In the first battle of Zhending City, Tian Kai's side won a small victory. But this still did not alleviate the fears of the local tyrants in the vicinity of Zhending.

With the frequent war, these local tyrants began to drag their families and prepare to cross the Hutuo River and flee to the north of Changshan County.

The Hutuo River is the most important river in Changshan China, and it is also the longest and widest river in the secluded land. From west to east, it passes through the four counties of Changshan, Zhongshan, Hejian and Bohai, irrigating countless rich fields along the coast.

In the past, these northerners of Changshan did not regard themselves as border people, they believed that only the area north of the Hutuo River was the borderland, which was sparsely populated and would be attacked by the Hu people at all times. On the contrary, south of the Hutuo River, it is the real hinterland, a place of real wealth.

Therefore, the Hutuo River has become the dividing line between China and foreign countries in the hearts of Changshan people, with the north being the outside and the south being the inside. Living south of the Hutuo River is naturally more human.

But now that the way of the world has changed, how can it not be embarrassing that the people south of the Hutuo River have to flee to the north, which was regarded as a frontier land in the past.

In the past, Jizhou, as a large state of money and grain in the north, had to bear eighty percent of the defense expenditures of Youzhou in the north. Therefore, in order to facilitate transshipment, Jizhou built a series of ferries and pontoon bridges on the Hutuo River.

The largest one is located between Zhending and Jiumen, where the roads are denser, there are more business travelers, and the scale of the natural ferry is also larger.

Originally, the pontoon bridge was made up of a chain of twenty huge boats, each fixed with ten stone anchors, one zhang six feet wide, about one zhang apart, and covered with wooden planks in the middle, covered with hay. On weekdays, the towing car leads the horse past, as if walking on the ground.

On weekdays, this pontoon bridge is set up with a patrol pavilion every five ships, and the bell is guarded at night, and the defense is tight.

But that's all a thing of the past.

As the thieves of Mount Tai in the south began the northern expedition, the gentry of the southern counties of Changshan were wrapped in their belongings, drove cattle and horses, and crossed the river to the north along the black pressure of the people.

For a moment, the men and women cried out and pleaded in low voices. The child cried, and the river official angrily reprimanded, a scene of the end times.

Although it was chaotic, the pontoon bridge was still smooth at this time, and how many wealthy gentlemen and officials still squeezed across the pontoon bridge and came to the north bank to temporarily gain safety.

After all, with the Hutuo River as a block, the south bank is the war zone, and the north bank is the rear area.

But this big rear is not so good.

With the real order of Sun Jin to send a document to the minister of Jiumen, strictly ordering no one on the south bank to cross the river, the situation became more and more tense.

Feng Xun, the minister of Changshan, issued a strict ban on the river, which contained one thing:

"To the south of Hutuo, a group of thieves are swarming, in order to prevent the enemy's spies and outlaws from spying, those who come from the south without public evidence, do not listen to the crossing."

From here, you can see Feng Xun's cunning as an old official.

He didn't cut it all out of the box, but put out a so-called public certificate. In other words, who has the public right to cross the river, then who will have it? Of course, there are influential people.

Moreover, in order to prevent the mob from breaking through the bridge, Feng Xun directly ordered the pontoon bridge to be removed, and all river crossings were changed to boat crossings.

As a result, the river patrol soldiers guarding the river took the opportunity to extort money, and the once wealthy family did not hesitate to go bankrupt in exchange for a public certificate to cross the river alone.

Perhaps, even if the Taishan army came north, these ordinary rich people would not have fallen to this point. It's a pity that these people are deaf and blind, and they can't see the situation clearly, so they only think that the nobles are running, so they run with them.

Who knows, there is a way out for others, and you are a way out for others.

But compared with ordinary rich families who are pulled out of the marrow and skinned, there is a category of people that Feng Xun has to take to the north no matter what, that is, many kings surnamed Liu in Changshan.

This dynasty is still quite generous to the clan, not only more princes than the previous dynasty, but also quite good at the beginning and the end.

And Changshan Zhuliu because he fought the world with Guangwu in his early years, so he is one of the few rich and noble families who can cross the two dynasties.

At this moment, these royal families surnamed Liu, who were preparing to cross north one after another, gathered together in groups according to their respective royal lineages. They dragged their families and mouths, looking at the slightly hateful shabby in the distance, and there was no joy or anger on their faces.

Of course, they are not willing to go north, they have huge estates and fields in the south, and hundreds of disciples are working hard to provide for their comfortable and comfortable life, how can they be willing to give up?

But you can't go either. They have all heard of the fate of Zhao Wang's family, and the original pig-like apprentices in the family have turned into masters, and they have also entered the house and occupied their land.

After knowing this, these Changshan royal clans didn't trust their disciples very much. And those disciples saw that the situation was getting more and more chaotic, and their eyes were becoming more and more unruly.

Therefore, when someone from the north issued a certificate to take them to the north, they gathered their clansmen and discussed it, and finally went north.

Because they know that even if they move to the north, they will not lose them, and when the time comes, they will still have fields, docks, and servants. After all, who made them royalty?

In this way, the Changshan Zhuliu family members went north together, and arrived at the ferry on June 15, waiting for the boat from the north to take them across the river.

……

"Lord Weng, there is only one piece of bread today."

At this time, at the very edge of the camp of the kings surnamed Liu, on an ox cart, a maid with a dirty face was saying this to a girl with a dirty face.

That Weng master is none other than Liu Hui's sister, Liu Qian.

Since the defection of his brother, the only remaining land of the Zhending family has also been recovered. Later, Liu Qian took the only remaining old servant and personal maid to her aunt's house.

Looking at the cake handed by the maidservant, Liu Qian was a little sad, she broke half of it and handed it to the maidservant.

Even if the maid said that she had used it, Liu Qian still insisted on giving half of the cake to the maid.

Because she knew that in their current situation, it was all that her aunt could get a piece of bread, and if she didn't give it to her maidservant, she would starve.

On the bullock cart without a roof, Liu Qian chewed half of the bread in her hand in small bites, and the maid over there tore most of the bread in her hand and put it into her arms, only taking a small piece and biting it.

Even if they fled, the masters and servants of the Liu family maintained a family style of not saying anything and sleeping silently.

Soon, the old servant returned.

Unlike the old man who ordinary people want to be on the verge of decaying, even if this old servant has a dusty face, he can't hide his fierceness and sturdiness.

The old man's name is Zhao Tong, and he is a member of the family of King Zhending. That Liu Hui's full body of martial arts was trained by him since he was a child.

This time he fled north, and it was precisely because of Zhao Tong's protection that Liu Qian's two masters and maids could be safe. Otherwise, even if these two people deliberately defile their faces, they will still be harassed by the captives in the team.

Zhao Tong came back, his mouth was still a little oily, and when he saw Liu Qian eating cakes, he hurriedly took out a package from his arms, which contained several grilled fish.

Zhao Tong said softly:

"Master Weng, eat some grilled fish, you can't stand it without a body."

Yes, the person who has eaten meat will let her eat bread all the time, neither mentally nor physically.

Liu Qian smiled, first thanked her, and then put the bag of fish under the grass, obviously intending to keep it for the rest of the rations.

After cleaning up these, Liu Qian asked one thing again:

"Uncle Zhao, can the secret note we left in the old mansion really allow my brother to find us?"

Zhao Tong opened his mouth and hesitated, but finally said:

"Well, as long as we settle down in the north, we will send another letter back to the old house. Lang Jun will definitely find us. ”

Liu Qian nodded with longing.

Looking at the expression of his own owner, Zhao Tong could only sigh in his heart.

His own Lang Jun has gone missing since he brazenly attacked and killed Liu Wei in March this year. Although he instructed his subordinates to come back and take their families into the mountain before leaving, he thought things simple in the end.

As soon as these tribes arrived outside the residence of King Zhending, they were captured by the tribes of King Changshan, who were determined to take revenge. In the chaos, he, Liu Tong, could only escape with Liu Qian and a servant girl. Even, Lang Jun's little wife was never taken away.

Later, he and Weng Zhu hid all the way to Guo's house and stopped at a foreign house. Later, when he learned that the surnames of Changshan went north together, Zhao Tong was also worried about the safety of Lord Weng, so he was mixed in.

As for what Lord Weng said, if you want to reunite with Lang Jun again, I'm afraid it will be difficult. In this chaotic world, you may never see each other for the rest of your life.

Seeing that Liu Qian was still immersed in the expectation of being able to reunite with his brother, Zhao Tong quickly changed the topic, he patted the ox cart and pointed to the north:

"I've heard that the ship is coming, and the ox cart won't be able to take it with me. Pick and choose, and see what things you want to bring. ”

When Liu Qian heard this, she couldn't care about lamenting, and hurriedly began to pick up what could be used.

Food must be brought, and then you have to bring some clothes, I heard that Youzhou is much colder than Jizhou. There is also some gold to bring, although it is useless now, but when you go to Youzhou later, you can always buy another manor.

Even though it has only been two months of suffering, Liu Qian is already quite a bit of a housekeeper, and sure enough, it is the most difficult to "temper" people.

Here Liu Qian and the three of them were cleaning up, and suddenly they didn't feel right.

On their periphery are the rich families who were knocked out of the bones and sucked the marrow by the river officials and then coaxed, they are the worst, and they are also in the outermost periphery.

There, everywhere was running, and countless voices were heard:

"The Tarzan thief is here."

"I'm going to die!"

"Fight with those people!"

Seeing that the chaos in the periphery was about to spread here, Zhao Tong's face changed, and he hurriedly pulled Liu Qian and the maid to lie under the ox cart, he also took a short knife and got in, and he said to the second daughter seriously:

"You must not move, in this case, the more you run, the more you die."

Liu Qian and the maid nodded busily, and honestly lay under the ox cart, carefully watching the chaotic scene.

Sure enough, chaos was like a tornado, and soon it swept through the inner circle, and more and more people began to run, even if they had not yet seen the so-called Tarzan thief.

As for why they are so afraid? They don't know either, so they're just afraid.

The little maid had been trembling there, and suddenly she took out the rest of the bread in her bosom and began to gobble it up.

Liu Qian didn't say anything, just hugged her tightly.

Yes, if you want to die, it's good to be a full ghost.

In this way, listening to the cries and wails outside, Liu Qian and the little maid suddenly felt that the time was so long.

Gradually, the chaos began to dissipate, and the originally crazy crowd was also regained its calm under the dispatch of some knights in yellow and iron armor.

Obviously, the so-called Tarzan army really came, and without any surprise, they took this ferry.

This also means that their journey north has been cut off.

But at this moment, the little maid tried hard to grab Liu Qian's sleeve and opened her mouth to speak.

Liu Qian thought that she was eating the cake too quickly, and while patting her on the back to give her a smooth meal, she blamed:

"Slow down."

It was also Liu Qian's smooth diet that was effective, and the maid was really relieved, and then she opened her mouth to be:

"Lord Weng, do you think that's Lang Jun?"

Liu Qian was shocked, and following the direction pointed by the servant, she saw her brother wearing iron armor, standing heroically on a horse, and looking coldly at the Liu people gathered around.

At this moment, Liu Qian couldn't hold herself back anymore, and cried loudly:

"Brother, Akane is here, here!"

……

In the first year of Taiwu, on June 15, the Zhending ferry port was finally closed.

Since then, the rich, the poor, the warriors, and the literati have been divided into north and south because of this Hutuo River, and their fates have had completely different directions.

Those who are able to cross the Hutuo River do not necessarily enter the promised land. Those who were held back from the south, and those who did not cross the north, did not fall into the abyss.

But whether it is north or south, compared to the people in Zhending City at this time, their fate is always better than countless people.

Because this will be a place of military rule, and everyone in the city will shed their blood to save this dead place.

Since June 13, after Tian Kai led his troops to defeat the Taishan army outside the city, his people did not have any joy, on the contrary, he also found more loopholes.

Originally, almost all of these soldiers in the city were from the city and left, and they were more than cunning, had little courage to die, and generally did not practice war.

So Tian Kai threw his own headquarters down and drove his generation with violence. On the city wall, every four or five moats there is a northern soldier to supervise and guard, and there are those who dare to flee the city for their lives, and they will be killed immediately.

He also personally led the capable county officials in the city to patrol the city morning and evening, and those who dared to slack off were beheaded. When the soldiers go down to the city, in addition to the need to go up to the peak to give a charm, they must also go together. The two sat together, one dared to flee, and the other beheaded.

It was with such iron-blooded violent means that Tian Kai really arrested Zhendingcheng. Field warfare cannot be fought in the field, but at least it is not a rabble that will collapse at the sound of the drums.

After that, Tian Kai asked Sun Jin to supervise a team to assassinate in the city.

Tian Kai believed that the southern part of Changshan Kingdom was lost so quickly before, because the enemy army had spies in the city. He thought that there were also people in Zhending City who collaborated with the enemy, so he asked Sun Jin to take charge of this matter.

He said to Sun Jin:

"Inside the monarch, outside my lord. and without, and they will not be taken advantage of by thieves. ”

So, on the one hand, Sun Jin dispatched military supplies, and on the other hand, began to purge the city.

Whoever has a word to surrender, kill; Those who have gossip, kill; If there is a disturbance of people's hearts, kill!

After some means, Zhending City looks impregnable, at least on the surface.

Finally, on the day of June 16, Zhang Chong, who came from a long distance, finally arrived at the city of Zhending with an army of 20,000 and countless troops.

A bloody battle that will test everyone.

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