Chapter 227 [Emperor Xian's Escape (I)]
(The new volume begins, and I get a "villa" in the big league, thank you!) Thanks to Zhao Wuxian 2014, UFGW, and Qiang 520 for their continued support! )
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In the late autumn of October, Weishui was surging, and a young man dressed in a yellow silk jacket and covered with a fox fur, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with clear eyebrows and thin eyes, was hanging his hands and standing on the high slope, staring blankly at the long river flowing eastward under his feet.
On the rolling river, all kinds of debris floated: blood-stained clothes, tattered belts, wooden shields full of arrows, and occasionally soaked corpses, which rose and fell with the waves......
A gust of hunting river wind blew, the reeds were bleak, the white harvest was colorful, like snow flying, and the face was cold.
A gentle and gentle voice sounded behind the young man: "Your Majesty, the autumn is deep and cold, and the river wind is attacking, don't miss the dragon body, let's go down the mountain." As he spoke, a thick mink collar draped over the boy's body.
陛xià?! This boy is actually ...... Xingping Tianzi Liu Xie!
The young man looked back blankly, his eyes were focused for a while, Mu Ran's face gradually softened, he tightened his collar, and sighed lightly: "Let Zitong worry." ”
The girl behind her sighed softly, took half a step back, lowered her sleeves, and said in a panic: "The concubine is just a nobleman, how can she be called Zitong, Your Majesty is cautious." ”
Liu Xie shook his head: "I have made up my mind, as long as I return to Luoyang, I will canonize you as the queen and call you Ru Zitong, but it is only a matter of time...... However, don't let Dong Guiren know. ”
The girl nodded hurriedly: "The concubine understands." ”
As she spoke, the girl looked up, and this was an impeccable and beautiful face. It is really like eyebrows, eyes like stars, nose like jade tubes, red lips like diamonds, a goose egg face that can be broken by blowing, with that soft and respectful posture, there is no pitiful attraction.
Even though Liu Xie has been with the owner of this face for five years, he is still slightly stunned when he sees it. This is not surprising, five years ago he was just an ignorant child, and his love was not opened. Naturally, he doesn't care about his appearance, and at this time he has grown into a young man. But since the appearance of a big fat man named Dong Zhuo in his life, over the years, he has been robbed by warlords from all walks of life, almost never having a day of peace, always in anxiety and panic, how can he have this thought?
As long as you return to the Eastern Capital, get rid of these hateful Xiliang people, and settle down. After the canonization ceremony, I must be able to truly have this stunning face and flawless body at that time, right?
Probably seeing the expression of the Son of Heaven, the girl was shy, but her heart was sweet. Has this ignorant boy who always relied on her as a sister finally grown up?
At this time, a person on the hillside lifted his arm and walked quickly, almost to the top of the slope. Bow your hand from afar: "After holding Jinwu, I have seen His Majesty." ”
Liu Xie raised his hand to help: "Fu Qing doesn't need to be polite, I'm chatting with Fu Guiren." Fu Qing came just in time. Have you finished the battle ahead? ”
After finishing his speech, he stopped talking, looked at the nobleman, and said aggressively: "The affairs of the military state, please avoid the nobleman." ”
Fu Guiren sighed, bowed his head and was about to leave, but Liu Xie waved his hand uncommittedly: "These people, you beat me, I beat you, it's extremely boring, it's a militaristic thing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
After this attitude, if Fu Guiren is not his daughter, it is estimated that he will drink a pot.
Well, this noble man is the first queen of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty in history: Fu Shou.
Fu Shou is the daughter of Fu Wan, and her mother is the eleventh emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty before Emperor Ling, the daughter of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Hua, the princess of Yang'an. In terms of generation, she and Liu Xie still have a cousin relationship. Fu Shou was one year older than Liu Xie, and at the age of ten, he entered the court to serve Liu Xie, and was named a nobleman the following year.
