Two months ago, Jizhou was in chaos. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tens of thousands of bandits and robbers ran out of Montenegro, aiming their cruel eyes at every city in Jizhou, they are not like the rebels in Yanbei, they are not for domination but for plundering, everywhere they go is corpses all over the field, burning houses and houses, collecting all the money and then continuing to move towards the next goal.

They are not invading Hu people, but their methods are more cruel than those Hu people. No one can communicate with them, and they will kill everyone who does not want to belong to them.

No one knows that these people used to be farmers, fishermen, craftsmen, and laborers, just like every citizen they killed in Jizhou...... After experiencing the bloody Battle of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, their luck was a little worse than that of many people.

At first, they fled to Montenegro with their loyalty to the great sage and the loneliness of the failure of the army, hoping that the little pride in their hearts would support their survival. But gradually, they found out that they were wrong, and they were outrageously wrong.

If there were fewer of them, they might be able to build their own villages in Montenegro and live on their own. But there were too many of them, and when they fled into Montenegro, the soldiers wearing yellow scarves dragged their families with their families, and more than 100,000 people hid in Taihang Bajing. Eating wild fruits, fishing, they tried every means of survival, but some still starved to death. They thought that starvation was the punishment given to them by the heavens for rebellion, but they did not realize that the punishment was much more than that.

Some people began to get sick, perhaps just because of a small wound cut by a branch, followed by a fever, and drinking bowl after bowl of runic water did not give them any chance of survival. Some people are driven mad, slashing at their wives and children with rusty swords, or saying stupid things all day long, but that's not the end of it. When the first winter came, the goose feather snow was like a catastrophe, freezing to death almost all the old and weak women and children, and only the strongest survived.

Finally making it to the end of winter, they face an internal war over a limited amount of food.

Year after year, the cycle repeated, like a curse. The people in the mountains keep dying, but the people outside the mountains keep burrowing into the mountains for refuge, and the heavy snow in winter will kill them again, and the battle in the spring will kill them again.

Until the emergence of a new leader, Zhang Yan, this Feiyan, who was known for his dexterity and bravery, gathered the leaders of various tribes this winter, intending to take advantage of the gap between the traitor Yan Bei who occupied Jizhou and the inability to manage it, to pass on the disaster they suffered to the powerful families of Jizhou.

This plan to invade Jizhou came into being at this time.

It's just that none of the leaders of the tribes thought that they would be able to organize this battle, but they could no longer restrain their subordinates like the mountains outside the mountains. These outlaws who rushed out of Montenegro were like opening the gates of hell, as if they had forgotten how beautiful the glittering gold and silver treasures were, as if they had forgotten what it was like to be a fair-skinned and beautiful woman, and even forgot that when they bowed down to the great sages and good teachers, they made a vow to help the world.

I don't know how many people in central Jizhou have been praying secretly at night in the past two months...... They no longer prayed that the imperial court would send troops to quell the rebellion, they prayed, prayed that the traitor general Yanbei, who disappeared last autumn, would return to Jizhou, and if Yanbei could lead his heavenly soldiers to Jizhou at this time to help the people drive away these robbers and bandits, they would be willing to eat pot pulp for armament.

Zhen Jiang has been grounded for three months, and since the end of the Chinese New Year, she and several younger sisters have been grounded in the *** courtyard of Zhen's Wu Fort, where Zhen's soldiers patrol every day, so that she can't get out if she wants to.

At first, she naively thought that Yanbei had come back with his army, so she slipped out happily, and was frightened back by the tragic situation outside less than half an hour after going out. Less than two miles away, she saw several groups of homeless people, and if it was just the homeless people, she would not have felt terrified, but it was the putrid corpses on the side of the road that frightened her.

It turns out that Jizhou has become like this.

She asked her brother if Yanbei had returned. In her heart, although Yanbei is not a good person, just like her brother said, of course, the leader of a rebel army cannot be called a good person by the scholar family. But at least Yanbei is not a bastard who is in trouble!

Half a month has passed, Zhen Jiang still remembers that when Yanbei was mentioned, her brother, who had always hated rebels, had a surprised expression on his face, and his brother beat his chest and told her, "It would be nice if Yanbei came back!" ”

It would be nice if Yanbei came back.

She had never seen her brother have such a good impression of Yanbei, as if she wanted to treat Yanbei as a lifesaver.

The thieves entrenched in Zhongshan Kingdom fought a battle with the defenders of Youzhou on the state border a few days ago, and in the past few days, there have been injured bandits pushing carts carrying corpses near Wuji City, but the brother who has always been in danger seems to be a demon, and he has been nagging non-stop without knowing what to say. Some grandmothers who are greedy for wealth and nobility are also constantly taking stock of the money and food stored in Wubao.

Zhen Yao, the third brother who was about to go to Luoyang to raise filial piety, fled back under the escort of the family soldiers after walking halfway, and the road to the south had been sealed because of bandits. It is rumored that the slaves in Wubao are not only like this in Zhongshan Kingdom, but also in Changshan, Hejian and other places.

The entire Wubao and even Jizhou are shrouded in a haze.

Today, she finally knew why her brother suddenly had such a big change in Yanbei.

