Chapter 26: Lu Bu's choice, Ji Hao, who doesn't follow martial ethics, empties the royal treasury
"This……"

For a moment, Lu Bu was in hesitation: Dong Zhuo was willing to adopt him as his adopted son and promised to be second only to the emperor, and the conditions were very generous.

He also knew the purpose, which was to facilitate the control of the Bingzhou cavalry.

Ji Hao was willing to give up even his warhorse and was also promised the title of commander-in-chief of an army.

Also very sincere.

For a military commander, the most important things are his warhorse and his magic weapon. Being able to give up one of them is definitely a great favor.

Deep down, he actually prefers Ji Hao.

A peerless warrior who is as famous as himself and even better in martial arts, but is at a disadvantage because he does not have a magic weapon, is worthy of joining forces.

However, thinking about what happened when Emperor Ling of Han appointed him as an official, he still felt a little angry.

Why did you, Ji Chengtian, become a governor of a province, holding great power, while I, Lu Fengxian, could only be a chief clerk in the army, being marginalized and bullied everywhere?
I don't accept it!
"I want to be an official, a high-ranking official with great power!"

Ambition grows.

Finally, Lu Bu looked at Hua Xiong and said, "I have been wandering for half my life, and I only regret that I have never met a wise master. I am grateful that Mr. Dong has not abandoned me. Please take me there quickly. I am willing to worship him as my adoptive father!"

After saying this, Ji Hao knew that he had no chance to persuade Lu Bu to surrender for the time being.

To be precise, the conventional methods are no longer possible.

Have to wait a few more years.

"Wenyuan, I now appoint you as the commander of the third army of my Ji Camp, the 'Haotian Army', in addition to Chengtian and Datong. Go and quickly gather the remnants of the Bingzhou Army and form your own army!" said Ji Hao.

Hearing this, Zhang Liao was stunned at first.

Then he knelt on one knee and said, "My lord, you have placed such trust in me. I will repay you with my death!"

He immediately mounted his horse and went forward to gather his old subordinates - Ding Yuan was dead, and now he was the highest-ranking person in the Bingzhou Army. He could not say anything else, but he was confident that he could gather tens of thousands of elite troops.

As for more, it’s not that we can’t collect it, but it’s not very meaningful.

The Bingzhou Cavalry is the real Bingzhou Army.

Quality is more important than quantity.

"Where are we going now?" Zhou Cang asked.

Ji Hao smiled and said, "I guess the young emperor will flee the city after learning that Ding Yuan was defeated, and Dong Zhuo will chase him and will not enter the city immediately."

"so what?"

"Let's take down the flags, cover our faces with masks, and say we are the Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo." Ji Hao said, "We will enter Luoyang and go straight to the Xiyuan Treasury. We will empty it first!"

Zhou Cang: “???”

Where is my always upright master?

……

On the other side, under the leadership of Hua Xiong, Lu Bu quickly caught up with Dong Zhuo.

At this time, Dong Zhuo had already brought back the two fugitive emperors and princes, Liu Bian and Liu Xie, but he did not treat them with the same respect as he would treat the kings, and even put them under house arrest in a carriage.

Even Cao Cao wanted to visit him, but was not allowed.

When talking to Liu Bian, Dong Zhuo had a fierce look on his face and a fake smile on his face.

The two brothers were so scared that they were trembling.

However, when he heard that Lu Bu had come and wanted to worship him as his adoptive father, Dong Zhuo laughed out loud with joy. He went out to greet Lu Bu in person, drank the tea offered by his adopted son, and immediately helped him up.

Start complaining about the "ex".

"If you ask me, Ding Yuan is really blind. He didn't use such a heroic and brave son, but suppressed him everywhere. He didn't let you lead the troops, but only let you be a civil servant. This is simply unreasonable!" Dong Zhuo took Lu Bu's hand and said, "Don't worry, my son, you will be the commander of the Bingzhou Cavalry from now on. Not only that, I will also give you an official title, the title of General. I will also give you a hereditary title, and call you, um, Marquis Wen!"

At this moment, Lu Bu was very moved and made up his mind to live up to his adoptive father's love and repay him well.

But at this moment, someone suddenly came to report: "Oh no, my lord, when we were chasing the emperor, Ding Yuan's general Zhang Liao defected to Ji Hao and is now gathering the remnants of Bingzhou cavalry everywhere!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Dong Zhuo's eyes widened.

"Ji Hao, you thief, you have no moral principles!"

When others join forces to fight, they win first and then divide the benefits among themselves.

Ji Hao, on the other hand, gathered the remaining soldiers on the spot.

If he seized the initiative like this, he would probably wipe out the elite troops of the Bingzhou Army, leaving only a bunch of good-for-nothings for himself. Add to that the casualties of the battle between the two armies, and after a great victory, he would not gain anything but lose money?
"No, my son Fengxian, you have to go quickly. You can't let Ji Hao take everything away!"

Dong Zhuo hurriedly led his troops to rob it.

Little did he know that this had actually fallen into Ji Hao's trap - did he really care about the remnants of the Bingzhou Army? Don't be ridiculous, the Chengtian Army had 20,000 elite soldiers, each with three horses, and had been brainwashed for three years using "ideological weapons".

Jiying has no shortage of cavalry!

The Datong Army almost replicated the powerful army of the previous life.

Although there are only 10,000 active troops, the number of retired soldiers returning home is more than ten times that. Together with the armed "civilians", their combat effectiveness is absolutely beyond the imagination of people of this era.

Under such circumstances, he didn't care about the Bingzhou Army at all.

The only ones who care are Zhang Liao and Lu Bu, the best generals in the world!

Letting Zhang Liao gather his old subordinates was, on the one hand, because he did not want Dong Zhuo to become stronger, and on the other hand, it was to attract Dong Zhuo's attention and take the opportunity to break into the palace first and seize... of course not the imperial seal.

That thing is on the emperor Liu Bian.

He wants to seize the wealth in the palace!
For the past three years, Emperor Ling of Han has been in charge of the glass business. Xiyuan has been completely transformed into a commercial street, on par with Ji Hao's "Chengtian Avenue", and the wealth earned is simply too much.

Although some of them were taken into the coffin by Emperor Ling, there were still quite a few left.

Ji Hao doesn't want to let others get away with it.

In addition, some strategic materials, such as pig iron, bronze, gold, etc., are also mostly placed in Xiyuan. If they are not seized in one wave, would it be worthy of all the hard work of coming here?
As for Dong Zhuo.

Ji Hao cares about his enemy who will turn against him sooner or later?

"Move, move everything away. Books, gold, antiques, don't leave anything behind!" Ji Hao ordered Zhou Cang to work, while he led other people into the palace.

Some concubines and princesses were so frightened when they saw him that their faces turned pale.

I was afraid that the general would hold an open meeting on the spot.

But they soon discovered that this group of people did not harm anyone and would not, like the armies rumored, rob everything they could before entering the city.

He has no interest in women at all.

Head straight to the Royal Treasury.

Just like Xiyuan, it was emptied directly.

"You all, go and help. We must clear Luoyang before Dong Zhuo has any chance to react!" Cao Cao also rushed in with his generals and organized people to move things.

He himself ordered someone to bring a treasure chest to Ji Hao.

"This is?"

"I don't know what it is, I haven't opened it yet!" Cao Cao said, "But Ding Yuan has been carrying it with him, so it must be a treasure, so I took advantage of the chaos to grab it and present it to you, my lord!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and two soldiers went over to open the box.

A shiny black meteorite was revealed inside.

(End of this chapter)