There are a large number of refugees stranded outside Yingzhou City.
The new flames of war did not spread throughout Huihe, and the refugees did not come from other areas to escape the war.
It is not that Yingzhou City, which was occupied by Dai Viet soldiers and horses, gave people a sense of security and attracted people from ordinary states and counties to come and seek refuge.
These refugees were all Han people expelled from Yingzhou City. As the cold in late autumn became increasingly severe, they could not escape south from Yanmen Pass and had nowhere else to go. They could only stay in Yingzhou City and wait for food.
The Xiao Lin Shi Ju clan withdrew from Yingzhou, passed through Jincheng, and moved to Xishan in the north of Shuozhou. However, there were more than 100,000 Han people on the south bank of the Hui River and in Yingzhou City, including more than 10,000 Han people who were finally stationed in Yingzhou City.
After the soldiers and horses arrived, they all chose to surrender.
However, following the lessons learned from the Tianxiong Army, the Han troops and Han people in Yingzhou City were no longer trusted. After Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou led most of the Chinese army to Yingzhou City, the first thing they did was to
More than 30,000 Han people were all driven out. Except for some people who went to seek refuge in villages outside the city, there were still 20,000 people who had nowhere to go and could only stay outside the city.
Although Xu Huai secretly sent people to guide these Han people to Fuzhou, Linzhou and other places to escape famine through Xishan, but compared with directly entering Daixin and Lanzhou via Yanmen or Yangkou Village, this is a long and tortuous journey. It seems that
Going up there is even a bit of an escape route asking for trouble.
More refugees would rather stay on both sides of the Huihe River and wait for the situation to finally stabilize than travel hundreds of miles to seek work in the northern Guanzhong wilderness, which is more desolate and barren than Yunshuo.
In comparison, the Hu women and children who were abandoned in Shuozhou City, as well as some Wuchi tribe members, had no other choice but to attach themselves to the Tongbai Mountain Soldiers.
Xu Huai rode his horse to stop in front of the city gate. Looking at these Han people who were displaced, hungry and faced the threat of severe cold, he knew that as the war spread, most of them would become vassals of the Chihu people, and they might even be driven away
Go south to attack the city and seize the stronghold.
Liu Jun went to Datong to persuade him to surrender and was killed. When he crossed Yinhetan, Liu Yan sent people to respond to the state to report the news.
Liu Jun breathed his last on the south bank of Yinhetan. When Liu Yan and Xu Huai escorted Liu Jun's body back to Yingzhou, they sent people to spread the news quickly.
However, Xu Huai, Liu Yan and Zhu Zhi escorted Liu Jun's body to Yingzhou City, but Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou were not seen. Only Guo Zhongxiong and a dozen sergeants led a carriage to transport a coffin.
Waiting in front of the city gate.
"This is unreasonable!" Before arriving in Yingzhou, Zhu Zhi had not completely gotten rid of the panic of being hunted. At this moment, his face was flushed, and he could not express his anger.
Xu Huai looked at Liu Yan coldly.
Liu Jun was a doctor in the Ministry of War. Although he was not famous, he was still a backbone among the officials.
No matter whether Liu Jun took the initiative to go to Datong to persuade him to surrender or not, he was suspected of claiming credit, but after all, he died in state affairs. At the same time, he was participating in the expedition on behalf of the Ministry of War. His body was transported to Yingzhou. Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou sat firmly in the military tent and did not go out of the city to pick him up in person.
Liu Jun's corpse entered the city, what's going on?
Are you afraid that if this matter becomes public, the soldiers will be indignant and mourning due to Liu Jun's death, forcing them to send troops to attack Datong?
Compared with Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and others were huddled in the city and could not get out. Guo Zhongxiong, who was also a member of the Cai clan, came to carry Liu Jun's coffin into the city, but he was told to look down on him.
Liu Yan, who boasted himself as a powerful general of the Western Army, was extremely indifferent to Xu Huai all the way here and did not hide his arrogance that he looked down upon him. At this moment, he was extremely embarrassed when faced with Xu Huai's sharp eyes.
Turn away.
Xu Huai raised his head and looked at the soldiers in front of the city tower who were wearing strong armor and sighed in a deep voice: "The thieves are hateful, they dare to shoot my generals of Dayue, but what is even more hateful is that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Yingzhou, but there are not many courageous men!"
