The continuous wind and snow are destined to severely delay the transportation and information dissemination in this era. And this celestial phenomenon is like another serious obstacle to the emperor and his party traveling eastward, or southeastward.
It was just snowing at first, so almost the entire Yang family was out and all preparations were made. How terrifying would it be if the century-old clan were to fully mobilize? There was no shortage of materials, personnel, livestock and vehicles. Even the two beauties had Yang's
The family members personally waited on them, and there were people along the way who were prepared.
Therefore, in the first three days of the emperor's escape, except for the limited speed, he walked smoothly.
However, when they came to the Tuhe Mountain area in the southeast, they suddenly fell into a dilemma - the south of the mountain was different from the north of the mountain. The snow in the south of the mountain was very thin, and the snow stopped quickly. There was only one main channel on the road.
There is a tendency to become muddy, but the only main passage, the famous Shangluo Passage, is too obvious and may attract pursuers!
In this regard, Huben Zhonglang Jingze suggested that we just take the main road directly, because there is only one Shang County and two or three small checkpoints ahead of Wuguan that cannot block the entire passage. Speed up and pass by.
However, Yang Biao and other older adults have expressed doubts about this. They believe that these small checkpoints are very fatal. The guard generals are all low-level officers, and they are low-level military personnel who are naturally closer to General Wei. Once there are a few fools among them,
Who will guarantee the life of the Supreme Being?
It must be understood that the real decision-maker in this group of people must be the Yang family. Since Yang Biao and others have doubts, they naturally have no say in Jingze, and naturally they cannot leave through the southern avenue.
As a result, the emperor and his party naturally chose to walk through the thick snowy path in the north of Tuhe Mountain. As a result, such a group of ministers who usually cannot lift their hands or shoulders saw what it means to have the north wind whistling in the mountains and the road being covered with snow.
Snow freezes.
It was really hard work in the next few days. On a mere Tuhe Mountain, seven livestock died from exhaustion, and four vehicles were broken. Even Wang Mang's skull was crushed and a corner of his lower jaw was crushed. We could only go to Nanyang to see what could be done.
It cannot be replaced with gold.
As for the death of a few Yang's slaves, it was even more unavoidable in an escape team of nearly five to six hundred people.
What's even more terrible is that the seriously sluggish speed made the emperor and his party even more worried about the possibility of pursuing troops. In order to prevent being hacked to death in the mountains, so many people later did not even dare to light a fire.
, I can only drink snow water and eat fried cakes.
However, it is worth mentioning that the emperor's performance was extremely good. After realizing that Yang Biao had obviously made a big mistake in choosing the route, the young emperor did not mean to blame anyone. Instead, he untied the six seals and took off his clothes.
He changed into ordinary clothes and got off the car and walked in person. He even participated in pushing the cart in a symbolic way, and he didn't complain at all about food and drinking water.
The various performances of the young emperor made Yang Biao feel so ashamed that he almost burst into tears, and even more looked forward to his future trip to Nanyang.
But that afternoon, thanks to the mighty protection of the emperor and the united will of the group, everyone finally walked out of Tuhe Mountain from the northern path and came to the Shangluo Passage behind Wuguan, and then let out a sigh of relief.
Needless to say, Yang Qi and Jingze took the lead and led the latter's dozens of elite Tiger and Guard soldiers to Wuguan to contact Han Xian. The emperor and others went to a mountain col where the snow had melted in the south of the mountain.
I took a short rest here and waited for the two of them to come back to meet me.
Unexpectedly, at night, before the two returned, chaos suddenly broke out in the convoy.
"What's going on?!" The young emperor was awakened by the sound of swords and fire, and was in a panic. "Have the pursuers arrived?"
"Your Majesty, please be patient." The right middle man, Li Shao, was in a state of embarrassment. Regardless of the fact that there was still Fu Mei in the tent, he came directly to the tent with a white blade to report. "It's not the pursuers, but some Yang family servants who don't want to go eastward."
