Chapter 69: Dong Zhuo moves the capital
But in the middle of this month, Dong Zhuo dismissed Huang Wan and Yang Biao as the second duke of Huang Wan and Yang Biao, and changed Guangluxun Zhao Qian to the captain, and the servant Wang Yun as the situ.
Zhao Qian may not be familiar with Wen Chou, but Wang Yun is familiar with Wen Chou, and Wen Chou still maintains a sense of respect for this big man who killed Dong Zhuo in later generations.
Now Dong Zhuo is in charge of the court, Wang Yun, Xun Shuang and Dong Zhuo are not the same way, so now they can be the three dukes, but Dong Zhuo is just in order to win over the scholars, in fact, the day is not safe, and I don't know how long I can stay in the position of the three dukes, but these are not Wen Chou's participation, only Xun Shuang's safety, Wen Chou Xing will look at Xun Yu and Xun Yan's face, and pay a little attention to one or two.
Along with this news came another piece of news.
Dong Zhuo wanted to move the capital, and there were many opponents in the court, including Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate, and Zhou Bi, the captain of the overseer, who were also among them. He scolded Wu Qiong and Zhou Bi: "Zhuo Chu entered the court, and the two monarchs persuaded him to use good soldiers, so Zhuo obeyed, but after these people arrived, they all raised troops to plot, this is the two of you betraying me, what am I sorry for you!" Then Wu Qiong and Zhou Bi were beheaded.
This is what happened on the twentieth of this month.
After Wu Qiong and Zhou Bi were killed, Yang Biao and Huang Wan, who had also resolutely admonished Dong Zhuo before,ββ felt frightened that the reason why the two of them were removed from the public position by Dong Zhuo was actually because the two of them opposed the relocation of the capital.
Dong Zhuo has been in Luoyang since he arrived, although he is a soldier and has power in the court, but he also knows that his foundation in the court and the local government is too shallow, and if he does not get the support of the scholars, it will never work. So he has been self-denying and forbearing, on the one hand, he does not give his cronies the generals too high official titles, at most he worships a lieutenant general, on the other hand, he does everything possible to show goodwill to the scholars, and gives the important position of the minister to the famous scholars, but now he has killed Zhou Yu and Wu Qiong because of his anger of resentment. This will inevitably ruin his previous efforts, and it will also be greatly detrimental to his move to the capital and fight against the Kwantung coalition army, so he also regretted it afterwards, and saw Huang Wan and Yang Biao come to apologize in person, although he didn't wait to see these two people, but he also held back his temper and dealt with it with good words, but instead of cleaning them up. On the contrary, he also referred to the two of them as doctors of Guanglu.
Hearing about these recent events in the DPRK and China, Wen Chou sighed unconsciously.
Tian Feng, Tian Chou, and Xun Yu were also on the side, and they also sighed.
Wen Chou sighed: "The original can be the Bohai Taishou, and the power of Deyu is also, if there is no Deyu, maybe there will be no today's Kwantung rebels." Now that the volunteers are all rising, we are waiting for the army to fight against Dong soon, and Deyu will die first. He died before he left the school, which made the hero cry. "Again." Zhou Inspector Jun and Dong Zhuo are in the same state, and they are deeply loved by Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo is in power in the court, he is rich and noble, and he has reached it early, but he upholds righteousness. With Dong Zhuoxu and the snake, his heart is towards the Han family, such a righteous man, he did not hesitate to die, and Deyu died one day. Within a day. Death two heroes, what a pity! Outside the tent, he commanded, "Set up an altar, prepare sacrifices, and gather the captains of all departments, and I will sacrifice these two kings." "Deyu, Wu Qiong's words are also.
There is a saying: the mourning soldiers will win. Although most of Yan Liang and others didn't know who these two people were, as Wen Chou's generals, seeing Wen Chou's grief and being affected by it, they would inevitably breathe a sigh of relief, and just as they were influenced by Wen Chou, the middle and lower officers in their department would also be affected by them, and then the soldiers would also be affected. Before the battle, the morale of the troops was boosted.
Not long after paying tribute to Wu Qiong and Zhou Bi, a few days later, another news came from Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo first dismissed Huang Wan and Yang Biao from their public positions, and then killed Wu Qiong and Zhou Bi, showing his determination to move the capital to Chang'an.
Although Chang'an is the former capital of the Han Dynasty, but now it is far less rich than Luoyang, while the car is moving westward, one is to raise military expenses, and the other is to boost the morale of the soldiers.
Dong Zhuo knew that the Kwantung coalition army was powerful, and its soldiers and horses might not be fine, but all the people and horses came from various states, which was almost equivalent to most of the states and counties in the world were fighting against him, but the potential for war was great, only with Luoyang alone, he might be able to defeat for a while, but it would be difficult to support sooner or later, so he wanted to move the imperial court to Chang'an, and because of this, it was not only to enrich the population of Chang'an, but also to avoid making the Kwantung coalition army take advantage of the "advantage" after it was difficult to hold Luoyang and had to go west to Chang'an, he plundered the rich households in the city, He also drove the remaining Luoyang residents to the next millions, so that they migrated to Chang'an, and sent foot horses to drive behind the people, horses trampled on people, millions of people crowded each other, the tragic situation was innumerable, plus hunger and looting, the people kept dying, and the corpses were piled up along the way.
