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"Ah—" There was a shout in the hall, and many ministers trembled when they heard the news.

These people all supported Tuoba Pi, if Tuoba Jian killed them in Pingcheng and captured them, how could they be spared?

Tuoba Pi's face turned pale, his body wobbled, and he almost fell down.

At this time Liu Jie stood up and cupped his hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't panic. The false emperor won only for a while. Now Pingcheng can't be defended. I suggest that Yujia immediately patrol Hebei and move the capital to Beiping County! There are still people in Hebei. many places

Fang officials and guarding generals all support His Majesty, and many local officials and guarding generals still maintain a neutral and wait-and-see attitude. As long as Your Majesty patrols the land of Hebei, we can win the support of these local officials and generals before the false emperor! "

Li Shun also stood up and said to Tuobapi: "Your Majesty, Shang Ling's words are very reasonable. Now the local officials and guarding generals from all over the Great Wei are waiting and watching. Although the current situation is a temporary defeat for Your Majesty, it does not mean that What, as long as His Majesty patrols the land of Hebei, we can gain the support of the officials and people in Hebei as quickly as possible, and then guard the various passes in Bingzhou to enter Hebei. It will not be easy for the false emperor to invade Hebei! In this way, His Majesty can gain a firm foothold in Hebei, and with the population and land wealth of Hebei, it only takes one or two years to launch an attack on the false emperor!"

In the past, Tuoba Tao had many advisers, but there were only two most famous ones, the first was Cui Hao, and the second was this Li Shun.

Tuoba Pi was persuaded. In fact, when he heard the news of Weijuan's defeat, he had already had the idea of ​​retreating to Hebei. At this time, Liu Jie and Li Shun suggested that he immediately made a decision.

"Decree, at midnight tonight, all court ministers, military generals and their families will evacuate to the East Daying Camp with Yujia, and then retreat eastward to the land of Hebei!"

All the courtiers looked at each other, stood up together and said loudly: "I will obey the order!"

Liu Jie, Li Shun and others also knew that Tuoba Jian's army would definitely come to Pingcheng soon, so they asked all the ministers and generals to only bring a change of clothes and important money, and no heavy things were allowed.

In the middle of the night, the entire Pingcheng was in chaos. The court ministers, military generals and nobles were busy moving and evacuating. The army protected these nobles and evacuated to the east camp outside the city. No one maintained order. The local ruffians and hidden Jiangyang thieves ran out to rob houses, kill people and set fires.

Not long after Tuoba Pi walked out of Pingcheng in a royal car under the protection of ministers and generals, when he turned his head to look in the direction of Pingcheng, he saw that the night sky of Pingcheng was already full of flames.

It turned out that Liu Jie and Li Shun had already ordered to burn all the food and grass that could not be taken away. Hundreds of thousands of stones of food and grass were burned like this. This would prevent Tuoba Jian from getting food and grass. Don't dare to chase too closely, as long as you guard the critical pass, you can block Tuoba Jian to the west of Taihang Mountain.

When they arrived at Dongdaying, the courtiers and family members arrived one after another, not counting the army, these ministers, family members and maid servants combined may number tens of thousands, while the army guarding them was less than [-].

"Your Majesty, everything is ready to go!" Liu Jie came over and reported to Tuoba Pi.

Tuoba Pi looked in the direction of Pingcheng with some reluctance after all, and did not give the order to set off for a long time.

"Your Majesty, we will call back sooner or later!" Li Shun said.

"Hey—" Tuoba Pi sighed and waved his hands: "Let's go!"

"Yes!"

As the will was conveyed, the team set off slowly.

When the army marched to Limin, Tuoba Qi, Marquis of Fuyang, came to report to Tuoba Pi, "Your Majesty, at this marching speed, I fear that Tuoba Jian's soldiers and horses will catch up soon!"

Tuoba Pi was also worried, and asked, "I don't know if Ai Qing has any suggestions?"

Tuobaqi immediately said: "I think that all the family members should abandon some burdens, but discard all the things that hinder the journey, and move forward at the fastest speed. When you reach Hebei, what if there is nothing? Now you are running for your life, not wandering. Playing with mountains and rivers!"

"In addition, I suggest sending two groups of soldiers to take over Feihuxing and Puyinxing as soon as possible. As long as these two dangerous passes are guarded, Tuobajian's soldiers and horses will not be able to enter Hebei for the time being. After he arrives in Pingcheng, he still needs to raise food and grass. , we need to gather the hearts of the people of Bingzhou, we can use this time to win the hearts of the people of Hebei and fight against Tuobajian!"

Tuoba Pi Longyan Joy: "Great kindness!"

So Tuoba Pi immediately sent two generals each with 500 people to take over Sufeihuxing and Puyinxing respectively, and blocked the passage from northern Bingzhou to Hebei.

The next day, in the afternoon, Tuoba Jian's army arrived

When I arrived at Pingcheng, what I saw was a devastated scene. Pingcheng was no longer prosperous in the past. The streets were full of rags and corpses, and countless houses were burned to the ground.

Many of those who were killed were Xianbei people, and there were also many Han people. Most of the Xianbei people who were killed were killed by revenge, because they did a lot of evil on weekdays. After Tuoba Pi withdrew last night, the order in Pingcheng was completely chaotic. , the Han people who were bullied by the Xianbei people could no longer bear it anymore and started a crazy revenge.

