The official road from Dezhou to Jinan has almost been filled with people in a hurry, and more is a group of defeated soldiers with crooked armor that have been completely dispersed, and the sad mood spreads among the crowd, the wounded soldiers lying on the cart let out a low cry because of pain, and the people who help the old and the young are full of despair and helplessness to leave their homeland, such a chaotic scene has not appeared in this land for many years.

In fact, when the defeat from the Baigou River to Dezhou, most of the imperial army was still maintained, and with the main general, the soldiers knew what they should do, but this situation was completely changed when passing through Dezhou.

Li Jinglong fled again, and gave Texas to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and the army that fled back to Texas from all directions was horrified to find that Dezhou, which originally thought that it would be safe if he fled back, had already stationed the army of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and they were defeated soldiers who had no food and grass, how could they be able to defeat the enemy army who was waiting for work? As a result, the establishment of the army was completely defeated, and I don't know how many main generals died in Dezhou, and those soldiers who were scattered followed in the footsteps of Li Jinglong and continued to flee to Jinan.

Such a situation is not uncommon, in fact, it has been a period of time since the defeat of the Baigou River, and almost all of them have now arrived in Jinan first, and the guerrillas led by the main general have either wandered around and forged the people to forget their duties, or they went south in groups with the fleeing people.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, causing a commotion among the crowd, and the people and stragglers all looked back, and when they found that it was not the army of King Yan, but the soldiers of the court, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and turned numbly to continue on their way.

Tie Hyun looked at this situation and let out a long sigh.

As an official of the imperial court, seeing the defeat of the imperial army and the displacement of the people, it is impossible not to mourn and heartache, but then again, what is the use of sorrow? King Yan's army, at this moment, can be closely followed, the front of the army is pointing directly at Jinan, the country is overturned, it seems to be an impractical thing before, but now it is really possible!

That's right, after the army of Yan King Zhu Di took Dezhou, he did not stop in Dezhou, but drove to Jinan all the time, because King Yan now understands that the gains and losses of one city and one place are of no use to him, and he wants to use this imperial court's defeat like a mountain, so that the imperial army can no longer organize such a huge offensive!

didn't chase before, just because the war had just ended, Xu Huizu led the troops to break off, and now Li Jinglong retreated again and again, if he didn't chase harder, then Tianyu would be to blame!

And the biggest reason why King Yan dared to chase down so unscrupulously was that the three mansions in Hejian fell from the wind.

It's horrible... The change in people's hearts seemed to be in a short moment, and the real defense line that seemed impregnable before became dangerous just because of the defeat of the imperial army.

I heard that the first to surrender to Yan King Zhu Di was Hejian Mansion, the prefect Zhong Hongwen personally welcomed Yan King Zhu Di into the city, and even took the initiative to lead the horse for Zhu Di, and the other two provinces did not carry out symbolic resistance, and did not even stop the footsteps of the Yan King army to the south, and the whole territory was attached, and now the Yan King really owns the entire northern border, and his next goal is to occupy Jinan, which is the key to the south and north.

So it is not difficult to understand why Zhu Di seems to have won the hearts of the people overnight, and the officials are willing to surrender, because the country has changed hands, and now it seems that there is a real possibility.

Thinking of this, seeing the chaotic scene in front of him, Tie Xuan's brows furrowed deeply, there was helplessness, but more than that, it was the hatred of Zhu Di, the king of Yan!

That's right, in his eyes, Zhu Di has never been a hero who was persecuted by traitors and forced to be martyred, just a rebellious minister and thief who disturbed the peaceful and prosperous world and plotted against him! With his official position, if he was willing to defect to King Yan after Texas changed hands, he would have a good future, but he resolutely fled from Texas because his moral sense made him unable to accept people like Zhu Di as the new ruler of the country.

Since you don't accept it, you have to stand up and resist, which is a very simple truth.

