Chapter 45 Tongguan Qin Lan's First Order

In fact, Dong Zhuo was not tyrannical by nature, but in that environment, he subconsciously acted because of fear. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

To put it in one word, it is, pretending to be strong.

Dong Zhuo has always been afraid, because he is not a fool, there are no people who have reached the pinnacle of power with his means in history, but most of them ended up miserably, so he chose a path that has no turning back, that is...... Kill.

If you are not convinced, kill.

If you are not satisfied, kill.

But as long as it is his own people, Dong Zhuo generally tries his best to win him over, so he indulges his subordinates to loot Luoyang and indulge his subordinates to do whatever they want, because only in this way will these soldiers who accompany him to fight for life and death continue to follow him...... In fact, before he entered Beijing, he led the troops very strictly, definitely a generation of famous generals in the late Han Dynasty, when he went to the Western Regions, the famous general Huangfu Song and the rest of the five troops were all wiped out, only Dong Zhuo retreated, and later led the troops to defeat the kingdom composed of more than ten people such as Ma Teng and Han Sui, if it were not for entering Beijing to seize power, it would not be inferior to Lu Zhi and others.

Therefore, if you say that in this world, who is most afraid of death, Dong Zhuo standing in front of Qin Lan is definitely one, he may not be afraid of his own death, what he is afraid of is that after his death, the entire family will be annihilated, and no matter what, Dong Zhuo definitely doesn't want his mother to send a black man to a white man before she is old......

Therefore, as soon as Jia Xu made a suggestion, Dong Zhuo decisively burned Luoyang and then moved west.

Therefore, after Qin Lan now said that he only had two years to live at most, Dong Zhuo not only did not continue to be angry, but suddenly calmed down.

"Son-in-law, do you mean that I will be defeated by the coalition army, and then the family will be exterminated and the corpse will be exposed?"

"In fact, because of your series of actions, plus the existence of Lu Bu and others, it will be difficult for the coalition forces to defeat you......" Qin Lan smiled, "I'm sorry, I can't say too much, it's that sentence, the secret of heaven must not be leaked...... However, now that I am married to Wenwen, I will naturally stand on your side, you can rest assured that I will find a way to help you...... and the Dong family, but I hope that you will trust me absolutely. ”

"Hmph, you are my grandson-in-law, the fourth generation of my Dong family, you can take over my hand now, I don't trust you, who else do you believe?" Dong Zhuo stood up and looked straight at Qin Lan, "I said before, what is mine is yours, no matter how much I earn now, it will be passed on to you in the end, so you look at it, I am old, and I am indeed a little powerless, and your ability, now I also believe it, so, and"

"Yes, Taishi" Jia Xu bowed down.

"From today onwards, you should follow the major general and do your best to help him...... My affairs will gradually be handed over to him to take over, and in two years, Yiwu should also be repaired, and I will unload everything and go back to enjoy it. ”

"Yes...... Taishi. ”

......

It is not easy for Dong Zhuo to make this decision, but the reason why he has been holding on to it himself before is precisely because he has no one under him who can replace him, and his younger brother is actually a busy person, who can enjoy happiness, but it is completely impossible to fight a war. There are not no outstanding talents under his command, but there are always shortcomings of this or that, and the most important thing is that no one can suppress Lu Bu, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others except him, although his sons-in-law are not bad, but Niu Fu and Li Ru have a few courages, and their strength is still much worse.

But now that Qin Lan has appeared, even the brave and incomparable Lu Bu has been defeated by Qin Lan's men, Li Dao and Guo Yan needless to say, plus Qin Lan is his Dong Zhuo's own grandson-in-law, and no one dares to say anything when he takes over his hand, plus Ma Teng is on the side to assist, I believe that after two years of training, with Qin Lan's ability, he can naturally govern this group of unruly guys......

Since Dong Zhuo had made up his mind, Qin Lan was naturally happy to see it come to fruition.

Now that Dong Zhuo has been convinced, then change starts now...... Of course, the little emperor is under control of his hands, whether it is Dong Zhuo or Qin Lan, there is no doubt about this, but Qin Lan means to let the little emperor have a little bit of the appearance and majesty of the emperor, at least in front of outsiders, he still has to make a show, at least to give him enough face, this is not for the little emperor to see, but for the people of the world.

