In the early morning of the next day, Xue Yun and Wen Chou, together with a thousand soldiers, were on their way to Luoyang.

Although it is said that when a courtier meets the king, he is not allowed to lead the soldiers, but only three or four retinues.

But it was the peaceful and prosperous era of Wenjing's rule, and it was now in troubled times, except that the Yellow Turban Army was endangering the Han Dynasty.

There are also the countless robbers and bandits, who have also sprung up since Zhang Jiao launched a rebellion.

And the timing of the appearance was very good, it happened to be the time when the imperial court and the Yellow Turban Army were confronted, so that the imperial court had no time to care about them at all.

Although some people have sent soldiers to encircle and suppress these bandits, it is a pity that the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and it is very difficult for those bandits to hide inside.

And the results of this did not have much effect, and sometimes as soon as they sent their troops to suppress the bandits, the Yellow Turban Army would kill them, causing them to have insufficient strength to defend the city, and they also suffered greatly in the battle with the Yellow Turban Army.

After learning a lesson, those people did not dare to go to the bandits at every turn.

This is a drudgery that has no oil and water, is thankless, and will even put your own life into it.

Since then, those bandits have become more and more emboldened, not only robbing the money of those rich people, but also the gold, silver, grain, etc. of princes like Yuan Shao.

It's a pity that the Yellow Turban Army is holding them back, otherwise they would have exterminated these bandits by directly sending troops.

Now several of the big forces among those bandits have even formed an alliance, and they have taken the name of "Alliance".

As the name suggests, it is that they stick together and do things together.

So when Xue Yun heard this name for the first time, he thought that the characters in the game had also crossed together.

In the end, I found out that it was just the same name.

Since the emergence of this alliance, they have even begun to attack cities and land in an organized manner, but their combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the Yellow Turban Army.

At first, 5,000 men were organized to attack a small city with only 3,000 defenders.

Originally, I thought that there was a numerical advantage, and it would be easy to conquer this city.

But in the final battle, only a few hundred of them escaped, and the rest were already dead.

This made the bandits a little puzzled, the Yellow Turban Army was similar to them, why did the other party only need to send four or five thousand people to make the city of 10,000 defenders self-defeating?

They didn't know why, but the soldiers who defended the city knew it.

Because compared to the Yellow Turban Army, they are like grasshoppers shaking trees.

The reason why the Yellow Turban Army is strong is because there are hundreds of thousands of troops behind them to support them.

And these bandits are only thirty or forty thousand at best, and there is no great backstage, so it is impossible to make these officers and soldiers retreat.

Therefore, after several fruitless sieges and heavy losses, these bandits had to dispel this idea and continue to rob the old business of merchants and travelers in the middle of the avenue.

In particular, the official road to Luoyang is the most serious, because they know that the people who walk on it are all rich people who are either rich or noble.

And they ran away after grabbing it, and they were not worried about the pursuit of the imperial army.

So in the absence of enough soldiers to protect it, this official road is actually Huangquan Road.

Xue Yun also knew that the bandit problem was so serious, so he had to let the soldiers and horses accompany him.

In fact, Xu Yu planned to let Xue Yun bring 20,000 soldiers, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Dian Wei, and Zhang He to ensure his safety.

But he was rejected by Xue Yun, because he was worried that in this way, Jizhou's defenses would be empty, and if the Yellow Turban Army took advantage of the weakness at this time and caught them off guard, it would be a big trouble.

Only by leaving the main force behind, can he feel at ease.

Besides, he went to Luoyang this time without any gold, silver and jewelry.

As long as those bandits have no problem with their brains, they will definitely not do anything out of the ordinary when they see Xue Yun's battle.

Jizhou is less than a hundred miles away from Luoyang, and according to Xue Yun's marching speed at the moment, he can reach it before noon.

He guessed in his heart that the emperor would not be able to receive him in the afternoon, because there was also a Yuan Shu.

His territory is in the south, and it will take at least two days to get to Luoyang.

So even if Xue Yun rushed to Luoyang in a hurry, he was resting in the inn, and only when Yuan Shu also arrived, the emperor would let them enter the palace.

Xue Yun walked on the spacious official road, but there were only a few hurried pedestrians and wealthy businessmen on the road.

They were originally walking fast, but when they saw Xue Yun's troops, they all involuntarily leaned up, taking Xue Yun's army as their talisman.

Seeing more and more people gathering towards Xue Yun and them, Wen Chou frowned.

They were ordered to go to Luoyang to see the emperor, but they were not the guards of these people.

So he gave a look to a general next to him, and the general immediately understood.

Just as he was about to leave to warn those people, he was stopped by Xue Yun.

"Well, if they want to follow, let them follow. This is also an instinctive reaction for them to survive, to follow a powerful force and be able to live longer. ”

Xue Yun looked at Wen Chou beside him, and then said, "General Wen, you are the general next to me, both wise and brave." You might as well imagine that if you didn't have my noble origin, you didn't have the force to fight in all directions. It's a life of inaction like them, and in such troubled times, do you also hope that a powerful force like us will appear in front of them? ”

Wen Chou listened to Xue Yun's teachings and felt deeply shocked, he didn't expect that his lord still knew this kind of truth?

Wen Chou nodded and said, "The last general knows, it's just that there are forty miles to Luoyang City, and there must have been thieves rampant before." ”

In fact, on the way they came, they found that many people were observing them in the dark, but when they saw their banners, they fled in fright.

But those are just small characters who don't make it into the stream.

Similar to the handle in the bandit - the alliance has not yet appeared.

And they must be not far from Luoyang City, waiting for the fat to be sent to their mouths.

This is also what Wen Chou is worried about, they were penniless before, so even if it is an alliance, they will not risk offending them.

But now it's different, there are more and more civilians behind them, Wen Chou took a general look, and estimated that there were more than a hundred or ten people.

And there are many rich businessmen among them, maybe a rich businessman, and they will not let the alliance make a move against them.

But now that all the rich businessmen are combined, it is already a very attractive wealth, and Wen Chou does not dare to guarantee that there will be no battle next.

Wen Chou is not afraid of the alliance, because in his opinion, the so-called alliance is just a clown who can't get on the stage.

But now that Xue Yun is by his side, if something happens to his lord, then Wen Chou will be to blame.

At this moment, Xue Yun said, "I know what you're worried about? It's just that since they chose to follow me, then I must protect their safety. And, it seems, some people are going to let me do the same. ”

Wen Chou raised his head and looked into the distance, and suddenly saw a group of people suddenly appearing in the distance, blocking Xue Yun and the others on their way to Luoyang.

Sure enough, the alliance is waiting for him as a big fish!