Lu Bu was lying on the couch in the city guard camp, staring with a pair of dark eyes in the dark night.

Feeling restless and unable to sleep at night.

There has been a lot of noise in the defense force recently. Although Ding Yuan did not choose his position, the people below seemed ready to make a move.

The Bingzhou faction was won over by Dong Zhuo, and the original Luoyang faction was won over by the Yuan family. Even I naturally believed that I should choose a side to join.

As a native of Bingzhou, Dong Zhuo was the natural choice.

"Why didn't you choose your adoptive father?" Lu Bu murmured in the darkness.

Suddenly, there was a burst of noisy footsteps outside, which looked very much like the Bingzhou soldiers led by Hou Cheng, who could not even run.

Then, there were other sounds, and shouts came from far away. Gradually, Lu Bu heard clearly what the voice was shouting——

"Enemy attack!"

How could there be an enemy attack in Luoyang City?

Without thinking, Lu Bu grabbed the couch out of habit, holding the sword he was sleeping with in his hand, and shouted: "Hou Cheng! Wei Xu!"

Because the two of them slept next door, the buildings in the military camp were simple and the sound insulation was extremely poor. Not to mention shouting, even snoring could be heard.

After the shouting, Wei Xu's sleepy voice came from next door, "Why are you making so much noise in the middle of the night? You won't let anyone sleep!"

He was the only one in the army who dared to speak to Lu Bu like this, because he was Lu Bu's cousin.

"The enemy is attacking, get up quickly!" Lu Bu shouted angrily.

He looked at the other wall again and saw that Hou Cheng showed no reaction at all.

"What a stupid thing! He must have been drinking again! What a mistake!"

Lu Bu got anxious, so he went up and kicked the wall. This partition wall was originally a simple earthen wall. With one kick, Lu Bu immediately knocked over a small section, and a "bang" sound was heard.

"What happened!" Hou Cheng sat up quickly, and then he felt a cold wind blowing into the room.

"Quickly prepare your troops and horses to meet the enemy!" Lu Bu said.

"Enemy army?" Hou Cheng was still a little confused, "Enemy army!"

…

Wang Kuang and Bao Xin each led a battalion of soldiers and horses. Taking advantage of the darkness, they rushed straight into the city guard camp, setting fire to it and shouting -

"Children of Sili, leave quickly, we are ordered to kill the rebels in Bingzhou!"

The so-called Sili's children refer to the city guards who are Sili's nationality. A few days before the war started, there were many rumors among the army. Now after such a fight, most of the originally shaken soldiers fled.

By the light of the fire, Wang Kuang saw many people in the city defense camp fleeing away. They avoided Wang Kuang's army, climbed over the fence, and disappeared into the night.

Sometimes everyone is greedy for life, and when the camp is attacked, they immediately go to fight. No matter who is the descendant of Sili or who is from Bingzhou, they only know that they are a soldier, the city defense soldiers of Luoyang.

When Lu Bu rushed out of the camp, he saw flames shooting into the sky and the camp was completely slaughtered. He immediately stepped forward with his halberd, found a war horse, and went up to fight.

"He Fang Xiaoxiao unexpectedly attacked Zhi Jinwu!"

Lu Bu shouted loudly and rushed to the battle formation. With a sweep of his halberd, several soldiers who were attacking him fell down.

When no one responded, Lübton became angry and stared. Not far away, in the light of the fire, he saw several people on horseback directing the soldiers to attack.

"Brother Lu! What happened?"

Hou Cheng also found a horse, holding a spear and a bow on his back, and came to Lu Bu's side and asked.

Lu Bu pointed to the battle formation in front and ordered: "Hou Cheng! Gather the brothers and organize a resistance. Wei Xu, you go protect your foster father! I will capture the thief!"

After Lu Bu finished speaking, he rode forward and charged towards the battle formation...

On the other side, the shouts of killing were loud in the city defense barracks. Guo Bang led a team of men and set fire along the street. Soon, the fire spread, and many neighbors were on fire, disturbing the people. For a while, there were shouts and the sound of putting out fires.

Continuously.

But Guo Si walked away after the incident, and the originally peaceful night was disturbed, making the chickens and dogs restless.

Yuan Wei walked around the house, taking action tonight to seize the opportunity and expand his advantage.

"I hope there won't be any accidents!" Yuan Wei sighed.

Not long after, a lieutenant came to report: "Sir, Ximen is under attack!"

It's Dong Zhuo! Yuan Wei immediately thought of it. He didn't expect Dong Zhuo to move so fast. Fortunately, he made arrangements in advance.

With Wu Fu assisting the city gate captain Zhang Cheng, there should be no worries. The Yueqi captain belongs to the imperial army and is not suitable to participate in the battle against Ding Yuan, but guarding the city gate is their duty.

"Send someone quickly to inform General Wu Fu that you must hold the city gate. Dong Zhuo's troops are limited. If you attack the west gate, there should be no problem at other city gates. I will mobilize troops to support you!" Yuan Wei ordered.

After a while, the official in the palace came to report again, "Sir, there has been a change at the east gate. There is news in the city that the east gate has been lost!"

