Chapter 205: Changes in Chang'an...
No matter how much Li Jue relied on Jia Xu to give him advice, it was hard for him not to think at this moment that it was most likely not Jia Xu who wanted to make a move, but him! run! it’s done!
But why is he running?
What if Duan Wei and Zhang Ji come to attack Chang'an?
Li Jue believed that he was not so crazy as to use Dong Zhuo's family to threaten the two men to withdraw their troops.
If you really have to say it, it would be better to use Dong Zhuo himself as a hostage.
Li Jue angrily followed his subordinates to the place where Dong Bai and his great-grandmother and others were previously imprisoned, and saw that the entrance to the tunnel leading to the outside world under Dong Bai's bed had been turned out.
However, this tightly sealed iron entrance did not have a corresponding key, so it was obviously impossible for them to open it easily.
Although Dong Zhuo had some nouveau riche aesthetic tastes, he still forced the craftsmen to make the products sturdy where corners should not be cut.
Seeing this scene, a flash of enlightenment suddenly came to Li Jue's mind.
He grabbed the subordinate who was guarding the place and shouted, "Has there ever been a shortage of people here before?"
The subordinate replied hesitantly: "No... I don't quite remember. I didn't pay much attention to them before because you said they were just a few insignificant people."
As Li Jue glared at him, the man's voice became lower and lower.
Li Jue was really going to be pissed off by him!
Now he knew how Duan Wei and Zhang Ji came about.
Obviously, these two people had no need to return to Chang'an to report on their work recently. Even if they really sent their subordinates, they would not be able to figure out what was going on just by looking at the garrisons outside Chang'an City. However, they both reacted faster than Li Jue expected.
There is only one explanation.
Someone who was convincing enough for them went to report the news.
Jia Xu might still know about this.
So he had to hide first, and in order to repay Dong Zhuo's kindness to him, he also had to hide those who might be the target of Li Jue's anger.
But what is this all about!
Li Jue still feels that Jia Xu is still the good counselor who has repeatedly given him effective suggestions, but he made some mistakes because he was inevitably partial to his own interests. Just like Dong Zhuo still thinks that Jia Xu is a loyal minister who gave him the opportunity to turn the tables and who found opportunities to protect his family.
However, Li Jue soon had no time to think about Jia Xu's whereabouts.
Duan Wei came to rescue Dong Zhuo, but he was unable to hit Zhang Ji in one blow because Zhang Ji was ambushed by Yan Xing first. Instead, he had to retreat to Chiyang.
But some people were convinced by Li Jue's conclusion that Duan Wei's action was treason, while others were not.
Especially those Xiliang troops who were truly loyal to Dong Zhuo.
If we look deeper into the rhetoric of "restoring order out of chaos" that Jia Xu asked Li Jue to come up with, we will find that there are quite a few problems in it.
It's fine if it's used to fool people for a while.
But as Duan Wei attacked Chang'an and threatened to rescue people, the Xiliang soldiers thought that there was something wrong.
No matter how Li Jue said he wanted to restrict Dong Zhuo from making a decision, when the troops heading to Liangzhou had already been dispatched -
At some point, Prime Minister Dong should show up, right?
There must be something fishy going on if he's still holding people captive.
These people discussed it and decided that since everything that needed to be done had already been done, there would be no problem in rescuing the Prime Minister.
Li Jue was staring at the tunnel entrance in front of him, thinking about how to pry it open, when he saw his men rushing in and saying hastily, "Oh no! Someone is rushing towards the Weiyang Palace, saying that they must see the Prime Minister."
As Li Jue transferred a large number of manpower to the siege of Chiyang, he inevitably relaxed the garrison within the Chang'an Palace.
This is really not something that cannot be done.
His expression changed.
Faced with the important matter of Dong Zhuo regaining his freedom, he had no time to care about such a trivial matter as his think tank running away.
More importantly,
Dong Zhuo was imprisoned in a side hall of the Weiyang Palace, while Liu Xie, the little emperor who was used as a gimmick by them, lived in the main hall of the Weiyang Palace!
