Great Han Empire

Chapter 655
Before he finished speaking, the joy on Dong Zhuo's face suddenly disappeared, and his eyes suddenly opened wide, filled with anger and shock.

Huangfusong, dressed in heavy armor and with a frosty face, slowly appeared behind Lu Bu.

Lu Bu betrayed, and Huangfu Song also betrayed.Regret was like a sharp long knife piercing Dong Zhuo's body and mind, and ablating Dong Zhuo's bone marrow like poison.I didn't kill them back then, but today I was killed by them instead.

Dong Zhuo suddenly laughed, his shallow smile was full of extreme contempt, extreme pain, extreme bitterness and sadness.

If you die by the butcher's knife of a scholar today, you will be convinced.If you lose, you lose. Since ancient times, winners and losers have nothing to regret and complain about. But today, I feel very sad to die by the sword of Huang Fusong, Lv Bu and Li Su.Huangfusong and Lu Bu are both warriors. No matter what purpose they have for killing themselves, the warriors will be frantically retaliated and purged by the scholars after their death.Why are they doing this?Don't they know the despicable and shameless faces and bloody and cruel methods of scholars?Killing themselves, the warriors will completely lose their authority and protection, they will follow in their own footsteps and die unexpectedly, and they will get nothing but death.

Scholars despise warriors and regard warriors as scourges that disrupt the discipline. From then on, warriors will disappear in the court and will be cast aside from power.Sad and poor warrior.

Dong Zhuo thought of Duan Jiong (jiong).Duan Jiong died after serving as a Taiwei for just over a month.Compared to Duan Jiong, I was a little bit better. Under the siege of various forces in the Han Dynasty, I struggled for more than two years, but in the end, because of the betrayal of myself by the warriors, I went to a dead end.What about Li Hong?How long can Li Hong, who is far away in Jizhou, last?I'm dead, and Li Hong is the only warrior with great power in his hands.From then on, Li Hong will replace me and become the biggest traitor of the Han Dynasty, and become the target of all the forces of the Han Dynasty.In the past, because of my existence, Li Hong was able to fight left and right among various forces, struggling hard, but what if I died?I'm dead, how long can Li Hong struggle?

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Dong Zhuo looked up at the sky.

The blue sky, the white clouds, they are like my old military days, which are intoxicating and nostalgic.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo forgot all the grievances, forgot all the difficult years of pain and struggle, only the blue sky and the elegant and leisurely white clouds in his heart.

He stared for a long time, motionless.

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The drums of war are thunderous, and the sound of killing is loud.

Xiliang soldiers fought for a long time and suffered heavy casualties, but they still resisted stubbornly and fought to the death.

At this moment, some Xiliang soldiers were led by Huang Wan, Huangfu Hong, and Wang Xin to surround Weiyang Palace, and some were driven into the palace by Huangfu Song and Lu Bu. Their defeat was a foregone conclusion.

Lu Bu held up Jin Zhun's head and shouted wildly: "By the emperor's decree, kill Dong thief."

"Kill, kill them all, leave no one behind..."

The soldiers from Xiliang became red-eyed, shouted loudly, and went up to meet Lu Bu, "Kill, kill Lu Bu..."

Inside and outside Weiyang Palace, corpses piled up like a mountain. The soldiers of both sides stepped on the corpses and fought fiercely, which was extremely tragic.

Arrows, knives, shields, spears, and even broken limbs and arms smashed towards Lu Bu overwhelmingly.Lu Bu yelled angrily, flew down and rolled under the horse, aimed at the head of the charging enemy and smashed it down, the halberd pierced through the enemy's body in an instant, "Kill..."

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Li Su slammed into the enemy soldiers in front of him with all his strength, and took his head with a single blow.

Qin Yi and Chen Wei followed closely behind, and the three of them once again reached the vicinity of the carriage.A few Xiliang soldiers did not retreat until their death, resisting desperately with their flesh and blood.A soldier from Xiliang was wounded with several knives in his hand, and he was holding on to the carriage before he died. A dozen crossbow arrows howled and nailed him firmly to the carriage.

Chen Wei soared into the air, with the spear in his hand condescending, piercing towards Dong Zhuo like lightning.Dong Zhuo sat firmly in the car and slashed down with a knife.The spear broke, and the handle of the spear remained undiminished, and it stabbed viciously into Dong Zhuo's chest.Although Dong Zhuo was wearing heavy armor, he couldn't resist the heavy blow, and opened his mouth to spurt out a mouthful of blood.

A soldier from Xiliang roared angrily, and charged into the air with a knife to Chen Wei. Chen Wei couldn't dodge and was knocked backwards.

