Volume 5 The Flame of the Burning Han Chapter 8 The Doom of the Prince
Just when the flesh and blood were flying in the forbidden palace and there was a sea of fire, the Xu Mansion, which was far away from half of the city, also showed a tense and busy scene.
The soldiers of the Bohai Navy, who had originally occupied a few blocks and were stationed, were slowly retreating into the Xu Mansion quietly and slowly with the help of the cover of changing guards and patrolling, and gradually shrinking their forces, so that in the dark night, even the scouts from all sides who were hiding from afar did not notice any abnormality.
In a hall in the Xu Mansion, a large hole was dug out, revealing the tunnel entrance of the black hole. Along the newly paved dirt slope, even the war horse can be smoothly pulled in. Inside and outside the hall, groups of soldiers were ready to go, silently waiting to enter the tunnel.
In the deep and remote tunnels, groups of soldiers were already quietly marching, everyone was strictly forbidden to speak, and even the hooves of the war horses were wrapped in thick cloths. On such a turbulent night, although the forces of all sides are overwhelmed, they will definitely raise their vigilance to the extreme, and if they are not careful, they may be discovered by the enemy army who have mastered the art of "urn listening".
Nanying Mu Ran sat outside the hall, even his eyes rarely turned, looking at his gloomy face, even the eagle generals did not dare to come forward to talk for no reason, until an officer hurriedly came and bowed to him.
"General!" The officer said with sweat on his face: "My subordinates have just returned from the exit of the tunnel outside the city, and the eight hundred most elite forward cavalry have just completed the formation and are guarding the exit. More than 1,700 Luoyang brothers' families followed, but ......"
He rubbed his hands, and said with some difficulty: "Their speed is really slow, resulting in only more than 500 of our Chinese troops entering the tunnel......
"Yes! So that's it, there are almost four thousand brothers waiting to enter? Nan Ying suddenly woke up from his contemplation, and he slowly stood up: "Remember, don't rush them, safety and order are the first priority, we still have plenty of time!" ”
"What's going on outside of the Xu Mansion?" He turned his head sideways and said to Cao Xing, "The intention of our army." They must not be aware of it! ”
"General rest assured!" Cao Xuan said confidently: "Within a radius of Xu Mansion, there are a total of thirty-seven spies from all sides, all of whom are within the strike range of our archers. As long as they show an anomaly that may detect the movement of our army, they will be eliminated immediately! ”
"Good!" Nan Ying nodded approvingly, he was about to speak, when he suddenly heard his footsteps hurrying, and a Tianyan warrior rushed over, presenting a roll of white silk with both hands: "General! Just received an urgent report from Bohai! ”
"What?" Nan Ying was startled, and stretched out his hand to take it: "It actually makes Tianyan fly at night?" This is a risky act that only a hundred thousand people take in a hurry...... Could it be that something big is happening in the Bohai Sea? ”
He hurriedly unfolded the scroll, but his eyes lit up. Overjoyed: "Jia Wenhe is Jia Wenhe, worthy of the name of a wise man...... Generals, in order to receive our safe evacuation, all sides of Bohai, Eagle's Nest, Taihang Mountain, Taishan and other parties have mobilized their entire armies to contain all the hostile forces on the periphery of the imperial capital! ”
"Good! In this way, our stress will be greatly reduced! He breathed a sigh of relief, and casually handed the white silk to an eagle general: "Immediately according to Mr. Wenhe's deployment, reformulate the most convenient and safe retreat route, in order to meet with the reinforcements as soon as possible!" ”
"Yes! Checkmate! Several eagle generals were also overjoyed. Evacuate the imperial capital with the help of tunnels that have been built many years ago. In fact, it was an easy task, but the difficulty was that with nearly 2,000 elderly and weak women and children and more than 3,000 infantry troops, the Bohai Navy lost its greatest mobile advantage. How to face the encirclement and interception of people from all sides outside the city. It has become an imminent event! Now that many reinforcements have come to meet them, they can not only effectively block the enemy's pursuit, but also inevitably bring a large number of chariots to accompany them, so as to transport the old and weak, women, children and infantry troops. Then the retreat to the Bohai Sea will be extremely easy.
"Where's the high wind?" Nan Ying looked around: "As the chief officer of the scout, you must fully solicit his opinion!" ”
"General!" An eagle general said: "Gao Feng is still tracking the movements of He Jin and Yuan Shao, so he must still be in Nangong at this time, right?" ”
"General Gao is back!" Suddenly, a fighter shouted.
