Chapter 2 Disturbing the World 3. Quiet Night
The sky is full of red clouds, and the sunset is stained with blood.
The shouts of killing gradually became sparse, and the two teams of people on the road stopped their horses and looked at each other.
On one side was Dong Zhuo, behind him were Yuan Kui and Wen Chou, and there were more than a hundred cavalry. On the other side were Li Dao, Guo Yan, Hu Zhen, Xu Rong, and more than 200 cavalry and more than 500 infantry behind them. The melee in the afternoon had scattered their troops in all directions, and they should be the closest to Xinfeng now.
Neither side spoke, and there was no movement except for the sound of the horses rubbing against the ground. The ground around them was littered with the corpses of officials, soldiers, and civilians, and the entire road was stained red with blood. Hundreds of officials, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians fell victim to the mutiny.
"Blood and bones, is that what you expect?" Dong Zhuo looked at the four of them flatly, with anger and sadness in his tone.
"My lord, I have no choice. At this point, there is no need to make any more excuses. Li Wei slowly drew his sword and pointed forward, and the cavalry behind him instigated the war horses to start charging in formation.
"Attack." Dong Zhuo's voice was full of helplessness. Following his order, the cavalry behind him also slowly advanced from both sides, and launched a charge towards the cavalry rushing on the opposite side.
This is the only remaining Xiliang soldier and horse around him. Dong Zhuo only brought 3,000 men and horses with him when he entered Beijing, and after being placed under house arrest, Li Dao and others ordered the Xiliang army to sneak out of the city in civilian clothes at night, and then enter the city in fanfare during the day, so as to confuse the officials in Luoyang. After that, they began to expand their army. Therefore, most of their subordinates are not Xiliang people.
Of Dong Zhuo's 3,000 Xiliang soldiers, 500 were taken away by Hua Xiong, and 1,000 were handed over to Lu Bu, and when he moved west, there were only more than 1,000 people left under his own command. After an afternoon of fighting, the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses were basically killed and wounded.
There was no shout from either cavalry, and the only sound in the wilderness was the thunderous sound of horses' hooves on the grass. Soon, however, the silence was shattered by the crash of blades and screams.
The cavalry on both sides collided head-on, slashing at each other as they brushed by. People kept falling from their horses.
Dong Zhuo slowly pulled out his long sword, said to Wen Chou behind him, "Protect Lord Yuan", and then led the horse to rush towards the chaotic cavalry.
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Li Dao and the others watched as the chaotic cavalry was suddenly forced to open a gap. Dong Zhuo was slashing left and right, cutting down the enemies who were blocking him one after another, and rushed straight towards them.
Li Wei nodded at Guo Yan, who waved his hand and signaled the infantry to line up in front of their horses and slowly advance.
Dong Zhuo broke through the cavalry block, and in front of him was the neat infantry battle formation and Li Dao and others behind the battle array.
Suddenly, Dong Zhuo found that the demon girl who was inseparable from Li Dao was riding a horse and hiding behind the four generals at the moment. He put his sword back into its sheath, took the two bows from his horse, put on the arrows, bit both strings with his mouth, and pushed them away with both hands, aiming at Li Dao and the demon girl at the same time.
And at this moment, there was also a shout of killing behind Li Dao and them.
"Li Dao, Hugh is going to hurt the lord!" Li Su led three hundred cavalry to this side.
But Li Dao didn't look back at all, just stared straight at Dong Zhuo in front of him and the bow in his hand.
"Whoosh! Sou! Two arrows shot at the same time, towards the enchantress behind him.
"Dang!" Li Dao instantly drew his sword when the bow and arrow were about to reach the front door, and blocked it with the blade of the sword. But another arrow, grazing his cheek, flew straight through the witch's throat.
The enchantress fell off her horse without even making a sound.
Li Dao didn't look back at her at all, but led his horse to Dong Zhuo, and the other three generals also drew their swords to follow.
At this time, Li Su's cavalry had already come to the infantry battle array, and with the speed of the war horse, Li Su's cavalry directly broke through the infantry formation and rushed towards the four generals.
"Dang!" Li Su swung his sword and slashed, but was cut open by Xu Rong's big knife. But he didn't have a trace of fighting, and struggled to Dong Zhuo's side, grabbing Dong Zhuo's horse reins, "Lord, don't fight again!" Thousands of Li Dao's subordinates were coming. Su dragged them here, and asked the lord to hurry to Xinfeng to protect His Majesty. ”
Dong Zhuo just wanted to speak, but Li Su dragged Dong Zhuo's horse and turned around, and shouted at Yuan Kui: "Master Taifu, the lord will please you." After speaking, he stabbed a sword in Dong Zhuo's horse's buttocks, and Dong Zhuo's horse immediately ran in the direction of Xinfeng.
