The sun moved slowly from east to west, until the moon rose in the east and the sky darkened, the fire in Hulao Pass gradually extinguished, and everything returned to tranquility, with only the clanking of patrolling armored soldiers.
The governor was immersed in the scene and saw that the city was high and thick. Looking around, the night was deep and the scenery was beautiful.
However, I had no intention of appreciating the beauty in front of me because it was destroyed by the densely packed tents in the city. The flags were all red.
“The situation is extremely difficult to control.”
After looking at the large camp for a long time, the governor let out a long sigh.
At this time, there were more than a dozen people standing beside the governor, all with solemn faces.
After Ye Qing captured Hulao Pass, he immediately took over the troops, horses, weapons, food and grass, and resolutely refused entry to other coalition forces on the grounds of rectification and purge, but invited the princes to enter.
She also hosted a banquet and gave generous rewards to the princes in the name of the Queen Mother. According to the governor's estimation, at least half of the wealth captured in the city was spent in one go.
Immediately everyone cheered, and most of their resentment was reduced, so those who had different ideas had no choice but to follow the crowd, secretly sighing at Ye Qing's cunning.
"Yes, it has dropped by another 60,000, and it is becoming more and more powerful." After hearing the governor's words, someone responded, which made the governor even more excited. He just sighed: "Ye Qing surprised me several times, but now I can't
I don’t admit it, this guy is indeed something extraordinary.”
"It's just a national crisis. If you have talent but no virtue, it will bring disaster."
For the governor, the land was also in crisis. As a minister of Cai, who was deeply favored by Long, Ye Qing did not think about repaying the favor, and fought with himself, the representative of the imperial court in Yingzhou, which was treason and madness.
He looked at the camp inside and outside the city for a while, and then looked at Luoyang from a distance. Something began to swirl in his heart, but he couldn't express it to outsiders. After a long time, he slowly uttered a sentence: "If I don't get rid of this son, he will become my future one day."
The Disaster of Da Cai
After saying that, the governor sighed and headed to the camp under the protection of his personal guards.
The rest of the people hurriedly followed, but a few of them looked at each other with strange eyes.
Luoyang southern suburbs
At this time, there were thousands of continuous camps in the fields on both sides of the official road. Most of them were dark and silent. There were only a few bonfires dotting the dark land closest to the official road. The unrestrained laughter of the Xiliang soldiers and the women's voices echoed in the night sky.
It is self-evident to say what happened among the rioting soldiers as they wailed and screamed.
At this time, the people were very brave. Sometimes a bonfire would suddenly go out, and there would be the sound of swords and soldiers clashing. Some would even kill the rebels to pieces, but they would soon return to calm under the attack of a burst of arrows. Some civilian men
The bodies were brought out, either by the insulted woman's father, brother, husband, or simply by a ranger filled with indignation, who died in battle for a woman whom he had no relatives and had never met.
But most unfortunate women do not have this kind of rescue. They are often targeted by the Xiliang army during the day, or have lost their families, or are separated from their families, becoming weak on the migration journey, and what else?
Who knows how to bully the weak better than an army?
In such an environment, a distant hill, an ordinary manor, behind the wall, many sharp eyes were staring at the darkness in the official road over there, and their teeth were clenching.
"There is no order yet, we cannot be exposed." Some school officers suppressed the emotions of the soldiers, and after returning to their accounts, they were also filled with anger: "General Wenyuan, how long are we going to endure it?"
"Almost..." he said in a cold voice.
The main tent was heavily guarded inside and outside, and it looked no different from the Xiliang Army, like many Xiliang Army who temporarily occupied large estates on the road.
In the eyes of the school officer, a general sitting in the main seat looked very young and had a calm demeanor. He was looking at the military map at his desk, rubbing a few inconspicuous red talismans in his hand, and after a moment he handed it to a girl in a cloak: "
Take these to your young master and tell me the truth when you come back."
The situation in Hulao Pass was uncertain, and the secret village was not exposed yet, but some preparations could be made on the outside, so he continued to ask the scouts: "How many people are there at the moment and where are they?"
"Reporting to the general, there are 6,700 people in this department..."
The sound hit a hundred steps away, causing faint ripples in the air and disappearing.
The girl's cloak had a flash of inspiration, which offset the ripples, and she ran out of the military camp. The bright moonlight chased her unusually nimble figure, and fell straight into a three-story attic deep in the inner courtyard.
The attic was closed as usual, except that the small window on the roof was half-open, and the last ray of moonlight moved and slid past a slim figure.
Diao Chan finished her exercises to calm down her spiritual energy, and stood leaning on the railing in the darkness, looking at the deep and dark wilderness to the north, silently talking about all the things that were happening.
"In the past few days, the Xiliang army seems to have had a premonition and is frantically forcing people to relocate."
"My lord, did you say... that Hulao Pass must be broken today?"
Diao Chan didn't know what was happening there, and she couldn't believe it. Reason told her how difficult it was... This was Hulao Pass.
Or is the interrogation rumor a mistake?
The girl was willing to believe this in her heart. What she had witnessed in the past few days made her anxious. For the first time, she hoped that a miracle would happen.
In this entanglement, footsteps sounded, and the girl was light and very hasty: "Miss, General Zhang wants you to take a look at these..."
