Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

However, facing Chen Gong's plea, Gao Shun, who looked ordinary and had a stiff expression, was not moved at all. He just replied again in the same tone and manner.

"Sir, I'm sorry to refuse. This order is not stamped with the seal of Marquis Wen, so it is difficult to execute."

This was the tenth time Chen Gong had heard this answer. No matter how eloquent Chen Gong was or how he used threats and inducements, Gao Shun always maintained the same attitude.

At first, Chen Gong thought that this was Gao Shun's excuse and he was unwilling to serve Lu Bu.

However, Chen Gong soon discovered that Gao Shun was pure rigidity!
He was extremely rigid. The reason he rejected Chen Gong was that the warrant Chen Gong held did not contain Lu Bu's seal.

However, in order to restrict Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo not only placed Lu Bu under house arrest in his mansion, but also took away all of Lu Bu's seals and tiger talismans.

Therefore, even if the order was written by Lu Bu himself, Gao Shun still refused to recognize it.

After these repeated conversations with Gao Shun, Chen Gong was almost furious.

However, in the absence of Lu Bu's personal appearance or the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry's tiger talisman, it was wishful thinking for Chen Gong, who had no official position, to mobilize the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. His only hope was to persuade Gao Shun.

But Gao Shun's rigidity made Chen Gong despair. No matter how Chen Gong explained or produced other things that could prove his identity, Gao Shun's answer was always the same.

"Without the seal, I'm sorry it's difficult to execute!"

Just when Chen Gong was gradually becoming desperate, Lu Bu, covered in blood, came over on his Red Hare.

When Chen Gong noticed this, he was surprised and asked, "Marquis Wen, did you come out alone to fight?"

"Humph!"

A sound came from Lu Bu's nose, and he looked down at Gao Shun while riding on his Red Hare, and said in a cold voice.

"Gao Shun, do you still recognize me as your master?"

Gao Shun saluted Lu Bu in a serious manner and replied, "My master is only Wen Hou."

Immediately, Lu Bu's expression turned fierce and he asked, "Then why didn't you execute my order?"

Gao Shun answered in a flat and rigid tone, "There is no seal of Marquis Wen on the warrant, so it is difficult to tell whether it is real or fake, so I will not execute it."

"Is it difficult for you to distinguish my handwriting?" Lu Bu continued to question.

"Handwriting can be forged." Gao Shun replied.

The next moment, the Fang Tian Hua Ji in Lu Bu's hand was placed on Gao Shun's neck.

Facing the Fang Tian Huaji that was still dripping with blood, Gao Shun's expression did not change at all.

"Are you really not afraid of death?" Lu Bu asked coldly.

Gao Shun's tone was still calm and rigid. "If the master wants me to die, I have to die. If Marquis Wen wants to take my life, there is no need to hesitate."

In this way, Lu Bu stared at Gao Shun for several breaths before he barely controlled his anger at Gao Shun for not coming to help.

Lu Bu was well aware of Gao Shun's loyalty, but he could hardly control his dislike for Gao Shun.

In particular, there was one time when Lu Bu was in high spirits and took the initiative to propose to try to break through the elite "Xianzhen Camp" trained by Gao Shun on single-handedly.

Then, when the "Entrapment Camp" led by Gao Shun abandoned the use of powerful crossbows, Lu Bu, who thought he could easily break through the 700-odd people, was directly defeated head-on.

In fact, that time, Lu Bu was dragged off his horse by four or five big men from the "Entrapment Camp" and pressed to the ground on the training ground, making him eat several mouthfuls of sand.

That was the most humiliating scene in Lu Bu's life, and it was also the reason why Lu Bu hated Gao Shun uncontrollably.

"I'll leave your head here for now. When the Japanese Marquis is in a bad mood, he will come back to take it away."

After Lu Bu retracted his Fang Tian Hua Ji, he spoke coldly.

"I'll leave it to you."

"Gao Shun obeys the order."

After Gao Shun bowed in response, he turned around and strode into the camp, quickly summoning the "Entrapment Camp", but he seemed to ignore Lu Bu and did not even ask what Lu Bu had done with his blood all over his body.

This action which seemed to ignore Lu Bu made Lu Bu's eyebrows twitch violently, and he almost couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

Chen Gong fell down and reacted, asking anxiously.

"Wen Hou, is it done?"

Hearing this, Lu Bu subconsciously raised his chin slightly and said, "With the Fang Tian Hua Ji in hand, how can the thief Dong not die?!"

Chen Gong was so overjoyed that he didn't care about anything else and spoke immediately.

"Quick, quick, give me a warhorse. We must return to Luoyang before the princes of Guandong. Whether you are a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty or a traitor, it depends on this."

"Why bother?"

Lu Bu said something, and with one hand he picked up Chen Gong, who was standing on the ground, and put him on the back of Red Hare.

Before Chen Gong was still confused and unable to react, Lu Bu said in a deep voice.

"Hold on tight, public platform."

Soon, the Red Hare moved again from being still, and quickly headed towards the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry's base.

For Bingzhou Wolf Riders, there are only two things they recognize: the Tiger Talisman and Lu Bu!

After Lu Bu appeared and gave the order, all the Bingzhou Wolf Riders moved quickly, following Lu Bu out of Hulao Pass and heading straight towards Luoyang.

