April 23, the third year of Chuping (A.D. 192), Chang'an.

The red sun of the rising east sprinkled the first rays of morning light in Chang'an City, which seemed to indicate that today was destined to be a bloody day.

Dong Zhuo had already ordered in the name of the Son of Heaven that at noon today, a high platform would be erected outside the palace hall to execute the female assassins who attempted to assassinate Xiangguo, and all officials would be present. People speculate that the reason why he chose this place is nothing more than to show his majesty and deter the forces that are about to move in the DPRK.

At noon, as the hundred officials arrived one after another, Lu Bu's mood gradually became heavy. Zhang Liao led 15,000 men and horses around the city of Chang'an to patrol; Cheng Lian commanded 10,000 horses to scatter throughout Chang'an, guarding the main streets; Gao Shun's trapping camp and Cao Xing's archery troops remained around the palace.

At his suggestion, Dong Zhuo's nephew Dong Huang led 10,000 elite soldiers to "guard" the palace with Cao Xing and others, while nearly 30,000 people were placed in the outer city, led by Dong Zhuo's subordinate Dong Zhonglang and Dong Yue.

In the eyes of outsiders, Chang'an City is full of Dong Zhuo's troops, and only those who really know understand that in fact, the situation in this imperial city is as dangerous as an egg, and any small move may lead to war.

As Dong Zhuo walked out of the main gate of the palace, the hundred officials stopped talking, and there was silence inside and outside the palace.

"I'm sure you all know why you're here today, yes, a few days ago there was an assassin who wanted to assassinate the old man. It's a pity that the emperor blessed the old man's life. Since the old man rescued Beimang, he has saved the Han in danger several times, although he did not dare to take credit, but he was not at fault. However, there are some stubborn people in the court, and they keep saying that they want to clear the king's side, which is not good for the old man. Hmph, in fact, they are nothing more than because the existence of the old man has affected their prestige, so that they can no longer control the Jingshi with those centuries-old rules. This time, the old man will not delve into it, but only execute this assassin, hoping that you will take it as a warning. If there is a next time, the old man will definitely find out. I hope you will do it yourself, and don't connect the nine clans because of one person's fault. ”

After speaking, Dong Zhuo waved his hand, and the two guards escorted Diao Chan up.

As soon as Lu Bu saw Diao Chan, his heart instantly felt as uncomfortable as tearing. Is this still the Miss Diao Chan who has captivated the country and the city? Dressed in a prison uniform, with his hair scattered, his body obviously showing signs of torture, he could no longer stand steadily, and he staggered to the execution table in the middle of the execution.

"Feng Xian," Dong Zhuo shouted to Lu Bu, "prepare for execution." ”

Lu Bu's hand clenched Fang Tian's halberd, and he hesitated and didn't move.

"Bongxian!" Dong Zhuo raised his voice and called again.

"Lord!" Lu Bu strode to the bottom of the stairs and knelt down on one knee in front of Dong Zhuo, "Please let the lord spare Miss Diao Chan, and his subordinates are willing to be punished for her!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Dong Zhuo said angrily: "You are my favorite general, how can you intercede for an assassin in this court!" Come on, take down Lu Bu! ”

Hearing these words, the officials couldn't help but turn their heads to each other and talk about it.

Two colonels ran over next to him, and they stepped forward to grab Lu Bu's arm. But Lu Bu suddenly got up and brandished his halberd, cutting them down at the same time.

Baiguan was so startled by this sight that he instinctively ran out.

"Lu Bu, you!" Dong Zhuo glared at Lu Bu, but only for a moment. Then, his eyes became very sad, "You still walked this path after all." ”

Lu Bu carried the halberd and didn't dare to look at Dong Zhuo's eyes.

At this time, the sound of fighting sounded outside the palace. When Cao Xing, who was guarding the wall, found that Lu Bu had made a move, he immediately ordered his archery troops to attack Dong Huang below. Cao Xing's archers were all trained by him, and the arrows were not missed, only two volleys, and most of Dong Huang's troops had fallen, and at this time, the trapped camp also began to charge.

