Chapter 265: The Jade Seal of the Country
Cao Ying and Wang Yun realized that something was wrong, and immediately took the ministers and Yulin Army out of the palace, the palace was in chaos, and the Yulin Army lasted for a while at first, but as the time in the palace was extended, Yulin Jun's eyes also turned red!
Now that it's like this, even if the palace is removed, no one will be held accountable. The Yulin Army is also a human being, and its greed is not necessarily less than that of the county soldiers, so how can they not take advantage of the opportunity!
This time, Cao Ying can't restrain the army, just now Lu Bu can't restrain the county soldiers, and now he can't restrain the Yulin Army either, the county soldiers are disobedient, the Yulin Army can be suppressed, but once the Yulin Army is in chaos, how can there be an army that can suppress them!
Cao Ying and Wang Yun ran out of the palace gate, but when they looked back, they saw that there were only dozens of soldiers and generals following behind them, and the minister had lost half of them, and they didn't know what to do!
Cao Ying was shocked and said, "Lord Wang, are we going to go out of the city like this?" The generals can't be assembled! ”
Wang Yun's face turned red, and he said: "People are not as good as heaven, under the heavy treasure, who can hold it!" ”
Cao Ying swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and had the intention to ask the general to go in and give an order, so that the Yulin Army would come out quickly, but he knew that it was useless, the Yulin Army grabbed the red eye, how could he stop, if he grabbed a few of the people who were happy, and killed the head to deterre, I am afraid that it still can't have the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, maybe it will inspire the Yulin Army to mutiny, after all, it is not on the battlefield now, but in grabbing things, without the pressure of foreign enemies, how can the Yulin Army be frightened!
Cao Ying said: "What should I do, I'm afraid that the situation can't be controlled, we have only recruited less than half of the Yulin Army, and the other half is still rushing here, and when they come, they will still rob the property, and I am afraid that after a while, the idle people in the whole city will enter the palace to rob it, and we will no longer be able to protect the palace!" ”
Wang Yun heard it, the meaning of Cao Ying's words was that he was afraid that the Han Palace would be destroyed in the hands of soldiers and untouchables, which would be tantamount to tearing off the last fig leaf of the Han court, and not only the royal face would be lost, but they would also be disgraced as ministers!
Wang Yun understood the meaning of Cao Ying's words, but Cao Ying just didn't dare to say it! He snorted and said, "Meng De, at this time, what else is there to take care of, if I want my Han palace not to be destroyed in the hands of the untouchables, then burn the palace...... However, this kind of evil thing can only be done by Li Qin! ”
Cao Ying immediately understood that Wang Yun was going to burn down the palace, anyway, they estimated that Li Qin would enter Beijing soon, and they would evacuate the palace, that is, the matter of the front and back of the feet, so it was better to simply blame Li Qin for the big crime of burning the palace, and when crusading against Li Qin in the future, this would be another sin. As soon as the palace was burned, the Yulin Army naturally came out, and those who arrived later would not enter again.
Cao Ying nodded and said, "What Lord Wang said is extremely true, this kind of evil thing can only be done by Li Qin!" He gave a loud order, and asked the generals to enter the palace to give an order, and set fire to the palace.
The generals agreed loudly and rushed into the palace gate again. Passing on other orders, it is more difficult, but there is no need to shout loudly to pass on the order to set fire, as long as you hold a torch and set fire everywhere, when the chaos occurs, when the Yulin army sees someone openly setting fire, they will follow!
Wang Yun shouted to the ministers: "My lords, the capital can no longer stay, you hurry back to pack up the softness, take your family out of the city for refuge, if you can trust General Cao and me, then let's gather outside the city and go north together, there is another army of ours!" ”
The other army he mentioned was another Han army that suppressed the Yellow Turban Army alongside Huangfu Song, but because there were fewer people, it was not considered the main force, so there was no Yellow Turban Army to fight, and he did not suffer losses, and he planned to go to that army.
The ministers looked at the palace where the fire was just starting out, turned their heads and looked at Wang Yun and Cao Ying, and sighed in unison, the Han court has come to this point, it is really not what they want to see, but what can they do? They are no longer able to control the situation, and it is a blessing in misfortune to be able to save the lives of themselves and their families! Bidding farewell to Wang Yun Cao, the ministers left one after another and went back to their respective homes!
