Yunya Mountain in the southeast of Yanjing City, the mountain is not high, it stretches for seven or eight miles, there is a stream in the mountain, a pool of water accumulates in the low-lying place under the mountain at the north foothills, and then flows into the Weihe River to the northeast. This Tanxi Lake, also known as Yunya Lake, is an excellent scenery near Gyeonggi along with the mountain. Every spring and summer, there are countless dignitaries and nobles who bring their families to come here to cool off in spring, and many temples and pavilions are built in the mountains, covering between the red flowers and green trees. Sungjuji at the foot of the northern foothills and on the shore of Yunya Lake is also a lively place in the southeast of Gyeonggi.

In troubled times, Chengshou naturally lost its former scenery and completely decayed, and there were no well-dressed dignitaries and nobles, nor could you see the beautiful ladies and beauties with peach blossoms.

Because the Taihu camp of the Qinwang Army on the West Road was twenty miles away from Yunya Mountain, Yunya Mountain was still on the inner line at this time, and there were even outposts of the Donghu people who infiltrated in to loot and kill. Although the vast majority of the families in Chengshouji have fled into Yanjing City with their families a long time ago, there are still two or three thousand refugees from other places who are stranded here, and they are in a mess, looking like the building is about to collapse.

After all, it is close to the garrison, and there is no major chaos here, and there are still a few inns and tea shops in the town that are still in business, and there are even a few secret kilns.

The Yang Ji tea shop in the east of the town is very simple, the owner Yang shopkeeper plus a few errand boys, the tea shop is open on the east side, the door is two windows, the shop is not deep and wide, nine high tables surround a circle of benches, it is said that it is a tea shop, but the desktop is black and greasy, and the tea shop also eats. Tea is the wild tea on Yunya Mountain, and some helpers were recruited from the homeless people to go up the mountain to collect firewood - in a silver ingot, you can only buy a handful of rice in the Chengshou Collection, and a bowl of foam tea in the tea shop only costs two copper coins, which can be regarded as very kind. Although more refugees are starving and unwilling to move, some people are wandering in the troubled times and running to tea shops to gather for tea and seek news.

Although this beautiful place is close to Yanjing City, it is full of helpless refugees, what news can be found? It's just that they get together and reluctantly ask each other for comfort.

On June 15, it was getting dark, and it was raining at dusk. The cloth in front of the tea shop was wet and twisted into a ball by the rain, and no one had the heart to run out in the rain to unfold the cloth.

At this time, the door of the tea shop was pushed from the outside, and the three people who came in with the wind drifted in a rainy door, and two dim oil lamps shone on the faces of the three people. The most talked about is Li Zhuo's suicide in fear of crime, gritting his teeth one by one, hoping to snatch Li Zhuo's corpse from the current situation.

At first, the shopkeeper of the tea shop Yang leaned on the counter to listen to the current situation, and when he saw a guest coming in, he was about to send his men to entertain him, and the three people who came in, one of the middle-aged people straightened his waist and asked loudly: "Where is the shopkeeper?" Seeing the shopkeeper Yang looking over, he asked, "Can you stay in the hotel?" It's raining so hard outside, I can't bear it lying on the street! ”

"If you don't dislike it, there is a mule and horse pen in the back that is empty, and you can make do with hay." Shopkeeper Yang replied.

"In this world, if you can escape here alive, even if you pick up a life, who can fucking pick up the east and west, and the shopkeeper can give a place to stay, it is a great kindness!" The younger, black-faced man spoke viciously.

"I'll lead you over," Shopkeeper Yang stood up a little lazily, and led the three tea customers who had come to the tea shop to stay inside. The other tea drinkers didn't pay attention to it, all the places in the town that could shelter from the rain were occupied, and there was still an inn in front of it, but how could there be empty rooms at this time?