At the same time, Lu Bujun, who was all over the city, and Dong Zhuojun were also fighting together.

The main gate of the palace was wide open, but the officials did not dare to move, because now Chang'an was fighting everywhere, and if he went out, he would die.

With the sound of rumbling footsteps, a team rushed to the palace from outside, and Wang Yun took a closer look, it was Wei Xu under Lu Bu.

"Dong Zhuo! The old man was edicted by the Son of Heaven to crusade against you, the rebel minister of the troubled capital. At this point, you're embattled, and you're not going to be caught quickly! Wang Yun walked out of the crowd of hundreds of officials, and took out the edict as he walked.

Of course, this edict is fake, but as long as Dong Zhuo can be eliminated, who cares if it is true or false.

Dong Zhuo stood on the top of the steps, looked at the black-pressed soldiers below, and sighed, "Do you really want to do this?" ”

With a hint of regret, Dong Zhuo slowly raised his right hand.

Two people suddenly walked out of the main hall, Li Ru on the left and Jia Xu on the right. Then, under the leadership of Li Su, thousands of soldiers ran out of it.

The infantry in the front row lined up in front of Dong Zhuo with shields in front of him, and the archers in the back drew the bowstring and aimed at the men and horses below.

"Fengxian, the old man really doesn't want to do anything with you, as long as you repent now, you are still the old man's favorite general." Dong Zhuo asked Lu Bu with a hint of expectation.

"Lord, it's too late, we can't go back." Lu Bu's expression was gloomy, and he said with some sadness.

Dong Zhuo shook his head unbearably and gestured to Li Ru with his eyes. At the same time, Lu Bu also nodded at Cao Xing.

"Shoot the arrows!" "Shoot the arrows!"

Cao He and Li Ru issued an order, and the archer troops up and down the steps outside the palace hall began to attack the other side at the same time.

People on both sides kept falling, and the most unlucky was the hundred officials below, although Wei ordered the soldiers to protect them with all their might, but Dong Zhuo's archers were in a high place, and in the face of the dense rain of arrows, there were still many people who became victims.

Lu Bu stood at the forefront, and while he brandished his halberd to shoot down arrows, he wanted to lean in the direction of Diao Chan.

Dong Zhuo couldn't help but be angry when he saw it in his eyes, "Even at this time, you are still obsessed with this demon girl!" Today, the old man broke off this idea of you! With that, Dong Zhuo pulled out his long sword and rushed to Diao Chan's side, and with a flash of cold light, it stabbed directly into Diao Chan's heart.

"Don't !!!" Lu Bu used his halberd to block a round of arrows, and just as he saw Diao Chan's blood gushing out as Dong Zhuo's long sword was drawn, he roared hoarsely.

"Ah!!h Ignoring the bow and arrows flying towards him, Lu Bu had red eyes, clenched his halberd and rushed straight towards Dong Zhuo.

"Protect the lord!" Li Ru shouted, drew his sword, and blocked in front of Dong Zhuo with a few shield soldiers.

"Get out of the !!" Lu Bu roared like a beast, and as soon as the soldier raising the shield hesitated, he was pulled aside by Lu Bu's horizontal halberd.

"Lu Bu! Hugh wants to hurt the lord! Although Li Ru was a civil official, he was not afraid at this moment, and rushed forward with his sword.

"Ah~~~~~h

Li Ru's loyalty and courage were of no use in front of Lu Bu, who had lost his mind, and the halberd with the power of Pei Mo Nengyu split Li Ru in half from top to bottom.

"Li Ru!" Dong Zhuo shouted, but he didn't have time to grieve, because the halberd had already stabbed into his chest.

"Ding!" Dong Zhuo held the hilt of the sword in his right hand, pushed the tip of the sword with his left hand, and barely blocked it. However, the tsunami-like power of the painted halberd mountain struck the long sword into several sections.

