In 329 AD, the fourth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the nineteenth year of Yuheng in the Han Dynasty, the twelfth year of Zhao Guangchu in the Han Dynasty, the seventeenth year of Jianxing in the former Liang Dynasty, and the second year of Taihe in the Later Zhao Dynasty.

In July, Shi Le sent his general Shi Sheng to lead 30,000 Luoyang defenders to Chang'an, preparing to completely occupy this thousand-year-old capital, and also to completely defeat the spirit of the former Zhao and occupy the entire north.

Shi Sheng is just in his early thirties this year, and he is extremely proud of leading the army to achieve military exploits, of course, because he has been too active in recent years, which makes several other generals of the younger generation extremely dissatisfied, and the most dissatisfied is Shi Hu.

Shi Hu's power is undoubtedly recognized by everyone, and he is really related to Shi Le, unlike Shi Sheng, just a godson. But Shi Le didn't like his nephew, when Shi Hu and Shi Le's mother had just been returned to Shi Le by Liu Kun, Shi Hu showed the characteristics of excessive killing, and there was no restraint over the years, when he went to attack Liu Kun's nephew Liu Yan, he was able to kill a big city of tens of thousands of people to only 700 people, if it weren't for the Qingzhou Thorn Shi intercession at that time, it is estimated that there would be no one left. Therefore, for such a person, how can Shile like to come. If it weren't for Shile's mother's repeated pleas, Shile would have done it a long time ago.

Therefore, Shi Le has continued to suppress Shi Hu over the years, and of course he will also use him, after all, good generals are hard to find, but he still uses Shi Sheng and others to contain Shi Hu, so how can the relationship between Shi Hu and Shi Sheng be good.

Shi Shengzhi proudly got the opportunity to attack Chang'an, and he said to a strong man beside him who blocked his face with armor: "Hongwu, you too." You said that your father-in-law likes you the most among so many people, you obviously know it, but you just refuse to give in, otherwise my position today should be yours. If you stand up, where will there be a chance for Shi Jilong. This time it's not bad, you and I are both brothers, and we both get the same. You didn't see his face, haha. But I'm really scared of him, I can't beat him. ”

However, Shi Sheng's words did not cause a reply from the strong men around him, Shi Sheng was a little bored, he could only order to speed up the march and strive to reach Chang'an in half a month.

In a prison in Chang'an, a man in shackles and handcuffs was munching on roast chicken in a bowl, his hair and beard had not been taken care of for an unknown amount of time, and his appearance was completely blocked in a mess, so that even those who knew him most well would not recognize him.

It's been five years, he's been in chains for five years, he can only go to the toilet and pull in his pants, and his cell is really stinking. But I don't know what happened these months, the shackles he had worn for several years were taken off, and the cell was changed. But his back was completely deformed, and his tall body could only be hunched over like a camel, but it was much better than in previous years. He didn't know if the jailer was crazy, he actually brought him meat and wine every day, and when he ate it for the first time, he thought it was a severed head meal, and he was relieved, after all, it was better to live in this environment than to die. But it had been going on for months, and he didn't know what was going on.

When he changed his cell, he found that his left and right were acquaintances, his juniors, one named Wang Jie, the grandson of Wang Lian, the left governor of the Governor's Mansion back then, and also a rising star. One is Zhou Yan, the son of his old brother and boss Zhou Bin. Being next to these two people made him happy that he had not spoken for several years, and it took him a few months to be able to speak normally. Having these two juniors also relieved his boredom, and he was idle, telling the two of them about his previous glory, and his life was much better than before.

This person is Lu Zhong, the commander of the cavalry division of the Iron Blood Army, no one has spoken for a long time, so that Lu Zhong has a tendency to chatter, he is telling the two juniors about the gains and losses of a battle, and the Iron Blood Army will summarize the gains and losses after each battle. Lu Zhong also hasn't done it for a long time, so he misses it a little, so he becomes a teacher even more attentively. And Wang Jie and Zhou Yan are also very cooperative, Lu Zhong wants to cry a little, both of them are good seedlings, if the Iron Blood Army is still there, then they must be rising stars, but now.

"One, come out. Lu Zhong was arrested and interrogated for several years because of Lu Zhong's non-cooperation. In the end, he was given up, and he was also thrown into prison, or to cover up his identity, he didn't have his own name, only one number, and his status was the highest, so he mixed up a number one.

