generation hero

After everything calmed down, Yuantang returned to the edge of Qishui. There were some horse and human corpses lying on the bank, and the pontoon bridge broke off from the opposite bank. Liu Yanping said, "They should have already crossed the river."

The river was soupy, and there was no way to go to the other side. Yuan Tang stood on the bank for a while, Liu Yan couldn't help but sigh, but still somewhat blamed Yuan Tang, "Since joining the army has a deep relationship with His Highness, why don't you persuade His Highness to return south."

Yuan Tang turned to look at him, and said, "Chang Shi probably also knows that His Highness has practiced in Shangyun since he was a child, and his life is different from what others imagined."

Liu Yanping said: "Your Highness is of royal blood after all, living in Mobei like this... hey."

Yuan Tang said: "Not to mention anything else, since Chang Shi is willing to follow His Highness, we know that if His Highness returns to the south, neither you nor I will be able to follow him."

Liu Yanping was slightly surprised, realizing that he might have touched the secrets of the royal family, wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, so he could only stare at Yuantang.

Yuan Tang glanced at the bank of the Qishui River for the last time, and said, "Let's go, we have to leave Yaojing and Jingji as soon as possible."

The shore calmed down, and the people hiding gradually came out of the woods. Most of these people were residents of Yaojing. They were panicked when the fire broke out last night. , Wait until the civil war in Yaojing subsides, and then go home.Only those residents who moved from Baiyu last year, and some people who were uneasy about the situation in Yaojing, were willing to go south.

Liu Yanping found Pang Xingzhu, and with him he organized people who were willing to go south. Pang Xingzhu, whose original name was Pang Changyi, had rich experience in this and quickly gathered the crowd.

Before leaving, Pang Changyi came to Yuan Tang and said, "Join the army, go and have a look, that old Mr. Ling doesn't want to leave."

The old Mr. Ling he was talking about was Ling Mufeng.

Ling Mufeng and his disciples lived in the Hou's mansion, and naturally escaped with everyone when they fled. Pang Changyi saw that he was with the people in the Hou's mansion, and he looked like a Xia, so he didn't leave with the Su'an people, so he invited him to return south with him.

Ling Mufeng sat on a rock and refused to leave. Pang Changyi saw that he was old and knew Yuantang and Liu Yanping, so he didn't dare to leave him.

"Mr. Ling," Yuan Tang said, "You want to go back to Yaojing?"

"The city is in turmoil right now. If my old man goes in, he will die." Ling Mufeng said.Elderly people would look like children instead. Ling Mufeng sat cross-legged, shaking his fan blades, and seemed a little annoyed. I don't know what kind of temper this old gentleman had.

Since Liu Yanping was dismissed by Ling Mufeng last time, he was uncomfortable in front of this old gentleman, so Yuantang said: "Yaojing City is not safe, and this junior does not recommend that you go back. Wherever you want to go, you should go first." Let us give you a ride, sir's hometown is... Puyang?"

Yuan Tang remembered hearing about Ling Mufeng's ancestral home.

Ling Mufeng thumped his leg and said, "Wherever you go, you won't be able to go anywhere. Just watch, the northern border will soon be in chaos, no matter where you go."

Yuan Tang and Liu Yanping looked at each other. Ling Mufeng had been in Beicheng Imperial Capital for a long time, so he knew more about Beicheng's situation than most people. The Yichi people's disturbance in Yaojing this time was apparently just a disturbance caused by the fight between King Ying and Emperor Beicheng. However, in fact, we can see that Beicheng has accumulated evils for a long time, and each tribe has its own thoughts. Yichi and Shi Ran can also rebel, Su An can go away, and other forces can no longer submit to the Beicheng royal court.

Ling Mufeng murmured a few words, and fell asleep on the boulder with his head bowed. His disciple Huang Xin called him but he didn't respond, as if he was deliberately ignoring others. The two are left here.In the end, Yuan Tang asked someone to lift the sliding pole and carried Ling Mufeng away. The surrounding area of ​​Yaojing was in turmoil, and he really couldn't bear to leave the old man here.

