It was night, the sunset pavilion in the western suburbs of Luoyang, more than 20 miles, and the state pastoral camp.

Han Cheng Qin system, ten miles and one pavilion, Gucheng County and Luoyang are forty miles apart, three pavilions are separated in the middle, the sunset pavilion is just half of it, it is the place where Dong Zhuo is stationed.

Because of Li Su's butterfly effect, Dong Zhuo's efforts to urge the infantry reinforcements of the Houjun army this time far exceeded the same period in history - because Dong Zhuo also knew that if 3,000 Youzhou cavalry entered Luoyang, and he only had 3,000 Xiliang troops, it would be impossible to ensure that the other party was suppressed and the force of the Jingshi was controlled.

However, despite the intensification of urging and supervision, his army of 20,000 infantry was still struggling to move forward at a speed of sixty or seventy miles a day in Cuihan Dao, and it was impossible to leave Hongnong County and enter Henan Yin in four or five days.

In order to draw so many troops, Dong Zhuo even sacrificed the battle situation in the Hedong battlefield - the Bai Bo Army, which was disabled by Guan Yu at the beginning of the year, had already lost two troops of Yang Feng and Li Le, and only sixty percent of the combat strength was left at most compared to the same period in history.

However, Dong Zhuo tried his best to draw all the mobile forces in Hedong, causing the Baibo Army on the Hedong battlefield to turn from defense to attack. In the Guan Yu era, the two counties of Wenxi and Zhouyang, which were recovered by the imperial court, fell into the hands of thieves again.

In the Xiangshui Basin, Dong Zhuo's territory is only left in the state security town, and the old nest Xie Liang, plus Pu Hanjin as a ferry.

It can only be said that Dong Zhuo has completely bet all his chips for the situation in Luoyang, even if his money and food supply land is taken back by Bai Bojun, he can't take care of it.

He not only transferred so many soldiers, but also transferred many elite generals, Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen, Li Dao, and Guo Yan all transferred to the capital. Only his son-in-law Niu Fu and his younger brother Dong Min guarded Anyi and Xie Liang respectively, and Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were the two deputy generals.

At midnight that day, Dong Zhuo was woken up by his subordinates.

"Envoy, there is a fire in the direction of Luoyang!" Strategist Li Ru and general Li Dao instructed in unison.

Dong Zhuo rubbed his eyes, sobered up for a while, looked east, and sure enough, he saw that the sky was slightly red.

In ancient times, there were no high-rise buildings, only palaces were built on high platforms on rammed earth bases, which were raised layer by layer.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty clearly records that the Wei Que on both sides of the Deyang Hall in the North Palace, and the Que Que on the Suzaku Que in the South Palace, can be seen in Yanshi County, which is forty-three miles away from Luoyang!

The Sunset Pavilion where Dong Zhuo was, of course, could also see those spires of Wei Que.

When the flames only spread in the low-level buildings in the palace, the fire burned so large that the fire could be faintly felt outside the city.

However, when the Suzaku Que is lit, it is as conspicuous as a lighthouse.

It's a fire that hits your eyes straight into the eye! Not a secondary diffuse reflection of the sky!

"It's Suzaku Que on fire! There must be a change in the palace! Immediately point up all the Flying Bear Army's iron horsemen to march eastward! Dong Zhuo reacted immediately and put on the horse himself.

More than 20 miles is not far for the cavalry, in history, Dong Zhuo did not receive the young emperor first, the key is not the distance, but he does not know where the young emperor is, and he can't find the right place.

Once the emperor was taken to the countryside by the eunuchs, it was not to see who was close, but who was lucky. Maybe you bring a large group of people, but the emperor and King Chen Liuwang are timid and hide and don't let you find them, and they dare to meet a small group of civil officials to find them.

Therefore, those who think that Dong Zhuo can't catch up with the escort because of the distance is actually completely untenable.

