Xinfeng County, outside the city gate.

Sima Lang looked at the low wall of the county town in front of him and said to the housekeeper, "Escort my father and his family into the city first." ”

The housekeeper was puzzled: "The eldest son? ”

"I'll be there later." After saying that, he turned and walked back.

The steward answered, and beckoned his men to drive the carriage into the city gate.

Sima Lang waited for his father and family to enter the city, and then walked slowly to Lu Yuan and the others.

Lu Yuan and the others didn't want to reveal their identities, so they separated from the Sima family's team two miles away from the county seat, and just quietly protected them in the back.

Because Lu Yuan and Zhang Feng arrived in time, the Sima family was not affected by the battle.

Sima Lang came to Lu Yuan and said, "Thank you for saving me today." You have a special status, and there are many inconveniences after entering the city, so Lang specially waited here to thank you. ”

"The eldest prince is polite, since the Sima family is Yefeng's ally, it is within the scope of rescue in times of crisis." Lu Yuan bowed his hand back, "I'm afraid that others will be suspicious, the eldest prince will invite you first, and I will enter the city later." ”

"Alright, leave it at that." After speaking, Sima Lang turned around and walked towards the county seat.

Lu Yuan gradually restrained his smile, looked at the direction of the county and said with a solemn face: "I just don't know how many lucky people can be like the Sima family." ”

"Lu Fentong rest assured, the brothers will do their best to protect it, and many people will surely be spared." Zhang Feng said beside him.

"I hope so."

……

"Lord!" Li Ruzheng was anxiously spinning in place, and when he saw Dong Zhuo and his party in the city, he ran forward excitedly and said, "Fortunately, the master is safe and sound." ”

Dong Zhuo's face was solemn and he nodded.

"What? Is there any surprise? Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked in a low voice.

"Lord Li, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others confronted Xiangguo and the old man head-on, when it was in danger, it was General Li Su who led the army to arrive and dragged the enemy, so I waited for me to escape, but I haven't seen him back for a long time, presumably ......"

"Ah...... Xiangguo didn't need to worry too much, and his subordinates sent people out of the city to respond. ”

"Okay, you can arrange it." Dong Zhuo said tiredly.

Li Ru said "yes" and went down. Seeing him walk away, a man in his thirties wearing a cloth shirt came from the side, "I've seen Xiangguo." ”

"This is General Yan Liang," Yuan Kui lowered his voice and said, "There are many people here, Xiangguo, let's go into the palace and talk about it in detail." ”

Yuan Kui took Yan Liangwen Chou and followed Dong Zhuo into the county government office, and after taking a seat in the main hall, Dong Zhuo asked his subordinates to retreat.

"Lord Yuan, in order to conceal his identity, he only told people that he was a ranger in the mountains and wilderness here, and when he saw that there was a fight on the official road, he came to help. Xiangguo, you don't need to worry, there are 8,000 people under my command in ambush in this county, if Li Dao and others come here, they will definitely not come back. ”

"Then the old man thanked General Yan first." Dong Zhuo said, turning his head to look at Yuan Kui, "Master Taifu, I bother you to send a letter to inform your nephew that you will try to keep the Kwantung princes in Luoyang." ”

"Xiangguo rest assured, the old man will send someone to inform Yuan Shao secretly."

As he spoke, Yuan Kui smiled at Dong Zhuo.

This is a covenant that no one knows. At the beginning, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo intended to cooperate to eradicate the eunuch party, so Yuan Shao proposed to the general He Jin to summon Dong Zhuo to Beijing. Unexpectedly, not long after Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he was placed under house arrest by Li Dao and others.

In desperation, Yuan Shao had no choice but to flee to Hebei, preparing to recruit troops to save the Son of Heaven, who would have thought that Dong Zhuo had been rescued by Lu Bu and others.

After that, Dong Zhuo got in touch with Yuan Shao again through Yuan Kui, and Yuan Shao also supported Dong Zhuo's views on the abolition of the emperor.

