Chapter 123: Ding Yuan
The leopard's tail shook through the painted halberd, and 100,000 male soldiers took off their uniforms. ---------Bright. Luo Guanzhong "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
It is said that Zhao Da hurried from Luoyang City, and said that He Jin entered Changle Palace tonight. Chen Long was shocked, how should he deal with the chaotic situation tomorrow?
Ten soldiers and horses gathered outside Luoyang City from all directions, and Ding Yuan was ordered to burn Mengjin all the way. As soon as He Jin died tonight, it was when Yuan Shao entered the palace to kill the eunuchs, triggering the eunuchs to kidnap Liu Wei and Liu Xie to flee, and when Dong Zhuo intercepted the two emperors and led the army into the city, how should he protect Empress He and Liu Wei?
Chen Long ordered people to pick up all the subordinates and hurried overnight, wanting to join Huang Gai. Once Luoyang is in chaos tomorrow morning, it will be time to have a hard time with Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan and others. Other than that, Long Chen really couldn't think of a better way to stop Dong Zhuo. According to the comparison of strength, Dong Zhuo is a strong soldier, but Chen Long only has 10,000 undertrained soldiers.
Moreover, once Dong Zhuo masters the two emperors, I am afraid that he will also be a rat trap, and it will be difficult for him to turn his face with Dong Zhuo immediately. Nominally, Dong Zhuo still protects the emperor, he protects the emperor and kills the eunuchs, it is logical, what reason does he have for him to hand over the two emperors? If you come hard, even if you succeed, you will become the public enemy of the Ten Routes.
Chen Long thought all the way and thought of the most critical point, that is, he must catch up with Dong Zhuo and pinch the two emperors in advance in advance. His advantage is that he is very familiar with the tunnels under Luoyang, and the eunuchs will inevitably pass through the secret tunnels when they hold the two emperors hostage, and they must rush to the exit of the tunnel in advance.
pressed Chen Long's thoughts again and again and again not to express it for the time being, and only to express He Jin's death. He Jin's murder of the eunuchs had been planned for too long, the matter had already been leaked, and the eunuchs were driven out of the palace, and they were very afraid of being poisoned by He Jin, and they had been trying to find a way to survive.
Zhang Rang's daughter-in-law is the sister of Empress Dowager He, Zhang Rang kowtowed to his daughter-in-law and said: "The old minister has committed a crime, and he should return to the countryside with his son and daughter-in-law." But thinking that I have been favored by the emperor of the Han Dynasty for many years, and now I want to stay away from the palace, and I am in love, please talk to the Empress Dowager He, let me enter the palace again, and be able to see the remains of the Empress Dowager and the former emperor again, and then go into hiding, and the old minister will die and regret. ”
Zhang Rang's daughter-in-law found Wuyangjun and said that Xiang, and Wuyangjun told the Empress Dowager He again, asking for the attendants to enter the palace. Empress He couldn't stand her mother's repeated pleas, so she ordered all the permanent servants to enter the palace again, and even began to reinstate the officials.
He Jin saw that the eunuchs were backwater, and went straight to Changle in anger, asking the Empress Dowager He to agree to kill all the permanent servants, and also selected some Praetorian Guards to enter the palace to guard the housing of the eunuch palace.
The eunuchs told each other: "The great general He Jin took care of his illness, did not give the first emperor a funeral, nor did he give the first emperor a funeral, and now he suddenly came to the palace, what do you want to do?" Will the events of Dou Wu be repeated? For a while, the court was once again full of rumors that He Jin forced the Queen Mother to frame Zhongliang.
Zhang Rang and others sent people to eavesdrop on He Jin's movements and grasp He Jin's whereabouts. That night, he pretended to be the Empress Dowager's edict and summoned He Jin to meet him. He Jin did not listen to the persuasion of Yuan Shao and others, thinking that the eunuchs and others did not pose a threat, and entered the palace alone to meet the queen mother. The regular servants Duan Qi and Bi Lan led dozens of sword and axe men, holding weapons, quietly entered the palace through the side door, and ambushed the Jiade Palace.
He Jin didn't know the danger, Shi Shiran sat in the Jiade Palace, waiting for the Queen Mother to summon him. Suddenly, Zhang Rang walked out of the shadows of the main hall and asked He Jin loudly: "The chaos in the world is not only the sin of our eunuchs. The first emperor once had a discord with the queen mother, almost abolished the queen mother, and set up another king beauty as the queen, we cried to rescue, each took out tens of millions of family wealth as gifts, and the meaning of the first emperor, so as to keep the position of the queen mother. We just want to rely on your He Clan's portal, and now we want to kill our race, this is too much, right? You say that the palace is filthy and dirty, but who below the minister is loyal and honest? With an order, the sword and axe hands on both sides of the hall poured out, the sword light was bright, and the cold murderous aura made the hall seem to have turned into an ice cave.
