Within the Luo Yang Imperial Palace, a court meeting was currently taking place.
"Why is Your Majesty so silent today? Could it be that they were frightened by the 300,000 rebel soldiers?”
At this moment, Dong Zhuo's fat body was kneeling beside the Emperor. From his casual attitude when he spoke to the Emperor, one could tell what kind of life Liu Xie, the little Emperor, and his courtiers had been living these days.
"With the Prime Minister around, I…I really won't be afraid."
Liu Xie lowered his head. No one could see the expression on his face, but his voice was clearly mixed with fear. It was obvious that this emotion was not because of the 300,000 rebels Dong Zhuo mentioned, but because of Dong Zhuo himself.
"The emperor is right. With me and my Xi Liang cavalry, Luoyang will be as stable as a rock. It will be a waste of effort for anyone to attack. When I have time in two days, I will personally lead the army to attack and behead all those rebels. I will take their heads and make them into chamber pots for you.”
Dong Zhuo's words were very arrogant, but this was not the first or second time he had been in such a situation. The officials did not dare to oppose him, and they all agreed. However, when they saw these people lowering their heads, it was obvious that their thoughts were not the same as what they said.
"Oh right, I heard that the alliance leader of those pig and dog alliance is that bastard Yuan Shao. Back then, I was very fond of their Yuan family, but they treated me like this. Men, bring that old fellow Yuan Kui down and chop him off. Send his head to the alliance army. I want those things that are worse than pigs and dogs to see the consequences of going against me.”
"Prime Minister, you can't, you can't!”
Dong Zhuo glanced over and saw that the person who had stopped him was Situ Wangyun.
"Wang Situ, you're a food man, so I won't make things difficult for you this time. However, if someone pleads for mercy, they might be punished as accomplices of the traitor.”
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, none of the officials dared to say anything more. Only Yuan Kui, who knew that he had no hope of surviving, kept cursing Dong Zhuo's evil deeds. However, his mouth was quickly covered by the soldiers and he was dragged out.
Following a cry of pain from afar, not long after, a soldier came over with a bloody head.
"Many of you want to cling to the traitor, right?”
"No, we are all loyal to the Imperial Court. How can we be people who submit to the rebels!”
Although Dong Zhuo's words were righteous, everyone knew that he was just making a show of it. Although Dong Zhuo was very powerful and had killed many people before, he seemed reckless, but he had a certain bottom line in his heart. As long as he could make it on the surface, no one would die.
"It's best if you don't. I don't want to dig out your hearts and livers one by one in the future. Everyone, remember, as long as you have any connection with those traitors, I will kill anyone I catch.”
Report!
Report!
Report!
"Prime Minister, battle report from the front."
The messenger walked through the long corridor and quickly ran to Dong Zhuo. Then, he knelt in front of Dong Zhuo and handed over the battle report with both hands.
"Look, this is Hua Xiong who first defeated Sun Jian, then defeated the pig and dog alliance army, and now he wants a reward from us. Alright, just tell them the results of the battle on behalf of me.”
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, the messenger immediately started sweating profusely. After shivering for a long time, he carefully said,"Xiang... Prime Minister, Qishui Pass…Mushui Pass had been lost, and the rebel army in the east of the country had already entered the pass.”
"Bullsh * t, half a month ago, Hwa Xiong had just defeated X Literature Channel. How could they lose the Lishui Pass so quickly!!”
Hearing the messenger say that Mushui Pass had been lost, Dong Zhuo naturally didn't believe that this soldier in front of him dared to deceive him. However, he still didn't want to believe that Mushui Pass, which was guarded by tens of thousands of strong soldiers, had been lost so quickly.
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, one of the rebel soldiers is called Sun Tong, the sworn brother of the traitor Cao Cao. This person is very brave. He first defeated General Hua Xiong in a battle of generals, and then took advantage of the panic of the garrison to lead his men into the pass. As there was no general to command the soldiers inside the pass, it was difficult to resist, so they lost the pass.”
Back then, before the general surrendered, he gave his soldiers a chance. Those who were unwilling to surrender could leave through the west gate of the checkpoint.
At that time, there were about 1,000 people who did not want to surrender, so they chose to return to Luoyang. However, before they left, everyone chose to speak the same thing, that is, the Mushui Pass was taken down by the rebel army, and they did not take the initiative to surrender.
It was precisely because this group of people had the same story that Dong Zhuo didn't know the truth.
"What did you say that person's name was?"
"Sun Tong, Sun Zhongmin!"
Dong Zhuo felt that this messenger was telling him a story, but now that things had come to this, he had to believe it.
At this moment, he only felt a chill run down his spine. Why couldn't that group of rebels just live in their own territory obediently? They had to go against him.
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