The princes' order to close the gate of the village and not allow the soldiers to leave the camp did not have much effect, because they were not accustomed to Lu Bu's arrogance and boasting, and under the deliberate instigation of Kang Peng, Dong Boss's two favorite generals Li Dao and Guo Yan took advantage of the night to lead the troops to swagger open the coalition camp, and pulled away tens of thousands of coalition soldiers from under the noses of the princes, no more than Lu Bu. was so angry that Lu Bu ran to the coalition camp again overnight, and brought back more prisoners than Li Dao and Guo Yan. Without waiting for Lu Bu to show off, Zhang Liao, who had recovered from his injuries, pulled Zhao Yun and also came to participate in this prisoner capture competition, but Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun were dumbfounded as soon as they arrived at the coalition army's Dazhai, Gao Shun had already taken the newly expanded trap camp to rampage in the coalition army's Dazhai, and shouted from time to time: "The prime minister of the Han Dynasty has an order, those who surrender will not be killed, and those who disobey will die." ”

Gao Shun smiled and said to Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun: "The two generals will be early next time, I'm sorry." Gao Shun pointed to the black prisoner behind him and said: "The last general is not talented, the prisoners who can be caught have been caught, let the two of them run in vain, guilty of sin." ”

Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, you look at me, I look at you, or they still rushed into the coalition camp again, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets to find the fish that slipped through the net, but unfortunately Gao Shun did not panic, in addition to the diehards who were basically the princes' own soldiers, the coalition forces that could move had all defected to the arms of Dong Boss. Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun worked hard for half the night, only carrying back more than 100 prisoners of the coalition who were seriously injured and unable to move.

The number of prisoners captured by several members of Dong Boss was very terrifying, so terrifying that the cost of eating and drinking these prisoners made even Dong Zhuojun, who had a lot of money, feel painful, and was so frightened that Li Ru, who was in charge of the military quartermaster, immediately arranged for them to have a full meal, and sent them home overnight with dry food for the journey, so as to avoid Dong Zhuojun's financial bankruptcy.

By the time dawn came, there were only a few thousand people left in the large battalion of the coalition army, which stretched for several miles, and the bleak and deserted scene could be imagined. The princes were like dead old women, and everyone was crying and staring at Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, as if they could see their own soldiers back on Yuan Shao's face.

Yuan Shao's expression was no better than theirs, originally he listened to Tian Feng's suggestion, and planned to concentrate all his troops today and fight with Dong Zhuo to break the net, who knew that Dong Zhuo was shameless to come to surrender in the middle of the night, and suddenly pulled the coalition soldiers to a fine light, now even if Yuan Shao wants to fight, it is not enough to leave this little demoralized man and horse to stuff Dong Zhuojun's teeth.

Yuan Shao shook his head and sighed: "Princess, the defeat of our army is due to Yuan Shao's ineffective command, when our army was strong, I Yuan Shao did not want to forge ahead, and pursued after the victory, giving Dong Thief a chance to breathe, so that it became the end of today's road." Yuan Shao said this, bowed to the princes and said, "Yuan Shao's crime is great. ”

The princes didn't speak, but they all understood in their hearts that the reason for the defeat of the allies could never be all counted on Yuan Shao alone, and the princes deceived each other, pulled each other's hind legs and intrigued, and everyone wanted to preserve their strength was the fundamental reason for the failure. Although he thought so in his heart, none of the princes had the shame to say it.

The scene was silent for a long time, and Yuan Shaocai said again: "Princes, Dong Zhuo has already said that as long as the princes follow him to Luoyang to ask the saint for his guilt, everything will be decided by the saint, and he will never harm the princes." Although the Dong thief has always spoken like a fart, I look at his attitude towards our prisoners, and this time it should be really ....... Yuan Shao finally choked up and spit out those words with difficulty, "You guys, surrender." ”

No one spoke, the scene was still deserted, and after a long time, Sun Jian said, "What about you, the alliance leader?" ”

Yuan Shao closed his eyes, trying not to let his tears fall, "I, Yuan Shao, commanded an army of more than 500,000 to crusade against Dong Thief, and suffered such a crushing defeat, how can I survive in the world?" When you are gone, I will kill myself to thank the world. ”

Sun Jian had already guessed that Yuan Shao had the intention to die, so he asked this question, and after Yuan Shao's affirmative answer, Sun Jian hurriedly said: "Brother Benchu must not take his own life, since my brother knows that Dong thief will not kill me, why bother?" ”

Yuan Shao was about to answer, when a voice came from outside the big tent, "Marquis Wucheng is reasonable, eldest brother, the prime minister said that he would not kill you, why should you take your own life?" The two of them walked into the big tent, "Princess, don't come to harm?" "Taifu! Highway! You're not dead? ”

Yuan Kui and Yuan Shu suddenly walked in, which surprised the princes, and the princes listened to the detailed report that they were arrested by Dong Zhuo, and thought that they were both cut down by Dong Zhuo, but they didn't expect that neither of them died, and the two of them were full of red faces, and it looked like they should have had a good time during this time.

