After Liu Jian became emperor and established his capital in Datong, in recent years, in order to prevent Li Mu's northern expedition, Yanmen was used as the first barrier to defend. The north of Yanmen and the south of Datong were the second line of defense, and there were also armor and troops stationed, and food and horses were fed.

According to his original plan, this time he joined forces with Murong Die to Yanmen and eliminated Li Mu's first pass. Unexpectedly, Murong Die's troops were still on the road. In the middle of the night, Li Mu appeared in front of Chengguan like a divine weapon descending from the sky.

The people in the Hun camp, from Liu Jian to the soldiers, were not prepared for this. Although Liu Jian rushed to command and respond, it was too late. The Hun soldiers who were awakened from their sleep rushed to Chengguan and tried hard to fight against waves of fierce attacks from the enemy, fires surged into the sky in the direction of the barracks.

The only remaining will was completely dispersed with this fire.

The situation is over. Liu Jianzhi will be defeated if he defends Yanmen again, and his entire army will be wiped out. Now he can only retreat to the next best, give up Yanmen, retreat north to Hunyuan Prefecture, and change to join Murong Die there, and then fight again.

At dawn, the raging fire that had burned for nearly half the night finally went out.

Li Mu's battle robe was covered with traces of bloody battle. When he led the soldiers behind him through the city gate, the blood of the Huns was still flowing down from the gaps in the armor on his shoulders.

Inside the city gate, a large area of ​​continuous camps turned into scorched earth, and gusts of blue smoke continued to emerge from the broken walls and ruins. Along the road to the capital of Xiliang, there were boots and weapons left by the Huns when they ran away. The bodies were piled up like hills, and the strong smell of blood drifted around with the wind, filling every corner, which also showed that just one night, a tragic war had happened in this place.

A few days later, Liu Jian finally fled to Hunyuan. Before he could breathe, he sorted out the remaining troops and summoned the remaining troops that were originally stationed here, and arranged troops in the Lunling Pass area. While guarding against Li Mu's second attack, he was anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Northern Yan army.

According to the news he had received before, on the day Li Mu raided Yanmen, Murong Di's army had already arrived in the Zijing Pass area. After receiving the message he urgently sent, he changed his route here. According to the distance estimate, he would definitely arrive within three or four days at most.

The spy was like a carousel lantern, constantly entering and leaving Liu Jian's camp. The news brought by him made him furious.

Li Mu's army has already chased him, only more than a hundred miles away from Hunyuan. At the latest, within one or two days, it will definitely arrive.

However, the Northern Yan army was waiting, no one was seen for a long time.

Murong Tie had clearly passed Zijing Pass and arrived at Heishi Ridge yesterday. It was only a day or two away from this place. For some reason, he suddenly stopped there and did not move forward.

With a "bang" sound, a gold-engraved copper pot was smashed heavily to the ground and flattened on the spot, and the wine in the pot was poured all over the floor.

The weather had turned cold and there was no heating stove in the tent. However, Liu Jian was naked and sweating all over. His eyes were red with a stimulation of wine, and he kept walking around. The angry roars made him hear clearly even the soldiers outside the tent.

"Li Mu is about to chase after him, but he is not here?"

His generals and subordinates stood around, and no one dared to speak.

Curses and insults kept popping up from his mouth.

Just a moment ago, as he was waiting for a moment, the latest news came.

Murong Die learned that he thought that Murong Xi, who had died, was still alive. Not only was he alive, he also secretly colluded with the fleeing Xianbei nobles. It was very likely that he would take this opportunity to make a comeback and plan to rebel.

Murong Di's entire plan was completely disrupted at this point.

A few days ago, when he learned that Li Mu had taken down Yanmen before he arrived and the Huns were forced to retreat to the Hunyuan area, he seemed to smell a trace of ominous breath again.

The news about Murong Xi that followed made him feel even more uneasy.

For this battle, he almost used all his subordinates to call. Not to mention the Longcheng, the Longxing ancestral land of Murong's family, even the capital Yan County, is now empty in the rear.

If his uncle was really alive, how could he let him go such an opportunity?

According to Murong Di's inference, Murong Xi's method of revenge was most likely to take advantage of his absence and the rear was empty and he came forward to occupy it.

He will not compete with himself in a head-on battle. At least not for now. Even with the support of tribes such as the Helou family, those people are weak and cannot compete with the army they own.

For Murong Die, the choice is not difficult.

Day and night, although he was eager to defeat and kill the Southern Dynasty man named Li Mu, he knew better that once he lost the rear, he would really lose the opportunity to revenge completely. Without the stable support of the rear, how could he rely on to control this huge army that could be captured by him and obey his command?

He can't take this risk, even if the possibility is very small.

