The night, deep, reaching out and not seeing the five fingers.

However, it is not peaceful.

Because, in Chang'an City in the dark scene, a noisy sound soared into the sky.

Because, for the rulers of Chang'an, today is a day worth celebrating.

In a rather "hard" tug-of-war, they defeated those who tried to challenge their throne, hung the head of Dong Cheng, one of the leaders of the rebels, on the head of the city, and also had the ministers Sun Rui, Yang Zan and others accompany them. Although he escaped several other leaders of the rebel army, such as Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others, he also succeeded in catching Hao Meng, who was seriously wounded, and also cut off his head.

The most important thing is that after this battle, several forces near Chang'an that have always made Li and Guo Yan unhappy have been completely cleared, so that the team stationed near Chang'an has become more "pure", and when Li Shushi's army is pressing, they can have the opportunity to purify their own troops, which will obviously have a positive impact on future battles.

Of course, Li Dao and Guo Yan also succeeded in absorbing several rebel troops, but it is a question mark how much of a role those defeated who have lost their courage can play on the battlefield, but at this juncture, as long as they can stand on the city wall, they are good soldiers.

So, even if there is a fierce enemy hundreds of miles away, tonight will still be a good night.

Not only was the supply of wine liberal, meat could be eaten openly, and even the soldiers who had made meritorious contributions were able to share some delicate women—copied from the homes of ministers associated with the rebels, and seized from the homes of the people and merchants of Chang'an—and what was not protected in this war-torn era would end up like this anyway.

It's a crazy time.

All kinds of noisy sounds constantly sounded in Chang'an City. There were shouting voices, loud laughter, and lewd laughter and gasps mixed with screams and desperate cries.

Chang'an, tonight seems destined to be sleepless.

A dark shadow escaping from the dark passage quietly listened to the noise that had become somewhat distorted from Chang'an City, and stared at the still towering walls of this ancient city with dark eyes that blended with the night, as if he wanted to engrave the qiē in front of him forever in his mind and become a part of his body.

After a long time, he sighed softly and turned away without saying a word, followed by a few silent figures.

There is no light tonight.

So tonight's road is particularly difficult.

He didn't know how many times he had been scratched by the thick branches. And how many times have I tripped over the muddy ground. His delicate body had obviously never been subjected to such a harsh environment, and his poor physical strength had never been tested in such a way.

This hardship almost made him feel the urge to give up.

After all, compared to the hardships in front of him, his previous life was constantly tormenting his nerves. Even life is affected to a greater or lesser extent. But at least it's okay to have food and clothing. Nor does it not have to suffer this physical torture.

Do you choose to continue to suffer mentally, or continue to endure physical pain?

"Is this my future? But, since this step has been taken. I don't think I'll regret it. ”

Thinking like this, he felt as if the face that had made him grit his teeth appeared in front of him again.

At the same time, there are also those words that he had said to him before leaving:

"Get out of here and go to the Central Plains, where you should be able to find someone who can re-establish the glory of the Great Han, stay in this city and you may never see that day coming."

"No, you seem to have missed someone."

"Ah, you're talking about the state of Mu Li Xue. Well, he might try to help you with your idea, though I don't know why he's so keen on this kind of thing rather than using the opportunity to achieve some other ambition. ”

"But you don't seem to want me to wait here for his arrival."

"That's true, because it seems to me that such an outcome would be a bad choice for you and him. While neither he nor most of his subordinates would care about this, and the sober-minded ones seemed to have ulterior motives, I couldn't stand it anymore, and I didn't want what happened to Eun Sang to happen to him again. ”

"You seem to value him, or are you actually serving him?"

"Sure enough, as Eun Xiang once said, you are a smart person, and your brother can only be a trouble to drag you back, and even a tool used by those philistines to destroy this dynasty."

"Say no more, you should answer my question."

