A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 380: The devastation and evil spread everywhere, and the tiger from Jiangdong enters the world

March 5
Liu Xie, escorted by Dong Jun, checked into Weiyang Palace in Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo stayed in Bi Guiyuan in Luoyang, commanding the tens of thousands of Dong troops who stayed to fight against the Kwantung Allied Forces.

Since the capital was forced to move, Dong Zhuo directly used a large number of troops to drive away the residents of Luoyang, which resulted in a large number of people dying on the road.

Even Bai Ya, a veteran of the Four Dynasties, died on the way because of the poor migration conditions and the burning of Yuzhenfang. He could not bear the double blow from both inside and outside.

Not only that, most of the books in Lantai (the library of the Han Dynasty) were also lost on the way. Due to time and Dong Jun's merciless actions, most of them were lost on the way.

While burning the palaces, government offices, and private houses in Luoyang, Dong Jun took the opportunity to search for property. Not only that, Dong Zhuo also instructed Lu Bu to lead his troops to excavate the tombs of emperors, ministers, and ministers to obtain treasures.

As a result, most of the vehicles transported to Chang'an were loaded with gold, silver and jewelry, all of which belonged to Dong Zhuo. There were even cases where the classics in the carriages were dumped in order to load the treasures.

It is worth mentioning that in the chaotic state, the tombs of famous ministers and ministers of the Luoyang Bai family in the east of the city have rarely been excavated.

In addition to Lu Bu's deliberate protection, a few soldiers who did not believe in evil discovered that after digging one or two, they found that it was full of bamboo slips and pottery, and not even a light could be seen.

Therefore, all tombs with white tombstones were recognized by Dong Jun's soldiers as paupers, and the harvest they gained was not even worth their own digging efforts.

With that time, digging a few wild graves was more profitable than digging a large Bai family tomb. Then, when the Luoyang tombs were being repaired, a strange scene appeared.

In the cemetery full of potholes, everything with white characters on it was intact. The rest had their coffins lifted, and the belongings in the cemetery were washed away.

Not even the Tomb of the Emperor can escape. This story has been passed down word of mouth among the local masters, and there is even a slogan passed down from generation to generation in the industry: "It is better to dig an unknown grave than to open a Bai family tomb."

Because these are all lessons learned through hard work, Bala took great risks and robbed a Bai family's tomb. Inside, there were only bamboo slips and cloth that were untouchable, and the only thing of any value was a piece of jade.

Regardless of whether it is a large or small tomb of the Bai family, as long as a person of the Bai family is buried in it, even ordinary people will have a piece of jade, even if it is jade dregs.

And this piece of jade can only be found in the coffin, next to the tomb owner. Small jade scraps are worthless, but large jade pendants and other jade products that enter the tomb are of a specific style.

As long as you dare to take action, it means that you have dug the grave of the Bai family's ancestors. No matter where you are in the world, you will be wanted by all the Bai family members in the world.

Unless you hide in a deep mountain forest, or in no man's land, as long as you are in human society, you will be at risk of being discovered by the Bai family.

March 18

After entering Guanzhong, they saw that they were in an invincible position, and since Cao Cao's defeat, the Kwantung Allied Forces had become even more stagnant.

The only one who has some ambition and wants to rush into Luoyang is Sun Jian from the south, but after all, he only has one person and thousands of people. Even if Yuan Shu is added, Yuan Shu's ideas will be similar to those of the Guandong princes.

The support for Sun Jian was also temporary, which prevented Sun Jian from fully immersing himself in the battle for fear that one day, Yuan Shu would cut off his food and grass.

Because he was on an expedition, his territory, Changsha County, was too far away from where he was at this time, and he relied entirely on Yuan Shu's supply of food and grass.

Therefore, Sun Jian could only stop in the east of Liang County and confront Dong Zhuo's general Hu Zhen.

Now that he had no worries about his future and the Kwantung Allied Forces could no longer threaten him, Dong Zhuo was ready to make a fuss elsewhere.

Seeing that neither of them responded to the ultimatum he issued to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo directly exterminated the clan of Tai Fu Yuan Wei and Situ Yuan Xu in Chang'an.

When Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu heard about it, they were very sad. They ordered the entire army to wear white cloth on the spot to mourn their relatives who died in Chang'an, and reiterated their determination to oppose Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo's actions of killing the two Yuan clans, as well as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's impassioned speeches, also made the two Yuans win the hearts of scholars.

People all over the world regarded Er Yuan as the vanguard against Dong and praised them one after another. For a time, Er Yuan's reputation surpassed that of the Bai family and even the Liu family.

Some people believe that in today's world, only Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu can save the Han Dynasty, help the world, and calm the troubled times, so an endless stream of scholars turned to them.