As Ling Mufeng said, the rebellion in Yaojing soon spread to the whole of Beicheng. The Yichi people and Shiran people attacked Yaojing, and many tribes who had been conquered by the Di people took advantage of the fighting in the Di people's dynasty to raise their flags to rebel again. , under King Ying's counterattack, the Yichi people failed to win Yaojing in the end. Mo Rukai led the crowd to withdraw from Yaojing, and occupied Lingzhou, Yunzhou and other places. .

In one month, the northern border was full of wars. Yuan Tang, Liu Yanping and the residents of Baiyu went south from the south bank of Qishui. The number of people who fled along the way gradually increased, and some people joined their team returning south to seek asylum.Yuan Tang and Yuan De selected the young and middle-aged men in the team to form a guard, using wood and bamboo as weapons, and after a little training, when they were on their way, the young and middle-aged people walked on the periphery of the team, and the old and weak walked in the team.

Yuan De had always been experienced in sergeant training, and the guards organized by him were well-organized in advancing and retreating, just like a regular army, so they were rarely disturbed by bandits and robbers all the way south.

Although this group of people is slightly stronger than ordinary refugees, they are still far behind the real army of officers and soldiers. In order to avoid wars, they all choose trails near the mountains and forests, and send people to investigate from time to time. When encountering Beicheng officers and soldiers, they would rather walk Long roads should also be avoided.

Before leaving Yaojing, Yuantang still wanted to find Heihu and the others, but there were Yichi and Di people everywhere around Yaojing, and the racecourse where Heihu and the others were occupied by Yichi was heavily guarded, and they couldn't get close at all. I can return with regret.

These days they encountered several groups of Yichi and Diren armies. It is said that the Yichi and Diren are now fighting in Feizhou in the east of Yaojing. The cities along the river are all battlegrounds. Fortunately, it is already summer, otherwise Maybe the Ulan people will take advantage of the chaos to cross the river.

There were less than 500 people when they left Yaojing, but now the number of them has increased to more than 800.For such people, food is a big problem. Passing through the wild, they rely on picking wild fruits, digging wild vegetables, and hunting wild animals for food. slightly.

When fleeing, everyone is moving forward for survival. Some refugee teams with strong manpower lack food and will rob other refugees.

The south bank of the river was caught in the flames of war, and Qizhou was still fighting between the Yichi people and the Di people. Yuan Tang and his party gradually came to the south bank of the river where they met the Ulan people.

At night, Yuan Tang, Yuan De, Liu Yanping, and Pang Changyi gathered under a camphor tree. Yuan Tang recalled the distribution of mountains and rivers on the map, and used a wooden stick to draw the terrain and states on the dirt.

"We walked west along the river when we came here, but now we can no longer walk this way." Liu Yanping said.

Not only can they not walk on the road when they came, but all the official roads are forbidden, but at this time the mountains are densely covered with forests, the mountain roads are not easy to walk, there are many insects, snakes and wild animals, and it is easy to get lost. Go to Nanxia.

Nanxia and Beicheng are separated by Wushan Mountain and Xishan Mountain in the east. If you can't walk along the river, the road to the south will be full of difficulties.

Looking at the map drawn by Yuan Tang, Yuan De touched his chin and said, "I used to walk along a mountain road when I went out with the general in the early years." He gestured in the middle of the Wushan Mountain, "From here, you can go to Fenzhou without passing through Qizhou. You can reach Muzhou after crossing Fenzhou." Muzhou is where Yuan's family lives, and when you enter Muzhou, you will go back to the south. Judging from the route drawn by Yuan De, this mountain road is a shortcut.

"No one else knows this road?" Yuan Tang asked.

Yuan De said: "This is the mountain road that the general and I took by surprise back then. Few people know about it, but the road is really not easy to walk..."

Liu Yanping said: "If you can go back to Nanxia, ​​it doesn't matter if it's a bit more difficult."

Several people discussed it, and Liu Yanping asked his family to send a message to the other fleeing people, explaining the future route.

Yuan Tang leaned against the camphor tree with his head on his arms and was used to sleeping in the open air. Now he can fall asleep anywhere, but he doesn't want to sleep. He always feels empty when he travels south. Maybe Feng Cong has already arrived in Mobei. , he was finally free, and no one could threaten him again.

Yuan Tang was really happy for him, although they were not together, nor separated, but he missed him very much.

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A short update, these two days really fly, fortunately tomorrow is the weekend, the daily update will continue, when I finish my work, I have to apologize to the little angels