This time, Dong Zhuo was also the first target, first going to the nearest west gate of Luoyang to see if the defenders would let him enter the city. If you can't get in, then you have to inquire slowly at dawn, and then go around to other doors according to the information to find a way.

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After dawn, at the beginning of the hour, the last entrance of the South Palace, the Wende Palace.

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others were in a panic, already waiting for the final trial.

No matter how slow Yuan Shao and Wu Kuang attacked, they had already attacked the last main gate in front of Wende Palace.

The even more lawless Yuan Shu tried to set fire to a certain section of the palace wall everywhere, directly demolished the wall, and stabbed it in a roundabout.

"It's urgent, please ask the Queen Mother and Her Majesty to go to the North Palace from the overpass! The ministers swear to die here to stop the rebels! Zhang Rang decisively said, please Empress Dowager He on the road.

Of course, Empress Dowager He had to struggle: "This palace is not going anywhere!" Come on, this palace is not leaving! ”

Zhao Zhong, as a great Changqiu, was loyal to his duties after all, and retorted to Zhang Rang: "The Queen Mother is not Your Majesty's childish age and cannot be independent!" How can we be rude to the Queen Mother! Please hold off. ”

Zhang Rang scolded: "Now is the time to talk about etiquette!" The chaotic soldiers are killed, the jade is burned, can those people tell the queen mother! You are foolish and loyal to the Queen Mother in danger! ”

Zhao Zhong gritted his teeth and compromised: "Zhang Changshou will take His Majesty first, and I will personally send the Queen Mother to the North Palace, and you can't wait for it!" ”

Then Zhao Zhong turned to the Empress Dowager He: "The Empress Dowager!" The minister can only do this step, if the queen mother does not obey, after the minister's death, I am afraid that even this condition will not be able to win for the queen mother, and others will be even more rude to the queen mother! ”

Empress Dowager He had no choice, she also knew that Zhao Zhong was telling the truth, if Zhao Zhong defended him at this juncture, I am afraid that Zhao Zhong would be killed by the same party in a hurry, and others would not be as loyal to her as Zhao Zhong.

She had to be half-pushed and half-led by Zhao Zhong to keep up.

The north side of Wende Palace, is the north wall of the South Palace, the south side of the Deyang Palace, is the south wall of the North Palace, the two walls are three zhang high, and there is a two-zhang wide Yongdao in the middle.

Lu Zhi and Li Su had already pretended to be ordinary Praetorian guards guarding the corridor between the two walls, pretending that nothing had happened, and had been waiting here for a long time.

It wasn't until they saw the imperial cover and other ornaments on the overpass that Lu Zhi immediately decided that the emperor was being coerced by the eunuchs to move to the North Palace-

Don't be curious about how Lu Zhi judged it, because Lu Zhi judged it in the official history, he didn't have Li Su's help, he was guarding the bottom of the overpass alone, and he could see it, maybe his eyes were better, or he was too familiar with the inner palace and the royal family, and he could judge it by looking at the clues through the bridge window.

Lu Zhi immediately shouted: "What do thieves dare to rob!" Don't let go of the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother quickly! ”

Li Su was startled next to him, he didn't expect Lu Zhi to be so old, and this righteous and stern shout was so loud, not much better than Zhang Fei!

Otherwise, his voice in history was not enough to deter Zhao Zhong from being ashamed, relaxing his control over Empress Dowager He, and giving Empress Dowager He a chance to jump off the bridge.

It's just that this time Lu Zhi drank and then said: "The Queen Mother and Your Majesty can quickly jump off the bridge to escape!" The minister has laid a soft quilt under the bridge! Guaranteed! ”

Empress Dowager He was in a state of grief and panic, and she was stunned for a second or two when she heard the sound, but she also followed the prestige and saw dozens of quilts laid under the overpass.

The palace wall is three zhang high, and the overpass is half a zhang higher than the palace wall, so that the north and south palaces can be flyed, so if you jump out of the window, it is about seven or eight meters high, there is a quilt, and someone catches it, it must not be able to fall.

