Chapter 609 The Escaped Prince
Is there a secret passage in the palace? The answer is yes!
No emperor would believe that the safest place in the palace is the safest place. On the contrary, the palace has always been one of the most unsafe places in the world.
Therefore, it is completely reasonable to have one or two secret passages hidden under the ground of the palace.
Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong dared to design and kill He Jin in the palace. The existence of the secret passage of the palace is also an important factor. Otherwise, the entire palace is now surrounded by Dong Zhuo's army, and no matter how you look at it, it will definitely be a dead place. No matter how awesome Zhang Rang is, he would not think that relying on the Yulin Army like a flower can break through the siege, or relying on Qian Shuo's eunuch team to defend Ding Yuan outside the city, and Liu Bei rushed into the palace to rescue him.
So, after killing He Jin, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others immediately met with Empress Dowager Dong and Prince Xie who had prepared early, and held the sad and angry Empress He and Prince Bian hostage, and hurried into the secret passage.
Luoyang City has a huge scope. Even if there is a secret passage, it is impossible to build the secret passage from the palace to outside the city, but it can be relayed.
The exit of the secret passage was just a very ordinary resident courtyard. Everyone who had changed their clothes set out from here, transported important personnel with carriages, and then rushed to an inn near the north gate, where there was another secret passage. This secret passage directly led to the outside of the city. As long as you leave the city, the sky is high and the sea is wide, it is impossible for Dong Zhuo to find them again.
The city is now in great chaos. Guo Si is scrambling to kill the so-called treacherous ministers, and the private soldiers of the aristocratic clan are fighting to the death. The strange people in the city are divided into several camps and burning, killing, looting, and fighting with each other. Therefore, the streets are not safe, and Zhang Rang's convoy is also attacked by several groups of strange people.
But Zhang Rang could take the guards by his side. Obviously, they were not such a bad guy. Fortunately, they did not encounter Li Jue's troops attacking the palace from the north gate, otherwise it would have been a tragedy.
Let’s not talk about this fugitive team that was as anxious as a stray dog, but also about the palace that is now fighting in full swing.
In front of the palace gate to the south, Dong Zhuo was already impatient and directly attacked himself. He climbed to the top of the city with a charge. The lord's leader greatly encouraged the soldiers of the Xiliang Army and rushed forward with a desperate attempt to get rid of the blood. The blood and flesh on the top of the city were extremely fierce. These soldiers of the Yulin Army knew that they had no way out at all, they could only die.
However, even the soldiers of the Yulin Army have the awareness of dying. However, it is not enough to just sacrifice one's life to die. The absolute gap in quantity and strength will ultimately lead the war.
In less than two quarters of an hour, Dong Zhuo's troops successfully took down the city wall near the palace gate, and then raised the Broken Dragon Stone to open the palace gate. As soon as the palace gate opened, the fierce ability of the Xiliang cavalry was immediately exerted. The Yulin Army also wanted to rely on the roundabout terrain to resist step by step, but under the rainy spear throwing of the cavalry and the cavalry's team of charge, it turned into a unilateral massacre.
The Yulin Army's resistance collapsed quickly. When Dong Zhuo killed the palace of the queen in the harem, Wu Kuang and others had already broken the palace and killed no one in the palace, but the whereabouts of the prince and the queen were not found from the inside.
Seeing He Jin's body, Dong Zhuo dismounted and cried, which moved Wu Kuang and others.
"Everyone, the general has great kindness to me. I don't know what you plan to do. I, Dong Zhuo, will not be a human being if I don't kill Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong and other dog thieves in this life!"
"Avenge the general and swear to kill the eunuch!"
"We are the only general Dong's leader!"
"Okay, since everyone is the same mind, and you will never abandon me, let me follow me to chase and kill the eunuchs, avenge the general, and ensure that the prince ascends the throne!"
"Avenge the general, swear to kill the eunuchs, and ensure that the prince ascends the throne!"
Li Ru nodded frequently while watching. Dong Zhuo recovered He Jin's old subordinates in a few words, and He Miao had been killed by Wu Kuang, so the generous reward he gave to Wu Kuang was worth the money!
Li Ru subconsciously turned his head to look at the palace where the emperor was in power. The palace was decorated with white linen, which was very conspicuous, but now there was no one there, and only corpses on the ground. The poor emperor, he had been abandoned by all the people in the world.
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When Dong Zhuo was searching for eunuchs in the palace, Guan Yu and Lu Bu were rushing towards Luoyang. They had already received the news that the three gates in Luoyang were no longer guarded, and Dong Zhuo transferred all his troops to attack the palace. This was a great opportunity for them to seize the entrance to Luoyang City Gate.
Yuan Shu and Liu Bei also received the news. When the two men heard the news, they immediately urged the troops to speed up. Although the march in the snow was never far from going anywhere, both of them knew that whoever entered Luoyang first would take the initiative.
Dong Zhuo's main troops were shrinking. Apart from Guo Si messing around in the city, the city temporarily turned into a vacuum state. This was simply a feast for players!
