0481 [The Emperor's Escape]
Zhu Ming was noncommittal, but raised his hand and said: "Get up and speak, don't kneel anymore, you are also the prince of a country, and you must not lose the dignity and face of the Song Kingdom." β
"Shame!" Zhao Gou stood up and bowed.
Zhu Ming gave him another seat and asked, "I heard that you can shoot a five-stone bow?" β
Zhao Gou looked at his thin arms, secretly scolded the guy who helped him brag, and hurriedly replied: "You can only open a stone bow, and you can't open it with five stones." β
"A stone bow is not bad, you can be an archer among the people." Zhu Ming really wanted to play this thing to death, but he really couldn't find a reason.
At this moment, Zhao Gou is just an unfavored prince. If you are trying to change tricks to toss, you will seem to be a psychopath.
Zhao Goufu said with a smile: "Xiao Wang opened the bow, but it was just a joke, Marshal Lang Jun is the big hero in the world." β
Zhu Ming asked: "If you were me, would Kaifeng City be destroyed soon, would you still be willing to withdraw the army?" β
Zhao Gou was speechless.
"You don't have to go back to the city, lest you have to run for your life when you go back, just stay here and see how to break the city." Zhu Ming waved him down.
Zhao Gou wanted to speak and stopped, left nervously, and was taken to rest by two sergeants.
Only Li Bangyan was left in the tent, and this goods proudly invited credit: "Marshal Lang Jun rest assured that I have connected hundreds of civil and military officials, as long as the righteous army begins to attack the city, the officials and people in the city will welcome the marshal into the city." When the time comes, force Zhao Huan's faint monarch Zen position! β
"I take the world by myself, who can I use to take the Zen position?" Zhu Ming sneered.
Li Bangyan was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The mandate of heaven should be passed on, and it should be in accordance with the law of etiquette." Although the world can be taken by itself, it is not as logical as the Zen position, and it can also make the future generations of the country sit more stable. β
Zhu Ming said: "If the descendants of future generations are not filial and provoke the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, there should be virtuous people living in this world." β
Li Bangyan was so speechless that he could only smile: "Marshal Langjun is broad-minded, and the ministers are not as good as just in case." β
After chatting a few more words, Li Bangyan also stepped back, and Bai Sheng brought Deng Chun in.
Deng Chunyu reported: "In the evening, a group of Jin people crossed the river into the city, but the Jin soldiers did not cross the river in a big way. β
"It seems that the Jin soldiers will not cross the river, so they will attack the city tomorrow." Zhu Ming felt a little regretful.
He was on the south bank of the Yellow River, scattered all the light cavalry out to reconnoitre, if the Jin soldiers dared to cross the river to save Tokyo, Zhu Ming would lead the troops to Bandu as fast as possible to attack.
It's a pity that Jin Ren was not fooled.
In other words, Wanyan Zongwang never thought about rescuing Tokyo, and everything before was just taking the opportunity to blackmail.
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But he said that Zhao Huan waited left and right, waited until midnight, and did not see Zhao Gou and Li Bangyan come back.
He finally became anxious and hurriedly summoned Geng Nanzhong and Bai Shizhong.
Bai Shizhong soon came to meet him, but Geng Nanzhong was not at home, so he could only bring his son Geng Yanxi.
"Where has Ling Zun gone?" Zhao Huan asked.
Geng Yanxi said in a daze: "Didn't my father enter the palace in the afternoon?" β
"Where did I summon him, this guy must have run away again!" Zhao Huan was so angry that he slapped the chair.
At the beginning of the siege of Tokyo, Geng Nanzhong had already run once, and found that the situation had turned into a three-way confrontation and returned.
Moreover, he claimed to have gone to Shangqiu to contact the grain and grass and the army, and was rewarded by Zhao Huan for this.
Zhao Huan can and must be rewarded, because this is his only henchman, and he must help Geng Nanzhong cover up the stain in every possible way!
At this moment, Geng Yanxi was stunned instead.
What kind of dad is this?
The whole family is in Tokyo, what is it if you run alone? Bring your family with you!
The rebels have not yet attacked the city, and the prime minister has already run away.