"Princesses." Yuan Shu triumphantly hugged his fists and bowed around, "Yuan Shu reined in the precipice, Prime Minister Dong is benevolent and righteous, not only did he not have a killing technique, but the prime minister also went to the court and sealed the art for Shouchun Hou." ”

Yuan Kui was even more proud than Yuan Shu, "Prime Minister Meng Dong did not give up, the old man was ashamed, and he stole the position of sacrificing wine in the imperial court." Today, on the order of Prime Minister Dong Cheng, I came to persuade the public to get lost and return. ”

The princes were surprised and delighted, Yuan Kui and Yuan Shu's two uncles and nephews Dong Zhuo not only did not kill, but also promoted them to officials, it seems that Dong Zhuo has really changed his sex. Then if he surrenders to Dong Zhuo, it seems that he should be fine. Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, he finally pressed the family's brother-in-law Yuan Shu below, and now that Yuan Shu is on an equal footing with himself, Dong Zhuo will really win people over.

Yuan Shu seemed to know Yuan Shao's thoughts, and said with a provocative smile: "Big brother, the foolish brother is not talented, and he has finally caught up with the big brother." ”

Yuan Shao snorted heavily, "It's not sealed by Dong Thief, will the people of the world admit it?" ”

Yuan Shu took out the edict of the former emperor that Cai Yong and Jia Xu jointly forged, "Zhugong, you should have seen the handwriting of the first emperor, this is the will of the former emperor to Prime Minister Dong Cheng, please take a look at it, and you will know whether this Shouchunhou is justified." ”

The princes circulated it, although they were not sure that it was true, but they could not find any evidence that this will was fake, so they all set their eyes on Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu looked at it with a gloomy face for a long time, and in the end, he still didn't want to lose to his younger brother, and the intention prevailed, "If we surrender, what guarantee will he Dong Zhuo take not to kill us?" ”

"Prime Minister Dong Cheng said that as long as the princes lay down their arms, he is willing to swear to the emperor and the queen of heaven and the Han dynasty and the emperors, and only give the princes to the saint for disposal, and he will never touch a single hair of the princes." Yuan Shu said loudly.

"Okay, let's surrender." Yuan Shao made a painful decision.

The door of the coalition camp was wide open, and the princes of the Eighteen Roads wore court official uniforms, knelt down in the order of their official positions, and surrendered to Dong Zhuo, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Kang Peng also swore in front of the army that he would never harm the princes privately. At this point, the battle of the princes of the Eighteenth Route against Dong was declared over, and the allied forces of the princes totaled 550,000, which were annihilated by Dong Zhuo's army of nearly 200,000, and the rest all surrendered. At the same time, Dong Zhuojun also paid a heavy price, nearly 80,000 troops were killed in battle, countless people were wounded, and Dong Zhuojun's worst price was not in terms of personnel, Dong Boss had robbed and accumulated wealth and grass for many years, and most of it was squandered by Kang Peng, and Dong Zhuojun was about to face the problem of financial constraints.

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On the night of the princes' surrender, Kang Peng quietly summoned Li Ru and handed him a bottle of arsenic, "Xianjia, I don't want to see those people tomorrow, understand?" ”

Li Ru smiled treacherously, "The minister understands, the minister will not see the sun tomorrow if they keep them." ”

"Slow." Jia Xu suddenly walked into the big tent, "Lord, Xiaosheng wants to ask you." ”

"Sir, excuse me." Kang Peng was a little unnatural, in order to show his attention to Jia Xu, Kang Peng allowed Jia Xu to see him at any time, and the guards were not allowed to stop him, but he didn't expect Kang Peng to be broken by Jia Xu as soon as he wanted to do something immoral.

"Jia Xu wants to ask, does the lord have the ambition of the world?"

Kang Peng was silent for a long time, but still said: "Of course there is." ”

Jia Xu said: "Since the lord has the ambition of the world, he cannot assassinate the princes and lose his trust in the world." Gaozu Liu Bang is just a ruffian, and he can win the world because of Xiao He's three chapters of the law, and he can be trusted in the world. Chu overlord Xiang Yu can pull out the mountain, losing the world is because of the loss of trust in the world, the lord does not learn Liu Bang, do you want to learn from the Wujiang self-killing Chu overlord? ”

Kang Peng was speechless, and after a long time, Kang Peng said: "Xianjia, according to what Mr. Wenhe said, let the princes go for the time being." ”

"Yes." Li Ru replied.

"Go down, I want to be alone."

After Jia Xu and Li Ru left, Kang Peng sighed to the sky, what a good opportunity, as long as Cao Cao and Liu Bei die, it will be much easier to take the world. But Jia Xu also has a point, even if Cao Cao and Liu Bei are killed now, who guarantees that there will not be a second Cao Cao and Liu Bei? But if you don't kill them, it will be difficult to take the world in the future.

The first volume of "The Biography of Dong Zhuo of the Three Kingdoms" is completed. Please see the next volume of "Luoyang Fengyun"