Chapter 226: The Restless Empire (4)
Tiger Prison Pass, one of the two checkpoints that lock the imperial capital, here is the only way to the imperial capital, from here is a horse Pingchuan, you can go to the imperial capital without hindrance, but the terrain here is dangerous, there is a husband when the light is not open, even if the million army comes to attack the city and wants to break through the city pass without enough mental preparation, I am afraid that it will bear a huge number of casualties, Liu Yu is rushing towards the tiger prison pass with fear.
The terrain of the Tiger Prison Pass is dangerous, the two mountains just lock the way forward, only a naturally formed large rift valley in the middle can be passed, and the Tiger Prison Pass locks this passage, the city wall up to dozens of zhang is all natural mountain stones, thick and strong, the city gate is made of lock fairy stone and stainless steel, the heavy stone gate weighing up to 10,000 catties locks the city gate, the battle flag of the Tianlong Empire flutters above the city, the Tiger Prison Pass was originally the station of the Sixth Praetorian Guard Legion, the Sixth Praetorian Guard Legion went away, and the First Praetorian Guard Legion took over the defense.
The long queue was dragged into a long line, because they did not expect Zhang Rang to make a sudden move, the people of the Liu family and the Xia family did not transfer out in time, and on the way to escape, they joined a lot of princes and nobles, Quyang Hou, Barbarian Marquis, Sifang Marquis, etc., large and small, more than a dozen princely families, except for Zhang Rang, almost all the people who took refuge in Zhang Rang joined the Liu family's fleeing team. Like a snowball, it is getting bigger and bigger, Liu Yu and Xia Tielin are both frowning, no one is at ease without the protection of the army, and only the Liu family has tens of thousands of troops here.
Knock knock, the huge shaking made the faces of the people who followed the back of the team change, especially Guo Jia. He had been suspicious on the road several times, but he was still discovered by this group of pursuers, and the person who came was someone from the Third Praetorian Guard Legion, and the whole team suddenly changed into chaos. The leader was a division commander, and there were 50,000 cavalry who followed him, more than twice the combat strength of the Liu family, and he was a close confidant of Yang Tong of the Third Praetorian Guard Legion, but unfortunately this cronie did not think about Yang Tong at all.
"There is no one here, let's go to Tongguan. Far away, he could already see the fleeing team of the Liu family swimming on the ground like a snake, the division commander was stunned, and without hesitation, he turned around and turned onto another official road and rushed to Tongguan. The cavalry in the rear did not hesitate, and also turned the dock one after another, and the circle of 50,000 cavalry formed a huge semicircle, sweeping around at the end of the Liu family's ranks. Gallop away.
The people in the rear are all you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what the situation is, it is impossible for them not to see such a long line, and now it seems that the other party intends to let himself go. Liu Yu and Xia Tielin didn't speak, and quickly left with the team and rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass.
There was a dark and dead silence in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and he didn't know what was going on in the Tiger Prison Pass, and when Liu Yu led people to the Tiger Prison Pass, he was completely devoid of his usual elegance. The whole person was in a mess, and the clothes on his body were as tattered as coarse linen. Xia Tielin, who was already injured, had already fallen ill, and now the entire team was supported by Liu Yu alone. The rest of the princes and nobles also lost their claims, this sudden killing was too terrifying, all the people were not mentally prepared, the people in the imperial capital died, the wounded, and the rest were frightened.
"Queen Mother, now the form of the Tiger Prison Pass is unknown, if we knock rashly, we may not have as much luck as last time, but here we can only hide for a while, not for a lifetime. Liu Yu sat opposite the Empress Dowager He, her face was full of sadness, Empress He no longer had the appearance in the palace, and the team had been hidden in a nearby mountain, and there were only dozens of people here.
"What should the Taiwei say? We will be safe as long as we leave the Tiger Prison now, what good ideas does the Taiwei have?" What attention can the Empress Dowager He pay attention to a woman's family, but now she is even more shocked and completely unnoticed, completely waiting for Liu Yu to take the idea, Liu Yu looked at the Empress Dowager He with a solemn face. ...,
He Ying sat aside, also glanced at Liu Yu with a solemn face, and said: "Grandfather, the commander of the First Praetorian Guard Legion is my clan uncle He Jin, I want to go and see it in person." ”
Guo Jia sat aside, kept his head pit and didn't speak, as soon as He Ying's words fell, Guo Jia raised up, looked at everyone tiredly, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and glanced at Liu Yu: "You, no, but I have an idea, I want to know the person who is most likely to master the legion of the First Praetorian Guard now, I need to know his information and habits." ”
Everyone glanced at each other, although they didn't understand what Guo Jia meant, He Ying nodded and said: "If my clan uncle is killed, it is very likely that the person in charge of the legion is the deputy legion commander Bao Ming, and only his prestige can lead the first Praetorian Guard Legion, and Bao Ming himself is a decisive person with a resolute personality, but he has one shortcoming, that is, he is greedy for merit, and it is precisely because of this that my father did not mention him to the position of the legion commander in several promotions." ”
Guo Jia nodded with a smile, stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and looked at everyone: "Queen Mother, County Lord, Prince, you are waiting for my news here, I will come when I go." ”
Guo Jia stood up, selected two guards and walked towards the city pass, the stars in the sky flashed and flashed, just like Guo Jia's heart was beating now but he was not sure at all, and the black tiger prison closed the sporadic torches to show the existence of this level. Guo Jia rode on a war horse and came to the city gate in a flash, the black city gate was tightly closed, and the captain on duty found Guo Jia.