Murong Die's decision was approved by the Xianbei generals who followed the army.

The only thing he was asked about was about Murong Zhe.

The question was about a Murong clan who was a general in the army.

Murong Die looked at the direction he was going behind him, and her mind was filled with gratitude when he was still as noble as a prince, in the snow and ice, out of momentary pity, she cast her extremely grateful look.

But in the end, even this sister who was most loyal to her, betrayed her

Murong Di was silent for a moment and said lightly: "The princess is agile and fickle, and she will be able to protect herself."

That night, Murong Die ordered the entire army to detach the camp and return east overnight and quickly return to Yan County.

A Xianbei soldier who had been staying here for no reason during the day did not know why the emperor suddenly decided to go back. But he no longer had to go forward to confront Li Mu's army head-on again. Almost everyone was happy about this result, and no one complained about the hard work of getting on the road overnight. That night, the army turned around and returned east along the way he came.

Three days later, Murong Die returned to Zijing Pass where he had gone west.

The one who guards Zijing Pass was his confidant. Passing Zijing Pass was the land that belonged to Dayan and Murong Di.

After three consecutive days of rapid journey, the soldiers were exhausted. Seeing the Guan Building from afar, they recovered their energy and looked forward to getting a rest tonight soon.

Murong Die is not much easier than a soldier.

He was restless because of the news that Murong Xi was still alive and had come back. He had hardly closed his eyes in the past three days. At this moment, his eyes were already covered with blood.

He was anxious to bring the army back to Yan County to ensure that there was no danger in his rear, but he also knew that the soldiers had begun to show dissatisfaction with this marching method that day and night and briefly rested in the middle. Seeing that Zijing Pass was coming, it was not early, and everything seemed to be normal. He had not received any news that Murongxi was going to be unfavorable to Yan County or Longcheng. After a little consideration, he ordered people to open and close the door and planned to camp here for one night and continue on the road tomorrow morning.

The building was getting closer and closer. In the twilight, the door was closed tightly. Murong Di could see clearly that there was no sign of a defender on the city wall.

He knew something was wrong. Over the past few days, the ominous feeling that had been lingering was pouring towards him again.

He immediately ordered the army behind him to stop, and sent people to approach the door. After calling for a while, there was no response inside, and no one appeared on the city tower.

That ominous sign is getting stronger and stronger.

Murong was about to give an order to order the army to turn around and leave the place. At this moment, a sound of drums suddenly came from the front. A group of soldiers suddenly appeared on the city tower, lined up along the sermons, all dressed in Xianbei people. A man in armor stood up in the middle, with a burly figure, wearing a croaker on his head, and a cluster of red tassels dancing in the wind. From a distance, he looked like a bright red flame, and his whole body looked majestic.

Under the city gate, countless gazes looked at the man. At first, they were silent for a moment. Gradually, some people seemed to recognize him, but they couldn't believe it, so they whispered to each other and had a commotion.

He Lou also appeared from the top of the city, stood beside Murong Xi, and shouted: "Warriors! Open your eyes wide and see clearly. Who is the person next to me above the top of the city!"

"He is your Heavenly King! He is not dead! He was killed by a traitor and blinded you with lies!"

His eyes fell to Murong Die, who was riding on the horse under the city tower. He raised his hand suddenly, pointed at him, and said sternly: "That traitor is Murong Die! You are now claiming to be Your Majesty. He used a traitor to harm the Heavenly King. Fortunately, God opened his eyes. The Heavenly King had never been killed by this traitor, and is now back!"

After a brief silence, the commotion became even worse before closing the building.

The news spreads from ten to ten, and ten to hundreds of them. As if in order to see more clearly, the soldiers in front of them squeezed forward one after another.

Murong Xi took off the croaker on his head, so that everyone could see his appearance more clearly. After looking around for a week, he said loudly: "You are not wrong. I, Murong Xi, are not dead, come back today!"

"One of you who are willing to come back and follow me, but you can enter the city gate! After following me, there will be no more money to make! But I will take you back to your hometown in Longcheng, where you will get married and have children and live a stable life!"

Downstairs, the discussions of Xianbei soldiers suddenly became louder.

The purpose of these people at first joining the army was naturally to make money and women. After so many years of war, many people gradually saw clearly that no matter how attractive the leaders they were loyal to at first, they died in each battle, with limited income, and the ones who really made the most profit were the Xianbei nobles who did not have to fight at all and the generals in the army with higher ranks than them. Over time, many people would miss their hometown and hope to go back as soon as possible and live a stable life.

After Murong Xi finished speaking, the two doors under her feet slowly opened in front of everyone, and finally opened completely.

The voice of discussion buzzed again. Suddenly, a soldier squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards the doorway while shouting: "I don't want to fight anymore! I am willing to be loyal to the Heavenly King and return to Longcheng with the Heavenly King!"

