Chapter 38: Move the capital to Chang'an! Spanning Liang and Yi, sitting on Hangu!

For the Guandong warlords at the current stage, land, cities, and population were the interests they wanted to fight for.

And Dong Zhuo undoubtedly played the role of the big boss in the game.

With Dong Zhuo sitting in Luoyang, the Guandong warlords would surely be on tenterhooks at all times.

But if Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, it meant that Dong Zhuo had given up on expanding eastward in the short term.

At least, in the eyes of the Guandong warlords, it was so.

Just like the Warring States period, although the six heroes spoke of cooperating against Qin in name,

but in reality?

Because the Qin State was located west of Hangu Pass, although the six states feared Qin’s military edge,

but in order to expand their own land and cities, the six states still attacked each other.

The dead were countless.

At the beginning of the Warring States period, the Qin State was not the most powerful country.

But after several years of development,

it first annexed the Bashu region, then occupied Xiliang, and its power was greatly improved.

Looking at the Guandong Six States,

they were always in internal friction.

The situation today has similarities to the past.

But what is different is that

the strength of the Guandong family group is more than twice as strong as in the pre-Qin period!

If Dong Zhuo chooses to continue staying in Luoyang, his development momentum will not only be greatly restricted,

but even more hateful, it will be subjected to endless attacks by the warlord coalition over and over again!

Without beating down Dong Zhuo, the boss, the Guandong warlords will absolutely not fall into internal war and fighting first.

Moving the capital to Chang'an is actually the only way for Dong Zhuo’s forces to break through the development bottleneck period!

Of course, more importantly,

Dong Zhuo, the lord who can hold the field, must live well.

If Dong Zhuo suddenly dies, the Dong Zhuo army will inevitably split and separate due to falling into civil war.

History has also proven this.

Originally, moving the capital to Chang'an was a very exquisite move.

But Dong Zhuo’s sudden death disrupted everything in the future.

The Xiliang remnants like Li Jue and Guo Si, even if they inherited part of Dong Zhuo’s legacy, ultimately lost the ambition to go east out of Hangu Pass.

The glorious Xiliang Army eventually became yesterday’s yellow flowers.

Now,

due to Gu Yi’s butterfly effect,

the Dong Zhuo army crushed the Guandong Coalition.

The move to Chang'an, which would have inevitably appeared, did not happen for a long time.

Therefore, when Gu Yi proposed the four words "move the capital to Chang'an,"

Li Ru was slightly stunned.

But with Li Ru’s wisdom, he soon figured out the deep reasons.

Immediately, Li Ru said:

"Moving the capital to Chang'an is indeed a feasible move."

"But... after moving the capital to Chang'an, how should the old capital Luoyang be handled?"

This question had no other options for Dong Zhuo in the original history. ===== CHAPTER 80 =====

Facing the Guandong Coalition with its sharp military edge,

Dong Zhuo was unwilling and did not want to leave the intact Luoyang city to this group of guys.

Therefore, under Li Ru’s suggestion, Dong Zhuo chose to set fire to Luoyang.

The century-old capital was thus destroyed in one fell swoop.

And now,

Luoyang city was still in Dong Zhuo’s hands.

If he just burned Luoyang for no reason,

let alone the people of Luoyang and the civil and military officials,

even Dong Zhuo himself would probably be reluctant!

However, as the saying goes,

you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child.

The Guandong warlords were not fools either.

If Dong Zhuo did nothing, they would definitely not be willing to take the bait.

Therefore, Gu Yi replied:

"Luoyang can leave only a small part of the garrison to guard it, and take away all things of value."

"As for Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass, send two generals to lead a small number of elite troops to station there."

"In this way, Luoyang will be like a chicken rib to the Guandong warlords."

"After all, to take Luoyang, one must first break through Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass."

"And these two passes are probably already nightmares in the hearts of the Guandong warlords."

"In this way, only a small number of elite troops are needed to hold these two passes."

"And after moving the capital to Chang'an, not only should the focus be placed on the Three Auxiliary regions,"

"more importantly, we must quickly take Liangzhou and Yizhou!"

Hearing this, Li Ru couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Liangzhou was originally Dong Zhuo’s place of origin.

But after entering the capital, Ma Teng and Han Sui and that group of guys took advantage of the Xiliang Army’s focus not being in Liangzhou to occupy a large area of land.

If the capital is moved to Chang'an, Liangzhou is Chang'an’s back garden.

How can the back garden tolerate this group of guys causing trouble?

As for Yizhou,

it is known as the Land of Abundance and is a place easy to defend and hard to attack.

Back then, that old fellow Liu Yan proposed the system of abolishing the inspector and establishing a shepherd.

As a commendation, he successfully changed his post from the Inspector of Youzhou to Yizhou.

Due to poor transportation, Yizhou became a country of its own.

Although there was communication with the Central Plains, it was not as frequent as in other states.

It is no exaggeration to say that this fellow Liu Yan had become the local emperor of Yizhou.

Before the Guandong Coalition invaded, the spies Dong Zhuo sent to Yizhou had reported news.

It is said that this fellow Liu Yan secretly built many imperial carriages and vehicle tools that violated regulations.

Originally, these things could only be used by the Emperor.

Although Liu Yan was a high official and a member of the Han clan, why did he build things used by the Emperor privately?

From this, it can be seen that this fellow Liu Yan’s ambition was really not small.

Previously, the Dong Zhuo army had been busy dealing with the Guandong warlords and had not had time to clean him up.

But if the capital is moved to Chang'an...

Yizhou, as the Land of Abundance, should naturally be included in the territory!

……. ===== CHAPTER 81 =====