The northern land is a thousand miles of red wilderness, with large expanses of cracked land and all the grass and trees withered.

The army of the Zinu people is coming, and cities have been occupied by the Zinu people. If they don't want to become slaves of the Zinu people, they must escape from this place as soon as possible. Life is unbearable, and the people of the northern land ignore the imperial court's order not to relocate, and take their families and leave their homes.

"Mom, I'm hungry..."

The skinny child holding his stomach was crying out for hunger. Mom, who was holding the child, could only hold back her tears and coax the child. She took out a bamboo tube and fed the child a mouthful of water, "Child, bear with it a little longer, we will have food soon." She could only give the child water to relieve his hunger, because even water was becoming increasingly difficult to find.

The dark-skinned man wiped his face fiercely when he saw his wife and child, and urged them to hurry up in a low voice, otherwise it would be dangerous to fall behind.

At the beginning, there were only a few people on the road, but more and more people came later, and they walked together in groups. People kept dying along the way, some died of illness, some died of hunger, and some died of other things. The road was full of dangers, and one could lose one's life on the road if one was not careful.

The world is so big, and they don't know where to go, where to get a bite of food, and not starve to death.

The merchants who went to the north to do business ran fast and escaped. They were lucky not to die under Zinu's knife. Money is a small matter, life is important, so they threw away the goods and ran away with their people.

The merchants' return also brought news from the north, which was not good news. People from all over the country began to know some of the news. Life in the town was still as peaceful as usual. Small places were not so well-informed, and news from outside could not reach here. But I think it will not be long before people here will know that the army of Zinu is coming.

"I just wanted to send someone to find you, but you are here." Cao Xiangnan went to Yipinzhai, and when Manager Fang saw someone, he pulled him in. Manager Fang just wanted to ask the servant to find the boy, and he came, saving him from having to ask someone to call.

Many wine shops in the town were not doing well, but Yipinzhai's business was about the same as usual. Rich people had plenty of money, and poor people would not eat at Yipinzhai.

The two went upstairs together. Cao Xiangnan saw the look on Fang's face and knew that he had something to tell him.

The waiter came in and poured tea and went out, closing the door.

Fang lowered his voice and told Cao Xiangnan the news from Nanyang. He took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Cao Xiangnan, and said, "This is a letter from Fang to you." I think the letter was also about the war in the court.

"Are they going to attack us?" Cao Xiangnan was stunned when he heard that Zinu had captured several cities. He couldn't believe it. He had just heard that the imperial court and Zinu had been fighting. They had lost several cities so quickly, allowing Zinu's army to march straight in.

Zinu had stayed outside the Great Wall for so many years, but he didn't expect that he would be unstoppable this time. In the battle of Zhenmen Pass, Li Lao's family army also died on the battlefield. Now that Li's family army is gone, Zinu was able to enter the Great Wall and attack all the way.

All they knew here was the news from outside, but this was absolutely correct.

"That's right. If Zinu goes up, he will go to Fengdu. If he goes down south, he will go to Nanyang City." Nanyang is a traffic barrier between the north and the south. Maybe Zinu's army will turn around and go to Nanyang. It's not safe for them to stay here near the north. Manager Fang told Cao Xiangnan what he was thinking. "Xiangnan, you have a good idea of ​​how to arrange your family. Make arrangements early." He said.

Don't wait until something really happens, it will be too late.

"Yes, I know." Cao Xiangnan nodded. He understood in his heart.

He was just afraid that something really happened, so he made arrangements carefully and logically when he came back from Nanyang last time. However, if a disaster really came to them, the little effort he made would be vulnerable in the face of the disaster, so now the best thing for him is to pray that the imperial army can resist the army of Zinu and not let the army of Zinu attack all the way.

No matter where the era is, war is extremely cruel, and there will be death in war.

I don't know what the situation of Cao Gang and Wang Dahu is. They went to the front line of the war. Now the imperial army is losing ground and so many people have died. In his heart, he doesn't want his friends there. He is still waiting for them to come back and have a drink and a meal together. Suddenly hearing such a news, Cao Xiangnan was also very worried.

"There have been floods in many places in the south, and the south is not at peace now. I thought it would be best for us to go to the south at this time and come back after the war is over." At this point, Manager Fang sighed.