Bai Shizhong stood beside him, both remorseful and admired.
regretted why he didn't run away in advance, and admired Geng Nanzhong's superb escape skills, and he actually slipped away without realizing it. You must know that all the gates are guarded by soldiers, and there are often thieves patrolling back and forth outside the city.
Can the run away?
In fact, it was very simple, Geng Nanzhong dressed as an emperor, carried a waist card, forged a holy decree, and swaggered out of the city in the evening.
There were still large residential areas outside the city that had not been demolished, and he hid in a dilapidated house, waiting until it was dark before swimming across the moat, careful to avoid the patrolling cavalry of the rebels.
Geng Nanzhong didn't know why he wanted to escape, let alone where he should flee, he just felt that he couldn't stay in the city.
The dry food he brought with him could still be eaten for a few days, but as for his wife, concubines, children and grandchildren, he couldn't take care of it.
This is really not a random smear, Geng Nanzhong directly left his family and fled at the beginning of Jingkang. At the end of Jingkang, Geng Nanzhong resigned again and wanted to escape, but was thrown by Zhao Huan to negotiate with Yan Zongwang, and slipped away on the way to the envoy.
has been bouncing back and forth, and even participated in supporting Zhao Gou!
is such a greedy person who is afraid of death, but he is Zhao Huan's most trusted minister.
At this moment, the dry food was placed on a floating board, and Geng Nanzhong swam across the moat with the floating board. He didn't care about getting soaked, panting and crawling ashore, moving forward cautiously with his waist bent on, and running along the Guangji River as much as he could.
Because on both sides of the Guangji River, there are also many private houses, which can block the sight of the rebel rangers, and those who are blind in the black light will not be seen.
Running all the way to dawn, I don't know where he fled, Geng Nanzhong was tired and hungry, so he hid in a remote place and began to eat dry food.
Filling his stomach, Geng Nanzhong looked at the wilderness, not knowing where he should go.
Because he is from Kaifeng, he is a native of Tokyo, his family and industry are all in the capital, and there is no place to go when he leaves there.
But Geng Nanzhong had to flee again, others could surrender to Zhu Thief, he would never be able to.
In the past few months, he has participated in all kinds of political struggles and offended many factions.
Especially Lee Bang-yan!
When Zhao Huan was still the crown prince, Geng Nanzhong secretly took refuge in Li Bangyan. At the beginning of Zhao Huan's ascension to the throne, he was also borrowing Li Bangyan's power, and let Li Bangyan take the lead when he encountered something.
When Geng Nanzhong's wings gradually plumped, he immediately attacked Li Bangyan.
If he stayed in Tokyo and surrendered, even if Zhu Thief was willing to spare him, Li Bangyan would have killed him.
Geng Nanzhong looked to the southeast, where he must not go, the group of people under the Emperor Taishang could not urinate in a pot with him at all.
Geng Nanzhong turned around and looked at the direction of the Yellow River, for the sake of today, he could only go to the gold people.
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Five watches.
Zhao Huan summoned Wang Jun, the envoy of the Jin State, and asked, "When can I leave?" β
Wang Jun said: "The sooner the better. β
"Then let's go now!" Zhao Huan finally made up his mind.
Li Bangyan and Zhao Gou went to the thief camp and did not come back, it must be that the negotiations were unsuccessful.
Zhao Huan felt that the Zen throne would die if he offered the country, and he would be a puppet for the Jin people, as long as the Zhu thief soldiers were strong and strong, the Jin people would definitely rely on themselves.
When the time comes, we will slowly try to appoint talents, organize and train the army, gradually get rid of the control of the Jin, and finally destroy the Zhu thief in the south!
The palace acted quickly, and it was almost dawn when all kinds of supplies were packed.
In addition to Zhao Huan's queen and concubines, there were also some concubines of Song Huizong, as well as many eunuchs, palace maids and guards.
Aside from the guards, there were more than 600 people in his entourage, which was strictly selected by Zhao Huan.
In addition, there are hundreds of carts of various goods.
