under the city, and lined up in battle formations. Sixty thousand horses roared together, the sound shook the sky, the sky trembled, the earth trembled, and the eardrums of men trembled.

The people who were fleeing east around the city wall under the walled city heard the roar behind them, and they were all so frightened that they didn't dare to turn back, let alone stay, and they rushed to the east with a rolling belt. However, the soldiers of the Eagle Legion on the city wall were unmoved, and let him storm and rain, and I did not move.

A Xianbei commander Pegasus came to the city wall and shouted arrogantly: "Listen to the Han army in the city, if you want to survive, open the city and surrender early, otherwise once the city is broken, there will be no chickens and dogs!" ”

Before the words fell, an arrow suddenly flew down from the city wall, and before the Xianbei commander could react, he was shot off his horse.

The Xianbei people were taken aback, then furious, and roared.

Woo ......, the horn of the Xianbei people sounded loudly, and 10,000 Xianbei people carried the ladder towards the big walled city. At the same time, thousands of other Xianbei cavalry galloped around the city, constantly firing arrows into the city, arrows crossed the city walls, and from time to time Han soldiers were shot to the ground, but this could not shake the will of the Han soldiers in the slightest.

A cloud ladder was set up at the head of the city, and the Xianbei people rushed towards the head of the city. The Han army at the head of the city desperately threw stones and trees down, and in the rumbling sound, I saw the Xianbei people falling like raindrops. A soldier with a bow and arrows in his hand kept firing arrows at the people under the city, chanting the words: "Eight, nine, ten......"