March 9.

Chen Gong, who goes by the pseudonym Chen Rang, was already three days after Zhang Jun learned that the Unified Investigation Agency had found out that there was a problem. At the same time, it was also transmitted to him by the secret agents of the Jinyang Surveillance and Coordination Agency, and Zhang Jun and they rushed to Yuxian County to quickly rush to Yuxian County.

Although the situation seemed urgent, Chen Gong did not feel much pressure. Because in terms of the general trend, Zhang Jun and they are actually too late.

Although the development of events did not go as Yuan Shao and him had planned - Yuan Shao originally hoped that Lü Bu would suddenly defect in front of the battle between the state and Jizhou, so as to give him a chance to take the state lightly. However, Yuan Shao ignored Lü Bu's prestige in Bingzhou and his own underlying ambitions.

After Chen Gong came to Bingzhou, he discovered these things that Yuan Shao had overlooked. However, when he approached Lu Bu, under his deliberate push, Lu Bu's ambitions were inflated to the point where they exceeded the original plan. What Lu Bu wants to do now is to start in advance and merge all the states himself. It is a hundred times better to divide one side than to obey others.

Chen Gong also has his own selfishness in doing this.

If Lu Bu submitted to Yuan Shao, he would only be one of Yuan Shao's advisors in the end, and his status would only be similar to that given to them by Tian Feng.

However, staying on Lu Bu's side was different. Lu Bu didn't have any outstanding strategists around him, and his arrival immediately made Lu Bu treat him as a guest and regard him as a pillar and think tank. would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, whether it was because of Lu Bu's feelings for himself or from his personal interests, Chen Gong finally chose to assist Lu Bu to lead the annexation of the state.

But although the plan has changed, in general, Chen Gong still has to join forces with Yuan Shao to rebel against the imperial court.

The only thing that still needs to be solved now is that Lu Bu still has a little hesitation in his heart. Chen Gong didn't find it strange. Lu Bu is not an indecisive person, he is decisive on the battlefield, and he can be called a generation of war gods. But the Son of Heaven and Ding Yuan are actually not thin on him, and everyone will have feelings. Chen Gong is very confident in this, with Lu Bu's current ambitions, he will make a decision sooner or later.

And this information that has appeared now may be able to urge Lu Bu to make a final decision.

Chen Gong smiled, picked up the piece of paper that had sent the information, and walked out of his military tent.

It was raining lightly outside, but the soldiers in the playground did not stop practicing because of the weather, Lu Bu was very strict with the army, and his subordinates Hao Meng and Cao Xing still took the soldiers to train in the rain. Seeing Chen Gong passing by, Hao Meng Cao Xuan also nodded to him.

Chen Gong also nodded to them with the same smile, and then walked into Lu Bu's military tent.

As soon as he entered the military tent, Chen Gong was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him. The body was as if it had been hit by a giant hammer, and it shook suddenly.

Lu Bu in front of him knelt behind the low case, holding Fang Tian's halberd and pestle to the side. The body is straight like a mountain, and the complexion is as deep as an abyss. It was at that moment that the momentum between heaven and earth seemed to gather on this man's body, and the aura exuded by this god-like man broke everyone's hearts. It has always been this kind of aura that made Chen Gong decide to devote himself to assisting. Chen Gong firmly believed that with Lu Bu's bravery and his own strategy, there was nowhere in the world.

When Lu Bu saw Chen Gong come in, his cold face showed a hint of gentleness.

"Why did the public station come here in the rain?"

"Let's see if the general has made up his mind!" Chen Gongdao.

Lu Bu bowed his head and was silent. Only at this time, Lu Bu, who was fierce and decisive, showed a trace of hesitation.

"If you continue to interrupt, you will suffer." Chen Gong knelt in front of Lu Bu.

"The Son of Heaven and General Ding are not thin." Lu Bu said in a low voice.

Chen Gong shook his head and said, "When Emperor Ziguangxi succeeded to the throne today, although he gave a small favor to the general, how could the general forget justice for his personal kindness? ”

Lu Bu sighed. "Hold off a little longer to see if I can convince my father-in-law to join us in the uprising."

Chen Gong shook his head again. "Ding Yuan is foolish and loyal to the puppet emperor Liu Wei, how could he listen to the general's words? At that time, it is possible to startle the snake and put the general's life in danger. ”

Chen Gong paused again when he said this, and took out the information from his arms.

"Besides, the situation can no longer be delayed."

