Chapter 342: Emperor Xian's Eastward Movement (1)

What was once a magnificent city is now in ruins. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The road that used to be paved with bluestone has also become bumpy and difficult to navigate. On the streets of Chang'an City, the convoy moved slowly forward like a long dragon, the wheels passing on the broken bluestone slabs, and every bump made the vehicles full of things squeak in pain.

A torch was often tied to the carriage, and the bright flames lit up the surroundings. Even though the light could only reach a very long distance in the dark streets, it was difficult for people to move forward through this light.

Every now and then, someone will pop up from the corner of the street and join in. Some of them join the team directly, while others follow closely to the back of the group. The sergeants who were escorting the convoy did not stop them, perhaps because they were afraid of making a noise, or perhaps because they were not in the mood to do so, and only stepped in to stop them when there was a murmur in the group that they did not recognize. If it is a child who makes the noise, the parents will even be asked to cover the child's mouth directly.

These men were obedient to orders, most of them dressed as commoners, and some dressed in fine costumes. However, on this occasion, these people are no longer divided into distinct classes as in the past, but silently follow the procession to the outside of the city.

For them, the disputes of the past are long gone, and now the most important thing is nothing else, just to survive...

These people who came out of nowhere were all rushed to get the news. Now Chang'an is a cannibalistic world, almost all supplies are in short supply, a large number of refugees gather in the city, just to seek a way to survive, some simply live near the palace, thinking that one day they may be able to get some food. It's a pity that even Liu Xie himself is too busy to take care of himself, where is the spare energy to take care of these people?

And because the trade routes were basically interrupted, neither the princes nor the merchants could come. Even the ministers have to go hungry, let alone the common people? β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” fact, the so-called princes' worship is not at all, as early as the very beginning, Liu Yan of Yizhou has broken off the worship of Luoyang, and the ministers in the court have no way to do it, and then the majesty of the Han family is getting lower and lower, and the Son of Heaven is also in the hands of the rebellious ministers, but the princes everywhere are in the midst of war, not to mention that the loyalty to the Han family has long been not much, even if there is, it can't be sent.

Liu Xie has not thought of a way, and even organized several disaster reliefs, but the results were not very good. By now, people in Chang'an City will be starved to death every moment. Now that even the Son of Heaven himself has run away, how can anyone still want to stay here?

By the time Liu Xie and the others arrived at the Chang'an City Gate, the procession had turned into a long line, and almost the entire street was filled with fleeing people.

At the location of the city gate, Yang Feng was originally waiting for the Son of Heaven, but now looking at the huge flow of refugees in front of him, his face suddenly became ugly. Xu Rong and Fan Chou beside him glanced at each other, and they didn't know what to say.

"Why are there so many people? It looks like the whole city is coming up..."

Holding the wall buttress with his palm, he glanced down at the light of the torch, and Xu Rong hesitated. "It seems that this is the case, the number of people below is roughly counted, if not all, half of the city must be there..."

Fan Chou glanced down and affirmed Xu Rong's judgment.

With the approval of the two, Yang Feng was not only happy, but became even more annoyed.

"With so many people, what should I do if I am chased by Li Dao and Guo Yan? How could the Son of Heaven and those ministers be so ignorant? ”

"What's the solution?" Straightening the helmet on the top of his head with his hand, Xu Rong was also a little helpless. "Knowing that the Son of Heaven was leaving, almost all the people in the city ran out with him, fortunately, almost all the soldiers and horses stationed in the city are ours now, and the remaining soldiers and horses of Li Dao and Guo Yan have either been solved or controlled, otherwise I am afraid that now I am afraid that the two guys have found out that something is wrong..."

"But with such a large number of people, how can we go fast? You must know that now Li Dao and Guo Yan are not far from Chang'an, if they find out, I am afraid it will not be long before they catch up, what should we do at that time, do we rely on this little soldier and horse in our hands to resist? ”

Originally, there were already a lot of people in the team of the Son of Heaven, but because there were more cars, and the preparation was more proper, the speed was slower, at least the speed was still there. And Chang'an is not very far from Luoyang, Chang'an and Luoyang have always been the ruling center of the Han Dynasty, the road is very well built, not like going to other places, rugged and difficult.

Although due to a series of changes in recent years, coupled with the blockade of the road, the road between Luoyang and Chang'an has not been repaired for a long time. Many of the roads are even overgrown with weeds, but it's still okay for them to pass, which can also keep the team at a relatively fast speed, and the escape will be much smoother, but now...

Looking at the figures below, there are even occasional baby cries or two...

Hehe, that's a lot of fun...

At least in Yang Feng's opinion, it is almost whimsical for such a team to escape the pursuit of Li Dao and Guo Yan...

Xu Rong also knew why Yang Feng complained so much, and from the bottom of his heart, he still agreed with Yang Feng's words, after all, they were fleeing this time, what kind of thing did you say that fleeing with so many people was fleeing? But on the other hand, from an intellectual point of view, this is also a matter of course.

