Cao Zhi was engrossed in thinking about these two things, and unknowingly half the night had passed. Suddenly he saw Le Jin reporting, and all the eunuchs in Zhang Rang's mansion came out, gathered their guards and rushed to the palace. Cao Zhi heard this
After finishing the report, he said, "Okay, everything that should come is coming." Someone called Xiahou Dun and told him to go back to Cao Mansion immediately and take care of everything. No matter what happens in the capital tomorrow, the old man Cao Song and his family must be taken out of Luoyang.
The destination was Qiao County. Cao Zhi was afraid that his father, Cao Song, would not be able to part with the glory and wealth of Luoyang, especially the post of Taiwei he had just been promoted to. Cao Zhi gave Xiahou Dun a death order and wanted to kidnap Cao Song away.
Cao Zhi's plan was to take advantage of the situation and rob him, then go into the palace to pick up the Queen Mother and the Emperor, leave the capital, and return to Qiao County, so that Cao Cao could "hijack the emperor and order the princes" in advance. Historically, this thing seems to have been completed in Xudu,
Now Cao Zhi can't control so much.
It was only a matter of time before the eunuch group and the He Jin group came to blows. Since He Jin refused to listen to the advice and insisted on bringing Dong Zhuo to the capital, he would be destroying himself. With Cao Zhi's current ability, he cannot change this historical process, so he can only do more for himself.
Planned.
The next day, He Jin was in a good mood. While drinking fresh rut, he was thinking about things. From time to time, he would glance at the imperial edicts on several cases. The Queen Mother sent someone to announce his entry into the palace early in the morning, saying that he had something important to discuss. He Jin was worried.
I think my sister may have changed her mind and agreed to his idea of killing the eunuchs. If I had told him earlier, he and Yuan Shao would not have had to spend half the night last night forging an edict to recruit Dong Zhuo to lead troops to the capital. He Jin went there in a happy mood
After entering the palace, he didn't know that Zhang Rang's ruthless sword was waiting for him.
Just after breakfast time, the news of He Jin's murder had spread. Yuan Shao was so angry that he ordered all the imperial guards to rush into the palace and kill the eunuch He Jin to take revenge.
As a general of the Dian army, Cao Zhi naturally received the order. Cao Zhi ordered a thousand men to go to the palace to meet Cao Cao and protect the Queen Mother and the Emperor. However, he led Xia Houyuan and others straight to Zhang Rang's mansion and seized it in the name of the Queen Mother Yi's decree.
Zhang Rang's mansion. As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, before Zhang Rang's family could recover, they were all tied up by Cao Zhi's men. Cao Zhi ordered his people to open the treasury, and wow! They saw a dazzling array of gold and silver treasures, and they were surprised.
Piles of rare treasures filled the entire huge warehouse. Xia Houyuan and others were stunned. Cao Zhi casually picked up a snow jade Guanyin rolling beside his feet and smashed it to the ground. The snow jade Guanyin was immediately struck.
It was smashed into pieces and the sound woke up Xia Houyuan and others, who all looked at Cao Zhi in surprise. Cao Zhi looked at them and only said one word "move".
Because there were too many gold and silver treasures in the eunuchs' treasury, Cao Zhi immediately ordered that only gold, silver, jewelry, copper coins, grain and silk, which were easy to sell and use, could be directly exchanged for food and armaments. Copper coins were the most important at that time.
status, in commercial activities and urban market circulation, copper coins are mainly used. Especially in long-distance trafficking, physical currency is greatly restricted, especially money. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, gold decreased significantly in the circulation field, and grain and silk replaced it.
Gold became a high-end currency. Gold and silver were the main currency in wild places such as Wuhuan. These places produced excellent war horses. War horses were indispensable for Cao Zhi's future career, so he got them all.
As for antiques, jade and the like, Cao Zhi considered that in the chaos of war, not only would these things not be easy to sell, but they would also have to wait for someone who knows the goods to buy them at a good price. Besides, who would want these things in the chaos of war? Cao Zhi took advantage of the situation to rob these things.
Eunuchs want to prepare for the next step. Only when they have money can they recruit soldiers and horses to achieve success, not for collecting.
