Yao Yizhong was ordered to shoot the calf before sending more than 8,000 people to Ye and begging to see the tiger. Tiger disease, not seen, introduced into the leading provinces, given their own food. Yi Zhong was angry and did not eat, saying: "The Lord summoned me to fight the thief, and I will be taught the strategy in person, how can I be evil for food!" And the Lord does not see me, how can I know its existence and evil? Seeing this, Yi Zhong asked the tiger to say: "The son is dead, sad and evil?" What is illness? When children are young, they do not choose good people to teach them, so that they will be rebellious; If you are punished for the contrary, why worry! And if you are sick for a long time, and the children you have set up are young, if you do not heal, the world will be in chaos. Don't worry about thieves first! The calves and other poor people think of returning, gather together for thieves, and live cruelly, what can they do! Lao Qiang killed you in one fell swoop! Yi Zhong is straightforward, no one is noble or lowly is "you", and the tiger is not responsible. Yi Zhong said: "Do you think Lao Qiang can be a thief? "He was armored across the horse in the court, because he rode the horse south, and came out without resignation.

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There are several roads to cross the Qinling Mountains from the south and enter Guanzhong, there are scattered passes and old roads from the west, and there are Suiyang trails, which lead directly to Guanzhong Chencang (now Baoji East, Shaanxi); To the east, there is a sloping valley, through Majie, Wuzhangyuan through Guanzhong Fufeng County Zhiyi County (now north of Meixian County, Shaanxi); There is Luogu in the east, and it leads directly to Huaili County, Shiping County (now Xingping, Shaanxi) through the Great Wall; The easternmost one is to start from Ankang (now Shiquannan, Shaanxi), which is now temporarily under the rule of Shangyong County in Liangzhou, and can go directly to the Meridian Valley under Chang'an City.

Lu Zhen was a frontier soldier at the Majie Fortress in Xiegu, a native of Suyi County, Fengyi County (north of present-day Baishui County, Shaanxi, west of Luoshui). A large family was lucky to survive in round after round of "changing the dynasty", but it was extremely difficult to live, and gradually withered. As a young man in the family, Lu Zhen was naturally drawn out and became a "glorious" frontier soldier.

In this troubled world, anyone will learn a few martial arts. After all, for ordinary people, a few strengths are much stronger than knowing a few words. Lu Zhen is one of them, not only strong and good at shooting, but also brave and decisive. There is no way, Feng Yijun is close to the north, where there are many Xiongnu and Tiefu, and they often set troops on the border, if the martial arts are not proficient, there is no way to save their lives.

But no matter how high his martial arts are, it is useless, and there is no way for a "pariah" like himself to get ahead in the Northern Zhao Army, and he is not even as good as the soldiers of Di and Qiang. Lu Zhen stood on the arrow tower of the fortress, looking at the endless Qinling Mountains in the south, as well as the distant sloping valley plank road. Lu Zhen felt that he was lucky, he could be sent to Fufeng County to defend the border, and the defense here was only the Jin Kingdom in the south, if he was sent to Longxi and Ding'an County, he would not know when he would die there.

Jin Kingdom, that's the old country! He was sometimes called "Jin Dog" by the guards of Majie, but unfortunately the Jin Kingdom had been wiped out, and even the emperor fled to Jiangdong, leaving thousands of remnants to suffer in the Central Plains. Lu Zhen let out a long sigh, and his heart couldn't help but become gloomy with the slowly falling sunset. When will the Jin Kingdom fight back? Lu Zhen, who was in charge of defending the Jin State, secretly hoped in his heart that the Jin army would be able to conquer the Northern Expedition, at least he felt that the banner of the Jin State looked kinder than the banner of the Northern Zhao, and the officials of the Jin State looked much kinder than the murderous and white-skinned, deep-eyed, and bearded "countrymen" (i.e., Qianhu) officials.

