The scorching sun burned the cracked yellow soil, and Zhang Bao was lying anxiously at the entrance of the village - this repeatedly burned soil had long been shaped into pieces, and even the weeds were difficult to take root.

Liu Deran's old wife led Zhang Bao to the scorched earth, and her fingers were deeply touching the crack of the soil: "This is Liu Xuande's old homestead site."

The house where Emperor Zhaolie and his widowed mother lived had long disappeared, only a few pieces of carbonized beams and wood were buried half in the soil.

"After Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Yecheng sent people."

The old woman trembled and held out a handful of black and white loess, "They forced the whole village to watch and cut down the trees, saying that they wanted to 'break the Han family', and finally forced us to leave here."

"Liu Xuande's former residence was turned over the foundation with a plowshare seven times, then boiled salt and brine to water the ground, and finally covered it with boiling water with ore ash."

"So many years have passed, and even the grass has not yet grown."

The land within a radius of thirty feet did not grow any grass, the surface was cracked like an old woman's face, and pottery pieces and broken tiles were scattered among the cracks, just like a dead land.

After twenty-three years of wind and rain, the brine and lime condensed in layers, and gray-white ripples appeared on the surface, like dead skins shed by giant pythons, and like scabs covering the ground.

There is a large pit left in the southeast corner, which is evidence that the old mulberry tree was cut down and dug its roots.

Cao Pi has never been a generous person. It can be seen from his ascension to the emperor and his intentional revenge on his subjects.

Not to mention that after he was sentenced to death, he ordered Empress Zhen to be buried with a ceremony of chaff.

Because of this, even if her soul reaches the end of the year, she will not be able to claim justice.

The former residence was the place where Emperor Zhaolie lived when he was young, and the old mulberry tree was a feather-covered cart enthroned by Emperor Zhaolie. It is not something that is difficult to understand when being treated like this.

The tip of Zhang Bao's spear suddenly pierced into the salt shell, making a crisp sound like a cracked ice surface.

He knelt on one knee, picked up a small piece of pottery, and held it in his palm:

"Catch wine!"

The skin bag handed over by the personal guard was pulled open and the strong wine poured on the saline-alkali ground.

The wine was poured on the ground, and white smoke rose. The veins that were extinguished by salt water and boiling ash twenty years ago seemed to be wailing.

After pouring the wine, Zhang Bao smashed the pottery slices heavily into the ground. The pottery slices bounced on the salt shell, making a hollow echo.

"Although Cao Thief eliminated the Feng Shui here, he could not destroy people's hearts."

Pull up the snake spear and lift up a clump of gray and white soil, and the salt crystal reflects a small rainbow in the sunlight:

"The Song of the Great Wind" is endless, and the Han Dynasty is immortal!"

Turning onto the horse again, pointing the tip of the gun to the sky:

"Punish the traitors! Restore the Han territory!"

The roar of the Han army behind him shook the salt crystals and fell:

"Punish the traitors! Restore the Han territory!"

When the roar sounded again, the Liu clan members gradually shouted, as if they wanted to vent all the grievances they had suffered over the years.

After swearing in the former residence of Emperor Zhaolie, Zhang Bao did not stay in Zhuo County for too long.

After accepting the food, grass and wine and meat sent by Lu, the soldiers were given a full meal, and after a little rest, they moved forward again towards the southwest.

After passing Zhuo County, it is Hejian County.

The Hejian prefect occupied the city and guarded it, but refused to open the city gate and surrender.

Zhang Bao ignored it, crossed the Huyan River, bypassed the Lecheng County, Hejian County, and came to the edge of Zhangshui.

At this time, autumn has officially begun. The water level of Zhangshui has dropped, and the river bank is solid, which is very suitable for marching along the river.

The Zhang River can be said to be the lifeblood of Jizhou. Along the way, there are official roads and irrigation systems along the coast (such as the Twelve Canals of Yinzhang rebuilt by Cao Cao), and farmland is everywhere.

This season is when autumn grains are ripe, and the supply is extremely convenient.

As long as the speed is fast enough, Zhang Bao doesn't need to worry about the supply of food and grass.

The most important thing is that as long as you walk along the Zhangshui River, you can go straight to Yecheng - because Yecheng is built on the edge of the Zhangshui River, you don’t have to worry about getting lost.

The iron hooves are like thunder, and the smoke and dust rising from the edge of the Zhang River are like yellow dragons.

——

Just as Zhang Bao was moving towards Yecheng along the Zhang River, outside the Wei army camp at the entrance of Jingxing, Changshan County, each man and horse ran straight towards the gate without slowing down.

