When Liu Xie made up his mind to rely on his own strength to fight against the rebels in Liangzhou, not to alarm Ao Lie, and to let him fight against Yuan Shao in Hebei with peace of mind, Ao Lie unexpectedly rushed to Luoyang.

When Li Dao and the others attacked Chang'an on a large scale, the Shadow members received the information and hurriedly passed the explosive news to Ao Lie. Ao Lie was extremely shocked in his heart, he never expected that Yuan Shao would openly break with himself and the imperial court for the sake of a dead son, and even did not hesitate to do such a rebellious thing as colluding with Dong Zhuo's old department. Ao Lie then remembered Zhuge Liang's words, Zhuge Liang had said that killing Yuan Xi was harmful and unprofitable, and now he really said it. Ao Lie's heart was full of remorse, the long-term victory made Ao Lie, who had always been calm, a little fluttering, and looked down on Yuan Shao, so he unscrupulously killed Yuan Xi on the spot, and now, Ao Lie has to pay for his pride.

Once Chang'an falls, Luoyang will be in a precarious situation, and it may be broken by the Liangzhou rebels at any time. Luoyang City is broken, Liu Xie is bound to not be spared, Li Dao and Guo Yan are very likely to even save Huairou's means and directly behead Liu Xie. As soon as Liu Xie dies, half of the country that Ao Lie has worked so hard to build will fall back into turmoil, which is unacceptable to Ao Lie. So, Ao Lie ordered 10,000 blood killing troops and 10,000 tiger army, together with Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Tai Shici, Zhang Xiu, six generals, as well as Jia Xu and Xu Shu, two strategists, rushed to Luoyang in the starry night. As for the war in Hebei, Ao Lie was given full authority to Zhuge Liang to be responsible, with the military generals headed by Lu Bu and Zhang He, and the strategists headed by Chen Gong and Tian Feng, and cooperating with Zhang Liao and Xu Huang on the left and right flanks, stationed in Hejian to resist Yuan Shao. Do not seek to defeat Yuan Shao, but to delay Yuan Shao as much as possible before solving the rebels in Liangzhou.

So. When Liu Xie woke up the next morning, he found that Ao Lie had appeared in front of him at some point. Standing behind Ao Lie was Liu Xie's chief Imperial Forest Army commander Wang Yue. Wang Yue could not and would not prevent Ao Lie from entering Liu Xie's bedroom, but where his duty was, Wang Yue still symbolically followed Ao Lie's side.

"Every time I encounter difficulties, the imperial brother will appear in front of me in such a timely manner. But the war in Hebei is tight, and the imperial brother is here, so what should Hebei do? Liu Xie smiled and said to Ao Lie. Seeing Liu Xie wake up, Wang Yue quietly withdrew from the dormitory. Now, there is no need for him to guard it.

Ao Lie shook his head and smiled, then walked to the side of the dragon bed, reached out and took the dragon robe, and draped it on Liu Xie's body. A big hand buckled on the top of Liu Xie's head and comforted Liu Xie: "Don't worry." There will be no problems on the Hebei side for the time being. Our most important thing right now. It was to defeat the Liangzhou rebels. ”

Feeling the temperature coming from Ao Lie's palm, Liu Xie's heart was also warmed. Since being truly supported by Ao Lie and getting rid of the situation of being used as a puppet by Dong Zhuo, Liu Xie has become more and more aware that there is no one around him who can confide in his heart, this may be the loneliness of the high place, no wonder Ao Lie is so reluctant to be a son of heaven. But he must leave the throne to himself, Liu Xie thought.

Liu Xie was just about to say something, when an angry roar suddenly came from outside the dormitory: "Get out of the way!" Someone wants to face the saint! Wang Yue's embarrassed voice then sounded: "General, you have not been summoned by the saints. Ministers are not allowed to enter the dormitory. The person who spoke before shouted in an almost angry voice: "So-and-so's father has been loyal to the country, and so-and-so must ask for the edict of the Son of Heaven to avenge his father!" ”

Liu Xie looked at Ao Lie with inquiring eyes, he knew that the person who yelled and yelled must have been brought by Ao Lie, in Luoyang, no one would dare to despise Liu Xie's prestige, only in the brave Youzhou army, there would be such a bloody man. Ao Lie sighed and explained: "It is the son of General Ma and the sworn brother of a certain person, Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi. He must have learned the news of General Ma's death and wanted to take revenge. ”

"It turned out to be Ma Aiqing's son, and before Ma Aiqing died, I promised him to take good care of his son. Brother Huang, please bring him in. When Liu Xie heard that it was Ma Teng's son Ma Chao, a slight unhappiness in his heart disappeared in an instant.

After a while, Ao Lie took Ma Chao into the dormitory, Ma Chao had a lion helmet and brute armor, a jade belt around his waist, and his eyes were like stars. If there was no filial piety belt on Ma Chao's helmet and waist, Liu Xie would almost have been able to praise Ma Chao a few words, and the charm of Xiliang Jin Ma Chao was not blown out of his mouth.

