Chapter 16 fourth quarter

Zhao Yan broke out in a cold sweat. He crawled under the confluence of the cart, holding his breath for fear of being heard. He had just witnessed a human tragedy.More than 300 infantrymen were assaulted and crushed by a large group of cavalry on this narrow Suzaku Avenue. Human remains were scattered all over the street, and muddy blood flowed down the ditches into the gutters on both sides, smelling fishy. This is really a disaster.In the afternoon, he went to visit Chen Qun, a friend of Sikong West Cao, to inquire about the latest news in Sikong Mansion.The two chatted so happily that they forgot the curfew time.Chen Qun asked him to stay overnight, but Zhao Yan was in a hurry to go back and sort out the latest news to Shao Kong's residence.He was lucky, thinking that he should not have been caught by the night watchman by such a coincidence, but in the end he bumped into Wang Fubu who was rushing to Xu Duwei.

In order to prevent leaks, Wang Fu ordered everyone who bumped into him on the street to be arrested and taken away.So Zhao Yan was caught in the team, with a rag stuffed into his mouth, and was pulled and dragged by a soldier, staggering all the way, in an extremely embarrassing situation. Zhao Yan was extremely astonished, these people were murderous, definitely not Xu Duwei's night watchman. "Could it be a mutiny?" Zhao Yan's mind was running fast even while pushing and shoving.In the dark, it is difficult to see the number of this army, and it is impossible to know its source, but judging from the recent situation in Xudu, Zhao Yan guessed that it was the emperor, or Dong Cheng, who did it.

After figuring this out, the series of strange behaviors of the Luoyang family in the court hall immediately became a clear line, which made Zhao Yan suddenly see the light.When he was shocked, he couldn't help but think to himself, Dong Cheng's big handwriting, even Wang Fu's troops are pawns in the dark, could it be that Xun Yu and Man Chong didn't notice this? No one answered his question, because they were suddenly attacked by unknown cavalry.Wang Fubu was in chaos, no one cared about Zhao Yan anymore.Zhao Yan took advantage of the chaos and got under a wooden cart piled with firewood on the side of the street. He didn't care about being gentle, and lay down like a dog, raised his neck and looked out in fear.Three hundred people formed a group on Suzaku Avenue, which seemed very crowded, and no one would pay attention to a little Yilang who hid under the cart.

Zhao Yan had never seen such a bloody scene, trembling all over, almost despairing.There was a hissing overhead, and a cavalryman's mount tripped over several dead bodies in the street and fell to the ground.The cavalryman got up from the ground, kicked the corpse a few times cursingly, drew out his knife and chopped it hard a few times, and then left angrily. Zhao Yan's body stopped trembling all of a sudden and froze.He had heard that cavalryman's swearing accent in Luoyang and Chang'an.This is a rather rustic accent, but in the past few years, it was the nightmare of the whole Guanzhong.

This is Xiliang dialect!This is the cavalry from Xiliang! In the vicinity of Xudu, the only one who still has the Xiliang cavalry is Zhang Xiu, the Northern Spear King of Wancheng. Zhang Xiu is the nephew of Zhang Ji, Dong Zhuo's former subordinate. He is highly skilled in martial arts and has formed his own school in Wancheng.He once surrendered to Cao Cao, but when Cao Cao went to Wancheng to accept the surrender, he suddenly turned his face and killed Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and general Dian Wei, disrupting the situation in the entire Central Plains.It can be said that the Zhang family and the Cao family have an enmity as deep as the sea.When Xudu was so empty, Xiliang cavalry actually appeared in the city. Zhao Yan hardly dared to think about the significance of this...

Could it be that Dong Cheng and Zhang Xiu teamed up to borrow foreign soldiers to enter the city and attack the Cao family?But why did it conflict with these troops again? Zhao Yan suddenly remembered what Chen Qun said.When he asked the Sikong Mansion's opinion on the rectification of the guards, Chen Qun replied flatly: "It's up to them how to start; how to end it depends on what Lord Sikong and Xun Lingjun want." The recent decrees of the imperial court and the Sikong Mansion flashed back in Zhao Yan's mind quickly. He is a smart man, and he is used to reading the hidden meanings from a lot of complicated decrees.It suddenly occurred to him that just a few days ago, Cao Ren's army was transferred from Xudu to Xiang County, and it was Xun Yu who gave the order.

