Soon they arrived at the east gate. At this time, the gate was also a corpse. Song Xian and Wei Xuzheng led a team of Bingzhou troops to guard the gate. They saw Hou Cheng coming with a carriage. Song Xian said to Wei Xu with a smile: "look at Hou Cheng. Now he has become a horse driver for the emperor."
Wei Xu was also laughing. The Bingzhou army were bloody men who fought in the battlefield all the year round. Although it was a critical moment, they still wanted to tell jokes. Of course, the two men quickly ordered the city gate to be opened, and with a cadre of Bingzhou generals and soldiers, they all turned over and rushed out of the gate first, which was also a way for Hou Cheng.
After that, Hou Cheng was in a carriage, but he did not care about the bumps of Liu Xie and empress Fu. He quickly passed through the gate of the city, followed by Gongqing, who was driven away by the Bingzhou army. At the back are Gao Shun and Zhang Liao. They look back at Chang'an City and smile at each other. They seem to see Dong min's furious appearance when he learns that the Han Emperor fled. Then they turn their horses and continue to run with the group ahead.
It was not until the Xiliang army, who came to change shifts half an hour later, arrived at the imperial palace. When they reported to Dong min, a whole hour had passed.
Just as Gao Shun and Zhang Liao imagined, Dong min was furious when he heard the news. Naturally, Dong min knew the importance of Liu Xie, the emperor of Han Dynasty, to him. Even if he ordered the whole army to pursue him, fan Hou, who had just become the commander of Bingzhou army, was cut with a knife ordered by Dong min, and became the first victim of Dong min's anger.
For a while, Chang'an city suddenly fell into a panic, and countless Xiliang troops poured out of Chang'an city. It can be seen that Dong min's response was not slow. At this time, the Bingzhou army had just left Chang'an with the emperor of Han and Gongqing. Although the Bingzhou army had prepared horses and carriages, it was still not as fast as those of the Xiliang iron cavalry. So Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were anxious to drive those Gongqing's troops.
According to Gao Shun's plan, they fled all the way to the East, and their destination was Cao Cao, who had already captured Hedong county. Looking at the world, there are only two people who can resist Dong min. one is Sun Jian of Jiangdong. However, Sun Jian's Chen Ren killed Lv Bu, and the Bingzhou army would not turn to Sun Jian in any case. The other person left is Cao Cao, who now owns Jizhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou. Although his strength is not as good as Dong min's, he is not much different. In addition, Sun Jian is eyeing him. So as long as the Bingzhou army can take the Han emperor to Cao Cao's territory, there is no need to worry about Dong min's pursuit.
However, although the soldiers and soldiers of the Bingzhou army tried their best to drive these ministers to speed up their pace, the effect was not obvious. How could these ministers, who were usually well respected and well behaved, compare with those of the Bingzhou army who were on horseback every day. They had to endure the insults of Bingzhou soldiers and the pain of their thighs rubbing on the horse's back. resistance? The corpses discarded by the Bingzhou army along the way is a good example. In the eyes of these soldiers, no matter how high a senior official you are, as long as you dare to make any move, the only thing to greet them is a bright sword.
Zhang Liao looked at the Gongqing troops in front of him, frowned and said to Gao Shun: "General Gao! It can't go on like this! I'm afraid we will be overtaken by the Xiliang army before we cross the Yellow River! "
Gao Shun also frowned, the cold light in his eyes flickered, and suddenly asked, "how long do you still have to go to Weinan?" Weinan City is a small city not far away from Chang'an. This plan of Bingzhou army has already calculated this small city. Before greeting the emperor of Han, Gao Shun has sent troops to take the city secretly. Because the town itself has only a few hundred defenders, and Gao Shun has only sent hundreds of troops, so Dong Min has not paid attention to it before.
Zhang Liaoxian was stunned, but then he looked back and forth and replied, "if it goes on like this, there will be more than one hour left!"
Gao Shun nodded his head, and then said with a black face: "when we arrive in Weinan, we will divide into two ways! We took the Han emperor to continue to march toward Hedong, and ordered a small team to drive these Gongqing to Hangu pass. When we got to the middle of the way, we let the team leave Gongqing and disperse by ourselves! "
As soon as Zhang Liao's eyes turned, he understood immediately and said to Gao Shun, "General Gao means to use these ministers to attract the attention of the Xiliang army? But I'm afraid they won't be cheated! After all, Dong min's goal is Han Emperor
"Hum!" With a cold smile, Gao Shun said, "even if we can't lead them, we can at least let the Xiliang army separate some people and horses. Although Emperor Han is their main target, they can't let go of these ministers! These ministers talk about their loyalty to the Han Dynasty every day. This time I'll have a good look at whether their loyalty is true or not! "
Although Dong min's reaction was not slow this time, the Xiliang army set out more than an hour later than the Bingzhou army. When the Bingzhou army arrived at Weinan City, the Xiliang army was still more than half an hour away from Weinan City.
