Chapter 30: The Great Fire of Luoyang

"Father-in-law, no!" Li Ru hurriedly shook his head in denial. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Dong Zhuo's eyes narrowed slightly like a jackal, and Li Ru, who looked at it, trembled: "Why not!" ”

"Hui, back to my father-in-law, this matter should not be publicized, it can only be carried out in secret, if it is spread, I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed!" Li Ru said tremblingly.

"Huh? What do you mean by that? Dong Zhuo looked puzzled.

Li Ru adhered to the goatee and analyzed: "If the other princes know about it, they will definitely come to dissuade Xu Qi from marrying us, then it will be difficult to do this; On the contrary, if it is carried out in secret, whether Xu Jue agrees or not, our goal has already become half, and it is better for Xu Jue to agree, even if he does not agree, as long as this matter is spread later, the princes will be suspicious of Xu Jue. ”

Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment after listening, and then his face was shaking with a smile: "Hahaha, Wen Wei is really a good son-in-law of our family!" It's a great plan, and it can be done quickly! ”

Li Ru also laughed wickedly, a picture of embarrassment.

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Bishui Guanzhong.

"Report!" A soldier shouted.

Xu Jue listened and said, "What's the matter? ”

"My lord, Li Dao in the Xiliang Army asked to meet with the general."

"Oh? Pass in. ”

Xu Qi was a little confused, and he didn't know what this Li Dao was doing at the moment.

Li Wei entered Guanzhong and saw Xu Qi bowing his hand: "I have heard the name of General Xu Qi for a long time, and I admire it very much!" ”

Xu Jue opened one eye and closed one eye, thinking that this Li Dao was not a good thing, so he had the heart to be lazy, leaned on the chair, and said casually: "I don't know why Your Excellency came?" ”

"I'm here to discuss something important with the general."

"What are you going to say?"

"My lord wants to marry General Xu! This time, I came to be a matchmaker, and I want to accomplish something happy! Li Dao smiled all over his face.

Xu Qi was immediately furious when he heard this, and got up to shoot the case: "Dong Zhuo has no way against the sky and overthrows the royal family, I want to punish his nine clans to thank the world, how can I marry him!" ”

Seeing that Li Dao still had to defend himself, he said angrily again: "I won't kill you, you retreat quickly, but you can persuade your lord to surrender and come to give the head!" ”

Li Wei was speechless, and wanted to struggle again, but he didn't want Xu Qi to shout angrily: "Where are you left and right, blast this person out of me!" ”

"No!"

Poor Li Dao didn't have time to speak, so he was pushed out with a bang.

Xu Jue smiled bitterly: "This Dong Zhuo actually came to get married, but it was beyond my expectations." ”

Zhou Yu on the side said: "Lord, Dong Thief sent an envoy this time, it is really a vicious plan, whether it succeeds or not, it will divide the relationship between the Lord and the allies, the important thing at this moment is to quickly send someone to inform the allies, quickly attack the Tiger Prison Pass, and tell the princes about this matter, saying that Dong Thief is afraid of my allies, and actually proposed marriage, so that the disadvantages of this matter can be solved." ”

Xu Jue frowned and thought for a while: "Gong Jin is reasonable, come on!" Hurry to the camp of the coalition army and inform the princes of this! ”

"No!"

A soldier led the order and galloped out.

After listening to the soldier's report, the princes from all walks of life thought that Dong Zhuo wanted to marry Xu Jue because he was afraid of the allies, and everyone was in high spirits for a while, and they wanted to march into the tiger prison and take Luoyang directly.

However, he said that Li Zhuo's mission failed, and he returned to Luoyang to meet Dong Zhuo to plead guilty, and said something about the matter, Dong Zhuo was furious, and his body full of grease bounced up suddenly: "Xu Zhuo erected!" Our family wants to marry him because they can afford him, but they don't buy it! ”

Li Ru's eyes rolled, and he suggested on the side: "Father-in-law, since this matter is not successful, I will wait for the danger!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Although General Lu Bu is brave and invincible in the world, the allied forces are victorious because there are many people, and General Lu has been defeated in the previous wheel battle, the morale of the soldiers has long been shaken, and it is really a matter of time before the Tiger Prison Pass is lost."

"Is there a good way to worry about it?" Dong Zhuo listened to Li Ru's analysis and nodded, with a serious face.

"Back to my father-in-law, there is a nursery rhyme on the street today, 'A Han in the west, a Han in the east.'" When the deer enters Chang'an, there is no difficulty. I thought, this first sentence is to say that the ancestor was in the western capital of Chang'an, and the second sentence is that Emperor Guangwu set the capital of Luoyang, the eastern capital, and now the number of qi is about to run out, we might as well move the capital to Chang'an, and we can avoid this difficulty. ”

"Oh? Why do you have to go to Chang'an? "Dong Zhuo is a martial artist, and he will not be shaken by a nursery rhyme.

