In July, with the end of the continuous rain, the Changshan Alliance's appeal and the document forged by Cao Cao to challenge Dong began to spread in the Central Plains, Luoyang, and even Xu Yang, and what followed was a massacre.

Scale concatenation and discussion.

Among them, Luoyang received two letters of apology almost at the same time. Then, all the officials in the Luoyang court became more and more trembling with joy... The reason for the joy was naturally because someone finally broke up with Dong Zhuo openly.

The reason why he was so nervous was because he was afraid that Dong Zhuo's violent reaction would affect him.

For example, just a few days ago, something happened that directly contributed to Yuan Shu's escape... In other words, Dong Zhuo promoted himself again at that time, and he became the prime minister!

Then, on the second day after he was promoted, Shi Yushi harassed Long Zong and went to see him in the court to talk about the matter. He did not untie his sword, and was immediately ordered to be beaten to death by Dong Zhuo... The reason was that the other party did not respect Dong Zhongying, the prime minister of the country.

The supreme identity.

Many people can't understand why Dong Zhuo became so cruel once he gained power?

The answer is actually very simple and reasonable.

First of all, Dong Zhuo is not cruel for the sake of being cruel. No one is born a pervert. He is actually using this method that goes beyond common sense to test his own power. He wants to see where the edge of his power is.

In fact, a normal person will have a similar mentality after suddenly gaining power. However, most people will quickly touch the edge of their new power, learn a lesson, and then quickly take it back. Moreover, most people will not gain new power.

The effect that determines life and death.

But Dong Zhuo is different. The power that Dong Xiangguo obtained in those three days is the highest level of power in this empire, and can even be said to be the highest level of power on this planet at this moment!

He tested it and found that it was OK; he tested it again and found that it was OK; and if he continued to test it and still had no scruples, he had no choice but to fall headlong into the abyss of power.

Secondly, what is even more frightening is that Dong Zhuo was a border warrior before... Although it is true that the central government discriminated against border warriors before, but to be honest, it is also true that warriors do not take human lives seriously, right? What are their professional characteristics?

Talking about Dong Zhuo, when Gongsun Xun was working in the military camp, did he kill people when he was preparing to establish his authority? Later, when Cao Cao fought for half his life, did he also slaughter cities and kill prisoners?

Years of war and military service can really destroy human nature!

The combination of the two creates Dong Zhuo's current style of doing things... If you are unhappy, kill someone! If you suspect someone has double-minded intentions, kill someone! If someone does something wrong, kill someone!

If you keep killing, there will be no bottom line.

At the same time, this is the center of the empire and the political core; but for the scholar-bureaucrats, ministers and nobles, killing is the last resort; but indiscriminate killing cannot shock people, but can only make people feel resentful!

"Feng Xian will go there personally and kill Zhou Ao and Wu Qiong, these two scoundrels, with a stick in front of Tongtuo Street!"

On this day, in Taiwei's Mansion, which had been renamed Prime Minister's Mansion, Dong Xiangguo indeed ordered another killing.

Of course, the person killed this time was actually what everyone expected... Zhou Ao and Wu Qiong were the first people to defect to Dong Zhuo. They also offered advice to Dong Zhuo and persuaded Dong Zhongying to take the initiative to reconcile with various people.

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However, the conciliatory attitude that day gave the people of Hebei and Guandong a chance to breathe today, and those famous weapons used for reconciliation have become the basis for those people to gather troops. So, regardless of Zhou,

Did the two of them really eat each other's guts, or were they born naive and deserved to be killed?

Of course, it must be more than that. After Lu Bu dragged Zhou and Wu down, everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion still held their breath, waiting for Dong Xiangguo to continue to give instructions...

Specifically:

Cao Cao produced a document about the Three Dukes, saying that the legend of the Three Dukes called for a fight against Dong. What should the Three Dukes do?

Gongsun Xun directly slapped the table to criticize Dong, and even showed the knife directly, so how should he deal with it?

But what is interesting is that after Dong Zhuo killed Zhou and Wu, he sat in silence on the special captain's chair in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time without saying a word.

"Father-in-law?" As his son-in-law, Li Ru, who has now achieved his dream of becoming a doctor of Confucian classics, stepped forward helplessly. "What should we do now?"

"What do you think?" Dong Zhuo asked with drooped eyelids.

"Should we send troops to quell the rebellion?" Li Ru said nonsense, because he knew that it was impossible to send troops at this time.

"How to level it?" Dong Zhuo sneered as expected. "Cao Mengde, a gangster, made a few fake letters, found a few rich men and gathered thousands of men. It would be easy to send troops to kill him, but what's the use? Guandong is really against me.