"General. Something is wrong! Gao Feng rushed into the courtyard and shouted: "He Jin only led a few soldiers and horses into the palace, but he was immediately ambushed, and it is rumored that Zhang Rang was the main envoy...... Yuan Shuda opened the door and put in Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, and now the Nangong has been bleeding like a river, and there are thousands of corpses! ”
"What?" Everyone's complexion changed drastically.
"So where is Shi Hou?" Nan Ying didn't seem surprised by He Jin's death and the bloody case in the Forbidden Palace, and he hurriedly said, "Is he out of danger?" ”
"I don't know!" Gao Feng shook his head and said: "The last general secretly took down a eunuch who escaped from the forbidden palace and forced him to interrogate, according to him, the queen mother, Shi Hou and Dong Hou withdrew to the depths of the forbidden palace with the eunuchs...... However, inside and outside the forbidden palace, there are killing pokes everywhere, and the last general is no longer able to investigate deeply! ”
The generals were silent when they heard this, but Nan Ying was shocked and said, "Sure enough...... Is everything still on the trajectory of history? Then, Shi Hou will definitely be able to escape from the Forbidden Palace! ”
"Someone's coming!" He suddenly shouted: "Pick up five hundred cavalry and go with the general to save people!" ”
"General, how can you be in troubled water at this time?" An eagle general was shocked and said: "The city is full of rebel ......"
"Ben will need 500 volunteers!" Nan Ying said categorically: "If you can't return within the specified time, you don't need to wait...... Li Jin will lead the troops and horses and continue to complete the retreat plan! ”
"No!" The eagle generals exclaimed together.
In the South Palace, nearly 1,000 soldiers and horses surrounded the last main hall, with the horn of "woo", inside and outside the palace, a team of reinforcements is still coming one after another.
About 200 guards of the forbidden palace all retreated to the stairs, and under the cover of the column fence, they shot condescendingly with strong bows and crossbows, temporarily forming a confrontation with Yuan Shao's subordinates.
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu came side by side, and they could travel beyond the shooting range, and dozens of big shields had already protected them impenetrable.
Yuan Shao let out a contemptuous laugh, he pushed away the shield-wielding guard in front of him, and shouted proudly: "Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the Chinese military academy, is ordered to beg for thieves!" Whoever abandons the darkness and turns to the light will not be held accountable...... Those who are willing to be thieves will be crushed! ”
There was a commotion among the guards of the forbidden palace on the steps, and although no one turned against them, the rain of arrows gradually thinned out.
The door of the palace was opened, and a large group of eunuchs poured out. The person at the head is the younger brother of the general He Jin, the general He Miao.
He hissed, "Stop." Stop! ”
Most of the more than 1,000 soldiers outside the hall knew his identity, and they couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, how could the general's brother get mixed up with the eunuchs? Was it coercion?
"General Che Rider!" Yuan Shao said sharply: "The general has been killed, and the so-called national enemy and family hatred ...... How can you be listed in the camp of traitors? Don't come over yet! ”
"You misunderstood at the beginning, the general was definitely not ......killed by Zhang Rang" He Miao's sweat was oozing from his forehead, but there was suffering, did he want him to say in public that He Jin and Zhang Rang had already conspired for a long time?
He saw that the soldiers under the stairs were gradually becoming noisy, and said hoarsely: "Soldiers, the Son of Heaven is mourning, and the whole country is grieving...... But the kingdom shall not be left without an owner for a day. Ben Jiang has already followed the edict of the Son of Heaven with the Queen Mother and all the important ministers, and jointly established the prince as the new king! Tonight is over, and the soldiers can return to their respective camps and wait for the reward of the Son of Heaven! ”
"Zhang Rang ......" Yuan Shao suddenly saw Zhang Rang hiding behind He Miao, his eyes flashed with unforgettable hatred, and he shouted: "General Che Cai, Zhang Rang killed the general, hundreds of soldiers witnessed it with their own eyes, it can be described as ironclad evidence!" How can you recognize a thief as a friend? Put back the clock? Unless ......"
He said calmly: "You have betrayed the general at all and become a traitor!" ”
"Nonsense!" He Miaose changed: "How dare I turn my back on my brother?" That's not the case......"
