Chapter 9(1/2)
Killing Dong
Author: Add coriander to crucian carp soup
Killing Dong
Zhong Ping knew that Xun You was testing his understanding of military affairs.
Hulao Pass...
He thought for a while and remembered that the plot should be about Lu Bu leading his troops to fight. In the middle, it seemed that someone from Wu Anguo came up to challenge him, but he ended up walking away with his arm broken.
The climax is the battle between the three heroes and Lu Bu.
In the time-travel novels that Zhongping has read before, the protagonist who travels to the Three Kingdoms almost never misses this scene.
When I think about it, I feel like I'm wearing a pair of fake clothes.
He almost didn’t participate in any major plot points.
Zhong Ping organized his speech and replied: "Lü Bu is as brave as a tiger. If he wants to defend the pass, Dong Zhuo will definitely make Lü Bu fight with his generals."
"Among the coalition forces, no one is known to be brave enough to defeat Lu Bu."
"I usually think that the generals fighting in front of the battle are aiming to inspire strength."
"Once morale is depleted, it will be even more difficult to win."
Wang Yun was a little surprised. His eyes showed admiration and he whispered to himself.
"The idea of 'fighting in front of a battle is to inspire strength' is quite novel."
He repeated this sentence repeatedly, and after a while, he raised his head again and said: "There are many talented people in the coalition army. Even if Lu Bu has some courage, he cannot compete with the heroes of the world."
Zhong Ping silently swallowed the words "Lu Bu is the best general in the world".
He sat up straight and spoke in a humble tone.
"Situ Yan is right. Uncle Xun once said before that there was a man named Guan Mingyu in the coalition army who was about to kill Hua Xiong under his horse with a single blow when he came out of the battle."
"Now that heroes from outside Hulao Pass are arriving, it would be too arrogant to declare victory or defeat without careful consideration."
Wang Yun's snow-white beard trembled slightly.
"Yes, raw jade can be carved."
Xun You breathed out slowly.
Zhongping is smarter than he thought.
Based on Xun You's understanding of Zhong Ping these days, the boy's views on the victory or defeat of the coalition forces were exactly the same as his own.
Dong Zhuo is bound to be defeated.
Xun You was very worried that Zhong Ping would truthfully answer his questions.
Because in fact, it was not Xun You who took the exam for him, but Wang Yun.
For Wang Yun.
Zhongpei is just a thirteen-year-old child.
He can be wise early, but he cannot be too smart.
Especially after he proposed to use the knowledge of prophecy to drive a wedge between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.
Although Wang Yun admired Zhongping, he might have been a little wary.
Yes, be careful.
A person who is young enough and has extraordinary enlightenment, but has no fear of heaven and earth, gods and ghosts, is terrifying.
Tongping can take advantage of ghosts and gods at this time, but what about the future?
Is it conceivable that such a person would be loyal enough to the imperial power?
Xun You felt that Zhong Ping would not fail to see the trap in Wang Yun's question.
He was just worried that Zhongping was young after all and did not have a deep understanding of people's hearts, so there would be some omissions in his words.
Zhong Ping answered very cautiously. He did not reveal his edge and easily avoided Wang Yun's temptation.
Xun You expressed his great relief.
Zhong Ping thought to himself, I do know that the outcome of the Battle of Hulao Pass was that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei attacked Lu Bu in a group, and Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an.
But the question is, can I tell this thing?
If I really tell you, I will probably get a barbecue gift package tonight.
Forget it, I'd better deal with it.
So Thongpei only roughly spoiled Sanying’s previous plot:
A general cannot defeat Lu Bu. The coalition forces may lose if their morale drops. I have warned you.
In this way, Zhong Ping unintentionally eliminated Wang Yun's little vigilance, and also gained Xun You's approval.
Of course, Tanehira himself knew nothing about this.
Within ten days, Dong Zhuo led the defeated army back to Luoyang, gathering civil and military officials to discuss moving the capital.
Although it was a discussion, this time Dong Zhuo no longer cared about the attitude of the gentry in the court, and any dissenters would be killed on the spot.
If Li Ru hadn't persuaded him, Dong Zhuo would have used this as an excuse to implicate "rebels" and massacre the gentry in the court.
Li Ru knew that Dong Zhuo was completely crazy now.
The defeat of Hulao Pass awakened Dong Zhuo from Luoyang's extravagance and made him realize the weakness beneath his strong appearance for more than a year.
Dong Zhuo always thought that standing next to the dragon throne meant that he had the supreme power and could become the one who made the rules.
But now he realizes that the real power in this world is not on the throne.
And in the mouths of the gentry.
From the moment he was born, he was destined to never have the opportunity to grasp this kind of power.
Zhongping feels that he is very square.
Since he recognized his IQ level, his goals have become to gain fame, run away, cling to his thighs, live on, and fish happily.
In addition, because of the binding system, a "promoting liver life" was added behind the thigh hug.
But he never expected that he would die before leaving the army, and that the plan would face the crisis of failure at the first step.
He... can't run away at all!
After being carried away by Dong Zhuo's army for a day, Zhongping was completely exhausted.
This is the result of Wang Yun being able to ride on the same horse as Zhong Ji.
Thongping was so dizzy from being jolted on horseback that he couldn't even open his eyes.
Fortunately, I can still get some wind with Wang Yun at the front, and I have practiced my riding skills well, otherwise...
He glanced at the system bar, looked at his force value of 30, and looked up at the sky speechlessly.
With a physique that makes me exhausted after being jostled by a horse for a while, I am afraid that I will die immediately when I get to Chang'an?
Facts have proved that human potential is unlimited.
After Zhong Ping arrived in Chang'an, he could not only breathe, he could also continue to make plans to kill Dong with two old coins, Xun You and Wang Yun, at night with a pair of panda eyes.
Originally, Zhong Ping thought that Wang Yun would host a banquet to invite Lü Bu and use some provocative words to make Lü Bu want to surrender. However, to make him completely rebellious, it might take some effort to seduce him.
Unexpectedly, history did not deviate from its original track after all.
Due to the advancement of Zhongping, although Dong Zhuo died a year earlier than in history, he still died of a woman's death by accident.
When Lü Bu was discovered teasing Dong Zhuo's maid, Dong Zhuo threw it with a halberd and threatened Lü Bu with disturbing his private room.
When Zhong Ping heard the news, the matter of executing Dong had already been settled.
"Thousands of miles of grass, how green it is. Divination in ten days will not give birth."
Children in Luoyang sang new nursery rhymes in Chang'an.
Dong Zhuo's body was abandoned in the market and no one cared about it.
Zhongping stood at the street corner from a distance.
This was the second time he saw Dong Zhuo.
He remembered the book that said that the people hated Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo's death, the people put fire in his belly button as a lamp. When passing by, they would step on Dong Zhuo's body several times when they saw it.
Tanpei stood there for a long time, with crowds coming and going around the fat corpse, but not many people stopped to curse or trample on him.
Maybe the living Dong Zhuo is Dong Zhuo, and the dead Dong Zhuo is just a puddle of fat piled on the ground, attracting insects and flies in vain.
Occasionally, passers-by would kick Dong Zhuo's legs or other parts angrily because the road was blocked.
Is the lighting of sky lanterns a lie? Or am I here early?
Should I wait until the evening to come back?
To be continued...