Hou Xiyi ran towards Qingzhou in a panic.

The Yellow River defense line was finally not defended.

Liu Xinda did not last ten days, and the Yellow River defense line collapsed and was broken through by the Tang army in multiple ways. Liu Xinda's general Liu Santong was ordered to withdraw back to Linzi first, preparing to resist again in Linzi, while Liu Xinda retreated in the battle and tried his best to delay the Tang army's offensive pace.

The Yellow River defense line was built up to a total of nearly 100,000 troops, and Liu Santong brought back 10,000. It is not known how many people Liu Xinda could bring back to Linzi in the end. In Hou Xiyi's view, the form is no longer redeemable.

It's time to walk.

Hou Xiyi, who had only hundreds of personal soldiers, was blocked by a crowd of people and was only a few miles away from Qingzhou City. The road that was originally quite wide was crowded with people, cars and livestock. Sitting on the war horses and looking at the Qingzhou city gate in the distance, more people were constantly rushing out of the city.

Did the news of the defeat of the Yellow River defense line be transmitted back to Qingzhou City so quickly? Hou Xiyi was puzzled. Otherwise, how could such a large-scale escape wave occur?

However, above the city, the soldiers were heavily armored, and the soldiers holding spears could be seen standing solemnly, without looking panicked.

"Click the way and go back to the city!" Hou Xiyi ordered with a calm face.

The personal soldiers waved their whips and slashed at the crowds on the road. Whenever someone angrily looked at each other or spoke ill of evil, they immediately pulled out the knife.

As soon as Xueliang's knife was released, no matter who it was, it immediately became depressed. Few ordinary people recognized Hou Xiyi, but these hundreds of vicious soldiers still recognized them, and the knife in their hands was also recognized.

But even if we give in, there are too many people. It will be an hour later when Xi Yi enters Qingzhou City.

Above the city, a general came up with a smile, but was not a subordinate that Hou Xiyi knew well. He was actually the follower of the third prince Zhu Youzhen, who was called Tian Guofeng.

Hou Xiyi, a famous leader of Mount Tai, had naturally heard of it. Seeing the other party's appearance as a monkey, Hou Xiyi couldn't help but feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart.

"What's going on?" Hou Xiyi asked in shock and angrily when he was riding on the horse, pointing at the crowd of people still leaving outside the city.

"Report to the general Jie!" Tian Guofeng bowed and said, "The news of the defeat in the front has been passed back. Everyone said that Qingzhou cannot be defended and is going out to escape."

"Do you just let them go?" Hou Xiyi said angrily. "Where is Hou Huang?"

Hou Huang, the one Hou Xiyi mentioned, was the direct general who guarded the old nest of Qingzhou left by Hou Xiyi, and was also a child of the Hou family. Now Hou Huang is missing, but the leader of Mount Tai bandit stood on the city wall, and Hou Xiyi felt something was wrong.

"General Hou is being summoned by the third prince at this moment." Tian Guofeng said with a smile: "As for Jishuai, he said that he would stop these people from leaving the city, he would not be able to do it! I just made it so little by little. Everyone wants to escape from the city. If I don't let it go, there will be a conflict. The city will be in chaos. Anyway, these people stay in the city, and it will be a burden at that time. It would be better to let them leave early."

Hou Xiyi looked at Tian Guofeng deeply. This man was full of yellow mouth and could not believe anything. It was okay to let these people escape, but these people were all big bags and carts carrying loads. It was obvious that many people took away the most important food and supplies now. This is not escape, but an organized retreat.

His heart was beating wildly, and Tian Guofeng was no longer entangled. He drove the horses forward, and whispered a few instructions to his confidants while walking. Then more than a dozen of them turned the horses around him and headed in another direction.

At the city gate, Tian Guofeng sneered at the whereabouts of these people. The people went to the place where the Qingzhou garrison was located. However, where are they still useful to go now?

The mighty Jieshu Mansion, which was once mighty, was still the only one standing in front of the door, but the one who was no longer the personal guards he knew, but instead was Zhu Youzhen's guard. Hou Xiyi's face looked extremely ugly. Even though he had surrendered to Daliang, the essence of it was that the two sides were just cooperative relations. When the disaster was about to come, Zhu Wen sat down and refused to save him, so he only let Zhu Youzhen, the prince who lost power, come to show his support. He endured it and welcomed him enthusiastically, but this did not mean that he could tolerate the other party being arrogant and could occupy the dove's nest.

Even though I have already planned to leave, but as long as I haven't left for a day, I will be the Pinglu Festival coach for a day and the supreme existence of the Pinglu land.

He turned over and dismounted and strode towards the door.

The two rows of guards at the door bowed slightly to signal.

When you step into the gate, you can see at a glance that the lobby at the end of the spacious yard was bustling with people. Standing next to the gate was Hou Huang, who was guarding his nest in Qingzhou.

