After He Miao's death, Wu Kuang tied his head to his armor and carried him to the foot of the palace wall with Dong Min. One held his feet and the other pulled his shoulders. The two swayed back and forth twice before throwing the body over with a thud.
At the top of the wall, the eunuchs behind the wall all knew the chariots and riders. When they saw He Miao's broken body, they all looked at each other in silence, wondering if they would still have the whole body left when they died.
This night was really unbearable. After removing He Miao's body, the soldiers outside the wall continued to throw corpses into the palace. In the dignified Han Dynasty palace, Zhang Heng once wrote "Er Capital Fu" to praise it, and the article said: "Yinchi Youyou"
"The mysterious springs are flowing and clear. Bulbuls are roosting in autumn, and falcons are singing in spring." But now there are only corpses stinking on the walls, red eaves are smoky, arrows are dragging on the mysterious walls, and ques are burned out, just like a scene from the hell of the Buddhist land.<
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The eunuchs of the Beigong saw the fire in the Nangong from a distance and learned about He Miao. How could they not know that the situation was over? However, the regular servants ordered to stick to it, and the guards at the gates of the Beigong also performed their duties loyally and refused to let people go. Both sides
The dispute persisted for a while, and several Zhonghuangmen discussed privately, entangled a group of young eunuchs, and attacked Yongle Palace with distributed swords. The guards of Yongle Palace were caught off guard and were killed. These Zhonghuangmen were able to open the Beigong Shuoping.
Open the door and quickly escape outside the palace.
Fortunately, the Shuoping Gate was closed in time, preventing Yuan Shao and others from directly leading the army to attack. Zhang Rang looked downcast when he heard the news. He hesitated for a moment, and sent an envoy to discuss with his accomplices: "The gates of the Nangong Palace are all set on fire. Breaking the gate is just a matter of
Sooner or later, the gates of the Nangong Palace have been trapped by Yuan Wei and Yuan Shao's heavy troops. We have only more than 4,000 men, and we really can't hold it! I think the chariots and horses are dead, and there is no foreign aid outside the palace, but as long as the emperor and the queen mother
If we help each other, we will still have a chance. Beigong cannot afford to lose anything. Let us report to the Queen Mother and evacuate to Yongle Palace!"
All the eunuchs had already lost their will to fight. After hearing Zhang Rang's proposal, they quickly withdrew the guards at the gates of the South Palace. Before dawn, these eunuchs reunited in front of the Jiade Palace. When the regular attendants met again, they saw that each other was dressed in fine clothes.
Due to the dim smoke and dust, there was sand and mud between their fingers, feet and boots, and their faces were full of frustration and fear, so they were silent. They had no intention of cleaning up, and after greeting each other, the ten of them walked up the steps to the feet of the Queen Mother. p>
When the Queen Mother heard that the attendants had returned and did not want to see them, she hid behind a mandarin duck screen. She held the Emperor in one hand and Prince Chenliu in the other. She sobbed in the arms of her mother, Lord Wuyang. Duan Gui stood beside the screen.
Turning sideways, she slightly shook her head to her colleagues below, to show that the Queen Mother was extremely sad and needed to do her best to comfort her.
She and other regular attendants knelt down in front of the door, covered their faces with their hands, and complained with tears in their eyes: "You said in advance that everything was planned, and as long as you kill the eldest brother, the disaster can be eliminated. I was so stupid for a moment that I actually supported you.
Wait, I trapped and killed my eldest brother in the forbidden area, and caused the death of my second brother and my younger sister without any body parts. At this point, do you still dare to come to see me? Why not follow the eldest brother's words and kill them all?
This is so troublesome!"
At this point, the Queen Mother felt so sad that she buried her face in Lord Wuyang's arms and wet her clothes with tears. Lord Wuyang also made a loud lamentation, making the attendants kneel at the foot of the steps and did not dare to say anything. Zhang Rang and others cried.
After a pause, he finally raised his head and lamented: "Your Highness, even if you die of old age, how can the party members outside the palace treat your highness? The matter has come to this point, and your highness has no external support. If you lose power to the party members, what will happen to the emperor? What will happen to the world?
