In the north of Chang'an, the small team that has been trying to hide their tracks is also running along the Weishui trot. And in the arms of one of the sweaty tall-headed horses, Queen Cao dressed as gray menswear, the seven-year-old Yidu Wang Huang Ding, who was just ignorant of his age, also asked in a low voice:
"Mother, why do we go north instead of south?..."
Although he completed the original military career of being displaced in his infancy, and was well protected in his back home for many years; but at his age he has been able to understand some things in the adult world; for example, from the separation of life and death between elders and relatives. Another example is the sense of crisis in an extraordinarily heavy and suffocating atmosphere.
So compared to his younger brother who needs medicine to stop crying and stays drowsy during the ride; he has been quite quiet and sensible all the way along the way, trying to endure all kinds of things like a frightened little beast. Discomfort, be careful not to add extra annoyance and trivialities to others.
"Southern...Is there such a good place to go to the southern part?... If you want to go to the south of the city, you must be able to go! Right now, the eastern suburbs and the western suburbs are in turmoil. It’s crowded, and only one walk north..."
Empress Cao looked at him with a little pity and sadness, and still whispered and frankly told him:
"This is the way and vitality your grandfather earned for us with his surname... It can't be wasted..."
Speaking of this, Empress Cao couldn't help but look at the twenty-odd rebels who were accompanying her around. They are dressed in the ordinary Gyeonggi military uniforms with ears, hats, black shirts and big mouths. The patent leather saddles are neatly lined with standard swords and bows. Everyone is expressionless and sturdy. The meaning of being convinced and relying on. What is ridiculous is that the loyalty and reliability of these people now depends on the momentum of the Taiping Army to ensure.
Because at the moment they left for the Chongxuan Sect, the Daqi New Dynasty, which once shook the world, seemed to have collapsed and ceased to exist. Therefore, Empress Cao did not enter the Yellow Nest like the arrangement, and brought the last guards of the Weihe Mansion who could be regarded as the dead of the Yellow King, but specially selected the soldiers from the old Xiaowei; the fancy is that each of them is not in The South has relations and origins, that is, there are relatives and family members who avoid disaster in the South.
Therefore, as long as the Taiping Army's momentum in the pass is greater, the probability of them betraying and betraying themselves and others is smaller. After all, out of the considerations of the people under the edifice, they also have to fear the subsequent liquidation and recourse from the Southern Taiping Army, and even harm their families and relatives. Or considering that in the future world situation dominated by the Taiping Army, they will be given the opportunity to continue to retain and seek a future, but they can't help but not work hard.
So before this, their small team had already relied on the few official flags captured in the old days, and they had been able to cope with at least three waves without any danger. They encountered interrogation from the outpost in the wilderness and the cavalry team . However, with the Dongwei Bridge and the Weiqiao warehouse building community at the head of the bridge on the south bank, appearing at the bifurcation of the road in front of them, it also means that a new round of crisis and test is coming.
Since the middle of the Datang Xianheng year, the Weiqiao warehouse has been set up here. Therefore, during the heyday of the Datang, all the roads in the world transported the grains from the east from the Yellow River section by section, gathered in the warehouses and then simultaneously shipped to Chang'an from land and water. Although the water transportation supply of the world has been intermittent and changed several times since Qianyuan and Zhenyuan, the Weiqiao warehouse was abandoned, but the corresponding remaining buildings have now become important strongholds for the government and army in Gyeonggi Province.
Before they waited for their small team to evade, or ran down the roadside field and turned to another direction; the officers and soldiers stationed in the Weiqiao warehouse were already alarmed, and they rushed out and went straight. Came on the horse. At this moment, the leader of the Owl Guard also raised his helmet, and showed an expression of asking for instructions to Empress Cao:
"Niang Niang, I'm afraid I can't escape this time..."
"Then think about it again, you can't look back..."
Empress Cao, who appeared to be haggard after a long period of riding bumps, said without hesitation. Then, she put on a black lacquered and white rimmed fan Yangli, and covered the upper part of her face with a wide hat brim and shadow, and matched it with a gray cloak and scarlet shirt as if she was a servant/aristocratic person between the capitals. And the child Huang Ding, who was in front of the saddle, was also replaced behind him.
Then, the leader of the owl guard took out a wooden clip (official text) and a pass (pass guard) from the swollen saddle bag, and pretended to pat the horse slowly to greet him. In a sense, apart from them, regardless of their horses, the armor they wear, and the writing slips in their hands; from head to toe, they are all official objects of genuine court standards.
After the former rebels entered Beijing, they almost seized a full set of imperial seals and various attached objects that were too late to escape, burned, and destroyed. Therefore, it is easy to concoct such a outfit, not to mention that the official documents during the period are signed and printed with real value.
And all these preparations came from the first Chang'an War; as the Taiping Army’s secret channels through the people around him before leaving, it provided Queen Cao with a lot of countermeasures and self-rescue measures in the future. One. Now it's finally available for use, but it's the end of the sorrow.
In the city of Chang'an, the prime minister, Zheng Tian, whose hair had almost turned white, finally got the news that the situation had improved: the tide of offensive from the Taiping thief from the south of the city had already been successful three city squares within the imperial city. The frustration and obstructions came down; even the continuous shelling ceased, and it was suspected to be ineffective.
However, then he received another long-overdue bad news: the conflict between the Shu Army and the Western Army in the city has intensified, and fierce conflicts and fights broke out in many places in the city; when the directly subordinate You Shence Army was dispatched Going to Suppress, the fighting lasted all night, and it has already caused more than a thousand casualties on both sides, as well as the death of more than a dozen generals, including Cao Guangjin, a former soldier of the Guiyi Army.
To make matters worse, the resulting estrangement and security between the Shu army and the Western army forced him to temporarily order the Liangzhou Army, one of the three directly under Xingtai branch, to fill the gap between the Shu army and the Western army. The defense is a buffer; it is to avoid opportunities for peaceful thieves, and it is also a fuse that separates the two sides to avoid friction and conflict again.
However, in this situation of internal dissatisfaction and disputes, Zheng Tian had to spend more energy to deal with the demands and reprimands of both sides at the same time, and naturally there was no way to launch a counter-offensive against the Taiping thief. In spite of this, he ordered the summoning of Anxi's vassal clan, the more reliable one, Hehuang Tugu Hun Murong Jinda, who was stationed in Huichang County for food, and Yuchi, the king of Yuchi, who was stationed in Xinfeng County. Respectively led troops into the city to help.
It is also spread among the feudal vassals in Shayuanjian and other places to the north of the Weishui River; the largest relative is the southern Wenmo leader Lu Jinyue, the eastern Wenmo leader Du Lunxijia and Du Lunxin, the western Wenmo leader Su On Qilu; the vast areas between Dachangguan, Lantianyu, Lantian County and Zhengnanmen of Chang'an are the vast areas between Dachangguan, Lantianyu, Lantian County and the Zhengnan Gate of Chang'an, all of which are freely hunting grounds for their generations. (End of this chapter)