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Chapter 676 Dong Zhuo enters Beijing

In the hall of the Grand Council in Xiangping City, Liaodong.

Xi Zhicai took a copy of the latest intelligence and reported the situation on the front line to Lu Cheng.

"My lord, according to the battle report sent by the eagle at the front this morning, Zhao Yun's troops have advanced westward to the north of Yuyang County, Taishi Ci's troops are currently north of Youbeiping, and Zhang Liao is here..."

Hearing this, Lu Cheng glanced at the map and said casually, "Send a message to Xu Hu, and have the Flying Eagle Guards do a good job of transmitting intelligence, and have the three groups of people keep their distance."

"Yes."

"By the way, Zilong should have mentioned Fengxiao in his letter, right?"

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly when he heard this: "It was mentioned that Feng Xiao has become a lot darker recently, but he has indeed become stronger."

Guo Jia used to be a drunkard who stayed at home to study. After he became an adult, he had an affair with women. In addition, as a counselor, he often needed to spend a lot of energy and brainpower to plan, which also took a lot of toll on his body. If he didn't exercise now, he would inevitably die young in the future.

Therefore, Lu Cheng specifically asked Zhao Yun to bring Guo Jia with him when he went out to fight this time, and prepared a body-building pill for Guo Jia to help him improve his physical fitness.

With the help of the body-building pills and long-term running and fighting, Guo Jia's physique should be able to be strengthened.

Lu Cheng couldn't help but smile when he thought of Guo Jia, who attached great importance to his skin color and appearance, and whose face was tanned from a fair face to a dark one.

Even Tian Feng, who is usually serious, is looking forward to the return of the black-faced Guo Jia.

"What's going on with Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan?"

"Last winter, Wuhuan leader Qiuliju confronted Gongsun Zan. Both sides ran out of food and grass, and Qiuliju fled to Liucheng. Now, Liu Yu has sent people to win over Qiuliju, but Gongsun Zan naturally refuses. Recently, Gongsun Zan has killed the envoys between Qiuliju and Liu Yu for the third time..."

Lu Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Let the intelligence personnel lurking between the two sides work harder and add fuel to their conflict. Also, send a message to Taishi Ci and Zhang Liao to find an opportunity to directly destroy Qiuliju and completely subdue the entire Wuhuan."

"Yes!"

"Is there any latest information from Luoyang?"

"Not yet, but according to calculations, the one in Luoyang City probably won't live for many days."

Half a month later, news came back from Luoyang that Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, had passed away, and the 14-year-old Emperor Shaodi, Liu Bian, succeeded to the throne, with his biological mother, Empress Dowager He, in charge of government affairs. Empress Dowager He's brother, General He Jin, and Grand Tutor Yuan Wei jointly controlled government affairs, forming a situation in which the He family, the foreign relatives, had absolute power.

When Emperor Ling of Han was in power, he wanted to make his son Liu Xie the crown prince and heir to the throne. Before his death, Emperor Ling of Han entrusted Liu Xie to the eunuch Jian Shuo.

Behind Emperor Shao Emperor Liu Bian were the He family, his maternal relatives, and behind Prince Liu Xie were Empress Dowager Dong and the Ten Attendants, and the struggle between the two sides became increasingly fierce.

Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other eight commanders of the Western Garden followed He Jin's lead and suggested that He Jin should decisively eliminate the Ten Attendants. The Ten Attendants promptly put forward one of them as a scapegoat and asked Empress Dowager He for protection, thus paralyzing He Jin.

He Jin, who was born a butcher, suddenly rose to a high position and held great power. He had neither ability nor courage. One can only use one sentence to describe him: If one's virtue is not worthy of his position, there will be disaster.

Of course, at this time, the civil and military officials of Liaodong were not focusing on the imperial palace in Luoyang, but were busy sweeping the grasslands, collecting cattle, sheep and horses, and looting the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes.

Now that Liaodong has a strong army and horses, Lu Cheng, as the lord, naturally does not need to charge into battle anymore. He just needs to stay in Liaodong and control the overall situation.

With 8000 well-equipped cavalrymen going deep into the grassland, and three great generals Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and Zhang Liao leading them, it was indeed easy to deal with the nomadic tribes on the grassland with guerrilla warfare.

On the grassland, cavalry holds the initiative in war. Although grassland tribes can migrate, there will always be a time when they stop.

Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Taishi Ci have already mastered the essence of guerrilla warfare. When they encounter nomadic tribes, they will directly attack them. When they encounter a small group of enemy forces, they will directly annihilate them. When they encounter an enemy force that is several times larger than their own, they will directly retreat. They rush back and forth on the grassland, causing unrest in the entire grassland.

In June of the sixth year of Zhongping, after more than a month of continuous harassment, the Wuhuan in the north of Youzhou were greatly weakened, and the remaining Wuhuan tribes were intentionally driven to the vicinity of Liaodong, where they were then dispersed, surrounded and conquered by the troops led by Huang Zhong and Liao Hua.

Large numbers of cattle, sheep and horses were transported back to Liaodong in batches.

Afterwards, Taishi Ci and Zhang Liao joined forces and raided the Wuhuan leader Qiuliju's tribe, killing him directly. The Wuhuan were basically subdued.

In July of the sixth year of Zhongping, Zhao Yun led his army straight in and raided Kebinen's tribe.

Back then, the Liaoxi Xianbei, Liaodong Xianbei and Fuyu jointly invaded Liaodong. The Liaodong Xianbei and Fuyu were successively destroyed, but the Liaoxi Xianbei only lost a part of their troops.

Compared with the Xianbei in Liaodong, the Kebi Neng tribe of the Xianbei in Liaoxi occupied a wide area in the north, from Youzhou to Bingzhou to Liangzhou, and its power was very powerful.

However, under the surprise attack of Zhao Yun and his two companions, the Xianbei in Liaoxi suffered heavy losses, with countless young and strong men killed and wounded, and many tribes were defeated. The remaining tribes either fled westward or surrendered to other forces.

Ke Bineng tried his best to control the situation and personally led his troops to attack, attempting to encircle and suppress the troops of Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and others.

But with powerful generals like Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci, plus top strategists like Guo Jia, elite intelligence personnel led by Xu Hu, and trained flying eagles to transmit information, they were able to completely seize the initiative in the war and give Ke Bi Neng no chance to fight back.

Moreover, it was spring and summer at that time, and the grassland was rich in water and grass. The various tribes lived near water and grass, and it was impossible for them to gather in one place for a long time for defense. Every time they migrated, they would be attacked.

By August, the Xianbei tribes under Kebi Neng had been completely defeated. Many tribes voluntarily surrendered to Zhao Yun and others, then hung up the flag of Liaodong and migrated eastward.

Some tribes also fled further north or west.

In mid-August, based on Xu Hu's intelligence, Zhao Yun accurately raided Kebi Neng's lair, successfully killed Kebi Neng in the melee, and seized countless gold, silver, cattle, sheep and horses.

At this point, the remaining Xianbei tribes in the north could only be scattered across the grasslands, and could no longer form a large tribe.

Perhaps, in another ten or dozens of years, a talented leader may appear on the grassland and gather those small tribes together.

But by then, Liaodong was no longer the Liaodong of today.

Just when Zhao Yun and others were returning to Liaodong with the spoils, news came from Luoyang City that He Jin had ordered Dong Zhuo to come to the capital. However, before Dong Zhuo arrived, He Jin was killed by the Ten Attendants.

In August of the sixth year of Zhongping, Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang.

In September, Dong Zhuo intended to depose Emperor Shao Liu Bian and enthrone Chenliu King Liu Xie as emperor. Bingzhou Governor Ding Yuan led his general Lu Bu to oppose Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo sent Li Su to persuade Lu Bu with the Red Hare horse. Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan and surrendered to Dong Zhuo.

After subduing Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo summoned all the ministers and once again proposed to abolish the issue of dethroning and enthroning the emperor. All the officials in the court were terrified and dared to be angry but not to speak.

Only Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu, openly stood up and questioned Dong Zhuo: "The court summoned you to the capital to assist the emperor and stabilize the people. However, you repeatedly proposed to depose the eldest son and enthronize a concubine. Isn't this a deliberate rebellion?"

Dong Zhuo slammed the table and stood up: "The affairs of the world are in my hands. I am in charge now. Who dares not to follow me?"

Yuan Shao snorted coldly: "The affairs of the world are in the hands of the emperor and the loyal ministers. You are just a usurper, what can you do to me?"

Dong Zhuo drew his sword angrily and said, "Do you want to test whether my sword is sharp?"

Yuan Shao was not afraid at all and drew his sword: "My sword is not bad either!"

When these words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked, and Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao with a little more admiration in his eyes.

Afterwards, Yuan Shao left and prepared to recruit soldiers and attack Dong Zhuo.

Seeing Yuan Benchu ​​so powerful, Cao Cao also wanted to plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo...