After Lu Bu escaped, the killing in Chang'an City really began.

When it was approaching midnight, that is, 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, the whole city fell into despair.

Screams, wails, and cries were endless.

The soldiers rushed into the palace, plundered property wantonly, and rushed into residential areas and residential areas of ministers, robbing, murdering, and committing all kinds of evil.

In order to prevent their family members from being humiliated, some people simply lit a fire. In order to survive, some people knelt down and were still brutally killed. Some people raised their knives and wanted to fight to the death, but in the end they were inevitably cut apart.

corpse.

The human order has disappeared at this moment, and what is left is only the killing, looting, cruelty, bestiality and death that existed in the primitive world.

Under the protection of dozens of soldiers, Yan Zhong walked quickly in the city. From time to time, large groups of Xiliang troops passed by his side.

Whenever someone saw this group of people acting suspiciously and stopped them and asked who they were, Yan Zhong would stand up indifferently and scold them loudly in Xiliang dialect, telling them to get away.

As the number one counselor under Dong Zhuo, he was one of the top five figures in the Xiliang army. After Niu Fu died, Hu Zhen lost power, and Duan Xuan did not participate, his prestige was already higher than that of Li Jue and Guo Si. Ordinary

In front of him, the Xiliang soldiers were like a monkey seeing a tiger, not daring to say anything.

Under the leadership of Yan Zhong, the group passed through the gate of Mingguang Palace and arrived at the north of the city.

At this time, the streets in the north of the city had turned into a sea of ​​fire, and the killing was still going on. There were corpses of people everywhere.

Xuanpingmen was a residential area for the common people, both inside and outside the city. The common people who could live in the city were wealthy, so they were the first to be robbed.

The people outside the city either died at the hands of the Xiliang people or fled east or south. Only the people inside the city had no way to escape.

A large number of Xiliang soldiers were still crowded under the Xuanpingmen gate tower, because there were still people resisting on the tower.

"Who are you?"

When they saw an official wearing a black robe and a Jinxian crown leading a group of Xiliang soldiers over, someone immediately came forward to ask.

Yan Zhong frowned and took a step forward: "If you blind your dog eyes, I am Yan Zhong!"

"ah!"

The man quickly raised his hands and saluted: "It turns out to be Yu Shi Zhongcheng."

After Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an, he entrusted two of his cronies with important responsibilities. Yan Zhong was appointed as the Censor Zhongcheng, and Li Ru was appointed as the Shangshu Ling. With Wang Yun coming to power, Yan Zhong's Censor Zhongcheng had long been removed, but the Xiliang Army was

I will still call him that.

"Who are you?"

"Military Sima Wu Xi."

"From your accent, do you think you are from Wuwei?"

"Yes, from Wuwei and Zhangye."

"It turns out he is a fellow countryman."

Yan Zhong's face pretended to soften, and he pointed not far away and asked: "What's going on?"

Seeing the kindness on his face, Wu Xi thought this was a good opportunity to curry favor, and said excitedly: "Zhongcheng, we have captured the emperor."

People from the Military Intelligence Department had been secretly paying attention to the emperor's every move. When Yan Zhong led Taishi Cihouxu and other Military Intelligence Department personnel into the city, he already knew about it, so he went straight to Xuanping Gate.

But Yan Zhong deliberately pretended to be surprised and said: "Really? Where is the emperor?"

"On the tower!"

Wu Xi pointed to the city tower and said: "They wanted to go out of the city, but we blocked them. There were dozens of guards still resisting."

"good!"

Yan Zhong happily patted Wu Xi on the shoulder: "If you can catch the emperor, you have made great achievements and will be rewarded."

Wu Xi hurriedly said: "Thank you Zhongcheng."

"Take me to see it."

Yan Zhong ordered him to lead the way.

Wu Xi did not doubt his presence and immediately took Yan Zhong towards the city tower.

Now the area under the city tower is full of Xiliang soldiers and horses.

After the city of Chang'an was captured, Li Jue, Guo Si, Wang Fang and Fan Chou followed closely into the city.

But the first time they entered the city was to order the soldiers to burn, kill and loot everywhere, and they did not pay attention to the emperor's news immediately.

The Xiliang army blocking Liu Bian's path here was the Xiliang army that came in from Xuanping Gate. After Lu Bu escaped, these people came in from Xuanping Gate again, and just blocked Liu Bian.

Wang Yun led dozens of loyal guards to protect Liu Bian while retreating, and fled to the Xuanping Gate Tower. Due to the narrow terrain, there was only one passage, and they were blocked by dead soldiers. For a while, the Xiliang Army did not attack.

