Chapter Seventy-Seven: One Word, Dig!

Knowing that his ancestral tomb is difficult to protect, Liu Bei has no intention of staying anymore, as a member of the Han family, he must do what he can, now if he wants to keep Luoyang City, keep the imperial tombs of the past dynasties in the Beibi Mountain, there is only one way, let the princes march quickly, at all costs, even if it is to use corpses to pile up, but also to pile up the tiger prison, and then the army will come to Luoyang City, only in this way can Dong Zhuo make up his mind, keep the ancestral tomb dragon vein of the Han family!

However, Liu Bei understands in his heart how difficult it is to let the princes enter the army, the eighteen princes, the eighteen hearts, everyone is doing everything possible to preserve their strength, in the troubled times, there is everything if there is strength, and no one will make a wedding dress for others in vain. [∞ eight [∞ eight∞ read [∞ book,.".o@

Knowing that he can't do it, but he can't do it, even if there is only one in ten thousand hopes, Liu Bei has to give it a try, this is his responsibility and obligation as a member of the Han family, for the first time, Liu Bei found that the 'surname Liu' turned out to be not all good things!

Out of the big tent, I saw more than a dozen carts parked outside, each cart was driven by two strong horses, which were full of goods, and the horses kept spewing white gas from their nostrils to know that the goods pulled on should be very heavy.

"Hehe, this is a small gift for Xuande Gong, 1,000 stones of corn, 300 pairs of armor, 1,000 spears, 500 ring-headed knives, 200 pairs of bows and arrows, and I hope to smile!" Yat pointed to the vehicle and said the list of these goods.

"Such a generous gift, how dare you be, Commander Xiao is really righteous!" Liu Bei was very surprised in his heart, he and Xiao Yi have never had any dealings, and even the number of times they have met is only a handful, today is the first time to visit, and as a result, he gave a wild boar as a meeting gift, but people returned more than a dozen cars of valuable ordnance, one in the sky and one underground!

"I have been friends with Xuande Gongshen for a long time, and today I am comforting to see my life, just a few gifts, no need to refuse!" Xiao Yi will not say that he has been friends with Liu Bei Shen for a long time in the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he does have a hazy good impression of this big-eared 'Ah Fu', and he can help this 'hidden dragon' as much as he can, which can be regarded as fulfilling a childhood dream of his own!

"Thank you so much, the commander is generous, let Liu Bei repay in the future!"

"Hehe, don't dare! Can't! Hearing Liu Bei say that he wanted to 'repay himself', Xiao Yi was so frightened that his heart tightened, in his limited historical knowledge, everything that was rewarded by Liu Bei seemed to have no good results, such as Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang......

Heroes in troubled times, I have to guard against it!

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All the way to the camp gate, Liu Bei took Guan and Zhang to fly a windfall and leave, everything that happened tonight made them still in a dream, there are many legends about Xiao Yi in the coalition army, but most of them are 'arrogant and rude, murderous, treacherous and cunning' comments, I didn't expect to see it today, it was not like that at all, they saw the 'ghost face Xiao Lang', hospitable, generous, and courteous to their brothers, it was really 'famous as meeting, rumors can not be trusted! ’

"Big brother, this person is also a hero, he has unique insights into major events in the world, and his conversation is even extraordinary, can he take it for his own use, if so, big brother deserves a help?" Guan Yu not only has his eyes above the top, but also cherishes his words like gold, since he can say such things today, it can be seen that he is extremely recognized by Xiao Yi from the heart.

"What the second brother said is very true, I think that Xiao Yi's character and martial arts are first-class, and he is good at leading troops to fight, and he has a good amount of wine, he really ......has a good appetite" Zhang Fei on the side also raised his hands in approval, if there is such a drinking friend who accompanies him every day, it will be a happy death!