Seeing that Zhao Zhong was so frightened by Lu Zhi's shouting that he was ashamed and overwhelmed, and did not come to support her for a while, the Queen Mother ran two steps and jumped out of the bridge through the window.

"Catch the Queen Mother quickly!" Li Su was wearing armor, and he was afraid that using the iron armor to pick up people would be too hard and cause the nobles to fall to death, so he held two quilts outside the iron armor to cushion them.

Seeing the Queen Mother falling, Li Su rushed over, wanting to use the quilt he was holding in his hand to add an extra layer of cushion.

"Poof-" Empress Dowager He fell, Li Su's speed was too slow, and he was still a meter or two away from the landing point, so he was empty.

But Zhao Yun rushed over first, he also held two quilts, and deftly wrapped the Empress Dowager He in one after another, just like a Southeast Asian master receiving durian, unharmed.

"Phew-sure enough, we still have to rely on Zilong to do it, let's run too slowly." Li Su breathed a sigh of relief.

Empress Dowager He had a whirlwind of intuition for a while, but it didn't hurt, and when she came back to her senses, she found that she was skillfully wrapped in a quilt by a heroic ironclad general and buffered.

But Zhao Yun didn't catch the Empress Dowager He for too long, his eyes were always focused on the overpass, so after only stabilizing the Empress Dowager for a second, he stuffed the quilt wrapped in the Empress Dowager into Li Su's arms, letting Li Su protect the Empress Dowager, and Zhao Yun picked up a quilt on the ground again and flew out.

Someone above saw that the Queen Mother had successfully escaped and jumped down!

Zhao Yun almost incarnated as Zhang Wuji, who was the one who moved the tower jumping in Wan'an Temple, wrapped left and right, buffered one by one, and further reduced the damage of everyone landing - of course, in fact, it doesn't matter if you don't catch it, there is a quilt on the ground, it just hurts a little or breaks an arm or leg, and there will definitely be no worries about your life.

Li Su hurriedly went to help, he carried the Queen Mother to the bottom of the overpass and sat down, so as not to be hit by the person who jumped back, and then worked like Zhao Yun's assembly line, Zhao Yun caught one and sent it to Li Su's arms, and let Li Su take it aside and put it aside.

"Why is it a woman again? Isn't it the emperor? Ah, it's Tang Ji. ”

"It's ...... Chen Liuwang! King Chen Liuwang has jumped, why hasn't the emperor jumped? Is it because they are being guarded too closely? ”

"It's ...... Who are you? What about the Emperor? When he received the third person and found out that it was a woman again, Li Su was a little breathless, and he scolded him humbly regardless of etiquette.

The little girl looked like she was only eleven or twelve years old, and she was a little frightened by Li Su's question, and explained innocently: "I...... I'm Princess Wan'an! Just now, my sister-in-law and I persuaded the imperial brother to take the opportunity to jump and fall not to death, the imperial brother is timid! ”

The whole process is quite long to narrate, but in fact, only five or six seconds have passed since Empress Dowager He landed. Empress Dowager He listened to her daughter's cry, and then she realized that her son was very timid, so she hurriedly crawled over and shouted on the overpass: "Argue! Don't be afraid! It's only four feet high, and there is a quilt that can't fall to death! This brave general will catch you! Debate! ”

"Mother...... Queen Mother, I don't dare. The cry of the young emperor Liu Wei gradually faded away, obviously Zhang Rang had already reacted from the accident just now, and completely controlled Liu Bian.

Li Su stood sluggishly, not knowing whether he was happy or worried.

No wonder this young emperor will be abolished by Dong Zhuo, sure enough, this cowardice and cowardice are famous all over the world.

The nine-year-old brother and eleven-year-old sister and the thirteen-year-old concubine (concubine) all dared to jump off the building to escape, he was fourteen years old and was still afraid of heights!

Is it so hard to jump off the fourth floor?

Give you a chance, you won't be useful!