"Oh? Before you know it, you also have a little bit of the majesty of the emperor, maybe Eun Xiang will be happy when he sees it? But if you're going to ask me about my relationship with that person, it's a bit complicated. But you can also simply think that I want that one to live better, because only then will I have a chance to fulfill the task that Eun Xiang left me. ”

"After arriving in the Central Plains, will my role be any different from what it is now?"

"Well, there may be, but maybe there will be no essential difference, it depends on your wrist, your intelligence."

"In other words, you just think that if I continue to stay in Chang'an City, it will affect the person you support, so you are looking for an opportunity to drive me away, I should be right to think so."

"Haha, this is your freedom, I'm not a grace, I can forcibly change your mind."

"I ask you, will the big man die at my hands?"

"As long as you don't mess with that person, probably not. Because if you were by that person's side, he would be the second grace, the number one legion in the world and the title of commanding the world, and the princes would not want a guy who could fulfill His Majesty's orders, just as they did not want to see a 'reckless man' who they did not like to order them. And if His Majesty is not by his side, then his existence will be an insurmountable obstacle for any careerist who is disrespectful to the Han. Of course, the premise is that His Majesty can know what he should do for this world. I don't know if I understand what I said......"

Did he get it?

Liu Xie didn't know.

It was as if he couldn't tell Li Ru to tell him that these were Li Shushi's gestures. Or is it just Li Ru's own decision - maybe this man who once hid behind Dong Zhuo and made Dong Zhuo almost powerful in the world will be his eternal nightmare, or maybe the chaos in the world is actually in his manipulation.

He only knew that he couldn't disobey the man, because the man who was hiding in the shadows had already made a decision.

It's like Dong Zhuo in the past, or those who are closer to the self-righteous court ministers and careerists like Dong Cheng, and Li Dao Guo Yan who thinks he has cleared a few obstacles.

It seemed like they were all just following the script that the man had designed, taking the stage, and waiting for the curtain call.

The only thing that confused and uneasy him was that he, the emperor of the Han Empire, was what kind of character he played in that man's script?

Let him gamble his life to find this answer.

As long as the Emperor of the Han Dynasty does not end in his hands, as long as the Emperor of the Han Dynasty can continue. Even if he was allowed to follow the man's script, what would it matter.

The night is long. The road is difficult.

A young emperor is trying to muster the courage scattered in his body, hoping to bring these "stragglers" together and become the driving force to support him in his journey.

But the result of this seems to only make the body more tired.

Although a certain lost snail once said something like, "Put courage at the end, and most of the words will become positive." But. That's just lip service.

If you really want to do it, it will still feel so hard that you want to give up.

Especially the road ahead is still so dim. There is not a trace of light in sight.

Father, I have made such a choice...... Right?

When the Xiliang Army was about to seek a new reward from the emperor the next day, they found that the emperor who was originally held by them had disappeared without a trace. Even those palace people in the palace and the secret agents planted in the palace did not know the emperor's whereabouts at all.

Even if Chang'an was turned upside down because of this, he couldn't find the slightest clue, and in the end he could only slaughter a few courtiers who were not very pleasing to the eye, but what kind of waves were set off in his heart is not something that outsiders can know.

So much so that the whereabouts of Li Ru, who left a letter in the mansion and left away, became insignificant.

Okay, let's leave him alone for the time being as the impact of the Emperor's disappearance on the Xiliang Army, let's turn our camera to look at another group of people, a group of strange people galloping through the muddy land but walking on the ground.

"I said you, aren't you supposed to be leading the troops in Hongnong, why are you in my team. Anyway, when did you come out, aren't you called Xiaoqiang, but the elusive sad wind?! Don't!! ”

"Why do I feel a strong malice from Shushi you, don't think that you have someone to protect me and I won't dare to beat you!"

"Come on, you let the horse come, I promise I won't let Yuzi-chan kill you~"

"Don't stop me, don't stop me! What is Xiaoqiang, what is the sad wind, I always feel that my life is gloomy! ”

Although the ground was either muddy or full of water, the cavalry seemed to be completely unaware, and the galloping horses were constantly splashing mud and water, but it was only a thin layer, and there was no feeling of sinking.

