Over Chang'an, black smoke filled.

Since the Xinmang Rebellion, this ancient capital has been recuperating. But today, it seems that the vitality accumulated in the past 200 years will also be dissipated. Standing on the hillside, Ding Chen raised his eyes to look at Chang'an City, where the wolf smoke was billowing out, his eyes were condensed.

"Lu Bu, I swear to kill you!"

He suddenly raised his head to the sky and roared, and in the whistling, there was a trace of sadness.

Speaking of which, Ding Chen has long been accustomed to life and death.

Not to mention the Yellow Turban Rebellion, in the battle of Xingyang alone, hundreds of people died in his hands. Not to mention, the battle was fierce, with countless casualties. Ding Chen even felt that he had already seen through life and death, and there would be no mood swings.

But now, he knew, he was wrong!

The ones who died were all opponents, people who didn't have much to do with him, so he naturally didn't feel anything.

And Hu Che'er is the closest person to him since he was born, except for those Cao Mansion servants who were killed after Cao Cao fled Luoyang.

Although, they have been together for less than two years.

But Hu Che'er followed him to fight in Xingyang and capture the flag.

For this honest Liangzhou man who doesn't like to laugh very much, Ding Chen has become accustomed to his existence.

Right now......

Ding Chen took a deep breath and shook his head vigorously.

He knew that now was not the time for him to be sad.

"Lord, where are we going now?"

Sixty horsemen, and now only four people remained.

Ding Chen thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "Let's go to Baqiao." ”

The four riders were stunned for a moment, and then agreed in unison.

And Ding Chen no longer hesitated, urged the horse to rush down the hillside, beat the horse and whip, and went straight to the direction of Baqiao.

He believed that with Guo Jiazhi's ability, he would definitely be aware of the changes in Chang'an City. And the trappers have already been prepared, and they will definitely react quickly. There is Guo Jia in the text, Pang De in the martial arts, and Gao Shun commands, and the idle soldiers and horses are definitely not opponents of the trapped.

At this point, Ding Chen has confidence in the traps!

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The turmoil in Chang'an City has spread to the outside of the city.

Most of the Liangzhou troops stationed outside the city were attacked by the Bingzhou army.

Because Dong Zhuo has no news, several generals in the army have not appeared. The Liangzhou army, completely unprepared, quickly routed and fled in all directions. Along the way, you can see corpses lying in the middle of the road, or lying on the side of the road.

The ownerless war horse, wandering in the wasteland, let out a mournful ......

Ding Chen's five people went straight to Baqiao, and encountered several patrol attacks by the Bingzhou army in the middle, as well as a sneak attack on the defeated Liangzhou.

But as a result, it makes no difference.

Ding Chen shot mercilessly, and almost none of the soldiers and horses they encountered were spared.

Ba Bridge, across Ba Shui.

This bridge, which was built in the Qin Mugong period, has become a very characteristic scenery in Chang'an after nearly a thousand years of renovation and repair. It's early autumn, and it's a good time. At this time of the year, there will be a lot of traffic on the Baqiao, and it will be very lively.

Today, however, it was deserted on the bridge.

Ding Chen took the four horsemen to the head of the Baqiao Bridge and raised his eyes to look around.

"Let's rest in the woods over there, and wait until they come over, and then come forward to rendezvous."

After speaking, Ding Chen dismounted, put the spirit on the horse's back, and led the horse to the side of the forest. But just as he reached the edge of the woods, he suddenly stopped. In his heart, there was a trace of inexplicable shock, and he didn't even have time to remind, so he hurriedly pulled out the giant sword, turned around and slashed out with a backhand.

A little cold star is coming!

The sword flashed, and only a snap was heard, and the arrow was slashed to the ground.

"What people, come out!"

"Gongming, stop, that's Ziyang."

As soon as Ding Chen's words fell, he heard a familiar and old voice from the woods.

"Cai Gong?"

He immediately heard who the voice was, and he couldn't help but look surprised.

At this moment, an old man, supported by a young man, walked out of the woods.

The old man's body was stained with blood, and the high crown on his head was gone, revealing an unkempt bun. When he saw Ding Chen, he was immediately excited, and he took two quick steps and shouted, "Ziyang, you are finally here, I know that you will be fine." ”

That old man is Cai Yong.

Ding Chen was also very surprised when he saw Cai Yong.

Because, before this, he had arranged for Cai Yong to live in the trapping camp, how could he appear here?

Cai Yong held a guqin in his arms and staggered to Ding Chen.

"Ziyang, what is Your Majesty?"

"Slow down, slow down......" Ding Chen looked at Cai Yong, then put down the sword in his hand, and said with a puzzled look: "You are not trapped in the camp, why are you here?" ”

"This ......"