"Boom-boom!" The sound of the plank for eating sounded, and several companions next to him greeted each other, and went down to the arrow tower to eat first, leaving only Lu Zhen and the three Diqiang sergeants, but they were all obviously relaxed, leaning against each other and starting to chat.

"Old Lu, I heard that you brought a message from home, how is it?" It was Nan'an County Qiang Party Peng who spoke.

"Damn, what's so good, if I go on like this, I have to sell my son to deal with it." Lu Cai, a native of Luoyang County, replied angrily.

"What's wrong?" Dang Peng, Lu Zhen and another Qiang person, Pu Yuan, asked in unison in amazement.

These are all from poor backgrounds, and they have a good relationship, not outsiders. Lu Cai looked at the fact that there was no one up and down the stairs of the arrow tower, and said in a low voice: "The government has issued an order, saying that Yecheng has a will, asking the people to go out with a car and a ride, two oxen, fifteen meters and ten silk horses, thinking that it is a war preparation, and our family is no different from going bankrupt for these donations!" ”

"What? Another donation has come down? "Dang Peng and Pu Yuan are all lonely, and the whole family is not hungry when they are fed alone, and there is no such trouble at present. But Lu Zhen felt bitter in his heart, knowing that Lu Cai's words were true. Lüyang is close to Liangzhou, where there has been a sea of corpses and blood in recent years, and it is natural that donations will increase significantly. And not only the counties of Luoyang, but also other counties and counties can not escape the "emperor's grace" in Yecheng, and their own families must also be worried about this donation, when will this kind of day be the end!

"Old party, Pu Yuan, you don't know the power of this donation, our family is in Fengyi County, I don't know how many families in the township have not been harmed by the chaos of the army, but they have been forced to die by this donation, this is what I have seen with my own eyes." Lu Zhen sighed in his heart and said with feeling.

Hearing this, Lu Cai let out a long sigh and lowered his head and remained silent there, while Dang Peng and Pu Yuan couldn't help but be gloomy. Their biggest goal is to save some savings and then ask for a wife to start a family, and have a few more children to let the incense go on, and they are not in vain to come to this world. But looking at this situation, not to mention that you can't marry a wife, even if you do, you may be forced to ruin your family one day.

"It's so hard to live!" Dang Peng and Pu Yuan couldn't help but scold hatefully.

After being silent for a while, Pu Yuan suddenly whispered: "I heard that Liangzhou in the southern Jin Kingdom implements a uniform land system, as long as a man who is over eighteen years old has one hundred acres of land. "I really don't know where he got the news from.

"Really? Is this still the life of ordinary people? Impossible, right? Lu Zhen, Lu Cai and Dang Peng couldn't help but light up their eyes and said in unison.

"How could it not be? I heard that many people in Shiping County fled to Hanzhong in Liangzhou with their families, and they couldn't stop them no matter how they killed. Park said mysteriously.

Everyone stopped talking, and the arrow tower was silent again.

After a while, a few other sergeants who had finished dinner came up, and Lu Zhen and the other four put their weapons back into the bunker in the arrow tower, and then began to walk down the ramp on the fortress wall.

After passing through the school field and further north is the place to eat, the four of them seemed to smell the fragrance of wild vegetable porridge from a distance, and they couldn't help but speed up their pace.

Just as Lu Zhen in the middle walked past a flagpole, he only heard a terrible whistle of "whoosh", and before Lu Zhen could react, an arrow "banged" through Lu Zhen's hat and nailed it to the flagpole.

Not only Lu Zhen, but also Lu Cai, Dang Peng, and Pu Yuan before and after were all startled, where did the arrow come from?

At this time, a few laughs were heard from not far away, and the four of them turned their heads to see that it was several "Chinese" officers and generals who were there gesturing a strong bow, and then muttering about something. Because they were relatively close, and their voices were all loud, the faces of the four people who could understand their words suddenly turned red.

It turned out that these officers and generals were betting to see if they could hit the hat of one of the four people with an arrow. The officer who shot the arrows seemed to have good archery skills, but the rest of the people were a little unconvinced, and were talking about other problems with bows and arrows, so they quarreled.

