Chapter 47: Fear
Dong Zhuo is dead!
After all, he can be regarded as a generation of heroes, but the death can be said to be quite aggrieved, and he was assassinated by an assassin who sneaked in in Dong Zhuojun's own camp.
Moreover, the assassin was still sneaking in under the noses of Li Ru, Hua Xiong and others, and the defense of Dong Zhuo's military camp looked like a joke.
Although Li Ru immediately blocked the news at that time, and relied on his prestige to rectify the army and stabilize the situation, there is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that the big movement at that time caused a lot of riots in the military camp, and even some soldiers who were ready to move since the Battle of Dong Ma ended with the fall of Chang'an and Dong Zhuo's defeat and retreat, took the opportunity to escape, and then if it wasn't for Li Ru to quickly quell the riots with thunderous means, I am afraid it would have evolved into a camp roar, but some of the people who escaped must not be able to control their mouths, Naturally, the news leaked out.
When this news reached his ears, Lu Bu still felt very abrupt.
After all, in his understanding, although Niu Fu died, Dong Zhuo, who had already joined Li Ru, even if he couldn't make a comeback, it was still possible to preserve his current power, and he was ready to give Dong Zhuo a fatal blow with his own hands, maybe this was also a real end between them and the relationship between him and Li Ru, and he didn't think that he had gotten such news before.
However, it seems to be an unexpected and reasonable thing, Dong Zhuo's existence is like a fish in the throat for many people, too many people want him to die, even if only one person takes action, it is enough for him to drink a pot. It's just that he was assassinated so lightly in his military camp, and I have to say that it is a little unbelievable.
Perhaps, it was because Dong Zhuojun's military heart was a little unstable at this time, and Dong Zhuo's own mind didn't know where it flew, but he didn't know what Li Ru was doing at that time and what he was thinking about now.
Even Lu Bu, who should be said to be eager for him to die early, suddenly had an indescribable meaning in his heart, and there was a sense of pity for Li Ru, he tried his best to seek a way back for Dong Zhuo and has been supporting him until now, if it is not psychologically strong enough. I'm afraid it would have been crushed by such a sudden event a long time ago. But even so, now I must feel uncomfortable, and for Lu Bu, who once really regarded him as a friend, I can only sigh for him at this time.
This shouldn't be fake news, after all, this kind of thing breaking out at this time doesn't do them any good except for demoralization. The current Dong Zhuo's power is not as strong as before. If Dong Zhuo could decisively withdraw from Chang'an before, it would be fine. But he couldn't do it, and as a result, he was in such a dilemma, and it was uncomfortable no matter what. To be honest, it's really better to die like this, at least it's a relief for himself.
At the same time, perhaps for the princes of the alliance, this should be something worth breathing a sigh of relief.
Although Ma Teng was at war with Dong Zhuo, he must have known very well that Dong Zhuo was a difficult bone to gnaw, and after achieving his goal of forcing Dong Zhuo back and being contacted by the alliance of princes, he would temporarily stop; As for the alliance of princes, after entering Luoyang City, everyone's minds have changed.
I have to say that Li Ru's grasp of people's hearts is indeed in place, Lu Bu and Cao Cao had guessed before that he would choose to quit Luoyang City, and even take the opportunity to kill Liu Xie, just to provoke contradictions and disputes among the princes.
And now, although Liu Xie is still alive, I am afraid that Li Ru will also be a little unexpected, and some people are already so impatient that they want to jump out first when they are not a foregone conclusion, such as Yuan Shu.
Recently, this guy has been aggressively wooing the powerful people who once had such a living relationship with the Yuan clan in Luoyang, hoping to use their influence to complete some of his ulterior plans.
Since the Han Dynasty, the fourth generation of the Yuan family and the third duke, the protégé and the former officials can be said to be all over the world, and as the Yuan Shu of the Yuan family, the benefits that this background identity can bring to it are self-evident, but because he was in Yangzhou before, he was at a disadvantage in the local area, after all, the Yuan family is far from having a foundation in the north in the south, and Yuan Shu's vision, ability and popularity are indeed inferior to his brother Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, who makes his development similar to his background and even inferior in terms of his father's relationship, is much inferior.
But it's different when he returns to Luoyang, Yuan Shao is because Taoguang is obscure and doesn't know what he is thinking in his heart, so there is no suspicious action on the surface, Yuan Shu can't bear it, but I have to say that the connections left by the family are indeed useful, although now the Yuan Mansion in Luoyang has ceased to exist after a fire, and a new mansion has been built in situ, which belongs to a new Luoyang family that was actively invested in Dong Zhuo and is now the head of the Jiuqing Zhongshao Mansion.
However, this guy also has a strong eye, seeing that the three heroes of the Yuan Mansion have returned to Luoyang, in the early morning of the next day after the army of the Princes Alliance entered the city, the title deed has been returned, and the timing of the rush is very coincidental, it is when the Princes Alliance is in a meeting, it seems that this move is too reckless, but at that time, the three members of the Yuan family were present, but it was up to them to decide who would deal with this biggest problem, and finally under Yuan Shao's acquiescence, this belonged to Yuan Shu, after all, he was the eldest son of Yuan Feng, the former head of the Yuan family, Although Yuan Shao is now powerful, he is a concubine, and he is witnessed by the princes, so it is really difficult to compete with him on this point.
Perhaps it was also because of this ancestral mansion that had long lost most of the traces of the Yuan Mansion of the Third Duke of the Fourth Dynasty, which also made Yuan Shu's heart rise, and he gradually fainted, not knowing how many catties and taels he had.
In this regard, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others all watched it jump up and down coldly, and Lu Bu also began to carry out his own affairs, but it was not as high-profile as Yuan Shu, but it was always carried out in secret.
But he didn't know that even so, he had already caught Cao Cao's attention.
Cao Cao can't pay attention to it, this time the princes' alliance Lu Bu's table is really eye-catching, and his focus is not on attacking the tiger prison in Lu Bu or rescuing the two times in the palace, but on how to help Yuan Sun capture 100,000 Xiliang troops in Yuzhou.
In fact, Cao Cao also knew very well that on the surface, these nearly 100,000 remnants of Xiliang became prisoners of the alliance army, but in fact they were also a time bomb, especially since there was one more person among them who could detonate at any time, that was Lu Bu.
Cao Cao never thought at all, and it was impossible to think that Lu Bu would be associated with the 100,000 Xiliang army.
Although he got some information from Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, he only had some suspicions at the time, and the urgency of the march did not allow him to spend too much time thinking about this matter, but now he has more time to think, and he can also find out more specific news, so he naturally knows that it is not simple, especially for the series of strange battles in Yuzhou, what role does Lu Bu play in it.
Every time he thought of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a jealousy in Lu Buyou's heart, which was different from the previous two times when he was chased and killed, which was more subtle and worrying.
And Cao Cao soon found that his jealousy of Lu Bu would be on the table, because of the reward for Lu Bu that was circulated in the palace...... (To be continued......)