Chapter 303 Dong Zhuo Moved the Capital

Dong Zhuo sat motionless on the ground, his expression suddenly aged a lot.

His lips trembled, and Dong Zhuo suddenly said, "Wen You, did we do something wrong by marching troops into Beijing?"

Seeing Dong Zhuo's completely lost confidence, Li Ru sighed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

"What is the prime minister talking about? In the past, King Wen was imprisoned in Chaoge City, and his life and death were in the hands of the jailer. In the future, the Zhou tribe will fight against Muye to establish the country for 800 years; King Qin, the struggle for supremacy between Chu and Han finally ended with King Xiang committing suicide on the Wujiang River. How can the prime minister belittle himself?"

Li Ru said solemnly: "Although our army has failed one after another, at least we still have a large army of 100,000 people sitting in Bingzhou, so we can retreat temporarily and plan slowly."

Dong Zhuo finally regained some energy: "Oh?"

Dong Min and Xu Rong died in battle one after another, Fan Chou was in a hurry, Liu Ye and Yuan Shu joined forces to march eastward with an army of 100,000, and heard that Yuan Shao in Hanoi was also about to move, Dong Zhuo was exhausted physically and mentally, and didn't know what to do.

Li Rudao: "Our army occupied Bingzhou before. If we withdraw from Luoyang now, we will get nothing at most. Besides, the emperor is still in the hands of our army. Liu Ye and Yuan Shu are traitors. Don't you worry about the safety of the emperor?"

Exit Luoyang?

Dong Zhuo was rather unwilling, it happened that He Jin and Shi Changshi were in opposition, so he seized the opportunity to take over Luoyang, but now it would be too shameful for him to retreat in despair.

Li Ru persuaded again: "Prime Minister, before our army leaves, we can move the people in the city to Bingzhou. By the way, we can blackmail the rich and powerful in the city, and dig the imperial tombs to enrich the army. , wait for the opportunity to send troops, even if you can't achieve the emperor's career, it will not be a problem to separate the regime and become king."

After some thought, Dong Zhuo nodded.

"Okay! Order Lu Bu to go back to Shihulao Pass, and strictly prevent Yuan Shao from going south. Fan Chou defends Hangu Pass firmly, and must not attack lightly. If you defend Hangu Pass, you will be rewarded a lot."

"Let Li Jue and Guo Si lead the Flying Bear Army to plunder the rich and powerful households in the city, order Zhang Ji to dig the emperor's tomb overnight, relocate the people in the city, immediately evacuate the dwellings to Hexi, and order Duan Yan to lead the army to welcome them!"

Seeing that Dong Zhuo finally recovered from his gloom, Li Ru breathed a sigh of relief and agreed without hesitation.

"Prime Minister, don't worry, a certain person will go down to supervise!"

Liu Ye's consecutive victories in Kansai finally aroused Dong Zhuo's strong anxiety. As Liu Ye and Yuan Shu's two-way coalition forces suppressed Hangu Pass, Dong Zhuo finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to get out of the quagmire of Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo first ordered Fan Chou and Lu Bu to guard Hangu Pass and Hulao Pass respectively. Although Fan Chou was afraid of Liu Ye and Yuan Shu's "100,000 troops", he was Dong Zhuo's direct general after all, so he still gritted his teeth and stood firm at Hangu Pass.

Lv Bu, on the other hand, was a little noncommittal about Dong Zhuo's order, and still stayed in Yanzhou. However, as Dong Zhuo's words became more and more severe, he wanted to cut off Lv Bu's food supply. In desperation, Lu Bu had no choice but to withdraw from Chenliu and retreat to Hulao Pass. Although Dong Zhuo successfully restrained Lu Bu, he also planted the seeds of discord between the two.

April 23rd is destined to be an unusual day.

On this day, almost all the rich and powerful households in Luoyang City were ransacked. Li Jue and Guo Si led the Fei Xiong army to door-to-door, and all the rich and famous people in Luoyang City were found.

This group of Flying Bears killed civilians without authorization in Luoyang on weekdays. Due to their status, they could not attack the big households. However, Prime Minister Dong gave the order, and the two generals Li and Guo personally led the team. Naturally, the subordinates were merciless.