Lu Bu took the piece of information, read it carefully, and immediately asked with an anxious face, "When is this?" ”

"The news came last night, and the people who want to come to the unified investigation agency are already about to arrive in Yu County at this time."

"What countermeasures can the public station have?"

Chen Gong said with a smile: "I have a plan to ensure that the general is worry-free." ”

"What's the solution?"

"The general only needs to offer my head......"

"No!" Before Chen Gong could finish speaking, Lu Bu immediately objected loudly. Chen Gong couldn't help but feel a warm heart.

Lu Bu said anxiously to Chen Gong: "Gongtai and I are like humerus siblings, and I have been very helpful since Laibu was around, how can I bear to abandon Mr.?" This matter is still waiting for the long term, but no matter what, I will protect Mr. Thoroughly! ”

Lu Bu's expression was eager and sincere, Chen Gong's eyes were red with emotion, and he said to him excitedly: "The general's righteousness is thin and cloudy, and the palace is grateful." If the situation is changing today, how can he be a general who has lived under people for a long time? At this time, the situation is urgent, if the general is hesitating, the life of the palace is not enough to worry, but the general's bravery will no longer have the day to dominate the world! ”

Lu Bu fell silent again, his head bowed and his face complicated.

Liu Wei and Ding Yuan's support and kindness to themselves, their desire and ambition for power, and finally the glimpse of the streets of Luoyang, Ren Hongchang's smile is an eternal pain in his heart.

All the feelings were tangled in his heart, and when he raised his head again, the gaze in his eyes had been replaced by the determination of determination.

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March 14.

All the way to the dust.

Zhang Jun and his subordinates finally came to a post station in Yuxian County. It was only five miles away from the barracks of the state army.

Hurry up all the way, and only then did I really catch my breath.

In Zhang Jun's opinion, he finally caught up. The identity of that Chen Rang must be clarified before the army goes to war.

The group couldn't help but relax.

The state is poor, and the post stations in the territory are also quite simple. The inn that Zhang Jun and his entourage came to was made of adobe and sat lonely on the edge of the avenue, without any other buildings around. The gate was closed, the original paint color of the wooden door was worn and mottled, and the horizontal plaque with the word "post station" written on the door was also dilapidated, and the handwriting on it had become blurred after the wind and rain.

A member stepped forward and knocked on the door.

A post guard opened the door, and Zhang Jun showed his identity to the front, indicating that he was coming to Yu County on a business trip. The postman apparently received people like them on a regular basis, and did not say anything more, but led them into the courtyard.

The courtyard was surrounded by houses on all sides, and the stables were at the back of the courtyard, and the post man said to Zhang Jun and the others: "The post station is simple, I hope you don't mind." I'll wait until we've brought the horses into the stables, and then we'll arrange rooms for you. ”

The post man shouted to the house, and a few more men came out to take the horses of Zhang Jun and others and lead them into the backyard.

Zhang Jun and the others waited in the courtyard, and after a long time, they didn't see the post guard come back, at this time Zhang Jun felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and was about to call other members to check it out, when suddenly a rain of bows and arrows shot out from the surrounding houses, and in an instant, the members of the coordination agency were shot down, and Zhang Jun himself was hit by two arrows.

After the rain of arrows, a large number of soldiers poured out of the surrounding houses. Zhang Jun and the others had already understood at this time that they had fallen into an ambush by the enemy. There was no time to think about who ambushed them, Zhang Jun and the others turned around and rushed out of the gate.

The gate was already full of soldiers, and two members of the Coordination Society rushed forward, and the soldiers lined up to raise their spears and stab, and the two members lost their lives in an instant.

However, this also bought time for the others, and the rest of the people lit the thunderbolts and threw them at the door.

The thunderous explosion and the sky-high flames shattered the original dilapidated wooden door of the post station, and even the adobe walls on both sides of the door could not resist the power of the shock wave and collapsed, and the soldiers blocking the door were knocked down by the fragments that exploded by the thunderstorm, and the soldiers who had not seen the power of the thunder in other directions were also startled, and they stopped for a while.

In the area of counter-ambush and breakthrough, the Coordination and Investigation Agency has also done a lot of drills in ordinary times -- this is what Liu Wei asked them to do. Although the sudden attack just now caught them a little off guard, and the more than ten comrades they brought also lost half of their Tai, the remaining people were still able to react in time at the moment of danger, and temporarily fought their way out of the bloody road according to the usual drill method.