Wang Jun was a little speechless: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Song Kingdom, you are abandoning the city and running away this time, not going on an outing outside Tokyo." Unrelated personnel must be discarded, except for the guards, a maximum of ten more people must be brought, and a maximum of three carts of goods and goods must be carried. β
Zhao Huan gritted his teeth ruthlessly and brought the queen Zhu Lian and the concubine Shen Zhu Xuan (the queen's cousin), and the rest of the concubines were all abandoned.
His underage younger brothers and sisters, who were still living in the palace at this time, were all given up by Zhao Huan.
Uncle Zhu Xiaosun leaked the news, not only let his family gather and flee, but also brought his uncle and brother with him.
Wang Jun had a headache when he saw it: "The rangers of the Zhu thief patrol the south bank of the Yellow River every day, how can so many people rush over?" β
As he spoke, the guards began to flee.
These guards also had families, and the emperor was obviously reluctant to bring too many attachΓ©s. Then they are still a fart, isn't it good to stay in Tokyo with their families and wait to join Marshal Zhu?
"Let's go, I don't want any money!"
Finding that the guards had fled, Wang Jun's face changed drastically.
Sure enough, after the guards left the palace, they immediately shouted along the street: "The Son of Heaven is going to escape, the Son of Heaven is going to escape!" β
Everyone hurriedly got on the horse, and the queen hugged the prince and sat in the carriage with Concubine Shen.
Zhao Huan has not allowed the Jin soldiers to enter the city, but the envoy has more than 20 Jin cavalry.
These Jin cavalry escorted Zhao Huan to escape.
As for the palace guards, they dispersed in a hurry, and they all went home to reunite, leaving only Zhu Xiaosun, the commander of the light pole.
Everyone went out of the imperial city, went straight into the inner Yanfu Palace, and then went out from the west palace gate, and went straight to the Tianbo Gate in the inner city.
They didn't dare to go to the east side of Yanfu Palace, because it was sandwiched by Genyue, Jinghuayuan, and Waiyanfu Palace, and it was full of Shandong soldiers and Shaanxi soldiers. If he is not careful, Song Jiang can lead troops to intercept the emperor.
Crossing the Guangji River, they soon arrived at Weizhou Gate, where Fan Qiong's Tokyo soldiers were stationed.
Zhu Xiaosun rode forward, showed his waist card and said: "Open the city gate quickly, I am the commander of the right Jin Wuwei general, and the guard pro-army Sima Bujun are all commanding Zhu Xiaosun!" β
Those guards subconsciously opened the city gates, and at the same time couldn't help but look at the chariots and horses.
The city gate soon opened, and the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom poured out, and Zhao Huan, who had changed into ordinary civilian clothes, also rode a horse to follow.
The bridge over the moat has been demolished, and the Yongshun Water Gate next to the Weizhou Gate, where many boats are still docked, have been rowed out by Zhu Xiaosun's soldiers.
Just when Zhao Huan led the horse to the boat and was about to cross the moat, someone suddenly led the cavalry to chase after him.
But it was Fan Qiong, who was in charge of the Tokyo city defense, who led the cavalry of the forbidden army to chase and approached the city gate, and shouted: "Stop them, it is the faint king who wants to escape, and he can make a great contribution to Marshal Zhu if he is captured!" β
Zhao Huan, the general who guarded the city with one hand, actually shouted to catch the unconscious king.
"This treacherous man!"
Zhao Huan heard the shout and hated, and the horse didn't want it, so he quickly jumped on the boat, turned around and shouted to the queen and Concubine Shen: "Come on board!" β
Fan Qiong led the cavalry to rush out of the Weizhou Gate, but saw that Zhao Huan, the queen, Concubine Shen, and Zhu Xiaosun had already boarded the ship.
Zhu Xiaosun's family ran away smoothly, but his younger brother and uncle (Concubine Shen's father) and his two families had not had time to board the ship, and they were all detained by Fan Qiong, who was chasing.
Finally, after crossing the moat, I heard the sound of a horn whining again.
The rangers patrolling between the Yellow River and Kaifeng City have found Zhao Huan and others, who are blowing trumpets and gathering troops to intercept them.
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(End of chapter)