After a little rest, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao announced their decision when they were ready to continue. All of a sudden, those ministers called out, and Zhu Zhen and others were staring at Gao Shun. They were also very dissatisfied with the decision. Those who can become court ministers are not fools. These ministers immediately guessed Gao Shun's intention. Although going to Hangu pass is also a way out, and even the Dongwu army stationed there is more powerful than Dong min, but now it is obvious that with the speed of Gongqing, it is impossible to get to Hangu pass in time. Gao Shun's intention is to send himself to death. Of course, these ministers would not agree.In the twinkling of an eye, these ministers also knew that the iron hearted Bingzhou army had no effect, so they turned to Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. They kowtowed to the emperor one by one with tears and noses. Liu Xie also knows that only by doing so can he hope to get rid of the pursuit of soldiers in Xiliang. However, these princes are also the sons of the Han Dynasty. Moreover, if only such a person went to Cao Cao, would Liu Xie be no different from Dong min?
Of course, not all of these ministers were greedy for life or death. They saw an old man with white hair. Suddenly, he walked to the carriage of Liu Xie with a solemn face, saluted Liu Xie respectfully, and then bowed his hand to Liu Xie and said, "your majesty! Old minister, go ahead! May your majesty take care of yourself Then he turned around and took his family to the waiting place designated by the Bingzhou army.
When you are in trouble, you can see who is really loyal. Liu Xie's eyes were full of tears, and he called to the white old man's back: "Cai Weng! Cai Weng But the old man didn't look back, so he was there with his family pestle.
This is not from the eyes of the old man who frowned
Zhang Liao also replied with admiration: "this man is Cai Yong. When Dong Zhuo was here, he took this man and worshipped him as a servant. I can't imagine that there are such heroes among the scholars! "
Gao Shun nodded, but he did not order Cai Yong to be released. Now it is a critical moment of life and death, and he can't be emotional. With Cai Yong as an example, several other ministers came to Cai Yong's side without fear. Zhu also paid homage to Liu Xie first, and then went to the ranks of those ministers. Originally, Zhu Zhen was a battlefield for a long time, and his speed was not much slower than that of the Bingzhou army. According to the truth, he could go with Liu Xie to Hedong. But Zhu knew that he had to set an example, otherwise those ministers who were greedy for life and afraid of death would have more excuse to stay here.
Zhu's decision made some ministers give up the idea of seeking help, while the rest of the ministers are still making the final effort. However, Gao Shun's patience had reached the limit. He winked at the soldiers on the side. Immediately, those soldiers pulled out their swords and cut at those ministers who refused to leave. All of a sudden, blood splashed all over the place, which made Liu Xie, empress Fu and a group of Ministers who had just left. They were pale with fear.
After solving these disturbing factors, Gao Shun waved his hand and ordered the army to move on. However, when he was leaving, Gao Shun played a trick. He changed the carriage that Emperor Han had been riding to the minister's team, but replaced it with an unattractive old carriage. Of course, the purpose was very clear. It was to make the Xiliang army think that the emperor of Han Dynasty was heading for Hangu pass.
After about half an hour, the Xiliang army's pursuers finally arrived at Weinan City. This time, it was Dong min's three main generals in Chang'an City, Li Min, Guo Si and Yang Feng. After arriving at Weinan City, they found that the Bingzhou army had already left. They were all worried. All three of them were under Dong min's heart. Naturally, they knew the importance of the Han emperor to Dong min. if he could not capture the Han Emperor, he would certainly not let them go.
"General! It's already clear! After a little rest in the city, the Bingzhou army set out from here half an hour ago! All the way to Hedong, all the way to Hangu pass! " A sergeant sent out to inquire about the situation of the people in Weinan City, half knelt in front of the three generals, clasped their fists and reported the information they had inquired.
Hearing the sergeant's report, the three generals could not help frowning. Li Li said, "the Bingzhou army is divided into two routes. Which way did the emperor of Han go?"
Yang Feng suddenly remembered that it seemed that when Emperor Han left Chang'an, he took a royal carriage with him. He immediately asked, "did you ever ask which way a gorgeous carriage went?"
The sergeant was stunned and immediately replied, "this is not clear."
"Why don't you go and ask?" Guo Si on one side also understood Yang Feng's meaning, but because he didn't think about this problem first, he was a little bit ashamed and angry, and scattered his temper on the sergeant.