Qin Yi stepped on the enemy's body and rushed up from the side of the carriage.Dong Zhuo opened his eyes angrily, and with a roar of a tiger, the saber slashed across the air.The two knives collided, and sparks flew everywhere.Qin Yi's sword was broken and his fist came.Dong Zhuo didn't have time to cut back with his saber, so he raised his fist to meet him.The two fists collided again, and the sound of bone cracking was clearly audible.Dong Zhuo cried out in pain.Li Su's spear arrived at the right time, and hit Dong Zhuo's chest again.Dong Zhuo grabbed the spear handle, roared, and pushed it out forcefully.Li Su was caught off guard and took a step back.Dong Zhuo also couldn't sit still and was about to fall.Qin Yi seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and kicked it out.

Dong Zhuo turned over and rolled out of the car.

Lu Bu was killed.Lu Bu executed 17 people, changed seven weapons, and advanced twenty steps in a row.Seeing Dong Zhuo fall under the car, Lu Bu was excited and showed great power. He chopped down two with his sword, killed one with one punch, and kicked the other with one kick. His body was like a raging tiger. Kicked Dong Zhuo in the stomach, "Go to hell."

Dong Zhuo's struggling body fell to the ground with a bang, spurting out a mouthful of blood.

Two Xiliang soldiers roared loudly, flew to rescue him, and chopped them up with their knives.Lu Bu didn't care about it at all, and chopped it off with all his strength.Dong Zhuo roared wildly, put his hands on the ground, and his huge body moved suddenly.

Lv Bu slashed Dong Zhuo's chest, sparks shot out all over the place, his armor cracked and his saber snapped in two.Dong Zhuo uttered a miserable scream, and immediately passed out.

The two knives behind him killed at the same time.At this moment, Qin Yi came across the sky and kicked the enemy soldier on the left.The Xiliang soldier let out a miserable howl, his body flew up horizontally, and quickly bumped into the soldier beside him.The two sabers sliced ​​through Lu Bu's shoulders, and the other wiped Lu Bu's shoulders, bringing up a bright red drop of blood.

A Yulin soldier rushed forward and chopped off Dong Zhuo's head.

The soldiers from Xiliang wailed loudly and unleashed their swords and guns, immediately chopping down the Yulin soldier.

"Dong Zhuo is dead..." Lu Bu smashed the enemy soldiers into the air with one fist, snatched the enemy's saber, and shouted hoarsely, "Dong Zhuo is dead..."

Qin Yi snatched the enemy's broken spear and flew towards him, "Take the head, take the head..."

Li Su jumped off the carriage, flew his spear, and picked up several corpses that were lying on Dong Zhuo's body one after another.

The Xiliang soldiers fought frantically, screaming forward, and more corpses were immediately piled up beside the carriage.

Lü Bu, Li Su, and Qin Yi couldn't hold back and retreated again and again.

The Habayashi soldiers swarmed up and fought bravely.

"Dong Zhuo is dead..." Thunderous roars and cheers resounded over Weiyang Palace.

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In the afternoon, Taiwei Yang Biao, Situ Wangyun, Sikong Chunyujia, Shangshu Lingshi Sun Rui and other ministers entered the palace to meet the emperor.

The emperor was very frightened, and he didn't say a word, and let the ministers take care of everything.If the ministers asked for his opinion, he would nod, not daring to say a word.

Wang Yun recommended Taiwei Yang Biao to participate in Li Shangshu and take charge of state affairs.Today there are five princes in the Great Han Dynasty, Grand Master Dong Zhuo was killed, Taifu Liu Yuyuan is in Youzhou, and the three princes in the court are headed by the Taiwei. Of course, Yang Biao should be in charge of state affairs.

Yang Biao resigned immediately.The reason why he was able to successfully kill the rebellious Dong Zhuo this time, Situ Wang Yundang took the lead, all this is due to his careful planning over the years.Yang Biao, Chun Yujia and other ministers unanimously recommended Wang Yun to be in charge of state affairs.

The emperor immediately decreed that Situ Wang Yun participated in the affairs of the Li Shangshu and took charge of state affairs.

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Wang Yunzuo asked the emperor to immediately inform the world that Dong Zhuo had committed ten felonies and had been punished. He also issued an order to arrest Dong Zhuo's clan disciples and old officials.

The Fufeng and Fengyi counties of the Sanfu in Guanzhong have long been controlled by Wang Yun, and most of the county officials in Jingzhaoyin are also Wang Yun's people, so Wang Yunzuo asked the emperor to appoint a new Jingzhaoyin as soon as possible to appease Jingzhaoyin everywhere.

At the same time, Wang Yun also expressed many urgent state affairs, such as immediately ordering the states and counties in various places to report, abolishing small coins and reusing five baht coins, etc., and the emperor will announce them one by one.