, wanted to rob property and leave, but it was difficult to do so in the snow in the north of the mountain. Now when he saw the road and the tiger warrior general leading the soldiers away, he had evil intentions... There were only a few dozen people, Yang
Justice is at hand!”
The emperor nodded slightly.
It was only then that Li Shao noticed Fu Meiren behind the emperor. He couldn't help but feel embarrassed, so he took the initiative to plead guilty and left. Then he sat and guarded outside the tent, showing a loyal attitude.
Seeing this, Fu Meiren leaned on the emperor's shoulder and asked carefully: "Supreme, is everything okay?"
Outside the tent, there was heavy fire and chaos. Liu Xie, who had been sleeping with his clothes on, turned around and forced a smile, but said nothing. He just imitated Li Shao's posture outside the tent and sat upright with his sword.
What can I say? Although Liu Xie is a young man, he has experienced many things after all. He is sixteen years old again, and thanks to the protection of the Han Dynasty court system in Chang'an, he has received a complete basic education (Shufadu refers more to
Institutional construction), although there are some things that I don’t say, I still don’t understand.
For example, why did Jingze have to lead those dozens of soldiers to look for Han Siam in the afternoon? In fact, it was not Jingze's intention at all, but the Yang family still couldn't trust Jingze and wanted to take the opportunity to seize the garrison right beside the emperor.
This is not malicious, it would be ridiculous to talk about fighting for power at this time, but it is because Jingze really cannot be trusted, and Liu Xie knows this very well.
Like now, Li Shao's performance is somewhat of a showmanship. If he is really loyal, why go up and fight with the knife? But on the other hand, if Li Shao is not guarding the tent at this time, Liu Xie and Fu Meiren may not be able to do it.
Peace of mind... This young emperor also understands this.
In the final analysis, there is no absolute right or wrong in anything in this world. A person's position is hidden in his heart and it is impossible to see it clearly until the last moment, and the final decision may not be the true reflection of his heart.
Located in the wilderness, the swordsman had no eyesight, and there was nothing to say, so the emperor could only hold his sword in a daze. But on the other side, Yang Biao was in trouble.
In fact, it was only a few ambitious slaves of the Yang family who had evil intentions at the beginning. Because they suffered a lot while walking on the Tuhe Mountain path, they gradually realized the risks of the family master's trip, and they were unwilling to leave Guanzhong, so they decided to go there.
Suddenly, he got evil intentions and recruited more than a dozen people to steal a cart of property and leave quietly.
However, as soon as they took action, these people alerted others, and then triggered a confrontation. In the melee, what caught Yang Biao off guard was that on the one hand, these people were fighting to the death, and on the other hand, almost all Yang's slaves had
Resentment, lack of effort, and a group of domestic servants naturally lacked combat experience, so they couldn't take it down for a while.
And in the middle of the night, the consequence of not quickly stabilizing the situation is that the chaos will get bigger and bigger.
During the struggle, some people seized torches and lit tents and vehicles on fire; some fished in troubled waters and tried to imitate these people in stealing property; and some servants simply turned against them and tried to plunder openly.
Faced with such a situation, Yang Biao and several ministers with civil servant backgrounds were completely useless!
The chaos lasted until late at night, and the situation was completely out of control. Most of the baggage was robbed, and two of the cars that the emperor brought out of the Weiyang Palace were also robbed. Yang Biao and other ministers completely gave up on quelling the chaos, and could only bring a few confidants with them.
They all gathered outside the emperor's tent to protect the emperor, the two beauties and some Yang family members to death.
At daybreak, the rebellious servants disappeared. After a little inspection, they found Ding Chong, a native of Cao Cao and his best friend, Huangmen's servant, frozen to death naked in a ditch.
It turns out that Ding Chong is famous for being an alcoholic, but Tuhe Mountain is difficult and he is not good at drinking too much. However, when he went out to Tuhe Mountain Trail yesterday, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he drank a few more glasses, so much so that he drank too much.
