In a back alley in the overcrowded city of Jinan, Xu Miaojin, who was wearing a dirty hooded robe, shrank in the corner, revealing a small face with a lot of stains, and secretly looked around.

The carriage had been lost, and the wheels were broken when the crowd entered the city that day, and the rope of the horse was broken, and although it was barely enough to make a shelter from the wind and rain, it was clear that some of the refugees saw the lonely little girl and had the idea of the carriage.

Then Xu Miaojin fell into this situation.

Not to mention whether there are rooms in the full inns in the city, and whether she can meet kind-hearted residents to give her a place to live, the biggest problem Xu Miaojin is facing at the moment is that she failed to take care of her own little baggage when she escaped from the group of refugees.

She ran out of money.

This time she went south to Jinling to pay tribute to the third brother, she went quietly, the front line was in full swing, Beiping was peaceful, and the spies in the perfume shop were naturally looser, not to mention that Xu Miaojin had not been out of the room since last year, and they did not dare to snoop on the privacy of the county lord, which naturally provided convenience for Xu Miaojin's escape.

The most important thing is Xiaohuan, she is Xu Miaojin's friend, and she is also the person who has always taken care of Xu Miaojin, she disagrees, Tsundere Lori has no way to leave Beiping, but who makes Xiaohuan a kind and gentle little girl?

After all, she is the county lord, even if she lives in the shop now and decides to do something, Xiaohuan has no reason to stop it, not to mention that she is a living person, not an item that Gu Huai put in the shop, such a thing as returning to her hometown to pay tribute to her relatives is indeed a thing bigger than the sky in this era of loyalty and filial piety.

When Gu Huai traveled thousands of miles to Jinling, didn't he go back to his ancestral house as soon as possible?

Tsundere Lori gambled for several days, and finally let Xiaohuan nod helplessly, probably to strengthen the persuasiveness, Tsundere Lori also mentioned that she ran away from home all the way from Jinling to Beiping before, although there is chaos at the moment, but as long as you pretend to be a passer-by and get into the carriage of Gu Huai's carriage and take a detour but safe business route, you can naturally reach Jinling in peace.

And with Xiaohuan's help to hide it, Gu Huai won't know about it, and when Tsundere Lori arrives in Jinling, maybe Gu Huai will be able to learn the news that she left Beiping.

But it's just imagination.

The battle of Baigou River, completely made the thousands of miles of land to the south of Zhending into a chaotic scene, the carriage and horse shop had no way to go business, Xu Miaojin was unwilling to follow back to Beiping, so he hired a carriage to follow the refugee team south, there was no danger along the way, the lonely little girl still had some survival experience, and caught the team of rich merchants fleeing, but the speed was obviously not comparable with the march, and when she arrived at the city of Jinling, she happened to meet the Yan army to charge against the imperial army.

In such a chaotic scene, it is already a bodhisattva blessing to be able to enter the city without incident, and to be able to find a place to rest in the back alley.

But there is no money on the body, it is very difficult to continue to go south, it is so messy at the moment, and I don't know who to find to solve the dilemma, it has been three days since I entered the city, and I ate three steamed buns from the kind lady in three days, and I don't know when the next meal will be.

Tsundere Lori tightened the robe on her body, her little pitiful appearance was distressing, she wrinkled her little nose, and remembered a certain figure in a green shirt.

Listen to him... If he dies here, will he be sad?

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The streets, which are only a few streets away from this back alley, are full of fleeing civilians and groups of officers and soldiers who are hurrying back and forth.

The city gate was closed three days ago, the Yan army attacked the imperial army on the same day, because of the chaos at the city gate, Li Jinglong could not enter the city, and the defenders in the city could not go out of the city to help, and so on until Zhu Gaoxi, the second son of the king of Yan, and Qiu Fu, the pioneer battalion owner, led the troops to break down the army array laid by Li Jinglong, Sheng Yong reacted, seeing that the Yan army was about to enter the city behind the fleeing people, Sheng Yong made a quick decision, drank the order to release arrows, and a rain of arrows went down, and the fleeing people who had not had time to enter the city and the Yan army who charged in front shot a lot of death, Only then did the gates be forcibly closed.

So the imperial army scattered and fled, and the people who were lucky enough to survive also fled to other states and counties, these days in order to prevent the Yan army from entering the city, Jinan has never opened the city gate again, and hundreds of people and defeated soldiers were locked up in the city.

Gu Huai is naturally one of them.

That day, he chased the carriage all the way, because the fleeing people were too crowded, he could only squeeze through the carriages, cattle and sheep, and pedestrians, and get closer to the carriage, but when he was about to chase the cart, the imperial army that had lost the morale of the army began to rout after Zhu Gaoxi led the vanguard only one rush, Li Jinglong saw that the situation was not good, and fled to the south, and the soldiers also scattered in a hurry, each running to the east and west, and Zhu Gaoxi, who was so killed, saw that the city gate was not closed, so he left Qiu Fu to continue to fight, and led the cavalry to the city gate, I want to take advantage of the chaos to occupy the city gates.