Just as the new emperor ascended the throne and Dong Zhuo was about to summon Yuan Shao to Beijing again, the Kwantung princes suddenly raised troops and invited Yuan Shao to be the leader of the coalition. Yuan Shao had difficulty riding a tiger, so he had to lead his troops to the alliance.

This is why Yuan Shao did not immediately order the rush on the day Guan Yu defeated Hua Xiong.

The "traitor" who deposed the emperor and dominated the Beijing division and the "alliance leader" who led the coalition army and rescued His Majesty were actually allies in secret.

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In front of the Bishui Pass, the camp of the coalition forces.

The night breeze is light, and the moon is in the sky.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao stood outside the main gate of the coalition camp.

"Originally, you think it will take a few days to take the Bishui Pass." Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have been friends since childhood, and when there is no one else, he no longer calls him "Yuan Mengzhu".

"It's hard to say, Bishui Pass is a God-given danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it was just those tens of thousands of reinforcements, but now even Lu Bu has come here, alas, it's difficult. ”

"This is not like what you Yuan Benchu said. You have had great ambitions since you were a child, and how can a small pass stop it? Cao Cao said with a smile.

"When I was young and ignorant, it was inevitable that my heart was higher than the sky, but now you and I are middle-aged, and it is better to be pragmatic."

"Hehe, then I want to know, if the coalition forces fail to save Your Majesty this time, what are the original plans?"

"If it really comes to that time, I will take advantage of the Yellow River in the south, block Yan in the north, replace the people, and fight for the world in the south. What is Mengde's plan? ”

"Hehe, the original is important, but the people are important. If this army mobilization fails to succeed, after I return to the army, I will recruit loyal and brave generals and wise men from all over the world. Cao believes that leading everyone with the royal road will be invincible and invincible. ”

"Heh, Mengde's ambition is far beyond that." Yuan Shao said with a smile.

"It's just a small talk, so I'll talk about it casually. At the moment, we still think about how to defeat Lu Bu and break through this water pass. ”

"What Mende said is true."

The two chatted casually in the night wind, but they knew in their hearts that neither of them was willing to live under others for a long time, and they only hoped that they would not be called enemies in the future.

At this time, the water was closed, and there were two people standing in the same ......

……

Lu Bu held the battlement with one hand, looking at the coalition camp opposite, and Zhang Liao stood quietly behind him.

Here you can only see some light on the opposite side, Lu Bu knows that it is the torches in the coalition camp, it is conceivable, there must be soldiers patrolling the night. He turned to look at Zhang Liao, smiled and said, "You have a good idea, attack Yuan Shao's camp at night, but I'm afraid that before you can rush to the opposite camp gate, you will be shot into a honeycomb by the enemy's archers." ”

"Gotta try it." Zhang Liao said a little unwillingly.

Lu Bu walked up to Zhang Liao, put his hand on his shoulder and said, "When I attacked the wall today, I saw corpses all over the ground, and I really didn't want to lose any more brothers. ”

Lu Bu didn't look at him, but Zhang Liao could feel that Lu Bu's hands were trembling. Zhang Liao could understand that Lu Bu didn't want to kill anymore since the change in Ding Yuan's army that night.

"Alright, you can take someone to prepare. Tomorrow will go according to plan. ”

"But you ...... General"

Lu Bu interrupted him and asked, "Do you know what the original name of this Bishui Pass is?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head.

"The original name of this place is Tiger Prison Pass, it is rumored that King Mu of Zhou once kept the tiger in captivity here, and later generations feel that there is a 'prison' in the name of the pass is unlucky, so it was renamed Bishui Pass."

"I see, but I think it's better to be the Tiger Prison Pass."

"I just hope this place won't become my Lu Bu's cage."

"General......

Lu Bu waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”

Zhang Liao got off the wall and went to prepare with the soldiers.

At this time, there is only the occasional sound of the wind blowing outside the gate. Lu Bu shook his head and walked down the pass.