We just robbed Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang, and Song Dian. Before they finished moving these three houses, it was already getting dark and the car could no longer load them. A fire was already burning in the palace. It was probably Zhang Rang and others who wanted Sili to move.
The garrison in the district saw the flames of the palace and led troops into the city to help them.
It was too late, and fearing that something might change, Cao Zhi immediately ordered the convoy to go straight to the North Gate, exit the North Gate and take the road to Beiman Mountain. The convoy was escorted by Xia Houyuan, Le Jin, and Li Dian, leading five hundred soldiers, and the destination was Qiao County.
At the same time, Zhang Rang and others could not withstand Yuan Shao's attack and ordered the palace to be set on fire to attract Jian Shuo's old troops in Sili District outside the capital to see the fire and attack Luoyang as soon as possible to fight against Yuan Shao's army. But after waiting for a long time, Si was not seen.
The army from the subordinate district invaded Luoyang, but Nangong was about to fall. This time Yuan Shao behaved well and had already cut off the eunuchs' retreat to the North Palace. Zhang Rang had retreated to the West Garden, leaving only Song Dian and dozens of guards.
Of course, there are also the most important young emperor Liu Bian, the Queen Mother and Chenliu King Liu Xie. Zhang Rang knew that this was their "talisman". Zhang Rang, who had no way out, had to take them to escape from Luoyang through a tunnel in the West Garden.
Cao Zhi's troops tried their best to get close to the empress dowager and the emperor's location, but firstly they were unfamiliar with the palace and Zhang Rang and others sneaked out through a secret passage. Secondly, they had to be dispatched by Yuan Shao's military orders (Yuan Shao was now the commander of the imperial army.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shu were deputy commanders) so that the Dian officers and soldiers failed to find the trace of the Queen Mother and the Emperor. Yuan Shao then led the troops to kill the eunuchs, killing more than 2,000 of them in one go. Except for Zhang Rang and Song Dian who escaped, all the ten regular attendants were killed.
.The red-eyed soldiers, after killing all the eunuchs, began to lose their minds and fell into madness. Some took advantage of the situation and began to rob the palace treasures, and some raped and killed the palace maids. Once one person did it, a group of people followed, and the troops began to move towards
Chaos. When Yuan Shao regained consciousness, he could not organize the troops to search for the whereabouts of Zhang Rang, the emperor, the queen mother and others.
When Cao Zhi arrived at the palace with the remaining 500 troops, he saw a chaotic scene. Cao Zhi rushed back to the palace to find the Queen Mother, the emperor and Cao Cao, and persuade them to go together. Cao Zhi led his troops straight to Changning Palace.
The place was already deserted, and there was a mess everywhere. Cao Zhi's mind began to cramp, and he couldn't find Cao Cao after looking around for a long time. When he turned back to Qingsuo Gate, he happened to meet He Miao, who had changed his soldiers.
Duan Si's head was in Duan Si's head and he was about to walk out. Cao Zhi chased after him and shouted "He Miao". He Miao turned around and saw Cao Zhi holding a knife in his hand.
He rushed towards him with a murderous look on his face, knowing that the person who came was evil, so he jumped on his horse and ran towards the palace. Although Cao Zhi didn't have much affection for Duan Si, nor did he have much hatred towards him. Duan Si's evil deeds were at best embezzlement of some money.
In order to maintain his position of power, he flattered the Queen Mother and harmed the country and the people. These evil deeds pale in comparison to He Miao's betrayal of his elder brother. What's more important is that Duan Si is the Queen Mother's close person.
The eunuch must know the whereabouts of the Queen Mother. If you find the Queen Mother, you can also find the Emperor. Cao Zhi finally met someone who knew the whereabouts of the Queen Mother, but now he was killed by He Miao. Cao Zhi was going crazy, and he was not ashamed of He Miao.
Despicable behavior. Cao Zhi chased him all the way, and five hundred soldiers followed him without knowing what was going on. He Miao ran all the way and turned around and cursed: "Cao Zhi, you are crazy, why are you chasing me?"
Cao Zhi sneered and replied: "The world will be much more peaceful without people like you."
He Miao was forced into a courtyard. Seeing no way to retreat, He Miao jumped off his horse, held the handle of his sword towards Cao Zhi, and said with a fierce look: "Cao Zhi, don't forget, I am a chariot and cavalry general. You
Do you want to commit the following crime?"
