Chapter 164: What a Breath!
When Yang Ding returned to Luoyang with Minzhuang and thousands of carts, Lu Bu asked him to bring a message to Dong Zhuo: It is okay to move the capital to Chang'an, but the Xiliang Army is resolutely not allowed to kill people and set fire when they leave Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo wants to leave at least half of the population in the Luoyang area!
Lu Bu spoke in a very hard tone and his expression was very serious at that time. www.biquge.info It seems that Lu Bu is not on a whim, let alone a slip of the tongue, but very seriously asking Dong Zhuo.
Yang Ding and Lu Bu can also be regarded as very personal friends, he does not hide anything he says, and he tells each other directly. Yang Ding told Lu Bu: "Dong Xiangguo has 20,000 Xiliang cavalry alone, and although Fengxian's flying cavalry battalion is brave in the world, if it is only these 3,000 people, I am afraid it will not be enough for Dong Xiangguo to agree to too much demand!" β
Yang Ding's words were very straightforward, that is, he told Lu Bu to do what he could, accept it when he saw it, and don't be uncontrollable, which angered Dong Zhuo.
Listening to Yang Ding's words, Lu Bu was not angry, but said indifferently: "I will let Dong Xiangguo face my request!" I will personally write to him to tell him that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, burned Xianyang with a fire, but ended up besieged and killed himself in Wujiang. It can be seen that arson is even more ominous than killing prisoners, if the Dong family doesn't want to be raided and exterminated in the future, then don't do things that anger and resentment! β
"In addition, the population around Luoyang is more than two million, and the grain production in the Guanzhong area simply cannot feed so many people who have suddenly increased! Dong Xiangguo plans to move all the population of Henan Yin to Guanzhong, but he is worried that they will support the various forces of the Kwantung to fight against Dong, but if these people are submissive to me, I will properly resettle them, and I will not let them support the various forces of the Dong Alliance. β
Yang Ding knew that he couldn't dissuade the determined Lu Bu, so he had to return to Luoyang head-on, and then handed Lu Bu's handwritten letter to Dong Zhuo.
After Dong Zhuo read Lu Bu's letter, he smiled angrily, pulled out the long sword hanging from his waist, and was about to stab Yang Ding to death, but was stopped by Li Ru in a hurry.
Li Ru said loudly: "Xiangguo is angry! Yang Ding can't be killed! β
Dong Zhuo turned his head and asked Li Ru viciously: "This official is obviously speaking for Lu Fengxian, why should I keep him?" β
"Xiangguo, Yang Ding was sent to Hanoi by you, he completed the task according to your orders, and did not do anything to betray you, Lu Bu asked him to bring back the words, he just told the truth, and did not mix a word in it. If Xiangguo kills Yang Ding, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of those soldiers who are stationed and fighting abroad, which is extremely unfavorable to the upcoming major event of moving the capital! β
Dong Zhuo listened to Li Ru's explanation, held back the anger in his heart, angrily threw the long sword at Yang Ding's feet, and then scolded: "Zhuzi, if it weren't for Wen Wei to intercede for you today, I would have killed your dog!" β
Yang Ding's face was earthy, and he hurriedly thanked Dong Zhuo for his grace of not killing, but in his heart, he greeted Dong Zhuo's ancestors and eight generations. Lu Bu is now in Hanoi, if you have the ability, you will send a large army over to destroy him, wouldn't it be a hundred? If you don't have the ability to deal with Lu Bu, then obediently admit it and meet Lu Bu's requirements, why bother with me as a person with a message?
