The needles fell on the battlefield, as if the previous tens of thousands of people had never happened.

Except for the howling north wind, and the sound of countless battle flags hunting, only the sound of torches bursting remained.

Lu Bu's question is difficult for Hou Cheng to answer, even he himself may not be able to figure out for a while, the real reason why he rebelled against Lu Bu is because of the attraction of power, or the temptation of interests, or because he is not lost in the chaos of the times.

Hou Cheng opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a long time, if he said that he was greedy for power, he still followed Lu Bu when Luoyang changed, and did not follow Zang Ba and others to rebel, all the way to follow Lu Bu to the end of the world, living in Anyi, and on the way to escape, desperately guarding Yan Xiuli and others, and even ventured into Luoyang with Wei Yue to rescue Lu Bu who was in prison.

Now he is the task of Gongwei Jingshi, and he is on an equal footing with Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others, who is a member of the party, who can give such a prominent position? Even if he succeeded in helping the emperor seize power, with his qualifications, he was far from reaching the point of being like Lu Bu to dominate the superclass.

If you talk about interests, the interests of this world are always proportional to power, and the more powerful you are, there are often countless interests that follow, even if you want to, you can't avoid it. The emperor doesn't have much real power, so what can he promise him? It's nothing more than empty words.

"Do you think I'm dead and want to replace me?" Seeing that he was silent, Lu Bu answered for him.

Hou Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, his thoughts at first were not so complicated, when he heard the news of Lu Bu's death in Yangzhou, he instinctively thought that this was a signal, a signal that the emperor was about to start a war in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Alert, he instinctively thought that he should get out of the matter and not get involved in the power struggle between the two parties, in the final analysis, what he was loyal to was only Lu Bu alone, if Lu Bu was dead, he was not a foolish and loyal person, how could he take his own future for orphans and widows.

He didn't help the emperor at that time, and in Hou Cheng's opinion, he was already very worthy of Lu Bu's wife and children.

It was only later that the situation developed far beyond his expectations.

The emperor sent guests several times to lobby Hou Cheng, analyze the situation for him at this time, and promise him the title of high-ranking official, but Hou Cheng knew that the emperor was just an empty shell and couldn't give him what he really wanted, so he didn't feel much at that time.

knew that the emperor contacted him many times later, so that the general generals of the prime minister's mansion gradually thought that he had taken refuge in the emperor's side, and gradually had a dislike with him, and Hou Chengcheng was tied to the emperor's chariot like this.

But even so, Hou Cheng didn't regret it much, because as soon as Lu Bu died, any choice he made had a clear conscience, and there was no betrayal at all, just a split of things.

Later, the emperor officially broke with the Prime Minister's mansion, and assassinated each other several times, which forced Hou Cheng to take a stand, but Hou Cheng was still unmoved.

It wasn't until the news that Lu Bu was about to return came at the end that Hou Cheng was finally shocked.

If Lu Bu hadn't died, and he had ignored his family these days, or watched the fire from the other side, I am afraid that it would be difficult for Lu Bu to tolerate it, once Lu Bu returns, how will he Hou Cheng deal with himself?

The emperor's timely wooing gave Hou Cheng the only choice.

As long as all the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion are taken down, then Lu Bu's henchmen, family members, wives and daughters will all be in his hands, and then Lu Bu will have a home that will be difficult to return, and if he loses his important confidants and nests, his strength will be greatly reduced, and he and the emperor will ascend to the heights, and no one may be attached to the allegiance, this is the only chance he can think of to live.

In this way, Hou Cheng went farther and farther on this road of no return, knowing that Lu Bu had returned unexpectedly today.

"I am defeated, convinced, and I am willing to let it fall."

Hou Cheng and his personal generals were filled with righteous indignation, but the tens of thousands of garrisons around him had already lost the heart to fight, and they all looked at Lu Bu in the formation at this moment, their eyes were full of awe, fear, worship and other complex expressions, but they did not have the determination to fight to the death. Hou Cheng knew that the general trend had gone today, even if he wanted to fight, he was afraid that he would not be able to command these tens of thousands of soldiers.

"I think you know, I'm the most betrayed person, you have followed me for more than ten years, and I see you as a person who can entrust your confidants, I entrust you with the responsibility of protecting my wife and children, but you repay me like this, it's so disappointing to me."

The war horse stomped the horse's hooves uneasily, and seemed to know the anger in the master's heart at the moment, Lu Bu was angry with his face, after all, he saw the wrong person, which caused such a disaster.