Murong Die sat on the horse's back, raised his head slightly, and looked at Murong Xi's figure on the city tower in a daze, motionless.

Seeing this, one of his confidants sternly scolded the soldiers for defecting, picked up the bow and arrow in his hand, aimed at the back of the soldier who was running towards the door to close the door. Just as he was about to shoot an arrow, a fierce bow and arrow shot from the head of the city, which was as fast as lightning, inserted into his chest. The man shook his body, unsteady, covered his chest, and fell to the ground from the horse's back.

"If you want to follow me back to your hometown in Longcheng, just go in! If you don't want to follow me, you still have to continue to work hard for Murong, I won't force you! But if anyone dares to stop someone from entering, you will end up like this!"

Murong Xi's voice echoed before the gates of the building, and the man stood above the city, looking majestic.

The previous battle in Luoyang, Murong Die's prestige was deteriorated, and the soldiers were exhausted from running back and forth, and were already dissatisfied with Murong Die. Things suddenly changed like this. The following section was silent for a moment. Soon, someone began to imitate the soldier, shouting Murong Xi's former title of Heavenly King, rushing to go out and run towards Louguan.

"The King of Heaven has an order to kill Murong's substitute, and reward ten thousand taels and seal the captain of Thousand Cavalry!"

Accompanied by a rapid drumbeat, a cavalry suddenly surged out from the closing door. Murong Xi led the team and rushed towards Murong Die on the opposite side.

Seeing this, many Xianbei soldiers turned their fingers and followed Murong Xi and rushed towards the direction where Murong Di was.

The situation quickly got out of control.

The big flag that was erected behind Murong fell down. Murong fell into an arrow on his body. Under the desperate guards of a group of confidants, he turned around and retreated, running towards the south.

...

Li Mu's northern expedition was unstoppable. Not long ago, he completely defeated the main force of the Xiongnu in Luling Pass in Hunyuan Prefecture, attacked Datong and defeated the capital of Xiliang. Liu Jian and the last remaining remnants fled north in a hurry and withdrew from outside the pass. In the north, Bingzhou, all of them were ruled by Li Mu.

Not only that, in the north, the Xianbei Yan State also underwent a tremendous change. It is said that Murong Xi was resurrected from the dead and appeared in revenge. Before the Zijing Pass, the soldiers of the Xianbei mutiny. Murong Vei was missing and was killed in the chaos. Murong Xi became the emperor of Northern Yan again.

The situation in the north was changing, and the news soon reached Jiankang.

But today's Jiankang City is no longer the same as before. After Rong Kang led his troops to Jiankang, he proclaimed himself the Grand Tutor. He moved into Jiankang Palace in the name of assisting the young emperor in power, indulging in the mood and doing whatever he wanted. He also forced all the civil and military officials and royal family members to contribute gold, silver and jade and shells to the court in the name of funding military funds to quell the Li Mu rebellion. If anyone was found to be deceived, he would be killed at any time. Everyone was like being in dire straits and surviving under the pressure of fear.

When the news of Murong's deputies' death in the chaos reached Rong Kang's ears, it was midnight, but the palace was still brightly lit, with the wine pool and meat forest. Rong Kang hugged the untidy beauty, was indulging in love with her and having fun. He heard it, he was stunned, then laughed to the sky, jumped up from behind the mat, and walked back and forth several times excitedly.

"Trial Master, the Queen Mother is invited."

At this moment, a palace servant entered carefully and knelt down and said.

Rong Kang's eyes flashed, he thought for a while, and turned to the palace where Gao Yongrong lived.

...

Gao Yongrong's face was evenly matched with a thick layer of powder, and her makeup was exquisite, but the color of the powder could not cover up her pale complexion and swollen eyelids.

She smiled and said, "It's late at night, and I'll invite the Grand Master, don't blame the Grand Master."

Rong Kang narrowed his drunken eyes, stared at Gao Yongrong for a moment, and smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager is such a wonderful person, and I am willing to take the initiative to invite my ministers here. How can I bear to be strange? I wonder what the Empress Dowager is asking me for me late at night?"

Gao Yongrong smiled and said nothing, sitting there motionless.

Rong Kang laughed loudly, strides to her side, sat down loudly, put his arm in her arms, took the wine pot placed on the table with his other hand, poured wine into the glass, and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother figured it out earlier, so there is no need to waste so much time. Although Rong Kang is a rough man, he will definitely serve the Queen Mother with care and must make the Queen Mother satisfied. I will respect the Queen Mother first."

Gao Yongrong took the wine handed over by Rong Kang and drank it all in one go, but because he drank too fast, he choked for a moment. He bent down and coughed constantly.
To be continued...