Especially Yuan Shao, who was the leader of the alliance, had countless scholars who joined him like crucian carp crossing the river. The Yuan family suddenly became the head of the world's noble families. At this time, Bai Shi remained silent.

June
The Chang'an court sent an envoy headed by Han Rong, divided into two groups, to try to persuade Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to stop their troops, but Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu refused to listen. Instead, they killed all the members of the mission, intending to avenge their relatives who were killed in Chang'an.

Among the envoys, only Han Rong was spared death because of his high moral character and respect.

November

Dong Zhuo took advantage of the ice of the Yellow River to cross Mengjin and defeated the Hanoi prefect Wang Kuangjun who was stationed in Hanoi. This made the Kwantung Allied Forces even more afraid to advance and had been stationed in Xingyang.

On the southern battlefield, because he did not have any good military generals, Yuan Shu had to fully support Sun Jian's war, and through Sun Jian, let the world know his loyalty to the Han Dynasty.

So in order to support him, Yuan Shu appointed Sun Jian as the general of Polu and the governor of Yuzhou. In addition, the newly appointed pastor of Jingzhou, Liu Biao, announced his support for the coalition.

Therefore, in the same month, Sun Jian led the Yuzhou Army and Jingzhou Army northward, but was defeated by Xu Rong's troops sent by Dong Zhuo in Liangdong and retreated to Luyang.

Because Dong Zhuo had been personally directing the war in Luoyang, all affairs in Chang'an were decided by his son-in-law Li Ru, so after a full year, the Kwantung Allied Forces were still outside the Pass.

December

Dong Zhuo heard that Sun Jian wanted to gather his army to attack again, so he sent Hu Zhen, the governor of Dongjun, to lead troops to Luyang to fight. At this time, Sun Jian was drinking and laughing with his subordinates, when Hu Zhen's advance cavalry suddenly attacked.

Sun Jian ordered the troops to reorganize their lineup and not to act rashly, while he drank and laughed freely. When the enemy's cavalry increased in number, Sun Jian slowly stood up and left his seat, guiding the soldiers into the city in an orderly manner.

But when Hu Zhen saw that Sun Jian's troops were well-organized, disciplined and full of fighting spirit, she did not dare to attack the city and withdrew her troops.

The second year of Chuping
February
Sun Jian once again led the Yuzhou Army to march to Liangdong, hoping to attack Luoyang from Liangdong and attack Dong Zhuo's headquarters in Luoyang.

Unexpectedly, they were surrounded by Xu Rong, and the entire Yuzhou army was defeated. Sun Jian had to break out with a dozen cavalrymen and escape.

However, although Sun Jian suffered such a defeat and almost lost his life, he did not lose heart. He collected skirmishers along the way and occupied Taiguyang people. He was on strict guard and prepared to wait for an opportunity to fight again and humiliate them.

Yangren is located in the north of Liang County. This move is to cut off Liang County. Dong Zhuo heard this and hurriedly sent Hu Zhen as the Protector-General and Lü Bu as the Riding Superintendent, leading 5,000 men and horses to attack.

Hu Zhen and Lu Bu had many disagreements, but this time it was Hu Zhen who was superior to him. Lu Bu was unwilling for Hu Zhen to win, and hoped that Hu Zhen would be defeated by Sun Jian and punished by Dong Zhuo.

So Lu Bu secretly made a mistake and did not allow Hu Zhen's army to rest, making them hungry, thirsty, and demoralized all the way. In addition, it was at night and there were no fortifications for defense.

The soldiers had just disarmed and rested when Lu Bu spread rumors that Sun Jian led the soldiers in the city to attack at night. In the dark night, the soldiers did not know what was true and what was false. They fled in confusion, abandoned their armor, lost their saddles and horses, and were in great embarrassment.

Seeing this, Sun Jian in the city decisively took advantage of the situation and went out of the city to pursue him. Hu Zhen's entire army was defeated, and his subordinate Hua Xiong was also beheaded. Only Lu Bu was prepared and ran away with his troops in advance.

The Yang people won the battle, and Luoyang was close at hand. This battle also made Sun Jian completely famous in the world. He originally wanted to continue to march.

However, Yuan Shu listened to the instigation of his men, thinking that if Sun Jian occupied Luoyang, it would be difficult to restrain him. It's like getting rid of a wolf and gaining a tiger.

So Yuan Shu really became suspicious of Sun Jian's arrival and refused to deliver military rations to Sun Jian.

Sun Jian's army had no food and was extremely anxious. Sun Jian's station in Yangren was more than a hundred miles away from Yuan Shu's residence in Luyang. In order to win, Sun Jian rode a horse overnight and went straight to Luyang to meet Yuan Shu.

