The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 87 I am your nemesis?
The fortress was originally a defensive structure built spontaneously by the people. It has been around since the reign of Emperor Wu of Han and has a history of hundreds of years.

After reunifying the country, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu, ordered the large-scale demolition of the forts.

The situation in the Central Plains, in fact, Henan and Hebei, is relatively good, as most of them have been demolished. However, in some remote areas, forts are still common and are getting worse.

Especially in Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Shudi, Jingnan, and Jiangdong, the local people often faced the threat of foreign races and had no way to abandon the protection of the fort, which led to the prevalence of building forts in these places.

Han Sui grew up on the frontier.

Therefore, he is very familiar with the structure of the dock.

He knew that although the fort was strong, it had a huge flaw!

"The fort is extremely small, and besides being a place for people to live in and for storing food and fodder, there is basically no place to hide."

Han Sui rode on his horse and looked at the city wall of Meiwu with admiration.

"Although Dong Zhuo's Meiwu built a wall as high as Chang'an, how could it be as vast as Chang'an?"

"We only need to use fire arrows to attack the city, and the defenders in the fort will be unable to take care of themselves! In this way, we can naturally capture Meiwu!"

Perhaps because it was dark, the dragon banner fluttering on the wall of Meiwu could not be seen, so Ma Teng dared to step forward and stand side by side with Han Sui's cavalry.

"Wen Yue, can we really break through Meiwu in this way?"

Han Sui was actually still a little dissatisfied with Ma Teng's retreat during the day.

But due to Ma Teng's reputation among the Qiang people, it was difficult to rebuke him. He just replied in a bad tone: "Absolutely!"

"We attacked the city during the day, and the defenders in the fort are already tired."

"Now that the fire arrows have been lit, even if the enemy generals want to restore order, it may not be effective. So this time we must cause the enemy to panic!"

However, Han Sui did not swallow his anger and warned Ma Teng: "This is a great opportunity! Don't do it like today!"

Ma Teng sensed Han Sui's contempt and felt a little embarrassed and annoyed.

"I understand! I have already sent my subordinate Pang De to lead the troops to attack the city. There is absolutely no reason why we cannot capture Meiwu!"

……

"Sure enough, it's here."

It was different from the panic that Han Sui thought.

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, like Han Sui, are all Han people from the border. There are some truths... If Han Sui understands them, they naturally understand them too!
Even Xu Huang guessed that the enemy might attack at night, so how could he not make preparations?

"Order the soldiers to the city walls! Have them hide the gold that the emperor has given us!"

Originally, Gao Shun was worried that the soldiers who had fought all day would lack morale.

But the reward of gold and meat soup bestowed by the emperor just now undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the Meiwu defenders!
The Han army soldiers, who had eaten meat and taken gold, were at their most motivated! The enemy chose to attack the city at this time... it was simply courting death!
Zhang Liao put the Linzhi gold he had just received into his arms, a little unsure: "Why did I just hear that it was the property that Weiyang Jun used to reward his soldiers?"

"You heard wrong."

"Oh……"

Gao Shun looked around.

"Wenyuan! I'll leave the west to you! There are the most torches there, so it should be the enemy's main attack direction. It's already this time, the enemy can't still be playing tricks!"

Zhang Liao casually sharpened his two short spears, then led a dozen personal guards to the west, full of trust in Gao Shun.

"Xu Huang..."

Gao Shun hesitated for a while, but still gave him the order -

"The emperor's safety is in your hands!"

"The enemy's flaming arrows fired into the fort will surely cause panic among the people of Meiwu. You must protect the emperor and prevent the villains from causing trouble!"

Gao Shun was usually not good at speaking, but today, after issuing the military order, he once again gave Xu Huang a message:

"If the emperor makes any mistake, Wenyuan and I will kill you first, even if we don't care about the safety of Meiwu!"

Xu Huang raised his axe: "Here!"

"If the emperor makes a mistake, there is no need for the general to help him. I will come to see you with my head in my hand!"

Xu Huang went down the city wall alone and came to Liu Xie's courtyard.

A cool breeze blew, and Xu Huang shivered suddenly.

"Where is the Emperor?"

The emperor should have been hiding here, but where is the slightest trace of him now?

The previous moment he had issued a military order to Gao Shun, saying that the emperor would not be allowed to make any mistakes, but the next moment the emperor disappeared?
Xu Huang's big hands, which were tightly gripping the axe handle, suddenly broke out in sweat.

Fortunately, the soldiers guarding the courtyard were still at the door.

"Where has the emperor gone? Why is he not in the courtyard?"

"The emperor said that there were fire arrows attacking the city, which would definitely cause the family of the Grand Master in Meiwu to panic, so I went to suppress it first."

"Ridiculous! The emperor is the most important! Are you going to let him leave like this? If he is injured by stray arrows or fire, how will you explain to the court?"

The soldier at the door looked helpless.

"We just said the same thing to the emperor."

"How does the emperor respond?"

"Your Majesty said - the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of every man, let alone the emperor?"

"Your Majesty also said that there are all kinds of people in Meiwu. If someone takes the opportunity to disrupt the internal situation, it will inevitably affect the soldiers guarding the city, so he must go and suppress the riot!"

……

Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country...

