As soon as he returned to the Tiger Prison Pass, the generals saw Dong Zhuo's gloomy face, obviously very unhappy, but at this time, the coalition forces were still attacking the Tiger Prison Pass, so the generals hurried to meet the enemy, and after the coalition forces were repulsed, Dong Zhuo was ordered to convene the generals to discuss the matter.

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In Dong Zhuo's big tent, the generals saw that Dong Zhuo still had that gloomy face, so no one dared to speak.

After a long time, Dong Zhuocai said: "Now that the coalition forces are strong, the Tiger Prison Pass must not be held for a long time." If the tiger prison is broken, Luoyang will be in danger, Your Majesty will be in danger, what are your strategies? ”

Now the meaning of Dong Zhuo's words is actually obvious, that is, he is ready to abandon Luoyang, but no one dares to say this. After waiting for a long time, Dong Zhuo didn't see anyone talking, snorted angrily, and then looked at Li Ru. Li Ru understood and immediately spoke: "Today, Confucianism heard that there is a nursery rhyme in Luoyang City: There is a Han in the west and a Han in the east. Confucianism thinks that the 'first Han in the west' is the twelfth emperor from Gaozu Wang's transmission in Chang'an; the 'first Han in the east' is the Guangwu Xinghan in Luoyang, and Guangwu has been passed on to the twelve emperors, and the fortune of heaven has been combined. Confucianism thought that the lord should move the emperor back to Chang'an in order to be safe. ”

Dong Zhuo was naturally overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately smiled: "If it's not for you, I really don't understand." Benxiang and Feng first returned to Luoyang, told His Majesty about the matter, and then asked His Majesty to move to Luoyang. ”

Li Ru smiled slightly and continued: "Now that there is a shortage of money and food, there are many rich families in Luoyang, but they have not entered the government. When encountering Yuan Shao and others, killing his clan and copying his family will get a huge amount of money. ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he immediately ordered: "Li Dao, this matter is left to you to handle, and it must be handled properly." ”

When Li Dao heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Promise ......"

After that, Dong Zhuo ordered: "The rest of the generals, if there is a shortage of money and food in the army, they will go and prepare for it." However, before noon tomorrow, I will drive the people to Chang'an with my army to protect Your Majesty. "This is obviously to let the generals plunder the people and drive the people to Chang'an.

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he immediately spoke: "Lord, this is very inappropriate." ”

Dong Zhuo heard it and snorted angrily: "How is it inappropriate." ”

Zhang Xiu said: "Now that the coalition army is in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, if the lord drives the people to Chang'an, he will definitely move slowly, dragging down His Majesty's car, and if Yuan Shao orders the army to chase after him, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the lord and His Majesty." ”

Dong Zhuo heard it, but he felt that there was some truth, so he looked at Li Ru, who pondered for a while and said, "General Zhang's words are also reasonable. In this way, let the generals collect money and food in the city, and wait until tomorrow after His Majesty's car leaves, and let the generals burn Luoyang, so that Yuan Shao and others will definitely fight the fire and save the people, and then they will not send a large army to chase the lord. ”

After hearing this, Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "Wen Wei's words are reasonable, so the generals will only raise money and food in Luoyang, don't go far, so that tomorrow's army can't accompany them." ”

The Xiliang generals of Li Dao's family in the big tent originally thought that they could loot on a large scale, but how did they know that they were destroyed by Zhang Xiu's words, although they promised one after another, they all glared at Zhang Xiu angrily.

Zhang Xiu saw it, but he didn't care about it, Dong Zhuo's power had passed its peak at this time, and he would be killed in more than a year when he arrived in Chang'an. As soon as Dong Zhuo died, Lu Bu fled, and no one among the generals of the Xiliang army was Zhang Xiu's enemy, so Zhang Xiu was no longer afraid of offending these Xiliang generals.