He Jin was shocked, and was about to hug his head and run away, but he could walk out of the temple gate, but he tripped over by the high threshold, Shang Fang Jian Qu Mu's long sword swung over, He Jin was unarmed, so he had to stretch out his arm to block, only to hear a snort, his right hand had been separated from his right arm. He Jin hissed in pain, and Qu Mu reused his sword to cut He Jin in front of the Jiade Palace, and cut off his head.
Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others saw that He Jin was the head, and immediately issued an edict, ordering the original Taiwei Fan Ling to be attached to the school, and the Shaofu Xu Xiang to be Henan Yin, all of whom were officials of the eunuchs' lineage, and immediately led troops to defend the palace.
Jiao Zhao had just been sent out of the palace gate, and he was meeting Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's troops who accompanied He Jin, and the eunuch showed the edict to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao had a premonition that things were not good, and said with a blue face: "Please come out and discuss together." "Hold on to the little yellow door of the fake edict, and you must wait for He to enter and exit the palace.
The eunuchs had no choice but to let Qu Mu throw He Jin's head through the palace gate, and shouted loudly: "He entered the palace with the intention of murdering the Queen Mother, and we have already killed him." You wait to retreat quickly, otherwise it will be He Jin who rebels against the party! ”
When Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu saw He Jin's head, the entire army exploded in an instant. Hu Ben Zhonglang replaced He Jin with Yuan Shu's original ambition, and immediately waved his troops to attack the palace city and burn the Qingzuo Gate. Yuan Shao also commanded the troops to smash the palace city, and his uncle Yuan Kui pretended to be an edict, killed the eunuch pro-party Xu Xiang and Fan Ling, and then ordered the soldiers to kill the eunuch Zhao Zhong and others who did not have time to escape, and ordered the palace gate to be closed, strictly forbidden to enter and exit, and commanded the soldiers to search for the eunuchs in the palace, both old and young were killed, and there were more than 2,000 dead, and some people who did not grow beards were also killed as eunuchs.
Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others took the opportunity of He Jin's killing to lead troops into the palace and kill all the eunuchs they could find. Zhang Rang and others saw that the general trend had gone, and they could no longer resist, so they had to hold the young emperor Liu Wei and Chen Liuwang Liu Xie hostage, and fled from the underground tunnel of the North Palace to the mountains in the north. Although Empress Dowager He is in a high position, she is a female streamer after all, so she can only huddle in the palace and tremble at this time.
Pressing the Luoyang Palace City chaos, Chen Long led the people to gallop at night and went straight to the Huanggai camp. Huang Gai was also anxiously waiting for the lord's order at this time, and he didn't dare to start the troops without authorization, when he suddenly heard that Chen Long was coming in the starry night, he was overjoyed and asked, "Lord, what should be the solution to the situation tonight?" ”。
Chen Long didn't have time to ask questions and greet, and shouted: "Follow me to rob people!" "Order Huang Gai to quickly order all the cavalry. Huang Gai's troops rushed to Beijing, and the military horses only brought more than 2,000 horses, Chen Long ordered Zhao Da to quickly return to Luoyang to listen to the news in the palace, so he took Huang Gai, Pan Jun, Gan Ning, Lu Chang, Hu Ji, Zu Lang and other generals, led 2,000 cavalry, lit a string of torches to illuminate the road, quickly bypassed the wilderness outside the east city of Luoyang, and went straight to the exit of the Beibi Mountain tunnel in the dark night.
After galloping for a few hours, the northern mountain gradually revealed its outline, and the black pressure was like a dog's tooth intertwined. Chen Long was very anxious in his heart, although he came with all his might, but people are not as good as heaven, and the best time to enter Luoyang has passed. If Dong Zhuo is allowed to take the lead and kidnap Liu Wei and Liu Xie to enter Luoyang, I am afraid that the young emperor Liu Wei will soon be abolished, Liu Xie will be set up separately, and the Empress Dowager He will be forced to kill, and the mother of the Empress Dowager He, Wuyangjun. Once the He family perished, the last dictatorship of foreign relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty was eradicated, and he lost the backer of Empress He, so he could only temporarily rely on Dong Zhuo's snort, and the Han Dynasty would also move towards a greater war from then on.
At the same time that Chen Long rushed to Beibi Mountain, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu slaughtered eunuchs in the inner palace, and Dong Zhuo led the army to the western suburbs of Luoyang.
Ding Yuan has a medium body, a long face and thick eyebrows, and a beard that has been slightly gray. He was originally from the Han family, was rough and brave, and was good at riding and shooting. When he was young, he always charged forward when he encountered danger, he was a famous thief expert, and he became an official, and finally became a feudal official, and he is now a lieutenant of Wumeng, and the history of state assassination.
