He Jin led the way, and Chen Cheng followed behind and approached the city. The Ya soldiers stepped forward, controlled the city gate, and ordered the soldiers and horses in the city to return to the barracks. The soldiers did not resist, but asked in a low voice: "Can I give you something to eat?"
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The soldier who was asked was stunned for a moment, then turned to ask the officer, and got a positive answer. After a while, the smell of dried meat cooking soup wafted from the city. Because it was a light force advancing quickly, the troops were sent out this time.
There was no baggage camp, and the army's food relied on supplies carried by each Qu, namely some dried meat, salted fish, noodles, fried rice, fried noodles and the like that were easy to carry.
These foods are heavy in salt and oil. If they were kept in later generations, they would definitely be denounced as junk food, but they were very popular among the soldiers. When the soldiers and ministers in the city smelled the aroma of meat, their stomachs would not stop.
He screamed "cuckoo" and saliva was secreted from his mouth.
The crowd surged towards the place where the broth was being cooked on the street. If the surrounding Xiliang soldiers hadn't been beating them with knife handles and gun barrels, there might have been a stampede. He Jin smelled the broth in his nose, and in his ears
Hearing the noise in the city, he seemed to have nothing happened, and led Chen Cheng to where the Emperor was with his head down.
The group of people hurriedly passed through the streets. Three hundred soldiers wearing steel armor and holding sharp blades marched in order, which had already alarmed everyone around them. There were many eyes exposed behind the doors and windows.
Come and observe this strange army on the street through the gap.
Those who could live with the emperor were either very important figures in the court or relatives of the emperor. Among them were the scholars Sun Duan, Fu Wan, Yang Biao and others. They saw that the Xiliang army had strict military discipline.
There were hundreds of people, but they moved in an orderly manner. They put aside their worries about the Xiliang army's plundering, but instead they were worried about other things.
Chen Cheng spent some time in Luoyang and saw the splendor and magnificence of the imperial palace. This is the residence of the emperor in the eyes of the Han people. The place where the emperor currently lives temporarily is naturally incomparable with the imperial palace in Luoyang. But he doesn't think it is.
What's wrong? It's actually a good thing for the emperor to suffer a little more when he was still young.
Emperors who have always been raised in the backyards of deep palaces and grown up in the hands of women are mostly mediocre and incompetent. Chen Cheng himself does not like luxury, so unlike other ministers, he does not feel sad that the emperor lives in such a small place.
Whatnot. If you can have a place to live and food to eat, your life is already better than that of most people in this world.
He thought for a while, among the princes in the world now, except for Yuan Shu, who was too arrogant, other princes, even if they were ambitious, would not do anything to the emperor after catching him. In another history
, the emperor rebelled several times, didn't Cao Cao still endure it?
Before arriving at the emperor's residence, several soldiers stood guard at the entrance of the courtyard and stopped Chen Cheng with their hands. He turned his head slightly and asked, "What does this mean?"
When there was no smile on Chen Cheng's face, it would give people a great sense of oppression. The soldier guarding the gate was trembling in his heart, and he said bravely: "The emperor is not allowed to carry weapons in front of the emperor!"
"Oh, I see!"
Chen Cheng smiled and quickly took down the horizontal knife hanging from his waist. The soldier guarding the door was about to pick it up, but Chen Cheng handed it to Zhao Si and ordered: "Clean up this place.
, so as not to look bad on the emperor’s face later.”
Zhao Si took the Hengdao, with a ferocious smile on his face, and said loudly: "My lord, wait a moment, I will come back as soon as I go!"
He turned around and ordered loudly: "The first team stays here to protect the lord, the others follow me!"
After that, he strode forward. The soldier guarding the gate was furious and shouted: "Do you want to rebel?"
After saying that, they pulled out their swords and stabbed Zhao Si. Zhao Si didn't even look at him and continued to move into the courtyard. Beside him, several guards jumped out and slashed with their swords.
In the flash of light, several soldiers guarding the door screamed and fell to the ground.
He Jin, who was standing by the side, trembled on his face, and then stood there, listening to the sound of gold and iron coming from the yard. After a while, Zhao Si came out with blood all over his body and shouted loudly.
Said: "Reporting to my lord, all fifty-three enemy soldiers lurking in the courtyard have been killed. The emperor is already under control!"
Chen Cheng looked at He Jin beside him, shook his head, and said: "General, why do you need to do this? Even if you kill me, can you control the tens of thousands of troops outside the city? With swords and soldiers together, you might be injured.
His Majesty."
He Jin said dullly: "You have to give it a try after all, otherwise how could you be willing to do it?"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "That's true. If the broom is not swept, the dust will not be cleaned up, and the old forces are always unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history."
While Zhao Si was cleaning up the courtyard with his bodyguards, Liu Qian walked up to the lobby first. Wearing heavy steel armor, she pressed the horizontal knife on her waist and walked over on the wooden planks. When she heard
The sound of footsteps getting closer and closer outside made Liu Bian's body tremble uncontrollably.
He panicked and said to the Queen Mother He beside him: "Queen Mother, the Xiliang bandits are here!"
