Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 76
At some point, Yuan Quan found that there were fewer and fewer people around him.

First of all, Yuan Xiu and Yuan Baoju, who advised him to hunt down the family members of the imperial army, disappeared. Hu Sichun outside the city never joined him. Even Yuan Xin disappeared after telling him to burn the attic.

Seeing that his subordinates were being defeated steadily by the royal soldiers led by Er Zhu Ying'e, Yuan Quan finally recognized the reality, and in a panic, he quickly led dozens of confidants and walked over the wall on a ladder.

Just as he was about to find his frame, he saw Yuan Xin leading people to snatch the horses.

Yuan Quan hastily shouted:

"King Guangling, just wait for me."

Yuan Xin turned her head and glanced, but her movements became even faster.

Finally, before Yuan Quan arrived, he seized all the horses outside the mansion and fled in a panic, leaving only Yuan Quan to eat ashes behind him.

Yuan Xin escaped not far away, and when he was thankful that he acted quickly, he met Lou Zhao and a hundred soldiers head-on.

Lou Zhao shouted loudly:
"Good thief! It's because I bumped into you!"

Yuan Xin was terrified. At the moment of life and death, he suddenly had an idea. He pointed behind him and shouted to Lou Zhao:
"Xin is just a traitor, and King Qinghe is the culprit. Why did the leader of Lou abandon his great achievements and make things difficult for me instead?"

After all, he turned the horse's head and was about to run to the side streets.

Lou Zhao looked in the direction Yuan Xin pointed, and sure enough, he saw Yuan Quan who appeared in the distance, but turned around and fled immediately.

"Why did King Qinghe leave in such a hurry!"

With calculations in his mind, Lou Zhao laughed and said, he really took the lead and went straight to Yuan Quan.

With Yuan Quan attracting Lou Zhao's attention, Yuan Xin was able to escape.

In Gaogan's mansion, after Yuan Quan fled, all his subordinates scattered like birds and beasts, and Erzhu Ying'e easily rescued him.

Li Yuanzhong bowed deeply and said with emotion:
"Thanks to His Highness for turning the tide of today's incident, otherwise I really don't know what the consequences will be."

Gao Gan also saluted and thanked:

"If it wasn't for His Highness's rescue, I'm afraid it would have turned into charcoal. I won't thank you for your great kindness. If there is any order in the future, please ask Your Highness to order."

Er Zhu Ying'e quickly helped the two of them up, and said with a smile:

"I am the daughter-in-law of the Gao family, so I should do my best for the Gao family. The two gentlemen must not spoil my concubine."

Gao Longzhi's relatives were even more grateful. If Er Zhu Ying'e hadn't appeared in time, they would have become the ghosts of Gao Gan and Li Yuanzhong long ago.

Er Zhuying'e worried about the resurgence of the rebellion, so she hurriedly led everyone to the Bohai Palace to resettle.

Lou Zhao is admired by others and praised as the best bow horse in the world. There may be elements of bragging in it, but after all, he is famous for riding and shooting.

He counted arrows and shot at the servants around Yuan Dan. Gradually, the servants also realized that it was too dangerous to stay by Yuan Dan's side, and they fled in all directions, fearing that they would be in the same direction as Yuan Dan.

Lou Zhao dispatched a group of people to arrest him, while he led the rest of the people to chase Yuan Quan away, teasing like an old cat catching a mouse.

Yuan Quan didn't want to be teased any longer, he stopped and said out of breath:
"Leader Lou wants to capture and kill, so he can do it himself, but please read that the two families are still in-laws, so don't play tricks on Gu."

Lou Zhao said angrily:
"When you plotted against me and wanted to kill me, did you ever think about this friendship!"

Yuan Quan was silent when he heard the words, but he refused to escape any more, so Lou Zhao ordered someone to tie him up.

Finally, Yuan Quan still entered Miyagi, but the way was slightly different from his expectation.

Lou Zhao was riding on a horse, holding a rope in his hand, and at the other end of the rope was Yuan Dan who was staggering.

Yuan Quan often went in and out of the palace city, and the officers and soldiers of the forbidden army all recognized this face. Seeing that the leader of the bandit was captured, he never dared to have any other thoughts.

Lou Zhao ordered his cronies to detain Yuan Quan in a side room, and no one else was allowed to visit him. He planned to wait for Cheng Bing Gao Huan to deal with it.