Dong Zhuo kicked the ground with his feet and retreated with all his strength, but the cuirass was still stabbed with a small hole, and blood gradually flowed out along the hole. Fortunately, he had already avoided most of Lu Bu's momentum, and only suffered skin injuries.

Lu Bu gasped for breath, rushed to Diao Chan's side, and picked up her corpse.

"Ah!!!!!!!!h

As Lu Bu's desperate roar resounded inside and outside the palace, all the people who were fighting stopped holding the blades in their hands.

Dong Zhuo looked down at the blood on his chest, and his expression slowly became calm, "Fengxian, don't add any more senseless killings, let everyone stop, the old man will fight you to the death." ”

"Old thief! You saw that you had few people, so you made this decision, hehe, how could I wait......" Wang Yun stepped forward and was about to taunt Dong Zhuo. Suddenly, he met Lu Bu's gaze when he looked back at him, and he was instantly so shocked that he didn't dare to speak again.

It was no longer a human look, angry, sad, and desperate, like a tiger chased to a desperate place by a hunter.

Lu Bu gently flattened Diao Chan's corpse and slowly got up, with no expression on his face. He slowly walked to the middle and stood at the bottom of the steps and looked up at Dong Zhuo.

"Fetch my knife." Dong Zhuo closed his eyes. He knew that he and Lu Bu would never be the same again. And after today, only one of them will live.

When they saw Dong Zhuo's blade, everyone under the steps couldn't help but gasp.

Chop the horse with a long knife! However, it is two sizes larger than an ordinary horse chopping knife, and the length of the knife is more than a person high, and the blade is about a foot wide and two inches thick. The two soldiers struggled to carry it, barely moving.

And what is even more surprising is that Dong Zhuo picked up this heavy knife with only one hand.

This Dong Zhuo's strength is so great!

Lu Bu still didn't have any expression on his face, just stared at Dong Zhuo who walked down slowly.

Dong Zhuo slowly raised the knife to his chest as he walked, while holding the handle of the knife with his other hand.

Just five steps away from Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo suddenly erupted, jumped up in the air, and slashed down with a big knife.

Even Lu Bu did not dare to face this landslide-like offensive. He exerts force with his left leg and quickly dodges to the right.

"Bang!" On the ground where Lu Bu was standing just now, the stone slab was directly smashed by Dong Zhuo, and debris was splashed everywhere.

But Dong Zhuo didn't pause, he pressed the big knife with both hands, rubbing the ground and slanting at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was now at the bottom of the steps, and he kicked the first step in front of him with his foot, sliding his body backwards, and at the same time slamming the halberd against the ground towards Dong Zhuo's feet.

Dong Zhuo used his arms hard, turned around on the spot, drove the big knife to rotate, and stuck it on the ground, sealing Lu Bu's halberd branch.

Then, with the hilt of the knife as the support, he jumped and kicked his right leg at Lu Bu's door.

Lu Bu lowered his head with all his strength and dodged this kick, but the bundle of hair on his head was kicked off, and the hair fell apart.

He hurriedly withdrew his halberd, propped it up with his left hand, and flashed out.

"Hehe, Fengxian, this is the first time you and I have made a move." Dong Zhuo actually smiled, but there was a trace of sadness and helplessness in this smile.

Lu Bu didn't speak, but his right hand slowly pulled, and the halberd slid from his left hand, and he re-assumed his posture.

"Woo~~" Dong Zhuoping held a big knife and slashed horizontally from the left side.

Lu Bu turned sideways and used the small branch of the painting halberd to hold the blade, and the big knife slid out along the blade of the painting halberd. But the next moment, Lu Bu's heart was also slightly shocked, Dong Zhuo suddenly stopped the strength of the knife, brought it back in an instant, and stabbed it like a sword!

This more than 100-pound broadsword, he used it like a sharp sword!

Lu Bu stepped back with all his strength and dodged the fatal blow, but the breastplate under his left armpit was still cut through the gap.

