Chapter 136: A Convoy of Prisoner Carts
Tiger Pass, the Xiliang Army and the Guanqian Army fought for five days. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the past five days, except for a few sentry cavalry, some sporadic exchanges in the Guanzhong area and in the mountains and forests near the Tiger Prison Pass, there were no major battles, and even the heads-up between the generals died down.
Whether it is the Xiliang Army or the Guanyu Army, it is not that there are no other top generals except Lu Bu and Guan Yu. It's just that heads-up fighting will not be an end, but a means.
The Western Liang Army wanted to provoke the princes of the Eighteenth Route of the Kwantung Province and lure the allies out of the customs for a decisive battle.
The allies wanted to kill Lu Fengxian, who was the first in the world, to hit the morale of the Xiliang army through fighting generals, and then go out of the customs to fight a decisive battle.
In short, the decisive battle is necessary, but it is necessary to wait for the moment.
And the Xiliang Army and the Guanyu Army are waiting for the opportunity for a decisive battle.
Five days later, when Lu Bu had fully recovered, and when a team of prisoner carts drove into the camp of the Xiliang Army, Dong Zhuo felt that the time for a decisive battle might have come.
Ordinary prisoners are naturally not worth thinking about Dong Xiangguo, only those ministers who make him a little tricky for Dong Demon King are worth thinking about Dong Zhuo for a few days.
There were more than 100 men, women and children in the prisoner car, all of whom were members of the family of Yuan Kui, the imperial prince of the dynasty.
In other words, although Dong Zhuo leaned towards the government and the opposition, overwhelmed the princes of the world, and did not dare to kill innocents too much to the many ministers and ministers of the imperial court.
More often, everyone enters the water and does not violate the river water, as long as those ministers do not oppose him Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo doesn't care much.
First, these ministers are needed for the normal operation of the imperial court.
As long as the court is in hand, no matter how dissatisfied the princes of the world are, as long as he thinks that he is still a Hanchen, he must respect the center of the court.
Just like the princes of the Eighteenth Route in the allied army, no matter how much they rebel, no matter how little calculations they have in their hearts, they have to pinch their noses and coax their eyes for the reward will from the imperial court.
For example, Yuan Shao, not only when he raised the army, was he appointed a Bohai Taishou by the imperial court, for which Yuan Shao had to express his gratitude.
And, Yuan Shao thanked the court and the Son of Heaven, what is the difference between this and Dong Zhuo?
Because the imperial court and the Son of Heaven are in the hands of Dong Zhuo, even the edict to reward Yuan Shao Bohai for his post is what he Dong Zhuo meant!
And the operation of the imperial court is inseparable from the ministers, can they still be expected to deal with some trivial matters all day long?
Therefore, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, except for those who are really looking for death and need to kill chickens and monkeys, Dong Zhuo doesn't pay much attention to them on weekdays.
Moreover, if he Dong Zhuo kills a minister at will, in many cases, in addition to killing chickens and monkeys, there will also be a tragic result of rabbits dying and foxes.
The power of a courtier, Dong Xiangguo doesn't care; The power of the ten courtiers, Dong Zhuo may not necessarily take it to heart; But if the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty unite, the chair under Dong Zhuo's ass will not be able to sit steadily!
The minister of the Manchu Dynasty, who doesn't have a family to bring a reason? Who doesn't have a few hundred slaves and dead soldiers? Who can guarantee that they don't have a few generals in their family?
If these forces are combined, according to Li Ru's analysis, they can organize 50,000 horses and thousands of generals!
This strength is naturally not worth mentioning in front of Xiliang's elite; But if they stab them in the back at a critical moment, the Xiliang Army is absolutely unguardable.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, although Dong Zhuo is promiscuous, he rarely kills ministers without permission.
Just like that day, when he Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, when Yuan Shao ran out of Beijing and jumped back, Dong Xiangguo did not tell Yuan Kui, who was a prince, what to do, and he was still a high-ranking official, and he offered good food and drink.
Even when Hua Xiong died and the vanguard of the Xiliang Army was almost wiped out, Yuan Kui danced in his mansion to celebrate, although Dong Zhuo wanted to cut down Yuan Kui's family, he still endured it.