Guo Zhongxiong and Liu Yan remained silent. After the sergeant put Liu Jun's body into the coffin, they drove the carriage to the city. Zhu Zhi held up his hands to Xu Huaigong, holding many words in his chest, but for a moment he didn't know where to start.
He just said: "As soon as Liu Langjun's funeral hall has been arranged, I will go find you."
Xu Huai nodded and watched Zhu Zhi follow Liu Jun's coffin into the city.
"But the military envoy Xu Huaixu?"
At this time, a burly military official with a black face and a beard led a horse and two soldiers to greet him from the city gate, and said,
"Fan Yong, the secretariat of the General Department, has met Xu Jun's envoy! The economic envoy was afraid that Xu Jun's envoy was not familiar with Yingcheng, so he sent Fan Yong to recruit him..."
Since the founding of the Dai Viet dynasty, the capital and subordinate departments have been established at the road level as a specific military command organization to govern the stationed regular army (forbidden army) and the Xiang army and rural soldiers in various states. They are usually deployed as military envoys and commanders of troops and horses, and are in charge of
Military and political affairs along the way.
Xu Huai, as the Tenth General (Xiang) of the Tianxiong Army, is the Marquis of Yudu. He usually accepts the jurisdiction of the Tianxiong Army's headquarters and the Lanzhou Military and Horse Supervision Department. However, when he attends military meetings in Yingzhou, the counterpart reception department is the Department under the Capital Department.
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As Xu Huai was the Marquis of Yu, others should respectfully call him Military Marquis. However, he also served as the patrol envoy to Shuozhou. Fan Yong was regarded as a military envoy, so it cannot be wrong.
However, from the subtle differences in the titles, we can also see the attitude of Lu Si's civil servants and military officials towards him.
Of course, if Xu Huaizhen really wants to pay attention to these things, he will not come to Yingzhou in person to participate in the military meeting this time. At the moment, he just bowed his hands to Fan Yonggong and said, "Excuse me, Fan Jun!"
Fan Yong was quite surprised that Xu Huai was so lighthearted and Yun Bing was so gentle. He looked Xu Huai up and down before he got on his horse and led the way with two soldiers.
"Be careful..." When entering the city gate, Xu Wuqi drove his horse towards Xu Huai and warned in a low voice.
"What's wrong? Do you recognize this Fan Yong?" Xu Huai asked in a low voice.
"It must be the old man from Jing Shengjun. He doesn't seem to recognize me." Xu Wuqi lowered his voice and said with some uncertainty.
"Then tell everyone to be careful..." Xu Huai said with emotion, but he was not very vigilant.
There are many old people in Jing Shengjun. Lu Xiong is an old man in Jing Shengjun, and Yue Hailou is also an old man in Jing Shengjun.
When the Jingsheng Army was at its peak, it had 30,000 elite soldiers, as well as 2,000 to 3,000 middle- and high-level generals and lower-level military officials. In addition to acting under Cai Qing from the beginning, he later served Cai Qingyi in the Western Army.
In addition to being ostracized and persecuted to leave the army after the Jingzhao incident, his direct relatives Yue Hailou and others were directly related to his biological father Wang Xiaocheng. Even at this time, the Jingsheng Army still had a large number of generals and military officers serving in the army.
thing.
Because his biological father, Wang Xiaocheng, had been in charge of the Jingsheng Army for only five or six years, most of the generals and military officials of the Jingsheng Army were not particularly deeply involved with his biological father, Wang Xiaocheng. They were also involved in the Jingsheng Incident.
Choosing to be neutral, after his biological father Wang Xiao was executed by Cai Qing, everyone followed Cai Qing's orders, so naturally he could not be suppressed or excluded.
Therefore, it is not a strange thing to meet in Yingzhou a military official who had served in the Jingsheng Army.
Just like Xie Zhong, he knew his adoptive fathers Xu Wuxuan and Xu Wuqi back then, but if they hadn't worked together in Datong City, Xie Zhong would have had no intention of mentioning the old friendship more than ten years ago, let alone
Said that old friends recognized each other.