"Not good, Young Master, she..." Zhao Yan suddenly raised his head, and then hit the axle with a "bang".Regardless of the severe pain in the back of his head, he crawled out from under the car with his teeth bared, distraught. Several cavalrymen noticed the strange movement here, and in their eyes, this guy in a cloth robe seemed to be more valuable.Several horses swaggered towards him and surrounded him. The cavalrymen's spears had been broken, and they drew their sabers from their waists. Zhao Yan didn't know where the strength came from, he raised the cart with both arms and pushed it forward.The cart was piled full of uncut thorns and twigs, and it was so shaggy that it was uncomfortable to stick to the body.The cavalry didn't want to approach, so they flicked the reins and tried to go around.Zhao Yan was very familiar with Xudu's terrain. He pushed it flat with his hand, and the whole cart suddenly veered and landed in front of an alley next to Zhuque Street.Then, disregarding his gentleness, he slipped under the cart and ran towards the depths of the lane.

The alley is very narrow, and with such a large cart blocking the entrance, it would be difficult for the cavalry to pass without dismounting.The cavalry hesitated for a moment, abandoned the objective, and returned to the street. Zhao Yan, who escaped from the sky, didn't care to take a breath, and started to run wildly.This time it was no longer for himself, but for another person.He didn't even notice that he left a string of blood-red footprints on the Lane Road, and beside the footprints, there was another string of shocking blood-red hoofprints that hadn't dried up yet. ※※※

Dong Cheng looked up at the gate of the palace city, and it was pitch black, as if no one was guarding it.He asked his attendants to call Miyagi Sima to open the door, but there was no response for a long time. Just when Dong Cheng was puzzled, an object was thrown from the top of the city, and after a few laps, it happened to stop at Dong Cheng's feet. Dong Cheng felt something was wrong, he held the lantern and leaned over to see it, and found that it was a human head.The face of the head is very familiar. An hour ago, he was still asking Dong Cheng if he could be promoted from Captain Changshui to Jiuqing.

"Zongji?" Dong Chengchao took a step back, his expression changed drastically.The lantern in his hand trembled violently, and the candle inside could barely stand. Suddenly, the lights on the top of the city were brightened, the armor clanged, and a dozen figures rushed out at once.With the light of the fire from the top of the city, Dong Cheng could clearly see the pockmarked face of one of them. "Man Boning, it really is you..." The attendant raised his saber vigilantly, but Dong Cheng regained his composure in an instant.Man Chong is a man with a deep strategy, relying on the king's clothes may not be able to control this viper, Dong Cheng had expected this at the beginning.Now that he appeared on Miyagi at this time, it means that he has already noticed Dong Cheng's plan.

