The weather in the southwest is spring after the New Year.

A few days ago, it was cold and windy and snowy, but these days are already bright and bright, and new trees are sprouting.

Between the mountains, the not very wide Xiangning Road is winding and rugged, and the sound of kicking and trampling horses' hooves is from far and near, and it is Gu Yinxia who led 20,000 cavalry to Anqing.

And Huaiyu set off a few days in advance with hundreds of soldiers, and at this time he had already arrived in front of the Shili Pavilion ten miles outside Anqing City.

Compared with the peace and contentment of the people of Xiangcheng, although Anqing is named Anqing, it is not at all, not at all.

The closer to Anqing, the more frozen bones he saw on the roadside, and Gu Jiajun would stop at the beginning to collect the corpses on the side of the road, but there were more and more corpses behind, and Huaiyu simply walked forward.

This situation reminded Huaiyu of what he saw and heard when he passed through Pingzhang County six years ago, and it was even more tragic than that time.

It's just a few mountains, and the people of Yundu and Xiangcheng and the people here seem to live in two worlds.

The soldiers quickly set up camp here to light a fire and bury pots to make food.

After all, when you enter the city, it is still a question whether you can find something to eat, and it is more reliable to do it yourself.

In the past few days, they have encountered either dead corpses on the ground, or people who are about to starve to death, as well as murderous robbers, so Huaiyu does not dare to overestimate the situation in Anqing City at all.

I'm afraid it's even more tragic than she imagined.

"I never expected that after a few months, I passed through this ten-mile pavilion again, and it would be like this."

"Who would have thought that Duan Qingshu would pretend to be defeated."

"Who else is loyal to the court these days? Which one is not the first to occupy the mountain as the king, and take care of himself. ”

"That's it, besides, the group of veterans in the north haven't fought for many years, isn't it a death to face King An's iron cavalry, who dares to rush forward!"

"This is not right, there is a soldier, a nest of bears, and no matter how bad the soldiers are, they can win the battle if they are handed over to our son."

"Ah Ze, put away your sycophant mouth, Childe is not here, no matter how beautiful you say, he won't hear it."

Everyone laughed, a very young boy pouted, and glared at everyone dissatisfied, he is Pei Ji'an's nephew, Pei Lingze, is the only son of Pei Ji'an in the Pei family.

He is only sixteen years old this year, and his father and mother can't wait to marry him after the year.

How can this be done, the third uncle hasn't married yet, why is his nephew in such a hurry?

He refuted his family dissatisfiedly, but was strongly told by his family that it was because he was afraid that he would embark on the path of his third uncle that he let him marry early, and Pei Ling was speechless and asked why the sin created by the third uncle of heaven fell on his head!

The year was over, and he took a few personal guards and traveled thousands of miles from Kyoto to Xiangcheng.

Fortunately, the Pei family guards are not some wine bags and rice bags, and along the way, they have encountered a lot of robbers in the rebellious army, but they are all in danger, and they brought Pei Lingze to Pei Ji'an safely.

Pei Ji'an's heart was broken.

This nephew has been sticking to himself since he was a child, but he is also the demon king of the family in the world, the eldest brother has such a son under his knees, and the second brother only has a daughter, and the whole family is very fond of this single seedling.

Now that he wants to marry at a young age, it is indeed something that the family has done.

"Pei Lingze, it's time to breathe!"

Dare to run away from home?

Confined by Pei Ji'an's obscenity, Pei Ling immediately begged Zhao Yan and asked Zhao Yan to take him to Anqing with him.

Therefore, along the way, he found a little opportunity to praise Zhao Yan, and praised Zhao Yan as if there was nothing in the sky and on the earth, and he used all the words that praised people in the world on Zhao Yan.

"What do you know, my respect for Uncle Yan is like the water of the Yellow River, have you ever seen the river pause? I haven't seen it, even if Uncle Yan is not in front of me, my praise for him will not stop. ”

Pei Lingze's grandfather Pei Wenhui was a hussar general in the Changyou period, and he had retreated from the Huns side by side with Ji Chen, if he hadn't lost his way in the desert, Ji Chen would not have had to go deep alone, let alone be seriously injured.

Therefore, Pei Wenhui both appreciated and felt guilty about Ji Chen, a rising star, and was willing to listen to her orders under her, and later Emperor Youqing ascended the throne, so he took Pei Wenhui to open the knife, sent the Pei family back to his hometown, and ordered the Pei family not to enter Beijing forever.

Pei Wenhui died soon after being depressed, and Pei Ji'an secretly opened the Xunyan Tower bigger and bigger over the years, and under the monstrous wealth and strength, Pei's family entered Kyoto in a grand manner, and the emperor was powerless to stop it.

Because of the relationship between Pei Wenhui and Ji Chen, Pei Ling was firstly to follow his grandfather's last wishes, and secondly, to anger Pei Ji'an, he actually called Zhao Yan "Uncle Yan", and forcibly mentioned Zhao Yan's generation to be the same generation as Pei Ji'an.

Pei Ji'an's heart is broken!

This nephew grabbed a little bit of his trick and secretly made fun of him for so many years, and now he has openly risen to the surface.

Outrageous!

However, no matter how unwilling he is, his mouth is on Pei Lingze's face, he can't make Pei Lingze unable to open his mouth and speak like he did with Ziying, right?

Forget it, let this little bunny go for now!

Ah Han, one of the Seven Shadow Guards, chewed a mouthful of dried beef, and said indistinctly, "Ah Ze's mouth, and the son can cure it." ”

However, at this time, Zhao Yan was riding a horse and heading towards Anqing City with Huaiyu.

Originally, it was enough to send a pair of scouts to explore the way forward, but Huaiyu wanted to go to explore by herself, so Zhao Yan had to follow her.

"Zhao Yan, how sure are you that you can save such a city?"

"How is this city compared to the peace of the year?"

"Pingzhang is only a small county, while Anqing is a big city, and most of the people in Pingzhang were displaced people from other places, and the local people were slightly less damaged, so the two are not the same."

"Then, how is Anqing compared to Yundu back then?"

Huaiyu was silent, the Yundu of that year was slaughtered by the Qiang people, flooded, and encountered a plague that had not been encountered in a hundred years, and countless people were affected.

Zhao Yan said, "The tragic situation in Yundu, although I have heard about it in Kyoto, at that time, General Gu and Mrs. Gu were able to lead the Gu family army to help the people of Yundu defeat the plague and rebuild their homes. ”

Hearing this, Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing the dilapidated city wall of Anqing from a distance, the two tacitly turned over and dismounted and led the horse forward.

When I approached the city wall, I saw that the gate was wide open, and there was no one to guard it, and the bleak wall silently showed that this place had suffered countless wars.

Dozens of beggars, young and old, were lying lazily inside and outside the city, and when they saw the neatly dressed Huaiyu and the two, they stared at the two with green eyes.

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