Lu Cai hurriedly pulled Lu Zhen, who was clenched into his fists and his face was flushed, and then shouted, and Dang Peng and Pu Yuan, who heard the sound and turned back, also reacted, and hurriedly dragged Lu Zhen away with Lu Cai, and went straight to the place where the food was served.

On the way, the old and steady Lu Cai comforted: "Forget it, bear with it!" It's better than anything else to survive this year! ”

Lu Zhen finished dinner very depressed, a bowl of wild vegetable porridge and a black nest, and then rushed to the arrow tower. As soon as he walked to the school grounds, suddenly a Qianhu officer rushed over on a horse, and before Lu Zhen and the others could react, the horsewhip was whipped down with his head covered in the face.

Lu Zhen was whipped several times, and even Lu Cai, Dang Peng, and Pu Yuan next to him were not spared, and they were all whipped a few times. The Qianghu officer whipped and cursed, and the four of them realized that this Qianghu officer was the most loser in the bet. He was annoyed that the four pigs and dogs didn't know how to dodge, and he lost a horse and a cow, so why didn't he annoy him? So a belly full of resentment was sprinkled on the heads of these four people.

Despite their anger, the four of them could only squat there with their heads in their hands, not daring to resist at all. If they dare to move a finger against the "countrymen," they will definitely be "killed."

Finally, when the Karma officer had finished venting amid the laughter of the other Karma Beards, he rode his horse to patrol the Horse Street Fortress.

The four of them slowly stood up, their faces covered in scars and their eyes full of anger, and the bruises on their hands and foreheads burst out. At this time, the Qianhu officer who won the archery probably saw that the four of them had won a lot of money for him, so he scolded him from afar, and asked the four of them to hurry back to the arrow tower to stick to their posts.

When they got to the Arrow Tower, it was already dark, and the four of them didn't have the heart to speak, and the other three companions had already seen this scene, and they didn't know how to comfort the four people, and suddenly the entire Arrow Tower fell into a deep silence with this sky and the entire Majie Fortress.

Time was passing quickly, and it was soon past midnight. Lu Zhen and the four of them finally finished their six- or seven-hour shifts, and were able to drag their tired bodies back to sleep in the earthen hut under the city wall.

The four of them lay on the straw mats spread on the ground, and soon fell asleep in pain and deep sleepiness.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Zhen, who had always been alert, suddenly heard a buzzing sound flying over the Majie Fortress. He listened intently for a while, and felt that the buzzing sound was like a swarm of locusts flying towards the Majie Fortress, but he couldn't hear what the sound was coming from, so he couldn't help but quickly kick Lu Cai, Dang Peng, and Pu Yuan awake.

The most experienced Lu Cai and Dang Peng also listened intently for a while, and felt that the buzzing sound was very similar to the sound of arrows flying, and like the sound of thousands of arrows flying in a rain of arrows, but ordinary wooden poles and arrows could not make such a dull and frightening sound. This is, more than a dozen screams from outside made the four of them suddenly understand that it was an enemy attack! There was an enemy attack on the Majie Fortress at night.

When the four of them ran out of the hut, they found that the small Majie Fortress was already in flames, and the sergeants defending the city were screaming and fleeing in all directions, and it seemed that they had been hit hard tonight.

The four of them ran wildly towards the arrow tower, and at the same time exchanged frightened glances with each other, where did this enemy come from, looking at this posture, there was no way to make the Majie Fortress, which was garrisoned by five hundred soldiers, so tense without thousands of people. The Liangzhou army coming from the west? Impossible! There are several counties in between! Unless it's flying over. It is impossible for someone to rebel, and there is no such way as the Gao Li rebels are so loud, this is the well-equipped regular army's style of fighting, you don't see this arrow flying all over the sky, it is from time to time to pierce the sergeant who is running around.

