Chapter 520: Taking advantage of the chaos to escape
That night, Zhang Jian took his personal guards to move into Cui's mansion and took over the defense of the mansion. Dozens of maids and guards were strictly guarded. They used Cui Hong's orders to declare that the situation was tense and that no one was allowed to go out for the time being and would not accept visits from outsiders.
Starting from the next day, scattered tribes of the Helan tribe were rushing to Pingcheng one after another. The prince Tuoba Si was also not far from Pingcheng, hiding in a secret place. The officials and ordinary people in the city learned the news and went out to greet them one after another. The soldiers guarding the city ignored them at all. It was obvious that Tuoba Shao was very unpopular.
With the leader and not being blocked, more and more people went out of the city to welcome the prince. After all, the prince has become a foregone conclusion. At this time, everyone wants the prince to see him, so he can get the best of the dragon. If the people who left the city on the first day still have some concerns, then from the next day, almost everyone will go out of the city to welcome the prince, and Pingcheng has completely fallen into an anarchy and disorganized state, which is a good opportunity to escape.
If Wei Feng had an elite soldier near Pingcheng at this time, he could attack without any effort, but who would have expected Tuoba Gui to die so suddenly? Zhang Jian was helpless. If he had two or three thousand soldiers in his hand, he would dare to take Pingcheng off and hold on to Wei Feng to help. But the reality is that he had only thirty people in his hand!
At noon on September 22, after intense preparations, dozens of people, under the protection of Zhang Jian and thirty personal guards, rode horses and carriages, and ran towards the south gate, because most people either walked through the west gate or the south gate, and it was easy to get suspicion when they went out of the east gate.
In addition to the female relatives of Cui Hong and his son, there were some concubines and maids who were reluctant to leave. As for the rest, they were knocked out by the guards and tied them up and threw them in the mansion, leaving them some food, rice, cloth and silk for them. They could run away when they woke up. In fact, according to Zhang Ning's original intention, they were to kill all the men and take all the women away. However, Cui Hong and Cui Hao and his son were literati after all, and they could not be as ruthless as the guards, so they could only leave this hidden danger.
Along the way, there were hurried pedestrians passing by. Cui Hong and Cui Hao and his son rode on the horse. On the surface, they were not too busy, but in fact they wanted to have wings, so they simply flew to the sky.
"Shangshu Cui. Could it be that you are going to welcome the prince?" The more you fear, the more you will be. A voice suddenly came from the side, which made the father and son tremble all over!
Cui Hong turned around and saw that it was Shizhong, Situ, Xiangzhou Governor, and Nanping Duke Changsun Song. The person who was the first to express his intention to obey Tuoba Shao's order the day before yesterday, the so-called Xiangzhou was divided into Jizhou, and was established with the Wei County, Yangping, Guangping, Ji County, Dunqiu, and Qinghe County under Ye Xingtai. The prefecture was governed by Ye. However, as Wei Feng swept across the land of Hebei, Xiangzhou no longer existed. Changsun Song fled from Huguan to Hedong in time, and after several twists and turns, he returned to Pingcheng.
Cui Hao lowered his voice and introduced Changsun Song's origin to Zhang Jian. He was obviously a versatile person. Seeing that Tuoba Shao was no one to pay attention to, he changed his course and defected to the prince.
Although Cui Hong secretly called out that he was unlucky, he had to bow down: "That's right, I wonder if Duke Nanping is going to leave the city too?"
Changsun Song nodded and said, "The prince is supported by all officials. I am planning to go. I heard that the prince has gathered thousands of people and arrived fifty miles west of Pingcheng."
"Fifty miles? So fast?" Cui Hong asked in surprise.
Changsun Song laughed and said, "It's better for the prince to be cautious, otherwise, he should have come yesterday. Cui Shangshu, we're just going all the way."
"Okay!" Cui Hong responded without thinking. Since he could not get rid of it for the time being, he had to wait until he left the city before talking.
Changsun Song noticed nearly ten cars accompanying him, and a look of suspicion flashed by and asked casually: "Shangshu Cui, is this... Could it be that you are still bringing your family with you to welcome the prince?"
Cui Hong laughed and said, "I am worried that the traitor may rather fight to the death and cause chaos, so I bring my relatives around me. First, I feel more at ease. Haha~~ My mansion has hundreds of guards than Nanping Gong, and I am not afraid of ordinary people attacking him. Second, maybe the little girl is lucky enough to be in the eyes of the prince, and I am not afraid of Nanping Gong laughing!"
"Oh~~" Changsun Song nodded in understanding. Cui Hong wanted to cling to the prince with his daughter. This was human nature, and there was nothing to despise. In addition, the remnants of Jin like Cui were actually strictly suspected by Tuoba Gui, so they could only engage in civil servants and civil servants. As long as they had the ability, reputation, money, beauty, cloth, mansion, title, and even the higher the official rank, they could be given, but they were never allowed to lead the army alone and could only participate in military affairs.
It is impossible to even think about the general's title or the assassination of the party. There are even strict restrictions on armed guards. At most, there can only be twenty or thirty people, which is incomparable to the hundreds or thousands of people of the Tuoba family.
