The Zhu brothers and Qi Kerang had always been closely connected, and Qi Kerang had never been wary of them, so tragedy was almost inevitable.
Zhu Jin, Zhu Rang's younger brother, pretended to propose marriage to Qi Kerang. The two sides were originally allies in name only. In Qi Kerang's eyes, Zhu Jin's proposal of marriage was reasonable, so he agreed without even thinking about it.
On the day of the wedding, Zhu Yu and Zhu Jin secretly set up numerous ambushes. When Qi Kerang showed up, all the ambushers were deployed and Beizhou was captured in one fell swoop. Qi Kerang, who was badly defeated, hurriedly took his wife and daughter and fled in embarrassment.
Luo Hongxin, who was stationed in Bozhou, was a veteran of Le Yanzhen. When he suddenly received the news of the internal strife between the Zhu brothers and Qi Kerang, he immediately led his troops to attack Beizhou.
After scheming Qi Kerang, the Zhu brothers had no time to celebrate before they were suddenly attacked by Luo Hongxin. It was obviously difficult to make the Zhu brothers spit out something they had already eaten, so the brothers started fighting with Luo Hongxin without saying a word. The war soon spread to the four states of Wei, Bo, Bei and De, resulting in countless soldiers being killed in the battlefield and countless civilians being displaced.
Between Heyang and Henan.
A flood in the Yellow River killed countless lives, and Henan, as the hardest-hit area, was hit even harder.
After defeating Qin Zongquan, Zhu Quanzhong immediately organized the military and civilians to fight against the flood and carry out disaster relief under the persuasion of Jing Xiang and Li Zhen.
Sometimes, it is easy to be a bad person, but it is really hard to be a good person.
A gangster and thug like Zhu Quanzhong was so receptive to advice and sympathetic to the people that he rarely did a good thing, but someone came to sabotage him. This person was none other than the Heyang general Zhang Quanyi.
Heyang: After Zhuge Shuang died in battle, as Zhuge Zhong was very young, the power of the vassal state fell into the hands of Liu Jing and Zhang Quanyi.
When the ministers are strong and the lord is weak, there will naturally be some people who will become restless, and Zhang Quanyi is just such a person.
Historically, after Zhuge Shuang's death, he left behind three great generals, namely Liu Jing, Zhang Quanyi, and Li Hanzhi.
Among the three, Li Hanzhi was the first to rebel; because of Li Hanzhi's rebellion, Liu Jing asked Zhang Quanyi to lead troops to attack him.
As a result, Zhang Quanyi not only did not attack Li Hanzhi, but also colluded with Li Hanzhi and turned around to attack Liu Jing, eventually leading to the entire Heyang falling into Zhu Quanzhong's hands.
Zhang Quanyi was a man who was very good at changing his attitude according to the situation and currying favor with the people. He had served three rulers, Zhuge Shuang, Zhu Quanzhong and Li Cunxu, but he was still able to remain standing. It was truly incredible.
When Zhang Quanyi saw that Zhu Quanzhong defeated Qin Zongquan but did not lead his troops in pursuit, he thought that Bianzhou was already exhausted after years of war. Without thinking, he immediately sent troops out of Zhengzhou and attacked Huazhou directly, and then threatened Bianzhou.
But is Zhu Quanzhong easy to mess with
Of course not. Zhu Quanzhong didn't take an unknown person like Zhang Quanyi seriously at all. He immediately retaliated by sending his generals Zhu Zhen and Hu Zhen to lead their troops to rescue Huazhou. The war instantly ignited several states and counties including Hua, Zheng, Bian, and Huai.
In eastern Zhejiang, Liu Hanhong, the governor of Shengyi Army and King of Huainan, took advantage of the flooding of the Yellow River, thinking that this was a good opportunity to weaken Yang Xingmi, and without saying a word, he led the Shengyi Army to attack Yangzhou.
If Zhu Quanzhong is a gangster and a thug, then Yang Xingmi is of a higher level than him. He can be called a rough and tumble man, and the name is well deserved.
He has been in jail, rebelled, sold out his brothers, and killed officials. Can't he still be called a tough guy
How could a strong man be afraid of a rogue? As for Liu Hanhong, the former rogue and petty official, Yang Xingmi immediately gathered a group of people and started fighting against him. From then on, Huainan was in flames.
If we add Zhu Mei and Li Maozhen who were confronting each other on the border of Qizhou, the entire Central Plains was almost filled with war and smoke.
The people of the Central Plains moved north in large numbers. Natural disasters were only part of the reason. Most of the reason was due to the ambitions of the warlords on all sides.
The Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese nation, turns a bend on the west bank of Zhongtiao Mountain, flows eastward between Zhongtiao Mountain and Xiao Mountain. On both sides of this mighty river flowing eastward, countless people have died in the war.
After hearing all this, Zhu Li suddenly felt extremely sad.
Back in Shuozhou, he rejected all objections and pushed for the military policy of "killing the Tartars first and then looking back at the Central Plains" because he did not want to point his sword at his fellow Han people.
However, what exactly did these vassal states in the Central Plains, these officials from all over the country whom he regarded as his compatriots, do
China is unhappy and wars are everywhere. The people are crying in the smoke of war and the heroes are roaring in the flames. This is the hero of the Central Plains, who uses blood and fire, tears and pain to tell his ironclad facts.
Faced with all this, anyone who loves their nation will feel an inexplicable grief and indignation, as well as a deep sense of powerlessness.
