On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, Liu Cheng led his army across the river and entered Shaanxi.
The Baibo army, which had led its army to withdraw to Xia Yang and Liangshan, was immediately violently attacked by Liu Cheng's army.
This time Liu Cheng didn't hold anything back, and went all out as soon as he took action.
Guo Da, Han Xian, Li Le and others suffered heavy losses.
Only about 10,000 people were left from more than 30,000 troops, and they hid in Liangshan. .
Liu Cheng did not stay north of Luoshui for too long.
He ordered Xu Shu to lead an army of five thousand to stay and continue to conquer Guo Da and others.
At the same time, he paid attention to cooperating with Niu Fu, Xu Rong and others to prevent Bai Bo's army from escaping into other states. county.
On May 14th, Liu Cheng led his army to Chang'an, joined forces with Zhang Liao, and garrisoned Bashang.
That afternoon, Liu Cheng went directly to the palace to meet Emperor Liu Bian without having time to rest.
"Your Majesty, Liu Cheng, pays homage to your Majesty.
May your Majesty be safe."
Liu Bian immediately ran down from Lord Dan to help Liu Cheng and cried: "Uncle Emperor, you have been away from me for the past two months.
I live in fear every day, lest the Xiliang Army Generals and the gang will do something bad to me.
Ah, these days On that day, Dong Zhuo's fellow came with his troops again.
I was even more frightened.
I didn't know when this fellow would attack me.
Both I and Concubine Tang were so frightened that they hid in the palace all day long and did not dare to see anyone.
Fortunately, the emperor's uncle came back in time.
My wife and I are relieved now."
Liu Cheng sighed in his heart, this Liu Bian is indeed not suitable to be an emperor.
He is so timid and unable to withstand being frightened.
If he is frightened a few more times, he will be frightened to death.
Liu Cheng comforted him and said, "Your Majesty and your Majesty, don't worry.
Now that I have returned, Dong Zhuo will not dare to be disrespectful to Your Majesty."
Concubine Tang said: "If your uncle has anything to say, you might as well say it directly."
"Your Majesty, please step aside."
Liu Bian immediately waved to the eunuchs and maids serving in the palace and drove them all out.
Liu Cheng then said: "I am able to hold a high position because of the appreciation of Your Majesty and the Queen Mother.
Naturally, I will be loyal to Your Majesty and will never give up.
It is my duty to protect Your Majesty and Your Majesty.
I will face any attempt that may be detrimental to Your Majesty and Your Majesty."
No one is afraid of me, but I am worried that someone will slander me and make bad remarks about me in front of your majesty and empress.
In this way, even if I have three heads and six arms, I can't guard against the hidden arrows coming from behind.
I don't know how many of the eunuchs and maids in the palace are the eyes and ears of the courtiers or Dong Zhuo.
Your Majesty, you must never trust anyone’s words, and you must be cautious in everything you say and do.”
Liu Bian immediately said: "Uncle, don't worry, I only trust your uncle, I don't trust anyone else."
"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty" Liu Cheng clasped his fists and continued: "Your Majesty and your empress must have known for a long time that the princes of Guandong have rebelled.
They used the banner of crusade against Dong Zhuo, but in fact they had their own agenda, trying to use this opportunity to crusade against Dong Zhuo to get rid of the control of the imperial court.
Come here to separate one side and become the king and hegemon within your own territory."
"Nowadays, the princes of Guandong are blocked to the east of Hangu Pass.
They have many internal conflicts, and they all have their own thoughts and calculations.
Therefore, they broke up unhappily in the past few days and each returned to their fiefdoms with their troops.
I'm afraid they won't be able to obey the imperial court's orders from now on, and even the minimum payment of tribute will be stopped."
"With our current strength, we have no time to take care of the Guandong princes.
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We can just let them fight each other and weaken the strength between them.
Our top priority now is to intensify the conflict between Dong Zhuo and those courtiers with ulterior motives as soon as possible, so that They attack each other and kill each other, leaving them both injured, and then we take action to clean up the mess.”
Liu Bian was about to agree with Liu Cheng's approach, but Concubine Tang asked: "Uncle, if this happens, all the ministers in the court will be dead.
Who will handle the government affairs and official affairs of the yamen?
Will the court not be paralyzed?"
Liu Cheng looked at Concubine Tang and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please note that there will never be a shortage of people who want to be officials in the world.
If one dies, another one can be promoted.
Even if those people don't die, I think they are all focused on it now."
Are you doing official business?"
Concubine Tang thought that this was indeed the case, so she stopped making any sound.
Liu Bian immediately said: "I believe in your uncle, so please feel free to do it."
"Follow your orders" After coming out of the palace, Liu Cheng did not go to his home in Chang'an first, but to the Qiao Mansion.
This house was also prepared by him for Qiao Yu's family.
The Qiao family lived here after they moved to Chang'an.
A guard came forward and knocked on the door.
After the door was opened, a servant stretched out his head and saw Liu Cheng and some guard cavalry standing outside the door.
He opened the door wide in surprise, greeted them and knelt on the ground: "Little man Qiao San Meet my uncle”
Liu Cheng nodded and asked: "Eldest brother, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are at home?"
Qiao San said: "The master and the two eldest ladies are here.
Please come in.
I will go and call the two ladies.
By the way, Miss Cai's family is also here."
"Um" As Qiao San came to sit in the outer hall, Qiao San asked someone to bring tea, then immediately went to invite Qiao Yu, and also asked the maid to go to the inner courtyard to call Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao and Cai Yan.