While dodging the arrows that did not grow eyes in the sky, the four of them became more and more surprised in their hearts, what a strong bow and crossbow it should be, flying from outside the city wall, and piercing the people in the fortress with one arrow.

Bending over and sticking to the edge of the ladder to the arrow tower, the four of them were immediately shocked.

The arrow towers are full of arrows, and although they are not as dense as the wheat fields of the autumn harvest, they are also like the woods of the hillside that have been cut down. Moreover, the arrow was deeply inserted into the solid soil of the arrow tower, and it would take some effort to pull it out. The veteran Lu Cai and Dang Peng couldn't help but be even more frightened, how could they have such a domineering bow and crossbow?

A few sergeants on duty in the middle of the night lay there, also full of piercing arrows, and it seemed that they had been dead for a long time. Looking at the city of Majie again, there are torches everywhere, so that the entire valley mouth is looming in the flickering firelight. And a rain of arrows flew out of this throbbing looming, and with a buzzing whistling sound, it poured down on the fortress.

Lu Zhen and the four of them didn't dare to stay longer, so they hurriedly bent down to the bunker and took their respective weapons, and then walked back, walking down the ladder.

As soon as he walked to the edge of the school field, he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the east gate, and then only heard a few horse street sergeants screaming miserably: "The enemy has captured the east gate!" The enemy has captured the East Gate! ”

Before Lu Zhen and the others could react, a louder voice resounded throughout the Majie Fortress: "The general of the former Jin Army, Shangyong Taishou Gan was ordered to take Guanzhong!" Those who descend will not die! ”

"It's Master Wang! It's the king, it's the king of Liangzhou! Lou said in shock.

Lü Cai, Dang Peng, and Pu Yuan's feelings for the Jin king's division were far less than Lu Zhen's, at least they felt much better about Liangzhou than they did for the Jin Kingdom.

"Damn, the Liangzhou army is here, maybe Lao Tzu can share a hundred acres of land!" After being silent for a while, Pu Yuan suddenly said happily, "I heard that Liangzhou doesn't care if you are Qiang, Di or Jin, as long as you serve Wanghua, it is a hundred acres of land." Damn, Lao Tzu has hope for his wife. ”

After listening to Park Yuan's words, Lu Zhen and the three couldn't help but smile bitterly. This kid wants his wife crazy, no wonder, when his father was dying, he held Pu Yuan's hand with tears in his eyes, and asked him to leave incense for Lao Pu's family and not to break the blood heir. Seeing that the situation is getting more and more chaotic, he may die on the battlefield at any point, so Park Yuan is even more anxious.

The four of them hid in a corner of the school yard and laughed at Park Yuan, who was embarrassed to scratch the back of his head, when suddenly a sharp pain came from his vest and reached his chest. Park looked down and saw the tip of a spear dripping with blood appear on his chest, and he turned back with difficulty to find that it was a spear that had penetrated his body.

Lu Zhen and the three of them hurriedly hugged over, only to see that the Qianhu officer who had beaten them in the evening had come to the back of Pu Yuan at some point, and pierced Pu Yuan with the spear in his hand in the firelight and screams of surprise all over the city. In the firelight, the officer had a hideous face. I only heard him grit his teeth and say: "You pigs and dogs actually dare to hide here, do you want to surrender to the enemy?" Then he withdrew his spear with all his might, and the priest fell to the ground with all his might.

Looking at the vicious officer of the Qianghu, and then at the Pu Yuan who was lying on the ground with blood flowing and seeing that he was no longer alive, Lu Zhen suddenly burst out of anger out of nowhere, burning his whole body. He took advantage of the fact that the officer was still scolding, and poked his spear upward, and was poking it on the neck of the horse that the officer was riding, only to hear a neighing sound of the mount, and the officer with the officer fell to the place, and Lu Cai and Dang Peng also reacted, and before the officer could struggle to get up from the mount that was lying on the ground, they pounced together, and raised the knife in his hand to immediately cut the officer into a bloody man, and his mount, which was full of blood, lay on the ground.