Riding on a horse, Wang Yun stood beside Cao Ying, he saw Cao Ying's waist straight, his two hands tightly grasping the reins, there was no expression on his face, the firelight was reflected on his face, and he found that Cao Ying's eyes were without tears! Wang Yun sighed secretly in his heart, Cao Ying was affectionate and righteous on the surface, but in fact, he ...... The world is unpredictable! It's just that Li Qin claims to be Li Lang's most righteous, what kind of person is he in fact?
More than 100 miles west of Luoyang, the Fujiao army camp.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Qin sat in the center, Jia Xu sat at the bottom, and the generals on both sides were accompanied.
Li Qin smiled: "Brother-in-law, you came really fast, you worked the road, right?" Where can everything be settled in Chang'an? ”
Jia Xu smiled: "It's not hard, I'm happy in my heart, I'm so happy in my heart, I can't feel tired in my body!" ”
Li Qin laughed, nodded and said: "Yes, when we were in Fuping County, how could we have thought that today, we would come to this imperial capital with a large army, and at that time, even going to Fuping County felt that it was a great event!" ”
He smiled like this, and the generals laughed together, for them, it was just enough to lead the troops to go on the expedition, the soldiers ate to fight and kill, and there was nothing surprising about the Quartet, but the place to go out was Yanjing of the Han Dynasty, and they were still the side of the shock, then they were very proud, this life was not in vain, even the door of the emperor Lao Tzu's house was blocked by them, and when he was old, he bragged with his grandson, this is definitely the first thing to brag!
Jia Xu said: "The matter over there in Chang'an is not as difficult as imagined, our newly appointed officials are full of enthusiasm to do things, and they don't need to worry too much, otherwise I won't be able to come as soon as I receive your letter." ”
Li Qin hummed, asked someone to take out the map, hung it up, and said: "I drove the ministers back, they will definitely retaliate, and they will use the power of the family to recruit troops and sell horses to fight against me." Brother-in-law, tell me, where will their army gather and attack us? ”
Jia Xu only glanced at the map and said: "Don't worry about these, don't look at them are all high-powered ministers, but one by one, we still need to take care of it, but if they come together, it will be a rabble, don't worry!" ”
Li Qin smiled: "I think so too, that's why I let them go back, let them all come, I'll wait!" ”
Jia Xu said: "Whether it is useful for these ministers to form a coalition army, we just need to look at their attitude towards the Yellow Turban Thieves!" If they are courageous, and they are resolute and united, then they will definitely attack the Yellow Turban Thieves, first except for Zhang Jiao, a chattering guy, and then they will turn to attack us, this is for the public, for the Han court! ”
The generals said together: "This is impossible, no matter how you look at those sub-ministers, it doesn't seem like they will be united, if they each have troops, then they have to quarrel endlessly, how can they unite to attack us!" ”
Jia Xu clapped his hands and said, "So, don't worry about anything." They will definitely not fight the yellow turban thief, they will only hide on the side and watch the excitement, waiting to see us fight the yellow turban thief, they will also say proudly, this is called sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and we and the yellow turban thief are two tigers fighting, there will be an injury, their gang just need to pick up the cheap! ”
Li Qin nodded and said, "Very likely!" ”
Jia Xu said: "The Yellow Turban Thieves have to be fought by ourselves, while fighting the Yellow Turban Thieves, we also have to guard against the sneak attack of the coalition army, and in the future battle, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight!" ”
Li Qin said with a smile: "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, what hasn't happened, don't worry too much!" ”
Jia Xu and the generals nodded together, and while they were talking, a scout came to report, saying that they found a group of people running to the barracks on the road to Beijing, and they saw that there were eunuchs in their clothes.
Li Qin was taken aback and said, "There are eunuchs? Or a large group? It seems that something happened in the palace! ”
Jia Xu shouted: "Are they all eunuchs? Are there any wearing dragon robes? What about women, are there any women? ”
The scout shook his head and said, "I don't see it, it doesn't seem to be, they're almost there, do you want the last general to greet them, or to arrest them?" ”
To welcome or to grasp, this is a big thing, and they are two diametrically opposed attitudes. If you go to Ying, it means that in the battle in the court, Li Qin is on the side of Zhang Rang and other ten permanent servants, that is, against the ministers, to put it bluntly, against He Jin, against the prince, no one in the Fujiao Army knows that He Jin is dead, so this decision is really not easy to make; And to catch it, it is tantamount to falling into the well, the eunuchs came to Li Qin at such a critical moment, it is obvious that they lost the battle, otherwise why would they come? At this kind of moment, if Li Qin thinks about himself, then arrest the eunuch and express friendship to the "winning party", that is, He Jin, this belongs to Mingzhe to protect himself, although it is not interesting enough for Zhang to let them, but what, the party struggle is originally like this, whoever is powerful in the DPRK and China, the local military generals will help whom, is it difficult to help the loser?
