The World of Yellow Sky

"Wang Kuang is weak, and he will not dare to stop the general. We will go north from Pingjin Pass and go straight to Tianjing Pass in Taihang Xing. If we march at full speed, we can reach it in five days with infantry."

Jia Xu's face was very serious, and he bowed deeply to Zhang Yang with both hands.

"Prosperity and decline are all in the general's mind."

5 Chapter Twenty

In the camp, everyone held their breath and focused, paying attention to Zhang Yang's expression, waiting for Zhang Yang's decision.

The originally noisy big tent became audible when Jia Xu's voice fell.

After sinking for a long time, Zhang Yang finally raised his head again, and looked coldly at the generals in the camp.

Zhang Yang raised his hand, pointed at it as a knife, and swung it downward.

In the camp, a sudden change occurred. Three generals of the Bingzhou Army were killed on the spot by the soldiers guarding the battalion commander. Blood gushed out from their necks, and the big tent was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Jia Xu seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and he didn't even change his expression.

"I'm waiting for my family and life, so I'll leave it to you sir."

Zhang Yang walked down the first seat slowly, facing Jia Xu, bowed his hands together, bowed deeply, and begged very solemnly.

"Don't worry, General Zhang. I have already sent someone to go to Taihang Xingtianjing Pass with a token. The Yellow Turban Army will also send troops to meet them at that time. Nothing will be missed."

Jia Xu stepped forward slowly to help Zhang Yang up. Zhang Yang is now the commander of the Bingzhou Army, so he couldn't let Qi really make a big salute.

The three generals of the Bingzhou Army who were killed just now were Dong Zhuoan's spy in the Bingzhou Army.

Zhang Yang beheaded those three people, which also showed his determination to Jia Xu.

Now that Zhang Yang had killed those three generals, there was no way out.

Zhang Yang didn't hold his eyebrows coldly like before, and now he had to rely on Jia Xu for going north, so he thought about the tone of his words before asking.

"Now the situation in Luoyang is complicated, how to proceed, sir, can you clarify?"

Jia Xu already had a draft in mind, so she immediately answered Zhang Yang's question. ,

"The battle of Taiguguan ended on October [-]. Sun Jian had to rest for at least three to four days after the battle. Taiguguan is more than [-] miles away from Luoyang. Sun Jian's cavalry is not much. That is to say, the forward of Sun Jian's army arrived The time in Luoyang is about October [-]th."

Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

"Today is October [-]th, and there are still two days left, but we have to wait until the next day, because when the main force of Sun Jian's army arrives on October [-]th, it may not be so easy to escape."

"Dong Zhuo and others have set off to retreat westward today. Dong Jun is evacuated along the road. The current plan is to close the barracks and cut off entry and exit. Dong Zhuo has Xuanting Guards under his command. If the matter we discussed is exposed, I am afraid that in the end we will have to flee north in a hurry, and it will be difficult to bring our infantry."

After Zhang Yang heard Jia Xu's words, without any hesitation, he immediately asked Chief Shi Xuehong to go to the gate of the camp with a warrant.

When Jia Xu came, she covered her figure, and she was not worried that Beixuantingwei would find out.

After a while, Xue Hong returned to the camp. During this period, no one left the camp, and no one passed any news through others.

At this time, in the camp of the Bingzhou Army, Xue Hong had replaced all the patrolling parts with Zhang Yang's cronies.

"Cook this afternoon, prepare more dry food, and set off at five o'clock tomorrow. The infantry will go ahead with only light armor, and all the armor will be abandoned, and then the cavalry will be evacuated."

"Tomorrow, Sun Jian's army will probably rush to the vicinity of Luoyang. Hua Xiong has the duty to defend Luoyang, so it's difficult to be separated, so tomorrow is the best opportunity."

Jia Xu's eyes were bright and his mind was full of confidence. This series of plans had already been thought up when he rushed to the camp of the Bingzhou Army.

……

In the first year of Yonghan (189), October [-]th, Chenshi (seven o'clock).

The sound of horseshoes on the official road was rapid, like a sea tide, and a group of cavalry with red flags flying across the official road.

Sun Ben pulled the horse under his seat and scanned the surrounding scene vigilantly. Although the embroidered clothes messenger had reported that the main force of Dong Zhuo's army had given up on Luoyang, and Luoyang now has only a few soldiers guarding it, Sun Ben still did not hesitate. Dare to let your guard down.

Sun Jian, who experienced a defeat, became more vigilant than usual and more stable.

"That is?"

