Chapter 508: Raising troops to investigate crimes
Dong Zhuo sent people to attack the Zhuozhou rebels at night. When Dong Zhuo saw that there were two to three hundred horsemen when they left, but only a few dozen came back, he knew that the night attack was not successful.
Although before the night attack, the Xiliang cavalry were ordered to wear yellow turbans on their heads and pretend to be yellow turbans in order to excuse themselves afterwards, Dong Zhuo knew that the deed had been done and there was no room for change with the Zhuozhou rebels. Now he ordered people to pretend to be yellow turbans to attack Liu Bei at night. Then
Of course, Liu Bei can also make people pretend to be Yellow Turbans and fight back. Liu Bei doesn't even need to find people to pretend to be Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans have already surrendered to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei has the real Yellow Turbans!
Governor Dong Zhuo could not do anything, fearing that Liu Bei's real and fake Yellow Turbans would attack regardless of whether he was real or not, so Dong Zhuo ordered his subordinates to prepare heavy luggage overnight and prepare to escape immediately at dawn.
It was almost dawn when Dong Zhuo received the news that the attack on the camp had failed.
However, at daybreak, Dong Zhuo's troops had just prepared Zizhong and before they started to move out camp, Liu Bei came to investigate.
Guan Yu led hundreds of cavalry and 800 attacking men. They marched for more than 20 miles in two hours and blocked Dong Zhuo's troops.
When Dong Zhuo saw Liu Bei coming, he huddled in the camp and did not dare to show his face.
Zhang Fei went to the front of the army and called for formation, "Dong Zhuo, come out and answer!"
"Come out, come out for me!"
"If you don't come out, I will lead my men to kill you!"
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Dong Zhuo felt extremely regretful at this time and said that he had known this and left earlier.
There were still yelling and cursing outside, and his subordinates kept asking how to deal with it. Dong Zhuo knew that when things got serious, there would be no way to hide.
In desperation, he had no choice but to put on his helmet and pierce his armor, set up a guard of honor, put the Zhuque Qinglong flag left by Lu Zhi, the Zhu Jing of the Han Dynasty, the red flag, silver sword and bronze hammer, etc.
go.
Zhang Fei saw people coming out of Dong Zhuo's camp. Flags and honor guards came out one after another, and people came out in a row. Only then did he see Dong Zhuo arriving late.
When Dong Zhuo left the camp, he met Zhang Fei first and then Liu Bei, who was not far away. Dong Zhuo left Zhang Fei behind and led the honor guard to see Liu Bei.
Approaching, Dong Zhuo was smiling and pretending, "The Yellow Turban has surrendered. I want to lead the imperial troops back to Luoyang to meet the emperor. Would Xuande be willing to come with me?"
This Dong Zhuo also brought a guard of honor, talked about Luoyang, and talked about the emperor, and his idea was to protect himself by fighting against the imperial court.
Dong Zhuo was smiling all over his face, and Liu Bei snorted, "Come on, bring the prisoners up!"
Immediately, many prisoners were pushed up from behind. There were hundreds of them.
Dong Zhuo took a look and saw that the leader was none other than Captain Chi Zhi'er.
Liu Bei pushed his finger to Chi Zhi'er in front and asked coldly, "Who does Mr. Dong know?"
Dong Zhuo pretended not to know, glanced at Chi Zhi'er, looked puzzled, and asked, "Who is this?"
Liu Bei said coldly, "Someone attacked our camp last night. Fortunately, our army was well prepared and captured this person.
Although these men and horses wear yellow scarves wrapped around their foreheads, under interrogation, they are all Dong Gong's subordinates, so what else can Dong Gong say?" Liu Bei was aggressive.
Dong Zhuo's mind suddenly changed. Suddenly Dong Zhuo's expression changed, he pointed at the prisoners in Chizhi'er and yelled, "You yellow scarf thieves, how dare you slander me! How could I ever be familiar with you?"
After that, he called Liu Bei again, and Dong Zhuo said with righteousness and hatred, "Why not kill these thieves who are grabbing and biting randomly!"
Liu Bei was a little stunned when Dong Zhuo abandoned his close confidants like a pair of shoes.
When Chi Zhi'er and other prisoners saw that Dong Zhuo refused to save him, they immediately shouted, "General, why don't you save us? How could it be like this!" Chi Zhi'er was about to get angry, but was kicked down by the swordsman behind him.
Seeing that Dong Zhuo was unmoved, Chi Zhi'er glared at Dong Zhuo angrily, "Dong Gong! How can you treat us so lightly! How can you do this!"
