Chapter 276 Have you escaped from the clutches?
The east is white, and the sky will be bright.
North of Luoyang City, Xiaopingjin.
This riverside town, located in the northeast of Mengjin, belongs to one of the eight passes of Luoyang and is also the most important Yellow River ferry to the north of Luoyang.
Opposite Xiaopingjin is the ground of Hanoi County.
Liu Xie, who was standing on the horse, looked at the jumping ferry, and his memory returned to his childhood in a trance.
This is the second time he came to Xiaopingjin in his life.
In those years, his father Lingdi died, and his brother Liu Ben ascended the throne. The Empress Dowager He came to the throne. The foreign relatives and scholars led by the general He Jin joined hands to fight fiercely with the eunuchs of the inner palace to fight for the power of the imperial court.
The desperate eunuch designed to lure He Jin, kidnapped his brother Liu Ben and himself to escape from Luoyang City in an attempt to escape from Xiaopingjin to Hebei.
In that year, Liu Xie was only eight years old.
It was here in Xiaopingjin that he witnessed the chasing minister and killed Zhang Rang and other eunuchs.
That was the first time he saw blood in his life.
What happened at that time was like yesterday, and I still remember it vividly.
In a blink of an eye, 30 years have passed, and I didn't expect to visit my hometown again.
Fate seems to have played a joke on him. Liu Xie, who has passed the age of his life, seems to have returned to the starting point.
"Your Majesty, the ship is ready. Please cross the river as soon as possible." Sima Yi beside him urged in a low voice.
Liu Xie did not respond, but turned to Luoyang.
The raging fire lit up half of the sky. Although it was dozens of miles apart, the sound of crying and shouting in the city was still faintly audible.
In the night, a team of people rushed in.
Sima Yi immediately became alert and ordered an army composed of servants around him to protect the emperor and prepare for the war.
"Zhong Da, it's me."
is Jiang Ji's voice.
Sima Yi's nervous mood suddenly calmed down and motioned his subordinates to lift the alert.
Not long after, Jiang Ji, dressed in military uniform, rushed to the front with more than a hundred fully armed regular soldiers.
Sima Yi stepped forward and asked, "Zitong, has Xiahou been fooled?"
"Zhongda, your clever plan, how can Xiahou's man not be fooled?" Jiang Ji was proud and deliberately shouted, "Xiahou Yu mistakenly thought that His Majesty was going west and wanted to go out of the Hangu Pass to join Liu Bei. He has personally taken the brigade to chase him. We now have enough time to cross the river."
Jiang Ji's words relieved everyone present.
Liu Xie's expression was still depressed.
Today's escape was planned by the two famous scholars in front of us.
Sima Yi was transferred to the head of the prime minister's office, and there was an opportunity to pseudo-correct Cao's order.
Jiang Ji was appointed as the general of Dongzhong Lang and belonged to Guangluqing, and Guangluqing was also responsible for the guard in the palace. That is to say, Jiang Ji controlled part of the military power of the Yulin army.
Last night, Sima Yi first forged Cao's order and tricked Xiahou to transfer the defenders of the north gate of Luoyang to rush to the tiger prison gate. At the same time, he sent conspirators to set fire everywhere in the city, creating the illusion of rebellion.
At this time, Jiang Ji took advantage of his rotation to kidnap Emperor Xian out of the palace, took advantage of the chaos to go out of the north gate of Luoyang, and rushed all the way to Xiaopingjin.
Sima is a famous family in Hanoi County. Many local civil and military officials have a "good" relationship with the Sima family.
Now Cao Yan has been defeated repeatedly in Henan, Liu Bei's army has invaded Bingzhou again, and Hanoi County is also panicked.
Sima Yi's plan is to rob the emperor to Hanoi County and take advantage of the local influence of the Sima family to defend himself in Hanoi.
Liu Xie never believed that Sima Yi was a loyal minister. He knew very well that Sima Yi's so-called rescue actually wanted to treat him as a bargaining chip to serve the new master.
Now Liu Feng's unification of the south of the Yellow River is unstoppable, and Liu Bei is also quickly swallowing Hebei, but Cao's destruction is irreversible.
In the face of these two new hegemons, it is obviously unrealistic for Sima Yi and Jiang Ji to compete with Liu on their own.
A county in Hanoi is sandwiched between Henan and Hebei. Obviously, Sima Yi "welcomed" his Liu Xie here with the intention to sit back and watch the situation and choose the owner.
Liu Xie was aware of Sima Yi's conspiracy, but he was unable to resist. He, the emperor, was involuntarily all the time from the moment he ascended the throne. He was very clear about this.
After sighing secretly, Liu Xie pulled the horse to the horse and said lightly, "Let's go and cross the river."
The situation in Luoyang was chaotic. Xiahou was deceived to Hangu in the west. Sima Yi's party "protected" the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and calmly crossed the Yellow River from Xiaopingjin to the north.
The governor of Hanoi County was originally a loyal minister of the Cao family. When he heard the news of Emperor Han's Beidu, he even planned to send troops to recapture it.
However, according to the usual practice, although the county guard is trusted by the imperial court, all the officials under the meritorious Cao are all under the responsibility of the local powerful county.
Therefore, these powerful officials responded to Sima Yi's call to kill the imperial guard, and the counties in Hanoi wanted to betray Cao.
After Xiahou, the general who stayed in Luoyang, realized that he had been fooled and hurried back to Luoyang, Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, had crossed the Yellow River for two days.