With the current situation in Chang'an City, even the Son of Heaven has run away, can these people still have a way to survive if they stay?

And in order to maintain the worship of the Son of Heaven, Li Dao and they recruited many people from the city to serve as maids in the palace. These maids also have families in the city. Now that the Son of Heaven is going to run away, he will definitely let the people below prepare first, and these people are inextricably linked to the local area, how can it be possible to expect them not to notify their families?

And these people have countless connections in the local area, basically as long as one family knows, the others are equivalent to all know...

Also, it's impossible to count on hundreds of people, and all of them women, to keep secrets...

"So what do you say? Can we still send troops to kill them all? In that case, no one even needs to inform them, Li Dao and Guo Yan are afraid that they will know about the changes in Chang'an City..."

Xu Rong is right, after all, there are so many people now, whether it is dispersed or killed, the movement is definitely not small. Especially if you kill people, if you don't do a good job, the whole city will make a fire, although now Li Dao and Guo Yan are located outside the city, and there is still some distance from Chang'an, but if it really gets to that point, the entire Chang'an City will become like a torch, attracting all the attention of the surroundings.

"Then take these tens of thousands of people and go directly?"

"Of course, it can't be like this, otherwise I am afraid that ten days may not be able to walk out of a day's distance..."Saying this, Xu Rong also fell into a dilemma.

According to Yang Feng's method, it is obviously not possible to drive these people away or kill them directly, first, the movement is too loud, and it is almost impossible to avoid attracting the attention of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and second, it is time-consuming.

Whether it was Yang Feng, Xu Rong or Fan Chou, they didn't expect to be able to hide it for a long time, at least in their plan, as long as they could hide it until late tomorrow night, it would already be considered a success. At that time, they arranged layers of soldiers and horses, and it was no problem to persist in Luoyang.

According to Jia Xu, now the princes of Kwantung are sending troops over, and in addition, even the Hu people are also involved. With these strengths, it is not too much of a problem to resist Li Dao and Guo Yan's pursuers...

But if it's really going to drive or kill, then at least tonight will be in vain...

For Yang Feng and them, not to mention a night, even a quarter of an hour of time is very precious and cannot be wasted. Thinking of this, several people became extremely headaches, and they didn't know what to do.

They are very trying to figure out what solution to it, the problem is that they are all relatively pure martial artists, if they let them lead the troops to fight or something, I'm afraid there is no problem, at least there is no big problem, but let them think of some strategies? I'm sorry, they don't have such a high IQ, otherwise they wouldn't have been scared that after Dong Zhuo was killed, they all wanted to flee back to Xiliang, and they would be satisfied to be a rich man.

Fortunately, in this city, there are still people who can come up with a solution, such as...

Jia Xu...

Looking at the flow of people in front of them, whether it was Yang Biao or Zhong Xuan and others, they were all anxious. Yang Feng could think of things that they could think of, how could these two people who were the same spirit not think of it? But they don't have a solution, kill them all? What about tens of thousands of people, how big should the movement be if they are killed? Although the dispersal is smaller, it is impossible not to attract the attention of Li Dao and Guo Yan outside the city...

Not to mention the chaos of tens of thousands of people, wouldn't the road congestion be as serious as other problems? It can be said that these tens of thousands of people are like a hot potato now, and it is too difficult to solve.

Just when the two of them were in a hurry, they saw Jia Xu walking towards the two from a distance.

"Why are you so anxious?"

Seeing Jia Xu coming, the two of them immediately became happy, although the two of them are definitely not stupid people, but in the face of Jia Xu in this regard, it is difficult not to feel ashamed. On the other hand, Jia Xu is resourceful, and both of them trust his resourcefulness in this regard.

And after learning about the difficulties of the two, Jia Xu couldn't help but chuckle. "Isn't it a great thing that I am so difficult to be, to become what I am now?"

"A good thing? Now that there are so many refugees, even blocking the road, how can Wen He say that it is a good thing..."Yang Biao frowned slightly, and said something incomprehensible.

After all, no matter how you look at it, what is happening in front of you is definitely not a good thing, is it?

It's Zhong Xuan...

After muttering for a while, it seemed that he had thought of something, and his face became a little ugly by the way...

"Is it hard to be unwritten and you want to?"

Glancing at Zhong Xuan with some approval, Jia Xu chuckled. "After such a person is broken, won't the Son of Heaven be worry-free?"

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Maybe in the eyes of Yang Biao and Zhong Xuan, these people in front of them are all troublesome, but in Jia Xu's opinion, the appearance of these people is the best thing.

Yes, these people can indeed slow down the march, but on the other hand, they can also slow down the progress of the pursuers?

Tens of thousands of refugees blocked the entire road, even if Xiliang's pursuers could kill them, it would take at least a day to pass through the human wall formed by the refugees, right?

