Chapter 177 Luoyang Offensive and Defensive Battle (3)
Yuan Shao felt very aggrieved now.
Relying on his great achievements in pacifying the eunuchs and Yuan's prominent family background, Yuan Shao had already reached the top position of the Han Empire.
He held the emperor hostage to command the princes.
Yuan Shao's will spread from the emperor's mouth and became the highest will of the Han Empire.
But without going through the emperor's process, even if Yuan Shao has become the actual controller of the Han Empire, ministers can still resist any order issued by Yuan Shao.
As the saying goes, "the name is justified", this is the necessity for the existence of the emperor in the late Han Dynasty.
In Luoyang City, the main military forces are the Eighth School Lieutenants of Xiyuan and the Imperial Guards of Jinwu, each of whom is directly under the command of their respective chief officers. If there is no tiger talisman given by the emperor, everything will be subject to the orders of the chief officer.
Yuan Shao had just gained control of Luoyang, but it had not yet been completely consolidated. Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo had done the same thing in history by coercing the emperor to control the princes. Their dominance was only consolidated through a large number of killings.
Originally this was not a big problem, it was just one more process for the emperor to draft an edict, but it happened that the emperor was the one who got into trouble this time. Yuan Shao originally tried to rescue the emperor, but when he dispatched troops and generals, he was told by other chief officials that he had "no emperor's edict."
The reason why he didn’t dare to act rashly was immediately used as a prevarication.
Originally, Jinwu Imperial Guard was a die-hard supporter of Yuan Shao, but the general Ding Yuan died outside the city, and the command system was in chaos. He didn't know what he should do, which resulted in Yuan Shao missing a lot of help.
Dong Zhuo is already attacking the city gate. If something happens to the emperor, the person who will suffer the biggest loss will be Yuan Shao.
The emperor is Yuan Shaoneng's important tool as the actual ruler of the Han Empire, and is Yuan Shao's dragon. If the dragon is slaughtered, everything Yuan Shao has planned before will become a castle in the air.
Yuan Shao had no choice but to order the central army under his direct control to cover up the imperial city.
When they were about to approach the palace gate, they saw a horse galloping towards them. A young general was seen galloping out of the palace gate with a boy in his arms. When he saw Yuan Shao and others, he quickly came over.
The person who came was none other than Wang Yiyuan, who was holding Chen Liuwang and Liu Xie. A little further behind, there was a group of miserable hikers running towards this side.
"General Yuan, it's not good!"
"What's the situation in the palace? Why is King Chenliu the only one here?"
"Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu beheaded Jin Wu Ding Yuan, and led a total of about 20,000 troops to rush towards Yong'an Palace. The Queen Mother and Her Majesty were unwilling to evacuate, so they had to first invite King Chenliu to leave the palace. Judging from Dong Zhuo's speed,
, I’m just afraid…”
Seeing Yuan Shao's increasingly ugly face, Wang Yiyuan said in his heart that if he wanted to blame him, he would have to blame the stupid Queen Mother He.
You said you are young and have children by your side, why are you so stubborn?
According to history, you and your son died at the hands of this Xiliang beast.
Each of Xiyuan's eight lieutenants commanded no more than tens of thousands of troops and horses, and the same was true for Yuan Shao's central army. Dong Zhuo had gathered elite soldiers from Bingzhou and Xiliang. They were all talented soldiers who had seen blood, regardless of their quality.
Dong Zhuo still had the advantage in terms of quantity.
It's just that now it's difficult to get off the tiger. The emperor is too important to Yuan Shao and must be saved.
"Everyone, get ready to go to Yong'an Palace to rescue him!"
Yuan Shao gave an order and directed everyone to advance towards the palace. Then he seemed to remember something and found a trusted NPC lieutenant.
"Let's take King Chenliu out of the city first and take shelter in Beimang Mountain for the time being."
Also riding a tiger with difficulty was Queen Mother He.
In fact, since Dong Zhuo's army appeared in the sky, the young empress dowager who monopolized the government had already regretted it.
Wang Yiyuan's early warning had been sent in time, but unfortunately, the somewhat stubborn Empress Dowager threw it directly at her feet and stepped on her feet with high heels. As soon as Wang Yiyuan's front foot left, Dong Zhuo's army arrived with its hind feet.
