Winter turns to spring, and in the spring of the second year of Zhongping, the Central Plains, which has just experienced the baptism of war, is taking advantage of the last bit of peace to recuperate. As one of the few towns that has not been plundered by the Yellow Turban Army, Nanyang City is slowly growing under the governance of Luo Yang.
He has recovered from the heavy losses caused by several wars. However, Luo Yang knows that this recovery is only a temporary phenomenon. In a few years, the war will reignite again, and then the entire Central Plains will be swept away by the war. Although he knows
At this point, Luo Yang was powerless to do anything about it. The only thing he could do was to save his own life in the coming war.
Everything coming from Phoenix Mountain is good news. Luo Yang did not hire the wrong person. Under the leadership of Liu Pi and Gong Du, the 20,000 selected Yellow Turban soldiers were reborn. The most important thing is that these soldiers are all former soldiers.
For those who have been on the battlefield, training will get twice the result with half the effort. For this reason, Luo Yang also took the time to go to Phoenix Mountain. The results he saw also made Luo Yang very satisfied. Although those soldiers were not as powerful as Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, at least they were
It is no worse than those regular armies.
In the blink of an eye, it was March, and Luo Yang finally received the appointment letter issued from Luoyang. However, what surprised Luo Yang was that the court did not appoint Luo Yang as the governor of Nanyang County as Luo Yang had guessed before, but instead appointed Luo Yang as the governor of Nanyang County.
He went to Jingzhou to serve Qin Jie as the governor of Nanyang County, but as for Luoyang, he was summoned to Luoyang by an imperial edict.
When he first received this edict, Luo Yang was still a little confused, but after one night, Luo Yang still figured it out. After all, we have not yet entered the real troubled times. In fact, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the governors everywhere were
Mainly literati. It was not until the later period of the Yellow Turban Rebellion that small groups of Yellow Turban troops appeared from time to time in various places. The imperial court was forced to have no choice but to pay attention to military commanders. Now, although Luo Yang has made great contributions, in the eyes of the imperial court,
He was just a martial artist, so the position of the county guard would naturally not fall to Luo Yang.
Although he was a little regretful, Luo Yang didn't think about it anymore after he figured it out. Anyway, the resources in Nanyang City have been drained by him in the past few months. The rest will be left to Qin Jie! However,
This historical inertia makes Luo Yang a little wary. Although there is a variable like Luo Yang, the development of things so far has generally followed historical records. Lu Zhi was demoted, Dong Zhuo came to power, Zhang Jiao's death, etc.
Now the person taking over as the governor of Nanyang County is actually Qin Jie.
Is it true that no matter what he does, he can't change the course of history? Luo Yang is very unwilling. If this continues, Luo Yang, who has never appeared in history, will be what will happen in the future? Luo Yang is not a willing person.
People who are at the mercy of fate, so before Qin Jie came to take office, Luo Yang once again sent the materials in Nanyang City to Phoenix Mountain, and then directly left Nanyang City in this mess, without even seeing Qin Jie's face, and simply took it.
With Wenpin on his way to Luoyang.
After driving for five days in a row and working hard all the way, Luo Yang and Wenpin finally arrived in Luoyang. Standing outside Luoyang City and looking at the imperial capital in the distance, even Luo Yang, who came from a later generation and was used to big scenes, couldn't help but feel sorry for Luoyang.
I was impressed by this heavy momentum. Wenpin, who had never left Jingzhou before, was even more stunned. He stared at the tall city wall with wide eyes, and exclaimed without blinking: "Sir!
This Luoyang City is truly the place where the emperor lives! It is different from our Nanyang! Look at the city wall! With such a high city wall, the city wall of Nanyang City is probably not half as high as this!"
Luo Yang was also stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He really didn't expect that the ancients could build such a magnificent city. It's a pity that such a magnificent building has no such momentum in later generations.
I guess it must have been damaged a lot over the years!
"Huh! Another bunch of country bumpkins!"
Just when Luo Yang and Wenpin were sighing, a sharp voice came from the side. Luo Yang couldn't help but frowned. He turned his head and saw that at some point, there was an extra group of people beside them. This
There are about ten people in the team, all of them are sergeants wearing fine armor. The leader is wearing a red stainless steel armor, a colorful blue sword at his waist, and a tall maroon horse on his hip, which looks quite majestic.
Awesome. It's just that this person's appearance is a little thin, especially the pointed chin, which makes people feel that this person has a particularly gloomy aura. At this moment, this person is squinting at Luo Yang and Wenpin, with disdain all over his face, no need
Said that the words just came from his mouth.
"What are you talking about!" Being called a country bumpkin and looking at him like this, how could Wenpin, a stupid boy, bear it? Even if he shouted angrily, he took a big step forward and wanted to argue with the other party.
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"Bold!" Wenpin just took a step forward. The sergeants immediately pulled out the swords from their waists and guarded the man in red armor. The swords in their hands were all pointed at Wenpin. Luo Yang was completely convinced.
