Chapter 31: The End of the Road

In front of him, the flames of the fire ignited by the side room turned over and took off, and he couldn't pass through at all, looking at the raging flames, Yang Yi had no idea for a while.

At the same time, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others led the army to arrive, stepped forward to greet Yang Yi, and saw the corpses of many servants on the ground, and all the generals were a little frightened of the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion led by Yang Yi.

When looking at the monstrous fire blocking the way, I regretted it for a while, if I could have come earlier, I am afraid that Zhang Rang and others would not have escaped from the North Palace with the young emperor and Chen Liuwang hostage.

The fire is monstrous, I'm afraid it won't stop at all for a while and a half, if you take a detour to chase, it will take a lot of time, I'm afraid that Zhang Rang and others have already run away, and now in addition to ordering the soldiers to extinguish the fire, they are at a loss.

It's just that a group of officers and soldiers sprinkled well water into the sea of fire, which is completely a drop in the bucket, but there are signs of intensifying the fire, and many soldiers accidentally get too close and are burned in an instant.

"I need ten volunteers!" Everyone followed the sound and looked at Sun Yi, the ruling Jinwu Gong.

A group of officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion all stepped forward, Yang Yi casually selected ten people, as short as possible, Yang Yi tore off his shirt and soaked it in the bucket, and then poured the whole bucket of water on his body, which was like a chicken in soup for a while, and his whole body was completely soaked in water, and the cold and biting well water made people shudder for a while.

The ten officers and soldiers of the selected cavalry battalion did not hesitate and soaked their whole bodies with water.

"Follow me!" Yang Yi covered his mouth with his soaked clothes, rushed towards the fire, fell to the ground when he approached, and crawled quickly along the bottom of the fire towards the inside.

In the stunned eyes of everyone, the ten officers and soldiers of the Xiaocai Battalion also followed, watching Yang Yi lead the troops into the sea of fire, and a word appeared in the minds of all the generals present at the same time: "Crazy!" ”

Cao Cao turned over and got on his horse and said to Yuan Shao and other generals: "I'll take a light horse to make a detour!" Although Yuan Shao and the other generals were also anxious, they could only wait for the fire to become smaller and smaller, and hurriedly ordered to continue to extinguish the fire.

The scorching breath hit one wave after another, and Yang Yi only felt a burning sting pain coming from his skin, and the flames that fell from time to time fell on his body, and suddenly a sharp pain was unbearable, but there was no way back except to endure the pain and continue to crawl forward.

Rushing into the sea of fire, this is not a good idea, it is very likely to die in it, just to catch up with a group of eunuchs as soon as possible to save the young emperor, Yang Yi has no choice.

The temperature around is getting higher and higher, the original soaked water traces of the whole body have risen and evaporated, and there is a heart-rending scream from behind, presumably there are armor soldiers who have been ignited by the fire, Yang Yi has no way to save them, not to mention that now it is the mud bodhisattva who crosses the river and it is difficult to protect himself.

Opening his eyes slightly, the strong fire light reflected brightly, as if observing the sun up close, the strange flame seemed to be full of spirituality, but unfortunately it was more of a breath of death.

Fear, hesitation, and despair in the face of not knowing when he could escape from the sea of fire, constantly challenged Yang Yi's psychological bottom line of almost collapse.

The breathing became heavier and heavier, and every time the burning breath came, the mouth and nose were like pins and needles, and Yang Yi didn't know how long he could last, whether it was psychological or physical.

In addition to the continuous burning and crackling sound of the fire, it has been quiet and terrible, Yang Yi squinted his eyes slightly and crawled forward, and he didn't know if the officers and soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion behind him would follow, but Yang Yi didn't dare to stop, or even dare to look back, otherwise it was very likely to lose the courage to continue to move forward.

At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and with the gust of wind blowing, Yang Yi suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and suddenly crawled forward, and when he came to the moment outside the fire, he seemed to be baptized with his whole body, and sat on the ground panting.