?I hope there is still a chance for His Highness to move to Beigong."
The Queen Mother didn't know how to answer for a moment. She wiped away her tears, swallowed her voice and asked, "What else can I do?"
Zhang Rang kowtowed to the ground again, and he replied: "Waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the enemy's siege to relax a little, we will escape from the Eastern Capital and enter the Western Capital. We will have Huangfu Song assist the government, and then we will use Taiyuan Liu Bei, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, and Youzhou
Mu Liu and Yu came to the rescue and announced to the world that Yuan Wei and Yuan Shao were usurpers and led the border troops to fight against the rebellion. This could reverse the situation."
The Queen Mother asked: "How many troops does Huangfu Song have? How many troops do Liu Bei, Liu Yan, and Liu Yu have?"
Zhang Rang coaxed her and said: "Huangfu Song is a loyal minister and has fifty thousand soldiers, all of whom are the elites of Liangzhou. Liu Bei, Liu Yan, and Liu Yu together have 400,000 soldiers, and they are members of the Han Dynasty. Once the Queen Mother issues an edict, they will
We must obey each other. By that time, Yuan Wei's Northern Army and Xiyuan Army had only more than 40,000 foreign troops, and they were no more than a fan in front of the imperial army."
The Queen Mother was very encouraged when she heard this. She didn't know how far away Chang'an was from Luoyang, nor how difficult and dangerous the journey was. She only knew the joyful scene of the imperial cavalry and the destruction of all the rebels, so she said to Zhang Rang: "
Let's go to the North Palace." As she spoke, she arranged her clothes, applied makeup in front of the bronze mirror, arranged her bun with her hands, and put on a golden phoenix hairpin. After finishing, the Queen Mother took the two children by the hand.
Walking outside the screen, you look charming.
In order to build momentum, Zhang Rang planned to coerce all the palace officials in the Nangong Palace to go north together, so he asked the Queen Mother to wait for a moment. Zhang Gong was quite embarrassed after hearing this. With his face red and swollen, he told Zhang Rang about the situation at the Chancellery: It turns out that
Lu Zhi led the officials in Taichung and relied on the strength of their numbers to force Zhang Gong and his party out of the stage. More than a hundred guards in Taichung also turned to Lu Zhi and closed the gates of the stage to resist the edict. Zhang Gong led his people around the stage three times.
, I don’t know where to start.
Seeing Zhang Gong's failure in doing things, Zhang Rang was very frustrated. He had just mustered up three points of courage, but it was all gone at this moment. He waved his hands and said to his colleagues: "Take as much as you can! Take as much as you can! When the late emperor was here,
, Yuan Shao is secretly raising the dead soldiers, could he still tolerate me waiting for a moment or two at this moment? If you can’t take him away, you can’t take him away!”
Two more hours later, it was already broad daylight. The servants tried their best to hold more than 400 palace officials in the palace, and then evacuated to the North Palace. Yuan Shu also occupied the complex road, but there were still overpass pavilions between the north and south palaces.
The road connected, so they turned to the pavilion road.
The pavilion passage is about a hundred feet long and two feet wide, and runs directly from the Xuanwu Gate Tower of the South Palace to the city wall of the North Palace. When a group of people stepped onto the pavilion passage, the attendants could not help but look back at the Nangong Palace. The smoke from the palace wall spread to the sky, and even the clear sky looked yellowish.
But it could not cover the reflection of the blade. The flags outside the palace wall were cruising back and forth like a long dragon, but they were at a loss in their hearts.
Duan Gui calmed down first. In order to protect the Queen Mother, he walked in front first. He was about to pass the first window in the pavilion. As soon as he appeared, there was a sudden whistle under the window. A strong wind blew across the bridge of his nose and nailed the door beside him.
On the beam, it was a four-foot-long hammered arrow. The feathers of the arrow were only one foot away from Duan Gui. Duan Gui trembled all over and quickly hid behind the window. Not long after, Lu Zhi's words came from below the window: "You guys, wait."
What do you want to do by holding the Queen Mother and the Emperor hostage?!"