"Absurd! If we lose the defense, we will naturally retaliate. This must be Dong Zhuo's plan to attack the east gate. He wants to lure me to send troops to the east gate, but he wants to attack the west gate. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo, a reckless man, also learned to use the plan, but Dong Zhuo's

Children can see through this plan, haha!" Yuan Wei laughed disdainfully and ordered again: "Send the order to Wu Fu and order the troops from the north and south gates to rush to the west gate to aid!"

After Yuan Wei finished speaking, he picked a candle and made it burn even more vigorously.

Yuan Wei said to himself, "With tonight's arrangement, it is easy to capture Ding Yuan. As long as we guard the west gate, we will be successful. Tomorrow we will report to Jinwu Ding Yuan for his rebellion and put an end to the matter. All that remains is to force him to do so."

Dong Zhuo surrendered."

…

The bloody sun rose, dispersing the light fog and chill in the morning.

Liu Qing opened his eyes and looked at the orange light coming in from the paper window. He stretched out his hand to rub his groggy eyes. When he moved, he realized that he still had the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms.

Qian Ying curled up in the quilt, half of her body hanging on Liu Qing's body, her head still resting on Liu Qing's shoulder, breathing evenly.

"It was such a big battle last night!" Liu Qing sighed.

Because Cai Yan was occupied by Wannian, Qian Ying was happy.

However, Liu Qing thought that if he married too early, he should be happy. After all, when he married someone else in the future, it would probably take a long time for him to get married.

"Husband, are you getting up?" the man in his arms suddenly said.

"Zhao Yun practices his spear every morning, and now Zhang Xiu is also helping our army practice their spear skills. How can I, the lord, be slack off!" Liu Qing said.

"Husband, you also want to practice shooting? Why don't you practice with me?" Qian Ying asked inexplicably.

Liu Qing only felt that he was being manipulated, and smiled, "Ma'am, sleep a little longer, and I'll go to the camp to have a look."

Liu Qing still got up, but Qian Ying didn't go back to sleep. She wanted to get up and wear armor for Liu Qing.

As a princess of Xianbei and a member of the royal family, she used to work hard, but marrying Liu Qing is really a blessing.

The difference between her and Cai Yan in getting up may be that when Liu Qing asked Cai Yan to sleep more, she would really sleep more, but Qian Ying wouldn't. She would get up first and then take over for Liu Qing.

Wear clothes and armor.

He would even ask to follow him to the military camp, and Liu Qing would occasionally agree. For example, he was in a very comfortable mood today. As soon as Qian Ying said it, Liu Qing agreed.

The two of them dressed neatly, rode out of the city, and headed straight for the military camp.

Arriving at Yuan's camp and passing through the imposing camp gate, Liu Qing felt that the atmosphere in the military camp seemed much more serious today.

Huh? Why is Jushu here?

Huh? Guo Jia, who loves to sleep in, is here too?

Liu Qing saw a few people outside the big tent. No wonder the camp was ready today. It turned out that the top leaders were here. In name, the prefect of the county, Ju Shuo, and the captain of the county, Zhao Yun, were their top leaders.

"I've met my lord!"

Before Liu Qing could speak, everyone gathered to greet him, and then their eyes fell on Qian Ying behind Liu Qing.

Alas, I shouldn't have brought her here.

"Why are you here so early?" Liu Qing said.

Guo Jia Jushou looked at each other and remained silent. Maybe Liu Qing's definition of "morning" was different from theirs. It was already Chen Shi.

"My lord, Gao Shun is happy to report that now they have descended to Xiangguo County. Everything is going well. They should have crossed the Lu River and marched towards Yiyang." Ju said.

"It's really fast, but I don't know how good the acting skills of the Black Mountain Army are. It's too fast, so people won't know it's an act, right?" Liu Qing thought about it, and then said: "Just find some abandoned houses and burn them. Zhao Jun

Many refugees have entered Changshan, so it should be vacant."

"Master, there is still a good idea, but Fengxiao and I came here to greet someone."

"Who needs you two to come and greet him?" Liu Qing was puzzled. It seems that in his camp, only he or Cai Yan has this qualification.

"Lord, please read!" Jushou suddenly handed over a letter.

Liu Qing reached out and took it, opened it and saw that it was an urgent letter from Han Heng. He said that he would be able to arrive at Yuanshi today at 10:00 pm! Moreover, the letter also said that Han Heng was lucky to live up to his mission and successfully persuaded Fu Xie.

Now, Fu Xie and his family are on their way here.

"Nan Rong is coming! Great! Zi Pei actually persuaded Nan Rong!" Liu Qing said excitedly.

Fu Xie is the queen of Jiangmen. He has strength, qualifications, and reputation. There is no one like him in Liu Qing's camp now.

All the generals under him are newly discovered young talents, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun. They may have good strength and are good at charging into battle, but as the troubled times intensify, future competitions will not be simple battlefield battles.

Liu Qing needed a general who could be in charge of one side, who could not only control the soldiers on the battlefield, but also the people in the war zone. A big man valued reputation, and this was the reputation of a general.
To be continued...