And Fu Wan's father was also promoted from the servant to the position of Zhijingo because of his daughter's preciousness. In the Han Dynasty, the ruling Jin Wu was more than Jiuqing, and he was a high-ranking official in the middle of 2,000 stones (2,160 stones), mainly responsible for the security outside the palace and within the capital. This kind of key position cannot be granted to people who are not close relatives and trusts. Fu Wan combines Liu Xie's cousin and father-in-law, which is completely competent.
Speaking of this "militaristic matter", that is, the war that is being done vigorously ahead, he is also disgusted after the ambush. The ins and outs of this matter have to start with Emperor Yuan leaving Chang'an.
Because the Chang'an Imperial Palace was completely destroyed by the Xiliang warlords attacking each other, and there was no food, Liu Xie and a group of officials wanted to return to the eastern capital of Luoyang. Liu Xie and the hundred officials were amnesty, and they returned to the east on the same day.
The accompanying escort generals included the hussar general Zhang Ji, the chariot cavalry general Guo Yan, the later general Yang Ding, the Xingyi general Yang Feng, and the Anji general Dong Cheng, a total of five departments together to escort the emperor to the east. However, Zhang Ji soon led his army to Shaanxi due to contradictions with the generals, and left halfway.
Immediately afterwards, there was a second person who repented, this person was Guo Yan, who wanted to take the Son of Heaven hostage to Hewu, but Yang Feng, Yang Ding, and Dong Cheng did not agree. Guo Yan then sent Wu Xi to burn down the school where the Son of Heaven lived at night, and Liu Xie hid in Yang Feng's military camp before he escaped. Yang Feng and Yang Dingfeng raised troops to attack Guo Yan and broke it. Guo Yan was defeated and retreated and went to join Li Dao.
After defeating Guo Yan, the car was able to continue eastward to Huayin in Hongnong, which was the defense area of Ning Ji's general Duan Xuan. Duan Xuan is a relatively well-behaved person among the Xiliang warlords. This old man has been stationed here since Dong Zhuo was in power, and he does things in a decent manner. When he saw that the holy car had arrived, he hurriedly presented the imperial supplies prepared in advance and various materials used by the minister, and invited Liu Xie to rest in his camp.
People are so polite, according to common sense, it would be good for you to honestly pass through other people's places after expressing your gratitude, and there will be eventful people in eventful times. After the general Yang Ding and Duan Xuan had a holiday, he saw that Duan Xuan did not dare to dismount when he greeted the Son of Heaven, and only made a move on the horse (in fact, Duan Xuan was afraid that Yang Ding would be difficult), so he slandered Duan Xuan for having a heart of disobedience. The relationship between Shizhong Chongji and Yang Ding is good, and they also took the opportunity to frame together, "Duan Xuan can't meet the boundary, he can't get off the horse, his face has changed greatly, and he must have different intentions." ”
Dong Cheng also added a handful of firewood: "Guo Yan led 700 cavalry into the Duan simmering camp today. ”
Liu Xie is not good at expressing his opinion again, although Tai Lieutenant Yang Biao and others desperately guarantee that "Duan Ningji will never oppose it, we are willing to take a head guarantee, and the car can live in his barracks." In the end, the Son of Heaven drove and camped on the side of the road.
Yang Ding relied on his own strength and occupied the righteousness of escorting the Son of Heaven, and raised troops to attack Duan Xuan. Even after attacking for more than ten days, Duan Xuan couldn't break through Duan Xuan's camp, and Duan Xuan also provided food for the Son of Heaven as usual and provided supplies for hundreds of officials. This meeting is strange enough, the two sides fought to the death, and when they got to the meal, they stopped, and Duan Xuan sent someone to bring the meal: Everyone, after a long day of hard work, eat something, rest and fight again. You're not welcome here, gobbling up the food sent by others, taking a break, and continuing to attack people.