And Sheng Yong on the city wall saw that the situation was not good, and even those scattered soldiers did not have time to contain and enter the city, so he immediately ordered the city to be closed, but the people flocked to it, where could the city gate be closed? In desperation, Sheng Yong could only order the defenders to release arrows, and a rain of arrows fell like a torrential rain, and the city gate was filled with blood flowing from the dead and wounded, and even Zhu Gaoxi, who was in the lead, almost died on the spot, so he could close the city gate.

At that time, Gu Huai had not been able to enter the city, and as soon as the arrows rained down at the head of the city, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately got under the carriage in front of him, crawled forward in a frightening sound of tuk tuk arrows, and then rushed into the city at the last moment before the city gate closed.

After all, this is a war, either you die or I live, soft-heartedness often has no good end, Sheng Yong's behavior sounds a bit cool, but in fact, at that time, there was only this way to keep the city gate, Gu Huai, who had gone around from the ghost gate, looked back at the city gate, thinking of the thrill just now, and still had palpitations.

When he came to his senses, the crying and shouting at the city gate continued, I don't know how many people beat on the city gate because of the loss of their loved ones, it was a mess, where could I still see the carriage suspected of carrying Xu Miaojin? And the people are congested, they don't know which direction the carriage is being coerced, the only thing that can be determined is probably that the carriage has indeed entered the city, which is very similar to Xu Miaojin's figure, and now it is also in Jinan City.

Gu Huai didn't know if Xu Miaojin had left Beiping, these days of war continued, he had been on the front line, and the spy reports of the secret spy department were all handled by the Mangzhong women, and they didn't hear the slightest news about Tsundere Lori, but that glance was really like her, so Gu Huai couldn't do it regardless of her leaving Jinan.

With the chaotic situation in Jinan today, Xu Miaojin, a young, beautiful and ignorant daughter, may be in the city, in case...

Thinking of this, Gu Huai couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and quickened his pace, whenever he saw a woman on the street, he wanted to rush up and turn his shoulder to see if it was the eccentric tsundere Lori, but he had been looking for three days in the city, and he didn't see any trace of Xu Miaojin at all.

At present, there are more than one million people in Jinan? Trying to find someone is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and even Gu Huai is not sure if Tsundere Lori is here, but when he thinks of the figure who told him in the backyard of the ancestral house that he wanted to plant a lot of flowers, and the last entrustment of the hearty and upright Xu Zengshou, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, he must find a hurried glimpse in the carriage.

Miaojin, where the hell are you?

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Twenty miles outside the city of Jinan, the Yan army had already set up camp, Zhu Di stood in front of the sand table of the Chinese army's big tent, looking at the city of Jinan in the middle of the sand table, and was silent for a long time.

It stands to reason that he should be happy now... He has defeated the powerful Southern Army, has a stronger strength, countless state capitals have surrendered to him, and the dream that was as ridiculous as a dream before now seems to be within reach!

Win one more game! As long as Jinan is conquered and this place is occupied, from now on, he can attack and retreat, and give him some time to accumulate strength, this world may be in his hands!

Although it was indeed beyond his expectation that the city that looked weak in front of him did not surrender, it didn't matter, he was no longer as timid as before, this time it would not be like the Battle of Zhending and the offensive and defense of Beiping, he would take an offensive, and all the armies would be encamped under the city, and fight hard to make this city completely surrender to him.

But beyond his ambitions, there is always a shadow haunting him... Because Gu Huai is gone.

The news only came yesterday, and the last person who saw Gu Huai was his personal guard, who was separated in front of the gate of Jinan, although Gu Huai often ran around because of important military aircraft in the past, but he had never played such a disappearance.

The importance of Gu Huai has been highlighted in the six months when Jing Nan raised the army, and Dao Yan who stabilized the rear to deal with political affairs, Dao Yan is good at calculating people's hearts and is familiar with political affairs, which is where he Zhu Di dares to lead his troops to the south to fight, but Gu Huai not only holds the secret spy department that has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, but more importantly, his vision in the general direction and strategy, even Zhu Di was surprised!

He was born a seedling of a commander-in-chief!

Even if he has not read military books since he was a child, let alone led soldiers to raise soldiers for ten years, Gu Huai has shown extraordinary talent in this regard, and the first battle of the grassland rush is the best proof... Ruthless, resolute, the acceptance of the army's heart, the revitalization of morale, the courage of the pioneers, and the strategic vision of thousands of miles, he is not lacking.

Even Zhu Di never said to others that if he died on the battlefield, he insisted on selecting a commander from the Yan army who had the hope of fighting in Jinling, not Zhang Yu or his second son Zhu Gaoxi, but Gu Huai!

Such a talent is not just the chief officer of the spy department, not to mention that his personal relationship with Zhu Di is also very deep, Jing Yan is almost promoted by him and Dao Yan, how can he be missing now?

Thinking of the chaotic Jinan now, as well as the siege that will happen next, Zhu Di straightened up and exhaled a long breath.

Gu Huai, said that he wanted to go to Jinling with me again, and now the great cause has not been accomplished, you...

It can't be an accident.