Chapter 263 Difficulties
Before dawn was dawn the next day, the team was about to set off again to head south... Han Jian came out of the tent and found that Yang Ronger had already commanded the soldiers to set off in military uniform, and seemed to have not been affected by yesterday's events.
Han Jian deliberately did not approach Yang Ronger, and the team quickly packed up and the team began to slowly move southeast. After rushing yesterday, both people, animals and cars could not bear it. The team could only continue to move forward at a steady speed, and stopped to rest for a while every hour. Therefore, the next day, he stopped and stopped. Han Jian calculated that he could only walk sixty or seventy miles a day, without any urgency.
It was sunny in the morning, the weather began to warm up, and the snow on the road began to melt, making the road ahead a little muddy. It was soon noon, because they were not going to bury the stove at noon, and only bury the stove at night in one day. When someone was hungry during the day, they would eat dry food.
Taking advantage of the break, Han Jian got off the horse and stopped a group of fast horses. One person came off the horse. It was Daxiliu, who led the ambush and pursued the court's pursuit and scout last night. Mrs. Luo's troops were basically old Xiliang subordinates. This time they would not go south with the team. After the ambush last night, these people had returned to the surrounding areas of Luoyang in batches. In addition to explaining what happened yesterday, the arrival of Daxiliu also brought Han Jian the latest situation in Luoyang City.
"The court has mourned. It is said that His Majesty has passed away. At the same time, King Dong left Luoyang during the funeral of the country, which violated the great ceremony..."
The news brought by Da Xiliu was not entirely untrue. After all, Mrs. Luo's power could not penetrate into the Wei court, but the news was very well-informed about some major events that had already happened in Luoyang City.
Han Jian didn't expect that he would be identified as a rebel by Yang Yu so soon. The right to speak lies with Yang Yu. He would say whatever he said. Only when they and his party returned to the territory of Jiangdu could he be able to condemn him.
"What are your godmother's plans?" Han Jian asked after hearing Daxi Liu's report.
Daxi Liu said: "My godmother has already asked someone to collect the accounts and the softness of the books, and she will set out to go south in a few days. I believe that King Ji will ascend the throne in the past few days, and there will be no abnormalities in the capital. However, according to some unreliable news, the King of Western means leading troops out of Guanzhong."
Originally, when Han Jian returned to Jiangdu, Mrs. Luo could choose to stay. She wanted to clean up her family and go with her, showing her loyalty.
Han Jian said: "When you go back, tell your godmother. There are some things you don't need to hurry. She will stay in Luoyang for the time being to handle some things."
"Yes." Daxi Liu took the order and said, "The little woman will truthfully convey the young master's meaning to her godmother when she returns."
After explaining the matter, Daxiliu was about to leave, and Han Jian asked two guards to see him off. After all, Daxiliu was a strange face. He was afraid that the people from the Eastern Prince's Mansion and the Southern Prince's Mansion would think that she was a detailed work sent by the court. Daxiliu had not left yet. Yang Rong'er's figure appeared in front of Han Jian's exercise. Han Jian could feel that Yang Rong'er was not in a good mood at this time, but her pretty face was tightly slapped.
"Who is she?" Yang Ronger asked coldly. "Why do you look familiar?"
"The famous singer in the West, Daxi Liu, Miss Yang has also watched her perform?" Han Jian asked.
Yang Ronger shook her head slightly and said, "What did she come to you?"
Of course, Han Jian would not tell her that the people from the former Xiliang subordinates were working for him. Now he and Yang Ronger are allies, but from the perspective of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, some things should not be made public.
"Her identity is a detailed work by our Nanwang Mansion. This time we came here to convey the message." Han Jian said, "The court has been mourned."
"The funeral?" Yang Ronger said in a slight surprise, "Yang Yu is not afraid of being exposed by someone? You said that Your Majesty is Bintian, but Your Majesty is doing well now. He doesn't even have your Majesty's body, so how can you tell me that you are mourning?"
Han Jian smiled and said, "Miss Yang, there are some things that should not be said randomly."
Yang Ronger glanced at Han Jian coldly and said, "This news is reliable?"
"It should be reliable." Han Jian said, "The next step is that Yang Yu will send more pursuers in order to completely kill people. We will speed up our journey in the next few days. In front of the cavalry, our speed is simply storm's speed, and I'm afraid we will be caught even if we haven't walked a few hundred miles."
Yang Ronger frowned slightly, probably because she was not very adaptable to Han Jian's way of speaking. However, she didn't care much about these things, and she still turned around and left as before.
When he was moving again, Han Jian intended to increase the speed of the team's travel. At the same time, in order to supplement the losses, he began to buy horses along the way. Although military horses could not be bought, ordinary horses could still be purchased. In addition to purchasing essentials, Han Jian was not prepared to let the team get too close to the town. I believe that the local authorities would learn that soon after the court's funeral was held, and local officials would send garrison troops to intercept them in order to please the new master. At that time, there would be tigers in front and hungry wolves in the back, and it would be difficult to fly.
Two days later, the team had already left Luoyang for 250 miles, and was still about 900 miles away from the northeastern border of Jiangdu. Although at this speed, it should only take more than ten days to get to Jiangdu, after all, with the journey being strained, the speed of traveling slowed down, and the court's pursuers had also come again.
