Chapter 881

Jian Shuo clenched his fists in excitement.

A few months ago, Duan Yu had been disrespectful to him in front of the Jiade Hall gate.

Now, he finally had a chance to take his revenge.

Although he couldn't do much to Duan Yu, he could put him through some trouble and let him know the consequences of offending him.

If that Duan Yu really had ties to the rebel soldiers, heh heh.

"Your Majesty, Taiyuan Commandery is but a stone's throw from Luoyang. Why does Your Majesty not issue an edict for Duan Yu to come to Luoyang for a visit?"

Jian Shuo looked at Liu Hong on the dragon throne and said, "Duan Yu has been on campaign for over several months, and Your Majesty has never sent anyone to the army to supervise it. This is a sign of trust in him."

"And now, what would be wrong with summoning Duan Yu back for a visit?"

"This alone would be enough to test whether Duan Yu has any connections with the rebel soldiers."

"If Duan Yu has truly joined the rebels, he would certainly not dare to return to Luoyang."

Let Duan Yu return to Luoyang?

"Then... then under what pretext?" Liu Hong frowned and said, "If there is no reason or excuse, wouldn't Duan Yu think that I am suspicious of him?"

"Among the generals leading troops outside at present, only Duan Yu has never suffered a defeat."

"What if he becomes resentful?"

Jian Shuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, that is simple."

"Has Your Majesty forgotten that there is still someone in Luoyang city who is extremely important to Duan Yu?"

"As long as Your Majesty summons Duan Yu back under this name, are you afraid he won't return?"

"Unless he is truly guilty."

"Otherwise, he will definitely return." Jian Shuo wore an expression of having victory in his grasp.

Liu Hong suddenly realized.

He also knew who this person Jian Shuo was talking about was.

"You are talking about Dong Zhuo?" Liu Hong raised his eyebrows and looked at Jian Shuo.

"Your Majesty is wise."

That was right.

This person was Dong Zhuo.

Ever since Dong Zhuo was brought into Luoyang in a prisoner cart from Jizhou last time, he had remained in Luoyang.

Although he was later released from prison due to Duan Yu's military merits, he had been kept under house arrest in his mansion in Buguangli and not released.

"Duan Yu is filial, and Dong Zhuo has shown such great kindness to Duan Yu. As long as Your Majesty issues an edict using Dong Zhuo as the reason, would Duan Yu dare not return?"

"If he does not return, then he must be in cahoots with the rebel soldiers."

"If he has a clear conscience, of course he would dare to enter Luoyang alone."

"And as long as he enters Luoyang, this general only needs to use some methods to test him."

Liu Hong pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded.

"Good, we shall follow your words and summon Duan Yu to Luoyang." Liu Hong said, having made up his mind.

Several days later.

Taiyuan Commandery, Jinyang.

Nearly a million followers of the Taiping Dao were slowly moving westward on the vast plains outside Jinyang.

Since arriving in Taiyuan Commandery, these million Taiping Dao followers had neither attacked cities nor plundered land; they were just heading toward Jinyang County.

But even so, many commoners of Taiyuan Commandery had voluntarily joined the Taiping Dao.

From the beginning, the earth had cracked, and not a single drop of rain had fallen.

Yet when the fifth month arrived, it actually snowed in Bingzhou.

The seeds that had just been planted in the fields were all frozen to death.

Now, with the autumn harvest season approaching, there was no harvest at all in the fields.

Coupled with the chaotic armies in various places, the imperial court had begun to collect grain taxes.

The commoners had nothing to eat, so where would they get grain and taxes?

The commoners who could no longer survive heard that joining the Taiping Dao meant having food to eat, so naturally, they could not care about anything else.

Whatever rebels or traitors, it was better than the whole family starving to death.

Therefore, after arriving in Jinyang along this road, the number of Taiping Dao followers had been constantly increasing.

And as they passed more and more cities, the number of people joining grew even larger.

On the city walls of Jinyang County.

Administrator Liu Wei, who had not slept well for five or six days, looked at the boundless yellow ocean outside the city and felt his scalp go numb.

There were only a few thousand soldiers and armor in Jinyang County at most.

If the rebel soldiers outside the city really attacked, he doubted whether Jinyang County could hold out for a single day.

However, heaven would not leave one without a way out.

Fortunately, Duan Yu's Liangzhou army camp was not far from here.

This was also one of the reasons why Liu Wei had not opened the city gates and fled.

If Duan Yu were not outside Jinyang city, he would have run away long ago.

He certainly would not have defended Jinyang to the death.

Jinyang County, Wucun Township.

At this time, Duan Yu's Liangzhou army was stationed here.

After a year and a half, this was the first time Duan Yu had returned to Jinyang. ===== CHAPTER 883 =====