One of the guards who was escorting Jiang Gan galloped on horseback, and when he looked back, he found that a long sword flew towards Jiang Gan's heart like a sharp arrow.

The guard hurriedly raised his long sword and slammed it towards the long sword that flew towards Jiang Gan.

The blade of the sword slammed into the long sword, and after making a crisp sound, the long sword that flew towards Jiang Gan's back heart was skewed to the side.

Although it was deflected, the momentum of the long sword flying forward did not weaken, and it flew past against Jiang Gan's side wrapped in strong wind.

Seeing the long sword flying past him, Jiang Gan was shocked and covered with cold sweat.

Riding his horse at a gallop, he didn't even dare to look back.

Just now, where he was standing on his horse, five swordsmen had already fought with more than twenty guards who were protecting Jiang Gan.

More than twenty guards rode on horseback, constantly waving their long swords, slashing at the swordsmen on foot.

On the battlefield, the cavalry of the Han army has always been invincible, but what they are facing at the moment is not enemy soldiers, but a few swordsmen with superb swordsmanship.

In a flash, the swordsmen avoided the long swords that the Han army slashed at their heads, but the long swords in their hands were like lightning bolts, poking at the Han soldiers on horseback.

One by one, the Han army was planted on horseback, but in a moment, more than 20 Han troops guarding Jiang Gan all dropped their horses.

The leading swordsman held a long sword in his hand, stared at the back of Jiang Gan, who had already gone away, and spat on the ground, while at his feet, he stepped on the corpse of a Han army officer.

Under the escort of the two guards, Jiang Gan, who was ambushed by the swordsmen, did not dare to stop for a moment, and galloped all the way towards Luoyang.

Looking at Jiang Gan's departing back, the leading swordsman frowned, and his face showed a touch of disappointment.

Their task was to intercept and kill Jiang Gan halfway, and only killed more than twenty guards, but they let Jiang Gan run away, for them, the task was not completed.

"How?" Seeing Jiang Gan's back getting farther and farther away, a swordsman on the side asked the leading swordsman.

"Follow up Luoyang!" Frowning tightly, after thinking for a while, the leading swordsman said to the four swordsmen on the side: "If I don't kill Jiang Gan, I won't be able to return to Wu Hou when I return to Jiangdong!" ”

The four swordsmen answered, followed behind the leading swordsman, and ran towards the war horse.

turned over the war horse, they clamped their legs, shook off the reins, shouted at the war horse, and quickly chased Jiang Gan and the others.

When the swordsmen turned over and got on their horses, Jiang Gan had already walked away under the escort of the two guards.

Although they galloped all the way, it was unlikely that they could catch up with Jiang Gan and the two guards.

More than twenty guards were killed by swordsmen in the wilderness, their corpses were exposed in the wilderness, no one collected them for them, they just lay quietly, except for the lonely wilderness beside them, only the howls of wolves from time to time in the distance were with them.

A few wild dogs came running from a distance.

Seeing more than 20 corpses lying on the ground from a distance, the wild dogs stopped one after another.

After looking around for a moment to make sure there were no humans nearby, they were a little bolder, and they sped up and trotted towards the corpse.

It was only four wild dogs that ran to the corpse.

When they arrived at the carcass, the wild dog only sniffed, but did not open its mouth to eat, and the leading one craned its neck and let out a long howl.

The long howls of wild dogs spread far and wide in the open fields.

As the long howl drifted into the distance, at the end of the horizon, dozens of wild dogs soon appeared.

The largest of the wild dogs that had just appeared ran in front, and behind it were the smaller and smaller wild dogs.

In the end, there were only six or seven puppies who had just reached the full moon.

Dozens of wild dogs trotted towards the corpses of the Han soldiers lying in the wilderness after they had been killed.

When they reached the corpse, the leading wild dog sniffed one of the corpses, opened its mouth, and took a bite hard.

When it began to eat, the other wild dogs did not move their mouths, but just stared at it.

In the dinso pack, the leader is always the first to eat.

While the lead dino feeds, the other dingoes can only watch from the sidelines.

It wasn't until the belly of the food was round and the flesh of a corpse was gnawed that the other wild dogs swarmed up and gnawed on the corpse of the Han army lying on the ground.

Pity more than 20 Han soldiers who died to protect Jiang Gan, and they were not able to live in peace after death, and became a delicacy in the mouths of wild dogs.

Escorted by two guards, Jiang Gan rode his horse all the way, and it took only a day or two to reach the outside of Luoyang City.

Seeing that the city gate was not far ahead, he glanced back in a panic and found that the five swordsmen had not caught up, so he led the two guards and entered Luoyang City in a panic.

After entering the city, Jiang Gan did not dare to delay for a moment, and went straight to the palace.

In the palace, it was arranged for Sima Yi to replace Jiang Gan to Jiangdong, and Liu Wei was also waiting for Jiang Gan to return to Luoyang to report to him what happened in Jiangdong.

In the matter of plotting against Da Qiao and Zhou Yu, Jiang Gan had already sent back people to present it to Liu Wei earlier.

Liu Wei also roughly knows the whole ins and outs, and it will not change his decision too much.

