Qi Shen roared loudly and pounced on Li Hong with all his strength.

The long arrow shot into the abandoned body.

Li Hong hugged and abandoned Shen, and roared wildly: "Kill, kill me ......"

Zhao Yun and Arc Ding quickly blocked the other two assassins. The panther attendants roared wildly and leaped like they had exploded. They suddenly dispersed, killing the assassins who were stealing cold arrows in the distance, rushing all the way to the city gate, and quickly surrounding Li Hong all the way.

There was chaos near the city gates.

Zhao Yun's face was like ice, the war knife in his hand roared, and he slashed out three times in succession, the knife saw blood, and the fourth knife split the opponent's sword in half. Immediately, he flew to his feet, swung his sword, and slashed at the assassin who was grappling with the arc. The spear-wielding man retreated half of his body very calmly, allowing the attack of the arc tripod to suddenly stab at Zhao Yun in the air.

"Abandoning Shen ......" Li Hong hugged Abandonment Shen, the fear in his heart reached the extreme, he shouted loudly, shaking Abandoning Shen's shoulders vigorously, as if he was afraid that Abandonment Shen in his arms would suddenly die.

Qu Shen closed his eyes tightly and fainted.

"Kill him, kill him for me......" Li Hong turned his head and looked at the assassin who was still resisting, and roared angrily, "Kill him......"

Zhao Yun and Arc Ding originally wanted to capture this person alive, ask about the situation, and shouted to Li Hong, the two thought that they had abandoned Shen Shen to death, and they could no longer contain the grief and indignation in their hearts, and the war knife suddenly overflowed with cold light, and swept up like a *, the assassin was in a hurry, and he was immediately stabbed, and his body was slightly sluggish, and his head had left his body.

"Abandonment and sinking...... How about abandoning Shen......" Arc Ding threw himself beside Li Hong, grief-stricken.

"It's not a good situation. The arrow must be taken out first, otherwise he will bleed too much and he will die. Hurry, hurry, hurry......"

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Zhang Wen looked at Dong Zhuo and was very unhappy.

After Dong Zhuo led his troops back to the camp in Xiaohuaili, Zhang Wen sent people to invite him to Huaili City several times to discuss matters, but Dong Zhuoli ignored them. This time, Zhang Wen sent someone to invite him to Huaili City to discuss the allocation of military funds, and Dong Zhuocai reluctantly took a few people to hang around.

Zhang Wen knew the reason why Dong Zhuo was angry.

This time the defeat of the Xiliang rebels, the three commanders of the army have made great contributions. Dong Zhuo made the first contribution. The two subsequent victories of Li Hong and Zhou Shen benefited from Dong Zhuo's attack. If it were not for Dong Zhuo's ambush, the rebels would not have retreated, and if the rebels did not retreat, Li Hong and Zhou Shen would have no chance of defeating the enemy.

Now, Li Hong has been favored by the emperor and has been awarded the important task of suppressing corruption in Xiliang, which is a fat beauty that can't be fatter. Zhou Shen was seriously injured and was allowed by the emperor to return to Beijing for treatment. Back in Luoyang, Zhou Shen is a hero of counterinsurgency, and he can gain fame and fortune.

But Dong Zhuo didn't get anything. He was surrounded by the Qianghu army in Wangyuan, although he led his troops to break through unscathed, but it was also a defeat, and in the future, he would be rewarded for his merits and deeds, and at most he would be rewarded for his merits and deeds, and he would not be rewarded or punished. Thinking about it like this, I don't blame Dong Zhuo for being angry. Since the rebellion, Xiliang has been fighting on the front line for nearly two years with his troops, without merit and hard work, but in the end he did not get any reward, which is indeed resentful and frustrating.

What Dong Zhuo hates the most is that Zhang Wen can't be saved when he sees death. If Dong Zhuo hadn't broken through in time, Dong Zhuo's troops would have been annihilated by the June thunderbolt nine times out of ten. In the matter of rescuing Dong Zhuo, Zhang Wen, as the commander of the Western Expedition, knew that Dong Zhuo's troops were very dangerous, but he did not order Zhou Shen's troops to rush to help, which was obviously an unfavorable command, or Zhang Wen had ulterior motives. In Dong Zhuo's view, Zhang Wen definitely wanted to harm him with ulterior motives, and took the opportunity to attack the forces of traitors in Beijing.