"General Wen, let's withdraw too." Yuan Kui nodded, waved to Wen Chou, and led the horse to follow Dong Zhuo.
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Dong Zhuo tried hard to take the war horse, Wen Chou caught up from behind, looked at Dong Zhuo and said, "Lord Xiangguo, let's withdraw, don't live up to General Li's wishes." ”
Dong Zhuo glanced back at his horse, and Li Su had already rushed into the battle group.
"Li Su, don't die......"
Yuan Kui found that Dong Zhuo's hand holding the reins was trembling, so he wanted to step forward to comfort him, but saw Wen Chou shaking his head at him. So the three of them didn't say anything anymore and moved towards Xinfeng.
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Li Su's martial arts are much worse than the four generals, but he is barely delaying by relying on the mobility of the cavalry.
"Li Su, surrender," Xu Rong said. He is not from Xiliang, and compared with Li Dao and others, his temperament is a little more benevolent. At this moment, seeing that Li Su was loyal to the Lord, he was a little unbearable.
"General Xu, you put the lord under house arrest at the beginning, but the lord did not blame him, you ...... Yes! Before he finished speaking, Li Su's back had been stabbed by Li Wei, and one of them did not sit firmly and fell off the horse.
"Li Su, if it was you who did this in the first place, can you trust the Lord Guild to ignore the past suspicions!" Li Wei's eyes were cold, and he pointed his sword at Li Su, "He's just because now is the time to employ people, so it's inconvenient to punish us." When the Kwantung princes retreat, the four of us will definitely die! ”
"Humph! The heart of a villain! Li Su landed on the ground with one hand, trembled with the other and pointed at Li Dao with his sword and said, "How can you understand the amount of the lord's weapons!" Then he turned his head to Xu Rong: "General Xu, listen to Li's words, don't make a mistake again and again!" Through just now, he understood that this person was not all the way with Li Dao and the others, so he had the heart to persuade him to surrender.
Xu Rong lowered his head and stopped looking at him.
"Li Su, let's go on the road with peace of mind." As he spoke, Li Dao's sword slashed at him.
"Hey~~!" Xu Rong suddenly led the war horse, rushed forward, and picked up Li Su and put it on the back of his horse, "Li Wei, General Li Su is right, this matter is indeed too extreme for you." ”
"Xu Rong! What are you doing! Li Dao asked in a cold tone.
"Xu doesn't want to continue to make mistakes, so he will leave first!" With that, he beat his horse and galloped forward.
"Traitor." Li Wei looked at Xu Rong's back, withdrew his sword, slowly took off his bow, and was about to shoot him off the horse with an arrow full of strings.
"Whew! Ah~~~~~~h
"General Li, you refuse to let go of even General Xu, how narrow-minded you are. Forgive the general and will not be accompanied! Hu Zhen held the knife in one hand, looked at Li Dao with disdain, and led the horse to chase Xu Rong.
"Traitor! All traitors! Li Wei gritted his teeth and turned his head to look at Guo Yan, "Are you going to betray me!" ”
Guo Yan was expressionless, looked at the direction in which Hu Zhen and the others left, and said calmly: "Childish, don't play with children's temper." They...... Let's go. ”
Li Wei slowly suppressed his anger and returned to his usual indifferent appearance, "Yes, let's go." ”
In fact, Li Dao and Guo Yan have a good relationship, but they are very average with the other two. It's just because of the house arrest of Dong Zhuo that he is on the same front.
Guo Yan slowly turned his head, glanced at the corpse of the demon girl, and sighed: "It's just a pity that Miss Xiyan took her life in vain." ”
Li Wei looked at Guo Yan, and the corners of his mouth flashed a weird smile, "That's just her useless sister." I'm afraid Xi Yan should be serving that person well at this moment......"
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As the sun sets, starlight gradually appears in the sky.
Hua Xiong lay in the car, looking at the stars in the sky, and sighed slightly.