"Let's go!" Zhang Jun roared and led his men to rush out of the post station. However, the soldiers outside the post station who were not affected by the power of the thunderstorm soon rushed up and surrounded the door, which showed that these people were also well-trained elite soldiers.

Zhang Jun and the others are entangled with those elite soldiers, although none of the members of Zhang Jun's unified investigation agency are mediocre, but they can't stand the other party's large number of people. Seeing his comrades fall one by one, only he and one of his subordinates were left, who were also seriously injured.

I know that it will be difficult for them to survive today, but the news must be passed on. At this time, Zhang Jun could already vaguely guess who was behind the scenes of these soldiers who ambushed them. There are only a handful of people who can call up so many elite soldiers on the ground in the state and have the guts to ambush them.

Zhang Jun's eyes were red, and he ignited the last thunder on his body. didn't throw it too far, the sky-high thunder almost exploded in the battle circle, and the fragments also injured Zhang Jun himself. However, it also reluctantly opened a gap.

Zhang Jun pushed his subordinates out of the encirclement and shouted: "Go find Jiang Qi of the Pingcheng Army and tell him what happened here!" ”

At this time, only Jiang Qi is a person who can be trusted.

The subordinate staggered forward, but within a few steps, a spear burst through the wind, passed by Zhang Jun's side, and pierced the subordinate's body.

Before the subordinate could make a sound, the body fell to the ground. Zhang Jun was dumbfounded, and looked back angrily at the man who threw the spear.

Lu Bu's subordinate general, Wei Xu, looked at him with an indifferent expression.

The suspicions in my heart were finally confirmed. Zhang Jun scolded: "Lu Bu treasoned and defected to the enemy, he will not die well!" ”

Wei Xu didn't answer, still waving his hand indifferently. Soldiers swarmed at Zhang Jun like a tsunami, quickly drowning him.

When everything calmed down, some of the soldiers stayed behind to clean up the inn, and even the adobe walls and wooden gates were repaired as if nothing had happened.

In the next few days, the secret locations used by the Unified Investigation Agency to transmit news in the state were all uprooted, and the imperial court completely cut off contact with the state.

*************

March 18th.

There is no wind in the middle of the night, and the moon is dark and the stars are scarce.

The camp tent of General Zhenbei and General Lu Bu of the Bingzhou Army was brightly lit, and Gao Shun, Wei Xu and other cronies gathered around Lu Bu.

Chen Gong stood aside and watched all this happen.

Lu Bu's expression was serious, and his eyes swept over everyone. Everyone looked at him too, their eyes full of trust and reverence.

After a moment of silence, Lu Bu took a slight breath and made a sound: "When today's son Liu argues and claims to be the emperor, he has a brutal personality and is unkind in governance......"

It didn't take long for Lu Bu to finish speaking. Chen Gong had arranged for him to say this in advance, in order to emphasize the legitimacy of his actions and boost morale. However, in Lu Bu's opinion, this is a superfluous move, in fact, Gao Shun and these warriors don't care whether Liu Wei's throne is legitimate, in their eyes, Lu Bu's voice is an order, and his long sword is where all the soldiers of the state army are pointed.

After the morale-boosting remarks, Lu Bu began to lay out the actual tactical arrangements. Although he is not as good at intrigue and trickery as Chen Gong, Lu Bu is an out-and-out master tactician in this era. Every link is arranged interlocking and seamless. At the end, Lu Bu said: "When the sacrifice begins tomorrow, it is the time to start. ”

Lu Bu paused for a moment, and then continued: "Ding Yuan is the head of the Bingzhou army, and he must be killed in one fell swoop tomorrow." ”

Lu Bu said categorically, and everyone nodded.

Ding Yuan and Lu Bu have a father-son relationship, and they have the grace to support him, Lu Bu said so decisively, although everyone was surprised, but it was not incomprehensible. After all, everyone understands that Ding Yuan is indeed the biggest obstacle to their full territory and statehood.

It was also very difficult for Lu Bu to give this order. At this time, Lu Bu is no longer the Lu Bu who likes to kill his godfather in history. Under Liu Wei's long-term education of knowing honor and shame, Lu Bu actually has a strong sense of shame about "rebellion" and "killing his father". It was only this sense of shame that was finally covered by the ** in his heart that made him choose the path of betrayal. However, this sense of shame did not disappear, and it remained in Lu Bu's heart until he finally took his life because of it.