Lu Zhi was still wearing court clothes as usual, but now he was carrying a two-foot-long halberd on his back, holding a seven-foot-long buffalo horn bow, and wearing two boxes of eighty quivers on his waist. The regular attendants saw him standing
Under the pavilion, his eight-foot body was as majestic as a hill. He was only five feet away from the pavilion. The autumn wind blew through Lu Zhi's beard and hair, which reflected his solemn expression.
Duan Gui replied at the window: "Why bother forcing Shangshu Lu? There are thousands of swords and bows behind me, but Lu Shangshu is only one person. Does Shangshu think he has the courage of Xiang Ji, but one person can be the sword of thousands of armies?"<
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Hearing this, Lu Zhi showed an angry and sarcastic smile, and said: "Although Lu is one person and one halberd, what's the point of cherishing his life? If we can save the emperor and save the country, even if we die ten thousand times, it will not be enough!" He said
He took off the halberd from his back and swung it hard under the pavilion, and it actually penetrated the floor of the pavilion and reached Duan Gui's feet. Lu Zhi shouted at the foot of the pavilion: "Put down the emperor and the empress dowager! Otherwise I will kill you all!"<
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Seeing this, Duan Gui looked back and made eye contact with Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang nodded slightly and pushed the Queen Mother from behind. The Queen Mother was caught off guard and stumbled a few steps forward. She was hugged by Duan Gui. Duan Gui immediately pushed her out of the window. The Queen Mother
With a scream, Lu Zhi hurriedly threw away his halberd and moved forward to hug the Queen Mother, almost falling due to the collision.
After Lu Zhi stood firm, he gently put the Queen Mother down from his arms. He raised his head and looked at the pavilion road. The attendants had seized the gap and led the emperor and King Chen Liu across the pavilion road. The eunuchs followed behind him on the pavilion road.
, the wooden boards kept creaking and groaning, they were running towards the North Palace, escaping from one cage to another, Lu Zhi could only sigh silently.
He looked back at the Queen Mother, who was sitting on the ground with tears in her eyes, hanging her head in self-pity, sobbing beside the orchid grass. Lu Zhi then remembered that the Queen Mother turned thirty years ago and was still young in front of him. Lu Zhi was right
She bowed in obeisance and comforted her with gentle words: "Chang Shi has kidnapped the emperor and murdered his ministers, which has caused a great disaster. This is the time when the country needs a wise king. Please don't cry, Your Highness. Although Lu Zhi is old, he has given up.
Life will definitely save the emperor."
The Queen Mother raised her head slightly and said to Lu Zhi with red eyes: "If I leave the palace, what will the Grand Master do to me?"
Lu Zhi helped the Queen Mother up and said categorically: "They are all done by serving the imperial edict and have nothing to do with the Queen Mother and the Emperor!"
He brought a yellow horse for the Queen Mother and helped the Queen Mother to get on the horse. He also took out a lacquer box from somewhere and gave it to the Queen Mother. He ordered: "This is the head of the general. I will return it to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother will accompany her."
After leaving the palace, the general must be buried in public to appease the troops. If any ministers ask about the chaos, the Queen Mother must assert that it was all done by the imperial edict of Chang Jiao!"
The Queen Mother held He Jin's head, not daring to look at it, let alone say anything. She looked at Lu Zhi and nodded slightly. The rising sun rose over the East Mountain, and the pavilion road was already empty. Lu Zhi, holding the yellow horse in hand, slowly left from the pavilion road.
He passed through the ruins of Pingshuo Hall and the remaining walls of Chongde Hall. Under the guidance of the bronze man, he walked back to the Chancellor's Desk from the mess.
When all the officials at the Shangshutai saw that he left alone before dawn and returned with the Queen Mother after dawn, they all sighed and said: Only when the country is in danger of disintegration can we know who the heroes of the country are. Lu Shangshu Youyan is a strange scholar, a pillar of the world, and we are not as good as him.
Also.
Not long after the Queen Mother settled in Taichung, Sergeant Yuan Shu built a ram. Fifty strong men pushed the ram, and crashed into the White Tiger Gate. The palace gate burned all night, and the burnt charcoal jumped out when the ram hit it.
Dozens of pieces, the door bolt slammed down, and there was another series of crisp sounds of the water tank breaking.