Chapter 144: Control the Chaozheng
Li Ru lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "Lord, this matter is easy!"
Then, Li Ru quietly told her his plan in Dong Zhuo's ear. Dong Zhuoyue's eyes shone brighter when he heard it. At the end, he said happily: "Wenyou, this plan is very wonderful. Then we will implement it like this. At that time, the entire Luoyang City will become my belonging, hahaha."
In the next few days, people in Luoyang City saw the number of Dong Zhuo's army increasing day by day. Every day, Dong Zhuo's Western Liang cavalry drove into Luoyang City outside the west gate of Luoyang City. For three consecutive days, a large number of Dong Zhuo's army entered Luoyang City, which made many ministers panic.
After Dong Zhuo controlled the palace, many people were very angry at Dong Zhuo's behavior of controlling the palace. Bao Xin persuaded Yuan Shao: "Dong Zhuo has his own troops and will have different ambitions. If he does not plan early, he will be controlled. He is tired and can attack him."
But Yuan Shao said: "Dong Zhuo's troops are constantly coming, but it's not the time to attack him at this time. Now we still have to endure it."
Seeing that Yuan Shao did not listen to his advice, Bao Xin was afraid of Dong Zhuo's increasing army every day, so he did not dare to take the opportunity to raid Dong Zhuo. He was angry that Yuan Shao and others were so cowardly, so he left Luoyang angrily and returned to Jibei to recruit soldiers to wait for the time to be ripe to lead troops back to Luoyang and save His Majesty.
Three days later, Dong Zhuo's army of 180,000 finally arrived in Luoyang. At this time, many people in Luoyang City understood that they were deceived by Dong Zhuo.
That's right, Dong Zhuo's army rushed to Luoyang City day and night within these three days, but what they saw was the suspicious plan of Li Ru.
Li Ru asked the soldiers to enter Luoyang City in a high profile every morning, and took advantage of the darkness of the night to let the soldiers sneak out of the city gate and wait for the drums to enter Luoyang in Dazhang early tomorrow morning.
The most annoying thing among them was Yuan Shao and others. If Yuan Shao had followed Bao Xin's words at that time and raised an army to defeat Dong Zhuo, the entire Luoyang City would fall into the hands of their Yuan family. At that time, the Yuan family would not be just a mere four generations and three masters, and the entire Han Dynasty might fall into the control of their Yuan family.
Because of this, Yuan Shao even regretted his intestines at this time, but there was no regret medicine to take. Even Lu Feng, a monster with the system, did not see that there was such medicine sold in the system market, let alone Yuan Shao.
When Dong Zhuo saw the arrival of the army, he took advantage of the situation to control half of Luoyang City. Why did he refer to the control half of Luoyang City?
Because the other half of Luoyang City is controlled by He Jin's younger brother He Miao, Yuan Shao and others. After He Jin's death, all the generals under his command surrendered to He Miao's command. If Dong Zhuo wanted to control the entire Luoyang City, the first thing he had to eliminate was He Miao.
Subsequently, under the operation of Li Ru, Dong Zhuo sent his brother Dong Min to instigate He Jin's confidant general Wu Kuang, and asked Dong Min to tell Wu Kuang that He Miao colluded with Zhang Rang and others to kill He Jin together.
Wu Kuang was a martial artist. When Dong Min said that He Miao colluded with Zhang Rang and others, he colluded with the murder of General He Jin. Wu Kuang was furious without thinking and immediately raised his troops to kill He Miao's house and killed He Miao.
Why did Wu Kuang raise his troops to kill He Miao without thinking? By the way, Wu Kuang was appreciated by He Jin back then. Wu Kuang was very grateful for He Jin's kindness. Not long ago, he heard that He Jin was killed, and he even led his troops to kill all the eunuchs in the palace. Now, when Dong Min said that He Miao colluded with Zhang Rang and others to murder the general He Jin, how could he not raise an army and kill He Miao?
In order to avenge He Jin, Wu Kuang immediately broke the balance in Luoyang City. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others were shocked when they heard that Wu Kuang killed He Miao. Anyone with knowledgeable understanding understood that if He Miao was killed at this time, the person who benefited was definitely Dong Zhuo, but Wu Kuang believed Dong Min's words and killed He Miao. How could he know that this was not Dong Zhuo's trick?