But Zhang Wen did not mean to harm Dong Zhuo. He was entangled by Li Hong's anti-corruption and the lack of money and food for the Western Expeditionary Army, and the general trend of the Xiliang rebels was gone, and he knew that the June Thunder would have to withdraw sooner or later, so he ignored this matter. He didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would throw away all the grain and grass during the retreat, so that he would soon fall into a desperate situation.

Now Zhang Wen wants to use Dong Zhuo. If Li Hong went west to Jincheng and was killed by the rebels or others, the war in Xiliang would definitely be rekindled, and the troops would continue to march west to fight the rebels. Now that Zhou Shen has returned to Beijing, if Li Hong is also dead, then Dong Zhuo will be left on the battlefield of Xiliang as the commander of the army. But Dong Zhuo is a traitor to the party, and he may not sell the account of Zhang Wen, the commander of the Western Expedition, so Zhang Wen invited Dong Zhuo to Huaili several times to negotiate, intending to win over. If Xiliang's rebellion cannot be completely quelled, Zhang Wen will not be able to return to Beijing, and sooner or later he will end up like Huangfu Song.

Tao Qian and Sun Jian were very unimpressed by Lord Taiwei's idea. They think that Lord Taiwei led an army of 100,000 to cross the Yellow River and exterminate the remnants of tens of thousands of rebels is not a matter of being captured, so why do they have to count on Dong Zhuo?

Sun Jian thought that Dong Zhuo should be killed. Dong Zhuo has three major crimes that should be killed. First, the Taiwei sent people to invite him several times, but he didn't come. If you don't come, you won't come, and he also spoke wildly, insulting the Taiwei and the people in the Taiwei Mansion, which was rude. Secondly, Dong Zhuo has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and for two years, he not only failed to pacify Xiliang, but also spread rumors of sympathy for the rebels and distracted the army. Third, after Dong Zhuo led his troops to escape from Wangyuan, he should be dismissed and detained according to military law. The Captain understood his difficulties and did not do so. But Dong Zhuo not only did not feel grateful, but resented the captain. Sun Jian hoped that Lord Taiwei would find a way to lure Dong Zhuo to Huaili City, and then kill him with military law to shock the army's prestige.

Of course Zhang Wen was unwilling. In his opinion, Dong Zhuo has fought for more than ten years, and whether it is experience or prestige, other generals in Xiliang and Sun Jian and others are beyond their reach. Kill Dong Zhuo, who will lead the westward march to defeat the rebels in the future? At present, Zhang Wen does not trust any of these generals on the battlefield in Xiliang.

Zhang Wen had the intention of using Dong Zhuo, and he also understood the grievances and losses in Dong Zhuo's heart, so he was always very tolerant of his rude behavior and did not blame him. But now he's angry. Dong Zhuo was so rude, no matter what Zhang Wen said to him, Dong Zhuo ignored him, and closed his eyes, looking like no one in his eyes, arrogant and arrogant to the extreme.

Zhang Wen's tone was not good, and he said slowly: "Zhong Ying, I have already explained to you, I have no right to meddle in Li Zhonglang's affairs, he was personally appointed by His Majesty to preside over Xiliang's anti-corruption, and even my Taiwei Mansion has to support him, not to mention the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army?" What reason do you have for leading your troops to Luoyang to confront Li Zhonglang's army without authorization? ”

Dong Zhuo snorted coldly.

"Zhong Ying, if you don't give me a reason, I will tell Your Majesty the truth."

"Lord Taiwei, isn't it today to discuss the allocation of military funds? Are you calling me here to accuse me and prepare to impeach me? Dong Zhuo tilted his head, squinted slightly, looked at Zhang Wen, and mocked, "I have fought a war in the frontier for decades, and I have never seen any battles, I am afraid that you will impeach me?" ”

Dong Zhuo sneered again and again, stroked his long hair with his hand, and suddenly raised his voice, "What is that barbarian from Northern Xinjiang, a slave of the Xianbei people, who killed a few people and won a few battles, he is a Zhonglang general, and he has simply lost the face of my Han Dynasty." By the end of the day, he almost roared.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

Zhang Wen stared at Dong Zhuo sternly. Dong Zhuo looked back at Zhang Wen without showing weakness, his eyes widening wider and wider, and he was murderous.

Zhang Wen's face twitched slightly, and suddenly squeezed out an ugly smile.

"General, you insult a court official like this......"

