Chapter three hundred and seventy seventh connected
In mid-August, Song Mao sent news that the Chenzhou Liu brothers and sisters had fallen out with Jiu An.
Jiu An has long coveted the power of the Liu brothers and sisters.
After several attempts to trap and kill Liu Jinpeng failed, he made a request for marriage to the two sisters Liu Manqing and Liu Manying.
Liu Jinpeng saw through Jiu An's trick and decisively rejected his request.
After that, the relationship between the two families became worse and worse.
Recently, Jiu An has completely exposed his fangs.
After several months of mobilizing troops and generals, Jiu'an mobilized 100,000 barbarians to surround Chenxi.
A war broke out between the two sides.
"Uncle Wang! Is there a letter from Chenzhou?"
Song Maocai put down the letter and Song Chengwang came over in a hurry.
It has to be said that he can know any news related to Chenzhou immediately.
This shows his concern for Chenzhou.
Now Song Yang is extremely curious about Liu Yuhua.
It has been five or six years. What will the person Song Chengwang has missed so much since he was a boy and a half look like?
Is it more than Xi Shi Diao Chan?
"You guys are so well-informed! See for yourself." Song Yang handed the letter to Song Chengwang.
"Uncle Wang, I want to go to Chenzhou to save Yuhua!" Song Chengwang said firmly.
The Northern Expedition troops marched out in three directions, but Song Chengwang, a militant, stayed at home.
Without him, news would often come back from Chenzhou.
He was afraid that he would go on the Northern Expedition and miss the news about Liu Yuhua.
Now this kid proposed to go to Chenzhou. Song Yang stared at him for a while before asking:
"You really want to go?"
"Yes! Uncle Wang. I want to save Yuhua!" Song Chengwang was very determined.
Now he is an eighteen-year-old young man who can choose his own path.
"Okay. You can go. Bring enough people and protect yourself!" Song Yang nodded and said solemnly.
"Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Song Chengwang said, cupping his fists.
Now he can't wait to go to Chenzhou to save people right away.
But what Song Yang said is right. Without enough people, there is no way to save people.
It would take two or three days for Song Chengwang to organize his entourage. Song Yang asked him to take five thousand revival troops for this trip to the west.
Three days later, Song Chengwang was ready to set off.
Chenzhou sent a six-hundred-mile rush!
Liu Jinpeng was defeated!
The Liu sisters escaped!
Jiu'an's 100,000-strong army besieged Chenxi, but Liu Jinpeng had prepared a lot in the past few years.
Especially the food reserves are enough to last two or three years with Jiu An.
Moreover, he was also prepared to use tough measures to eliminate the barbarians in the city to avoid future troubles.
But he never expected that the barbarian people in the city did not betray him, but one of his confidant generals betrayed him!
That man's name was Gao Huaipei.
Jiu An secretly contacted all the generals under Liu Jinpeng.
The others flatly rejected Jiu An's offer of a high-ranking official and generous salary, but only Gao Huaipei was tempted.
This man was originally a Tanzhou bandit. He had a brother who was suppressed by Liu Jinpeng with an iron fist during the Tanzhou purge.
The betrayal of Liu Jinpeng this time was not entirely without reason.
On the day the war began, Liu Jinpeng was still hesitating whether to take action against the barbarian people in the city.
Gao Huaipei had already opened the city gate and let Jiu An's troops into the city.
Liu Jinpeng originally trusted Gao Huaipei, and this guy usually obeyed Liu Jinpeng's advice.
But something happened at a critical moment.
Liu Jinpeng was so instigated by him that he overturned the boat.
The barbarian soldiers entered the city and killed Liu Jinpeng by surprise. Soon the situation was out of control.
"Manqing! Manying! You go first! I will come from behind!"
Liu Jinpeng made this decision at a critical moment.
"Brother! Let's go together!"
"Don't delay! Listen to me! Leave now!"
The barbarian soldiers have already reached the vicinity of the county government office, and three city gates have been lost.
If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave.
"Brother! I will marry that Jiu An! Let him let you go!" Liu Manying stood up and said.
Jiu An once proposed marriage to her two sisters, and Liu Manying wanted to sacrifice herself to save everyone's lives.
"Nonsense! That guy Jiu'an has no faith at all. Even if you marry him now, he will definitely not let us go!"
"Listen to my brother and evacuate immediately. If you evacuate, I will be able to evacuate without being a hindrance!"
Liu Jinpeng desperately pushed his two sisters away.
"Second brother! I want to fight with you!"
"Yes! We won't leave! We will die together!"
The two women refused to leave.
The scenes in the painful love drama are actually played out.
