Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 80 Dong Zhuo's Personal Expedition
But he said that after Hua Xiong died in battle, the defeated army fled back to Sishui Pass and talked about it with Li Su, the general guarding the pass.

Li Su was shocked. Most of the soldiers in Guanzhong were taken out by Hua Xiong to attack the coalition forces. Now, including the defeated army who fled back, there are less than [-] soldiers. The coalition of princes.

He hurriedly wrote down the emergency documents, sent people to Luoyang overnight, and asked for reinforcements. At the same time, he also made arrangements in Guanzhong to prevent the coalition forces of the princes from taking the opportunity to attack, and also made arrangements to prepare for escape. Here, if the reinforcements cannot arrive in time, the allied forces of the princes will attack again, and they will give up guarding the pass and flee for their lives after resisting for a period of time.

The courier took the emergency documents and hurried on the road overnight, and at dawn, they were delivered to Luoyang and handed over to Dong Zhuo.

Read the emergency documents.

Dong Zhuo was also shocked. He was not concerned about Hua Xiong's death, but worried about his own life and status.

Hua Xiong was killed in battle, and once Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass were breached again, the princes would be able to lead their troops straight into Luoyang and approach the city without any cover.

He didn't even care about the early court, and called his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

"The princes deceived me too much. I was far away in Luoyang. I didn't do anything to them. I joined forces with Cao Cao, who assassinated me, to attack me. Now I am beheading my favorite generals. I will take their heads and sacrifice them to our soldiers, everyone. What countermeasures are there to defeat the enemy!"

Dong Zhuo said a lot of things eloquently. He is not a fool if he can sit in this position. Although he is afraid in his heart, he still has to pretend to be very calm on the surface.

Seeing Dong Zhuo's appearance, Li Ru was also a little happy. He felt that the arrangements he had made before had improved. At least Dong Zhuo's appearance was a little bit different now when he was in Xiliang. This is developing in a good direction.

I also feel that it is almost the same now, after all, Huaxiong has been lost, and the allied forces of the princes cannot continue to attack, and it is time to decide the outcome.

Then he cupped his hands and said: "My lord, now that General Hua Xiong has been lost, the bandits are so powerful that I need my lord to lead the army in person! Moreover, I believe that the princes will attack in two ways, but the main thing is Hulao Pass. A group of soldiers and horses are stationed at Sishui Pass, and they don’t need to fight, and then lead the army to Hulao Pass to compete with him, if he wins, the safety of Sishui Pass will be relieved immediately!"

After listening, Dong Zhuo also pondered and asked him to lead the army in person, but he still refused in his heart. Now he has long been used to a comfortable life, so why would he want to go to the battlefield, and his body is already different. He is lean and strong, but now he is really fat, his belly is almost hanging down to his thighs, and he feels short of breath after walking a few steps.

However, what Li Ru said was also reasonable, so he said: "So, let's do what Wen You said! Mobilize the army and rush to Hulao Pass!"

"No!" Everyone clapped their hands.

At this time.

Li Jue stood up, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the leader of the coalition of princes is Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, and there are three members of the Yuan family among them, and Yuan Shao's uncle, Yuan Kai, is the imperial tutor. Get rid of it to avoid future troubles!"

"Sure! Let the blood of the Yuan family be sacrificed to the flag!" Dong Zhuo said with a grim face.

He is also a ruthless person, not to mention that Yuan Shao is still the leader. The Yuan family occupied three of the Eighteenth Route allied forces, and it would be difficult to vent his anger if he didn't kill Yuan Kai's family!

Li Ru frowned, originally wanted to persuade, but seeing Dong Zhuo's ferocious appearance, he closed his opened mouth again, and sighed in his heart.

After deciding everything, Dong Zhuo asked everyone to go out and get ready.

"Wenhe!" Li Rucai stepped out of the door of Dong Zhuo's mansion, and called out to Jia Xu who was a bit puffy.

Jia Xu who was stopped also knew what Li Ru wanted to say to him, and instantly showed a bitter face, and said, "Wenyou, it's not that I don't want to help you, but the current lord is no longer from Xiliang. My lord, if things go on like this, we can only end up in the same fate as He Jin!"

"I also know that it will allow the princes to unite. Now the lord feels oppressed and has changed. As long as the lords are defeated and the lord regains his ambition, then we can realize our wish!" Li Ru persuaded.

"Something changed? Wen You, if it wasn't for our friendship, I would have left long ago. You have to know how many people in Luoyang want him to die!" Jia Xu said bluntly.

Li Ru smiled wryly, and said: "Well, you go with me this time. If the lord changes, you join hands with me to retreat the allied forces of the princes; if not, it's up to you to decide, how about it?"

"Hey! Why are you bothering? If you were not the only close friend, I would have left long ago. This time I will go with you. Let me explain clearly. If there is nothing I can do, I will slip away first. !” Jia Xu exclaimed.

In his heart, he didn't believe that Dong Zhuo would change his ways. If it was really that easy to change, he wouldn't have done so many angry things after taking charge of Luoyang. Now he just wants to hang around with peace of mind. If something happens When the time comes, then run away, anyway, he is not loyal to Dong Zhuo.

"Okay!" Li Ru also knew Jia Xu's character, although he was capable, he was also greedy for life and afraid of death, but with Jia Xu accompanying him, he would feel more at ease.

The discussion has been made, and the two also left one after another to make preparations.

When the two of them were discussing.

Li Jue and Guo Si also took Dong Zhuo's order, mobilized five hundred elite soldiers, and surrounded the mansion of Tai Fu Yuan Kui, killing all of them, old and young, and ordered their heads to be sent to Hulao Pass first, and hanged in the palace. Close as a warning!
immediately.

Dong Zhuo also mobilized an army of 20 and marched in two directions.

Along the way, Li Jue and Guo Si led [-] soldiers and horses to Sishui Pass to replace Li Su. As the general guarding the pass, he only stayed in the pass and could not go out to fight!

Dong Zhuo himself led a total of 15 troops to Hulao Pass along the way, accompanied by Li Ru, Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, etc., and Lu Bu led [-] troops as the vanguard.

The two groups of soldiers and horses set off immediately, and left Luoyang in mighty force, and rushed to Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass to deal with the coalition forces of the princes.

Such a massive march can be said to be [-]% of Dong Zhuo's troops, so how could he hide some of Luoyang's eyeliners.

Dong Zhuo's departure from Luoyang also made some people in Luoyang think about it, but they still have to be patient if they don't act!
Luoyang is fifty miles away from Hulao Pass.

After Dong Zhuo led the army to Hulao Pass, he asked Lu Bu to lead 12 soldiers and horses to camp outside the pass, and he led an army of [-] to garrison in the pass.

When the coalition spies learned about it, they hurried back to the coalition camp and reported the matter.

(End of this chapter)