"Don't go out Uncle Lu. Wang Jie and Zhou Yan's faces changed greatly, they remembered that many people couldn't come back after being called out, obviously today's scene evoked their memories.

"The men of my Iron Army are all laughing at death, it's no big deal, I can finally go to the Netherworld Mansion to find the old man Dudu. You have to live well, if you have the opportunity, don't forget to find those two or five boys to take revenge, and don't forget to plant the sun, moon and stars flag again, my iron-blooded army will make the world pay attention again. Seeing Lu Zhong trying hard to straighten his waist that could no longer stand up, the two of them burst into tears.

Lu Zhong was taken by a few jailers, but a few jailers didn't have much vigilance, Lu Zhong was thinking about whether he could escape by killing a few people, but thinking about it, they were just the lowest level of pawns, and they took good care of him these days, and more importantly, he killed the jailers not only couldn't escape, but also possibly involved Wang Jie and Zhou Yan, Lu Zhong's clenched fist slowly loosened.

"Get in. Lu Zhong was pushed into a room by several jailers, this room was very dim, it took Lu Zhong a while to get used to it, and a figure in a black robe stood in the dark opposite him, Lu Zhong looked at it several times and didn't see it clearly, so he had to give up.

"Who are you? You are Liu Cong's person, after so many years, I finally remembered that I am an old immortal? Haha, I didn't say it before, and I won't say it now, I told you a long time ago, kill me for a hundred, otherwise it would be a waste of food to raise me." Lu Zhong sat directly on the ground, and said to the black shadow so indifferently, he was not worthy of Liu Cong all these years.

Suddenly the dim candlelight lit up, Lu Zhong couldn't open his eyes, he used his arm in front of the light, and it took a long time to slowly open his eyes, the scene in the room was clear at a glance, there was nothing in the room, only a small table with a bright candle and a person covered in robes.

Lu Zhong always felt that this person looked a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

"Who are you?" Lu Zhong asked with a look in his eyes like a cheetah, as he remembered who this figure was, but the man who was like a god in his heart had been dead for ten years. Then this one is an impostor, in Lu Zhong's heart, he has already sentenced this person to death, Lu Zhong's feet are slightly apart, and those who are familiar with him know that this is the precursor to his preparation.

The black robe was slowly untied, a face that was half an angel and half a devil was revealed, Lu Zhong's eyes suddenly tightened, he knelt heavily on the ground, and quickly climbed a few steps to come to this person, tears finally gushed down, he had a thousand words, but they all seemed to be blocked in his throat, and finally he shouted out two words: "Dudu." When he finished shouting, he could no longer speak.

"I'm back, it's going to be fine, everything is going to be okay. The black-robed man put his hand on Lu Zhong's already mottled hair.

Liu Dongyong and others have been in the barracks for a few months, and their troops have reached 20,000, and there is no shortage of war horses and armor, this period can be said to be their happiest months as soldiers. And General Wei Lu Ling also convinced all of them, Liu Dongyong and other leaders of the seven forces were killed by Lu Ling Liwei, and General Wei's force Lu Ling shocked everyone. Moreover, General Wei's attainments in leading the troops are also very extraordinary, their 20,000 people are like an arm in the hands of General Wei, and everyone feels that if General Wei goes out of the mountain earlier, their emperor will not be captured.

This is exactly what Chu Yun did during this time, he was impressed by the 20,000 Hun soldiers, and he also cooperated with several gate lords in Chang'an City, these people have a deep relationship with the former Zhao court, and they don't want the big ship of the imperial court to be destroyed, so they allocated money to Chu Yun to raise food without damaging the strength of the family too much, which is also the basis for him to be able to feed an army of 20,000. And the several large warehouses built by Liu Yao in Chang'an, Chu Yun didn't move, because Jiang Ying and Xin Shu were very close to these places, and Chu Yun didn't want his existence to make the two of them wary. Moreover, in Chu Yun's heart, these granaries were temporarily placed in the hands of the two of them, and they could be taken back at any time, so he didn't make up his mind.

The training intensity formulated by Chu Yun was very large, if it was such a strong intensity from the beginning, none of them would be able to stand it, but Chu Yun's method of boiling frogs in warm water gradually increased, and with good food, the vast majority of people actually persevered, which also greatly increased the strength of these 20,000 people. This is also a reason for Liu Dongyong to admire Chu Yun, every time Liu Dongyong thinks of this, he is shocked.