On the west bank of the Yellow River and the south bank of the Wei River is Huayin County, which belongs to Huazhou in Gyeonggi Province.
Huayin County is a place where Chinese ancestors have been active since the Neolithic Age. It has been known as the "main road of the Three Qins and the thoroughfare of eight provinces" since ancient times. Although people are in a hurry, the flow of people is still endless.
With a look of sadness and confusion on his face, Zhu Li drove his horse into Huayin County.
As soon as we entered the city, we saw chaos everywhere. Most of the people in the city were civilians from the Central Plains who were fleeing famine and war. They did not choose to go north to Heshuo, but chose to go west to Sichuan. Perhaps they felt that Sichuan would be safer than Heshuo.
These people fled all the way from the Central Plains. After passing Tongguan, they had almost eaten up all the dry food they had with them. When they arrived in Huayin, the whole city was filled with the sad cries of people selling their children.
There is no other way around it. Perhaps from the perspective of parents, even if they sell their children to others as slaves, at least they can keep them alive; what's more, if they sell one or two children, the remaining children can also have a way to survive.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Li took out all the dry food without saying a word and distributed it to the people nearby. For a moment, the voices of gratitude and thanks were endless. Even the people who didn't get any followed him from a distance with their eyes wide open. They left unwillingly only when Zhu Li showed them a helpless look.
Just as he turned around and sighed inexplicably, four figures, two large and two small, suddenly appeared in front of Zhu Li.
This should be a couple with a pair of children.
The leading man was about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, with an ordinary appearance, but he seemed very honest.
The woman next to him was about thirty-three or thirty-four years old. Her face was sallow due to long years of hard life, but judging from her face shape and eyebrows, she must have been a rare and beautiful lady when she was young.
In front of the man stood a young woman about five feet five inches tall, about 28 years old, with a dark face. With Zhu Li's keen eyesight, it was not difficult to see that the other person's face must have been smeared with something to cover up her true appearance.
But her pair of eyes like autumn water and her curvy figure could not conceal her outstanding grace. She must be an unattainable beauty.
The last one is the little guy, who is about ten years old. Everyone in the family looks very thin, except for this little guy, who seems a little stronger.
The honest man was instinctively a little timid when he saw Zhu Li riding a tall horse with a long sword on his waist. But for some reason, he finally mustered up the courage and bowed to Zhu Li and said earnestly: "My dear, can you please buy our daughter and take her away from here immediately?"
His voice was trembling, and seemed to contain a hint of tears. There was an unspeakable sadness in it, the sadness of being a father and a husband, but being unable to protect his wife and children.
Zhu Li was stunned for a moment when he suddenly encountered such a situation. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart what had happened to this family that they were forced to such a point that they were even willing to stop the horse and sell the daughter.
You have to know that in this chaotic era, when people dressed like Zhu Li walked on the street, many people would avoid them. No one would dare to block their way or make noise, let alone something like selling their daughter.
Perhaps it was because the man saw Zhu Li's act of giving away dry food just now, which made him rashly sell his daughter to a strange knight.
While Zhu Li was hesitating, a tall, thin and sinister man, accompanied by a few servants with ferocious faces, staggered in front of Zhu Li.
This man was over six feet tall, very thin, with a pale face and puffy eyes. His narrow, snake-like eyes were filled with lust, and it was obvious that he was not a good person.
Seeing this man, the honest man and his wife hurriedly pulled the two children in front of them to their backs. The couple immediately stood in front of the children. Although their whole bodies were trembling, they still stood up firmly and faced this lewd man.
The lewd man was not at all surprised when he saw this scene. He looked straight at Zhu Li with a hint of cold disdain in his eyes. In his opinion, what could a passing knight do to him
He just snorted coldly, then turned his head slowly, looked at the honest man, and said coldly: "Zhao Sanshan, didn't you want to sell your young lady to me, Gu Qingfeng? Why did you change your mind in the blink of an eye?"
The honest man should be Zhao Sanshan. Facing Gu Qingfeng's questioning, he was too cowardly to say a word, but fear and resentment appeared in his eyes.
The sturdy young man suddenly poked his head out from behind the woman and shouted angrily at the lewd man, "You are a bad guy. We can't hand my sister over to you."
"Mu Wu!" When the woman saw her son suddenly jump out, her sallow face suddenly turned pale with fright. She quickly pulled the little guy behind her and blocked him with her body.
Being suddenly pointed out as a bad guy by a little brat in public, Gu Qingfeng's face turned grim, and a hint of sinister coldness flashed across his eyes. However, he then turned to look at the lady behind the man and teased, "Madam Jiechou, do you think I won't be able to recognize you just because you painted your face with a layer of messy stuff?"
"Haha, what a joke! As long as I, Gu Qingfeng, like a woman, there is something I can't get her. Haha, just accept your fate, Zhao Jiechou." After Gu Qingfeng finished speaking, he wanted to order his servants to snatch the person away.
Looking at this scene, Zhu Li narrowed his eyes slightly. Bullying men and women? It seems that he has to relax his muscles today.
But before he could make a move, a strange voice suddenly rang out from the side: "Gu Yanlang, the commander of the Tiande Army, relied on his incredible luck to climb to his current position. Not only is he not grateful to God, but he indulges his son and lets him run rampant in the village. He is so rebellious and disregards morality. Isn't he afraid of having no house to live in and no grave to die?"