After Tuoba Jian led the army to arrive, he immediately sent troops into the city to maintain order, put out the fire that was still burning, and arrest those who were thrown to cause chaos and danger.

Tuoba Jian walked into the palace to have a look, and said to the accompanying ministers and military generals: "My second brother finally has a bit of conscience and didn't burn this palace too!"

Tai Shi ordered Zhang Yuan to come in and salute Tuoba Jian and said, "Your Majesty, I asked someone to find out that the false emperor escaped at midnight last night, and the direction of escape was to the east. They should be going to Hebei!"

"Oh?" Tuoba Jian turned around, "They just walked for less than a day, and they have many family members, so they shouldn't be able to leave quickly. At this time, sending troops to pursue them can catch up, right?"

"Your Majesty, you should be able to catch up with a light cavalry, and I ask you to lead the army to pursue!" He Duoluo stood up and said, clasping his fists.

Tuobajian was also not good at dampening He Duoluo's enthusiasm, and said to him: "In this case, I will gather the routs gathered in the past two days and hand them over to you for the time being, and you will lead the team to pursue!"

Before He Duoluo had time to agree, Hua Mulan quickly walked into the hall with her sword pressed her fist and said, "Your Majesty, the Taicang granary has been burned, and there are no grains left. With the only grain and grass left, the army will be killed in six days." No food! The most important thing for us now is not to chase the false emperor, but how to survive the next two days, otherwise we will collapse first without the false emperor fighting back!"

Chapter 429 Was Chased Back by the Emperor

After listening to Hua Mulan's words, Yan Pu, the general of the left wing, laughed loudly: "Hahaha...lack of food and grass? Is this Pingcheng a place that lacks food and grass? Even if Taicang is completely burned, there is plenty of food in Pingcheng! Your Majesty, please! The purpose is to collect grain and grass, and I promise to collect grain for 10 people to eat for half a year within two days!"

"Wait!" Hua Mulan yelled immediately, asking, "How do you collect food? Where do you collect it?"

"Do you need to ask? Naturally, the food is collected from the homes of the residents in the city. Otherwise, where do you collect it?"

Hua Mulan's eyes widened, and she immediately shouted, "You're not collecting food, you're robbing!"

Yan Pu curled his lips, "What's the fuss? Isn't it always done like this in the past?"

Hua Mulan immediately cupped her fists and bowed to Tuoba Jian: "Your Majesty, I object to letting the soldiers rob the residents inside and outside the city. The soldiers are the army of the imperial court, not bandits! Now that the false emperor has fled to the east, if your majesty wants to fight with the false emperor When an emperor strives for the world, he must win the hearts of the people first, and letting the army plunder the people to raise food and grass is self-destructing the Great Wall, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

King Gaoliang Tuoba Na stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think what General Hua said is true, I second my opinion!"

But He Duoluo shouted: "If the soldiers are not allowed to raise food and grass by themselves, what will they eat and drink? If there is no food or drink, the morale of the army will soon be lost. How can anyone in the court go to fight?"

Tuoba Jian thought for a while, and issued a decree: "Reward the cattle and sheep to the soldiers, keep some of the property brought back from Mobei for emergency, and reward the rest to the soldiers, stabilize the morale of the soldiers first, and the rest Think of ways to!"

Seeing that the emperor's decree did not make Pingcheng more chaotic, but also temporarily solved the problem of military morale, the officials stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Tuoba Jian told He Duoluo: "You lead your troops to chase after Tuoba Pi immediately, and I must catch him up and bring him back, as well as the accompanying ministers and generals and their family members, all of them will be caught by me!"

"Minister Zunzhi!" He Duoluo, the polished general of the Habayashi Army, finally had soldiers and horses to command at this time. He agreed excitedly and quickly turned and left.

"Okay, if there is nothing else, all the ministers will disperse separately!"

"Your Majesty, I have a way to solve the food problem!" Cui Hao stood up and said.

Tuoba Jian hastily raised his hand: "What is Cui Qing's good plan? Tell me quickly!"

"Your Majesty, ordinary people inside and outside the city certainly don't have much food in stock. If Your Majesty sends troops to collect food from them, not only will they not receive much food, but they will leave a bad name! But there is still a lot of food in Pingcheng, first of all the major grain merchants, now The autumn harvest is over, and they can have a lot of food in their warehouses; secondly, the princes of various clans, major families, and court ministers have a lot of land and pastures, ranging from 10,000+ acres to thousands of acres, and the court can collect from them. Some of the grain, grass, cattle and sheep, and then buy a batch from them. If the court has no money, you can borrow it first, and then return it when the treasury is full in the coming year. The minister has more than [-] acres of Susukida, and he can donate grain and grass to the court. Lend a thousand stones to the imperial court!"

Tuoba Jian was overjoyed when he heard the words, and praised loudly: "Qing is a loyal minister!"

When the other ministers and generals heard this, they all scolded Cui Hao in their hearts, damn it, you use our food and grass to please the emperor. I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen you like this! shameless!

Cui Hao took out all the food from his own family, what else can the other ministers and generals say?Didn't you hear the emperor praise him as a loyal minister?If these people don't bring out the food, what will the emperor think of them?

Tuobajian, king of Le'an, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I donate three thousand stones and borrow two thousand stones!"

"Okay, okay, brother Sihuang is doing well, he is worthy of being a brother of Dahu, a father and son soldier in battle, hahaha..." Tuoba Jian laughed loudly.

The muscles on Tuoba Fan's face twitched and he forced a smile.