Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 304
Liu Yu was very dissatisfied when he heard that Liang County, which he had obtained, was taken over by Liu Pan again.

But in order not to let Dong Zhuo discover his own strength in advance, he decided to hold back for the time being.

"Liang County will lend it to Liu Biao for the time being, and it won't be too late to argue with him after Dong Zhuo is destroyed!"

Having made up his mind, Liu Yu decided to focus on his next plan to deal with Dong Zhuo.

The next step is that Liu Yu plans to go to Chang'an City to meet Duan Yan in person, and at the same time, his army will slowly infiltrate around Luoyang.

Not mobilizing troops against Luoyang City does not mean not capturing other counties in Sizhou.

Liu Yu ordered Zhang Fei to lead troops to Yiyang, posing a threat to Hangu Pass.

Let Chen Dao take the Bailu camp to occupy Huayin County and point his soldiers at Chang'an City. Once Liu Yu can't persuade Duan Yan to join him, Huayin County will become an important fortress to cut off the connection between Xiliang Dong Min's army and Luoyang.

Xu Huang's Baibo Battalion is in charge of watching Li Jue's army horse in Hongnongli.

Zhang Ji led troops to Xincheng County, and Zhang Xiu went to Gucheng County. When Zhang Fei captured Hangu Pass, the three of them could approach the west gate of Luoyang.

Liu Yu asked Xun Yu to be fully responsible for the affairs of Henan County. After he took control there, he could send his army north to garrison near Niujia Village to control the situation in the south of Luoyang.

Gong County in the east of Luoyang has long been occupied by Jia Xu's troops, and Huangfusong and Zhang Liao are watching at the north gate of Luoyang.

Silently, Liu Yu surrounded the capital on all sides.

It's just that Liu Yu has ordered that all battalions and ministries should not reveal their whereabouts too early, they only need to infiltrate slowly without being too ostentatious.

At least he has to wait until he solves the problem of Chang'an City before he can fully double-team Luoyang City.

Liu Yu's deployment can be described as watertight. He originally planned to have a showdown with Dong Zhuo after returning from Chang'an, hoping that Dong Zhuo would voluntarily give up his power for the happiness of his granddaughter Dong Bai.

And if Dong Zhuo refused, then he had no choice but to subdue him on the spot. Anyway, he had to control Dong Zhuo in his own hands to protect his life.

This is not only for the smooth handover of the capital and for the people to live in peace, but also for not hurting Dong Bai's heart.

Liu Yu's plan was perfect, but when he went west to Chang'an, the unstable factors in Luoyang city quietly disrupted his plans.

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Back to half a month ago, Liu Yu took the grain transportation team to Lu County in the southwest. The day before leaving was still under the scorching sun, but it didn't take two days for Luoyang to rain heavily.

The scorching summer is about to recede, and autumn cools gradually in the morning and evening.

And on the third day after Liu Yu left with the grain transportation team, a grand court meeting was held in the Chongde Hall, and Situ Wangyun and others discussed offering sacrifices to heaven on the day of the beginning of autumn.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and autumn is the harvest season. At this time, the emperor's sacrifice to heaven is to pray for the peace of the country and the people, and the abundance of food and clothing.

In the past few years, there have been many wars, and Luoyang City is rarely stable. Although it is not stable now, there is no shortage of food in Taicang.

With the capital, the imperial court naturally had to make some noises, at least to let the people in the capital see that the imperial court still has a strong background.

Finally, under the strong suggestion of Wang Yun and others, Dong Zhuo agreed to sacrifice to heaven.

Dong Zhuo's consent was required for the emperor to offer sacrifices to the sky, and it was because Wang Yun said that the emperor needed to be accompanied by a grand master to worship the sky when he was young, so Dong Zhuo let go of his consent.

Therefore, this Liqiu sacrifice to heaven is not so much the responsibility of the emperor, as it is Dong Zhuo, the grand master, who is going to worship the heaven and earth and pray for all things.

The fact that Dong Zhuo wanted to sacrifice to heaven with the emperor made many members of the royalist faction look down on it. They went to Wang Yun and Xun Shuang one after another, hoping that the two leaders could stop Dong Zhuo from offering sacrifices to heaven.

