Suddenly, a familiar figure walked quickly, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun in the room glanced at each other, slowly stood up, and looked at Zhao Yun, a young general with heroic posture and strong martial arts outside the door.

Zhao Yun took the lead in raising his hand to salute, greeted him kindly, and reported in a low voice: "Our army is about to leave for Luoyang, please pack up the two generals, and follow Mr. Gongsun, Mr. Gongtai and General Zhai Yue to Jinan City to settle down with many family members in the front yard." ”

Gao Shun took a step forward, pushed away Zhang Liao's block, and asked loudly in annoyance: "What if I don't leave?" ”

Zhao Yunle said: "General Gao Shun, my lord admires you and General Zhang Liao very much, and he has already ordered all his subordinates not to hurt the two before the war, and said that the two generals are different from Cao Xing and Wei Xu, who regard human life as a mustard, so I hope that General Gao Shun will not continue to make useless resistance...... It's useless to resist! ”

"Okay, don't talk about anything else, please get ready, go out of the city to pay tribute to General Fengxian, and then set off for Jinan."

"Please stay!"

Zhang Liao stopped Zhao Yun, who turned to leave, and hurriedly stepped forward to clasp his fists and salute: "Can General Zilong tell me why your army is going to Luoyang?" ”

Zhao Yun hesitated slightly, and truthfully told Zhang Liao, who he agreed with him: "I'm afraid General Wenyuan doesn't know that internal strife broke out between Li Dao and Guo Yan in Chang'an, and the 70,000 Xiliang army was divided into three camps, and the fight was inextricable. ”

"My lord was worried, worried that the young emperor and his courtiers would be harmed, and he was afraid that he was sorry for the trust of the first emperor, so he could only hurriedly gather people and horses to rush to Luoyang, and quickly march west with the various units of our army guarding Luoyang and the 30,000 soldiers who rushed from Jizhou. No matter what the cost. It is also necessary to rescue the young emperor and the courtiers from the sea of suffering. Anron was sent to Luoyang to reorganize the government and reshape the dynasty. ”

"Thank you, General Zilong! I'll get ready right away. Zhang Liao solemnly thanked Zhao Yun.

Seeing off the humble and amiable Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao grabbed Gao Shun, who was in a complicated mood, and sighed sincerely: "Virtuous brother, General Zijian is indeed worthy of being a virtuous person who has the world in mind and is deeply supported by all the people. Determined to rescue the young emperor and reshape the dynasty, this mind is amazing! ”

"Alas, the matter has come to this, don't hesitate, no matter what, we have to send Mrs. and Miss and others safely to Jinan City before making plans, anyway, there is nowhere to go, and the family members of the foolish brother are also with Mrs. and Miss, and there is no way to go to Jinan!"

Gao Shun took a deep breath: "I didn't expect Liu Zijian to bury the lord well." We are also allowed to go to the memorial service, which is indeed rare. ”

Less than half an hour. The 40,000 soldiers led by Yan Shen, the deputy marshal of the Langya Army, the generals Le Jin, Zhang Rao and others, continued to open out of the north gate.

Fifteen thousand auxiliaries and five thousand light cavalry composed of six artisan battalions, escorting more than 800 fully loaded carriages, marched in the middle of the ranks, stretching for more than ten miles in the direction of Luoyang, and the defense of Pengcheng was handed over to the Xuzhou army, which had high morale after the great victory.

Inside and outside the long pavilion in the north of the city, it is bustling.

The Mi brothers and more than a dozen Xuzhou generals who saw them off finished worshipping in front of the newly built Lu Bu tomb, and saluted Liu Cun, Gongsun Pei, Chen Gong and others who were standing on the side, and Yin Yin rode back to Pengcheng after saying goodbye.

Yan Shen, Zhang Rao, Le Jin and other generals who accompanied Liu Cun also left quickly, rode their horses and returned to the various departments to follow the march.

Zhai Yue, the general who escorted Gongsun Pei and his entourage back to Jinan, and more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, and the 500 personal guards led by Chen Zhi still stood in the north of the long pavilion and waited quietly, and only Zhao Yun was left by Liu Cun's side.

After a while, more than ten wide carriages slowly arrived under the escort of three hundred guards, Lu Bu's widow Yan Shi was wearing a white fur coat, and Diao Chan in the same costume left and right, leading his nine-year-old daughter out of the carriage, Chen Gong took the lead in greeting respectfully, and led the three Yan people with sad faces and tears to the tomb to worship.

