Chapter 16: The Storm Rises
After inquiring about the situation, Li Hao frowned.
Liu Shan stood respectfully below, his face full of caution and a little bitterness.
The wealthy Zhang family in the city has a lot of wealth, and it is also a family of eunuchs.
It's just that their uncle Zhang Xun, who was an official in the court, was executed not long ago for offending Dong Zhuo.
Now that the Zhang family has been destroyed, one has to wonder if it was Dong Zhuo's order. After all, since Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he has not done this kind of thing.
And this is the most troublesome place, Li Hao is now the captain of Si Li, and he has the responsibility of supervising the capital.
Now that the Zhang family is washed in blood, if he doesn't act, a crime of dereliction of duty will definitely not be able to escape. may even be pushed out as a scapegoat to take responsibility for the bloodbath of the Zhang family.
But Li Hao wanted to make a move, but he also had to consider whether it was Dong Zhuo's order behind it.
Otherwise, it will hurt the face of Dong Zhuo, who has already proclaimed himself prime minister, and the matter will only be smaller than dereliction of duty.
Compared with Liu Shan, Li Hao doesn't have so many worries.
Since taking charge of the position of captain of Si Li, Li Hao has never made any particularly big moves, and he has even turned a blind eye to the plundering of the Xiliang soldiers.
It's not that he doesn't want to make a move on Xiliang Bing, it's just that they did too clean before. And most of those people are miscellaneous soldiers, and dealing with this kind of miscellaneous fish really has no effect on the Xiliang army.
Li Hao opened his mouth and asked, waking up Liu Shan, who was in deep thought: "The Zhang family still has a living mouth, but anyone has seen the perpetrator?" ”
Liu Shan hurriedly said: "Yes, Zhang Cheng, the only son of the Zhang family, is still alive, and he recognizes the captain of the Xiliang Army among them." ”
Li Hao raised his eyebrows slightly, and said unexpectedly: "Since the Zhang family has been wiped out, why did the Zhang family leave the only son?" ”
Liu Shan's face was strange, and he said in a low voice: "They used palace punishment on the only son of the Zhang family. ”
Castration!
Li Hao's mouth opened slightly, and his face was full of astonishment.
The so-called palace punishment is the castration of a man.
Where do those people want to let the only son of the Zhang family live, they simply want the Zhang family to cut off their children and grandchildren, and be disgraced forever.
What a ruthless method, Li Hao said secretly in his heart, got up and ordered: "Go, go to Zhang's house with the captain of this school." ”
Zhang's family.
The once noisy courtyard was dead silent, and the thick bloody atmosphere spread far away, making people disgusting to hear.
When Li Hao came to Zhang's house, he found that he had far underestimated the ferocity of Xiliang soldiers, and even more so the ferocity of human nature.
Zhang's family is full of 164 people, and none of them were spared.
Whether it is a maid or a female dependent, most of the clothes have been stripped away, and somewhere there is a mess, and it is obvious that they were humiliated when they died.
What shocked Li Hao the most was that he found three young girls who were only seven or eight years old in the backyard. They died in the same condition as any other woman, disheveled, with blood soaking the ground.
A fair-skinned and immature boy of about ten years old lay on the body of a scarred young girl, weeping bitterly. Perhaps because he was so sad, his eyes were red, and his mouth was wide open but he couldn't make the slightest sound.
The grief-stricken appearance, as well as the dead gray eyes full of despair, Li Hao's heart trembled slightly.
These brutes!
His eyes were red, and for the first time he truly felt the destruction and disaster brought about by the military disaster, and for the first time he had doubts about the purpose of his crossing. Since I am fortunate enough to come to this era, is it just for the pursuit of power and immortality?
Perhaps, I should do something, even if it is within my ability!
"This is Zhang Cheng, the only son of the Zhang family, and the one under him is his sister. Hey, these brutes. Liu Shan's expression was complicated and he sighed.
Li Hao's eyes closed slightly, and he took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the volcanic anger in his heart. His face was extremely cold, and he walked in front of the young man in a few steps, and said coldly: "Hate? ”
Zhang Cheng looked dazed and speechless.
Li Hao continued: "Do you want revenge? ”
Hearing the revenge, Zhang Cheng's dead eyes were a little more shiny, and he bit his lips and nodded decisively.
"If you want revenge, come with me." Li Hao's face was extremely cold, and he turned to Liu Shan and said, "Order all the people and follow me to the camp in the west of the city." ”
Liu Shan's expression changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Captain Lu, I can't help it, I can't help it." There are only 1,000 apprentices in our company, and there are tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers in the west of the city. We, we. ”
His face was so full of urgency that he couldn't even speak.
Originally, Dong Zhuo brought into Luoyang only 4,000 Xiliang soldiers, but since taking control of the imperial court, Dong Zhuo has frantically increased the power in his hands. The number of Xiliang soldiers, which was originally only 4,000, has expanded to 60,000 in just two months!
The most important thing is that the Xiliang army has many cavalry, and the bare soldiers are far from being opponents in comparison.
Li Hao's expression was cold, and his eyes were like sharp blades, which made Liu Shan, who wanted to continue to dissuade, swallow with difficulty, and could no longer say a word.
He lowered his head and said tremblingly: "Subordinate.... Collar.... Commanded. ”
Such a big thing happened in the city, and it had already alarmed the patrolling lieutenant. So when Li Hao gave the order, Liu Shan quickly gathered four hundred soldiers.
Because Zhang Cheng was injured, Li Hao deliberately asked people to find a double shoulder, and the two soldiers carried him to the camp of the Xiliang Army in the west of the city.
Along the way, there were constantly soldiers and horses of the captain of Si Li, and when Li Hao came to the west of the city, almost all the soldiers had been gathered.
The mobilization of more than 1,000 soldiers attracted a large number of onlookers in the city.
"What's going on?"
"I heard that the Zhang family in the south of the city was wiped out by the Xiliang soldiers, and the current captain of the school, Lu Hao, wants to take the only son of the Zhang family to the Xiliang camp to ask for an explanation."
"Hey, just kidding. This lieutenant is crazy, and he dares to go to the Xiliang camp to ask for an explanation. ”
"Hey, isn't it, it's just a pity for this captain."
"Yes, the captain is such a good man. It's a pity, it's a pity. ”
The matter spread quickly, and before Li Hao brought people to the camp of the Xiliang Army in the west of the city, the news was already in an uproar in the city.
And as the largest military group in the city now, the generals of the Xiliang Army naturally got the news.
Xiliang Army Battalion.
Guo Yan and others gathered together, drinking and having fun, watching Mei Ji's singing and dancing.
Since Dong Zhuo took charge of the government, their identities have also risen, and they have been promoted from small lieutenants to generals, and the soldiers and horses under them have swelled like balloons. Originally, each person could lead up to a thousand people, but now at least they have become generals who command thousands of people.
A middle-aged general with an elegant face stroked his palms and laughed: "Haha, happy, happy, I want to see how the yellow-haired boy copes?" ”
This person is Li Dao, one of Dong Zhuo's right-hand men.
Guo Yan said with a smile: "That little boy hasn't made a move for more than a month, I'm afraid that he has already been scared to hide in the mansion and tremble." ”
"Hmph, if he's honest, I."
At this moment, an anxious noise sounded outside the camp tent: "General, it's not good, it's not good." Captain Lu Hao is leading the army to our army's camp. ”