Of course, Yingzhou is the territory that Cai clique absolutely controls, so no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful.
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"Wang Dian, there are too many soldiers accompanying Xu Jun, and there is no room for them in the post house. I would like to lend you a house here to squeeze in!"
Fan Yong took Xu Huai and his party to a house near the state government office. He knocked on the door of the house and started shouting before the people inside could answer.
Xu Huai sat on the saddle, while Xu Wuqi and Zhou Jing led a few people, vigilantly driving their horses forward to cover Xu Huai, and at the same time made gestures to Yin Peng and others behind them, asking them to ride with their men.
Everyone is on guard.
Xu Huai brought more than a hundred troops into Yingzhou City. It was normal that the post house could not be accommodated. However, whether he lived in the barracks or specially set aside a house large enough for more than a hundred people to squeeze in, the deployment department had to arrange everything.
Arrangements should be made in advance, but not waiting for everyone to arrive in Yingzhou and then arranging for them to share a room with others.
What's more, when Xu Wuqi entered the city, he became suspicious of Fan Yong.
When the people inside opened the door, Fan Yong held the knife in his arms and squinted at Xu Huai. He seemed to feel the murderous intent of Xu Wuqi and others, and drove away the two soldiers beside him: "You go back to the camp first.
Then he said that the military envoy Xu had already settled in the city. If the envoy had anything to do with him, just come and report it..."
As soon as the two soldiers left, the courtyard door opened from the inside, but a middle-aged military general poked his head out. He glanced at Xu Huai for a few times, and then said in a hoarse voice: "It turns out to be the envoy of Xu Army, please come quickly."
Come in and talk!”
The middle-aged general looked like a low-level military official. His armor and clothes were old, but he was taller than Fan Yong and comparable to Xu Huai. His red face seemed to have been burnt by fire, and he was hideous and terrifying. When he looked around, he revealed a fierce aura.
Definitely a strong man in the Titan level.
Xu Wuqi and Zhou Jing took the opportunity to come forward after dismounting, and exchanged glances with Xu Xin'an and Yin Peng. The four of them attacked Fan Yong and Wang Dian almost at the same time - Xu Wuqi and Zhou Jing used their fists and kicks to cover them up with lightning speed.
The force of the ear struck the two of them in the face, entangled their hands and feet, and did not give them a chance to draw their swords. Xu Xin'an and Yin Peng drew their swords from behind and put them on their necks.
"What are you doing?" Fan Yong and Wang Dian asked angrily when someone held a knife to their necks without fighting back.
"Don't say anything!" Xu Wuqi and Zhou Jing personally controlled Fan and Wang. Xu Xin'an and Yin Peng also led people to protect the surroundings with armor and shields, and then stepped forward to push all the courtyard doors open.
Xu Huai Hengdao sat on the saddle and looked through the courtyard door, only to see Lu Xiong and several young warriors standing in the courtyard looking at each other.
"Ah, why is Mr. Lu in Yingzhou?" Seeing Lu Xiong in the courtyard, Xu Wuqi hurriedly let go of Fan Yong and Wang Dian with Zhou Jing, and asked in surprise.
"Come in and talk, don't crowd in the alley." Lu Xiong greeted Xu Huai, and Xu Wuqi and the others came into the courtyard.
The gate of the courtyard is not big, but there are many houses in the courtyard. Yin Peng, Yan Xiaoyi, Xu Xin, Niu Yashan and others went in with their guards to rest. Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi, Xu Xin'an, Zhou Jing and Zheng Tu followed Lu Xiong.
Wang Dian and Fan Yong went to the backyard to talk.
As soon as everyone arrived in the backyard and before they sat down in the living room to talk, Wang Dian punched Xu Wuqi in the face and called him over, cursing: "You Xu Shouhu, you have a lame eye. You haven't heard from him for more than ten years. His mother just
I’m going to give you Master Qi a hard blow when we meet!”
"Seven Generals?"
Only then did Xu Wuqi recognize who Wang Dian was. He grabbed Wang Dian's shoulders and stared blankly for a long time. Tears appeared on his old face and he asked in disbelief,
"You are really Seventh General, oh my God! Didn't I say that Seventh General, you injured your superior and fled the army, were caught and imprisoned, and then died in prison?"
