Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1369 Death
Just before the explosion, the number of the prosecutor's office's death squad members who were fighting fiercely with the Xianbei guards outside the office had been reduced from more than 40 at the beginning to only a handful, and all of them were seriously injured.

There were hundreds of dead bodies of Xianbei people lying on the ground, but hundreds of people were still coming from all directions, so it was obviously impossible for them to rush in.

The leader of the assassination squad had two sharp arrows stuck in his abdomen and could only stand with difficulty. An unwilling look appeared on his face. Then a huge earthquake came from the ground, causing everyone present to fall to the ground.

Feeling the ground shaking beneath his feet, the leader of the death squad sat on the ground and couldn't help laughing. It worked!

The lives of the more than 40 brothers present were finally not in vain!
The Xianbei soldiers present got up from the ground in panic, holding their swords and spears in a daze and continued to approach. The leader of the death squad saw that there were only three or four people left guarding him, so he gritted his teeth and slowly stood up and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry that I couldn't take you out!"

"Kill a few more before you die!"

The remaining few people laughed in unison and said, "Yes, sir!"

"kill!"

As the roar was heard, several people raised their swords and rushed towards the Xianbei soldiers. After a short fight, everything returned to silence.

Although the Xianbei people killed all the attacking assassins, they could not be happy at all. They returned to their house in panic, and the scene before them left them stunned.

The originally flat courtyard had now sunk several feet, and the entire yard had turned into a big pit. The huge tent in the pit had collapsed long ago, but no one was seen.

The Xianbei general who arrived knew the existence of the secret room. When he saw it, he felt dizzy and gave orders loudly, gathering all the people to dig the ground and rescue people.

The Xianbei people were already in complete chaos. You have to know that buried in the ground was almost the entire upper echelons of the Xianbei royal tent!

It was late at night, and by the time the Xianbei soldiers had hurriedly dug up the covering soil to create a vertical pit more than ten feet deep, it was more than an hour later when they found the first body.

No matter who was buried in the ground at that time, they would not survive. As the bodies were carried out one by one, the Xianbei chiefs and generals who kept coming showed fear on their faces. It was not until Kobinen's body was dug out that everyone became truly desperate and let out angry and unwilling wails.

Everyone stopped digging. Kobe was their only hope. Now that he was dead, what was the point in continuing digging?

As the tribe leaders and generals left in despair with Kobinen's body, the soldiers put down their tools and scattered, leaving only two people who continued to dig.

The soldiers nearby saw this and laughed at him, "What are you still digging for?"

The two men said in a muffled voice: "We can't explain ourselves if we don't find our leader's body."

After hearing this, the soldiers nearby didn't know what to say, so they left one after another. The two men dug for another half an hour, and finally found a huge wooden box that was in tatters and the iron sheet that was wrapped around it had been severely deformed.

The two men took great pains to break open the wooden box, and saw Jia Xu lying inside with a grim face, motionless.

The two of them used their fingers to probe and found that the body was still breathing. They were confused and wondered how it was possible that the body had not suffocated to death after being buried underground for such a long time.

There was no one around at that time. The two men carried Jia Xu out and found that there was a hole at the bottom of the box under him, leading to an unknown place. Only then did they realize that this was probably a ventilation hole reserved for Jia Xu to survive.

The person who took great pains to design this passage also knew Jia Xu's character very well. If there was no airway in the box, Jia Xu would never risk entering the box to pull the explosive mechanism, and the entire plan would be out of the question.

Only when Jia Xu knows that this plan can help him survive, will he choose to do it. After all, Jia Xu is not a death warrior, he just wants to survive.

The key to the entire plan from beginning to end actually lies with Jia Xu alone.

From Kirby's entry into Dai County, his choice of this mansion, his discovery of the secret room, to the assassination by the assassins, allowing Kirby to enter the secret room, the entire process was carefully designed by the Procuratorate.

Kobe was able to step into the trap step by step. He never dreamed that Jin's plan against him was simply to blow him to death.

Under the impact of the underground explosion, Jia Xu, who was hiding in the box, was seriously injured, not to mention Kobe who was completely unprotected.

Moreover, the subsequent underground collapse was obviously also taken into account. If a person was buried in the soil for a moment, he would suffocate to death. The result of this double insurance was that Kobe died completely underground.

As for Jia Xu, according to the previous promise, the two spies came to help Jia Xu escape. Fortunately, the ventilation duct was not damaged in the explosion, so Jia Xu, who was hiding in the box, survived after all.

As for the other people underground, including Sun Quan and Yan Jun's group, none of them escaped. Not to mention that Sun Quan surrendered to Ke Bineng, which was not in Yuan Xi's calculations, even if Yuan Xi knew the inside story of Sun Quan's surrender, he would not do anything to disrupt the assassination. After all, Ke Bineng was related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of Youzhou people and soldiers. Any soft-heartedness could lead to the failure of the assassination.

