Chapter 90 Return to Beijing
Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo combined into one, but clearly escorted Liu Bian and Liu Xie all the way to Luoyang. The soldiers on both sides were on guard against each other, but Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo, as the main generals, seemed to have not been affected at all.
On the way, we met Lu Zhi and Min Gong who came to rescue him.
After Hua Xiong asked about the whereabouts of the emperor, he casually left Min Gong. Min Gong knew that if the emperor was kidnapped by warlords such as Dong Zhuo, it might not be a good thing. He immediately turned around and wanted to bring reinforcements to protect the emperor. On the way, he met Lu Zhi who came out to find the emperor.
At this moment, Luoyang was in chaos. Even if he went back, he would not be able to move the rescue troops for a while. After Lu Zhi explained the reason, the two of them decided to come and stabilize Dong Zhuo first. As for the others, it would be easy to talk about after returning to Luoyang.
Unexpectedly, they would meet Ye Zhao. Lu Zhi and Min Gong were overjoyed, so they naturally joined Ye Zhao's side. With Ye Zhao's troops on the side, Dong Zhuo was also much more at peace. He returned to Luoyang all the way, but at this moment, Luoyang City became much more dilapidated after a night of chaos.
Last night, the turbulent soldiers gradually spread out from the palace, spreading the chaos of the palace to the entire city. Before leaving, in order to create chaos, the ten generals ordered people to set fires in the city to disrupt Luoyang City so that they could escape. However, this also made Luoyang even more chaotic.
When Ye Zhao and others arrived in Luoyang, although the hustle and bustle in the city had temporarily returned to peace, they were all in a mess, with corpses everywhere on the ground, wealth and property scattered on the ground, and even battlefields left by Luoyang soldiers fighting each other.
Although I learned from Lu Zhi that the situation in Luoyang was not very good, the scene in front of me still made everyone feel depressed.
"Command the soldiers to block the city gates, send people to inspect the city, and restrain the army, but if anyone takes the opportunity to cause trouble, he will be killed without mercy!" Ye Zhao's face turned cold, and he turned to Fang Yue and said.
"Here!" Fang Yue bowed and began to arrange for the soldiers to close the city gate and inspect the city.
A scholar beside Dong Zhuo came to Dong Zhuo's ear and whispered: "Lord, now the three armies in Luoyang City are in their masters. It is the time when the lord takes the opportunity to collect military power. You can take advantage of Ye Zhao's restoration of order to gather Luoyang troops and seize the opportunity."
Dong Zhuo hesitated: "But the emperor..."
"Don't worry, lord, as long as we can grasp the military power, the emperor will still be the one in our pocket!" the scholar laughed in a low voice.
"Good, you can lead Wen Kai (Huaxiong), Hu Zhen, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji to lead people to gather the military power in the city." Dong Zhuo whispered quietly.
"Here!" The scholar agreed and was about to leave, but he saw Ye Zhao walking in front of him suddenly stop and turned his head to look at him. His smile-like gaze made the scholar's heart jump.
"Brother Zhongying, this gentleman is..." Ye Zhao looked at the scholar and smiled at Li Rudao.
"This is my son-in-law. I was too hasty before and forgot to introduce it to Ye Hou. Wenyou, please see Ye Hou quickly." Dong Zhuo said with a smile.
"Secretary Li Ru, I have met Ye Hou." The scholar bowed to Ye Zhao in a regular manner and said with a smile.
"It turns out that it's Mr. Wenyou, I'm so rude. Brother Zhongying is surrounded by many talents." Ye Zhao said with a smile.
Dong Zhuo was a little puzzled, but he also said modestly: "Ye Hou is very serious and is all unsavvy, and he is not as talented as Ye Hou's disciples."
After saying that, Dong Zhuo looked at Li Rudao again: "Go and order people to recruit troops stationed in Gucheng to help stabilize public security in Luoyang."
"Here!" Li Ru bowed and said goodbye in a hurry.
"Xiu Ming, what happened?" Lu Zhi asked in a low voice when he saw Ye Zhao approaching.
"It's nothing, I just think Dong Zhuo's behavior is a bit... suspicious." Ye Zhao shook his head. Li Ru thought he could avoid others, but he didn't know that within ten feet of this radius, it was under his control. But he couldn't tell them about these things.
"Dong Zhuo is a man who is a tiger and wolf. He has not received the imperial edict this time and leads his army to Luoyang without authorization. Moreover, the timing is so coincidental that he has done a lot of intentions. He should be cautious when cultivating Ming!" Lu Zhi said solemnly.