"Come here! Take them away! Hurry! Let's go!"
Liu Jinpeng could only call on his guards to kidnap the two girls away.
"Let me go! Second brother! Let me go!" Liu Manqing shouted anxiously.
Liu Manying wanted to resist, but was tied up.
"Jiang Fei! Take them away! The further away the better!"
"General! Then you..."
"Hurry up! It's too late!"
"Yes! General!"
Jiang Fei is Liu Jinpeng's guard leader and Liu He's first confidant after his death.
Liu Jinpeng gave the order to die, and he could only leave with the two women.
The south gate of Chenxi is still under the control of Liu Jinpeng's army.
Jiang Fei took Liu Manqing and his sisters to retreat to the south gate, and Liu Jinpeng also took the participating soldiers to retreat to the north gate.
Jiu An's men followed closely behind them. As soon as Liu Jinpeng got out of the way, Jiu An could catch up with the Liu Manqing sisters immediately.
"General Liu. You said that if you don't do good things to your in-laws, you insist on going against me. Now it's not the end of the road!"
"Get out of the way. As long as you leave your two sisters to me, I can consider letting you live."
The battle lasted for half an hour, and the south gate was occupied by both inside and outside.
Now Liu Jinpeng and the remaining 300 people are trapped inside the south gate.
"Death to your heart! Jiu An, you are such a bad person!" Liu Jinpeng gritted his teeth.
When Jiu'an pacified other tribes, Liu Jinpeng helped send troops.
Jiu An promised at that time that the Liu family would be officials in Chenxi forever.
"I didn't break my promise! You see, you are still the county magistrate of Chenxi now, and you will stay in Chenxi forever. I will bury you in the county government office of Chenxi, and how about you become the Yinsi County Magistrate of Chenxi?"
"Hahaha!"
Liu Jinpeng hated Jiu An's wantonness, but he could only continue to fight.
He wants to buy more time for his two sisters.
"Stop stubbornly resisting! Surrender. Do you people want to follow Liu Jinpeng to death?"
"Look at this! Gao Huaipei! You all know each other! As long as you put down your weapons, you can all become my generals just like Gao Huaipei."
Jiu An pointed at Gao Huaipei and said.
"You traitor!" Liu Jinpeng glared angrily.
Gao Huaipei said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I am a good bird choosing a tree to roost in!"
"Brothers, surrender. Lord Jiu An's treatment here is much better than following Liu Jinpeng!"
"He is trying to buy time for his two sisters. Why do you have to die with him?"
Gao Huaipei began to persuade others.
Those who did not want to die had already put down their weapons.
With one leader, more people soon dropped their weapons.
In the end, Liu Jinpeng only had more than 20 personal guards left.
"Master Liu, it's time to give you a ride. Let's shoot the arrow." Jiu An waved his hand.
"Zhengzhengzheng!"
Liu Jinpeng and the remaining warriors were unable to resist the volley of arrows.
"puff!"
The arrow penetrated Liu Jinpeng's heart.
He still wanted to stand, but he could only fall down helplessly.
At that moment, a relieved smile appeared on his lips.
I seemed to see the two sisters who had fled far away.
"General Gao, you know those two bitches. Now I will give you a task to capture them. If you can do it, you will be the magistrate of Chenxi County from now on." Jiu An patted Gao Huairen on the shoulder and said
.
"Yes! I will definitely catch them back!" Gao Huairen said, cupping his fists.
After changing his appearance, he immediately took refuge with Jiu An without feeling any burden at all.
Gao Huairen led his own men and a hundred barbarians out of the south gate. Most of the barbarians knew how to read horse hoof prints.
After figuring out the direction, he chased after him.
In Chenxi City, Jiu An looked at Liu Jinpeng's body and sneered disdainfully: "You want to go against me? Someone, drag him to the backyard of the county government and bury him! We have to keep our word!"
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The moment Liu Jinpeng died, Liu Manqing felt heartbroken. She also felt the same way when her eldest brother died.
Maybe this is the family reaction.
"Second brother! Wuwuwu!" Liu Manqing cried softly.
At this time, they could no longer look back, so they were led by Jiang Fei and fled east to Xupu.
Although Xupu is also Jiu'an's territory, the county magistrate of Xupu has long been controlled by Liu Jinpeng.
You can kill the county magistrate and replace him at any time.
"Jiang Fei! Let me go. My second brother is dead and I won't go back to save him!"
As they approached Xupu, Liu Manqing suddenly calmly said to Jiang Fei.
Jiang Fei was stunned, silent for a long time, and finally let go of Liu Manqing.
"Pah!" Liu Manqing slapped Jiang Fei in the face.
