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If you really want to say that Ma Chao's team of people and horses after entering Luoyang City is completely unrestrained, and it is too one-sided, at least in one point, it seems that he and Xu Rong's side have reached a tacit understanding, that is, no matter how they make trouble in other places in the city, whether it is in the streets densely populated with shops, or in the Li Fang where nobles gather, there is one place that is not involved, that is the imperial palace in the imperial city, and the north and south palaces are no exception.

As the imperial capital, Luoyang is a rare big city in a country, the difference between the inner and outer cities, the urn city, etc. are all preserved, coupled with the geographical advantages of the mountains and rivers, it is indeed an easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, this is also outside the outer city, or between the outer city and the inner city, but if you wait for the inner city to be within the city, it is almost equivalent to an undefended place, there is no geographical advantage to rely on, and there is also not much protection that can withstand foreign enemies, if people enter it, in addition to fighting directly with the human wall, there is no effective resistance.

And in the inner city of the palace, it is even more so, although the palace is surrounded by brick walls, but it is still incomparable with the towering city walls of the serious response to foreign enemies, especially the palace wall itself in addition to highlighting the unfathomable majesty of the deep palace compound, the meaning of guarding is not heavy, even if it is the North Palace, which was slowly built later and has been aware of this aspect.

In fact, there is another main reason, which happened when Dong Zhuo was still dominating Luoyang.

Speaking of which, most of Dong Zhuo's management of the land of Luoyang is based on Li Ru's intentions, but for the palace. He had his own set of ideas, and the starting point was not to restrict the little emperor Liu Xie, but just to facilitate his own access to the palace.

Before him, the palace was heavily guarded, even if he experienced several defeats such as Emperor Ling, but because the foundation was too thick, it was still very tight in this part of the imperial city, not looking at the palace walls towering, just looking at the rows of patrolling back and forth from time to time, and seeing abnormal people would subconsciously come forward to inquire, in addition, there were no guards who were intercepted by people other than the edict, or strictly speaking, this belongs to the janissaries, which can be seen.

However, Dong Zhuo, for all kinds of reasons that he can't explain to people, is very disgusted by the existence of these guards who pop up from time to time to express his sense of existence and may often interrupt him. At first, there was no action because of Li Ru's admonition. But there were some troublesome things that happened later, which made him take advantage of the topic to play, and in one fell swoop, he eliminated the guards on the periphery of the palace, including not only Nangong. It also includes the North Palace, where the emperor was located.

And since then. Even when Lu Bu became the master. has not changed this status quo, and Liu Xie and others seem to have ignored this, which has caused not many guards to see the palace wall now. The strength of the guards has greatly weakened the status quo of the palace guards.

However, this is not someone who has seen it with his own eyes in Luoyang, I am afraid that he will not know or even believe it, after all, the palace compound has always been a rather mysterious and awe-inspiring storage in the eyes of the outside world, and the emperor's storage has many times can be associated with the heavily guarded and guarded, which may explain from another angle why Pang De and other Xiliang soldiers rushed into Luoyang, even if there was no blocking by Jia Xu and other Lu Bujun soldiers, they still did not attack the palace at the first time. In addition to the fact that the palace itself is not their fundamental purpose like Luoyang City, there are also reasons for being concerned about the palace as a guarding force.

Even in their imagination, although Jia Xu and Zhang Liao withdrew Lu Bu's army, Liu Xie still had the Praetorian Guard, etc., as the son of heaven of a country, he would not allow his emperor to be rampant among outsiders, so one thing is for sure, even if they don't take the initiative to attack, the other party is likely to attack at that time, rather than continuing to go deep into a battlefield that they are not familiar with, it is better to wait for their arrival in this part of the extension of Luoyang City that has been almost figured out.

However, what is destined to disappoint them is that there is no army at all to take the initiative to confront them, during the period of entering Luoyang, except for the occasional time when they go to those Lifang to rob some nobles, they receive a little resistance that is no different from scratching their boots, there is usually no decent resistance at all, so that the reckless man Pang De can't help but wonder, is it Luoyang, or an inconspicuous border town?

Therefore, after a period of initial try, Xu Rong's side was gone, and Pang De's side couldn't hold his breath first, since the other party couldn't come, then they were simply ready to take the initiative to attack, and see what tricks the other party could play, he didn't believe that the other party could still play any tricks to lure the enemy here.

To be honest, the most ruthless part of Jia Xu's calculation is not in the enemies such as Pang De and Xu Rong, as well as Liu Xie and other opponents, but in the people of Luoyang City who were directly pushed out by him to be cannon fodder, as well as some nobles and ministers on the periphery.

