The decisive battle took place at night, when Dong and Sun's 200,000-strong army was defeated, 60,000 were killed, and 110,000 were captured. Dong Zhuo was awarded the title of leader, and Yu Fanjian (Yu Fanjian) fled.
The next day, the princes gathered in the tent to pay homage to King Ying.
On the fifth day, the army returned to Luoyang
Luoyang
Some order has been restored in the past few days, and the officials who are still in the city have been greeted by tens of miles. There are also countless people from Luoyang, forming a dense crowd of hundreds of thousands of people.
At noon, the crowd suddenly burst into cheers: "Here we come!"
The cheers were like the tide, everyone looked at it happily
I saw flags fluttering in the distance. In front were tens of thousands of cavalry, all wearing iron armor, shining with cold light. Behind them were infantry marching neatly.
These were deliberately arranged when arriving in front of the city.
A large number of guards passed by solemnly. Only then did they see the carriage and carriage. The person in front was King Ying.
At this moment, the officials and the people all knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live my emperor."
This wave of sound rushed forward, and Ye Qing's heart suddenly became drunk. This was a sign that the military and civilians directly recognized his status.
The cheers grew louder and louder: "Long live, long live, long live"
"The people's support can be used," Ye Qing sighed with emotion. With a finger, a torrent of joy entered Luoyang. Once inside Luoyang, it was another situation.
At this time, the soldiers and civilians could not talk about spreading flowers, but the simple dishes of the elders eating pots of pulp - this was enough to show the gratitude of the king.
"King Ying swept through the heroes and killed the Dong thief, and he has won the hearts of the people of Luoyang." Amidst the cheers, several people wearing bamboo hats watched and said.
It’s hard to say how sincere Bizhou County is, but as the savior of 2.6 million people, King Ying’s reputation among the people is actually the same as that of Emperor Guangwu in the past.
"It's very admonishable and scary. With such a harmonious relationship, good location, and perfect timing, it's not too much to call him the destined emperor. The word "long live" is a bit too early, but it can't be too early."
These people said with emotion and looked at the first car again.
On the first car, there was a fat black corpse, it was Dong Zhuo, but it was paraded through the streets. Seeing this, many of the people's hometowns were burned down, and their families were ruined. The eyes of the people glowed red, and they shouted hoarsely: "Thieves Dong, I
recognize you
Even if the sergeant was isolated, he could not stop countless people from rushing forward, trying to tear off a piece of the thief's flesh. They paraded in front of the Ancestral Temple. Except for the head sealed on the top of the fence, all other parts were intact.
When Dong Zhuo fell, many people took meat strips back to pay homage to the dead soul, and many took the fat anointing oil from Dong Zhuo's belly to light sky lanterns.
Ye Qing stationed his horse in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Looking back at Dong Zhuo's twisted head, he could feel a dark soul wailing on it, and traces of green and purple aura had long since faded away with the death of the military spirit.
As a result, he was cursed by hundreds of thousands of wronged souls, and under the heavy red dragon aura, he wanted to be destroyed but could not.
"Your Majesty, this is a secret method for dealing with national thieves. After processing, unless the head is burned or the emperor pardons it, it will be robbed forever." said the Ancestral Temple Priest.
I don't know if it is true or not, Ye Qing didn't care about it. Many things were deserved results. He immediately looked away and said to the sacrifice: "Offer the thief to the temple."
It is a Han tradition to present the chief's head to the ancestral temple. Many ceremonial officials are familiar with this aspect, so they are all prepared.
"Queen Mother, do you have any other instructions?" Seeing the etiquette unfolding, Ye Qing was not interested and just asked
In public places, he will uphold the dignity of the Queen Mother, because this is to maintain his own legitimacy.
The Queen Mother was dressed in plain white mourning clothes today, and she was in a daze. Then she came to her senses and said in a cold voice: "Send them to the arsenal according to the rules, and put them next to Wang Mang's head, so that these two thieves will always be warned by the world."
The ceremony officer bowed and saw that King Ying had no objection, so he went down holding the wooden box with the thief's head.