"What should Zhang Wenyuan do?" Gao Shun asked.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Liao is a subordinate general under Lu Bu's account, but he has been sent by Ding Yuan to Jiang Qi's army to observe, and his relationship with Lu Bu is not close. However, Zhang Liao, as the leader of the younger generation in the Bingzhou army, Gao Shun raised this question, and naturally had a certain love for talent.

Lu Bu understood Gao Shun's thoughts, but he was not optimistic about the surrender of Zhang Liao, and finally just said: "If Zhang Liao blocks it when the incident is raised tomorrow, it will be killed!" ”

Lu Bu made a decision, Gao Shun didn't want to say anything more, everyone discussed the details again, and then went back to prepare.

After everyone went back, Lu Bu glanced back at Chen Gong, who had been silent beside him, and asked, "What does the public station think of my arrangement?" ”

Chen Gong smiled and said: "The arrangement of troops is not the director of the palace, the general is the first person in the world, how the general arranges, whether it is right or wrong, whether it is right or wrong, my subordinates will carry it out." Because I believe that with the power of the general, no one can stop the world, so how can I have doubts about the general's arrangement? ”

Chen Gong's praise made Lu Bu laugh, patted Chen Gong's shoulder, and said: "Gongtai, you have worked hard these days, without your strategy, the cloth will be nothing." ”

"Gong is determined to follow the general, these are naturally things."

Lu Bu nodded. "After tomorrow, I will work hard for a while, and the public station will go back to rest early."

Chen Gong nodded in farewell, lifted the curtain and walked out.

It was pitch black outside, and the heavy canopy of the sky obscured the already dim moonlight.

By chance, he remembered Cao Cao. But in fact, what I remembered was the humiliation he received in Yanzhou.

"Soon." Chen Gong muttered to himself in a low voice. It's like comforting yourself.

Under his control, the world will change!

**********

March 19.

The sacrificial ceremony of sending troops from the state army was scheduled to be held in the camp of Ding Yuan.

Jiang Qi's Pingcheng army, when they came to Yuxian seven days ago, did not belong to Ding Yuan's camp, but camped on a flat land in the northwest corner, echoing Ding Yuan's camp from afar, and it is called each other's horns in the art of war.

The Pingcheng army arrived at the latest, which caused Wang Yun's displeasure. In fact, with the marching speed of the Heijo army, it should not have arrived so late. It's just that Jiang Qi is not too interested in this sacrificial ceremony proposed by Wang Yun.

In this sacrificial ceremony, Wang Yun kept saying that he was following the ancient rites, but in fact, Jiang Qi could also guess Wang Yun's true thoughts.

Since Liu Wei implemented the local management system of separating the military from the government, the rights of the state pastor have been greatly reduced, and a situation has basically been formed in which the military is not concerned with the military and the military does not interfere in the administration. After Wang Yun served as the pastor of the state, he was very depressed about this, and the sacrifice of this army was actually to expand his influence in the army, and in layman's terms, he was brushing up his sense of existence.

However, in Jiang Qi's eyes, not to mention whether Wang Yun's vain attempt to exert influence in the army is in line with the system, Wang Yun's rigidity and inconsistency in handling political affairs in the state are also very criticized. In particular, the attitude towards the Xiongnu, Xianbei and other foreign races is not flexible enough.

Last year, an envoy of the Xiongnu tribe lost his temper in front of Wang Yun because he was not familiar with the etiquette of the Central Plains, and as a result, he was reprimanded by Wang Yun in person, and called them barbarians, assuming a posture of a member of the Heavenly Empire.

This incident had a very bad impact on the Xiongnu tribes, and almost caused discord between the Han and the Huns.

It was precisely because Wang Yun had such a shortcoming, so Jiang Qi felt very dissatisfied with the military behavior after he did not do his job well.

However, although he has great opinions about Wang Yun, as a military general, Jiang Qi has no right to intervene in political matters. It is an iron law that the military does not interfere in politics. For this pastor of a state, he still gave superficial respect.

For today's sacrificial ceremony, Jiang Qi had prepared the soldiers and horses early, but just before leaving, an unexpected thing happened.

A man in his thirties suddenly broke into the barracks, and before the soldiers could stop him, the man fainted in front of the camp gate.