Hundreds of bandits blocked the door of Zhen's Wu Fort to Wuji City, and they demanded money and food...... 10,000 stone of grain!

The elder brother gathered the family soldiers to deal with them at Wubao, and then convened the clan council.

"Mother, you take a few sisters and Yao'er away, Zhongshan can't stay!" In the clan discussion, the second brother Zhen Yan, who presided over the clan, was shocked when he opened his mouth, and he wanted to ask the clan to flee with his family. "Go to Youzhou, the child heard that Yanbei occupies Liaodong, with the Zhen family's good relationship with him, he will definitely settle you properly."

Zhen Jiang had never been so panicked in his heart, and looked around the ancestral hall cautiously, all the Zhen clansmen in Zhongshan had arrived, and Zhen Bo, the leader of the family soldiers, was also there, as well as the dozen or so Zhen clan young men in armor and knives...... It's a big mess.

"Let's go? What should I do if I leave Zhen's foundation? Zhen's first mother, Zhen Zhang's eyes were red, and she looked six gods without an owner at this time, "Even if Zhongshan can't stay, you should go to Luoyang, it's safe to go to Luoyang, isn't it?" ”

Zhen Yan glanced at the third brother Zhen Yao, and said respectfully to his mother: "Mother, Luoyang can't go, the road has been blocked by thieves, people can't go to Luoyang at all, and the third brother came back because of this." ”

"Luoyang...... Then let's go back to Changshan Zhang's family, okay? ”

Zhen Zhang's family was married from Changshan Zhang's family, and when he saw his second son slowly shaking his head, he couldn't help crying, frowning and asking, "Isn't Changshan okay?" ”

"Changshan is the same as Zhongshan now, even on the road from Zhongshan to Zhuo County in Youzhou, I am afraid that there will be bandits, but the road is closer, if you are lucky, as long as you go to Youzhou, it will be safe, and the child will repair a book and wait for it to be brought to Yan Erlang in Liaodong, and he will help Zhen to establish a family business again."

That being said, Zhen Yan is actually very unsure in his heart, as far as his understanding of Yanbei is concerned, it should help them...... But in the final analysis, did Yanbei treat Zhen because of his power at that time? At this time, he went to Yanbei with nothing, but he was afraid that he would not succeed.

Now they have no choice, since Zhen Yan is the head of the family, they can't watch the clan have nothing left in this catastrophe!

"Mother, at this time, don't pay attention to it so much, people survive first, and when Jizhou is pacified, you want to leave, Yanbei will not stop you!" Zhen Yan didn't say a word, bowed down in front of his mother under the ancestral hall, kowtowed and said: "The child and Yanbei have fellowship, although they do unjust things, they can also be called affectionate and righteous husbands, this thing will not go wrong!" ”

There is an eldest brother like a father, Zhen Yan knelt down, and no one in the back Zhen Yao, Zhen Jiang, Zhen Tuo and others dared to stand anymore, and they fell to their knees all of a sudden.

At this time, the Zhen Zhang clan could no longer hold on to anything, so they had to order the clan to prepare to take refuge in Youzhou in the northeast.

For a while, Wu Fort was in chaos, the slaves put away and saluted, and the family soldiers wore armor and sharpened soldiers, tossing and turning in a mess until midnight, only to find that the direction of Wuji City reflected a monstrous fire, and gradually Wu Fort could also hear the crying outside...... There was a big mess, and the city of Wuji was burned by bandits.

Taking advantage of the dark night, the gate north of Zhen's Wu opened with a creaking sound, and a group of more than 300 people slowly walked out with chariots and horses, more than a dozen Zhen clan relatives, dozens of slaves and maidservants, and more than 200 soldiers in armor and knives finally glanced at Wu Bao, which had taken the painstaking efforts of their ancestors, and went north without looking back.

Zhen Yan did not appear outside the Wu Fort, more than 200 people left in the Wu Fort, and the mother and brothers and sisters all took refuge in the Wu Fort, making the Wu Fort deserted.

Youzhou is not the best choice, but they are the safest choice. On the road to the north, the bandits and Youzhou soldiers were defeated at the state border, and the possibility of the road being blocked at this time was the least, which should be enough for the clan to flee into Youzhou. When you reach the boundary of Youzhou, at least you don't have to worry about being killed by bandits...... As for who to defect to, in fact, Zhen Yan can't say for sure now.

Zhuo County in the western part of Youzhou should be able to live and work in peace and contentment under the rule of Liu Yu, the governor of the state. To the east of Liaoshui is the territory of the rebels, and I heard that Yanbei is in a stalemate with the Han army there, Zhen Yan believes that when Ah Mu and they arrive in Youzhou, the victory or defeat of this dispute will naturally be known.

If the Youzhou army wins, he will defect to Liu Yu. If the rebels win, they will beg for a living under Yanbei.

No matter where it is, Zhen still has Zhen Yao who can take charge of things, although he is younger, but his knowledge is not bad. No matter how bad the situation is, the Zhen family still has a few women who can be married, and they will make their relatives gain a foothold in a strange land again.

And now, Zhen Yan looked around at the empty Wu Fort...... He will live and die with the Zhongshan Zhen clan!