(0409) Ningxia Town, Lingzhou Institute, Lingzhou City. 【Reading.com】

In terms of longevity, Lingzhou City is even older than Ningxia City. When Ningxia City was still under the control of the Huns, Lingzhou City already had a county. In the Tang Dynasty, Lingzhou City, also known as Lingwu, was one of the important towns in the border fortress, and a large number of troops were stationed all year round. In that year, after the Anshi Rebellion, the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty was proclaimed emperor here. More afar, Lingzhou City is also one of the birthplaces of the Yellow River culture.

When many people talk about plugging Jiangnan, they will talk about Lingzhou. Indeed, near Lingzhou City, there is a piece of Jiangnan water town scenery, charming and charming. There are unusually developed agricultural irrigation canals, the canals are intertwined, like rivers and rivers, and from a distance, it seems like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. And the large and small lakes, dotted around, add to its beauty. In the middle of it, you don't feel that you are in the Biansai area.

In fact, the entire Ningxia Plain is basically a piece of Jiangnan water town. For example, when you come out of Ningxia City, you will no longer be a wilderness on horseback, but a patch of paddy fields. Roads crisscross the paddy fields. The cavalry had to move along the road, and if the horse's hooves got into the paddy fields, sorry, the consequences would be terrible. Only after leaving the Ningxia Plain can you continue to spread wild when you reach the border of the Ningxia Plain.

Starting from Ningxia City, go all the way south, cross the Yellow River near Yongning Fort, and it is Lingzhou. The distance between the two sides is exactly two days' journey. In the middle, there is a Yongning Fort where you can rest for a night. In the past, Lingzhou, as the second largest town in Ningxia Town, had a lot of business travel, and the inns, hostels, teahouses, and wine shops in the city were very good. However, the current Lingzhou Institute is simply a refuge.

The officials and magnates who had withdrawn from Ningxia City all stayed in Lingzhou for a short time to take a breath and then continued to flee south. No one would be naïve enough to think that after the white-clothed army captured Ningxia City, they would not continue to pursue. If they continue to stay in Lingzhou, they can't be sure, and the pursuers behind will come up. Thinking of those ferocious military households, all the dignitaries and magnates couldn't help but feel palpitations. They know very well that once they are caught up by their poor legs, there is absolutely no good time. Thirty-six plans, go for the top plan!

As a result of running here from Ningxia City in one go, the vast majority of people were already too tired. Even if there is a threat of pursuers behind, you must rest and catch your breath, otherwise, you will definitely not be able to continue to escape. As a result, the teahouses and liquor stores in the city have become even more popular. Some people who are calmer and more stoic will continue on the road after drinking a few bowls of tea. Some people who give up on themselves, or those who have poor psychological endurance and can't bear the heavy blow of reality, drink desperately until they get drunk.

"Xu Xingxia, fuck you!"

"Xu Xingxia, I your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

"Xu Xingxia, you wait, Lao Tzu must be killed!"

…… From time to time, such shouts and curses came from the liquor store. Lingzhou is full of chaos, and such shouts and scolding are spread far and wide. These are all drunken fugitives, taking advantage of the alcohol to vent their inner dissatisfaction. In a sober state, they would never dare to scold, the nightmare of the name Xu Lao Mo was too powerful, and ordinary people would not dare to mention it easily. However, when you are drunk, you can't care so much.

The high-level bigwigs in Ningxia Town have long fled without a trace, and now all that is left are some commanders, thousands of households, deputy thousands of households, and the like. Compared to those big shots, they are just mud on the soles of their feet, and they are simply disdained by others. They can't go up to the sky or down to the ground, except for scolding Xu Xingxia, they have no other way to vent. In their understanding, if it weren't for Xu Xingxia, the devil, how could they have fallen to such a point?

It's a pity that they are shouting and scolding here, but it has no effect on Xu Xingxia himself. As high-ranking officials of the Weisuo Army, or high-ranking officials of the soldiers, their starting point was much higher than Xu Xingxia. If they are willing to do things, the results they can make will definitely be much higher than Xu Xingxia. However, the final result was that Xu Xingxia rose up, overthrew them all, and drove them all away. They lost everything.