If others hear the conversation of the three brothers, they must think that they are crazy, just a small sesame official of the Plains Order, and they want to subdue the world-famous 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang', which even Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and other big names have not been able to do, and Zhang Yang, the assassin of the state, is even more worried all day long - the tail is not down, only the two of them know that although their eldest brother is now humble, he has a good plan and great ambition, and he will have a time to soar into the sky in the future!

Before the dragon soared, who knew it was a dragon? I guess I thought it was a cauliflower snake!

What's missing is just the wind and clouds!

"It's hard! The two virtuous brothers don't know, Xiao Yi seems to be modest, but he is extremely proud in his bones, even the Yuan League Lord of the Fourth World and the Third Duke is not taken into his eyes, and his big-hearted heart can be imagined; Such a character is comparable to the ancient Bai Qi, decisive in killing, iron-blooded and ruthless, if you want to collect it for your own use, unless it is an emperor like 'Qin Emperor and Han Wu', as for others, they can't afford it, and they can't use it! ”

Liu Bei shook his head, in fact, from the time of Xiao Yi's 'warm wine and slashing Huaxiong', he had the idea of making friends and subduing him, but after a period of observation, he found that Xiao Yi's killing spirit was too heavy, like a double-edged sword, if it was not well controlled, it would not only hurt others, but also hurt himself, he really didn't have that certainty, moreover, he Liu Bei has always been known for his 'loyalty, benevolence and righteousness', and he took the people-friendly route, but Xiao Yi was full of murder and notoriety, and the two of them were not the same!

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In the Tiger Prison, Dong Zhuo has been living like a year recently, he is already short-tempered, he has killed more than a dozen innocent attendants in a row, so scared that even the pro-army guards around him dare not approach, at this time Dong Zhuo is like a crazy tiger in a cage, whoever gets close will eat whom!

"Hey, Tiger Prison Pass, Tiger Prison Pass, is it really against the old man's life here?" When Dong Zhuo was a teenager, he once asked the wizard of Xiliang to calculate his fate, and the result he got was 'Evil tiger is coming, and the world is in chaos!' ’

The Lord has been killing all his life, and everywhere he goes, corpses are everywhere, blood is flowing like a river, and no one can control it! But there is a catastrophe in fate, which is the image of 'two tigers fighting for food', that is to say, there will be another tiger that threatens him, Dong Zhuo once doubted, "Who will this tiger be?" Yuan Shao? Sun Jian? Or that Cao Cao......"

Although the theory of fate is illusory, the current situation is really not in his favor; The alliance of the princes outside the pass is like a sword hanging above the head, there is a possibility of falling at any time, the Xiliang army was all taken to the tiger prison pass by him, I thought it could be a quick battle, but I didn't expect a big war down, the righteous son Lu Bu was defeated, and tens of thousands of horses were broken, now the morale of the army is low, and the Luoyang city in the rear is extremely empty, he knows very well the thoughts of those civil and military officials in the court, as long as the princes and the alliance appear outside Luoyang City, they will immediately fight back, and then the abdomen and back will be the enemy, but it is very bad!

"Where do we go from here? Go? "Now, Dong Zhuo has to think about retreating!

"Taishi, but you're worried about the current situation?" When Dong Zhuo was irritable, only the strategist Li Ru dared to lean over, because only he knew Dong Zhuo's mind best.

"Yes! Now in a dilemma, the old man doesn't know what to do! Seeing that it was his chief strategist Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's anxious heart calmed down a little, "But what is the best way to help the old man get out of this predicament?" ”

"Now it's a dilemma, the subordinates are not talented, there are two strategies, please choose for yourself!" Li Ru had a confident look on his face, obviously secretly he had been thinking about the way to break the game for a long time.

"Oh, there are two strategies, let's hear it!"

"The best strategy is to break the cauldron and sink the boat, burn all the grain in the city, drive all the soldiers and horses out of the city to line up, and the Taishi will personally supervise the battle, reward the former bravely, and cut off those who take a step back, and fight to the death with the Kwantung princes!" Li Ru raised the saber in his hand and signaled that Dong Zhuo's critical moment had arrived, instead of sitting here, it was better to go out and fight!