At the same time, he stabbed out the halberd and pierced it on Dong Zhuo's shoulder.

The two of them staggered back two steps at the same time, and immediately rushed up and hit each other.

……

The battle between the two had been fought for a long time, but at this time, Wang Yun didn't care about the fight in front of him, because just now, he saw a wisp of black smoke rising from the corner of the inner city wall—a signal of successful rescue.

Presumably at this moment, Cao Ren and Lu Yuan should have taken advantage of the chaos to escort Xun You out of the city, this was agreed by them in advance, if they succeeded in rescuing Xun You, they would inform Wang Yun in this way similar to a beacon fire.

When this matter was put down, Wang Yun had no worries. He smiled and looked back at the two men fighting in front of the hall.

At this time, the physical strength of both sides was almost exhausted, and they were gasping for breath.

The soldiers inside and outside the palace all watched this wonderful battle blankly, because Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu gave the order, so no one made a move again.

Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo already had several wounds on their bodies, but they were struggling to support them with their last perseverance.

"Feng Xian, the old man will ask you one last time, do you regret it?" Dong Zhuo gasped and said kindly like an elder asking a child.

"The lord and I are just obsessed with what we want, and even if we regret it, we have gone too far and cannot turn back." Lu Bu's eyes were also filled with unbearability.

"In that case, let's end it all here." With these words, Dong Zhuo used his last strength to raise his knife and slash over.

"Ah!!h Lu Bu roared and stabbed the halberd out.

"Lord !!" Jia Xu shouted.

"Lord, why are you ......" Lu Bu was also full of surprise.

At the last moment, Dong Zhuo actually threw the big knife aside, allowing Lu Bu's halberd to pierce his chest.

"Ah...... Ha...... Ha...... Feng Xian...... Old man...... Old man, I've always ...... You've been ...... "Dong Zhuo has a hard time speaking because his heart and lungs have been injured," ...... Again...... The old man also ...... I really don't want to...... ...... who don't want to see their own again Subordinate...... Betray me,...... Feng Xian...... Let the old man use it...... own life...... Make Your ...... Make a name for yourself. ”

"Lord!" Lu Bu let go of the halberd and ran forward to support Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo couldn't stand anymore, and Lu Bu slowly put him on the ground.

"Silly...... Silly boy. Go ahead...... Go to Hewu...... Pick up...... Pick up the Son of Heaven...... The Son of Heaven and ...... Marten...... Cicada. After speaking, Dong Zhuo slowly closed his eyes and stopped breathing with a relieved smile.

"Lord !!!" Jia Xu and the soldiers on the steps wept bitterly.

"The old thief is dead, quickly kill the remnants!" Wang Yun shouted excitedly, but Cao Xuan and the others didn't move.

"Didn't you hear me? Quickly kill Dong Zhuoyu's party! Seeing that no one listened to his orders, Wang Yun shouted angrily.

"Whoosh!" "Ahh

An arrow flew and hit Wang Yun's right shoulder, and Wang Yun was so rushed by the arrow that he screamed and fell.

In the surprised eyes of everyone, Cao Xing's hand holding the bow slowly put down, and said to Wang Yun: "Old thing, it will be quiet." ”

Wang Yun was furious, and just wanted to say something more, when he suddenly found that more than a dozen archers beside Cao Xing raised their bows at the same time to aim at him, so he gritted his teeth angrily and closed his mouth.

Lu Bu knelt beside Dong Zhuo in a daze, thinking back to Dong Zhuo's words before he died.

Suddenly, he rushed to the corpse of the "Diao Chan" and brushed her hair. Lu Bu noticed that some skin on her sideburns was lifted, hesitated for a moment, and reached out and slowly pulled it.

A human skin was dragged off, this woman is not Diao Chan!

Lu Bu understood everything in an instant.

He rushed out of the palace gate as if he was crazy, rode the red rabbit brought by Wei Xu, and rushed to Yiwu like a lightning speed......