Soon the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion who followed behind Yang Yi came out one after another, Yang Yi counted slightly, there were only seven people who came out, waiting for half a salary and still no trace of the other three, Yang Yi looked solemn, bowed to the sea of fire, and then said loudly: "Follow me to save Your Majesty!" ”

Although the cavalry battalion has just experienced the test of life and death, but on the contrary, the momentum is high, and they are more and more respectful to Yang Yi, for no other reason, rushing into the sea of fire seems crazy, but it is also Yang Yi who takes the lead, 'follow me' and 'rush me', it seems that there is little difference, but it can often affect the morale of soldiers on the battlefield.

Rushing out of the valley gate, to be honest, Yang Yi has lost his way, fortunately, among the officers and soldiers of the Xiaocai Battalion who followed, some people are very familiar with the terrain here, and everyone rushed all the way to Xiaopingjin, and at dawn, the unbearable Yang Yi and others finally rushed to Xiaopingjin.

"Look, sir!"

Yang Yi followed the gestures of the officers beside him, and saw more than a dozen black shadows faintly in the distance, which could not be seen clearly in such a dark night.

Yang Yi looked at the officer in a little surprise, only to find that this person turned out to be the White Horse Yicong who followed into Beijing, and was later assigned by Yang Yi to serve as an officer in the Xiaocai battalion, no wonder his eyesight was amazing.

"Are you sure it's Your Majesty!?"

"Dressed in Tude Emperor Huang**, he is only fifteen years old, and he must be His Majesty."

"Can you fight?" Yang Yi looked around.

"Born to fight, naturally there is no reason to retreat, please also invite the adults to sweep the battle here, we will not disgrace our lives."

"If I hide behind, what qualifications do I have to lead you and others, since we lived and died together in the sea of fire before, there is no need to say this kind of thing again, follow me." Yang Yi took a deep breath, and rushed out first with a ring-headed knife in his hand, and the officers and soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion no longer persuaded him, and followed behind one after another.

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Zhang Rang and others took the young emperor and Chen Liuwang to the bank of the Yellow River, and the young emperor was so frightened that he couldn't cry all the way, but on the other hand, Chen Liuwang was calm, although he was also terrified, but at least he did not lose his temper.

Zhang Rang saw at a glance that there were less than 20 eunuchs accompanying him, and the relatives in the province who had been coerced had long since disappeared.

I thought that when I was in charge of the government as a permanent servant, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued a decree, and what a beautiful situation was the high power of the government and the opposition, who would have thought that it would end up like this, in fact, Zhang Rang also thought about negotiating with the young emperor as a hostage, and who had thought that Yuan Shao angrily reprimanded the eunuchs who came to negotiate and said: "The emperor can be replaced, and the eunuchs will be ambushed!" This is also the reason why Zhang Rang had to take the young emperor and Chen Liuwang to escape from the palace, standing on the bank of the Yellow River, Zhang Rang did not know where to go, it was the end of the road.

Suddenly killed several people from the side, although the whole body was black, but the murderous aura was awe-inspiring, and the eunuchs suddenly fled in a hurry, Yang Yi and others covered up and killed, and took advantage of the situation to cut down the eunuchs.

Rushing forward, Yang Yi raised the ring-headed knife and slashed down, and with a scream, the blade completely slashed into the shoulder of the inner servant of the knife, and the blood flowed like a torrent.

Frankly said that it was the first time to fight Yang Yi at such a close distance, and while hesitating slightly, his hands and feet couldn't help but be a little weak.

The servant with the knife knew that there was no way to escape, and the trapped beast turned around with a hideous look, drew a dagger and stabbed Yang Yi in the chest.

At the same time that the chamberlain turned around suddenly, Yang Yi's weak arm couldn't grasp it, and suddenly the handle of the knife came out of his hand, and his whole body lost its center of gravity and fell heavily to the ground.