After Kobe was dug out, most of the remaining bodies were buried in the ground and remained underground in Youzhou forever.

The two spies took advantage of the night and carried Jia Xu on their shoulders and took him away. At that time, the city was in chaos and no one paid any attention to him.

The two men took Jia Xu to a secret residence, a shabby courtyard far away from the city center, and gave him simple treatment and rescue, letting him drink a few sips of hot soup. The rest was left to fate.

Although Jia Xu's vomiting blood might be due to a ruptured internal organ, the two men were unable to find a doctor to treat Jia Xu at the moment, so they could only rely on luck. At this time, the two men had been busy for most of the night and were exhausted, so they lay down in their clothes and fell asleep.

When the next morning came, the two woke up from their sleep and found that Jia Xu on the kang was gone, along with several pieces of clothes and the only horse they had in the yard.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and could not help but smile bitterly. They had to write a secret letter to tell the whole story and give it to the courier in the city to take away.

At this time, Jia Xu was riding on a horse, looking back at the Dai County city behind him with a complicated expression.

Dai County fell into great chaos because of Kobineng's death, so Jia Xu slipped out of the city without any effort.

Of course, he was not going back to Jicheng in the east. Instead, he was heading west towards Liangzhou.

Although he succeeded this time, Jia Xu was no longer prepared to serve anyone. He was already old and could no longer afford the trouble, so he decisively chose to escape, return to Liangzhou to live in seclusion, and spend the rest of his life there.

As for Yuan Xi's promise to Jia Xu, Jia Xu did not disbelieve it, but this time he not only killed Kobineng and a group of clan leaders, but also let Sun Quan and others be buried with them. This was a troublesome thing for Jia Xu.

Although he knew that Sun Quan might have come to kill Kobe, Jia Xu would not allow anyone to ruin his plan, causing the situation to get out of control and his life to be controlled by others. So Jia Xu acted decisively and sent Sun Quan away with him.

Thinking of the complicated relationship between Sun and Yuan Xi, Jia Xu naturally would not put himself at risk of retaliation by Sun in the future, so he decisively chose to run away.

Behind him was Dai County which was in complete chaos. The tribal chiefs had huge disagreements and quarrels because they had no leader. The remaining people were not even a bit comparable to Kobe and did not have enough prestige to convince the people. The alliance of hundreds of tribes fell apart in an instant.

Many tribes were keenly aware of the dangerous situation and decisively gathered their people to start heading north back to the outside of the Great Wall, or even to seek refuge with the Eastern and Western Xianbei.

There were also many tribes loyal to Kobinen, and they were naturally extremely dissatisfied with this. They began to send troops to stop them. Fierce conflicts occurred between the two sides, and finally they started fighting.

While the Xianbei soldiers fell into chaos and attacked each other, their fellow tribesmen watched it all happen in confusion. Many of the elderly, the weak, women and children had already fallen ill, and their young and strong tribesmen had no way to treat them, but turned around to attack and plunder other tribes. Despair began to spread among the tribe.

Within just a few days, millions of Xianbei people completely collapsed, and many people began to struggle to escape outside the Great Wall.

When Zhang Liao and Xu Huang heard the news, they were both surprised and delighted, and quickly ordered their troops to pursue. The order they had received before was to try to eliminate the remaining young and strong forces of the Xianbei, and as for the elderly, children, women and children, they should be left to fend for themselves.

After a few more days, the exact news finally reached Jicheng. Upon hearing the news, Yuan Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Zhongxianbei were finished!

He issued an edict to all the forces in the north that were affiliated with the Jin State, mobilizing all military forces to pursue the Zhong Xianbei tribes that were fleeing to the north. All men were to be killed, and the rest of the looted property and people were to be taken away based on their own abilities.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, not only the Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and Goguryeo, but even the Eastern and Western Xianbei came out in full force. In the following five years, they launched a protracted hunt against the Central Xianbei tribe on the vast grasslands of nearly ten thousand miles outside the Great Wall.

The news about Jia Xu was also delivered to Yuan Xi. After reading it, Yuan Xi smiled faintly, burned the secret letter in the flame, and did not ask anyone to search for Jia Xu again.

Jia Wenhe, a poisonous scholar of his time, disappeared from all subsequent records. The State of Jin never found his trace again, or no one could find him. He probably spent the rest of his life according to his own wishes.

As for the contents about Sun Quan in the secret letter, Yuan Xi did not let anyone record even a single word and just let it be burned. As for the truth in it, it was buried deep in Yuan Xi's heart.

Yuan Xi made up his mind that even until his death, he would never mention it to anyone else.

In the summer of the third year of Chenghan, the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, which could have led to the deaths of tens of millions of Han people in later generations, saw the invasion of the Xianbei, one of the greatest threats. This was buried in the torrent of history in such a thrilling yet dull way.

(End of this chapter)