It seems that Zhongji failed to besiege Deng Zhan and was killed because of Man Chong's method. But even so, so what?The emperor is now under the protection of Yang Xiu; and Wang Fu's army is still the most powerful armed group in Xudu.As long as these two points are kept together, even if Man Chong and Deng Zhan occupy the imperial city, nothing can be done. "General Dong didn't go back to the mansion late at night to rest, why did he go to the palace late at night?" Man Chong asked condescendingly. Dong Cheng raised his head and shouted, flicking the sleeves of his robe, he looked like an important minister: "Man Boning, why bother to be hypocritical. Today, I am entrusting my clothes and belts to hunt down thieves and eliminate traitors. You will be a minion for a tiger, so you have not come down early." "What a coincidence, I also have an edict here, saying that General Dong, you gathered a crowd to rebel, and ordered Xu Duwei to destroy it." Man Chong calmly took out a scroll of dark yellow inlaid edict. "I don't know the army in Beijing, which edict should be followed." Dong Cheng sneered and said, "Your Majesty, please come to the court to judge, don't you know?" This Man Chong stood leisurely at the top of the city, looking not in a hurry, so he was happy to procrastinate.When the emperor and the king's clothes arrive, with righteousness and force, they will not worry about defeating a mere Miyagi. As soon as they went up and down, they just confronted each other, and they were determined in each other's hearts.After a while, a rush of horseshoes came from a distance.Dong Cheng was overjoyed and turned his head to look. The person who came was not the emperor, but the king's clothes, and he was alone and riding alone, with blood stains all over his body. "General Dong..." Wang Fu shouted immediately, "The Xiliang army has entered the city!" Dong Cheng didn't understand the meaning of his words at first, and was a little at a loss.But after thinking about it carefully, his face immediately became dignified.The bloodstains on Wangfu's body, the Xiliang army's entry into the city, and his expression full of favor... He has been in office for so many years, and these scattered signs are enough for him to instantly guess the hidden joints. Unexpectedly, that Man Chong actually made a dangerous move, saying that he had surrendered Zhang Xiu, who had a deep hatred with the Cao family. This was a variable that could not be counted before.Facing the brave Xiliang cavalry, even Cao Cao's central army could hardly take advantage of it, let alone Wang Fu's few hundred wandering soldiers. The painstaking strategy of emptying Xudu's soldiers and horses was resolved by Man Chong's trick out of nothing. Wang Fu was about to get close to Dong Cheng, but unexpectedly a person jumped down from the top of the wall, stood upright with his sword upright, and stood in front of his horse: "General Wang, I wanted to compete with you a long time ago." Wang Fu reined in, looked at the angry man in front of him, and said with a wry smile: "It only takes a few crossbow arrows to solve it, why bother to do it?" Deng Zhan pulled out his long knife and said seriously: "General Wang He was born in a famous family, and his swordsmanship is known as the best. Today I have killed Zhongji, and I am on the verge of slaying death with one step, why not fight with all my strength?" Then he drew a long straight line under his feet with the knife . This is an invitation for warriors.Wang Fu knew it would be useless to talk too much, so he dismounted calmly and wiped away the blood on the sword with the hem of his clothes.The two each raised their swords as a salute, and then took a step forward at the same time, screaming in their mouths, and the two swords intersected clangingly. Dong Cheng didn't pay any more attention to Wang Fu, he raised his head again, his expression became distorted: "Man Boning, you really have the guts to go out of this dangerous move. If Cao Mengde knew it, with his suspicion , I am afraid that you will not be able to survive." The torches on the top of the city were flickering, and Man Chong's expression seemed to be erratic.Facing Dong Cheng's question, he did not answer, but stretched out his hand, threw the imperial edict in his hand into the city, and said loudly: "Dong Cheng accepts the edict." Dong Cheng's shoulders trembled slightly. From the moment he learned that the Xiliang army had entered the city, he knew that his plan had collapsed.But the dignity of being a chariot and cavalry general does not allow him to be disrespectful in front of the enemy.He leaned over to pick up the imperial edict from the ground, and read it. It was nothing but clichés, but what surprised him was that the seal on the signature was four inches in size, with the words "Ordered by Heaven, Longevity and Prosperity" written on it. words. Chuan Guo Yuxi? Since Fang Yuxi was sent back to Xudu by Xu Wei, the emperor had always carried it close to him, but now it was stamped on the imperial edict brought by Man Chong.Could it be that the emperor has also been controlled by them?No, it's not that the emperor was controlled, but the emperor was already under their control... Dong Cheng's thoughts were spinning rapidly. There was a slight sound of breaking wind, and the expressions of several followers behind Dong Cheng suddenly froze, and then fell to the ground one by one.They are all masters hidden in Dong's mansion, everyone can fight ten against one, but now they are killed by one move, the master in the dark is really terrifying. Faced with the shocking change, Dong Cheng didn't even turn his head back, but just let out a long sigh with his hands behind his back: "Nephew, I should have guessed that it was you. If it wasn't for you, even if Man Boning had the guts to show off the capital, how would he dare to expose the capital?" To lure wolves into the house." A young man rolled the dice and came out of the darkness with a smile on his face: "Uncle Dong, is my bet quite satisfactory?" "Is Your Majesty alright?" Dong Cheng answered irrelevantly. Yang Xiu bowed and said, "Xun Lingjun has been teaching Confucian classics to His Majesty in the Sikong Mansion, and now it's time to talk about "Salty One Virtue"." Dong Cheng laughed out loud when he heard the words: "'The ministers are moral for the superior, and the people for the inferior.' What a piece of "Salty There is Virtue"! Xun Lingjun chose this article, it really has a deep meaning!" His laughter suddenly stopped, and he stared at Yang. Xiudao: "It's just that I don't understand. Your father is a famous minister of the great Han Dynasty. Why did you turn against the Cao family, but are you greedy for power?" Yang Xiu walked slowly to Dong Cheng's side and stopped, his gentle face suddenly turned furious.He leaned close to Dong Cheng's ear, and said without a word: "Who is the one who coveted power and put my father in prison and almost killed him?" Dong Cheng's expression froze suddenly, and his composure was cracked until now.