I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 86 Making Dong Zhuo Blind and Deaf
Luoyang, White Horse Temple in the west of the city.

It was late at night and the temple was deserted. Only the cold wind blew the branches and leaves of the big trees outside the window, and a few creepy whistles could be heard from time to time.

In the Main Hall, in front of the bronze Buddha statue, Xuan Fan clasped his hands together and knelt with his knees bent, obviously worshiping the Buddha with all his heart.

Suddenly, the palace door was pushed open from the outside.

A person walked in slowly, and the lights on the candlesticks flickered.

The cold wind blew into the hall, and Xuan Fan suddenly felt a chill down his spine. Without turning back, his expression was slightly displeased: "Didn't I tell you not to disturb me when I'm worshipping Buddha?"

However, the answer he got was not from his subordinates, but a mocking voice: "So someone like you would also want to ask for Buddha's blessing."

Xuan Fan was startled when he heard the sound, but his slightly fat body was as nimble as a mountain cat. He suddenly jumped up from the ground, turned around, and drew his sword in one go. It was obvious that he was very skilled.

"It's you!"

Xuan Fan recognized Wang Jing.

Compared to Xuan Fan's full alertness, Wang Jing, with his hands behind his back, seemed to be able to handle the situation with ease.

Wang Jing stood there leisurely, his eyes calm and composed. He looked at Xuan Fan and sighed slightly, "Why would you work for someone like Dong Zhuo? Is it worth it?"

For the sake of power, Xuan Fan scoffed at Wang Jing's words: "Marquis Qi was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan. How can he know how difficult it is for a person of humble origin like me to establish myself in the light?"

Wang Jing raised his lips in disdain: "Do you want light or power?"

Now that he knew that the person who secretly recruited all of Yuan Shao's former subordinates was Wang Jing, Xuan Fan knew that this matter would not end well. Xuan Fan even understood that Wang Jing was here to kill people to silence them.

But Xuan Fan was not afraid, because he did not come alone today.

Moreover, Xuan Fan was very dissatisfied with Wang Jing: "Does it make any difference? Now that the Han Dynasty is about to fall, who among the heroes in the world is not ambitious? Which of you descendants of the family is not in a high position? Who of you doesn't have your own army and wants to dominate the world by force? Why don't you allow me, Xuan Fan, to stand out?"

Obviously, Xuan Fan did not think that he would lose to anyone. He also wanted to be successful and famous, and wanted to obtain a higher status and greater power.

So what if Dong Zhuo was a powerful official?

As long as he is willing to use me, that's enough!

Wang Jing looked at Xuan Fan coldly: "I'm afraid this light is too dazzling and you can't bear it."

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door. It was Xuan Fan's followers and men who came down. They shouted in panic, "Sir, it's bad! A large group of people has surrounded the White Horse Temple!"

"what!"

Xuan Fan was so frightened that his legs went weak, his head was spinning, and he almost fainted.

The group entered the hall and saw Wang Jing. They immediately drew their swords and asked, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

Xuan Fan also came back to his senses and glared at Wang Jing with hatred: "You actually have an ambush in Luoyang City?"

Wang Jing showed a playful smile: "How could I really take risks alone? Since I dare to show up in front of you, I must make sure that you can't go back and inform Dong Zhuo."

At this moment, outside the White Horse Temple, more than a hundred soldiers surrounded the place.

When Wang Jing left Luoyang, he did not take with him the 700 elite soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp led by Gao Shun. Instead, he left this ace army in Luoyang in case of emergency.

It really comes in handy right now.

Outside the White Horse Temple, there was a lot of noise. More than a hundred elite soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp, holding black iron swords and wearing cold iron armor, surrounded the first ancient temple in China, which was revered as the "ancestral temple" and "source of Buddhism" in later generations, with three layers of surrounding inside and outside.

Seeing that they were about to be trapped, Xuan Fan knew that there was no chance of escape, and his eyes suddenly became desperate and crazy: "Wang Jing, aren't you afraid of alerting the Grand Tutor and being surrounded and killed by the army?"

Wang Jing heard this and smiled contemptuously: "Dong Zhuo has no time to bother me now. As long as you die, I will pin the blame on the Runan Yuan family, so your death will be in vain."

Xuan Fan's face instantly turned ferocious: "As long as I capture you, I still have a chance of survival!"

"Do it!"

At Xuan Fan's command, his followers attacked with all their strength, and the long swords in their hands formed a combined attack formation. The dense sword lights intertwined, like a dragnet, covering Wang Jing and leaving him nowhere to escape.

Wang Jing had nowhere to escape, but he didn't need to escape.

He just stood still, without dodging or evading, and punched the "sword net" that was about to approach him.

