Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 57 Dong Zhuo Enters Beijing
Let’s talk about Cao Cao. He led a few entourages straight to the West Garden. Along the way, he passed the mansions of the ministers and saw that the gates were closed. Many people were standing on the walls or on the roofs to watch.Cao Cao couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, a typical group of fools.

The Eighth Lieutenant of Xiyuan was originally the product of the competition between various forces, and he has always formed gangs and acted independently in private.Now there are actually only six lieutenants left: First, the lower military academy lieutenant - Tunqi school lieutenant Bao Hong was impeached by Yuzhou Muhuang Wanshangzuo for embezzling the army's salary of more than [-] million yuan and died in prison, and then the upper military academy lieutenant - Xiao Huang Men Jianshuo was killed by He Jin.In addition to Yuan Shao's going to Nangong, in the West Garden there are also Zuo Xiaowei - Zhao Rong, Auxiliary Right Xiaowei - Feng Fang, Zuo Xiaowei - Adviser Xia Mou, Right Xiaowei - Chun Yuqiong , the four of them were in a mess when they heard their subordinates report that the palace was on fire.

Chunyuqiong has a close relationship with Yuan Shao, clamoring to go to the palace; Zhao Rong and Xia Mou insisted on going to the palace to escort him; Feng Fang is the son-in-law of the eunuch Cao Jie, and he has a daughter married to Yuan Shu, so he proposed to follow the imperial order. Stand firm in the barracks without orders.As soon as the four of them saw Cao Cao coming, they asked Cao Cao for news and asked Cao Cao to make up his mind.

After Cao Cao heard the thoughts of the four, he thought for a while and said, "I don't know what happened now. The palace is on fire, but Luoyang City cannot be chaotic. I think this is the case. General Feng led the troops to guard the West Garden; I led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to protect the emperor and assist Yuan Benchu ​​to restore order in the palace as soon as possible; General Chunyu led the troops and horses of the headquarters to patrol the city to appease the people, protect the ministers, and prevent thieves from making trouble; General Xia and General Zhao led the troops and horses of the headquarters to The gates of the four cities are strictly inspected, and no one can enter or leave, how about it?" Cao Cao thought the arrangements were more comprehensive. "Generals, you must control your subordinates well, and you must not add chaos to the chaos."

"Okay, just follow Mengde." After thinking about it, the four of them couldn't find a good solution, so they split up.

Cao Cao led his troops to Nangong. The palace was full of screams and crying, and there were lights of fire, swords and blood everywhere.Yuan Shuzheng led the army to kill and kill, countless eunuchs and court ladies fell in a pool of blood, and Yuan Shao watched the battle from behind.Cao Cao felt great hatred in his heart, what are Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu going to do?After finally coming to Yuan Shao, "Where is the general at the beginning?"

"Meng De came just in time, the general was coaxed into the palace, and Gong Gong and I waited outside the gate for a long time, we shouted at the general together, those eunuchs threw the general's head from the palace wall, telling us to throw away our weapons and surrender. So the road set fire to the palace gates and entered the palace, quickly behead these eunuchs with me, and avenge the general."

"I'll ask you again, where is the Son of Heaven?" Cao Cao asked anxiously.

"This..." Yuan Shao was at a loss for words.

"At the beginning, these little eunuchs were unarmed. I asked you where is the emperor and where is Zhang Rang?" Cao Cao's eyes were red.

"This? Come on, have you ever seen the emperor and Zhang Rang?" Yuan Shao also felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly called his subordinates to ask.

"Back to the general, I haven't seen it." Yuan Shao's soldiers replied.

"Don't look for it yet! Send the order down, don't be busy killing people anymore, and quickly send more people to find the emperor, protect him immediately when you find it, and report back." Cao Cao said, and sent his men out to search together.

After a while, his subordinates came back and reported, "I searched all over the palace, but the Emperor Liu Bian, the Empress Dowager He, the King of Chenliu Liu Xie, the eunuch Zhang Rang, etc. were all gone. A little eunuch said that the palace gate was on fire, so we never saw them again."

When Cao Cao heard this, he pointed to Yuan Shao and said, "Ben Chu, Ben Chu, what should I say about you? If the Son of Heaven makes a mistake, we can all be blamed."

"There must be a secret passage in the palace, you go and find it." Yuan Shao said loudly, "Send people outside the palace to search the mansion of Zhang Rang and others."

"Ah!" Cao Cao sighed, "Send the horse army out of the city right away and search around outside the city. I guess it won't be too far away even if we go out of the city now."

"Yes yes yes, you go out of the city to look for it right away, and send people from all four sects to find the emperor." Yuan Shao said hastily.

Cao Cao had to think that it must be Zhang Rang who hijacked the emperor out of the city, so he probably wouldn't go out of the north gate or west gate, but most likely the east gate, so it's not good to shout.Hastily said to Yuan Shao: "At the beginning, I went out of the city to search together. You wait here. In addition, let people put out the fire quickly, so that no more murders can be done. In addition, the princes and ministers are asked to take charge of the overall situation."

"Understood, you go." Yuan Shao waved his hand.

Cao Cao led his remaining squad of less than a thousand people straight to the east gate. The guards at the east gate hurriedly saluted Cao Cao and said, "General Cao, just received the report from the troops who left the city. Outside the city, they found a group of troops heading east. Go, the suspected emperor has already chased after him."

Cao Cao was overjoyed after hearing this, and ordered to open the city gate quickly. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, he saw a faint group of torches approaching the city gate in the distance. Judging from the number of torches, there could be thousands of people. cavalry.There were only a thousand soldiers under him, and they were still infantry. Cao Cao hurriedly stopped his men and ordered everyone to be on guard.Sending people to report to Yuan Shao and the ministers immediately, Feng Fang and Chunyu Qiong quickly brought the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and their scattered subordinates to the east city to meet up, and ordered people to find out where the soldiers and horses came from.

Cao Cao felt uneasy for a while, who is here?

After a while, the scouts from the front came back to report that the search team found Tianzi and his party. Zhang Rang and others saw that there were soldiers coming in front of them and pursuers behind them, so they dropped the emperor and fled.The Son of Heaven has been accepted by the incoming soldiers, and the pursuers dare not approach, and they don't know where the troops are.Cao Cao frowned, feeling more and more uneasy.

After a while, Yuan Shao brothers and ministers arrived one after another, and the second wave of scouts came back to report that the team of Dong Zhuo, the shepherd of Bingzhou, came ahead, and all the ministers were asked to pick them up.Cao Cao gasped, rode his horse to Yuan Shao's side, and said, "At the beginning, Dong Zhuo's visit was not kind, so we must not let him enter the city. There has never been a precedent in our court for foreign ministers to bring troops into Beijing."

"Hahaha, Meng De is worrying too much. Then Dong Zhuo is no more than a martial artist in Xiliang, what can he do? With me and other ministers around, what can he do?" Yuan Shu sneered when he heard it from the side.

Yuan Kai and other ministers did not speak. Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao, then at the Bingzhou soldiers and horses approaching, and shouted: "Light up the torches, put the archers on the city wall, and the horse infantry will line up outside the city." Then he turned to the ministers. Said: "My lords, this Dong Zhuo is so arrogant, let's go out of the city and meet him for a while!"

Cao Cao's head buzzed.These two brothers, one is putting on airs, pretending to be a wolf with a big tail, and the other is arrogant and arrogant.This is usually the case, and it is still the case now. Could it be that these two were the ones who caused the chaos?

(End of this chapter)