Chapter 49: The First Step
Killing Dong Zhuo seemed as if they had solved a big problem.
But, in reality, the real dangerous chaos has only just begun.
First of all, kill Dong Zhuo, can those people under Dong Zhuo agree?
Dong Zhuo's subordinates, however, have a group of fierce and brutal people, and they are a powerful force.
When Dong Zhuo was there, he gave them a lot of favors. As soon as Dong Zhuo dies, will they fall and scatter?
Not necessarily! They may avenge Dong Zhuo.
The first thing Qin Zhen is facing now is such a problem.
"Miss Bao, Miss Shi, Third Girl, you take these three hundred Dong Zhuo soldiers out, and together with the five hundred soldiers outside, let them swear allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor!"
Qin Zhen instructed Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baochai, and Jia Tanchun. Their actions now are about to be carried out quickly.
Xue Baochai and the others nodded yes, and took Dong Zhuo's three hundred personal guards and retreated.
Qin Zhen found an axe again and cut off Dong Zhuo's head alive. Then, Qin Zhen said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, please carry this Dong Zhuo's head and go outside to inspect the thief party."
Dong Zhuo's head already has great use value at this time. They can use this to deter Dong Zhuo's subordinates.
However, these subordinates of Dong Zhuo have always been fierce, and it is still unknown whether they can deter them with Dong Zhuo's head.
Perhaps, on the contrary, Dong Zhuo's head has stimulated their ferocity!
Who knows?
However, at this time, Qin Zhen was not unprepared and had no hole cards on their side.
In their hands, there are also a thousand men and horses!
Dong Zhuo's soldiers already had 800 people, the 500 people from Li Ru in front, the 300 people brought in by Dong Zhuo just now, plus the dozens and nearly 100 people from their own Daguan Garden, their number was almost 1,000.
Such a force cannot be ignored.
Qin Zhen had a plan in his heart.
Under the fact that Dong Zhuo has already been given the head, and his subordinates do not have a strong unified constraint, their thousands, relying on Xiaoxiang Palace, may not be unable to resist the riots of those under Dong Zhuo.
Although Dong Zhuo's death may stimulate the ferocity of these people. However, as long as they withstood the first onslaught of Dong Zhuo's riots and dragged the incident into a protracted war, then Dong Zhuo's riots would eventually collapse without a fight!
Because Dong Zhuo is dead, his subordinates, who have no leader, will surely become a plate of scattered sand.
In this case, the battle will be fruitless for a long time, and their sharp energy will be exhausted, and they will eventually disperse in a hurry.
This is something that can be imagined.
Because Dong Zhuo's subordinates, if they riot, at this time, their purpose is just to avenge Dong Zhuo.
But if they can't attack for a long time, they will lose patience.
Moreover, people everywhere outside, after knowing that something happened to the emperor here, they will also come over to help the emperor!
After all, there are no people who are loyal to the emperor in this capital.
Moreover, Dong Zhuo has already been ambushed, and when this news spreads, it will stimulate the morale of those who tend to be on the emperor's side even more. They will be more active in sending reinforcements to the emperor here.
After all, this is an opportunity! Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if Dong Zhuo and his remnants are liquidated at this time, it is very easy to succeed.
In this case, who will not push the wall down?
In this way, the emperor could not be attacked here, and the soldiers and horses of the kings from all walks of life were constantly converging here in the palace.
Dong Zhuo's soldiers, will they really die here all the time?
Qin Zhen believes that this is not necessarily.
They will not be able to bear it anymore and will collapse on their own, which is a high probability event.
Of course, it is not necessarily that the situation will evolve so badly in the end, and there is also a possibility that Qin Zhen and them should deal with it properly, and it is even possible that these remnants of Dong Zhuo will not become the root seedlings of the disaster in the end.
They may also be appeased by Qin Zhen and the emperor, and thus become a new royalist force. This one is not necessarily.
But Qin Zhen, as the mastermind of this incident, must also anticipate the worst.
Then, slowly, they do everything they can to deal with.
Only when the worst is thought of, they will have more options in the face of chaos, so that they will not panic.
Liu Xie's face was pale, and he carried Dong Zhuo's head and walked outside the hall.
He is a ninety-five, but at this time, he has to be like a thief, carrying an ugly and bloody human head in his hand. Liu Xie felt that he had really lost his dignity.
But think about each founding emperor, which one is not a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in his hands, and he is full of bones.
What's wrong with a human head in your hand?
"Are they already organized?"
When Qin Zhen went outside, he asked Xue Baochai.
Xue Baochai said: "Dong Zhuo's hundreds of soldiers have already sworn allegiance, and they will become the backbone of protecting the emperor."
For the head in Liu Xie's hands, Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun have already adapted to it.
There have been quite a few dead people here in the past two days. is only a head, and it can't make Xue Baochai and them feel uncomfortable.
They have even been on the battlefield themselves. Although they didn't keep it in their memories, subconsciously, they had immunity to this kind of bloody thing.
That's how people can change because of their environment.
"Now that they have sworn allegiance to the emperor, let them step up their efforts to protect the palace walls! Let's be here first, and then we will defend it. You must resist the riot that is possible to be launched by Dong Zhuo's soldiers. ”
Qin Zhen said.
Xue Baochai and the others also had solemn faces.
Now that the matter is not taken seriously, it can't be over. Each of them must be ready to fight.
In the past, they were all delicate young ladies! Now, it seems like he is going to become a butcher.
But things have forced them to this point, what else can they do?
"Let's hang Dong Zhuo's head high first! Tell everyone in the palace that Dong Zhuo has been ambushed. Let them protect Dong Zhuo, hurry up and put down their weapons. Those who protect the emperor will come to support the audience. ”
Qin Zhen said again.
The plan has to be carried out step by step. Now, they're going to face a truly dangerous situation.
Xue Baochai and the others let people erect a high pole, and then hung Dong Zhuo's head. Tell people near and far that Dong Zhuo has been awarded.
Then, Qin Zhen asked Liu Xie to stand on the wall of Xiaoxiang Palace.
"Listen to the people outside the wall, your Taishi Dong Zhuo, who is chaotic in the government, has been given the head. Now you should lay down your arms and be loyal to the Emperor. I will not blame you for the past. ……”