[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de":3,"chapter-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de-three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-38":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Three Kingdoms: Humiliated by the Coalition, I Defect to Dong Zhuo and Marry Dong Bai",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2112223,3441,"Chapter 38: Move the capital to Chang'an! Spanning Liang and Yi, sitting on Hangu!","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-38",38,"\u003Cp>For the Guandong warlords at the current stage, land, cities, and population were the interests they wanted to fight for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Dong Zhuo undoubtedly played the role of the big boss in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Dong Zhuo sitting in Luoyang, the Guandong warlords would surely be on tenterhooks at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, in the eyes of the Guandong warlords, it was so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the Warring States period, although the six heroes spoke of cooperating against Qin in name,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but in reality?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Qin State was located west of Hangu Pass, although the six states feared Qin’s military edge,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but in order to expand their own land and cities, the six states still attacked each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead were countless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning of the Warring States period, the Qin State was not the most powerful country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after several years of development,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it first annexed the Bashu region, then occupied Xiliang, and its power was greatly improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Guandong Six States,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they were always in internal friction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation today has similarities to the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what is different is that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the strength of the Guandong family group is more than twice as strong as in the pre-Qin period!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Dong Zhuo chooses to continue staying in Luoyang, his development momentum will not only be greatly restricted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but even more hateful, it will be subjected to endless attacks by the warlord coalition over and over again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without beating down Dong Zhuo, the boss, the Guandong warlords will absolutely not fall into internal war and fighting first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moving the capital to Chang'an is actually the only way for Dong Zhuo’s forces to break through the development bottleneck period!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, more importantly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Zhuo, the lord who can hold the field, must live well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Dong Zhuo suddenly dies, the Dong Zhuo army will inevitably split and separate due to falling into civil war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>History has also proven this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, moving the capital to Chang'an was a very exquisite move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Dong Zhuo’s sudden death disrupted everything in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glorious Xiliang Army eventually became yesterday’s yellow flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>due to Gu Yi’s butterfly effect,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Dong Zhuo army crushed the Guandong Coalition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The move to Chang'an, which would have inevitably appeared, did not happen for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, when Gu Yi proposed the four words \"move the capital to Chang'an,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ru was slightly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Li Ru’s wisdom, he soon figured out the deep reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Li Ru said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moving the capital to Chang'an is indeed a feasible move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... after moving the capital to Chang'an, how should the old capital Luoyang be handled?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question had no other options for Dong Zhuo in the original history. ===== CHAPTER 80 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Facing the Guandong Coalition with its sharp military edge,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Zhuo was unwilling and did not want to leave the intact Luoyang city to this group of guys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, under Li Ru’s suggestion, Dong Zhuo chose to set fire to Luoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The century-old capital was thus destroyed in one fell swoop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luoyang city was still in Dong Zhuo’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he just burned Luoyang for no reason,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let alone the people of Luoyang and the civil and military officials,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even Dong Zhuo himself would probably be reluctant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as the saying goes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guandong warlords were not fools either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Dong Zhuo did nothing, they would definitely not be willing to take the bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Gu Yi replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luoyang can leave only a small part of the garrison to guard it, and take away all things of value.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass, send two generals to lead a small number of elite troops to station there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way, Luoyang will be like a chicken rib to the Guandong warlords.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, to take Luoyang, one must first break through Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And these two passes are probably already nightmares in the hearts of the Guandong warlords.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way, only a small number of elite troops are needed to hold these two passes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And after moving the capital to Chang'an, not only should the focus be placed on the Three Auxiliary regions,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"more importantly, we must quickly take Liangzhou and Yizhou!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Ru couldn't help but narrow his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liangzhou was originally Dong Zhuo’s place of origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the capital is moved to Chang'an, Liangzhou is Chang'an’s back garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can the back garden tolerate this group of guys causing trouble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Yizhou,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it is known as the Land of Abundance and is a place easy to defend and hard to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, that old fellow Liu Yan proposed the system of abolishing the inspector and establishing a shepherd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a commendation, he successfully changed his post from the Inspector of Youzhou to Yizhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to poor transportation, Yizhou became a country of its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there was communication with the Central Plains, it was not as frequent as in other states.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is no exaggeration to say that this fellow Liu Yan had become the local emperor of Yizhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Guandong Coalition invaded, the spies Dong Zhuo sent to Yizhou had reported news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said that this fellow Liu Yan secretly built many imperial carriages and vehicle tools that violated regulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, these things could only be used by the Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Liu Yan was a high official and a member of the Han clan, why did he build things used by the Emperor privately?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this, it can be seen that this fellow Liu Yan’s ambition was really not small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, the Dong Zhuo army had been busy dealing with the Guandong warlords and had not had time to clean him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the capital is moved to Chang'an...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yizhou, as the Land of Abundance, should naturally be included in the territory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……. ===== CHAPTER 81 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1080,"2026-06-16T09:19:20.127Z","2026-06-16T10:29:10.858Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","f402b6327daefef422ddc8561b914e6c5ee37fa64b2ba2885b5db6ea2d18bd32","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-39","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-37",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-cover.jpg"]