"The second brother died! It's your fault that you didn't die with him!" Liu Manqing said coldly.
"Yes! What the lady taught you is that you should bear the general's favor by taking a humble position!" Jiang Fei said with a face of shame.
Liu Manqing looked at Jiang Fei and said, "I slapped you on behalf of my elder brother! From now on, this matter is settled."
"I swear to avenge my second brother. If you don't want to, you can just leave."
After saying that, she untied Liu Manying's rope.
"Sister, second brother..." Liu Manying didn't understand why Liu Manying concluded that Liu Jinpeng was dead.
"Second brother is gone, we still have to live! We must avenge him!"
Liu Manqing did not explain, but said calmly.
"Miss, I am willing to follow you in this lowly position! I will be the one to take revenge!" Jiang Fei said, listening to his chest.
"Okay!" Liu Manqing said only one word.
After crying for a while just now, Liu Manqing has become strong again.
If she wants to kill Jiu An, she must kill him.
Jiang Fei pledged his allegiance, and after counting, there were only more than 400 people.
At this point, let alone revenge, survival is a problem.
"It's unclear whether we can go to Xupu. We'll arrive at the city gate soon. Don't rush in. Let Guo Gai come out first!"
The first destination was Xupu. Once outside Xupu City, Liu Manqing became vigilant.
Because of the war, the gate of Xupu was also closed.
Jiang Fei stepped forward and called the door, saying he wanted to see Guo Gai.
"General Guo was drunk yesterday and invited a few people to come in on their own."
The people at the top of the city had no intention of looking for Guo Gai. Instead, they opened the city gate to let Jiang Fei and others enter.
"It seems that Guo Gai is in danger!"
Liu Manqing said in a deep voice.
Guo Gai was the person Liu Jinpeng arranged to be with the Xupu County Magistrate, so that he could kill the county magistrate.
As a result, Guo Gai has never appeared, which means that Xupu has been lost.
"No! There are cavalry coming!" Jiang Fei suddenly changed his expression and looked to the west.
Jiang Fei, who was often in the army, had a very keen sense of cavalry.
"Jiu An is coming! Let's go!" Liu Manqing got on his horse and fled eastward from outside the city without entering Xupu.
As soon as they left, the man at the top of the city shook his head regretfully, looked at the human head at his feet and said:
"Your master will not be fooled! In that case, let's roll the ball!"
With that said, he kicked the head off the city wall.
If Liu Manqing and the others had not left, they would have recognized that the head belonged to Guo Gai.
As soon as the Battle of Chenxi began, Jiu An sent people to Xupu.
There was no need to identify who was the undercover, so he simply killed the county magistrate and everyone around him, and took over Xupu himself.
In this way, the last stronghold of the Liu brothers and sisters was eliminated.
In the mountain col, Jiang Fei took the remaining more than a hundred cronies to find some game.
This is today's dinner.
There were still more than 300 people in Xupu.
Leaving Xupu, there are only a little more than a hundred left.
At that time, the attrition was not due to fighting, but because of the loss of confidence in the Liu brothers and sisters.
They no longer want to follow Liu Manqing.
He escaped on horseback halfway.
"Everyone has the right to choose to stay or leave. If you want to leave, I will never force you to stay."
"Speaking of which, you have been with the Liu family for so long. It is the Liu family that feels ashamed of you."
"You have fulfilled your responsibilities by escorting our sisters here. If you want to leave, leave now. It will be difficult to leave if Jiu An chases us."
Liu Manqing said to the remaining people.
However, these people are all die-hard members of the Liu family, and no one is leaving.
"Since you won't leave, then we are a family. After I avenge my eldest brother, I will divide all the Liu family's treasures. From now on, let's put down our swords and guns and just be ordinary people for the rest of our lives!"
What Liu Manqing said was true, and this was what she was thinking.
After fighting for five or six years, her people and her family were gone. She was really tired.
Liu Jinpeng hid some treasure in a secret place. If divided, it would be enough for these people to be rich for a lifetime.
"Miss. Where should we go next?"
After appeasing more than a hundred cronies, Jiang Fei came over.
The main issue before them now is where to stay.
If they can't find a place for Luo's family, they will soon face the dilemma of food shortage.
When the time comes, you don’t need to find Jiu An, he will starve to death.
"Two ladies, Leader Jiang."
When Liu Manqing was hesitating, one person stood up from among the more than a hundred people over there and came to them.
"Brother, if you have anything to say, please tell me." Liu Manqing looked at the person's face and couldn't even pronounce his name.
This kind of person can follow her through life and death, which makes her respect her very much.
"Miss, his name is Miao Yi, and he only came to us last year." Jiang Fei introduced him to Liu Manqing.