If Dong Zhuo were to take Liu Xie away, then everything would be over.
All his previous efforts would be wasted.
Compared to the strategist Jia Xu, the first person Dong Zhuo will target after regaining the advantage must be him!
Worse news came when he was riding towards the Weiyang Palace.
The untamed state of the Xiliang people was clearly revealed at this time.
After being blocked, they did not even think about waiting for Li Jue to come and discuss the matter. Instead, they killed the guards along the way without hesitation and released Dong Zhuo directly.
Of course, Dong Zhuo would not let go of Liu Xie, a good cover, and took him along.
Faced with the crisis of losing Liu Xie, Li Jue's mind worked much faster than ever before.
He knew very well that if Dong Zhuo was given the opportunity to contact other subordinates, he would no longer have any room for resistance.
Unless he could find another force that could support him at this time, he could first block Dong Zhuo's message transmission, especially prevent him from passing the imperial edict through the emperor's mouth.
Does such a thing exist?
It’s true!
Anyway, he was already one step slower than Dong Zhuo, so there was no point in rushing towards Weiyang Palace at this time. Li Jue turned his horse without hesitation and headed towards the government office.
At times like this, he could only rely on the power of these court officials.
Although Li Jue was a good-for-nothing, Dong Zhuo was obviously even less so.
They wouldn't want the little emperor to fall back into Dong Zhuo's hands, right?
Wang Yun, who was approached by Li Jue first, was shocked by the news he brought, but he responded decisively after a quick thought: "Release Lord Lu from prison. If anyone can represent the power and prestige of the regent, it must be Lord Lu. It can also barely reverse the disadvantage of the emperor in the hands of the thief Dong."
Li Jue replied without even thinking: "That's impossible!"
If Lu Zhi were to take charge of the army, it would be very clear who would be the leader and who would be the follower, and who would rely on whose strength.
He's not that stupid yet.
If he really did what Wang Yun said, it would be the only difference between dying early and dying late for him.
Wang Yun cursed in his heart, this guy is very smart now even at this time when he shouldn’t be smart.
But as he was more concerned about the safety of the emperor, he could only say, "Well, Huang Ziyan and I will follow you to lead the troops and rescue His Majesty first!"
Wang Yun and Huang Wan had more or less some experience in commanding troops, so Li Jue did not need to be as on guard against them as he did with Lu Zhi.
He immediately replied: "Let's do it this way!"
In order to reduce the influence of Dong Zhuo, who held the emperor's power, Li Jue came up with an astonishingly bad idea at this time:
Anyway, not many people have seen the emperor up close. Compared with the emperor in Dong Zhuo's hands, the "emperor" supported by court officials in his hands is of course much more credible. There are dragon robes for replacement in the palace, so why not create another symbol!
When Wang Yun heard this ridiculous idea, he almost cursed out loud.
But Li Jue had been forced to this point by Jia Xu's disappearance and Dong Zhuo's sudden counterattack. He had no time to care about so many things and went to get the spare dragon robe without hesitation.
Wang Yun tried to stop him, but Li Jue glared at him fiercely and said, "Let me tell you, only by making the emperor less important can we make it easier for us to defeat Dong Zhuo. If you still want to rescue the emperor, you'd better act like one."
But when Li Jue planned to let his son disguise himself as the emperor, he encountered another obstacle.
His wife cried, "You want to confront Dong Zhuo in this chaotic army. Don't tell me that it is a great blessing to disguise as the emperor. I suggested that we take your son with us to attack Liangzhou to gain experience and gain fame as a young man, but you disagreed. Now you want to find him for such a dangerous task?"
She wiped her tears and suddenly pointed at her daughter, "If you want to take her, let her go!"
What Li Jue wanted was a decoration that was obedient enough to avoid causing trouble. It really made no difference whether he was bringing his son or his daughter.
He made a decision and replied, "Okay, take her!"
It's just a fake sign anyway!
