Chapter 41: The Conquest of Zhang Jiao
The landlords and old fortunes gathered outside Nanyang Mansion and saw that Dong Zhuo was reluctant to come out to greet him, so they became suspicious, and some of them hurriedly said: "Dong Zhuo must have selfish intentions, and he refuses to come out to greet him, he must have bad intentions, we can't wait here stupidly, if he doesn't come out, we will rush into the house!" ”
"That's right! Let's rush into the house! Soon someone agreed, everyone was clamoring to rush in to find Dong Zhuo's theory, the guards saw that this group of people was emotional, they couldn't stop it, the landlords and old wealth were about to break into the house collectively, but at this moment they saw a team in the house fully armed pouring out, when the head of the general, nine feet tall, ape back tiger waist, big waist round, burly, like an iron tower standing in front of everyone, the landlord and the old wealth looked at it, this person is none other than Dong Zhuo's lieutenant Hua Xiongye!
When everyone saw Hua Xiong rushing out with some heavily armed soldiers, they asked, "Where is Dong Zhuo?" We're going to see Dong Zhuo! Get out of here! ”
After hearing this, Hua Xiong sneered: "Is my master the one you said you would see?" ”
"Yo ho! I said Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong! Who do you think you are? Yes? Aren't you just a dog next to Dong Zhuo? When did you get arrogant again? Yes? A landlord shouted to Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong was really angry when he heard this: "Today I will let you know how powerful Hua Xiong is!" Someone! Take all these people with me! ”
"Hua Xiong! Did you kid eat the gall of an ambitious leopard? How dare you do it to Lao Tzu? I'm not done with you! One of them yelled at Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong ignored it at all and continued to carry out his orders, and the soldiers soon surrounded these landlords and old wealthy, and then began to intimidate and drive them away, but how could they give in, Hua Xiong saw that these people did not move, so he ordered his subordinates to encircle all these people with ropes, and then tied them up and drove them
The lords and heroes screamed angrily, but to no avail, and soon the soldiers tied them all up, and then under the threat of knives and guns, the landlords and old wealth were taken away
Hua Xiong drove all the people into a courtyard and couldn't move. Fan Chou and Zhang Ji took this opportunity to lead their soldiers and horses to copy the house from house to house, and took away the valuable things when they saw them, and took them away when they saw all the gold and silver treasures, and took them away when they saw beautiful women, and soon scraped away these landlords and old wealth, and carried dozens of cars of wealth and women back to their homes, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji returned to Dong Zhuo with a full load of harvest, Dong Zhuo was very happy to see this, and took all the captured things into his pocket, so 80% of Nanyang's wealth was collected by Dong Zhuo.
At the same time, the envoy who went back to return to his life soon returned to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and presented Dong Zhuo's recital, and Emperor Han Ling couldn't help but be furious when he saw it: "A good Dong Zhuo actually dares to blackmail me, isn't this clearly talking to me about conditions?" ”
Zuo Feng saw that Emperor Han Ling was angry, so he recommended: "Your Majesty! At present, the Yellow Turban Army rebellion is gaining momentum, flooding Hebei, endangering Luoyang, if it is not eliminated in the bud as soon as possible, the consequences are unimaginable, Dong Zhuo has been in danger several times before and after, and there are many military exploits, and Dong Zhuo's army has been fighting for several years, the imperial court has not given food and salary, and it is all solved by himself, this time Dong Zhuo's face is nothing more than to let the imperial court give a certain amount of support, the minister thinks that the Yellow Turban is powerful, if Dong Zhuo does not provide support, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo will be difficult to support alone, difficult to defeat, Dong Zhuo's resonance to His Majesty is a matter of some personnel arrangements, It's better to stabilize his heart from it, and let him suppress thieves with peace of mind is the best policy! ”
Zuo Feng said, and after Emperor Ling pondered for a long time, he said, "Quasi-play!" I want Nanyang to give Dong Zhuo money and grain support! ”
In this way, Dong Zhuo completed two major events as he wished: first, the personnel appointment and dismissal that he had been brewing for a long time; Second, a large amount of wealth in Nanyang was seized, and it was also reasonably legalized. In this way, Dong Zhuo's power increased greatly, with an army of more than 100,000 and countless money and food, and soon his power was unprecedentedly strong...,
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but be overjoyed when he got the permission of the imperial court, he arranged the affairs of Nanyang to a certain extent, released all the landlords and old fortunes who had been tied up before, and then arranged for Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Niu Fu to go to Xiliang to take up their posts, and he personally led an army of more than 100,000 people to conquer Zhang Jiao Kai in Jizhou.
At this time, Zhang Jiao of Hebei and Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang and others successively defeated Lu Zhi and Huangpu Song, and their power rose sharply, constantly encroaching on the city of Dahan, plundering the prefectures and counties, flooding in Youzhou and Jizhou, and the momentum was unstoppable.
Dong Zhuo mentioned 120,000 troops in a mighty array, Zhang Jiao also raised 100,000 troops and Dong Zhuo to fight, for both sides this is a-for-tat decisive battle, Julu is Zhang Jiao's hometown, he is Xiucai was born after meeting Nanhua Lao Xian, get a book called "Taiping Technique" after careful study to understand a Taoist art called: five buckets of rice teaching, and then in the name of preaching, wantonly collect disciples, soon gathered all over the country large and small 36 parties, disciples claimed to be millions, after serious conspiracy, After the most Lu launched the Yellow Turban Uprising, Zhang Jiao was known as the general of Tiangong, launched an uprising in his hometown of Julu, unstoppable, Dong Zhuo's army and Zhang Jiao duel, Zhang Jiao called out to the public, but saw him wearing a golden hoop, wearing a burqa, and his head was scattered, and he was embraced out by the army in a four-wheeled car, and there were eight generals around him, namely Zhang Li, Lou Wu, Zhang Yan, Guan Hai, He Man, Deng Mao, Pei Yuanshao, and Zhou Cangsha is mighty.
Guan Yu as the first general under Dong Zhuo is also majestic, he saw the Yellow Turban Army on the opposite side, a piece of yellow pressure, at a glance can not see the edge, this duel of the Yellow Turban Army changed the two Yellow Turban Army he met in Yuzhou before, but saw that this Yellow Turban Army is neat, the army is mighty, neatly arranged, the weapons are strict, standing like a forest, if it is not for the yellow turban wrapped on the head, I thought it was the official army reappeared? It is true that the main force of the Yellow Turban Army is really very different from the formations in other places, no wonder it will defeat the imperial army of Lu Zhi and Huangpu Song, Guan Yu couldn't help but sigh when he saw this
Dong Zhuo jumped out of the horse surrounded by Guan Yu, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Li Su, Hua Xiong, Li Yan, and Wen Ping, and as soon as he came out, he was shocked by the other party's formation, where is this Yellow Turban Army! Is it clearly an official army, just looking at the appearance of this army, it is stronger than any army he has encountered before, Dong Zhuo regretted it at a glance, what do you regret? I regret sending Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Niu Fu back to Xiliang, and there is no good general around me! Looking at the fierce generals around Zhang Jiao, there is an obvious advantage in numbers, but fortunately, Guan Yu is there, so he will not panic in his heart.