The princes haven't jumped out yet! As for Gongsun Xun, he is open-minded, but he is far away in Changshan. Do you want me to ignore the wave of Guandong people in front of me and directly sell my back to these people in Guandong for their expedition?

Go to Hebei?!"

"What my father-in-law said is true." Li Ru nodded quickly. "So the most important measure now is still within... in Luoyang."

"That's right." Dong Zhuo also became serious. "Don't I know that many people in the world will be dissatisfied when I suddenly take control of the government? But the plan for now lies not in the outside but in the inside! If the government is stable and has Yongliang, and

With the emperor in my hands, the general trend is still with me..."

"I don't know how to make the DPRK stable?" Li Ru finally got the idea.

Dong Zhongying stood up with strength by holding on to her belt, walked a few steps in the hall, and then stopped and said:

"I know what you mean, but that boy Cao Mengde's letter to the three princes is obviously a forgery. No matter what others say, Taifu has no intention of being an enemy of me in everything in Luozhong, and when it comes to the clan system, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are not on the same side as them.

It cannot be said that Yuan Shao was jumping around in Hanoi and Yuan Shu fled to Nanyang, so we can blame the Taifu without permission."

"Then...this matter will not be pursued?" Li Ru took a step forward and asked.

"How is it possible?" Dong Xiangguo held his stomach and turned around and said with a look of disdain. "Since those guys dare to use San Gong as their boss, how can I not respond? When Situ Dinggong presided over the abolition of Li, he relied on his high knowledge and wrote in the edict.

You mocked me in a roundabout way. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have known it now... Wouldn't such a villain just want to establish his power? Let Li Jue go and show me the canonical punishment on Tongtuo Street!"

Li Ru hesitated to speak, but finally left the matter alone: ​​"Then I dare to ask, sir, how should Gongsun Xunchu respond?"

"I'm in a dilemma too!" Dong Zhuo suddenly stood up, retreated from many officials in the hall, and then walked around and said. "When it comes to military affairs, Changshan to Luoyang are thousands of miles apart, so there shouldn't be much to say, but Gongsun Wenqi has always been

I am tyrannical and outstanding in my military use, but I have to take precautions in advance; and when it comes to personnel matters, the reason why I can dominate Luozhong depends on the word military power. There is much grace in military force everywhere, but now that Gongsun Xun has raised troops, he must

Be careful that his old subordinates are shaken... Wenyou, what do you think we should do?"

Li Ru shook his head and said: "My lord, please make your own decision regarding military matters. I have nothing to say about personnel matters... I can only advise you to be as graceful as possible."

Dong Zhuo couldn't help but sneer: "Why can't I be graceful? But I heard what Zhou and Wu said, and the graceful scholars only ended up fighting against each other... Of course, scholars are scholars, warriors are warriors, and scholars are so cold and cold.

I didn't expect it, but I do understand the thoughts of warriors, and I have some control over them. Soldiers and horses are the foundation of my life, and I can't allow any mistakes, so I have to be extra careful."

"Actually, my father-in-law." Li Ru lowered his head helplessly and said. "I really have a plan... In that case, why not divide the power of Lu, Xu, and Zhang so that they cannot cause trouble, and then increase the number of officials and nobles, each with their own merits?

Give a reward to appease people's hearts?"

Dong Zhuo was suddenly stunned, but without thinking, he immediately asked: "This strategy is excellent, but how can we divide the power of the three people?"

"Lu Fengxian has outstanding military strength, and you can use it in Luoyang. General Xu Rong has great talent, and the eight dangerous passes in Luoyang are the most extensive in the southeast. Why not let him go to the southeast for security purposes? Zhang Liao is still young, so he can just follow him."

General Niu Fu went to Hedong to deal with the Baibo bandits... In this way, not only would the three of them be able to divide their forces and not cause chaos, but they could each do their best. More importantly, all three of them could avoid the direction due north of Luoyang and avoid future conflicts.

General Wei has been contacted." Li Ru opened his mouth and came, as if he had been prepared for it.

"It's a good plan, that's what it should be!" Dong Zhuo couldn't help but frown. "I immediately ordered the reward and sent these three people... But Wen You, you really have such a good plan, why didn't you tell me about it from the beginning?!"

Li Ru smiled bitterly: "To be honest, sir, this strategy did not come from me, but was proposed by our prime minister, Cao Jia Wenhe, a soldier in the palace."

