At this moment, the person standing in front of Xu Rong was Li Ru, the man who had single-handedly pushed Liangzhou's humble Dong Zhongying to the position of the most powerful official in the world.
Looking at Li Ru's calm and solemn face, Xu Rong just shook his head lightly.
"I have never regretted it. Even if I had to do it again, I would still choose this way."
Li Ru looked at Xu Rong, who had "no intention of repenting", and his expression turned gloomy.
"Even though Mr. Dong treats you a little bit poorly, he also puts you in good use. It can be said that Mr. Dong is crucial to your ability to reach this point.
When you say these words today, aren't you afraid that future generations will say that you, Xu Rong, are heartless? "
Li Ru's scolding did not change Xu Rong's mind, nor did it make Xu Rong feel any sense of shame.
He just looked at Li Ru and everyone in front of him calmly, and said softly while looking at them.
"Which of you still remembers what you looked like ten years ago? What is the difference between what you are doing today and what we roared about back then?
When you told Mr. Dong that everyone was corrupt, why should we be incorruptible? It was you, Li Wenyou, who told us that only by bribing many officials and eunuchs in the court could we have a chance to continue.
It was you, Li Wenyou, who told us that we are different from others. We bought offices so that the people of this big country would no longer be oppressed by evil people.
Why am I oppressing them now?
The last time I tortured someone to death was against Yingchuan Prefect Li Min. I personally threw him into the oil pan and only remembered after listening to his screams and wails.
Although he is an enemy, he is not a barbarian. He is a Han Chinese through and through. And at that moment, those soldiers behind me who were laughing crazily were actually the Xiongnu and Qiang Hu whom I had sworn to kill.
Li Wenyou, don’t you think this is ridiculous? "
Listening to Xu Rong finally burst out the anger in his heart, Li Ru did not continue to refute this time, but slowly closed his eyes.
"Li Jue, send General Xu on his way."
With the appearance of these words, this war has officially come to an end, and the final result has naturally spread to Chang'an, spread throughout Guanzhong, and even spread to the world!
Xu Rong's army was defeated at Xinfeng City, Hu Zhen surrendered, Xu Rong died in the battle, and the Qiang and Huns' servants also returned to the arms of the Xiliang army.
This piece of news can make people freeze in place, and can make some people completely lose their faith and hope.
And in Chang'an City, the current capital of the Han Dynasty, the new generation of "powerful ministers" of the Han Dynasty, that is, Situ Gong Wang Yun, who had just helped the Han Dynasty and killed the traitor, finally got the news.
When he just got the news, he was stunned as if struck by lightning.
He never imagined that Xu Rong, who was so majestic back then, would be killed by Li Jue so quickly.
The consequences of Li Jue's killing of Xu Rong were also very obvious. When the news spread that Xu Rong was killed by Li Jue, many soldiers and horses gathered around Chang'an also began to prepare for action.
How could it be that Dong Zhuo was so powerful and powerful just because of him?
At this time, except for a very few special people such as Duan Xuan, the remaining generals and soldiers gathered around Li Jue and others to counterattack Chang'an.
At this time, Li Jue had completely taken the banner of the Qingjun side and wanted to completely break up with the Chang'an court.
In addition to Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu at the beginning, Fan Chou, who is now stationed in the third auxiliary, as well as two Fujun lieutenant generals, Li Meng and Wang Fang, and other former Xiliang generals all gathered here.
In particular, Fan Chou was one of Dong Zhuo's several generals stationed on the border. He had well-organized troops and strong soldiers. This was a real force.
When they arrived at Chang'an City, nearly 100,000 people had gathered.
Looking at the mighty Xiliang rebels, Lu Bu had also walked out of Rourou Township at this time. He couldn't do anything if he didn't come out.
The troops were approaching the city. He had asked for orders to go out three days ago to defeat the Xiliang rebels one by one before they could join together, although this strategy was a bit dangerous.
But with his ability, he can definitely move around like the wind. As long as he is careful, he can definitely weaken their strength, and most importantly, suppress their morale.
These people don't have any logistical supplies. They are a group of guys who can't fight for a long time by plundering.
As long as their morale is suppressed and Chang'an's offensive and defensive battle becomes a protracted battle, this battle will definitely be won. Lu Bu is not a famous general at this time, but he also knows how to fight this battle.
But Wang Yun said.
Chang'an is important, Marquis Wen cannot leave it lightly, he must protect His Majesty!
Lu Bu felt that it was right to be safe. After all, the city of Chang'an was tall and thick, and the Xiliang rebels were mostly cavalry. They should be able to block the opponent's offensive, and they could win as long as they defended tightly.
But Wang Yun said.
Your Majesty is important. Marquis Wen should protect the inner city. The imperial city has its own imperial guards, so the inner city will be handed over to Marquis Wen.
