Chapter 333: Moving the Capital
"Now in the Tiger Pass, the soldiers have no fighting spirit and low morale, General Lu sent the villain here in the hope that Lord Xiangguo will send reinforcements to relieve the danger of the Tiger Pass."
As the saying goes, what kind of generals there are, there are what kind of soldiers. Wei Xu blamed all his faults on the dead Hou Cheng, and Lu Bu also blamed all his faults on Cao Xing, who was captured by the righteous master Right Alliance.
"What!! All 20,000 ironclad cavalry were annihilated!! Lu Fengxian was so incompetent!! ”
Dong Zhuo was so angry when he heard the news that his entire fat body jumped up, this ironclad cavalry was the foundation of his Liangzhou army, and there were only 50,000 under his command. In order to build these 50,000 ironclad cavalry, it can be said that it took him countless gold, silver and thoughts. Now that he has lost almost half of his meat, this is like cutting half of Dong Zhuo's meat, how can Dong Zhuo not feel distressed!
Li Ru, who was beside Dong Zhuo, kept shrinking his gaze and was silent, as if he was thinking about the current battle situation.
Dong Zhuo was so angry that his whole body was trembling violently, his brain was swallowed by anger at this time, and he couldn't think anymore, so he looked at Li Ru at the moment, and even exhaled a few vicious breaths and asked.
"Wenyou, how can you be good now!? Although more than 20,000 thieves have been annihilated today, their number will be nearly 100,000. And the tiger prison had to be saved, if the tiger prison was broken, another thief army led by the Cao thief would go to Luoyang City.
Today, the saints and the officials of the imperial court are all in Luoyang City, and Luoyang City cannot afford to lose! ”
Li Ru's face was calm, his whole face was tense, his mind was racing, and he was thinking about the strategy quickly. Dong Zhuo saw Li Ru thinking, and didn't dare to disturb, so he had to remember to pace back and forth.
Just after Dong Zhuo's entire fat body was so nervous that he sweated for the third time, Li Ru finally opened his mouth. His eyes were extremely cold, and Dong Zhuozhong, who was sitting down, couldn't help but tremble when they saw his gaze.
"Whether it is Jiguan or Tiger Prison Pass, the current battle situation is not optimistic, and instead of being restrained by them, Lord Xiangguo, our Liangzhou army should give it a go and gather the soldiers and horses in one place.
The army of thieves is made up of various princes, and as we can see today, their hearts are not in harmony, and now they are divided into two alliances, the right and the left. According to the recent investigation, the left and right alliances have a covenant, and whoever goes to Luoyang City first will be able to sit on the final throne of the alliance.
And according to my understanding of Yuan Benchu, he definitely wouldn't want Cao Mengde to suppress him, and Cao Mengde was bound to win the position of the leader of the alliance. Therefore, if we withdraw our troops and horses from Jiguan and Hujiao Pass now, and let them join forces in Luoyang, and whoever arrives in Luoyang first and sits on the throne of the alliance leader, the other side will not be convinced. This combined thief army will be even more chaotic when the left and right alliances are separated! ”
Li Ru was about to continue, but was suddenly interrupted by Dong Zhuo.
"No, never. Let them join forces in Luoyang, then Luoyang will not be in danger! ”
"Hehe, Lord Xiangguo. Luoyang is nothing more than a projectile land. The reason why it is so important is because it is the capital city, where the saints and the court officials are located today. And why can't we transfer these people and build another capital? ”
Dong Zhuo's eyes widened suddenly, and he immediately thought about it quickly in his heart, and then Dong Zhuo's face slowly turned happy, and he sighed.
"If it's not yours, I really don't understand. This is possible. But where is this going to be? ”
"The old capital Chang'an is prosperous, and there is the danger of Cuihan, and there are more Tongguan and Wuguan in the vicinity to block thousands of troops and horses, and the capital can be moved here."
"Good, Chang'an is closer to Liangzhou than Luoyang, if there is an accident, this Xiangguo can also mobilize troops and horses from Liangzhou to rescue. However, this hasty move of the capital is only afraid that it will make people panic. Wenyou, we still need a suitable reason. ”
"Rest assured, my lord, I have already thought about it. We can make nursery rhymes, so that children in Luoyang can sing nursery rhymes in the market every day. This nursery rhyme is a Han in the west and a Han in the east. When the deer enters Chang'an, there is no difficulty.
