[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 557

Shangguan 11 guessed that the Rong people could not linger, but in fact, there was no way out, but it was calculated by people, which was confirmed in the actual siege.

The two border armies basically recaptured the imperial capital without much hard fighting.

Originally, the Rong people were not good at attacking cities, let alone defending cities, not to mention that they were still 200,000 cavalry, and when defending the city, the cavalry could only temporarily change careers to become archers, and half of their skills were wasted. The two border armies are accustomed to the battle of attacking and seizing the city - although it is said that the Di people are nomadic like the Rong people and do not set up cities, but the Shen family has not lost the city, and after the loss, they regrouped, and they didn't want to take it back?

If you grab more, you will have experience.

In addition, the people who survived the imperial capital were all suffering from the Rong people, and they all hoped that the Wei army would enter the city as soon as possible.

Hearing about the people who attacked the city, there were quite a few brave people who rushed to the city gate and cooperated with the Wei army without fear of death.

All in all, in just six or seven days, the border army broke through the city from the west and south gates, and the Rong people were defeated.

The third prince of the Rong people ordered to open the east and north gates to escape, and he himself tried to escape from the north gate to the Hanhai Gobi. As a result, he was ambushed by Mo Binwei on the way, and although the five thousand elite cavalry escorting him were brave and unmatched, Mo Binwei was as early as in the north of Fengzhou when he was a small county government official and had no soldiers.

At this moment, he led the three thousand Fengzhou soldiers he had trained, and when he was still prepared, he almost easily killed the Rong people, and there were countless casualties.

Mo Binwei originally wanted to capture the three princes alive according to Shen Zangfeng's intentions, but the three princes were also fierce, seeing that the guards were dying in front of him, but the enemy suffered very little losses, knowing that he was powerless to return to the sky, he actually pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and let the guards protect him to bow three times in the direction of the grassland, and died by the neck!

The third prince was originally the commander of the Rong people's invasion of Great Wei this time, he died, and among the remaining Rong people, as long as they had a slight identity, where would they dare to live? Mo Binwei injured a lot of elite soldiers, so he barely caught two or three alive, took off his jaw and tied his hands and feet, and sent them back to Shen Zangfeng.

It's just that although these people didn't die, they also had the will to die, and the torturers in the Xiliang army couldn't pry their mouths open in a short time, and there was no way to know the reason why the Rong people couldn't stay.

This is true of the imperial capital, and the same is true of Yanzhou - but Yanzhou was intervened by the Donghu army, and the Donghu army sent by Liu Bozhao long ago is said to have encountered Rong people on the road to intercept it, so it is long overdue. However, it happened to rush to Yanzhou City at the same time as some soldiers and horses separated from Xiliang and Qingzhou.

The recovery of Yanzhou was easier than that of the imperial capital, because before Su Xiuming and Shen Zangfeng broke through, they followed Wei Xinyong's previous actions and left a back hand - before burning the granary, they took enough dry food and hid a group of 500 elite soldiers in the dark room in the city.

In addition, there are informants who can notify these soldiers to respond from within the city as soon as the Wei army attacks the city. The Rong people had no such defenses at all, and they were quickly attacked.

But though the city is recaptured, what is lost is lost after all, and it is impossible to return to the past.

After the army cleared out the Rong people hiding in the city, Shen Zangfeng, who entered the city first, sent people to search for the people who had been hiding in the secret room before. After finding it, he sent people to Yuzhu Town for resettlement.

At this time, the affairs of Yuzhu Town were all taken care of by Wei Changying, Ji Chunmian and others - according to their identities, they should have been Wei Changying and Gu Rouzhang. But Gu Rouzhang is obviously not good at co-ordinating, but Ji Chunmian has the experience of being the master of a castle, and he is also calm, and he is handy with Wei Changying.