Liu Xie is not stupid, he can see that Duan Xuan has no objections, but two of the three generals who escort him have a grudge against Duan Xuan, and there is one who doesn't know the truth, so don't agree to them, I'm afraid that these people will not care about themselves and be in a dilemma. In the end, I can only run to the top of the mountain to see the landscape, out of sight.
Fu Wan is babbling and reporting how much the two armies have lost, where did Yang Houjun and the others attack the outskirts of Duan Xuan's camp, and the dietary regulations provided by Duan Xuan there seem to have been reduced in the afternoon today. The explanation is that during this period of time, there are still frequent wars, the consumption of meat has increased sharply, and it is difficult to replenish it for a while during the fierce battle, and the meat may run out......
While the two monarchs and ministers were talking, they suddenly heard a suppressed exclamation from the noble man beside them. Fu Wan stared at his daughter angrily, but found that her daughter's beautiful eyes were round, covering her mouth with one hand and pointing to the west with the other.
After Fu Fu, his heart couldn't help jumping, since these days of fleeing, everyone has developed a sixth sense, and they are especially sensitive to bad things. Fu Wan subconsciously looked in the direction of his daughter's finger, and his mouth couldn't help but open wide - the smoke and dust in the West rose and rolled up in the air. Judging from the range of smoke and dust and the height of the dust, I am afraid that there are not thousands of people!
Liu Xie and Fu Wan were dumbfounded, glanced at each other, and blurted out at the same time: "It must be Li Dao and Guo Yan chasing after them!" ”
Not to mention, the sixth sense of the two gentlemen and ministers is really accurate.
After Guo Yan was beaten away by Yang Feng and Dong Cheng, he hurriedly ran to Chiyang to meet Li Dao, explaining the severity of the situation, once the Son of Heaven returned to Luoyang, restored the monarch's power, and ordered the world's soldiers and horses to crusade against them and settle old accounts, they would be destroyed. Li Wei was also shocked into a cold sweat, so he and Guo Yan raised troops to intercept the emperor.
Yang Ding and Dong Cheng, who bullied honest people, fought right, and the sudden appearance of Li and Guo Dajun shocked the generals, and they did not dare to attack Duan Xuan again, and hurriedly escorted them eastward.
Li and Guo are all in the Xiliang Army, and there are quite a lot of cavalry, and the Son of Heaven is surrounded by hundreds of officials, dependents, concubines and palace ladies of the six palaces, and there are many internal servants, these people can't even compare with ordinary two-legged foot soldiers, how can they outrun a four-legged war horse? As a result, he couldn't run for sixty miles and was intercepted by the Xiliang army, and the two sides fought fiercely.
Yang Feng and Dong Cheng knew that they were invincible, and their escorts broke through the interception of Li Guo's coalition army and headed east at full speed. Yang Dingze led his troops to Lantian suddenly, but was intercepted by Guo Yan and forced to go south to Jingzhou, after which his whereabouts are unknown and disappeared into history, and it is estimated that most of them were collected by Yuan Shu or Liu Biao.
At the beginning of November, the Son of Heaven's army fled to Hongnong, where they were pursued again by Li and Guo's armies at Dongjian. Due to the loss of an important force Yang Ding's Xiliang soldiers and horses, Yang Feng and Dong Cheng's combined troops were only more than 5,000 people, and Yang Feng was born in the Baibo Army (the same grass as the Yellow Turban Army and the Black Mountain Army), and his subordinates were mostly foot soldiers, and their training and military discipline were poor.
When the two armies engaged, Yang Feng and Dong Cheng were shocked to find that there was an extra army in the opponent's army formation-Zhang Jijun.
The three armies of Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji joined forces. The end is doomed before the battle begins.
Liu Xie, the son of Xingping, since he ascended to the throne of the Son of Heaven, has suffered many hardships and turmoil, and he has long been accustomed to it, but he definitely did not expect that this would be the saddest escape journey in his life. Countless officials, attendants, concubines and palace maids will break the Yellow River...... (To be continued......)