Chapter 025: The army goes out of the city
For a force of 5,000 men, it took only three days to prepare for battle, which was actually very hasty. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ However, this problem is not a problem for a force that is ready to run away at any time.
In order to leave time for the difference, LΓΌ Bu ordered the troops to start preparations overnight, and with the assistance of Xu Rong, Chen Gong and others, the army was ready the next morning, and LΓΌ Bu immediately sent someone to ask Dong Zhuo for instructions on whether to leave the city immediately and go to the Hedong battlefield.
Dong Zhuo was worried about the war in Hedong, and when he learned that Lu Bu was ready to go to war a day in advance, he immediately rushed to see Lu Bu off, and he didn't want to delay Lu Bu for even a moment.
When Lu Bu saw Dong Zhuo coming in person, his heart became more calm. This is the best, after he leads the army to leave Gumen, even if Dong Zhuo learns the news of Liu Yan's disappearance, there is no possibility of even questioning him in person.
On the side of the North Palace, Hou Cheng took a few henchmen to quickly tie the hands and feet of the palace maids and eunuchs who served Liu Bian with ropes, and then tightened their mouths with white cloths, and then put them all into a wide sack.
The deposed emperor Liu Wei stood in the middle of the room trembling with his hands and feet, not knowing what this gang of fierce soldiers who usually guarded the palace wanted to do.
Hou Cheng reprimanded Liu Bian in a deep voice and said: "King Hongnong, don't panic, I was ordered to take you out of the palace." Dong Zhuo's old thief will harm you sooner or later, and today is the only chance for you and Tang Ji to escape! β
"Dare...... Dare to ask the general, you ...... Which minister was on order? Liu Wei stumbled and asked Hou Cheng.
"Don't you know when you go out! King Hongnong, today I have to offend! After Hou Cheng finished speaking, no matter what Liu Bian thought, a hand knife hit Liu Bian's neck, knocking Liu Bian lightly.
"Come, you two come and tie King Hongnong's hands and feet, and tighten your mouth. This guy is very timid, if he wakes up and makes a sound, he will kill everyone! β
"Hehe, my brothers actually tied up an emperor today, although he is a deposed emperor, he will brag about it in the future, and he will be very beautiful!"
Chen Wei and Li Hei were bold guys, laughing and laughing, and at the same time stuffed Liu Wei into the sack.
It didn't take long for the special operations team in charge of the robbery to mix in with the team of Tiger Ben guards who had evacuated the palace, swaggering to keep up with the Bingzhou troops who were still marching out of the city.
Dong Zhuo sent Lu Bu away and returned to the Taiwei Mansion, always feeling that there was something that had not been done, so he called Li Ru.
"Wen Wei, Lu Bu led the army to Hedong today to reinforce him, do you think the crisis in Hedong can be solved?"
When Li Ru heard this, he frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly realized that something was wrong. "Lord, the order you gave to Lu Bu was to lead the army three days later?"
"That's true. However, Lu Bu is very capable, and he actually prepared a day in advance, and I went to see him off. β
"Lord, Lu Bu, as the general of the Tiger Ben, was originally responsible for guarding the palace, but now he led the army out of the city one day earlier, has General Dong, who is in charge of taking over, received a notification?"
Dong Zhuo knew that he had forgotten something, and hurriedly asked someone to send an order to Dong Min, asking him to immediately lead the troops to the palace to defend the palace. Dong Min received Dong Zhuo's order, did not dare to slack off, and quickly rushed to the North Palace with his people. He personally went to the palace where Emperor Liu Xie lived, and found that Liu Xie stayed inside, so he relaxed. For the abolished emperor Liu Bian, Dong Min, a simple-minded guy, will not pay attention to it at all.
In the evening, the palace people in charge of delivering food found that the small courtyard where Liu Fan lived was empty, and the abolished emperor and Tang Ji were nowhere to be seen, so they hurriedly came to report to Dong Min, and Dong Min realized that something was wrong. However, Dong Min still doesn't think it's a big deal, as long as the little emperor is still there, even if he loses a deposed emperor, it's not a big deal, is it?
The management didn't think so, but Dong Min still sent someone to report to Dong Zhuo about the disappearance of the deposed emperor Liu Yan. After Dong Zhuo learned about it, he blew up at that time, this thing is too bad! If Liu Bian was rescued from Luoyang and then stood up again in other places, the Han would have two emperors, and the rest would be unimaginable.
The angry Dong Zhuo hurriedly ordered that the entire city of Dasuo should not be opened without his order!
Li Ru had a gloomy face beside Dong Zhuo, and for some reason, Lu Bu's respectful face suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Lord, I think this matter may have been done by Lu Feng first!"
"Lu Fengxian? Why did he do that? β
"He wants to support his own army!"
"Ahh The old man has always treated him well, how dare he betray me? Come on, quickly send the two generals Li Dao and Guo Yan to see him, I will send troops to capture Lu Fengxian back, cut open his chest, and see what kind of heart and liver he has! Dong Zhuo was in a hurry at this time, and his speech was a little incoherent.
"Lord, wait! This matter is now only the suspicion of his subordinates, and before he has searched the whole city and cannot find the deposed emperor, he cannot send troops to pursue Lu Bu. The lord only needs to send a small team of sentry scouts to follow the route of the advance of the Bingzhou army, if LΓΌ Bu directly leads the army across the river to Hanoi, this matter must be done by him, if he leads the army to the east of the river, it proves that there are other people. β
Dong Zhuo thought about it and felt that it was a bit hasty to designate the mastermind as Lu Bu now, after all, Lu Bu had never shown any signs of rebellion before, and with his little soldiers and horses, even if he wanted to support the army and respect himself, he was looking for death, and he couldn't make any big waves at all.
"Well, everything will be done according to Wen Wei's words. Come on, go and tell Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Hu Zhen and other generals who are responsible for searching the whole city, no matter which mansion it is, they must go in and search it carefully, whoever dares to resist will be killed! β
In the middle of the night, the state army stopped marching, and the camp was already sixty miles away from Luoyang. Dong Zhuo really didn't send troops to chase after him, which made Lu Bu feel relieved. Although Hou Cheng followed the army out of the city and acted separately, Lu Bu was not afraid of the people sent by Dong Zhuo to conduct inspections, but it was always good to buy more time.
Lu Bu made some changes to Chen Gong's suggestion, and he decided to go to Anyi to reinforce Niu Fu as planned, so that Dong Zhuo kept doubting, but he couldn't find out the truth of the matter. Dong Zhuo sometimes makes two mistakes, no one can predict what he will do, Lu Bu doesn't want to stimulate Dong Zhuo too hard. If Dong Zhuo vented his anger at the innocent people in Luoyang City, then a large number of people would be slaughtered.
At night, Xue Lan quietly came in to report to Lu Bu, and found a team of small tails in the rear, asking Lu Bu if he wanted to dispose of them. Lu Bu told Xue Lan that when he didn't see anything, just let this tail follow.
Chen Gong was in Lu Bu's tent, and he asked Lu Bu: "How long is Feng Xian going to hide this matter?" β
Lu Bu thought for a moment and replied: "It's hard to be sure, if you can conceal the formation of the anti-Dong alliance, it will naturally be the most advantageous." β