Lu Bu felt that if Wang Yun was killed at this time, the battle would be won.
Four generals, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fancheng and Zhang Ji, joined many generals in the Xiliang army and divided them into four groups to attack Chang'an continuously.
A crude ladder, a crudely made carriage pit, and the Xiliang rebels who were red-eyed with blood.
Li Jue has already given the order to break through Chang'an and send troops for half a month. He will act wantonly and say nothing.
The days of looting Luoyang are still vivid in my mind. How many rare treasures, how much silk and grain and how many beauties were taken away from Luoyang by Dong Gong.
After hearing this order, the hearts of these soldiers suddenly became completely hot.
It's just that their enthusiasm can't change their strength. Facing the city of Chang'an, if they can charge forward with such enthusiasm, holding the capital of the Han Dynasty is too nonsense.
Li Jue watched the attacks being defeated one after another, and saw the food and grass dwindling day by day. He didn't know what happened to the other generals, but he already felt very strenuous here.
Under this situation, he could only find Li Ru again. Only he could solve this problem at this time.
"Sir, if there is no change in the current situation, I'm afraid we will have no choice but to withdraw."
Li Jue understood that Li Ru was bent on avenging Dong Zhuo at this time, which meant risking his life. The most unacceptable thing for him was to fail when he was only one step away.
This crude method of stimulating generals is particularly effective at this time.
"Just attack Chang'an. Chang'an will be destroyed within ten days!"
After receiving Li Ru's guarantee, Li Jue felt relieved and continued to attack the city frantically.
As time went by, the Xiliang army's offensive not only did not slow down, but became more serious. At the same time, Chang'an's defense did not weaken at all.
Not everyone can pry into the capital of Han Dynasty.
For eight days, the constant back and forth attacks and killings finally turned the city of Chang'an into a place littered with corpses. Countless corpses were placed on the spot, and soldiers from both sides began to seize every moment to catch their breath.
It's just that the direction of victory has been slowly heading towards the Han Dynasty, and the Xiliang rebels have run out of food.
Being able to persist until now is mainly due to two things.
One is that they plundered the Guanzhong area along the way, which continuously restored their morale and made them stronger.
But this is a drop in the bucket after all and cannot solve the problem at all.
So the most important thing is that they have a lot of food and grass themselves.
Before they "Qing Jun's side", they were ordered by Dong Zhuo to go to Xuzhou to defeat Zhu Jun, and they also plundered Yingchuan. Even the Xun family was almost harmed by these mad dogs.
The whole of Yingchuan was in a mess with corpses strewn all over the place.
This robbery and their own military rations allowed them to persist until now.
But after all, so much time has passed, and they have been able to endure the march and the war until now, which is no longer easy.
Just when Wang Yun was ready to celebrate, this change suddenly occurred. A group of old soldiers who had been forgotten by everyone for a long time suddenly appeared at the gate of Chang'an City.
Fighting to the death, he opened the city gate of Chang'an.
Sou Bing does not mean old soldiers, but old soldiers who were recruited as soldiers. This is Sou Bing.
After Dong Zhuo moved the capital, he also recruited some old soldiers from Xiliang. However, although they fought bravely, they did not understand the Chinese language and the ways of the world. A group of soldiers only knew how to fight.
I can’t even understand the art of war and battle formations.
Therefore, they were used most of the time when they first entered the camp to fight. After Wang Yun came to power, he didn't know much about the old soldiers. He only thought that they were the servant soldiers of a foreign race like the Huns and Qianghu.
He didn't take it to heart, and while strictly disciplining them, his treatment and food were the same as those of the Qiang and Hu.
Wang Yun focused on the Han soldiers, followed by the Bingzhou army, then the Han soldiers in Liangzhou, and finally the Qiang, Hu, Xiongnu and Sou soldiers.
You can imagine how he was treated, and Lu Bu didn't dissuade him from this kind of thing, and he couldn't dissuade him.
In the end, this group of old soldiers who were used to being death warriors, used to eating and using good things, how could they not have any resentment in their hearts, and these old soldiers were Li Ru's trump card.
After Hu Zhen surrendered with the Qiang Hu and Xiongnu servants, Wang Yun would never trust these old soldiers again.
But Wang Yun underestimated the temper and ability of these old soldiers. They went crazy. Even Xu Rong suffered a small loss at the time.
Based on Wang Yun's current character, it is inevitable to force Sou Bing to rebel.
Sure enough, before ten days had passed, the old soldiers directly attacked the gate of Beicheng and let everyone in.
After Li Jue and others received the news, they immediately headed towards Beicheng frantically. At this time, they could only save their crisis by rushing into Luoyang.
The general in charge of Beicheng was Guo Bang.