The city of Chang'an was in and outside a chaotic situation of three armies fighting each other because of Duan Wei's attack and Dong Zhuo's escape.
In Meiwu, the battle was one-sided.
When Qiao Yan's troops, who had been stationed outside Meiwu for a day, launched the attack, the defenders in Meiwu were on edge due to the continuous shifts. It was not until the stones on the trebuchet were loaded onto the slingshot and whizzed towards them that they suddenly realized that the situation had changed.
The slow attack proposed by Xun You, as he said, should not really be called a slow attack. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a strong attack after paralyzing the enemy.
During this day, Qiao Yan's soldiers not only fully rested from the one-day march from Chencang to Meiwu, but also put the catapults and siege vehicles in a state of readiness.
When the attack horn sounded, dozens of flying rocks flew towards Meiwu.
Almost at the same time, countless crossbow arrows fired from the crossbows shot towards the top of the city.
Under the fire suppression on the top of the city wall, the siege ladders assembled yesterday were also pushed towards the top of the city wall.
The advantage of Meiwu's strong and high city walls was revealed at this time.
Although the defenders could not gain a foothold on the outer city wall due to the attack of crossbows, the second line of defense in the rear still covered the defense on the top and bottom of the city.
Qiao Yan's crossbow arrow consumption was far greater than that of the opponent.
She raised her hand to block the sunlight above her head and looked towards Meiwu across the street.
After a moment of panic, the enemy was able to live up to the status of having a strong city to protect and a good general to lead.
Even though Duan Wei himself was not here, the order he brought out from the soldiers here still continued.
What a pity... What a pity that they are facing a siege team like hers!
This temporary response cannot bring about a fundamental improvement in the war situation.
As the military order was issued, when the siege ladders were placed on the top of the city wall, the advancing heavy armored infantry covered the archers and pushed the battle line to a position of 200 steps.
All of a sudden, arrows were flying like rain from the top of the city wall.
Crossbow arrows that were fired with greater force, almost like being thrown, and ordinary arrows shot diagonally upward at close range, with the firing instructions to rather shoot into the city than land outside the wall, intertwined into a dense arrow net.
The general in charge of commanding the city was so anxious that he felt like he was about to get angry.
If possible, he would rather defend the city gate and allow the other party to pass through, so as to reduce the losses caused by insufficient guards.
But anyone with experience in military operations knows that even if he makes such a promise, the other side will most likely not believe it.
Rather than taking the risk of an army attacking from behind, it would definitely be safer to take down the Meiwu stronghold.
But unfortunately, they couldn't even stand on the top of the city wall and throw down the wolf-tooth batons and rolling stones prepared for defense.
How to fight this!
He shouted sternly to the soldiers on the inner watchtower: "They have limited bows and crossbows. They can't use them all on our small city! Use every arrow in your hand. Once someone climbs onto the top of the city wall, shoot him immediately."
"Think about Gaoping City. If you want to survive, you must defend this city!"
It is impossible for all the news from Liangzhou to be sent to Guanzhong.
In order to strengthen the centripetal control over his soldiers, Dong Zhuo naturally conveyed the story of Qiao Yan's killing.
She sheltered the Qiang people who spent the winter in Huangzhong, educated and persuaded them, and established an economic order - he would definitely not tell you about it.
There is only one thing I can say.
The first battle she fought after entering Liangzhou was to use the Qiang people in Gaoping City as an example and wipe them out completely.
All 8,000 Qiang people in Gaoping City died in this battle.
Then according to Meiwu's status, it seems that they should have ended up like this.
In order to survive, we can only try our best to defend the city!
But they knew psychologically that death would come if the city was captured and this was not an exaggeration.
Physiologically, he couldn't help feeling more and more tired and dizzy amid the barrage of arrows from the opposite side.
Under the powerful attack from Qiao Yan's side, those of them who rushed to the top of the city wall with shields were shot and fell down within a few breaths.
Seeing this scene, the hands that were pulling the bowstring began to tremble slightly.