The winner is the king, and the loser is the villain, and this has been the case since ancient times!
The generals in the tent were all silent, now it was time to stand in line, they couldn't mess around, so as not to affect Li Qin's decision!
Jia Xu picked up the pen and wrote a word in his hand, and then looked at Li Qin, the word written in his hand was his attitude towards Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, he didn't say it in advance, waited to see Li Qin's attitude, and then verified whether he guessed right!
Li Qin smiled slightly and said to the scout: "Why do you want to arrest it?" Someone comes to vote for me, if I am caught, who will vote in the future? Li Lang is the most righteous, you shout every day, why did you reach such a critical moment, but instead thought that I would not be righteous? ”
Jia Xu also smiled, he opened his palm, and the word he just wrote was "Ying"! He said: "Ah Qin, it is really righteous. Zhang Rang and He Jin, one palace and one dynasty, the two factions are fighting endlessly, now it seems that Zhang Rang has lost the upper hand, but he finally helped us, and now Zhang Qin is also taking care of us in the state, if we catch the people sent by Zhang Rang, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles, Luoyang is undecided, and the state is chaotic! ”
Li Qin shook his head and said: "I don't think as much, I owe Zhang Rang a favor, and I haven't paid it back so far, if he is in danger, even if He Jin is powerful, I also want to help Zhang Rang, no matter what others say, what others like to say, how others like to say it!" ”
He waved his hand at Xu Xiaoni and said, "You go to greet you, see the eunuchs who come, entertain them, and bring them to see me!" ”
Xu Xiaoni agreed and went out of the account immediately!
The generals just started talking, everyone didn't know what was happening in the palace, but they all began to speculate, could it be that He Jin killed Zhang Rang, or put him under house arrest, otherwise the ten permanent servants couldn't be so anxious!
Jia Xu thought for a while, but said: "I don't think things will be so simple, could it be that the emperor is critically ill?" Think about it, the emperor called Zhang Rang Zhang's father, the feelings are not ordinarily deep, to put it bluntly, as long as the emperor is fine, then Zhang Rang must be fine, but now Zhang Rang is in a hurry, doesn't that mean that the emperor is in trouble. What can happen to the emperor, it can only be that he is sick, is it possible that someone will threaten him? What kind of thing is He Jin, but he is just the son of a butcher, from a small family, what great ambitions can he have, at most, he expects his nephew to inherit the throne, he will be a regent general, in addition, do you expect such a good person to be Wang Mang? ”
Li Qin nodded and said, "Yes, I guess that's the case." But the emperor ...... There are some things that we courtiers can't say! ”
Jia Xu shouted, all the generals also laughed, everyone occupied Chang'an, the old capital of the Han Dynasty became a thing in the palm of his hand, he came by order, but he stationed troops here, this kind of thing has been done, what else can not be said!
Li Qin and Jia Xu looked at the map and waited for Xu Xiaoni to report back.
After a short time, I heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the camp, and the sound of horses' hooves did not stop until outside the tent, and then a scout rushed directly into the tent and shouted: "Li Lang, the big thing is not good, the emperor has died, the ten permanent servants and the third son of the emperor were beaten out of the palace, the palace has been lost, that Zhang Rang was also injured, he did not send someone here, he came personally!" ”
Li Qin was taken aback, jumped up, and shouted, "What, the emperor died?" What about the prince, what about what about Hejin? ”
The scout gasped and said, "I don't know, I haven't had time to ask, General Xu is accompanying Zhang Rang, and he is rushing to the camp, and the last general will come back first to report the news!" ”
Li Qin shouted: "Come out with me, go out with me!" "At this time, I can't care about anything else, I have to hurry up to see Zhang Rang, the emperor has died, and at this critical juncture, the sky of the Han Dynasty is equivalent to falling!
Everyone followed him, hula-la-ran out of the big tent, jumped on the horse together, and went to meet Zhang Rang, Li Qin commanded a team of scouts, let the black egg lead, rushed to the road, ready to meet the pursuers, if the army came out of the capital to chase Zhang Rang, Li Qin let the black eggs not be soft, come and kill as many as you want, and never let the pursuers get close to Zhang Rang!
