Chapter 21: The Siege
Although the seven hundred Nangong guards were detained, it may not be possible to say how much they have been wronged.
These people are all the elites brought by Dong Zhuo from Liangzhou, and most of them are unfamiliar with Luoyang. The reason for detention is also a necessary process. It is only in the eyes of these people that it is a great shame to be detained and to be suspected.
Ding Chen's arrival made the Nangong guards, who were originally fluctuating, quickly find the backbone.
Everyone obeyed Ding Chen's order, cooked all the food in the school yard, and then feasted on it.
Ding Chen was in the big tent and brought Gao Shun to inquire about the situation.
Gao Shun told Ding Chen that although the big guy was detained, the drill did not stop, and they all held their breath.
"Ziyang, have you found the real murderer?"
"Sort of!"
Ding Chen sandwiched a piece of dried meat smeared with dogwood sauce from two steamed cakes, put it to his mouth and took a bite.
He said vaguely: "These days, I am similar to you, and I am confined in the mansion by the prime minister.
You can still perform on the school grounds, but I can't even get out of the room. So what the hell is going on out there, I really don't know. Today, Jia Xu came to me and asked me to do something for the prime minister, so that I could leave the prime minister's mansion.
That's right, Lao Gao! ”
"Huh?"
"What I'm going to do this time is not dangerous to say, but I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future.
I said yes as a last resort. If you don't have to, don't get involved, lest you be in danger in the future. ”
Gao Shunhu's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Ding Ziyang, what do you mean by this?" ”
"Honestly."
"Since it's true, then I'll make it clear to you.
Troublesome, dangerous...... I thought that at the beginning, Jian Shuo was killed, I could have stood by and watched, but I stood up to collect his body. You and I have known each other in times of crisis, and if you hadn't interceded for me, I wouldn't have been suffering in prison right now...... Ziyang, you have kindness to me, although Gao Shun doesn't read much, how can Gao Shun know how to repay his kindness? Isn't that bestial? ”
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm just talking casually, how can I say it?"
Ding Chen saw Gao Shun's solemn expression, and said jokingly.
Who knows, Gao Shun stood up and knelt down on one knee in front of Ding Chen.
"Gao Shun in this life, he doesn't ask about right and wrong, he just wants to be worthy of his heart.
Ziyang and I have the grace to save my life, and I am willing to take Ziyang as the main father, and do not shirk. ”
Lord?
Ding Chen was stunned and at a loss.
This is a remarkable title, which is equivalent to saying that Gao Shun has become a vassal of his staff.
But he Ding Chen, how can he be virtuous?
He hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to help Gao Shun up, but he didn't want Gao Shun to insist on refusing.
"If the lord doesn't agree, Gao Shun won't get up."
Seeing his resolute attitude, Ding Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Lao Gao, you know me, I am lazy by nature, and I don't have much ambition, if you follow me, it will be difficult not to say that you will have a bright future, and it is a pity that you have learned everything." However, since you have to, I will say yes first. In the future, if you meet the Lord, you can abandon me, and I will never stop your future. ”
Seeing that Ding Chen agreed, Gao Shun stood up.
After the two of them sat down again, Gao Shun said softly: "Lord, what does the prime minister want us to do?" ”
Ding Chen was about to answer, but he heard footsteps outside the big tent, followed by a soldier and said, "General, Hu Junhou asks to see you." ”
Hu Junhou?
Ding Chen was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.
Hu Junhou, I'm afraid it's that Hu Che'er.
He immediately said, "Let him in." ”
After speaking, he looked at Gao Shun again and said, "Old Gao, are you familiar with Hu Che'er?" ”
"Hu Che'er?"
Gao Shun thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Wuwei Gu Zang is a miscellaneous person.
I have some impressions of this person, quite brave. He is also very honest and has no selfish thoughts. can endure hardships, and every time I arrange something, he can do his best to do it well. Overall, he can be a general, but he is difficult to take on a heavy responsibility. ”
Obedient, can fight, let him do whatever he wants!
Gao Shun's meaning is roughly the same, and he also made a judgment: it's okay to let him fight, but don't hope that he will stand alone.
After hearing this, Ding Chen immediately had an impression of Hu Che'er in his heart.
After a while, Hu Che'er walked into the big tent.
He was eight feet six inches tall, and he was born with broad shoulders and a round waist.
The hair is slightly curly, the eye sockets are sunken, the cheekbones are high, the skin is fair, and there is a very obvious Qiang blood.
After he walked in, he bowed down and said, "Hu Che'er see General Ding." ”
"Hu Che'er, get up."
Ding Chen raised his hand and motioned for him to get up.
"Your business, Mr. Wenhe has already told me.
Just now, Lao Gao also introduced your situation to me...... This time, you can be considered lucky not to die. From now on, stay with me and be at my disposal. By the way, go rinse, change your clothes, and reserve your weapons and armor.
Fill your stomach, we have something to do in the evening! ”
"Hu Che'er, understood."
Hu Che'er didn't bother, bowed down again, and withdrew from the big tent.
"This guy is really damned!"
After Hu Che'er walked out of the big tent, Ding Chen said to Gao Shun with a smile: "A team of guards, only he survived." ”
It's just that Gao Shun didn't respond to him, just looked at him quietly.
