These recruits of the Han family have not known each other for a long time, but they have the same sickness and sympathy, cherish each other, and regard Wu Chang Xing Yi as their patron saint. At this time, the cries in the valley were all over the place, and Zhao Yue was even more heartbroken.

He swore that he would kill Pei Yuanshao and avenge Xing Yi. But he was so sad that he didn't have the ability now. At the moment of Xing Yi's death, Zhao Yue began to hate war in his heart, but he couldn't give up his plan to be a soldier at this time.

He and the rest of the people decided to stick to it together, go to Luoyang, and ask the military marquis Liu Zheng to lead his troops to come and quell this gang of bandits.

Indeed, Zhao Yue is kind-hearted, and he will never tolerate the indiscriminate killing of innocents, in order to help Xing Yi take revenge, he must go to Luoyang!

After everyone decided, they dug a big pit in the valley, then buried Xing Yi's body in it, built a grave pile with stones, and used larger stones to stand in front of the grave as a tombstone. After three bows and nine knocks, everyone supported each other on the official road of Guzuo, and the destination was of course the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang City.

At this time, in Zhao Yue's heart, in addition to the old mother Xian's family, there were two more concerns, that is, Xing Yi's two children.

When they were tired, they looked for a shady place under the tree to rest for a while, and when they were thirsty, they went to a nearby farmhouse to ask for a bowl of water, and when they were hungry, they took the food they brought with them to eat, some wild berries picked along the way, and some rice crackers dried at home.

Zhao Yue had no food on his body, and when he came out of the house, he left everything he could eat to his mother Xian, but he didn't bring anything to eat himself. Along the way, he relied on Zhang Duan to help him with food and drink, and now that he was separated from Zhang Duan, he could only hold on.

Watching the people around him gnaw on the fruit while walking, Zhao Yue could only look down and touch the book-like thing in the baggage, which was something his mother gave him, he strictly followed his mother's teachings, and he would never take it until he had to.

Cao Ping seemed to see Zhao Yue's difficulty, silently took out a rice cake from his arms, handed it to Zhao Yue, and said with concern: "Brother Changjiao, you can eat a cake, this is what my mother brought me before leaving, I have a lot of it, and I can't eat it for a while." ”

Zhao Yue looked at Cao Ping, recalling that when he was in a hurry before, this young man had discussed the Gongsun clan in Hebei with Xing Yi, and couldn't help but smile with relief, and was about to take over the rice crackers, and remembered that Pei Yuanshao robbed the road, Cao Ping fainted, Xing Yi was killed, etc., so he was in no mood to eat.

Cao Ping didn't give up, even though Zhao Yue had already said the word no, but he still held the cake and followed Zhao Yue, which meant that if Zhao Yue refused to eat, his hand would have been hanging in the air.

Under the graciousness, Zhao Yue had no choice but to take the rice cracker, take a bite, and then show a reluctant smile.

Since Xing Yi's death, Liu Zheng has not been there, and a few people have lost their backbone, just because Liu Zheng held on to Zhao Yue tightly before he died, so they all regarded Zhao Yue as the new commander. Zhao Yue didn't care about the position of Wu Chang, he just didn't want Xing Yi to end up with hatred, he wanted to lead everyone to Luoyang and find Liu Zheng. Therefore, he unknowingly took over Xing Yi's position.

After walking along the official road for about half a day, one of the people in the team saw the boundary monument, which was engraved with the word "Si Li", and Zhao Yue asked several people along the way, and it was determined that they were finally about to arrive in Luoyang, including Zhao Yue, everyone's happy expressions were overflowing.

While taking a final break on the side of the road, Zhao Yue wiped the delicate beads of sweat on her forehead. In the past few days, he has been walking under the sun, and his face has begun to have a trace of redness, and the tattered clothes on his body are also covered with dust, if it were not for the firm eyes revealed in those clear eyes, I am afraid that passers-by will treat him as a beggar.

Cao Ping stood on the boundary monument and looked into the distance, but his eyes suddenly widened, and he waved desperately to attract everyone, and shouted again and again: "Brother Changjiao, come and see, that person!" The person riding the horse seems to be Lord Liu! ”

Zhao Yue didn't greet everyone, hurriedly came to Cao Ping's side, looked in the direction he pointed, and really saw a person riding a horse and whipping and galloping towards this side.

The man was riding a yellow-maned horse, wearing a red robe, with a thin body, a haggard face, and a resolute expression, it was none other than the military marquis Liu Zheng that Zhao Yue and the others thought about day and night!