Although Pang De has a rough personality, his brain is not stupid, and he is not a murderer by nature, and he will not be willing to condone his subordinates to kill wantonly, the reason why he did this is naturally from the order of Ma Chao of remote control, and the other is that in Pang De's own opinion, it is completely possible to force Lu Bujun out by this means.

It's a pity that even if he thought that Jia Xu might be a plan, he couldn't guess the real purpose of the other party, and he really couldn't grasp the whereabouts of Jia Xu and his party, and finally it simply evolved into a means of inducement for the Praetorian Guards in the palace.

Not to mention the impact of being plundered and ravaged by them, there are hundreds of souls that have died in the fall of their army soldiers in these few days, you must know that this is not a confrontation between the two armies, those are ordinary people, and this is still at the feet of the Son of Heaven, within the city gate, under the combination of various factors, the death of these hundreds of innocent people has a completely different meaning, if the evacuation of Jia Xu and others is still excusable, then the palace is ignoring it, but it is really chilling, even if it is the little emperor, It shouldn't be so stupid, this is also the reason why Pang De believes that there are not many guards on the palace side, at least there are not enough troops to resist them, and this is also the reason why he is now preparing to attack the palace with his army, which is also requested by Li Ru, the military division of the combined army conveyed by Xu Rong, is that it is best to capture the Son of Heaven alive, and then the matter has been rushed on the way here Ma Chao, Li Ru and others will make their own decisions.

Pound's speculation itself is not wrong, and it is reasonable in normal times, but unfortunately this time it is not only Jia Xu and Zhang Liao's side that is unexpected, but also Liu Xie's side, of course, the current Pound does not know.

Liu Xie's subordinates are not without people, and this team is still in the hands of the abbot, the general of the chariot and cavalry, Dong Cheng, it was when Dong Zhuo was harassed by the Dong army and had almost no time to take care of the affairs of the court, Liu Xie and Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and other abbots and some loyal Han clan civil and military ministers decided to prepare the Yulin Army.

The Yulin Army used to be a full elite under the command of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, although most of them were born in meritorious families, but at that time, because it was a war for many years, the Yulin Army, as the closest force under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, naturally could not just be a showmanship, but the time of the world has changed, the vicissitudes of life, the former elite to the time of the Emperor Ling has completely declined, not to mention that there is no glory in the past, even some nobles and families who are for the purpose of messing around are more willing to choose to go in the Praetorian Guard or the captain of the fifth battalion. It can also be seen from this that the Yulin Army at that time had fallen to what extent.

was stimulated by Dong Zhuo several times before, and later experienced an assassination in the palace, if it weren't for the timely rescue of the people sent by Lu Bu, I am afraid he would have died a long time ago, which also made the young son of heaven make up his mind, and then began to run his own small force in secret.

Although the largest part of the military power was held by Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, Liu Xie, as the king of a country, still had some appeal, plus Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and others on the side, which also allowed him to quietly gather a lot of people, and after Lu Bu became the ruler of Luoyang and expelled other princes, Liu Xie had greater autonomy, and this was also the ultimate goal of Lu Bu's intentional indulgence - of course, it was to minimize the suspicion and suspicion of the emperor's faction. It was also from this point that Liu Xie really established his own self-protection force, an elite Yulin army with more than 10,000 members selected from various armies.

But this time, when Pang De and Xu Rong led the army to attack Luoyang, and Pang De connived at his subordinates to kill people and set fires, Liu Xie's Yulin Army was not able to play a role, not because Dong Cheng, as the commander of the army, was not confident enough in this subordinate team, after all, although after entering the city, there was a lack of those city defense barriers, but in fact, in the street battles in the city, it was easier to give full play to the advantages of the Yulin Army's strong individual combat power, covering up the shortcomings of insufficient battlefield running-in, and at the same time, it would also greatly weaken Pang De, The power of cavalry-based soldiers and horses brought by Xu Rong.

As for the casualties that will inevitably be brought about by the battle, although Dong Cheng will be distressed, he also knows how to make trade-offs, and more importantly, he can't stay out of the matter with peace of mind and be indifferent, the reason why he was not able to lead the Yulin army to take the initiative was completely because he was entangled in other things before.

Needless to say, the matter of Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, is still a headache for Dong Cheng and other loyal ministers; Now there is another one who has come out, this person who should have been on their side, but now his position is a headache of suspicion, not to mention that at this time, for Pang De, Xu Rong and other enemies, the Son of Heaven and his own family actually have internal disagreements. (To be continued......)