The summer night is short, just after the fourth watch, the sky has gradually brightened, the war in Chang'an City is still in full swing, and the screams and screams are endless.

Because Li Dao, the chief general of the Xiliang elite under Dong Zhuo's command at the beginning, may be the actual controller of the current imperial court Sima and most of the elite of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to personally guard the east gate, the Kwantung princes Jizhou Yuan Shao, Yanzhou Cao Ying, together with Liangzhou Ma Teng, Han Sui and other departments, together with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from the two sides trapped in the city, fought to the death in the alleys of Chang'an City, and they were glued together, only the people of Chang'an were frightened overnight, and hugged each other behind closed doors and windows, lest their homes be contaminated with the scourge of chaotic soldiers.

Outside the east gate of Chang'an City, under the coercion of the Xiliang army led by Guo Yan, the young son of heaven Liu Xie, nearly 200 high-ranking and terrifying court ministers and their families, but they were like refugees, and were driven to the east by a group of fierce and vicious Xiliang defeated soldiers.

Only Liu Xie, after all, is the Son of Heaven, who was assigned to a tattered ox cart that was recruited from nowhere, perhaps just to distinguish his identity.

"See Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Woohoo......"

"Your Majesty! The ministers are ashamed of the big man! ”

"Silence! No noise in the army! Take the whip carefully! ”

Originally, the Son of Heaven and the courtiers were captured by Li Meng and Yang Ding under the command of Li Dao Guo Yan, and they were not together, but because Li Dao personally broke off the previous military order, it made the courtier team staggering forward like a flock of sheep, or met with Liu Xie, and suddenly it was like a drop of water falling in the boiling oil.

"This is my big man? These are the important ministers of my kingdom? "Liu Xie didn't call the heavens and the earth like these ministers, although he was only thirteen years old, he had also experienced eunuch chaos and Dong Zhuo's power, just being coerced away, he had already experienced it twice, his mind was already cold, and he knew that there was no need to blame anyone. Just coldly watched these courtiers who were driven out of the mansion by a group of Xiliang evil soldiers, gathered together like captive livestock and taken away from Chang'an, but there was no solution, and they could only be reduced to prisoners one by one, and the smile on the corner of the young son of heaven Liu Xie's mouth became more and more cold, as if talking to himself, and whispered to the Dong daughter beside him.

"Your Majesty forgives me, maybe they also have their troubles......" Dong's daughter and Liu Xiesui, the youngest daughter of the chariot general Dong Cheng, was sent to the palace by Dong Cheng to take care of Liu Xie's living as a nobleman, after hearing Liu Xie's "self-talk", wiped the tears on his face, carefully looked at the Xiliang defeated soldiers around the ox cart, and saw that these people were only concerned about blocking some courtiers who wanted to rush over to salute Liu Xie, and did not notice this, so he lowered his head and whispered: "Please rest assured Your Majesty, my father will definitely swear to protect Your Majesty's integrity!" ”

"Uncle Guo...... Now I can rely on it, Dahan...... I may only have Uncle Guo to rely on! Liu Xie chipped out Dong Cheng's name, and when he saw the flattering appearance of the Dong girl, he still showed a wry smile on his immature face, and turned his head away.

"Where is the Son of Heaven? Is there anything to be contempt about? "It's just that Dong Cheng and Dong Cheng are here. It is said that Dong Cheng's identity is very special, he is not only Dong Zhuo's family, but also born in the Xiliang Army, he was a subordinate of Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, and his personal relationship with Li Dao Guo Yan is very good, although he is Liu Xie's father-in-law, but he is a character who eats all three aspects. Before Liu Xie's words fell, he heard a horse coming at a speed not far from the ox cart, but he was stopped by the sergeant under Li Meng's subordinates who was responsible for guarding Liu Xie, and when he saw that it was Dong Cheng, he made way of a path.

"Daddy! It's Daddy who came to save us! The Dong family's daughter showed surprise on her tearful face like a pear blossom with rain, and subconsciously pulled Liu Xie's sleeve robe and pointed in the direction of Dong Chenglai, not noticing the coldness in Liu Xie's eyes that did not belong to his age.