The Son of Heaven and most of the courtiers moved to Chang'an, and the people were also moved to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo did not follow, there were hundreds of thousands of Kwantung coalition soldiers eyeing him, although there has been no active attack all the way, but he can't just leave, it is okay to break off, first fight a few battles with the coalition army, try their reality or not, he has to stay in Luoyang and command the troops.
The same reason as the reason why he moved the people to Chang'an, in order not to cheapen the Kwantung coalition army, he ordered his subordinates to set fire to the palaces, official mansions and people's residences inside and outside the city, within 200 miles, the houses were destroyed, and the chickens and dogs were not left, and he ordered LΓΌ Bu to lead his troops to dig up the tombs of the emperors and the cemeteries of the officials below the ministers, collect treasures, so as to further enrich the military expenses, and once again disperse the wealth to boost the morale of the soldiers.
Although the volunteers of Sujube and Hanoi did not attack in a big way, they were not all sitting still, and when they heard that the imperial court moved westward, many princes sent out small branches of soldiers and horses to bypass the checkpoint and sneak to Luoyang to take a closer look, some soldiers were caught by Dong Zhuo's troops, Dong Zhuo ordered people to wrap these Shandong soldiers with more than ten pieces of cloth coated with lard, and then set fire to them from their feet and burn them to death.
After the Wen scandal was born, the imperial court moved westward, and dozens of cavalry were also sent to Luoyang to watch from afar.
Two days later, the cavalry returned, reporting what they had seen and heard.
When Wen scandalized the tragic migration of the people they saw, his heart was sad and sad, he closed his eyes for a long time, and said in his heart: "I still can't prevent this tragic scene from happening." The rebellion between the DPRK and China was all due to the struggle for power among eunuchs, scholars, and warriors, so what did they have to do with the people? How innocent are the people? How innocent are the people? And it was so difficult! Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer. Wow, through the ages, the generations have prospered, and the only people who can get rich and noble are those who are nobles, what is the difference for thousands of people? It's like a long night, endless. I thought of the afterlife, and thought, "How many people can really care about the people and share the weal and suffering with all the people?" For thousands of years, there has been only a human ear. β
At this time, it was already early March, and the day of the agreed army was not far away.
Wen Chou collected his grief and invited Sun Jian and others to discuss the matter of sending troops.
These days, Wen Chou's subordinates are stepping up their drills, Sun Jian and others' subordinates are not idle, they are all performing every day, Wen Chou has thought of some ways to boost morale, Sun Jian and others have also used various methods to mobilize the fighting spirit of the soldiers, or to lure the famous lords, or to reward them with goods, or to provoke them with righteousness, or through repeated declarations of military law to make the soldiers afraid, so that they will not dare to fight in the future.
Although the strategy and general tactics after the dispatch of troops have been decided, there are still many things to be agreed upon when it comes to the details of the troops, such as the order before and after the troops and horses are deployed, such as the supply of military supplies such as grain and straw, such as the coordination of operations between various units after receiving the enemy, and so on.
Hearing that Wen Chou and others had been discussing the matter of sending troops for days, Kong Ling, who had long known that Wen Chou, Sun Jian and others were going to attack Dong Zhuo with Cao Cao, was overjoyed. His joy was not because Wen Chou and the others dared to take the initiative to attack, but because he felt that Wen Chou and the others were killing themselves by sending troops this time.
He said to Luo Tao, who was close to him: "At the moment, if the heroes rise up in the army, if all roads go hand in hand, there may be a chance of victory." Now the car rides Tun Hanoi, after the general Tun Nanyang, the bridge Mao Zhugongtun sour jujube, all roads have strong soldiers, more than hundreds of thousands, less than tens of thousands, and none of them are willing to enter the army, the car cavalry is the leader of the alliance, and the garrison does not move, but the civil and military Meng, Sun Hou actually want to join Zhang and Cao to march together, once they go out of Yingchuan, it will definitely attract Dong Zhuo's blow, with Dong Zhuo's soldiers are fierce, this way to die. It's ridiculous that the other lieutenants in the state and county have abandoned me and obeyed them, and those who don't know the current situation are also. Zhuqing, just sit with me and wait for their defeat. β
Luo Tao is Nuonuo.
Among the credible engagements under Kong Ling's hands, Luo Tao is the most courageous one, some time ago, when Kong Ling was driven out of the Yingchuan County Government by Sun Jian, he alone dared to stand up for the sword to protect the lord, as Wen Chou thought earlier, although he was not amazing, he was bold. Because Kong Ling is a chief official, he listened to Kong Ling's words, and said in his heart: "It is precisely because all roads are not advancing according to the army, so as today, Luoyang is burned, but the allied forces of all roads still have no intention of marching!" Everyone's contempt! Only Wenwu Meng, Sun Hou, Zhang, and Cao can be called heroes, and the captains of the schools are from the civil and military forces, which can also be described as heroes. β
However, Luo Tao is a loyal person, since he has Kong Ling's credit, he is bent on serving Kong Ling, so although he does not agree with Kong Ling's words, he secretly praises Wen Chou and Sun Jian, and feels that those school captains and others have done the right thing, but he has no intention of leaving Kong Ling and switching to Wen Chou.
However, at present, the military heart of the Yuzhou army is already in chaos, and if Wen Chou returns from victory, it will be clear to whom the military heart and the people's heart will be, and the reduction of Kong Yuzhou's power is a foregone conclusion, and it is not something that Luo Tao can control. (To be continued......)