Liu Zheng also seemed to see Zhao Yue and the others, and hurriedly whipped his horse, and after getting close to everyone, he jumped off the horse, led the horse, trotted in front of everyone, and carefully measured it. After confirming that it was his soldiers, Liu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

I wanted him to ride all the way back to Luoyang first, and after reporting the news, he wanted to return quickly, but he didn't expect to be harassed by the city guards in every way, claiming that he would not be allowed to leave the city within a day, and he had no choice but to be trapped in the city. When the city guards were willing to let him go a day later, he happened to run into Han Kui and his party who had returned.

He didn't have time to think about it, thinking that everyone had returned, but one of the people in Dong's army said that the Han army had been ambushed at the mountain pass on the border between the two states. Liu Zheng counted carefully, and really saw that there were seven people missing, and he blamed Han Kui, Han Kui explained the situation at the time, and only said that it was a last resort, so he didn't care about a few people under the Han army.

When Liu Zheng was in a hurry, he didn't care about reasoning with Han Kui, and immediately got on the horse and went out of the city, thinking that he would find out what was going on in the valley, but who expected to meet Zhao Yue and others here.

After listening to Liu Zheng tell his story, thinking of the hardships and hardships along the way, Zhao Yue and everyone burst into tears.

Liu Zheng was also very sad, and persuaded him with good words: "Alas, don't be sad, what you Han Junhou did is not unreasonable, everyone just come back safely." ”

After saying that, Liu Zheng looked at everyone again, but suddenly found that his appointed Wu Chief, Xing Yi, was gone. He asked curiously, "What about your captain?" ”

These words poked everyone's injuries, and everyone fell to the ground together, and the scene surprised Liu Zheng. Zhao Yue lay on the ground with her hands on her hands, knocked her forehead on the cold ground, and respectfully pleaded: "Lord Junhou, Chief Xing Wu was killed by the Yellow Turban thief Pei Yuanshao at the mouth of the valley, I will ask you to send troops to exterminate the bandits!" ”

Liu Zheng heard this, but he didn't react much, he didn't speak, just squatted down silently and helped Zhao Yue up. Zhao Yue looked at Liu Zheng, there was no expression on his face, it was like a boulder thrown into the water without the slightest ripple.

Liu Zheng asked everyone to get up, and then he jumped on the horse and said softly: "This matter will be discussed later, everyone follow me back to Luoyang first, it is better to go to the city early to rest all the way." ”

Seeing that Liu Zheng said so, Zhao Yue and the others couldn't ask for anything more, so they could only follow Liu Zheng all the way to Luoyang City.

Before entering the city, everyone was shocked by the city of Luoyang City: the size of the city was comparable to dozens of Kunyang cities, only one city gate could allow five or six carriages to enter side by side, and the suspension bridge lowered on the wide moat was pulled by huge ropes. And the soldiers standing on the city gate also looked heroic and good at fighting.

Lifelike, what a scene of the imperial capital!

Standing in the tide of people coming and going, Zhao Yue looked at the people on the city gate stupidly.

Seeing this, Liu Zheng said calmly: "You haven't seen such heroic soldiers, they are all soldiers under Dong Zhuo, and at present, the defense of the entire Luoyang is responsible for Dong Zhuo and his subordinates." ”

Zhao Yue nodded in amazement and followed Liu Zheng to the city gate. The gatekeeper guarding the city wanted to interrogate the group, but their captain seemed to know Liu Zheng, waved his hand, and let them pass.

After entering the city, Zhao Yue knew that the outside world was so exciting, and the anger of revenge in his heart temporarily subsided, while his attention was attracted by the bizarre market alleys in front of him.

The straight avenue leads to the splendid palace of the Han Dynasty not far away, and the avenue divides into countless paths at intervals, along which are merchants, private houses, and so on. There are also many people who set up stalls on the ground, selling some groceries, pottery, straw sandals.

Cao Ping looked here for a while, and looked at that for a while, his mouth never closed, and he was completely fascinated by the bustling Luoyang City.

"Look!" Cao Ping squeezed at the front of the crowd, surrounded by Han Dynasty people shopping side by side, he turned around and shouted: "There is a place over there, the building is quite luxurious, and there are many people gathered, it must be a good place!" ”

Liu Zheng led the horse, turned around and said to Zhao Yue and the others: "Over there are big merchants in Luoyang City, selling some valuable utensils, from peerless divine soldiers, long-lost military books, to all kinds of treasures, and wine from the Western Regions. ”

Zhao Yue couldn't help but admire: "There are constant wars in the outside world, and there can still be such a prosperous scene here, the people here live so richly, it can be seen that the emperor is still relatively virtuous." ”

When Liu Zheng heard this, he frowned, and stopped talking, but finally didn't say anything, but continued to lead the horse forward.