Cao Zhi dismounted, held the knife in his hand and pressed hard towards He Miao step by step, saying in a leisurely manner: "You betrayed your elder brother, caused this disaster, and killed innocent people indiscriminately, you damn thing."
Seeing that Cao Zhilai was serious, He Miao couldn't understand why he killed that innocent person indiscriminately. He just said in a trembling voice: "You, how did you...know that?"
Cao Zhi had no patience to waste words with him and slashed at him with his knife. He Miao raised his knife to block it, but Cao Zhi slashed again. Cao Zhi vented all his resentment on the unlucky He Miao. He Miao was beaten by Cao Zhi for a while.
He was cutting so hard that he lost track of direction.
Cao Zhi suddenly made a big spin and slashed He Miao's lower abdomen with the knife. The blade passed under He Miao's chest. He Miao immediately clutched her stomach and stepped back, but he still couldn't stop the blood from flowing out from between his fingers. Cao Zhi
As he stepped forward, the martial arts practitioner's instinctive reaction drove him to catch up, and he swung the knife towards He Miao's neck, causing He Miao's skull to roll far away.
Cao Zhi often sharpened his scimitar, but he never expected that it would be so easy to cut off a person's head. He Miao never understood why Cao Zhi wanted to kill him until his death. The reason may be simple. Cao Zhi hates traitors.
, maybe Cao Zhi didn’t want to kill him, but his knife was too sharp, maybe...
Seeing the ferocious look in He Miao's eyes when he was about to die, Cao Zhi no longer wanted to give him an explanation. He looked at the surroundings and found that he was chasing He Miao to Diao Chan's crown room. Think about it, go in and take a look! "
You all are waiting outside," Cao Zhi said to his subordinates. He turned around and stretched out his hand to push open the door of the crown room. A group of palace maids inside saw a warrior in armor walking in. They were frightened and fled in all directions. Cao Zhi took a few steps inside.
I wanted to see what was going on inside. Suddenly, a man dressed in men's clothes rushed out from the side, wearing a lake green cape. A pair of deerskin half-boots were exposed from underneath. His eyebrows were raised, and he raised a sword and angrily walked toward him.
Cao Zhi shouted: "Boy, don't even think about insulting our sisters here." When she saw Cao Zhi's gentle face but rather handsome features, she recognized Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhi also recognized her. This palace maid was the former
A few days ago, Cao Zhi came to see Ren Hongchang in Diaochanguanfang. When Ren Hongchang saw that it was Cao Zhi, the anger on his face suddenly subsided. Cao Zhi looked at her nondescript dress and imitated someone holding up a sword, and was amused by her funny look.
.At this moment, two crazy soldiers came out of nowhere, their eyes flashing with lust, and they were chasing the palace maids and yelling. Ren Hongchang saw the two soldiers rushing towards this side.
, the fierceness that he had just dealt with Cao Zhi suddenly disappeared. He was so frightened that he threw down his sword and hid behind Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi defeated the two crazy soldiers in three strikes, five divided by two, turned around and stretched out his hand to Ren Hongchang and said:
"Little girl, come with me!" Cao Zhi forgot her name and called out "little girl" in desperation. After hearing this, Ren Hongchang changed his fear and cursed: "Bah, you look like a dog.
, but he is also a disciple, just like them." He pointed at the two soldiers who fell on the ground, picked up the sword that had just fallen from the ground, and stabbed Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi's original intention was to let her follow Cao Zhi.
Zhi was escorted to a safe place by Cao Zhi, but Ren Hongchang mistakenly thought that Cao Zhi wanted to take advantage of her and lusted after her beauty. Cao Zhi had no way to explain, dodged her sword, turned around and struck Ren Hongchang in the face.
The back of her neck came out, and Ren Hongchang suddenly fell down like soft mud. Cao Zhi carried her out of the gate, threw Ren Hongchang to a captain of his guard, and said to the captain: "You go out of the city first, I will be there soon."
"While he was talking, a building in the Nangong Palace in the distance collapsed suddenly due to the fire. Cao Zhi got on his horse and ran away from the fire.