This is a trivial matter, and Jiang Qi doesn't need to bother about it. Li Wei, the mentor in the army, recognized the man as Zheng Fang, the mentor in Lu Bu's army, and hurriedly called for someone to carry him into the camp tent for treatment. Jiang Qi set off to Ding Yuan's camp after preparing his soldiers and horses.

Before he could go far, Li Wei rode up on horseback. Seeing Li Wei's anxious appearance, Jiang Qi ordered the soldiers to stop, stepped forward and said to Li Wei: "What is the so-called matter that Mr. Li is in such a hurry? ”

Li Wei gasped and replied: "General Jiang must not rush to the camp of the Bingzhou army, it has become a tiger's den in Longtan, and he is waiting for the general to throw himself into the net." ”

Jiang Qi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did Mr. Li say this?" ”

Li Wei said angrily: "Lu Bu has rebelled!" ”

Jiang Qiyan's body suddenly straightened up when he heard this, but he still didn't believe Li Wei's words in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Li, don't talk nonsense, how could Lu Fengxian rebel?" ”

"I don't know, everything was told to me by Zheng Fang, who just broke into the barracks." Seeing that Jiang Qi didn't believe it, Li Wei said anxiously: "I am familiar with that person Zheng Fang, he is loyal to His Majesty, and he can learn from the sun and the moon. Besides, the stakes are high, and I don't think he will talk nonsense. ”

"Where is Zheng Fang now? I'll ask him! Jiang Qi said.

Zheng Fang is now fainting again, and the military doctor said that he is in a hurry and his body is weak. He told me everything before he passed out again. ”

"He is only a mentor in the Bingzhou Army, how can he know that Lu Bu is rebelling?" Jiang Qi was still skeptical.

"Lu Bu rebelled, and he will start something today. A Bai commander in the state army was friendly with Zheng Fang, so he leaked this time to Zheng Fang. When Zheng Fang heard this, he was very anxious, because the army was very heavily guarded, and he couldn't find a chance to send the news all night, and he didn't escape until this morning with the help of the Bai Chang, and quickly informed us. Li Wei explained.

Hearing Li Wei say this, Jiang Qi also believed it a little. At this time, the status of the tutor in the army was not high, but he was only responsible for propagating the idea of loyalty to the Son of Heaven, or writing letters and teaching cultural knowledge for ordinary soldiers.

Although he can't interfere in military affairs, he still has a deep relationship with grassroots soldiers and middle-level officers. Therefore, what Li Wei said is very reasonable.

However, it happened too suddenly, even if Jiang Qi had eight points of belief in his heart, but in the absence of any substantive evidence, it was impossible to accuse a general like Lu Bu who had both high prestige and real power in the army.

But it is impossible for the cautious and cautious Jiang Qi to ignore this matter and not prepare. In the end, it was decided to go to the barracks of the Bingzhou Army to participate in the sacrificial ceremony, but a lot of arrangements were made for possible problems.

He agreed with his subordinate Chen Wei that only a small number of soldiers and horses would be brought into the camp, and Chen Wei would command the army and the periphery. Once something went wrong with the sacrificial ceremony, Chen Wei led the army into the camp to rescue.

After arranging everything, Jiang Qicai belatedly walked into the camp of the Bingzhou Army. At this time, it was already too late, Wang Yuntie looked at him with a blushing face, and was about to have a seizure, Jiang Qi rushed forward to apologize: "Qi was entangled in trivial matters, and he didn't come on time, so I hope that Wang Hezhou will forgive his sins." ”

There is no subordinate relationship between Jiang Qi and Wang Yun, and Jiang Qi and Lu Bu are the same generals as Zhenbei and have the title of first-class earl. (Originally the Marquis of Fenyang, Liu Wei became an earl after the title was restructured.) And Wang Yun is just a state pastor, without any title, but from this point of view, Jiang Qi's status is higher than Wang Yun's.

However, as soon as Jiang Qi came up, he put on a low posture and bowed to the end, looking sincerely frightened, which made the anger in Wang Yun's heart unable to be released.

Ding Yuan also played a round on the side and said: "The sacrificial ceremony has not started yet, and Yun Lei is not too late to come." I heard that Wang Bingzhou personally wrote a proclamation to worship the heavens, and I want to hear Wang Bingzhou's writing, so let's start the ceremony quickly. ”

Ding Yuan also came to intercede, and Wang Yun's face was a little pale. Jiang Qi saluted Ding Yuan again, then walked up to Lu Bu and said hello with arched hands.

"General Lu."

