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Chapter 723: Su Yao Enters Chang'an and the Whole City Cheers
Late at night, Chang'an Imperial City.

"Say—where is that little emperor?!"

Dong Zhuo roared, grabbed a eunuch by the collar, lifted him up and asked.

The eunuch was strangled by Dong Zhuo and his face turned red. He struggled desperately with his hands, but he could not break free from Dong Zhuo's iron-like hands.

"Prime Minister... Prime Minister, please spare my life! I really don't know where Your Majesty is!" the eunuch stammered, his eyes full of fear.

Dong Zhuo's eyes widened with anger. He threw the eunuch to the ground, stepped on his chest, and shouted:
"You don't know? You are an eunuch in the imperial city, following His Majesty all day long, how could you not know the whereabouts of the emperor?"

The eunuch was trampled until he foamed at the mouth and groaned in pain, but he still insisted:

"Prime Minister, I really don't know! Your Majesty, he...he was taken away by Minister Dong's men before you came, and I was strictly forbidden to follow him..."

When Dong Zhuo heard this, his heart tightened, and he immediately realized that he was not the only one who had placed spies here. Dong Cheng naturally had his confidants around the emperor.

Given the current situation, it is obvious that they discovered something was wrong, and they transferred the little emperor before they entered the palace in an attempt to delay time.

Suddenly, Dong Zhuo was furious and turned to the soldiers behind him and shouted:
"Search! Search! Even if we have to turn the entire palace upside down, we must find the little emperor!"

Under Dong Zhuo's order, the Xiliang warriors responded and took action.

Some of them dispersed and searched everywhere in the imperial city for the whereabouts of the emperor.

Another group of people engaged in a fierce and bloody battle inside and outside the palace gate, fighting with the anti-Dong faction in the city for control of the palace gate.

As time passed, the anti-Dong forces in the city grew stronger.

As the saying goes, when the wall falls, everyone pushes it. After seeing that Dong Zhuo was unable to quell the chaos in Chang'an City, more and more people joined the anti-Dong action.

This time, not only Dong Cheng, Wu Fu and the Li brothers, but also other ministers and noble families in the city responded. They led their servants and took to the streets with swords. When they saw Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers, they killed them in droves and helped besiege the imperial city.

Even among the people who had previously stayed at home, many brave ones joined the chaotic battle with simple weapons such as sticks and kitchen knives.

Although these volunteers were not the main force in the battle, they made Dong Zhuo's soldiers attacked from all sides and were exhausted from dealing with the situation.

More importantly, of course, we must also count the shock that the shouts of war and killing all over the city under the night sky brought to Dong Zhuo's Western Liang army.

After half a day of exhausting fighting, the warriors suddenly found themselves surrounded by enemies, and their morale was inevitably shaken.

"Declare Dong!"

"Kill the thief!"

"The Xiliang barbarians, get out of Chang'an City!"

As the chaos in the city continued to intensify, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army began to gradually fall into a passive position.

The streets and alleys of Chang'an City were filled with shouts of killing and the sounds of weapons clashing.

The numerical advantage that Dong Zhuo's soldiers originally had was reversed, and their battle-hardened skills and training levels began to deteriorate after a long period of consumption.

In such a chaotic situation, these Xiliang warriors loyal to Dong Zhuo felt increasingly powerless.

"Brother, the situation is not good!"

Hearing the shouting and killing outside, Dong Min said to Dong Zhuo anxiously:

"If we continue like this, we might be trapped here and die!"

Dong Zhuo clenched his teeth, his eyes flashing with a fierce light.

He knew very well that this was a critical moment of life and death.

If they couldn't find the little emperor as soon as possible and use him to threaten the anti-Dong coalition, then all of them would be doomed to die.

"kill!"

Dong Zhuo's eyes were full of ferocity: "No matter if they are eunuchs or palace maids, no matter if they are empresses or concubines, all the useless people who cannot tell the whereabouts of the emperor will be chopped off!"

"I just don't believe it. In such a huge palace, no one has ever seen the little emperor!"

Dong Zhuo's roar was like the death knell.

Weiyang Palace, the former heart of the Han Empire, has now become a victim of Dong Zhuo's tyranny.

Under Dong Zhuo's crazy killing and threats, eunuchs, palace maids, and concubines were all trembling, and fear enveloped the entire palace.

Dong Zhuo's soldiers were as ferocious as wolves and tigers, waving their weapons and searching everywhere in the palace, dyeing every corner of the palace red with blood.

There were cries of wailing and pleas for mercy one after another, but Dong Zhuo turned a deaf ear to them and even laughed crazily.

Finally, under the guidance of a trembling palace maid, Dong Zhuo's guards found Liu Xie who was hidden in a dry well by Dong Cheng's confidants.

"Emperor, you are so ignorant!"

Dong Zhuo grinned grimly and pulled Liu Xie out of the well, holding him in his hand like a chicken.

The young emperor Liu Xie was in tattered clothes, trembling all over, with fear and despair in his eyes:

"Dong Qing, save me, Dong Qing, save me!"

Hearing the emperor's panicked words, Dong Zhuo was too lazy to think about who this guy was calling Dong Qing.

At the critical moment of life and death, Dong Zhuo showed his true colors and no longer put on any disguise.

He took out a rag and stuffed it into Liu Xie's mouth, then carried him on his shoulder and led his personal soldiers to rush towards the gate of the imperial city, preparing to threaten the anti-Dong coalition to stop.

As long as he had the emperor in his hands, Dong Zhuo believed that those fools who considered themselves loyal and capable generals would be afraid to act rashly.

Although it is impossible to turn defeat into victory, it is still possible to fight your way out by threatening the emperor.

For a moment, the figure of the former emperor Liu Bian emerged in Dong Zhuo's mind as he was carrying Liu Xie.

At that time, Luoyang City was also ablaze with flames.

The assassination of He Jin by the Ten Eunuchs triggered a riot in the capital, and they were eventually forced to flee with the emperor hostage under the siege of the entire city.

How similar is this scene to the present?
However, those eunuchs were eventually forced to death and jumped into the river without escaping with their lives.

And Dong Zhuo was almost a witness to this scene.

Therefore, this scene flashed through Dong Zhuo's mind, very clearly and lingered for a long time.

However, Dong Zhuo quickly shook his head vigorously and got rid of this unlucky thought.

It’s different, it’s different this time.

After all, I, Dong Zhuo, am not one of those fools like the Ten Attendants. I have at least a thousand soldiers at my disposal. How can I not break out of the siege of Chang'an? !

Just let me rush out and return to Meiwu to regroup.
If he is lucky, in the future battle of Guanzhong, Su Yao will be besieged by those red-eyed princes and will be unable to defeat four hands with two fists. Dong Zhuo can take advantage of the chaos to rise again.

If he was unlucky, Meiwu would have been fortified by the high walls he built, with thirty years' worth of food stored in it. He could live there reveling every night, feasting and drinking until he died, and it would have been worthwhile to have lived such a happy life!
However, soon, just as he rushed to the gate of the palace carrying the emperor, Dong Zhuo woke up from his dream.

Suddenly, almost without any warning, waves of intense cheers rang out in Chang'an City.

"The champion is here!"

"Champion Hou has entered the city!"

"Dong the thief is finished!"

"Kill!!!"

(End of this chapter)