Chapter 865 Dong Zhuo Is Gone

Cai Yan woke up from a daze. Her physical discomfort made her energetic. Thinking of the novel and comfortable experience accompanied by pain last night, her face turned red again.

Without a maid to serve her, she dragged her feet and put on her clothes. Having lived in Liaodong for many years, she certainly knew that there were no real maids and servants under General Wang's rule.

She used to live with Old Cai. The people in the family were all hired by Old Cai. They had to go back when it was time for spring plowing and autumn harvest. It was because Old Cai had a high salary that he could not support her.

The general's mansion was the same. All the people here were recruited nearby and the general's mansion paid them. Even the maids and servants brought by the women of the wealthy families who married into the marriage were all released as free men and would get married when they reached the age. Of course, they still had to work in the general's mansion. They were considered her family and were taken care of more attentively.

She did not have a special maid to serve her. The little maid yesterday was hired by the general's mansion to help her do some chores, such as sweeping the yard and washing clothes. There is no need to eat or make fire. The general's mansion has its own small kitchen canteen. Just tell me what you want to eat. Although you can't have big fish and meat, the conditions are not bad. As for making fire for heating, the general's mansion has ground dragons and centralized heating, so it can be warm as spring in winter.

Now under the rule of General Wang, it can be said that the people are simple and honest, everything is so well organized, exuding vitality.

After getting dressed, Cai Yan frowned, slowly opened the door and walked out.

The high spring sun makes people unable to open their eyes, and they don't want to open their eyes. The warm sun that is not scorching warms the body and is warm and comfortable. The spring breeze that is not harsh at noon gives people a refreshing spirit. The natural breath of the wilderness brought by the spring breeze makes people intoxicated. It is the windy and sunny day and people are in good mood, and the spring breeze is ten miles of tenderness.

Such natural joy, how can people not linger.

Intoxicated for a moment, she put her white hands on her eyebrows and adapted to the light outside. She saw Cai Li sitting on the stone bench in the yard, kicking her legs back and forth, blinking her big eyes at her.

"Sister, how do you feel?"

Cai Li's big eyes were full of inquiry and curiosity.

"You'll know later. Come find me some food and go to rest." Cai Yan blushed and asked her sister to find her food in a bad mood. She sat on the stone bench, supporting her chin with her hand, looking at the green mountains in the distance with empty eyes...

Wang Yan was not really anxious about Bingzhou. Because only he knew that the chaos had not come yet.

No matter what the situation in Bingzhou is now, there will definitely be changes later, because Dong Zhuo will not survive this year. Now it's almost the beginning of spring, no matter who wants to transfer troops to Bingzhou, it will take some time. And during this period of time, Dong Zhuo is gone.

After all, it's early March now, and Dong Zhuo was gone in April or May. All parties were messing around with arranging troops and thinking about strategies. Before they arrived at the place, and before they arrived at the place, they didn't wait for the war to start, Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu.

At that time, the program was that Li Jue, Guo Si and others, under the instigation of Jia Xu, turned from fleeing in a hurry to gathering the remnants of Dong Zhuo, driving away Lu Bu, capturing Luoyang, holding Liu Xie hostage, living a life of seclusion as a powerful official, and even wanted to kill Liu Xie.

The situation in Bingzhou at that time must have been different, and the current arrangement had little impact on the situation in Bingzhou in the future.

Guo Jia was not discouraged after being hit by the general, and the defenders of Pingcheng surrendered before they survived the winter. Without these 10,000 enemy troops, Yanmen was within easy reach.

After the army cleared Yanmen, Guo Jia took office and became the real governor of Yanmen. While coordinating various matters, transporting various tools, seeds, and food from Youzhou, and preparing for the spring farming plan, he did not forget to fight.

He was unwilling to be a civilian official, unwilling to have a headache in various data and various messy things all day long, he liked the feeling of strategizing.

So after arranging the defense and dispersing the cavalry, he sent Zhao Yun to lead the Shenwu Guard to attack Yanmen Pass. Of course, it was not a strong attack, but to see if it was possible to take it by trickery.

Yanmen Pass is undoubtedly a key and dangerous pass. Li Mu once guarded the pass here to resist the Xiongnu outside the pass. Meng Tian led 300,000 troops to go out of the pass here and drive the Xiongnu far away. The First Emperor also built the Great Wall, which is an important node. Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, and Li Guang all attacked the Xiongnu here. The famous Zhaojun went out of this pass.

This is a valley, and the Great Wall is built around the mountains. It is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. Only a small number of troops can stop multiple armies.

Zhao Yun led the team and stopped his horse in front of the pass. Seeing the steep mountains on both sides, the majesty of the pass in front of him, and the crowds of people on the wall, he saw that this pass was difficult to break by force and difficult to break in a hurry.

