Ma Chao and Pang De made up their minds to go directly to the East Gate, not because they were sure of the other's whereabouts, but precisely because they were unable to decide on the other's whereabouts at this time.⊙

This is different from the fact that after they came out of the palace, they rushed directly to the east, because the Jiade Palace was originally in an easterly position in the North Palace of the palace, and Pang De led the army to break into the North Palace from the west.

There are high walls blocking the north and south, so it is not difficult to determine the direction in which the opponent will escape.

But the eastern part of Luoyang City is so large that it is far from comparable to the North Palace of the Imperial Palace. Not to mention Yongheli, Buguangli and other places can hide a large number of people at any time, even if the opponent they are most certain of may escape from the city and go here.

There is far more than one possible road, because heading out of the city in the east direction, there are three gates: Upper East, Middle East and Lower East, not to mention there is a gate to the south that can lead to the outside of the city.

Logically speaking, there is no news coming now, and it seems that the other party is still hiding in the city. If that's the case, Ma Chao and Pang De naturally don't mind continuing to cause chaos in the East City after Beigong.

It's nothing to them

Taking advantage of the emperor's will to control the princes, and attacking Luoyang City was more for the ultimate goal of establishing prestige and revenge, so even if they burned the capital with a fire, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru had not yet done it.

When necessary, they will not feel any psychological pressure.

But what happened at this time was the appearance of Li Ru, Hua Xiong and his entourage who were suspected of having gone through the war at the corner of the Middle East Gate. They were originally dissatisfied and confused about their sudden departure, but they were temporarily shelved because of the Beigong war.

On the other hand, now there is such news to support

, even if it cannot be proven that there must be any relationship with the Emperor and his party, Ma Chao and the others must go find out in person. After all, even if it is a cooperative relationship, for Li Ru and his party who were semi-forced to come together, both Ma Chao and Pang De

I have never had much trust and reassurance.

According to the news, Li Ru and the others' next target direction was to go to the Lower East Gate. Ma Chao almost didn't need to think before he decided on their next step. Pang De also agreed with his idea.

Of course, just in case, Ma Chao and the others did not care whether this would cause a commotion, and simply ordered his troops to be divided into three groups. In addition to the group of people who followed them to the lower east gate, the other two

The roads naturally corresponded to the two city gates that were twice as large as the east gate, and they were ordered to close the city gates and prohibit entry and exit after they arrived.

After controlling the eight city gates, it is actually already in a semi-closed state. If there is an order from the military, you can still enter and exit freely. Now, even this is prohibited.

Fortunately, they now have nearly 10,000 troops at their disposal. In the city itself, in the streets and alleys, if such a large group of people are gathered together, it will be a big problem to move forward. Now that they are divided into several parts, it is still difficult.

Act better.

But when their group arrived at the corner of the Middle East Gate, in addition to seeing the corpses on the ground proving that a tragic battle had just taken place here, they almost suspected that something had happened to the soldier who had just reported the news.

Problem.

"Lord, there seems to be something wrong with this situation. These corpses are clearly from the same team, and if Germany remembers correctly. They are all dressed up by the old Xiliang men under Li Wenyou, and under the little emperor's men.

There should be no such powerful men and horses who can annihilate so many fierce Xiliang soldiers and horses, but we can't see many casualties on our side..."

Ma Chao nodded in agreement. The scene at the scene had already explained everything. Anyone who was not extremely stupid could sense that something was wrong.

If they had previously thought that the group of people who clashed with Li Ru might have something to do with the emperor who escaped from the palace, now they have directly ruled out this possibility because the losses of Li Ru's men were too heavy.

There are really such powerful people under the emperor, so it is impossible that he would not have to use them at the moment of life and death in the Jiade Hall of the North Palace just now. After all, fleeing is a huge humiliation for the king of a country, but he will not choose such a path if he has the opportunity.

