Chapter 304: Calling the Shots for You
Although Liu Xin had already issued a letter denouncing Dong Zhuo and Liu Xie, but no one showed this letter to Liu Xie, of course Liu Xie didn't know that Liu Xin didn't recognize him as the emperor, Liu Xie listened to Cao Ying's words, and his face really changed, and he asked in horror: "Cao Aiqing, Liu Xin really wants to take my surname." ”
Cao Ying snorted coldly and said: "This can still be fake, Liu Xin slandered the emperor for killing his brother and usurping the throne, which of these two things is a capital crime, what is Liu Xin so deliberately chasing and killing the emperor, it's not that he wants to be the emperor." ”
Liu Xie's little face had turned pale, cold sweat was on his forehead, and he stammered: "Cao Aiqing, it was really Liu Xin who pursued me yesterday, and it wouldn't be very dangerous for my queen to fall into his hands." ”
Cao Ying looked at such an innocent little emperor, and laughed in his heart, but said on his lips: "Liu Xin is as lustful as his life, the queen falls into his hands, and his innocence is difficult to guarantee, but his surname may be worry-free, if the emperor falls into his hands, his surname will definitely be lost." ”
Liu Xie heard this, his expression was stunned, and a few tears fell, he and Fu Shou are still young, naturally there is no husband and wife, but they have also lived together for more than a year, and they still have some feelings for each other, yesterday they only cared about their own escape, and had to leave her behind, after all, they have been married, although they have not been hired, Liu Xie still knows a little about the love between men and women, after listening to Cao Ying's words, imagining Fu Shou Chenghuan under Liu Xin's crotch, the scene of the coquettish turn, Liu Xie couldn't help but feel sad from it,
Seeing this, Cao Ying continued: "Your Majesty, if you want to escape Liu Xin's clutches, you only need to move the capital, and as for the queen's safety, you can try to rescue it later." ”
Liu Xie said gloomily: "Then according to what Aiqing said, move the capital." ”
Wang Yun hurried to the outside of Liu Xie's tent, and heard Liu Xie say the words "moving the capital is", and he felt dizzy for a while, and almost couldn't stand.
Cao Ying heard that there was movement outside the camp, came out to take a look, and saw that it was Wang Yun, so he said with a smile on his face: "It turned out to be Wang Situ, Wang Situ came just in time, the emperor has agreed to move the capital to Puyang, so I asked Wang Situ to go and inform the adults, and an hour later, they will gather at the east gate of Luoyang and set off for Puyang." ”
Wang Yun stood stunned for a long time, speechless for a while, Cao Yun arranged like this, the things they discussed last night could not be implemented, Wang Yun was annoyed, and blamed himself for being snooze, so that Cao Yun took the lead, but Cao Yun has now become the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and his status is already above him, the situation is gradually out of his control, Wang Yun sighed, and had to turn around and go back to the camp,
Hearing that the capital was going to be moved again, the courtiers suddenly exploded, Yang Feng was the first to be unhappy, he stood up and said loudly: "I knew that this was the case, I didn't follow you to Luoyang at the beginning, and now my family members have also been lost, and the official position you promised is no longer there, if you want to go, I will stay in Luoyang and not move." ”
Yang Feng's words resonated with many courtiers, most of their families still stayed in Chang'an, and now Chang'an City was conquered by Liu Xin, as Liu Xie's "sworn friend", Liu Xin would deal with their family members no one dared to imagine, they abandoned their family and followed Liu Xie, but the first to get the reward was Cao Ying, who was busy for a long time and made wedding clothes for others, and everyone was holding their breath in their hearts.
It's just that people are under the low eaves, how can they not bow their heads, at the beginning under Dong Zhuo's brutal rule, they were not obediently allowed to be slaughtered by Dong Zhuo, but now they just replaced Dong Zhuo with Cao Ying, after everyone sent a jail scratch, they all acquiesced to such an ending, until the time of the real departure, Wang Yun found that there was no end to the ambush, Yang Feng knew that if he went to Puyang, he would never come out again, just press the army and wait and see.
As long as Liu Xie is in his own hands, it doesn't matter if the others have one less, or two less, Cao Ying doesn't take it to heart, he acts decisively, since he has decided to give up Luoyang, he didn't hesitate at all, and seized the time to organize people to transport all the money, grain and other things, and sent someone to notify Cao Ren, who was still continuing to feint at Yique Pass, and asked him to wait for the opportunity to retreat, as for the people of Luoyang City, although Cao Ying also wanted to move them away together, but he had always lacked money and food, and one more person would have one more mouth to eat, so he had to give up,
If it weren't for Yang Feng's support, and he had to persuade Song Guo to surrender in Hangu Pass, Liu Xie would not have been able to go to Luoyang anyway, and now that he learned that Cao Ying had taken Liu Xie to Puyang, the more Yang Feng thought about it, the more he was angry, patted the few cases in front of him, and said loudly: "Children, bring the cloak, and go with me to pursue Cao Ying." ”
After listening to this order, they all looked at each other, and now there are only more than 20,000 people left under Yang Feng, and if you want to pursue Cao Ying, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
Yang Feng saw that he was standing still on the left and right, and in anger, he kicked over several cases in front of him, and shouted loudly: "What are you afraid of, isn't Cao Ying defeated in the hands of Liu Xin, let's chase after Liu Xin all the way under the banner of Liu Xin, and grab some baggage to come back, if not, will everyone drink the northwest wind in the future." ”
These words are still a little attractive, after all, everyone can see that Cao Ying had already transported all the money and grain in Luoyang when he retreated, and if he could grab a small part of it back, it would be enough for them to support him for a while, otherwise he would really have to run out of cooking.
