If you follow the consistent process in the shogunate of the King of the East China Sea, the lord of Jingling County wants to go to Luoyang, I am afraid that you will not have to prepare for ten months in advance. But to this point, even those who are graceful know that the military situation is as critical as fire, and the situation in the Central Plains has reached the point of no return; Under the merciless reprimand of the county lord, the preparation of the entourage was completed in only half a day. In the evening of the same day, the county lord set off.

Juancheng, where the king of the East China Sea is stationed, is a city in Yanzhou. Yanzhou is one of the nine states in the world contained in Yugong, which continues to this day, although the jurisdiction is gradually increasing, but the status of the core area of the Central Plains states has not changed. Yanzhou is based on the river and Jizhihui, the intersection of control Huai and Si, blocking Taidai in the north and Langya in the east, and it happens to be located in the middle of Hebei,, and coastal Qingxu prefectures from a geographical point of view; At the same time, it is known as the land and the people are fertile, which can be the foundation of the grand cause. When Pan Tao, a wise man in the shogunate of the East China Sea King, persuaded the East China Sea King to choose another state and county to settle Gou Xi, he also claimed: Yanzhou is to rush, and Wei Wu is to supplement the Han family. Gou Xi has great ambitions and is not a pure minister, if he is dealt with for a long time, he is afraid that he will be in great trouble for his henchmen. Sure enough, he immediately said that the king of the East China Sea was moved.

Since Gou Xi moved to Qingzhou, the king of the East China Sea has sent a number of civil and military officials to run the Yanzhou counties. Because Juancheng is located not far west of Liaoqiu, Yanzhou Governor's Office, it is convenient to levy and distribute grain and wealth; Backed by a surging river, surrounded by Onozawa and Raize from east to south, the terrain is complex, and it is suitable for both offense and defense in military affairs, so it is particularly important. Who would have thought that not long after the fall of Xuchang, tens of thousands of horses and a group of famous people from the shogunate of the East China Sea would flee here in wolves, this foresight is simply laughable.

What's even more ridiculous is that this Yanzhou, which can be the foundation of the royal industry, is now only the Puyang State where Juancheng is located, relying on the deterrence of the Hebei Jizhou Army, is still in the hands of the King of the East China Sea. From the northeast to the southwest of Puyang Kingdom, Jibei Kingdom, Dongping Kingdom, Rencheng Kingdom, Gaoping Kingdom, Jiyin County, Chenliu County, and the entire six counties were all ravaged by King Shile's thieves and fell into a state of complete loss of control. Further south, even the state of Liang, where Yuzhou Prefecture was located, completely fell into the hands of thieves. When Shile captured Xuchang, it only took an hour for the thieves' sentry to enter the territory of Sizhou. Then follow the Yingshui north through Yangzhai and Yangcheng, travel dozens of miles, and arrive at the key pass of the imperial capital of Gongwei Dajin, and the Tiger Prison and Hangu are as famous as the Yuyuan Pass!

The king of the East China Sea sat in the Central Plains with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but after a fierce battle, he ended up in such a situation, which was really a failure to the extreme; On the contrary, the military deployment of the Xiongnu and Han states to attack Luoyang on both sides went to the extreme. If these two armies are compared to the twin blades of iron tongs, then the edge of the Central Plains thieves under Shi Le and Wang Mi has already reached the throat of the Great Jin, and it is only a millimeter away from blood splashing death.

On the evening of May 6 in the second year of Yongjia, the county lord of Jingling went to Luoyang in such a situation. Because the traffic route may be cut off by thieves at any time, the route can be called dangerous. She and her cronies' Hu Cong leader Wang De and dozens of other horsemen, galloped westward along the narrow area of the Puyang Kingdom on the south bank of the Great River, intending to pass Puyang first, then turn southwest, and try to reach Xingyang County in Sizhou through sour dates; If this road is impassable, retreat to the north and cross the river from Yanjin to bypass Jijun.

Such an arrangement is already the most appropriate. But soon after hitting the road, they found that the countless rebels along the way were the biggest obstacle.

At the beginning of the East China Sea King's departure from the Central Plains, his soldiers and horses were known as 500,000 people; Now that Juancheng is now gathered, the strength of the army has shrunk to slightly more than one-tenth of its peak, and the difference between this has been annihilated in the previous battles with Shile. Of course, even if it is 30,000 pigs, Shile can't catch them all for three days and three nights, let alone people? Therefore, a considerable part of these hundreds of thousands of annihilated troops have fled and become a defeated army. The rout fled to the wilderness, only to see the imperial army in a different place and the official mansion in a different place, and from then on there was neither control nor support. So when there was a need for food, clothing, and shelter, the rout immediately turned into a chaotic army. Wherever the rebels went, they did no less damage than thieves.