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo suddenly realized. "Is Jia Wenhe actually in my Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"It's natural." Li Ru smiled more and more bitterly. "He was originally a soldier of the Taiwei Mansion. After Guanzhong suppressed the rebellion, he only received a rank increase of Qianshi, but he was still his soldier. Your Excellency was first appointed as a Taiwei, and then

Since he became the Prime Minister, he has always been your official."

"Oh, this is my fault." Since there was no one else around, Dong Zhuo simply admitted his mistake. "Jia Wenhe is from our Xizhou Township. I only care about promoting those scholars and giving rewards to my subordinates, but I actually forgot

I want him to be a man who is both civil and military... That's good, you go tell him and leave this matter to him. After it is done, I will take it as a credit and arrange for him to have a concurrent position of two thousand dan, and in the future

If there is a good idea, let him speak out!"

Li Ru immediately responded and then left the hall... However, it was only at this moment that he remembered that he had been hesitant about Jia Wen and had been silent for several months, so suddenly offering advice at this time was a bit suspicious, so he didn't

He offered this strategy immediately.

However, after thinking about it again, in Luozhong now, the scholars cannot be trusted, and the warriors are all unwise. If Jia Xu, who is also from Liangzhou, cannot be trusted, what else can anyone trust?

And besides, this strategy is indeed an excellent way to deal with it, right?

After thinking this, Li Ru didn't bother to think any more, and went straight to Jia Xu to discuss the rewards for Lu Bu, Xu Rong, and Zhang Liao.

Time flies, and by mid-July, the situation has become more and more obvious. In addition to Gongsun Xun's alliance of chariots and horses, the princes in the Central Plains who could not keep up with the Changshan alliance also expressed their sincerity to Yuan Shao.

Establish another one south of the Yellow River to seek recognition from the Dong Alliance.

Considering the one-month deadline set by Gongsun Xun and the location of the alliance in Changshan, it is almost conceivable that he really initiated the alliance against Hebei. In this case, the two huge forces to challenge Dong are likely to be based on the region. Forming two temporary 'alliance' and 'opposition' camps.

However, when the message and invitation reached Xuzhou, someone made another mistake.

That's right, Tao Qian and Tao Gongzu, the governor of Xuzhou, have always been unwilling to take a back seat. This old man who can only actually stabilize the territory of two counties in the state neither wants to respond to Gongsun Xun, who initiated the rebellion, nor to Yuan Shao, who is closer to him. But seeing that all the scholars in the world were asking for help, he could not stand on his own without participating... So, the old man was very creative and formed an alliance of his own!

Of course, Tao Qian knew that his prestige was insufficient, so he respected Zhu Jun and Zhu Gongwei who were far away in Luoyang as a cavalry general, and won over several counties in Yangzhou... In his words, Hebei has Gongsun Xun, Guandong has Yuan Benchu, Xu Yang You also need to have your own alliance!

What's even more interesting is that this alliance has not yet received any response. That is, after just sending documents to the Xu Yang princes, Tao Qian was the first to send troops to Luoyang!

You know, after months of torrential rain, there were floods in Hebei and the Central Plains at this time, and the roads were difficult, but Tao Gongzu was ready to send troops immediately.

From this point of view, Gongsun Xun and Yuan Shao should really find a rope to hang themselves!

So who was the general who sent troops to find Zhu Jun, the ‘alliance leader’?

The answer is that Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, who had just returned from recruiting troops, happened to stop at Xiapi. He volunteered to go there, not shying away from hardships and dangers. Tao Qian was overjoyed and immediately proclaimed him as the Cavalry Commander.

So, how many troops did Liu Bei lead?

The answer is 3,000 Danyang soldiers...the same 3,000 soldiers Liu Bei himself had been ordered to recruit before. These 3,000 soldiers were provided with logistics by Tao Gong, the upright and upright governor of Xuzhou, and they set off directly for Luoyang.

Before leaving, Chen Deng in Guangling, Mi Zhu in the East China Sea, and Zhang Zhao in Pengcheng came to see him off one after another because of his loyalty and bravery. Even Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling, was prepared to respond to Cao Cao from the beginning because he was Zhang Miao's brother, but he still strengthened Liu Xuande's ambition. , dispatched Lu Dai, a county official, and led fifty soldiers to follow him.

However, the first person to send troops was not Liu Bei, because just the day before, Sun Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng, the governor of Changsha who was far away in Jingnan, received a letter that was delivered quickly by ship and horse. He sent out troops. Regardless of the distance, he actually left Changsha alone, led thousands of troops, and marched all the way north. Many heroes in Jingnan followed him, and there were even local wealthy families like Wuling Huanggai who promoted Xiaolian. , Donate to the family!
To be continued...