As soon as Cao Ying's men and horses arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, they heard a report from Malay that Liu Xin's army was only ten miles away.
Lu Qian, the guard of the Tiger Prison Pass, arched his hand and said: "Please go first, the last general will desperately defend this pass, and the pursuers will be blocked in the pass." ”
Cao Ying shook his head and said: "I didn't expect Liu Xin to come so quickly, forget it, his purpose is just to occupy the entire division, as long as the emperor is here, why worry that the princes of the world will not bow down and obey orders, so why not give up the tiger prison to him, pass on my general order, the three armies must not stop, and advance at full speed." ”
Although there were no people in the team, there were many baggage, and the speed of the march was not fast, and they walked about 20 miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, and there were reports from the horses, and Liu Xin's army was in hot pursuit, and it was less than five miles away.
The battle outside Xiangyang City made Cao Ying extremely frightened, and when he heard that Liu Xin's army was chasing closer, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Order, abandon the baggage, and move forward lightly." ”
Xun Yu hurriedly stopped and said: "The lord is slow, his subordinates have been suspicious, how could Liu Xin's army come so quickly, will there be someone else." ”
Cao Ying sighed and said: "Wen Ruo, you don't know, Liu Xin's army seems to never know tiredness, the last time I defeated Xiangyang, his army chased after him from behind, if it wasn't for the heavy rain, I am afraid it would be difficult for you and me to meet again, especially the cavalry under his command, all of them are superb in horsemanship, and I don't know how they were trained, our cavalry is also powerful, but we can't touch them at all." ”
Xiahou Yuan took over the conversation and said, "Lord, I remember, Liu Xin's cavalry seems to have something hanging under the saddle, and they can put their feet on it, maybe it is that insignificant thing that improves their riding skills." ”
Cao Hong immediately arched his hand and said: "Lord, now is not the time to delve into Liu Xin's cavalry, the enemy's pursuers are getting closer and closer, so we should make a decision as soon as possible." ”
Xun Yu suddenly laughed and said loudly: "Lord, if it weren't as I expected, the chasing soldiers behind must be Yang Feng in the name of fake Liu Xin, otherwise with the Liu Xin cavalry that the lord said was so powerful, they would have caught up with us a long time ago." ”
Although Cao Ying trusted Xun Yu, he was suspicious and still not very relieved, and said, "What if Liu Xin sent out all the infantry this time." ”
Xiahoudun said impatiently: "It's useless to discuss it here until dawn, and when I go forward, whether it's Liu Xin or Yang Feng, you can see at a glance." ”
Without waiting for Cao Ying to agree, Xiahou Yuan reined in his war horse, and after bringing dozens of horsemen, he turned around and ran backwards, Xiahou Yuan was worried that he would lose, so he bowed his hand to Cao Ying and said: "Lord, please allow me to bring a team of men and horses to help my brother." ”
Cao Ying was still hesitating, and there was already a shocking shout behind him, and a probe horse galloped over, and said loudly: "Lord Qi, General Xiahou stabbed the general to death with one shot, and the enemies have scattered in all directions. ”
After a while, Xiahoudun was deeply covered in blood, rode his horse, and laughed: "Sure enough, as Mr. Wenruo expected, it was Yang Feng's fake come, and I killed his three generals one after another just now, but unfortunately I ran away from Yang Feng." ”
But said that Xu Huang got Liu Xin's order, returned to Hongnong County to make a little preparation, set off early the next morning, went straight to Luoyang, and found that it had almost become an empty city, neither soldiers guarded the city, nor officials to manage the people, Xu Huang divided the troops to defend the city, issued a notice to the people, and sent a large number of sentries to the direction of Hujiao Pass.
At this time, the enemy situation is unknown, Xu Huang, who is cautious, will never act rashly, while waiting for the news, he made a cameo appearance in Luoyang Order, Xu Huang has also been Nanyang Taishou for a few days, and it is not very difficult for him to deal with political affairs, Luoyang City can now be described in three words, that is, "dirty, messy, poor", and Xu Huang has been judged when he was a soldier here,
Xu Huang took the mansion that Cao Hong originally occupied as his temporary yamen, and selected some literate soldiers from the army to register the people of Luoyang, and at the same time, for the houses in the city, Xu Huang clearly announced that unless he could provide valid house deeds and land deeds, they would all belong to the government, and they could be temporarily lent to these people to live, and they would all be taken back in the future.
Just as Xu Huang was busy in the mansion, there was a sudden noise outside the door, Xu Huang frowned, and walked out of the mansion, only to see a scribe in his thirties shouting loudly: "Let me in, I want to see your general." ”
Xu Huang separated the soldiers guarding the door, looked the man up and down, and said, "I am their leader, what do you want to see me." ”
The scribe in his thirties glanced at Xu Huang, still disbelieving, and said, "Can you be the master here?" ”
Xu Huang said with a smile: "Now in Luoyang City, it is up to me to decide, if you have anything, just say it, I'm very busy." ”
The scribe's eyes widened, and he said in a loud voice, "Then return my wife and daughter." ”
Xu Huang was stunned for a moment and asked: "Does anyone dare to rob the people's daughter, who are you, to be honest, I am the master for you." ”