Yuan Shao led a group of elite troops to pursue Sun Jian at lightning speed.
Outsiders have no way of knowing what happened after the two met. They could only see that Yuan Shao had returned with an angry look on his face and murderous intent in his eyes.
After that, although Cao Cao, Tao Qian, Kong Rong and others among the princes took the initiative to march westward to Chang'an and kill Dong Zhuo, they no longer mentioned the matter of rescuing the emperor and the officials this time. It was clear that they had the intention of supporting Liu Bian and reshaping the world. .
But the rest of the princes have lost their enterprising spirit, especially as the news spread that Sun Jian left resolutely because he obtained the imperial seal. The minds of the princes became more complicated, and there were very few who really cared about the Han Dynasty.
As the leader of the alliance, Liu Bian saw that the coalition forces had no fighting spirit and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. After complying with Cao Cao and others' request, he made several suggestions to march the army, but saw that there were very few responders, so the young man's temper suddenly broke out and he threatened Yuan Shao and others. He scolded, "It's not enough to make a plan", and ordered the accompanying soldiers and horses to return to Youzhou. .
His army had only marched a few miles when smoke and dust suddenly rose from behind, and a group of men and horses came galloping towards them.
Liu Bian saw from a distance that this group of troops were flying the banner with the word "Cao", and a smile appeared on his face immediately. He immediately asked the troops to stay temporarily, and he took several of his generals to wait at the rear of the army.
Not long after, Cao Cao led his subordinates Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan and other trusted generals as well as nearly ten thousand horses. They saw Liu Bian riding the mighty white tiger standing majestically in the middle of the road. Behind him were Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Generals Zhao Yun, Huang Xu, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun reined up their horses to accompany them.
He first ordered the army to stop, then rode forward alone, dismounted a hundred paces away, and bowed in front of Liu Bian, who was on foot. With the ambition of recovery, I am willing to follow the king from now on, riding in front of me and behind the horse, doing a little service!"
Liu Bian laughed loudly, jumped off the white tiger's back, walked to Cao Cao, knelt down and lifted him up with his hands, and said with emotion: "I know Meng De's loyalty and righteousness, but now that you have come to surrender, it's like a tiger spreading wings!"
Now that the two sides were united, Liu Bian and Cao Cao walked side by side, giving guidance and inspiring words along the way. It was obvious that he valued him very much.
Cao Cao always adhered to his duty and was slightly behind by half a horse, not daring to do anything disrespectful.
Only when talking about the general trend of the world, his attitude is very heroic and public. There are many heroes in the world, with the king as the first, and then it is his turn, and the others such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and others are insignificant.
Liu Bian asked with a smile: "Mengde admires the Gu family so much that he comes to join us and becomes his subject. If there is no Gu family in the world, how should Meng De deal with himself?"
Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said with emotion: "If there is no such thing as a great king in the world, Cao Cao will do his best to assist and become the emperor. However, the emperor is not a wise master. For the sake of the world and all the people, Cao Cao cannot say what he will do to Yi and Huo!"
Liu Bian did not feel dissatisfied at all, but said with great interest: "Yi Yin is just returning it. Huo Guang held great power and showed great glory before his death, but after his death, his family was destroyed. Isn't Mengde afraid of making the same mistake again?"
Cao Cao pondered again, and after a long time he slowly said: "Although Cao is a great man, he will not sacrifice his descendants in the name of loyalty. Before he dies, he will definitely leave his descendants a way to protect themselves!"
As for how to "protect oneself," he did not explain it in detail, believing that Liu Bian would definitely understand. .
Liu Bian laughed and said, "My foster father is right, Meng De is indeed a man of true temperament!"
Cao Cao was shuddered when he heard Liu Bian mention the mysterious "Taoist Hu Yun".
The reason why he chose to put his treasure on Liu Bian was not only the ambition to serve the country that he had cultivated in his heart since he was a child, but also his admiration for Liu Bian's magnanimity. Another important reason was that standing behind him was a man who was said to have died. Taoist Hu Yun became an immortal.
Liu Bian pointed to the north on the back of the white tiger and said with a smile: "Mengde may not know that Youyan today is no longer a bitter and cold place in the past. The land is rich in resources, the people are rich, and the soldiers are well-equipped. Pinggu has been in Youzhou these years. The power of management, once the time comes, will be able to sweep away the princes with great force, and then it’s time for the final decisive battle with my good brother Gu Na!”
When Cao Cao heard that he was talking about "good brother" Liu Xie instead of Dong Zhuo, his heart suddenly moved, but he did not ask his doubts out loud. He just looked thoughtfully in the direction of Chang'an.
What he didn't know was that at this moment, Chang'an, thousands of miles away, was already
It's a river of blood.
A big man covered in heavy black armor, his face hidden behind a mask with a ferocious face, rode a huge black horse with pale flames spitting out of its mouth and nose like a monster from hell, holding in his hand a dark iron rod as long as one and a half feet long and as thick as the rim of a cup. With the stick, he easily crushed all the generals and soldiers who blocked him, and like a wave of waves, he killed the most elite "Flying Bear Army" under Dong Zhuo's command, and came to the front of Dong Zhuo who looked grim.
Behind the big man, thousands of eunuchs who were originally weak and weak turned into tall and powerful warriors. They all wore heavy armor and carried horse-killing swords. They followed the big man without saying a word and wielded their swords to slaughter the Xiliang people who had begun to collapse. Soldiers and horses.
Seeing that the big man swung his stick and smashed his two heroes, Li Jue and Guo Si, into two shapeless balls of flesh, with no one left to rely on, Dong Zhuo, who was sitting on the carriage, aroused the silence. With his long-standing bravery, he took out the strong bow that had been left beside him for many years, and seemed to instantly return to the peak state of his youth. He miraculously fired arrows. In a series of clanking strings, nine feathered arrows lined up in the air, end to end. A line shot towards the big man's face.
The big man only did one thing, raised his right hand in front of the door, and let the nine arrows with enough power to pierce the cave wall hit his palm one by one, and then exploded into pieces. .z.
Dong Zhuo shouted in despair: "Who are you? And whose person are you? I should have to die to understand!"
The big man's mask automatically popped up, revealing a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar to Dong Zhuo. His eyes, which had lost all the whites of his eyes and turned into a deep black color, seemed to reveal a trace of complex emotions. He shouted in a deep voice: "Wen Hou Lu Bu, Feng Tianzi Order to kill the traitor Dong Zhuo!"
Dong Zhuo was astonished, and then burst out into a burst of crazy laughter: "I didn't expect that the late emperor would give birth to two such powerful sons in his absurd and foolish life. It seems that this great Han Dynasty will eventually return to the hands of his Liu family, I...accept my fate! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the iron rod in Lu Bu's hand was thrust straight out like an angry dragon out of the sea. The blunt head of the rod penetrated Dong Zhuo's flesh like a broken bamboo, and he was nailed to the carriage.
"The traitor Dong Zhuo is dead!"
Lu Bu used his arms to lift up Dong Zhuo's heavy body, held it high in the air, and let out a roar that shook the entire battlefield.
"The Emperor has a decree to only punish the traitor Dong Zhuo. Anyone who surrenders will be spared!"
At the rear, there was a group of important ministers headed by Situ Wang Yun, guarded by another group of eunuchs who transformed into strong men.
Seeing that Lu Bu had succeeded, Wang Yun held up a copy of Huang Ling's edict and ordered his men to shout in unison to the battlefield where the fighting was still going on.
The fighting on the battlefield gradually stopped, and then there was the sound of weapons being discarded.
