Hou Xiyi rushed all the way to Qingzhou in a bit of a panic.

The Yellow River defense line was finally not held.

Liu Xinda did not survive ten days, the Yellow River defense line collapsed, and was broken through by the Tang army in many ways, Liu Xinda's general Liu Santong was ordered to take the lead in retreating to Linzi, preparing to resist again in Linzi, but Liu Xinda retreated, trying his best to delay the pace of the Tang army's offensive.

The Yellow River defense line gathered a total of nearly 100,000 troops, and Liu Santong brought back 10,000, and it is not known how many people Liu Xinda could bring back to flee back to Linzi, in Hou Xiyi's view, the form is irretrievable.

It's time to walk.

Hou Xiyi, who had only a few hundred soldiers with him, was blocked by the overwhelming crowd and was only a few miles away from Qingzhou City. The road, which was originally quite wide, was crowded with people, cars, and livestock. Sitting on the war horse and looking at the Qingzhou city gate in the distance, more people were pouring out of the city.

Did the news of the defeat of the Yellow River defense line spread back to Qingzhou City so quickly? Hou Xiyi was puzzled. Otherwise, how could there be such a wave of refugees?

However, above the city, the armor was tight, and the soldiers with spears could be faintly seen standing solemnly, and they did not look like they were panicked.

"Open the way, go back to the city!" Hou Xiyi commanded with a calm face.

The soldiers brandished their whips and slashed their faces at the crowd of people blocking the road, but at the slightest angry glance or harsh remark at each other, they immediately drew their knives.

As soon as Xueliang's knife came out, no matter who it was, it immediately wilted, and few ordinary people recognized Hou Xiyi, but these hundreds of fierce and vicious soldiers still recognized it, and the knife in his hand was also recognized.

But even if it is a concession, there are many people, and when Xiyi enters Qingzhou City, it will already be an hour later.

Above the city, a general greeted him with a smile on his face, but it was not a subordinate that Hou Xiyi was familiar with, it was actually the entourage general of the Third Highness Zhu Youzhen who was called Tian Guofeng.

The famous leader of the Taishan bandits, Hou Xiyi has naturally heard of it, looking at the appearance of the other party's monkey and crown, Hou Xiyi can't help but feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart.

"What's going on?" Riding on a horse, the whip in his hand, pointing to the steady stream of people who were still leaving outside the city, Hou Xiyi asked in surprise and anger.

"Returning to the festival handsome!" Tian Guofeng arched his hand and said: "The news of the defeat at the front has come back, and everyone says that Qingzhou can't hold it and is going to go out to escape." ”

"Are you going to let them go?" Hou Xiyi said angrily. "Where's Hou Huang?"

Hou Huang mentioned by Hou Xiyi is the descendant general left by Hou Xiyi to guard the old nest in Qingzhou, and he is also the son of the Hou family. Now Hou Huang is nowhere to be seen, but this Taishan bandit leader is standing on the city wall, and Hou Xiyi faintly feels that something is wrong.

"General Hou is being summoned by His Royal Highness at this moment." Tian Guofeng said with a smile: "As for the section marshal who said to stop these people from leaving the city, the last general can't do it!" I'm just doing this, everyone is going to flee out of the city, if I don't let it, there will be a conflict, the city is only afraid of chaos, anyway, these people stay in the city, and it will be some burden at that time, so it's better to let them go early. ”

Hou Xiyi glanced at Tian Guofeng deeply, this person was full of yellow mouth, he couldn't believe a word, it was nothing for these people to flee, but these people were all big bags and small bags, carts and burdens, obviously, many people took away the most important grain and grass now, this is not a retreat, this is an organized retreat.

His heart beat wildly, and he didn't get entangled with Tian Guofeng anymore, he drove the horses forward, whispered a few words to the cronies around him as he walked, and then more than ten relatives casually turned the horses and went in other directions.

At the city gate, Tian Guofeng looked at the whereabouts of these people but sneered. Those people went to the barracks of the Qingzhou garrison, but, where to go now, is it still useful?

The former mighty Marshal's Mansion is still the same, but standing in front of the door is no longer the personal guard he knows, but replaced by Zhu Youzhen's guard, Hou Xiyi's face is extremely ugly. Even if he is a subordinate to the Liang, but in essence, the two sides are just a cooperative relationship. When he was in trouble, Zhu Wen sat back and couldn't help him, so he only let Zhu Youzhen, the prince who had lost power, come to pretend to show his support, and he endured it himself, and received him warmly, but this does not mean that he can tolerate the other party's nose and face, and he can occupy the dove's nest.

Even if he already plans to leave, as long as he hasn't left for a day, then he will be the commander of Pinglu for a day, and he is the supreme existence of the land of Pinglu.

He rolled over and dismounted, and strode towards the gate.

The two rows of guards at the door bowed slightly.

Stepping into the gate, you can see at a glance that the lobby at the end of the spacious courtyard is bustling with people, and standing next to the gate is the waiting room for the nest in Qingzhou.

Hou Xiyi's pace slowed down, stopped in the middle of the courtyard, and stared at Hou Huang deadly. Hou Huang naturally saw him at this time, and showed a smile that was more ugly than crying at Hou Xiyi.

