The capital was destroyed and the whole country was shocked.
Hedong is only a few hundred miles away from Luoyang. The next night, I received bad news.
The tent was filled with generals, but all of them felt like they were mourning their heirs, their faces full of sadness.
It was not because Yuan Yi burned himself and died for his country because of sadness, but because the building had collapsed and even with all the power in the sky, it would be difficult to restore it.
It was extremely quiet in the tent, except for the sound of the oil lamp exploding pearl flowers.
After a long time, Li Chong sighed and broke the silence: "I have received the emperor's favor in this life, and now is the time to serve the country. All I have to do is die!"
All the generals bowed together and shouted loudly: "Please supervise me, we will only obey your orders!"
"good!"
Li Chong raised his head and looked across everyone's faces.
"Jianfu, with you as commander-in-chief and Siruo as deputy, will immediately assemble an army of 10,000 people to protect His Majesty as he heads south overnight... I have sent an urgent message of 800 miles to Fu Shuyan, ordering him to lead his army to Nanyang to meet him.
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"I will obey the orders of the Governor!"
These two people are from the clan, and they are both upright, honest and self-taught people. Anyone would rebel, but Yuan Kuang and Yuan Qin would never do it. It is naturally the most appropriate for them to escort the young emperor south...
"Yang Jun, you still guard Baishui, Tongguan, don't let the rebels advance even half a step..."
"Sir Yang County (Yang Dayan was restored to his position after his recovery), you still attack Huashan (county) fiercely. Don't care about the casualties. You just want to stop the rebels to the east of Luoshui..."
"Got the order!"
"Shizhe, please guard Tongguan and protect our escape path, but remember: be careful of Yang Zhi!"
Li Shizhe was Li Chong's eldest son, and he was used to defend his retreat. No one could say a word "no". Hearing Li Chong's explanation, most of the generals in the tent breathed a sigh of relief. At least it showed that Li Chong was not prepared to act out of emotion and fight against the rebellious Yu Shi.
Jade burning.
But after hearing the second half of the sentence, everyone couldn't help but feel shocked.
After the tide receded, we could see which one was wearing clothes and which one was naked.
Who would have thought that Guo Yan, who had to spend 800 yuan to establish a dispensable relationship with Li Cheng, and who had always had integrity, would take the initiative to join him?
Not to mention that Yang Zhi and Li Chengzhi were directly related by marriage, and they were usually rebellious and had a hint of disobedience.
Fortunately, Yang Zhi didn't have many soldiers in his hands, and he was behind enemy lines, in Puban County, north of Tongguan. There were hundreds of thousands of rebel troops in front of him, and the Yang family was defending Hongnong behind him. Even if he wanted to rebel, he couldn't contact Li
Chengzhi......
After much deliberation, the generals dispersed one by one until there was no one else in the tent except for a few close followers. Li Chong seemed to be unable to hold on any longer and fell down on the low couch with a "teng" sound.
The confidants were shocked and rushed over. Li Chong waved his hands, meaning it was okay, but muddy tears surged down from the corners of his eyes.
The Wei Dynasty was defeated after all. Even if the young emperor could safely retreat to Xu, Yang and other states, how many more days could he last?
For a loyal and famous general like him who has conquered his entire life and made great achievements in battles, it is not just the change of ownership and dynasty, but also the pain of watching the tireless pursuit and belief in his life suddenly collapse, but being unable to do anything about it.
But now that the matter has come to this, what can be done?
Only through death can one clarify one's ambitions and sacrifice one's life for one's country...
When he heard that the capital city had been destroyed and Yuan Yi, Yuan Yuan and Yuan Shun were all martyred in the palace, he had the thought of dying together. So he arranged for Yang Jun, who had similar thoughts to him, to be the right forward.
As for Yang Dayan, he had already died in the chaos in the capital. He and Li Chengzhi already had a sworn feud and would definitely not rebel.
The reason why Li Chong told his eldest son to guard his retreat was just to reassure people and prevent the dog from jumping over the wall...
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Chang'an government office.
All the generals were kneeling in the hall, each one more excited than the other.