Of course Wang Yun and Xun Shuang would not try to persuade them, because the matter of offering sacrifices to heaven in the beginning of autumn was simply a trick they thought of to deal with Dong Zhuo!

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Five days later, the beginning of autumn, in the past few days, all the ministries of the imperial court are busy with sacrifices.As a result, few people paid attention to the battle situation in the southeast and southwest.

From Dong Zhuo's point of view, Zhu Jun just gathered bandit soldiers to make trouble, and the bandit soldiers were not strong enough, so there was nothing to worry about.

Before Lu Bu's Bingzhou army map defected to Luoyang, he did not launch an attack on Henan County, nor did he join forces with Zhu Junbing, but went to Yanzhou to fight for territory.

Without the threat of this strong army, Dong Zhuo believed that as soon as the food and grass arrived, Xu Rong would be able to hold Liang County and prevent Zhu Jun's bandits from advancing.

As for Niu Fu's side, there is no problem. After all, the southwest side has long been found out, and it is not Zhu Jun's main force.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo has focused his energy on the security issues on the day of the sacrifice these days.

"It will be the beginning of autumn in five days, and the priest is chosen at the east gate. Wen You must pay more attention to the safety of that day!" Dong Zhuo couldn't help but be careful when the priest was chosen outside the city.

"Don't worry, Grand Master, I have arranged for Han Sui to take full responsibility for this matter."

Li Ru looked confident, "When that day comes, Han Sui will lead his men and horses to be responsible for the surrounding security, and Han Sui will also send his general Yan Xing to personally protect the Grand Master!"

"Yan Xing? How powerful is this person?"

"Reporting to Grand Master, Yan Xing's force is comparable to Hua Xiong!"

If Lu Bu was not counted, Hua Xiong was the most powerful man in the Xiliang army before his death. Now that he heard that Yan Xing was so powerful, Dong Zhuo nodded in reassurance.

These days, Han Sui has completely become Li Ru's right-hand man. Han Sui participated in the transfer of grain and grass to Taicang, and Han Sui was also responsible for the Luoyang city defense. Now he is still entrusted with the security task of the sacrifice.

"This Han Sui is not bad, he knows how to advance and retreat, and he also knows how to stand in line! After this Liqiu sacrifice to heaven, let him be a Jiuqing Dangdang!"

Dong Zhuo had spoken, how dare Li Ru be negligent, but the number of Jiuqing is full, if you want to promote Han Sui, you can only demote one person.

But who should be demoted for no reason!

Seeing Li Ru's troubled face, Dong Zhuo smiled secretly, "After the Beginning of Autumn, Wen You thinks there will be a few Jiuqings who can continue to sit safely in their seats?"

At this time, Li Ru suddenly remembered something, and said in agreement, "Eh... what the grand master said is very true. If there is no accident, there should be a lot of vacancies in the imperial court after the sacrifice to heaven!"

Dong Zhuo laughed again after hearing the words.

"Taiwei Huang Wan was born in high school, and I will let him go home to take care of himself after the beginning of autumn. The affairs of the Taiwei's mansion will be handed over to Wen You, and the vacant post of Tingwei will just be handed over to Han Sui!"

"Ah! Thank you, Grand Master, for your support!" Li Ru bowed his head happily. He didn't expect that Han Sui was originally assigned an official position today, and he himself was promoted along with him.

In fact, when he heard that Han Sui was about to be equal to him, Li Ru felt a little resentful in his heart. After all, Han Sui had always been his younger brother, so how could he be equal to him in one leap.

But now after listening to Dong Zhuo's arrangement, Li Ru felt more at ease. Sure enough, he was still Dong Zhuo's most trusted confidant.

Taiwei is one of the three princes, in charge of the country's soldiers and horses. Although Huang Wan has long since stopped interfering with the affairs of the Taiwei's mansion, Dong Zhuo still feels that he must ask his cronies to take over this important position.

"By the way, is there any news from Liu Yu's food transportation team?"

Although Dong Zhuo is not worried about the wars in the southeast and southwest, he still attaches great importance to the situation in those two places.

(End of this chapter)