Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C385
At the same time, another palace maid changed into civilian clothes and left the palace. She didn’t walk far before she saw a waiting carriage. She quickly jumped onto it. Li Yu dressed like a coachman, upon seeing the palace maid board the carriage, he immediately rushed towards Luoyang.
The general guard of the East Gate was a marquis of the original West Garden Army, and also a general of the eunuch line. She was currently on duty, and upon seeing Li Yu’s car, he walked over, lifted the carriage’s curtain and looked inside, then waved her hand to allow him to pass.
Just then, a herald came over from the main street and ordered loudly, “The Prime Minister has given the order to close the city gates and forbid anyone from entering and exiting the Luoyang.”
“Giddy …” When Li Yu heard it, he was so shocked that his heart stopped beating. He immediately shouted and fiercely whipped his horse a few times. The horse was in pain and galloped forward.
“Stop, stop! If we don’t stop soon, we’ll shoot!” Seeing that Li Yu wanted to run away, the soldiers on the city wall immediately pulled on their bowstrings.
But not only did Li Yu not stop, he continued to whip his. The carriage rushed out like a Arrows that had left the bow.
“Puff puff puff …”
The soldiers on the wall had no idea who was driving the carriage, they were just doing their duty. Seeing that Li Yu was about to escape the range of the Arrows, he immediately shot the Arrows out.
“Reporting…” The Prime Minister had just received a report from the four doors. When dusk approached, only the East Gate and the Valley Gate had left the two carriages before. Actually, the ones who left Valley Gate were two coachmen and two gongzis. The one who went out from East Gate was the eunuch, Little Yellow Gate Li Yu. There was a woman on the carriage. Li Yu has already been shot to death by an arrow. herald ran and reported to Dong Zhuo.
“Damned Castrates! Why aren’t they dead yet?!” Dong Zhuo suddenly threw the cup in his hand out, he angrily stood up, and the fire in his eyes could not wait to ignite. Guan Dong and the other prefecture were trying to suppress him. If the crippled Emperor Liu Bian fell into their hands, then offering him to the Emperor would not be worth anything.
“Prime Minister, I think that Li Yu was attacking from the east and west. On the surface, it seems like he was bringing along a woman, but it was actually just to confuse us, and the two gongzi who left from Valley Gate could possibly be the crippled Emperor Liu Bian.” Li Ru immediately went forward and revealed his thoughts.
“Regardless of who is lying, immediately seal off the eight stages of Luoyang and the Yellow River Ferry. Without my order, no one is allowed to enter.” Dong Zhuo waved his hand angrily, and almost shouted: “Command all troops to search around Luoyang.”
After he finished giving out the orders, he happened to see Fan Chou kneeling at the side. Dong Zhuo took a step forward, and with a kick to his body, he kicked Fan Chou to the ground. If something else happens in the palace, I’ll skin you alive. ”
After leaving the Luoyang, Fei Hong and Liang Ming brought Diao Chan and the others and quickly arrived at a farmer’s house in the Northern Mang Shan in a short while. The four of them jumped off the carriage, changed into fast horses, and galloped towards the Yellow River.
The Zhang Banxian had also arranged for the farmer’s house to be destroyed, so the whole family immediately pushed the carriage to the backyard, picked up the axe, and in a few moments, disassembled the carriage. There were no longer any traces of the carriage, and the roof of the carriage was thrown into the fire by them.
Just as Fei Hong and Liang Ming were about to reach the ferry, a group of Dong Zhuo soldiers caught up from behind. Fei Hong and Liang Ming had no choice but to take Diao Chan and Liu Bian to hide in the forest. However, the soldiers didn’t search the area. Instead, they ran straight towards the ferry.
Fei Hong and Liang Ming did not dare to take the main road, they could only choose to use the small paths and rush to the ferry. But when they arrived at the side of the Yellow River, Dong Zhuo’s order had already spread across the entire shore of the Yellow River. From afar, they saw the soldiers blocking the ferry, preventing all pedestrians from passing.
“We were a step too late. Dong Zhuo had already sealed up the ferry, so we can’t go over.” Fei Hong looked at the surging Yellow River. Here, the river was short of breath and the waves were strong. Furthermore, Dong Zhuo’s soldiers have already started searching the mountain, so we cannot hide here for long. ”
“Seems like Dong Zhuo guessed that we saved the Young Emperor, that’s why he sealed the Yellow River.” Liang Ming nodded, thought for a while and said: “Since we cannot cross the river from here, then let’s turn back and head south. I do not believe that he can seal all the crossroads.”
“Dong Dong Dong …”
“Dong Dong Dong …”
“Dong Dong Dong …”
On the morning of the tenth day of the first month, inside Yuan Shao’s camp outside of the Southskin City of BoHai County, waves of cold wind blew past as the large “Yuan” military flag was summoned along with the wind. The Battle Drum on the summoning platform rang out with sky-shaking prices, knocking on the hearts of the soldiers one after another. Yuan Shao’s newly recruited soldiers all ran out of their respective tents towards the field quickly.
The drummer flung his arms and began pounding the battle drum with both of his hands. Countless soldiers swarmed out of the tent and lined up in a phalanx under the platform. The flags fluttered in the air, the drums sounded in the sky, and dust flew everywhere. However, although there were a lot of people, none of them spoke. The entire scene was extremely quiet and solemn, only a few intimidating Battle Drum could be heard.