Suddenly, it seemed as if a sun was rising in the same place.

And the violent power also erupted in Wang Jing's body, like a rushing river or a mountain torrent, carrying with it an unstoppable force, which immediately broke the extremely sophisticated siege of Xuan Fan and others!

No matter how tight your net is, it can't match my unrivaled force!
The scorching sun of the Nine Refinements of True Yang!
The strengthened motor system gave Wang Jing extremely powerful physiological functions. His muscles, his bones, and the surging blood in his body, under orderly scheduling, continuously accumulated strength.

Boom~
Wang Jing's shocking punch shattered the sword net in an instant. All those who participated in the siege were repelled by the huge force. The long swords in their hands broke, and the palms holding the hilts were cracked directly, and blood flowed continuously.

Xuan Fan looked at Wang Jing with an expression of disbelief: "How is this possible?!"

The person in front of me is only in his early twenties, how could he be so strong?

Could it be that it is really the reincarnation of the Overlord?
This doesn’t make any sense!
The martial arts level displayed by Wang Jing at this moment has far exceeded the scope of his peers. In Xuan Fan's view, it is simply incredible and unreasonable.

Everything he saw shocked Xuan Fan's soul, and he lost his mind for a moment.

After the punch, Wang Jing said to Xuan Fan in a mocking tone: "Any last words?"

"Come on!"

Xuan Fan, however, had no intention of continuing the fight and turned around to run for his life. With a few leaps, he was about to climb over the temple wall and disappear into the night.

But Wang Jing has already shown up, so how could he let these people leave alive?

Once Wang Jing used the Six Wings Riding the Wind technique, he was as fast as a wild goose, soaring into the air in just a few breaths. He caught up with Xuan Fan and punched him with his hand.

The punch, as powerful as a raging wave, hit Xuan Fan on the back, breaking his spine and causing him to spit out a mouthful of dirty blood mixed with fragments of internal organs all over the ground.

"Wang Yuanxu... don't be so proud... the Grand Tutor... will avenge me..."

Wang Jing stepped forward and delivered another punch, breaking Xuan Fan's neck. Then the battles in other directions ended quickly. The soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp trained by Gao Shun were good at fighting in formation. The Ti cavalry under Xuan Fan were no match at all and were killed in a few moments.

In order to hide his identity and not expose his whereabouts, Wang Jing did not even use the Chunjun Sword this time. He just used his fists to kill the man.

After counting the number of people, Gao Shun came to report: "General, there are thirty-two people in total, all have been dealt with."

"Well, you take the people away first, and I'll lead the pursuers away."

The sound of fighting alarmed Dong Zhuo. Fearing that something might happen to Xuan Fan, he immediately sent the East County Governor Hu Zhen to the White Horse Temple to help capture the thief.

When Hu Zhen led his men to kill them, all he got were useless corpses. He was immediately furious: "The thief must be nearby. We must dig the ground three feet to find him. Search him!"

The abbot of the temple was from Kushan. He put his hands together and stepped forward to stop Hu Zhen: "Wait a minute, Governor. The White Horse Temple is a quiet place. You must not use weapons, lest you blaspheme the Buddha and bring disaster upon yourself."

As a result, Hu Zhen stepped forward with a sword in hand, chopped off the host's head, and said with an angry smile: "How dare you harbor an assassin? What a bullshit peaceful place! I will never be threatened by anyone, not even the Buddha! Raze this place to the ground and search it inch by inch!"

Suddenly, the monks of the White Horse Temple and the merchants from the Kushan Empire all suffered and died in the fighting.

The solemn and dignified temple was eventually burned down. The fire burned for seven days and reduced the place to ashes.

But the real murderer that Dong Zhuo wanted to catch had already ridden his horse and fought his way out of the encirclement to the north alone. After leaving behind more than 200 bodies of Xiliang soldiers, he sped away.

When Dong Zhuo learned about this, he was so angry that he scolded Hu Zhen on the spot, but he could only be furious.

At three o'clock in the morning, outside the western suburbs of Luoyang City, a burst of hurried horse hooves sounded, breaking through the darkness.

Outside the manor, the lurking sentry saw the face of the visitor clearly through the moonlight, and immediately imitated the call of a partridge, giving the signal to let him go.

The door opened wide and dozens of secret guards with swords surrounded them.

"Welcome my lord!"

"Thank you for your hard work on the late night duty."

Wang Jing got off his horse, and there was a strong smell of blood on his body, obviously he had just been in a fierce battle. Xun You came out of the house wearing a bearskin cloak, and looked at Wang Jing with a slightly blaming look: "My lord, didn't we agree to send Xiaoming to lead the troops to encircle and kill them? Why do you want to take the risk?"