"Father-in-law, our army is from the land of Yongliang, and the land of Chang'an is very close to Yongzhou, if the enemy army comes to attack, there is no worries, and the east can be based on the Tongguan, and the south can be based on the Wuguan, just send two powerful generals to lead heavy troops to guard the two passes, and it is more difficult for the allies to attack than to ascend to the sky!"

"Good, good!" Dong Zhuoxi smiled, but then he scrupled and said: "What Wen Wei said is very good, but this matter of moving the capital is difficult to carry out in our family's opinion!" ”

"I don't know what my father-in-law is worried about?"

"This Luoyang has been the capital for more than 200 years, and there are many old ministers in the city, who are dedicated to the Han Dynasty, and this move to the capital will inevitably be strongly opposed!"

"Hahaha, father-in-law, don't worry, and listen to me, now the power is in the hands of your father-in-law, what's the use of those old ministers who oppose it? If you are stubborn, you may as well kill a few to set an example. ”

Seeing Dong Zhuo nodding again and again, his eyes showed a fierce light, Li Ru continued: "Luoyang has gone through so many years and has huge wealth, we can all transport it to Chang'an, this wealth is enough for our army to spend for a hundred years, even if the allies do not retreat, we will have no worries as long as we defend it!" ”

Dong Zhuo was completely shaken at this time, he didn't like to fight, he wanted power, wealth and women, and immediately ordered loudly: "Okay!" Decree all the officials to come to the palace to discuss matters, and there must be no mistake! ”

"Yes!"

After a while, everyone discussed in the court, and after Dong Zhuo explained his idea of moving the capital, he immediately attracted strong opposition, and Dong Zhuo immediately killed several ministers to take down the ministers, so no one dared to say more.

Dong Zhuo also ordered Li Dao Guo Yan to dig the tombs of the emperor's concubines, and loaded all the gold, silver and jewelry into the car, which was full of more than 5,000 cars, and all the young and strong people in the city were strong, and all the young women were arrested for the sergeants' lewd pleasures, and Dong Zhuo, who was slightly beautiful, enjoyed it himself.

However, this is not the end, Li Ru suggested: "After our army retreats, the allies will definitely come, it is better to destroy it with a fire, and not give the coalition forces any benefit!" ”

"Okay, pass on our family's order, let Wu'er abandon the Tiger Prison Pass first, retreat to Tongguan, and the whole army will go to Chang'an!"

The soldiers were ordered to set fire everywhere in Luoyang City, and it was not burned out for three whole days, but it is a pity that the ancient capital of more than 200 years is slowly turning into ashes.

Looking at Luoyang, which was full of fire, Dong Zhuo gave an order, and the Xiliang army moved all the way to the west, and the palace people who were captured cried all the way, and the old ministers also waved their sleeves to wipe their tears, crying non-stop.

The news of Dong Zhuo's burning of Luoyang quickly reached the ears of the princes, and everyone was shocked, even Xu Qi was also shocked: I couldn't imagine it so soon! The time of this fire was much earlier.

Zhou Yu's face was full of grief: "The lord is really a clever plan, I admire it, but Luoyang has been destroyed, I'm afraid the alliance can't last long, and it's difficult to succeed in the plan to beg the thief!" ”

Xu Jue nodded: "The ancient capital of Luoyang was burned down, and many years of operation were ruined, it's a pity, but I don't know what Gong Jin said?" ”

Zhou Yu said eloquently: "Now that Lu Bu has abandoned the Tiger Prison and retreated to Tongguan, the allies can drive straight into Luoyang all the way. Even though Luoyang was burned and the treasures were looted, Luoyang has been inherited for more than 200 years, and I am afraid that there are still a large number of jewels to be desired. It's nothing more than fame and fortune! When they arrived in Luoyang, the princes were afraid that they would raid first, and they had no intention of begging thieves; And Chang'an all the way to the terrain is rugged, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is Tongguan in the east, there is Wuguan in the south, as long as you send elite soldiers to guard our allies, it is extremely difficult to break through, Dong thief stole so many treasures, is trapped in Chang'an to death, it is more than enough, the allies are originally different people, see that it cannot be attacked for a long time, the alliance will be broken. ”

Xu Jue couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "Gong Jin's analysis is that when it comes to gold, silver and jewelry, I have an idea, I pinched my fingers the day before yesterday and counted that there are extremely valuable things in the southeast corner of the palace, so I might as well take them." ”

Zhou Yu has already seen Xu Qi's 'prophecy' ability, as evidenced by the Luoyang fire a while ago, so he is convinced: "I don't know what the lord is referring to? ”

Of course, Xu Jue knew what it was, but he didn't say it, and sometimes it was necessary to keep a little mystery: "As for what it is, I don't know, I only know that this thing is more than 5,000 soldiers, 100,000 money, and 100,000 food." ”

Zhou Yu was shocked when he heard this: "There is such a thing in the world!" ”

Xu Jue smiled mysteriously: "Now that our army is alone in Bishui Pass, which is the closest to Luoyang, you might as well go to Luoyang as soon as possible and take this thing, so as not to fall into the hands of others!" ”