Lu Bu nodded at him expressionlessly. Usually he looks like this, and he doesn't see any problems at this time.

Wang Yun was about to start the sacrificial ceremony, when he suddenly found that Jiang Qi had only brought a small number of men and horses into the camp, and he couldn't help but be furious: "Why did General Jiang only bring these people, didn't he despise this sacrifice?" ”

Lu Bu, who had not spoken beside him, also turned to look at Jiang Qi slightly after hearing this, frowning.

"The matter was unresolved, and the army was stranded on the road. Afraid of missing the sacrificial ceremony of Wang Bingzhou, Qi had to come with a small number of soldiers and horses, hoping that Wang Bingzhou would forgive him. ”

Jiang Qi once again put on an expression of apology, stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, even if Wang Yun could no longer tolerate people's character, he had to give up. After all, the sacrificial ceremony is the right thing, and you can't always lose your temper here.

The matter was revealed, and Wang Yun began the sacrificial ceremony. According to the ancient etiquette, the scene is also solemn.

When Jiang Qi saw Zhang Liao, he quietly walked to his side and asked in a low voice, "Has Wen Yuan noticed anything wrong with the army in the past few days?" ”

Zhang Liao looked at him with a puzzled expression and replied, "I was ordered by the general to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and I only came back yesterday, so I ...... Didn't find any problems. ”

Zhang Liao has not been in the state army for a long time, and he does not know much about the personnel in the army, even if there is anything abnormal, it is not easy to notice.

Seeing that Jiang Qi's expression was wrong, Zhang Liao asked with some concern, "Brother Yun Lei thinks something will happen?" ”

There was no evidence, and Jiang Qi couldn't say it to make Zhang Liao suspicious, so he just instructed him: "When the big war is approaching, everything must be vigilant, and Wen Yuan must be very energetic and not slack." ”

Zhang Liao nodded. "That's nature."

The ceremony continued, pigs, cattle and sheep were placed, and Wang Yun also began to recite the long sacrificial text. Everything seemed extremely calm. Jiang Qi looked around vigilantly.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the rear of the camp. Jiang Qi's heart sank suddenly.

Wang Yun, who was intoxicated with his ornate sacrificial text, was interrupted by this riot and couldn't help but be furious. Jiang Qi, who was already late, was choked with anger, and at this time, regardless of whether he had rights in the army, he dropped the sacrificial text in his hand and roared: "When worshipping the sky, it is solemn and sacred, who dares to make a mistake and tie up the troublemaker!" ”

It's just that he gave the order, but the soldiers around him looked at each other and didn't move. Only then did Wang Yun remember the embarrassing incident that he did not have any military power. His face was flushed, and he was about to have a seizure, when Lu Bu's subordinate Wei Xu hurried over.

Wei continued to report to them that the riot turned out to be a fight between two Bai commanders of the Bingzhou army over the distribution of grain and grass, which led to a conflict between the two groups of soldiers.

After understanding the whole story, Wang Yun sneered and said to Ding Yuan: "General Ding's army is so lax that the soldiers are fighting like bandits. ”

Ding Yuanqi's face turned red, and he ordered Wei Xu to bring the committed Bai Chang over for heavy punishment.

Wei Xu replied: "The two people who committed the crime have been subdued and locked up in the tent. It's just that the two of them said to each other that the other was at fault and asked the general to go and judge. The sacrificial ceremony is not a place to distinguish right from wrong, and the general is invited to move to the camp to judge. ”

Ding Yuan nodded, and was about to go with Wei Xu, when Jiang Qi behind him suddenly shouted, "Wait!" ”

Ding Yuan turned his head. "What's the matter with Yun Lei?"

Jiang Qi walked over and placed his body between Ding Yuan and Wei Xu, and dissuaded Ding Yuan: "This is a trivial matter, and the reward and punishment department in the army will deal with it, why should General Ding go there in person?" ”

Jiang Qi also made sense to say this, and Ding Yuan stopped hesitantly.

