In a slightly larger house, Liu Cheng asked someone to lay out the topographic map of Luoyang City on the table.
He said to Xu Rong, Zhong Ji and Wu Fu: "Last night, Dong Zhuo abandoned the South Gate after retreating to Xicheng District. , the northeast and north gates, and the guards of the corresponding city walls.
These places are currently under our control and precautions.
There is no need to worry about them attacking us from behind and from both sides.
The only place where they can attack us on a large scale is our front, which is the west side.
General Ben needs you to go all out and use everything you can, such as houses, trees, streets, Drainage channels, etc. to resist possible attacks by Dong Zhuo's army."
The three of them nodded, Xu Rong clasped his fists and said: "General, I think it is impossible for Dong Zhuo's army to launch an attack for the time being, because their 20,000 troops marched all night last night and just arrived.
They must be very tired.
Even if they want to attack, they will not be able to attack."
Wait until you have rested before attacking , we still have at least one morning to make response arrangements.
Maybe they will wait until the night before the general attacks.
I suggest that everyone be divided into three teams.
The first team will be on guard, the second team will deploy defenses, and the third team will seize the time.
Rest, change every two hours.”
Liu Cheng looked at Wu Fu and Zhong Ji and asked, "What do you two think?"
The two looked at each other, clasped their fists and said: "We agree with General Xu's suggestion.
The war is imminent.
We cannot let the soldiers fight tiredly.
If we can let them rest, we must let them take all the time to rest."
"Okay, then from now on, the three of you will take turns to be responsible for guarding and deploying defenses.
The remaining two will also seize the time to rest."
After Liu Cheng finished speaking, he looked up and looked outside the street, listened carefully, and said: "Dong Min's army is also It's been half an hour, but there's still no movement, which means they won't launch an attack anytime soon. , I have to hurry back to the palace to report the situation here to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, and find out the specific plans of Your Majesty and the court.
You must be careful and don't slack off.
I will rush back as soon as possible.
If Dong Zhuo's army launches an attack, it will happen.
There is no need to panic.
While deploying the defense according to our plan, we will send someone to report to the general."
The three of them clasped their fists together and said, "General, take care, I'll wait for the general to return."
After Liu Cheng returned the salute with clasped fists, he turned around and mounted the red rabbit horse, and quickly rushed to the palace with his guards.
It was already dawn, but there were no relevant pedestrians on the street.
Although the fighting had stopped, it was not over.
There were soldiers of the Northern Army lying and sitting everywhere on the streets and under the eaves.
Some soldiers who were not seriously injured were being killed by the army.
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners treated them, but the seriously injured died before dawn.
The corpses were being pulled away one by one on trucks.
Liu Cheng hurried to the entrance of the palace and jumped off the red rabbit horse.
He handed over the red rabbit horse and Pojun Boring to his guards, and he quickly came to Jiade Hall with a few people.
A young eunuch saw Liu Cheng and his men coming from a distance.
He turned around and ran into the palace to report: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, General Liu is back."
"Ah, announce it quickly, announce it quickly," Queen Mother He immediately ordered.
Liu Cheng walked into the Jiade Hall unobstructed and came to the middle of the hall to salute Liu Bian and the Queen Mother He.
He lifted up his blood-stained cloak and bowed: "Your Majesty, Liu Cheng, pays homage to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother."
Liu Bian hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Liu Qing, please forgive me and stay calm."
"I thank the Lord for your kindness" Queen Mother He asked nervously: "Liu Cheng, how is the battle going?"
Liu Cheng clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, I am incompetent and failed to defeat Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop.
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At dawn, Dong Min's 20,000 Xiliang cavalry arrived.
Jin Wu and Ding Yuan's men failed to stop Dong Min's army in time.
Both sides should be Missed it, no encounter occurred.
Dong Min's army is resting outside the city now.
They should not launch an attack during the day.
They need time to rest."
"Ah!"
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked.
Twenty thousand Xiliang cavalry arrived first.
With the strength of Liu Cheng's hand, he might not be able to withstand it for long.
Once Dong Zhuo's army invaded the city and the imperial city, the emperor, the queen mother and them Aren't all the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty become meat and fish on Dong Zhuo's chopping board, to be slaughtered by Dong Zhuo?