"Ah, it's Gongda, are you still awake at this late hour?"

Wang Jing laughed out loud, trying to get away with it.

Xun You was not willing to give in, and stepped forward to persuade him: "My lord, you are the leader of an army, shouldering the heavy responsibility of saving the world. How can you act so recklessly? Don't you know that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall?"

Wang Jing wanted to test his own strength, but he also understood that what Xun You said made sense, so he said to Xun You: "Gongda, don't worry. With my ability, as long as I want to leave, no one in the world can stop me."

Xun You sighed deeply, feeling very melancholy.

In his opinion, his lord was good in every way except that he was too reckless.

However, such bravery is indeed unexpected, and is a great encouragement to his subordinates, which can increase cohesion and loyalty.

At least all the secret guards respected Wang Jing like a god and would never dare to betray him.

In this regard, Xun You could only sigh in his heart: "Alas, I don't know whether this is good or bad."

In the study, the servants brought in three side dishes and heated up two pots of rice wine.

Wang Jing and Xun You sat opposite each other and talked by candlelight at night.

After listening to Wang Jing's account of what happened, Xun You pinched his moustache and said, "Now that Xuan Fan is dead, the officials, assistants and 1,200 Zhongdu officials who originally followed him will inevitably fall into a situation of being leaderless. Without these spies, Dong Zhuo can only be blind and deaf, even if it is only temporarily."

Wang Jing clapped his hands and smiled: "The reason why I want to kill Xuan Fan is also for this purpose. I can't let Dong Zhuo get too much information. Besides, Dong Zhuo doesn't know that I am in Luoyang at this time. He must suspect that Yuan Wei sent someone to do it. After all, there are not many masters like me in the world."

This plan was originally proposed by Xun You as a fatal attack against Xuan Fan.

Killing Xuan Fan would be equivalent to destroying Dong Zhuo's channel for obtaining intelligence.

You have to know that Xuan Fan is the Inspector of the Imperial Guards, and the cavalry under his command are all from Luoyang. Their fighting ability may not be very strong, but they are absolutely familiar with the local area.

The Xiliang Army already has powerful military force. Once it obtains accurate intelligence, it will be extremely disadvantageous to what Wang Jing is going to do next.

Wang Jing then asked Xun You: "How is the situation in the slums in the south of the city being handled?"

It was a place full of filth and dirt, and of course there were many criminals and scum. If Wang Jing wanted to recruit soldiers from the refugees, he naturally had to "eliminate" these garbage first.

Xun You replied, "We have sent Shi A to lead the secret guards to deal with it in secret."

Wang Jing nodded when he heard this: "That's good. By the way, how can we deliver the food for the disaster victims?"

This is indeed a problem. Now that the Xiliang Army has occupied Luoyang, checkpoints have been set up for land and water transportation to closely monitor the area. Strategic materials such as food are even more closely monitored, and it is impossible to smuggle them on a large scale.

But since there are formal logistics channels in this world, there are naturally some not-so-formal ways.

For example, smuggling!

Xun You thought about it and suggested, "My lord, Yuan Shao originally controlled a secret smuggling route. After we surrendered his former subordinates when he was the Inspector of the Imperial Guard, we now have control of this route. We can use this route to transport grain from Hedong to Luoyang."

But then Xun You reminded him: "Food can be transported, but the lord wants to recruit soldiers from the refugees. This is probably not possible. Even if the recruitment is completed, it will be impossible to train them, otherwise it will be impossible to hide it from Dong Zhuo's eyes and ears."

Wang Jing was also troubled by this matter: "This is indeed a problem."

Regarding the problem of insufficient troops, Xun You thought about it and suggested to Wang Jing: "My lord, perhaps you can consider surrendering Lu Bu. Most of his soldiers are veterans from Bingzhou, and they are not on the same side as Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army. What's more, the parents and families of these soldiers are all in Bingzhou. My lord can use this to control this army."

The reason why Xun You made such a suggestion was because Zhang Liao happened to be the governor of Bingzhou.

Of course, using family members as hostages to threaten others is too despicable.

But we have to admit that this method is simple, crude, direct and effective!

Wang Jing finally understood why Xun You was Cao Cao's strategist in the history of the Three Kingdoms. Although his talents and achievements were not inferior to those of Xun You and Guo Jia, he was not well-known.

Things like conspiracy are unlikely to be exposed.

But Wang Jing was not here to be a good guy, so he naturally chose to adopt Xun You's strategy.

The plan had been decided, and the next step was naturally for Wang Jing to write a letter himself, asking Wang Ling, who was in charge of Hedong, to find a way to raise food and send it to Luoyang.

In the blink of an eye, it was the first month of the second year and the weather was getting warmer.

