Chapter 782 Killing the Emperor (Part 1)
Chapter 780: Killing the Emperor (Part 1)
Dong Zhuo has been very upset recently, and the culprit is naturally Qin Hao.
In the Battle of Jingbei, although the Liangzhou Army did not directly participate in the war, it supported Liu Xiu in many aspects such as military strength, food and grass, military ordnance, and politics.
In addition to these, the Liangzhou army also restrained most of Qin Hao''s troops, otherwise Liu Xiu would not have the qualification to compete with Qin Hao at all.
It was precisely because Liu Xiu had pulled Dong Zhuo''s skin that he could successfully fool the five princes into forming an alliance. Otherwise, the princes of Jingzhou would not have been able to pay attention to them just by his reputation and Liu Biao.
Dong Zhuo didn''t expect Liu Xiu to defeat Qin Hao, because he knew that this was simply unrealistic. After all, even if he had the strength Qin Hao had, he would have to make some effort.
Dong Zhuo only wanted Liu Xiu to restrain part of Qin Hao''s energy. After he completely integrated the power of Guanxi, he defeated the Nanyang forces in four groups, but he didn''t expect Liu Xiu to be defeated so quickly.
After analyzing the entire Jingbei Battle, Dong Zhuo found that this defeat could not be blamed entirely on Liu Xiu. After all, Liu Xiu did not make any mistakes. It was because the Qin army had too many new tricks.
The endless emergence of new equipment, unheard of formation commands, and elite soldiers and generals...
This battle will lose is a real mistake. Even if Dong Zhuo comes to command in person, it may not be better than Liu Xiu.
After Qin Hao captured Xiangyang, the defense of the south had been completely consolidated, and Dong Zhuo''s plan to siege was completely dead.
Through so many resources, not only did not hit Qin Hao, but also allowed his power to grow, which made Dong Zhuo feel even more threats from Qin Wen.
Liu Xiu''s remaining troops in Nanjun would be good if they were not destroyed by Yue Fei, let alone restrain Qin Hao''s troops in the south. If Qin Hao occupied all of them, his power would become stronger.
So, even though he knew that Liu Xiu was not Qin Hao''s opponent, Dong Zhuo had to continue to support Liu Xiu, because now, no one can stabilize the situation in Nanjun except Liu Xiu.
After Qin Hao took Xiangyang, he did not rush to expand, but split his territory into four counties and continued to tap internal potential, and his power was as vibrant as the rising sun.
Dong Zhuo turned around and looked at your own side. The aristocratic family expressed their support but secretly resisted. The integration of the land of Guanxi is far away, and he still looks half-dead.
What made Dong Zhuo most angry was that Qin Hao was actively contacting the Kanto princes, and the Kanto princes also showed great interest, obviously they wanted to unite to deal with him.
The Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao was once a million mercenaries, which was so powerful that he was dragged to death by the princes and aristocratic families in the world.
Although Dong Zhuo is now the first prince of the world, he is still quite different from the Yellow Turbans at that time. Of course, he does not have the confidence to deal with the attacks of the princes in the world.
But you will come whatever you are afraid of.
Under Qin Hao''s active contact, the contact between the princes in various places is becoming increasingly close, but there is still no progress on his side.
Originally, Dong Zhuo wanted to attack Qin Hao to shock the princes of Guandong, but now he couldn''t even think about it, because he was sending troops now to force the princes to unite.
In order not to unite the Kanto princes, Dong Zhuo also made a strategy of dividing them, such as:
Han Fu was appointed as the governor of Jizhou;
A general under Yuan Shu was appointed as the prefect of Nanyang;
Cao Cao was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou;
At this time, Dong Zhuo finally realized that the Liangzhou army, as the strongest prince, had become the target of public criticism and the momentum of unity was imperative.
The Liangzhou army alone cannot compete with the princes of Kanto. Only by concentrating the power of Kanto can one compete with each other. However, Kanto is still confronting Dong Zhuo under the connection of a dark force.
If this continues, the Liangzhou army will completely turn its initiative into passiveness, and Dong Zhuo will become more and more irritable as a result.
Dong Zhuo also wanted to integrate Kansai in a gentle way, but he no longer had time to find out the whole story, so he could only use the simplest and most crude method, that is... killing the emperor.
Dong Zhuo didn''t know which forces were targeting him, but he knew that the forces behind the deposed young emperor Liu Bian were definitely the most active ones.
Therefore, killing Liu Bian can intimidate the families of Guanzhong and the officials of civil and military affairs, so that Dong Zhuo can successfully integrate the power of Guanxi to fight against the princes of Guandong.
But what Dong Zhuo didn''t know was that he actually overestimated the princes of Kanto.
The reason why the Kanto princes were closely connected was that they realized the threat and wanted to protect themselves under Dong Zhuo''s military strength, which was far from reaching the point of uniting against Dong. His act of killing the emperor this time led to the birth of the alliance to challenge Dong.
King of Hongnong Palace.
Li Ru walked in with three cups of poisoned wine expressionlessly. Liu Bin, who had been deposed as King Hongnong, hugged each other tremblingly with the Empress of Tang, with a look of despair on his face.
Empress Dowager He stood in front of the two of them, staring at Li Ru with a pale face, and shouted sternly: "Li Ru, who has given you the courage to be arrogant in the Hongnong Palace? Are you not afraid of Dong Zhuo''s blame?"
Li Ru smiled disdainfully and said coldly: "Empress Dowager, the Prime Minister is tolerant of you, but you have repeatedly touched the bottom line of the Prime Minister. This time Li Ru came here at the order of the Prime Minister."
He Hou''s expression suddenly turned pale and he said in a daze: "Impossible. Dong Zhuo promised me that he would leave a way out for us mother and son. How could he break his promise? How could he break his promise?"
In order to get Dong Zhuo''s promise, Empress Dowager He did not hesitate to personally serve and please Dong Zhuo. Whenever he thinks of this vulgar martial artist galloping on him, Empress Dowager He felt extremely humiliated, but who knew that Dong Zhuo still put on his pants and refused to admit it.
At this moment, what He Hou regretted the most was not that he agreed to please Dong Zhuo, but that He Wei did not die with Dong Zhuo in bed. As long as she wanted to do this, she would definitely have a chance. Even if she failed, it would be better than surrendering. Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything now.
Li Ru looked at Queen He, picked up a glass of poisonous wine and said lightly: "Empress Dowager, this glass of wine was specially prepared by Weichen. It will not let you commit too many sins. Should you drink it yourself? Or should I feed you?"
Queen He screamed like crazy: "Thief, don''t come over, I am the Queen Mother..."
Seeing that Queen He was unwilling to take the initiative to drink poison wine, Li Ru said coldly: "Come here, I''ll send the Empress Dowager and the Last Emperor to the way."
Several soldiers from Liangzhou went forward and held He Hou down, and then forcibly poured poisonous wine into He Hou''s mouth.
Queen He wanted to scream, but couldn''t say anything. She could only look at Li Ru hatefully, and she lost her rest for a moment.
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(This chapter ends)