"Stop, who are you?" the captain on duty shouted loudly, full of energy, his voice was loud, dozens of torches were instantly lit up above the city, and a few torches were thrown from above the city to illuminate the surroundings, Guo Jia stood at the city gate with two guards.
Guo Jia nodded to one of the guards, and the guard stepped forward and shouted loudly: "My family is a secret history from the capital, and if you have something important to ask to see the commander of the legion, please report it." ”
"But what's the proof?"
Guo Jia nodded, and took out a token from his arms, this is the token of the royal family given to him by the Empress Dowager He, whether the army is He Muping or Zhang Rang's now, this token can work. Sure enough, three hanging baskets were soon put down above the city, Guo Jia and the others were transferred, and followed a captain to the town guard mansion in the city, and there were many guards. In the heavily guarded town, the non-stop patrol soldiers made Guo Jia ask a little unusual, Guo Jia had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and walked in, a general with a tiger's back was sitting in the first place, and Guo Jia was locked in the tiger's eyes.
"Come on, take down this thief for me!" Guo Jia's two feet had just stepped in, and the general yelled. Hundreds of guards immediately rushed out of the surroundings to surround Guo Jia, and the two guards who followed behind Guo Jia hurriedly pulled out the war knives at their waists to protect Guo Jia behind them.
"Haha, I didn't expect that you, a legion commander, would be afraid of me as a scholar, haha. Bao Ming, your guts may not be too small, it's really a joke, since that's the case, Fan Shan. Fan Hai, let's go. Guo Jia pushed away the soldiers who surrounded him, and turned around to go out.
Bao Ming's face moved, and then he also daxiao. He clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Okay, good, Mr. is really courageous." Stand down, all of you. ”
The guards around him receded like a tide, and Bao Ming sat on top and looked at Guo Jia. Guo Jia smiled at Bao Ming, Bao Ming stretched out his finger and pointed to a seat next to him, Guo Jia sat down without hesitation, Bao Ming smiled: "Okay, how do you know that I am Bao Ming? I really don't think I've seen you, right?",
Guo Jia smiled and pointed to his eyes, Bao Ming was stunned, Guo Jia smiled: "Look with your eyes, think with your brain, everything you do is telling you that your heart is weak, you will be weak, your heart will be weak, your heart will be weak because you are not right, your heart is weak because you are afraid, you will be afraid? ”
Bao Ming's face changed, he sat on the top and looked at Guo Jia, Guo Jia's words just hit his sore spot, he was scared when he saw the token sent by Guo Jia, so he put out this lineup to scare Guo Jia, but he didn't expect Guo Jia to see all this clearly. Bao Ming looked at Guo Jia's face and looked at Guo Jia with a stern face: "What is your name, what is the purpose of coming here?"
"Guo Jia, the purpose of coming here is to show you a way to live. Guo Jia's tone was very flat, as if he had seen all this clearly, Guo Jia smiled and said: "General Bao, the Ming people don't say dark words, just say it." ”
"Haha, ridiculous, really ridiculous, I'm a legion commander, what do I need you to say, I now have 300,000 elite troops in my hands, plus the garrison of the original Tiger Pass, I now have 500,000 troops in my hands, what am I afraid of, ridiculous, really ridiculous. After listening to Guo Jia's words, Bao Ming became haha, and looked at Guo Jia with a sneer.
Guo Jia smiled and stood up, looked at Bao Ming with a smile on his face, waved his hand and said, "Since that's the case, let's go." ”
"Sir, please stay. As soon as Guo Jia turned around, Bao Ming stretched out his hand to stop Guo Jia, Guo Jia turned around and glanced at Bao Ming, Bao Ming looked around with a stern face and waved his hand, and all the guards around walked down: "Sir, please don't mind if there was a lot of rudeness just now, Sir, please sit down, let's talk in detail slowly." ”
"I don't know what Mr. has to do with the royal family with the token of the royal family?"
Guo Jia looked at Bao Ming, who no longer had much expression, in fact, he didn't have much confidence since Guo Jia walked into this town guard mansion, but since Bao Ming put out this lineup, Guo Jia is now 100% sure of winning this Bao Ming, Guo Jia's heart rose a sneer, looked at Bao Ming indifferently, and said with a smile: "What do I have to do with the royal family, this does not need the general to care, the general has to care about his own situation now." ”
Bao Ming nodded, he knows his situation better than anyone else, now it seems that he is very beautiful, he is the commander of the first Praetorian Guard regiment of the empire, but in fact he is more dangerous than anyone else, he has to take refuge in Zhang Rang's hands because he has the handle, as long as this limelight passes, Zhang Rang integrates the army, and he will soon be clear from the army by Zhang Rang, at that time is his own death, Zhang Rang will definitely launch a batch of scapegoats to calm the army's heart in order to control the army, there is no doubt that he Bao Ming will definitely be pushed out。
"Okay, since General Bao said so, I won't beat around the bush with the general, we have something to say, I wonder if the general can control all the troops in the Tiger Pass......?"
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