Chen Yuankang took advantage of the situation and suggested:
"Now that the leader of the thief has been captured, and the hearts of the soldiers have not changed, the general should immediately lead the imperial army out of the palace city, and search for the remnants of the thieves in the city."

"What Mr. Chen said is true."

Lou Zhao followed his words.

To the west of Luoyang, Yuan Xin rode his horse galloping. The current plan is to go south to Xiaoliang and go west to Guanzhong.

Xiao Liang is far away, Yuan Xin finally chose the land of Kansai which is close at hand.

The enmity between He Bayue and Gao Huan is well known, maybe he can be the emperor of Guanzhong this time on his westward journey.

What Yuan Xin didn't know was that someone had already rushed to Kansai ahead of him.

Yuan Xiu offered Yuan Quan to hunt down the family members of the imperial army, but he took the opportunity to search for horses and fled the city with his family and servants. On the way, he met Yuan Baoju who had the same idea. The two hit it off and walked together.

There were still more than ten miles away from Tongguan, and there was the sound of horseshoes in the northeast. Yuan Xiu and others looked in panic, only to see a young man galloping on two horses, with hundreds of horsemen chasing after him.

The leader of the army was Gao Huan's general Peng Le, while the desperate man was Yu Wentai who took the initiative to ask He Bayue to go to Jinyang.

The itineraries of Yu Wentai and Gao Cheng happened to be staggered, Gao Cheng led the army south in the morning, and Yu Wentai entered Jinyang at noon.

After some conversation, Gao Huan valued Yu Wentai's talent and wanted to keep him by his side, but Yu Wentai politely refused.

Realizing that Jinyang should not stay for a long time, Yu Wentai hurriedly led two horses and left without saying goodbye.

After Gao Huan learned about it, he immediately ordered Peng Le and Qingqi to hunt him down.

Yu Wentai happened to meet Yuan Xiu and Yuan Baoju.

Yuan Xiu and Yuan Baoju thought they were coming to hunt them down, so they hurriedly rode their horses and ran wildly. A carriage carrying the family members overturned behind them, and they didn't even bother to take a look.

Fortunately, it was close to Tongguan, Peng Le didn't dare to pursue it further, Yuan Xiu, Yuan Baoju and Yu Wentai were able to enter the pass.

Peng Le led the cavalry to surround the overturned carriage. The people in the carriage had already climbed out. They were all women and children. Peng Le shouted and asked:
"Whose family are you waiting for!"

Everyone was afraid and dared not speak.

Peng Le pulled out his waist knife and threatened:

"I only ask one last time!"

At this time, a woman stood up:
"General, please don't get angry. We are all relatives of the clan. I am the sister of King Pingyang."

Peng Le thought, "It turns out that she is the younger sister of Wang Yuanxiu of Pingyang."

Pointing to the others, he asked:

"Who are they?"

"These are brothers, wives and concubines."

Peng Le pointed to the seven-year-old doll in the crowd:

"Is he Yuan Xiu's son?"

Yuan Xiu's younger sister, Yuan Shi, guarded her nephew Yuan Guangji behind her back, but she still admitted:
"As the general said, please treat the general with courtesy, so that others will not talk about Gao Wang."

Peng Le laughed loudly and said:
"How could I bully you?"

I thought in my heart, although I didn't catch Yu Wentai, it's not like I didn't get nothing, Yuan Xiu went west, I captured his wife and concubine, and offered it to King Gao, he must be rewarded.

Peng Le asked Xiang Yuan again:
"Have you ever been married?"

Yuan Shi was shocked, thinking that Peng Le was going to marry her by force, so she didn't dare to speak for a while.

Peng Le said angrily:

"I asked you something, why didn't you answer!"

Only then did Yuan Shi tremble and say:
"Never, never married."

Peng Le's interest suddenly faded: This Yuan family looks beautiful, but she is not a woman, and I don't know if she can suit King Gao's wishes.

Turning his gaze to Yuanxiu's wives and concubines, he regained his spirits: so many women, as long as someone falls into Gao Wang's eyes, how could he lose his reward.

Immediately escort Yuanxiu's family back to Jinyang.

Not long after Peng Le left, Yuan Xin also passed by and entered the customs smoothly.