Dong Zhuo looked at Yang Ding upset, so he asked him to get out of here. After Yang Ding left, Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru: "Lu Fengxian is really a big mouth, he is not afraid that I will send troops to fight him?" β
Li Ru shook his head and smiled bitterly, and comforted Dong Zhuo and said: "Lu Fengxian has always been good at opportunism, and now Sun Jian is guarding Dagu Pass, which has formed a direct threat to Luoyang. General Dong and Guo Yan still have 10,000 cavalry under their command, but General Dong needs to defend Luoyang, and General Guo needs to guard against Yang Feng in Hedong, and he does not dare to send troops easily. Although Lu Feng fought in Hanoi first, although there were only 3,000 cavalry, these Bingzhou elite cavalry had won many victories with him, and their combat power was definitely not under Xiliang! If he annoys him at this time, he can send tens of thousands of horses and horses from Bingzhou to Hedong, and when the time comes, he will tear his face, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to be good! β
"Do you just let the Lu family children blackmail Yu twice and twice?" Dong Zhuo had a dark face and questioned Li Ru.
Li Ru patiently explained: "Xiangguo's anger is not actually because Lu Fengxian's request is excessive, but because of his tone and attitude. When Lu Bu was in Luoyang, he deliberately curryed favor with Xiangguo, so that he could talk to you like this one day, so why should you be angry about it? The burning of Luoyang is indeed ominous, so it depends on him, what is the loss? Half of the people left behind in Luoyang seem to be at a loss, but in fact they are not. Guanzhong's grain production is limited, and a sudden increase of two million mouths to eat will cause chaos in Guanzhong. Since Lu Bu wants the population, then give it to him, but the food in these people's homes has to be brought to Guanzhong. No matter how powerful Lu Bu is, in the face of millions of hungry people in Luoyang, see how he copes! β
Li Ru's meaning is obvious, since you Lu Bu want to be a good person, then be ready to receive a million hungry people in Luoyang who have no food, and if these people are starved to death at that time, Lu Bu will be the culprit!
When Dong Zhuo heard this, his anger finally improved. He immediately ordered his brother Dong Min and other generals to immediately start moving the capital, first moving the emperor, ministers, and relatives of the eunuchs to Chang'an!
When Dong Zhuo ordered the start of the relocation of the capital, LΓΌ Bu happened to order the transfer of the people of Hanoi and the Montenegrin captives.
In order to be able to safely transport these precious books sent by Yang Ding from Luoyang back to Bingzhou as soon as possible, Lu Bu issued a strange order: all the people of Hanoi who voluntarily moved to Bingzhou, regardless of men, women, old and children, as long as they took the books on the road to ensure that there was no damage or loss along the way, and after arriving in Bingzhou, they would exchange the weight of the books they brought for food and green salt! All the captured Montenegrin descendants, as long as they carry a certain number of books on the road, make sure that there is no damage or loss along the way, and after arriving at the annexed state, the punishment can be reduced, and they can also be exchanged for food and green salt!
As soon as this order came out, the original mountain of Han classics was broken into pieces by the people and brought to Bingzhou with great care.
Zhao Yun's infantry battalion had been formed, and the number of people exceeded Lu Bu's original expectations, from 3,000 to 5,000. The lieutenant generals who assisted Zhao Yun were also increased from Xiahoulan and Hu Cai to Fang Yue, Xiahoulan, Hu Cai and Zhenggu.
Of these 5,000 people, 2,000 were from the White Polish Army, 1,500 were from the Montenegrin Army, and 1,500 were selected from among the Hanoi people to join the army.
Fang Yue served as Zhao Yun's lieutenant general, directly managing 1,500 Hanoi soldiers; Hu Cai served as Zhao Yun's military advisor and assisted Zhao Yun in managing two thousand former Baibo soldiers; Zhao Yun directly managed the 1,500 former Montenegrin soldiers, and Zheng Gu served as his deputy. Xia Houlan was responsible for the military regulations and discipline of the whole battalion, and severely punished those who did not obey orders.
The task of transferring the people and prisoners was given by LΓΌ Bu to the military advisor Chen Gong, and he led the flying cavalry battalion to continue to stay in Hanoi, forming a deterrent to the Montenegrin army east of Xiuwu, so that it would not dare to wreak havoc again.