He couldn't afford to be drunk. During the chaos, someone robbed his tent and simply took advantage of the opportunity to strip off the servant who was so drunk that he could hardly stand, and then threw him into the ditch.
There was so much noise in the chaos, maybe the person's cry for help was not heard, or maybe there was no time to call for help, or the person was too drunk to call for help, so he froze to death.
In response to this, Yang Biao and others felt sad for a while, but there was nothing they could do.
Or to put it another way, now that things have happened, the miserable situation of Luoyang when the capital was moved to Chang'an has already been vaguely seen. Who can care about anything else?
In the morning, Yang Qi and Jingze rushed back. They were shocked to see such a situation. Among them, Jingze immediately went to check on the emperor's safety, which made people secretly feel ashamed - who didn't know what if Jingze and his tiger warriors were there last night?
With all the soldiers here, it is impossible for such a situation to happen? But Jingze does not care about these things and only cares about the safety of the emperor, which makes it more valuable.
"I will die!" Jingze saw that the emperor was fine and sitting in the tent to hold himself up, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. He almost collapsed in front of the messy tent, but he signaled the soldiers to patrol around.
The emperor, who was also in a state of embarrassment, saw that Jingze had brought the soldiers back, and he felt a little calm in his heart. He couldn't help but force himself to calm down: "The Qing family has to worry about it. Now that things have happened, it is useless to think too much. After those thieves disperse, they will definitely expose us."
What's the location like at Wuguan? Can we leave immediately?"
Jingze quickly sat up straight, but then lowered his head: "I was about to talk to the Supreme about this matter..."
"Something happened in Wuguan too?" The emperor was not surprised. "But Chang'an sent a messenger from the main road to prepare in advance, or simply replaced Captain Han?"
"That's not true." Although the two beauties around the emperor and Yang Biao's wife Yuan Shi, as well as other ministers such as Li Shao and Zhou Zhong were there, Jingze didn't care much anymore and directly told the reason. "According to this,
According to the previous agreement between Yang Gong and Han Duwei, Han Duwei was supposed to follow the example of a minister to open the way for the Supreme Being, and then lead his confidants to Nanyang to escort him... His family was in Hedong, and he was originally a powerful man, so he had a lot of interest in the New Deal.
I am dissatisfied, and I am even more dissatisfied with maintaining a military pass for five or six years...these supreme beings should know this."
"good."
"But when the matter came to an end, Lieutenant Han was a little timid. He hesitated for a moment and refused to go with him." Jingze hesitated a little, but still concealed Liu, who even he had not expected, from the emperor's expectant eyes.
Yu Shen’s death. “They are not willing to let go of Wuguan and let us leave by the main road. They only say that they are willing to provide boats so that the Supreme Pretender merchant can turn into Danshui from the small road on the west side of Wuguan and go down the river.
When the Wuguan passes, he will never lead troops to stop us."
This news was nothing short of adding insult to injury. The Emperor was angry for a moment, but immediately became speechless. After all, he had no way out at this time. He just wanted to get to Nanyang as soon as possible.
Different from the emperor's calmness, at the same time, in a corner far away from the emperor's tent, Yang Qi, who had also returned from Wuguan, was quarreling with his younger brother Yang Biao.
Of course, among scholars, especially among the Yang brothers who are the fourth generation and the third prince, they must be well-educated. The so-called quarrels are not obvious.
Rather than saying it was a quarrel, it was more like they were talking more seriously to each other.
"When Riwenxian asked you to go to Nanyang, I have always opposed it. It is only because you are a direct descendant, one of the three nobles, and the leader of the clan, and this matter affects the life and death of the whole clan, so I had no choice but to agree." Yang Qi's eyes turned red.
, as if the anger in his heart could not be stopped. "The arrow at the city gate is to remind you that our Yang family has no retreat... How can you blame me now? Do I want Liu Bo'an to die?!"
