Xiliang Tie rode and killed all the guards who were blocking in front of him, joined Dong Zhuo, and then they escorted Dong Zhuo's carriage and slowly killed outside the palace gate.

The two halls near the palace gate were set on fire by the Xiliang soldiers, and soon the flames rose into the air and thick smoke billowed out. The guards who rushed towards the royal path from both sides were blocked by the flames, so they could only gather together and rain sharp arrows on the royal road.

The fire grew bigger and bigger, and one of the temples collapsed.

Dong Zhuo's carriage was only twenty steps away from the palace gate.

Liu Fan, Yang Zhan, and Li Su took the lead and commanded the guards to fight to the death.

Outside the palace gate, the war drums were thunderous, the sound of killing was everywhere, and the Xiliang soldiers crowded in like a tide.

Dong Zhuo looked happy and looked up.

Xu Rong stood in front of the palace gate, standing with a halberd, carrying a bloody human head in his hand.

Dong Zhuo raised his hand without thinking and shouted: "Zilie, come and save me." ”

Before the words fell, the joy on Dong Zhuo's face suddenly disappeared, and a pair of eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes were full of anger and shock.

Huangfu Song, dressed in heavy armor and with a face like cold frost, slowly appeared behind Xu Rong.

Xu Rong betrayed, and Huangfu Song also betrayed. Remorse is like a sharp long knife slamming Dong Zhuo's body and mind, and ablating Dong Zhuo's bone marrow like poison. I didn't kill them at the beginning, but today I am killed by them.

Dong Zhuo suddenly laughed, and his shallow smile was full of extreme disdain, extreme pain, extreme bitterness and sadness.

If you die today from the butcher's knife of the scholars, you will be convinced. If you lose, you lose, since ancient times, you have become a king and a loser, there is nothing to regret and complain about, but today I died under the knife of Huangfu Song, died under the knife of Xu Rong and Li Su, and I felt very sad.

Huangfu Song and Xu Rong are both martial artists, and no matter what purpose they use to kill themselves, the martial artists will be frantically retaliated against and purged by the scholars after their deaths.

Why would they do it? Don't they know the despicable and shameless faces and bloody and cruel methods of the scholars? If they kill themselves, the warriors will completely lose their authority and protection, and they will follow in their own footsteps and die, and they will get nothing but death.

The scholars despise the warriors, and regard the warriors as the flood beasts that cause trouble and discipline, and from then on, the warriors will be extinct in the court and will be abandoned from the handle. Sad and pitiful warriors.

Dong Zhuo thought of Duan Cheng. Duan Cheng had only been a lieutenant for more than a month before he died. Compared with Duan Cheng, he was a little better, and under the siege of all forces of the Han Dynasty, he struggled to support him for more than two years, but in the end, because of the betrayal of the martial artists, he went to a dead end.

What about Li Yi? How long can Li Yi, who is far away in Jizhou, support him at this moment? I am dead, and Li Yi is the only martial artist who holds the power of the Han Dynasty. From now on, Li Yi will replace me and become the biggest rebel of the Han Dynasty and the object of siege by all the forces of the Han Dynasty.

In the past, because of my existence, Li Yi could still rush left and right among the forces of all sides, struggling hard, but what if I died? I'm dead, how long can Li Yi struggle?

Dong Zhuo looked up at the sky.

The blue sky and the white clouds, they are like their old years, which is intoxicating and nostalgic.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo forgot all the grievances and hatreds, forgot all the difficult years of pain and struggle, and only had the blue sky and the elegant and leisurely white clouds in his heart.

He stared at it for a long time, motionless.

The drums of war thundered, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The Xiliang soldiers fought for a long time and suffered heavy casualties, but they still resisted stubbornly and swore to fight to the death.

At this moment, some of the Xiliang soldiers were surrounded outside the Weiyang Palace by Huang Wan, Huang Fuhong, and Wang Xin, and some were driven into the palace by Huang Fu Song and Xu Rong, and their defeat was a foregone conclusion.