He asked his soldiers to shout words of surrender, and Zhao Yun was not angry when he saw the arrows coming down from the wall.

He knew very well that the reason why he failed to persuade them to surrender was because he was confident of occupying the dangerous pass. The defenders were only more than a thousand people. If they were to fight in the plains, they would not even be able to hold their weapons. Hiding in the city like a cuckold gave him more courage.

He was not in a hurry to conquer the pass. He sent out scouts to look for a route over the mountain. After finding nothing, he left 2,500 soldiers and horses to block the way and led his troops to retreat. He also wrote down the situation in advance and sent it to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia read Zhao Yun's letter. This was something he could think of with his feet. But he was afraid of the unexpected, so he asked Zhao Yun to lead the army to see if there was a chance. If there was no chance, it would be better. But if there was no chance, it didn't matter.

In fact, if it was a different boss, he would have ordered Zhao Yun to attack Yanmen Pass without his advice. Although Yanmen Pass is a dangerous pass, it is not impossible to take it down. It is nothing more than a matter of how many lives of soldiers are willing to sacrifice. But his boss is Wang Yan, and the most common saying is to preserve the living force and not attack the city unless necessary.

There is no way. The city defense battles in ancient times were too tragic. Every time a city was taken down, the moat was filled with the bodies of soldiers.

Again, Wang Yanbing was not in a hurry. He did not have enough food to feed the people and the army, and he did not have enough officials to govern the conquered land. It is true that you should wear pants as big as your butt.

So just like Zhao Yun’s soldiers besieged Pingcheng before, that was the correct way to fight a city defense. Guarding the four gates, cutting off the food supply, and making the enemy collapse by themselves, without delaying anything, this is the right way.

After careful consideration, Guo Jia thought it would be better to control Yanmen Pass in his own hands early. So he wrote a letter that was considered a memorial and sent it to the general's mansion in Ji County by a signalman.

Ten days later, Wang Yan saw Guo Jia's letter.

The meaning of the letter was very simple. It stated the importance of Yanmen Pass and gave suggestions, which was to draw a part of the troops, go out from Zijing Pass, cross the mountains over there, and block Yanmen Pass from the south, first to cut off the supply of Yanmen Pass, and second to block the enemy's reinforcements. In this way, it will take at most two or three months to go south to Yanmen Pass and take the initiative in the Central Plains.

Of course, Wang Yan had thought of this strategy a long time ago, but he just executed it. After all, Yanmen Pass was there and he couldn't run away. The reason why there was no action last winter was because the mountain roads were not easy to walk in winter. Although there were cotton clothes to keep warm, it was still cold, and there was no need to suffer that.

Another reason is that they crossed the mountains and ridges to block Yanmen Pass in the south, but they were also alone and deep in the depths, and the logistics were too long and the supplies could not keep up.

If Yuan Shao had the courage and determination to cross the Taihang Mountains, he could cut off the retreat of the isolated army. Wouldn't the people he sent there be trapped?

However, Yuan Shao has begun to make plans but not make decisions. He definitely doesn't have the courage to do such a thing. The main reason is the weather. It is really impossible to cross the mountains and attack from a distance in winter.

But now the time is right. After going back and forth, the spring plowing is half done, and Dong Zhuo is about to be killed by his eldest son. The situation is changing drastically, and it is just the right time.

Thinking of this, General Wang ordered: "Guangwu, Xuanwu, and Weiwu three guards, each draw a thousand soldiers and horses, recruit 3,000 militiamen from Youzhou, led by Taishi Ci, cross Zijing Pass, cross the mountains to block Yanmen Pass, and Guangwu Guard will be temporarily led by Huang Zhong. In addition, 8,000 militiamen from Youzhou will be mobilized to serve as a grain transport team, escorting grain and grass to repair the main roads along the way, and do not disturb the people."

"Yes, General." The guards below immediately ran out to pass the order.

It is better to mobilize troops as early as possible.

Wang Yan shook his head with a smile, but did not say anything. After all, he also recruited militias at the same time. These militias were in various places in Youzhou, and it would take some time to gather them. In this case, the early one would be useless.

Of course, Taishi Ci had to set off first. He had brought people to the place, and the grain transport team had only left less than half.

There were also some considerations in choosing Taishi Ci. Zhou Cang was steady but his combat effectiveness was relatively poor. Huang Zhong was brave and capable but he was an old general and had a child. Huang Zhong was the least suitable for leading troops on an expedition. He was most suitable for fighting short-distance tough battles. Taishi Ci was fine. He was relatively younger and more powerful. He, Zhao Yun, and Liao Hua were all suitable for being sent out to fight.