Don't look at this is just a day's time, it doesn't take much time to get from Luoyang to Chang'an, many times not to mention a day, even half a day is enough to change many things. What's more, in addition to these refugees, there are also soldiers and horses from Yang Feng, Xu Rong and others, which can completely ensure that the Son of Heaven can reach Luoyang as quickly as possible...

After listening to Jia Xu's idea, the two instantly became quiet, and they were also quietly thinking about Jia Xu's idea in their hearts. Using refugees as a human wall is undoubtedly a very vicious ploy, but the effect...

Looking at the two people who were still groaning, Jia Xu shook his head...

Maybe it's because these people in front of him are too pursuing the so-called morality and honor, so he can't mix with these people, but for Jia Xu, these are not important, anyway, what he is seeking is survival. As long as he can survive, even if he betrays the Han family that he has always been loyal to...

What's more, everything he did this time was for the continuation of the Han family, so that sacrificing those refugees who followed him would be even more unhindered.

"If you can ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven, even some sacrifices are normal, but with so many refugees, how can they be willingly cut off for the Son of Heaven?" In the end, Yang Biao was more ruthless, not only to ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven, but also to ensure their safety.

"Rest assured, the Son of Heaven is a convoy, although the speed is slow, but it is long-lasting, on the other hand, the refugees are walking on foot, dragging their families with their mouths, the speed is not fast, and they cannot hold on for too long. It may not be a big problem at first, but after a long time, it won't be a big problem..."

Obviously, Jia Xu didn't think this was a problem. His words can be regarded as dispelling everyone's last concern.

Seeing that everyone accepted his proposal, Jia Xu smiled and bowed to everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Jia Xu is here to resign, and I wish you and the Son of Heaven a smooth arrival in Chang'an..."

It was only at this time that everyone realized that Jia Xu's outfit did not seem to be planning to travel a long distance, but to stay, and they immediately understood that the person in front of them did not intend to leave with them.

"What, Wenhe, aren't you going to leave with us!"

Somewhat surprised, Yang Biao couldn't help but ask.

Originally, he thought that after giving them advice, Jia Xu would leave with them, but who would have thought that Jia Xu didn't plan to leave now? Zhong Xuan next to him was also a little surprised.

Compared to the two of them, the expressions on the faces of the others were even more complicated, and some even showed suspicious expressions on their faces.

Now, it is no secret that Jia Xu proposed to kill Wang Yun and get everyone to such a point. Thinking about how miserable everyone is now, it is absolutely impossible to say that there is no resentment, just because they all still need Jia Xu's wisdom, so it is difficult to say anything. But now that Jia Xu said that he didn't plan to leave, people couldn't help but suspect that this was actually a few tricks that Jia Xu had communicated with Li Dao, the purpose of which was to set up a complete set, and wanted to wipe out these people and the surrounding forces who were still loyal to the Han family.

At least in the eyes of these people, this is definitely not impossible, after all, everyone knows that Jia Xu and Li Dao have a very close relationship. Whether it is Li Dao or Guo Yan and others, they all respect Jia Xu.

Jia Xu was not unaware of all this that was happening in front of him, but he just smiled slightly and did not make a sound. Yang Biao and Zhong Xuan, who were on the opposite side, knew very well that Jia Xu was not this kind of person, and saw that he really did not plan to leave or force it, but just nodded. "Okay, since you don't want to leave with us, it's inconvenient for us to force it, but if we leave, what should you do if Li Dao and Guo Yan pursue it?"

"This adult, please rest assured, Jia Xu has his own way..."Jia Xu arched his hand and said without worry.

Since Jia Xu was unwilling to leave with him, Yang Biao and they couldn't force him, so they could only shake their heads and leave. Jia Xu was left alone to watch the team leave, and then turned to leave.

The reason why Jia Xu didn't leave with him was actually because he had his own considerations. That's right, it's really a good choice to leave, and now Chang'an's chaos is manifesting, staying is definitely not a good choice, but leaving may not be good...

You must know that now the Son of Heaven and the ministers will become so miserable, and the culprits are definitely Li Dao and Guo Yan, but he Jia Xu is strictly calculated, and he is also an accomplice...

Now the ministers and the Son of Heaven have a place where they can use him, and they are more polite and even attach importance to him, but what about leaving Chang'an and arriving in a safe place?

As the environment becomes safer, the majesty of the Son of Heaven will gradually be restored, and he will not be a child who needs to be protected like he is now. At that time, the Son of Heaven must remember the humiliation he had suffered, especially since Jia Xu was still around, and every time he met, he would probably make the Son of Heaven remember.

It may not be much at first, but after a long time, I'm afraid the Son of Heaven will be murderous...

What should Jia Xu do at that time? Who will speak for him?

It's better to stay in Chang'an like this, anyway, in the face of the criticism of Li Dao and Guo Yan, he always has a way to deal with the past. If you continue to stay here, it will undoubtedly become a little safer.

And being able to let the Son of Heaven leave safely is also a pity for him...

"Minister, send your majesty..."

Facing the direction in which Liu Xie and the others left, Jia Xu bowed down and saluted from afar...