Wei Xu said again: "The two Bai Commanders who committed the crime named and wanted General Ding to judge, there seems to be something hidden. Now that the war is imminent, if it is not handled properly, it may affect the morale of the army, and General Ding is also invited to move. ”

Wei Xu's attempt to take Ding Yuan away aroused Jiang Qi's vigilance, and he looked at Wei Xu and asked, "At this time, the sacrifice is not over yet, wouldn't it be rude for General Ding to leave here." After the sacrifice was over, I went with General Ding to check it out! ”

Wei Xu saw that Jiang Qi's eyes were not good, so he couldn't help but shrink back and say. At this time, Lu Bu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "This is an internal matter of me and the state army, and there is no need for outsiders to worry about it." ”

Lu Bu said it in a loud voice, and Ding Yuan blamed him dissatisfiedly after hearing it: "Feng Xian can't say that. The Pingcheng Army and our army are both friendly troops, and the relationship is like brothers, how can Yun Lei be considered an outsider? ”

Lu Bu ignored Ding Yuan, changed his previous respectful attitude, and stepped forward in a few steps to confront Jiang Qi and said, "Why did General Jiang obstruct this matter many times? ”

Jiang Qi did not back down from Shang Lu Bu at all. "Why did General Lu insist on ordering General Ding to leave?"

The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Ding Yuan wanted to go between the two to dissuade the two from clashing.

It's just that at that moment, Jiang Qi and Lu Bu both saw each other's killing intent from each other's eyes.

He knew, this idea flashed in the minds of the two of them at the same time, and both of them drew their swords in unison, but Jiang Qi had just held the saber in his hand, and Lu Bu's sword had already slashed towards the top of his head.

The sound of ping-pong is the crisp sound of metal colliding. A spark flashed in front of Jiang Qi's eyes, Lu Bu's sword was only a few inches above his head, and Zhang Liao's saber blocked Lu Bu's attack.

"General Lu (Fengxian), what are you doing?" Zhang Liao and Ding Yuan called out at the same time.

Jiang Qi hadn't reacted in shock at this time. Just now, he and Lu Bu suddenly attacked at the same time, but Lu Bu slashed his sword almost in an instant, and Jiang Qi didn't see his movements clearly at all. If it weren't for Zhang Liao's hard work, I am afraid that he would have died in Huangquan long ago. At this time, Jiang Qicai really felt the terrifying sense of oppression brought by the first person in the world.

Lu Bu was silent in the face of Zhang Liao Ding Yuan's questioning, and swung his sword towards Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao's horizontal sword blocked, and the swords of the two collided again, this time Lu Bu had already used a lot of strength, and Zhang Liao's whole person was shocked by Lu Bu's power and retreated a few steps.

Seeing Zhang Liao retreating, Lu Bu didn't care about him anymore, drew back his sword and stabbed at Ding Yuan.

Ding Yuan didn't expect Lu Bu to make a move on him, he didn't dodge, his eyes widened and he shouted: "Fengxian, are you crazy?" ”

Suddenly, the fire flashed! The explosion of thunder that Jiang Qi threw out sounded around them. With the use of the Sky Thunder so closely, Lu Bu, Ding Yuan, Zhang Liao, including Jiang Qi, were all within the shock wave range of the Sky Thunder.

Lu Bu's martial arts were so strong that he jumped backwards almost at the moment of the explosion, and his injuries were the lightest among the four. However, after Lu Bu stood firm, he did not attack again, and Jiang Qi gave him a great impact this time. He didn't expect that Jiang Qi would put on a desperate posture as soon as he came up, and in the little contact with Jiang Qi, he just felt that Jiang Qi was calm and cautious, and he didn't see that he was so crazy.

And Jiang Qi's body here shook, the explosion shook his ears, and his face was hot and painful, but he still didn't realize that his face was covered with blood. He looked at Ding Yuan and saw that he was sitting on the ground struggling to get up, he and Ding Yuan were both wearing iron armor, and the explosion of the thunder did not fatally injure them.

Jiang Qi rushed to help Ding Yuan up, and ran backwards lifelessly.

Lu Bu was stunned for a moment. In fact, Ding Yuan's roar just now had already hindered Lu Bu's sword momentum stabbing at Ding Yuan. At this time, seeing Ding Yuan running away, there was still a moment of hesitation in his heart.

"General Lu, if you open your bow and have no arrows, you can't be a woman's kindness!" Chen Gong appeared behind him and shouted.

Lu Bu was ruthless and chased after him with his sword. Jiang Qi shook his hand back, and another thunderbolt came over.

Lu Bu took a sword to block it, and the sky-high thunder flew into the air and exploded. At this time, they had also distanced themselves from Jiang Qi and Ding Yuan.

Jiang Qi's guards surrounded him and fired crossbows in a row. As Jiang Qi's personal guard, he has a set of methods to deal with emergencies, not to mention being prepared before coming. It's just that when Lu Bu walked through the rain of arrows like a flying immortal and landed between the guards, all the responses and preparations were wiped out in the face of absolute strength.