When Wang Yun and other ministers were about to resign, the emperor hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help but made a small request in fear. Since Dong Zhuo was dead, he should be buried, so as not to burn his ashes.

Wang Yun was very excited, and flatly refused, "Dong Zhuo's crimes are so heinous, there are too many books to write about. His bones and ashes are already very cheap."

The emperor looked pale, lowered his head and trembled.

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Dong Zhuo's body was chopped into pieces, burned to ashes, and scattered in Chidao.The children of the Dong clan were killed and buried in a mass grave.Many of Dong Zhuo's cronies and old officials were copied and executed by the whole family, and more than 5000 people were killed.

Under the strong dissuasion of Huangfusong, Lu Bu and others, Wang Yun took a step back, instead of imprisoning dozens of family members of the northern army officers, they were temporarily imprisoned.

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On the second day of the court meeting, Wang Yunzuo asked the emperor to issue an order, requiring Niu Fu, Li Jue, Guo Si, Wang Fang, Jia Xu and other northern army generals to return to Beijing immediately to report on their duties. Kill the Nine Clans.

The ministers in the DPRK and China were very surprised and tried to dissuade Wang Yun one after another.

When this imperial decree was sent over, Niu Fu and the others knew that they would die, they would definitely rebel, and they would lead a large army into Guanzhong.At this moment in Guanzhong there are only two thousand soldiers from Lu Bu, two thousand soldiers from Huangfu Hong, and one thousand Yulin troops from Li Su, even with the three thousand Qiang cavalry that Huangfu Song invited to help, and the six thousand counties from Fufeng and Feng Yi counties. There are only 4000 soldiers in the entire Guanzhong, and they are not rebellious opponents at all.

"My lord, we firmly agree to kill the old general Dong Zhuo, but this matter must be discussed in a long-term manner, and we cannot act too hastily." Sikong Chunyu Jia advised, "We understand your lord's eagerness to revive the country and stabilize the world, but the premise is that we must Stabilize Guanzhong first, control the army of Niu Fu and others, and then kill them. In any case, there can be no more wars in Guanzhong."

Huangfusong was very angry, his face was livid, and he didn't say a word.

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Lu Bu was worried that Niu Fu would lead his army into Guanzhong, and Chang'an would not be safe, so he also tried to persuade him.

In the Chang'an Mutiny, about [-] troops from both sides participated in it, and the losses were staggering.

Dong Zhuo's side has his three thousand cavalry and one thousand tigers, 3000 men from the left general Dong Min, 5000 men from the huben general Dong Yue, 3000 men from Dong An, the school captain of the Qiang, and 2000 men from Dong Huang, the school captain of the Chinese army. , 3000 men from Dong Hui, the school lieutenant of Wu Meng, and 3000 soldiers from Jingzhaoyin and Dong Bang.Among the 3000 people, the 7000 troops from the Huqiang Captain's Department later followed Lu Bu, and only [-] prisoners were captured in the battle of the Northern Army Camp in Haocheng, and the remaining [-] people were all killed in battle.

On the court side, there were 1000 private soldiers improvised by Huangfu Song, 800 cavalry borrowed from the Qiang and Hu tribes, 9000 soldiers from Sili Captain Huang Wan, 3000 from Chengmen Captain Wang Xin, and Zuo Zhonglang General Liu Fan Heqi Duwei Li Su's 5000 Yulin and Huben Army, Zhonglang General Lu Bu's 3000 people (including 4000 troops from the Huqiang School Lieutenant Department), Zhonglang General Huangfuhong's [-] people.Although Wang Hong of Fufeng County and Song Yi of Fengyi County each had [-] county soldiers, they did not participate in the battle in order to ensure that Sanfu could quickly stabilize after the mutiny was successful. About [-] people were lost, more than half lost.

In this battle, both sides lost 1000 soldiers, and the vitality of Guanzhong was greatly damaged, and Chang'an was vulnerable.

"My lord, at this time, there is no other way but to pardon the generals of the Northern Army. Please think twice, my lord."

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Wang Yun was unmoved and stubborn.

"I just want to force against Niu Fu."

Huangfusong couldn't hold it anymore, he pointed to Wang Yun and said, "Lord Situ relies on nothing but Bao Hong and Duan Yan's army, but can they stop Niu Fu?"

The ministers suddenly woke up.Duan Yan and Bao Hong's names were not mentioned in the edict, so that's what happened.It seemed that the two of them, like Lu Bu, had been secretly persuaded by Wang Yun.

Master Situ actually had an ambush.Wang Yun tried every step of the way, counting every possible strategy. If Dong Zhuo didn't die, then God really has no eyes.

