The main routes of fleeing from the north and rushing to the west have all been strengthened and vigilant, and all business travellers.
Whether it was Li Huchong who fled to Hami, Qinghai, or to the Hetao Grassland, he would definitely be searched out quickly. He had a forearm that was broken at the elbow, so it was so easy to recognize.
According to Li Huchong's original plan, the best solution after the incident is to flee north or west. But Yu Xian's sudden surrender completely disrupted his deployment, so he immediately activated a backup plan, walking directly from Zhongnan Mountain to Hanzhong Basin.
This is a dead end. After arriving in Hanzhong, it is impossible to escape directly to Qinghai.
Either go to Hubei, or go to Sichuan, or return to Shaanxi. The shortest route from Hanzhong to Qinghai is from Chencang Road to the north, and the exit of Chencang Road happens to be Qinzhou, where Jiang Liang's army is stationed.
Therefore, after Li Huchong arrived in the Hanzhong Basin, he could only find a place to hide first, and wait for the government to relax before looking for an opportunity to escape.
Li Huchong's villa at the foot of the mountain is not far from the valley road.
This passage was only a mountain trail in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it was officially opened as a post road in the Yuan Dynasty. It was further expanded in the Ming Dynasty and can already be used by business travelers.
Between the mountains, a team of more than forty people passed through various valleys in the Qinling Mountains, heading from northwest to southeast.
There are men and women, and besides the servant girls, there are even two of Li Huchong's confidant inspectors.
Li Huchong's money has long been melted into gold cakes, which are small and easy to carry. These gold cakes are hidden among the real goods, and there will be no problems under normal circumstances. Because there are very few business travelers traveling along the Valley Road, and there is only one pass in the middle of the road, Qianyou Pass, they check very strictly on the business travelers going north, but they are much more relaxed on the business travelers going south.
After crossing two valleys in a row, Yang Bin woke up early in the morning. With a gloomy face, he found Li Huchong and said, "Uncle, two house slaves are missing. A man and a woman may have run away together. I counted the gold just now and found that it was missing. A piece of golden cake."
Li Huchong said angrily: "Every evening, don't you have to collect and count the gold?"
Yang Bin explained: "I was too tired yesterday, and I was negligent in the counting in the evening."
Li Huchong really wanted to scold him angrily, but he still endured it. At this time, there should be no more conflicts.
Yang Bin said: "Uncle, when we first left, some slaves sneaked away, and they must have reported to the officials. Now that two more slaves have escaped, the officers and soldiers may have caught up before we even reached Jiayou Pass!"
"These two fugitive slaves will not report to the officials. They stole the gold, so they must hide it and spend it on their own," Li Huchong thought. The officers and soldiers are traveling lightly, and they will definitely catch up with us halfway. We need to find a place to hide!"
Inside the Qinling Mountains, there is nothing else, there are many hiding places.
They also brought a lot of grain and salt, and it would be no problem to hide in the mountains for a year.
Continuing on the road for a while, Li Huchong ordered the mules to be led up the mountain. He even walks at the end himself, dealing with footprints and trampled weeds.
After a day of hard walking in the mountains, I found some dilapidated houses.
Those houses were originally built by villagers in the valley along the post road. In order to avoid bandits and officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they abandoned their homes and moved to the mountains to build them. The Datong new dynasty took back Shaanxi. When the mountain people came out to buy salt, they gradually learned about the new policy, so they moved back one after another. After all, the land in the valley is more fertile.
There was no one in the house, Li Huchong ordered to clean it up, and gathered all the gold and supplies to prevent anyone from running away with their belongings.
How could it be possible not to run?
?The new dynasty of Datong assigned these slaves to the Qin Palace, so they could farm the land honestly. They feel that farming is too hard, and they feel that they can't learn it, so they continue to be Li Huchong's slaves because they like to relax and hate work. Now how can they be willing to follow Li Huchong to escape hardships and endure hardships?
On the same day, there were two house slaves who were sent by Li Huchong to collect firewood, and when they picked it up, they ran away.
Li Huchong, who heard the news, was immediately devastated.
Once upon a time, facing the flattery and service of many servants, he really regarded himself as a prince. That feeling of ecstasy caused a battle-tested general to experience a precipitous drop in IQ, thinking that he could control everything, and the servants were loyal to him.
At night, the pregnant little beauty secretly took out two gold cakes from under the bed.
She tiptoed out of the house and got into the nearby woods. Yang Bin had been waiting for a long time.
The little beauty asked: "Brother, do we really want to run?"
Yang Bin said: "If you don't run, you can't stay here, and there are too many people, so you will be chased by officers and soldiers sooner or later. It won't be so conspicuous if we only leave as brothers and sisters. Don't worry, I have already done a full set of essays.One piece of gold cake, and other gold cakes, were randomly thrown on the ground, waiting for the servants to pick them up tomorrow. As long as the servants took the gold, they would do everything possible to avoid the government instead of reporting their whereabouts to the government.
He was missing half of his arm, and his legs and feet were inconvenient, so it was impossible to kill all the servants.
"Husband, what what's wrong?" the big beauty said in horror.
Li Huchong said: "Don't ask too many questions, take your son and follow me!"
He has lost everything now, he can't even bring more gold, only the baby beside him is worthy of nostalgia. He was afraid that he would not be able to support his son by himself, so he brought the child's mother with him.
The next day, the servants woke up and soon felt something was wrong.
First, Yang Bin's body was found in the woods, and the aborted little beauty was gone. They went to Li Huchong's room again and found gold pancakes all over the floor, so they began to scuffle and scramble, divide up the gold and escape in all directions.