Yuan Wei immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said: "For the safety of Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, please send someone to make peace with Dong Zhuo.
If you don't send someone to make peace at this time, it will be too late by the time Dong Zhuo's army comes over."
Huang Wan pointed at Yuan Wei and said angrily: "Yuan Wei, you old man, why do you keep speaking for Dong Zhuo?
Your Majesty, please order Yuan Wei to be executed to stabilize people's hearts."
"No!"
Kong Rong stood up and stopped him loudly.
He said: "It was because Taifu Yuan was worried about the safety of His Majesty and the Queen Mother that he suggested sending people to make peace with Dong Zhuo.
How can he be considered to be speaking for Dong Zhuo in this way?"
Empress Dowager He ignored these people and said to Liu Cheng: "Liu Qing, before you came, some of the ministers thought that they should send people to make peace with Dong Zhuo to calm the chaos and restore peace to the court and the people; others I believe that Dong Zhuo should not be tolerated and should do everything possible to punish him in order to revitalize the court and safeguard the imperial power.
How do you think the court should respond now?"
Liu Cheng clasped his fists, but there was a pain in the wound under his ribs, a look of pain on his face, a gasp in his mouth, and cold sweat on his forehead.
Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He were shocked.
Empress Dowager He shouted: "Liu Qing, you are injured.
Someone, please send the imperial doctor over quickly to treat Liu Cheng's injury."
Liu Cheng endured the pain and said: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, I haven't had a drop of water or a grain of rice since noon yesterday.
The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also stayed up all night.
Dong Zhuo will not send troops to fight for a while, but will still pass on the food."
Let everyone eat and drink before discussing government affairs."
Queen Mother He saw the look Liu Cheng gave her and immediately understood that he had something to say to her alone, so she said: "In that case, all the ministers will go to the side hall to wait for dinner.
After eating, come back to discuss business."
Upon hearing this, all the ministers felt hungry and bowed one after another and retreated to the side hall.
At the greeting of Queen Mother He, Liu Cheng followed her and Liu Bian to Nuange next to the main hall.
The imperial doctor also rushed over.
Queen Mother He immediately asked the imperial doctor to treat Liu Cheng's injuries.
The imperial doctor cut the strip of cloth wrapped between the chest and abdomen, examined the wound and said, "The bones are deep enough.
The wound was treated well at first, but now there is a slight tear.
This is not a good sign.
It will tear again."
It will be more difficult to recover from the wound, and it will easily become inflamed and ulcerated.”
Liu Cheng said to the imperial physician: "Imperial physician, I am very experienced in trauma.
You can clean the wound and surrounding areas with wine first, then sew the wound up with my hair, apply good healing medicine, and wrap it up."
Just a strip of cloth will do” The imperial doctor was stunned and said, "Is this possible?
Use needles and hair to sew up the wound.
I have never heard of such a practice."
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"Of course it can be done, just do it according to my method."
"That's okay" After a while, Liu Cheng's wound was finally treated.
The imperial doctor carried the medicine box and left in surprise.
Liu Cheng picked up the food and wolfed it down.
After a while, he ate all the food that Queen Mother He asked for.
"Come here, go get some more food," Queen Mother He ordered.
"No need."
Liu Cheng quickly put down his bowls and chopsticks and asked Liu Bian and the Queen Mother He: "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, how do you treat Dong Zhuo?
I don't know whether your Majesty and the Queen Mother have any considerations and plans."
Queen Mother He stepped back, looked at Liu Bian, sighed in her heart, and said to Liu Cheng: "The Aijia and Your Majesty don't know what to do.
From the bottom of their hearts, the Aijia and Your Majesty certainly hope that Dong Zhuo can be punished. , otherwise where is the majesty of your majesty and where is the majesty of the imperial court?
But the current situation is that Dong Zhuo had the advantage in terms of military strength, so it would be difficult for the court to punish him.
Moreover, many people in the court believed that for the sake of the safety of His Majesty and the Ai family, they should approach Dong Zhuo for peace and satisfy some of his needs in order to appease him.
Chaos, let the government stabilize.
Are you sure you can defeat Dong Zhuo?"
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