Yang Biao sighed: "Brother, I know that things happened step by step, and no one among them had any intention to harm the overall situation, but this arrow is really fatal! Liu Bo'an was not only identified by Emperor Xianling when he was there,
The auxiliary clan is not only the Taiwei who has been in charge of the Chang'an court for six years, but also one of the emperor's three serious emperors... This arrow is not dead, but now that Liu Bo'an is dead, how can the emperor
Don’t you want to be called a killer?”
"I know better than you!" Yang Qi forcibly suppressed his emotions. "But again, Mr. Wen, if you had known this, wouldn't you have just listened to me and not done this that day? If you are still in Chang'an, let the police (
Yang Zhong) guarded the family business and let Dezu serve Gongsun. If the time comes for the two of us and the court (Yang Mi), at worst, he will die for the Han Dynasty. By then, the family will naturally continue for generations. How could we end up in this situation today?!
"
Yang Biao lowered his head and said nothing. He still didn't understand. No one thought that the weak arrow would have such consequences. The consequences were so serious that Yang Qi could not bear it. That's why his clan brother was so rude.
It’s not that I’m looking for reasons for myself, it’s just that it’s really hard to accept this fact.
And from another perspective, Yang Qi's question is indeed reasonable.
The relatives were all killed in one day, and the emperor wanted to find a way out. Yang Biao, who had seen the heroic demeanor of the Central Plains during the alliance meeting in Nanyang that day, proposed this idea. As a result, the two sides hit it off and even attracted Wang Yun, Zhou Zhong, Ding Chong, etc.
Man, in the end the emperor himself actually persuaded Jingze again.
As for the entire Yang family, they boarded the ship passively because of the high stakes involved.
Even Yang Qi was the fiercest opponent at the beginning, but seeing that the emperor and the clan leader had reached an agreement, as a minister and a member of the clan, he could only join in and gradually played a backbone role.
As for the arrow outside the city gate, to be fair, on the one hand, the situation is urgent, and on the other hand, it is somewhat resentful towards the patriarch Yang Biao and the emperor - it was obviously you people who started it, but now are you still thinking about turning back?
?
But he never expected that that arrow would lead to such serious consequences. Even a warrior like Han Xian would be shocked by it and change his stance.
"It's useless to talk more!" When Yang Qi saw Yang Biao lowering his head and said nothing, Yang Qi raised his head and slowly let out a breath. "Now that things have happened, we can only try our best to send the emperor to Nanyang, and use Nandu (Wancheng as one of the three capitals of the Eastern Han Dynasty)
) and the Imperial City as the foundation in order to regain the old capital. If we can regain the old capital one day, we must give Liu Bo'an a good gift..."
"This is natural." Yang Biao quickly agreed.
"The family must also be revived." Yang Qi continued. "The name of the Hongnong Yang family cannot be destroyed by you and me. You are the patriarch, so you must be careful."
Yang Biao quickly responded.
"Get ready to cross the river!" Yang Qi finally regained his composure, but then waved his hand and said. "The boat had already set off when Jing Youxi and I came, and it should be idle at the ferry upstream of Danshui... After this chaos, it turned out that
It can also be said to be traveling lightly.”
Yang Biao lowered his head and responded repeatedly.
In this way, now that they had the confidence and were worried that the escaped Yang servants would be bold enough to plunder again, everyone did not dare to neglect. They just tidied up a little and set off again with a team that had shrunk to only one or two hundred people. Among them,
Dozens of soldiers, wearing white robes, guarded the emperor and others who had changed their clothes and the few remaining two carts of palace treasures. The rest guarded the ministers and the remaining three or five carts of supplies, and then set off in a hurry.
As for Ding Chong, in order to prevent wild beasts in the mountains from eating him, he could only be treated the same as yesterday's other dead bodies - cremated together with sundries.
However, things took twists and turns. However, the emperor and his party crossed Shangluo Avenue and arrived at the agreed boarding place in the evening of that day. They found that there was not even a ghost here! After asking the residents near the ferry, they learned that there were indeed many ships.
We arrived around noon, waited for a while and then went back downstream.