It's anarchy now! So what are you waiting for? Hurry up and grab it!
However, anarchy does not mean that there is no god! There is also a big brain in the sky watching! Therefore, Luoyang City is not as bloody as outsiders imagine.
Dong Zhuo's strict orders were not allowed to harass civilians, so Guo Si naturally did not dare to disobey them. Perhaps some brave soldiers would do something shameful, but they would be immediately marked as a chaotic army by the system and were chased by the system tasks. At the beginning, the players really thought they could be lawless, but when someone among them attacked civilian houses and shops, they were immediately wanted by the system.
This made the majority of players understand that the so-called anarchy is actually controlled by someone. What players can attack is the targets that receive the task, such as Yuan Wei’s mansion, Duan Gui’s mansion, etc., or attack the palace, Zhang Rang’s sons and nephew’s mansion, Zhao Zhong’s mansion, etc., or attack buildings such as the military camp of the garrison station. Others who have not received the task can only attack anyone they see on the street.
Therefore, in the riots tonight, the unlucky people are those who show off their power and are arrogant on weekdays. Of course, the servants in these people's families will inevitably be in trouble. In this chaotic world, it is only a very common thing to be involved, and there is nothing to complain about. If you blame yourself for not being able to protect yourself, you will just blame yourself for not being smart enough.
There are fighting everywhere in the city, so let’s not talk about the players. In addition to the palace, the battles belonging to Yuan Wei’s mansion are the most intense. Because the important aristocratic clans in the capital gathered their small families and private soldiers to the Yuan family earlier, the Yuan family occupied a wide area and had been deliberately reinforced in case of emergencies, Guo Si, who attacked the Yuan family, was unable to succeed for a long time.
This is also a blame for the Xiliang army that has always been unfamiliar with street fighting, so its combat efficiency is extremely low. If Gao Shun came, he had 10,000 elite infantry in his hand and would definitely easily take down the entire Yuan family, even if more than 30,000 private soldiers gathered there.
Guo Si also knew that his move was actually just a casual chess, mainly to restrain these people from participating in the attack on the palace. As for whether the lord really wants to kill these old ministers, the military advisor has explained to them in private that a few of those who are not famous can be killed, and these important officials must not be killed.
Of course, what you can't do is burn, kill, loot, after all, Luoyang will be the territory of the Xiliang Army in the future, how can you burn your home?
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Dong Zhuo searched all over the palace but found no important person. Not to mention the prince, the queen, and the queen and the like, even the eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were gone.
Finally found an informed Zhonghuang Gate. He learned that there was a secret passage under the palace. After careful search, it was because of their haste escape that the secret passage was leaked. Dong Zhuo immediately named Zhang Ji and Li Jue to chase him separately, ordering Xu Rong to purify the order in the palace and prevent the soldiers from filthing the palace.
Then Dong Zhuo led his men to withdraw from the palace and stationed the troops at the four gates of the inner city of the palace. Then he called Hua Xiong and Li Ru, and whispered a few instructions. Li Ru and Hua Xiong also took the order and left.
Dong Zhuo himself brought elite cavalry to set up formations in the square in front of the palace gate. On the one hand, he defended against those unsightly guys, and on the other hand, he was waiting for further news so that he could attack and chase Zhang Rang and others at any time. At the same time, Dong Zhuo sent people to spread news everywhere, saying that the eunuchs in the palace were in chaos and ambushed the general He Jin and the general He Miao. Then Dong Zhuo avenged the general and entered the palace. He had already killed the eunuchs and restored the order in the palace. The prince and Empress He were in peace, but the princess and Empress Dowager Dong were held hostage by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong and others and escaped from the palace through secret passages.
Then, Dong Zhuo used the mission system to issue a task to the vast number of aliens to arrest Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and rescue Prince Union and Empress Dong. At this time, everyone thought that Dong Zhuo had already captured Prince Bian and Empress He, and was sure to win, so they took the task one after another and began to search for the traces of Zhang Rang and others inside and outside the city.
In fact, although Dong Zhuo looks very calm now, he is already extremely anxious. If the prince and the queen fall into the hands of others, Dong Zhuo will be completely a wedding dress for others, unless Dong Zhuo will directly rebel now. But in that case, instead of running to Luoyang City to sit in the city of troubled sorrow, Dong Zhuo might as well rebel in Xiliang and become a free and carefree local emperor!
Just as Dong Zhuo was worried about gains and losses like an ant on a hot pan, Xu Rong suddenly came out of the palace and quietly said something in Dong Zhuo's ear.
"What, are you sure?"
Dong Zhuo's eyes were wide open. Vanity could clearly see the burning torches around him from his pupils. The flames were beating vigorously, as if they were about to burn the entire world together.
"It's confirmed, many people know it!"
Dong Zhuo was stunned for a moment, then laughed to the sky!
"Okay, okay! Haha... God is blessed! You have made great contributions and you will definitely receive a heavy reward! Haha..." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!