When the nursery rhyme is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Xiangguo will come out again to respond to the nursery rhyme, saying that this is a Han in the west, which should be Gaozu Wang in Chang'an, the western capital, and pass on 12 emperors, and the first Han in the east should be Guangwuwang in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and now also spread 12 emperors. Fortune is back. Xiangguo is the corresponding providence to solve the current national crisis, so the capital should be moved. This can reassure the people. ”
"Haha. Good! Good! In this way, we will act according to Wenyou's plan! Move the capital to Chang'an! ”
After Dong Zhuo and Li Ru agreed, they left Niu Fu, Zhang Ji and others to guard Jiguan to buy time for moving the capital, and at the same time ordered the scouts sent by Lu Bu to go back to inform Lu Bu of the news of moving the capital. Let him be patient for the time being, guard the pass according to the danger, and when the relocation of the capital is completed, he will be summoned back. After the explanation, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru rushed back to Luoyang in the starry night.
A few days later, Dong Zhuo suddenly returned to Luoyang, and there was no big move after returning. Then suddenly in the Luoyang market, there was a Han in the west and a Han in the east. When the deer walks into Chang'an, there will be no difficult nursery rhymes. This nursery rhyme spread very quickly, and soon all the children in Luoyang City were catchy.
A few days later, Dong Zhuo summoned hundreds of officials in the court and the central government in the Wende Palace, saying that something important was announced. All the officials in the DPRK and China were afraid of Dong Zhuo and did not dare not come.
Under His Royal Highness Wende, Dong Zhuo entered the hall with a knife, and Long Xiang walked around the court, with a great posture that he was the son of today. And the hundred officials in the court seem to have been accustomed to Dong Zhuo's presumptuousness, the Praetorian Guards outside the Wende Hall are now all Dong Zhuo's men, as long as Dong Zhuo gives an order, these Praetorian Guards will immediately rush into the court, arrest all those who resist Dong Zhuo out of the palace, and hack them to death.
"Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Han Dynasty, has been established for more than 200 years, and the number of qi has declined. The prime minister watched the sky at night, saw that the prosperity was really in Chang'an, and recently listened to the nursery rhyme in Luoyang. The meaning of this nursery rhyme must be understood by all the princes. This is the call of heaven, so that our Han Dynasty moved its capital to Chang'an. This Xiangguo has discussed with the Holy Lord and decided to move the capital to Chang'an, and you and others should each promote the decoration and prepare for this matter, so as not to delay the opportunity to move the capital. ”
Facing Situ Yang Biao, he gritted his teeth, but he still couldn't defeat his conscience, took a step, and said to Dong Zhuo.
"Lord Xiangguo, this nursery rhyme is just child's play, how can it be taken seriously. If you donate the temple for no reason and abandon the imperial mausoleum, I am afraid that the people of Luoyang will suffer. It's easy to move in the world, but it's hard to be safe! ”
Dong Zhuo's eyes narrowed, and his big hand unconsciously put it on the treasure knife on his waist, and said coldly.
"Master Yang's words are to prevent the prosperity of the Han Dynasty?"
Yang Biao's speech seems to have aroused the blood of many people. Taiwei Huang Wan and Situ Xunshuang came out of the admonition one after another, saying that moving the capital would do all kinds of harm but no benefit, and would only make the people restless.
It's just that these people's admonitions not only did not make Dong Zhuo's mind to move the capital less, but aroused Dong Zhuo's anger. Dong Zhuo took out the treasure knife on his waist, shouted angrily, and was about to kill people in the court. Fortunately, Li Ru dissuaded him in time, and Dong Zhuo gave up and dismissed Yang Biao, Huang Wan, and Xun Shuang from their official positions and demoted them to commoners.
When other officials of the DPRK and China saw this, no one dared to speak, Dong Zhuo asked again who objected, and all the officials agreed with him. From beginning to end, Emperor Han Xian, who was sitting on the dragon chair, did not say a word, but watched coldly.
As soon as the news of the relocation of the capital came out, nearly one million people in Luoyang were in a panic. According to Li Ru's plan, Dong Zhuo sent 5,000 Liangzhou ironclad cavalry troops to arrest the wealthy households in Luoyang, a total of thousands, and planted a big book on the head of the flag 'anti-minister and anti-party', and beheaded them outside the city, taking their family wealth to supplement the military posture.
At the same time, Dong Zhuo branded all the officials who were disciples of the Yuan family in Runan as traitors, killed them, and collected their family wealth.
Dong Zhuo continued to seek money and kill people in Luoyang City, collected huge amounts of money, and did all kinds of evil, and there was a lot of grief and resentment in Luoyang City, and the blood stained the sky. A few days later, Dong Zhuo sent Li to urge the second general Guo Yan, led 10,000 soldiers, went door to door in Luoyang, entered the house with a knife, and forced the people to move out. In the meantime, he also set up prostitution among the soldiers
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Wives and daughters, snatching people's property, if there is resistance, the Liangzhou sergeant holds a white blade in his hand and kills people wantonly in broad daylight. The sound of crying for a while can be described as shaking the heavens and the earth.
The relocation of the capital is proceeding step by step. And almost 100 people in Luoyang died every day under the oppression of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses.