As a last resort, Jingze went to contact him again and found out that Han Xian's confidants were afraid of being exposed. Seeing that the ferry was quite crowded, they took the initiative to go down and asked the emperor and his party to board the boat from the downstream wilderness.
Everyone had no choice but to drive through the night through the road to the east downstream.
Traveling in the middle of the night, he indeed saw the boat, but there was no one to respond. Han Xian was afraid of being exposed, so he simply had the boat parked on the beach and went back immediately!
What's even worse is that several ships were left unattended and drifted hundreds of steps eastward by Danshui! The two banks there were almost equal to cliffs, making it impossible to board the ships calmly!
"Although the river is not frozen, it is extremely cold because of the rapid current. You must not enter the water easily, otherwise you may die!" Regardless of his age, Yang Qi went to the beach to test it out in person, but shook his head repeatedly.
."Don't tell me that it's so dark, and the Supreme One shouldn't take risks easily!"
Everyone had nothing to say, but they became more and more desperate.
Several female relatives simply burst out crying, but Yang Qi stopped them.
"How is that ship?" In desperation, Jingze held up a torch to observe carefully, but suddenly saw an opportunity. "It seems that you can get off the ship by hanging a rope from the cliff above, and then wait for someone on the ship to easily use the silk to kill the Supreme Being."
The silk binding was put down."
After hearing the words, everyone went to look, but they made the longest gesture they had done during this trip - the so-called silence for a moment, which is a typical expression of helplessness in a desperate situation.
First of all, what Jingze said is right. The ship was blocked on the shore, facing the protruding cliff above. Judging from the distance, it should only be three to five feet high. It can indeed be operated like this. However, there is only one ship near the ship.
The boats were close together and far downstream, too far apart from other boats.
It's almost impossible to escape, and no one has access to water. Once you enter this boat, the terrain is narrow, and you can't risk turning back to get other boats. Then you will have to go alone in a few boats... With so many people, I'm afraid it won't be possible to make it all.
.
When the time comes, who will leave and who will not? How much stuff should I take with me?
Theoretically, they were the emperor, so the two beauties, the ministers and their families boarded the ship, and only sent some of the palace's treasures, while the servants and soldiers stayed behind. In this case, the latter could divide some of the wealth and take it easy.
It seems acceptable to coax them to disperse... But in fact, no one knows how many people can be carried in these two ships, and this is a very important matter, so it is only appropriate for the manpower to carry one. At the same time, there are so many palace treasures,
It would be a pity to leave any one behind.
Ever since, the silence was followed by an argument.
However, they fought hard to get the emperor and ministers to board the ship as much as possible, and to leave suitable people behind, in order to escort the supplies and remaining personnel out of Wuguan by land.
"I'm here to cut off the queen!" During the argument, Jingze, who still had one arm wrapped, suddenly raised his voice to the emperor. "The soldiers are heavy and it is difficult to get out of the boat. I will take my soldiers to cut off the queen on the shore, and then take the rest of the people to wait.
Walk away from the main road with the vehicle and meet up with the Supreme Being in Nanyang."
Just when everyone was about to express their gratitude to Jingze for his loyalty, the emperor also trusted Jingze more and more after this period of time, so he was also ready to give some words of encouragement.
But at this moment, the attendant Yang Qi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"
The emperor, who had been concealed the news of Liu Yu's death, naturally responded solemnly: "Your Excellency, please tell me."
"Everything in the world should be based on people, and the rest should not be taken into consideration! And there are differences between people. If your Majesty is involved in the overall situation of the world, he is naturally extremely precious and puts everything first. Therefore, I think...the ship should be for the Emperor, two beauties, and others.
The ministers go first, and in troubled times the soldiers are the heaviest, so the armored men should go behind them. As for the treasures in the palace, the ministers' women, their families, and their belongings, they have to go to the back!" Yang Qi said proudly. "
Therefore, I will disembark from the ship first, and then meet the emperor, the two beauties, and all the ministers, and then hang down as soldiers in armor, and then set off immediately... I would like to be escorted by my brother Yang Zhong behind me.