"Don't worry, Master Lu." Ye Zhao said with a smile.
After thinking about it, Ye Zhao said goodbye to Lu Zhi, he found Ji Ling, Meng Hu and the other two said, "You two go and hold my military talisman and gather the soldiers and horses in the West Garden. You can collect as much as you can."
Compared with He Jin's Yulin Army and the Five Clans of the Northern Army, although the new army in Xiyuan was still short of its establishment and its combat effectiveness was not long, its plasticity was higher than that of other armies, and its marks were relatively weak, making it easier to subdue. Although Ye Zhao had made up his mind to let Dong Zhuo walk in front of the stage to argue with the scholars, he stayed in Luoyang for so long and could not return empty-handed. Moreover, during the period he stayed in Luoyang, he also needed some strength that was indescribable enough to avoid being cannon fodder.
"Here!" Ji Ling and Meng Hu took Ye Zhao's military talisman, bowed and retreated. They followed Ye Zhao in Luoyang for a long time. At this moment, with Ye Zhao's instructions, it was much easier to find a way than Dong Zhuo.
Most of the troops of Dong Zhuo and Ye Zhao dispersed in an instant. When the group arrived at Nangong, there were less than a thousand troops guarding Liu Bian, and the rest were all secretly sent by Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo.
As soon as he arrived in Nangong, he saw Yuan Shao, who had already received the news, and a group of civil and military officials came forward. When he saw Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao's expression changed.
Wang Yun changed his mind and smiled and walked forward and said, "I wonder why Ye Hou and Dong Liangzhou are here?"
"I received an urgent report last night that a rioter disturbed Luoyang, so I specially led my army to protect the enemy." Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Fortunately, I rushed in time, otherwise Your Majesty would be in danger."
"I am hereby come by the secret order of the Emperor." Dong Zhuo nodded with a smile.
The secret decree of the late emperor?
Yuan Shao and Wang Yun heard this and their hearts were thrilled. Yuan Shao stepped forward and said, "Where is the secret edict?"
"It's important and I didn't take it with you." Dong Zhuo smiled and said, "When my subsequent troops arrive, I will present a secret order! Discuss with the public."
"Now, let's go to court first. I am also very curious about why Luoyang City has fallen to this point?" Ye Zhao looked at everyone and said calmly.
After saying that, he ignored everyone and went straight with Lu Zhi, protecting Liu Bian to the Jiade Hall.
"When will Ding Jianyang's troops arrive?" Looking at the backs of Ye Zhao and his men leaving, Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and said, "If this continues, what can we use to fight Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo?"
"Don't worry, the Bingzhou people have passed the Arc destiny and will arrive in one or two days." Wang Yun nodded solemnly. The matter had just reached the most critical moment. Unexpectedly, before they could close the Luoyang troops, Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo would arrive at the same time, which caught them off guard.
"Send someone to speed up the urge to do it." Yuan Shao said in a deep voice: "If this continues, we will have no place to stand in Luoyang."
"Yes." Wang Yun nodded and said, "Original Xiyuan New Army also needs to be gathered together as soon as possible. Ye Zhao may not miss this opportunity to conquer military power."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded heavily. If Ye Zhao had the power of military power, then there would be nothing they had to do in Luoyang. He finally used the help of the Ten Changshu to kill He Jin, but after all the busyness, he made wedding dresses for others. Yuan Shao naturally did not want to do this.
"You think, will this secret decree that Dong Zhuo said be..." Yuan Shao looked around and whispered to Wang Yun.
"It shouldn't be!" Wang Yun thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "The late emperor had no reason to give Dong Zhuo the will. Not to mention that Dong Zhuo had already violated the taboo of the late emperor. Even if the late emperor had this intention, even though Dong Zhuo had military power, he was far away in Xiliang. How could the late emperor ask him to assist him...what is wrong..."
"What's wrong?" Seeing that Wang Yun was halfway through his speech, his expression suddenly changed, and Yuan Shao frowned.
"The late emperor would not hand over the will to Dong Zhuo, but what if anyone wants to hand over the will to Dong Zhuo?" Wang Yun looked at Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo's backs, and a chill flashed in his eyes.
"These two have joined forces?" Yuan Shao's heart sank. This is not good news.
"It's probably the case." Wang Yun nodded and said, "When trying to get rid of the relationship between these two people!"
"What are the tricks of Master Zi?" Yuan Shao asked hurriedly.
Chapter completed!