As long as Wenpin made any move, these sergeants would immediately slash at Wenpin with their swords. Now that Luo Yang and Wenpin had just arrived in Luoyang and were unfamiliar with the place, it was not like Luo Yang would cause any trouble here right now.
Immediately, Luo Yang stretched out his hand to stop Wenpin and shouted: "Zhongye! Don't be impulsive! Get back!" Wenpin was never afraid when facing the thousands of troops of the Yellow Turban Army, so how is he now?
He would be afraid of these sergeants, but Luo Yang had already given the order, but Wenpin did not dare to disobey Luo Yang, so he could only retreat behind Luo Yang with a face full of reluctance.
Luo Yang and Wenpin chose to give in, but the other party did not intend to give up. The man in red armor looked cold and shouted: "Hmph! You are so brave! How dare you be rude to me! Come on! Put these two together.
Get this guy!" The red-armored man ordered, and the sergeants just responded and stepped forward to capture Luo Yang and Wenpin.
Seeing that this red-armored man was so domineering, even Luo Yang was a little angry. Naturally, he refused to surrender. He reached out and pulled Wenpin back a few steps, pretending that he was going to fight with these sergeants.
It's a fight.
"Stop!" Just when the two sides were about to fight, there was another loud shout, but it came from the city gate behind Luo Yang. Then there was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and before Luo Yang could look back,
Several knights quickly appeared in front of Luo Yang, but they stood in front of the sergeants instead of Luo Yang and Wenpin. I saw that these knights were also wearing excellent armor. Just looking at their riding skills, it was obvious that they were definitely worthy of the title.
They are elite cavalry.
Blocked by these cavalry, the sergeants were well-trained. They all stopped and looked at the cavalry with vigilant faces, waiting for the next order from the master behind them. No one dared to act rashly. Both sides were in a state of confusion for a while.
There was a stalemate at the gate of the city, which made all the people who were about to enter and exit the gate shrink back one by one. No one dared to show up at this time. If they were slashed by these soldiers, there would be no room for them to complain.
!
"Hahahaha! Highway! You said you just came back, why are you causing such a big battle at the gate of the city? Are you blaming your brother for not coming to help you?" The one who just shouted "Stop"
The voice sounded from behind Luo Yang again. Luo Yang looked back and saw several men in official robes riding tall horses slowly coming from the city gate. One of them had a dark face, short and strong body, and smiled.
Said: "Highway! It's been a long time since I last saw you. Why did you show up at the gate of this city as the newly appointed captain Zhechong when you came back?"
Seeing these people, the red-armored man's expression softened slightly. He snorted coldly, glared at Luo Yang and Wenpin, then turned around with a smile, clasped his fists at those people and shouted: "It turns out it's the eldest brother, Brother Meng De."
!I have met my two brothers!"
The other person next to the black-faced man has a handsome appearance and a fair face, but his eyebrows are somewhat similar to the man in red armor. This person's face does not look like that of the black-faced man.
He was equally happy, but frowned, glanced at the postures of the two sides at the city gate, and shouted with a sullen face: "Highway! What are you doing! Why don't you let your people retreat! This is the important place of the capital, how can you do whatever you want?
Use your sword!"
Hearing what the white-faced man said, a trace of anger flashed across the red-armored man's face, but it quickly disappeared. He lowered his head and clasped his fists at the white-faced man and said, "Big brother, you've taught me a lesson! I'm so reckless! You guys are so reckless."
Why don't you get out of here quickly!"
When the red-armored man appeared, the sergeants immediately put away their swords and retreated behind the red-armored man. The sergeants retreated, and the cavalrymen all looked at the black-faced man at the same time. They saw the black-faced man swinging
Waving their hands, these cavalrymen immediately retreated behind the black-faced man. After the black-faced man glanced at Luo Yang and Wenpin, he turned to the red-armored man with a smile and said: "It's been hard work along the highway! We don't have to be at the gate of the city.
Stand! Come on! Brother Benchu and I have prepared a welcoming banquet for the road at the Zuixian Tower in the city! I think it’s been a long time since I’ve worked hard outside for the road, so I haven’t tasted the wine from the Zuixian Tower for a long time!”
This black-faced man was quite impressive. With just a few words, the awkward atmosphere among everyone was eliminated. The man in red armor used the words to jump forward, clasped his fists at the black-faced man and smiled: "Brother Mengde knows better."
Me! What I miss the most during these years of being an official abroad is the fine wine at Zuixianlou in Luoyang! I must get drunk today!"
"Hahahaha!" The black-faced man also laughed after hearing this. He took the reins of the white-faced man next to him and grabbed the reins of the red-armored man's mount with his other hand. He said with a smile: "Since
So, what are we waiting for! Come on, come on! Let’s go to Zuixian Tower now. I’ve already had the wine warmed up. If it takes a long time and the wine gets cold, it will be a waste of that wine.
!”
ps: I believe everyone can guess the identities of these last few people! The big shot finally appeared!!!