Huang Zhong pursued Sun Jian and Liu Bei's troops, and indeed successfully caught up. He covered them and killed about more than a thousand soldiers under Sun Jian's troops. In the end, they fled with the remaining soldiers.

Huang Zhong kept in mind Han Tao's advice, covered up his killing for a while and then led his troops back to Luoyang.

Han Tao finished rectifying his troops in Luoyang, leaving Xun's uncle and nephew and five thousand soldiers to renovate and rebuild the city, and then brought the troops back to Hulao Pass.

Since there was no need to marching urgently at this time, Han Tao's troops marched normally. When they returned to Hulao Pass, it was already noon two days later.

After Liu Xie was escorted to Hulao Pass by Guo Si, Wang Yun and others, Dong Zhuo was shocked when he knew what happened in Luoyang. However, when he heard that Han Tao was dealing with it, he felt a little relieved and quickly arranged a residence for Liu Xie and arranged a heavy army to take care of him.

Han Tao returned to Hulao Pass and briefly learned about the combat situation from Jia Xu over the past few days. He learned that they had been attacking Yuan Shao's camp at a long range every day, but because the opponent dug many deep trenches and trenches, the advance was very slow and did not cause any major damage to the enemy.

After learning about the battle situation, Han Tao hurriedly asked Dong Zhuo to meet Liu Xie together and negotiated on his resettlement.

"The criminal Han Tao, the criminal Dong Zhuo, and the criminal Dong Zhuo, long live my emperor!" Han Tao and Dong Zhuo came to Liu Xie's temporary residence and saluted him.

"Two my dear friends, please don't give me a favor!" Liu Xie hurriedly waved his hand to signal them to get up.

"General, what's the situation in Luoyang? Have the rebels been cleared?" Liu Xie asked Han Tao anxiously.

"When you go back to your Majesty, the rebels who attacked Luoyang have been repelled. But they ignited a fire in Luoyang, causing most of the houses to be burned, and even the palaces were burned in many places, causing extremely heavy losses." Han Tao responded to Liu Xie's question truthfully.

"Sun Jian, a dog talent, dared to attack Luoyang and set fire to the city. It's really a sin!" Dong Zhuo recalled Sun Jian's rudeness to him before and cursed him in resentment.

"Yes, General, these rebels are so abominable. You must not forgive them easily if you dare to burn the capital!" Liu Xie also agreed with Dong Zhuo's words angrily.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty and the Prime Minister. I will mobilize my troops and continue to attack the rebels and wipe them out. But now there is another major event that needs to be agreed with Your Majesty, the Prime Minister." Han Tao agreed while talking about his own problems.

"I have arranged for Xun's uncle and nephew to lead 5,000 troops to be responsible for the reconstruction of Luoyang, but it takes a lot of time to repair the palace."

"And I have a concern in my heart. After all, Luoyang is in the rear of our army. If His Majesty is sent back to Luoyang at this time, if the enemy disperses his troops and raids them from multiple directions again, and disturbs His Majesty again, it will be troublesome."

"But if our army divides its troops to resist, it will cause the troops to be dispersed and will not be able to strike a powerful blow to the enemy at Hulao Pass." Han Tao told Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo about the current hidden dangers.

Liu Xie was young and couldn't understand the mobilization of troops on the battlefield, but Dong Zhuo had already understood what Han Tao meant: "Zizhen, then what do you think we should do now?"

"My thought is that before I sent troops to Hulao Pass, the prime minister had an arrangement. I think this is the right time." Han Tao said to Dong Zhuo.

"My arrangement?" Dong Zhuo thought for a moment and understood what Han Tao meant, "Zizhen, what do you mean is we moving the capital?"

"Yes, at this time, all the civil and military officials will be moved to Chang'an, which is closer to Liang and the two states. We can mobilize the troops from the two states to rescue and guard at any time."

Han Tao explained to Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo the purpose of moving the capital.

On the way back to Hulao Pass from Luoyang, Han Tao thought of many solutions to how to resettle Liu Xie, and finally felt that moving the capital was the most reliable and effective, which not only ensures Liu Xie's safety, but also allows him and Dong Zhuo to have no worries and can let go of attack on the coalition forces.

The capital was originally proposed by Dong Zhuo, but it was because Han Tao raised objections and took the initiative to defend Hulao Pass that forced him to change his mind.

Now Han Tao has taken the initiative to move the capital, which is equivalent to fulfilling his wish. Dong Zhuo naturally would not object and immediately agreed: "I really have a great suggestion. I also think that moving the capital to Chang'an at this time is the best arrangement."

Han Tao and Dong Zhuo both proposed to move the capital. Liu Xie knew that the power was in their hands, so he naturally did not dare to raise any objections. He just raised his own concerns: "Prince and General, if they really wanted to move the capital, wouldn't those traitors go around to Chang'an to launch an attack?"

"Chang'an is far away from Hulao Pass, and it will be extremely difficult for the enemy to attack by circling and attacking. They can only confront our army at Hulao Pass, which will help us to annihilate them in one fell swoop!" Han Tao explained to Liu Xie.

Liu Xie finally felt at ease, but then raised new concerns: "I have no objection, just afraid that all the civil and military officials in the court will have objections."

"Your Majesty, you are the emperor. Who dares to object if you have issued an imperial edict?! Besides, if someone really dares to object, I will naturally have a way to deal with them and make them obey their promises!" Dong Zhuo responded with a bit of fierce look.

Liu Xie remembered Dong Zhuo's various behaviors in the court and immediately knew what his "method" was referring to. He was so scared that he didn't dare to say again: "Since that's the case, then follow your arrangements and move the capital."

"Zizhen, this move to the capital is not a trivial matter. It involves a lot of people. If no one presides over the board, it will definitely not work. There will be someone to protect His Majesty along the way. How do we allocate this force?" Dong Zhuo asked Han Tao a very practical question.

"The prime minister presides over major affairs in the court, and you naturally need to preside over the move of the capital. This way, you bring 50,000 troops back to Luoyang and guard His Majesty and civil and military officials to move the capital to Chang'an. I will bring my 100,000 troops and horses with the two generals Fengxian and Niu Fu, and continue to wipe out the rebels together. What do you think?" Han Tao proposed to Dong Zhuo's division of troops.

Dong Zhuo did not expect that Han Tao would voluntarily give up participating in the capital at this time, and would not send troops and generals to go there, but would continue to stay at Hulao Pass to resist the rebels. This means that he will take charge of all the major affairs of the government after the capital is moved.

Han Tao's purpose at this time was not the government affairs of the Han Dynasty. What he wanted to do was to defeat the anti-Dong coalition forces as soon as possible. He took advantage of the opportunity left by Lu Bu and Niu Fu to win over Lu Bu, kill Niu Fu, and weaken Dong Zhuo's main force, and prepare for the future reversal and defeat Dong Zhuo, so he took the initiative to make concessions.

Dong Zhuo was naturally the most satisfied with such an arrangement and would not object. He immediately nodded and said, "This arrangement is the best, then thank you for your hard work. You stay at Hulao Pass to continue to resist these rebels. Your Majesty and I go to Chang'an first and wait for your triumphant return!"
Chapter completed!