Cai Yong's old face flushed, and he said softly: "I suddenly remembered that I was in a hurry a few days ago and forgot this guqin, so I returned home." When I got home, I found that you had gone to the Prime Minister's House. I didn't dare to stay, so I took the guqin and prepared to leave, not wanting to suddenly a team of soldiers and horses rushed into the house, saying that they wanted to arrest everyone.

The person who led the troops, but I recognized, was Wang Jing, the second son of the prince's division.

I saw that it was him, and I knew that things were not good, but I did not resist. However, after searching the mansion, Wang Jing found that there was no one else, so he forced me to tell the whereabouts of the others, and threatened to kill me...... You know, there is a gap between Wang Zishi and me.

Fortunately, it was Komeito who came to the rescue, otherwise I would have died at the hands of that erector. ”

"Komeito?"

Ding Chen was stunned for a moment, and his eyes fell on the young man who was supporting Cai Yong before, but at this moment, he fell on the young man behind Cai Yong.

The young man's age was similar to Ding Chen's, and his height was slightly lower than Ding Chen's.

He has a very strong physique, a thin waist and slender arms. He was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a heroic appearance, and a short beard under his chin, which added a bit of spirit. It's just that he is dressed as a soldier, with a bow and a sword, three rows of quivers, and a Xuanhua axe.

Ding Chen's gaze swept over the Xuanhua big axe, and his eyes couldn't help but froze.

This axe was stained with blood and minced meat, and judging by the weight, it looked like it was at least forty or fifty catties.

How can such a character be just a pawn?

"Humble Xu Huang, he was originally the Marquis of Zhangchengmen, and he was a subordinate of Sima Yang Feng Yang Sima of the City Gate.

Two months ago, he was almost executed for offending Yang Sima. Fortunately, Cai Highway passed by at that time, and when he saw that I was pitiful, he came forward to intercede and saved my life. After that, he was demoted to a gatekeeper and stayed at the gate of Zhangcheng...... Today, His Majesty was ordered to go to Jieshuipi with Wang Jing, only to know that there had been a drastic change in Chang'an. Later, when he saw that Wang Jing wanted to kill Cai Gong, he came to the rescue and protected Cai Gong all the way here. Fang Cai didn't see it clearly, he offended Hucheng Tinghou, and asked for forgiveness. ”

Yang Feng's subordinates?

Ding Chen knew Yang Feng and had greeted him a few times.

That Yang Feng was originally a general of the Yellow Turban White Polish Army, and later surrendered to Dong Zhuo.

Ding Chen was not too impressed by Yang Feng's truth, let alone expected that Xu Huang and Cai Yong still had this relationship.

At that time, the old man was also soft-hearted for a while, and he couldn't bear to see the strong man die, so he came forward to intercede.

I didn't think about the good thoughts of the day, but I got the good results of today. Ziyang, Gongming's martial arts are strong, if he hadn't protected me all the way, I would have died. ”

Ding Chen and Cai Yan have a very wonderful feeling.

So to a certain extent, Cai Yong is like his father-in-law.

He hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you Gongming for saving me." ”

Xu Huang hurriedly said: "Hucheng Pavilion Wait, please be polite, Cai Gong is my savior, and I am just doing my duty." ”

"Ziyang, Gongming, don't be polite yet."

Cai Yong was a little anxious, interrupted the conversation between the two, and then asked, "Ziyang, tell me quickly, what is the form in Chang'an City?" Is Your Majesty in danger? Also, the prime minister is okay...... That Wang Yun is not a person to be killed, how can he ......

I have long told the prime minister that Wang Yun is a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff.

If you don't kill him, sooner or later you will be a scourge! ”

When Ding Chen heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at Cai Yong.

When did you say such things to Dong Zhuo?

No wonder Wang Jing wants to kill you! If you think so much that Wang Yun will die, how can his father and son spare your life......

"Prime Minister, dead!"

"Huh?"

Wang Yun colluded with Lu Bu and persuaded Xu Rong to surrender, and also killed many generals of the Liangzhou army.

Just now, Lu Bu took advantage of the prime minister's inspection of the prime minister's mansion and suddenly made a move and killed the prime minister, and now Chang'an is in chaos. ”

"What about Your Majesty?"

It can be heard that Cai Yong cares about Emperor Han very much.

Ding Chen heard Cai Yong say that when he was copying books in Shiqu Pavilion, he met Emperor Han several times.

Emperor Nahan was very studious and asked Cai Yong many questions. Because of this, Cai Yong had a good impression of Emperor Han.

Ding Chen said: "Gong Cai, you just have to rest assured, Your Majesty will not be in danger."

Although Wang Yun is ambitious, he is not that stupid person. What he wants is to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so he will never ruin the life of the Son of Heaven. If he kills the Son of Heaven, he will become the enemy of the world. This point, with Wang Yunzhi's cleverness, how can he not understand?

