Chapter 54: Dong Zhuo's Punishment
The overall situation has been decided, and Liu Meng and Lu Bu patted the horse in front of Dong Zhuo.
"Dong thief, I didn't expect it, Bu Nai was falsely thrown at you by secret order to wait for the opportunity, and today I will get rid of the thief for the country." Before Liu Meng could speak, Lu Bu preemptively spoke up.
Liu Meng was dumbfounded, who said that Lu Bu had no plan and only had the courage of a horseman? These words not only cleared up his recent betrayal of Ding Yuan and helped Dong, but also made it logical to say that this rebellion did not have to bear the infamy of the Lord again, Liu Meng couldn't help but sigh again that he underestimated the heroes of the world, none of these people is simple.
"Everyone in the world thinks I am a thief, and I formed a coalition to conquer me before, but the result, haha, they are all good but selfish people, although I Dong Zhuo is obsessed with power, but I am worthy of the Han family, and now it is nothing more than a king and a loser, and it is okay to call me a thief." Dong Zhuo said.
"Abolish the new emperor and kill the ministers of the court, and he still dares to say that he is worthy of the Han family." Liu Meng was uncomfortable listening to it, but he was also involved in the coalition forces, and the killing area of this discourse was too wide, obviously including him.
"Although I abolished the new emperor before was to deter hundreds of officials, but also for the Han family, I have lived in the land of Xiliang for a long time, and I know that the foreign race has always wanted my heart of the Central Plains to not die, how can Liu Wei be a king if he is cowardly, on the contrary, Liu Xie is young but quite emperorly, why is it wrong for me to make him a king? Kill the ministers of the court, and those who are stupid and loyal are also ministers? It's just an ignorant person. Dong Zhuo said disdainfully.
Liu Meng was speechless when he said this, this Dong Zhuo did not match Dong Zhuo in his impression, thinking about it, Dong Zhuo at this time seemed to be really not as evil as in history.
This also made Liu Meng a little vigilant, he always felt that his butterfly did not instigate the storm that changed the general trend of history, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the princes' discussion of Dong were all happening step by step, although the process was different, but the result remained the same.
But Dong Zhuo's words made Liu Meng feel that if Dong Zhuo hadn't done things too radically, which attracted a backlash from the clan and hundreds of officials in the court, maybe he would really have achieved great things, because Dong Zhuo was just in power leaning towards the government and the opposition, and there was no history of entering the court and not worshipping, going to the palace with a sword, and entering Luoyang did not condone the looting of the soldiers, and his reputation among the people was not bad.
Liu Meng guessed that this might be because he was stationed in the tiger prison, and Dong Zhuo was eager to eliminate him, not because Dong Zhuo had a period of stability in history that led to his increasing arrogance, which shows that his existence has affected Dong Zhuo's actions, and he has begun to change history, but this time the impact is not too great, and Dong Zhuo is still defeated by chance.
"It seems that relying on the advantage of the foresight of later generations will not last long." Liu Meng sighed secretly.
"Hmph, no matter how clever your tongue is, you can't escape death today." Lu Bu didn't care what Dong Zhuo said, in his eyes, Dong Zhuo was just a dying person.
"Haha, you think I'm saying this to beg for mercy? There is no one in my Xiliang who is afraid of death. With that, Dong Zhuo put the long sword in his hand across his neck.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I can't let you go back to your hometown to see that old mother, wife and children, it's Zhuo who has failed you and others." Say it to yourself.
Lu Bu saw that Dong Zhuo was dead, so he said: "Dong Zhuo is dead, you can avoid death by putting down your weapons and surrendering." ”
The remaining dozens of Xiliang soldiers were covered in blood, and they collectively put their weapons across their necks, and a tragic aura permeated the battlefield.
shouted in unison: "I have no one in Xiliang who is afraid of death. "Mass suicide.
"Bury these soldiers, these are strong men, but they just follow the wrong people." Lu Bu ordered.
Liu Meng also sighed a little, these Xiliang soldiers are all good men, if it weren't for the fact that the enemy army was in a state of death and did not retreat, the number of people was already small and powerless, and this battle was won by the army, and the army would definitely suffer heavy casualties, and the strong army in the world should not be underestimated.
"Wenhou, Dong Zhuo has been ambushed, we should pacify the people in the city as soon as possible and collect the soldiers, but don't forget that there are still 20,000 soldiers outside the city." Liu Meng spoke.
Lu Bu was about to answer, but saw Zhang Liao covered in blood and came to everyone.
Lu Bu was shocked, he asked Zhang Liao to take five thousand soldiers from the state to guard those soldiers outside the city, after all, those soldiers were only forced to surrender due to the situation, he didn't dare to put them into the battlefield so quickly, plus this time it was to attack Dong Zhuo, these soldiers would definitely fight back, but now Zhang Liao appeared here, which made him feel a little ominous.
"Wenyuan, what's going on?" Lu Bu hurriedly asked.
"Lord, thousands of Xiliang iron horsemen suddenly appeared outside the city, the last general can't resist the enemy, those soldiers mutinied, I have to fight to the death to come and inform the lord."
Liu Meng suddenly thought of the flying bear cavalry that broke through to the west gate, could it be that those cavalry wanted to go outside the city to rescue the captured soldiers and then enter the city to save Dong Zhuo?
Liu Meng hurriedly said to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, you should quickly put the soldiers on guard, it is estimated that those people will come to the city to rescue Dong Zhuo soon." ”
Lu Bu also thought so, and ordered the whole army to be on alert and prepare to meet the enemy, but they didn't know that the two missed the last chance to chase and kill this group of Xiliang soldiers.
It was the 3,000 Flying Bear cavalry led by Guo Yan and others who attacked Zhang Liao, this move was thought up by Li Ru, he knew that Lu Bu had collected all the 50,000 soldiers, and it was expected that he would not dare to throw these people into the battlefield, and he must have made people detain outside the city.
So he suggested that Guo Yan lead his troops to rescue, after all, 20,000 horses is not a small number, it is worth taking a risk, and besides, Lu Bu led the army to come, everyone is cavalry, and if he wants to leave without being surrounded, Lu Bu can't stay.
As Li Ru expected, everyone went around to the outskirts of the East Gate and found these soldiers, because the elite soldiers were all brought into the city by Lu Bu, and the formation of the soldiers was dispersed after just one round of rushing and killing, and the soldiers mutinied, and soon the five thousand soldiers of the state were defeated.
After rescuing the captured soldiers, Guo Yan and others also had the idea of going into the city to rescue Dong Zhuo, but they were stopped by Li Ru.
Li Ru said: "The morale of the enemy army is like a rainbow now, the 20,000 soldiers are not evenly armed, how can they be their opponents if their morale is low?" If you want to take revenge, you need to think long-term, and you must not be angry. ”
The generals are just the savior's heart, at this time, when they heard Li Ru's words, they also knew that what he said was true, after all, Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, if anyone wanted to rescue Dong Zhuo the most, Li Ru was the only one, since he said so, everyone naturally temporarily put their minds to plan for the future, and went to Chang'an with the soldiers.
Liu Meng and Lu Bu waited for a long time and did not see the Xiliang army appear, so they sent the scouts to investigate, and after a short time, the scouts returned, saying that the Xiliang soldiers were nowhere to be seen.
Although the two were puzzled, they couldn't catch up if they wanted to catch up at this time, so they ordered to pacify the people in the city and not disturb the people, etc., and then the two went to the palace together to meet the emperor.
When I walked outside the palace gate, I saw Wang Yun waiting there.
"This time it all depends on the merits of Wenhou and General Pingxi." Wang Yun bowed deeply.