"Miss, let's go east. The way out is on the east side."
Miao Yi pointed to the east and said.
"Dongbian? Tanzhou? How do you say this?"
Liu Manqing and Jiang Fei were both stunned.
They escaped from Tanzhou and never went back after they escaped.
There are still heavy troops stationed in Anhua. If they dare to go there, they will definitely be caught.
"To be honest, I am a secret agent from Jiangzhou!" Miao Yi admitted generously.
"What!" Jiang Fei was startled and pulled out the knife.
"A Fei, put down the knife. Brother Miao, please finish your words." Liu Manqing waved her hand to Jiang Fei.
"I'm here to find someone." Miao Yi said and looked at Liu Manying aside.
Liu Manying was stunned when she saw Miao Yi looking at him.
"Are you looking for me?"
"That's right! Miss Yuhua, I am indeed here to find you!" Miao Yi said, cupping his fists.
Miao Yi's words stunned Liu Manying.
"Yuhua? You said my name is Yuhua? Do you know me?" Liu Manying said excitedly.
"Exactly. Your real name is Liu Yuhua. Your father is Mr. Liu Minghui, a fellow governor of Fengzhou!"
Miao Yi's words shocked everyone again. It turned out that Liu Manying had such a background and was from a serious official family.
"I am Liu Yuhua..."
Liu Manying's mind was in chaos and she really couldn't remember anything.
But the name Liu Yuhua is very familiar to her, and it seems that this name is her own.
"Miss Yuhua, the prince has been looking for you for five years and has never given up! We found you in Chenxi before and tried to contact you, but unfortunately we never succeeded."
"The Crown Prince? Who is the Crown Prince?"
"The Crown Prince of Fengzhou, Song Chengwang, and his childhood sweethearts, have never given up searching for your whereabouts over the years."
Miao Yi almost answered every question.
He explained the whole story clearly.
When Liu Yuhua heard the name Song Chengwang, a heartstring in his heart seemed to be shaken. He felt that a figure was emerging, and his appearance was blurry.
But he is not tall, has a gentle manner, and seems to be very shy.
I can no longer remember the others.
The spy Miao Yi didn't know much, so he really couldn't help her recover her memory better.
"Miss Yuhua, please come with me to Tanzhou. When the prince knows that you are coming, he will definitely come over immediately!"
Miao Yi advised.
Liu Yuhua was a little embarrassed. She didn't think of anything and didn't fully believe Miao Yi's words.
Secondly, she also wanted to take Liu Manqing and the hundred or so brothers with her.
"Sister, come with me to Tanzhou."
Liu Manqing shook her head and said:
"We are important criminals of the imperial court. If we go to Tanzhou, we will throw ourselves into a trap. Yuhua. If you want to go to Tanzhou, go ahead. If you save your life, you don't have to struggle to survive here with us."
Liu Yuhua looked at Miao Yi and said, "If you want to leave, let's go together. I will never leave my sister!"
"Miss Yuhua, General Liu, and Leader Jiang. As long as you can go to Tanzhou, I think your lives will definitely be safe."
"Your Majesty is deeply in love with Miss Yuhua, and you will definitely be able to ask the prince to forgive you for your past past."
Miao Yi advised.
In fact, he didn't know if he could persuade him or not. Anyway, his current task was to trick people into coming over.
"Really? Don't care about Tanzhou?" Liu Yuhua asked.
"Well. If you and the Crown Prince know each other, the Crown Prince will definitely have a way to convince the prince!" Miao Yi said bravely.
He plans to retire after this one, even if he's just lying...
"Sister! Go to Tanzhou! Save your life first, and then seek revenge!" Liu Yuhua took Liu Manqing and persuaded her carefully.
Liu Manqing was a little hesitant. After all, the officials and bandits were different, and there was a feud to seize the city back then.
Even the concubines of King Tanzhou died because of this.
How can this hatred be resolved so easily?
"Sister, if you don't go, I won't go either!" Liu Yuhua said firmly.
"Miss Yuhua! Everything is easy to discuss! You must go to Tanzhou! If you can get the support of the Crown Prince, revenge will be easy!"
Miao Yi urged anxiously.
I finally got on the line with Liu Yuhua. If he couldn't bring him over, Song Chengwang would beep him to death.
"Can he help us take revenge? Can he help us kill Jiu An?" Liu Yuhua suddenly turned her head and looked at Miao Yi.
Revenge attracted him.
"Yes! I can definitely do it!" What else could Miao Yi say but agree?
Liu Manqing looked at Miao Yi and Liu Yuhua, thought of revenge, and finally nodded: