Dong Zhuo has been very agitated recently, and the culprit is naturally Qin Hao.
In the Battle of Jingbei, although the Liangzhou Army did not directly participate in the battle, it supported Liu Xiu in many aspects such as military strength, food and grass, ordnance, and politics.
In addition to these, the Liangzhou Army also contained most of Qin Hao's troops, otherwise Liu Xiu would not be qualified to compete with Qin Hao.
It was precisely because Liu Xiu pulled Dong Zhuo's tiger skin that he was able to successfully trick the five princes into forming an alliance. Otherwise, based on his and Liu Biao's reputation alone, the princes of Jingzhou would never be able to deal with them.
Dong Zhuo didn't expect Liu Xiu to defeat Qin Hao, because he also knew that this was simply unrealistic. After all, with Qin Hao's strength, even he would have to work hard.
Dong Zhuo just wanted Liu Xiu to contain some of Qin Hao's energy. After he completely integrated the power of Guanxi, he could destroy the Nanyang forces in four directions, but he didn't expect Liu Xiu to be defeated so quickly.
After analyzing the entire Jingbei campaign, Dong Zhuo discovered that Liu Xiu could not be entirely blamed for this defeat. After all, Liu Xiu did not make any mistakes. It was because the Qin army had too many new tricks.
There are endless new types of equipment, unheard-of battle commands, and elite soldiers and generals who go on to succeed...
This battle was lost due to no fault of war. Even if Dong Zhuo were to take command in person, he might not be able to do better than Liu Xiu.
After Qin Hao captured Xiangyang, the defense in the south had been completely consolidated, and Dong Zhuo's four-party encirclement plan had completely failed.
Having consumed so many resources, not only did it fail to hit Qin Hao, but it also allowed its power to grow, making Dong Zhuo feel even more threatened by Qin Hao than Qin Wen.
Liu Xiu's remaining troops in Nanjun were already good enough if they were not destroyed by Yue Fei, let alone contain Qin Hao's troops in the south. If Qin Hao took full control of Nanjun, his power would become even stronger.
Therefore, even though he knew that Liu Xiu was not Qin Hao's opponent, Dong Zhuo had to continue to support Liu Xiu, because now no one except Liu Xiu could stabilize the situation in Nanjun.
After Qin Hao captured Xiangyang, he was not in a hurry to expand. Instead, he divided his territory into four counties and continued to tap the internal potential. His power was as vibrant as the rising sun.
Dong Zhuo turned around and looked at himself. The aristocratic family expressed its support but secretly resisted. The integration of the land of Guanxi is far away, and it still looks half-dead.
What angered Dong Zhuo the most was that Qin Hao was actively in contact with the princes of Guandong, and the princes of Guandong also showed great interest and obviously wanted to unite to deal with him.
At that time, the Yellow Turban Zhangjiao had millions of mercenaries and was a powerful figure in the world, but he was dragged to death by the princes and aristocratic families in the world.
Although Dong Zhuo is now the number one prince in the world, there is still a big gap compared with the original Yellow Turban. Of course, he does not have the confidence to deal with the attacks of the world's princes.
But whatever you are afraid of will come to you.
With Qin Hao's active contact, the connections between princes from various places became increasingly closer, but there was still no progress on his side.
Originally, Dong Zhuo wanted to attack Qin Hao in order to scare the princes of Guandong, but now he didn't dare to think about it, because sending troops now would simply force the princes to unite.
In order to prevent the Kwantung princes from uniting, Dong Zhuo also implemented a strategy of division, such as:
Conferred Han Fu the title of Jizhou Mu;
Confessed Yuan Shu's general Zhao Kuangyin as the governor of Nanyang;
Granted Cao Cao the title of Xuzhou Mu;
Granted Yuan Shao the title of Mu of Youzhou...
But what Dong Zhuo didn't expect was that although the princes accepted his canonization on the surface, they secretly had more frequent contacts.
At this time, Dong Zhuo finally realized that the Liangzhou Army, as the strongest prince, had become the target of public criticism, and a coalition was inevitable.
The Liangzhou army alone cannot compete with the princes of Guandong. Only by concentrating the power of Kansai can they fight against each other. However, Kansai is still confronting Dong Zhuo under the connection of a dark force.
If this continues, the Liangzhou Army will completely turn from active to passive, and Dong Zhuo will become more and more irritable.
Dong Zhuo also wanted to use a gentle way to integrate Guanxi, but he no longer had time to find out the ins and outs, so he could only use the simplest and crudest way, which was...killing the emperor.
Dong Zhuo didn't know what forces were targeting him, but he knew that the forces behind the deposed young emperor Liu Bian were definitely the most active among them.
Therefore, killing Liu Bian can frighten the Guanzhong family and all civil and military officials, allowing Dong Zhuo to successfully integrate the power of Guanxi to fight against the Guandong princes.
But what Dong Zhuo didn't know was that he actually overestimated the princes of Guandong.
The reason why the Kwantung princes are closely connected is that they are aware of the threat and want to protect themselves from Dong Zhuo's troops. They are far from joining forces to fight against Dong. However, his act of killing the emperor this time will actually promote
The birth of Dongdong Alliance.
Hongnong Palace.
Li Ru walked in expressionlessly with three glasses of poisonous wine, while Liu Bian, who had been deposed as King Hongnong, hugged each other tremblingly with the Empress of Tang Dynasty, with a look of despair on his face.
Queen Mother He stood in front of the two of them, stared at Li Ru with a livid face, and shouted sternly: "Li Ru, who gave you the courage to act so recklessly in Prince Hongnong's palace, aren't you afraid of Dong Zhuo's reproach?"
Li Ru smiled disdainfully and said coldly: "Queen Mother, the Prime Minister has been tolerant of you in every possible way, but you have repeatedly touched the Prime Minister's bottom line. This time Li Ru came here on the order of the Prime Minister."
He's face suddenly turned pale, and he said in despair: "Impossible. Dong Zhuo promised me that he would leave a way for us, mother and son, to survive. How could he break his promise? How could he break his promise?"
In order to get Dong Zhuo's promise, Queen Mother He did not hesitate to devote herself to serve Dong Zhuo. Whenever she thought of this vulgar warrior riding on her body, Queen Mother He felt extremely humiliated. But who knew that Dong Zhuo still put up his pants and refused to admit it.
At this moment, He Hou's biggest regret was not for agreeing to please Dong Zhuo, but for not dying with Dong Zhuo on the bed. As long as she wanted to do so, there was definitely a chance. Even if she failed, it would be better than surrendering. Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything now.
Li Ru looked at Queen He, picked up a glass of poisonous wine, and said calmly: "Queen Mother, this glass of wine was specially prepared by Wei Chen. It won't make you commit too many crimes. Are you going to drink it yourself? Or Wei Chen will feed you.
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He Hou screamed like crazy: "Traitor, don't come over, I am the Queen Mother..."
Seeing that Empress He was unwilling to take the initiative to drink poisonous wine, Li Ru said coldly: "Come here, send the Empress Dowager and the late Emperor on their way."
Several Liangzhou soldiers stepped forward to hold Hou Hou down, and then forcefully poured poisonous wine into Hou Hou's mouth.
He Hou wanted to scream, but couldn't say anything. He could only look at Li Ru with hatred, and lost his breath for a moment.