Chapter 301 End of Dong Zhuo (2/2)

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At night, a thousand of Xiongnu, who disguised as civilians, took arms and raided Niu Fu's courtyard.

”What are you!?”

It was too late for Niu Fu to realize what had happened. He was killed by the raiders in his bedroom.

The one thousand Xiongnu changed their clothes into Li Jue and Guo Si's private troop uniforms. They merged into their forces without being noticed.

In the morning, both generals declared to the public.

”Dong Zhuo isn't worthy of being called Emperor! We, the soldiers of the people, vowed to rescue the civilians from this chaos! The Xiongnu has offered us that they will rescue everyone and govern us with just. Abandon those ”Dong” banners and join us, and we will restore this land from the chaos!”

The garrison soldiers cheered. They, too, had enough of Dong Zhuo's tyranny and harsh taxes.

The civilians in Chang'An also celebrated and spread good words for the Xiongnu, even though they were the foreigners.

People in this era did not mind who would be their governor or Emperor. As long as they saw hope or a better lifestyle, they always jumped toward the new attraction as they had nothing to lose.

Seeing the positive reaction, Guo Si and Li Jue grinned.

The promise and the words they said just now was totally bullcrap. They did not think Xiongnu would spare them as they had experienced fighting with them before.

Xiongnu people in their eyes was no different than Dong Zhuo. They enslaved their enemies and plundered riches from other forces. Fortunately, they were not as lustful as the fat black tyrant.

Li Jue: ”Our job is complete, my lord.”

Guo Si: ”Chang'An is yours, my lord. They are willing to serve you.”

Khan: ”Very well. I'll reward both of you when I finish with Ma Teng and Dong Zhuo.”

Liu Yang: ”Keep your eyes on the east. Be careful of that Zhang Tong.”

Liu Yang: ”I can sense that he has three wings, and his power is more solidified now. Although he has one fewer wing than our King, do not let your guard down.”

Li Jue & Guo Si: ”Yes, princess!”

March 31st.

It did not take long before Li Ru noticed the ominous signs as Chang'An stopped transporting supply convoys to the frontline armies.

He deployed a messenger back to Chang'An, hoping that his guess could be wrong.

April 15th.

Xiongnu garrison forces in Anding separated into two. They retreated to Wuwei and Tianshui without bothering fighting with the massive troops of Dong Zhuo.

They did not need to!

Dong Zhuo occupied Anding back without bloodshed, but he discovered a grim situation.

Xiongnu stole all civilians and provisions from Anding. It was an empty city!

Dong Zhuo flew into a rage while Li Ru's face paled from the revelation. He understood why Chang'An's supplies were so late, and his messenger never returned.

'We've been had! Chang'An must have fallen when we left the city. That means there are insiders or betrayers within our ranks!'

Li Ru's brain processed in his fastest speed, surpassing when he was in his prime in youth. He ignored Dong Zhuo and met with Hua Xiong in private.

”Sir, Hua. I have something urgent to request your aid.”

Hua Xiong was also not stupid. He noticed the abnormally of the provision supply line at the same time that Li Ru began suspecting it.

Huo Xiong decided to be frank, ”Have we lost?”

”Oh, you knew? Yes, big time.”

”What do you need me for then? Kill Dong Zhuo and surrender to the Xiongnu?”

”Ha! You should have told me that you're this smart. Yes, you're half-right. But, you don't need to dirty your hands. I want you to manage your troops and convince them to surrender as well. It will be better if we do it when we have enough forces to fight, so we can have bargain chips to ask for an important position in exchange for our surrendering.”

”You'll kill Dong Zhuo yourself, then?”

”Well, yes. Leave that fatass to me. Please handle the men and the militia. I need you to convince them that Xiongnu has a better future for them, okay?”

”Aye, whatever. Serving Xiongnu is better than dying for that pig.”

”Thank you for your understanding!”

At night of the same day,

The frustrated Dong Zhuo rested in his room with his female slaves. He had done his deeds and killed everyone afterward, venting her anger on the innocent girls.

He woke up late at night as he could not sleep. His mind was filled with hatred and anger because of the Xiongnu who took his cities and treasures from him.

”Guards! Clean my room and tell that goddamn Li Ru to come here!”

It did not take long for the guards to clean the corpses, blood, and replaced everything in the room with new wares. Li Ru also arrived along with new maidservants and plates of food.

”Your Majesty. This lowly servant has arrived.”

”Took you quite a while! I want to hear about the progress of our war with Xiongnu!”

”Your Majesty. I can see that you're upset. First, please enjoy this food while I'm preparing to explain everything. I have to arrange a strategic map for you, so it might take a while.”

”Hmm! You'd better be fast! Well, I'm quite hungry at night, anyway.”

Dong Zhuo did not refuse the midnight meal. He grabbed a boiled chicken leg and began eating it along with duck soup and beef.

Li Ru sighed and put several pieces of tokens on top of his prepared map table, pretending not to see or pay attention to Dong Zhuo while he was working.

Within fifteen minutes, Dong Zhuo finished his food. All plates were left with bones and waste that he spat out. He chugged a jar of wine that the maids brought him before he slammed it on the table.

”LI RU!! TOO SLOW!!”

”Yes, yes. I'm almost done. Please be patient, you idiot of a pig.”

”What was that!?”

Dong Zhuo stood up in anger. Before he could draw his sword and hack Li Ru to pieces, he could feel the rising heat in his throat and stomach.

His vision blurred. At the same time, Dong Zhuo thought that a hundred needles had pierced his heart because the pain from the heart attack was unbearable.

”… You … Poison!”

”Correct answer. Guards, cut off his head, and we won't have to starve for this useless fatass.”

”Li … Ah.”

*SWUA*

The guard hacked Dong Zhuo's neck with his large saber, cutting it in one strike.

Li Ru gazed at the head of the ugly fat face of Dong Zhuo. He snickered, ”Well, thank you for marrying your daughter to me, father-in-law. You have been helpful. Kukuku.”