The "Entrapment Camp" led by Gao Shun was composed of infantry and was almost completely left behind by the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

However, there was no trace of impatience on Gao Shun's face. He led more than 700 "Entrapment Camp" soldiers to maintain their formation and headed towards Luoyang in the direction of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

Less than half an hour later, the Allied forces launched a general attack on Hulao Pass.

Knowing that this was an allied force that would win the day in one battle, almost all the princes sent their most elite confidants to the battle.

Even Sun Jian, who had come to supervise the logistics during this period, personally led four of his family generals and the newly reorganized elite troops to attack the city.

As soon as the siege began, Hulao Pass seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

The death of Dong Zhuo caused the morale in Hulao Pass to drop to freezing point; the outbreak of civil strife caused the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to leave Hulao Pass one after another.

At this moment, inside Hulao Pass, apart from the elite troops led by Xu Rong, there were only about 40,000 elite troops from Sili who had no desire to fight.

However, Xu Rong showed the qualities of a great general. He quickly collected all the gold, silver and jewelry in the city and placed them on the city wall. He announced that "anyone who kills three people can get one gold" to motivate the elite troops of Sili.

He also ordered the supervision team to ruthlessly kill nearly a thousand elite Sili troops who were planning to escape in the chaos, and barely stabilized the morale of the army before attacking the city.

The Allied forces originally thought that Hulao Pass should have been captured in an instant, but due to Xu Rong's desperate resistance, it was held for five hours.

It was not until Sun Jian personally cut off Xu Rong's head that the victory of Hulao Pass was announced.

At this moment, it is already dusk...

However, almost all the princes made the same choice, dispatching cavalry to go ahead, passing through Hulao Pass and rushing to Luoyang at night.

There is no doubt that with the fall of Hulao Pass, there were many princes among the allied forces who had the idea of ​​emulating Dong Zhuo.

There were many people who witnessed how Dong Zhuo completed his identity transformation in a very short period of time and took control of the court in an instant.

It is for this reason that these princes are increasingly anxious to rush to Luoyang to gain the upper hand.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and other princes could not wait to hand over the infantry to their trusted confidants, and then led the cavalry through Hulao Pass and headed straight for Luoyang.

The saying 'He who slays a dragon will eventually become a dragon' may be applicable to this moment!

Liu Bei was not impatient about this. After Li Ji had made proper arrangements, he let Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, who had been waiting for a long time, set off quickly.

Liu Bei, with an attitude of non-competition, commanded the allied forces to clean up the battlefield of Hulao Pass, and then rested in Hulao Pass, preparing to lead the allied forces to Luoyang after dawn.

Luoyang was about to be in chaos, so Li Ji naturally would not take the risk of rushing there overnight.

Moreover, Li Ji secretly laughed in his heart at the thoughts of some princes.

Dong Zhuo's success was due to the right time, right place and right people. The young emperor was unable to preside over the overall situation, and the deaths of the Ten Eunuchs and He Jin, who held great power, led to a serious power vacuum.

Moreover, there was only Dong Zhuo's army in the entire Luoyang, so Dong Zhuo completely controlled the defense of Luoyang before anyone could react.

For the other princes to follow suit at this moment, that would undoubtedly be a pipe dream.

Not to mention that Lu Bu had already arrived in Luoyang first, even if the other princes were to restrain each other, it would be impossible for another Dong Zhuo to appear.

'More importantly, the current emperor Liu Xie has been rejected by his clan members...'

That night, at Hulao Pass where the smell of blood still lingered for a long time, Liu Bei and Li Ji looked towards the direction of Luoyang, each thinking about the situation that would follow.

And in Luoyang, there was even more chaos at the moment...

As the news of Dong Zhuo's death spread back to Luoyang, the Xiliang Cavalry stationed in Luoyang was in chaos.

Niu Fu, who was in a panic, didn't care about anything else. He led his trusted men to quickly escort Dong Zhuo and the families of the other Xiliang generals towards Hangu Pass.

In addition, it was inevitable that a large number of Xiliang cavalry appeared and planned to take the opportunity to plunder Luoyang and then retreat to Xiliang.

Burning, killing and looting broke out almost instantly throughout Luoyang.

Lu Bu, who led 40,000 Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to Luoyang first, did not care about anything else and went straight to the palace based on Chen Gong's advice, intending to control the palace's defense first.

Of course, in theory the best way is undoubtedly to control the entire Luoyang city defense.

However, Chen Gong was worried that time was running out, and secondly, he understood that if Lu Bu forcibly blocked the entire Luoyang and prevented the allied forces from entering, it would only make the allied forces work together to besiege Luoyang, which would be counterproductive.

Relatively speaking, 40,000 Bingzhou Wolf Riders are enough to guard the entire imperial palace.

When Lu Bu arrived at the palace, the entire palace was in chaos. The Xiliang cavalry could be seen everywhere, looting and raping people in the palace.

Seeing this, Chen Gong's face changed slightly and he quickly reminded him.

"Hurry, Wen Hou, we must find the emperor no matter what. The emperor will be the best amulet for Wen Hou!"

Immediately, Lu Bu gave a loud order.

"Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, each of you will lead 5,000 Bingzhou Wolf Riders to guard the four sides of the Imperial Palace. No one is allowed to enter or leave. No mistakes can be made."

"The rest of you, quickly follow me to search for the emperor in the palace. Kill all the Xiliang soldiers we see along the way!" (End of this chapter)