"Lord Lieutenant can write this charge together in the impeachment recital." Dong Zhuo interrupted Zhang Wen's words, and said angrily, "How much strength and blood I, Dong Zhuo, have contributed to the Great Han Kingdom, and how much blood I have spilled, Lord Taiwei must also know. In the past two years, I have been in Xiliang to quell the rebellion, and I was also born and died, fighting bloodily, but what did I get? Am I not as good as a humble slave who has just been in the army for two years? ”

Dong Zhuo stood up abruptly and said sharply: "My fault, Lord Taiwei can deal with it at will." My Dong Zhuo's life is worthless. Leave! ”

With that, he turned around and left.

Zhang Wen didn't expect him to leave, he was stunned for a moment, and then he was so angry that he smoked.

Sang Yang stood up and shouted loudly: "General, general, please stay......"

Sun Jian stood up, took two steps, stood in the middle of the lobby, held the handle of the knife, and shouted wildly: "Take down Dong Zhuo'......"

The guards lined up outside the hall suddenly shouted, and everyone swarmed up, immediately blocking the main entrance of the hall, followed by a row of archers with bows and arrows, waiting for the battle.

Dong Zhuo stopped abruptly.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he glanced disdainfully at the soldiers blocking the door, and slowly turned around.

"Why don't you kill me right now?"

Sun Jian roared: "The general is arrogant and rude in the face of the officials, and he is disrespectful, roaring in court, according to military law, beheaded!" ”

Dong Zhuo looked at Sun Jian up and down with a sneering look on his face, and then asked with a smile, "Who are you?" Where did it come from? Young people, one more arrogant than the other. What are you doing with a knife? Want to kill me? ”

Dong Zhuo's eyes suddenly burst out with a cold murderous aura, he glared at Zhang Wen who was sitting high in the hall, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "My lord wants to kill me?" ”

Zhang Wen tried his best to suppress his anger and looked at him expressionlessly.

Dong Zhuo suddenly took three steps in a row, pointed at Sun Jian, and shouted loudly: "You dare to kill me......"

His face, distorted by rage, was unusually ugly, his eyes were as wide as brass bells, and murderous aura gushed out from his tall, strong body like a hill.

He gritted his teeth and shouted: "You kill......"

Dong Zhuo's voice was like thunder, shaking the lobby.

Sun Jian was fearless in the face of Dong Zhuodi's coercion. He held his head high, his tongue bloomed with spring thunder, and he roared again: "The general despises the superiors, is arrogant and domineering, according to military discipline, beheaded!" ”

At this time, outside the lobby, there was a roar, and Dong Zhuo's attendants got the news and entered the courtyard outside the hall from the outside.

More guards guarding the Taiwei Mansion then rushed forward and surrounded Dong Zhuo's attendants. The two sides are tense and on the verge of breaking out.

Tao Qian looked left and right, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and muttered to himself: "This Sun Wentai is too brutal." ”

Sun Jian clenched the handle of the knife in his right hand and glared at Dong Zhuo angrily, eager to swallow him in one bite.

Sang Yang was panicked, ran to Zhang Wen's side, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "My lord, my lord, stop them quickly, and tell General Dong to leave." We still have to use him, and we can't make a fuss. Now that Dong Zhuo is killed, who will deal with Li Zhonglang? Adult, adult......"

But now that Dong Zhuo is allowed to leave, what will happen to Zhang Wen, the face of the Taiwei?

Dong Zhuo was furious, his fingers cracked, he raised his hands to look around, and roared: "Who dares to kill me......"

"Who dares to kill me......"

Sun Jian saw Dong Zhuo standing on top of the lobby, commanding and arrogant, and could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, he pulled out his knife in his hand with a "...... bang", looked back and shouted angrily: "My lord, according to military discipline, cut ......"

Dong Zhuo's hand rested on the handle of the sword.

Zhang Wen's face was like water, and he was silent.

Sun Jian held the knife in both hands, slowly raised it high in front of his chest, and waited for Lord Taiwei to give an order, and immediately launched a sharp blow.

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Huangfu Li lowered his head and ran sharply. Completely ignoring the tense atmosphere inside and outside the lobby, he rushed into the lobby like a fly, and without waiting to kneel, he opened his mouth and shouted: "My lord, the Qiang people are besieging and killing Li Zhonglang at the entrance of the old street......"

Zhang Wen was shocked and stood up suddenly. Now everyone wants to kill Li Hong, but Zhang Wen doesn't want Li Hong to die in Huaili City. Li Hong died in Huaili City, and his own lieutenant was about to be dismissed by the Son of Heaven immediately.

