Chapter Seventy-Eight, The Son of Heaven Guards the Palace Gate (Middle)

There will be disagreements, but it is also reasonable.

After all, it can be seen from what happened to the Son of Heaven that although the starting point of these old ministers and important ministers of the Son of Heaven is likely to be the same, this cannot change that they may also have their own interests.

Although the Son of Heaven and his family took power after Lu Bu took power, for various reasons, they actually had a lot of power that could not be imagined in the past, but the people's hearts were not enough to swallow elephants, and it was normal for people to want to advance if they had an inch, but in view of the situation that the current court and the central government have gradually stabilized, they want to be more enterprising, they must inevitably violate the interests of others, if they want to seek vacancies, it is more monks and less meat, so disputes and contradictions will inevitably occur.

Take the most typical Fu Wan and Dong Cheng as an example, the daughters of the two of them entered the palace at the same time, one became the queen of the dynasty, and the other was quite favored by the Son of Heaven and was fortunate to be a nobleman.

Dong Cheng is a sincere person and doesn't mind this, but it's different, but at that time he still had a queen's daughter to rely on, and Dong Cheng has always been dominated by him, which can make him feel a little balanced in his heart; But in the harem, the mother has always relied on the son, and there is no queen who can definitely sit firmly, so Dong Guiren's pregnancy will cause Fu Wan's vigilance and even jealousy, and he has lost his past judgment on some issues. And Dong Chengren is not stupid, and a good temper does not mean that he is easy to bully, so after understanding Fu Wan's thoughts, he will inevitably have an estrangement in his heart, otherwise it is impossible for him to be absent from the people who visited Fu Wan's mansion during this time.

Even Liu Xie's two most powerful henchmen are like this, not to mention others, at this critical moment, these people are still secretly fighting for a mess, and I have to say that they also have a bad head after the ambush, so that no one can lead the Yulin army to meet the enemy army entering the city.

But there's a limit to everything. Everyone could fight so fiercely before. An important reason is that Ma Chao's army only swept around the periphery of Luoyang City, and they did not have any immediate needs; Now there is no way, the other party has already bullied the door, even Dong Cheng, who has been annoyed, knows that he must calm down and concentrate on dealing with the incoming enemy.

Pound has some brains. I knew that if I would attack the palace so boldly. It's easy to provoke public outrage. So he also found an excuse to lead the army to meet the Son of Heaven, but if Dong Cheng could believe such an excuse, he would not be so relied on and entrusted by Liu Xie.

But they also know one thing very well. What Pang De needs is just an excuse that can be said, and as for whether it is credible or not, even Dong Cheng will not care.

Dong Cheng is now more concerned about whether Liu Xie can wake up in time and lead them to defend against foreign enemies.

Although Dong Cheng is the main general of the Yulin Army, he said that he has never really led the troops to fight with people before, especially in the current emperor's family of people, even this time Dong Cheng summoned everyone over under the pretense of Liu Xie's order, and many people have not yet arrived, such as the ambush, Dong Cheng will inevitably worry that he may not be able to shock the scene at that time, if Liu Xie comes out, even if he just stands there and shows his face at that time, the meaning is completely different, and it is more likely to play a great role.

It's a pity that since a few days ago, Liu Xie has often been in poor spirits for some reason, and yesterday he was in a coma on the spot when he asked to see him.

Although Dong Cheng didn't know the inside story, he always had some bad guesses and premonitions in his heart, so on the one hand, he directly faced Najinmen Street at the gate of the palace, that is, the direction where Pang De led the army, and arranged for people to line up at the same time, and on the other hand, he had to ask people to pay attention to the situation on Liu Xie's side at all times, and once the other party came to his senses, he would immediately invite him over to take charge of the overall situation.

However, although he was well prepared, and even went down to arrange the details in person, from the bottom of his heart, if he could, Dong Cheng still hoped that the other party could really be as he said, just to see the Son of Heaven, and had no other meaning, of course, he also knew that this was just a luxury, so while thinking about it, he was also more vigilant, and even arranged several classes of scouts to investigate the situation ahead.

Jinmen Street is one of the largest streets in Luoyang, not only the street is wide, but also the length is thousands of steps, and the ground has been repaired many times, it is considered to be very smooth in this era, for the enemy's march, it can be said that it is a smooth road, without hindrance, but this morning there was a sudden fog, and the mist has not dispersed on the road so far, so if you don't send scouts to report early, I'm afraid you won't find out until the other party approaches you.

However, by the time the last group of scouts returned, the Pound leader had already appeared less than a hundred paces away.