The dilapidated city walls of Luoyang made Sun Ben startled and angry, but it was not the scene around Luoyang that caught Sun Ben's attention.

He saw a cavalry army galloping out of the city gate of Luoyang not far away.

"alert!"

Sun Ben snorted coldly, and quickly issued a military order.

The cavalry army was not small in size, and it was probably Dong Zhuo's defense in Luoyang.

According to the report from the embroidered clothes envoy, there are more than 1 people staying behind in Luoyang City, which should not be underestimated. Even if you want to win the first victory in the city, you must not rush.

When more and more cavalry troops gathered outside Luoyang City, Sun Ben led the army and retreated a little, trying to keep a safe distance so as not to put himself in danger.

It’s just that Sun Ben got more and more wrong. He saw that many of the cavalry were running westward, and he thought they were going to outflank and eat up his forward troops, but no one reported the scouts they sent out. abnormal.

"No!? Are these cavalry fleeing?!"

Suddenly, Sun Ben had an idea.

But he has no more than a thousand riders under his command, even if Luoyang's garrison really wants to leave, he has nothing to do.

If they had seen through the Xiliang army's attempt before, they might have blocked the unprepared Xiliang army in advance, but they had already opened a considerable distance.

It is useless to catch up now.

"Immediately report the situation on the envoy's side, and then order someone to contact the embroidered envoy in Luoyang City."

Sun Ben's face was solemn, and he quickly issued a few orders, and several messengers left under Sun Ben's banner in an instant.

……

"Sun Jianjun didn't follow?"

Hua Xiong's face was livid, and he asked the scout who responded in a cold voice.

After getting an affirmative answer, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, but his complexion did not improve in the slightest.

Originally, according to the original plan, he led [-] Jingqi and Zhang Yang led [-] Bingzhou cavalry and [-] infantry, relying on Luoyang's defense, no matter how bad it was, he could delay it for five or six days, allowing the army to safely evacuate to Guanzhong zone.

But now it's all in vain.

Hua Xiong held the reins tightly, turned his head viciously and looked at Luoyang City, which had almost disappeared behind him.

When he woke up, there was no sign of Zhang Yang. The entire camp of the Bingzhou Army was empty. Looking at the footprints, they had already evacuated Luoyang to the north.

As soon as the [-] Bingzhou Army led by Zhang Yang left Luoyang City, only the [-] cavalry led by him were left to defend the huge Luoyang.

How could 3000 people live in Luoyang defensively? Without much hesitation, Hua Xiong immediately made a decisive decision and chose to evacuate Luoyang.

It's not dangerous, just less than a moment after leaving Luoyang City, I saw Sun Jianjun's vanguard cavalry.

It was also Hua Xiongyi who was bold and personally led the rear guards. Their arrogant and confident appearance finally bluffed Sun Ben. In the end, Sun Ben chose to be safe and kept a safe distance.

In this way, Hua Xiong left Luoyang safely with three thousand Xiliang riders.

……

Sun Jian's eyes were lost, and he stood in a daze in front of the palace gate that had been burnt to ashes, weeping and melancholy.

The ancient city of a thousand years and the ancient capital of a hundred years were all burned to the ground.

In the past, the bustling capital was half popular, and there were no fireworks for hundreds of miles.

Most of the formerly lush Beimang Mountain in the north was burned down.

The Luoyang in front of me is no longer the old Luoyang City.

Today's Luoyang has become a veritable ghost town.

Armor gives birth to lice, and thousands of surnames die.

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster in a thousand miles.

Life and people are left with one hundred, and the thought of it will break the human gut.

Along the way, under the countless ruined walls, the exposed bones made Sun Jian extremely chilled.

The dark red dirt on the road, even after countless heavy rains, still couldn't be washed away, and the air was filled with an extremely hopeless smell.

All the generals and schools stood silently behind Sun Jian.

Everyone underestimated Dong Zhuo's tyranny, underestimated Dong Zhuo's cruelty.

"My lord..."

Cheng Pu stepped forward and shouted softly.

Sun Jian didn't answer, he clenched his fists tightly and looked at the dilapidated palace gate that had been burned long ago.

He tried his best, but in the end it was still one step too late, after all, it was still one step too late.

There was silence all the way, and the atmosphere was terribly dull.

Sun Jian finally rushed to the place where the ancestral temple was located with a group of generals and schools.

Although the ancestral temple of the Han Dynasty was burned, the degree of burning here was lighter than other places.

