Chapter 614 General, didn't you come to find General Lu to borrow a mount?
Chapter 614
Yuan Wendu bowed to the two of them, then turned over and jumped on the horse's back to ride away.
Huangfu Wuyi let out a long sigh and turned his head to look at Lu Chu. "General Lu, I want to go to the Youwuwei Camp to gather soldiers. I don't know, General Lu..."
Lu Chu saluted Huangfu Wuyi, his expression full of determination. "I went to Zuo Beishen Mansion to gather my brothers, and then rushed to the palace."
"I hope there will be another day to meet General Huangfu..." At this point, Lu Chu laughed himself, but his smile looked a little sad, and he didn't seem to believe that this day would come.
Seeing Lu Chu leading his troops and running away, Huangfu Wuyi had a sad look on his face and let out a long sigh.
"Brother Lu, please forgive me for not sending it off..."
Turning his head, he saw the five loyal guards around him, all looking at him with expressions of shock.
Huangfu Wuyi looked confused. "What are you two doing in such a daze?!"
"General, didn't you say you came to borrow some mounts from General Lu?" the leading guard asked in a low voice with a cautious smile.
"..." Huangfu Wuyi's whole body felt bad. Damn! He turned around suddenly and saw that Lu Chu had led his troops and disappeared at the street corner. Only the sound of horse hooves was still humming...
The dumbfounded Huangfu Wuyi was stunned for several breaths, and then turned his head with a dark face and glared at the bastard who hadn't reminded him just now.
"General, please knock on the door again. Maybe the Lu family still has mounts..." Seeing Huangfu Wuyi's dark face, the guard leader quickly squeezed out a flattering smile.
"Why don't you hurry up?" Huangfu raised his hand helplessly and rubbed his face. What the hell, he is a powerful general in the military, and he can't really run all the way from the north of the city to the south on two legs, right?
You know, Luoyang, the eastern capital, is no smaller than Chang'an, the largest city in the world...
After drinking tea, Huangfu Wuyi could only sit on a pony without a saddle with a dark face, and could only use a thick blanket on the horse's back.
Pidengdi led the way, and behind him were five loyal guards. The guards who were running closely behind had a particularly strange expression. They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
Huangfu Wuyi rode forward, but he could only bow his waist obscenely and clench his legs.
There are no stirrups or saddles. This way of riding makes Huangfu Wuyi, the right-wing general, feel pain in his balls. Well, it really hurts...
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With great difficulty, he suppressed the discomfort in his crotch and rode his horse to the Luoshui Bridge in the south of Tongtuofang.
I saw more than a thousand fully armed Wagangzhai soldiers and horses on guard in front of the bridge, and on the bridge opposite Luoshui, there were also a large number of Wagangzhai soldiers and horses patrolling.
Seeing this scene, Huangfu Wuyi's heart immediately went cold. He quickly reined in the horse's head and jumped off the horse.
"General, what should we do now? With so many people guarding here, and their people patrolling the other side, there is no way we can get through..."
Huangfu Wuyi's face became increasingly ugly, and at this time, there was the sound of intensive hoofbeats behind him.
Huangfu Wuyi was shocked. He quickly took his horse and moved to a nearby alley with the five guards.
Soon, a dozen soldiers and horses from Wagang Village rode past and arrived at the bank of Delo River. After saying hello to the soldiers guarding the bridge, they patrolled to the other side.
"They are clearly patrolling the various buildings, General. It's almost daylight, so hiding like this is not an option."
"General, I'm afraid we have no chance to go to the south bank..."
Huangfu Wuyi nodded solemnly. This situation was already very clear. The other party wanted to completely isolate the garrison in other parts of the Eastern Capital from the palace.
"Your Majesty is in danger..."
"General, since we can't go south, if we go to the palace for rescue, with just a few of us, we may not even be able to fight against the patrols in the market. In this case, we might as well go out of the city and ask for help."
"???" Huangfu Wuyi and several others looked at the person who spoke in bewilderment.
Almost all the soldiers and horses of Xiaochaoting have gathered in Dongdu City, and there are no soldiers and horses left to ask for help.
"General, what the villain means is the east..." The guard raised his hand and pointed to the east and whispered.
"You mean to suppress the Fu army?" Huangfu Wuyi said in slight shock.
Seeing Huangfu Wuyi, he didn't get furious, but the eyes of his companions all shone brightly.
It seemed that no one was willing to rush into the enemy's army and die without any reason, so this man took courage and continued to persuade.
"Exactly, General, although the King of Tang is at odds with the court, His Highness the King of Tang is our loyal minister in the Sui Dynasty. Otherwise, why would he want to avenge the late emperor?"
"And now, although the Jingnan Army has changed its name and title, and he has been granted the title of King of the Tang Dynasty, he has been conquering bandits from all over the world..."
"If he knew that the court was in trouble, he would definitely raise troops to help him to defeat his disloyal ministers."
Huangfu Wuyi hesitantly glanced at the five confidants around him who were looking at him eagerly, and finally stamped his feet helplessly.
"Well, now that we have reached this point, there is really no other way out except turning to the Zhenfu Army for help.
Follow me eastward and find a waterfront where there are no soldiers and horses patrolling Wagang Village, and we can swim out of the city."
"promise!"
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Yuan Wendu rode his horse, hurriedly and slowly, and finally arrived in front of the Zuoye Gate. He saw at least nearly a thousand soldiers from Wagang Village with murderous intent and unsheathed swords and guns guarding the open Zuoye Gate.
There were still some corpses of soldiers lying on the ground. Seeing this scene, Yuan Wendu raised his head and sighed in despair.
If it weren't for himself, Dongdu would not be in today's disaster. But now, it is no longer the time to blame and blame oneself.
Yuan Wen turned his head, looked at the guards on his left and right, and couldn't help but smile miserably.
"Let's all go our separate ways..."
"Master, we are willing to follow you."
"That's enough! The cause of today's disaster lies with me. I came here just to see if I can still find a chance for the court to survive."
"I am already sixty years old, old and weak, so it is useless for them to kill me. If you wait around me, you will let those thieves kill me quickly."
Seeing that these guards wanted to say more, Yuan Wen was furious, drew his sword out of its sheath, placed it across his neck and shouted in a low voice.
"Are you trying to force me to die quickly?!"
In desperation, the guard leader with red eyes saluted Yuan Wendu.
"Master, we don't dare. We hope you can save your life first. We will wait for you here."
"If something unexpected happens to me, that's all..." Yuan Wendu wanted to explain something, but with a bitter smile, he galloped out of the hiding place and walked slowly towards Zuoye Gate.
Not long after, Chen Zhilue, the general of Wagang Village who was guarding outside Zuoye Gate, received the report from his subordinates.
He immediately galloped in front of the formation, looked at the old man in disheveled clothes, and shouted sharply.
"Who are you? This is a forbidden area in the palace. If you don't hurry up, retreat quickly. If you dare to take another step forward, I will punish you!"
Yuan Wendu held up the crooked crown on his head and shouted, "General Zuo Yiwei, Yuan Wendu is here and wants to see His Highness the King of Wei."