Dong Zhuo then took Qin Lan's suggestion and took the initiative to give up the privileges of "praising and worshipping the name, not entering the court, and going to the palace with a sword", but respectfully knelt down to the little emperor in the court to show his loyalty...... Anyway, now the whole court is his people, what is not his final say?

In terms of national policy, Dong Zhuo began to put forward some practical strategies for governing the country for the benefit of the people and implemented them, such as reducing taxes, building schools, and building water conservancy......

The army also began a series of rectifications, Dong Zhuo summoned all his generals, and then informed them that what they had done before was to take advantage of the situation in troubled times, but now, everyone is the orthodox general of the country, and they must restrain their subordinates and no longer do looting.

Facts have proved that the people are the best at forgetting a group of people, Dong Zhuo's previous tyranny, after he made this series of actions, began to change, especially after the public disposal of a group of unlawless soldiers on the streets of Chang'an, most people believe that Dong Zhuo's previous behavior was just a chaotic era, in order to rebuild the country.

Of course, this is inseparable from Qin Lan's propaganda behind his back......

Dong Zhuo is acting positively, with Qin Lan behind him controlling public opinion, and Cai Yong, a highly respected person, who came forward to speak for Dong Zhuo, the hearts of the people in Chang'an suddenly changed...... Originally, the common people rumored that Dong Zhuo was a devil, maybe when he burned Chang'an, burned the little emperor and became the emperor himself, but now everyone is spreading it again, it turned out that it was because the eunuchs and relatives fought for power before, Dong Zhuo had to make a heavy hand for the country, and wiped out both sides, so he abolished the young emperor and set up the emperor, so he looted the rich people in Luoyang, because they embezzled the wealth of the whole country......

After all, Cai Yong was also very ashamed of Dong Zhuo's behavior before, and he never even participated in any of Dong Zhuo's activities, and only served as an official in the imperial court.

The reason is very simple, because Qin Lan found him, and Dong Zhuo also sent the dowry to Cai Yong's house...... Yes, Xiao Ji is also going to marry Qin Lan.

Qin Lan went to Cai Yong in private, and after meeting this scholar with a great history, Qin Lan did not talk to him about learning, but talked about Xiao Ji...... Why do you want to talk about her? This reason is very complicated, because he had to come to the court to join Dong Zhuo, Cai Yong thought that he might not die well, so he hoped to entrust his daughter as soon as possible, especially after knowing that his daughter had a heart, this matter was put on the agenda, originally Qin Lan was not bad, but now Qin Lan was recruited by Dong Zhuo as a son-in-law, so it is no longer in Cai Yong's consideration, it is obvious that once Dong Zhuo is finished, no matter how powerful Qin Lan is, he will also suffer from Zhu Lian.

Cai Yong has not yet determined who he will marry his daughter, but he has found some well-connected families through people...... These actions can't be hidden, and now Qin Lan, who is guarding Chang'an, can be clear as long as he asks a few times, so Qin Lan has to come to Cai Yong, otherwise he will soon marry Xiao Ji, and Xiao Ji's tragic fate will begin from here.

"You must not let Zhao Ji marry the Hedong Wei family. Qin Lan's first sentence after seeing Cai Yong was this.

"Why?" Cai Yong was stunned, how do you know that I am interested in the Wei family?

"Although Wei Zhongdao is an excellent student, he is a sick man, and he will definitely die of hemoptysis within two years, and Zhao Ji marrying him is tantamount to humiliation. Qin Lan glanced at Cai Yong, the reason you naturally understand, Xiao Ji is so talented.

"......" Cai Yong was silent, "How dare you judge the life and death of others?"

"Not only him, a few days ago I also concluded that Dong Zhuo would die in two years. Qin Lan shrugged her shoulders, "Haven't you changed a little now?"

"It's really strange......" Cai Yong glanced at Qin Lan in surprise, "You asserted in front of the Taishi that he would die?"