"My lord, Hedong is closer to the capital. He must have learned about the fall of the capital earlier than we did. In order to avoid the morale of the army being shaken, Li Chongding will make an immediate decision and send his clan or important generals to escort the young emperor south. If we don't take advantage of the victory at this time to pursue it, we will definitely
A missed opportunity…”
The person who made the suggestion was Yuan Gui, the grandson of Yuanhe, the king of Longxi, and the son of Situ Yuanhuai, who inherited the title of Duke Feng Yi.
When Li Chengzhi pacified Woye and defeated Changyi, Yuan Huan was one of his generals, and he was regarded as an old subordinate.
Later, Cui Yanbo became the governor and fought a decisive battle with Li Chengzhi at Longshan. At that time, Yuangui was under the command of Yang Jun, the governor of Jingzhou. Later, Longshan fell and Yang Jun retreated, but Yuangui surrendered the whole city.
Therefore, he joined earlier than Xue He, and if it hadn't been for him, Li Chengzhi's ancestral graves would have been stripped clean by Yang Jun. Therefore, among the surrendered generals, Yuan Gui's status was very transcendent, and he was also very popular.
Li Chengzhi and Li's generals favored him.
Someone took the initiative, and the rest also spoke one after another, begging Li Chengzhi to send troops as soon as possible. Either to fight to the death with Li Chong, or to send strange troops, light chariots and simple cavalry to hunt down the young emperor.
Because everyone knows that Huangfu not only captured the capital in one battle, but also defeated the palace. Now, a greater achievement than this is to capture or kill the young emperor.
So everyone was gearing up and eager to try, including Li Liang, Li Zhang, and even Da Xi...
But Li Chengzhi remained unmoved.
He turned his head and looked at Li Shao and Cui Xiu, but these two people were like old monks in meditation, looking at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses.
Since being captured alive by Li Feng (Cui Xiu was the general of Lishi), Cui Xiu has been willing to die rather than surrender in the past few months. But when he learned that Luoyang had been lost, his attitude suddenly changed.
It’s not that he was afraid of death, but along with the good news came a letter written by Cui Guang: starting from the eldest son Cui Changru, all his nine sons had surrendered to Cui Guang, the clan uncle.
His reputation has been completely ruined by a few treacherous sons. How much more ugly can his fig leaf cover up the Qinghe Cui family?
So he was very straightforward. Although it only took a day and a night, his words came from the bottom of his heart.
He and Li Shao both said: The rapid defeat of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties was due to the fact that Li Chengzhi used his talents and was good at conquering and fighting, but it was also inseparable from the fact that Gao Ying and Yuan Yi were stupid and incompetent and acted in the opposite direction, which greatly disappointed the people of the world.
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But in the final analysis, the root cause of the disaster lies in Xiaowen's forced sinicization, Xuanwu's excessive eagerness for quick success, and his excessive harshness towards Xianbei and other barbarians.
Otherwise, there would not have been the Yu Zhong and Yuan Li rebellions, nor would there have been a situation in which Gao Zhao raised his arms and responded with countless people from the six towns.
On the contrary, Emperors Xiaowen and Xuanwu treated Han officials well, were grateful, and swore to die to serve their country.
Among them there must be Li Chong and Yang Dayan.
What's more, Yang Dayan's three sons were all killed during the fighting in the capital.
A trapped beast still fights, so Li Shao and Cui Xiu both advised Li Chengzhi that since victory is in sight, there is no need to rush for quick success. The best strategy is to fight slowly and step by step.
Li Chengzhi also believes that this is the truth: he can bite off more than he can chew.
The most urgent thing is to swallow what comes into your mouth as soon as possible...
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"Han Ni": What is it like to travel to the Three Kingdoms?
In the second year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turbans were established, and Cao Cao was promoted to the Prime Minister of Jinan. As soon as he took office, he made drastic measures to purge the officials, so that "the political and religious affairs were flourishing and the whole county was peaceful."
Sun Jianggong was promoted to Sima of another department, and he also prospered in his work.
Liu Bei also rose to prominence due to his participation in quelling the rebellion, and became famous in Zhuo County.
Geng Cheng was hiding outside Yanmen Pass, fighting guerrillas with the Hu people in the Daqing Mountains.
The world is about to be in chaos, and heroes will emerge in large numbers. Geng Cheng does not seek to be heard and reach the princes, but only hopes to survive the troubled times. Anyone who dares to stop him will be killed even if Jesus comes!