This fierce battle made the seventeenth princes of the Kwantung Alliance stunned, and Dong Zhuo was also worried. Ω Δ Reading Pavilion. The Xiliang army has already lost one of its generals, Hua Xiong, and its morale has been greatly reduced. Lu Bu was sent to save morale. If Lu Bu is defeated again, the Xiliang army basically doesn't have to fight anymore, and it is doomed to lose morale.

Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Hearing the sound of Mingjin, Lu Bu made a move of "Eight Desolations from All Seas", forced He Xian and Zhao Yun away, and pointed at the two of them angrily with a halberd: "What kind of hero is two fighting one!" There is a kind of understanding that fighting again, one fights the other? ”

He Xian laughed and said: "My brothers are in the same breath, and their marksmanship complements each other!" If Wen Hou is brave, he will fight my brother again tomorrow, if he is not courageous, it is better to shut up as soon as possible! ”

Among the allied forces of the Kwantung princes, Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, heard the sound of the Xiliang army singing gold and withdrawing troops, and knew that Dong Zhuo was timid, so with a wave of his hand, Han Fu and Yuan Yu killed the Tiger Prison Pass with great momentum, wanting to take advantage of the situation to cover up. Seeing this, Lu Bu hurriedly led his troops back to the pass. The tiger prison was closed, and Dong Zhuo was prepared. Thousands of archers bent their bows and arrows, and did not hesitate to attack the combined forces of Han Fu and Yuan Yi with arrows. All of a sudden, the arrows rained down, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. After losing hundreds of men, the Kwantung coalition retreated.

"Report ~ Alliance Leader! Big things are wrong! ”

In the camp of the coalition army, Yuan Shao was convening the princes to discuss the next step in attacking the Tiger Prison, and suddenly a spy came to report quickly.

"Hurry up!"

"Dong Thief arrested 87 people from the Taishi and Situ families and pressed them on the tiger prison. said, if the alliance leader does not dismiss the coalition army, he will kill all the people of the Yuan clan here! ”

"What?" Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were shocked, ignoring etiquette, and quickly walked out of the camp and looked towards the tiger prison.

I faintly saw that the tiger prison was closed, and dozens of people lined up, old and young, all kneeling down on the wall. The first two people were cloaked in hair, and there was a Xiliang sergeant behind them, holding a Baijuan flag. One person's Bai Juan has the word "Yuan Kui" on it, and the other person's Bai Juan has the word "Yuan Feng" on it.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu glanced at each other and confirmed that the two of them might be Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng. Just as he was hesitating, not knowing what to do, the tiger prison closed the third drum beat, and an executioner raised his knife and beheaded a middle-aged man kneeling at the end of the line. Looking at the dress, it should be the house slave of the Yuan Mansion.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were suddenly furious, summoned their respective generals, and prepared to give everything they had to fight in the Tiger Prison. Feng Ji, Xu You, Yan Xiang and others hurriedly came out to persuade them.

Feng Ji said: "This matter needs to be considered in the long run!" If you attack rashly, you will only fall for the tricks of Dong thief! Not to mention the soldiers and horses, it will also harm the lives of Taishi and Situ! ”

Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Tao Qian and other princes who came out to see the excitement also joined the dissuasion team, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were willing to give up.

Subsequently, the Kwantung coalition army retreated thirty miles and set up camp, temporarily not fighting with the Xiliang army.

The tiger prison was closed, and Dong Zhuo summoned the generals under his command to discuss the next step.

"Although the Kanto anti-thieves dare not attack again, they also refuse to disperse, and they are blocked outside the Tiger Prison Pass, which is not a thing? Do you have any good ideas? Dong Zhuo asked about Wenwu with a worried face. Since the Kwantung Coalition Army entered the Tiger Prison Pass, Dong Zhuo's appetite has been halved, and the amount of alcohol is as large as before, and even his weight has a tendency to decline, which is very bad!

