It takes two days and one night to travel from Dabie Mountain to the capital, and it also takes one day to drive without rest.
Dabie Mountain is one of the three major hunting grounds. A palace was built on the high ground. You have to pass through a canyon and travel another twenty miles to reach it.
According to Gu Zhao's news, the situation in Jizhou is unknown. He has sent people to keep an eye on it and will notice it if there is a large-scale movement of people.
Jin Xin was actually quite worried and didn't want her child to be in danger, but the emperor wanted Hong'er to participate in the autumn hunt. The emperor wanted to teach him horseback riding and archery in person.
Regarding the matter with King An, Jin Xin could not persuade him, otherwise he would have let it slip. He blamed himself for being involved in politics in private, and could not explain his relationship with Gu Zhao.
Rather than trying to cater to him, it is better to protect yourself and your children.
After arriving at the Dabie Mountains, Jin Xin settled the children while the emperor was discussing matters with the ministers at the hunting ground.
Tomorrow the emperor will officially leave, and he will take Hong'er with him.
At this time, Jiang Quwu walked in, looking a little nervous, "Something's wrong. There seems to be something going on in the mountains. You have to be prepared and leave first with the children."
"So fast? Didn't Gu Zhao say that he didn't detect any abnormalities?" Jin Xin was surprised.
He was prepared to retreat just in case, but something happened right after he arrived. Was King He An so anxious?
"It's hard to say. Maybe this place has been ambushed a long time ago. My people caught a few strange people and they died before they could be tried. I think something is fishy, so I'd better take the children and leave without delay."
Jinxin thought about it and felt that it made sense. In this case, she had nothing to worry about.
At this time, the boy next to Jiang Quwu hurried in and said, "Master Marquis, our people found someone setting off wolf smoke at the foot of the mountain. I'm afraid something is wrong."
"It's a signal smoke. Queen, please take the child and leave quickly. I'll inform the emperor now." Jiang Quwu said hurriedly.
"The emperor is at the hunting ground. It will take half an hour to get there from here. You send someone to take the child away. I still have to settle the concubine in the palace."
"I'll just go." Jiang Quwu said urgently. If it was too late, it would be too late.
"Cuigu, go and tell Concubine Lan to take the child and leave quickly. For the others, brother, please find someone to inform. Caihong, go and fetch the princess. Let's go up the mountain first."
There must be an ambush at the bottom of the mountain now, so it's safest to go up the mountain.
The rest depends on Gu Zhao's ability.
Afterwards, Jin Xin and others left the palace early, and the rebels at the foot of the mountain started to take action when they saw the signal smoke.
Gu Zhao was accompanying the emperor on a hunting trip when Wei Cong came on horseback and told Gu Zhao about the smoke signal he saw at the lookout.
Gu Zhao whispered, "Let the brothers divide the troops into three groups and get ready. It's time to show the emperor what we are capable of."
This is the moment I've been waiting for.
The emperor was still hunting, not realizing the seriousness of the matter at all, and was still looking at the prey he had caught happily.
In the afternoon, the people around the emperor discovered that King He An was missing.
"Uncle Emperor is sitting in a wheelchair, where else can he go? Look again." The emperor did not take it seriously and continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows, with a hint of joking in his tone.
In his eyes, all the honor given to the paralyzed King He'an was just the dignity given by the royal family.
"I've searched everywhere, but the person is missing. Just now the soldiers came to report that someone was setting off smoke at the foot of the mountain."
These words finally made the emperor realize that something was wrong, and he put down his bow and arrow, "Is there anything unusual around the palace?"
"I caught a few sneaky people, but they died before I could find out anything."
At this moment, the emperor was finally sure that something was going to happen.
"Go back to the palace!" the emperor said immediately.
"Your Majesty, look over there!" Gu Zhaoce came up immediately and motioned the Emperor to look at the slope. He listened for the sound of the ropes, and then many people rushed out.
The emperor was shocked and took a few steps back, "Guard me!"
Gu Zhao's people quickly surrounded them and blocked the group of people from coming down.
The emperor quickly retreated under human escort.
Gu Zhao watched the emperor get on the horse and then went to cut off the queen.
There were still a lot of people, but Gu Zhao had been alert and brought a lot of people, and the two sides began to fight fiercely.
When the emperor rushed back to the palace, he saw that the palace was in a mess. Most of the soldiers left behind had been killed. There were dead people everywhere, and they were all his own people.
Only then did he feel nervous, so he dismounted and went to find the queen and the children.
But there was no one in this palace, and there was no trace of them.
At this time, a bloody soldier fell from behind the door with several wounds on his body. The emperor quickly grabbed him, "Where are the queen and the eldest prince?"
"We have... got out safely and are heading up the mountain."
The emperor was relieved and then asked, "What is going on here?"
"There was a sudden attack at the bottom of the mountain. Master Jiang realized that something was wrong and asked us to guard here. The Queen took the ladies to the mountain and has been gone for two hours."
After the soldier finished speaking, he coughed violently and spit out a mouthful of blood. The emperor handed the person over to others and quickly took the person out.
Was it really the emperor's uncle who did it?
The man is almost in a coffin, yet he is still so ambitious.
At this time, Commander Hong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it has been confirmed that you are from King He'an."
"This is unreasonable. Send an urgent order to return to Beijing and mobilize troops and horses!" the emperor said.
"Your Majesty, we can't get out. There is only one way back to the capital. It has to pass through the Grand Canyon. The canyon must have been occupied and blocked the way out. We can only mobilize troops and horses to Yuzhou." Commander Hong reminded.
It takes three days of non-stop driving from Yuzhou to this place. It takes seven or eight days for the army to go back and forth. How can we make it in time? This place cannot last for two days.
The emperor regrets that he thought that King He'an could not cause any trouble under his nose, but a paralyzed old man over fifty years old could actually cause such a big battle.
"Retreat quickly and go to the mountain." The emperor gritted his teeth.
You can still go down from the other side of the mountain to see if you can get a chance of survival.
"Your Majesty, it's not good. The traitors have turned back with their men." Commander Hong stood on the watchtower and saw the soldiers and horses rushing up.
The emperor gritted his teeth and immediately got on the horse, looking down firmly, "In that case, let me meet them."
Waiting to die was not his style, and he would not be considered a coward if he died on the battlefield.
Those people rushed up. The emperor only had more than a thousand people, but there were at least tens of thousands of rebels. Without reinforcements, even the emperor might not be able to escape even with the real dragon bodyguard.
The two sides fought fiercely, and the emperor was also injured. Seeing his men fall one after another, the emperor somewhat resigned himself to his fate.
At this time, Gu Zhao had already dealt with the people over there and came with his own people.
The people coming from behind King He An are blocked outside the canyon and cannot enter. The canyon has been occupied by Gu Zhao's people and is blocking that side. As long as this area is solved, everything will basically be fine.
His army of 100,000 people was not raised in vain.
