On the seventh day of the fourth month, Chang'an City.

As usual, the Son of Heaven got up early, first held the book and read it aloud, then played two pieces of music, wrote a few words, and when the day was bright, he walked to the corridor outside the study to see the beautiful scenery in the garden. Sometimes, accompanied by Hu Benwei, he also practiced martial arts.

When he walked out of his study today, he was surprised to find that the rain had stopped, the sky was blue, the flowers were blooming, and the sound of birds, which he had not heard for many days, came out of the lush woods in the distance. The Son of Heaven rushed into the wet and tender grass in a few steps, and couldn't help but cheer: "The rain has stopped, the rain has stopped......"

Ma Yu followed behind and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty." The rain stopped in time, and the people in Guanzhong just had time for spring ploughing. ”

The Son of Heaven smiled and narrowed his eyes into a thin slit, and said, "Aiqing, how much can you get back the winter wheat?" Will the people be able to eat enough this spring? ”

Ma Yu's face suddenly darkened, and he bowed his head and said nothing. The Son of Heaven was young, and he did not know that the rain for two consecutive months had destroyed most of the winter wheat that was about to ripen.

"Why didn't Aiqing speak?" The Son of Heaven pulled Ma Yu's robe sleeves and asked happily.

He was dazed and didn't know the pain in Ma Yu's heart at the moment. This spring, the people of Guanzhong are going to suffer again, and the once prosperous Guanzhong has been devastated and withered after more than two years of many disasters.

Over the past two years or so, the population of Guanzhong has numbered more than 300,000 people, except for those who have fled and died. Nearly half of the population has disappeared from the land of Guanzhong. This year, Guanzhong has been hit by disasters again, and wars have recurred, and the people are probably going to flee and die again. If it continues, Guanzhong will slowly turn into ruins.

Ma Yu was about to answer, but found that the Son of Heaven suddenly looked horrified. He raised his eyes and looked around, and Huo Ran found that a group of heavily armed Tiger Ben and Yulin Guards were rapidly entering from the east and west gates, and in an instant, the imperial study was surrounded by water.

Li Su was dressed in armor and strode over.

The Son of Heaven was very frightened, a pair of small hands firmly held Ma Yu's arm, and his thin body was tightly attached to Ma Yu's body.

Ma Yu felt a pain in his heart, hugged the Son of Heaven into his arms hard, and asked in a deep voice, "General Li, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Su bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Taishi is about to enter the official, and the minister is ordered to lead the tiger and Yulin to guard the palace. ”

Ma Yunong's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said dissatisfiedly: "The Taishi just entered the palace to meet His Majesty, do you need to put on such a big show?" You frightened Your Majesty. ”

When the Son of Heaven heard that the Taishi had returned, his heart was relieved, and he immediately stretched his head out from under Ma Yu's armpit and asked, "Has the Taishi returned to Chang'an?" ”

Li Su nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the Taishi returned to Chang'an in the rain yesterday afternoon. He heard that His Majesty's dragon health was not safe, so he came to the palace early this morning to see him. ”

The stiff body of the Son of Heaven slowly relaxed, and said, "Okay, I haven't seen the Taishi for a long time. ”

Then he looked at the dense guards around him, and said timidly: "Li Qing, I am very safe here, don't have so many people." ”

Li Su's expression tightened, and a trace of uneasiness immediately appeared in his eyes, and he said, "Your Majesty, this is the order of the Taishi. The Taishi has repeatedly instructed the ministers to protect His Majesty. ”

The Son of Heaven frowned slightly, and was about to speak, when Ma Yu suddenly bent down and whispered, "Your Majesty, these people are protecting the Taishi." ”

The Son of Heaven suddenly woke up, hurriedly took Ma Yu's hand, and hurriedly returned to the study.

The door to the study slammed shut, and a team of guards stood outside.

Li Su stood up, patted the mud on his knees, turned around and waved to a group of guards standing behind him and shouted, "Go, go to the palace gate." ”

………………

Dong Zhuo put on his court clothes, accompanied by Tian Yi and Liu Ai, and slowly walked to the carriage.

"Li Su's three thousand tiger ben and feather forests have been guarded everywhere in the palace." Liu Ai said as he walked, "Dong Huang came to report just now that his two thousand tiger ben and Yulin have also been deployed in Situ Mansion, Taiwei Zhou Zhong and Sikong Chun Yujia have already arrived in Situ Mansion at this moment, and the rest of the hundred officials will arrive one after another." ”

"Jin Zhun reported that his two thousand iron horsemen have been ordered to surround the palace, and everything is normal." Tian Yi stretched out his hand and asked, "The master can enter the palace." ”

A thousand iron cavalry guards were already waiting outside the palace gate. Three hundred elite tigers were guarded on both sides of the carriage. Jun Sima Chen Shu saw Dong Zhuo approaching from a distance, and shouted loudly: "The Taishi is out of the house, everyone is on alert." ”

Dong Zhuo stood next to the carriage, looked up at the sky, and suddenly smiled: "Today is a good day." After two months of rain, I finally saw the sun. ”

"Shuping, you accompany me into the palace." Then he pointed at Liu Ai, "You go to Situ Mansion." What we discussed last night, you can talk to Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong first, so that they can have a bottom in their hearts. ”

Liu Ai hesitated for a moment and asked, "Don't you want me to accompany you?" ”

"I'll go into the palace to take a look and come back, it won't take long." Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry. ”

Chen Shu rode out of the house, raised his hand and roared: "Get on the horse and escort the Taishi into the palace." ”

Liu Ai stood under the gate of the Taishi Mansion, looking at the car that was gradually moving away, his eyes suddenly turned red, and tears soaked his eyes in an instant.