"Your Majesty! The old minister is guilty! Tired Your Majesty suffered this catastrophe! Your Majesty rest assured, you will go to take Guo Aduo now, and you must not make Your Majesty lose his identity! Dong Cheng rushed over in a few steps, and when he saw the tattered ox cart that Liu cooperated with his daughter, his face suddenly flashed with a thick anger, and he shouted angrily to the soldiers under Li Meng's command who looked at him from time to time: "Wait for you to report to Guo Yan as soon as possible, just say that it was me Dong Cheng who said it, and no matter what he wants, but the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, no matter when, you can't wait for villains to be contemptuous!" Why don't you go and prepare the rack for food and drink! ”

I don't know if it was the toughness in Dong Cheng's words that made these people feel that the old man in front of them was not easy to mess with, or if Guo Yan had ordered him before, in short, it was not a lot of effort, and everything that Dong Cheng asked for was sent, and even removed some of the Xiliang soldiers who were sent by Guo Yanjia.

"Thank you Uncle Guo!" Liu Xie was like a marionette, and he didn't feel excited because he changed to a more comfortable carriage, and said to Dong Cheng lightly: "But I don't want to be in this Xiliang army, Uncle Guo's words are a hundred times better than mine, it seems that I will rely on Uncle Guo's care in the future." ”

"Death to the minister! The minister never dared to speak to His Majesty! As soon as Liu Xie's rough voice in the voice change period was said, Dong Cheng's face changed drastically, and he immediately knelt down on the car board, kowtowing again and again, and even the Dong girl, who was a little happy to change the comfortable frame, was also shocked by Liu Xie's suspicious words and knelt down.

"You're so careful! Uncle Guo is my father-in-law, I am the half son of Uncle Guo, and the family does not talk about these false courtesies! I also know very well that Uncle Guo is working very hard for me to maneuver in this, what I just said is just a joke, Uncle Guo must not take it seriously. Liu Xie seemed to be very satisfied with Dong Cheng's reaction, and finally showed a little smile on his immature face, stretched out his hand to help Dong Chengxu up, and said: "Don't talk about this, do you know what happened in Chang'an, and where are they going to take me?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty!" Seeing that Liu Xie was no longer playing the "little surname", Dong Cheng quietly wiped the sweat on his forehead, glanced at the accompanying Xiliang defeated soldiers who were in a group around the frame, and arched his hand and said: "According to the army, the west gate of Chang'an was broken by Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao, Yanzhou Mu Cao Ying, and Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng, Jincheng Taishou Han Sui and other troops who invaded Chang'an before. In order to prevent His Majesty from being injured by thieves in the chaotic army, Li Dasima ordered General Guo to take His Majesty and the important ministers of the court out of Chang'an to protect them. ”

"Huh? In this way, Da Sima has a heart! Seeing Dong Cheng's actions, Liu Xie is also a character that Dong Zhuo once praised, and he also understands that his situation is not very good, and many times he has to rely on Dong Cheng's maneuvering as before, and seeing that Dong Cheng is also walking on thin ice but still being very respectful to himself, Liu Xie's eyes gradually softened, and he nodded heavily at Dong Cheng with complicated eyes.

Although Guo Yan had the intention to speed up, hurry to Tongguan, and use the "resources" in his hand to open the road to Wancheng as soon as possible within the time that Li Dao personally fought for himself and others. But after all, he brought the Son of Heaven and courtiers with him, and Li Wei repeatedly said that these people were the capital to save the lives of himself and others, and Guo Yan also thought so. Therefore, although it was only thirty miles away, it took most of the day to see the Tongguan Towering north of the Qinling Mountains and connecting the Forbidden Valley from a distance.

"Lord, something is wrong!" It's easy to get close to the mountain, and you can already see the big Yanzi flag on the Tongguan Pass, Guo Bian's department drove Yang Ding to Guo Yan's side, and said in a low voice: "When I was holding the east gate of Chang'an, I obviously saw that Xuzhou Thorn Shi Qin's big cockroach was less than three or five miles away from Chang'an, but since leaving Chang'an, this way, the more than 10,000 people seem to have disappeared and disappeared. Even if it is a suspicious soldier, it is impossible to disappear like this, there will inevitably be clues left. Besides, Tongguan is close to the mountains, listening to General Li's words, this Qin Xu is very good at using soldiers, and even Cao Ying's 40,000 troops were defeated by him with 400 remnants, the lord should beware of fraud! ”