It was at this moment that they heard the clear sound of a golden gong.
This is not the sound of retreat.
Amid the sound of the golden gong, which still carried with it the spirit of passion and progress, the arrows in the air paused.
The indiscriminate rain of arrows suddenly disappeared into the air.
But as this threat subsided, it was replaced by the vanguard camp that climbed to the top of the city wall!
Before they could even take their stand on the wall, pieces of iron flew out of their hands without stopping and headed towards the defenders!
"I heard that after Xu Gongming gathered the soldiers to lead the first attack camp, he specifically sought advice from Captain Yao on how to use the spear?" Guo Jia looked towards the top of the city wall and asked.
Qiao Yan replied: "You should say that he prepared a special set of weapons for the soldiers of the Xiandeng Camp."
It is hard to say whether this habit was developed because of being in Bingzhou.
Just like in Qiao Yan's Bingzhou Army, there is already a systematic emergency kit for medical first aid. Xu Huang also considered this matter when he took over the post of the Vanguard Camp from Qiao Yan.
Apart from the fact that the chain mail they used had stronger defensive power than other armor, all he had been thinking about during this month was how to climb the city wall efficiently and how to gain a foothold on the wall.
Because the time is too short, equipping too much equipment is not only not a benefit to them, but a burden instead.
So there were three things he took into consideration first.
One of them is the spear commonly used by the Qiang people.
At this moment, as they were climbing up to the top of the city wall, the soldiers who had first reached the camp threw the spears in their hands smoothly towards the enemies that appeared within their sight.
Throwing the spear requires almost no time for loading or drawing the bow, so Yao Chang wore it at her side when she attacked Ayang.
Now, facing the double-layer city wall defense like Meiwu, it can also be effective.
Without waiting for this round of javelins to end, the second item of equipment, the archer crossbow included in the vanguard camp, was quickly strung and launched a second round of attack on the archers on the watchtowers.
The short range of the crossbow is a disadvantage under normal circumstances, but it is an undoubted advantage at this time.
The crossbow arrows rushed into the lookout tower, with greater lethality than the javelins in the previous round.
Of course, while they were attacking the Meiwu defenders, the other side could also launch an attack on them.
The light weight of the mail armor not only reduced the weight they had to bear when climbing, but also gave the soldiers in the vanguard the opportunity to add weight to the armor on their heads and wrap leather armor around their limbs for protection.
So that——
"Why is it so hard to penetrate?"
A garrison soldier in Meiwu carefully dodged the spears and crossbow arrows, drew his bow and drew his arrow towards one of the soldiers who had marched into the camp first, trying to shoot him down.
But this arrow fired at close range only hit the opponent's chest and was bounced away.
To be precise, the arrow had fulfilled its mission by failing to penetrate the gaps between the scales of the chain mail.
The only part of the soldier in the vanguard camp that was exposed seemed to be his eyes.
The next moment, the defenders in the city saw the other party grabbing the edge of the city wall with the grappling hook on his waist and climbing down quickly along the rope hook.
He was like a flawless iron shell, and without any close resistance, he rolled directly to the inside of the city wall.
He is not the only one who has done this.
Their target was the iron bolt behind the city gate!
As more than a hundred people with the best weapons and equipment stepped onto the top of the city wall and eliminated a group of enemies in a series of continuous actions, the soldiers with slightly worse equipment in the rear swarmed in and completely gained a foothold here with the cooperation of each other.
Xu Huang slashed at the soldiers who were rushing towards the city gate and trying to stop them from opening it.
His past experience as a bandit and his confrontation with the barbarians on the Yinshan defense line gave him an astonishing explosive power in his sword-drawing and slashing movements.
The vanguard battalion led by him obviously has more than just defensive capabilities.
In terms of offense, they are also at the top level of the Bingzhou Army.
The defenders in the city felt nervous when they saw this scene.
He knew clearly that if he allowed them to open the city gates, he would be completely helpless.