After all, the killing of Yuan Kui's family will not only lead to the death of rabbits and foxes, but also is likely to trigger a larger-scale anti-Dong movement.
Do you really think that the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, protégés and former officials are all over the world, is it a joke?
A mere concubine, Yuan Shao, can gather the princes of the Eighteen Roads in the eastern part of the country to rebel, if Yuan Kui is killed without evidence, there will definitely be more princes in the world!
Therefore, when Dong Zhuo came to the east that day, in addition to killing a petty official to deter, he also appeased the Manchu Dynasty ministers very much, and only then did he dare to take the Xiliang army out of the nest.
Even so, Dong Zhuo still left Li Ru to guard Luoyang, just in case.
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In the past few days of the Tiger Prison Strike, Dong Zhuo was waiting for the results in Luoyang City.
And the result of Jingshi was indeed what he Dong Zhuo expected. Yuan Kui is actually full of the tandem of the imperial court, ready to unite some courtiers, organize the dead soldiers and generals in everyone's family, and plunder the holy car!
And this happened in the past few days when the Xiliang army and the allied forces were holding each other under the Tiger Prison Pass.
Since, Dong Zhuo and the dog-headed military master Li Ru had already expected it, none of the guys who jumped out could not escape.
The other guys who jumped against were killed and degraded, but Yuan Kui's family was the only one who was put into a prisoner car by Li Ru and sent to the tiger prison to be locked up.
If Yuan Kui didn't jump out in tandem and openly argue with the Xiliang Army, Dong Zhuo would not dare to use the righteous name of the court to suppress the Yuan family.
Now, Yuan Kui really lived up to his high expectations of Dong Xiangguo, jumped out in tandem, Dong Zhuo really wanted to hug Yuan Kui's old face and kiss it, thank Yuan Kui for sending him such a good hole card Dong Zhuo!
In the more than half a year that Dong Zhuo has been in charge of the imperial court, in addition to non-violence and non-cooperation, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have counted Yuan Kui's great eye medicine on Dong Zhuo.
However, if he couldn't grasp Yuan Kui's handle, Dong Zhuo could only swallow his anger even if he was in power.
The current Dong Zhuo is still very ambitious, and it is not like in history and romance, which quickly corrupted after entering Beijing. Therefore, although Dong Zhuo is promiscuous, he will not raid his house at every turn.
Today, the imprisonment of Yuan Kui's family not only relieved Dong Zhuo's hatred, but also angered the three Yuan brothers in the Tiger Prison Pass, so that they had to go out of the pass to fight the Xiliang Army.
In the alliance of the princes of the Eighteenth Route of Kanto, the Yuan brothers accounted for three.
And Yuan Kui is the only remaining elder of the Yuan family, and he is also the last third prince of the Yuan family.
Yuan Kui's whole family is a big gift from Dong Zhuo to Yuan Shao!
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At noon, the tiger prison is closed, and the sun is warm, however, the drums of war are beating up the sky.
Under the Tiger Prison, Xiliang Jing rode two thousand steps away to set up a position, but the prisoner car stopped at a thousand steps away from the Tiger Prison; More than 100 knife and axe men stood quietly beside the prisoner cart, ready to cut off the heads in the prisoner cart at any moment.
Lu Bu, who had returned to his peak condition, rode his horse in front of the prisoner car.
Today, it was he Lu Bu who continued to call for battle and lure under the Tiger Prison, and it was also him Lu Bu who was in charge of beheading Yuan Kui.
The reason why Dong Zhuo handed over the heavy responsibility of beheading Yuan Kui to Lu Bu was to cut off Lu Bu's back road!
Although Dong Zhuo trusts his righteous son very much, he is always on guard. It's really Lu Bu's character is not very good, even the first stepfather Ding Yuan dares to do it, and it is hard to guarantee that he will not attack Dong Zhuo in the future.
Today, since Lu Bu is the executioner who killed Yuan Kui Manmen, he will definitely kill himself from the Yuan brothers.
And Yuan's protégés are all over the world, even if Lu Bu wants to rebel in the future, he has to think about who dares to take him in!