Of course, whenever someone scolds, other people in the restaurant will consciously hurry up to pack up their things and get as far away from each other as possible. Who knows, the pursuers of the white-clothed army will suddenly kill? In case Old Demon Xu had a sense and knew that someone was scolding him here, and immediately sent an army to chase after him, wouldn't they be finished?

"The White Army is here!"

Suddenly, I don't know who screamed.

The people present immediately panicked and hurriedly fled.

Those who were drunk and shouted and scolded loudly, when they heard the name of the white-clothed army, they were also full of excitement, and the drunkenness seemed to be completely awake. They hurriedly stood up, staggered to the outside of the liquor store, and followed the fleeing crowd all the way to the south. They stumbled along the way, and they didn't know how many people they knocked down, and as a result, there was another shouting and scolding. Occasionally, there was a fight, and the scene was chaotic. The others next to them acted as if they didn't see it.

"Da Da Da!"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded quietly.

Several stragglers of the Eagle Cavalry Army appeared ghostly near the Lingzhou Institute.

The azure military uniform, the dark red belt, and the white musket are the skirmishers of the Eagle Cavalry. In such attire, even if they turned to ashes, everyone present would recognize them. When the white-clothed army attacked Ningxia City, they were really impressed by such a costume. It was these soldiers of the White Army who made them homeless. No one knows what they are going to do now that they are catching up. However, what is certain is that this group of killer demon kings caught up, and there was absolutely no good thing for them. As a result, the fleeing crowd suddenly became even more panicked.

The stragglers of the Eagle Cavalry did not kill them, nor did they shoot at the fleeing crowd. They just watched the retreating crowd from afar, firing shots into the sky from time to time, creating some tense atmosphere. As a result, under the threat of horses' hooves and gunfire, the scattered people ran faster. If you are physically exhausted, or if you are weak, you will be thrown off at this time. Those who had luggage also hurriedly threw away their luggage and fled naked. In the process of competing and trampling each other, many people were trampled to death.

At this time, I don't know where to go, a group of military households appeared to attack the lonely fleeing crowd. These military households are all from nearby castles. They also learned the news that Ningxia City had been conquered, so they gathered together and prepared to fish in troubled waters to gain some benefits for themselves. The people who can eat this bowl of rice are certainly not good people. If something is grabbed, that's fine. If you don't grab something, you can only kill people and sell them.

"Da Da Da!"

Suddenly, there was an even more rapid sound of horses' hooves.

The fleeing crowd was even more panicked. They were eager to throw away all the superfluous things on their bodies and run away as fast as they could. In times of great danger, don't say that a gold ingot or a silver ingot, even if it is a bracelet or a piece of jade, it is a burden. They were eager to throw away all the clothes. As a result, along the way, there was littered debris everywhere. There are even a lot of gold and silver goods.

"Run away, and bring so many things! Wouldn't it be nice to leave everything behind? When you get it halfway, you have to throw it away, isn't this tossing yourself? Chi Hu looked at the chaotic fleeing crowd from a distance, and muttered meaningfully to himself.

The one who caught up behind was the shooting army led by Chi Hu, with five or six hundred people, and the momentum could be described as quite immense. After conquering Ningxia City, they took the lead and rushed to the south of Ningxia Town. Xu Xingxia's order to him was to expel all those people to the south, all the way to the outside of Ningxia Town. In other words, it was to be expelled to the south of Bancheng, Sweet Water Fort, and Qinggang Gorge. As for where they will continue to flee after arriving at the ground, Xu Xingxia doesn't care. As long as they're not in the White Army's territory.

Of course, this kind of expulsion has a nice saying, that is, "gift to leave the country". Xu Xingxia's meaning couldn't be clearer. Our white-clothed army did not do anything to be a man, did not cut off your heads, if you are interested, you will obediently run away, leave Ningxia Town, and don't come back in the future. If you don't run away, you'll have to cut off your head. Of course, if you want to run back later, you should also beware of having your head cut off.