Xu Huang still complained about Liu Xie going out without permission, but he had already understood the emperor's actions.

Adjusting the iron helmet Liu Xie had put on him, Xu Huang asked, "Where is the emperor now?"

"With the women of Meiwu."

……

Cai Yan and Dong Bai hid under the table, looking outside in fear.

Although the sounds of fighting during the day were scary, they were not around after all.

But at this night, the flaming arrows were shot right in front of one's eyes. How could one not be terrified?
"Sister Zhaoji..." Although Dong Bai always cries when something happens.

But when he was really in danger like now, he was actually calmer than Cai Yan who was beside him.

She squatted down, took something out from her calf, and held it in her hand.

Cai Yan looked down and found that it was actually a short blade!
The blade of this short blade has snowflake patterns that have been tempered for a hundred times, and it is chilling, obviously a magical weapon!
“My grandfather gave it to me.”

Dong Bai's wrist holding the short blade was visibly shaking.

"He always said that the world is dangerous and even women should protect themselves."

"If any criminals come in, Sister Zhaoji, you should run away first. I'm here!"

His hands were shaking and his tone wasn't very firm.

But Cai Yan always felt that Dong Bai in front of her was extremely reassuring.

Gently placing her hand on Dong Bai's wrist, Cai Yan took hold of the knife handle.

"No matter what, I should be the one to say this."

Cai Yan gently brushed aside Dong Bai's hair with her other hand: "Although my father always says that Wei Yang Jun is naughty and spoiled, in my eyes, Wei Yang Jun is the real extraordinary woman in the world."

Taking the short blade, Cai Yan gently held Dong Bai in her arms.

"Sister Zhaoji..."

Dong Bai screamed, but the sound stopped abruptly.

Outside their house, there were sudden sounds of countless footsteps!
Cai Yan also heard the sound, and the knuckles of her fingers holding the handle of the knife began to turn white.

Arriving at the courtyard...

Go up the stairs...

Standing at the door...

"Squeak."

"Weiyang Jun, run away!"

The moment the voice rang out, Cai Yan pushed Dong Bai and immediately crawled out from under the table!
thump!
amount……

"Um……"

Liu Xie pushed open the door and looked at Cai Yan awkwardly.

"How about I go out and come back in again?"

"..."

Bang!

The short blade in Cai Yan's hand fell to the ground, and mist suddenly filled her slender and sad eyes.

"Wow!"

Unexpectedly, Dong Bai's crying took the initiative!
"Why is it you? You scared me twice today!"

How could Dong Bai still have the determination he had with the knife just now?
When she saw it was Liu Xie, she didn't care about courtesy and ran over and leaned against Liu Xie's chest.

"Do you have a grudge against me in your past life? Why did you become so dangerous after you came to my house? You scared me twice today! I'm going to tell my grandfather! I'm going to find my grandfather!"

Dong Bai's tears are extremely penetrating!

However, after just a few breaths of contact, Liu Xie could already feel that all his clothes were soaked and directly stuck to his body.

Liu Xie patted Dong Bai on the back apologetically.

Although something was not quite right...it was indeed because of my arrival that Dong Bai's family suffered an unexpected disaster.

"I'm glad that Lord Weiyang is alright."

While comforting Dong Bai, Liu Xie looked up at Cai Yan.

Cai Yan didn't know when she had held back all the tears that had just welled up in her eyes and returned to her usual calm and cool self.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing serious between me and Lord Weiyang."

"That's good."

But for some reason, in Liu Xie's eyes, Cai Yan didn't seem natural at all at this moment, as if she was deliberately avoiding something... It couldn't be me, right?
And Xu Huang also caught up at this moment.

Seeing that Liu Xie was safe and sound and not hurt at all, Xu Huang also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, please go to the deeper part to avoid the fire! In order not to disturb Your Majesty due to the commotion!"

Xu Huang had just understood that Liu Xie had responsibilities as an emperor.

But Xu Huang knew better that he, Xu Huang, also had the duty to protect the emperor!
So he still did not give up the idea of ​​letting Liu Xie hide and continued to persuade him.

There was an octopus lying on Liu Xie's body at the moment, and it was difficult for him to even turn around.

"I have nothing to do here."

"But Gongming has arrived just in time. Hurry up and lead some soldiers to guard the granary and the government storehouse. These two are of the utmost importance and must not be affected by the fire."

"But……"

"Treasury?"

Dong Bai, who was still crying, suddenly realized something and quickly interrupted Xu Huang.

"There are so many of my treasures in there! The gifts my grandfather gave me, and the books Sister Zhaoji gave me are all in there. They must not be burned!"

Dong Bai was more anxious than Liu Xie at this moment, and hurriedly drove Xu Huang away: "Go, go! Go and protect the treasury! Don't burn the things inside! When the time comes, I will let my grandfather reward you well!"

Xu Huang wanted to persuade Liu Xie again, but looking at Liu Xie's expression, it was obvious that there was no room for easing the situation, so he could only bow his hands.

"I obey your majesty's orders!"

Liu Xie lowered his head and wiped the snot that Dong Bai had rubbed on him back onto Dong Bai with disdain.

"There is also Lord Weiyang's order."

"I will obey the orders of Your Majesty and Lord Weiyang!"

(End of this chapter)