"Shut up!" Yuan Shao roared angrily: "In front of the subordinates of countless generals, you have repeatedly protected Zhang Rang, and even stood up in front of them. Isn't this complicity with them? It must be that you forgot your righteousness for the sake of profit, and conspired with Zhang Rang to kill the general...... People like you who betray their masters and kill their brothers are simply not as good as pigs and dogs! ”
He drew his sword and pointed obliquely, looking around at thousands of soldiers: "All soldiers." He Miao is disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust, take him down with the traitors! ”
"Kill!" The Han army under the rank was already impatient to wait. Hearing this, he immediately attacked the stairs from all directions.
"Stop!" He Miao's face turned pale and roared: "Go back!" ”
Unfortunately, everything is irreparable! Half a day ago, maybe the soldiers might still be hesitating between Yuan Shao and He Miao, but here and now, all the soldiers are stained with blood, and their eyes have already turned red because of excessive killing, how can they still listen to He Miao's words?
The eunuchs also saw that they had changed miserably, and there was still a glimmer of hope, on the grounds of promoting a new monarch, to disintegrate the morale of Yuan Shao's subordinates, who would have expected that the army had already been killed, and after Yuan Shao's instigation, it could no longer be controlled.
"I hate it!" Zhang Rang let out a long sigh to the sky, he suddenly made up his mind, and screamed: "Everyone, escort the Queen Mother and the two princes out of the encirclement separately, and they must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the rebellious army!" ”
Zhang Feng jumped out without a sound, and with a punch blasted a Han soldier who had just stepped on the long steps and flew back.
"Fight!" In the midst of the flying figures, the Chinese and North Korean officials all went all out. Although the eunuchs are civilian, they also bear the responsibility of guarding the Son of Heaven on weekdays, almost all of them are equipped with martial arts, coupled with inhumanity, and they have developed their hard work and perseverance, and many people have even become martial arts idiots. In this critical situation of life and death, the attack was even more unreserved, and the Han army that rushed first was killed.
"Look for death!" Yuan Shao's eyes were murderous, he squeezed out two words from his mouth, turned around and shouted angrily: "Yan Liang, Wen Chou is the front, all the generals will follow me forward and kill all these geldings!" ”
The spear in Yan Liang's hand spread, vibrating thousands of spear shadows, almost every step forward, a eunuch splashed blood and fell to the ground, and Wen Chou's long arrows were beaded, and the arrows were not missing, and five or six people were shot down in a row, and even Zhao Zhong, the eunuch leader who was as famous as Zhang Rang, also died under his arrows, and the eunuchs were immediately in chaos.
"Kill the thief!" Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang and others took advantage of the situation to kill the jade rank.
"Split up!" The eunuchs roared and went out in several directions.
"Don't go, Zhang Rang!" In the shouting and killing, I only heard Yuan Shao shouting: "You must take back the Queen Mother and the two princes!" ”
"Where's Shi Hou?" The light and shadow were chaotic, the lights were flickering, Zhang Rang pointed and knocked down a Han general who killed him head-on, but by the light of the fire, he was surprised to see that the young man in his hand was not Shi Hou, but Dong Hou.
"Father! Don't care, let's go! Zhang Feng staggered to catch up from behind, and spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow". He and Yan Liangli fought together, and finally lost the enemy, if it weren't for his dead soldiers sacrificing their lives to drag Yan Liang, they would definitely die at his hands.
"Feng'er, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Rang held Zhang Feng with a handful.
"It's fine!" Zhang Feng listened to the approaching sound of killing in the rear, and said in a dumb voice: "Where are we going?" ”
"Father, why don't you go to Xu's Mansion!" He suddenly perked up and said: "There are still thousands of elite soldiers in the Hanyang Mansion, Hugh said that one Yuan Benchu is ten or eight, and he will never dare to hit the door!" ”
"Don't be delusional!" Zhang Rang let out a contrite sigh: "You and I abducted Shi Hou without Han Yang, but now even Shi Hou is gone...... Hugh said that if Han Yang can still forgive, even you and me, why should I go to see him again? ”
Zhang Feng was furious for a while, and he vomited blood again, and he gasped and hissed: "Father, you, you are the one who caused me to do such an unrighteous thing...... I don't have the shame to see Han Yang again! ”
"Feng'er don't say it, it's better to save your life first!" Zhang Rang glanced at Dong Hou, who was silent on his side, and said with a smile: "As long as Dong Hou is kept, we still have a chance to turn over!" ”
"Let's go!" He pulled Zhang Feng: "The gatekeeper Sima of the Xia Gate is his own person, let's highlight Luoyang first!" (To be continued......)