() Just last night, when Hou Cheng slashed Ding Yuan to death in front of everyone, the entire Bingzhou military camp went into chaos. Many Bingzhou troops who were still loyal to Ding Yuan immediately took action and attacked Lu Bu and the others.

.But in terms of power, there are more people who want to follow Lu Bu now, and Wei Xu and others seem to be well prepared. Once the battle begins, their troops quickly occupy a favorable position, and after several attacks, they are

Quickly put down those armies that were only motivated by temporary anger to cause rebellion.

This turmoil started and ended quickly. Therefore, although the Xiliang Army did hear some movements, they did not have time to conduct further reconnaissance. Otherwise, I am afraid that the Xiliang Army would have captured this enemy inside last night.

Chaos took the opportunity to send troops.

After quelling the turmoil, Lu Bu had to consider a question, where should he go? Now that the Bingzhou army was under his control, he could lead his army back to Bingzhou and become his own master, thereby occupying a place among the warlords in the world.

But after weighing the pros and cons, Lu Bu still gave up this tempting idea.

Although Ding Yuan was not actually killed by Lu Bu, Hou Cheng was his subordinate. Since Hou Cheng killed Ding Yuan, the blame still has to be remembered on his head. Moreover, he had just severed his friendship with Ding Yuan.

This suspicion is naturally greater. This will inevitably lead to suspicion of him within the Bingzhou army, which will make the army distracted and difficult to achieve. Moreover, other troops far away in Bingzhou may not be convinced by Lu Bu. If he brings people back like this

, misfortunes and blessings are unpredictable.

Taking this opportunity to defect to the Xiliang army would not be so problematic. Although this made Lu Bu still have to be inferior to others, he also believed that he would always be able to succeed with his own abilities. And after taking this Bingzhou army with him,

, he has a high status in the Xiliang army, so it is a good destination.

So after thinking about it all night, Lu Bu made up his mind and led his troops to surrender after dawn. At the same time, he offered Ding Yuan's head first. If Ding Yuan's head was not there to clear the way, I'm afraid the Xiliang army would regard them as taking the initiative.

The enemy is attacking.

Dong Zhuo looked at this familiar head with some disbelief. After looking at it repeatedly, he was finally convinced that it was Ding Yuan. This time, the Xiliang army was convinced that Lu Bu had sincerely surrendered, which encouraged all the soldiers.

, and many people breathed a sigh of relief. Even though the outcome has been decided between the two sides, the damage caused by continuing to fight will still be considerable. It is always a good thing to end a battle like this.

"Open the camp gate, I will personally welcome General Lu into the camp!" After confirming the other party's sincerity, Dong Zhuo immediately made a decision. He sincerely wanted to take Lu Bu, who had caused a lot of trouble to his army, into his army.

For personal use.

Amidst the sound of drums and trumpets, the gate of Xiliang Army's stronghold opened wide. Immediately, Dong Zhuo walked out accompanied by the generals, strode to Lu Bu who was half kneeling on the ground, waiting for the Xiliang Army to speak, and supported him

He stood up and said: "General Lu can abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side and be loyal to the court. It is really a blessing for me, the Han Dynasty."

"Lü Bu is ashamed. He dared to lead his army against Duke Dong before. Please ask Duke Dong to punish him!" Lü Bu quickly admitted his crime. This is also the attitude a surrenderer should have.

Dong Zhuo laughed hurriedly, took Lu Bu's hand and walked towards the stronghold. At the same time, he said: "The general was just deceived by others at that time. What he did was not of his own free will. How can I, Dong Zhuo, blame you? Now you are willing to betray him?"

The presentation of the head of the thief Ding Yuan is enough to prove that you have completely changed your past, so I should tell the court everything and give you a reward..."

Soon, the Xiliang Army completely integrated the Bingzhou Army. At this point, Dong Zhuo's army, which was still a bit weak in strength and suffered many casualties due to several battles, not only did not reduce its strength, but actually strengthened a lot. And as the generals

After the Bingzhou army was defeated and gathered, Dong Zhuo, who returned to Luoyang, naturally no one dared to be his enemy.

Originally, when Dong Zhuo led his troops into Luoyang and did all kinds of disrespectful and transgressive things, many warlords from all over the world were still dissatisfied, and some even wanted to send troops to serve the king. However, because of the lack of a leader, everyone tolerated it. But as time passed,

After Bingzhou Dingyuan openly used troops against Dong Zhuo, these people took action again.

Unexpectedly, in less than half a month, Ding Yuan, who had been so powerful before, was defeated. Even his own head was taken off and hung on the top of Luoyang City. This gave an obvious warning to other warlords in various places, causing them to

Don't dare

No matter how hastily you act, after all, Dong Zhuo now holds the emperor in his hands, and the reputation of righteousness is also on his side. It would be fine if he sends troops to attack and he wins, but once he loses, he will be ruined and die without a place to bury him.

where.

