Chapter 27 Chapter 4 Dong Zhuo's Solo Court Cao Cao Recruits Soldiers (2)

Although the Xiliang army had hundreds of thousands of people, Dong Zhuo's army stationed in Hejian was not many. In addition, in order to seize the opportunity, he marched overnight, and the army that followed him to Luoyang capital was only three or four thousand people. When Dong Zhuo arrived in the capital, he planned to take power by himself, but there were too few soldiers and horses, how could he suppress others? The counselor Li Ru gave him a plan. He suggested that Dong Zhuo order the soldiers to lead an army when the night was still darker. Ma quietly left the city, and in the daytime the next day, he led this team into the city with great fanfare, claiming that they were soldiers and horses dispatched by the Xiliang Army.Dong Zhuo listened to Li Ru's suggestion and followed suit.After going around a few times like this, no one could figure out how many people Dong Zhuo had come.Some said 50,000, some said 100,000, and some said that there were soldiers and horses from Xiliang outside the gates of the four cities.

That's how Dong Zhuo's momentum grew.As the saying goes: "Watermelon depends on the big side".He Jin and He Miao's army, because of the death of the leader, had not yet been reorganized, so they all joined Dong Zhuo's side one after another.Dong Zhuo really became stronger. Later, after Bao Xin, the captain of the cavalry, led his troops back to Mount Tai in a fit of anger, Yuan Shao dared not go against Dong Zhuo even more.Not only that, Dong Zhuo also listened to Li Ru's words, first went to win over the Yuan family, and used them before talking.Dong Zhuo really had a set of skills. Not only the Hu people, Qiang people, and Han people in Xiliang surrendered to him, but also the subordinates of He Jin and He Miao, because of the preferential treatment, they all surrendered to him wholeheartedly.

Under Li Ru's suggestion, he said that celebrities should be reused.He heard that Cai Yong almost died in order to oppose the eunuch, and was exiled to the frontier to suffer.Although he was exonerated later, but for more than ten years, he has been living in the rivers and lakes, just a commoner.Dong Zhuo sent people to look for Cai Yong everywhere, and invited him to the court. Cai Yong sent someone to find Cai Yong, but Cai Yong refused, saying that he was sick and could not go, so Dong Zhuo became angry, and sent someone to invite him for the second time, and said to Cai Yong: "I invite you to be a high-ranking official, but don't ask for it." I will let your whole family be wiped out!"

Cai Yong thought that he was very learned and it would be a pity to die in vain, so he reluctantly came to Beijing.But when Dong Zhuo met Cai Yong, he respected him very much. In three days, he was promoted to three ranks, making Cai Yong an official.Cai Yong was willing to surrender because of Dong Zhuo's sincerity in treating him. Dong Zhuo thought he had strength, so he said to Li Ru, his advisor, "I want to abolish Emperor Shao, and first support King Chenliu, and then decide other things according to the situation. What do you think?" Li Ru said: "This idea is good, but the attitude of all officials is difficult to agree. Yuan Kai and Wang Yun may take the overall situation into consideration, and they will not say anything, let alone oppose it. But Lu Zhi and Ding Yuan may not necessarily agree. Yes. Lu Zhi is just a polished commander now, nothing to be afraid of, but Ding Yuan, not only has he been appointed as Jinwu, but what is even more frightening is that he has a very powerful general under him, we have to pay more attention."

Dong Zhuo asked in surprise, "Who is that movie going to be?" Li Ru said, "It's that Lu Bu who is always standing next to Ding Yuan holding Fang Tian's painted halberd." Ding, originally named Jianyang, was once the governor of Bingzhou.After the death of Emperor Ling, he commanded several important legions in the Sili District as the captain of Wu Meng, and became the main force of the Qing School against the pro-Dong Chong legion. After Dong Zhuo's troops entered Luoyang, Situ Wangyun immediately appointed Ding Yuan as Zhi Jinwu , wanting to use him against Dong Zhuo's growing power.

Ding Yuan is a standard military man, he has a bad temper, integrity and enthusiasm, but lacks the adaptability.He openly opposed Dong Zhuo, but lacked effective countermeasures and methods.Dong Zhuo didn't pay attention to him at first, but because of Ding Yuan's personal pride, he ignored him for the time being.Now hearing from Li Ru that Ding Yuan still had Lu Bu by his side, and Ding Yuan took him with him every time he went in and out, he couldn't help but have some scruples in his heart. At this time, Li Su, another counselor, said, "Lv Bu? He, I know, you don't have to worry."

Dong Zhuo immediately looked at Li Su and asked what was going on. Li Su said confidently: "I know this Lu Bu. He is named Fengxian, a native of Wuyuan, and I am from the same town as me. Eight words are enough to sum up Lu Bu: 'He is brave but not scheming, he forgets righteousness when he sees profit '. As long as I send more gifts, with my mouth, I will definitely be able to pull him over." Dong Zhuo immediately became happy, and said, "As long as I can make him submit to me, I can do whatever I want. You should do it quickly." Dong Zhuo arranged for Li Su to make friends with Lu Bu as soon as possible, and gave him a thousand-mile horse called "Red Rabbit".There are also many very precious gifts and two beauties.

Lu Bu was really overjoyed, especially the two beauties and the red rabbit horse, which made Lu Bu very grateful, so he said to his fellow countryman Li Su: "General Dong treated me like this, I don't know how to thank you. I, Lu Bu, am also a person who knows how to be grateful. Whatever he needs me to do, I will do it for him.” Li Su suggested that Dong Zhuo valued him very much and hoped that Lu Bu would join Dong Zhuo in time.Lu Bu immediately agreed, but Li Su said that he must kill Ding Yuan, the stumbling block, first, which is Dong Zhuo's favorite.In this way, Dong Zhuo must be very happy when Lu Bu brought the head of Ding Yuan to see Dong Zhuo.

After listening to Li Su's words, Lu Bu decided to join Dong Zhuo. A few days after Li Su's arrival, Lu Bu assassinated Ding Yuan when he was not on guard, and took his head to Dong Zhuo.Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and immediately held a banquet to receive Lv Bu, and worshiped him as the captain of the cavalry in person.Lu Bu was very grateful and willing to be Dong Zhuo's godson.Dong Zhuo was even happier, and gave Lu Bu a lot of gold and silver.Since then, Dong Zhuo's power has grown even stronger. After grasping the absolute advantage, Dong Zhuo began to reorganize the new government.First of all, he dismissed Sikong Liu Hong on the grounds of continuous moon drought, and appointed himself as Sikong to control the government.Then, Dong Zhuo adopted Cao Cao's early suggestion to vindicate the unjust imprisonment of Chen Fan, Dou Wu and the party members, restore the official titles of his descendants, and return their property.

On this basis, Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's chief adviser, suggested that Dong Zhuo should decide to abolish the lord early. Dong Zhuo first invited Yuan Shao, Lieutenant of Sili, to discuss important matters.Dong Zhuo was very polite, and said: "The emperor is the master of the world, and he should choose a wise man. But Lingdi is so incompetent, it makes people angry when he thinks about it. I think King Chenliu is much stronger than Emperor Shao. I plan to Make him emperor, what do you think?" Yuan Shao thought, Dong Zhuo is really going to abolish the young emperor, what should I say? He was speechless for a moment.