Chapter 212: The remnants of the army are defeated
In the middle of the night, goose-feather snow covered the sky.
The snow is cruel to the wind, and everything is quiet, only the wind howls like a wolf.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from far to near, and a crowd roared in the gray snow.
The 10,000 soldiers of King Xian and King Wu lived not far from the battle, and the people patrolling outside the camp in such a cold day did not go far, and when they realized that something was wrong, they had already entered the enemy's range.
For a while, the killing sound shook the sky, and the camp soon burst into flames.
By this time, the people in the post station had already woken up.
Wei Zhong and Wei Yao are both generals who lead the troops, and they don't panic when someone attacks, protecting their families and leaving, and still ordering the people around them to fight.
Thinking of King Liang, who was still on the first floor, Wei Zhong went downstairs first, only to find that the door on the first floor was wide open, and the inside was already empty.
It seems that there are still some advantages to living on the first floor, knowing that the Liangwang family has escaped first, Wei Zhong rushed out of the post station with his relatives and his wife and children, turned over an ownerless war horse, and galloped to the camp.
There are a lot of capable soldiers with him on this trip, Wei Zhong is good at fighting, and King Xian's people are also out of the nest to tear up Bansu, and those thieves who sneak attacked were exterminated for them.
In the early morning, Wei Zhong was resting on the carriage with a heavy sword in his hand, mixed with blood, and a military doctor was bandaging his injured arm.
After a while, Wei Yao, who had a slight bloodstain on his clothes, came over on horseback, first asked about Wei Zhong's injuries, and then mentioned that it should be the defenders of the imperial tomb who attacked them.
Mausoleum Defenders?
Wei Zhong had a bad premonition, just at this time, someone came to report that last night the prince of Jingzhong Town and the queen joined forces to rebel, and the prince's people were not ready and had been forced to go out of the city.
"What?"
Wei Zhong didn't care about the wound on his arm, and had already jumped out of the car.
"Why is such important news only getting here?"
Wei Zhong grabbed the little soldier's collar, and his eyes turned red with anger.
"Lord, our letter was intercepted on the way."
Even the letter was intercepted, Wei Zhong gritted his teeth and let the person go, "Order, the whole army will be dispatched, and follow me to Beijing to rescue the prince." ”
The brother of a fellow mother, if the crown prince died, Wei Zhong would also live for a few days.
He was very clear about his situation, and after raising his sword and giving the order, he said to Wei Yao, who was not far away, "Fourth brother, the national disaster is at the head, and the demon concubine is domineering, you won't just watch it like that, right?" ”
Wei Zhong's face was cold, and there was danger in his eyes.
The people brought by Wei Yao are not as brave as him, and when it comes to the brothers' abilities, he is also a little worse, but Wei Yao is the most visible among the many brothers, and knows the truth of self-preservation.
Without saying a word, he handed over the rest of his people, as for himself, he picked up a wound on his foot and showed it to Wei Zhong, not planning to go over, first take the women and children of the two families to retreat to Xiaocheng, and wait over there.
If you are afraid of death, you are afraid of death, as long as you hand over the troops, Wei Zhong doesn't care if there is one more person, and orders the remaining five or six thousand men to march to Shangjing.
As for King Nara, everyone forgot about him and lost his sight from the beginning.
Wei Zhong went to Beijing, leaving a small team of men and horses led by Wei Yao to escort his family to Xiaocheng.
They did not stop along the way, fearing that the pursuers would catch up and become a drag, and they were also braving the wind and snow at night.
On such days, adults still say to endure it, but the children can't stand it, and two of them have a high fever due to cold.
Fortunately, the road was not far, and they met Liangwang's convoy on the way.
Wei Li and hundreds of generals were also retreating towards Xiaocheng, but they walked slowly along the way, which was caught up by those behind them.
Wei Li didn't avoid anything, and asked about the situation at the post station before, according to what he said, when those people sneaked attacked, he thought that he had few people with him, so he fled.
It's a bit of a wretch, but it's better than something happens.
Wei Yao smiled, he didn't say anything, but the princess Wu in the carriage despised it when she heard this kind of rhetoric, he didn't bring anyone under him, didn't he have two brothers, and he could be coaxed like that.
Xue Lingyue could only mutter a few words in her heart, now that they were going to Xiaocheng, thinking of the soldiers left by King Liang over there, they would have to rely on others to protect them at that time.
Xiaocheng belongs to the county and county, the place is good, but there are not many guards, and the current situation in Beijing is turbulent, and most of the local officials are still a wait-and-see attitude.
Wei Li and the others retreated to the city, but the county guard still tried his best to entertain them as before, and there were five thousand soldiers outside the city, so they didn't dare to do anything.
The group had just rested in the city, and the spies also came with news from the capital.
The crown prince was defeated, and he was coming this way with the remnants of his army and his family.
However, the actions of the queen and the prince of Zhenguo were really a conspiracy, they killed the protector of the country, and the edict left by the Emperor Chongguang was also burned.
There was a bloody storm in the court, and Empress Wan sent people to pursue the crown prince, but also cleared many opposing forces, and pushed the fourteenth prince to the throne with iron and blood.
But her tyranny is unpopular after all, and the world is not convinced.
There were more and more officials supporting the crown prince in various places, and the counties closest to Beijing even gathered 20,000 horses to reinforce the remnants of the prince's army to gain more time to retreat.
On the night when the news reached Xiaocheng, the prince and King Wu came with the remnants of the defeated generals.
At that time, Wei Li, who was running all the way, was still asleep.
In the wing room in the backyard of the county government, Ayu felt the people around him get up in a daze, and he also rubbed his eyes and got up and asked, "Your Highness, where are you going?" ”
"You sleep, I'll wait, tomorrow, and then set off."
As soon as Ayu heard this, her mind cleared up a lot, she took the clothes at the bedside and put them on her body, and then asked on the ground, "Are those people in Beijing catching up?" ”
In the past two days, the news about the capital has been scattered, which has made people panic, and she also knows a rough idea.
"Not yet, it's the prince, wait for the others, it's here."
"Ahh
Hearing that the prince had arrived, Ayu was not in the mood to sleep anymore, so she went over to help the man change his clothes and tie his hair and send him out.
"You, sleep again."
Wei Li went out, Zhou Jin was already waiting there outside the door, and the master and servant quickly went to the hall in the front yard.
Ayu watched the man go away, and although they would leave tomorrow, she couldn't sleep.
The space in this backyard is limited, everyone lives together, the two wings in the northwest are already brightly lit, and there are voices from time to time, thinking that King Wu and King Xian's family are up, and they are packing up their things, preparing to leave overnight.
Queen Wan's people don't know when they will chase after her, and only Wei Li has a big heart.
Outside the front hall of the government office, the soldiers with blood-stained armor stood on both sides of the road.
When Wei Li arrived, a group of people slightly avoided saluting him.
Wei Yao had already arrived in advance, plus the crown prince and Wei Zhong who were originally waiting inside, so several people gathered.
The dozen or so soldiers outside alternated glances with each other, and then came together and began to whisper.
The people inside are all descendants of the Wei family, and if they work together to get together, they can still fight with Queen Wan in Beijing.