"Hah...... That's right, indeed. Qin Lan nodded very indifferently, "Lord Cai, you and I both know that Dong Zhuo's previous behavior was indignant to the gods, which will inevitably cause heaven's punishment, and you must have wanted to marry Zhao Ji out quickly because of this, but you are tantamount to sending Zhao Ji into the fire pit, although you are implicated in Dong Zhuo's death, but Zhao Ji has been tortured all this life because of this, and even the best people can do, are you willing to be in such a tragic situation?"

“......”

"Help me, let's change Dong Zhuo together...... He's just a kid who made mistakes, and we can correct his mistakes and get things back on track...... It's not too late, the Han dynasty can still continue, but once Dong Zhuo dies and Chang'an is destroyed, then everything is over, and the Eastern Han Dynasty will come to an end for more than 400 years. ”

“......”

That day, Qin Lan and Cai Yong talked a lot, and in the end, Cai Yong sighed, "Why did you become Dong Zhuo's grandson-in-law? The reason why I want to marry Zhao Ji is because she likes you now......"

Xiao Ji has a crush on me?

When Qin Lan heard the news, he was completely stunned, and then he stood up, "If Lord Cai doesn't dislike it, please entrust Zhao Ji to me, I will take care of her and not let her suffer in this life." ”

In fact, at this moment, Qin Lan was impulsive, and what he said didn't go through his head at all, once he finally found all the artifacts, he would leave this Three Kingdoms world, how to take care of Xiao Ji for the rest of his life? But sometimes, people are always impulsive.

There are many, many women in Qin Lan, so many that even he can't remember their names, but they always come to his side for various reasons, some are forcibly arrested, some get on the boat first and then make up the ticket, some come through other means, some are political marriages, and some are ...... Only no woman is so pure that she likes Qin Lan first.

Even Cai Yong's knows, so Xiao Ji's mind naturally doesn't need to be doubted.

Cai Yong sighed, but did not answer Qin Lan immediately, but two days later, Cai Yong took the initiative to find Dong Zhuo for the first time, and then they talked about something, and after that, Dong Zhuo asked the matchmaker to send a dowry to Cai Yong's house. There is no way, Qin Lan is now in the Dong family, and she is a member of the Dong family, so now these things are done by the Dong family.

However, Xiao Ji was finally officially allowed by Cai Yong to Qin Lan and was scheduled to get married a year later, when Xiao Ji was just fourteen years old.

Qin Lan is a person who joined the Dong family, and Dong Zhuo actually helped him marry another woman? This is indeed a bit incredible, but the reason why Dong Zhuo is willing is because Cai Yong said that if Dong Zhuo is really willing to change, he is also willing to help him with all his might.

It's quite a complicated story......

The good thing is that in the first year of Chuping, that is, in 9o AD, as Qin Lan expected, more than one person such as Han Fu of Jizhou Thorn History, Liu Dai of Yanzhou Thorn History, Kong Ling of Yuzhou Thorn History, Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi and Yuan Shao all raised troops against Dong Zhuo, but Cai Yong's student Cao Cao did not mix with the coalition army dominated by Yuan Shao this time.

Cao Cao's danger, not to mention that everyone understands it.

It's not that Cao Cao didn't want to go to war, but because of Cai Yong's letter, Cai Yong's big words were sprinkled with a lot of words, in fact, he told Cao Cao one thing, that is, don't you come to oppose Dong Zhuo...... No matter what the reason is, after all, he is a teacher, as I said before, in the Three Kingdoms era, the teacher's order was equivalent to his father's order, even if Cao Cao was unwilling, he must not disobey, not to mention that he was simply a small person at this time.

Although he had a very good relationship with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao could only decline Yuan Shao's invitation.

The reason why Cai Yong wrote this letter was naturally because of Qin Lan's instructions, although Cao Cao was inconspicuous in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, but because of this, he obtained the foundation of the exhibition, and now without this platform, even if it can be exhibited in the future, it will be many years later...... And in the original area, the only headache is undoubtedly Cao Cao.

But now, the person Qin Lan has a headache with is Sun Jian under Yuan Shu in Yangzhou.

This guy is worthy of being the tiger of Jiangdong, and he was invincible all the way west, and soon crossed the tiger prison pass and attacked the ruined Luoyang...... Of course, he couldn't get the jade seal this time, because after Qin Lan arrived in Chang'an, he sent someone to retrieve it from the well, and asked Dong Zhuo to return it to the little emperor Emperor Han Xian, and it was also this incident that greatly reduced the hostility of the ministers to Dong Zhuo.