Xu Rong held Jin Zhun's head high and shouted: "By the order of the Son of Heaven, kill Dong Thief." ”

………………

In the afternoon, Taiwei Zhou Zhong, Situ Wang Yun, Sikong Chun Yu Jia, Shangshu Lingshi Sun Rui and other ministers entered the palace to meet the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven was so frightened that he didn't say a word, and let the ministers do everything. If the ministers consulted him, he nodded his head, not daring to say anything.

Wang Yun recommended Taiwei Zhou Zhong to participate in Shangshu Affairs and take charge of state affairs. Today, there are five dukes in the Han Dynasty, Taishi Dong Zhuo was executed, Taifu Liu Yu is far away in Qingzhou, and the three dukes in the court are headed by Taiwei, of course, Zhou Zhong should be in charge of state affairs.

Zhou Zhong immediately resigned. The reason why he was able to successfully kill the rebellious Dong Zhuo this time was that Situ Wang Yun should be the first to take the lead. It's all thanks to years of careful planning. Zhou Zhong and Chun Yujia and other ministers unanimously recommended Wang Yun to take charge of state affairs.

The Son of Heaven immediately issued an order to use Situ Wang Yun to participate in Shangshu affairs and take charge of state affairs.

Wang Yunzuo asked the Son of Heaven to immediately inform the world of the news that Dong Zhuo had committed the ten major crimes and had been ambushed, and ordered the arrest of Dong Zhuo's clan protégés, and those arrested were all killed by the three clans and confiscated their family property.

The two counties of Fufeng and Feng Yi of Guanzhong Sanfu had long been controlled by Wang Yun, and most of the county officials of Jing Zhao Yin were also Wang Yun's people, so Wang Yun asked the Son of Heaven to appoint a new Jing Zhao Yin as soon as possible to pacify all parts of Jing Zhao.

At the same time, Wang Yun also expressed many urgent state affairs that needed to be dealt with, such as immediately urging all prefectures and counties to submit their statements, abolishing the small money and reusing the five-baht coin, etc., and the Son of Heaven played them one by one.

When Wang Yun and other ministers were about to retire, the Son of Heaven hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't help but make a small request in fear, since Dong Zhuo was dead, then bury him, don't break the bones and scatter ashes.

Wang Yun was very excited and flatly refused: "Dong Zhuo's crimes are monstrous, and it is difficult to write about them. Frustrating the bones and scattering ashes, it is already very cheap for him. ”

The Son of Heaven turned pale, bowed his head and trembled.

Dong Zhuo's body was chopped into pieces, burned to ashes, and scattered on Chidao. The children of the Dong clan were killed and buried in mass graves. Many of Dong Zhuo's cronies and former officials were beheaded by the whole family, and more than 5,000 people were killed.

Under the strong persuasion of Huangfu Song, Xu Rong and others, Wang Yun took a step back and did not put the families of dozens of military officials of the Xiliang Army in prison, but temporarily imprisoned them.

In the second **** meeting, Wang Yunzuo asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict, requiring Niu Fu, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Wang Fang, Li Ru and other generals of the Western Liang Army to immediately return to Beijing to report on their work.

The ministers of the court and China were surprised and dissuaded Wang Yun one after another.

This holy decree was sent over, and Niu Fu and the others knew that they would die, and they would definitely rebel and lead a large army into the pass. At this moment, there are only 2,000 soldiers of Xu Rong in Guanzhong, 2,000 soldiers of Huangfu Hong, 1,000 Yulin troops of Li Su, even if you add the 3,000 Qiang cavalry invited by Huangfu Song to help, and the 6,000 soldiers of Fufeng and Feng Yi counties, there are only 14,000 people in the entire Guanzhong, and they are not rebellious opponents at all.

"Wang Situ, we resolutely agree to kill Dong Zhuo's old general, but this matter must be considered in the long run, and we can't rush it." Sikong Chun Yujia persuaded, "Wang Situ is anxious to revive the society and stabilize the mood of the world, we understand very well. But the premise is that we must first stabilize Guanzhong, and control the army of Niu Fu and others before we can kill them. In any case, there can be no more fighting in Guanzhong. ”

Huangfu Song was very angry, his face was pale, and he didn't say a word.

Xu Rong was worried that Niu Fu would lead the army into Guanzhong, and Chang'an would be difficult to protect, so he also persuaded him.