He didn't expect such a big surprise to fall on his head, so he rushed over with his soldiers and horses without saying a word.
But as soon as he entered Chang'an, he ran into Lu Bu, who had received the news and came to quell the chaos. He didn't bother to join Gao Shun and others, and rushed towards Guo Si with a spear snatched from somewhere in his hand. .
Looking at his unarmored appearance, Guo Bang knew that this guy had just gotten up from a certain bed.
"Lu Fengxian, suffer death!"
When Guo Bang saw Lu Bu rushing towards him, he was so excited that he was about to win that he roared and rushed towards Lu Bu, hoping to complete a hearty beheading to kill the enemy.
As a result, within a few breaths, he was carried out by a group of soldiers.
If Li Jue and others hadn't arrived in time and snatched him away from Lu Bu, and Lu Bu was not wearing armor today, he would definitely have left something behind today.
Rather than just leaving an extra hole in yourself.
But Guo Si's desperate efforts were also very effective. He successfully delayed the appearance of Li Jue and others, forcing Lu Bu to retreat step by step to join his troops.
The city gate of Chang'an was breached. Not only did Xiliang rebels enter Chang'an in large numbers, they started endless street fighting with Lu Bu.
The most important thing is that after the rebel troops appeared in Chang'an, they immediately started looting one after another, killing and torturing the people who did not react in time.
Whether they were ordinary people, poor families, aristocratic families, or even some government offices, all kinds of rebels rushed in at this time.
No one, no matter the gender, old or young was left alive. Death has become a kind of relief for many of them.
Li Jue, Guo Si and others did not care about this kind of thing. As long as their soldiers were still attacking fiercely, they would ignore the looting from the rear.
He even told his soldiers that as long as they fought bravely, they would be given priority to loot for one day as a reward.
This kind of order completely ignited the entire city of Chang'an. In this madness, Lu Bu wanted to make a comeback with Gao Shun, but he ran into the Flying Bear Army under Li Jue.
After the battle between the two parties, Gao Shun, who had just fallen into the camp with some appearance, directly fought to the death with the Flying Bear Army, and the losses were quite heavy.
Lu Bu was not so lucky, and the Bingzhou cavalry was shot and killed in large numbers in the street fighting.
In the end, after two days of desperate persistence, he could only escape in embarrassment, with only a hundred cavalry following him, and at this time, he was in his mansion.
Wei was still looking hard, she firmly believed that Lu Bu would rescue her again like Bingzhou.
"Girl, don't wait. News just came that General Lu has escaped with Diao Chan in the military camp."
As these words appeared, the man Lu Bu had been willing to take with him for many years
Lu Bu fled. Under the imperial city, Li Jue, Guo Si and others threatened the Han Emperor Liu Xie and asked him to hand over Wang Yun, the criminal official who had brought disaster to the country and the people.
Let him apologize to Duke Dong.
Liu Xie, who has always been known for his intelligence and precocity, looked at the Xiliang rebels under the city and remained silent.
Situ Wang Yun is still scolding Li Jue and others, saying that they are traitors to the Han Dynasty.
In short, countless unpleasant words appeared from Wang Yun's mouth, and countless abuses came into Li Jue's ears, but Li Jue was not moved at all. He would make Wang Yun understand what despair meant.
"Wang Yun is holding His Majesty hostage, we are here to rescue him!" Li Jue roared loudly toward the imperial city, and then waved his hand.
"Army, move forward!"
With this order, all Xiliang generals and colonels who had received the news immediately waved their hands and issued orders at the same time.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Waves of shouts of killing, accompanied by their steps forward, constantly impacted the hearts of the civil and military officials in the imperial city, as well as the Han Emperor Liu Xie.
At this moment, the Xiliang rebels, who had vowed not to commit regicide, finally backed down.
There is nothing that this group of madmen with red eyes cannot do.
Smoke was rising everywhere in Chang'an City, countless people were wailing in pain, the crazy Xiliang rebels were looting, and generals such as Li Jue and Guo Si with their cronies were forcing Liu Xie to make a choice.
Wang Yun is still cursing, he is speaking out for the Han Dynasty, whether he endures the humiliation or bears the burden, or is headstrong, he is still a minister of the Han Dynasty.
Perhaps in Wang Yun's mind, the world is in chaos, His Majesty is young, and all officials are incompetent, and only he can turn the tide and save the great man from collapse.
But Wang Yun never thought about letting the Han Dynasty perish, let alone let it perish because of him.
Wang Yun, who kept scolding, slowly became silent because he found that except for himself, everyone on the walls of the imperial city had fallen silent.
Imperial City, Imperial City, that is also a city under his feet.
There are tall palace walls, a moat introduced from outside the city, and thousands of loyal imperial guards.