Even if Wu Kuang understood at this time, it was too late. When Yuan Shao and Cao Cao led their troops to He's mansion, Wu Kuang had already killed He Miao.
After Wu Kuang thought that he had avenged He Jin, he was grateful to Dong Min for telling him about this and allowing him to avenge He Jin, so Wu Kuang led his army to Dong Min's command.
After He Miao's death, the generals under his command could be said to be scattered with money, and some of them defected to Dong Zhuo. The children of aristocratic families such as Yuan Shao held heavy troops to fight against Dong Zhuo. As Dong Zhuo gradually took over the imperial guards under He Miao's command, Dong Zhuo's power could be said to be unstoppable, and the entire Luoyang City was controlled by him.
Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and other aristocratic families held military power, they could not fight against the nearly 300,000 army in Dong Zhuo's hands. Therefore, Yuan Shao and others could only swallow their anger and watch Dong Zhuo control the government.
After Dong Zhuo controlled the entire Luoyang, he first proclaimed himself as Sikong and then rewarded his generals with great force, and on the other hand, he won over heroes and wise men from all over the world to establish his own reputation.
Dong Zhuo conquers Xun Shuang, Cai Yong and others to serve as officials in Luoyang, and even submitted a letter to Emperor Liu Bian to grant Lu Feng the title of General. Many ministers could see this point that Dong Zhuo's move was to win over Lu Feng. After all, Lu Feng was the son-in-law of the late emperor and the brother-in-law of Your Majesty now.
The ministers in the court even knew that Dong Zhuo and Lu Feng had a good relationship. Although Dong Zhuo controlled the entire Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo was afraid that Lu Feng would bring troops to Luoyang City. The reason was that Lu Feng was very skilled in martial arts. If Lu Feng wanted to force Dong Zhuo to be pulled away, it would be a very simple thing. Therefore, the only thing Dong Zhuo had to do was to appease Lu Feng and let Lu Feng stay in Bingzhou and ignore Luoyang City.
Dong Zhuo guessed this correctly. Not to mention that Lu Feng is now in seclusion to fight against the inner demon, even if Lu Feng is still in Bingzhou, he will not care about the ups and downs in Luoyang City. If Lu Feng is there, he will definitely say to Dong Zhuo: "Brother Dong, I understand what you want to do. You can let it go, but on the surface, don't do it too much. After all, I still have the title of Your Majesty's brother-in-law. Brother Dong, you can't make it difficult for me to be a human being, right?"
Unfortunately, everyone didn't know what Lu Feng was thinking, and Dong Zhuo and Li Ru really guessed Lu Feng's idea. Therefore, with the help of Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's power in Luoyang City can be said to be increasing day by day.
As power gradually consolidated, Dong Zhuo felt that he was in power, so he wanted to depose the emperor. So on this day, Dong Zhuo said inadvertently in the court: "The late emperor was originally happy that King Chenliu succeeded to the throne, but now I want to fulfill the last wish of the late emperor, but I don't know if there is any objection to it."
The ministers in the court were afraid that Dong Zhuo would not dare to speak, but Lu Zhi was the first to speak out and said: "Mr. Sikong, Your Majesty has done nothing wrong since he ascended the throne. If Sikong wants to abolish Your Majesty, it is not possible."
When Dong Zhuo heard someone objecting to him, he couldn't help but be angry. He was about to arrest Lu Zhi and chop him down.
Li Ru, who was beside Dong Zhuo, saw Dong Zhuo angry and quickly spoke: "Lord, Lu Zhi is an important official in the court, so you should not kill him lightly. If you kill Lu Zhi, it will cause a rebound from the court. Please calm down your anger."
"Mr. Lu said the most, but Dong was in vain to test the intention of the late emperor!" Dong Zhuo was not a person who was unreasonable. After Li Ru reminded him, Dong Zhuo knew that it was not the time to confront Lu Zhi and others head-on, and he said in a slow tone.
Dong Zhuo's concession really fell below the glasses of a group of ministers in the court. Everyone was rumbling in their hearts and said, "Is this still Dong Zhuo?" "When did Dong Zhuo become so polite?" "Is Dong Zhuo really a loyal minister?"
Chapter completed!