Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 629: Pardon or No Pardon
After persuading Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo naturally could not escape the disaster. After all, his Fang Tian Hua Ji was specially used to stab his adoptive father, and he was an expert in this area. He could guarantee that he would keep silent after every stab.

After Dong Zhuo's death, he was burned on fire in the street, and his entire family died with him. Li Ru, who had offended countless people, certainly did not escape, so Yan Xu was delighted to gain two more resentful laborers.

The situation was very good at that time, and the Han Dynasty should have a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, power is dazzling and arrogance is confusing. Wang Yun, who regarded himself as the greatest contributor, took over the power left by Dong Zhuo after his death, and acted as if he had the final say, casting a shadow on this political victory.

However, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, upon hearing that Dong Zhuo was dead and Lü Bu was approaching, knew they could not defeat him, so they led the Flying Bear Army to Liangzhou overnight.

But halfway through the journey, the four men felt that it was not a good idea to continue like this, because they had offended too many people before. If the imperial court ordered a punishment against the traitors, and the eighteen princes came, what could they use to resist?
So he stopped in Shaanxi and sent people to Chang'an to petition for amnesty.

If they were smart, they would naturally agree to it. With Lu Bu's pressure, they would not be afraid of these four people rebelling, and it would also be convenient to settle the score with them later.

But Wang Yun, who had not drunk a drop of wine, was still very excited, and spoke bluntly with a cold brow and a cold look.

"Dong Zhuo's arrogance and domineering behavior were all aided by these four people. Now I am granting amnesty to the whole nation, except for these four people."

In a word, not only did he cut off the four men's retreat, he also forced them to death. I don't know who gave him the courage, Lu Bu?
But it is not impossible. With Lu Bu's bravery, it is not difficult to defeat the enemy with a smaller force. It's just that he neglected one person, which led to the complete collapse of the situation.

Upon learning that their request for amnesty was rejected and without Dong Zhuo as their backbone, the four men became confused.

"Since we cannot get amnesty, we might as well escape on our own." Li Jue said this out of his wits, but the problem was that some people disagreed.

The reason was simple, because Wang Yun regarded everyone as Dong Zhuo's followers and they must all be eradicated, so it was not just the four of them who were affected.

It would be fine not to pardon Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, but it is not acceptable not to pardon Jia Xu.

Since Wang Yun won't leave him any chance to live, don't blame him for violating the will of heaven, Jia Xu said.

"If you abandon your troops and march alone, a captain can capture you. It is better to lure the people of Shaanxi and your own troops to march into Chang'an to avenge Dong Zhuo. If you cannot win, you can leave at any time."

When Li Jue and the other three heard what the man said, they thought it made a lot of sense, so they followed his instructions and spread the rumor throughout Xiliang Prefecture, saying that Wang Yun was going to send a large army to wipe out Xiliang Prefecture.

Everyone was terrified, because this was something that man could really do, so Li Jue and four others stood on a high place and shouted, and everyone followed them. Soon they gathered a crowd of more than 200,000 or 300,000 people, divided into four groups, and rushed to Chang'an.

On the way, he met Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, General Niu Fu, who was leading his troops to avenge his father-in-law. Li Jue then joined forces with him and made him the vanguard.

Yan Xu had an incarnation here, and of course witnessed everything. He was really upset by Wang Yun's stupid behavior, so he cancelled the mark with disgust and let him reincarnate after his death. He didn't want to put this crappy thing into his underworld.

At this time, Lu Bu, who was willing to use his brain, was speechless. He strongly suspected that his adoptive father Dong Zhuo had changed his identity and come back again, because ordinary people would not do such a thing.

Not only him, Liu Xie was about to cry as well.

He was just young, not ignorant. He knew that this would lead to disaster. But after Dong Zhuo left, Wang Yun, who claimed to be a loyal minister, came and took over the power. What else could he do except cry in the harem.

If it were in the past, Lu Bu would not have thought too much and would have just rushed forward because there was no one he could not rush past. But now he thought of two paths.

One is to take Wang Yun as his adoptive father, and the other is to kick out the middlemen.

After thinking about it, Dong Zhuo's light was still on. He was willing to be his adoptive father, but Wang Yunzhen might not dare to agree, so he chose the second way.

