Chapter 301 End of Dong Zhuo (1/2)
Chapter 301 – End of Dong Zhuo
March 10th, 185 A.D.
The Ghost Legion of Zhang He and Ju Shou entered Henei City without resistance.
Instead of meeting with resisting civilians or soldiers, they threw flower petals in celebration to welcome them.
”THANK YOU!”
”BLESS LORD ZHANG JIAO!”
”THANK YOU, HEROES!”
Zhang He and Ju Shou were flabbergasted. They sent several men to inquire about the information about the city right away.
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The investigation had been completed. The result was in.
It turned out that Dong Zhuo kidnapped all young girls and shipped them to Luo Yang to be his concubines. They even took housewives without caring if they had babies or children to raise.
Men who resisted against Dong Zhuo were killed. All young boys were sold as slaves while seniors were forced to work until they died from exhaustion. Any able men were forced to join the militias and transferred to either Luo Yang or Chang'An.
All surviving civilians inside the city were newcomers and refugees from other towns. They had been hiding from Dong Zhuo's men for a long time before the army departed from the city in a hurry.
”In other words, the former residents in Henei are either taken away or killed.”
The face of Ju Shou and Zhang He turned ugly. Because they did something to Henei's population before they took Shangdang, they felt guilty about the fate of these people.
Han Hao, a former subordinate of Imperial Forces who had joined Shangdang forces, had a family in Henei. He searched around his former resident to find if there was any survivor.
”AAAAAAHHHHHH!!”
He found them, but they were dead bodies.
Tears covered Han Hao's face as he hugged the body of his dead mother.
”DONG ZHUO!!”
”DAMN YOU, TRAITOR!!”
More screams could be heard from the city as soldiers with relatives in Henei found the remaining of their families. Even the men who came from elsewhere was enraged by the tragic scenes.
Ju Shou stared at the ruined city and advised Zhang He, ”We'll leave a few troops here to help the locals. I want you to head to Luo Yang and secure it with 5,000 men. I'll allocate Qu Yi and Gao Lan to Hongnong.”
”Wait. Didn't we get the order to take only Henei?”
”We did.”
”Sir Ju, you're violating our young master's order.”
”The situation changes. If Henei suffers like this, Luo Yang and Hongnong might be in a similar state. We have to rescue the civilians before anyone else comes and abuse them!”
”…”
Zhang He could not object Ju Shou as he, too, did not want to see a similar scene in Henei again.
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March 25th.
Zhang He and his 5,000 light cavalries rushed to Luo Yang. Upon reaching the city wall, he and his troops had to stop.
There were flags from a faction that shocked them.
The banners of Cao.
Cao Cao forces had occupied Luo Yang before they could!
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This year, Tong added five more members into the clan chat.
Zhang He
Gao Shun
Zhou Cang
Qu Yi
Gao Lan
Only a few individuals, such as Lu Bu, Zhen Yi, Bo Cai, Han Hao, and Zou Shi's family had not joined the clan yet.
Thanked the communication system, Zhang He sent his discovery to everyone.
Zhang He: ”Cao Cao has occupied Luo Yang! We arrived here too late.”
Unfortunately, he was not the only one with bad news.
Qu Yi: ”Report from Hongnong. Yuan Shu has taken over Hongnong City, and they sent troops to chase us. We are running away from them at the moment.”
Tong: ”I didn't remember giving you permission to mobilize to those cities. Explain.”
Ju Shou: ”I ordered them, please forgive me.”
Tong: ”Reason for the move?”
Ju Shou: ”Dong Zhuo's has kidnapped all able men, children, and young women to his city. The rest is dead. I'm afraid the same will happen in Luo Yang and Hongnong, so I ordered them there. Again, please forgive my rashness.”
Tong: ”It's fine. Report to me first before you make a decision next time.”
Ju Shou: ”Thank you, My Lord.”
Tong: ”For now, send reinforcement to Hongnong and get Qu Yi and his squads out of there. As for Zhang He, get back to Shangdang. Don't provoke Cao Cao for the time being.”
Zhang He: ”Understood.”
Qu Yi: ”Thank you, young master!”
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Chang'An City
Changes occurred here as well.
A total of 300,000 militias, made of slaves and conscripted militias from the ruined three cities, joined with 200,000 elites and marched toward Anding.
Dong Zhuo left with the troops as well, leaving Niu Fu, Li Jue, and Guo Si behind.
After Dong Zhuo left, Li Jue and Guo Si met with a group of Xiongnu spies.
”It's time. Gather everyone tonight. We'll kill Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and give this city to our Lord.”
”Understood, sir!”