Shopkeeper Yang led people into the backyard, there was originally a guy guarding here, at this time he went out to close the courtyard door, people squatted under the eaves outside the courtyard gate, and the shopkeeper Yang of the courtyard door took off his lazy demeanor, and saluted the thin-faced man who was like an old farmer in the middle of the three: "It's so messy, it's so dangerous on the road, why did the chief master come here in person?" ”

Yang Ji Tea Shop is a liaison station of the Military Intelligence Department outside Yanjing City.

"The stakes are high, and I can't do it if I don't come. There is nothing dangerous on the road, and now Dongyu wants to win the hearts of the people, and he is a little more restrained than before, even if he collides with the sentinel, it will not be a problem to save his life," Wu Qi asked, "Where is Chen Dingbang?" Does his injury matter? ”

"The injury is fine, but it can't ......be sent out yet," the shopkeeper Yang replied, talking about Chen Dingbang being chased and killed in the city, and finally he had no choice but to ask for help from the contact point of the Military Intelligence Department in the city, and they lost two men in the city before transferring Chen Dingbang out.

The younger, black-faced man went into the mule and horse shed against the courtyard wall on the west side, shrunk his waist, laid hay and sat against the wall, and guarded the hospital. Shopkeeper Yang led Wu Qi and another person into a room at the east gate of the wing, there was a secret door inside, knocked on it a few times, and the secret door opened from the inside, but it was a very narrow and long dark room.

On one side of the courtyard is a covered wing, which is hidden under the wing. The dark room is more than ten steps long, wide only for people to lie flat, if you can't find the secret door, it is difficult for others to see the flaws from the outside.

Chen Dingbang lay on the couch against the north wall to recuperate, leaned over, borrowed the oil lamp to see that it was Wu Qi who came in, and said sadly: "The commander gave the emperor poisoned wine to force him to death, not to commit suicide in fear of sin." The poor governor was loyal to the emperor and the court, but when he was dying, he was accused of such a crime......"

Shopkeeper Yang said next to him: "The news from the official family only said that Li Bingbu died in the house, and ordered a ban on talking about the war in Liaoxi, but the hundreds of officials in the imperial court went to the barracks to the streets and alleys, and they were all talking about the defeat of the army in Liaoxi without any forbiddenness. ”

"Aren't they afraid to let Chen Zhihu know?" Another middle-aged man who came in with Wu Qi said hatefully.

"They thought they had completely blocked Yanjing City, thinking that they couldn't even jump out of a grasshopper!" Shopkeeper Yang said disdainfully.

The whole city of Yanjing is under martial law, and almost every battlement at the head of the city is guarded day and night, except for the herald and the envoy, almost no one can enter and leave the city openly.

However, there are tens of thousands of people in the court and hundreds of officials' dependents, and the daily need for charcoal is the number of days. The line controlled by the shopkeeper Yang is to exchange information in and out of Yanjing through charcoal trucks.

"It's very difficult for others to spread the news," Wu Qi said, "Chen Zhihu suddenly led his troops to attack Sanhe yesterday, and it seems that he received an order from the imperial court to go east to threaten the Donghu people's camp in Jizhou......

"In addition to General Chen, there is another person from the Li Soldier Department who escaped, but he couldn't find anyone else!" Shopkeeper Yang said.

There are hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the capital, in addition to Chen Dingbang taking the initiative to ask them for help, he wants to find a person who deliberately hides and hides from the government in the hundreds of thousands of refugees, it is difficult to find a needle in the sea, Wu Qi frowned slightly, he knew what the shopkeeper Yang meant when he said this, that is, he was worried that Chen Zhihu would do something contrary to the festival when he knew the truth that Li Zhuo had given poisoned wine to death.

Wu Qi thought for a while, and said: "Chen Zhihu led his troops eastward, it should be the imperial court guarding against him......"

Chen Dingbang also regretted that when Chen Xinbo sent someone to kill them, the situation was urgent, he didn't think too much about it, he just wanted to escape and survive with Lu Xiongneng alone, and bring out the truth that the governor was forced to die. After connecting with the people from the Huaidong Military Intelligence Division, Chen Dingbang calmed down and felt afraid.

