Chapter 1369: Escape From the Secret Passage
"Three Kingdoms Online Game: Princes Struggle for Hegemony ()"
Chen Gong's words gave everyone present a glimmer of hope, but Wei Xu's words dashed everyone's hopes.
"But, how can we escape from the heavy siege of the Tang army?"
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When several people heard this, they all let out a long sigh. Yes, nearly 100,000 Tang troops are now outside Jinyang City. It is almost impossible to escape from under their noses without anyone noticing. The most important thing is that they must leave with many family members, otherwise even if the army leaves Jinyang City, they will not be able to run far and the soldiers will mutiny.
"If you really want to leave, unless we can go to heaven and earth." Lu Yi sighed, with a deep sense of unwillingness and loss in his tone.
"Otherwise, we will only select elite men to escort the queen and princess to break out. As for the others..." After thinking for a moment, Wei Xu finally refused and said;
"Yes, leave. My daughter, you must leave. Fengxian is gone. My daughter, you must not fall into the hands of Tang Jun." Suddenly, everyone was frightened by Yan's roar.
"Underground!" Mrs. Yan also realized that her voice was too loud, so she said softly: "Fengxian told me that there is an underground tunnel in the palace."
"Really?" The three people heard this and asked in unison;
Yan nodded: "Fengxian said that this palace was originally expanded from the largest Hao house in Jinyang City. Later, Fengxian accidentally discovered a secret passage. The entrance was at Fengxian." "The back of the palace."
Yan's words surprised the three of them. They did not expect that the opportunity that they had been thinking about was so close. Chen Gong immediately asked: "Is the queen confirmed that this secret passage still exists?"
Yan shook her head: "Fengxian only told me about this once, and I didn't confirm it personally. I think Fengxian wouldn't deceive me."
"In this case, this matter needs to be confirmed before making arrangements. General Wei, please arrange for personnel to confirm. If there are no problems, we will discuss how to make subsequent arrangements." Chen Gong thought for a while, turned to Wei Xu and said;
"Don't worry, Prime Minister. I'll go and confirm this in person." After saying that, Wei Xu turned around and left the harem, followed by the other three people, heading towards Lu Bu's palace.
Under Yan's guidance, several people quickly found the entrance to the secret passage in Lu Bu's palace. However, Wei Xu did not go to investigate in person. Instead, he sent a few confidants to enter the secret passage, while the four of them were in the palace. Discuss the matter of leaving.
In less than an hour, the soldiers who explored the secret passage returned to the palace again and confirmed that the exit of the secret passage was indeed outside Jinyang City. It was located in a valley in Longshan. What surprised everyone even more was that in the valley. There was a secret camp inside. Since they had no orders, they did not enter rashly. They just took a look outside quietly, but it was said that the neighing of war horses could be heard occasionally inside.
This news cheered up the spirits of several people. It seemed that this place was indeed an escape route prepared by the late king.
Now that they had received the exact news, several people had discussed several evacuation plans within this period of time. Soon, several people selected the most suitable plan from the already discussed plans and began to implement it.
Soon, the king's orders came from the palace. First, officials and generals of fifth rank and above from all over Jinyang City were recruited into the palace. Under the arrangements of Chen Gong and Wei Xu, most of the officials and generals paid their respects. Lu Lingqi was in charge. As for those who were unwilling, Lu Lingqi did not make things difficult for them. She just ordered them all to be imprisoned in a palace and did not kill them on the spot.
Soon, almost the entire Jinyang City was in motion. The families of officials and generals were brought into the palace, and then important items from various government offices and treasury outside the palace were arranged to be brought into the palace. Not only that. , senior talents from several official workshops and their families were also recruited into the palace.
The movements in Jinyang City were also known to the Tang Army outside the city. However, although the city was noisy, the Zhao Army on duty at the top of the city did not slack off at all.
Wei Xudu even appeared in front of the city several times, but the Tang army outside the city did not notice anything unusual.
Although there were spies from the Tang Kingdom's Shadow Guard in the city, when they saw Zhao Guo's actions, they thought that the Chen Palace people were preparing to recruit important personnel to the palace to defend the palace. They did not expect that they were going to attack the palace from inside the palace. Escape through the secret passage.
Just when the Tang army didn't know what to do, the personnel and materials in Zhao Wang's palace were quickly transferred to the valley deep in Longshan. What Lu Lingqi and others did not expect was that the secret camp in the valley was so well prepared.
Lu Lingqi stood at the gate of the camp, looking at the last batch of soldiers coming in, her eyes full of loss, helplessness and bitterness. Only 4,000 of the 5,000 elite soldiers in Jinyang City came out, 1,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry, 2,000 imperial guards and 1,000 ordinary soldiers.
There are still a thousand soldiers left in the city and handed over to Chen Xuan, the second son of Chen Gong. In addition, there are 5,000 new soldiers commanded by Zhang Wei, the second son of Zhang Liao. They serve as the last force to defend the city. Try to delay the attack by the Tang army as much as possible and buy time for most of the troops to evacuate.
The reason for this arrangement was helpless. Chen Gong's mother was too old to escape long distances, and the old man also hoped to have the opportunity to return to his hometown, so Chen Gong left his second son Chen Xuan behind. When the time comes, he will lead the army to surrender.
Not only Chen Gong's old mother, but also some of the elderly, weak and disabled people in the families of officials, generals and soldiers who fled with him were all left behind. Originally, Lü Lingqi disagreed, fearing that the King of Tang would vent his anger on these people, but Chen Gong was very sure that the King of Tang would never make things difficult for these relatives who stayed behind. Considering the inconvenience of fleeing, many people finally left their elderly and weak families behind.
In the end, apart from the four thousand elites, there were only nearly ten thousand officials, generals and their families, as well as various talents and their families who fled with Lü Lingqi.
"Prime Minister, how long has the messenger been gone?" Lü Lingqi looked at Jinyang City in the east and asked Chen Gong without turning his head.
"Reporting to the lord, the messenger has been gone for four or five hours." Chen Gong bowed and replied;
The first group to leave from the secret passage were Lü Lingqi and Chen Gong. After arriving at the secret camp, Lü Lingqi immediately arranged ten messengers to ride on the war horses in the camp and detour to Lishi, Jiexiu and Lengquan Pass to pass on the order.
The garrison commander of Lishi is Chen Gong's eldest son Chen Yi, the chief officer of Jiexiu City is Xu Si's son Xu Gai, and the chief general of Lengquan Pass is Zhang Yang's son Zhang Quan. These people are all loyal to Zhao State, and Lu Lingqi will never give up on them. Moreover, they have nearly 10,000 troops under their hands. Lu Lingqi hopes that they can bring at least 5,000 to join her. In this way, by then, she will have more than 10,000 troops under her hands, which is crucial for subsequent development.