The chariots, the horses, and the pedestrians, bows and arrows, are all at the waist.

The chariot of the Son of Heaven fleeing eastward, under the guard of the courtiers and generals, hurriedly marched along the south bank of Weishui, and from time to time there were slaves and maids who did not have mounts to travel left behind, and servants and horses with poor physical strength died on the road, or damaged chariots and chariots were abandoned on the road······

The road is full of well-dressed and powerful people running in a hurry, and there are women, children, old and weak wailing along the way.

Liu Xie, who was sitting in Jin Gen's car, listened to the crying of women and children abandoned on the road, and shrank into a ball in pain.

Although he didn't have to drive on foot, Liu Xie also suffered from the bumps in the trek, of course, the most painful thing for the young man was to see the Han family Sheji, which could be revitalized, once again fall into a precarious situation.

Three days ago, the news of the fiasco of Yang Ding and Dong Cheng's army reached Chang'an City, which immediately caused panic throughout the city.

The people in the city fled in panic, the treacherous people took the opportunity to make trouble, the army was ready to move, the ministers and courtiers were tired of coping, and the entire Chang'an City had fallen into chaos.

In order to cover up the mistakes of the unauthorized army, Yang and Dong, who escaped with their lives and gathered a small number of defeated soldiers, were even more sensational, exaggerating the number and combat strength of Li Dao's army, making all the officials of the Son of Heaven panic and helpless.

The west side of Chang'an City, which had lost the Fengshui defense line, had been opened, and the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials were desperate to find that it would not take half a day to take advantage of the victory to pursue the advance of Li Dao's army, and they would be able to come to the city and besiege Chang'an City again.

And Song Guo and Fu Wan's 20,000 new pawns were only brought back by Fu Wan, and the other 10,000 soldiers were commanded by Song Guo, and they were still purging the remnants of Zuo Fengyi's rebels.

Chang'an City, how to deploy defenses, can it block the attack of Li Wei's army?

These two issues have become the focus of civil and military controversy among the monarchs and ministers in the court.

Only a few courtiers proposed to defend Chang'an City and wait for the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin, who had not heard from him for a long time, to come to their aid, and most of the remaining courtiers advocated abandoning Chang'an City and fleeing to Zuo Fengyi, avoiding the victorious and sharp troops of Li Wei's army.

Of course, for the sake of the Son of Heaven, the courtiers cannot be called fleeing, but can only be called hunting.

Among them, Yang Ding and Dong Chengli, who were the generals of the DPRK and China, were the main sons of heaven to hunt.

As the generals of the defeated army, Yang and Dong were able to escape back from the battlefield, which was already a blessing to the sky, panicked and frightened, and no longer had the intention of defending Chang'an for the Son of Heaven, only hoping to escape to Zuo Fengyi and save his life.

Liu Xie had no choice but to accept the opinions of most of the courtiers and agreed to leave Jingdong Hunting.

Although it is a fugitive, after all, it is the Zhengshuo Dynasty in the past two hundred years, and the Chang'an court needs to carry thousands of imperial treasures, Fu Xindian, and books, plus the weapons and baggage of the army, as well as the officials, people, slaves and maids who follow the Son of Heaven to hunt in the east, the east hunting team has evolved into a mighty tide of chariots and horses.

In order to prevent the pursuit of Li Dao's army, the courtiers also proposed to send envoys to Li Dao's army to negotiate peace with Li Dao, and on the other hand, urgently summoned Song Guo and Zhang Xiu to lead the army back to the division to escort them.

Liu Xie also followed the advice and issued an edict one by one.

Li Wei, who only won the danger and returned to Chang'an, was not confused by the Son of Heaven's envoy to negotiate peace, and after resting the ranks of the army, he continued to march eastward to pursue the Son of Heaven's chariot.

In Li Wei's view, in the current situation, he has been accused of being a chaotic minister and thief, and his strength is not as good as before, how can he leave with the hidden danger of the young son of heaven.

Even if the Son of Heaven was willing to negotiate peace at this time and continue to crown himself as the Great Sima, but after the Son of Heaven, who could not guarantee that he had escaped, settled down, he hated the old feud and issued an edict to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Ma Teng, Yan Xing and others to suppress himself.

Therefore, even if Liu Xie dies, it is better than escaping.

Soon, Li Dao, who continued to march eastward, had a battle with Song Guo, Zhang Xiu and other generals, during which although Zhang Xiu relied on his own martial arts and bravery, he took the lead and led the army to repel the vanguard pursued by Li Dao's army, but he could not withstand the large number of people in Li Dao's army, and the generals had to escort the Son of Heaven to continue to hunt in the east.

Zuo Fengyi couldn't hold on, so he could only flee eastward.

So, in this way, step by step it evolved into today's scene of "Hou Feihou, Wang Feiwang, thousands of horses running to Weinan".

Liu Xie, who was huddled in the car, remembered in his mind that when he left Chang'an City, the palace attendants supported his pale face outside the gate of the city to thank the city, and when he fled on Zuo Fengyi's official road, the palace women who were abandoned on both sides of the road cried blood and cried sadly, and shouted, "Your Majesty wants to abandon me, which is equal to Yeye?" ”

What's even more terrifying is that when the road is muddy and difficult to walk, Yang Ding and Dong Cheng ordered the sergeants to drive the people of Qianshou to carry firewood and grass to pave the road in front. But the road has not yet been paved, and the rear team rumors that Li Wei's army has arrived, and under the panic of the people, everyone does not distinguish the authenticity from the false, and rushes to crowd forward and hurry up to escape.