Hou Xiyi found that the officers standing beside Hou Huang were all carrying knives, and only Hou Huang was barehanded.

His heart beat wildly, and with a wave of his hand, the guards who had returned with him immediately swarmed in, filling the courtyard. And the two rows of guards guarding the door outside the door had no intention of blocking it.

In the lobby, one walked out slowly, stood on the steps, and looked at Hou Xiyi with a smile.

It is none other than His Royal Highness Zhu Youzhen.

Hou Xiyi's eyelids jumped wildly, because behind Zhu Youzhen, Cao Bin stood on one side, and his old friend and old ally, Sun Tonglin, stood on the other side.

"Your Highness, a dilapidated house that leaks rain and wind on all sides, you want it, just take it, why bother making these battles!" Hou Xiyi said with a sneer.

"Hou Shuai, I'm really offended." Zhu Youzhen arched her hand, "Although this house is leaking on all sides, Hou Shuai, you don't cherish it, it doesn't mean that other people don't cherish it, Hou Shuai, you want to go, Youzhen doesn't dare to stop it, the road is facing the sky, you can go wherever you want, but the things in this house can't be taken away by you, the people here still have to live!" ”

Hou Xiyi was furious.

He went to flee, if he didn't have enough support, how could he live the rest of his life? Although several boatloads of goods were sent to Lingnan in the early stage, they were looking for Xiang Xun to buy a place to live. Even though the two have a relationship, they can't miss anything that should be given. Otherwise, if you go to Lingnan, you will be a refugee, what status can you speak of?

Now Zhu Youzhen actually wants to let herself walk empty-handed, isn't this forcing people to a dead end?

Thinking of the mountains of wealth in the treasury of Jiezhen, the muscles on Hou Xiyi's face twitched, and his hand involuntarily touched the handle of the knife on his waist.

With his movements, hundreds of guards behind him also coincidentally held the horizontal knife in their hands.

Hou Xiyi is used to being domineering in Pinglu, and the easiest way to solve the problem is to wave it with a knife.

Zhu Youzhen laughed and clapped his hands, on the courtyard wall and on the ridge, countless soldiers showed their figures, and the bows and crossbows in their hands were aimed at Hou Xiyi's headquarters in the courtyard. The sound of dense footsteps came from the back of the lobby, and rows of soldiers poured out from behind, forming a neat military formation in front of Zhu Youzhen. On the street, the crisp sound of horses' hooves is very pleasant, and you arrive at the gate in an instant.

"Hou Shuai, we are all decent people, why do we have to be so vicious? Wouldn't it be possible to solve the problem if you didn't lick the blood with the knife? Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "If you want to go, let's go." ”

"I'm going to take my stuff." Hou Xiyi's face looked desperate. At this moment, he looked at Hou Huang's lowered head, and he already knew that Qingzhou City had now completely fallen into the hands of Zhu Youzhen, and also, with the help of Sun Tonglin, an old dog, it was not difficult for Zhu Youzhen to control Qingzhou City.

"Hou Shuai's family members in the mansion are already waiting outside the city gate to meet Hou Shuai at this moment." Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "My subordinate Tian Guofeng will escort Hou Shuai all the way to Jiaozhou to board the ship and go to Lingnan." ”

"In addition to my family, there is also my family property!" Hou Xiyi was dying and struggling: "Third Highness, otherwise we will break up, I will leave and return to Linzi, in Linzi, Hou still has tens of thousands of soldiers!" ”

"Hou Shuai, your family property is indeed rich, but it is all the fat and ointment of the people of Pinglu, how can I allow you to take these things to live a leisurely life, this money has to be used on the people of Pinglu." Zhu Youzhen looked compassionate: "Of course, I won't let Hou Shuai go bare-handed, among your family members, I have given 100,000 yuan, which is already a huge amount of money, Hou Shuai will return to the application in the future and spend the rest of his life, there is no problem at all." As for Linzi, haha, of course you can't go. ”

"Are you trying to force me?" Hou Xiyi choked and pulled out the saber at his waist.

Zhu Youzhen sneered, glanced at the hundreds of soldiers in front of the lobby, and said lightly: "Your Hou Shuai is going to flee to Lingnan to become a rich man, are you going to follow him, or are you going to stay with your family?" Those who stayed, the past is not to blame, and I, Zhu Youzhen, still have the capacity to accommodate people. ”

Hundreds of guards were silent, after a while, a person suddenly threw the horizontal knife in his hand to the ground, clanging sound, which same knocked down the dominoes, the sound of the horizontal knife falling to the ground was endless, hundreds of guards, in the blink of an eye, only dozens of people were still holding the knife, clustered around Hou Xiyi.

"Hou Shuai, please!" Cao Bin took a few steps forward and held the handle of the knife in his hand, "Don't make a mistake, your family is just afraid that they are already waiting a little anxious outside the city at the moment." ”

Hou Xiyi stared at Zhu Youzhen hatefully for a long time, "The most important thing I have done in my life is to choose your Zhu family." ”

"People like you, if you choose Li Ze, you will be even worse than today!" Zhu Youzhen said coldly.

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