In the first spring of the first year of Yonghe, the queen mother set up a white gauze curtain in the Taiji Hall and hugged the emperor Linxuan. Change the yuan. He Chong used the merits of supporting the establishment of the record of Shangshu and added to the service. Jia Shen, the general of the town army, Wuling Wang Xi is the general of the town army, the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, and the town army general Gu Zhong is the right servant of the book. In the summer of April, Wang Yulu recorded six things.

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After several days of preparation and running-in, this refugee team finally had a bit of an army temperament, and old friends, women and children were guarded in the middle and formed into several teams. The young man is patrolling around, and the spies are scattered far away, and they will react whenever the wind blows. As soon as there is a situation, no matter the old or the young, they will immediately hide in the grass and woods below the avenue, and their bodies are covered with leaves and other covers.

Moreover, after mobilization, not only did they throw away all the bulky and inconsequential things such as altars and jars, but even their mental outlook was completely renewed. Although he has not yet had the courage to die with the Hu people, at least he no longer has the cowardice to the Hu people. The whole team's journey looked a little faster.

"Brother Xuping, to the west of us is Shang County (now Danfeng, Shaanxi) in Shangluo County, Sizhou (now Shang County, Shaanxi), and to the east is Wuguan (south of now Shangnan County, Shaanxi), the main road into Sanqin. To the south, you can see Danshui. Gan Rui, who was familiar with the environment here, pointed around and introduced to Zeng Hua and the others.

"As long as we go down the Danshui, we can enter the Nanxiang County of Jindi, and pass through the Sanhu Pavilion to the county seat of Danshui. However, it is not very safe there, and there are often Hu people and Zhao Jun wandering and harassing. Only by continuing down the water, through the merchant secrets, and straight into the county seat of Nanxiang (both in present-day Henan), can we be considered truly safe. ”

"But if we go down the north bank of Danshui, we must pass through the Wuguan. There is an official road to pass, and naturally there are Hu soldiers and Zhao soldiers guarding it, and we are undoubtedly throwing ourselves into the net when we go. Therefore, we can only find a place between Shangxian and Wuguan to cross the Danshui and go down the south bank, which is the safest. ”

It seems that Gan Rui is indeed very familiar with this place, and the mountains, rivers and rivers are all in his chest. It is no wonder that this was his grandfather's place in the past, and there were many old people under him who had followed his grandfather, so they were naturally familiar with this place.

"Crossing the river?" When Zeng Hua heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and turned his head to look at the old friends, women and children not far behind him. They finally mustered up their spirits, hurried up, and finally came to the bank of Danshui, but now they want to cross the river? These hundreds of people, old and young, do they have a ferry and how to cross the river? Swim past? It is estimated that before half of the swim, half of the 400 northland refugees have already drowned.

"Brother Xuping, don't worry. It is now the time between the spring flood and the summer flood, and the Danshui is not more than a mile wide. We sent people up and down the river to search, but we were not afraid that we would not be able to find the narrow part of the river and a few fishing boats. Moreover, the trees here are dense, as long as we cut the wood on the spot and make it roughly, we can have more than a dozen wooden rows, and it should not be a problem to cross this river without wind and waves. Seeing Zeng Hua worried there, Gan Rui hurriedly came up with a good idea.

What a comrade! Zeng Hua almost held Gan Rui's hand tightly, worthy of being the descendant of the "Jinfan Thief", Xiaohe Xiaojiang casually traveled.

"Okay, according to what Brother Changbao said, let's go our separate ways." Zeng Hua immediately decided.

In less than a morning, someone found a place where the river was narrowing downstream, and also collected six or seven fishing boats, plus more than ten boats found upstream, adding up to a total of 17 or 8 boats, and carrying more than 400 people across the river was just a matter of a few back and forth.

Just as everyone was about to continue on the road and rush to the downstream river crossing site, they suddenly saw the wind and dust on the northern road and the voices of people boiling. Zeng Hua's face couldn't help but change greatly, could there be Zhao Jun?

Zhang and Gan were also shocked, and hurriedly sent people to check on them, while rectifying the clansmen and hiding in the woods on the side of the avenue.

After a while, a spy reported that a group of homeless people came on the north road, about a thousand people, who were desperately fleeing to this side. However, there were no pursuers in the back.

Zeng Hua immediately ordered the old and young women and children to hide in the woods, leaving half of the young and strong to protect in the woods, and the other half hiding on both sides of the avenue under the leadership of Zeng Hua in case of accidents.

After a while, the group of homeless people appeared in front of everyone. Everyone was ragged and dusty, and they all walked precariously and in fear. Everyone ran over in a panic like a flock of sheep being chased by a vicious wolf.

Seeing that there were no Zhao Jun and Hu Ren in the distance behind, Zeng Hua immediately stood up from his hiding place and shouted: "Stop!" ”

The homeless people were surprised to see a burly man suddenly appear on the side of the road, armed with a strong bow and a steel knife at his waist. At this time, dozens of young men who were hidden around also stood up together, holding bows and arrows and large knives in their hands. Seeing this scene, more than 1,000 displaced people couldn't help but be terrified and fled to all directions.

I saw Zeng Hua holding a strong bow in his hand, luckily taking an arrow, and shooting an arrow on the ground among the homeless people with a "whoosh", and then shouted again: "Whoever dares to move, I will shoot him to death with an arrow!" ”

The young man next to him also shouted: "Don't move, otherwise you will shoot him!" ”

Zeng Hua saw that the arrow he shot was stuck in the mud in the distance, and only half of the feather tail was exposed and buzzed there. It seems that his archery skills have followed those Zhang and Gan people who have turned to Orion for a while in the wild, and not only recovered, but also made a lot of progress. Not only was the force much stronger, but the aim was also much more accurate, at least it didn't accidentally shoot at the homeless people who were close at hand.

Seeing such movement, the homeless people couldn't help but squat down, holding their heads and waiting for what happened next. But there are still hundreds of people out there.

"We are also Jin people, ready to return south!" Zeng Hua confessed his identity on his side, and soon settled down this group of homeless people.

After asking an old man among the displaced people, I learned that this group of displaced people had escaped from Hedong County (now Xia County, Shanxi). After crossing the river (Yellow River), there are more than 10,000 left, and along the way, they are chased and killed by the White Huns, Qihu and other Hu people, and when they almost reach the north bank of Luoshui, there are only 5,000 left. In the end, he encountered a group of Qianhu cavalry who returned to Yecheng from Chang'an, Guanzhong, with sixty or seventy horsemen, the most ferocious. They chased and killed this group of homeless people all the way like chasing prey, plundered the women on the spot, and when they were hungry, they cooked and ate the "two-legged sheep" they caught, and when their hands were itchy, they rode their horses into the group of homeless people and slashed and killed, practiced knife skills, or rode horses and shot people from afar to take their lives for fun. When they were sleepy, they let the exiles flee south, and then after resting, they rode their horses to catch up and continue the "game".

After Luoshui, there were only more than 1,000 people left in this group of homeless people, most of them were young and strong with fast legs and feet, and the rest were either dead in the wilderness or had already entered the stomach of the caravan.

Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but burst into tears and couldn't cry. "My wife, my son and daughter-in-law, and my young grandson, you have died so miserably! Oh my! Why did you leave me alive alone! Why did you let me escape with everyone alone, why didn't you let me die with them! ”

The old man's crying woke up every exile in Hedong, and they finally woke up from the desire for life and the fear of death, and then they remembered that some of their relatives had fallen in the mud on the way, and some had turned into food and entered the stomachs of the cavalrymen. Many people couldn't help but be stupid, and sat there dumbfounded, slowly bursting into tears.

After listening to the old man's tearful words, and seeing the appearance of the displaced people in Hedong, not only Zeng Hua, but everyone behind him was full of grief and indignation.

Zeng Hua couldn't help but stand up and said loudly to the displaced people in Hedong who were crying silently: "Folks, what are you fleeing here from Hedong for? ”

Seeing that the displaced people in Hedong raised their heads to look at him, Zeng Hua continued: "For what? It's not about escaping! But now! Behind you are nearly a hundred murderous Karma Hus. Can you escape the fast horses of the Kahu? If you ask for mercy, will they not eat you like a two-legged sheep? ”

"No!" Zeng Hua's voice sounded in the ears of the displaced people in Hedong like a Hong Zhong, "No matter how the sheep beg for mercy and resist, they will not be let go by the ferocious wolf." But are you sheep? No! No! No! Zeng Hua's three words hit the eardrums of the displaced people in Hedong one after another.

"You're human! He is an upright person! Even sheep and rabbits know to rise up and resist when they are forced to do so. What about you? Just keep running away, continue to watch your loved ones die behind you under the sword of the Karma Hu, or continue to be the food in the belly of these beasts? ”

At this time, Zeng Hua was like a roaring lion, he pointed behind him and said, "Danshui is in the distance!" After Danshui, we have hope for life! Speaking of this, Zeng Hua turned to look at the Hedong refugees in front of him, who were already red-faced, and his sharp gaze swept over their faces one by one. And those Hedong Liumin who had been agitated looked at Zeng Hua with eager and anxious eyes, and their feelings were very complicated.

Their long-dead hearts made Zeng Hua pry open a gap, and the last sentence gave them a glimmer of hope. People who are struggling on the line of life and death have incomparably madness and expectations for a glimmer of life!

"But behind you are nearly a hundred beards that eat people and don't spit out bones. They are staring at you like wolves and leeches, and they want to kill you! Only by destroying them will you have a way to live, this is your only choice! Live or die! ”

When he said the last paragraph, Zeng Hua's tone became extremely calm, so cold that some people shuddered a little. He coldly shot at the Hedong refugees with different expressions, then dropped a sharpened wooden stick at them, and finally said, "The key is whether you have courage or not!" Everyone has a desire for life and a fear of death, but this is not a reason for you to wait for death. Only by mustering up courage will you have the qualifications and the chance to survive. ”

Silence, deathly silence. After a half-pillar of silence, a big man silently walked out of the group of displaced people in Hedong, walked up to Zeng Hua, and bent down to pick up the wooden stick. Then, more and more people came out.

Zeng Hua stood there looking at the Hedong refugees who walked in front of him, nodded, turned around and waved Zhang Shou and Gan Rui and others, and decisively ordered someone to take this group of refugees to hide in the woods, and then cut wood into guns and ambushed in the woods. The young men of the Zhang and Gan clans were ambushed in the woods together, just waiting for the Qianhu Zhongji to go deep into the woods and lead the displaced people in Hedong to wait for the opportunity to "greet" them.

However, Zeng Hua himself led ten people with better archery skills among the two clans to ambush outside.

The Zhang and Gan tribes lived in seclusion in the mountains of Siping County for many years, and they all made a living by hunting, and many of them were soldiers, so there was no shortage of bows and arrows, swords and guns, and people who were good at shooting and martial arts. The strong bow and steel knife in Zeng Hua's hand were given by Gan Rui.

After everyone was ambushed, Zeng Hua asked Zhang Shou and Gan Rui to take a few people and scatter the clothes borrowed from the female relatives of the clan on both sides of the avenue and in front of the woods.

After more than two hours, the "full of food and wine" Qianhu cavalry finally appeared in front of Zeng Hua's eyes, about 60 people, all of them were white-skinned, deep-eyed, and bearded, very different from the Central Plains, holding more than 100 horses, roaring from the north, ready to find the homeless people again to "have some fun".

The sharp-eyed Qianhu cavalry outpost saw the woman's clothes on the road, and hurriedly picked them up with a saber and shouted loudly. A few of the horses gathered around to take a look, and immediately shouted. The homeless woman in front of them had already let them "kill and eat", which really made them very "hungry" for a few days. Today, it seems that I have met a group of new homeless people, and there are many women among these homeless people, and from these intact clothes and fabrics, these women should be some high-quality goods with "fine skin and tender meat". So he couldn't help but be furious, and screamed at the front.

The people rode their horses to the woods, only to find that the homeless women had taken refuge in the woods. Confidence in their own strength, contempt for the homeless people, and the rush of the sperm made them turn over and dismount without hesitation, leaving more than ten people to guard the horses, and the remaining fifty or so people armed with steel knives happily walked into the woods, ready to "hunt".

Estimating that the karma in the woods had almost entered the ambush circle of the homeless, Zeng Hua stood up with a "whoosh", calmly and calmly, his left arm held the bow straight, and as soon as his right hand was forced, he immediately pulled the strong bow full, and the tip of the arrow pointed directly at the nearest karma in the front. With a sound of strings, the arrow flew straight for the target like a meteor, instantly piercing the chests and backs of the beard, and the huge momentum knocked him from his horse to the ground. Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen young hunters loosened their strings, and arrows full of grief and hatred drilled into the bodies of the cavalrymen.