Looking at the wide and thick tomb and the black font of "The Tomb of the Great Han Wenhou Lu Gong" in the middle of the towering stone stele, the grief-stricken Yan couldn't help but fall to his knees and cry.

Diao Chan, whose face was pale and so beautiful that the heavens and the earth were moved, gently wiped away the tears that could not be stopped, pulled the frightened little girl, and knelt down facing the tombstone.

Chen Gong and his two wives slowly stepped forward, hurriedly greeted Gao Shun and Zhang Liao's family who followed, and knelt quietly behind the Yan family.

Looking at Lu Bu's subordinates who were crying in front of the brand-new tombstone, Gongsun Pei sighed secretly, whispered a few words in Liu Cun's ear and walked to his carriage.

Liu Cun hesitated for a moment, pulled Zhao Yun up, walked to the tomb together, and burned incense and paper for Lu Bu for the last time.

After a long time, Zhao Yun, who received Liu Cun's hint, saluted the Yan family respectfully, said comforting words of mourning, and sent the Yan family, who was about to faint, to the carriage.

Zhang Liao silently wiped away the tears on his cheeks, glanced at Liu Cun, the general of the chariot and cavalry standing solemnly in front of the tomb, shook his head, and sent his wife and children to the parking lot with Gao Shun.

"Just say anything, it's cold, don't freeze." Liu Cun sighed in a low voice.

Diao Chan's freshly stopped tears gushed out of her flushed eyes again, her cherry-like moist mouth squirmed a few times, and finally made a voice as thin as a mosquito and a fly: "Thank you, General, for your generous burial!" Thank you! ”

Liu Cun raised his head slightly, and responded in a low voice with a complicated expression: "This is as it should be, no matter what people in the world say, General Fengxian is a hero who stands up to the sky in my mind, although he has done a lot of disappointing things, but no one can erase his outstanding contributions to the Han Dynasty, otherwise there will be no Han Wenhou This prominent title!" ”

"Before Feng Xian led his troops to invade Xuzhou, he and I had always been good friends, but I didn't expect to become enemies in the end...... I had repeatedly sent envoys to persuade Feng Xian that he would fight side by side with me for the revival of the Han Dynasty, but Feng Xian did not respond until he captured Pengcheng and wrote back to me, asking me to give Xuzhou to him, which made me very sad and disappointed. ”

Facing the beautiful woman who was staring at him silently crying, Liu Cun felt extremely heavy, looked up at the gray sky with falling snowflakes, and continued for a while before continuing:

"Under such circumstances, I have to lead the soldiers of Qingzhou and Xuzhou to drive him away, otherwise, millions of innocent people will be displaced, and finally die of hunger and cold, in the ice and snow......

"Maybe you don't know, over the past few years, Lord Mizhu and I have invested a total of 200,000 yuan to build Xuzhou step by step into a beautiful home with abundant grains and a happy and stable people, and no less than three million poor people have built their own new houses and lived a stable life."

"Thinking that all this will be ruined by Feng Xian and his soldiers who don't care about the life or death of the people, and have a wild and brutal personality, I can't stand idly by, so there is a confrontation between me and him, and in the end, Feng Xian paid with his life......"

"Every time I think about it these days, I feel very sad in my heart, but I don't regret it, if I do it again, I will still do it, because no matter how brave Fengxian is, no matter how strong he is, it is extremely small compared to the five million people of Xuzhou, here, please understand my choice, even if you hate me more, you must think about the life and death of innocent people."

After listening to Liu Cun's words, Diao Chan suddenly found that he couldn't hate it at all, except for crying silently, he was speechless, until Liu Cun asked her to take the child to board the carriage as soon as possible, Diao Chan raised his head and asked quietly: "What does the general plan to do with us?" ”

Liu Cun smiled bitterly: "I have understood, whether it is you or Mrs. Yan, there are no relatives living in this world, I wanted to send you a rich gift to let you leave, but considering that Feng Xian has been fighting everywhere for so many years, and the enemies are all over the world, I can't rest assured that you are lonely and helpless to leave, so I have to temporarily send you to Jinan to settle down, rest for a while, and wait until I lead my soldiers to the west to conquer Chang'an and rescue the emperor and ministers." ”

Diao Chan's heart rippled, moved but also uneasy, as if he had a premonition of what might happen in the future, a little flustered, a little confused, and a little hopeful.

However, in such an environment, no matter how many questions and thoughts there are, I can't say anything, so I can only hang my head and silently accept everything arranged by Liu Cun.

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Please read "The Thief", but also take a look at Xiaohuo's new book "Immortal Reward", which will give you an absolutely different reading experience! Thanks! (To be continued......)