It was the first time for Gao Cheng to lead an army out. He fully practiced the teachings of his uncle She Digan, carefully selected camps, and led the army slowly.

After passing through Baima City in Jinzhou, I met Chen Yuankang's messenger.

Knowing that Yuan Quan and other clans and Hu Sichun had hidden a group of people, Gao Cheng immediately sensed the seriousness of the situation, and handed over all the pawns, family members, and staff to Duan Shao.

With the assistance of Murong Shaozong and Hu Luguang, he gathered more than [-] riders and hurried south.

When he arrived outside the city of Luoyang, it was late at night on the second day after the Luoyang rebellion. At this time, order had been restored in the city, and the walls were covered with heads of looters who took advantage of the chaos.

Gao Cheng's heart sank, it was too late after all.

He didn't know who controlled Luoyang now. Out of caution, Gao Cheng ordered the knight to come forward and shout at the door to reveal his identity, and asked Lou Zhao to meet him out of the city.

If Yuan Quan and the others succeed, there is absolutely no reason for Lou Zhao to survive.

After a long time, Lou Zhao climbed up the tower, and by the torches outside the city, he caught sight of Gao Cheng.

"Ah Hui! There is nothing wrong in the city!"

Gao Cheng didn't enter the door, he shouted loudly:

"Please ask uncle to go out of the city to talk."

Lou Zhao shook his head and sighed, indeed, he was as cautious and suspicious as his brother-in-law, but he still went out of the city alone to meet Gao Cheng as he said.

Only then did Gao Cheng feel relieved, and asked about the situation in the city. Lou Zhao did not hide anything, and told Gao Cheng what everyone had done.

Especially Er Zhu Ying'e and Chen Yuankang are full of praise.

Gao Cheng felt very relieved when he heard this.

After returning to the mansion, he ordered Chen Yuankang and Yang Min to come, and he talked to Er Zhu Ying'e first. Luoyang restored order, and Gao Gan and Li Yuanzhong led their relatives back home. Now there is only Er Zhu Ying'e left in the mansion. VIP.

After Chen Yuankang and Yang Min came to the door, Gao Cheng went to the lobby to meet each other.

Looking at the two of them carefully, fortunately nothing was missing, but the shame on Yang Min's face caught Gao Cheng's attention.

After praising Chen Yuankang, Gao Cheng asked Yang Min:
"Why is Zunyan depressed, seems to be depressed?"

"I am ashamed to have a lot of trust in my son."

Yang Min was filled with remorse, and told all the reasons.

It turned out that Yang Kuan had already been arrested, and it was also known from the rest of the population that Yang Kuan was an accomplice of Yuan Quan, and they were looking for news at Yang Min's place for him.

Gao Cheng was silent for a long time, and Hu Luguang whispered a few words, Hu Luguang took the order to leave, and Gao Cheng said to Yang Min:
"Yang Kuan received my secret order, pretending to obey Yuan Quan, and delivered news for me. He was deeply hated by Yuan Quan's remaining party and was assassinated. Yang Kuan's affairs after his death were entrusted to Zunyan."

Yang Min knelt down and kowtowed and cried:

"Your Majesty loves and protects me, even though I die, it is hard to repay him!"

Gao Cheng sighed secretly, the reason why Yang Min died in history was because of his indiscretion.

After Gao Yang's death, Lou Zhaojun, Gao Yan, and Gao Zhan controlled the Northern Qi military power. Yang Min planned to get rid of Gao Yan and Gao Zhan, but told Gao Guiyan the news. All the important civil servants who participated in the plan were executed.

Thinking of this, Gao Cheng still couldn't help persuading him:
"'If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers, and if your ministers don't keep secrets, you will lose your body.' Zunyan has read more books than me, so he understands this truth, and he must take it as a warning in the future."

That night, Yang Kuan was let out, and walked on the street under the moonlight, still thinking in his heart: Unexpectedly, Zun Yan was so valued by Gao Zihui, and this could save me.

Before he had gone far, an arrow shot from behind, piercing through the back of Yang Kuan's head.

　This Yang Kuan is not Yang Kuan from Handan who betrayed Yang Min to the Erzhu family before, but he was born in the Hongnong Yang family with the same name and surname.

　　Three thousand words to bring, see you at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)