In Luoyang City, Wang Jing and Xun You were still making plans in secret.

Outside Hulao Pass, the princes of Guandong were also secretly uniting and preparing to launch an attack on Dong Zhuo.

Among them, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, was the most daring. He even pretended to be one of the three highest officials and sent documents to various prefectures and counties through the post stations, angrily accusing Dong Zhuo of crimes and saying that the emperor was under threat and in danger, and was waiting on tiptoe for the arrival of righteous soldiers to eliminate the national disaster.

Cao Cao, who changed his name and escaped from the capital Luoyang, immediately spent all his wealth to recruit soldiers after returning to Chenliu. To this end, he received funding from the local wealthy businessman Wei Zi and recruited 5,000 volunteers.

Although he had the strength, he still lacked fame and righteousness. Therefore, Cao Cao was the first to openly stand up and call on heroes from all over the world to fight against Dong Zhuo together. His name, Cao Cao, immediately became known to the world and attracted many heroes and righteous men to come and join him.

Because of Cao Cao's call, ambitious heroes from all over the country also responded and wanted to raise troops to support the king!

Whether to serve the king or not is just a matter of shouting slogans. The key point is that it is rare for everyone to have a legitimate reason to have troops and be independent, so few fools would refuse.

And in Jizhou, there is the capital of Bohai County.

Feng Ji hurried to the governor's mansion, and after meeting Yuan Shao, he said excitedly: "My lord, Yuan Wei has issued a manifesto to fight against the bandits, and all the heroes in the world have gathered to respond. If we win food, we will follow suit. We should also follow the trend!"

Yuan Shao, who had heard the news that Cao Cao had initiated the uprising, was so angry that his nose almost turned crooked: "Cao Mengde, do you really think that I, Yuan Shao, am easy to bully?"

Yuan Shao was well aware of the importance of reputation, and therefore was very dissatisfied with Cao Cao's behavior of "picking peaches". Originally, after Qiao Mao issued the manifesto, he should have been the one to be in the limelight!

If it weren't for his good self-control, Yuan Shao would have been so angry that he would have started cursing. However, he had other troubles at the moment, so he didn't have time to cause trouble for Cao Cao for the time being.

"Pass on my military order, raise an army to fight against Dong!"

All the civil and military officials under Yuan Shao were overjoyed and responded with an answering "Yes!"

However, just as the army set out from the city, one of Yuan Shao's generals came to report to him that food and fodder had been withheld.

It turned out that Han Fu was worried that Yuan Shao would take away his position as governor, so he secretly reduced military rations in an attempt to shake the morale of his troops.

"Han Wenjie, how dare you ruin my plan!"

Yuan Shao was furious and had murderous intent in his heart.

At the critical moment, it was the counselor Tian Feng who stood up and suggested: "My lord, we have raised an army to serve the king. We have a great cause to uphold. It is not difficult to borrow a little food and soldiers."

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was overjoyed and sent Tian Feng out to collect food and fodder.

The benefits of the Yuan family having three officials in four generations became apparent at this time. The aristocratic families in Jizhou were very optimistic about Yuan Shao's future. In addition, the Tian family, to which Tian Feng belonged, had already placed a bet, so other families were immediately willing to invest in Yuan Shao. They sent food and money, and even sent their outstanding sons and recruited local militia to come and join him.

For a time, Yuan Shao's military force swelled up like a balloon, and surged to more than 30,000. Moreover, he had many talented people under him, counselors like clouds, and soldiers like rain, showing the posture of a hegemon, which attracted the attention of the world.

At this point, Yuan Shao no longer concealed his ambitions and asked in front of all his men: "Should we seize Jizhou first, or kill Dong first?"

Feng Ji said sarcastically, "Han Wenjie has neither courage nor spirit. He can't even tell the general trend of the world. Why should you care about him? This huge Jizhou will be in your pocket sooner or later. It will be easy to take it."

Tian Feng also said: "Han Wenjie is a man of no talent and no virtue. What good is it even if he holds a high position? He is unpopular. Sooner or later, Jizhou will be taken by the lord. For now, we should focus on national affairs. The position of the leader of the coalition must be in your hands."

Guo Tu and others also echoed the idea, asking Yuan Shao to lead his troops to Luoyang to attack Dong Zhuo.

It's rare for the advisers under my command to reach a consensus, but this is actually normal.

After all, losing the trust of the world in order to seize Jizhou is purely cutting off one's own escape route, which is not something a wise person would do.

Even if they have different opinions, they will not fight about it.

Tens of thousands of troops moved in full force, with flags covering the sky and weapons in neat order, and marched towards Luoyang in a mighty force.

(End of this chapter)