On the eve of the big war, it was always extraordinarily peaceful......

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Yecheng, Windward Inn.

At this time, it was late at night, but Duan Xuan did not rest. At this moment, he was hiding behind the desk, vigilantly staring at a girl of five, six or eight opposite. And Guo Lan also had a slightly nervous expression on her face.

"I won't hurt you, every time we meet, do you have to do this?" The girl flicked her ponytail and took two steps forward with a smile.

"Stop! Little Mandarin Duck, if you have something, just say there, don't come here. Duan Xuan shouted with a teapot covering his face.

This girl is the apprentice of a Yeshuai under the old hand of the five sages, named Ling Yuan.

She is very kind, but the three night commanders under the old five sages are all masters of poisoning, and it is rumored that they can poison people to death if they pass by, and the people in the hall naturally respect their subordinates.

Although Duan Xuan and Guo Lan also knew that Ling Yuan's nature was not bad, this girl had a problem, that is, her memory was not very good, and she often forgot things. Duan Xuan was afraid that she would "accidentally" forget to wash her hands, so he sent himself to see the king of Hades. Although Guo Lan is not as exaggerated as Duan Xuan, she has to pay some attention to this girl.

"People don't have any work today, as for it!" She called poisoning "work."

"No, no, it's Zimo who is too careful." Guo Lan hurriedly played a round.

"It's better to be Brother Yunxiao~~~" Ling Yuan happily held Guo Lan's hand and shook it, Guo Lan was full of excitement.

Duan Xuan's eyes widened, and he pointed at Ling Yuan and said, "Ah~~~!" Demon girl, don't want to assassinate my Guo Gongzi! But when he saw Ling Yuan's angry eyes staring at him, he immediately smiled and said, "It's just a joke, eldest lady, please please, you can get rid of such wicked people in my hall, it's really happy!" ”

Guo Lan shook her head helplessly, pulled out her hand, grabbed the rag on the table and said while wiping her hands, "Little Mandarin, what the hell are you doing." ”

Ling Yuan looked at their actions, sighed, and said, "Actually...... Master, there are rumors that someone here may have seen the master, so I came over. As he spoke, his expression gradually became very lost.

Ling Yuan's master is the most famous master of poison under the old men of the Five Sages, and he also loves Ling Yuan. But three years ago, for some reason, he suddenly defected and has not been heard from since.

In the past three years, Ling Yuan has asked around, just hoping to ask the reason and let the master come back and admit his mistake. She also begged the five sages many times, if the master came back, don't kill her, the five sages saw that the child was so affectionate, and he really agreed.

I just hope that this time will be different from the past, and don't let her rejoice again.

"Okay, don't be upset, we've been asking you about it too. I believe that your master must have unbearable hardships, since the five sages have spoken, as long as you find your master and accompany her back to admit her mistakes, your master and apprentice will be the same as before again. As he spoke, Guo Lan touched Ling Yuan's head with his hand.

Duan Xuan covered his mouth and held back a smile, pointing at Ling Yuan's head.

Only then did Guo Lan realize that the rag just now was too dirty, and his hands were full of dirt. The touch just now blackened a large piece of Ling Yuan's head, so he hurriedly wiped it with his sleeve. Usually they treat Ling Yuan as their sister, so naturally they don't have so much courtesy.

"That's right," Ling Yuan suddenly turned his head to look at Duan Xuan, startling Duan Xuan, "I almost forgot, Uncle Mo Yue will be here in two days." ”

"What?!" When Duan Xuan heard the news, the teapot in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap", "What is he going to do!" ”

"The four sages said that because you interfered in the affairs of Jizhou, let Uncle Mo Yue come over and discipline you." Ling Yuan said and stuck out his tongue at Duan Xuan.

It turned out that Guo Dashao said that he would not tell the four sages, but he did not say that he would not tell Mo Yue.

Duan Xuan looked at the innocent Guo Lan with burning eyes and shouted, "Guo! Cloud! Laugh! ”