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68, forerunner of the king

Although the war in Yangcheng was just a city, it successfully stirred up the overall situation in Kansai and Kanto.

Following Dong Zhuo's instructions, Xu Rong took down Yangcheng, and sent some soldiers back in advance, rode his horse to the road. The captured chariots were loaded with captured women, tied their heads to the shaft, and returned to Luoyang to report the victory, proclaiming loudly: "Defeat the rebels in Yuzhou, the royal army will win a complete victory!"

After Dong Zhuo showed off his outstanding martial arts to the scholars and people in Luoyang City, he asked someone to burn the head outside the city. The women and wealth in the car were rewarded to the soldiers who made military achievements in the battle of Yangcheng.

Seeing that so much wealth and women were rewarded to those colleagues who made meritorious service in the army, and the other Dong soldiers stationed in Luoyang were all jealous and actively asked for battle, hoping to use the heads of the Kanto military and horses to exchange military merits and rewards.

Dong Zhuo knew that his soldiers were willing to be good, but he was not in a hurry to start a war with the Kanto soldiers immediately. Now, with the great victory, he moved all the Guizhou leaders from Yin, Henan to Sanfu. This is the most important thing.

Except for the more than 50 people of the Yuan clan who remained in Luoyang headed by Yuan Wei, who were killed by Dong Zhuo, the emperor and other nobles had already set off for Chang'an in advance, but the scholars and people within a radius of 200 miles in Luoyang had not yet begun to migrate.

Previously, Yang Biao used the lessons of "Pan Geng moved the capital, and the Yin people were resentful" to dissuade Dong Zhuo from his domineering behavior of moving the capital without any scruples. However, Dong Zhuo, who had already broken up with the gentry and officials of the court, also responded without hesitation: "What should the people discuss with you? If there is a precedent, I will drive him with a large army and order him to the sea."

Therefore, Dong Zhuo's method of driving the people under the rule of Yin in Henan to move west is very simple. Just like the Qiang chaos in the past, the Han Dynasty wanted to abandon Liangzhou and forced the people of Liangzhou to move eastward. He first arrested wealthy merchants in Luoyang City, fabricated charges and executed them, and then confiscated their property, and all their family and slaves were confiscated into the government and the army.

Then he began to use troops to drive away the millions of Guizhou leaders from Yin, Henan, and let them all migrate to the Sanfu. In order to prevent the migrant people from falling behind and escaping, Dong Zhuo asked his subordinates to force them behind the migration team, and ordered their subordinates to set fire to burn all palaces, government officials and people's residences, and to cut off their way back.

As for the horses trampling along the way, the people crowded each other, and the hunger and soldiers looting along the way, the dead bodies of the people were piled up on the road, this is not something Dong Zhuo needs to consider.

Living people in Luoyang were solved, but dead people could not be left behind. Using the army to dig graves has been efficient and rewarding in all chaotic times. It was like Xiang Yu's army who entered Guanzhong and Sun Dianying, who was fighting in the Republic of China late, had done many such things.

Nowadays, the view of "devoting death as life" and "committed burial" is popular. From nobles to common people, they will do their best to bury a large amount of gold, silver and treasures for themselves during their lifetime. Even if they go bankrupt for this, they will be willing to go bankrupt. Therefore, Dong Zhuo asked his confidant Lu Bu to lead his troops to dig out the tombs of emperors of all dynasties and the cemeteries of officials below, collecting treasures and serving as military supplies.

Dong Zhuo's atrocities and rebellious behavior was soon known by all the soldiers and horses who attacked Dong in Guandong through the mouths of fleeing scholars and civilians, as well as the spies who sneaked into Luoyang.

It was just because Kong Yichang's Yuzhou soldiers were defeated by the Xiliang soldiers, and even Kong Yichang was scared to death. The shock of the various troops from Guandong Prefecture and County was too great. Although the various troops were full of righteous indignation and declaring the traitor Dong Zhuo, no one dared to take the lead in attacking Luoyang City where the Xiliang soldiers gathered.