Chang'an mutiny, about 43,000 troops on both sides participated in it, the losses were very amazing, the losses of both sides were 31,000 people, Guanzhong's vitality was greatly damaged, and Chang'an was vulnerable.

Wang Yun was unmoved, stubborn, and said coldly: "I just want to force Niu Fu." ”

Huangfu Song couldn't help it, he pointed at Wang Yun and said, "What Wang Situ relies on is nothing more than the army of Bao Hong and Duan Xuan. But can they stop Niu Fu? ”

The ministers suddenly woke up. There was no mention of Duan Xuan and Bao Hong's names in this holy decree, which turned out to be the case. It seems that these two people, like Xu Rong, have already been secretly persuaded by Wang Yun.

Wang Situ even had ambush soldiers. Wang Yun is planning step by step, and he has no last resort, if Dong Zhuo does not die, then God really has no eyes.

Wang Yun smiled calmly: "Duan Zhuo was originally a general of the Northern Army, although he and Dong Zhuo both served under Duan Zhuo when they were young, but he was not Dong Zhuo's cronies, nor Dong Zhuo's old department, he only obeyed the orders of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court. As for Bao Hong, you should know better. When I was the assassin of Yuzhou, he was my subordinate, and we led the army to attack and kill the Yellow Turban Army together, which can be regarded as a friend of life and death. ”

Wang Yun looked at the ministers and continued: "The secret edict of the Son of Heaven was handed over to Bao Hong as early as the New Year. I repeatedly instructed him to preserve his strength as much as possible and not to rush to attack Hedong, so as not to cause unnecessary losses and affect the plan to kill Dong Zhuo. ”

"After Dong Zhuo's death yesterday, I immediately sent a secret message to the two generals, Duan Xuan and Bao Hong, with an eight-hundred-mile fast horse, and ordered them to immediately lead the army to Huayin and kill Wang Fang while Wang Fang was defenseless. As long as Wang Fang was defeated and Tongguan was captured, Niu Fu was trapped in Guanxi. ”

"Last month, Niu Fu was defeated in Kansai, and all the grain, grass and baggage were taken away by the Northern Xinjiang Army. In order to make an emergency, Dong Zhuo temporarily allocated a part of it from Chang'an, but the quantity of this batch of grain and grass was limited, and it was only enough to supply the army for half a month at most. Therefore, as long as we firmly hold the Tongguan, Niu Fu's army will soon collapse. ”

Wang Yun arched his hand at Huangfu Song and said, "General Huangfu, do you think I can keep Guanzhong with this method?" Keep Chang'an? ”

Huangfu Song shook his head and said: "Wang Situ, don't forget, you have to rely on the soldiers to fight hard, and you have to rely on the lower-level soldiers to charge into battle. Do you know how many Dong Zhuo's old troops are in Duan Xuan and Bao Hong's army now? How many tun chiefs, military candidates, and military commanders have followed Dong Zhuo to fight on the battlefield for more than ten or even twenty years? Wang Situ was bent on killing them, how could they sell their lives? ”

"Niu Fu, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang, Li Ru, these Xiliang warriors, are all battle-hardened people who have died for a long time, if you want to kill them, they will never be restrained. There is not enough food and grass, and they can eat people. Just relying on one Tongguan can't stop them. ”

"Okay, General Huangfu reminded me well." Wang Yun said with a smile, "If Yue Fei, the general of the conquest, takes advantage of Niu Fu's attack on Tongguan and leads his army to attack, do you think we can defeat Niu Fu?" ”

Huangfu Song suddenly thought of something, his face changed suddenly, and he said loudly: "One hundred thousand heads, this order must not be given." ”

"The holy decree has been sent to Hedong overnight." Wang Yun glanced at Huangfu Song in surprise, "General Huangfu, what's wrong?" Dong Zhuo was punished, the Son of Heaven was in charge, and of course the Quanzhou Imperial Court was going to be canceled. The Son of Heaven has ordered the eldest princess and the old ministers to return to Chang'an immediately. ”

Huangfu Song sighed and was speechless, and did not speak again. (To be continued.) )