Wei Changying waited for these people expectantly and timidly...... It was only at this time that she learned that there were such secret rooms and secret passages. After all, this is a family secret, and it is often related to the survival of the family bloodline. When it is not used, the elders will not tell the younger ones casually, so as not to leak the news - unless it is the male heir who takes over the family, he can know when there is nothing to do.

She hadn't heard of it when she was in Ruiyu Hall, but where could she have thought of it when the imperial capital city was broken?

Knowing at this moment, Wei Changying remembered countless people in an instant...... But she also knew that such a secret place was not something anyone could enter.

Thinking of the Huang family and the He family, Wei Changying's expression darkened.

On the snowy and muddy road, the carriage escorted by the Xiliang Army hesitated, watching the carriage getting closer and closer, and everyone who greeted them at the entrance of the town became nervous.

Ji Chunmian obviously noticed that Wei Changying had a moment, clenched a handful of hands, and then let go—at that moment, she had already felt the wetness of Wei Changying's palm.

"Mrs. Wei doesn't have to worry, since it was escorted by the Xiliang Army, and it was handed over to Mrs. You to arrange, I expect that there should be relatives of the Shen family inside." Ji Chunmian comforted softly.

Wei Changying stared at the carriage headed by him tightly, and forgot to answer her - Xu heard the soldier on the side of the car say that someone was facing him in front, and the people in the car couldn't help but open the curtain and poke their heads out, but the cloud sideburns were haggard face, who was not Shen Zangning?

"Third sister-in-law!" Shen Zangning poked his head out, and saw a group of people waiting a little away, although the leader was wearing a hat, but his body was familiar, not to mention, he was still holding his nephew Shen Shuguang in his hand, who could it be besides Wei Changying? As soon as she called, the following words could not be spoken, and tears had fallen first!

"Fourth sister!" Wei Changying also called out with a trembling voice - after knowing that there was a secret room in the Taifu Mansion, she remembered that on the day she said goodbye to her mother-in-law, she didn't see Shen Zangning and Huo Qingling in the hall, so she thought that these two people should have entered the secret room. It's just that Bing Xie is ruthless, and no one can guarantee that the secret room will not be found by the Rong people. Now that I saw Shen Zangning alive with my own eyes, I was relieved!

Shen Zangning's approach can be regarded as taking the lead, and there are also people in the rest of the carriage who open the curtain to look around, trying to find their relatives.

It's just that...... Their searching gaze quickly turned to disappointment and grief......

When the carriage stopped at the entrance of the town, Shen Zangning jumped down with her skirt without waiting for the carriage to stop, threw herself into Wei Changying's arms, and choked up: "I thought I would never see the third sister-in-law again!" ”

Wei Changying had tears in her eyes, hugged her and patted her, and said in a low voice: "I'm fine, but my mother ...... them."

The two sisters-in-law didn't have time to talk like this, Shen Zangning was persuaded by Ji Chunmian, and Wei Changying personally got into the car to help Huo Qingling, who was still sick, down. Seeing that there were only two people in this carriage, not even a handmaiden, Wei Changying couldn't help but think of the Huang family, and his heart ached!

She instructed someone to take the hat and put it on the two of them, and sent a soft sedan chair to carry it back to the prepared house to be settled. Then she looked at the people who came down from the other carriages, and to her surprise, there was Su Yufei among the people in the carriage behind, and she was also holding a girl who looked like she was four or five years old and was still wearing the festive red flower and butterfly embroidered jacket that she had changed during the New Year.

"Third cousin!" Wei Changying was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly greeted him, "Cousin, are you okay?" ”

Su Yufei looked abrupt, but she was dressed in filial piety clothes indiscriminately, she was originally slightly plump after giving birth, but now she has lost weight back to the silhouette of her girlhood.