After Liu Hong's death, Liu Bian succeeded to the throne and became the emperor, and Empress He was promoted to Empress Dowager He. However, she had just reached thirty years old, and her living conditions were good and she was well-maintained. She looked like she was in her 24s and 50s.
woman. She was much calmer than Liu Bian. Even though there were constant screams in the courtyard just now, Queen Mother He only turned a little pale.
At this time, seeing the emperor being so cowardly, the Queen Mother He couldn't help being furious. Her phoenix eyes were filled with authority. She glanced at Liu Bian and scolded: "You are the emperor, so you should have the magnanimity of the emperor. Don't say that the thief hasn't reached him yet.
Even if we fight to the front, we must not lose our status as emperor!"
Liu Bian was scolded by Empress Dowager He and immediately did not dare to say anything. He just looked nervously down the corridor.
Liu Qian entered with her sword in hand and saw many people sitting in the hall. On both sides were the important ministers of the court. In the first place were the Emperor Liu Bian and the Queen Mother He. Beside the Queen Mother He, there was also a man about seventeen years old.
A girl of eight, dressed as a palace maid. She looked at Liu Bian blankly for a while, and then thought of her dead brother Liu Xie, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Liu Bian watched with trepidation a seven-foot-tall warrior walking into the hall. Just when he was wondering why he looked so familiar, he saw his eyes suddenly turned red and said: "Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time. I've always been lovely."
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Liu Bian's hands shook, and he suddenly stood up from his seat, dumbfounded and said: "But sister Liu Qian?"
Liu Qian took a deep breath and said, "It's me!"
Liu Bian looked at Liu Qian in surprise, feeling much more at ease, and said, "How can my sister dress up like this?"
Liu Qian woke up from the trance of seeing her relatives. She pressed the horizontal sword on her waist and said proudly: "I am now a second lieutenant under the command of Liangzhou Mu, and I am an intern in the tooth soldiers. Of course I am dressed like this!"
Emperor Liu Bian looked at Liu Qianying's energetic look, feeling envious and shocked at the same time. He didn't know what to say. But after Empress Dowager He recovered from the shock, she reprimanded: "Princess Wannian is a member of the royal family, how could she
Dressing like this? Isn’t this an insult to the dignity of the royal family?”
Liu Qian tilted her head, looked at the Queen Mother He next to the emperor, and sneered. Just as she was about to speak, she heard the sound of steel colliding behind her. When she turned around, she saw Chen Cheng with a group of wolf-like teeth.
Bing came over. She cast a contemptuous look at Queen Mother He, and then stepped back to the side.
Liu Bian originally wanted to talk to Liu Qian and build a relationship, but when he saw a group of soldiers barging in, he immediately became frightened. He sat down at the top and waited for his next fate with trepidation.
Originally, his temperament was not like this, but before Yuan Shu's army attacked the city, the day and night fighting frightened the emperor. Later, Sun Jian led his troops to break through the outer city, and Yuan Shu's army swarmed in and massacred and looted the city of Luoyang. The soldiers and people
The sound of wailing resounded for ten miles.
It was at that time that Emperor Liu Bian finally knew what kind of virtues the princes in the world were like, so they became what they are now. Moreover, he had also met Chen Cheng and knew that the leader of the Xiliang Army who came over was driven out by the general.
From Luoyang, this made him even more frightened.
Taiwei Yang Biao had already wanted to reprimand Liu Qian when he saw her bringing weapons to court, but then Liu Qian revealed her identity and staged a drama of brother and sister meeting, so Yang Biao couldn't say anything else. Now Chen Cheng brought
A large group of soldiers rushed over. Yang Biao immediately stood up and reprimanded loudly: "The Emperor is here, why don't you kneel down and salute?"
Chen Cheng glanced sideways at Yang Biao and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Taiwei Yang. No wonder he dares to speak like this."
After all, he ignored Yang Biao and the ministers in the hall, and carefully looked at the emperor Liu Bian who was sitting at the top for a while. Liu Bian was wearing a gorgeous emperor's crown, and his figure had grown much compared to four years ago.
The appearance of the late Emperor Liu Hong can be vaguely seen.
While Chen Cheng was sizing up the emperor, Zhao Si commanded the guards to surround the hall. Everyone in the hall was also sizing up Chen Cheng. Many of these ministers had met Chen Cheng, but they were also like He Jin.
, one cannot immediately connect the majestic warrior in front of him with the handsome young man from the past.
Chen Cheng looked at Liu Bian for a while and sighed: "Your Majesty is somewhat similar to the late emperor."
When Liu Bian saw that Chen Cheng was tall and his arms were almost as thick as his own thighs, he couldn't help but feel scared. He suppressed the fear in his heart and asked, "Who are you? Have you seen my father?"
Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Four years ago, I met His Majesty. Why don't you recognize him now?"
Liu Bian felt that the person in front of him looked familiar. When he was thinking about where he had seen him before, Queen He beside him suddenly said in surprise, "Ah, are you Julu Hou?"
Marquis Julu? Isn't that the former favorite of the late emperor and the current leader of the Xiliang Army, Chen Cheng and Chen Wenzheng?
Chen Cheng still remembered the appearance of Queen Mother He. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "That's right."