This made Hebei clans like the Cui family able to firmly rely on the Tuoba clan and could not make any other thoughts, which also made them feel insecure. In fact, what the whole family of the Cui family envied the most was the Jiangdong clan like Wang Xie. Not only was he superior, but he could also share the world with the emperor!
Cui Hong and Changsun Song chatted while walking, both sides were smiling. Cui Hong was knowledgeable and talented, and every time he made witty words, Changsun Song was amazed and completely let go of the doubt in his heart. Before he knew it, he had already left the south gate of Pingcheng. Under Zhang Jian's intentional leadership, the convoy slowly left the crowd and drove towards the south, slightly eastward.
"Huh?" Changsun Song was suddenly shocked. He found that he seemed to have deviated from the direction. Although the people leaving the city were in groups of three or three, it was not a intensive task, the nearest team was also three or four hundred steps away.
Changsun Song hurriedly said, "Shangshu Cui, did you take the wrong path?"
Changsun Song had already realized something was wrong, and he and several followers stopped the reins. A hint of vigilance appeared, but Zhang Jian waved his hand violently: "Only Changsun Song is left!"
The guards picked up the crossbow machine and shot out a few arrows. All the followers were arrows in their throats. Before they could fall down, several people came forward to support them, tied them up with ropes and surrounded them with a few others!
Changsun Song was shocked and shouted: "Shangshu Cui, is it that you want to rebel against Wei and join Jin? The late emperor treats you well. With your reputation as Cui, the prince will definitely use it. Why do you have to do this bad strategy? You are going to see the prince with me now. I dare to guarantee that I will never disclose my things to anyone. If you violate this oath, you will be punished by heaven and earth!"
Cui Hong snorted coldly: "If it weren't for helplessness, who would have wanted to serve you in Xianbei? Now General Wei is victorious and the general situation has come true. It is the time when we join our homeland again. You hit the door today and can only blame you for your unluckyness. I will present you to General Wei as a letter of surrender!"
Zhang Jian waved his hand again, and two more guards rushed forward with ropes. Although Changsun Song also felt that he was in a bad mood, it was clearly a disaster, but there was no way. As long as there was a slight movement, it would be the result of his death on the spot. He could only watch as he was tied up and tied to the horse like those dead bodies.
Zhang Jian looked at Changsun Song and said solemnly: "The general can receive a request for help tonight at the latest. With the general's temperament, he will definitely send troops overnight. In other words, we only need to run three or four hundred miles and be safe. Please rest assured. If there are indeed pursuers coming, we must protect you, father and son even if we die!"
Cui Hong held Cui Hao and bowed: "I won't say much if I am grateful. If the sky wants to destroy my Cui family, I will definitely not implicate General Zhang and all the soldiers!"
Zhang Jian felt quite comfortable when he said this. He was worthy of being a talented person who had lived for many years. So he smiled confidently and shouted softly: "Let's go!"
The sound of ruts and horse hooves suddenly exploded, bringing up a large area of smoke and dust toward the eastward direction gradually.
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After about two hours of contact, Tuoba Si entered Pingcheng under the support of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. The first thing was to kill Tuoba Shao and his son, destroy Tuoba Gan and Tuoba Liang's entire clan, and also a soldier who released Tuoba Shao into the palace, dozens of palace maids, among which Tuoba Shao and three others who participated in the killing of Tuoba Gui, were cut down and distributed to the ministers for consumption.
Except for these three people, everyone else was innocent. Mrs. He spoke too much and brought about a disaster of death. Although Tuoba Shao temporarily resolved the death disaster, Shi Jun's crime was even more serious. Unless she could make a quick decision to escape, she had no consciousness, and the world was so big that a weak woman had nowhere to go. The only thing she could rely on was her son. But her son was not strong, had a higher heart and thinner life. She was just a waste of time.
The military soldiers, Huangmen and the palace maids asked Tuoba Shao to enter the palace out of sympathy for Mrs. He. If Mrs. He and Tuoba Gui's death still had a causal relationship, they were completely unaware of it and were implicated after being bad luck.
The palace maid who informed him was actually the most innocent. She couldn't bear to say goodbye to Mrs. Xiangxiao Yufen, and risked her life to ask Tuoba Shao for help, but in the end, she still trapped herself. In the final analysis, the person who was killed was Tuoba Gui, the emperor of the Great Wei Kingdom. If she had to get involved, she would die. This was the result of Tuoba Si's kindness.
In fact, it was already very good to only die a few dozen people in a palace coup.
After handling all the matters, Tuoba Si found that two important figures were missing, one was Cui Hong and the other was Changsun Song!
So he immediately sent someone to investigate the two people's mansions. In Cui Hong's mansion, dozens of people tied up in large ties were lying down, both men and women, among which there were indeed Tuoba's fine works. After crying with tears in his nose and tears, Tuoba Si understood that he had taken advantage of the chaos to join Jin State. How could he swallow this?
The only place Cui Hongneng went to was Ji. Although he ran from noon to dark, he had at least dozens of miles away, but there were female relatives who were obviously unable to run fast. Therefore, Tuoba Si made a quick decision and sent three hundred imperial guards in the palace to chase him overnight, wanting to see people and dead wanting to see corpses!
Chapter completed!