Among them, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo had more than 50 lives in his Yuan family. It was fake to say that Yuan Shao didn't want to take revenge, but there was always a Han Fu who was afraid of him behind him, secretly hindering him. Although Yuan Shao was nominally the leader of the Dong Alliance Army, he could not really mobilize other troops. His number of Bohai soldiers and elite level were even worse than Kong Yi's Yuzhou soldiers, which made Yuan Shao dare to take the initiative to attack.

Yuan Shu had just obtained the big county of Nanyang by borrowing Sun Jian's hands. He was about to control his territory and was preparing to digest the fertile soil of Nanyang before the Han Dynasty clan Liu Biao, who was appointed by the court, took up his position and gained a foothold. At the same time, tens of thousands of troops of his ally Sun Jian had just entered Yuzhou, which would take some time to calm the hearts of the people of Yuzhou and rectify the combat preparations of the soldiers in Yuzhou. Therefore, Yuan Shu was in the camp without launching an attack.

The coalition forces of the Dong against Dong were afraid of the enemy, and were jealous of the fierce and cruelty of the Xiliang soldiers and did not dare to send troops rashly. Although the general Cao Cao of the military forces lobbying and insisted that the coalition forces of the Shenzao advance to Luoyang, there were only a few responders, only his close friend Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, and the old acquaintance Zhang Miao responded to Cao Cao's military operation to advance to Luoyang and sent troops to help.

Among them, Cao Cao had no territory for the time being, but he only had the title of General Xingfenwu. Although he had spent all his family and summoned Yi soldiers, he had only 5,000 new soldiers. Wei Zi had helped Cao Cao recruit soldiers and horses before. This time, he was ordered by Zhang Miao and only brought three thousand soldiers to help the battle. Only Bao Xin and Bao Tao had a piece of territory in Jibei County, Yanzhou, so he had the most troops, reaching 20,000 people, and the three sides combined nearly 30,000 troops. The momentum was quite strong, and he began to advance towards Luoyang.

The net was tied on three sides, Yangdi, Luyang, and Henoi surrounded Luoyang from all directions. Now Kong Yichang in Yangdi is already critically ill, and the enemy in Yuzhou is not worth worrying. The remaining Luyang Yuan Shu and Hanoi Yuan Shao have their own constraints behind them. Only Cao Cao of Henoi also tried to march with all his might, and the sight of Dong's camp naturally shifted to this lonely army who was blindly advancing westward.

When Yan Xing learned that Cao Cao, the rebels of the Kanto rebels, had led his troops from Chenliu County to the territory of Yin of Henan, and the county towns they passed were all surrendering in the wind. At present, his troops were stationed in Zhongmu to repair, Yan Xing couldn't help but sigh and sighed, taking the time to climb to Chenggao, looking at the distance to the flat river in the east, the plains and plains with rivers.

"Who is the hero in the world? Cao Liu. The prelude to this troubled times has finally officially begun. Heroes and heroes have flocked to you, and I will come on stage after you sing. Cao Mengde, the king's front, strongly advocates moving westward, but do you know that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who is waiting for you, is waiting for you on the bank of the Bian River!"

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Cao Cao naturally didn't know that at the moment of Chenggao, Yan Xing was planning to wait for him on the bank of the Bian River, just like Yan Xing, who didn't know that a small team of people coming to Luoyang from thousands of miles away were also waiting for him.

Yan Wan's fierceness also scared Yan Li and his confidants, and they did not dare to force her too much for the time being. Just as she was recovering from her injuries, a servant in the family secretly handed her a letter.

That letter rekindled a spark of hope in her cold heart, because it was her eldest brother's letter.

Then, she met the ranger who was called "Aruo". He led people to sneak into the fort and kidnapped her. The group went from Yunwu to Lintao, from Lintao to Chang'an, from Chang'an to Hedong, and finally to Luoyang.

The hardships and sufferings along the way are hard to describe.

Yan Wan was recalling these painful experiences in her mind. At this time, a group of people outside the house strode in.
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