"Quick, go to the rescue......"

Tao Qian didn't wait for Zhang Wen to speak, he had already drawn his sword in his hand, got up and rushed out of the lobby. As soon as Zhang Wen finished speaking, he had already rushed out of the lobby.

Tao Qian raised his sword and shouted as he ran: "The soldiers of the Guard's Tun follow me, follow me, the Qiang people are coming, quickly, quickly......"

The guards in the courtyard were at a loss. Because Tao Qian was the Sima in charge of military affairs in the Taiwei Mansion and was a senior official, many soldiers subconsciously gave up the encirclement of Dong Zhuo's attendants and ran after Tao Qian. Some of the soldiers looked at the leader of the guards standing outside the hall.

Sun Jian glanced at Dong Zhuo hatefully, pulled out his legs and rushed out of the hall.

Amid the hoarse cries of Sun Jian and the leader of the guards, the guards of the Taiwei Mansion rushed towards the outside of the palace.

There was chaos inside and outside the hospital.

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Li Hong definitely didn't expect that someone would dare to kill him at the corner of the street a hundred steps away from the mansion.

This street crossing is a four-way intersection, there is a lot of people, the place is relatively spacious, and most importantly, this place is too far away from the city gate for the soldiers defending the city to have no time to rescue. The attack outside the city gate just now has attracted all the defenders in the city to the city gate.

After Li Hong urgently treated Qi Shen's wounds, he borrowed a door panel from someone near the city gate, and hurriedly carried the unconscious Qi Shen to the mansion. The city guards were worried that something would happen and were ready to send a hundred people to escort them along the way, but Li Hong refused. Huaili Castle was the seat of Fufeng County, with a large number of people, a large city, and a large number of defenders, and he thought that no matter how bold the Assassins were, they would not launch a second attack on them in broad daylight. Moreover, the assassins in the city will not be able to escape, and they will definitely die, and the assassins will not make such a loss-making deal anyway.

Outside the city, they were attacked by the Qiang, and although the assassin who had been shooting arrows from a distance was caught, the man committed suicide while they were not looking, and did not ask anything. Except for Qi Shen, who was injured and was stabbed shallowly, everyone else was safe and sound, which made Li Hong very happy. Everyone led the horses, talked and laughed all the way, and after passing a few streets, they arrived at the old street.

Li Hong led the black panther to the front, Arc Ding and Zhao Yun followed him, and the black panther carried the retinue out of the alley.

Li Hong saw a beggar, a lame beggar, but Li Hong could tell at a glance that the lame leg was fake.

Why did he know that the cripple was fake, Li Hong didn't know, but he had always trusted his instincts, which was the only instinct left after his memory disappeared, and he never made a mistake. Immediately, Li Hong felt the crisis, and the noisy street seemed to be suddenly full of blood.

Li Hong vigilantly picked up the horn on his waist. It was abandoned Shen, and after abandoned Shen was injured, Li Hong carried his knife and horn on his back.

Li Hong glanced at the street.

There were not many people on the street in front, wandering around in twos and threes, and there were several carriages in the distance, and then Li Hong saw a Hu woman standing up with a longbow in one of the carriages. No one, except for soldiers, could have a strong bow with a range of more than a hundred paces.

Li Hong blew the horn without hesitation.

Long arrows off the string.

Li Hong immediately saw more long arrows, and the roar of long arrows breaking through the air filled his ears.

Zhao Yun and Arc Ding pounced on Li Hong's side without thinking.

The Black Panther attendants who walked in the front kept their whistles and retreated into the streets and alleys to avoid the sneak attack of the long arrows in the sky.

Li Hong was furious, and his anger burned violently in his heart. Who the hell wants to kill himself by such unscrupulous means? Once is not enough, it will take twice, okay, let's fight to the death.

Li Hong blew the horn with all his strength, and he wanted to throw the anger and hatred in his heart into the sky along with the passionate and desolate sound of the horn.

Li Hong held the horn in his right hand, and in the flickering of his body, his left hand had already taken off the leather shield from the black panther.

The long arrow is instantaneous. Dozens of figures rushed through the other three alleys at the same time.

Li Hong released the horn with his right hand and quickly pulled out the war knife from behind his back. Then he raised his shield in his left hand and his sword in his right hand, and raised his head and shouted: "Brothers, kill ......."