Hou Xiyi's pace slowed down, stopped in the center of the yard, staring at Hou Huang. Hou Huang naturally saw him at this time, and showed a smile that was even worse than crying at Hou Xiyi.

Hou Xiyi discovered that the officers standing beside Hou Huang were all carrying knives, but Hou Huang had bare hands and fists.

His heart thundered wildly. With a wave of his hand, the personal guards who came back with him immediately rushed in and filled the yard. The two rows of guards guarding the door outside the door had no intention of blocking them.

In the lobby, he walked slowly out, stood on the steps, and looked at Hou Xiyi with a smile.

It is Zhu Youzhen, the third prince of Daliang.

Hou Xiyi's eyelids twitched wildly, because behind Zhu Youzhen, Cao Bin was standing on one side, while on the other side was his old friend, old ally, Sun Tonglin.

"Your Highness, a broken house with rain and air on all sides, you want to take it away, so why bother to create these situations!" Hou Xiyi sneered.

"Hou Shuai, I really offended." Zhu Youzhen bowed, "Although the house is leaking everywhere, you don't cherish it or love it, it doesn't mean that others don't cherish it. If you want to leave, Youzhen dares not stop it. The road is facing the sky, you can go wherever you want, but the things in this room cannot be taken away. People here still have to live!"

Hou Xiyi was furious.

If he did not rely enough on his support, how could he live a good life in the second half of his life? Although he sent several ships of goods to Lingnan in the early stage, he was looking for Xiang Xun to buy a place to live. Even though the two had friendship, they still had to give anything they should give. Otherwise, if they went to Lingnan by themselves, they would be a refugee. What status would they have?

Now Zhu Youzhen actually wants to walk without hands. Isn’t this pushing people to the dead?

Thinking of the mountainous wealth in the treasury of Jiezhen, Hou Xiyi's muscles twitched in waves, and his hands involuntarily touched the hilt of the knife around his waist.

As he moved, hundreds of personal guards behind him also held the horizontal sword in his hand at the same time.

Hou Xiyi was used to being domineering in Pinglu, and the easiest way to solve problems was to sway it with one knife. Today, he subconsciously wanted to break it with one knife.

Zhu Youzhen laughed and clapped his hands. On the wall of the courtyard and on the roof, countless soldiers showed their bodies, and the crossbow in their hands aimed at Hou Xiyi's troops in the courtyard. There was a dense sound of footsteps behind the lobby, and rows of soldiers rushed out from behind, forming a neat military formation in front of Zhu Youzhen. On the street, the crisp sound of horse hooves was extremely pleasant, and they arrived at the gate in an instant.

"Hou Shuai, we are all decent people, why do we have to be so vicious? Can't we solve the problem without licking blood on the knife?" Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "You want to leave, so let's go."

"I want to take my things away." Hou Xiyi looked desperate. At this moment, he looked at Hou Huang's lowered head and knew that Qingzhou City had now fallen into Zhu Youzhen's hands. It was also true that with the help of Sun Tonglin, the old dog, Zhu Youzhen would not be difficult for him to control Qingzhou City.

"My family members in the mansion are now waiting for Hou Shuai to meet up outside the city gate." Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "My general Tian Guofeng will escort Hou Shuai to Jiaozhou all the way to board the ship and go to Lingnan."

"In addition to my family, there is also my property!" Hou Xiyi struggled desperately: "The Third Prince, otherwise we will part with each other and I will leave and return to Linzi. In Linzi, Hou still has tens of thousands of soldiers!"

"Hou Shuai, your family property is indeed rich, but it is all of them Pinglu's people's money. How could I allow you to take these things to live happily? The money is used for the people of Pinglu." Zhu Youzhen looked compassionate: "Of course, I will not let Hou Shuai leave with bare hands. Among the noble family members, I have given you 100,000 guan. This is already a huge sum of money. Hou Shuai is good at applying it in the future and spending the rest of his life. As for Linzi, haha, of course you can't go."

"Are you going to force me?" Hou Xiyi choked and pulled out the sword from his waist.

Zhu Youzhen sneered, glanced at the hundreds of personal soldiers in front of the lobby, and said lightly: "Your Shuai is going to escape to Lingnan to be a rich man. Are you going to follow him or stay with your family? If you stay, I, Zhu Youzhen, still have the same tolerance as others."

Hundreds of personal guards were silent. After a while, one of them suddenly threw the horizontal sword in his hand to the ground. With a jingle, he pushed down the domino. The sound of the horizontal sword falling to the ground was endless. Hundreds of personal guards, in a blink of an eye, only dozens of people were still holding the swords and surrounding Hou Xiyi.

"Shishuai, please!" Cao Bin took a few steps forward, holding the hilt of the knife in his hand, "Don't mistake yourself. Your family is waiting outside the city at this moment. "

Hou Xiyi stared at Zhu Youzhen hatefully for a while, "The most I have done in my life is to choose your Zhu family."
Chapter completed!