However, the opponent's high efficiency was not only in the capture of the city wall by the vanguard camp. Before he could command the soldiers on the ground to head straight for the city gate, with the help of the battering ram, the city gate had been violently knocked open in front of him.
What could not be seen from inside the city was that, even before the Xiandeng Camp succeeded, the heavy armored infantry had already pushed the battle line some distance toward the city.
So at this moment, as the city gate opened, they formed a torrent that poured into the city.
Near the city gate, there were actually soldiers who were killed by thrown arrows and flying stones, as well as those who fell in the battle with the vanguard camp.
Now with the addition of heavily armored soldiers, this overwhelming and suffocating momentum is displayed more clearly in front of everyone.
It took Qiao Yan's side a day from arriving at the city to launching the attack.
But their swift and decisive actions from launching the attack to breaking through the city gate are enough to make people tremble with fear.
The general who was guarding the city felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
He thought about how Duan Wei had carefully and solemnly entrusted this place to him before he left, but this place was breached less than seven days after Duan Wei left. He felt that he was really unworthy of the general's trust.
However, just when he was about to fight to the death and sacrifice his life in the city, he heard the overwhelming sound of soldiers from the opposite side entering the city.
"Your Majesty has ordered that those who surrender their weapons shall not be killed! Civilians shall not be harmed!"
"Your Majesty has ordered—"
etc! The situation doesn't seem as bad as he imagined?
When he was brought in front of Qiao Yan and learned that Li Ying, Fan Chou and others, along with the soldiers they led, had either died or surrendered in the Wei River Valley, he looked at Qiao Yan with more awe.
Seeing that except for those soldiers who were responsible for the defense of the city, all the others of Qiao Yan's soldiers stayed outside the city, it was just as she said in the military order. The soldiers who were already unarmed were only detained, and the civilians in the city were not harmed at all. There was a little more admiration in his eyes.
So, who described her as such a ferocious and evil person before?
Just as he was in such doubt, he heard Qiao Yan say, "Tell me everything you know about the situation in Chang'an."
He quickly replied: "General Duan and General Zhang decided to unite under the news reported by Lord Weiyang and march towards Chang'an to rescue Prime Minister Dong. If the expedition goes smoothly, they should have succeeded by now."
When he thought of this, he felt a little distressed again.
If General Duan fought back, which side would he be considered to be fighting for?
If he was loyal to General Duan, given the strength of the soldiers under Qiao Bingzhou, he might even have the slightest rebellious thoughts and lose his head.
But if he was inclined towards Qiao Yan who had just surrendered, he would really feel sorry for General Duan's cultivation of him.
Qiao Yan saw the confusion and embarrassment on his face clearly, but did not point it out. He just thought about the situation in Chang'an.
Lord Weiyang... This is Dong Zhuo's granddaughter.
Qiao Yan was a little surprised that she was the one who contacted these two forces.
But there was no need to think too much about the contact's situation at this time.
Qiao Yan just had a hunch that what seemed like a sure win to the soldiers defending the city might not be as smooth as they thought.
Li Jue was able to successfully seize power from Dong Zhuo, but he certainly could not have done it on his own.
Jia Xu must have been responsible for stirring the water in Chang'an City into this state.
So before the news came that she was coming to Chang'an, Jia Xu probably would not let Dong Zhuo easily return to his previous position.
But... no matter how many unexpected and human influences there are to limit the outcome of the fight between the two sides, in a terrain like Chang'an, it is difficult to turn it into a protracted battle.
Qiao Yan would not allow this to happen!
From the moment she led her troops into the Guanzhong Plain, this God-given place for military farming, blessed by mountains to the north and south, had been taken into her consideration, from the land to the population.
If the fire that had not spread beyond the North Palace of Luoyang that year had spread to the city of Chang'an due to the dispute between the two parties, that would not be what she wanted to see.
"Fengxiao!" Qiao Yan said immediately, "You, Gongming and Wenxian lead the troops to guard this place, and the rest of you will follow me eastward to Chang'an. The cavalry will go ahead with me, and Gongda will lead the infantry behind."