Seeing the dagger stabbing suddenly, Yang Yi's mood fell to a low point, he didn't expect to kill a tiger or be devoured by a tiger, but it was still extremely difficult for Yang Yi, an ordinary person from later generations, to kill people with a knife, which was completely different from the feeling of throwing stones in the distance.

Suddenly, a sharp knife pierced through the body of the inner attendant, and with a mournful roar, the inner attendant's body was completely arched, and his face showed a look of extreme fear, and his eyes were scattered and suddenly lost his breath.

The sharp knife was pulled out, bringing out a blood line, and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion Armor Soldier standing behind him kicked the corpse away, and hurriedly helped Yang Yi up and said with concern: "Your Excellency, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, go and protect Your Majesty." Yang Yi tried his best to hide the fear in his heart, but fortunately, the night was hazy, but he couldn't see the miserable white and frightened look, when the armor left, Yang Yi saw the corpse with angry eyes wide open and the flesh and blood on his chest, and he couldn't help but vomit for a while.

Under the fierce attack of a group of cavalry battalions, a group of eunuchs were quickly killed, and only Zhang Rang was surrounded on the bank of the Yellow River.

I saw Zhang Rang holding the short dagger tightly with both hands, his whole body trembling constantly, and his eyes were extremely frightened.

Yang Yi, who was pale, stepped forward and said coldly: "Zhang Rang, you wait for the slaughter of ministers and the chaos of the court, and you don't quickly ambush you." ”

"I have served the inner court for many years, and there is no merit and hard work, and how many people can make it clear whether it is right or wrong, are you and other generals all dedicated to serving the country and selfless?" Zhang Rang stared at Yang Yi with a sneer and asked.

Seeing that Yang Yi didn't answer, Zhang Rang casually discarded the dagger, and knelt down to the young emperor instead: "The old minister knows that he will die, but he is ashamed of His Majesty!" "Three knocks and nine bows turned around and jumped into the surging Yellow River, the river was rushing and turbulent, presumably that Zhang Rang was bound to die.

"Your Majesty, the king, Weichen's rescue is late, and I hope to forgive my sins." Yang Yi and a group of officers and soldiers stepped forward to bow down.

Young Emperor Liu Wei looked at the surrounding corpses in horror, crying silently after being frightened, and was speechless for a while, it was really a loss of imperial prestige, although in Yang Yi's view, the young emperor in front of him was just a child, but as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, from the moment he was born, he had to take on heavy responsibilities.

"The reigning Jin Wu Gongsun Yi rescued the car in time, and there will be a reward when I return to the palace, but my two brothers are unbearable, and I ask the adults to think of a way."

"No." Yang Yi clenched his fists and took the order, bowed and retreated, and ordered his soldiers to go to find food and fresh water.

After a while, two armor soldiers returned with buckets of water and goats on their shoulders, apparently from the homes of the people.

Yang Yi stepped forward and took off the jade pendant he was carrying, handed it to one of the armor soldiers, and said, "Send this to that family as a reward." ”

The armor soldier hesitated a little, but seeing that Yang Yi's eyes turned cold, he hurriedly respectfully took the jade pendant and ran over there.

"My lord is really a wise man." Chen Liuwang drank a few sips of water, and when he saw Yang Yi giving jade, he couldn't help but praise.

"Weichen thinks that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, the people are like water, the emperor is like a boat, and the water can carry a boat or overturn a boat, which is exactly this truth."

"Water can carry a boat or overturn a boat, the adult's witty words, this king remembers it." Chen Liuwang muttered a little about the deep meaning of the sentence, and turned to bow slightly to Yang Yi, who hurriedly returned the salute.

Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, is smart and wise, and he is much stronger than the young emperor Liu Wei, who is in tears, Yang Yi finally understands why Emperor Ling of Han likes the prince and not the prince.

At this time, the ground trembled slightly in the distance, Yang Yi was startled and suddenly raised his knife and stood up, the young emperor and Chen Liuwang trembled slightly, there were too many changes tonight, no one knew who was coming, and soon a team of cavalry came into sight, but the sky was dark, and it was not clear who was in charge for a while.