"Break the cauldron and fight to the death?" If it was Dong Zhuo who had just arrived in Luoyang a year ago, he would definitely not hesitate to take this suggestion, at that time he was ambitious, and the soldiers under his command were also in full swing, but since entering Luoyang, the prosperous life and luxurious enjoyment slowly consumed his fighting spirit......

If it was just when he arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, with a sharp spirit, he could still have an eighty percent chance of winning, but now that the righteous son Lu Bu was defeated, the fighting spirit of the soldiers was lost, and at this time the decisive battle was fifty percent of the certainty, fifty percent, he Dong Zhuo couldn't afford to gamble, because now he is not the Xiliang Ranger who has nothing, he is the imperial master, he has monstrous power, he has countless beautiful flowers, to put it bluntly, he is afraid of death......

"Tell me about the next step?" Dong Zhuo's face changed several times, and finally gave up the best strategy, people are like this, they are not afraid of anything when they are poor and have only one bad life left, even if they have half a chance, they dare to take their lives to fight, but once they are rich, they will spare their lives, and they dare not try it if they are sure.

"Hey! The hero's ambition is gone! Li Ru secretly sighed in his heart, he knew that Dong Zhuo at this time was no longer as heroic and fearless as he was at the beginning, the tiger's minions had become dull, and I am afraid that he would no longer have the majesty to command the beasts in the future!

"This strategy is that Taishi immediately lead the troops back to Luoyang, and then take the Son of Heaven and the civil and military officials hostage, move the capital to Chang'an, and temporarily avoid the edge of the coalition army!" Li Ru quickly adjusted his mentality, as a strategist, no matter what changes in the lord, he had to do his best to assist, this is the ethics of strategists in this era.

"Chang'an is close to the west of Liang, it is the basic place of the Taishi, it is extremely convenient to replenish the grain and grass, and the soldiers are extremely convenient, and there is the Hangu Pass as a barrier. …… Moreover, the princes have their own calculations and are unwilling to stay away from their own bases, for fear of being copied by others, so they resolutely dare not go deep into the Guanzhong alone, so they can ensure that our army is safe! ”

"Good, wonderful, wonderful!" Li Ru's words were saying that in Dong Zhuo's heart, moving the little emperor to Chang'an can not only avoid the edge of the princes' alliance, but he Dong Zhuo can also continue to be his own Taishi, and his glory and wealth will not be damaged at all, it is really a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone, "However, the capital is the foundation of a country, and moving the capital is such a big event, but is there anything to be afraid of?" ”

"Yes, if you want to move the capital to Chang'an, from the humble point of view, there are three things that must be done before you can succeed!"

"Oh, those three? Let's talk about it! ”

"First, first make people in the army and Luoyang to create rumors, and say, 'There is a Han in the west, a Han in the east, and the deer enters Chang'an, so that there will be no difficulty!' Stir up people's hearts first, and say that moving the capital is the will of heaven! "Li Ru understands the importance of public opinion very well, and besides, the Han Dynasty has always had a tradition of governing the country with 'diagrams'.

"Second, plant more flags on the Tiger Prison Pass, let the soldiers shout and practice every day, and create the false impression that we have been adding troops to prepare for war to the princes' coalition army, so that they dare not act rashly, so as to gain enough time, and the Taishi will lead the men and horses to return to Luoyang overnight, kidnap the emperor and hundreds of officials, and forcibly announce the relocation of the capital.

"Okay, these two strategies are very good, so what's the third one?" Seeing that Li Ru suddenly fell silent after saying two strategies in a row, Dong Zhuo first praised him, and then began to ask.

"This third, and most difficult, is money!"

