The layout of Luoyang Imperial City is much more complicated than that of ordinary cities. In fact, the east side of the city only includes the upper east gate, the Middle East Gate and the Minmen gate. However, since the Middle East Gate and Minmen are both small in scale, the East Gate usually refers to the Upper East Gate.

The inner city of Luoyang Imperial City also includes two parts, divided into Nangong and Beigong. Nangong is the administrative place for the emperor and ministers, and Beigong is the place where the royal family lives. Yang Rui's main purpose of this trip was the young emperor Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He in the North Palace.

After entering the east gate, the one who rushed to the north was Beigong. Yang Rui, under Wu Qiong's guidance, quickly arrived outside the east gate of Beigong. Along the way, Wu Qiong also ordered his subordinates to set fires everywhere to attract the attention of Dong Zhuo's camp defenders.

Although Yang Rui did not know Wu Qiong and Zhou Wei, these two knew Yang Rui. When Dong Zhuo first entered Beijing, Yang Rui was also one of the four powerful men. Therefore, most officials in the capital knew Yang Rui, including at this time Yang Rui got the identity of Dong's deputy leader, and almost everyone in Luoyang Imperial City knew about it.

Because of this, after Yang Rui entered the Shangdong Gate under the banner of Yuan Shao, Wu Qiong and Zhou Liyu had no doubts at all. When Yang Rui stabilized the situation in Shangdong Gate, he first had to look for the young emperor Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He. It was very consistent with what Wu Qiong and Zhou Liyu thought!

Yang Rui was for the mission, and Wu Qiong and Zhou Lichen made the rescue of the young emperor the primary goal, which was tortuous and twists and turns, and there were many involvements, so Yang Rui naturally could not have imagined it at this time.

Yu Gong said that after rescuing the Shao Emperor, the heroes became famous in oppressing Dong. Dong Zhuo abolished the Shao Emperor and established King Chenliu, which was the main interface for the heroes to send troops. If the Shao Emperor Liu Bian could be rescued, the heroes would be the righteous army. If Liu Bian was lost and the King Chenliu established by Dong Zhuo became orthodox, then the heroes would have a change in nature.

It was precisely because Wu Qiong and Zhou Li and the others realized this that they had always been working hard to protect the safety of the Young Emperor Liu Bian. And when they saw that Yang Rui was far from being able to control the Luoyang Imperial City, the first thing they thought of was to rescue the Young Emperor Liu Bian first! Moreover, Wu Qiong, Zhou Li and others had been planning to rescue the Young Emperor Liu Bian for a long time!

Of course, there are some private reasons that are unknown for the time being, which also make everyone regard rescue of the Shao Emperor as their primary goal. In this regard, Yang Rui did not understand a rough idea until a long time later.

"I am Wu Qiong, open the city gate!"

Let’s talk about Wu Qiong sending people to set fire everywhere to attract the attention of Dong Zhuo’s camp. He quickly took Yang Rui’s troops to the east gate of the inner city of Beigong and shouted above the city gate.

"Squeak..."

After Wu Qiong shouted a few times, the east gate of Beigong had already opened!

Yang Rui was worried that the inner city gate would be difficult to break, and was preparing for a tough battle. He didn't expect it to be so smooth and asked to open the city gate. Then he stopped hesitating. He led Gao Shun, Zhang Ning, Wu Anguo, Chen Lin and other generals, as well as a group of soldiers, and rushed into the East City Gate Tower of Beigong immediately.

Unlike when controlling the east gate of the outer city, controlling the east gate of the Beigong was obviously much easier, and not much noise was made, which surprised Yang Rui for a while. However, Wu Qiong, Zhou Liyu and others had been planning for this for a long time. Who made both sides regard rescue of the young emperor Liu Bian as their common primary goal!

There were about five or six thousand soldiers placed by Wu Qiong on the east city gate tower of Beigong and the city walls on both sides nearby. Yang Rui sent Wu'anguo to lead 10,000 rank 15th-level iron guards to guard here to ensure the smooth flow of the retreat.

Before, when he was at the outer city, Yang Rui had noticed the situation where Wu'anguo led his troops to fight. Even if he could not compare with Gao Shun, Zhang and Liao's soldiers' bonus attributes, the combat power of the soldiers led by Wu'anguo was very strong, and the effect was not much worse than that of other routes! It was precisely because of this that Yang Rui was relieved to leave Wu'anguo to guard the east gate of the inner city of the North Palace!

"Quick! Quick! Quick..."

Still under Wu Qiong's leadership, Yang Rui led the remaining Iron Guards to take the warriors first, and quickly headed towards the place where the Young Emperor Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He were under house arrest. The smooth process surprised Yang Rui!

Until the moment he found the young emperor Liu Bian and Empress He, Yang Rui even felt a little unbelievable that the trip would be so smooth! In the old nest of Dong Zhuo's camp, facing many times his own troops, Yang Rui easily saw the goal of the trip with the help of Wu Qiong, and even had the opportunity to ask Queen Mother He about the situation of the headwear and the female official in the palace.

When Yang Rui asked this question, he naturally thought of Diao Chan, a possible person, but the answer he got was not ideal, and Empress Dowager He could not answer such a meticulous question for a while. He just knew the general location of these female officials.