He wrote a reply to Guo Jia, explaining his arrangements clearly, and urged Guo Jia to do a good job in Yanmen, and sent the waiting communication soldiers back, and then continued to do his work.

In fact, he didn't have much to do. Although all kinds of messy things under his rule had to be dealt with by him, the system had been established, the foundation had been laid, and everything would develop step by step.

He only needed to grasp the general direction, do a good job in the ideological construction of the civil and military officials under his rule, and deal with various internal contradictions. He didn't need to do anything else.

At this point, if he did nothing, the population under his rule would increase exponentially, the number of young people with knowledge and ideals who were shallowly brainwashed would increase, the number of inventions by craftsmen would increase, the number of cultures generated by the collision of various ideas would increase, the combat effectiveness of the army would increase, and even the grain output would be stronger year by year under the continuous improvement and cultivation of the doctor of agronomy.

With these, the world should be his. He didn't even have to use his brain too much. When there were more people under his command, he would do it for those princes. It was so simple to conquer the world.

He strolled out on horseback with his three-year-old son, enjoying the beautiful scenery of late spring while the spring was not over. His deep eyes looked to the south, which was the direction of Chang'an.

General Wang smiled, "Old Dong, how are you?"

Dong Zhuo was of course fine, although there had been some minor incidents in the past few months, such as his good eldest son Lu Bu missing his new concubine and even trying to rape him at Fengyi Pavilion, which made him very unhappy. If Lu Bu had not been unparalleled in combat power and still useful, he would have been killed long ago.

His good son-in-law Li Ru also gave him advice and asked him to give Diao Chan to Lu Bu. He also told him a bullshit story, saying that King Zhuang of Chu did not investigate Jiang Xiong, who had teased his concubine, at the Jueying meeting, and was later trapped by Qin soldiers and rescued by Jiang Xiong, so he persuaded him to send Diao Chan away.

Of course he was tempted. To be honest, it was just a woman. Although he had played with her for half a year, it was not a big deal. He had no shortage of women. But after talking to Diao Chan, he felt something was wrong. He was the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. He had done all the important things of deposing and enthroning the emperor. He was just short of ascending the throne. Lu Bu, a brave man, actually tried to touch his forbidden food. It was really hateful.

However, there were indeed many places where he relied on Lu Bu. After a few days, he thought it over.

Except for this matter, everything else was good and very smooth. With a beautiful woman in his arms, he enjoyed music every night. The little emperor was sensible and the court officials were more obedient. Especially recently, Wang Yun actually said that the officials had reached a consensus and wanted to help him ascend the throne. That was really great.

Dong Zhuo was so happy that he was going crazy. To be honest, he himself had never thought that he, Dong Zhuo, would have the day to become emperor.

So after a period of "fasting and bathing" for the public, and abstaining from fish and meat for seven days, he wore a black crown, rode a huge carriage with eight white horses, led three thousand soldiers, and rushed from Meiwu to Chang'an, to his throne.

Two hundred and fifty miles, eighty miles a day for three days, and stayed outside Chang'an for one night. On the fourth day, the gates of Chang'an were opened, and civil and military officials came to welcome him. After being fooled by Wang Yun, he only brought five hundred soldiers into the city.

Arriving in the city and seeing the high platform for enthronement, Dong Zhuo broke away from his guards and stepped onto the stage step by step.

Just as he reached the top, before he could continue to be happy, the situation suddenly changed. Wang Yun and others who were originally smiling and holding him, were full of murderous intent, calling Dong a thief and saying that he was a traitor.

Dong Zhuo hurriedly shouted: "Where is my son Fengxian?"

He shouted several times, and a tall and mighty man wearing armor and holding a painted halberd flashed out from the high platform: "Old thief, I have nothing to do with you. Today, the imperial edict is in my hand, and I will punish the thief. Old thief, how dare you take my concubine? Give me your life."

After the words fell, he shouted loudly, and saw him wielding the halberd horizontally. In an instant, Dong Zhuo's head jumped high, and with a snap, it rolled down the stairs. The headless body spurted blood for a while and fell to the ground.

The court officials looked at each other, and all laughed out loud, very happy.

Lv Bu stood with a halberd, looking at Dong Zhuo's headless body, and also laughed out loud, in high spirits.

Thinking back to the past, when he knelt under the tent and said, "Bu has been wandering for half his life, and I only regret that I have not met a wise master. If you don't abandon me, Bu is willing to worship as your adoptive father", how aggrieved he was. Yes, he feels aggrieved now.

How can he, a man of honor, recognize a thief as his father?

It should be just as he said when he met with Wang Yun a while ago, "A man born between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under others for a long time", that is a real man.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu laughed even more wantonly, his ambition was expressed today, his heart was full of infinite pride, happy, happy...

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