There were a series of defeated soldiers on the official road, and Tie Xuan stepped forward and stopped them: "This official Shandong is participating in politics, Tie Xuan!" Wait for you to join the team and go south with this officer! ”

This kind of thing of collecting defeated soldiers, he started to do it since he left Texas, and the results of this way can be seen from the continuous soldiers behind Tie Xuan, the strength has exceeded 10,000, but the defeated soldiers are defeated, and there is no need to say much about the military appearance, it seems that if they are casually rushed by the Yan army, these soldiers will scatter and flee again.

It stands to reason that this kind of thing should be done by Wu in the future, and he Tie Hyun is just a civilian official, but... If he doesn't do it, who will?

Before the war, Tie Xuan was responsible for escorting grain and grass, since it was Shandong participating in politics, he was naturally responsible for transporting the grain and salary collected from Shandong to Dezhou, in fact, he was also very responsible, and there was never a shortage of food, but unfortunately his hard work could not save the outcome of the defeat of the imperial court, when Li Jinglong Baigou River was defeated, Tie Xuan was still in Dezhou, but when he came to his senses, Li Jinglong had fled to Jinan, and the speed of his retreat was far less than that of the long-legged coach.

It seems that the defeated soldiers who were called also did not understand the behavior of this adult, and Shandong participated in politics... A civilian official, what to do with the defeated soldiers?

Do you still want to fight with King Yan's army?

What time is it? The so-called building will fall, it is difficult to support it alone, everyone's mind is not on the war, and with Li Jinglong's rout and fleeing south, all the prefectures and counties along the way are looking at the wind and surrendering the Yan army, the country may change hands at any time, everyone has begun to plan for their own future, and the adult in front of him is still doing such a thing?

It's not the first time Tie Hyun has seen this kind of incomprehensible gaze, and the defeated soldier who looks like the leader also asked, "My lord, where are you going south?" What to do? ”

"Jinan," Tie Xuan began, "we will guard Jinan." ”

"But... The big handsomes have run away, can you hold it, my lord? ”

"This official is an official appointed by the imperial court to participate in the politics of Shandong, and this is the duty of this official."

There is no grandiose rhetoric, let alone official coercion, Tie Xuan looks at the group of defeated soldiers like this, and the group of defeated soldiers also looks at him like this, and the endless stream of people on the official road has become the background, in this troubled era, this civil official is like a grasshopper who shakes the tree, he looks like he is about thirty years old, tall, his face is dark, the bridge of his nose is high, the beard under his chin is a little crooked, and his pupils are slightly brown, it doesn't seem like he is of Central Plains blood... This makes the atmosphere even stranger.

But the defeated soldiers were moved by the determination to die in the eyes of this civilian official.

They looked at each other, and then walked into the army behind Tie Xuan:

"Yes, sir."

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Outside the crowded Jinan City, Gu Huai found a place on higher ground to stand, and as far as the eye could see, there were soldiers and civilians mixed everywhere, dragged into a long queue that stretched for dozens of miles, all rushing to enter the city, all kinds of vehicles, livestock, and pedestrians crowded the road and even all the places on both sides of the road where people could stand, this scene couldn't help but make Gu Huai think of the railway station during the Spring Festival in later generations, I really didn't expect to encounter such a crowd in this era.

He was yesterday to the city of Jinan, the three mansions of the river went smoothly beyond his expectations, Zhong Hongwen, who was the third son of the king of Yan who was ready to be sold at a high price, was indeed a smart man, after the end of the battle of Baigou River, he knew that he had no bargaining price, and decisively and neatly surrendered to the king of Yan, this is not over, this person with a lot of eyes does not know what method to use, there is no opposition to the Hejian Mansion, and the other two mansions have also been moved by him a lot, and the three mansions of the Hejian are completely attached, It can be regarded as a great merit, Zhong Hongwen has also rightfully become an upstart among the civil officials under Zhu Di, as if he is going to be entrusted with a big responsibility, and he has been watching coldly for more than half a year, which can be regarded as a good result.

The road to the south was cleared, and Zhu Di naturally followed Li Jinglong all the way into Jinan Mansion, but because the troops he brought were too small, he couldn't fight a decisive battle with the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops around Li Jinglong, so he fought and chased and entangled in the city of Jinan.