The two sides are still in a stalemate.

When Yan Zhong passed by, with the help of the torch set by the Xiliang army, he vaguely saw a pale-faced young man on the tower, wearing a yellow silk robe, not even the emperor's crown. He was obviously running away.

In a hurry, I had no choice but to run out in my pajamas.

The Xiliang army under the city tower pressed forward step by step, and the people on the city tower retreated step by step. They retreated towards the Luocheng Gate wall to the north, and were finally forced into the angle formed by the two sections of city wall to the north. The loyal Su

The guards protected the emperor and hid inside the corner tower.

From the direction of Luo City Gate, a large number of Xiliang troops also rushed over. Now there were attacks from both sides. Unless the emperor jumped from the tower more than ten meters high, it would be almost impossible to fly.

The leader of the team forced from the Luo City Gate in the west was Li Jue's nephew, Army Sima Li Li. When he saw that the soldiers had surrounded the tower, the overall situation was decided, he happily said: "Come here, fight in and kill the emperor."

Caught alive!”

"stop!"

At this moment, someone shouted in Xiliang dialect.

Hearing this accent, many Xiliang soldiers looked over.

Then I saw Wu Xi approaching, surrounded by an official in his fifties.

Although others didn't know him, of course Li Li did. He quickly walked over and raised his hands and said, "Uncle Yan!"

Uncle comes from "Han Shu", which means father's brother, and father's younger brother is called uncle.

Although Yan Zhong was not Li Jue's elder brother, Li Jue always treated him favorably as an elder brother, so Li Li also called him this, which means an honorific title.

"Um."

Yan Zhong nodded and said: "The Emperor is your Majesty, how can you be so rude. Please step aside first and let me come up to talk."

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Li Li hesitated and said, "They are still guarded by soldiers, so they might hurt my uncle."

Yan Zhong laughed: "It doesn't matter, as long as my nephew Yan Ci is here, no one can hurt me."

He also patted Taishi Ci on the shoulder.

Taishi Ci rolled his eyes, thinking that he suddenly became Yan Zhong's nephew.

However, in terms of age, Yan Zhong is already in his fifties and he is only twenty-six years old. It seems normal to be his nephew.

Seeing Yan Zhong's persistence, Li Li said nothing and waved his hand. All the soldiers behind him withdrew several feet away, leaving a vacuum zone between the two sides.

Yan Zhong stood outside the city tower and said calmly to the inside: "Wang Situ, don't you invite me in for a chat?"

Wang Yun's face looked as if he had aged ten years. He walked to the gate of the city tower and said to the soldiers on his left and right: "Let them come in."

Yan Zhong paused and took only two people, Tai Shici and Hou Xu, in.

There are several corpses inside the city tower, which were left behind when they were breached when they were guarding Chang'an. Corpses like this are everywhere on the walls of Chang'an and throughout the city.

There were several palace maids and Xiao Huangmen inside who carefully protected Liu Bian. Liu Bian was sitting in the corner with a pale face and trembling all over.

"well."

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Yan Zhong sighed.

I think of the late Emperor Liu Hong, Emperor Xiaokang of Han Dynasty. Although he was faint, he was not mediocre. The power was firmly in his hands. If he had not died young, how could he be in this situation now.

However, as the eldest son, Liu Bian was weak, timid and incompetent by nature. He really lacked the demeanor of his father, which was really disappointing.

Perhaps sensing Yan Zhong's mood, Wang Yun said to several palace maids and Xiao Huangmen: "Help the emperor go to the second floor."

The city tower naturally has two floors, and there are steps below. A few people helped Liu Bian to the second floor.

After he went up, Yan Zhong and Wang Yuncai sat across from each other in the tower.

Now, there are only four of them left in the room.

"Wang Situ, Wang Situ."

After sitting down, Yan Zhong sighed and said, "It's all your fault that we are in this situation today."

Wang Yun said silently: "My ministers were unable to keep the country safe, but instead led to the rebellion of the traitors. It is indeed my fault. But people like Li Jue and Guo Si are the biggest traitors when they act recklessly."

Yan Zhong sneered: "If you don't give them a way to live, why should they kill them at the slightest provocation? If you hadn't been greedy and wanted to control power, how could you have pardoned them in the first place and led the Kwantung Army to Beijing? How could things have turned out to be like this?

Field? In the end, it was your stupidity that made you what you are today."

Wang Yun was silent for a moment and retorted: "In the final analysis, you Yan Zhong are just a rebel under Dong Zhuo's command. You also had a share in attacking Chang'an. What is the difference between you and evil thieves like Li Jue and Guo Si? What's the difference?
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