According to Empress Dowager He, Yang Rui ordered Zhang Ning and Chen Lin to lead most of the troops to take the Young Emperor Liu Bian. Empress Dowager He first went to the east gate of Beigong to wait, while Yang Rui and Gao Shun led 1,000 close-knit guards to search for people where Empress Dowager He said.

However, after arriving at several courtyards where the female officials lived on the northeast side of the Beigong Palace, Yang Rui realized that the female officials who managed the headdress and crown were not Diao Chan alone, and the other female officials also lived in the surrounding courtyards. It was impossible to find Diao Chan at all. So Yang Rui wrapped the female officials he could find and headed towards the east gate of Beigong.

After all, it was just a whim. I didn’t have much hope to find Diao Chan. It was in Luoyang Imperial City, where the dragon and tiger den, of course, Yang Rui did not spend too much time on Diao Chan’s affairs. When he arrived at the east gate of Beigong, Zhang Ning and others had just arrived shortly.

However, at this time, the East Gate of Beigong was in a fierce battle. Wu Anguo led a group of iron guards to defend themselves, and the newly arrived Zhang Ning and others had stabilized the situation again and firmly controlled the East Gate of Beigong in their hands.

The situation in the inner city of Beigong is already like this. It is conceivable that the situation in the outer city of Zhang Liao's guarding must be even worse. So Yang Rui ordered everyone not to fight, quickly gathered their troops, evacuated the East Gate of Beigong, and led the young emperor, the queen mother and more than 30 female officials to head towards the east gate of the outer city.

The young emperor, the queen mother, the female official and others walked slowly. Yang Rui placed Gao Shun, Zhang Ning led more than 6,500 warrior soldiers to guard the back, and Chen Lin also accompanied him; Yang Rui and Wu'anguo and other soldiers of the Iron Guards cleared obstacles and rushed to the front.

Wu Qiong's previous actions of setting fires everywhere had a certain effect. After Yang Rui and others left Beigong, they saw that there were many fire points in all directions of the outer city, which actually attracted a lot of forces from Dong Zhuo's camp to put out the fire everywhere!

However, without rushing far away, the shouts of killing at the upper east gate tower were clearly visible, which was much more lively than when Yang Rui entered the upper east gate before. It was obvious that the forces of Dong Zhuo's camp in Luoyang City had already begun to fight back with all their might! Yang Rui immediately urged his troops to attack with all their might, and the speed of returning to the aid was increased.

"Guo Si is here, don't be able to do anything!"

Just as Yang Rui and others were advancing rapidly, a general suddenly appeared from the diagonal thorn and slashed towards Wu'anguo, who was rushing in the front, with a very surging momentum!

Fortunately, Wu Anguo was not easy to get along with. He grabbed the long handle of the sledgehammer horizontally and narrowly opened the seemingly unavoidable knife. After just a little passive move or two, Wu Anguo had already fought with Guo Si, and the hammers were scrambling and could not tell the difference.

Seeing this, Yang Rui hurriedly divided up about two or three thousand iron guards to help the battle, resisting the troops brought by Guo Si. Yang Rui himself took the remaining troops and still headed towards the outer city to the east gate. The closer he got to the east gate, the more he could feel the critical situation. Yang Rui had no time to delay Guo Si and his group!

"Kill!"

"ah......"

When Yang Rui finally approached the East Gate, he found that the situation here was even more critical than expected. At this time, Zhang Liao and a small group of troops had been compressed near the city gate tower, and the surrounding city walls were already crowded with soldiers from Dong Zhuo's camp, constantly compressing Zhang Liao and his people's activity space inward!

Although the Iron Guard's Attendant was brave and under the bonus of Zhang Liao's auxiliary skills, there were only one or two thousand people left at this time. Zhang Liao himself was also fighting with two generals of Dong Zhuo's camp at the outermost position. The two generals' skills were not as weak as Zhang Liao.

Without saying a word, Yang Rui led the remaining more than 10,000 iron guards to the city wall, which temporarily stabilized the situation at the most critical moment. With the addition of Yang Rui and others, the vicinity of the city gate tower was again controlled, and the soldiers in Dong Zhuo's camp were driven to the city wall again.

However, Yang Rui did not bring long-range soldiers in his hands and became the biggest flaw. There were many archers mixed in the opposing soldiers. At this time, although the soldiers of Dong Zhuo's camp were at a disadvantage, these scattered archers kept shooting arrows, causing casualties to Yang Rui's troops at all times!

Therefore, it can be said that every moment of defending the East Gate is exchanged for damage to soldiers, but the number of soldiers in Yang Rui's hands is very limited. Therefore, after Yang Rui got on the city wall, he led the crowd to find the section of the city wall on the north side and tried his best to break through, exercising the attack to exchange for greater defensive space!

Near the southern city wall section is where Zhang Liao and the enemy generals fight. With Yang Rui's current strength, he cannot help much, but may trap himself in. Wu Qiong, who was traveling with him, also led his soldiers to bypass Zhang Liao and the enemy generals, and tried to advance towards the southern city wall, but the effect was not obvious.
Chapter completed!