Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell
Jiang Feng got the talisman and immediately returned to the Bingzhou military camp to transfer troops, and took Gao Shun, Dian Wei, Wei Xu, Cao Xing, and Cheng Lian to allocate 5,000 soldiers to prepare for departure. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Zhang Liao, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Hao Meng stayed behind with the remaining 3,000 men and horses to guard the military camp of the Bingzhou Army. The mighty men and horses entered Luoyang City from the east gate, and then went out from the west gate to Hedong County.
At the same time, Lu Erhu pulled a cart of swill and came to the gate of Yong'an Palace. People who pull swill are often dressed in soap clothes and have a sackcloth wrapped around their heads, which can slightly isolate the smell. Therefore, the guards couldn't see Lu Erhu's appearance clearly.
"Master Jun, open the door." Lu Erhu said in a low voice.
Sure enough, as Xun You expected, the guards guarding the door smelled the stench of swill and hid away one by one. Hurriedly opened the door and said: "Hurry up, it stinks to death." ”
smoothly entered the gate of Yong'an Palace and met the Queen Mother and the Young Emperor.
Lu Erhu stepped forward to pay a visit, but he also startled the Queen Mother, and quickly explained: "Don't panic, the Queen Mother, I was sent by General Lu to save the Queen Mother and the Young Emperor." This matter is urgent, otherwise the young emperor may be poisoned by Dong Zhuo. ”
Empress Dowager He said: "This palace is strictly forbidden, how can you get out?" ”
Lu Erhu opened the lid of the swill bucket and took out a lot of fire-starting things from it, as well as the clothes that the Empress Dowager He and the three of them had changed.
This is a swill bucket specially ordered by Jiang Feng. The inside of the large bucket is covered with a small bucket, which looks like a bucket of swill from the outside, but it can hold just three people inside.
"Please ask the Queen Mother, the Young Emperor, and the Tang Concubine to be wronged, get into the bucket, and I can take you out." Lu Erhu said.
Liu Wei approached and looked at it, only to smell an unbearable rancid smell, and immediately felt that all the internal organs were rolling, retched a few times, and said, "It smells so bad here, how can I stay there!" ”
Empress Dowager He said: "It's a matter of urgency, you can't go out if you don't do it, so you better be patient." ”
Tang Ji also persuaded: "Your Majesty's life is at stake, so be patient for the time being." ”
Lu Erhu also asked the three of them to cover their mouths and noses with a few champas prepared in advance, which could reduce the impact of the foul smell.
The three of them hid in the swill bucket, and Lu Erhu put the things that ignited the fire all over the palace at the same time, and then lit the candle and tied it with a tarpaulin to make a timed prop, so that it could cause a fire in Yong'an Palace after a few hours.
Then he drove out in a swill truck.
"Master Jun, open the door and let you go."
The swill cart slowly drove out of the palace gate, and when it passed the officer guarding the city, there was a sudden retching sound from the swill cart. This sound alerted the officers defending the city.
"Stop, what was the sound just now? It was like the sound of someone gagging. "The carriage and horses were stopped.
Lu Erhu clenched his fists, was silent for a moment, bit his teeth and bit his cheeks, and suddenly a lot of blood flowed from his mouth.
"Official, it's the voice of the villain, the villain has had tuberculosis since he was a child, and he always retchs and coughs up blood." Saying that, Lu Erhu coughed a few times, and suddenly a mouthful of blood flowed out of his mouth.
When the officer defending the city heard that it was tuberculosis, he was afraid that he would be infected, so he hurriedly took two steps back, covered his nose and said, "Hurry up, get out of here." Hurry up! ”
Lu Erhu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and hurriedly drove away.
Out of the palace gate, take the north city gate, and be directly escorted out of the city by the Yue cavalry captain Wu Fu. Then Chen Gong personally led people to respond, and then the Queen Mother and the Young Emperor made a carriage to catch up with Lu Bu's army.
With Lu Bu's army, he can avoid all the checkpoints along the way.
"Lu Bu met His Majesty, the Queen Mother, and Concubine Tang. The ministers are incompetent, and His Majesty has suffered these days. Jiang Feng saluted.
