Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 194 Going in the opposite direction

"What did you say!"

Liu Kuren looked at his younger brother Liu Juan in disbelief, and the news from behind sent shivers down his spine.

How can it be! How could my uncle die suddenly?

Liu Juan said with a bitter face:

"It's absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes. Chang Sunjin was assassinated in public. My uncle was unprepared and died at the hands of the traitor."

Liu Kuren was silent after hearing this.

He originally hoped that his uncle would come forward to refute the rumors, but unexpectedly, the news of Tuoba Shiyiqian's death came.

Now that Tuoba Shiyijian is dead, Tuoba Shijun is a southerner and has the support of Tuoba Jin, who has extensive connections in the north. Even if Liu Kuren can stop the rebels for a while, he cannot withstand their continuous harassment. The army came to siege.

After a long time, Liu Kuren sighed and said:

"That's all, the matter has come to this, and any further struggle will be in vain. Anu, if you tie me up and present me to Lord Tuoba Shi, he will definitely not vent his anger on you."

Liu family members were shocked:

"What are you talking about, A Gan! I would rather die than do such an unjust thing!"

Liu Kuren felt warm in his heart and said:

"In this case, Anu should keep the secret strictly. If he leaks the news of his uncle's death, the morale of the army will definitely be weakened."

The Liu family knew that their brother had always prided himself on loyalty, otherwise Tuoba Shiyiqian would not have handed over the imperial army to him in times of crisis.

However, just when the two brothers were determined to resist desperately, someone else came from behind. It turned out to be the ministers who had had a drink with Tuoba Shiyiqian before.

And they brought Liu Kuren news that caught him off guard: Murong Ying had fled Shengle Palace from the north gate with her eldest son Tuoba Shi and second son Tuoba Han.

The Liu family members were completely discouraged, and he persuaded:

"Aqian, please surrender. The queen has already escaped and there is no one left behind. Who are you and I fighting for?"

Everyone looked at Liu Kuren. Liu Kuren was silent for a long time and finally said:

"Anu, you take everyone to greet the new king, and I will take care of my sins here."

Liu Juan knew his brother's temperament and no longer forced him. He had to tell his guards to keep an eye on him and not allow him to commit suicide. Then he led the ministers to greet Lord Tuoba Shi, preparing to intercede for his brother in front of Lord Tuoba Shi.

Unexpectedly, Tuoba Jun did not blame Liu Kuren when he learned that Tuoba Shiyiqian was dead, Murong Ying led Tuoba Shi and Tuoba Han to escape, and the overall situation was decided.

Not that they cared about the cousinship between them.

After all, the first order Tuoba Shijun issued after taking control of Shengle Palace was to send people to pursue Murong Ying's mother and son, regardless of life or death.

But because Liu Kuren is the leader of the Dugu tribe, if he is killed, the Dugu tribe will not let it go.

Moreover, this cousin's loyalty was also praised by Lord Tuoba Shi.

He himself was disobedient and unfilial, but now that he was in power and his status had changed, he certainly hoped that his ministers would follow Liu Kuren's example in serving him.

In the north of Shengle City, Murong Ying escaped from the city with her two sons and dozens of loyal followers whom she had brought with her.

Seeing Murong Ying instructing more than a dozen followers to go east, while his own group wanted to go west, Tuoba Shi said in confusion:

"Mother, my uncle's family is in the east, why should we go in opposite directions? Isn't this completely opposite?"

After finally escaping from Shengle City, of course he should go to Yan State to ask for reinforcements and regain the throne. This is why Murong Ying left decisively.

If she stayed in Shengle Palace and fell into the hands of Lord Tuoba Shi, Murong Ying might survive and be taken into the house by her concubine, but brothers Tuoba Shi and Tuoba Han would definitely die.

Murong Ying explained helplessly:

"Even Shi'er knows that we, mother and son, should go to Yan State to ask for help. How could Lord Tuoba Shi not think of this?"

Tuoba Shi is only ten years old, and Tuoba Han is only eight years old. Although they can ride horses, they are not fast enough and cannot withstand the bumps. If they really go eastward, they will definitely be killed by Tuoba Shijun's cavalry. To catch up.

Therefore, Murong Ying divided out a dozen followers and asked them to lead the pursuers in the direction of Yan Kingdom, while he led them in the opposite direction.

Shengle City is located to the south of Yinshan Mountain and north of the Great Wall. You can enter the Hetao all the way west.

Lord Tuoba Shi may have sent people to pursue him in three directions: east, south and north. After all, both the south and north could take advantage of the passage to reach Yan State.

But it is absolutely impossible for him to invest heavy troops in the west.

Just as Tuoba Shi said, this is going in the opposite direction, and Tuoba Shijun would never have imagined this.

Sure enough, shortly after Murong Ying and his party left, a cavalry group from each of the east, south, and north gates of Shengle City chased the mother and son in three directions, but only spared the west side.

After escaping for a long time, Murong Ying saw that no cavalry was chasing him, so he finally asked everyone to find a hiding place to rest.

Although they all escaped this time with one person and four horses, the horses also need to rest while running on empty, and the people on the horses will also get tired.

Murong Ying held her two sons in her arms. The young Tuoba Han had fallen asleep in his mother's arms, but Tuoba Shi had no intention of sleeping. He was afraid of waking up his sleeping brother, so he asked softly:

"Mother, where are we going?"

