Lu Bu was seriously injured and Dong Zhuo was defeated.
The news spread quickly in Luoyang City like a gust of wind.
At first, people couldn't believe it. After all, Lu Bu's bravery and the strength of the Xiliang army were known to the world. Even if they were defeated, they should not have been defeated so miserably and so quickly.
However, as Dong Zhuo's advance troops arrived in Luoyang, especially Lu Bu, who was carelessly thrown into a carriage carrying military supplies and paraded through the city, seriously injured and unconscious, no one had any doubts anymore, and countless undercurrents suddenly surged secretly.
But Dong Zhuo had Li Ru planning on his behalf, so how could he not be prepared to inflict trouble on others? Therefore, this pioneering force had already received the order, and immediately joined forces with the Xiliang soldiers who stayed in Luoyang to arrest dozens of civil and military officers who showed signs of restlessness based on Dong Zhuo's warrant. Officials killed him and his family, totaling thousands of them, on the shores of Luoshui.
The rolling waves of blood in Luoshui immediately extinguished everyone's hopes or ambitions, and they became peaceful again and waited for Dong Zhuo's return.
A few days later, Dong Zhuo led the main force of the Xiliang army back to Luoyang, and proposed to the Han Emperor Liu Xie and all civil and military officials in the court that he wanted to move the capital. The reason was of course not to avoid the allied forces of the princes, but to observe the sky at night and discover the eastern capital. After two hundred years, the power of Luoyang has declined, and the power of the Han Dynasty has returned to Chang'an, the western capital.
Liu Xie did not comment on this matter. Those officials who had been operating in Luoyang for several generations and had already established their roots here no longer cared about fearing Dong Zhuo, and came out one after another to advise Liu Xie, fearing that His Majesty the Emperor would reject this matter. It is equivalent to severing the roots of the family.
Since Dong Zhuo had made a decision, he could not allow anyone to speak against him. When he got angry, he did not ask Liu Xie for his opinion, so he ordered the warriors outside the palace to come in, capture all the opponents, and kill them for secretly colluding with the princes in an attempt to rebel.
Li Ru on the side took the opportunity to propose another vicious plan, saying that now that the army was short of food and pay, he could brand all the wealthy households in Luoyang as rebels and confiscate their property to use as military supplies.
Dong Zhuo was convinced and immediately ordered the plan to be followed.
After the court meeting, Dong Zhuo casually asked about Lu Bu's situation.
Li Ru replied that he had sent him back to his home, where he was being cared for by his wife and daughter. Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty had visited him once, perhaps with the intention of picking him up, but Lu Bu was too seriously injured to recover, so Liu Xie only saw him. This time I ignored him.
Dong Zhuo just sneered when he heard this. This little emperor was indeed a scheming and restless person, but it was a pity that his vision was a little worse. Nowadays, Lu Bu has become a useless man, and his men from Bingzhou have also been thrown into Hulao Pass as abandoned sons. So burning the cold stove this time is doomed to be in vain.
Subsequently, five thousand cavalry sent by Dong Zhuo looted thousands of wealthy families in Luoyang City. All the families, men, women, old and young, raised the banner of "rebellion against ministers and the party" and dragged them to the outside of the city to behead them all. Their wealth and status were confiscated and they were not allowed to serve as officials.
This move not only made the Xiliang army a huge fortune and no longer had to worry about food and wages for a few years, it also greatly shocked the Luoyang government and the public, causing the officials and people to become silent, and no one spoke out about the move of the capital.
At that moment, Dong Zhuo led a large army, coerced the monarchs and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and rushed to Luoyang first.
Zhang Ji and Fan Chou led their troops and drove millions of Luoyang people behind.
Li Jue and Guo Si received Dong Zhuo's secret order and stayed at the end. On the one hand, they burned Luoyang and cut off the people's escape route.
Besides, when Zhang Ji and Fan Chou led the Xiliang army to escort the people, there were rumors among the sergeants that Dong Xiangguo had confiscated people's homes and killed people to make a fortune. When they looked at the people who were struggling to survive with only the meager food left in their homes, their eyes began to have a strong look. Greed and malice.
After some secret communication, some bold people used the excuse of people to delay their journey and actually committed murder and robbery in the name of punishment.
Seeing that some people were getting the advantage, the rest followed suit one after another. This situation got out of hand and soon turned into an open massacre and plunder with the participation of the entire army.
For a time, the road from Luoyang to Chang'an was filled with shouts, laughter, screams and howls, making it seem like a hell on earth.
Seeing that a tragic massacre involving millions of living beings was about to unfold, a sigh suddenly came from the air, but it was clearly passed into everyone's ears: "Immeasurable Blessings! Don't you hear, 'You eat what you eat, and you are rich, The people fatten the people and the people anoint them; the people below are easy to abuse, but the gods are hard to bully. 'Today, the poor Taoist will start a killing spree and punish the unjust thieves like you who are supported by the people but enrich themselves on the people!"
Before he finished speaking, a simple long sword, three feet six inches long and five minutes long, completely black and matte, suddenly appeared in the air.
The sword split into two, two into four, four into eight... In an instant, it split into thousands of identical black long swords, densely suspended in the air.
"Xuandu, kill!"
With a cold shout, thousands of long swords fell like meteors into the dense crowd below.
It was as fast as lightning, but with incomparable precision, it only selected the Xiliang generals who had just been stained with the blood of the people, and cut off their heads in a flash of black light.
Seeing thousands of human skulls rolling down beside them, the Xiliang soldiers who were not selected by the sword light were all frightened. They shouted in unison and fled in all directions.
"Thank you, Immortal, for the rescue!"
The people of Luoyang who were surviving the disaster saw the swords that had killed the villains flying back to the sky and returning to the hands of a young Taoist priest who appeared out of thin air. They all knelt down and knelt down to thank them.
Some sharp-eyed people gradually recognized the identity of the Taoist: "Hey, that's not Taoist Hu Long who used to practice in the Calabash Temple on Beiman Mountain. I heard that he is the adoptive father of His Highness King Yan..."
Hu Long said loudly in the air: "Dear elders, the world is in chaos, and all the people are in ruins. I think that God has the virtue of good life, and is willing to save you from the war in the Central Plains and settle down in Youzhou under the rule of King Yan. Of course, Pindao will not force others to do anything. It is up to you to decide whether to go or stay. Within a stick of incense, if you are willing to follow Pindao to Youzhou, please raise your right hand."
After experiencing this catastrophe, these people still dared to stay in such a dangerous place where soldiers were fighting. After hearing this, they raised their right hands in excitement.
Hu Long looked at the arms sprouting like mushrooms below, and said with a smile: "Since you are willing to go, just stand where you are. I will send you to Youzhou with a magic spell. There will be officials to receive you and accommodate you."
After that, he took out the jade gourd, opened the lid and turned it upside down, saying "Put it away!"
A ray of white light shot out from the gourd's mouth, and in a moment it turned into a white light curtain that expanded endlessly, covering millions of people below. When the white light rolled back into the gourd later, there was no one down there.
Hu Long took off his gourd and raised his eyes to look at the sky-high flames and thick smoke on the other side of Luoyang City, but had no intention of going to rescue them.
The so-called "no destruction, no establishment" means that only by using the hands of those Xiliang soldiers to smash all the old and decaying pots and jars of the Han Dynasty can it be convenient for my adopted son to rebuild the country and create a new world.