After running out of seven or eight miles in one breath, I saw the horse team in front of me, a large group of people, all kinds of costumes, some wearing eunuch clothes, and some wearing ordinary people's clothes, and they couldn't tell what their identities were, anyway, they were all gathered together. But when he got closer, Li Qin looked at it, and knew that these people were all eunuchs, no matter what clothes they were wearing, they were all beardless anyway, and they thought that they were trying to escape from the palace, so they changed their clothes!
Li Qin shouted, "Where is Zhongguan Zhang?" Li Qin is here, Zhang Zhongguan should not panic! ”
"Where is our family here, but it's Li Lang?" Zhang Rang shouted, he was wounded by an arrow in the shoulder, and was shot by Lu Bu, his body bones were fine, but after the injury, the bandaging was not proper enough, and he galloped all the way again, the wound was so painful that he couldn't even ride a horse, so he had to ride with a small eunuch.
When Li Qin heard the shout, he quickly jumped off his horse and shouted, "Zhang Zhongguan, Zhang Zhongguan, what's wrong with you?" ”
Zhang Rang and Li Qin had never met, but they didn't need to be introduced by others, and they recognized each other at once. Li Qin ran to Zhang Rang's side, Zhang Rang was crooked on one side, got off the horse, Li Qin hurriedly hugged each other, he saw Zhang Rang's blood-stained robe, and hurriedly said: "Lieutenant Zhang, are you injured?" Who is the audacity to hurt you? Qin will mobilize troops and horses to avenge you! ”
No matter what misunderstandings and suspicions there were before, Li Qin only met with a few words, and Zhang Rang's heart was settled, and he said: "Li Lang is the most righteous, and the world will not deceive me!" As he spoke, Zhang let tears fall.
On the avenue, Li Qin checked Zhang Rang's wound, and when he saw the arrow wound, he said: "Fortunately, it is not a wolf's tooth arrow, and the arrow is not poisonous, and it does not hurt the muscles and bones, it is just a flesh wound, Zhang Zhongguan don't worry, Qin has the best knife wound medicine, bandage it for you, and within a few days, the injury will be improved!" ”
Jia Xu also ran over, gave Li Qin a hand, and took care of Zhang Rang's wounds!
Li Qin said: "Zhang Zhongguan, you ride Qin's horse, Qin will lead the horse for you, so as not to run too fast and pull your wounds again!" As he spoke, he was about to help Zhang get into his horse, and he pulled the reins in front.
This time, not only Zhang Rang was moved, but even the rest of the ten permanent servants were also greatly moved, and they all stepped forward to greet Li Qin, and by the way, they also brought Liu Xie, the third son of the emperor, over, and asked him to kowtow to Li Qin, calling Li Qin his uncle!
Li Qin saw the child with messy hair and couldn't stop sobbing, and thought: "This is the future Emperor Han Xian?" Oops, how can you be so embarrassed! ”
He hugged Liu Xie and said, "Little prince......
Zhang Rang hurriedly said: "It's the new prince, and before the emperor died, he was appointed as the new prince." Prince, it's good to see your uncle this time, he will definitely be able to help you ascend to the throne! ”
Jia Xu said on the side: "The crown prince has been changed? Does the emperor have an edict to pass on the throne? ”
Zhang Rang was stunned for a moment, and said: "Yes, there is ......" But when he touched his body, the fake edict didn't know where it was thrown, but he was not anxious, and whispered: "I'm afraid it's lost on the road, but it doesn't matter, let's write another edict of succession, our family will write it personally, as many as you want, don't worry about the edict!" ”
At this time, another eunuch took a box from his back, opened the lid of the box, and the box immediately radiated light, and the eunuch said: "Li Lang, you see, the jade seal of the country is here, whoever has the jade seal is orthodox, even if the abolished prince is not satisfied, he has to accept his fate!" ”
Li Qin's hands trembled a little, took the box, and looked at the heirloom jade seal in the box, this is the Heshi Bi? He turned over the jade seal and saw that the seal was engraved with eight seal characters of "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang", and the jade seal was missing a corner, and it was filled with gold!
All the generals gathered around, stretched their necks, opened their mouths wide, and stared directly at the heirloom jade seal in Li Qin's hand, everyone was breathing heavily, but they couldn't speak!
The muscles on Li Qin's face twitched, and it was difficult to control himself, and it took a long time before he turned his head and looked at Liu Xie, this is the little emperor, and then looked down at the jade seal, this is the treasure of the country!
Swallowing his saliva, Li Qin said: "Pass the order, gather the army, and enter Beijing!" ”
Jia Xu said: "Don't, I think this jade seal is fake!" ”
(To be continued)