Murong Ying muttered:

"Tuoba Shijun must set up defenses at all levels to prevent us from returning to the Yan Kingdom. We can only go south via the Hetao to Bingzhou and borrow the road from the Yu Kingdom."

Although Murong Ying did not know Tuoba Shijun's deployment at this time, her decision was undoubtedly correct. If she went directly south to the Yu Kingdom, she would definitely be overtaken by the pursuers sent south by Tuoba Shijun.

Tuoba Shi worriedly said:

"Queen Mother, will Yu State really let us go?"

He didn't want to go around to the Hetao area. He finally entered the Yu Kingdom, but was sent back to Shengle by Fu Jian.

Murong Ying nodded and said: "I will definitely do it. The Yu State is facing the threat of Huan Xi. If we are detained and we continue to antagonize the Yan State, we will surely destroy ourselves.

"Fu Jian is not a mediocre leader, he understands the interests clearly."

It was as if Huan Wen never worried that the court would threaten him with Sima Xingnan.

Murong Ying also understood that even if she and Murong Jun were biological siblings, Murong Jun would not bow down and obey orders just because his sister and nephew were captured by Fu Jian.

Tuoba Shi did not cheer up because of Murong Ying's comfort. He was still deep in the pain of losing his father.

"I killed Changsun Jin, but the real culprit was not killed.

"Mother, do you think I can kill Agan back to Dai in the future? No, it should be Tuoba Jun, the evil thief."

Tuoba Shi said angrily.

He never thought that something like this would happen to him in his life.

Murong Ying stroked his back and said:

"You can definitely do it, my mother believes in you."

After taking a short rest, Murong Ying did not dare to stay for a long time. Although she firmly swore that it was impossible for Tuoba Shijun to pursue westward, she was afraid that the other party would not act according to common sense.

According to the information she knew, the Qiantao Plain was now occupied by Liu Kuantou, the Right Xian King of the Tiefu Xiongnu who was attached to Huanxi.

Liu Kuantou's tribe was all concentrated in Wuyuan City, 340 miles west of Shengle City.

Wuyuan is located on the west side of the Qiantao Plain. This is why Liu Kuantou deliberately moved there to stay away from Yu and Dai.

Therefore, Murong Ying believed that as long as he did not get too close to Wuyuan City, he could enter Yu State through the eastern part of Qiantao Plain unharmed.

Murong Ying led the group to the west for more than eighty miles, and did not turn south until dawn.

Worried about the pursuers behind them, everyone endured fatigue until they arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River at night. They had not had a good rest for a day and a night.

During this period, Murong Ying and his entourage traveled more than 260 miles with their two children, which was not easy.

This is because brothers Tuoba Shi and Tuoba Han are determined and can endure this hardship.

Otherwise, even if there are followers holding them on horseback, they may not be able to withstand such bumps at such a young age.

Seeing that Tuoba Shi and Tuoba Han were pale, Murong Ying had no choice but to let everyone take a rest.

Now that she has left Dai Country, Murong Ying still cannot feel at ease.

She planned to cross the Yellow River and wait until it was completely safe to find a secret place to have a good sleep.

Now is the dry season of the Yellow River, and you can even wade across the shallow water.

Murong Ying sent the remaining followers to find a crossing point, while she and the others took the time to recover their strength.

However, the horses could still eat grass, but Murong Ying and his party were running away in such a hurry that they had no time to bring food. They had not eaten all day, so they were naturally tired and hungry.

During the break, many people fell asleep, including Murong Ying, her mother and her son.

In a daze, Murong Ying heard someone shouting a warning, shouting the word "enemy attack".

When Murong Ying sat up, a group of cavalry had already surrounded him.

In an instant, Murong Ying's heart sank completely to the bottom.

"After going through such hardship, you still haven't escaped?"

Murong Ying laughed at herself.

However, she quickly saw clearly the clothing and hair accessories of the cavalry holding torches.

These cavalry are not Xianbei!

Liu Yan's ugly head came out of the crowd and asked:

"Who are you?"

It turned out that Liu Kuantou did live in Wuyuan City, but because he forced Liu Wuhuan to kill Fu Jian's favorite eldest son Fu Qian, he felt uneasy. He had been paying special attention to the developments in Yu State and sent a large number of soldiers. of meticulous work.

Of course, Tuoba Jin's attention to the State of Yu cannot be compared with Liu Huantou.

Therefore, when Tuoba Jin knew nothing about Yu State's military mobilization, Liu Yan had already judged from clues that the main force of Yu State had gone north.

Liu Kuantou then personally led an army out from the east of Wuyuan City to monitor the movements of Yu State and be ready to flee to Houtao Plain or even Xitao Plain at any time.

Tonight, I thought it was a scout from the Yu Kingdom, but I didn't expect that when I led a group of people to round them up, they turned out to be a group of Xianbei people who were in a terrible state.

Murong Ying stood up and said to Liu Yan:

“I am the sister of Emperor Dayan and the queen of Daiwang.

"Today I took my family out to play in the city. I was chased by gangsters and had no choice but to flee here. I also asked this general to let me use the way to leave. This kindness will be repaid well by Yan and Dai!"

The law of the grasslands has always been that the weak should prey on the strong. Even if Murong Ying concealed her identity and explained to people that she had accidentally taken the wrong path, Liu Yan would not be able to politely send them out of the country, but would instead rob them into slaves.

A beautiful woman like Murong Ying would be even more humiliated.

It's better to reveal your identity and hope to scare the other party.

　No more tonight, good night everyone.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)