The sentry on the Lookout Arrow Tower issued a warning in advance.

Some of the Wei soldiers and soldiers at the village gate had already pulled arrows.

Fortunately, when the visitor arrived at the gate, he finally pulled the reins and signaled the horse to stop.

Unexpectedly, the mount suddenly knelt on the ground with his front hooves, and fell to the ground with his people and horses, stirring up a burst of smoke and dust.

"stand up!"

Lu Yu's whip was whipped on the bloody buttocks of horses, his voice crunching like a rust knife and sharpening stones.

The horse struggled with its limbs, but could not stand up. The blue veins of the horse's neck burst out like earthworms, and the blood foam sprayed out from its nostrils turned out to be black and purple.

This carefully selected Youzhou good horse was poured into five stones and ran wildly without stopping.

At this moment, the muscles all over my body were shaking, and the horse's belly was so sunken that the outline of the ribs could be seen, which was a sign of internal organ failure.

Lu Yu threw away the horse whip, and fell down with force and leaned against the horse.

When the Wei soldiers who came from the gate came to him, he forced himself to hold up his last trace of consciousness and took out his seal:

"I am Lu Yu, Youzhou urgently reported it, 100,000 is in a hurry, so I will take me to see the Grand Tutor!"

After saying this, he fainted.

The soldiers of the Wei army did not know who Lu Yu was, but from then on, the person had a golden belt hook and the seal he took out, it was probably a big deal to know that this person's identity was.

I dare not neglect at the moment. Some people helped Lu Yu up, and some people rushed back to the village to report the matter.

When he woke up again, it was already night.

In the hazy, the shaking fire made him think he saw the wolf smoke soaring into the sky in Youzhou again...

He was so shocked that he immediately sat up and shouted:

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible..."

"Zi Family, Zi Family? Are you awake?"

A head came to him, his face was full of wrinkles as pine skin, and his hair was pale as weeds, staring straight at Lu Yu:

"What is impossible? What are you talking about?"

When he saw the master in front of him clearly, his eyes suddenly showed a surprise look, and then he turned into horror.

He suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed Sima Yi's arms tightly, and said hurriedly like a nervous person, and incoherently:

"Tao Fu, go quickly, retreat quickly, or it will be too late, hurry, hurry..."

Listening to Lu Yu's series of urging voices, Sima Yi's heart suddenly sank, and an ominous feeling arose.

He moved his arms to get rid of Lu Yu's hands.

However, although Lu Yu had opened his eyes at this time, his consciousness was not fully awake, and he seemed to use all his strength on his hands.

In addition, Sima Taifu was old and weak, so he could not get rid of Lu Yu for a moment, so Sima Yi could only slow down his voice and comforted him:

"Zi Family, Zi Family, don't be nervous. Come on, drink this bowl of magical medicine first, and then tell me slowly, what happened?"

At this time, the personal guard presented a bowl of steaming medicine soup and placed it on the small table next to the bed.

After a while, Lu Yu's gaze was completely condensed, but he did not go to see the medicine soup, and still urged in a hurry:

"Taifu, retreat quickly, Youzhou, Youzhou..."

As soon as he mentioned Youzhou, he couldn't help swallowing subconsciously.

When Lu Yu mentioned Youzhou, the ominous intention in Sima Yi became more and more sincere: "Youzhou? What's wrong with Youzhou?"

Lu Yu's lips trembled, his voice was like a broken bellows, and he said with difficulty:

"Youzhou... the whole territory fell... Guan Yihu took a detour to capture Yuyang Gu Pass, cheated Jixian, and forced Juyong to surrender..."

Sima Yi's body shook, and his pupils suddenly opened to the maximum and remained motionless.

The blue smoke of benzoin in the house twisted like a snake, pulling his shadow on the tent cloth into a ghostly slender one.

After a while, his voice seemed to be fished out of the ice cellar, and each word was filled with cold air: "The whole area of ​​Youzhou?"

Just like his mood at this moment.

"explain!"

In this moment, he broke free from Lu Yu's hands and even grabbed Lu Yu's collar with his backhand, completely ignoring the other party's weakness:

"With Juyongguan, there are 30,000 defenders in Yufu, how could he be forced to surrender? What about Wang Xiong? Is he a dead person?"

The roar shook the dust on the beam, but it could not hide the trembling of the tail sound.

"I heard that Wang Xiong surrendered to the city, and Xianyu's auxiliary grain road was cut off, so he could only surrender to the pass..."

Lu Yu's voice was as ethereal as the void.
To be continued...