Treasures, silk and satin, all snatched away. Women, old and young, whether they were married, killed, or left the court, they were all taken away.

As for what Zhang Ji did, it was even more indignant. The Han Dynasty was divided into the Eastern and Western Han by the Wang Mang Rebellion, with their respective capitals in Luoyang and Chang'an, and the tombs of more than 20 emperors of the Han Dynasty were naturally divided into half.

Zhang Ji led Dong Jun's cavalry directly into the royal cemetery, dug up all the more than ten royal cemeteries of the Eastern Han Dynasty, exposed the corpses in the wilderness, and dug out all the burial objects.

The court minister, the great Confucian Lu Zhi, was furious: "Dong thief digging the tombs of the previous emperors is a traitor and a traitor. How can Wang Mang compare?"

The court ministers loyal to the Han Dynasty naturally wailed loudly, but Dong Zhuo was unmoved. It can be said that Dong Zhuo was already daring.

After looting the rich and powerful households in the city and excavating the funerary artifacts in the imperial tomb, Dong Zhuo finally took out his trump card.

Move the capital!

Dong Zhuo read to the little emperor Liu Xie in the palace: "The traitors Liu Ye, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others have no emperor in sight. They gathered thieves to besiege the imperial capital. Luoyang is in danger. I suggest that your majesty move the capital to Jinyang to preserve the ancestral temple."

Jongmyo? Didn't you, Dong Zhuo, dig up your grave a long time ago?

Liu Xie was young, and he was a puppet emperor, so he naturally "agreed to everything".

After Dong Zhuo played the performance, the emperor, civil and military officials, and more than 400,000 households around Luoyang City were forcibly moved to Bingzhou, and then a big fire was set in Luoyang City.

Fan Chou, who was stationed at Hangu Pass, and Lu Bu, who was stationed at Hulao Pass, immediately led their troops to retreat after seeing the thick smoke and fire in the direction of Luoyang, and chased after Dong Zhuo.

Seeing Dong Zhuo fleeing, Yuan Shao who was stationed in Hanoi immediately sent his troops to pursue him, but unexpectedly fell into Li Ru's scheme. Lü Bu set up an ambush on the way.

Lu Bu's prestige spread far and wide, and the Hanoi Allied Forces saw Lu Bu rushing out suddenly, and were rushed to death by Bingzhou iron cavalry for a while, and they were defeated immediately.

However, Lu Bu's troops were limited, and he was unwilling to compromise his troops too much. After all, the reason why Dong Zhuo valued him so much was because of the 20,000 troops under his command. If the 20,000 army has lost too much, Dong Zhuo can still put him in Lu Bu's eyes?

Therefore, Lu Bu withdrew after chasing and killing for a while, and the Hanoi coalition forces fled for a while. Yuan Shao packed up the remnants of the defeated generals, and re-camped in Hanoi. He did not dare to act rashly, but waited and watched the situation.

But Fan Chou withdrew his troops from Hangu Pass, leaving only a group of old and weak.

Seeing this, Liu Ye immediately ordered Zhang Jaw to attack tentatively, but unexpectedly he attacked in one go.

He asked about Fan Chou's whereabouts from the closed mouth of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Knowing that Dong Zhuo had escaped, Liu Ye made a decisive decision, joined forces with Yuan Shu, and rushed to Luoyang in one go.

The 50,000 army rolled forward without stopping, and when they arrived in Luoyang, there was only thick smoke billowing and flames.

Luoyang was the imperial capital for a century, Liu Ye and Yuan Shu were naturally taken aback when they saw this, and hurriedly commanded the army to put out the fire, especially in the direction of the palace.

Fortunately, Liu Ye and Yuan Shu came quickly, and the 50,000 troops tried their best. Although the fire in Luoyang City was huge, after a whole day of effort, the fire was finally brought under control. The room is empty.

Seeing this, Liu Ye immediately decided to use military rations to relieve the disaster and help the people, and at the same time allocated a large amount of food and grass from Guanzhong.