The screams of the horse-huned cavalrymen before they died quickly echoed in the woods. In the flat land, these Karma Hu are strong, but in the woods, it is the world of the hunters of the Zhang and Gan tribes, and the object of hunting has become the Karma Hu. Together with the more than 1,000 displaced people, they already knew that if they didn't kill these karma, they would end up like their relatives. The shouts, the screams, the sound of the trees, the sound of bowstrings, kept coming from the depths of the woods, as if the whole forest was roaring.

After Zeng Hua and more than a dozen Zhang and Gan hunters shot two rounds of arrows, there was no longer anyone standing outside the woods, and they were all shot to the ground.

Zeng Hua and the hunters carried bows and arrows on their backs, held steel knives, carefully walked through the corpses of the carcass, and when they saw those who had "suspicious appearances" or died not very "pleasing to the eye", they did not hesitate to make up a few knives, and immediately completely cleared the few Qianhu cavalrymen who were still struggling and moaning.

Suddenly, with a few loud roars, a figure suddenly burst out of the woods. Everyone looked at it, and it turned out to be a bloody man who ran out in a panic, and looked back as he ran, as if a wild beast was chasing him. Everyone hurriedly brandished steel knives and prepared to go up to kill this fish that slipped through the net, but was stopped by Zeng Huayi with a wave of his hand.

At this time, several Hedong refugees chased them out of the forest, all of them were covered in blood and had hideous faces. At the head was the man who was the first to pick up the stick. I saw him pounce violently, and immediately threw the Hu to the ground and scuffled together. The big man of Hedong roared, turned over and pressed the cara, picked up a stone next to him, and threw it on the head of the carah without hesitation. Once, twice, blood, and finally brains, splattered everywhere with the dull sound of stone strikes and cracking skulls.

When the Hedong refugees who came from behind pulled up the big man, the big man's face was full of red and white, he stood up, threw away the red and black stone in his hand, and then spat fiercely on the already unrecognizable Kamoha.

In the past, they lost their courage in despair and fear, but now Zeng Hua and the people of Zhang and Gan have given them hope for life, and as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will frantically fight against the Qianhu, and the grief and anger that have been pent-up for many days will explode at that moment, making them temporarily turn from sheep into beasts.

"What's your name?" Zeng Hua asked.

"Hedong Liuyi."

"Hedong Liu's family? Somehow too Changqing Liu Wenchun Gong...? Gan Rui, who came out immediately, asked in surprise

"It's my uncle and grandfather." ……

"Let's go wash up and keep going, we still have a long way to go!" Zeng Hua looked at the big man in front of him for a long time, and finally said.

"Yes!" Liu Jin clenched his fists and said.

Zeng Hua turned to face the homeless people who came out, pointed to the corpse of the carah in front of his heels and said, "Did you see it? This is the power of your courage! Only you have the courage, and any enemy will fear you! You can go anywhere! ”

As soon as the words fell, the homeless people erupted in cheers that resounded through the heavens and the earth.

The battle was completely over, and the sixty-nine men were turned into meat puree, and finally they were dug and buried by Zeng Hua's order. One hundred and three horses were captured, and six horses were wounded by mistake, and became food for everyone. More than sixty armors, swords, guns, and strong bows were also obtained, and they were assigned by Zeng Hua to the young men selected from the new exiles. More than 60 people were killed or wounded by the new refugees, and more than 10 people were killed or injured by the Zhang and Gan people.

After the reorganization and organization, Zeng Hua rode a horse and led the more than 1,500 displaced people to continue to the south, and finally spent a day and a night on the predetermined section of the river, plus the wooden rafts made, and finally crossed the Danshui.

In the more than a month on the south bank of Danshui, there are still Zhao Junhu people appearing one after another, but God did not kill them all, these Zhao Junhu people are only a dozen people in small groups, at most only thirty or forty people, they should all be spies patrolling the south bank. They didn't know the news that the cavalry had been completely annihilated, so they didn't care about the danger ahead. And even more fortunately, they were all discovered from afar by the fine work sent by Zeng Hua, and then they were ambushed by a tribe of more than 500 young and strong people in Hedong led by Zhang, Gan and Liu Jin, and annihilated them one by one. Along the way, in addition to annihilating more than 300 Zhao Junhu people, Zhao's tokens, military flags, and big seals also captured a basket.

Finally, at the end of July of the first year of Yonghe, this group of displaced people passed through the unsafe Danshui County, and finally saw Nanxiang County (now Junxian County, Hubei), an important town on the northern front line of the Jin Kingdom.