Chapter 260 Dong Zhongying 2

In the middle of the night, a meteor with a length of more than ten feet suddenly appeared in the quiet night sky, and half of the sky was as bright as a pillar, shocking the horses in the barracks of Bianzhang and Han Sui's barracks. After waking up, the sleeping soldier was stunned and at a loss by this sudden strange phenomenon.

They thought it was an ominous sign of the defeat of the war and did not want to stay in Meiyang to fight. They all wanted to return to the old Jincheng. Suddenly, the whole barracks was in turmoil and could not calm down for a long time.

The next morning, Tan Ma of the Eastern Han army quickly reported the emergency military situation to Dong Zhuo. After hearing this, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and thought that he could take advantage of this day to give him a good opportunity to raid Bian Zhang and Han Sui's troops, kill him unprepared and completely destroy the enemy. Therefore, Dong Zhuo immediately took urgent action and joined forces with Bao Hong and others.

Due to the impact on the other side's military spirit and the lax organization, most of the soldiers were not prepared for thought or defense at all. In an instant, they suffered heavy blows and suffered countless casualties. Dong Zhuo won a complete victory; Bian Zhang and Han Sui lost to Yuzhong (now central Jincheng County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province).

Dong Zhuo saw a rare opportunity, so he immediately led a large army with Zhou Shen and others to pursue the fugitive army. Because Jincheng is the current situation of the Qiang people, their power is omnipotent, and there are troops stationed everywhere. Dong Zhuo and others blindly went deep into Xiqiang and committed the military taboo of "poor bandits should not be chase". In the process of chasing, they were besieged by tens of thousands of Qiang people.

The solitary army of the Eastern Han Dynasty was completely surrounded by the Western Qiang army. Because the rear reinforcements could not arrive in time, the army ran out of food and fodder in less than a few days, and the besieged soldiers not only did not retreat at all, but attacked more fiercely and the situation was very critical.

At that time, the army led by Zhou Shen and others was completely defeated, and only Dong Zhuo's army was designed to escape. Dong Zhuo, who was calm and experienced, was still not panicked under such circumstances. He ordered the soldiers to build a high dam in the river to cut off the flowing water upstream. The Qiang people felt puzzled about this.

At this time, Qiangqi came back with news that the Eastern Han army was catching fish and shrimp in the dam all day long. The general of Xiqiang thought that Dong Zhuo's military food had run out and had to catch fish and shrimp to satisfy his hunger, so he relaxed his vigilance and only besieged him, trying to trap Dong Zhuo's army.

However, there has been no movement for a long time. When Qiang Qiong found out the situation, Dong Zhuo's army had already disappeared and disappeared. It turned out that the real purpose of Dong Zhuo's dam was to confuse the enemy as a cover, and then wait for the opportunity to quietly retreat. Hu Bing and Qiang Qi heard that Dong Zhuo's army fled and went to pursue it. Because the river was too deep, they could not cross the river.

Dong Zhuo's outstanding performance in the fight against Bianzhang and Han Sui soon became the Marquis of Taiwan Township and thousands of households in Shiyi.

In the third year of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, there was a mutiny inside Qianhu. Han Suige killed Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, and gathered more than 100,000 troops to besiege Shaanxi. Li Xiangru, the governor, defected the court and returned to Han Sui. Soon, Han Sui united with the surrounding Ma Teng, Wang Guo and others to attack Sanfu, which was powerful and unstoppable.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, Han Sui and Ma Teng have attacked Chencang (now Baoji City, Shaanxi Province), endangering Chang'an and Luoyang. Lingdi hurriedly worshipped Dong Zhuo as the former general, and together with Zuo General Huangfu Song to relieve the siege of Chen Cang, defeating Han Sui and Ma Teng. As a result, Dong Zhuo was rewarded by the imperial court.

Dong Zhuo's rising power expanded rapidly. In order to curb the continued growth and spread of Dong Zhuo's power, the Eastern Han Dynasty recruited Dong Zhuo as a young government without real power in 188 AD (Zhongping five years).

Dong Zhuo understood the intention of the court, so he politely refused and refused to take office. Lingdi was seriously ill and hurriedly summoned Dong Zhuo to worship him as the herdsman of Bingzhou, and his army belonged to Huangfu Song.

The ambitious Dong Zhuo was naturally dissatisfied with the court's arrangement and appointment, so he replied to Emperor Ling: "The soldiers have been together for a long time, and they have been in love with the kindness of their ministers and animals. They will work hard for their lives and beg for the northern state of the generals." He refused to hand over the military power, and then led his troops into Hedong to observe the changes of the times.

Since Dong Zhuo led the army to conquer Qianhu and suppress the Yellow Turban Army, he has been heavily used by the court many times and promoted. Especially after defeating the attack of Han Sui and others, his power has grown day by day, forming a mixed army with Liangzhou people as the main body and mixed Hu and Han people.