No more rest! Get going now!
When Qiao Yan made this decision, Chang'an City had already gone through its most chaotic day.
After Dong Zhuo freed the emperor from his bonds, he immediately summoned his generals, intending to remove the rebel Li Jue from the city of Chang'an as soon as possible.
Whatever reason Li Jue used to take the power away from him, he would now take it back in the same way!
But what he never expected was that although he clearly had Liu Xie in his hands, the other side claimed that he just used a child of similar age to pretend to be the emperor in order to find a reason for his rebellion.
According to Li Jue's statement, we can tell which side the ministers in the court stand on to determine which is true and which is false.
This made Dong Zhuo very angry.
When Li Ying and others set out to fight, Liu Xie was indeed taken by Li Jue to see them off. As a result, many people had seen him.
But you have to know that in today's era, the common people naturally have a sense of awe towards the emperor. Not many dare to look directly at this face, and even fewer can participate in the battle between Li Jue and Dong Zhuo.
On the contrary, more people recognized the two ministers Wang Yun and Huang Wan.
During the two years they lived in Chang'an, they made many efforts to manage the people's livelihood here, and they also did it themselves due to the shortage of manpower.
This increased the number of Xiliang troops and other subordinate troops gathered on Dong Zhuo's side, while the number of people gathered on Li Jue's side under the pretext of protecting the emperor also increased.
As a result, after a brief battle, a situation of confrontation between the North and the South emerged.
Duan Wei looked towards the south from the city wall of Chiyang and noticed keenly that many of the soldiers who had originally surrounded the place had retreated.
He also immediately informed Zhang Ji and Dong Bai of the news.
"According to General Duan, there may be some special changes in Chang'an City at this time?"
Dong Bai held his chin in his hand and thought, "If you ask me, this is definitely not a trap that Li Jue wants to lure us out of the city."
"Li Jue, there is no need to do this! We have far more cavalry than infantry on this trip. We are only staying in Chiyang temporarily because we want to rescue Grandfather. If things are impossible, we will immediately return to Meiwu. We have a better chance of defending it for a longer period of time than in Chiyang."
"If this condition is met, he will definitely send more troops to trap us to death in Chiyang."
Duan Wei replied: "That's exactly what I meant, so I want to seek Weiyang Jun's opinion. We are..."
Before he finished speaking, Dong Bai decisively replied: "Don't hesitate, we will go to Chang'an as soon as possible to support Grandfather!"
Opportunity is fleeting.
If my grandfather really had the upper hand, perhaps Li Jue would have withdrawn all the guards long ago, instead of only withdrawing a part of them as he did now.
So now Li Jue must still have a slight advantage.
Then they cannot let the other side expand their advantage and must attack as soon as possible to prevent the situation from changing.
It was already night when they made this decision.
With the idea of crossing the Wei Bridge at night, they did not dare to rest and quickly reorganized the team.
In the dim light of the second half of the night, they broke through the defenses outside Chiyang and headed straight for the Wei Bridge leading to Chang'an.
The Wei Bridge, which had previously become a stumbling block, could no longer serve as a barrier to block Duan Wei, Dong Bai and others after Li Jue focused more attention on Dong Zhuo.
This column of cavalry that arrived outside Chang'an City in the early morning, based on Duan Wei's judgment of the situation, quickly chose to wait and see.
After receiving clear news that Dong Zhuo had escaped and was in a standoff with Li Jue, several people were overjoyed and made the next decision -
On the one hand, he sent someone to pass the message to Dong Zhuo, and on the other hand, he directly attacked Li Jue's camp!
When Dong Zhuo led his troops to the scene, the place had already become a chaotic battlefield.
Li Jue had indeed not expected that Duan Wei and his men would launch an attack so quickly.
But he had a far greater number of people on his side, and Wang Yun and Huang Wan were also very concerned about the defense of the military camp.
As a result, the advantages held by both sides turned this sudden confrontation into a stalemate.