Liu Xie was deeply loved by Liu Hong, and Liu Hong told him many of his thoughts. Therefore, he was not unfamiliar with his father's early experiences, which was also the reason why he was able to survive the tyrannical Dong Zhuo.

The problem is that although my father had no power at that time, the world was not in chaos, so he could use the eunuchs to slowly carry out his plan.

Liu Xie was not able to do so. Dong Zhuo's killing spree and the relocation of the capital had destroyed the foundation of the royal family. It was too difficult for him to replicate his father's success. At this time, Lu Bu's surrender was like timely rain. Liu Xie immediately showed his sincerity and really moved Lu Bu.

Although Lu Bu is smart, he is not very cunning and does not have such great ambitions, otherwise he would not always worship his adoptive father. If he really wants to become a local lord, he still has a chance.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he has been standing at the highest point in the world, the court, and has already looked down on local officials.

Wang Yun didn't know that Lu Bu had directly contacted that person. When he heard that the soldiers from Xiliang were coming, he discussed with Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was thinking about getting military power, so he agreed immediately.

"Don't worry, Situ, there's nothing to worry about these rats."

Wang Yun had never fought in a war, but he knew that Lu Bu was brave and he really believed him. So Lu Bu, who had gained the military power, turned around and took the imperial edict to confiscate Wang Yun's house, making Wang Yun suspect that Wang Yun had secretly worshipped him as his adoptive father.

This scene made Yan Xu laugh, but the next part was where the excitement began.

In the court, those who are upright and incorruptible are the odd ones out, while those who change with the wind are the norm. In addition, Dong Zhuo killed so many people that those who were left behind were naturally spineless people who knew the current situation. So when Liu Xie and Lu Bu appeared, they knew what to choose.

This is also related to the fact that Wang Yun is too capable. If he had been a little more tactful and shared some of the benefits and rights, he would not have been left without anyone to speak for him.

But he was too independent-minded, and was no different from the second Dong Zhuo. The only difference was that Dong Zhuo could not act, while he still used the title of a loyal minister and the banner of doing good for the emperor, turning the court into his own one-man show.

Otherwise, how did the order to force Li, Cui and other three to rebel was issued? Did they really think that no one could see the danger in it?

Yes, but no one dared to stand up and oppose it.

Dong Zhuo is good at killing people, and Wang Yun is not lenient either.

There is another reason, that is, Wang Yun messed up.

Li, Cui and the other three were forced to rebel completely, resulting in Chang'an facing siege by hundreds of thousands of rebels. Someone had to be held responsible for this, and there was no more suitable person than Wang Yun.

It’s just that Wang Yun was so powerful before that no one dared to say anything. Now that he has lost power, he is rushing to add insult to injury. He will not be able to be an official even if he is down and out.

Liu Xie wrote the imperial edict of amnesty, followed the court procedures, and then Lu Bu went to announce the edict in person.

Even though Li Cui led hundreds of thousands of people to counterattack Chang'an, they actually had no confidence at all. Even in the original novel, before Wang Yun was killed, Li Cui and others did not think they could succeed, so he really accepted the order, because their original goal was to obtain amnesty from the court.

In fact, it was mainly because after Jia Xu learned that Liu Xie had joined forces with Lu Bu to capture Wang Yun, he knew that things had changed and made some preparations, otherwise it would not have been so easy to negotiate smoothly.

After knowing the court's intention, things became easy. At Jia Xu's suggestion, Li Cui invited Niu Fu under the pretext of discussing the capture of Chang'an, and then took action together with Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to capture Niu Fu before he could react. In this way, the mastermind was identified, and they were deceived.

After beheading Niu Fu, Li, Cui and the other three not only received amnesty, but also received rewards. However, most of them were honorary positions, and a lot of military power was held by Lu Bu.

However, Liu Xie was indeed smart. He did not place all his hopes on Lu Bu just because he surrendered first. Instead, he struck a balance, using Lu Bu to check and balance the four men of Li, Cui and others, and then using Li, Cui and others to guard against Lu Bu.

This move was not brilliant, but it was very practical, and both parties felt that they were valued.

The only pity is that it's too late.

(End of this chapter)