Although the court suppressed Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo, who was increasingly full-winged, became more and more ambitious and arrogant.

After stationing troops in Hedong, the whole Longxi became Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence. He not only mastered a strong armed force, but also a powerful local warlord, but also a court official and a border official. With strong strength and extremely expanded ambition, Dong Zhuo began to design specific steps to win the central government.

In April 189 (the sixth year of Zhongping), the Han Lingdi Liu Hong died in Jiade Palace, and the young emperor Liu defended the throne. Because Liu Wei was young and unaware of things, the Empress Dowager He was in charge of the dynasty for the time being, and the imperial power was even weaker. Eunuchs and relatives are increasingly fierce in order to obtain the special power to control the imperial power. The two sides did not hesitate to use all means to exclude each other and fight to the death.

Dong Zhuo, who was well aware of the faction dispute in the imperial court, was secretly happy when he learned of the death of Emperor Ling. He closely followed the movements of the imperial court and was ready to take corresponding measures and act on the opportunity.

Soon, Dong Zhuo, who was waiting for the opportunity in Hedong, received a secret order from General He Jin. He Jin is the uncle of the Young Emperor and represents the forces of foreign relatives. After the death of Emperor Ling, he and Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of Sili, plotted to kill Zhang Rang, which was opposed by the Empress Dowager He.

So, He Jin lured Dong Zhuo to take advantage and summoned him to Beijing immediately to fight against Zhang Rang in the name of the imperial edict, and used this to coerce the Empress Dowager He. After receiving the imperial edict, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and immediately summoned the people and horses to lead the army into Beijing for several days. According to He Jin's intention, he wrote to the young emperor, demanding that "according the evil on the side of the king" and "concession of the army to clear the adultery".

However, Dong Zhuo never thought that He Jin would be killed by Zhang Rang and others in the fight before he could get to Luoyang.

At this time, Yuan Shu, the general of Hu Ben Zhonglang, was also in command of Luoyang. After hearing the news that He Jin was killed, he set fire to the Nangong and killed Zhang Rang and others.

Zhang Rang and Zhongchang Shi Duan Si hurriedly hijacked the young emperor Liu Wei and Chen Liu Wang Liu Xie and fled to Xiaopingjin (now southwest of Gong County, Henan Province) at the Yellow River ferry in the middle of the night. Dong Zhuo, who was on the march, saw a sea of fire in the capital from afar and knew that the situation had changed. When he heard that the young emperor was in Beimang, Dong Zhuo hurriedly led his troops.

The young emperor was frightened by the swarming army and burst into tears. Dong Zhuo was majestic and swaggered forward to see the young emperor and asked him about the incident.

The young emperor stammered and was incoherent, but Liu Xie, who stood aside, took the initiative to tell Dong Zhuo the story of the whole incident. The narrative was unambiguous and organized. At that time, Liu Xie was only 9 years old, exactly 5 years younger than the Young Emperor.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and thought that Liu Xie was much stronger than Liu Wei, and because he was raised by Empress Dowager Dong himself, he had the initial idea of deposing Liu Wei and supporting Liu Xie.

After Dong Zhuo welcomed the young emperor to the palace, he took the emperor to order the princes and began to intervene in the whole central regime of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Dong Zhuo, who has been fighting for a long time, deeply realized that if he wants to conquer hundreds of officials and control the imperial court, he must first have a strong military backing.

When he first arrived in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo's subordinates had no more than 3,000 troops. In order to cause a strong military deterrent effect on Luoyang at the beginning, he ordered his subordinates to sneak out of Luoyang every four or five days at night. The next morning, he drove into Luoyang. The drums shook the sky and the banners were fluttering, as if thousands of troops were thousands of horses. Broken.

All Luoyang people, including court officials, were intimidated by Dong Zhuo's strong strength and dared not deviantly at all.

Although the illusion can temporarily confuse people, it will eventually be recognized. Of course, Dong Zhuo's move can only be a stopgap measure. After a little adjustment, he began to take practical actions to expand his troops and seize military power.

After General He Jin was killed by Zhang Rang, his general Wu Kuang was deeply resentful of He Jin's younger brother He Miao (the then riding general), believing that He Miao was unwilling to cooperate with He Jin, and also suspected that he colluded with Zhang Rang to deal with He Jin together. Wu Kuang Nian and He * Ri were kind to him and vowed to kill He Miao and avenge He Jin.

He mobilized his soldiers and told them, "It was the bicycle general He Miao who colluded with Zhang Rang to kill the general. We must avenge the general!" Therefore, he joined hands with Dong Zhuo's brother Dong Min to kill He Miao. After He Miao's death, Dong Zhuo collected the profits of fishermen and collected He Jin and He Miao's troops without taking a single soldier.