"Shoot at the sky!"

Chi Hu waved his hand and ordered coldly.

Those guys are still a little slow to escape, and they have to be rushed.

In fact, according to Chi Hu's meaning, simply surround them and clean them up. Anyway, the officers and soldiers of the white-clothed army at all levels are happy to carry out such an order. None of these high-level officials in Ningxia Town had a good impression. Putting them back to Guyuan Town is simply letting the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles! However, since Xu Xingxia had an order not to kill so fiercely, he didn't say anything.

"Bang bang bang!"

A volley of guns rang out, shaking the surrounding open field.

The fleeing crowd was deterred by the sound of gunfire, and the speed of escape was naturally faster. When they ran to the manhole, they took a break and took a breath. The rare white-clothed army did not continue to catch up. Someone even spent a night in a manhole. However, after dawn, the white-clothed army led by Chi Hu reappeared. So, under the surveillance of the Shooting Army, the officials and magnates of the Lingzhou Institute hurriedly hit the road again.

They walked in a hurry, and most of the things they were carrying on the road had to be left behind. When they escaped from Ningxia City, they still tried to find a way to bring as much precious property as possible to themselves. In these years, if you don't have any goods in your hands and go to a strange place, you won't have a chance to live at all. Gold ingots, silver ingots and the like are too heavy to take away, jade, jade, pearl agate and the like, you can also take it!

However, the pursuit of the white army soon disillusioned their dreams. At this time, the surname is the most important, and everything else must be abandoned. Jade, jade, pearl agate and the like are also weighty and inconvenient to carry. I had no choice but to throw it away. You can't even take your own life because of these things, right? The muzzle of the white-clothed army, the black hole, is only less than three miles away from them!

As a result, on the long road from Lingzhou to half of the city, the white-clothed army picked up a lot of goods, but quite a lot, and the value was estimated to be hundreds of thousands of taels. What they picked up were all good guys, and they were definitely not gold and silver ingots. These good guys, small in size, high in value. Such as rare antiques, jade, jade, pearls, agate, gemstones, famous paintings, calligraphy and so on. They are all old and valuable things, and they are very collectible.

"Good, good!" Chi Hu is quite satisfied with the gains along the way.

The chairman's mind is cunning and cunning, so that if you go all the way, you don't need the white-clothed army to do it, just pick up the leaks in the back. I wonder how the imperial court will evaluate such behavior after knowing about it? I'm afraid it's even worse than directly killing people and overselling goods! Having said that, only the chairman of the committee can think of such a vicious method. It is estimated that after those guys escape, they will have a psychological shadow for the rest of their lives, and they will never dare to come to trouble the white-clothed army again. Otherwise, what awaits them will surely be an even more painful escape next.

"Keep going!" Chi Hu waved his hand, took the shooting army, and continued to carry out the task of "sending out the country with gifts". If someone really can't run, then I'm sorry, I have to kill. The chairman said, you can't run away by yourself, and you can't complain about others! Who told you to know how to eat, drink, and be merry and not pay attention to exercise? You see that others are running fast, and they are about to leave the jurisdiction of Ningxia Town, and you are still grinding here, who will you kill if you don't kill them?

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The dull sound of gunfire came sporadically.

This is a dignitary who can't run behind, and after being caught, he was shot on the spot.

The sound of death greetings and gunshots made other dignitaries have to use their strength to continue to run wildly. In the face of the direct threat of death, everyone took out twelve points of potential and ran desperately. I have to say that under the stimulation of survival, people's explosiveness is still very strong. The speed of escape has become faster.

Chi Hu and the others kept hanging in the back, cleaning up the things that others threw away along the way. The fleeing crowd, in order to travel lightly, is estimated to have thrown away even the last copper plate on their bodies. I don't know, when they run to Guyuan Town, will there be any children on them? Perhaps, such an experience will never be forgotten for a lifetime, right?

(To be continued)