Dong Zhuo once served as the assassin of Bingzhou, and the troops were strong, so Ding Yuan still respected him more and let Dong Zhuo go first. At that moment, Dong Zhuo led the troops first, and Ding Yuan broke behind. Dong Zhuo rode his horse and walked in front of the queue, just arrived at the foot of the Beibi Mountain, and saw a group of black and oppressive crowd hurriedly walking on the opposite side, Dong Zhuo took a closer look in the torch light, and saw the short Han Shao Emperor Liu Wei in the crowd at a glance.
Dong Zhuo was shocked, hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt beside the road, and said: "Minister Dong Zhuo to see Your Majesty!" When the guards behind him saw Dong Zhuo kneeling, they immediately knelt down.
Liu Wei saw that the crowd was suddenly kneeling in front of him, and one person claimed to be Dong Zhuo to see him, and he had already lost his master, so he didn't know how to answer. Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, was stunned when he saw Zhang Rang and other eunuchs beside him, and said with an idea: "It turned out to be Dong Aiqing, there was chaos in Luoyang City, and talents like Aiqing were needed to suppress the chaos." I'm waiting to avoid trouble here, why don't we quickly pay tribute to a military horse for the emperor to ride? ”
Dong Zhuo understood, personally pulled two horses, and stepped forward to present them to Liu Wei and Liu Xie, Zhang Rang and the others did not dare to move. Liu Wei and Liu Xie got on the horse, and Liu Xie shouted: "Dong Aiqing, quickly take down the rest!" ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of a large number of horses' hooves gradually approaching, and one person shouted first: "Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Chen Long, come to the rescue!" ”
Dong Zhuo inadvertently got the trump card, how could he give it to others, immediately drew his sword in his hand, and his subordinates surrounded the young emperor. Chen Long approached Dong Zhuo and shouted, "Dong Zhuo, you dare to hold the young emperor hostage!" As he spoke, he also pulled out his serrated dagger and looked at Dong Zhuo angrily.
At this time, Ding Yuan took a general and also rode to the front. Dong Zhuo was shocked when he heard that it was Chen Long, who he was deeply afraid of, he knew that Chen Long was strong in martial arts, and said with a smile on the surface: "It turned out to be Brother Chen." Brother Chen misunderstood, I just rescued the emperor and King Chen Liu from Zhang Rang, and I will escort the emperor back to the city. ”
Chen Long sneered and said, "In that case, wait for me and General Dong to escort the emperor into the city." With a whistle, the Ganning riders behind pressed forward one after another.
Behind Dong Zhuo, there were also many generals, and they put their hands on the handle of the knife one after another, just waiting for Dong Zhuo's order, they were going to fight with Chen Long. Dong Zhuo saw that behind Chen Long, the voices of a large number of cavalry were getting louder and louder, shook his head slightly to signal not to move, and glanced at Ding Yuan.
Ding Yuan waved his hand, and a gentle neighing of horses sounded behind him, and a tall horse came out in a row, and a person sat upright, only the upper body was already extremely tall. When Chen Long looked carefully in the light of the torches, he saw that this person was wearing a blood-red battle robe, wearing a thin black armor, a hero scarf on his head, a pale black rectangular face, his cheeks seemed to be cut with an axe, his two sword eyebrows were high, the bridge of his nose was straight, his lips were square, his eyes were like spitting fire, and his appearance was very powerful and handsome.
In Chen Long's heart, he sighed slightly, can there be such a person under Ding Yuan, who else is there besides Lu Bu? Not to mention that this person is only two pheasants from the legendary Lu Bu image.
Lu Bu controlled the mount and came to Chen Long's horse, Gan Ning and the others pulled out their waist knives, intending to stop Lu Bu, but Chen Long waved his hand to stop him, and looked at Lu Bu coldly.
Dong Zhuo behind him smiled evilly, turned his head and hugged the young emperor, ignored Chen Long, and drove towards Luoyang City with the army. The dagger in Long Chen's hand moved slightly, and an extra Fang Tian painting halberd suddenly appeared in Lu Bu's hand, and with a light round, it was already pressed on top of Long Chen's dagger. Huang Gai and the other generals threw rat traps, but they didn't dare to do it for a while, and they only heard Ding Yuan say in their ears: "Chen Tingshi, don't be impatient, when the emperor returns to Kyoto safely, it will not be too late for you and me to enter the city again." ”
Chen Long witnessed Dong Zhuo's majestic and invincible appearance, and his anger burned inside. On the dagger, the pressure as heavy as a mountain came from Fang Tian's halberd, although Chen Long fought with all his strength, he only felt that his body could not move slightly, and today he knew Lu Bu's bravery. couldn't help shouting: "Ding Yuan, you fool, do you know that Dong Zhuo is a jackal, are you willing to be his lackey?" Do you know how you died? ”
Lu Bu on the other side was slightly stunned, he couldn't imagine that under his strong pressure, Long Chen could still shout so smoothly, and he couldn't help but re-evaluate Long Chen's strength, and at the same time, he also became interested, and gradually strengthened his hand, wanting to try what Long Chen's true level was.
Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.