"Cousin-in-law Wei, it's great that you're here, this is my niece, Duanmu Huitong." Su Yufei raised his hand and swept the sideburns that were blown away by the wind, although his eyes were also red, and his tone trembled slightly, but because of his niece, he didn't hug his head and cry like Shen Zangning, but pushed the girl to Wei Changying and said softly, "In the secret room with me." When I came out, I happened to be looking for a set of filial piety clothes, she was young and didn't have a suitable one to wear for the time being. Please also ask my cousin to ......"

"Don't worry, and go to the town, Guang'er, Xie'er and this kid are about the same age, take their changes, and the situation will be fine for a while." Wei Changying glanced at the girl, her dress was bright, but it was obviously dirty. With a panicked look on her face, she tightly pulled Su Yufei's hand and didn't let go, she was born with willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, and her facial features were very upright, but her face was too pale, and her breath was weak.

Su Yufei naturally didn't bring a maid - Shi Man'er looked at Wei Changying's face and came up to hug her.

Duanmu Huitong subconsciously showed a look of resistance, but was comforted by Su Yufei, so he obediently let go of Su Yufei and opened his hand to let Shi Man'er hug him.

Except for Su Yufei, the rest of the female dependents are all known or familiar to Wei Changying, but not very familiar.

Wei Changying was anxious to go back to inquire about the specific situation of Shen Zangning and the others in the imperial capital, but he had no intention of talking to them more, comforting them for a while, and ordered someone to take them into the town to settle down. entrusted Ji Chunmian with everything else, and hurried to Shen Zangning and the others.

didn't want her to go halfway, but Shi Xian'er hurriedly ran over with her skirt, and said with a solemn expression: "The son sent someone over, asking to see you immediately!" "After a few of them arrived in Yuzhu Town, they changed their names.

Wei Changying was shocked when she heard this: "Didn't you just send someone, why do you want to see me again?" Or see me right away? ”

Surprised, she turned and walked towards the front yard.

Because they were sent by Shen Zangfeng, most of them were the guards in the Xiliang Army or the surviving house slaves, not outsiders. Therefore, Wei Changying even saved the light of hanging bead curtains or opening curtains, and directly let people pass it in.

The person who came looked at him, but he was tall and tall, with a fierce face, and he was a hundred battles at a glance, and he was obviously a powerful person in front of Shen Zangfeng. After he saluted, he didn't talk nonsense, and said straightforwardly: "Captain Mo received news a day ago that the sixth master of the Wei family disappeared on the way, and he was extremely anxious. Because Gongzi and Captain Mo are both in military affairs at the moment, they are sent to be in charge of this matter. I have never seen Master Wei Liu, and I ask the young lady to appreciate the portrait, or if the young lady has seen the old man Wei Liu, please borrow it temporarily! ”

Wei Changying was taken aback: "Sixth uncle?!" Isn't he coming to the imperial capital? How could it be gone?! "Mo Binwei has left people to protect Wei Xinyong! Or did Wei Xinyong have any plans and deliberately escaped?

"The lowly position is not very clear now, and we must rush to Panzhou to find out first." The person who came shook his head and said, "Where Master Wei Liu disappeared, bandits are rampant and people are like water, so he ordered Gongzi to rush to his post as soon as possible, and make every effort to find and rescue Master Wei Liu!" ”

Wei Changying was suddenly awe-struck, and shouted left and right: "Let Yange come out!" ”

Yan Ge was the only maid she brought out of the imperial capital, and when she broke through before, she suffered internal injuries in order to protect Wei Changying. But it was not a tricky injury, and he began to recover under the diagnosis and treatment of Dr. Changxian. After arriving in Yuzhu Town, he never stopped taking medicine, and when Ji Qu's illness arrived, he prescribed a prescription and healed faster. It's so good now.

It's just that Wei Changying thanked her for the rescue that day and still let her recuperate.

But now that Wei Xinyong is gone, this is a big deal, Wei Changying is not good at painting, so it is appropriate to send Yan Ge out.

Fortunately, Xiliangjun was prepared to find someone this time, and it should not let Yan Ge be in danger of life and death.