Because of such concerns, in the next period of time, no one in the world dared to openly become an enemy of Dong Zhuo. At this moment, everyone seemed to have turned a blind eye to the various changes in Luoyang...

After returning to Luoyang with a complete victory over the Bingzhou Army, Dong Zhuo's ambitions were completely exposed. He was no longer as restrained as before, and began to continuously seize the power of the court. Those who dared to argue with him before

Officials were dismissed by Dong Zhuo for various reasons, and even thrown into prison.

After rectifying a group of officials, Dong Zhuo's eyes once again fell on the Queen Mother. The emperor's mother still had a lot of obstacles for him to continue to exercise power on behalf of the emperor, so on the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Dong Zhuo took advantage of the

The emperor's edict invited the Queen Mother He, who did not dare to express anything, out of the meeting hall, completely cutting off the possibility of her participating in major political affairs.

Although the officials in Luoyang City were dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's behavior, they also felt helpless. Now that their lives were in Dong Zhuo's hands, how could they dare to become his enemy?

But this is just a test for Dong Zhuo to further realize his ambition. Soon, he will challenge an even more difficult thing to accept - to establish a new emperor! He is interested in Chenliu Wang Liu Xie, and feels that this is now the emperor.

The younger brother is more suitable to be the nominal master of this country, and this will be implemented after he takes more power and allows more people loyal to him to occupy high positions.

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Just when Dong Zhuo started making these plans, Ma Yue, one of his trusted advisers, rarely gave him advice. Instead, he interacted with some middle and low-level generals in the Xiliang Army, thereby gaining their favor.

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Ma Yue knew very well that Dong Zhuo was playing with fire. Those who play with fire will eventually burn themselves. Although the Han Dynasty is now weak, it has not yet reached the point where everyone will push it down. What's more, he knows better about what will happen next.

What kind of changes will happen, so before Dong Zhuo starts to act rebelliously, he should try to be as little involved in this kind of thing that arouses the resentment and dissatisfaction of the people in the world.

So when Dong Zhuo mentioned several times in front of them that he wanted to abolish the emperor and establish a new one, Ma Yue, who had always been able to give Dong Zhuo advice, no longer offered any suggestions or opinions. He knew very well that this matter was not a trivial matter. If Dong Zhuo was given

If you come up with an idea, you will not be able to get rid of the crime of aiding the emperor in the future, and if you openly oppose Dong Zhuo at this time, it may also lead to death. So just not talking about it is the wisest way to protect yourself.

Time passed like this little by little, and while Dong Zhuo's perception in the minds of the ruling and non-government people was getting worse day by day, Ma Yue's status in the Xiliang army was quietly rising. He always rewarded Dong Zhuo to him.

Some money, cloth, wine and meat were shared with the soldiers, and sometimes they even ate and drank with them, without treating them as lowly people.

In addition, every three or five days, Ma Yue would call some low-level generals above the village commander to his residence and explain to them some common sense about the art of war. This indeed won the gratitude of many people. In the eyes of Dong Zhuo and other upper-level people,

Unknowingly, Ma Yue's influence has begun to spread quietly among the lower ranks of the Xiliang Army.

In addition to his contacts with ordinary soldiers, Ma Yue also had contacts with a large number of scholars in Luoyang City. These people had not been able to become officials, but wanted to try their luck in Luoyang, so Ma Yue had many contacts with these people.

We have contacts in order to find some talents who can help us accomplish great things in helping the world in the future.

But it is a pity that Ma Yue did not have enough vision, or that all the truly talented and learned people have been snared by others. In the past ten days, Ma Yue has not found a talented and learned person who truly satisfies him.

Soon, the time turned from August to September, and the weather gradually became colder. The situation in the court was even more disappointing. Dong Zhuo became more and more powerful, and almost all major events in the court were controlled by Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo decided with one word. As his power expanded, those Xiliang troops finally showed their other side and began to harass the people in the city.

However, what these sergeants did was done with the acquiescence of Dong Zhuo and the generals. After all, after taking control of the government, Dong Zhuo also wanted to reward his troops, so the people in Luoyang City regarded it as rewarding the troops for him.

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Although Ma Yue was dissatisfied with this, he had no choice but to rely on his reputation in the military to help as many people as possible. On this day, when Ma Yue came out of his residence and wanted to look around,

Along the way, we saw four or five cases of Liangzhou sergeants oppressing the people, which made Wang Feng and others who were following him unable to stand it.

"Sir, I didn't expect Dong Zhuo to indulge his subordinates like this. If this continues, I'm afraid it will cause big trouble."

Ma Yue smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. In the hearts of these Xiliang sergeants, they always regard themselves as guests. They only want to grab a ticket in Luoyang City so that they can have a good time when they return to Liangzhou.

It’s almost impossible to prevent them from doing anything illegal or disorderly.”
Chapter completed!