It is precisely because of this magical state that Li Shushi and Lu Bu are in the mood to laugh so much.

Well, at this time, maybe only this Xiao Qiang, whose personality is very Erha in a certain Cheng dù, will ignore Li Shushi's "majesty", and even if it weren't for a certain Lori watching from the side, maybe he could really be like Xiao Qiang himself said - beat Li Shushi, and if he didn't kill him, he would be beaten into a pig's head.

Xiaoqiang's behavior may be a little "offensive" to Li Shushi, who is the leader, and from time to time he will throw his troops away for a heads-up - just like now, it seems that he is absolutely stupid enough to have no friends.

However, Li Shushi didn't feel disgusted, because at least in terms of mentality, he still felt that he couldn't be called a lonely widow, especially those partners around him who traveled together and frolicked together from the end of the day, and always had a special feeling.

Of course. is also because every time Erha Xiaoqiang who does this, he will be violently suppressed by Su Xiaololi, and look at the Xiaoqiang who is invincible in the army being ravaged by Su Xiaololi in an all-round three-dimensional way by various means......

Even when you think about it, it's very emotional.

If there is no capricious political attribute, Xiaoqiang seems to be surprisingly reliable.

Well, it would be better if you could start a little lighter when you teach yourself martial arts every day.

"Komeito, where are we now?"

"Back to the lord, according to the guide provided by General Fan, we have now passed the martial arts, and we are still about fifty miles away from our destination."

"There's a little smoke in front of us, so we can go and take a break."

"My lord, please don't be so rash, this is already in the middle of the pass. There may be enemies all around. Don't be careful. ”

"Komeito deserves a credit for being so careful. However, it is not too careful, the amount of cooking smoke over there is sparse, and it is expected that even the enemy is only a small group of sentry spies and thieves, can we still be afraid of each other? ”

"What the lord said is very true. Akira was a little too worried. ”

For Li Shushi's statement. Xu Huang is very "happy and convinced". Well, it's absolutely right, as evidenced by Li Shushi's level of seeing people that he has trained over the years.

But it's no wonder that Li Shushi is so confident. In his team, there is not only Su Xiaololi, the hidden big boss behind the scenes, as the final hole card, but also many guards such as Dian Wei and Xu Chu, plus the fierce general Xu Huang and a guy who always mysteriously calls himself "Zhang De", as well as Lu Xiaoqiang and his personal guards who don't know when they entered indiscriminately, as long as it is not the ghost soldier unit suspected of being Xiang Yu's personal guard that day, Li Shushi feels that with one enemy five, no, even if it is estimated that there is no problem to fight ten.

In other words, such combat effectiveness seems to be because of Li Shushi, a guy who is dragging his feet, because of the existence of zài.

When they think about it, they feel like they should pay a moment of silence for their enemies.

The battle that Xu Huang feared did not happen.

Although it looks a little dilapidated, the place where the smoke rises is not a gathering place for bandits, but a small settlement.

The village is mainly composed of the surnames Deng and Fu, the former was once a military household, and according to his self-proclaimed ancestor, the subordinate of Deng Yu, the head of the 28 generals of Yuntai, whose identity is probably similar to the Deng family that Li Shushi once met in Zhangye. The ancestors of the Fu family are refugees who moved from other places, and respect Fu Jun, the Marquis of Kunyang, who is also the twenty-eighth general of Yuntai, as the ancestor, which is a habitual high climb, if there is no special character, it is estimated that no one will care too much about the counterfeiting problem of this small village.

The chaos in Guanzhong is not a day or two, so the people here are always full of vigilance against unfamiliar troops, although they can't pose any threat to Li Shushi's team, but Li Shushi is also impossible to lead the troops to rush in to kill people and set fires, but just to find a place to rest.

Li Shushi said that he has not yet reached that kind of Cheng dù, and he still has some bottom line.