He knew that "according to regulations" refers to Wang Mang's head, which has been kept in the arsenal by the royal family of all dynasties. Like the Red Xiao Sword, it is a historical symbol, but it is not a treasure, it just shows the hatred of revenge.
Ye Qing smiled with some interest: "Speaking of which, I haven't visited the arsenal before. I had no time in the military before, but today I am a little more interested."
The Queen Mother's phoenix eyes were slightly surprised, then softened: "In order for the king to supervise the country, it is necessary to inspect the large arsenal."
All the ministers below looked at each other, but said nothing.
Ye Qing and the Queen Mother walked down the white jade stairs all the way, and the guards were strictly forbidden to look sideways, guarding them all the way.
The deepest part of the arsenal is the deepest part of the arsenal. The next thing to visit is the private collection of the royal families of all dynasties. The courtiers stayed outside.
There were no more foreign ministers in the light of the torch. The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Ye Qing: "I was just learning Taoism from Mrs. Gan. If it weren't for the importance of the ceremony, the Ai family would really not want to come."
"The courtiers below are each a thousand years old, and they look like loyal Han ministers. However, I feel a little tired when I think that not long ago, these ministers were ministers of the Dong thief."
"If the water is clear, there will be no fish." Ye Qing listened and smiled. He didn't know whether what she said was true or false, or whether she was really not interested in politics after concentrating on teaching the Dharma. She had experienced too many ups and downs in the army, and now the situation has become like this.
, it is natural to have this intention.
But she was still a little concerned about important matters: "The edict to supervise the country has been issued. Will King Ying personally conquer the ministers?"
"Not yet, Luoyang has been decided for the first time, and the national movement has begun. It is inconvenient to move lightly. I will stay here to calm people's hearts. The Queen Mother still needs to issue an edict to appease the states and counties."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she understood.
In theory, after the king supervises the country, he can issue decrees on his own, but the authority has just been established and the princes who have not yet gone to Luo, such as Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, Xiliang Ma Teng, Liaodong Gongsun Du, etc., cannot yet use it.
There are still local governments that are maintained but will go bankrupt, as well as large and turbulent local tyrants. It would be more appropriate to use the old name. It will not matter in a few years.
"The Ai family will do this when they get home."
"There's no rush..." Ye Qing said after taking some time to look at the objects hidden on both sides.
It has to be said that the collection from the Han Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty was a primitive accumulation dating back thousands of years. Many things are of good spiritual quality, especially the large number of jades. When the spiritual energy was lacking before, it might just be of high quality, but now under the influence of the spiritual reflection magic, everything is of good quality.
Showing the aura of spiritual jade.
"Many people on earth talk about not being able to find treasures in the earth below, but they don't know that it's because the hoarding habits of the Han people are so bad, just like the evil dragon who likes to sleep in gold and silver dens."
"Now these spiritual treasures are my own..."
Ye Qing smiled, stroked an ancient long sword, and lit it up
She couldn't help but clicked her fingers in satisfaction, and said to the Queen Mother who was still a little worried: "Actually, this is not a big deal. After the Dong thief was executed, the sweeping trend has already taken place. Any smart princes will know that there is no chance for development, and most of them will fight bravely.
Fight the thieves and surrender to me in order to save the lives and wealth of the whole family."
"Of course, the world is huge, and there will always be people who resist the king's master. This kind of thing is not considered. Maybe before I take action, the princes will attack... This is the direction of the general trend, and people have to give in."
"The general trend lies in the Central Plains. The loess alluvial plains of Henan and Hebei are connected with the land of Jingzhou. The other princes are just the corner."
Ye Qing smiled when he said this. In the past few days, those who submitted their services to the soil were accepted regardless of the previous grudges, and were treated accordingly according to the time before and after. The high-ranking officials were well-paid, and the land and houses were rewarded a lot. If they had the sense, they would send women to the prince's palace.
It was due to the righteousness to accept it, and after changing hands, it was sent to Cao Baijing for management.
Accepting surrender is one thing, and the princes must pay a price for their previous behavior. Some powers must be taken back by the opportunity, and some are retained.
