Chapter 780: Emperor Killing (I)

Dong Zhuo has been very irritable recently, and the culprit is naturally Qin Hao.

In the Battle of Jingbei, although the Liangzhou Army did not directly participate in the battle, it supported Liu Xiu in many aspects such as troops, grain and grass, ordnance, and politics.

In addition to these, the Liangzhou Army also contained most of Qin Hao's troops, otherwise Liu Xiu would not have the qualifications to compete with Qin Hao at all.

It was precisely because Liu Xiu pulled Dong Zhuo's tiger skin that he was able to successfully fool the five princes to form an alliance, otherwise it would be impossible for the princes of Jingzhou to deal with them with him and Liu Biao's prestige alone.

Dong Zhuo didn't expect Liu Xiu to defeat Qin Hao, because he also knew that this was not realistic at all, after all, Qin Hao had the strength that even he had to work hard.

Dong Zhuo only wanted Liu Xiu to contain some of Qin Hao's energy, and after he completely integrated the power of Guanxi, he would destroy the Nanyang forces in one fell swoop in the fourth route of military development, but he didn't expect Liu Xiu to lose so quickly.

After analyzing the entire Jingbei Campaign, Dong Zhuo found that Liu Xiu could not be blamed for this defeat, after all, Liu Xiu did not make any mistakes, and there were too many new tricks of the Qin army.

There are endless new equipment, unheard-of battle commands, and elite generals who have gone forward one after another......

It's really not a mistake to lose this battle. Even if Dong Zhuo is transferred to command in person, it may not be better than Liu Xiu.

After Qin Hao captured Xiangyang, the defense of the south had been completely consolidated, and Dong Zhuo's four-way encirclement plan had also completely failed.

After consuming so many resources, not only did it not hit Qin Hao, but it also allowed his power to grow, which made Dong Zhuo feel even more threatened by Qin Hao than Qin Wen.

Liu Xiu's remaining forces in Nanjun are already good if they are not destroyed by Yue Fei, let alone contain Qin Hao's forces in the south, and if Qin Hao is fully in charge of Nanjun, his forces will become even stronger.

Therefore, even if he knew that Liu Xiu was not Qin Hao's opponent, Dong Zhuo had to continue to support Liu Xiu, because now except for Liu Xiu, there was no one who could stabilize the situation in Nanjun.

After Qin Hao took Xiangyang, he was not in a hurry to expand, but split the territory into four counties, and continued to tap the potential inside, and the power was as vibrant as the rising sun.

Dong Zhuo turned around and looked at your own side, the family showed that it was attached but secretly resisted, and the integration of the land of Kansai was far away, and it was still half-dead.

What made Dong Zhuo most angry was that Qin Hao was actively in contact with the Kwantung princes, and the Kwantung princes also showed great interest, obviously wanting to unite against him.

The original yellow scarf Zhang Jiao, with millions of mercenaries, was powerful in the world, but he was also dragged to death by the princes and families of the world.

Although Dong Zhuo is now the first prince in the world, there is still a big gap compared with the original Yellow Turban, and of course he does not have the confidence to deal with the crusade of the princes of the world.

But what you are afraid of is what you want.

Under Qin Hao's active contact, the ties between the princes in various places became closer and closer, but there was still no progress on his side.

Originally, Dong Zhuo also wanted to crusade against Qin Hao to deter the Kwantung princes, but now he didn't dare to think about it, because now sending troops is simply forcing the princes to unite.

In order not to unite the Kwantung princes, Dong Zhuo also carried out a strategy of dividing and dividing, such as:

Feng Hanfu is the pastor of Jizhou;

Zhao Kuangyin, a general under the command of Feng Yuanshu, was the Taishou of Nanyang;

Feng Cao Cao was the pastor of Xuzhou;

Feng Yuan Shao as the pastor of Youzhou......

But what Dong Zhuo didn't expect was that although the princes accepted his canonization on the surface, the contact behind the scenes was more frequent.

At this time, Dong Zhuo finally realized that the Liangzhou army, as the strongest prince, had become the target of everyone, and the momentum of unity was imperative.

The Liangzhou army alone could not resist the Kwantung princes, and only by concentrating the strength of Kansai could they fight against each other, but Kansai was still fighting against Dong Zhuo under the tandem of a dark force.

If this continues, the Liangzhou army will completely turn active into passive, and Dong Zhuo will become more and more irritable.

Dong Zhuo also wanted to integrate Kansai in a soft way, but he didn't have time to find out the ins and outs, so he could only use the most simple and crude way, that is...... Emperor Killing.

Dong Zhuo didn't know what forces were targeting him, but he knew that the forces behind the deposed young emperor Liu Bian were definitely the most active among them.

Therefore, killing Liu Bian can deter the Guanzhong family and the civil and military officials, so that Dong Zhuo can smoothly integrate the power of Guanxi to fight against the Kwantung princes.

But what Dong Zhuo didn't know was that he actually overestimated the Kwantung princes.

The reason why the Kwantung princes had close ties with each other was that they only realized the threat and wanted to protect themselves under Dong Zhuo's troops, which was far from reaching the point of uniting to resist Dong, and his act of killing the emperor this time would instead contribute to the birth of the alliance against Dong.

Hongnong Palace.

Li Ru walked in with three glasses of wine and an expressionless face, while Liu Yan, who had been deposed as the king of Hongnong, hugged each other tremblingly with Empress Tang, his face full of despair.

Empress Dowager He stood in front of the two of them, staring at Li Ru with a pale face, and shouted: "Li Ru, who gave you the courage to dare to be presumptuous in the Hongnong Palace, aren't you afraid of Dong Zhuo's blame?" ”

Li Ru smiled disdainfully and said coldly: "Queen Mother, Xiangguo has tolerated you in every way, but you have repeatedly touched the bottom line of Xiangguo, and this time Li Ru came on the orders of Xiangguo." ”

He Hou's complexion suddenly turned pale, and he said in despair: "Impossible, Dong Zhuo promised the palace that he would leave a way for our mother and son to live, how could he break his promise?" How could he break his word? ”

In order to get Dong Zhuo's promise, Empress Dowager He did not hesitate to personally serve and please Dong Zhuo, and whenever she remembered that this vulgar martial artist was galloping on herself, Empress Dowager He felt extremely humiliated, but who knew that Dong Zhuo still put on his pants and refused to admit it.

At this moment, what Empress He regrets the most is not that she agreed to please Dong Zhuo, but that He Wei did not die with Dong Zhuo in bed, as long as she wants to do this, there must be a chance, even if she fails, it is better than being caught, but unfortunately it is too late to say anything now.

Li Ru looked at He Hou, picked up a glass of wine, and said lightly: "Queen Mother, this cup of wine is specially prepared by Weichen, and it won't make you make too many sins, are you drinking it yourself?" Or will Wechen come to feed you? ”

He Hou screamed like crazy: "Traitor, don't come over, this palace is the queen mother'......"

Seeing that Empress He was unwilling to take the initiative to drink the wine, Li Ru said coldly: "Come on, send the Queen Mother and the first emperor on the road." ”

Several Liangzhou soldiers directly stepped forward to hold He Hou down, and then forcibly poured the wine into He Hou's mouth.

He Hou wanted to scream, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only look at Li Ru hatefully, and he was lifeless in a moment.