Empress Dowager He was pleasantly surprised, she was able to escape from Yong'an Palace, as if she had regained her life, and said: "Aiqing, please hurry up, if it weren't for Aiqing, I and Your Majesty would probably have been plotted by Dong Zhuo." Aiqing's merit is greater than Sheji, what a crime. ”
"Please Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to rest in the carriage, the minister has arranged a garden for His Majesty in Hedong County, Luoyang has become a danger, and the minister implores His Majesty to move to Hedong County to preside over the overall situation." Jiang Feng asked, this is a trouble to report to the emperor, and the big thing is bigger than the sky.
Empress Dowager He said: "Everything is up to Aiqing, and I have no objection." ”
Empress Dowager He is still sensible, knowing that at this time, Lu Bu is her biggest backer, and she must be handed over to him to deal with it.
Jiang Feng was waiting for this sentence, turned on his horse, waved the halberd in his hand, and said, "Marching at full speed, we must enter Hedong County before noon tomorrow." ”
At this point, Empress Dowager He and the Young Emperor were unknowingly stolen out of Yong'an Palace by Jiang Feng.
But that's not the end of it.
That night, there was a sudden fire in the Yong'an Palace, and the guards of the Yong'an Palace were in a hurry and rushed in to put out the fire.
At the same time, more than a dozen black-clothed masked men rushed to the gate of Yong'an Palace and engaged in a fierce battle with the guards, and both sides were killed and wounded.
"Qi Xiangguo, last night there was a fire in Yong'an Palace, and someone broke into the palace and robbed the Queen Mother and the abolished emperor." Captain Wu Fuyu of the Yue Cavalry reports.
"What?" Dong Zhuo was taken aback when he heard this, kicked over the table, and said angrily, "Seven hundred elite soldiers are guarding a Yong'an Palace, and the Queen Mother and the Abolished Emperor were robbed, who did it?" ”
"We killed two people who broke into the palace, and after investigation, these two people were officers in the West Park Army." Woofu continued.
"Hurry up and send someone to search for me, a family search, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find someone for me." Dong Zhuo shouted angrily.
Wu Fu said: "My subordinates have blocked all the city gates overnight, and even a fly will definitely not be able to fly out of Luoyang City." ”
Of course, in the end, it was impossible to find the Empress Dowager Yue Shaodi, and even those people in black couldn't find any clues. It can only be investigated from the two corpses of the men in black left behind, but no useful clues can be found. In the end, Xu Rong neglected his duties and was demoted by Dong Zhuolian by three levels, and the Xiyuan Army was temporarily presided over by Niu Fu, who returned from defeat.
"Haha, sir's layout is really exquisite, and no one can break the mystery." When Jiang Feng got the news, he was very happy in his heart, and he was amazed by Xun You's plan to kill two birds with one stone.
Xun You said: "In this way, the West Garden Army is likely to have a chance to be used by the Lord, and we just need to plan it again." I believe that it will not be long before the lord will have the strength to compete with Dong Zhuo. ”
Jiang Feng continued to ask: "It's just that there is one thing I still don't understand, please ask Mr. to explain it for me." ”
Xun You said: "My lord, please speak." ”
Jiang Feng asked: "Xu Rong is strict in governing the army, how can there be such a mess, it is really a bit incredible. ”
Xun You said: "The Art of War has clouds, and there will be five dangers: you must die, you can kill; will be born, but can be captured; Angry, insulting; Incorruptible, humiliating; Love the people, but it's annoying. All these five will be passed, and the disaster of using soldiers will also be used. The destruction of the army will be in five dangers, and it must not be overlooked. ”
Jiang Feng didn't understand and asked, "Please explain in detail, sir." ”
Xun You said: "If the general leads the army with a death-bound mentality, then we can design a decisive battle for him." If the general is greedy for life and afraid of death, we can design to capture him. If the general has a temper, we can send someone to insult him and make him angry and lose his judgment. If the general is incorruptible and clean, then we can pour dirty water on him. If the general loves the people like a son, we can use the poor as bait to exhaust him with his life.
What Xu Rong committed was incorruptible and humiliating. Xu Rong's army was strict and unkind, so his soldiers were afraid and unconvinced. I asked my lord to invite Xu Rong to drink, in order to make Xu Rong's subordinates think that Xu Rong was having fun. In this way, the people below will definitely be unconvinced, and if they do not obey, they will cause chaos, and we will have a chance to take advantage of the chaos. ”
Jiang Feng applauded and said, "Mr. is like a god with soldiers, and Lu admires him." ”