Chapter 67: The Western Liang Army
Seeing the flaming Bingzhou army in the distance, it began to march rapidly under the command of Ding Yuan, and at this time, the Xiliang soldiers and horses from the other direction were still slowly moving forward in the distance, but the three thousand cavalry led by Dong Zhuo had already marched to the boundary of Luoyang, and as soon as he looked up, he could see the city wall in the distance, and the scene he saw was more shocking than the Bingzhou army in the distance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The cavalry of Xiliang and Bingzhou and Youzhou are the elite of the cavalry in the world, these 3,000 cavalry are all wearing black armor, wearing steel helmets, holding cold spears, and there is a kind of wind and wind in the northwest land between the movements.
Dong Zhuo led the army to gallop at the front, looking at the majestic Luoyang in the distance, forgetting to control the reins in his hand for a while, and sighed involuntarily.
"Damn, these cultural people are so ruthless."
A good magnificent city, originally a metropolis where the world's merchants gathered, but also the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, prosperous and magnificent, needless to say, high-rise buildings, Qionglou Yuyu.
And now Luoyang is full of fire, the original dark sky is illuminated by it as day, the city wall that is as tall as the mountain wall is also smoked with a layer of black ash at this time, the dozens of high-rise buildings that can be seen from outside the city wall, including the famous world's first restaurant, the layers of floors are stacked like towers, but now it has become a huge torch, burning in the night.
The houses are like this, not to mention the people in the city, across the city wall and the distance of more than ten miles, Dong Zhuo and the generals can hear the screams in the city that are terrifying, just by the screams that keep coming from the city, you can imagine how miserable the scene is in Luoyang City at this moment.
Dong Zhuo came back to his senses after a long time, looked at Luoyang in the distance like a fire bucket, rubbed the messy beard on his chin, looked at Li Ru beside him in surprise and asked, "The general wants to kill a few eunuchs...... Ordered Luoyang? β
"Forehead......" Li Ru's face froze, and he said embarrassedly, "This, the son-in-law doesn't know." β
At this time, Zhang Liao galloped with Dong Zhuo, his expression was firm, his eyes were riding forward without squinting, and he let the cloak on his shoulders be carried up by the speeding horse, listening to Dong Zhuo and Li Ru's doubts, his eyelids drooped, and he knew in his heart that it was the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants who began to kill the eunuchs, but he still pretended not to know and followed silently.
"Then I'm wondering, alas, no matter, let's keep going." Dong Zhuo shook his head and kicked the horse's belly and continued to move forward.
"Si-" Li Ru took a sad breath as he rode his horse and thought to himself, "I don't feel like it, how can there be such a big mess?" β
"If something goes wrong, there will be chaos, and it must be investigated." Li Ru, who had made up his mind, hurriedly stopped Dong Zhuo.
"Father-in-law, this matter is a little strange, it is better to postpone the march and order someone to investigate. Anyway, there is plenty of time, just enough for the soldiers to rest, and it is convenient to deal with changes if there is a change. β
Dong Zhuo listened, felt reasonable, nodded secretly, and immediately tightened the reins to control the horse to stop, and at the same time waved his hand to signal the army behind him to stop marching.
"Stop moving, I'll wait here for a short rest, and the scout will quickly go to Luoyang to visit."
The team that had just been overwhelming immediately fell silent, each sitting on their horses to rest, and a team separated from the team and went to Luoyang to investigate.
Min Gong, a magistrate in the middle of Henan Province, suddenly dreamed of burning the sky at night, and was startled at night, and suddenly saw that there was really a faint fire in the distant sky, which was the direction of Luoyang, and he was shocked, and immediately dressed neatly and prepared enough soldiers and horses, and was about to send troops to fight the fire, when suddenly at this time a herald that said that it was from Luoyang came to Min Gong.
"My lord, Zhang Rang's rebellion killed the general, was suppressed by the soldiers and horses in the city, and kidnapped His Majesty and King Chen Liu to escape from the palace, please go to the rescue quickly."
"What? How dare a gelding do that! Min Gongzhong was brave and brave, how could he tolerate the slightest delay at this time, and shouted at all the soldiers and horses under his subordinates, "Follow me out of the city, save the thief!" β
At the same time, many of the leaders of the division received such a notice, and after receiving the order, they led the troops out one after another, and began to search with torches in the deserted suburbs near Luoyang.
The huge momentum alarmed many people around Luoyang, small counties, villages, and suburbs of the people have come out of their residences, gathered together to point and talk about the fire in the sky and the soldiers and horses moving back and forth in front of them, and some people also took advantage of the excitement to move the bench and food, and have fun with family and friends.
Zheng Xuan stood quietly outside the grass house, looking at the fire in Luoyang City, and then looked up at the stars in the night sky, and sighed silently.
"How? Do you know what's going on there? Lu Zhi had just sent away the officers and soldiers who had come to search, and asked Zheng Xuan anxiously.