They obviously haven't failed yet, but why have they become like this and just give up now?
"Your Majesty?" Wang Yun, who is already fifty-six years old, can be said to be buried in the dirt. How long can he survive even if he survives?
He looked at the young Majesty in front of him, as if he wanted to ask something, but seemed to be unable to ask anything.
Liu Xie was silent, as if he had not heard Wang Yun's call. The roar of the mountains below the city, like a tsunami, was constantly impacting Wang Yun's soul.
Let his originally indestructible heart slowly break into slag.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Yun shouted again, and this time his tone did not hide his sadness and loneliness, "I am ashamed of Your Majesty's grace. I will go now. I hope Your Majesty will take care of myself!" "
Silence is still silence.
Wang Yun understood Liu Xie's mood at this time. As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he could no longer speak, which was not good for him.
This is a fact, but even if Wang Yun knew this, he still felt a strong sadness at this time.
He, Wang Yun, is also a loyal minister of this big man!
There were sounds of fighting below the city, and there was a strange silence on the wall. Wang Yun suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist. It was his family heirloom sword, named Seven Stars, and it was his most precious treasure.
He had wanted to use this sword to chop off Dong Zhuo's head countless times and pacify the great Han Langyan, but he was helpless that the first time this sword drank blood, it was his own blood.
It's really ridiculous that things are unpredictable.
"Big man, Changlong!"
With a roar, Wang Yun, who was over fifty, used all his strength to roar, as if he could suppress all the sounds of fighting.
Afterwards, the sword turned over, and blood swayed as it was swung. The blood of the great Han Situ Wang Yun spread into the moat outside the imperial city, and flowed into the distance with the river.
Seeing Wang Yun fall on the imperial city, Li Ru, who was behind the Xiliang rebels, suddenly chuckled.
Looking at Wang Yun who fell on the city wall, Li Ru just looked away silently. At this moment, everything he had to do was over.
Since the big man gave up on them, why couldn't he give up on the big man?
Perhaps at this moment, the little emperor who finally ascended to the throne, like Lu Bu, thought that those people could help him fulfill his long-cherished wish, didn't even know.
How should this big man be governed, and how should the world be governed...
Liu Xie has been hearing a sentence from his grandmother since he was young, as long as he can remember.
"You are the child of the Han Emperor. You are destined to become the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. This world... is all for you!"
These words filled Liu Xie's heart with hope forever. He felt that those who refused to return power to him were just temporary...treacherous traitors!
And it was precisely because of these reasons that the capital of this great Han Dynasty suffered another round of massacre...
The looting of Chang'an City is still going on, and there are screams one after another, but there is still some peace in Chang'an City.
For example, Cai Yong's mansion in Chang'an City.
Cai Yong, who was Dong Zhuo's confidant at the time, was now watching the group of guys coming in without warning in the mansion. He had already decided to shut up and think about his mistakes and no longer serve in the official position.
It's not easy to survive by chance.
Now with the chaos in Chang'an, he was also very worried, but soon the Xiliang army chose to bypass Cai Yong's mansion.
At the same time, Xiliang Army General Zhang Xiu appeared in front of him and told him that the Xiliang Army was grateful for his efforts for Dong Gong.
When everyone was venting their anger on Dong Zhuo's body, only Cai Yong stood up and wanted to save his body.
For this reason, he was almost killed. Of course, this was the news heard by the Xiliang army.
In fact, it was when Wang Yun hosted a banquet that Cai Yong told Dong Zhuo that he was dedicated to serving the country, which angered Wang Yun, and then he suffered this unreasonable disaster.
In this regard, many civil and military officials in Chang'an City were also lamenting whether Wang Yun was a little too harsh.
Fortunately, Wang Yun did not actually kill Cai Yong in the end. Due to various reasons, the rumor that Cai Yong restrained Dong Zhuo's body finally spread.
At the beginning, Wang Yun may have wanted to make Cai Yong a Han traitor despised by everyone.
Unexpectedly, this was a mistake that allowed Cai Yong to save his family again.
However, when Cai Yong looked at Zhang Xiu, who respected him more, he did not admit the rumor by mistake.
He just stood calmly in front of all the Xiliang soldiers and many generals, and told everyone calmly.
"I have never saved Dong Zhongying's body. I was imprisoned just because I felt that Dong Zhongying also had a passion for serving the country and was also a frontier general of my great Han Dynasty.
But even now, I still say that Dong Zhongying is a national thief.
The Xiliang soldiers burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. Dong Zhongying dug up the imperial tomb and deserved to be cut into pieces by a thousand swords.
Killing Dong Zhuo would benefit the country and the people without causing any harm!
I have said this, if you want to kill, just kill me if you lead me to the neck! "
