Chapter 650 Candidates Left Behind

Tang Hao hid Liu Bian, Tang Ji, and the Empress Dowager He in the carriage, and then ordered someone to drive the carriage out of Luoyang City. Naturally, no one dared to block the carriage along the way, so the carriage flowed unimpeded. After leaving the palace gate, leaving Luoyang City, and passing Hulao Pass, the driver finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xun You was stationed in Luoyang City under the orders of Liu Ye, and was the prime minister of government affairs. Whether it was Guanzhong, Yanzhou or Nanyang County, many affairs had to be sent to the Luoyang center. Xun You spent the whole day doing three things. He read official documents, listened to reports from others, and gave instructions to his subordinates. He was very efficient in his work.

But in this way, Xun You could not help but be distracted, so he ignored the palace.

Most of the eunuchs and maids in the palace were bribed by Tang Hao, so it took half a day to report to Xun You.

"What? Your Majesty is missing!"

Xun You was shocked and hurriedly ordered the twelve city gates on all sides of Luoyang City to be blocked. At the same time, he rushed to the palace in person and saw only King Chenliu and Liu Xie.

"I pay my respects to the king." Xun You took a step forward and frowned: "May I ask the king, do you know where your majesty, the queen and the queen mother are?"

Although Liu Xie was King Chenliu, he did not go to the fief because he was still young, but stayed in the palace. Liu Bian and the other three people all disappeared, Liu Xie should know, right?

Liu Xie shook his head helplessly: "Xun Lingjun, I know this, but I am the prince of the Han Dynasty and must be loyal to the emperor, so I cannot disclose it."

"I see, I understand." Xun You sighed, bowed to Liu Xie, then turned around and walked out.

Xun You came out and ordered the people around him: "Immediately send people to block Hangu Pass and Hulao Pass, and strictly check pedestrians. Do you understand?"

"promise!"

However, Xun You was still a step late. Tang Mao and his party had already left Hulao Pass. Xun You had no choice but to send a letter to Liu Ye, asking Liu Ye to return south quickly.

"Abominable!" Ma Chao said angrily: "My Liangzhou army marched south and north, east and west, and fought bloody battles for the Han Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the emperor ran away first. It's simply abominable!"

"Yes." Ma Dai frowned and agreed: "The emperor is obviously staying well in Luoyang, and our army has not been short of strength. Why he wants to leave is really puzzling."

Xu Huang nodded, with a worried look on his face, but did not speak.

"This is not good." Guo Jia, who was already in a serious condition, coughed a few more times after hearing this, and then said: "The reason why the general has been able to dominate the world in recent years is that our Liangzhou army is invincible, but It is a great righteousness to obey the emperor's orders and disobey them. Once the emperor is gone, I will be afraid."

"Alright Fengxiao, just rest and recuperate. Don't think too much about other things." Liu Ye frowned and signaled Guo Jia not to say more.

Jia Xu nodded and said with a heavy face: "Brother Fengxiao said it is absolutely true, we must find the emperor no matter what, and Gongda is alone in Luoyang Prime Minister's affairs, even if he has three heads and six arms, he must be very busy."

"Yes." Liu Ye said decisively: "This general has decided to return to Luoyang in person."

"The general wants to return to Luoyang in person?" Jia Xu agreed, and added: "But the land of Jizhou has just been pacified, so the general must be left to guard it. I wonder who the general has decided to leave to guard it?"

It stands to reason that Jizhou is a newly pacified place, and Liu Ye should personally stay and guard it. However, he did not expect that a major change occurred in Luoyang and the emperor left. Therefore, Liu Ye had to go back to take charge of Luoyang himself.

"Okay." Liu Ye looked around and made a decision.

"Gongming led 20,000 troops to stay in Yecheng, waiting for opportunities to send troops to attack other states and counties. Be careful to prevent Yuan Shao from counterattack, you know?" Liu Ye warned.

"Please rest assured, General!" Xu Huang said firmly, "I will definitely defend Yecheng for my lord."

"However." Jia Xu smiled and said: "Yuan Shaoxin was defeated and panicked like a lost dog. It would be good if we didn't fight them. How dare he send troops to invade Jizhou?"

"Yes." Liu Ye smiled and said to Liu Ye, "Zi Yang, you stay to assist Gong Ming."

"Meng Qi, Zhong Hua, and Wen He led more than 10,000 elite troops to return to Luoyang with the general." Liu Ye ordered: "Feng Xiao will stay here and recuperate, and then return to Luoyang after his condition improves. Do you know?"

"Ahem. Thank you for your concern, General."

Looking at the generals on the left and right, Liu Ye said firmly: "The great cause of the imperial court has just begun, and I will never allow it to fail. All generals must be attentive, you know?"

"I must serve the general!"

Liu Ye led Jia Xu, Ma Chao, Ma Dai and other civil and military generals, as well as more than 10,000 troops waiting at Baima Port.

On the Yellow River, a mixed fleet of dozens of boats and boats was slowly moving towards Baima Port, breaking through the waves. Although there were no huge building ships, fighting ships and other giant warships, they were basically landlubbers. For the Liangzhou Army, it was already quite spectacular.

"General!"

A warship broke away from the fleet and flew towards Baima Port like an arrow. When it was close to the distance, it slowly stopped. Gao Chong, who was on the bow of the ship, jumped onto the pier and bowed his hand to Liu Ye. .

"Bo'an." Liu Ye smiled: "He's a lot darker, but his figure is thicker."

"Haha, the general is very insightful." Gao Chong chuckled, revealing two rows of bright white teeth, shining under a dark face.

"Have all the warships supervised by Gongda been sent over?" Liu Ye asked with concern.

"Thank you, General, for your concern."

At the mention of warships, Gao Chong immediately became energetic and his eyes shone brightly as he said: "In the past few months, we have supervised the construction of many traveling boats and several stern warships in Luoyang, and they have been gradually added to the naval fleet in the past few days. among.”

"There are still more than a dozen stern battleships and three battleships under supervision." Gao Chonghui reported: "However, the keel material of the battleships is special, so it is quite difficult to build them. Even experienced shipwrights at least It will also take half a year, so our Luoyang Navy will only focus on stern battleships and traveling boats in a short period of time."

Fighting ships are large warships, equivalent to aircraft carriers and battleships among modern warships, while stern warships are similar to cruisers and frigates, and stern warships are equivalent to torpedo boats. It is quite difficult to build a fighting ship, which requires experienced shipwrights and special materials. It is rare even in Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other places, and even less so in the north.

Although there is the Yellow River in the north, which is as famous as the Yangtze River, the military organizations of northern states and counties are mostly horse and infantry. Even warships are extremely rare, let alone large battleships and building ships.

"Well, don't worry, it will come sooner or later."