At the same time, the other side of the tiger is closed.
Three days ago, Lu Bu, the general of the Tiger Prison, suddenly ordered the army to leave, leaving less than 8,000 troops to guard the Tiger Prison. The tiger guarded the right alliance of the righteous division, and after three days, he took the initiative to surrender the pass.
The righteous division right alliance seized the tiger prison pass, and all the princes under it were overjoyed. However, except for Cao Cao and Wen Han.
Cao Cao looked at the traces of Lu Bu's army leaving outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and said to Wen Han next to him.
"Extraordinary Ru saw that Lu Bu left in a hurry. According to Cao's knowledge, this Kei pass has not yet been broken by Yuan Benchu. Why is this Lu Bu in such a hurry to leave the Tiger Prison? Could it be that there is a big change in Luoyang? ”
Wen Han's brows were furrowed, and his face became more and more ugly, his hands were unconsciously clenched into his fists, and even the nails inserted into the flesh and blood flowed out, and he didn't realize it.
It seems that Dong Zhuo is ready to burn Luoyang and move the capital to Chang'an! Wen Han clearly remembered the records in history that Dong Zhuo hijacked Chang'an, the western capital of the emperor, and killed almost all the wealthy merchants in Luoyang before leaving, and seized his family wealth. Then he forcibly robbed the gold jewelry, cultural relics and books in the palace, and burned the palace, temple, government and home, and the people who did not leave in time were burned to death by nearly 100,000. He also coerced nearly one million Luoyang people in Luoyang to go west with him, resulting in no remnants within 200 miles of Luoyang, and the rooms and houses were completely destroyed, barren and withered, and there was no return to people.
Moreover, these millions of people were coerced by Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses all the way with knives, one team for each people, one team for each other, and one team for the army, dragging each other, so that the people died in the ravines, which is innumerable. If anyone is late, he will order the sergeant to carry a knife and kill people on the road, all the way to Chang'an, and the corpses are all over the field, and hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result!!
No matter how much impact Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang on future generations, just talking about how many hundreds of thousands of people he burned and forced to die, his sins are outrageous!! This can be described as the biggest evil deed in Dong Zhuoqi's life.
In Wen Han's mind, there were tragic scenes of hell on earth. In Luoyang City, where the flames were open, more than 100,000 people were engulfed in flames, and they were constantly stretching out their hands and screaming miserably.
A group of civilians who were pressed by the Liangzhou sergeant with a knife were brutally killed one by one because they moved slowly or offended the Liangzhou sergeant, and their bodies were thrown into the wilderness, and their relatives wept bitterly, and they were ruthlessly killed.
The more Wen Han thought about it, the more the green tendons on his face bulged one by one, and his whole face was twisted together with hatred.
"Extraordinary, extraordinary!!"
After Cao Cao felt the wild hatred that erupted from Wen Han's body, the urgency on his face became a little heavier, and after a few drinks, Wen Han reacted.
"Mengde! Lu Bu returned to Luoyang in such a hurry, it must be because Dong Gou wanted to coerce the holy officials and the people of Luoyang to move the capital!! With Dong Dog's wolfish and thief forbearance, tyrannical and unkind character, this move of the capital will definitely cause a lot of evil deeds, so that the life in Luoyang will be ruined! ”
Cao Cao's slender eyes suddenly enlarged, it was the first time he had seen Wen Han's anxious and hateful expression, and he knew that Wen Han's words would not be exaggerated.
"What! Dong Gou is going to move the capital!! Extraordinary you were calm at first, how did you guess this! If Dong Gou wants to move the capital, where will he move to? ”
"The reason for this is that I can't talk to you in detail for a while. But now, the righteous divisions of our left and right alliances are pressing on Luoyang, and Dong Gou is afraid that our righteous divisions will go to Luoyang and save the saint. That's why the move to move the capital is not impossible. If my guess is right, he must be moving the capital to Chang'an. Chang'an has the danger of Kuihan, and there are Tongguan and Wuguan near to block thousands of troops and horses, and it is close to Liangzhou, which is the best choice for him to move the capital! ”
Cao Cao's heart beat wildly when he heard this, the matter of moving the capital is a big matter, and as Wen Han said, with Dong Zhuo's character, if he really wants to move the capital, he will definitely do a lot of heinous sins.
"Extraordinary, you can be sure of this matter!"
"Not ten percent, but seventy percent!"
Cao Cao clenched his steel teeth, his eyes kept shrinking, and his whole body seemed to be exerting strength, but there was a feeling that he couldn't use his strength.
"Extraordinary, what do you want Cao to do, in order to stop Dong Gou from committing crimes and mutilating the people!"
Wen Han's expression froze, and he suddenly said something that Cao Cao would never forget in his life.