Xiahou, who was furious, could only send a flying horse to report to Cao Xian in Huluoguan, while leading the army to chase him to Hanoi to recapture the Han Emperor.
It's just that there are not many soldiers left in Xiahou's hands. In addition, after Sima Yi crossed the river, he burned up the boats around Xiaopingjin and the ferry. In this unfavorable situation, Xiahou can only look at the north and sigh for a while.
############# Cao, who is in the tiger prison, has been hit hard again.
At this moment, in addition to regret, his heart is still regretful.
He should have thought that the senior officials led by Sima Yi were not the same as himself.
When they covered the sky with one hand, these scholars had to choose to submit to their own command for their interests, but in their hearts, they looked down on their "eunuch misfortune" in their hearts.
When the time comes, it is reasonable for them to rise up and rebel.
Cao Qian, who was so angry that he vomited blood, almost fainted several times. It was only under the persuasion of Xia Houshang that Cao Qian reluctantly supported it.
Cao Wei, who was helpless, was no longer concerned about collecting the defeated army. On that day, he led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Luoyang at night, leaving only Xiahou Shang leading 10,000 troops to guard the tiger prison.
Liu Feng, who had just captured Xu Chang, originally planned to take a break and march into Luoyang, but when he heard the news that Emperor Han had fled, he immediately ordered the whole army to rush to Luoyang.
The news of the escape of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty soon came from Luoyang City. The people's hearts, who were already panicked, stirred up thousands of waves. The disintegration of the hearts of the people's hearts formed a chain reaction, causing them to look at the wind and rebel in various places. Liu Feng's army entered the tiger prison almost without any resistance.
A few days later, Ling Tong's troops entered the Yellow River in the north of Xingyang and joined the water army led by Gan Ning and Xu Shu. Nearly 100,000 water troops advanced westward against the river, cutting off the connection between Luoyang and Hebei with lightning speed.
Fifteen days after the end of the Battle of Lejia, Cao Jian and his 60,000 remnants were surrounded by Liu Feng's 250,000 troops in a lonely place with Luoyang as the center.
########## Bingzhou, Taiyuan County.
This is a large county in the middle of Bingzhou. On the west side is the mountains of Lvliang Mountain, and to the west of Lvliang, it is surrounded by the Yellow River.
To the east is Taihang Mountain, and there is a Jingxing barrier that can be connected to the central part of Jizhou. Wangbei connects the geese and the generation, and the middle is separated by the wild goose gate. The southwest is Hedong, and there are Longmen and Pujin outside. In the southeast, it is connected to the Party, and there are important passes such as the courtyard pass and Fukou.
A county in Taiyuan has screens around, and at the same time, it is enough to connect with the four directions. It can be said that "controlling the mountains and rivers, on the shoulders of the world, is the foundation of the east of the river, and a place that must be fought for in ancient and modern times."
Such a dangerous county was won by Liu Bei's soldiers a few days ago.
In the pastoral palace of Jinyang City, Liu Bei looked at the map of Hebei hanging on the wall, and his gray and old face showed unprecedented pride.
Isn't Liu Feng arrogant? But with the sacrifice of the army of the country and the loss of money and food, you can advance to the north step by step. Every place you have to pay the price of blood.
And I, Liu Bei, Hanzhong, Guanlong, Bingzhou, and even Jingzhou in those years, I almost did not get it with great effort. Your wisdom is still worse than me.
Liu Bei is very proud. He does have the capital to be proud.
At this rate, he can swallow the Hebei states in less than a few months, and at the lowest price.
Although Liu Feng at that time captured Henan, he must have paid a heavy price.
Liu Bei believes that the Hebei states, which are not poisoned by the war, compete with Liu Feng's war-washed Henan prefectures for the world, and the chance of victory must be in his own hands.
Just as Liu Bei was flying with his mind and reverie, outside the hall, footsteps sounded, and one person strode in.
Liu Bei turned around and saw Fa Zheng.
"Xiaozhi, I'm thinking about whether we should take Jizhou from Jingxing, or go to the geese first, take Youzhou first, and take Youzhou first. You came in time. Please check with me for details." Liu Bei said with great interest.
"Your lord, the situation has changed again. I'm afraid that our strategy will make some changes on the occasion." Fa Zheng said and presented the silk book in his hand.
That is the latest information from Henan, which not only records the results of the Battle of Yingchuan, but also the Han Emperor's escape from Hanoi, which shocked Liu Bei even more.
"The emperor actually escaped from the clutches of Cao's thief?" Liu Bei was surprised.
Fa Zheng smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's true, Lord, this is an unexpected joy."
The words of Fa Zheng shocked Liu Bei.
Liu Bei has always been envious of Cao Qian's ability to take the emperor to order the princes. As the uncle of the Han Dynasty, he actually dreamed of taking his emperor's nephew as his own.
But Liu Bei is very clear that even if Cao's thief is at the end of the mountain, he would rather die with Emperor Han in his arms than give it to others.
But now, at this critical moment when the overall situation in the world suddenly changed, Emperor Han unexpectedly got out of Cao's control.
Moreover, Hanoi County, where Emperor Han lived, is only one mountain away from the Hedong County he had just captured.
For the first time in my life, the cash cow was so close to me.
Liu Bei can't be moved.
There was excitement in his eyes, and he paced excitedly.
After a long time, Liu Bei looked up and sneered, "You're right. This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I want to change my strategy and go south to Hanoi with my army. I must rush to grab the emperor into my hands before Liu Feng."
(to be continued)