"It's true." Diao Chan said calmly, withdrawing her consciousness.
"Ah?" The maid Ying'er was confused and didn't understand why it was so fast.
Diao Chan knew the details of the so-called General Zhang and was the chief general on earth. He had recently broken through the threshold of martial arts. Jiang Chen undoubtedly had the core secrets, including the roster of the old department...
My own roster is just a backup, and it is also a process of dual cooperation with military intelligence in Luoyang, but I cannot talk about this to this loyal little maid.
"Ying'er, you can just reply like this. By the way...Tang Ji, are you okay with Fu Shou resting in the backyard?" Diao Chan stared into the darkness and asked the two girls who were rushed out from the Second Emperor's Mausoleum last night - they
They have been serving as soldiers to guard the mausoleum for the past few months, but the upcoming rebellion will be too dangerous for them.
"I just got up and asked to come to see you. Do you want to see me, Miss?"
"How can two queens come to pay homage to the daughter of the people?"
Diao Chan refused this and did not want to show up. Considering the special circumstances, these two women were kidnapped during the chaos of the war. They were destined to be under house arrest for a period of time for the sake of secrecy... They did not have Taoism or martial arts.
How frightening.
It is the nature of women, so after this second thought, she felt a little soft-hearted, so she still covered her face with a veil: "I will go to the backyard to meet them."
"Actually, we have no relatives, so why would I save them?" Diao Chan thought as she walked along the road.
The Han Dynasty was out of line, and the people in Luoyang, ranging from high to low, were not only men, but also the royal women who were implicated. Except for the concubines, most of the queens and nobles were from powerful families, and they did not dare to move lightly due to their strength and reputation.
The beauties, court ladies, prostitutes, and concubines were all called into the palace to serve by Dong Zhuo, and they were even rewarded one by one to the generals as a sign of grace.
Some resisted fiercely, and corpses were often found in Luoshui with horrific scars all over their bodies. This greatly reduced the prestige of the Han Dynasty. Just imagine how majestic the emperor could be if he couldn't even keep his concubines. No wonder even the people of Luoyang regarded him as sitting on the throne.
His son is a false emperor.
This situation of ups and downs seems to be beneficial to the lord, but in the long run it damages the prestige of the Han Dynasty and is detrimental to the lord's interests after becoming emperor.
Diao Chan knew that this was one of the reasons why she didn't want to sit back and watch... but she wasn't ready to risk her life yet.
A few days ago, he passed by Luoshui and saw the tragic scene with his own eyes, so he sent a message to Hulao Pass to request the rescue of the remaining royal women. The lord, despite his busy schedule, also gave a positive reply.
"At that time, Jiang Chen on my side was a little disapproving, but Liu Biao, who was far away from me, gave full support. The difference in reaction is really big." Diao Chan felt a little sad, and she was more certain of her thoughts.
In addition to the two young queens mourning in the mausoleum on the outskirts of Luoyang, six other nobles, three young unmarried concubine princesses, and hundreds of beauties, palace servants, and maidens granted by the three generations since Emperor Ling were all transferred by the emperor.
Qin and Zheng robbed most of them on the ancient road and sent them to Xuchang. They were selected based on their wealth and wisdom. They will all be good candidates to become female sorcerers in the future.
"In the Lord's power system, there are too many people on the ground..."
In Diao Chan's impression, except for the Lord, most people on earth, even real people as close as Qianqian, don't care about their future in the earth.
This is probably because the Kyushu on the ground is too vast, making it difficult to see just the earth...
Thinking this way, she couldn't help but feel chilled. She had to consider allowing the Han people to have their own supporters and protectors.
"The Battle of the Gods is about to begin. The power of Taoism will be the pillar of the future earth world. I and Jiang Zinan have two souls. With the Lord... I need to avoid suspicion, and I have to take precautions in other aspects...
Diao Chan felt a little complicated about the relationship between the two, and she was somewhat helpless, but it didn't matter what she thought. The task given by Emperor Wa was actually to use a beauty trap to seduce the lord. She agreed and acted expediently. Thinking of this, she smiled bitterly.
: "Originally I used this tactic to deal with Thief Dong, but I don't want to use this tactic to deal with my lord now. Although the purpose is different, it still makes me sigh with emotion."
"In short, only female sorcerers are the most suitable ones to cultivate... and the aura is flourishing, and the world of Lower Earth originally favored boys over girls and formed rules, so currently there are very few women with the potential to practice magic, so they were newly renamed by the Lord strangely.
Sister Wenji, and the few who are locked in the roster, such as Xiao Qiao and Sun Shangxiang."
"This may change in the future, but now there is no room for change."
Diao Chan knew that her lord tried his best to tap into any power under his command, so she guessed that this was her lord's true thoughts. It was a pity that the lord didn't even want his own wife, but because of this he was regarded as a lecher by his subordinates.
"The remaining royal women with good fortune are the most suitable... I heard that Wen Ji and the Queen Mother have both been taught Taoism. My lord will definitely not disapprove of Chan'er's little suggestion."
Behind is the residence. The weather was gloomy at this time, and there were very few people inside. Only the female soldiers were stationed outside, showing their figures from time to time.
Diao Chan couldn't help but feel a little sad that the second generation empress had ended up like this. She thought about it before going in.