With the roar of the sky, he did not care about the long arrows like locusts in the sky, and rushed towards the enemy.

"Kill ......"

Arc Ding and Zhao Yun didn't expect that so many people would be killed in the streets and alleys on the left and right. They came out of the ground, with swords and spears in hand, and suddenly stood in front of them.

"Kill ......"

Without hesitation, the two rushed to the enemy.

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Li Hong was covered in blood, like a ghost. The Assassins went mad, and they stubbornly and resolutely slaughtered Li Hong with complete disregard for their own lives.

The sword was handed out, like a lightning bolt in the night. The skull flew up, splattering with blood.

"Kill ......" Li Hong chopped into the enemy's chest with a knife, and smashed his left shield on the head of a big man. The head is cracked, the shield is shattered. Three spears flew in the air, and between the spear tips, there was a hint of cold light. Li Hong's moves are old, so he can only retreat and retreat.

Discard the knife. Draw the knife. Li Hong did it in one go, leaned in and went forward. The "Kill ......" war knife rolled up the sky full of wind and thunder, and in an instant, the two men with spears on the right side split them in two. The big man with the spear in the middle couldn't dodge, and was splashed with blood all over his face, and in a daze, Li Hong grabbed his spear with his left hand, and the war knife in his right hand rose again, whistling, and killing another person.

Zhao Yun's spear shouted for death in the crowd, the arc of the sword swept into the clouds, and the black panther servants swarmed out of the streets. The battle suddenly became fierce.

Li Hong saw the woman again, young and energetic. She was thirty paces away from Li Hong and raised her longbow again.

Li Hong had already been shot three arrows in a row by her, once dodging, once lifting the enemy's corpse to block an arrow, and once using the enemy's spear to fly an arrow, this time he was entangled by five people and was powerless to resist at all. Li Hong did not hesitate any longer, and struggled to poke the spear in his left hand into the enemy's body, then abandoned the spear, reached into his arms and took out a small axe.

The enemy's swords roared. Li Hong couldn't dodge, roared, and suddenly kicked out. The man saw his sword slash at Li Hong's shoulder, but found that his body had already flown up in the air without obeying the call, and then he heard the sound of his sternum shattering. The war knife slashed across Li Hong's shoulder, and blood splattered everywhere.

The small black axe drew a beautiful arc in the air, like a black ghost, roaring all the way, and pounced with teeth and claws. The Hu woman had been aiming, and she had no idea that a black ghost would suddenly appear in her sight. She was stunned for a moment, tilting her head, trying to see clearly. The little axe laughed wildly, and with a thrilling roar, it bit her neck with lightning speed.

She felt herself bitten by that horrible little thing, like a mosquito, crispy and itchy, and a little painful, and then she saw maroon blood spurt out from between her neck like a spring. Her head suddenly lost its support and drooped.

The last thing she saw was Li Hong's knife, a bloody war knife in the sun.

"Kill ......"

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Tao Qian was old after all, and when he ran out of the gate of the mansion, he felt that his heart was about to jump out, and he took a big gulp of air, and he couldn't wait for a mouthful, but he was still running tenaciously.

He didn't want Li Hong to die, he wanted to see Li Hong alive. Tao Qian always felt that Li Hong was very close to him, which was an inexplicable feeling, and he didn't know why he liked him, because he was from Youzhou? Because he used to be a assassin in Youzhou? He didn't know, but he just liked him and didn't want to see him die meaninglessly in a pool of blood.

Sun Jian led dozens of guards from the Taiwei Mansion to run wildly through the streets.

Tao Qian suddenly stopped. He was on his sword, gasping violently, and a smile appeared on his face.

At the corner of the street, Li Hong stood proudly with two knives in his hands, and there was no enemy around.

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Zhang Wen touched Li Hong's head painfully and asked in a low voice, "Does it hurt?" ”

Li Hong shook his head and smiled.

He remembered Liu Zheng who was far away in Youzhou. Last year, when he left Lu Longsaibai with the team to bid farewell to Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng gave him a haircut, and that kind of love made Li Hong never forget. Now, he read this kind of love again from Zhang Wen's eyes. Li Hong felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

"I want you to go to Jincheng." Zhang Wen pondered for a moment, looked at him, and said slowly, "If you don't want to, I also understand and agree, I can let Master Sang and Captain Huangfu ...... together."

"I'll go." Li Hong said loudly, "I'm willing to go." ”

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