A major battle during the Chuping period was fought from the beginning of the first year of Chuping to the beginning of the summer of Chuping, and there was no winner in this battle.

Dong Zhuo's move to Chang'an seems to be a policy issue, but in fact the core issue is that after Dong Zhuo presided over the government, the court's control was greatly reduced, resulting in the Qiang people such as Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang, and Baibo thieves in Hedong disturbed the rear. Although Dong Zhuo's move to the capital was political, it was more of a helplessness.

Besides, in the battle in Luoyang, it seems that Dong Zhuo won the most with fewer people. Forty or fifty thousand Xiliang Army defeated the princes and more than 100,000 coalition forces, and never won once.

But the so-called "injuring a thousand enemies and losing 800 themselves" is the result of the victory of each battle. The Xiliang Army has suffered losses. Although the coalition forces have suffered a lot, such troops can be recruited as long as they have money and food. The Xiliang Army that Dong Zhuo lost is all veterans who have battles. These are elite soldiers. If they want to re-train, they cannot be achieved by having money and food. They have to take time and have to be raised with blood.

In the past, the imperial court took the blame, so the Xiliang army was able to guard the border without any scruples, but now it is different. We have to take the money and food by ourselves. If we are not in charge, we don’t know that the firewood and rice are expensive, but we really are in charge of our own. Dong Zhuo discovered how difficult it was for the imperial court to support the border troops in various ways before. Just maintaining military expenditure is an astronomical expense every year.

Now what Dong Zhuo has to face is the princes and aristocratic families who are resisting him everywhere. If he does not shrink his defense line, he will not know where the money and food should come from. It is a bit difficult to support these Xiliang troops based on the taxes from the Three Auxiliary Land, let alone expanding the front line to a larger territory.

On the coalition side, although Cao Cao's pursuit was like a joke, it was not a joke. Many princes reacted afterwards. Cao Cao's pursuit means that the two sides did not reconcile, but were just a temporary truce. When the court came to collect taxes, they could refuse without hesitation. Before the battle was over, we would not recognize Dong Zhuoli's court.

Therefore, although the alliance battle was severely beaten, in fact, the princes realized the expectation of separatist rule. They could collect taxes and conscript their own troops, and the world entered the era of separatist rule by the princes.

To have such an ending, it can be said that all the princes owed Cao Cao a favor, so after they returned this time, Cao Cao had a good reputation among the princes, especially although he was defeated in the last battle, he was able to escape from Lu Bu's pursuit, which made Cao Cao feel a bit legendary.

After all, there seemed to be few people who came back alive with Lu Bu. All the powerful generals like Sun Jian were almost wiped out. Looking at this battle, there seemed to be only one Gongsun Zan who came back intact on the battlefield where Lu Bu appeared. But there was nothing to show off in that battle. The 60,000 army was broken out by Lu Bu with 3,000 troops, and the two princes died in the chaos. The strongest white horse Yicong also lost his troops and generals, and there was nothing to show off.

It is okay to say that both sides suffer losses, but in terms of purpose, it can also be said to be a win-win situation. Dong Zhuo gained control of the court and the princes gained the right to reliance. This battle can be considered a mutual achievement.

Wars are never alone, and the evaluation of the outcome of a war is never from the one hand, otherwise the Han Dynasty would not have happened. Some people lost, but in fact they won, and some people seemed to win, but in fact they lost. Between the truth and reality, whoever loses, it depends on whether they want what they want.

"Wenyou tells me what is the use of this? Bu Yiwu's martial arts man is good at fighting, but it would be too much to ask me to give advice to the Grand Tutor." Lu Bu looked at Li Ru, a little confused. He had just arrived in Chang'an, and had not yet become familiar with the place, and had not yet returned home to reunite with his wife and children, but was pulled to analyze the overall situation. These things were not what he wanted to know. He just wanted to go home to accompany his wife and children, and he was also recuperating the injuries throughout the journey. It was already good that his injuries did not worsen.

"I just want to tell the Lord and Hou that the situation is far from peace, so please don't slack off." Li Ru looked at Lu Bu's appearance, obviously did not want to continue discussing with him. He opened his mouth and finally sighed. Dong Zhuo's confidants are mostly military generals. Although there are many civil officials in Chang'an now, they have many hearts. Li Ru sometimes even couldn't find someone to discuss. Although Lu Bu was a military general, he saw that his performance in the battle of Hulao Pass was both brave and resourceful, so he became interested and wanted to discuss with Lu Bu how to develop in the future and how to consolidate Dong Zhuo's power. Who knew that after talking for a long time, Lu Bu seemed to not listen to it, which made Li Ru helpless.

"There is no need to worry about this. The generals like us eat this bowl of rice. As long as the Grand Tutor needs it, Bu can go to the war at any time." Lu Bu said solemnly.

"Yes, if the Lord and the Marquis are injured, the Ru will not disturb the Lord and the Marquis will recover. This will send the Lord and the Marquis back to the house." Li Ru smiled.

As a great hero this time, Dong Zhuo's confidant general, although it was his first time to come to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo had already prepared a large mansion for Lu Bu, which was the former residence of the Grand Tutor Hu Guang at that time. Not only was he a three-formula figure during the period of Emperor Ling, but he was also a great scholar at that time. Later, the Hu family moved south to avoid disaster. This mansion was sold and was recently given to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo distributed the mansion to Lu Bu, which shows his importance and love for Lu Bu.

As for what Li Ru said, Lu Bu didn't understand at all, but he understood that if he really said a few words, he might be busier. His career is already good now, and he has no idea about further development. Compared to this, he wants to spend more time with his wife and children.

Dian Wei and Gao Shun followed Lu Bu. They had no residence in Chang'an for the time being. The Lu family was big enough and there were not many people, so Lu Bu simply asked them to live in his own home. Although he had never been to that place, he must have a guest room to entertain people.

When Lu Bu saw the house distributed to him, he didn't know who Hu Guang was, but his sense of temperament and nobility could be felt intuitively.

Lu Bu thanked Dong Zhuo specifically for this, and then came back to live. Dong Zhuo arranged more than a dozen maids for Lu Bu. Lu Bu asked Gao Shun to withdraw a team of people from the army to live in as a guard. In this way, the outer courtyard was not full, and the inner courtyard was even more empty.

After Lu Bu returned to Chang'an, he accompanied his wife and children all day long, and went to see the scenery of Chang'an when he was tired of staying at home. The so-called separation is better than a newlywed, especially when Lu Bu met again after a lifetime of separation. He loved his wife very much. In the more than a month, the couple was inseparable and had a lovely daughter. If someone hadn't occasionally asked him to participate in the government affairs, Lu Bu felt that if he continued like this for the rest of his life, he would have really had no regrets in his life.

However, even the deepest friendship will fade one day, just like a newlywed couple. After the honeymoon period, although they are still loving, their lives will gradually return to dullness. Good days have come to an end for Lu Bu. The power competition in the court is difficult to avoid as long as you are in it...
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