Even if Han Jian's empty city plan worked that day, the court would find out afterwards that the soldiers of the Eastern Prince's Mansion had not arrived at the Luoyang City. The Eastern Prince's Mansion and the Southern Prince's Mansion were bluffing that night. The imperial court sent reinforcements this time, and would inevitably give a death order, that is, to pursue them, and launch an attack regardless of everything, so as not to have too many dreams.
According to the news obtained in the past two days, Han Jian has sent troops again. As for the generals leading the troops, it is likely that it is Yang Yu himself.
Han Jian could not guess why Yang Yu dared not to stay in Luoyang City, but personally led his troops to chase him. Maybe he felt that the one who could stabilize his throne at the moment was to kill people first, and as for ascension to the throne and the so-called national mourning could be suspended first. Yang Yu himself might not trust any generals. Even Sun Shaoqian, who had always had a feud with the Eastern King, temporarily withdrew his troops, so he naturally would not give hope to others. He led his troops personally, and it could be seen that he was stubborn and lacked consideration.
Although Han Jian felt that Yang Yu was not like a big dealer in this matter, it was not a good thing for this miscellaneous escape team composed of the Eastern Prince's Mansion and the Southern Prince's Mansion, as well as the families and entourages of the court. Yang Yu came in person, which was equivalent to Yang Yu's last attempt. Such a surging court army must be larger in lineup than those brought by Sun Shaoqian, and the marching speed and combat effectiveness will also be improved by a higher level.
When the pursuers catch up again, the empty city plan is unable to use one move, that is the real Jedi.
Therefore, after Han Jian learned that the second batch of pursuers of the court had come out of Luoyang, he could only order to speed up. However, by this time, the team was exhausted, and it would be better not to reduce the speed too much. If it was to speed up, it would mean that one would defeat oneself without fighting and destroying oneself.
The next day, I only walked more than forty miles, mainly because the snow on the road had melted a lot, and I often stopped due to road conditions along the way, and even lasted for half an hour.
"It won't work if you continue like this." Han Jian asked Yang Ronger and expressed his meaning, "If you continue like this, you will not be able to reach Chanzhou for a month. You must find a way to speed up."
Yang Ronger narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Why are you going to Chanzhou instead of Dingcheng?"
Chanzhou is the northernmost prefecture city of the Eastern Palace, and Dingcheng is the northernmost city of the Southern Palace. These two cities are not far away. Dingcheng will be closer to Luoyang City than Chanzhou, but it is only a few dozen miles away.
"Miss Yang, what do you mean?" Han Jian asked with a smile.
Yang Ronger said: "Take Your Majesty back to your Jiangdu, then you are the best at saving the king. What is our Nanwang Mansion?"
Han Jian’s meaning was a bit wrong when he heard this. Could it be that Yang Ronger wanted to rely on the many soldiers of the Southern Prince’s Mansion to steal the queen back to Yuzhou?
"Miss Yang, I'm just discussing with you how to speed up, not discussing this issue. Even if you want to discuss the contribution of the king, the Eastern Palace is willing to live under the Southern Palace." Han Jian said.
Yang Ronger said in a cold tone: "Then let's go your separate ways. If you don't know where Your Majesty is, you will definitely divide the troops and pursue them. The troops can be divided, but Yang Yu can't be divided into two. If you want to take Your Majesty back to Jiangdu, just take them. I believe Yang Yu thinks the same way."
Han Jian heard this and was full of irony, so he had to smile and said, "Ms. Yang's proposal is good, but now we mainly protect His Majesty's safety. If we divide it into two, the rest of the road will be difficult to walk."
Yang Ronger glanced at Han Jian coldly and left without saying anything, making Han Jian bored.
After the two of them had some misunderstandings in the tent, Han Jian deliberately avoided Yang XINGER these days, and Yang XINGER also deliberately avoided him. Now, even in business, the two seem to be uncontested. The original good ally relationship was completely destroyed by their own reckless actions. Han Jian felt a little emotional, but when he thought about his "eye fortune" that day, he also thought that this kind of thing was good, but unfortunately, Yang XINGER was at a loss, so it was no wonder that Yang XINGER would treat him coldly.
Originally, Han Jian thought the weather would warm again, but fortunately a cold wind passed by and the weather suddenly became cold. The road that had melted muddy also freezes. As a result, the road was much easier to walk.
Han Jian has lived again for 16 years and has a deep understanding of the coldness of winter here. In winter, heavy snow will be sealed several times a year, and the temperature will even reach minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. They are also facing the erosion of the severe cold at this time.
The road is easy to walk, but it is threatened by the severe cold weather. People and horses need to keep warm. At this time, the prefectures along the way are on guard. It is already difficult to replenish clothes and food. At night, they can only rely on making fires to keep warm. The conditions for eating, drinking, defecation and urination are not good, which makes people continue to get sick these days. Some people need medicinal materials when they get sick, and they cannot buy medicinal materials along the way. They can only try to buy some when passing by a small village. However, when the residents of the village and towns see officers and soldiers, they are afraid of avoiding them, and no one dares to do business.
There is no need to pursue the troops to threaten, other factors alone have made this team difficult. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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