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At this time, Yuan Tan hoped to enter Luoyang, but chaos began to appear in the city...
If Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses join in again, it will become a collision of more than just five forces; but at present, it is still a two-two game between Ma Chao, Li Ru, Lu Bu, and Liu Xie.
The main battlefield, and for some reasons at this time, the four of them gradually became entangled with each other.
No one would have thought that the cause of all this still originated from the Liu Fan brothers, two small figures that the leaders from all over the world might look down upon.
The two brothers Liu Fan and Liu Dan were indeed nothing. They did not hold a high position in the imperial court, did not have a wide network of contacts, and their abilities were definitely not outstanding. However, they had the status of a clan, and they also had the title of a high-ranking official in the border area.
His father was Liu Yan, a pastor in Yizhou.
Of course, although Liu Yan also rushed to Henan County at this time and was always paying attention to the changes in the situation in Luoyang, they had not yet contacted each other, and Liu Yan could not influence it here.
However, relying on this background and the kindness of their parents, it is enough for the two brothers to do many things.
Although the coalition forces of Ma Chao and Li Ru entered Luoyang City and took over the city's defense, the total number of troops on both sides was far less than 50,000, and the number that could be brought into Luoyang City was less than 30,000.
The vastness of Yangcheng and the complexity of the city. If you want to fully control it, you must have at least 80,000 people inside and outside to monitor and control it both in the light and in the dark.
What's more, when Li Ru and Ma Chao came together, he was forced to do so, and Ma Chao never trusted him. The alliance between the two parties had a name but little reality.
Cooperate, otherwise it would not be possible for Li Ru to hide the truth from Ma Chao when he was chasing Lu Bu and his party. He only acted secretly on his own side. Therefore, after the biggest target opponent Lu Bu withdrew his entire army from Luoyang City, the two sides were most vulnerable to each other.
It is the other party who deserves to be wary.
Under such various factors, it is impossible for the two parties to devote too much energy and manpower to monitoring the situation in the city, so there are many loopholes left for the brothers Liu Fan and Liu Dan to exploit, especially
There are many people in Yongheli and Buguangli who can talk to each other through their father's relationship. In addition, with the relationship with the young emperor Liu Xie, it is logical for them to help together.
The plan of the Liu and Fan brothers was also very simple. With the cover and help of these people, they escaped from the east city gate before Ma Chao could catch up.
After all, they came up with it in a hurry, and the plan was not perfect enough. At first, the two of them even wanted to go out directly through the upper east gate. However, as soon as this suggestion was put forward, it was immediately rejected by Fu Wan and others. Liu Xie also felt that
This is too unsafe. The next best thing is to go all the way out through the East Gate.
The upper east gate is too close to the Jiade Hall of the North Palace. Even if the other party sends people to notify them in advance just in case, setting up more obstacles is enough to create some trouble for them. If they are accidentally delayed, they will not be able to escape for a while.
If the time continues to drag on, it will be very detrimental to their escape plan. The longer the time drags on, the more time goes by.
, the possibility of failure will increase. After all, Ma Chao will definitely not relax their tracking and search easily; as for the Middle East Gate, although the distance is not too far, there are many gaps in between and it will take more time to complete.
The time needed to convey the news was enough for Liu Xie and the others to arrange a leisurely retreat.
Just as they were preparing to implement their retreat plan, Ma Chao's pursuers had just burst out of the North Palace of the Imperial City.
The previous delay was really too long, and Beigong is quite large, and there are enough palaces. With the number of people under Ma Chao's command, it is not easy to complete a blanket search of this place, and the delay is destined to be even longer.
, however, we have to do it because no one can
Make sure that the other party and his party have fled out of the palace directly, or are still hiding somewhere in the palace complex. If you are not sure that no one is hiding here anymore, if you run out again but still can't find anyone, and at this time
The other party took the opportunity to run out again, but it was too late to regret.
It can also be said that fortunately the Liu and Fan brothers have limited abilities, acted in a hurry, did not think carefully, and did not think too much. It is not a disadvantage at this time, because the troubles are left to the enemy, but they are invisible on their own side.
This gave him more time to prepare for his escape.
In fact, if Ma Chao was alone here, he might as well have just rushed out of the palace, but there was a clear-headed and calm-thinking Pound beside him, who was obviously overthinking at this time; and Ma Chao, after the initial embarrassment, gradually
calm down now
He also gradually learned to use his brain to think about problems and think twice before acting, so he naturally agreed with Pound's speculations and suggestions, and ordered people to search the palace first, and only left after making sure that Liu Xie and others could not be found.
Here, move to the next target location.
Just as Fu Wan and others over there had considered, Pound looked rough but had a careful mind. While concentrating his efforts on searching the palace first, he did not relax completely about the outside world. He did send someone to send a message to several people including Shangdongmen.
The defenders at the nearby city gate, these were the people arranged by Pang De who arrived first. After receiving the order, they could delay and send the message in time. Of course, they could turn their horses and go over immediately.
But as mentioned before, although Ma Chao's army entered Luoyang and the garrison strength of each city gate was increased based on Pang De and others, it was really stretched to allocate it to each city gate.
What's more, there are too many loopholes that can be exploited in the eight gates of Luoyang City. Without strict prohibitions, it is not easy to truly grasp these eight gates without missing a single detail.
So it's not surprising that even after they searched most of the possible places in the palace, basically ruling out the possibility that the other party was still hiding here, and then preparing to leave the palace to continue searching, there was still no
News of the discovery of the enemy's traces came. Instead, someone discovered the traces of Li Ru and his party at the corner of the Middle East Gate. At that time, Li Ru, Hua Xiong and others had already met together, and what was surprising was that there were
The environment looks like a war has just occurred.
No specific information was passed on. After all, as investigating soldiers, they were not qualified to question Li Ru and the others, and they were even less likely to take the initiative to tell them.
At this time, Ma Chao and Pang De were one and the other. It was difficult to determine whether Li Ru's side had a conflict because of the encounter with the Emperor and others. However, after thinking about it, Pang De first denied this conjecture: "My lord, De thought,
This matter is probably related to the fact that Li Wenyou left in a hurry with a group of people. Maybe there is another group of people in the city who is causing trouble; of course, it cannot be ruled out that it is related to the force that helped rescue the emperor.
It’s possible that we are just traveling together.”
Ma Chao nodded, but then said distressedly: "Leave Li Wenyou alone for now. If we really have a conflict with the little emperor and his party, it would be a good thing. At least it can help us slow down the other party, and in this way
The possible escape route for the other party is now very clear, it’s nothing more than going to the east gate or the southern city gate, eh?”
Pang De saw Ma Chao's expression change and didn't know why, but he heard Ma Chao murmur to himself: "If I remember correctly, isn't the south of Luoyang City just opposite Luoshui?"
Pang De was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to have thought of something, and said softly: "I'm afraid it's not just about facing each other. It's the flood season now, and the Luoshui River spreads across both banks. I'm afraid the southern city gate will be inaccessible, unless the other side has ships to help."
Then the two looked at each other and said in unison: "Go to the east gate first!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!