After hesitating for a while, Li Ru still said, "Move the capital to Chang'an, rebuild the palace to ask for money, place hundreds of officials and set up another court to ask for money, the most important thing is to appease the army's heart, let the Xiliang soldiers and horses continue to go with the Taishi, and also need money!" ”

Since ancient times, if you want to do great things, it is all about paving the road with gold, making walls with grain and grass, and it is absolutely impossible to do without money, but the problem is that there is no money in the treasury of Luoyang now!

The treasury is empty, which can't be blamed on Dong Zhuo, because before they came to Luoyang, the treasury was empty, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was a master who could spend money, built palaces for many years, pageants and pleasures, and squandered the money accumulated by the Han Dynasty for generations, and then the new monarch ascended the throne, Dong Zhuo frantically recruited troops and horses, expanded armaments and wars, that is not spending money like flowing water, and the state pastors of the Han states have already intercepted all the local taxes, and have not handed over a single cent to Luoyang, and there is no source of taxes. Now the treasury is empty enough to starve rats......

"Yes! It's hard to do things without money, and you can't gather troops if you don't have money! "Dong Zhuo understands that if there is not enough money and food, let alone moving the capital to Chang'an, even if you stay here, I am afraid you won't be able to last long, hundreds of thousands of troops, countless daily expenses of grain and grass, the soldiers risk their lives to follow him to fight the world, he Dong Zhuo must feed these hundreds of thousands of mouths, if the army is hungry, it will eat people!

Once the rebels rise up to make trouble, even he Dong Zhuo will be shattered, and there are fewer mutinies since ancient times because of arrears of food and wages? Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but be scared into a cold sweat, no matter what, he had to avoid that kind of thing, so he had to get money, a lot of money, "What's the best way, but it doesn't hurt to say it, it's just killing people and setting fires, and the old man did it!" ”

"Actually, it's not that Luoyang City has no money, it's just that the money is not easy to take out!" Now, Li Ru hesitated, he knew that once this strategy came out, no matter what the success or failure of the future was, he would leave a reputation for eternity, and there would never be a day to turn over.

"Where's the money?"

"Underground!"

Gritting his back molars and spitting out these two words with difficulty, Li Ru sat on the ground like a deflated ball, sweating profusely, and couldn't say a word again.

"Underground?" Dong Zhuo thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood, buried the twelve sons of heaven of the Han Dynasty outside Luoyang City, and the gold and silver buried in the imperial tomb are innumerable, according to the Han system, the tax 'one-third' into the mountain mausoleum, the twelve imperial tombs are twelve treasury, and there are a large number of concubines and ministers around the imperial tomb, the tomb owner is not rich or expensive during his lifetime, and there will never be a shortage of burial utensils, if these things can be taken out of the ground, hundreds of millions of dollars will be obtained, so the military expenses are worry-free!

It has been taboo since ancient times to dig up other people's graves, not to mention that the emperor's tomb to be dug up!

For ghosts and gods, the Chinese nation has a kind of unsurpassed admiration, and has always paid attention to seeing death as life, even if the poor are poor, they will not cut off the blood and food and incense of their ancestors, unless they are cut off from their children and grandchildren!

Once he Dong Zhuo digs up the tombs of the twelve first emperors of the Han Dynasty, he will not be allowed to be allowed by the world, the world, and the infamy will be left for eternity, even after death, I am afraid that there is a danger of opening the museum and killing the corpse; But if you don't do this, you won't be able to pass this hurdle in front of you, what should you do?

Dig? Or don't dig?

Faced with a difficult choice, a brutal person like Dong Zhuo couldn't help but hesitate, life and death, right and wrong, right and wrong, how would the history books record themselves? What will future generations say about themselves? …… There is no peace after death!

"Hey! Man, big husband, when the interruption continues, but suffer from the chaos, after the old man dies, he will be flooded! Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo pulled out the Seven Killing Treasure Knife on his waist with his backhand, and his heart suddenly filled with endless courage, one word, dig!