Ding Chen shook his head helplessly, walked to the door of the big tent, and looked out twice to make sure that there was no one around.
He turned his head and softly spit out two words: "Yuan Kui!" ”
Gao Shun's eyes suddenly widened......
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Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shangyuan Festival.
In Luoyang City, after experiencing a series of turmoil, he temporarily put aside his fear and began the carnival of the Shangyuan Festival.
On this day, Luoyang will not be fasted at night.
Dong Zhuo also hopes to take this opportunity to ease the tense atmosphere that has been permeating the sky over Luoyang.
So, when the night came, the fire trees and silver flowers in Luoyang City became particularly lively.
A bright moon hung high, illuminating the earth.
Located in the upper reaches of Yishui, the lower slope is dark and silent.
Ding Chen led six hundred Nangong guards, and after half a day of rest, he left the Longmen Mountain school field unconsciously.
They soon came to the lower slope and successfully joined Jia Xu's fine work.
"There are about 1,000 people in Xiamapo, of which more than 400 are local tenants.
They live mainly at the entrance of the village and are very scattered.
Yuan Kui hid here, in the middle of the village. There are also scattered farmhouses around, and most of them are retinues of the Yuan family...... He tried to get close several times, but was unsuccessful. It seems that they were waiting for someone to answer, so they didn't take action. ”
"Can't get close?"
"Yes!"
"If we get close to the entrance of the village, we will inevitably alarm Yuan Kui.
Subsequently, his entourage would intervene to stop him, and Yuan Kui could take advantage of the chaos to escape. Therefore, if you want to catch Yuan Kui, you must send a large team. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at the Nangong guards who were following behind Ding Chen.
"The general's manpower, I'm afraid it's not enough."
Before Ding Chen could speak, Gao Shun's face became gloomy.
And Ding Chen was not happy in his heart, but he didn't say it.
He motioned for Gao Shun not to speak, and then inquired about the details of the work, and asked about the situation in the village clearly.
Finally, he looked at Gao Shun.
"Lao Gao, did you hear it, there are at least eight hundred people around Yuan Kui Lao'er."
"Don't say eight hundred, it's eight thousand, eighty thousand, in my eyes, it's just a chicken, a dog.
With these 600 warriors, Yuan Kui's old man could not escape...... My lord, if we have to be agitated again, how should we act? ”
Ding Chen held a torch, squatted down, looked at the ground, and drew a simple map.
After a while, he looked up at the sky, and then pointed to Gao Shun and said, "I and your five hundred guards will go through the cherry ditch and go around to the back of the village. One hour, I will give you only one hour. In an hour, I'll attack.
When the time comes, I will attract Lao Er's entourage, and you will be responsible for taking down that Lao Er and me. ”
"Lord, three hundred is enough!"
"Nonsense, you're the lord, I'm the lord?
This operation can only succeed and not fail, you just have to act. An hour later, Hu Che'er and I attacked from the front. ”
The fine work listened to it on the sidelines, revealing a look of horror.
"General, in this way, you only have more than 100 people under your command, how can you be their opponent?"
Ding Chen stood up and wiped the map with his foot on the ground.
"I, Nangong Guard, are all tigers and wolves, and there are only hundreds of people, how can I be afraid?
Did you hear it, this marquis suspects that we are not opponents. Then let's let him take a good look at the real ability of our Nangong. ”
When the Nangong guards behind Ding Chen heard this, they immediately puffed up their chests.
"What's your name?"
When he heard this, he hurriedly replied, "His name is Song Guo." ”
"Song Guo, right!" Ding Chen said: "Then you can take a good look at how I take the head of Yuan Kui's old man." ”
As he spoke, he waved his hand towards Gao Shun.
Gao Shun immediately understood and took his leave.
He led five hundred Nangong guards, quickly left, and disappeared into the vast night.
And Ding Chen sat down, put the spirit conjuring in front of his knees, and closed his eyes to recuperate.
The Hu chariot sat down behind Ding Chen silently, holding a pair of iron short spears in his arms. One hundred Nangong guards, silent, sat on the ground one after another. In a trance, Song Guo seemed to see not a group of people, but more than a hundred statues.
I have never heard of Nangong Guards having such discipline!
Song Guo couldn't help but be secretly surprised, so he beckoned to sit down with other fine works, and only looked at Nangong Guards in a daze, with admiration in his eyes.
Time, little by little.
An hour, two hours, passed quickly.
Ding Chen calculated the time, felt that it was almost over, suddenly opened his eyes, and stood up.
Behind him, Hu Che'er and others also stood up one after another, standing solemnly.
"Get on the horse!"
The Liangzhou army has never lacked horses, so when the Nangong guards came, they almost had a Liangzhou horse in their hands.
Hu Che'er brought Ding Chen's mount over, it was a tall black horse, eight feet tall and two feet long. Ding Chen turned over and got on his horse and lifted the conjuring spirit. Subsequently, Hu Che'er and Nangong guards also got on their horses one after another, and slowly marched with Ding Chen.
Ahead, is the entrance of the village.
It was quiet, silent.
But when Ding Chen and the others approached, a dog barking suddenly sounded in the village.
Ding Chen's face changed, he held the reins in his hand, and shouted: "Nangong guard, charge with me, Hugh is going to let Yuan Kui Lao'er go." ”