The battle was basically over. Liu Bei's battle outside Luoyang City came to an end. He arranged for his troops to clean the battlefield, reorganize, and then arrange the temporary locations and logistics of each army.
His mission was successfully completed, and so were those of Jian Shuo, Zhang Rang and Dong Zhong.
Rarely, they did not fall behind, and even completed all tasks very well, and even exceeded some tasks.
After a period of military turmoil, there was indeed a huge chaos inside and outside Luoyang City. The city was fine, the city gates were at least closed, but the main population areas outside the city were also disrupted by military chaos and were destroyed due to this action. It was a mess and the losses were huge.
This once again proves that military disasters can be as terrifying as natural disasters.
This is something that Liu Bei hates, because the operation is over and there is no point in continuing the destruction. Therefore, Liu Bei decisively dispatched the Liangzhou soldiers with good military discipline to deal with the Xiyuan rebels who were carrying out meaningless destruction. Take action.
They were ordered to stop destroying, those who obeyed were driven away, and those who did not were killed directly.
It is not difficult to resolve a military chaos, as long as there are stronger troops to crush it, it will be fine.
The damage to Luoyang needs to be maintained to a certain extent, otherwise the post-war recovery will bring great difficulties to Liu Bei. He is now the strongest owner of troops and the leader of the subsequent system. If it's broken, isn't it him who's in trouble?
At dusk that day, Liu Bei's Liangzhou soldiers began to move out, entered the populated area outside Luoyang City, and began to launch a "forced control" operation against the out-of-control Xiyuan rebels.
The obedient ones were driven away and the disobedient ones were killed. Before long, before the sun had completely set, the Liangzhou soldiers had formed a crushing situation against the Xiyuan rebels, successfully driving them out of the populated area and ending their war. crazy.
During the operation, more than a hundred Xiyuan rebels were killed by Liangzhou soldiers.
Liu Bei himself entered Luoyang City while the operation was in progress, and took his subordinates who participated in the operation to meet Jian Shuo, Zhang Rang and Dong Chong outside the palace.
The faces of these three people were full of uncontrollable ecstasy.
Dong Zhong confessed that he controlled the palace very well. Except for some people who died in the queen's palace, the palace was intact.
Zhang Rang showed the heads of Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji and told them that all members of the Yuan family in the city had been killed.
Jian Shuo took out the list and told them that all those who deserved to be killed had been killed, and the Yuan family's former officials and everyone's enemies had been physically eliminated.
Liu Bei showed the heads of a series of figures such as He Jin and He Miao and told them that the operation was basically successful. The only problem was that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu escaped successfully and may take revenge later.
"this……"
Zhang Rang and the other three looked at each other in confusion and looked at Liu Bei without saying anything.
Liu Bei smiled indifferently.
"Don't worry, as long as Yuan Wei and He Jin are dead, everything else doesn't matter. The Yuan family is already a traitor, what else can they do? Even if there is trouble in the future, the people who follow them will only be some disciples and old officials of the Yuan family at most. .
Even if they all die here, many of these disciples and former officials of the Yuan family want to rebel. They are also afraid of being hunted by us. Now let them jump out and rebel, and I can get rid of them all in one go. "
After Liu Bei's explanation, the other three people had nothing to say. They saw Liu Bei's explosive combat effectiveness and had full trust in Liu Bei's military capabilities.
"In this case, we have won, right?"
Dong Zhong looked at the other three people excitedly and said happily: "We won! We won! We really won!!"
"That's natural!"
Zhang Rang said ecstatically: "They lost and we won. As Xuande said, the future is ours!"
"our!"
Jian Shuo clenched his fists excitedly: "Now Luoyang is completely under our control. Everyone, what are you waiting for? Why don't you go and pay homage to the Emperor?!"
Jian Shuo's eyes shone with greed and excitement, as did Zhang Rang and Dong Zhong.
They looked at Liu Bei together again.
Liu Bei grinned.
"good."
They had received accurate information before, and now the ministers were in the palace and were being lectured by the emperor, and Liu Hong seemed to have convinced them all.
The appearance of Liu Bei and others was to prove to them that the rebellion had been eradicated and the emperor's power had won the final victory.
Then as the final sign of the end of this matter, Liu Bei needed to bring a group of officers from Bingzhou to give the final reassurance to his subjects.
After all, it was the rebellion of the general and Situ, one of the three princes. This was unique in the entire history of the Han Empire. It would be somewhat inappropriate to have such a big historical event without a complete explanation.
The physical evidence has been provided, but now we still need witnesses. The four people following Liu Bei, Lu Bu, Li Su, Zhang Liao, and Zhang Yang, are the witnesses. Of course, the most important ones are Lu Bu and Li Su.
When they arrived at Chongde Hall, Liu Hong was already looking forward to them. When someone came from outside to report, Liu Hong almost couldn't hold back his tears.