It is not safe to escape to the south at this time. Who knows what the situation will be there.

The two sat together and talked for a while, and Cao Xiangnan left from Yipinzhai.

It had not rained for a long time that day. The sun was shining outside every day. The weather was hot and dry. People who went out in the sun would peel off a layer of skin. There were not many pedestrians on the road, and there were fewer stalls. On the way back, he also found some subtle changes in the town, which were not good.

In modern times, even if it doesn't rain for a year or two, there is nothing to worry about. There are reservoirs everywhere to store water, and tap water is used in cities. Even if the tap water is cut off, people can go out and buy some water for emergency use. Unlike in this era, once it doesn't rain, there is really no water. No water means that the crops in the fields can't survive, and people have no food to eat. In any era, no water and food means death, and death will force people to do many things. In the face of survival, the fittest survive, and everything will become extremely cruel.

He hopes that this town can always be so peaceful. Even if people have a hard time temporarily because of the harsh policies of the court, it is always easier than facing the swords of the enemy. Once that time comes, there will really be not many people who can survive.

The current situation in the north is not optimistic. Even if we don't guard against the Zinu army, we must guard against bandits and refugees coming down the road. When people are hungry, in order to survive, they can only snatch food from other people's mouths, and then they will do anything.

At this time, Cao Xiangnan was extremely glad that the outer wall of Caojia Village would be built soon. Only the tunnel below had not been dug through. He had to rush into the village to tell Li Zheng and the village chief the news.

"Daddy."

"Hey, baby."

The children at home were very enthusiastic when they saw their father coming back. Cao Xiangnan hugged the little baby who was running over with his short legs and saw the smile on the child's face. His baby was still so innocent and didn't understand anything yet. He felt a little heavy in his heart.

Qi Wanfeng noticed that her husband's face looked a little strange, so she asked, "Husband, did something happen outside?"

Cao Ruile, who was abandoned by Xiao Baoer, was still sitting among a pile of toys. When he saw his father coming back, he looked up.

That heartless little boy had abandoned him and ran to hug his father's thigh, forgetting that he had just cried and asked his elder brother to play with him. Thinking of this, Cao Ruile felt jealous of his father.

"Well, there is something." Cao Xiangnan put down the little guy in his arms and let him go to play with his elder brother.

He also read the letter from Nanyang, and what was said in the letter was similar to what he knew from Manager Zhao.

Cao Xiangnan told Wanfeng what was in the letter. He did not intend to hide it from Qi Wanfeng. Everyone needed to know what was going on at this time. He also asked Fang Zhanggui to contact Cao Gang and the others. "I don't know what's going on there. Cao Gang and Wang Dahu are hard to find and we can't contact them."

None of them wanted to believe that anything would really happen to the people on the battlefield. It was just that going to the battlefield meant a life-or-death situation. Those who could come back alive were lucky. They all hoped that everyone who went there could come back alive.

This war had just begun, and the army of Zinu was coming fiercely. The army of Dafeng was beaten back step by step. If the country was really lost, the people would be the ones who would suffer. We don't know what will happen next. If the army of Zinu really attacks, the people of Dayong will have nowhere to go.

"Alas, how could this happen? Husband, what should we do?" Qi Wanfeng thought of the people going to the north when he heard this. If Sun Bailian knew about this, we don't know what would happen. I'm afraid this matter can't be kept secret for long. "

There's nothing we can do about it now. Don't worry. We have to believe that Brother Cao Gang and Da Hu are probably fine. I'll ask Manager Fang to send someone to continue to contact them and see if we can contact Brother Cao Gang and Da Hu on the ground." Cao Xiangnan's words were mostly comforting. Everyone in their hearts couldn't help but worry.

In the current situation, it is not easy to find someone. Now everyone wants to escape from the North, and get as far away from the army of Naznu as possible. Who would go to the North at this time? But there will always be someone going there. Cao Xiangnan knows that Manager Fang has his own way.

"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng replied. It can only be done this way for now.

The two discussed this matter. The grain in the fields will soon be harvested. When the grain is harvested, they will move back to the village. They will see what the situation is at that time. If anything happens in the village, they can make arrangements.

The children in the family go to the academy to study every day, and they also have to let an adult take the children there to lest something happens on the way.

The best thing is that the imperial court can drive Zinuo away, which is the wish of all of them