Chen Zhihu is a sharp blade that no one can grasp except the commander, and it is really difficult to guess how he will react after hearing that the commander has given him alcohol and medicine to death. Although Chen Dingbang hated the imperial court in his heart, he did not want to see Chen Zhihu throw himself into the east.

Lu Xiongwu is brave, but his brain lacks a tendon, if he is asked to go to Chen Zhihu's army to report the news, he may encourage Chen Zhihu to go to the east to avenge the blood hatred of the commander.

However, according to common sense, Lu Xiong should not have left the city at this time.

Chen Dingbang said: "I accompanied General Wu to Sanhe to see Chen Zhihu!" ”

Shopkeeper Yang knew why Wu Qi did not hesitate to sneak in at this time, he was a tiger general in the world, and there were few people other than Chen Zhihu. Chen Zhihu is very murderous, before he subdued Li Zhuo, he was born as a Jiangyang thief who killed people and oversold goods, what Chen Zhihu's mind was, it is difficult for outsiders to figure it out.

Moreover, there are more than 10,000 people in Chen Zhihu's department, all of whom have fought a hundred battles, and the world's evaluation of Chen's department is even higher than that of the Huaidong Army. If Chen Zhihu led his troops to vote for Donghu people, it would definitely be a disaster!

Hearing Chen Dingbang say this, Wu Qi nodded and said, "Even if Chen Zhihu is willing to retreat south, Huaidong is willing to do his best to provide convenience!" Then he said to Shopkeeper Yang, "You immediately arrange for me and General Chen to go to Sanhe." After we leave, you will go to Kyori in person, and the liaison station here will be temporarily abandoned! Once Yanjing decides to break through, there will be chaos in the city for a while. You have to convince Lord Jiang and the others to take advantage of the chaos to leave the old mansion, hide among the refugees, and wait for the chaos to pass for a while before waiting for an opportunity to leave the city! Huaidong will send someone else to answer. ”

Yanjing is full of civil and military affairs, and there are many deaths and few deaths, and whether they will surrender to the enemy after the fall of the city, Huaidong can't take care of it. But there are also some people, Lin Jian instructed Wu Qi to preserve as much as possible, and Jiang Yue, the young eunuch of Si Tian, is one of them.

Shopkeeper Yang went to prepare, Wu Qi stayed to confirm that Chen Dingbang's injury was not hindered to move, and after waiting for a while, Yang Shu came in with a frightened face, and said: "It's too late to go to Sanhe, the Jingying army is out of the city, there are almost 20,000 people, it should be the Beiyuan jail, and the discussion is to strengthen the Taihu camp, the exact news has not yet come, but the Beiguan Road has been sealed!" ”

Ren Wuqi is calm on weekdays, and at this time he also patted his thigh with hatred, after he received the news, he rushed over without delay at all, but he didn't expect it to be late.

The Jingying army went out of the city on a large scale, and Emperor Chongguan and the ministers who withdrew from the south were very likely to hide in the army, but only after joining forces with the Xuanfu army stationed in the Taihu camp would the arrangements for staying behind and breaking through the siege be officially announced, so as to avoid causing large-scale riots in Gyeonggi before leaving the city.

Not to mention the team of more than 20,000 people from the North Park Prison Headquarters after leaving the city, to say that it was nearly ten miles long, there would be more scouts on the periphery like a swarm of bees, blocking a wider area. In addition, it is impossible for the Donghu people to wait for the Jingying Army and the Xuanfu Army stationed in the Taihu camp to converge and officially break through before mobilizing troops and horses.

It is almost certain that when the Donghu people knew the news that the Jingying army had left the city, they would definitely send an elite cavalry to cut between Sanhe and Taihu to cut Chen Zhihu's headquarters from the Xuanfu army stationed in the Taihu camp, and actually blocked the passage for Chen Zhihu's southward retreat. Once the cavalry of the Donghu people was deployed, it covered an extremely wide area. Wu Qi and the others except for the wanderers waiting for the opportunity to escape, it was difficult for three or five people to sneak through the enemy territory through the gap.