………………

Pickaxe City, the camp of the Xiliang Army.

Dong Yue walked into Dong Hui's big tent and saw that Dong Hui was still sleeping, so he angrily walked up and kicked twice, scolding: "Get up quickly." Today you are going to return to Yiwu with a large army, have you forgotten? ”

Dong Hui got up lazily and said with sleepy eyes: "Big brother, we have worked hard to get to Chang'an, and the three thousand tiger soldiers are so tired that they can't even stand up, you always have to let us rest for a day." ”

"This is the order of the Grand Master." Dong Yue kicked him again, "Hurry up, immediately return to Yiwu with the army." ”

Dong Hui is Dong Yue's younger brother, although he is also a school captain, he is very afraid of his brother. The elder brother has always been very strict with him, and it is common for him to stretch out his hand to beat and scold.

"Taishi is not reasonable at all." Dong Hui said angrily while putting on his clothes, "Last time he promised me to leave me in Chang'an, but he walked into Chang'an City with his front foot, and kicked me back to Yiwu with his back foot." Staying in that lifeless dock fort suffocates everyone. ”

"You want to die." Dong Yue glared at Qing and scolded, "Our family is a side branch of the Dong family, and to have today, the Taishi is already extremely gracious." Who do you think you are? Look at Ushisuke, Usuke is his son-in-law, and he is still fighting in Kansai. Do you also want to go to Kansai to fight? ”

Dong Hui shook his head again and again, hurriedly put on his clothes and armor, and muttered: "I can't fight, and I don't want to go to Kansai." ”

Dong Yue snorted coldly, and just as he wanted to scold a few more words, he heard the earth-shattering sound of war drums outside the tent, and the chaotic and frightened shouts.

Dong Yue was shocked and rushed out of the tent. Several fast horses galloped from different places and said loudly: "General, Xu Rong's army is here......

"Xu Rong rebelled." Dong Yue was stunned for a moment. Xu Rong rebelled? Rebellion? Isn't Xu Rong in Chencang? Chen Cang is more than 500 miles away from Chang'an, could he have flown here? Why did Xu Rong rebel?

"Are you mistaken? Is it really Xu Rong's army? Dong Yue asked, "How many people?" Killed from that direction? How many ways are there to the big camp? ”

Several soldiers said in a gossiping voice: "General, it's really Xu Rong's army, they have killed dozens of our patrol soldiers all the way." ”

"General, the rebels are coming from due west, only two miles away from the camp."

Dong Yue's face changed greatly.

Due to the continuous heavy rain in Guanzhong, and the camp of the Xiliang Army was on the edge of Chang'an City, the patrol soldiers of the Xiliang Army went around within five miles of the camp at most, and then went back to the camp to live happily. Today, because the rain has stopped, the patrol soldiers of each team left the camp early, otherwise they would not even know that the enemy had killed the main camp.

"Drumming...... Prepare for ......"

Dong Hui rushed out with a war knife and asked anxiously, "Big brother, what's wrong?" ”

Dong Yue said loudly: "It's a war, gather your army quickly, ...... quickly"

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Song Xian came with five hundred iron horsemen roaring like a hurricane.

Under the command of Shangguan, the patrol soldiers of the Xiliang Army launched a stubborn counterattack against the iron cavalry.

In the barracks, there was a system of joint sitting, and if one person violated the law, many people would be punished. The Xiliang sergeants on duty today failed to discover the enemy's attack in time, and failed to hold the gate, allowing the enemy to rush into the camp, and the consequences can be imagined. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Xiliang Army who took on the heavy duty of patrolling, from the military to the ordinary soldiers, no longer cared about their lives, and everyone fought to the death. Even if you can't kill or drive out the five hundred iron horsemen, you must block the enemy's rush with your flesh and blood.

Seeing that the impact was blocked, there were more and more enemies in front of him, and the long arrows were becoming more and more dense, Song Xian resolutely ordered the iron cavalry to turn around and attack horizontally.

"Accelerate...... Hasten...... Don't stop, don't stop......" Song Xian's halberd waved, picked and killed two people one after another, and rode away. The Iron Knight Pawn followed, rambling and trampling in the front camp of the Xiliang Army.

Dong Yue was not alarmed, he was not afraid of danger, he sat firmly on the horse, and commanded calmly.

The sound of war drums flickered high and low, dense and sparse, one moment like nine days of thunder, deafening, and then like a violent storm, overwhelming the world.

Dozens of heralds were like a long arrow, rampage through the crowded camp. With these heralds, the colorful battle flags were unfurled in the wind, guiding the Xiliang army to reach the combat position as quickly as possible.

The defensive position of the Western Liang Army was centered on the Chinese army, with the two wings divided and the geese marching. Nearly a thousand strong archers lined up in front of the army, pouring out their anger and panic in front of them.

In an instant, arrows rained down.

Dong Hui stood behind Dong Yue, looking around very nervously. His 3,000 soldiers and horses, under the command of Dong Yue, were already arrayed on the right flank of the Western Liang Army's formation.

Suddenly, as if he had discovered something, he asked Dong Yue strangely: "Big brother, why haven't you seen Xu Rong yet?" Where is Xu Rong's army? (To be continued.) )