So the pedestrians pushed and trampled on each other, and the car and riding team ran over directly from the people of Qianshou who paved the road, at that time, Liu Xie, who was bumping and falling on the car of the Son of Heaven, in addition to hearing the noisy and chaotic sound of people and horses, also faintly heard the sound of squeaking.

Afterwards, Liu Xie, who had regained his stability from the chaos, learned from the mouths of the attendants beside him that the sound of squeaking was the sound of heavy wheels running over the fallen Qianshou, and the bones of Qianshou were broken and shattered.

Liu Xie, who learned all this, hid his face and wept, and he couldn't eat a bite of food that day.

Han Tianzi, known as the lord of all peoples, in order to escape for his life, had already run over the people of Qianshou in a car.

This is a test of life and death for the young son of heaven who is obsessed with inheriting orthodoxy and faintly taking the Zhongxing Han family as his own responsibility.

"Could it be that the virtue of Hind has declined, the mandate of heaven has changed, and I will no longer be the lord of you!"

A heartfelt torture for no reason hit the depths of Liu Xie's soul and made him speechless. He did not dare to put this fatal question into his mouth, but this thing that was an inner torture to him was bitterly entangled in his mind, and he had a splitting headache, and he could not rest for a moment.

Suddenly, there was another turmoil outside the car, and Liu Xie, who was huddled in a ball to relieve the pain, heard the sound of pedestrians running and shouting and horses neighing on the road outside.

Liu Xie was led forward by the huge inertia of leaning forward and crashed into the corner inside the car, but he didn't dare to cry out in pain, but struggled nervously to straighten up his still slightly immature body, and listened vigilantly to the movement outside the car.

Could it be that Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu rebelled?

This is a rumor that Liu Xie has heard from some courtiers recently.

The chariot of the Son of Heaven and the East Hunt rushed eastward to the territory of Hongnong, seeking the protection of the Pingdong general Duan Xuan, although he could resist the pursuit of Li Wei's army by virtue of the danger of Tongguan, but he also placed everyone's lives on the side of Duan Xuan's sword.

It doesn't matter if the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials can do it, because although Duan Xuan did not send troops to rescue Chang'an in time, what he has always done to the outside world is the image of a loyal minister.

In the face of the Son of Heaven who has come to this point, Duan Xuan will only be respectful and respectful, and will never be humiliated. Even if you take 10,000 steps back, the Son of Heaven court official was insulted by Duan Xuan, but it is better to be humiliated alive than to stay in Zuo Fengyi and be humiliated and killed by Li Wei's rebellious army.

But Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu are different, when Yang Ding was in Dong Ying, he had a holiday with Duan Xuan, and Zhang Xiu and Duan Xuan had a deep hatred, if it weren't for Duan Xiu sending troops to attack Shaanxi County, how could he Zhang Xiu fall to this point today.

It can be said that Duan Xuan is listed by Zhang Xiu as the second biggest enemy after Yan Xing in Hedong.

Therefore, unlike the courtiers of the Son of Heaven, and unlike Dong Cheng and Song Guo, Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu fiercely opposed and fled east to Hongnong.

But if you don't go to Hongnong, where can you go?

To the east of Guanzhong, the nearest ones are Hedong County and Hongnong County. Is it possible that the dignified son of the Han family fled to the land of Shangjun to seek the protection of the seed of Qianghu Yidi?

Under Li Dao's aggressive soldiers, the courtiers of the Son of Heaven and the generals of Xiliang had no choice but to flee east. Even Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu, who fiercely opposed going to Hongnong, also had disagreements between the two.

Yang Ding was against going to Hongnong, but he did not object to going to Hedong, in his opinion, controlling the Son of Heaven in his hands was like an excellent pretense, bringing it there, it could arouse the ideas of others, and then take the opportunity to bargain with others.

It would be great if he could use the identity of the Son of Heaven to lead the soldiers and horses of Hedong who had defeated Guo Yan's army to march westward, and then use Yan Xing's troops to recover the lost territory in Guanzhong, so that they could regain a foothold and be able to breathe.

And Zhang Xiu is resolutely opposed to going to Hongnong and Hedong. In his opinion, it is much better to stick to Zuo Fengyi and wait for Ma Teng, Han Sui, Wei Duan, and Handan Shang reinforcements to be heard from in the west than to go to Duan Xuan and Yan Xing.

Of course, the Son of Heaven, the hundred officials, and the generals in the army have even abandoned the towering Chang'an, how can they still defend Zuo Fengyi, Zhang Xiu, who has no support, has no choice but to follow everyone's chariot and ride all the way to the east.

It's just that along the way, rumors began to spread that Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu wanted to hijack the Son of Heaven and drive back to Zuo Fengyi, and even surrendered to Li Dao.

Everyone was worried, and they were on guard against the movements of Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu, but fortunately, there were still close ministers who could see the situation clearly by the side of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Ai and Yang Qi have explained to Liu Xie more than once the importance of uniting the generals in the army and working together to resist Li Dao's pursuers.

Therefore, Liu Xie did not listen to the radical strategies put forward by some ministers, such as "obeying power in a hurry", "preferring to kill mistakes rather than letting go", and "striking first is stronger".

It's just that people's words are terrifying, and the three of them become tigers, and this thorn still remains in the heart of the young emperor.

Now, the eastbound convoy suddenly appeared chaotic and noisy, and this thorn reappeared in Liu Xie's heart.

Notes:

"Han Guanyi": The Son of Heaven drove the law, and the Jingen car he rode drove the six dragons to control the world.

"Later Han Dynasty": "There is a gap between simmering and Yang Ding, simmering to welcome the public opinion, not daring to get off the horse, and shaking the horse." "Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future