At the beginning of the Baigou River War, the two sides were still in a tug of war in Zhending, Shandong was a place where the Yan army could not reach, but after Li Jinglong's defeat and fled south, Texas changed hands, and he was really isolated. At this moment, the secret spy department can no longer provide enough information for the Yan army as before.

So he, the chief officer of the secret spy department, also did the business of exploring horses, and the Yan army that entered Jinan was mostly cavalry, but he still couldn't catch up with Li Jinglong, who fled very fast, Gu Huai took the spies of the secret spy department to pretend to be fleeing people, chased Li Jinglong all the way, and sent back a person every other way to report the situation ahead.

Since he came to the city yesterday, he has not been able to enter the city today, Gu Huai is also very helpless, but the current situation is also very clear, the people's army is mixed with congestion at the city gate, Li Jinglong's more than 100,000 troops can not enter the city at all, and this place outside Jinan City is extremely empty and flat, which is suitable for cavalry charge, so Gu Huai observed for a long time, and decisively asked Wei Laosan to report back to the army to charge with all his strength and annihilate the enemy's main force.

And Li Jinglong led the army to flee to the city of Jinan, only to see the crowd of people, the neighing of horses and the roar of the ox, and the vehicles and pedestrians of all walks of life crowded the city gate through the wind and rain, if you look down from the sky, the city gate is like a flood outlet for opening the gate to release water, and the water poured out infects a whole piece of the earth, but in fact the water is not released outward, but gushing in, but the increasing crowd outside makes people feel the feeling of venting.

Li Jinglong saw this scene, the whole person was stunned, and he ordered the army to drive the people away in a hurry, so that he could enter the city to preside over the military aircraft, but the military order changed its flavor when it was passed on, he was the commander in a hurry, and the soldiers were naturally anxious, and the Yan army was following behind the buttocks, so he was not afraid to whip the whip to the people, and for a while there was a mess in front of the Jinan city gate, and the people who were driven away and scolded could not bear it, and the curses came one after another, and there were conflicts everywhere, and some impatient soldiers even raised the knives in their hands.

Li Jinglong was in a hurry in this extremely chaotic situation, and immediately another horse galloped to report, the vanguard cavalry of the Yan army was only ten miles away, Li Jinglong was only frightened when he heard it, and he was about to order not to enter the city and continue to run south, but he heard that the Yan army that charged over only had a striker, and when there were less than 10,000 people and horses, his nose was almost crooked, no matter how embarrassed he was, there were more than 100,000 troops under the city, and Yan Wei actually looked down on him like this? Immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle, and was about to counterattack against the city, so that Na Yan would suffer a loss.

The movements of more than 100,000 troops, the people naturally saw it clearly, seeing that the imperial army put up such a big battle, anyone also understood that the Yan army was catching up, and the city was about to kill the corpses and blood, and they couldn't help but be horrified.

At this time, Gu Huai had just walked down the high slope, and when he saw such chaos at the city gate, his mind of entering the city in advance to inquire about the situation was also temporarily pressed by him, and he was about to leave the crowd a little, but the frantic refugee team shouted and squeezed forward at the same time, and suddenly wrapped him dozens of meters away, and Wang Wu, who was following him, was also blocked by the crowd and could not get to his side, and his figure was drowned in the dense crowd.

At this moment, Gu Huai didn't pay much attention, but when he squeezed out against the flow of people, he accidentally glanced at it, and just saw a carriage being hit by a crowd of people, and a small face came into view through the carriage window, Gu Huai's body was shocked, and he shouted:

"Miaojin?"

Just a moment of stunned work, the shadow fell back into the carriage and could no longer be seen, Gu Huai stopped, stood on tiptoe in the crowd and tried to look over, only to see the carriage like scattered leaves wrapped in the crowd rushing towards the city gate, gradually disappearing.

"Is that her? How could she be here? Could it be a mistake? No way! How could it be wrong! ”

Just a quick glance, it may not be certain that it is Tsundere Lori, not to mention that Tsundere Lori is in Beiping well, how did she run here? But Gu Huai refused to leave so reassuringly after all, just hesitated slightly, then gritted his teeth and turned around, and followed the crowd to the Jinan City Gate, chasing after the carriage...