The three of them surrounded the cold corpse of Pu Yuan, their hearts were full of desolation and grief, why didn't God give people a way to live!

The surrounding area became more and more panicked, and more and more black-armored sergeants poured in from the east gate, and they formed a group of three or five people, wielding the steel knives in their hands, chasing the defenders of Majie who were desperately fleeing. Dozens of strong defenders met them, but there was no way to show their "martial arts" in front of the large Jin army. As soon as they cut down the first few Jin troops, they were surrounded by more Jin troops, and in the narrow space at the city gate, the formation and martial arts were no longer important, and the fight was courage, to see who could hold on longer in the pool of blood.

The Jin army was not lost to the fierce Zhao Jun elite at all, and the brother in front of him had not fallen down before the knife fell, and the other person immediately rushed up, and without hesitation, he threw himself into this small meat grinder with his flesh and blood. Roars and screams mingled across the Horse Street Fortress like the growing smell of blood. The Majie defenders, who were getting smaller and smaller, finally couldn't hold on anymore and began to run back, which also meant that the last morale and morale of the Majie defenders collapsed.

At dawn, Gan Rui rode into the Horse Street Fortress. Last night, he first ordered thousands of crossbowmen with divine arms to use iron arrows and longbowmen to use rockets, which suddenly turned the entire Majie into a sea of fire, and also turned the Majie Fortress in the south into an arrow forest, and at the same time, Xu Dang lurked under the east gate with a thousand elites, and as soon as he saw the chaos in Majie, he immediately attacked and forcibly captured the Majie Fortress. If it weren't for such a night attack, it is estimated that the loss of this dangerous Majie Fortress would have been a thousand soldiers, instead of less than 200 now.

By the time Gan Rui walked into the Horse Street Fortress, the fire had already been extinguished. Some of the Jin troops were busy cleaning up the corpses, and some were recovering the iron arrows and other ordnance weapons fired last night.

He walked up to more than two hundred captives and stopped right in front of Lu Zhen and the others. He glanced at the captives who were crouching there, and finally his eyes fell on Lu Zhen and the others. He said loudly but kindly: "You are all Chinese people, and you can't be a soldier for Hugou." ”

Lu Zhen plucked up his courage and said, "My lord, what are the people of Huaxia? ”

Gan Rui smiled: "Are you from Jin?" ”

"Yes!"

"Do you have Qiang and Di companions around you?"

"Yes, they are the Qiang, and they are my good companions." Lu Zhen pointed at Lu Cai and Dang Peng and said.

"Look at the color of your skin, look at your appearance, is there a difference? There is no difference! You are all of the same roots, all descendants of the ancient emperors of Yan and Huang and the Xia and Shang dynasties, so you can form companions, but can you form companions with white-skinned and deep-eyed carcass? ”

Lu Zhen and Lu Cai paused with Dang Peng, and immediately replied: "No, how can we get together with the murderous carapace!" ”

"In that case, you might as well vote for the king to kill the king together, our Liangzhou king has good conditions. You don't have to worry about your family, none of the five hundred sergeants on Majie have slipped through the net, who knows if you died in battle or voted for the king? I won't be reluctant to vote for the king, but I won't let you go back now, and you have to go to Liangzhou for a while. But it won't be long, and the time when we can recover Guanzhong is not far off. ”

In the end, Gan Rui nodded to Lu Zhen and the others and said, "I am the former general of the Great Jin Dynasty who led Shangyong Taishou Gan Rui!" Think about my words! If you have any questions, just ask the sergeant guarding you. ”

With that, Gan Rui rode his horse and prepared to turn and walk away. At this time, a sergeant ran over and reported: "My lord, three Kahu officers have been captured, and the captain of the guard asks what to do?" ”

"This kind of thing also comes to ask me, Lao Tzu's grain is not fed to the animals that eat people! Kill them all! Gan Rui pouted in disgust and ordered.