At the end of the day's training, 20,000 people were scattered, they were going to take a bath, at first no one wanted to take a bath, but slowly it became a habit, which also made the military appearance of his subordinates better and better.

"General Liu, General Wei is invited. Liu Dongyong sighed at General Wei's talent with his left and right hands, and at the same time prepared to wash, and at this time, General Wei's personal soldiers came to summon him. General Wei's personal soldiers are the most elite 1,000 people in the whole army, they are all selected through layers of selection, Liu Dongyong also thought about participating in the selection, but was stopped by General Wei, which made Liu Dongyong a little regretful. However, even Liu Dongyong didn't find out that these soldiers only knew General Wei, but not the imperial court, although most of them were Huns, but they were all loyal to General Wei, even if they were allowed to enter the palace and kill the prince, they would dare to do it. But Liu Dongyong didn't know about this.

Liu Dongyong arrived at General Wei's camp and found that several other people had arrived, and after General Wei killed two leaders, he selected five new people and gathered ten captains, each of whom led 2,000 people. Because they were all Huns, General Wei also appointed them to the position of commander, but they still preferred to be called captains.

Don't think that the rank of a lieutenant is lower than that of a general, many lieutenants are of a higher grade than the average general. And the ten captains appointed by Chu Yun are not ordinary captains in the army, their grades are comparable to the generals of the fifth grade, among which Liu Dongyong is the captain of the army, and he is also the only captain of the fifth grade. Liu Dongyong glanced at the two lieutenants he had befriended, wanting to ask them if they knew what was going on this time, but the two of them just shook their heads.

"General Wei has arrived. With a shout from the guards, all ten captains stood up and respectfully waited for General Wei's arrival. Liu Dongyong saw his most respected General Wei Lu Ling, but behind General Wei was followed by a middle-aged man with a hunchback, this man gave people a cold and piercing feeling, like a foraging wolf, Liu Dongyong didn't know who this person was. However, General Wei soon explained it to them.

"Sit down, I came today to announce something on the orders of the King of Linhai, this person is called Lu Fu, General Yangwu personally appointed by the King of Linhai, and he is the deputy who helps General Ben manage you, you get to know each other first. Chu Yun opened his mouth and said, General Wei Lu Ling is Chu Yun's pseudonym, but Lu Fu is the pseudonym of Lu Zhong, who was rescued from prison by Chu Yun. Chu Yun's subordinates can finally have a trustworthy general, Lu Zhong has experienced many battles, his performance is remarkable, and he has not betrayed himself for so many years, it can be said that his loyalty has also been verified.

Chu Yun was not worried that Lu Zhong would not be able to subdue these people, back then Lu Zhong had served as the commander of the cavalry, commanded more than 30,000 people in three cavalry divisions, and also served as the commander of a cavalry division for a long time, it was not Chu Yun bragging, now the combat effectiveness of 20,000 people under Chu Yun is much worse than the combat effectiveness of 10,000 people in Lu Zhong's cavalry division.

Chu Yun has to do everything these days, so he needs help, and Liu Dongyong and these people Chu Yun is far from trusting. After Chu Yun appointed Lu Zhong as his deputy, he put all his energy on Jiang Ying and Xin Shu, Chu Yun was waiting for an opportunity, and this opportunity was about to come.

Shi Sheng's army has arrived in Yongzhou, but it has not yet arrived in Chang'an, Jiang Ying and Xin Shu estimate that Shi Sheng should arrive in ten days, and the two of them are completely relieved, both of them have been promised by Shi Le, they can each keep an army of 10,000, and they can garrison a county, and become the unyielding emperor of the soil. Shile's men did retain the characteristics of the Hu people, they liked to divide the territory, and each general also had his own descendant troops. This is also the reason why Shi Hu was able to successfully rebel later, because he himself had tens of thousands of descendant troops, of course, after Shi Hu died, the rebellion of King Wu Mourning was also because of his own descendants.

This point is very attractive to people like Jiang Ying and Xin Shu, who have been the emperor of the soil for more than ten years after these two people surrendered to Shile in history.

"Come and drink. "The original Nanyang Palace, now in the General's Mansion, is holding a grand banquet, whether it is the Han or the Hu people, they like to use the banquet to show their status. This mansion is now Jiang Ying's residence, originally he didn't dare to live here, but for a few months, he didn't hear any news from the imperial court, and he climbed the big thick leg of Shi Le, so his courage also increased.