Besides......

Hehe, in this matter, I am afraid that there will be no Son of Heaven involved. ”

Ding Chen's impression of Emperor Han was not good!

He had met Liu Xie a few times, and always felt that the young man, although he was young, was indeed a thoughtful person.

Seeing that Cai Yong was about to refute, he sneered: "Cai Gong, do you think that with Wang Yun, a nominal, powerless Situ, he can really persuade Lu Bu and Xu Rong to rebel?" Lu Bu may be said to be a tiger and wolf, but Xu Rong is not an idle person. If there was no Son of Heaven behind him, and maybe even what he promised, how could Xu Rong rebel?

You must know that in the Liangzhou army, he is under one person and above ten thousand! ”

Cai Yong was a little unconvinced, but he couldn't find a reason to defend himself.

"Okay, Cai Gong, let's not quarrel over these things.

It's close to the main road, so it's easy to be spotted, so it's better to take shelter in the woods first...... It is estimated that after a while, Lao Gao and they will come over

By the way, Komeito, what are your plans? ”

"Me?"

Xu Huang was stunned for a moment and fell into confusion.

He said softly: "Actually, I don't know what to do.

I thought I could serve the imperial court, but who would have thought that ...... Now that the prime minister has been killed and Chang'an is in turmoil, I don't know where to go. ”

When Ding Chen heard this, his eyes unconsciously swept over the Xuanhua axe in his hand again.

"Komeito, why don't you come with me?"

"Huh?"

"I have decided to lead the trapped soldiers to Yanzhou and join my brother Cao Cao.

Today, the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou is a disaster in Yanzhou, and my brother Fang took over the history of Yanzhou's assassination and wanted to calm the war. Cai Gong said, Gongming is brave, in that case, why don't you go with me? With the three-foot Qingfeng, he has established an immortal career, and he is worthy of the name of a husband. ”

Xu Huang's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"I've also heard of Cai Gong's name, but it's a pity that no one has introduced me."

"If you don't introduce you, you can just go with me...... But along the way, you have to help me take care of Cai Gong's father and daughter. ”

Xu Huang suddenly smiled, "There is no need for the prince to advise, Cai Gong is my benefactor, and I should protect him." ”

Just then, a horseman hurried in.

"My lord, General Pang is here!"

Ding Chen was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around and walked straight out of the woods.

When he came to the side of the road, he saw smoke and dust flying in the distance, and a cavalry army was galloping towards him.

When the young general at the head saw Ding Chen standing on the side of the road, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Lord, Pang De is late, please don't blame the lord." ”

As he spoke, he urged the horse to hurry, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Ding Chen, turned over and dismounted, and knelt on one knee.

Ding Chen hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said in a deep voice: "Ling Ming, is this road quite safe?" ”

"Lord, fortunately, Mr. Guo has always paid attention to the movements in Chang'an City, and after discovering that the situation was not good, he immediately sent me to Jieshuipi to respond. But he never thought that after arriving at Jieshuipi, he learned that the lord had gone to Chang'an City, and the whereabouts of Cai Gong were unknown. I immediately addressed Mr. Guo, who said let's come to Baqiao first, and they will come later. ”

"That's good."

Ding Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing what Pang De said.

Unexpectedly, when Pang De saw Cai Yong, he was stunned.

"Gong Cai, why didn't you see Mrs. Cai?"

Cai Yong was stunned for a moment, looked at Pang De in confusion and said, "Zhao Ji, isn't it in the camp?" ”

Pang De's face suddenly changed greatly, he glanced at Ding Chen, and said softly: "Not long after Cai Gong left, Cai Niangzi also said that she wanted to go back. At that time, the eldest lady felt that it was no big deal, so she sent some people to Jieshui with Cai Niangzi.

I thought that Cai Niangzi was with Cai Gong, so I asked. ”

Ding Chen was on the side, I understood!

"You mean, Sister Cai also went back to Jieshuipi?"

"yes."

Ding Chen turned around to look at Cai Yong and Xu Huang, but saw that both of them shook their heads at the same time.

Cai Yong said: "If I see Zhao Ji, I will definitely take her with me...... But I didn't see her from beginning to end. ”

"Yes, I haven't seen it even if I was lowly."

Ding Chen's brain is a little messy!

He knew that Cai Yong couldn't joke with him about this kind of thing.

However, if Cai Yong and the others didn't see Cai Yan, then where is Cai Yan now?

Thinking of the chaotic situation in Chang'an, Ding Chen suddenly became confused.

He looked up at the sky, gritted his teeth suddenly, and said to Pang De: "Ling Ming, leave two hundred people here to protect Cai Gong, and the rest of me will follow me to Jieshuipi to find someone." ”