Zheng Xuan looked left and right: "How did you send the officers and soldiers outside the door?" β
"Oh, the people who came know me." Lu Zhi was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, "Hurry up and tell me what's going on in Luoyang?" β
Forced by Lu Zhi to be urgent, Zheng Xuan said helplessly: "Ziwei Star is obscure, there is no emperor in the world, even if the Han family can survive this catastrophe, it will exist in name only, and the three major killing stars gather, surround Ziwei, abandon the center, the great evil, and the world will be in turmoil for a short time." And the emperor star deviated, combined with the fire in Luoyang at this moment, our little emperor must be scattered outside the palace, and his life and death are uncertain. β
"Alas!"
Lu Zhi slapped his thigh and was about to rush outside.
"Oops!" Zheng Xuan had already prepared, and quickly grabbed Lu Zhi, "I knew that you had this reaction when you heard it, and I didn't plan to tell you." The Han family is going to die, that's fate, what's the use of you going? β
"Then you have to keep Your Majesty!" Lu Zhi said to Zheng Xuan anxiously.
"Lu Zhi!" Zheng Xuan raised his voice violently and angrily called Lu Zhi's name.
"Can you calm down? Look at yourself now, where did all the calmness go when you were fighting? rushed out to rescue the driver, do you still think you are the general who controls the world's soldiers and horses? β
"You're a farmer now! You can't! It's not something you can influence in this world. β
"Now you go out, and those who know will call you Lu Shi, and flatter you at will, if you don't know, who cares who you used to be an old immortal!"
"Today, if the young emperor is dead, he is dead, and if he is alive, it doesn't matter to you, you can't control it! You're old! Do you understand when you're old? β
After speaking, Zheng Xuan took the bronze mirror on the table into his hand and fell at Lu Zhi's feet.
Lu Zhi froze in place, the bronze mirror under his feet was still spinning, and it happened to be facing his face when he stopped.
Lu Zhi looked at his somewhat deformed face in the mirror, which was already wrinkled, and his temples were white, and then he looked at the junior brother in front of him who was angry at him, he was already white, and he could already be treated as an immortal when he went out.
But the scene of studying under Ma Rongmen with Zheng Xuan seemed to be still in front of him, the room was full of beauties sitting, but he was unmoved, and he never looked at it when he was studying, and Zheng Xuan at that time was free and easy, talking and laughing with the singer but never delaying his studies, both of them were amazed by Ma Rong's applause.
Now Zheng Xuan, who is happy and free, is still the chic appearance of the past, and he seems to be still the high-spirited young man who ordered troops to go to battle, and the passionate war song is still echoing in his ears.
But now look at the white hair and old face in the mirror, time is flying, it turns out that these are all gone.
Lu Zhi sat on the ground a little weakly, his eyes staring at the dazzling white hair in the mirror, and he didn't say a word.
"Okay, I'll go out and help you find out the news, protect those children and stay here, if you act alone, my martial arts are much stronger than your leader." Zheng Xuan watched Lu Zhi sit on the ground in despair, knowing that he had lost his words, and felt a little uncomfortable.
"Oh...... All right. Lu Zhi slowly turned his neck to Zheng Xuan, as if he was ten years old, and stood up with his hands on the ground, "Alas, be careful, you are also old." β
"Well......" Zheng Xuan smiled a little desolately, "It's old, but it's not useless." β
Zheng Xuan turned around and walked out of the grass house, Lu Zhi turned his head to look at the house built for the children on the edge of the grass house, and walked in softly to see if anyone had slipped off the quilt and gently covered it for him.
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Dong Zhuo led the army to rest in place for a while, and finally waited for the scout who had returned to his life.
"The general He Jin has been killed by the ten permanent servants, Yuan Shao and others led the army to avenge the general, stormed the palace, and killed the eunuch when he saw it."
Dong Zhuo eagerly asked the scout, "What about Your Majesty?" Your Majesty is alright? β
The scout replied: "Your Majesty was kidnapped by Zhang Rang and Duan Jue, escaped from Luoyang, and is missing, and now there is a large army searching everywhere." β
"Since it's just a eunuch in the palace, why has Luoyang City become like this?" Li Ru stepped forward with a frown.
"Lord Hui, it is said that there are eunuchs and palace maids in the palace who have stolen their property and escaped, wandering through the streets, and are being pursued by officers and soldiers."
"Pursuit?" Li Ru's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, "Can the pursuit make such a momentum?" β
Zhang Liao, who was listening to it, was also full of suspicions, this matter didn't sound so simple.
"Oh, Wen You, the top priority now is to find the young emperor, and I'll talk about the things in Luoyang City later!"
When Li Ru heard this, he had to suppress the doubts in his heart, said yes, and then turned his head to Zhang Liao and said, "Order the whole army to set off to find the young emperor." β
Zhang Liao nodded, turned around and ordered.
The torrent of three thousand soldiers soon flowed again, making a thunderous rumble on the earth, heading in the direction of Luoyang City, looking for the young emperor.
It's just that Li Ru and Zhang Liao haven't stopped thinking along the way, and the more they think about it, the more they feel that there is something wrong.