Yuan Shao, who was secretly contacting the princes from all walks of life, immediately ascended to the top and shouted after receiving Yuan Kui's handwritten letter, and the princes from all walks of life rushed to respond first.

After some discussion, everyone finally elected Yuan Shao, who had a prominent family background and a strong reputation, as the leader of the coalition army, and then held high the banner of righteousness, under the banner of avenging the king of Hongnong, eliminating the thief and rejuvenating the Han, sharpened his sword and waved his army westward, and went straight to Luoyang.

Meanwhile.

Dong Zhuo, who stayed in Luoyang's Bigui Garden, also received news of the alliance of princes.

Dong Zhuo hurriedly ordered people to summon the generals to go to Bi Guiyuan to discuss matters.

Li Su, who temporarily served as a dog-headed military advisor, had been relied on by Dong Zhuo as a confidant at this time.

When Li Su entered the mansion, Dong Zhuo seemed to grasp the last straw, held his hand tightly, and said, "The Yuan family openly rebelled, how should we deal with it?" ”

Li Su tried to break free from Dong Zhuo's hands several times, but he did useless work without exception, and finally he shook his head helplessly, and simply let Dong Zhuo pull him.

When he first heard that the Kwantung Coalition formed an alliance against Dong, Li Su was also shocked by this news and panicked for a while, and after he came back to his senses, his first consideration was to think of a perfect way to get out of the way, but Dong Zhuo is not a fuel-efficient lamp, how could he not guess Li Su's thoughts? Therefore, when Li Su arrived, Dong Zhuo showed an extremely strong side, holding Li Su's hand tightly, and the implication was: Wen You is not here, I still need to rely on you a lot, if you dare to give birth to two hearts, don't blame the old man for turning his face and not recognizing people.

From Dong Zhuo's body language, Li Su had already roughly guessed Dong Zhuo's thoughts.

Li Su is a person who is not as good as the world's first-class strategists, not to mention the top strategists like Xun Yu, but then again, his ability to recruit the capricious Lu Bu naturally shows that he is by no means an idiot, and as a person who can leave a few strokes in history, he is by no means an ordinary person.

When Li Su heard this, he thought for a moment and said: "Su has today, all thanks to the grace of the prime minister, dare not serve his life?" ”

"In the opinion of the minister, the Kwantung coalition army is just suffering from ringworm, and the prime minister does not need to worry, he only needs to rely on Xiongguan to hold on, and when the coalition army runs out of food and grass, it will be the day when he leads the troops to retreat." Li Su said.

Dong Zhuo nodded thoughtfully, then looked directly into Li Su's eyes, and said word by word: "Now that Yuan's picture is poor, his rebellious heart has been revealed, we must not take it lightly, how should we deal with it?" ”

When Li Su heard this, he lowered his head silently, not daring to look at Dong Zhuo, but he said stubbornly: "Send people to Chang'an immediately, search for the Yuan clan, and kill all of them to set an example." ”

"Good."

Dong Zhuo nodded, and then sent people to Chang'an to kill the Yuan clan led by Yuan Kui.

After arranging the affairs of the Yuan family, Dong Zhuo remembered Hua Xiong who went north to search for Liu Wei and his party, so he frowned and asked: "Hua Xiong has led the army north for many days, and now it is the time to employ people, so recall him as soon as possible and follow me to the Tiger Prison Pass to meet the enemy." ”

Li Su nodded thoughtfully, and said: "The Kwantung coalition army is fighting the banner of avenging King Hongnong, which shows that they have recognized and accepted the established fact of King Hongnong's death. ”

Dong Zhuo nodded approvingly, then waved his hand to summon a personal soldier, and said: "Immediately take the old man's token, go to Jiangyi along the official road to search for the whereabouts of Hua Xiong and others, and after seeing Hua Xiong, let him return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”

"No."

The soldiers took the token with both hands and took the order.

Just as Dong Zhuo was deploying troops and strong generals in Luoyang, Liu Wei and his entourage were stopping beside the official road, looking at a mass grave more than 20 paces ahead with mixed feelings.

In sight, a little girl in ragged clothes and thin yellow muscles was digging a newly piled grave with her hands very hard, the little girl's nails had cracked because of the long excavation, and blood continued to gurgle from the cracks of the nails, and she seemed to be completely unconscious, still tirelessly digging the soil.

As the little girl digs the soil, she will check from time to time from time to time, as if she is worried that someone will come to snatch the fruits of her victory.

After a long time.

A corner of the straw mat was finally revealed in the dirt bag, and with a breeze blowing, the smell of the corpse's decomposition had even reached the noses of Liu Wei and the others with this breeze.

Yang Xiu silently tilted his head to the side and pinched his nose, obviously choking on the disgusting smell of this smell.

Liu Wei looked at the little girl who was forced to get up in a daze, saw that she took a deep breath, held her breath, and then squatted down again, she accelerated the speed of digging the soil, until she dug up the whole body buried in the soil, she finally stopped what she was doing.

Originally, Liu Wei thought that she had wasted so much strength, for the sake of the gold and silver in the tomb, but the little girl's actions were greatly unexpected by him, but seeing that the little girl didn't care about the pungent smell of the corpse at all, she lifted the straw mat wrapped in the corpse with both hands, and then took off the clothes on the corpse as quickly as possible, shook off the soil on the clothes, and then quickly put it on her body, then straightened up and looked around, and after she chose a new target, she quickly ran over, Keep repeating what you just did.

After the little girl left, several crows landed on the grave, and they began to gnaw on the carrion on the corpse, and from time to time they let out a shrill cry.

In this unnamed mass grave, where crows are swarmed and bones are strewn strew, many children about the same age as the little girl are doing the same thing in order to have a warm clothing before winter comes.

Since entering the realm of Jiangyi, Liu Wei's worldview has collapsed with what he has heard and seen along the way, and the world is much worse than he imagined in his heart, natural disasters, man-made disasters, and epidemics are constantly corroding the foundation of the Han Dynasty.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Wei sighed helplessly, and suddenly felt a sense of time in his heart.

"Chengdu."

Liu Wei called softly.

Yuwen Chengdu came to Liu Wei's side with a horse, and saluted: "The last general." ”

"Give them some food to eat, and leave them some more bedding." Liu Wei said.

"No."

Yuwen Chengdu drove a carriage full of clothes to the mass grave, looked at the vigilant people, and said, "This is the clothes that my lord has given you, you can divide them separately." ”

Seeing that everyone was in a posture of digging or planing, or preparing to pull out their legs and run away, standing there looking at themselves with a wooden expression, Yuwen Chengdu shook his head helplessly, picked out the clothes in the carriage one by one with a phoenix winged gold pick, and was still on the ground in front of him, sighing: "Take it and divide it." ”

Yuwen Chengdu said, beat the horse and returned to Liu Bian's side, so Liu Bian and his party went north.

After Liu Wei and the others left, the little girl and his party suddenly rushed up, snatched the clothes in the carriage, and tore the pack horse into a puddle of meat by the way.

When survival is challenged, even a skinny child can burst out with tremendous energy.