Chang'an is still in chaos, but it is just the chaos of the people at the bottom, they have no impact on the generals and gate valves with heavy troops, and today's banquet of Jiang Ying almost summoned all the generals with military power and all the gate valves, and even some of the Xiongnu nobles who did not have time to escape were "invited" by him.

Huyan is a marquis, just by looking at his surname to know his status among the Huns, Huyan has always been the surname of the great nobles of the Huns, he is the grandson of Hu Yanyan who died in the camp when he fought with the Iron and Blood Army, his father was shot to death by Chu Yun, and after Hu Yanyan died, his stepmother kicked him out of the family. Hu Yan was injured and lived among the people, and it was not until Liu Yu was killed and Liu Yao took the throne that Hu Yan was recruited back by Liu Yao. After all, after Jin Zhun's killing, their Hun nobles suffered heavy casualties, and Liu Yao also needed someone to support the façade, so Hu Yansheng was so lucky to become the Hou Ye. And it was precisely because Hu Yansheng had been in exile for several years that he was timid and afraid, and when the prince and the king of Nanyang left, he didn't mean to take him, so he stayed in Chang'an.

As a result, Jiang Ying was able to die, and in order to show that he had completely broken off with the former Zhao Huns, Hu Yan's injury was found by him, and he was extremely humiliated, and today is no exception. Of course, Jiang Ying didn't know that the Huyan family had been prosperous even after the fall of Former Zhao, and there had even been many generals. They have become famous Hu generals in history, they are not soft persimmons at all, if Jiang Ying knew, he would definitely not dare to insult the ancestor of Hu Jia Jiang at will. There are many princes who will appear in the Hu family in later generations, but the most famous is estimated to be the double whip Hu Yanzhuo in the Water Margin.

Hu Yanshu did not have the grandeur of the ancestors of the Hu family at all, he wore a green coat to pour wine for Jiang Ying and others, this was not what Jiang Ying came up with, but the Tsing Yi pouring wine after several emperors of the Western Jin Dynasty were captured by Liu Cong, this is the most insulting style of this era, you must know that people in this era, especially nobles, put face first.

"Qingnu, go and pour wine for a few adults, I really don't have any eyesight. Jiang Ying kicked Hu Yansheng out, but Hu Yansheng was full of smiles and didn't have any annoyance, but Jiang Ying's style actually aroused other people's objections today, making Jiang Ying's face drop in an instant.

Jiang Ying is a Di people, and his soldiers are also mainly Di and Qianghu, and his subordinates are divided into four factions, known as the Four Tigers of Chang'an, of course, they are just nicknames given to them by idlers, these four people are in command of thousands of people, and they are Jiang Ying's right-hand men. These four people are Yang Ye and Yang Sheng of the Di people, Changyu of the Qianghu people and Bo Bing of the Wuhuan people.

"General, no matter how Hu Yan is injured, he is the head of the Hu Yan family, although we decided to take refuge in King Zhao, but after all, he was once a minister in the same palace, and the general acted like this, isn't it chilling. The person who spoke was Yang Ye, the first general under Jiang Ying, he and Yang Sheng were cousins, and the army under the two of them exceeded 16,000 people, and Jiang Ying would let them go in normal times, but today in front of so many people, he couldn't get off the stage.

"Yang Ye, are you stupid to drink and drink? Over the years, our brothers have been saddle up for the sake of the imperial court, but how has the imperial court treated us? Aren't we just a miscellaneous general now? We don't even have the qualifications to go to the court, but these wastes, because my background occupies a high position, I am angry for the brothers, what's wrong?" I have to say that Jiang Ying is a character after all, and his words occupy the righteousness, and he can't find fault with what he says.

"It's okay for others to say this, but isn't it ungrateful for the general to say this? Back then, His Majesty (Liu Yao) promoted you step by step, and in just a few years, you had tens of thousands of men and horses under your command, sitting on one side, what kind of injustice did you say about the court? What qualifications do you have?" Yang Ye's words simply revealed Jiang Ying's old bottom, his face turned red, Yang Ye was the first with him, what he said was true, and he couldn't refute it, but these words were passed out, where did his old face go?

"Yang Ye, I think you are looking for death, come and take him down for me. Jiang Ying was finally furious, he wanted Yang Ye to know that he was the boss here.