"How is the Queen Mother? I heard that someone was making trouble in the city, so I gathered my troops and horses overnight to come to the rescue!"
Dong Zhuo rode a tall horse, but was blocked by several Jinwu imperial guards holding their weapons high (due to the Shi Changshi Rebellion, all eunuchs in the palace had been purged by Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others).
No matter how Dong Zhuo shouted, there was silence in Yong'an Palace.
Empress Dowager He didn't know how to resolve the situation at hand, so she simply acted like a tortoise and let Dong Zhuo call out, pretending to have rested, but not making any response.
Dong Zhuo was not in a hurry. He sat firmly on the horse and lifted up a guard soldier who was originally blocking him by his collar. The sword [Rakshasa] was directly placed on the neck of the poor NPC soldier.
"Why is there no sound in the palace? But the Queen Mother has harmed you?"
This is exactly what happens when people sit at home and pots come from heaven.
What's more, this isn't a pot at all. It's clearly a Simuwu square cauldron that can crush itself into a pulp just by its weight.
The Jinwu imperial guard was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly, but Dong Zhuo seemed not to see him.
"Don't panic, Your Majesty the Queen Mother! A certain family will come to escort you right away!"
Having said that, Dong Zhuo grabbed the guard by the neck like a chicken, and with a scimitar in his hand, he rushed towards the palace.
The guards on the left and right tried to stop him, but were scared away by Dong Zhuo's look.
At this moment, a female voice came from Yong'an Palace: "Dong Aiqing, this Yong'an Palace is the residence of the harem's female relatives. Isn't it inappropriate for Aiqing to force her way in?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw several maids leading Queen Mother He and Young Emperor Liu Bian out of the palace. The voice of questioning was shouted by Queen Mother He.
After all, Queen Mother He was a woman who had listened to politics behind the curtain for a long time and had seen big scenes. Although she was a little suspicious and short-sighted, she could still control the situation at critical moments.
"Oh, I was worried about the safety of the Queen Mother, and I was anxious for a while. I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me!"
When Dong Zhuo saw the Empress Dowager He coming out, he casually threw the almost suffocated Jinwu guard aside like a rag bag, and casually cupped his hands to the Empress Dowager He, but there was no trace of respect on his face.
Just as Wang Yiyuan said, Dong Zhuo came to rebel.
Yuan Shao can do this kind of thing by coercing the emperor to order the princes, but I, Dong Zhuo, can't do it?
Dong Zhuo paid a perfunctory courtesy to the Empress Dowager, but then deliberately began to loudly reprimand the Jinwu guards who were responsible for guarding Yong'an Palace.
"You are such a bunch of losers! Your Majesty and the Queen Mother trust you so much and call you as a bodyguard, but you dare to neglect your duties. There is still that treacherous man Yuan Shao who casually approaches the bodies of Your Majesty and the Queen Mother. You are in vain for being a son of man! You are in vain for being a minister!"
"
Those Jinwu guards who were scolded by Dong Zhuo were obedient and did not dare to say a word.
"Come here, take down all these wine bags and rice bags, drag them out and kill them!"
Dong Zhuo's voice gradually turned cold. With a wave of his hand, a large army of horses cut off the hands of about a hundred guards responsible for guarding Yong'an Palace and dragged them away directly.
Queen Mother He's face changed drastically, and she moved her lips as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say a word.
"Tie Dong! You will not die a good death! Your cruelty will eventually anger God! The heroes of the world will avenge us!"
After all, there were a few bloody men among the guards. Seeing that Dong Zhuo was so cruel and murderous, they started to curse on the spot.
Dong Zhuo turned around, grabbed one of the Jinwu guards who yelled the most fiercely, grabbed his throat with one hand, and lifted him up.
The guard's feet left the ground, and he gasped out "ho ho" due to suffocation. The next second, he was severely slapped to the ground by Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo raised his right foot and stomped hard on the guard's head. Under Dong Zhuo's huge force, it turned into a mosaic on the spot.
"Cruel? By the way, a certain family is cruel."
The night froze for a moment, leaving only the young emperor's frightened cries.