From Juancheng to Puyang, the people are densely populated and the place is rich; The county lord once came here, and I remember that at that time, I saw only large-scale villages and towns lined up one after another, and there was an endless stream of business travel, which was much stronger than the Donghai County that the county lord was familiar with. However, this prosperous scene is now gone, and the county lord has traveled all the way this time, and the surrounding area is full of miserable scenes that have been looted, and there are groups of rebellious soldiers with bulging bodies. These rebels did not know how much property they had looted, and many of them wrapped their satin directly around their bodies, occasionally glancing at the cavalry of the county lord and others who were on guard, but they did not feel the slightest fear, wandering aimlessly like hyenas. Sometimes they just came out of one house and broke into another. Everywhere I passed, there was the sound of turning over boxes and cabinets, and there were all kinds of shouts and wails.

After all, the county lord is a golden branch and jade leaf, how can he ever see such a scene? His face changed on the spot.

"Lang Jun, the rebels have always been like this, and it would be good to wait until the shogunate lords started to collect them. We don't have to pay attention to it, let's hurry as much as we can. Wang De hurriedly persuaded. He was born in the army, and he is a clear-minded person, knowing that this group of lawless rebels and thieves is just a thin line away. They are lucky to have turned a blind eye to themselves.

When Wang Dezheng was persuading, a group of rebels passed in front of the county lord's horse. The rebels were all drunk, disheveled, and carrying packages of different sizes in their arms. Occasionally, a few strings of copper coins landed in the package, but no one picked them up, apparently satisfied. Behind the chaotic crowd, there was also a fat soldier carrying a weeping half-naked woman on his shoulder, humming an unknown song in his mouth, and crossing the official road with a lewd smile on his face.

How can the county lord endure this situation? It's okay if Wang De didn't persuade him, but this persuasion immediately hooked the anger of the county lord. She snapped and raised her whip, and immediately two of her swift horses went up and whipped and beat the rebels to the point of a wolf howl. The servants knew the county lord's intentions, and when they beat the fat man, they deliberately did not use a horsewhip, but used a scabbard. After a few clicks, the fat pawn lay down on the ground, breathing more and less breathing.

After all, there were many of those rebellious soldiers, and they were taken aback at first, and retreated in a disorderly manner, and then a wicked man who looked like a leader came out of the team and scolded at the county lord and others: "Where did you come from? Someone who dares to hurt Lao Tzu? ”

Wang Dece stepped forward and slightly shielded the county lord: "We are people in the official army, and we deserve some lessons for doing nonsense in front of us!" Get out! Lest when the court sends someone to purge you, you will be found guilty of killing your head! ”

Wang De's words were both full of intimidation, and left room for the other party, and he said it very beautifully, so it caused the leader of the rebellious army to hesitate. Suddenly, a rebel next to him hugged the fat pawn from before and cried: "Yang Feixiang is dead...... The fat elephant was beaten to death by these people! ”

As soon as the words fell, several swords flew out of the crowd, breaking through the wind and taking Wang De directly. Fortunately, Wang De is extraordinary, swinging his knife and slapping left and right, blocking several flying big knives. One of them was particularly powerful, and smashed it on the helmet of the other servant in a different direction, breaking him to a bloody outlet.

The county lord's servants had long been nervous, and the rebels were already restless, and when they saw blood, the whole audience was suddenly chaotic. The two groups of people hedged against each other, slashed and killed, and more than a dozen fell in an instant. The county lord was furious, and he also drew his sword and prepared to move forward, but Wang De resisted and persuaded him, and sent half of the rest of his servants over. The guards were all selected from the shogunate of the East China Sea King, and they were much stronger than those rebels in terms of martial arts and equipment, but after all, they were obviously inferior in numbers. With great difficulty, the rebels were driven away, and three of the servants were killed and seven or eight wounded.

The county lord had time to see the half-naked woman who had been robbed, but he never thought that the woman was so ashamed and angry that she had already hit a tree and died.

"The county lord...... These people, these things, we can't control them...... Let's hurry up, it's important to get down to business! Wang De himself was slashed on the shoulder, cutting off the boss's flesh and skin, and the three samurai who died were all henchmen who had followed him for many years, and he was naturally in a bad mood, and for a while, he even forgot the title of Pei Langjun, and called out the word county lord again.

The county lord glared at Wang De, then scanned the messy scene around him with a grim face, whipped his horse violently, and galloped forward.