After Lu Bu arrived at Bishui Pass, Hua Xiong had already woken up. After checking Hua Xiong's injuries, he sent a hundred soldiers to escort Hua Xiong away. Because Lu Bu was worried that if the Bishui Pass was really breached, Hua Xiong would not be able to move, and he would encounter accidents, and he would not be able to get good treatment in the pass. Although Luoyang has been evacuated, there should still be people in the nearest Gong County, who can be dealt with there briefly, and then go to Chang'an to join Dong Zhuo.
can't move, let alone command the guard, it's uncomfortable enough, but now, although Lu Bu didn't say it clearly, he has clearly become a burden, thinking of this, Hua Xiong's heart is really not good at this moment. The soldiers around him didn't speak, of course, Hua Xiong was in a very bad mood now, and no one would touch his head.
The team was walking, and suddenly, a dozen or so people appeared in front of them, all of them masked, and one in the middle was wrapped in a large canopy, and his face could not be seen clearly.
"What people!" The adjutant who led the team vigilantly signaled the troops to take up a defensive position.
The person on the other side didn't answer, just slowly began to walk towards them. The adjutant drew his sword, "Don't blame me for being rude if you don't speak." ”
Still no answer.
"What's going on?" Hua Xiong asked in the car.
"General, there are more than a dozen masked people in front of you, I don't know what to do."
Masked people? Hua Xiong was shocked, this is not a battlefield, these people must be coming at him, "Tell everyone to be careful, prepare to meet the enemy!" Although he couldn't move while lying down, Hua Xiong still tried his best to command everyone.
By this time, the men were less than twenty paces away from them. Suddenly, each of the masked men took out a cloth bag from behind their backs and threw it at them.
The adjutant shouted: "Be careful! ”
But the packages didn't explode as he expected, they just fell to the ground a meter away from them and scattered. The white powder inside was blown by the wind, and everyone smelled a strange aroma.
Hua Xiong also smelled it, and suddenly, he shouted loudly: "Everyone cover their noses, be careful of drugs!" ”
But it was too late, and as the aroma spread, the soldiers gradually felt weak, and one by one they fell. Hua Xiong realized at this time that he couldn't even bend his fingers again.
The masked men walked quietly among the fallen soldiers. They drew their swords from their waists and plunged them into the hearts of every lying soldier. But even then, the fallen soldiers could not make a sound.
Slowly, the sound of the blade piercing into the skin disappeared, and Hua Xiong knew that he was the only one left alive in the team.
The man in the big hat walked to Hua Xiong's side, slowly took off the hat on his head, and it turned out to be a beautiful woman, with long black hair hanging down, the night breeze blowing, gently fluttering, a pair of charming eyes under thin eyebrows, a small nose, delicate lips, and a mole at the corner of her mouth.
The woman's hand gently caressed Hua Xiong's face, and Hua Xiong glared at her angrily, but could not speak. The woman gave him a gentle look, as if looking at her lover.
Slowly, the woman's hand slid to Hua Xiong's neck and gently took off Hua Xiong's clothes. The next moment, Hua Xiong finally understood what she was going to do. The woman slowly untied the bandage that wrapped Hua Xiong's right shoulder with her hand, lowered her head slightly, and said in Hua Xiong's ear, "Lord Li Dao asked me to say hello to General Hua. ”
Then, the woman's hand slowly stretched into Hua Xiong's wound that was cut by Guan Yu. Hua Xiong's body shook violently from the pain, and blood flowed down the wound on his shoulder like a spring.
Hua Xiong's eyes widened, his mouth open, and the green tendons on his head burst out. He wanted to shout to the witch, "Kill me!" "Kill me!" , but couldn't make a sound.
The woman's hand was still stretched inward, and it felt like a poisonous snake burrowing into the body, making life worse than death.
Hua Xiong only hopes that this will end soon.
Suddenly, the woman's gaze became as fierce as a hunting jackal, because at this moment, she had already grasped Hua Xiong's rapidly beating heart.
In Hua Xiong's opinion, the woman's bewitching smile at the moment was as terrifying as a ghost.
The woman's eyes gradually flashed with murderous aura, and she stared at Hua Xiong with her residual eyes and said, "General Hua has gone all the way." ”
In the next moment, she pulled out Hua Xiong's heart connected to the blood vessels and shook it hard. Shredded flesh mixed with blood flowed from the woman's fingers, Hua Xiong stopped breathing, and what remained on his face was anger and unwillingness......
The woman took out her handkerchief, wiped the blood from her hands, and threw it in Hua Xiong's face. Then, she smiled and nodded at the masked men.
The masked man silently gathered around her. The woman put her hat back on, looked to the east and said, "Lu Bu will leave it to the Kwantung princes, let's withdraw." ”
The group disappeared into the dark and quiet night......