Seeing Hou Cheng dismount and be captured, Lu Bu was even more annoyed, if Hou Cheng struggled to resist, he might be able to feel better and stab him to death with a halberd. But now Hou Cheng is tied up and closes his eyes and waits for death, which makes it difficult for him to decide, how can he kill without any worries about life and death? But if the rebellion is not punished severely, there will be people who will follow suit, and where will the military discipline and military law be placed?

"Take my halberd!"

Lu Bu said in a deep voice.

A horse rushed out of the city gate, quickly swept through the battle array, and sent Fang Tian's halberd to Lu Bu, it was Ding Xu.

Lu Bu took the halberd, raised it and pointed to the sky, and asked everyone in a deep voice: "You and other rebels are all bewitched by Hou Cheng, and they should be punished as rebellion. ”

"Long live the Prime Minister!"

Tens of thousands of garrisons cheered and knelt on the ground, they were originally worried about their rebellion, they wanted to resist but couldn't muster up the courage, just waiting for Lu Bu to give them the verdict of death, they didn't expect to escape so easily, how can they not be ecstatic, each chanting and bowing is from the heart, and some young people cry with joy.

"Hou Cheng, the later general, failed my expectations, and almost ruined the achievements of our hard work for many years, this is a heinous crime, and I sentence you to death in the name of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Remembering your past glory, I will carry out the execution myself. ”

Lu Bu held high the halberd, his expression was solemn and authentic, standing between heaven and earth, in this army of ten thousand horses, like a god, it was particularly tall and eye-catching.

Yan Xiuli stood on top of the city tower, looking at the figure of her husband, tens of thousands of people kneeling around him, and the sparks in Fang Yuan were like a starry chessboard, corresponding to the twinkling stars in the sky, forming a unique ghostly picture.

The husband at this moment is no longer the boy who once galloped on the wilderness, chasing the wind and shooting deer, he is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, a real king, even if she is herself, she can't help but have some fear in her heart.

Hou Cheng's heart was like ashes, knowing that the ending could not be reversed, but he gave birth to an open-mindedness, and said with a faint smile: "Hou Cheng deserves to die, but my little wife and children are innocent people, and I hope that the prime minister can treat them well." ”

"Under my rule, one person does things and one person is responsible, and there is no family involvement, don't worry."

"I'm ready, please give the prime minister death."

Hou Cheng got a satisfactory answer, knelt on the ground and closed his eyes and waited for death, but there was a faint smile on his face, perhaps because of relief, or because of the joy that his family was pardoned, but the two tears that faintly overflowed from the corners of his eyes tenaciously declared the unwillingness and remorse in his heart at the moment.

The halberd drew a silver light, stabbing Hou Cheng in the left chest and chest, bleeding like an infusion, and Hou Cheng was already lying on his back on the ground before he even had time to scream.

Hou Cheng convulsed, the blood in his mouth gushed out with his breath, but his eyes were wide open, he wanted to take a good look at this colorful world one last time. In his eyes, there are dense and shining stars in the sky, shining with dazzling brilliance, just like his own dazzling life.

"Little monkey, what are you doing in the yard alone?"

"Mother, I'm counting the stars in the sky."

"Silly boy, there are so many stars in the sky, how can you count them."

"Mother, you said that Father has become a star in the sky, which one is it?"

"Which one is it? I don't know, I've forgotten what he looks like, forgot, forgot..."

"I know, my father must be the brightest one, because he is the hero of our village, he dares to fight with the hateful Huns, and I will be like him when I grow up, and be a big hero who stands up to the sky."

"Good boy, my mother doesn't want you to be a big hero, I just want you to be safe and sound in your life."

…

The next day, the prime minister and everyone moved back to the court, and the ministers rushed out of the city to greet them, and the scene was grand and unique.

On the same day, the emperor issued an edict to his own crimes, counting his repeated governance mistakes, which almost led to the collapse of the super-outline, coupled with the ineffective relief in the autumn, which led to the spread of the epidemic and almost impossible to contain. Therefore, the emperor punished himself for claustrophobic Weiyang Palace, and no longer summoned foreign ministers, and all major court affairs were left to Prime Minister Lu Bu to decide alone.

Within a few days, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's soldiers and horses arrived in Anyi one after another, but at this time, the overall situation of Anyi had been decided, and they were useless here.