"Xuan!"
So Liu Bei and the other four followed the envoy into the Chongde Hall and slowly walked towards Liu Hong under the gaze of the public.
Liu Bei saw many familiar people, saw many eager eyes, and also saw Lu Zhi's complicated eyes.
Smiling at Lu Zhi, Liu Bei said nothing and walked directly past Lu Zhi to the predetermined station to report the results of the battle to Liu Hong on behalf of the other three.
"I have been ordered to suppress the bandits and have beheaded all the bandit leaders He Jin, Yuan Wei, He Miao and others. All the thieves who participated in the rebellion have also been captured and killed by me. The bandit soldiers have also been defeated by Wang Shi. All the eight passes of Luoyang have been recovered by Wang Shi, and all your Majesty’s orders have been fulfilled!”
"good!"
Liu Hong's spirit was almost unbearable, but at this moment, his excitement still prompted him to shout out.
"This is the country's loyal! Loyal!"
"There are many loyal people in the country, not just the minister, General Dong, Jian Xiaowei, and Zhang Changshi, they are also the heroes who have contributed to this!"
Liu Hong nodded immediately.
"Yes, you are all loyal and good!"
"Your Majesty, it is not only the ministers who have made great achievements this time, but also the loyal ministers of Bingzhou. Because they are unwilling to join the Yuan family and the He family, they choose to be loyal to your Majesty! May your Majesty reward you generously!"
"Okay! Xuan!"
So Lu Bu and four other Bingzhou generals were summoned to the court to see the emperor.
"Lü Bu, the governor of Bingzhou, pays homage to your majesty!"
"Li Su, the captain of Bingzhou School, pays homage to Your Majesty!"
"I, Bingzhou Captain Zhang Liao, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"I, Bingzhou Captain Zhang Yang, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
After their meeting, Liu Bei explained the role of these four people in this coup and the role they played.
These four people came to the palace not only to show their merits, but also to let the officials in the palace know that the Bingzhou soldiers were indeed marching in He. In this way, the rebellion between the Yuan family and the He family became an even more unshakable fact. Even if their three clans were killed, the people of the world would have nothing to say.
Although this incident was bloody and brutal, it was reasonable and legal, and there was nothing to criticize.
Although the ministers had some ideas in their minds, the evidence was irrefutable. They had to admit that this time was a complete failure for the scholars and officials, and a complete victory for the emperor and his cronies.
The emergence of the Bingzhou people was a complete defeat for the Yuan family and the He family.
The imperial power may be revived.
Liu Hong was very happy, and Queen Mother Dong was very happy, and she even cried with joy.
In the hall, Cai Yong approached Lu Zhi and whispered: "Ziqian, in my opinion, no one in the world can compare with Xuande. You, a disciple, are really amazing."
Lu Zhi was silent for a while and sighed.
"So what can we do? Yuan Wei and He Jin conspired to rebel. This is a fact. It is natural for them to be killed for rebelling. There is nothing wrong with what Xuande did..."
"It's good if you think so, but looking at it now, Xuande should be the next general, right?"
Cai Yong looked at Lu Zhi: "The position of a disciple is higher than that of you, the teacher. How do you feel?"
Lu Zhi smiled bitterly.
"Bojie, this is not the time to talk about this kind of thing, right?"
"I'm just curious."
Cai Yong said nothing more.
Among the officials in the palace, more and more people are reacting. It is normal for He Jin and Yuan Wei to be killed as rebels. Although this is indeed shocking, it has already happened. They It's dead, there's nothing left to say.
Among the rest, someone soon thought of the four characters "Reward based on merit".
Even a fool can now understand Liu Bei's role in this shocking coup. They also know who Dong Zhong, Zhang Rang, and Jian Shuo who joined forces with him are.
A good player in the struggle for power is useless in governing the country. If Liu Bei had not participated, it is estimated that they would even be killed by the Yuan family and the He family.
Therefore, the real hero in this incident was Liu Bei. Liu Bei must have played a mainstay role, and what reward would the emperor give him?
The ministers will wait and see.
At the same time, after the coup, the power of the Yuan family was completely eliminated. Before, everything they occupied in the court was quite generous. The Yuan family itself, as well as the Yuan family's disciples and former officials group , if these people are all eradicated, a large amount of political power will be vacant...
That’s good stuff!
As expected of a master in fighting for power, quite a few court officials immediately jumped to this level of thinking.
It seems that only when it comes to fighting for power and gain can the thinking of court officials be so active and detached.
However, Liu Hong seems to be unable to preside over what should be done next.
After the worries in his heart were completely resolved, Liu Hong was very happy and laughed happily. He smiled and smiled, but he stopped laughing.
He suddenly paused and fainted directly on the throne.
(End of chapter)
