Wei Chenglong, who was forced to leave from Huaiyuan by his wife and brother Shi Zhen, has been moving to Xiangyang with his family for more than half a year.

Wei Chenglong initially set up a house with three shops in the east of the city. He thought that the Wei family had no support in Xiangyang and could not have a way to go to the yamen for a job, so he wanted to re-enter the old business and run a cloth farm to support his family.

But he didn't want the city officials to be difficult to deal with, so he came to exploit them every now and then. The business has not improved yet, and the money he carried with him has been spent.

The only thing he was grateful for was that he had thought of moving his family back to Bianliang several times, but he failed to make a trip in the end.

Bianliang has been in the fall of two months, and now many people flee to Xiangyang every day.

Although the enemy soldiers did not rush to go south of the capital after seizing Bianliang, and Xu, Chen, Song, Cai, Yi, Ru, Yingshang and other states had not yet fallen, at this time anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Hehuai was completely decayed and helpless.

Most of the middle and lower-class poor people can easily abandon their old houses, but those with a little far-sightedness will drag their children and daughters to avoid disaster.

As the first important town to move southwest of the capital, Xiangyang has the rare wealth in the world. It also has the dangers of Qinling Mountains, Funiu Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and Han River, so it is naturally the first choice for people who flee southwest of the capital to avoid disaster.

In a short period of time, thousands of refugees poured into Xiangyang City, dragging their children and trying to find a place to settle down in Xiangyang, but for a while it was also crowded.

Although Wei Chenglong had a very unhappy life when he first arrived in Xiangyang, he felt much more relieved when he saw a large group of fleeing people pouring into Xiangyang City after the New Year.

Wei Chenglong saw the opportunity and closed the difficult cloth farm after the New Year, and freed up the place to be an inn. Now he moved into dozens of families who fled from Chenzhou and other places, in addition to accommodation, he also provided food and drinks for others. The money earned more in a day than the previous one operating cloth shop in a month.

Wei Chenglong is also a hard-working person. In order to save costs, he always goes out of the city to purchase rice, grain, fruits and vegetables.

On this day, he also dragged his only son Wei Jiang out of the city early to the pier, waiting for the Wupeng boat selling rice, grain, fruits and vegetables from the countryside to come.

But today is not as good as before, and I saw a cloud of fog rolling on the turbulent Han River. Not to mention the wool boats that trafficked rice, grain, fruits and vegetables, there were not even a ferry that usually traveled between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait early to transport people and freight. There were hundreds of soldiers on the dock to drive out the crowds that ran out of the city and ran towards the dock:

"Go! Go! Go!"

Wei Chenglong pointed and looked into the distance, but saw more than a dozen warships crossing the river six or seven miles away, intercepting civilian ships on both sides into the waterway between Xiangyang and Fancheng. He didn't know what was going on.

The north of Xiangyang City is the largest water and land pier on the Han River. Even if hundreds of soldiers occupy the most core position of the pier, there is no place for others to stand.

Judging from this posture, Wei Chenglong was worried that the enemy soldiers had already entered Tangzhou and Dengzhou. He dragged his only son Wei Jiang instead of rushing back, but stood by the dock with many people, looking anxiously towards Fancheng on the north bank.

The Linjiang Wharf of Fancheng on the north bank was also full of soldiers, and several giant ships were docked. The flags were swaying towards the wind of the river, and there was no idea what had happened.

Soon a large group of cavalry rushed out from the north gate of Xiangyang, surrounded by many generals and officials wearing brocade clothes and official robes or fresh armor, and came to the dock.

"The chief of the Strategic Pacification Envoy and Transportation Envoy and Supervisor all dispatched to the dock to rush to the dock. What happened?" Wei Chenglong was shocked when he saw this scene, and secretly wondered what had happened. He wanted the enemy soldiers to enter Tangzhou, Dengzhou, and Xiangyang were not a place to stay for a long time, and he had to flee south with his family.

Of course, Wei Chenglong did not have the chance to meet Gu Fan and other chief officials, but he was well-informed in Bianliang.

The official robes and armor worn by the governors such as the governors and the transfer envoys were much more conspicuous than ordinary generals and officials, and he could still distinguish them.

Under the escort of the cavalry, in addition to the leaders of the border officials such as Gu Fan, the governor and the pacification envoy, there were nearly a hundred generals and officials wearing various official robes and armors. They looked like the officials from the supervisor and Xiangyang Prefecture Office were all dispatched.

"Dad, look! Isn't that Shi Xun? How could he be in Xiangyang?" Wei Jiang screamed in his eyes.

Wei Chenglong followed the direction of Wei Jiang's finger and then recognized Shi Zhen's eldest son, Shi Xun, from the team leaving the city.

He was even more surprised. How could Shi Xun appear in Xiangyang? He was still under a large group of cavalry guards, following the side of the governors and the transfer envoys, and other officials of the border?

"Brother, brother, why are you not here to come to us in Xiangyang?" Wei Jiang was impetuous and recognized Shi Xun, and immediately shouted.                                                                                                             

When the armored soldiers guarding the dock saw someone rushing out, several people rushed up and threw Wei Jiang to the ground, pulled his sword to hold his neck tightly, and shouted angrily: "Where are the wild breeds? How dare you collide with the chariots and horses? Could it be the assassin sent by the Hulu?"