The women’s belongings are leaving Wuguan by land!”
The emperor was at a loss when he heard this and didn't know whether he should agree or not. But Jingze and Yang Biao both wanted to say something, as if they disagreed.
"Stop talking!" Yang Qi immediately pulled out the sword from his waist and sternly said. "Is this the time to argue? What's the point of arguing? I'm the oldest here, and I'm being arbitrary today.
Once it's over, I'll be the one to cut off the rear, and the Tiger Tiger will go first. But anyone who speaks out must be someone with evil intentions! They should be killed!"
Everyone was frightened for a moment, and the emperor could only nod his head. Yang Qi's eldest son Yang Liang, who was also an official of the Three Dukes, was in the team and wanted to speak, but was given an angry look by Yang Qi and was too frightened to say anything.
Now that someone had made a decision, everyone took action immediately...opened the boxes and cages they brought, found ropes and silk, and tied them into strips. Although Jingze was unwilling, he was forced to be the first to hang on the rope.
Get off and enter the ship.
Immediately, the emperor, Fu, Dong Ermei, Yang Mi, Zhou Zhong, Li Shao and other ministers also disembarked from the ship. Although Yang Biao hesitated, he also disembarked from the ship under Yang Qi's compelling gaze. Then, several things happened
After the palace treasures, which were not very heavy, were thrown off the boat, the tiger warriors began to board them non-stop.
Later, after dozens of soldiers all boarded the boats, they found that the two boats could barely carry more people, so Yang Biao's wife, Yuan Shu's sister, was tied down, and the rest waited.
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Speaking of which, torches were lit on the shore and on the boat, making each other clearly visible. Just as the two boats were setting off, the people on the boat said goodbye and asked Yang Qi and everyone to take care of themselves. Attendant, Yang, a concubine of the Yang family
Qi suddenly made an unexpected move.
"I am ashamed that I have committed such a big mistake, and I am even more ashamed that I have caused such a big mistake to the emperor!" Under the torch, Yang Qi held his sword in front of him and leaned directly on the cliff to worship him. "I only hope that your majesty will go to Nandu."
, after relying on the imperial hometown and enjoying the blessing of Guangwu, we must cheer up and rebuild the Han Dynasty!"
The emperor was puzzled, but Yang Biao and Jingze suddenly understood, but they were already powerless.
The ship drifted eastward. Yang Qi stood up and whispered to his disciple Yang Zhong who was also confused. He then looked back at the emperor on the ship and called out from a distance: "Jingze works hard regardless of his own safety and hard work."
, it can be of great use, I hope Your Majesty will listen to it and believe it!"
After saying this, both Jingze and Yang Biao felt cold in their hearts, but Yang Qi did not hesitate and killed himself on the cliff with his backhand, then plopped into the alchemy water!
The speed was so fast that after the water splashed, the emperor and Yang Zhong were still at a loss.
————I am the dividing line with splashing water————
"When the Emperor of the Han Dynasty arrived at Wuguan, Han Siam, the captain of Wuguan, used two boats for private use. The boats could not be fully loaded, so he sent his servants Yang Zhonghu and the female family members of the ministers and the emperor's treasures to pass by Wuguan by land. Siam thought it was strange and captured them again.
On the next day, Zhong Yao, the pastor of Yongzhou, led his troops to pursue him. Siam was so frightened that he rode out of Wuguan alone to run towards the emperor. Yao then killed everyone, pardoned all the female family members, and sent envoys to protect them back to Nanyang. However, the emperor got the female family members of the minister, and knew that
What Siam did was to have Huben Zhonglang kill Jingze and Siam on the side of the road. When Taizu of this dynasty heard about it, he said: 'The behavior of a minister is respectable. Siam's self-interested villain is ridiculous.'" -
— "Shishuoxinyu". Yaliang Chapter
ps: Happy birthday to my aunt! (Weakly) By the way, I would like to thank my brother and the Alphabet Party 20180416202156056, as well as everyone for their rewards for my aunt! (Waving the wreath I just picked)