When Jiang Gan said that he was ambushed by a swordsman in the middle of the road, Liu Bian, who was staring at the lake in front of him with his hands behind his back, frowned, his eyes narrowed suddenly, and asked him coldly: "Do you know who is secretly ambushing?" ”

Asked by Liu Wei, Jiang Gan hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know who is secretly ambushing!" ”

Pinching his chin, Liu Wei pondered for a moment, and said to the guards on the side: "Go and invite Deng Zhan!" ”

"No!" One of the guards answered and turned to leave.

After a while, the guard turned back, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said, "Your Majesty, General Deng, please come!" ”

Knowing that Deng Zhan was coming, Liu Wei waved his hand at the guard.

Maintaining a fist-clenched bowing posture, the guard retreated.

Deng Zhan, who followed the guards to the back garden of the palace, stepped forward after the guards retreated, and bowed towards Liu Wei with his fists clenched.

Glancing back at Deng Zhan, Liu Wei asked him, "How is the Dragoon Guard?" ”

"Hui Yu Xià!" Maintaining the posture of clenching his fists and bowing, Deng Zhan said to Liu Wei: "Since the dragon cavalry guard returned to Luoyang from Liaodong, the ministers and soldiers have been idle all day long, and they are really idle!" ”

A faint smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, Liu Wei looked up at the sky, and said leisurely: "General Deng, don't panic, it won't take a few days, I'm afraid that if you want to be idle, you won't have time to do this!" ”

After listening to Liu Wei's words, Deng Zhan knew that the Han army dragoon guards were afraid that they would have something to do again.

Deng Zhan, who had been idle for a long time, still didn't straighten up, and said to Liu Wei: "Your Majesty, but there is a drive, the dragoon guards must go to the soup and the fire!" ”

"I don't want you to wait for the soup to go to the fire!" He raised his hand towards Deng Zhanxu, and when he straightened up, Liu Biancai said: "When Ziyi returned to Luoyang, he was ambushed in the middle of the road. I expected that the Assassins would come to Luoyang before they succeeded! General Deng should lead the dragoon guards, investigate the city, and set up a good hand in the Ziyi Mansion, so as not to let the assassins succeed! ”

"No!" Clenched his fists in response, Deng Zhan replied: "The minister will go and arrange it!" ”

After Deng Zhan responded, he took two steps back with his fists in a fist posture before turning around and leaving.

Seeing the back of Deng Zhan's departure, Liu Wei frowned, his face turned pale, and asked Jiang Gan: "The soldiers guarding you have been killed by those swordsmen?" ”

"Exactly!" Liu Wei asked about this, and Jiang Gan hurriedly answered.

When he answered, Jiang Gan's forehead was still covered with cold sweat.

There are not many days to serve Liu Bian, but Jiang Gan has heard about Liu Bian's temperament from others.

For the ministers and generals under his command, and even ordinary soldiers, Liu Wei has a mentality that is almost protective of calves.

But if outsiders hurt the soldiers under his command, even if he mobilized thousands of troops, he would kill those people on the spot!

Liu Wei didn't say anything, but his iron-blue face was already clear.

Deng Zhan left the palace and immediately set about arranging for the dragoon guards to patrol around the city, searching for swordsmen who might have infiltrated the city.

The five swordsmen who failed to intercept Jiang Gan also came to the city gate the day after Jiang Gan entered Luoyang.

Standing at the gate of the city, the five swordsmen glanced at each other, and the leading swordsman glanced at the other four, turned over and jumped off the horse, led the war horse, and walked towards the city gate.

The Han army guarding the city gate saw that they were carrying long swords behind them, and the officer on duty stepped forward and raised his hand to block their way.

"Who are you waiting for? Why did you come to Luoyang? Looking up and down at the five swordsmen who were leading their horses into the city, the officer asked them.

"We are wandering swordsmen, and I heard that there are merchants in Luoyang City who are recruiting guards, so we are here to find something to do!" Facing the officer's questioning, the leading swordsman said with a smile: "I hope that the military master will raise his noble hand and let me wait to enter the city to make a living, my five brothers have not had a good meal for some days!" ”

If the leading swordsman returns, it is also reasonable.

In Luoyang City, there are many merchants, and some merchants will spend a lot of money to hire some swordsmen to escort them in order to be thorough on the road.

There are also many swordsmen who come and go in the city to beg for a living.

After examining them from head to toe again, the officer waved his hand at them and said, "Be safe when you enter the city, don't cause trouble for no reason!" ”

"Thank you, Master Jun!" The officer gave way to them, and the leading swordsman hurriedly folded his fists and bowed to him with a smile.

The four swordsmen who followed him also clasped their fists and saluted the officer.

Thanks to the officer, the five swordsmen entered Luoyang City.

Walking through the streets of the city, their eyes wandering on both sides of the road.

Luoyang City was very heavily guarded, and from time to time there would be one or two teams of stubborn Han troops passing by on the road.

Walking past the swordsmen, the patrolling Han soldiers straightened their waists and strode forward, without looking at them much.

After all, there are not only one or two swordsmen in Luoyang City who are begging for a living like them.