Eventually, however, they entered the small village, and were politely invited into the dilapidated but still tenacious life on the land as the most distinguished guests.

The reason is naturally a certain goddess doctor who once made a great reputation in Guanzhong.

Well, it may take a lot of tongue and time for others to prove their identity, but Su Xiaololi doesn't seem to have to be like that at all, as long as she stands there crisply, with a loving and tolerant smile on her face, those villagers regard her as the divine doctor Niangniang of the legendary Chinese medicine white bones living dead.

I always feel that such a Su Xiaololi is afraid that she can become the standard template for the image of Guanyin Master in the future.

Here to provide hot meals and hot water and a house for the troops to rest, over there to give some dry food and medicine to carry with them, and then let Su Xiaololi take a turn in the store, and each took what she needed, and also gave Li Shushi a lot of information that they didn't care about too much before-the local people may not understand those lofty things, but some of the details they have have made up for the blind spots in some intelligence of the Bingzhou Army.

For example, some of the latest news about the destination of their trip.

“…… But my lord, Huang didn't think it was a good idea for us to go to Yixian so rashly. The relationship between Ma Shoucheng and Han Wenyue is well known, although the two of them have been separated by Dong Zhuo, but he is definitely not friendly to us. I've heard Jia Liangdao say before that we haven't sent someone to test each other before, but the other party's response is very resistant......"

"But aren't the horses at the end of their lives now? You also heard it just now, the current Yi County is not the Yi County when Dong Zhongying built the Yi Dock, the current Yi County is not only dilapidated but also does not have much grain stock. Ma Er had been trying to ask Li Dao and Guo Yan to change their guard before, and he did not manage Yixian County with his heart. We expected that they wouldn't survive next spring without us, but now it's a question of whether they'll be able to make it to the first snowfall. On top of that, they now have little way out. Well, maybe Zhang Lu in the south will be a good place to go, but can Zhang Lu allow these tens of thousands of troops in the hands of Ma Er to enter Hanzhong together...... Komeito, what do you think you would do if it were you? ”

"Ma Shoucheng's mind is unpredictable, and a small Hanzhong can't accommodate two hungry wolves."

"This kind of thing, of course, is not easy to say, but if it is easy, maybe it is really not difficult."

"The Lord means ......"

Ma Teng is not Han Wenyue or Bian Wenxin, he was born in a poor family, and his family was already difficult, but he didn't expect his father to die early, maybe he had read some books intermittently, but in order to support his mother, he could only spend most of his time chopping wood and hunting. Although this kind of experience has developed his hard-working and tenacious character, this kind of person is prone to a considerable sense of inferiority in a certain way, which will make him either extremely dependent on the strategists around him for advice, or have a strong confidence in himself, and may be able to listen to other people's opinions on small matters, but in key decisions, it may not be enough. ”

"Well, from the news from Mr. Wenhe, this Ma Shoucheng should be more inclined to the second type of person that the lord said."

"Zhong De and I think the same. Such a person is either self-righteous or indecisive, but neither of them will allow him to make a decision in our favor. However, if this Ma Shoucheng alone is not invulnerable, if the information is correct, even if it is such a Ma Shoucheng, there are still two people who can influence his decision. ”

"Huh? This kind of reluctance to take the opinions of those around them is also affected? Well, that must be his closest relatives to be possible. ”

"Komeito is really powerful, in a word. So if we want to achieve our goal this time, the most critical place is not Ma Shoucheng, but his two sons. ”

"Son?"

"The eldest son, Ma Chao, Ma Mengqi. The righteous son is also his subordinate son Ma Dai Ma Bozhan. ”

"So to tell the truth, that little guy named Ma Chao must be left to me~"

Lu Xiaoqiang, why can I see your face everywhere, be careful that I buy Su Xiaololi to melt you away!

Pan Sen: Actually, we think that the attention of Xiao Qiangniang should be very good...... (To be continued......)