Xu Xu figured out that as long as Ye Qing was still there, these people would not be able to make trouble.
The defeat of Dong Zhuo and Yu Fan left a lot of trouble for Luoyang. At that time, the troops were defeated in the middle of the night and the Xiliang army knew its sin. Even now, some groups are causing chaos around Luoyang, stirring up the people in the chaos of migration. To this end, the Qing Dynasty and the
It took some effort.
The governor was stationed in Chenliu County outside Hulao Pass, and several unsighted local princes followed him, but in the end the situation was irreversible, and it was repeatedly lost, and it was calculated that there were only 80,000.
This force was simply not enough for the 300,000 strong soldiers that Ye Qing had reorganized.
Ye Qing sent Guan Yu to occupy Hulao Pass, the gateway to the east of Luoyang, and ignored Cao's army.
Although the Queen Mother was a little worried, in the eyes of women, such an enemy would be beaten to death, but she did not know that this involved a game on the ground. Since Ye Qing had the Dragon King to defeat the governor, he could use the convenience of coming to heaven to suppress the righteousness of the court. In fact, Yan Shenyuan
It's already over.
A governor without official authority is still called a governor?
He's just a cowardless old official. Even Yu Fan, despite his defeat, was rated better than this old official among aristocratic families.
"It's a pity that Cao Mengde was a hero for half his life." Ye Qing sighed with a smile, watching Dong Zhuo's head being placed on an altar, in the red light, juxtaposed with an unfamiliar head: "Is this Wang Mang?"
"It's the false new emperor who is a thief." The Queen Mother frowned. Because of her personal experience in the last dynasty, she hated such usurpers.
Ye Qing stopped smiling and walked around with some interest. He found that the altar had several floors. In addition to the top two heads of troubled men, there were also some heads with Qiang bearded hair.
"This is the head of King Zuo Xian killed by Huo Qubing during the reign of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty. This is the killing of the heads of the Xiongnu Zhizhi Chanyu in the Western Regions by Chen Tang during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the former Han Dynasty. This is the heads of some kings of the Western Regions obtained by Banchao during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Later Han Dynasty. This is
It is the head of the Queen Mother Chanyu who destroyed the Northern Huns when Queen Mother Dou came to power..." The Queen Mother pointed to the pale heads one by one and explained without even frowning.
Ye Qing secretly wondered, this barbarian tradition of collecting heads sounds like barbarian style, but it is actually a characteristic of the Han and Qiang tribes.
The Xiongnu used them as urinals, but later on, they were regarded as black history by Confucian scholars and were never mentioned.
Ye Qing, on the other hand, felt that those Confucian scholars were petty and there was no need for Confucianism to show off their achievements... History is filled by the victors, and the victors are not only military, but also civil.
Showing the enemy's head openly and openly is the style of a king - sincerity is not as good as heaven.
Thinking like this when he came out for a while, Ye Qing watched the arsenal door close and stroked the Red Sky Sword in his hand, feeling that he needed to make preparations for something.
"In the following environment where the earth's spiritual energy is depleted, the great achievements will decline after three generations, and the reputation of a gentleman will only last for seven generations. Unless the Kong family and the Zhang family each have their own traditions and sacrifices, which can be maintained for dozens of generations?"
"Even if the glory of the Five Emperors of the earthly world shines and the legacy of the dynasty with the circulation of the Five Virtues continues, they themselves have become legends in the human world."
"It is said that the Black Emperor and the Qing Emperor rose millions of years ago. Each has a mysterious bloodline and an unusual demeanor. However, it has been so long ago that even the posture and appearance have long been forgotten... This is especially true for the emperor who ascended to immortality. I am the founder of ZTE.
What does the king mean?"
"And we will return to the earth in a blink of an eye. Time does not wait for us..."
The civil and military officials were still waiting in the main hall of the front warehouse of the arsenal. Zhang Fangbiao came over at this time and said: "My lord, the latest situation is that Gao Shun and Wang Yun went to Chang'an to honor the false emperor and ordered the remaining troops of Dong Zhuo to surrender."
This is really ignorant of current affairs... Ye Qing's eyes turned cold.