In this case, maybe they chose the wrong target just now. Maybe the little emperor and his party had already run to the upper east gate or even escaped from the city with the middle east gate. Because of the lessons learned from the Jiade Palace, now for the two

They are not so confident that strengthening the security at the city gate will definitely prevent the other party from escaping.

However, despite this, Ma Chao and Pang De did not regret their decision just now. They themselves did not think about how much benefit they could get from the little emperor and his party. The reason why they kept pursuing them was just that

It was just Ma Chao's obsession with revenge because he felt he had been deceived and humiliated, and it was not that strong. On the contrary, it was this mysterious team that had a conflict with Li Ru and his party and caused so much damage, which suddenly caused a stir.

their interests.

Pang De pondered for a while and then said: "These people... I'm afraid there won't be many..."

"General Ling Ming is right. The area here is quite narrow, which is not conducive to the movement of large-scale regiments. The reason why Li Wenyou's soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties is not only that the opponent is not weak, but also the terrain restrictions.

The reason, on the contrary, is that if the other party wants to take full advantage of the geographical location, it cannot have too many people, and at most it will not exceed fifty or sixty." The person who answered the question was Ma Chao's personal soldier Ma Cao, who was also a very good person.

It is not difficult for a thoughtful person to analyze this.

At this time, the corners of Ma Chao's mouth turned up, "I'm afraid it's not just that. Li Wenyou would rather put down the emperor and come here to chase this group of people. Maybe in his heart, these people may be one of these people.

There is only one so-called emperor left in the name of righteousness, and if that is the case, a certain family would be very interested in getting involved."

Pang De and Ma Cao looked at each other, both speechless, but did not refute. Besides, even if they regretted turning around now, it might be too late, right?

…

At the east gate of Luoyang City, Ma Chao and Li Ru's troops broke into Luoyang City. Although there were still many defenders in the city at that time, the withdrawal of Lu Bu's men and horses caused panic among the troops in the city, even if the emperor personally

Sitting here, but unable to

Therefore, the defenders in the city did little resistance and were easily taken over by Pang De's team who entered the city first. The original defenders retreated to the second line and were used for patrolling. The defenders were all replaced by Ma Chao and Li.

Under the command of Ru and others.

Although there are not many people and horses, there will naturally be fewer people when sharing, but Luoyang City has high walls and thick walls, and the city defense design is also very strict. It is not that easy for outside forces to take advantage of the small number of troops in the city to invade.

But at this moment, for the little emperor and his party who want to walk out from here, they are preparing to leave the city. The difficulty is completely incomparable, because the stronger the fortress, the easier it is to be broken from the inside.

Especially when most of the city wall defenders' attention is focused outside.

In fact, their plans had been made long ago and everything had been arranged. The reason why they had postponed it until now was just to find a good time.

It's just that they didn't know that a sudden army of troops had suddenly appeared in the city before, causing the defenders on the city wall to receive orders, and their attention unconsciously turned from the calm outside to the inside. When they finally thought they had found a good opportunity to prepare,

When sneaking out of the city, Liu Xie's carelessness exposed the possible identities of his group.

This matter cannot be entirely blamed on Liu Xie. As the king of a country, he is now in a miserable situation. His frustration and annoyance are shared by Fu Wan and other important ministers. His own situation is very bad. Liu Xie is the only one.

The only thing that he could use to comfort himself was the bright yellow dragon robe that he wore, which symbolized his identity as the Nine-Fifth Master. However, in order to protect himself, he still wore an inconspicuous burlap dress on the outside.

But no one would have thought that it seemed that it was precisely because of such a sharp contrast that a rather shrewd commander of the city gate guards noticed something unusual. When the group of people who were originally dancing on the wire and were guilty of committing crimes were exposed,

No one has the time to think about it in detail.

Why? I just thought that I and others had been discovered. After the ambush was over and Dong Cheng gave the order, the disguised group immediately took the initiative and rushed towards the guards at the city gate... (To be completed.
Chapter completed!