The guard standing beside Lu Bu didn't expect Lu Bu to come to the front in an instant, and before he could put down the repeater and replace it with a combat knife, Lu Bu's sword flashed, and his head had already rolled to the ground.

A foot-high blood spurted out from his neck, but it didn't splash a little on Lu Bu's body, because he had already shaken his body and crossed forward.

The two guards picked up their crossbows to stop him, and Lu Bu slashed them to the ground with two swings of his sword. When he landed again, Zhang Liao's long sword swung towards him.

Zhang Liao didn't come here to stop Lu Bu on purpose. He had just made two moves with Lu Bu, and after being shocked by Lu Bu, he had already understood that the strength of himself and Lu Bu was worlds apart. After Jiang Qi escorted Ding Yuan away, Zhang Liao also escorted Wang Yun to break through, and Lu Bu landed next to him so he had to swing a sword at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu blocked Zhang Liao's attack and fought him with two more swords. Zhang Liao's left arm was hit, and blood splattered. Zhang Liao took a few steps back, if he hadn't dodged quickly just now, his entire arm would probably have been cut off.

Wang Yun was so frightened that he almost screamed. He is extremely dependent on Zhang Liao now. Ding Yuan, Jiang Qi, and Zhang Liao are all military generals, so if they want to break through, they will have a chance. And he is powerless, if he hadn't just pulled Zhang Liao to protect himself, he would have to wait for death on his own.

Fortunately, Lu Bu did not continue to attack after forcing Zhang Liao to open, and still wanted to run towards Jiang Qi Dingyuan. At this time, Jiang Qi's personal guards had already changed their swords to surround Lu Bu, and Jiang Qi protected Ding Yuan and opened a large distance.

It was already a little difficult for Lu Bu to pursue Ding Yuan again, but fortunately, Wei Xu and Hao Meng had already led troops to intercept Ding Yuan and Jiang Qi's way. Jiang Qi didn't have many soldiers and horses, and Ding Yuan himself didn't have many people, and they were already turtles in the urn in the camp at this time. Only then did Lu Bu give up the pursuit and seriously fight with the soldiers around him.

On that side, Jiang Qi broke through really hard. Although he had sent a signal for help to Chen Wei as agreed, he still had to hold on for a while before Chen Wei arrived with the army. And the Bingzhou army threw all its strength almost from the beginning, and it seemed that everyone knew the importance of Ding Yuan's life and death. As the supreme military governor of the state, Ding Yuan's own position and prestige made it so that once he was killed, the state would immediately be leaderless, and then Lü Bu could use his strength and prestige to lead the state. And if Ding Yuan is allowed to escape and ascend to heaven, Ding Yuan will launch a counterinsurgency order in the name of the general of the state, and the local forces of the state will not immediately fall to Lu Bu in the name of righteousness, and the matter will become extremely tricky.

In the face of several times their own merger army, Jiang Qi and others have less and less room for activity. Under the left and right kills, it is still impossible to break through the encirclement.

At this moment, Chen Wei led the Pingcheng army to arrive.

The Pingcheng army broke in from the west side of the barracks, and almost all the attention of the Bingzhou army was on Ding Yuan Jiang Qi inside, and the Pingcheng army easily pushed away the repulsive horses surrounding the camp and entered the military formation.

The Bingzhou army did not expect the sudden appearance of the Pingcheng army, and was caught off guard and was rushed through a gap. Jiang Qi took the opportunity to take Ding Yuan out and join the large army.

Lu Bu in the distance had a fierce gaze and saw that Ding Yuan had already merged into the army. Jiang Qi didn't dare to stay, and fought and retreated, wanting to get rid of the camp of the state army.

Lu Bu took out an iron bow, pulled the bow and arrows, and the arrow pointed at the figure of Ding Yuan, who was shadowy in front of him.

The distance between the two sides seems too far. Chen Gong said in a low and meaningless voice on the side: "General Lu? ”

Lu Bu let out a sigh, and the bowstring cut through the air with a dull sound. The arrow bladed through the chaotic crowd like a meteor, and Ding Yuan over there almost walked to the edge of the camp, and the tip of the arrow broke through the armor and penetrated his body.

"General Ding!" Zhang Liao, who fled not far away, roared angrily when he saw this scene.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）