Accompanied by many advisers and generals, Yuan Shao stepped onto the stage. Looking at the strict troop below, Yuan Shao’s heart could not help but be moved, he was filled with excitement. Hearing the muffled sound that reverberated through the military camp and seeing the soldiers’ eyes brimming with life, a surge of hot blood rushed to his head. His hands clenched into fists as he trembled.
Although the Yuan family was the fourth and third generation officials, they had always been civil servants. Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu had also been field officers of the Central Army, the troops under their control were still in the hands of the eunuchs. Now, the Yuan family finally had an army of its own. No one, no matter who they were, could make him give up the army they were in.
Below the podium, there were roughly thirty thousand soldiers lined up in sixty square formations, each with five hundred people. The twelve formations in front were made up of light infantry. The soldiers were all wearing leather halves and held long sabers in their hands. Behind them were twelve heavy infantry units. The soldiers were all clad in shuttle armor, with blades in their left hands and shields in their right. On the shields, there were fierce godly beasts. The last twelve formations formed the Lance Soldier. They were also wearing half armor, but it was slightly thicker than the light infantry, and their long spears were strict like Lin Feng’s.
Behind the spearmen were the archers. They were dressed in armor thinner than the Light Infantry soldiers. There was a large quiver on the right side of their bodies and a short blade on the left side of their bodies. They were suitable for close combat. Each soldier was equipped with a saber with a ring around his head and a quiver of bows and arrows, while the rider in the front was holding a Banner in his hand, with golden threads along the side and white characters on the side. The word “Yuan” was written on the side.
The deafening Battle Drum slowly stopped. The host, Xu You, strode forward and shouted loudly, offering sacrifices to the heaven and earth. Then, he led all the strategists and generals to bow to Yuan Shao and shouted together, “master, Shuntian, take the initiative.
master was the way subjects addressed their masters. There were even some servants who addressed their masters as master. However, in this era where the imperial power was sacred, ordinary people did not dare to call others master, or be called master by others. The that Xu You and the others called out announced the beginning of a new era.
Xu You led everyone to stand up and loudly read out the order to punish Dong Zhuo. After counting all of Dong Zhuo’s heinous crimes, he threatened to burn Dong Zhuo’s bones to ashes. Then, he walked to the general’s arena and loudly said: “The time has come.
Yuan Shao straightened his clothes and walked over with a solemn expression. At that instant, although he forced himself to remain calm, he was unable to calm down for a long time. Thinking about those Scholars who died in the battle with the eunuchs and relatives, Yuan Shao’s eyes became moist.
The Uncle and Uncle had plotted for many years just so that the Scholars could hold the military positions, control the army, and speed up the process of their wannabe transformation. They would come into contact with weapons until they could control them and could no longer be forced into a corner, which gave the Scholars a powerful tool to deal with any unexpected situations other than rational administration. The Scholars also had to make a choice for the burly man’s political future.
Xu You cleared his throat and said loudly: “General Chunyu Qiong, please step forward to listen to the order!”
Chunyu Qiong rushed forward and prostrated herself on the ground, with a proud look in her eyes. Amongst all of the generals under Yuan Shao’s command, she was the only one from the imperial court’s regular army — — West Garden Army’s right field officer.
Yuan Shao retrieved an arrow from the servant’s golden plate that he had raised up high and gave it to Chunyu Qiong. With a low voice, he said: “Let Chunyu Qiong be the vanguard, lead 5000 soldiers and set off for Chen Liu. “When the mountains are opened and the rivers flowing, we will build bridges. We will prepare for the advance of the great army.”
“Yes sir!” Chunyu Qiong raised her hands to receive the arrow, then bowed again before standing up and leaving the stage.
“General Gao Qian, please step forward and receive the order!” Xu You shouted once again.
Gao Gan went forward and prostrated himself on the ground. Gao Qian was Yuan Shao’s nephew. Someone once evaluated him as a talented person with outstanding martial arts and literature, but he was not a talented person. The reason why he could get Yuan Shao’s favor was because he was Yuan Shao’s relative.
Yuan Shao took out a command arrow from the golden plate and handed it over to Gao Gan before he said solemnly, “Bring out the five thousand troops for you to lead and reinforce the army. You will be responsible for the security of the left and right wings of the army as well as the rear. The responsibility is great, and only the Lord deserves it. ”
Gao Qian responded loudly, both of her hands solemnly received the command arrow from Yuan Shao and left the stage.
After the distribution was completed, the Battle Drum began to ring again, and it gradually increased its speed. From afar, the doors of the barracks, Dazhai s, also rang with the sound of horns and shouts. Following which, one of the Banner was propped up. From afar, it was also covered in white, with the word “Chunyu” written on it. However, this flag was slightly smaller.
The strategists and Generals all walked down the platform, following Yuan Shao towards the large central army formation. With a long, heavy horn, the army pulled out of camp. First it was the vanguard, then it was Yuan Shao’s twenty thousand troops, and lastly it was the cavalry that roamed in three directions. Yuan Shao’s main body of cavalry moved towards Chen Liu like a snake.
Yuan Shao’s army left the Bohai Sea and passed by Qing He and Yang Ping on the way. They crossed the Yellow River from Yangping County and arrived at the Eastern County. It was already late in the night, so Yuan Shao set up camp and buried pots to make food, while sending people to quickly inform the Tung Chung Tsai Tsai Tsai Tsai Tsai Tortoise, waiting for the border crossing.