Three Kingdoms

"May I ask where Situ is?" Lu Bu called up at the gate of the imperial city, raising his head.

Lu Bu sprained his ankle. Although it was treated briefly, it was still red and swollen. It was so swollen that he couldn't even put on his combat boots, let alone walk on the ground. Naturally, he couldn't put on the stirrups, so he could only bare one foot. He rode on the red rabbit horse and tied the rope to the side.

At this time, Li Jue, Guo Si and others had already poured into Chang'an City, and were besieging those who had not escaped from Beidifang, or they had retained a trace of illusion and closed the door of their house tightly, as if they could stay out of it. those court officials.

With the large increase in Xiliang soldiers, Lu Bu and the one or two hundred soldiers gathered close to him were completely unable to withstand the Xiliang soldiers coming like a tide, let alone fight them back, so they could only continue to attack. They retreated until they reached the imperial city's galloping road in front of Weiyang Palace.

The figure of Wang Yun, the great Han Situ, was revealed on the palace wall. He looked at Lu Bu below and asked, "How is the situation in the city?"

The red rabbit horse kicked restlessly and turned in a small circle. Lu Bu had to follow in the circle and raised his head to answer: "The city is in chaos! The soldiers have no commanders! The generals have no sense of control! The rebels have been defeated, and Luo City has been defeated." Second Gate! We are coming here!"

After hearing what Lu Bu said about the situation in the city, the imperial guards guarding the imperial city couldn't help but commotion.

These Imperial City Imperial Guards wear gleaming armor every day and guard the Imperial City majesticly. On weekdays, they look down on the border troops who come and go in the wind and snow, and even feel that they are ordinary compared to Chang'an City. The city patrol soldiers, those who rely on the city gate to eat and carry the people's goods are much more noble, but now when I heard that such a group of evil thieves appeared in Chang'an City, I couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

Wang Yun's hand couldn't help but tremble, and then he immediately asked: "Where are the soldiers in Lingyi?"

"I've never seen you!" Lu Bu said loudly, "I would like to be the vanguard! Please Situ send troops to the city quickly to put down the rebellion!"

Although Lu Bu can be sure that not all the soldiers in the city were killed by the Xiliang soldiers, the soldiers in the city have completely lost their organization, have no subordinates, and have no assembled battle formations. There is simply no way to fight with these more and more people. The Xiliang soldiers were fighting against each other, so they had to find the imperial city where the soldiers were still intact.

"This..." Wang Yun looked back at the imperial guards on the left and right, only to find that these soldiers, who usually held their heads high like proud big roosters, were now as shrunken as quails. , the commanders of the Forbidden Army lowered their heads, as if they wanted to dig a hole in the ground immediately and get in.

Wang Yun's heart felt as if it had sunk into an ice cellar.

Soldiers without morale will have no courage. Even if these soldiers leave the imperial city to fight, what chance will they have of winning?

And from another aspect, if the Forbidden Army stays on the Imperial City, they can still defend it for a period of time with the help of the city wall and the slope of Longshou Plain. But if the Forbidden Army is sent out...

Is this Lu Bu worthy of his complete trust?

"Marquis Wen, the forbidden troops in the city are required to guard the second palace. They are not allowed to leave without permission!" Wang Yun said to Lu Bu, "There are soldiers in the Jianzhang Palace in the west of the city. You can mobilize your troops to help!"

Because the city of Chang'an was too small, some palaces later could not meet the walking needs of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Jianzhang Palace was built on the western outskirts of Chang'an City by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In order to travel from Weiyang Palace to Jianzhang Palace For convenience, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even built the world's first overpass, which allowed people to go directly from Wuyang Palace to Jianzhang Palace, which was called Feige Chaan Road...

Later, it was destroyed in the war during Wang Mang's Rebellion. Although it was successively funded by the Liu family emperors to rebuild it, the construction of Jianzhang Palace was stopped because it did not have the same royal significance as Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace. , construction stopped and construction was never completed. But it is a royal palace after all, so there are hundreds of soldiers on duty there.

But it's just a few hundred soldiers...

Lu Bu almost didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"There are few soldiers in Jianzhang Palace, how can we resist the traitors?" Lu Bu raised his head and made a last-ditch effort, "...if not, just open the door to let someone enter the city, and we can defend the city together!"

Wang Yun still shook his head. The gates of the Imperial City were not like ordinary people's gates, which could be opened with the next bolt. Not to mention the three-story thick gate bolts, in order to ensure that the gates of the Imperial City would not be opened easily by impact, the guards guarded the city gates. The soldiers of the city have reinforced a lot of gate supports behind the city gate, and even placed anti-horse antlers and other objects on the gate passage, blocking the door opening tightly.

Could it be that for the sake of Lu Bu outside the city and the one or two hundred soldiers who came from nowhere, we should remove all the things we had prepared before opening the city gate?

While Wang Yun was hesitating, he suddenly saw dozens of soldiers rushing over from Zhangtai Street!

Lu Bu was also shocked, and quickly turned around to prepare to meet the enemy, but he never thought that it was not the Xiliang soldiers who came, but Zhang Liao and Gao Shun who came over with some remaining soldiers...

"Wen Hou!" Zhang Liao followed the infantry with a spear in hand. There was blood dripping from the red tassel on the spear head. It was obvious that he had been fighting for a while. , "The city is in chaos! The bandits have approached Beidifang! They are hunting all the officials and their families in the city! We have rushed to kill them several times, but there are so many bandits that we can't get through!"

"What?!" Lu Bu's home is in Beidifang, and there are Yan family and others at home. Hearing this, he couldn't help but feel confused, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

Wang Yun, who was standing on the palace wall, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they were not enemy troops. However, the sudden appearance of Zhang Liao and others also sounded an alarm for him. Fortunately, this time it was Zhang Liao and others who came. If he had ordered the attack, If we pass the palace gate, will friendly forces come?

"The palace door is locked! Do not open it lightly! Wen Hou, hurry to Jianzhang Palace!"

Wang Yun waved his hand high to Lu Bu, and the wind blowing from the sky above Chang'an City tore open his wide sleeves, revealing an arm that looked a little flabby and old...

"Situ! Wang Situ..."

Lu Bu raised his head and shouted, but saw that Wang Yun had retracted his head from the palace wall and stopped answering his words.

"Wen Hou?" Zhang Liao looked at Lu Bu worriedly.

Gao Shun took a step forward and said: "Marquis Wen, why don't we go to Jianzhang Palace first and then take some people to Beidifang? Even if we risk our lives, we must protect the safety of Marquis Wen's family! "

Lu Bu painfully waved Fang Tian's painted halberd in the air, and Fang Tian's painted halberd let out a shrill scream, like the cry of an evil ghost under the Nine Netherworld, "...No! Let's go! Let's build a chapter together. palace!"

"Wen Hou!" Gao Shun still wanted to persuade him.

"I said go to Jianzhang Palace!" Lu Bu roared, and after he finished roaring, he took the lead in beating his horse.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun looked at each other and had no choice but to follow Lu Bu in the direction of Jianzhang Palace...