But Lu Bu would not let them run in vain, and ordered Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to camp in the southern suburbs, and at the same time train the soldiers and horses, and he will hold a military parade at the beginning of next month to strengthen the hearts of the people in Anyi, who are a little sluggish at this time.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zhaozhao, Wei Xu all troops and horses, there are 60,000, plus the garrison and city defense army of Gongwei Anyi, there are 100,000 people, this military parade can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, unique grand.

However, a discordant news made the atmosphere of the entire Prime Minister's Mansion look extremely weird.

When Zhang Liao came, he brought back the dog from Yangzhou, the beggar who claimed to be the son of Lu Bu and Diao Chan.

When Zhang Liao personally led the dog to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he almost never encountered any good faces, Ruyi immediately jumped like thunder, took a sword and threatened to kill this little liar, if it wasn't for Yan Chao's desperate death, this disaster would be unavoidable. Mrs. Yan Xiuli's face immediately became ugly, and she turned around and went back to the backyard directly, even Lu Bu herself was pale.

Only Lu Xing behaved a little normally, patted the dog on the shoulder and said, "It's good to come, if there is anything in the future, just say it, this is your home, don't see it outside." ”

Zhang Liao only felt that he was not a person inside and out, and he sent your son thousands of miles to you, but he sent it wrong? Looking at the reaction of this family, is this a thousand miles to send disaster?

Lu Bu finally recognized the identity of the dog, after all, he recognized the dumb uncle, although his appearance changed greatly and he couldn't speak, but the obvious birthmark on his arm was the same as his brother, Lu Bu would never forget it anyway, the dumb uncle's brother was called Yan Yi, and he died in the process of escaping from the guard Ruyi.

Since then, the dog has lived in the Xiangfu, a courtyard in a corner, a lonely place that is destined not to fit in.

The stars are moving, and time soon came to the beginning of the lunar month, and the military parade ceremony was about to be held.

Just as the ceremony was being prepared, a front-line report came from Yanzhou.

Cao Cao did not die in the flood, but was seriously injured, all the way back to Xuzhou, Cao's generals, only Cao Zhen was stabbed by Lu Bu in the central vein, died in the flood, the rest of the people are basically in no condition, there is no danger back to Xuzhou.

Cao Cao, who returned to Xuzhou, learned from the pain and thought that the continuous defeat to Lü Bu was mainly because he was alone and alone against the entire imperial court.

For today's plan, we can only forbear and show weakness first, and show favor to it to make peace, otherwise the besieged Dongjun will become the egg of the nest, and the struggle for half of his life will be gone. Besides, Cao Cao's serious injury is difficult to recover, and I don't know how much time there is, and it is time to plan for future generations.

After learning the news of Lu Bu's disappearance, Cao Cao did not act rashly, even he himself could survive the treacherous flood, let alone someone like Lu Bu.

Cao Cao thought that this must be a trick set up by Lü Bu and wanted to lure him into the army.

Originally, Gao Shun, Zhang Jaw and others sent reinforcements at the siege point of Dongjun, causing heavy losses to the reinforcements from all walks of life in Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

Now that there is a shortage of soldiers and horses, it is not as generous as before, so it is better to be cautious.

After waiting for more than a month, just when Cao Cao was impatient and wanted to return to his old business, he heard that the Anyi court was in turmoil, and Lu Bu suddenly appeared, personally beheaded the rebel generals, and purged the court and the opposition, like the return of the gods.

Cao Cao almost broke out in a cold sweat, but fortunately he endured it, it seems that the previous rumors were really a trick set up by Lu Bu, if it weren't for the fact that the emperor was too young to know each other and destroyed Lu Bu's plan, I was afraid that I would still fall for it.

After hearing that Lu Bu was holding a big celebration and was looking around for new things. Cao Cao ordered people to offer two large chariots of rare treasures, mostly jade and strange stones, and declared himself a minister to the court, willing to pay grain to the court, only hoping that the court could let him go, and was willing to give up Xuzhou in exchange for the peace of the land of Dongjun.

When Lu Bu received the report, he naturally smiled happily, Dongjun is an important place for Cao Cao, and it has extraordinary significance, but for Lu Bu, it is like a chicken rib, far less important than the fertile soil of Xuzhou.

After obtaining Xuzhou, Lü Bu will cut off Cao Cao's throat as he goes south, let him live in the coastal area of Qingzhou, and the whole territory will be surrounded by Lü Bu, and he will truly become a vassal of the imperial court.

When it will be banned and won, it all depends on Lu Bu's mood to speak.

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