The sounds of close-range hacking and slashing by cavalry and the neighing of horses filled the entire camp.
Li Jue was feeling very upset, and at this moment he saw Dong Zhuo leading his troops towards him from afar.
His thoughts raced, and he knew that he could not allow the two teams to successfully meet up, as this would put him in a more passive position.
He also had to defeat Dong Zhuo as soon as possible and take away the real emperor from him.
Otherwise, fake will remain fake and will inevitably be exposed.
Thinking of the impending crisis, he gave an almost cruel order to his personal guards without hesitation.
Regardless of whether they are our own people or enemies, shoot arrows at the crowd in the melee!
As long as Dong Zhuo's reinforcements can be killed, and as long as his title as the emperor has not been proven to be false, there will be no mutiny in his troops.
Li Jue's eyes were red due to the lack of sleep for several days.
The guards around him almost thought he had gone crazy, but they had no power to refuse this order.
So when Dong Zhuo rode his horse quickly to the nearby area, he saw a scene that made him furious.
In the melee, his granddaughter, who was as skilled in riding and shooting as many girls in Liangzhou, was pierced through the right shoulder by a long arrow. The horse she was riding was not spared in the subsequent hail of arrows.
She was immediately thrown off the horse.
The scene of people and horses falling to the ground was not only happening to Dong Bai. The smoke and dust raised around made it impossible for Dong Zhuo to confirm her safety at the moment.
This arrow was indeed not a fatal wound.
But when she fell off the horse, the horses' hooves still running around could break her neck at any time!
What made Dong Zhuo even more nervous was that he saw Li Jue sending out another column of cavalry to the place where the arrows passed, to make the final harvest!
"How dare you, you traitor!" Dong Zhuo shouted loudly and rode towards Dong Bai without hesitation.
But how could a man in his twilight years like him break through the layers of obstacles created by the military clashes?
Even with the help of his subordinates, he was not as fast as the enemy in getting to the place where Dong Bai fell from his horse as he was in the ranks of the enemy troops who were trying to capture him.
He was filled with regret, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind at this moment.
For example, he didn't know whether it was because of his dissolute behavior in Luoyang that his granddaughter, still in her prime, had to worry about his safety and was about to die here.
But it is obviously meaningless for him to regret what he has done now.
Just like Wu Qiong, Zhou Bi and others who were killed by him, the entire He family who were abused by him, and the common people in Luoyang whose property and even lives were plundered by him, it is impossible for them to come back to life at this time, and he cannot save his own family!
However, at this moment when he was almost discouraged, a feathered arrow with snow-white feathers suddenly appeared in front of him in a slow-motion picture.
The arrow flew through the crowd and pierced through the chest of one of Li Jue's generals with extremely fierce force.
The power of the three-stone bow, combined with the not-too-far shooting distance, allowed the arrow to successfully tear through the opponent's defense even though it was blocked by armor.
This was also an arrow that Dong Zhuo felt extremely familiar with.
In the past, an arrow from this arrow once flew past his head on the wall of Luoyang North Palace.
Even after two years he would never forget it.
And at the moment the arrow appeared, another sound suddenly joined the boiling water in the venue.
That was the sound of the cavalry entering the country.
But it was a cavalry that did not belong to either him or Li Jue!
Dong Zhuo turned around and looked in the direction where the sound came from, only to see a row of cavalrymen charging into the battle formation.
The leading general turned to him and his eyes suddenly lit up.
But the change in his gaze was obviously not because he had encountered someone to rescue.
When the general rushed towards him with Fang Tian Hua Ji in hand, his charging posture contained both the demeanor of a military commander unrivaled in the world and a murderous intent that could not be mistaken.
The helmet made it difficult for Dong Zhuo to recognize his identity at first sight, but he could recognize the horse he was riding.
Red Hare.
That was clearly the Red Hare that he had given to Qiao Yan as a token of goodwill!
Could it be possible that Qiao Yan's subordinates could chat and exchange ideas with him?
He can only be targeting his head!
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