"General, save me!"
"Don't abandon me and wait!"
"General, save me and wait!"
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All the captives cried out and begged.
Seeing this scene, Li Mengxi came out of the crowd and looked at Dong Zhuo with a subtle look in his eyes, "Dong Gong really doesn't know these hundreds of prisoners?"
Dong Zhuo's eyes evaded, "I don't know the yellow turban thieves."
Li Mengxi turned around and glanced around. He saw all the Xiliang Cavalry prisoners, all of whom were angry and aggrieved. He turned his head, Li Mengxi stared at Dong Zhuo, and said in a deep voice, "If they are Dong Gong's old troops, there is no problem in returning the captives to Dong Gong. These more than a hundred people, seriously
Not Dong Gong’s old department?”
"No." Dong Zhuo still denied.
Chi Zhi'er, the captain of the cavalry, couldn't bear his anger at this time, "Dong Zhuo! How dare you underestimate me like this!" He looked at Dong Zhuo hatefully, furious.
Li Mengxi suddenly laughed, "Since they are not Dong Gong's old subordinates, how about killing them all?"
Dong Zhuo's expression changed slightly, then quickly returned to a smile on his face, "Kill these thieves to death!"
Having said that, not daring to stay long, Dong Zhuo hurriedly bowed his fists and rode back to the camp.
"Come on," Li Mengxi ordered, "Execution!"
The prisoners such as Chizhi'er, who was tied up in a big way, were held down by their shoulders and their heads were firmly pressed to the ground.
Knowing that he was destined to die, Chi Zhi'er's resentment towards his old boss Dong Zhuo reached its peak.
Li Mengxi heard a growling sound. The Chizhi'er's hair was yellowish and his beard was red. He seemed to be a barbarian. Li Mengxi didn't understand what Chizhi'er was howling, but the tone sounded like a curse.
The axemen carried out the execution.
The swordsmen laughed, turned their swords over, and scratched the prisoner's neck with the back of the sword.
It was freezing cold, the knife was so cold, and the moment the knife back scratched the neck, many prisoners thought they were dead.
Then, the captive, who thought he was destined to die, was pulled back in confusion.
Li Mengxi watched the prisoners being led into the carriage.
When Li Mengxi came here to investigate, Li Mengxi specially arranged many carriages to carry the prisoners, in order to move the prisoners faster and intercept Dong Zhuo quickly.
It was originally a spur-of-the-moment idea. Li Mengxi thought that even if Dong Zhuo could not be destroyed, he could use the incident of Dong Zhuo's attack on the camp to blackmail Dong Zhuo.
For example, Dong Zhuo was asked for a thousand spears, a thousand swords, five hundred crossbows, and ten thousand arrows.
If Dong Zhuo didn't comply, he would cut the prisoner in half and cut his head off. Dong Zhuo was horrified by the killing, and the Yellow Turban War was coming to an end. To protect himself, Dong Zhuo would probably spend money to buy his life.
Therefore, although Liu Bei did not want to fight with the imperial soldiers, he still had the idea of pleasing Dong Zhuo's wool.
The rebels then extorted a large amount of military equipment from Dong Zhuo.
You can't. He Dong Zhuo can make a sneak attack and leave without losing any flesh.
Originally, Li Mengxi came here for blackmail.
However, what happened was counterproductive. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo was so shameless that he directly sold the captives.
Li Mengxi's plan to blackmail Dong Zhuo came to nothing.
With the strength of the rebel army, it was easy to mobilize a large army to annihilate Dong Zhuo, or to let Guan and Zhang directly charge into Dong Zhuo's camp and take Dong Zhuo's head. However, Li Mengxi was brave and bold, but Liu Bei was bold but not.
The orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty was still there, and Dong Zhuo was an important member of the court after all. To kill Dong Zhuo, if he was an enemy of the court, Liu Bei would not be able to make up his mind to fight Dong Zhuo until he was forced to do so.
Watching Dong Zhuo's army hurriedly leave all the way south, until Dong Zhuo's entire army was far away, Li Mengxi withdrew his gaze and looked at Liu Bei, "What should we do with the prisoners of the Xiliang army?" Li Mengxi asked.
"What do Xi'er think?" Liu Bei asked.
Li Mengxi thought about it seriously and said seriously, "How about throwing it into the river to feed the fish?"
"Haha! Xi'er is joking." Liu Bei suddenly laughed.
Chapter completed!