(Thanks to Brother Yinhen, Brother abccd and Brother Mu Rong for the reward)
The subtle changes in Jia Xu's expression could not escape Yan Liang's eyes.
Yan Liang knew that he had exposed the poisonous man's intentions.
Jia Xu seemed unable to believe that Yan Liang could guess what he was thinking, and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
But in just a blink of an eye, his expression returned to calmness, and he said with a smile: "How is this possible? How could Jia Xu's ministers in the court go to the Sun family?"
Jia Xu didn't want to admit it.
Yan Liang did not force himself, he just smiled lightly and said: "What a coincidence. Yan is also a loyal minister of the Han court. He came to Xudu this time to defend the emperor. It seems that Yan and Mr. Yan are from the same family."
Jia Xu didn't know how to respond for a while, so he could only laugh.
"Since we are all loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, we have the same interests. I see that your husband has nowhere to go now, so you might as well come and sit in my new field, so that we can discuss the big plan to support the Han Dynasty."
When Jia Xu heard this, he became anxious and opened his mouth to speak.
However, Yan Liang did not give him a chance to speak. He waved his hand and said: "Come here, please quickly ask Mr. Wen He to take a rest in the rear. Who dares to neglect me? I can't spare him."
As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers came forward, dragged and helped him, and forcibly put Jia Xu on the horse.
"General, I still have a few words to say, let's not rush..." Jia Xu shouted anxiously.
Yan Liang interrupted and said with a smile: "We have a long time to come. After we return to Xinye, let's talk slowly."
After saying that, with a wink, Zhou Cang shouted at a group of soldiers to take Jia Xu away.
To get a poisonous person like Jia Xu to surrender, it takes more than a few words to persuade him. At the moment, Yan Liang doesn't have much time to talk to him. He doesn't care about him, but first "captures" him back to his lair.
After taking Jia Xu and the tied-up Hu Che'er away, Yan Liang urged his troops to rush forward and continue towards Xudu.
Not long after, Yan Liang led his Shenxing Cavalry and finally arrived in Xudu.
At this time, Xu Capital City was already in chaos. The bad news of Guandu's failure and Cao Cao's order to move westward to Guanzhong plunged the capital of the Han Empire into a state of extreme panic.
The army had already withdrawn, and Xudu became an undefended city. Yan Liang's army entered the city through the south gate without encountering almost any resistance.
Looking around, the streets and alleys were full of people fleeing for their lives. Except for those officials who had secretly communicated with Yuan Shao a long time ago, everyone was in a state of extreme fear.
Yan Liang originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rob some of Cao Cao's civil and military talents, but the chaotic situation made it impossible for him to tell who was who.
In desperation, Yan Liang had no choice but to give up his primary purpose and instead ordered Zhou Cang to lead his army to the Treasury Mansion to transport the treasury's money. At the same time, he ordered the infantry led by Gan Ning to speed up their march and arrive at Xudu as soon as possible to assist in the transfer.
While plundering the wealth, Yan Liang led his troops straight to Cao Cao's mansion, hoping to plunder Cao Cao's family members.
As far as Yan Liang is concerned, once Xu Du is defeated, Yuan Shao will become his biggest enemy. As for Cao Cao, if he can gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, he may be able to form an ally with him in the future to fight Yuan Shao together.
If Yan Liang can capture Cao Cao's family members, he will have one more bargaining chip to restrict Cao Cao. Cao Cao will be afraid of him no matter whether he is willing to join forces with him or not.
He rode his horse and galloped straight to the prime minister's house.
In the field of vision, Cao Cao's Prime Minister's Mansion was already in flames. Swordsmen were everywhere inside and outside the gate, and hundreds of people were fighting.
Yan Liang glanced around and saw that one of the two warring parties was Cao's soldiers, while the other was armed civilians dressed as ordinary servants.
Yan Liang knew that before the Battle of Guandu, many powerful families in Xu Du did not think highly of Cao Cao and secretly colluded with Yuan Shao.
The group of armed civilians in front of us must be these powerful men who saw Cao Cao's defeat and took the opportunity to entangle their servants and launch a mutiny in an attempt to capture Cao Cao's prime minister's palace.
"Cao Cao has already left, but you just have the guts to show off your power. Isn't that interesting?"
Yan Liangliang was disdainful, so he immediately brandished his sword, mounted his horse, and led his troops into the Prime Minister's Mansion.
No matter whether you are Cao Jun or a powerful tribe, anyone who blocks my steps will be killed without mercy.
Three hundred Shenxingqi, dressed in black armor, crashed into the battle group like black iron men and fought straight from behind the gate to the backyard. They killed no one in their path and killed the two groups of warring men until they howled like ghosts and wolves.
Yan Liang's disruption made both warring parties dumbfounded.
Cao Jun's side thought that reinforcements were coming, but before they had time to rejoice, the cavalry's swords whizzed down, and heads rolled to the ground one by one.
And when those powerful retainers mistakenly thought that these soldiers and horses were accomplices of some rebel army, who would have thought that their swords would be directed at them again in the blink of an eye.
Blood splattered, severed limbs flew everywhere, and soon a river of blood flowed into the prime minister's mansion in Nuoda.
However, after fighting all the way, all I saw was the confrontation between the servants, and I didn't see any decent people.
"It seems that Cao Cao responded very quickly and has already taken his family members away. There is no need to waste any more time here."
Seeing that Cao Cao's family was gone, Yan Liang wanted to withdraw his troops and go elsewhere, not wanting to get entangled with a bunch of rabble here.
With his murderous intent subdued, Yan Liang led his army out of the back door.
There was still fighting outside the back door, but the melee here aroused Yan Liang's interest.
There was a carriage parked near the left side of the back door, and dozens of powerful men surrounded it. The few remaining soldiers of Cao Cao were desperately protecting the carriage, as if there were some important people on board.
This place is very close to the Prime Minister's Mansion and there are many members of Cao Cao's family. Perhaps some of them were unable to evacuate and were intercepted by the rebels.
Thinking of this, Yan Liang immediately became excited again.
Just as he was thinking, the few remaining Cao soldiers beside the carriage were outnumbered and had been surrounded and killed by the rebels. Dozens of rebels rushed towards the carriage in a swarm.
Capturing Cao Cao's family members and presenting them to Yuan Shao was naturally the best gift of surrender. No wonder this group of rebels were so excited.
But they didn't know that a third force, Yan Liang, would suddenly appear in the chaotic Xudu City.
Yan Liang shouted loudly, and the black horse under his crotch flew with its hooves, and one person and one rider shot out like lightning.
It was moving as fast as the wind, so fast that the rebels had no time to react.
But with a flash of black light in front of his eyes, the head of a rebel who had just boarded the carriage flew into the air. From his broken neck, blood spurted into the air like spring water. The headless body swayed a few times and fell from under the carriage.
The rebels were shocked. When they looked up, they saw a black-armored knight standing in front of them like an iron tower.
Yan Liang looked at all the enemies with contempt, as if he were ants, and said coldly: "Cao Cao's family members must be captured by me. I won't let you get involved. If you don't want to die, get out of here."
The rebels were so frightened by Yan Liang's momentum that they were all stunned and did not dare to move.
"What kind of dog thief dares to take credit from this man? The big guys swarmed up and chopped this man into pieces!"
Someone in the crowd shouted loudly, and all the rebels woke up as if from a dream, mustering up the courage to attack and shout for death.
These bastards really don't care about their lives.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Yan Liang's mouth, murderous intent burst out from his blade-like eyes, and the long knife swung out in all directions like the smile of the god of death.
In just an instant, more than a dozen rebels were chopped into pieces like tofu, leaving the rest of the people with frightened expressions of horror, as if they had seen the devil.
At this time, the cavalry of the Shenxing Cavalry arrived, crushing and killing the rebels like wolves and tigers.
In the blink of an eye, all enemies near the carriage were wiped out.
Yan Liang, who was satisfied with the killing, jumped onto the carriage and cut off the curtain with a sweep of his long knife.
A woman's scream suddenly came from inside the carriage.
Yan Liang looked intently and saw two women hugging each other tightly in the car. The one who screamed was dressed like a maid. Her face was pale with fear and her eyes were full of tears.
The other woman, who was dressed in fine clothes and had a pretty face, was much calmer, like a well-traveled lady, but her face was pale and her breath was short, as if she was sick.
"Who are you?" Yan Liang asked loudly.
His voice was cold, which only frightened the maid so much that she cried and didn't dare to answer.
The woman in gorgeous clothes took a deep breath, looked calm, and spoke her name lightly.