"Dear Bing Masters, show mercy to my subordinates. My eldest nephew followed the manager and was reckless and did not understand the rules. When he saw his uncle, he was so excited that he was completely unlucky. He also asked him to take care of him!" Wei Chenglong hurriedly went up to plead for mercy.

At this time, Shi Xun also saw Wei Chenglong. Wei Jiang was captured by the officers and soldiers. He hurried to Zhu Han. Wang Fan said, rushed over here, and pleaded with the guards on duty and said, "This military master, these two uncles, Shi's aunt and cousin, are not evil people, please do it."

Shi Xun was wearing a casual robe, and no one recognized who he was, but he had just arrived from behind the commander and the transfer officer. How dare he be negligent in the team on duty here?

The team soldier quickly apologized to Lixun in a panic and said, "I don't know that they met the husband. I thought they were not good for the manager. Several bastards were rude and asked the husband to punish him!"

"It's easy to say, you are also responsible." Shi Xun bowed to the generals and soldiers, pulled Wei Chenglong and Wei Jiang aside, and said, "I just came to Xiangyang last night. I was thinking about waiting for this festival to go to find my uncle and aunt. I didn't expect to meet at the Xiangyang Wharf!"

"I just arrived in Xiangyang last night?" Wei Chenglong looked at his nephew Shi Xun in confusion, then looked at the dock, and asked, "What happened? Why did the businessman get out of the city and run to the dock?"

Xu Huai led his troops to attack Taiyuan. In addition to the army's generals and soldiers charging into battle, there were also a group of civil servants and clerks and other military affairs to assist in handling various confidential letters, signaling, contacts, and coordination of logistics.

Shi Zhen wanted to judge Guo Jun, Xu Wukun, Liu Qionger and others stayed in Chushan to take charge, but sent his eldest son Shi Xun and son-in-law Jiang Xie to follow the army to train.

After the great victory in Taiyuan, Shi Xun, Jiang Xie and others naturally returned south with the army.

After Puban's proposal, King Jing Zhao Tuan went south to Xiangyang to set up a government office. The first thing afterwards was to raise money and grain from various places as quickly as possible to transport them to Heluo, Shaanxi, and of course, the Chushan camp and the left and right Xiaosheng Army.

There are many connections involved, so Shi Xun and Zheng Tu, as representatives of the Chushan camp, have been following the team of King Jing Zhao Tuo going south.

King Jing Zhao Tuan was unwilling to force each other directly with force, hoping to take over Xiangyang peacefully.

Therefore, before arriving in Tangzhou, he sent Zhu Han, Gao Chunnian and others to Xiangyang to contact Gu Fan; Shi Xun followed Zhu Han late yesterday night, and Gao Chunnian and others entered Xiangyang City first.

Gu Fan may have thought about supporting King Lu from the bottom of his heart. Yang Maoyan also sent people to send secret letters to talk about this matter twice before, but what choice could Gu Fan have?

After the Chihu people went south again, Gu Fan, in the name of the military and military commander of the capital deployment department, urgently collected 20,000 troops from Suiying and other places to station in Xiangyang and the cities in the northern Han River to watch the situation, in addition to whether these troops could fight, it is more doubtful that they were not the private soldiers of Gu Fan's family.

At this time, Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Junyang and other Western Army generals were surrounded by King Jing with clear flags. Xiangyang and south of Nanyang defended Mount Chu. The Chu Mountain Army, the gateway to Caizhou, was the direct descendant of King Jing. What choice could Gu Fan have?

Therefore, Zhu Han and Gao Chunnian entered Xiangyang City in the early morning. Gu Fan immediately sent his eldest son Gu Tingzhi, Chen Tai, the chief prisoner of the Taidian, and the deputy general manager of the Ministry of Deployment. He and others crossed the river overnight to Fancheng to welcome King Jing.

Early in the morning, he learned that King Jing had arrived in Fancheng at night, and Gu Fan even brought the generals and officials of Xiangyang to the wharf to welcome him.

By this time the overall situation of entering Xiangyang was settled, and Gu Fan had even announced the news that King Jing had entered Xiangyang in the city. However, Wei Chenglong had left Xiangyang City early in the morning and didn't know about this.

"King Jing settled in Xiangyang and will form the Grand Marshal's Office of the World to command the subjects of the Great Yue to resist the Hu barbarians. I will follow the Lord Zhu Qian, and the envoy Gao will follow the orders of King Jing to go to Xiangyang City to meet Gu Jun!" Shi Xun told his uncle Wei Chenglong about his reason for being in Xiangyang and said, "Your Highness King Jing is in Fancheng, the north bank at this time - Ah, they are starting to board the ship, I want to go to the dock to welcome Your Highness - I may stay in Xiangyang for a while, and I will go to pay homage to you, uncle and aunt, after these days."

Shi Xun hurried to Wang Fan, and Zhu Feng was standing there but was stunned.

Although Wei Chenglong had never served in this life, he was very knowledgeable when doing business in Bianliang.
Chapter completed!