Kneeling heavily on the ground, Ma Chao didn't speak, his face was already full of tears, and he choked up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's father was loyal to the country and died a well-deserved death." But the revenge of killing his father is not shared, since the minister followed the second brother, he has not seen his father for five years, who would have expected that heaven and man will be separated forever! The minister asked His Majesty to give permission, and the minister was willing to lead the army to go out to fight, Yu Gong, inherit his father's will, and seek thieves for the country; For private reasons, ministers can also take revenge! ”

Liu Xie was just about to speak, but another roar sounded outside the dormitory, interrupting Liu Xie's words: "A certain person wants to face the saint!" I'm going to go on a campaign! Liu Xie looked at Ao Lie helplessly again, not knowing who was yelling. Ao Lie was also quite distressed, and explained helplessly: "It's the nephew of General Zhang of Chang'an, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Youwei. ”

Not long after, Wang Yue walked in with Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu knelt beside Ma Chao and said with a sad expression: "Your Majesty, the minister's uncle is trapped in Chang'an, and there are many auspicious ones. ”

Wang Yue, who walked in with Zhang Xiu, suddenly darkened the expression on his face, then walked to Liu Xie's side, handed Liu Xie a battle report from his sleeve, and said in a low voice: "This is the news that Taifu Zhong just got, Chang'an has fallen, General Zhang...... He was martyred. ”

Although Wang Yue's voice was low, the few people present except for Liu Xie were all great experts in martial arts, and they were all good at using guns. Wang Yue's words were naturally heard by several other people. Zhang Xiu knelt on the ground in despair, and after a long time, he suddenly screamed, opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fainted to the ground. Ma Chao, who was kneeling with Zhang Xiu, hurriedly supported Zhang Xiu's body, pinched his middle hard, and called in a low voice: "Youwei, wake up!" ”

Looking at the red blood stains left by Zhang Xiu on the ground, Liu Xie sighed: "They are all loyal martyrs, and they are all the pillars of my Han Dynasty." ”

Ao Lie said to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, you take Youwei down to take care of your life first, and you and the saint will carefully discuss the matter of entering the army." Ma Chao agreed, picked up Zhang Xiu and walked outside the dormitory, and when he walked to the door, Ma Chao suddenly turned around and said: "In any case, the position of pioneer can only be chosen between the minister and Youwei, and the blood is deep, and it must be avenged!" ”

After Ma Chao left, Ao Lie sighed and whispered to Liu Xie: "This time we only brought 20,000 horses, plus the soldiers in Luoyang City, we have no ability to fight with the rebels in the field, so we can only hold on to the city." Liu Xie silently calculated in his heart, the elite soldiers directly in his hands were only 15,000 people, and then counting the defenders in Luoyang City and the county soldiers in nearby counties, it was less than 50,000, and counting Ao Lie's 20,000 elite soldiers, there were only 70,000 people, far from being the opponent of Li Dao and other 200,000 rebels. Therefore, Liu Xie nodded and said to Ao Lie: "Everything is up to the imperial brother, and the grain, grass, soldiers and horses in the city are all under the deployment of the imperial brother." ”

Guandu, in the camp of the Cao army. Cao Cao frowned and looked at the battle report in front of him, and said worriedly: "Yuan Shao's move is ruthless enough, and he will set off this monstrous wave at the expense of his reputation." Ao Mohan has already divided his troops to rescue Luoyang, and the containment of Yuan Shao has been greatly reduced, which is extremely unfavorable to our army. ”

Guo Jia stood up and bowed his hand to Cao Cao and said: "My lord, although he is not a famous general, he is well versed in strategy, and he can't hold on to the north bank of the Yellow River. It is better to leave a suspicious army in Guandu, and then personally lead the main force to Qingzhou in the east, and work with General Zang Ba to take half of Qingzhou in the hands of Yuan Shao. After Ao Mohan solved Li Dao and others and returned to the army, the lord rushed back to the Guandu camp and continued to fight Yuan Shao with Ao Mohan in the north and south. ”

Listening to Guo Jia's suggestion, Cao Cao, who was in a predicament, suddenly had a feeling of being opened, and the light in his eyes flashed frequently, obviously thinking carefully about the feasibility of Guo Jia's suggestion. When the authorities were in a stalemate, and it couldn't be opened in a short time, it was also a good idea to turn the spearhead and take the other half of Qingzhou first, and then take Qingzhou entirely, thinking so in his heart, Cao Cao immediately made the decision to move to Qingzhou, leaving Yu Ban and others to set up suspicious soldiers in Guandu, to confuse the trial, and buy more time for the main army. At the same time, Cao Cao also sent fast horses to inform Zang Ba, who was guarding Qingzhou, to prepare for the battle. In order to be sure, Cao Cao also asked Li Dian to take his warrant to Xuzhou to mobilize people, and then rushed to Langya to join him.

A few days later, Cao Cao led the army to go out day and night along the way, unknowingly avoided Yuan Jun's probe horse, and secretly came to Langya, and even frightened Zang Ba who was guarding in Langya, he didn't expect Cao Cao's march to be so fast. However, Cao Cao wanted the "fast", but not only the speed of the march, after arriving in Langya, Cao Cao ordered the whole army to rest for a night, in the early morning of the next day, Cao Cao took advantage of the fact that Yuan Jun did not know that he was leading the army to come, suddenly sent troops to attack half of Qingzhou in the hands of Yuan Shao, and captured eighteen counties in one day, Jinan and Le'an counties, lightning-like attack, the entire Qingzhou, only one county in the plain was still under Yuan Shao's control, so far, the situation in Qingzhou gradually became clear, in the trial of the match far away in Guandu, Under the situation of Yuan Shao's confrontation with Hejian, Yuan Jun was no longer able to keep the last county in Qingzhou.

After that, Cao Cao unexpectedly left Qingzhou, led the army back to Guandu, and only let Li Dian take the men and horses requisitioned from Xuzhou, obey Zang Ba's moderation, divide troops in Qingzhou, form an encirclement of Pingyuan County, and grant Zang Ba the right to arbitrarily use troops to the plain at any time. (To be continued......)