In Yuan Shu's tent, Sun Jian was extremely excited and drew on the ground, analyzing the situation and the interests of all aspects.

He said to Yuan Shu: "The reason why I am so dedicated is to fight against the traitors for the country, and to avenge my family's personal revenge for the general. I, Sun Jian, have no deep-rooted hatred for Dong Zhuo, but you, general, listened to the villain's words and actually doubted me. ! Isn’t it true that he is just an enemy?”

Yuan Shu was a little ashamed and couldn't calm down. He ordered on the spot to allocate military rations to Sun Jian's troops. After Sun Jian got the result, he immediately returned to camp to prepare for the offensive.

Seeing that Sun Jian was about to approach Luoyang, most of Dong Zhuo's troops were in the east guarding against the jujube coalition, and there was no time to mobilize them.

He had no choice but to send his general Li Jue to persuade him to marry Sun Jian, and promised to recommend and appoint them as long as they were among Sun Jian's children who could serve as governors or county governors.

However, Sun Jian refused: "Dong Zhuo has rebelled and overthrown the royal family. Now if he doesn't punish his three clans and show them to the whole country, I will not die in peace. Do I still want to marry him?"

Immediately ordered to march to Dagu. The troops advanced to a place ninety miles away from Luoyang.

When the Kwantung Allied Forces were still lingering outside the Xuanmen Pass and the Hanoi Allied Forces were defeated by Dong's army and returned, Sun Jian's partial army was actually able to defeat Dong Zhuo's army and capture Luoyang in sight. People all over the world are looking at this.

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Jue who had returned without success, and sighed: "The troops in Guandong have suffered repeated defeats, and they are all afraid of me. Only Sun Jian is very capable of employing people. I should tell the generals to take precautions."

Back then, when Sun Jian and I were fighting against the Liangzhou rebels in the northwest, I asked Zhang Wen for instructions, hoping to lead his troops to stay behind and serve as follow-up troops for Zhou Shen, just in case, but Zhang Wen didn't listen.

I wrote a letter at that time explaining the pros and cons of the situation, and predicted that Zhou Shen would definitely not succeed. In the end, he was sent to crusade against the Xianling rebel Qiang. He thought that in this way, the Western Territory would be wiped out in one fell swoop. How ridiculous.

I knew it wouldn't succeed, but I couldn't stop it. I had no choice but to lead the troops and set off. However, I saved a hand and arranged the supporting troops in advance. This caused all the six armies to return in defeat, except for me.

Sun Jian was following Zhou Shen at that time, and he heard that he had also proposed a plan to Zhou Shen. He was willing to lead 10,000 troops to Jincheng first, and let Zhou Shen lead 20,000 troops to garrison behind him as a response.

There is not much food in Bianzhang City, so they need to transport food from outside. What they are most afraid of is Zhou Shen's follow-up army, so they must not dare to fight Sun Jian easily, and Sun Jian's soldiers are enough to cut off their road to transport food.

At that time, if Sun Jian's plan had been adopted, Liangzhou might have been pacified, but it was a pity that Zhou Shen, a young man, was short-witted and had little plan, so he did not use his plan.

Zhang Wen didn't use my strategy, and Zhou Shen didn't listen to Sun Jian's advice, which ultimately led to the failure of the western expedition.

At that time, Sun Jian was just a small military commander, but his opinions were roughly the same as mine. It can be seen that he was indeed outstanding and his talents could be used! "

Dong Zhuo's subordinate Liu Ai complimented on the side: "Although Sun Jian often comes up with strange tricks, he is not as good as Li Jue and Guo Si. I heard that he led more than a thousand people to fight against the enemy in the north of Meiyang Pavilion and almost lost his life. Woolen cloth!"

Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "You know what the heck, Sun Jian was leading a mob at that time. His soldiers were not as good as the captives, and his combat skills were blunt. We cannot judge success or failure entirely. However, this time he followed Zhu Yuan Xiao'er, and he was really seeking his own death!" "

After speaking, he affirmed: "The only people with prestige and ability in this world are Bai Dian, Er Yuan, Liu Biao, and Sun Jian. As long as I get rid of them, the world will naturally obey me!"

Needless to say about Yuan and Sun Jian, Liu Biao occupied Jingzhou and was the main pillar behind Sun Jian besides Yuan Shu.

After Bai Dian failed with Cao Cao and did not join the jujube coalition, he had no follow-up food and grass support, so he had to lead his troops back.

However, he still gained a lot of reputation in the battle with Cao Cao and Dong Jun in Sishui, and was praised by people all over the world as the pillar of the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)