Until this time, the extravagant hope in Dong Cheng's heart was completely put aside, and it was still a little heavy, according to the direction of the other party's march, there was no doubt that the goal was here, and if it was really just to meet the Son of Heaven, why did he bring so many people and horses to make such a big noise?

Don't say that Dong Cheng and they won't believe it, I'm afraid they won't believe it themselves, this is just a nice excuse to say, their real purpose is probably no different from the original Dong Zhuo, and even worse, who told them what they have done in Luoyang these days, more than the original Dong Guo thief, now the people of Luoyang but whenever they hear about them or see their military flags, they are not afraid of the wind, and everyone is terrified of the place where they pass.

So at this moment, in the eyes of Dong Cheng and others, it is actually a critical moment of life and death, even when Dong Zhuo was in charge, there was never such a crisis, and although the young son of heaven still has nothing, he still lives in the deep palace and has not yet sobered up, but as courtiers, they can't help but share the worries of the lord.

If there was no self-protection force before, it would be fine, but now that they have such a force, they will do their best, and they will definitely expel the other party from Luoyang City, and at the worst of all, they must ensure the safety of the palace on all sides, especially not to disturb the Son of Heaven.

Originally, according to the ideas of Dong Cheng and others, of course, they were unwilling to go head-to-head with Ma Chao, after all, although Liu Xie now has his own escort force, and many of them are carefully selected elite soldiers, but after all, they have not been formed for a long time, and the run-in is not enough, the most important thing is that this army has never experienced the tempering of the battlefield, and no one knows what kind of expression they can have when facing the enemy. Zhang Liao or just a general like Cao Xing, there is still a fight, but the problem is that these royalists around Liu Xie let them talk on paper, if it is a real battle, even Dong Cheng is completely unsure that he will be able to resist the enemy with only the useless protection of Miyagi.

However, from another point of view, what they lack most is experience and confidence, but they still have strength, if they can block the first wave of the enemy's impact, they will be much smoother next, so it is best to be able to hold out until Liu Xie wakes up.

However, what Dong Cheng didn't expect was that when the enemy army was less than thirty steps away from his side, as far as the fog shrouded in vision could reach, such a range was enough to see each other, and when they first saw the row of people in the front of the opposite side, Dong Cheng's heart couldn't help but sink even more.

"Dong Guozhang, why bother to resist again, General Ma and General Pang are only here for Lu Bu traitors, if Dong Guozhang can let the Son of Heaven cooperate with them, it will not be harmful to all of us."

"Yes, Dong Guozhang, Dong Guiren now has a dragon species, presumably Guozhang and the Son of Heaven don't want to disturb her when the time comes, disturb the fetal gas, what accident happens?"

"Hehe, that's what I said, but we are sincerely thinking about the country, the nobles, and the Son of Heaven, and I think you can also understand our hearts; If you don't understand, hehe......"

Listening to these words of coercion and temptation, Dong Cheng couldn't help but tremble with anger, and more importantly, he didn't even know where to get angry with the people in front of him.

These people in front of him are none other than the ministers of the court in Luoyang City like Na Fuwan, and some of them have a high status and good popularity, no one expected them to be so soft-boned.

Compared to Lu Bu, these people can also be called "traitors", but compared to the ups and downs, these people don't seem so unexpected.

When Dong Zhuo was in power, the big families in Luoyang were almost replaced, and those old families who had at least lasted for decades and occupied countless interests and power were suppressed because of their disobedience to Dong Zhuo, and a group of upstarts were supported under Li Ru's proposition, on the one hand, in order to consolidate Dong Zhuo's dominance and use them to fight against those old families; On the other hand, it is naturally necessary to rely on them to re-divide the interests of the class in Luoyang, and almost all of these ministers who appear in front of Dong Cheng's eyes are the ones who were supported by Dong Zhuo at that time.

However, it is said that once the Son of Heaven was a courtier, although from Dong Zhuo to the current Lu Bu, the Son of Heaven is still the same Son of Heaven, but if it is said that from the perspective of the actual person in power, even if Dong Cheng is unwilling to admit it, although it is the Son of Heaven who is in charge of the current Luoyang and even the imperial court, it is Lu Bu who has the greatest influence and actual power, but many times Lu Bu will not refute Liu Xie's opinion, and it seems that he has a lot of respect for him, which is also the key to Dong Cheng and these people not rejecting Lu Bu.

These people were able to gain benefits and gain power when Dong Zhuo was in power, but on Lu Bu's side, this way was not possible, compared to the fact that they might have to thank Lu Bu's line of the Son of Heaven and the royalists, they had more reason to oppose Lu Bu. (To be continued......)