"How can you not know what you are saying!" Guo Yan looked at the steep peaks and peaks around Tongguan, frowned and said: "It's just that along the way, we have also scattered more horses, according to the reports of several people who came back, in addition to finding signs of soldiers and horses near Tongguan, there are no traces of Qin Xu's 10,000 army elsewhere, although it is suspicious, but it is not impossible to say." Presumably, after Qin Xu got the news that Chang'an was attacked by Cao Ying and Yuan Shao, he couldn't say if he turned back to Tongguan and waited for it. You also said that Qin Xu is very good at using soldiers, it is impossible not to know that in the plains, even if he has many soldiers, it is difficult to defeat the impact of a certain Xiliang Iron Cavalry, so it is not impossible to have the intention of guarding the pass! ”

"Even so, the lord should not be careless! After all, if Qin Xu really turned back to Tongguan to defend it, then there would be at least 20,000 soldiers and generals in Tongguan, which would be very disadvantageous to our army. According to what I have seen, it is safer to wait for the arrival of General Li's main army, and then send someone to do the thing of seizing the pass. Yang Ding listened to what Guo Yan said, although he was still uneasy in his heart, but it was difficult to explain why Qin Xu's 10,000 suspicious soldiers seemed to have disappeared, without any trace, seeing that Guo Yan had the intention to rely on the more than 30,000 Xiliang defeated troops in his headquarters, he wanted to capture Tongguan, which seemed to have at least 20,000 defenders at present, Yang Ding, who was more and more worried in his heart, hurriedly admonished.

"Can't wait!" Guo Yan looked back at the black pressure behind him and suppressed a piece of soldiers and horses in the headquarters, which had already formed a formation because of low morale, and sighed in his heart that he didn't know how many people would flee for their lives in this battle, and immediately ordered: "General Li sacrificed his life to lead the army to fight with Cao, Yuan, Ma, and Han thieves, and after we were determined to wait for us, we must not live up to the mind of Zhiran, Yang Ding, pass the order, allocate a team of soldiers and horses to guard the Son of Heaven and the courtiers, and the rest of the army will march into Tongguan to attract the attention of the soldiers in the switch for the strange soldiers!" ”

"Yes...... Promise! Yang Ding saw Guo Yan's persistent appearance, and knew that his lord princess had made up his mind, although the panic in his heart became more and more intense as he approached Tongguan, but he could only act according to the order, fortunately, the person who was used to attack Tongguan through the small road this time was the elite of the elite of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry built by Dong Zhuo with heavy money, and was later taken over by Guo Yan and organized as a personal guard, and the remnants of the Flying Bear Army were used to fight against Li Dao, the actual controller of the Xiliang Army, although the number was only a hundred, but each of them was enough to be ten, and there was this strong army to do this, barely made Yang Ding's heart a little more stable.

And just when Guo Yan ordered Yang Ding to send the elite Flying Bear Army to discuss the matter of the curious attack on Tongguan, and on the other hand, he sent people to quickly go to contact Li Dao's troops who were still in Chang'an with most of the army and could already fight with the Xiliang Army, but no one found that among the soldiers of the headquarters who had dragged on for a long time due to low morale, there were some familiar faces around them inexplicably, definitely Xiliang soldiers, but they seemed to be unfamiliar faces, but at this time, Guo Yan's troops were in the rear army, Almost everyone's minds were placed on Tongguan, which was notoriously difficult to conquer in front of him, and under the panic that at least more than 100,000 enemies were coming at any time in the rear, no one hesitated about the sudden appearance of unfamiliar faces around him.

"Gongming, is this person Your Majesty? Not! Silence the nobles! Minister's faux pas! The minister Xuzhou assassinated Shi Qin Xu, brought the Yanzhou general Xu Huang, and the righteous minister Fan Chou, and came to the rescue! Liu Xie sent away Dong Cheng, who went to ask for various "treatments" for himself, and was worried about the current situation of the Han Dynasty under the service of the Dong family's daughter, but suddenly the frame shook slightly, a young man dressed in the uniform of the Xiliang Army Elementary School, and the same big man in the standard uniform of the Xiliang Cavalry actually opened the curtain and appeared in front of Liu Xie, I don't know what these two people wanted, Liu Xie subconsciously covered the small mouth of the Dong woman who was about to scream, and looked at the person coldly. But I saw that the young man asked the big man lightly, and after seeing the big man nodding and quitting, he actually went straight into the car, but what he said made Liu Xie stunned, and almost cried.