After such a calculation, Dong Zhuo prepared to drive back to Luoyang, but Zhang Xiu said: "The main bus is protected by Wen Hou, so it is naturally fine." Xiu was afraid that there would be a small night near Luoyang to hear that the lord and the coalition army were fighting in the Tiger Prison Pass, so he took the opportunity to make trouble, and let Xiu lead the army to return to Luoyang for the main public road. ”

Although Dong Zhuo felt that Zhang Xiu was making a big fuss, Luoyang was now his sphere of influence after all, and how could he dare to make trouble. However, I saw Zhang Xiu showing his power in front of the pass before, and his martial arts were greatly advanced, no less than Lu Bu. Thinking that Zhang Xiu had been a little slow before, he decided to let Zhang Xiu take this credit so that he could win Zhang Xiu. So Dong Zhuo nodded and agreed.

However, Dong Zhuo would not have thought of Zhang Xiu's intentions, only to see Zhang Xiu immediately return to the camp to reorganize the army, let Xu Huang and Hu Zhen lead the most elite 5,000 cavalry to Luoyang first, let them return to Luoyang and prepare to say that Dong Zhuo wanted the generals to plunder the people, burn Luoyang, and let the people in the city go to the nearby mountains to take refuge. Zhang Xiu wanted to reduce the losses of the people, although he couldn't change the general trend, but he did it with the mentality that saving one person is one person.

After Xu Huang and Hu Zhen knew Zhang Xiu's intentions, they immediately led the army out of the camp and returned to Luoyang with all their might. And Zhang Xiu slowly swallowed the army, just in time to get out before Dong Zhuo's car was about to go out, and then kept reporting to Dong Zhuo that there was a problem ahead, slowing down the progress of Dong Zhuo's car, so that the Xiliang army behind also moved forward a lot.

However, Zhang Xiu's move only slowed down Dong Zhuo's car for less than half an hour, but Zhang Xiu was afraid that it would be too obvious and attract Dong Zhuo's attention. However, when he returned to Luoyang, Zhang Xiu obviously felt that Luoyang City was deserted a lot, especially the east gate of Luoyang City, maybe the people knew that Dong Zhuo's army would come back from the east gate, so they all avoided the other three gates.

Dong Zhuo, who returned to Luoyang City, obviously did not pay attention to this, only to see him hurriedly return to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and then immediately summoned the ministers into the palace after bathing and changing clothes. Zhang Xiu naturally knew what he was talking about when he entered the palace, and when he saw that Dong Zhuo did not pay attention to the people, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then returned to the camp that was originally stationed outside the city after meeting Xu Huang and others.

Before coming to the camp, he saw many people dragging their families around the camp, but Zhang Xiu said curiously: "How can there be so many people here?" ”

Hu Zhen heard this, but replied: "Back to the lord, after Fang Caizhen and Gongming passed the news to the people, some people were too late to run, and the rest of the generals' army had arrived, but they didn't dare to go again, so they gathered in front of our army camp and waited for the lord's help." ”

After Zhang Xiu listened, he sighed helplessly and said: "Alas, Dong Zhuo's cruelty caused the people to suffer, and my army must not take the people away." Gongming, Wencai, and you each led 10,000 soldiers back and forth to protect the people into the nearby mountains to avoid disasters, and now it is not yet summer, and there is a lot of food in the deep mountains, so that the people can stay safe before going down the mountain. ”

After Xu Huang and Hu Zhen listened, they promised loudly, and then led the army to escort the people.

Zhang Xiu left Zhang Ji to lead an army of 15,000 to guard the camp, and then asked Hu Che'er to lead 5,000 soldiers to prepare a hundred carts, and assemble in front of the palace an hour later. Although Hu Che'er didn't quite understand Zhang Xiu's intentions, he still complied. Zhang Ji saw Zhang Xiu's actions, but he said strangely: "What does Bo Yuan mean by this?" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and said, "Naturally, I was ordered to rob it." ”