Li Ru has followed Dong Zhuo for more than 20 years, so he naturally understands what Dong Zhuo thinks, and said: "Don't worry, Confucianism has a plan, which can make the Taishi feel at ease!" ”

"Oh? Wen You's clever plan, let's talk about it quickly! Dong Zhuo asked anxiously.

Li Ru replied: "Recently, a nursery rhyme was spread in the Luoyang market: a Han in the west and a Han in the east. When the deer enters Chang'an, there is no difficulty. Chen Si said that 'there is a Han in the west', which should be Gaozu Wang in Chang'an, the western capital, and pass on the 12 emperors; 'A Han in the east', it is Ying Guangwu Wang in the eastern capital of Luoyang, and now it is also passed on to 12 emperors. Fortune is back. Taishi moved back to Chang'an, so that he could be safe. ”

"Move the capital to Chang'an?" Dong Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "Although Chang'an is good, it is not as prosperous as Luoyang. The population is not as dense as Luoyang, and the treasures are not as numerous as Luoyang......" In a word, Dong Zhuo is reluctant to let Luoyang be prosperous and rich.

"What's so hard about that! Taishi only needs to move all the people of Luoyang to Chang'an, and Chang'an is naturally prosperous. Taishi thinks that the treasures of Chang'an are scarce, so collect all the treasures in Luoyang City and take them to Chang'an! There are no less than 80,000 soldiers in my Xiliang, and the treasures that the Taishi wants can be taken away! ”

"This is a good idea, but what should happen if the civil and military officials and the people of Luoyang refuse to move to Chang'an?" Dong Zhuo asked again.

"Then let them die!" Li Ru replied with a cold-blooded face, "Limited time limit!" Burn Luoyang! Those who do not move will die! ”

"What about the palace? Is the palace burning? Zhang Ji couldn't help but interject and asked.

"Burn! There is not a single one left, all of them will be burned! A hint of madness flashed in Li Ru's eyes, "In order to prevent officials and people from fleeing back to Luoyang, the entire Luoyang City and the palaces, temples, and treasury within two hundred miles nearby will be moved to Chang'an, and those who can't be moved will be burned!" ”

The generals of the Xiliang Army present all gasped, this plan is really crazy!

Dong Zhuo is a person with strong executive ability, and he will do it immediately when he decides. That night, Dong Zhuo led Lu Bu and others back to Luoyang to discuss the relocation of the capital. Xu Rong was left in charge of defending the Tiger Pass, and he was not allowed to go out of the pass to fight.

The next day, Dong Zhuo, in the name of the emperor, summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss in the Chongde Palace.

"Luoyang, the capital of eastern Han, has been declining for more than 200 years. I look at the prosperity of Chang'an, and I want to drive the west. You and others should be promoted. “

As soon as Dong Zhuo said this, the civil and military officials suddenly exploded. Moving the capital is a major event, which needs to be inspected in the early stage, built in the middle stage, and mobilized in the later stage.

Situ Yang Biao was the first to stand up and object: "Guanzhong is broken and scattered. Now there is no reason to donate the temple and abandon the imperial mausoleum, for fear that the people will be alarmed. The world is easy to move, but it is difficult to be safe. Wangtaishi supervises. “

Taiwei Huang Wan seconded: "Yang Situ is reasonable. In the past, Wang Mang usurped and rebelled, and when he began to bare his eyebrows, he burned Chang'an, which was all rubble; It is also the flow of people, which is unique. It is not appropriate to abandon the palace and go to the wasteland today. “

Sikong Xun Shuang also advised: "If the Taishi wants to move the capital, the people will be in turmoil. “

Dong Zhuo originally wanted to listen to the opinions of hundreds of officials, brainstorm ideas, and make some additions to the plan to move the capital. Unexpectedly, the three princes at the head of the hundred officials came up with a bombardment, all of which were objections, which made Dong Zhuo quite embarrassed. Think that at the beginning, these three were all promoted after Dong Zhuo took power, but now not only do they not support it, but they drag themselves back? This Dong Zhuo has always been a strong temper of "holding and not going backwards", and this unanimous opposition has aroused his ferocity.