Wang Yun smiled calmly and said, "Lord Duan Yao was originally a general of the Northern Army. Although he and Dong Zhuo served under Duan Jiong's tent when they were young, he is neither Dong Zhuo's close friend nor Dong Zhuo's former subordinate. He only obeys orders. Yu Tianzi and the imperial court. As for Master Bao Hong, you should know better. When I was governor of Yuzhou, he was my subordinate, and we led an army to attack and kill the Yellow Turban Army together, so we can be regarded as life-and-death friends."

Wang Yun looked at the ministers, and continued: "I have handed over the edict to Bao Hong as early as the New Year. I have repeatedly asked him to preserve his strength as much as possible, and not to rush to attack Hedong, so as not to cause unnecessary losses. It has affected the plan to kill Dong Zhuo."

"Yesterday after Dong Zhuo's death, I informed Duan Yan and Bao Hong with a fast ride of [-] miles, and ordered them to lead their troops to Huayin immediately and kill Wang Fang when Wang Fang was unprepared. After capturing Wang Fang and capturing Tongguan, Niu Fu was trapped in Guanxi."

"Niu Fu was defeated in Kansai last month, and all the supplies were taken away by the Northern Frontier Army. Dong Zhuo temporarily dispatched some from Chang'an for emergency, but the quantity of this batch of food and supplies is limited, at most it can only supply the army for half a month , Therefore, as long as we hold Tongguan firmly, Niu Fu's army will soon collapse."

Wang Yun cupped his hands at Huangfusong and said, "Master Huangfu, do you think my method can keep Guanzhong? Keep Chang'an?"

Huangfu Song shook his head, "My lord, don't forget that in a war, it is up to soldiers to fight desperately, and it is up to lower-level officers to charge the front line. Do you know how many old Dong Zhuo troops are in the army of Duan Yan and Bao Hong? How many follow Dong Zhuo to fight on the battlefield The chiefs, military marquises, and military commanders who have been in the army for more than ten or even twenty years? Your lord wants to kill them, so how could they risk their lives?"

"Niu Fu, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang, Jia Xu, these Xiliang warriors are all battle-tested and close to death. If you want to kill them, they will never stand still. There is not enough food and grass. They can eat people. Just relying on Tongguan will not be able to stop them."

"Okay, Lord Huangfu reminded you well." Wang Yun said with a smile, "If General Longxiang Xu Rong takes advantage of Niu Fu's attack on Tongguan and leads his army to attack, do you think we can defeat Niu Fu?"

Huangfusong suddenly thought of something, his face suddenly changed, "My lord, this decree must not be disregarded."

"The imperial decree has been sent to Hedong overnight." Wang Yun glanced at Huangfusong in a little surprise, "Master Huangfu, what's wrong? Dong Zhuo's death, the emperor is in charge, and the Jinyang court will of course be cancelled. The emperor has issued an edict The princess and all the veterans return to Chang'an immediately."

Huangfu Song sighed and was speechless, and said nothing more.

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The court meeting ended, and the ministers dispersed.

Lu Bu hurriedly caught up with Huangfusong.

"Lord Huangfu..." Lu Bufei got off his horse and bowed to salute, "I have a question for you."

Huangfusong stopped on his horse, glanced at him, then dismounted slowly, and patted his shoulder, "I know what you want to ask. Is it difficult for you to understand?"

Lu Bu nodded, looked around, and asked in a low voice, "Why is Lord Situ so eager to deal with Beijiang?"

Huangfusong sighed, "Fengxian, you are from Beijiang, and Master Situ is also from Beijiang, but you have a completely different place, do you know that?"

Lu Bu thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"You are a warrior, and Sir Situ is a scholar." Huangfusong said in a low voice, "Do you understand now?"

Lu Bu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head in doubt, "Lord Huangfu, the Hussar General is loyal and devoted to opening up and defending the frontiers for the great Han.

Huangfusong interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "It has been more than two years since the Son of Heaven moved westward to Chang'an. During such a long time, why didn't he attack Guanzhong to seek King Dong Qin, but went to attack Luoyang and Jizhou instead? Why?"

Lu Bu was speechless, as if he had realized something.

"Lord Situ's original intention is good, but the timing and method are wrong." Huangfusong said helplessly, "If he can be as patient as he killed Dong Zhuo, why should the big man be unhappy?"

"Now that Guanzhong is not stable, Master Situ immediately revoked the Jinyang court and ordered Xu Rong to attack Niu Fu with the order of the emperor. His purpose is obviously to weaken Li Hong's authority and consume the strength of the northern border army, but what he did is tantamount to disguise Announce that the imperial court will deal with Li Hong after killing Dong Zhuo. Sir Situ is seeking his own death."

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In April, Shancheng, Hongnong County, Kansai.

The imperial edict was delivered to Daying in Shancheng.

When Xu Rong opened the imperial decree, his complexion changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)