Just as Liu Cheng took a few sips of tea, Qiao Yu quickly walked in from outside and said with a smile: "Why did the general suddenly come back and forth to Chang'an?
There was no news beforehand?"
Liu Cheng put down his teacup and stood up, clasping his fists and saying, "You just can't let the news out.
Now that I'm in Chang'an City, even if Dong Zhuo knows about it, there's nothing he can do about it.
If he knows that I'm coming to Chang'an, I'm afraid he will try his best to stop me."
"Yes, the general is thoughtful."
Qiao Yu said and stretched out his hand to ask Liu Cheng to sit down.
The two sat down separately.
Qiao Yu asked: "Since you came to Chang'an, you must not have come back alone.
I wonder how the war is going."
Liu Cheng said in a low tone: "The war between the princes against Dong is basically over.
Because the Baibo army attacked Huayin and Tongguan, Dong Zhuo was worried that his retreat would be cut off, so he led his army to withdraw from Hulao Pass overnight and fired a gun.
They burned Luoyang, dug up the tombs of the emperors and concubines of the past dynasties, and stole all the rare treasures buried with them.
The princes of Guandong only got a dilapidated Luoyang city, and because of the quarrel between Yuan Shao and Zhu Jun.
Shit, the princes all had their own agendas and wanted to preserve their strength.
No one wanted to continue marching into Chang'an.
Cao Cao, who suffered the most heavy losses, took the lead in returning to Chenliu with his remaining troops.
The others also dispersed one after another.
The coalition of princes ended in haste.
At present, only Zhu Jun is stationed in Zhongmou with 20,000 horses.
Dong Zhuo has sent Duan Xuan and Yang Yi to guard Hongnong.
Zhu Jun is unable to continue to advance westward without the support of the princes."
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"Why did Dong Zhuo burn down the city of Luoyang, and then ordered people to dig up the tombs of the emperors and concubines of the past dynasties and steal all the rare treasures for burial?
Dong Zhuo has lost his conscience.
He is worse than a pig or a dog."
Qiao Yu cried loudly, stretched his neck and cursed loudly. , while cursing, shedding tears and beating her chest.
At this time, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao and Cai Yan had already arrived at the door.
They didn't want to interrupt Liu Cheng and Qiao Yu because they heard them talking, but they didn't expect to hear such shocking news.
Cai Yan couldn't help it anymore, and immediately rushed into the lobby, pointed at Liu Cheng and said angrily: "Liu Cheng, as the right general of the imperial court, you hold heavy troops and have power over the government and the public, but you have repeatedly tolerated and ignored Dong Zhuo's evil deeds. , you are really in vain as a minister, and you have wasted the trust and expectations of the emperor and the people of the world in you."
This was the first time since Liu Cheng entered the court and held a high position of power that a woman pointed at him in person like this.
The expression on his face was so wonderful.
The two sisters Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were not very happy.
No matter how Liu Cheng was not their fiancé, it would be someone else's turn to blame them.
Xiao Qiao couldn't help but walked in and said to Cai Yan: "Sister Yan, you Why do you say that Brother Cheng is going to court?
Can you and I understand that Brother Cheng naturally has his own considerations?"
Da Qiao walked in to smooth things over for Cai Yan and said to Liu Cheng: "Brother An Ran, don't blame me.
Sister Cai also heard what Brother An Ran said just now and was very angry about what Dong Zhuo did.
I believe she didn't mean it."
Liu Chengdao: "It doesn't matter, I understand Miss Cai's mood very well.
After all, Luoyang City is the capital of the Han Dynasty, the center of political power of the Han Dynasty, and the residence of the emperor.
How can we allow people to burn the tombs of past emperors at will?"
I also hate Dong Zhuo's evil deeds at will, but this is not the time for Dong Zhuo to act impulsively.
Zhuo's crimes are too numerous to describe.
Even if he is cut into pieces and the ten clans are executed, it will not quell the anger of the people in the world.
However, it is not easy to deal with him, and it is even more difficult to eradicate his power.
This matter still requires Act with caution and take a long-term view.
Once handled improperly, the Han Dynasty may be in ruins, and I will be a sinner by then."
After hearing Liu Cheng's words, Cai Yan felt that he was indeed too reckless and wrongly blamed a good person.
He was a little embarrassed and said: "I wrongly blamed the general, please forgive me."
Liu Chengdao: "Miss Cai cares about world affairs and cares about the safety of the world.
I admire her very much."
At this time, Qiao Yu had already controlled his emotions and said to Da Qiao: "Sister, you and Miss Cai go back to the backyard first.
I have something to tell the general.
I will send someone to call you over later."
"Yes, brother."
Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao immediately saluted the two of them and took Cai Yan away.
When Liu Cheng saw the three women leaving, he asked, "Brother, I didn't expect the two sisters Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao to play so well with Cai Yan."
Qiao Yu said: "It's not surprising.
When my father was a Situ, he recruited Cai Yong to be the governor of the house.
He valued Cai Yong very much and promoted him to important positions.
At that time, our two families had more contacts, and the eldest and second sisters also followed him.
Ms.
Cai has become a close friend of my girlfriend."
"I see" Qiao Yu tried to ask: "I wonder what the general plans next?"
Liu Cheng had already made plans in his heart, but although Qiao Yu was his future brother-in-law, how could he tell Qiao Yu, a brother-in-law who was not his confidant, about such a major matter of life and death?
It is his territory, and almost all the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China have surrendered at his feet.
Now we can only take it one step at a time
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