He needed Zhao Yue and others to take them to the school and enter their names into the military register.

Everyone followed Liu Zheng all the way, not forgetting to look east and west along the way, Cao Ping almost broke a clay puppet pinched by an old man who set up a stall, but fortunately, there were many people, and he ran in time.

In addition to the common people, there were also armoured patrols that often passed through the streets, and those people usually walked in groups of seven, armed with swords, patrolling fixed streets, and the people had to dodge when they saw them.

For the first time, Zhao Yue envied these soldiers, and hoped that she would be like them in the future, wearing armor and holding a sword, and she didn't know how happy she would be when she went home to see her mother like that. Walking on the bustling streets of Luoyang City, Zhao Yue was wandering in her heart: Could it be that a certain person who walked by him was actually a big official in the government, or a rich man in the city? As soon as he thought of this, his mood was full of anticipation, and he had a little more respect for the passers-by around him.

In addition to being happy, he will also have a trace of displeasure slipping into his heart.

frowned, it was he who remembered his mother who was still in Kunyang, and he didn't know if she was safe now; Gritting his teeth, he remembered Xing Yi who died on the road, and he didn't know if his two children would cry when they knew that their father was gone.

Everyone walked, and as soon as they arrived at the gate of the school field, the sound of the sergeant drill in the field was already deafening, which made people think about it, and the appearance of the drill in the field must be magnificent.

Liu Zheng asked Zhao Yue and the others to stay outside, and he hurried in. Looking at Liu Zheng's back as he walked away, Zhao Yue's heart spontaneously gave rise to a kind of confusion.

Why? Why did he mention Xing Yi's death just now, Liu Zheng's reaction was so flat.

Why? Why does he think that between Liu Zheng and Han Kui, or between Liu Zheng and Dong Zhuo; Or, is there a certain gap between the Han army and the Dong army?

Maybe it's a pain to be empathetic and sharp-minded.

Although the young Zhao Yue saw some clues of the general trend of the situation at this time, with his current knowledge, he couldn't figure it out anyway, he was just an ordinary Han Dynasty soldier, and Liu Zheng naturally wouldn't talk to an ordinary Han Dynasty soldier.

Zhao Yue, who was standing outside the school field and waiting, was bothered by all kinds of trivial matters, he had a splitting headache, he couldn't understand many things, and for a moment, he even felt that casually saying that he wanted to join the Han Army was actually a wrong choice, and he felt that it was because of this decision that he was now distressed. Zhao Yue believes that if there is a chance to choose again, he may consider it carefully.

That night, the moon was bright and the stars were thin, and the evening breeze was cool. Zhao Yue and Cao Ping, who had worked hard all the way, were arranged by Liu Zheng to live in the barnhouse, which was a veteran barn located on the outskirts of Luoyang, next to a forest. This barracket is said to have been built by Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty when Liu Xiuding, the capital of Luoyang, and was accompanied by Han recruits from elsewhere.

Zhao Yue and Cao Ping were assigned to a room, and Liu Zheng was about to leave after giving the order, but was stopped by Zhao Yue: "Lord Junhou, do you know where the Dong soldiers who came with us all the way live?" ”

Liu Zheng seemed to be very taboo about this question, and Zhao Yue noticed it, which made him even more convinced of his thoughts in the day, there must be some kind of dislike between the Han army and Dong Jun, so Liu Zheng would be a little abnormal when he mentioned Dong Zhuo, so Han Kui would let the soldiers of the Han army die.

Zhao Yue is smart, but he is also stupid, although he can analyze the surface situation, but he doesn't know the inside story.

He didn't know that the entire court had already become a mess now, and Dong Zhuo was regarded as a traitor by every courtier loyal to the Han Dynasty in the court, such as Yuan Shao, if it wasn't for the persuasion of his old friend Cao Cao, how could he put up with Dong Zhuo for so long.

At this time, in order not to embarrass Liu Zheng, Zhao Yue hurriedly explained: "I have a very good friend, who is a soldier of Dong Jun, and I think he has already arrived in Luoyang City in advance, I don't know where he lives, if you know, I hope to tell the villain." ”

Liu Zheng said with relief: "Don't say that you are here to confirm the whereabouts of your friend, even if you are curious, there is nothing that you can't tell you, Dong Jun is currently stationed in Luoyang City, near the school yard, the military house was built by the late General He Jin to facilitate the training of Han Dynasty soldiers." ”