Since Dong Zhuo had moved westward, it was actually useless to occupy Luoyang, but the combined army still made a big splash, and then Sun Jian led his troops to continue westward, directly attacking Tongguan, and to the north, Yuan Shao's coalition army also united with Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, and together they stationed troops in Heyangjin, preparing to cross west to attack Tongguan.

At this time, Tongguan was originally guarded by Huaxiong, but after hearing that the combined army was advancing westward, Qin Lan arrived at Tongguan from Chang'an and took over the position of commander, and also specially transferred Lu Bu, and also recruited horses...... Dong Zhuo originally planned to transfer Li Dao over, he thought that Qin Lan didn't have much experience in commanding the army, and he didn't think that he could resist the combined army, but Qin Lan insisted on taking the initiative to come, Dong Zhuo nodded after hesitating.

Standing on top of Tongguan, looking at the dense combined army below, Qin Lan couldn't feel it at all, he had seen too many battles along the way, and such a small scene was really ...... It's pediatrics.

Jia Xu stood behind Qin Lan and looked at Qin Lan, his heart was still very puzzled...... In the past two months since following Qin Lan, he has seen Qin Lan's efficiency and speed in handling things, as if everything difficult is very simple in Qin Lan's hands, in addition, Qin Lan is also very dissolute, often going to the Taishi Mansion to mess around with Dong Zhuo and a group of people...... As a confidant, Jia Xu is naturally in this group of people, but when he walks outside, Qin Lan is extremely upright, and he can interact very frequently with a big man like Cai Yong, and he is obviously a young man in his early twenties, and he should not have experienced any major battles, but now he is in command of hundreds of thousands of troops and horses in Tongguan, and he is facing an enemy army several times his own, but he seems to have no fear at all.

Especially later, when the combined forces were camped and prepared, Qin Lan actually sent Lu Bu down to call the formation......

Jia Xu originally planned to stop Qin Lan from doing this, once the challenge started, he couldn't stop, and his own generals were obviously much less than the combined army, once they kept calling for the battle, and there was no one on their side to fight, the loss of morale was huge, it was better to rely on the high wall of Tongguan and block them to the death.

But before his words could be spoken, Qin Lan opened his mouth again and ordered, "Huaxiong, where is Ma?"

"The last general" Ma and Hua Xiong stepped forward at the same time and knelt down on one knee.

Although the fourteen-year-old horse was still young, Qin Lan already felt that he could go into battle and fight, so he was given the position of captain to accumulate meritorious achievements.

"Huaxiong, I want you to lead 8,000 cavalry to cross the river from Weinan, via Feng Xiang, you must raid the Yanjin ferry in the east of the river within five days, but you are not allowed to fight, you can turn back after burning the grain and grass at the Yanjin ferry, and the horse will accompany you as your adjutant, and lead 2,000 cavalry to be responsible for responding. ”

"The Last General Commands ......"

The Xiliang cavalry is not famous in the history of the Three Kingdoms, and it is not even as famous as the tiger and leopard cavalry formed by Cao Cao, but in fact, the rumored strong tiger and leopard cavalry has been planted in front of the Xiliang cavalry more than once, and this is still in the case that Cao Cao has a large number of infantry auxiliary, countless fierce generals to lead the army, and countless strategists to make decisions. After all, most of the Xiliang cavalry are composed of ethnic minorities in the frontier, they have lived on horseback since childhood, and they are naturally good at riding and archery, and their individual combat effectiveness is very strong, and they can endure hardships.

The Xiliang cavalry led by Hua Xiong, especially the elite division, although there were not many of them, but this time it was a surprise attack, Jia Xu's eyes just turned and he suddenly made up his mind Qin Lan's plan, and he couldn't help but almost applaud.

At this time, the combined army with Yuan Shaowei had just prepared to move south from Yanjin Ferry to Hangu Pass to move the battle against Tongguan, these combined troops from Jizhou and Qingzhou, their supplies would eventually all converge at Yanjin Ferry, and the army had just run grain and grass but had not yet had time to mobilize, so as long as Huaxiong rushed in time, and then a fire......