Seeing the tragic state of the ancestral temple, all the generals could no longer bear it, and they all covered their faces and wept.

But Sun Jian did not shed any more tears.

The ancestral temple was destroyed, what a shame!

Destroying his ancestral temple and relocating his important weapons is a national enmity.

Sun Jian's eyes were cold, and he suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist.

Point the sword to the sky, and swear in anger.

"Sun Jian, the official of the Han Dynasty, will behead the thief Dong and hang it in Luoyang as a sacrifice to all the people!!!"

The new wind was stirring, whimpering and wandering among the ruined walls of Luoyang City.

All the generals were also furious, and followed Sun Jian to draw their swords and swear.

……

Dong Zhuo stayed with Dong Yue to garrison Strider Chi, Duan Yan garrison Huayin, Niu Fu garrison Linjin, and other generals stayed behind in various counties to guard against the westward advance of the Yellow Turban Army and the Kwantung Allied Forces, while he retreated to Chang'an.

In November of the first year of Yonghan, Dong Zhuo led his army back to Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an in a green-covered Jinhua chariot with claws and claws. Although he lost Luoyang, his power remained undiminished.

Dong Zhuo's car was extremely ornately decorated, and the various ceremonial guards were even the same as those of the emperor's imperial car.

After Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an, his relatives were rewarded by the big servants. Dong Zhuo made his younger brother Dong Min the general of the left and the marquis of Hu;

Dong Zhuo's clan relatives all served as officials in the court, and when ministers and ministers visited Dong Zhuo, they all had to get out of the car and kneel down, but Dong Zhuo didn't need to return the salute.

Even Dong Zhuo's concubine, who held his neutron in his arms, was also made a marquis, and the granddaughter who was not as old as Ji was made a prince of the city.

All important departments of the imperial court, those who are still below the ministers do not need to go to the palace to meet the emperor, and discuss state affairs are all in Dong Zhuo's Grand Master's Mansion.

Dong Zhuo's mansion was in a fortified camp in the east of Chang'an City, and officials below Shangshu had to go to Zhuo's mansion to ask for instructions when dealing with government affairs.

Dong Zhuo built a dock in Mei County that was as high as Chang'an City, known as the "Long Live Dock", and stored a lot of grain in it, enough to feed for 30 years.Dong Zhuo said to himself: "If you succeed, you will dominate the world; if you fail, you will be old enough to keep it."

In Heiwu, the level of luxury was even higher than that of the imperial palace, and Dong Zhuo's unrestrained and ugly appearance was completely exposed.

Taking women and armored soldiers as maidservants and concubines, and even raping palace maids and princesses!

All officials, ministers and ministers, were afraid of Dong Zhuo's power and dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

One day, Dong Zhuo was going to Meiwu, and the ministers went to the Hengmen of Chang'an City to see him off. Dong Zhuo hosted a banquet for everyone, but at the banquet, hundreds of rebel soldiers from Beidi County who had lured them to surrender were tortured and killed. The attendees trembled. He lost his dagger and chopsticks, but Dong Zhuo was able to eat and drink freely.

After Dong Zhuo settled down in Chang'an, his temper became more and more irritable. Any subordinate general who offended Dong Zhuo by words would be executed immediately on the spot.

Not long after, Dong Zhuo ordered Xuan Tingwei to set up a large prison in Chang'an, punished some old Guanzhong clansmen for treason, confiscated all their family properties, and used them as military resources.

After entering Chang'an, Dong Zhuo first ordered the destruction of the five baht coins exchanged and circulated in the market, and various copper products such as bronze figures in Luoyang and Chang'an were used to cast small coins.

The production of this kind of small money is very rough, even without outline and characters, and because the minting officials are rich in their own pockets, they don't care about the quality at all, so most people don't want to use small money, the market in Chang'an is out of balance, and prices soar.

But Dong Zhuo didn't have any self-knowledge. The chaos in Chang'an was seen by Dong Zhuo, but it also made Dong Zhuoyue go to extremes.

Obviously he caused the chaos by himself, but it became the reason why he suspected that there were traitors inside.

Zhang Yang's rebellion made him extremely distrustful of Qu Qu except for the Xiliang Army, and even became suspicious of some generals in the Xiliang Army, Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuoyue attached great importance to Xuan Tingwei and began to embezzle a lot of military resources to develop Xuan Tingwei.

And give Xuan Tingwei more power to arrest opponents wantonly. In Chang'an City, if someone disrespects him a little bit, Xuan Tingwei will quickly arrest him and put him in prison, and execute him as a public display.