The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

"To wipe them out personally?"

Xiang Yu did not believe it.

He felt that no normal person would believe such a thing.

Blood is thicker than water!

How many people can truly be indifferent to this relationship?

But Cao Cao silently nodded at him, indicating that what Lu Zhi said was true.

"Does the Overlord not understand?"

Lu Zhi asked with a smile.

Tell me why.

Xiang Yu did not have the habit of pretending to know what he did not.

He was genuinely curious, mainly because he was also very curious.

Why was Lu Zhi able to achieve this?

"As long as I am here, the Lu family will be here."

"Oh?"

"So that means that sooner or later, you will become the next Lu family of Fanyang?"

Xiang Yu questioned him in an unfriendly tone.

This was not the answer he wanted.

"If the world couldn't tolerate the aristocratic families back then, then naturally there wouldn't be another Lu family from Fanyang. If it could tolerate them, then it means that the Hegemon-King failed. Does it matter whether there is another Lu family from Fanyang?"

Lu Zhi succinctly revealed the key to the matter.

In a truly peaceful world, everyone lives and works in contentment, and no one is superior to others.

Then naturally, no more aristocratic families will appear!

“That makes sense. Lu Zhi, I’ll ask you one more time: are you willing to surrender? Are you willing to become the governor of Henan?”

Xiang Yu was persuaded.

He accepted Lu Zhi's explanation.

"We are willing to surrender, and we will certainly not disappoint the Overlord!"

Only Cao Cao understood this.

Lu Zhi's move was a common tactic employed by the aristocratic class.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Even if the chicks fight each other, in the end one will always survive and continue the family line.

This is the terrifying power of the aristocratic class!

They will never face the danger of extinction!

Unless the world envisioned by the Yellow Turbans is truly created, the aristocratic class will inevitably rise again sooner or later!

Of course, at least for now and for the next month or so, the gentry in Luoyang have no way to survive.

All the civil and military officials from Liu Hong down were identified by the people.

Of those, no more than twenty families were slaughtered.

The rest will either have their entire family (nine generations) executed or their entire clan (three generations) wiped out.

Cao Cao did not know whether the people who were killed were afraid.

All he knew was that during this period, he had been killing with a sense of dread.

Liu Hong endured the agonizing screams of countless people tearing at him alive for a little over two days. When they finally dragged him down from the execution ground, he was nothing more than a skeleton.

The Ten Attendants suffered the same fate as Liu Hong.

As for Zhang Rang, although Xiang Yu kept his promise and released him from the palace after receiving the money, it was clear that he could not leave Luoyang.

The moment Zhang Rang was thrown out of the palace, he felt countless hateful gazes shooting at him from all around.

His fate wasn't much better than Liu Hong's.

However, Liu Hong died at the execution ground, while he died in front of the palace.

A full month has passed since the execution, and people are still lining up at the execution ground to be beheaded!

But Xiang Yu had no chance to continue watching this spectacle.

On this day, Huangfu Song sent a messenger.

"Your Majesty, Lord Huangfu has detected the approach of the Wuhuan cavalry. After learning that our army has captured Luoyang, the allied forces of the feudal lords have also made some unusual moves. The lord has instructed Your Majesty to prepare in advance, as they are likely to launch a counterattack!"

The visitor finished speaking in one breath.

Upon hearing this, both Cao Cao and Lu Zhi looked extremely grim.

Lu Zhi knew what price he had paid for these Wuhuan cavalry!

If nothing unexpected happens, it's likely that a large portion of Youzhou will be ceded away!

The Wuhuan, who should have been a barrier between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, have instead become ingrates who want to devour the flesh and blood of the Han Dynasty!

"The people from Nanzhong haven't made a move yet?"

Xiang Yu didn't react much.

In any case, this battle was something he had anticipated was unavoidable.

As for the land ceded by Liu Hong?

Are you trying to use the imperial edict from the previous dynasty to seize Youzhou from my current dynasty?

Are you dreaming or something?

"There is no sign of troops being dispatched from the south, so they probably haven't agreed to that tyrannical ruler's conditions."

There was only one Wuhuan, plus a coalition of feudal lords.

Isn't this a free dish?

Xiang Yu immediately got up and rushed to Sishui Pass.

Before leaving, he entrusted all matters, large and small, in Luoyang to Cao Cao and Lu Zhi.

Don't use people with suspicion, don't use people who are suspicious.

Xiang Yu also knew this principle.

These two should be more than capable of handling what's coming next.

After all, the aristocratic families have been almost completely wiped out, so what trouble could there possibly be?

When Xiang Yu arrived at Sishui Pass, the Wuhuan envoy was sitting next to Huangfu Song, gesturing wildly and shouting something.

"You want the entire Youzhou? We'll give you Youzhou and the Wuhuan will withdraw their troops?"

"Are you trying to rip me off?"

Xiang Yu pushed open the door, but instead of hearing what was said before, he saw Huangfu Song pointing at the Wuhuan envoy and cursing him.

"Ahem, Yizhen, you should be a little more polite to the envoy. After all, the Central Plains is a land of etiquette."

"Overlord, they're demanding the entire Youzhou from us, saying they'll withdraw their troops if they give it to them!"

Huangfu Song complained.

Xiang Yu: "?"

Say it again, what do you want?

If you dare to make such demands of me, are all nine clans of your Wuhuan people wholesale?

"What I mean is, just kill him directly, so as not to get so worked up."

"Ah? But when two armies are at war, envoys are not to be killed."

Huangfu Song scratched his head.

He actually wanted to come too, but beheading the envoy would be too disrespectful to the great power of the Central Plains.

"Then throw him out and let everyone outside wash their necks and wait to die!"

"Gather the troops! Today I will fight a decisive battle!"

"Learn from the God of Slaughter, Bai Qi, and encircle and annihilate them!"

The allied forces of the feudal lords and the Wuhuan cavalry will not escape!

"I've been waiting for you to say that, Overlord!"

Huangfu Song turned around, grabbed the Wuhuan envoy by the back of the neck, and threw him out in three quick steps.

"The entire army is ready for battle, awaiting only the Overlord's command, and can begin fighting at any moment!"

From the moment Xiang Yu launched his attack on Luoyang, the entire army had been preparing.

They have been preparing for this battle for a long time!

"It's not necessarily at any time. After declaring war, we need to give them two days to unite, so that it will be easier for us to annihilate them in one fell swoop."

"Now, the more important question is, what about He Jin?"

“Zhang Rang said that he had already led his men out of Luoyang as soon as I captured it. Don’t tell me that this bastard got away.”

"All my anger comes from him!"

Fortunately, Huangfu Song did not disappoint him.

"Indeed, not long after you, Hegemon, led your cavalry into Luoyang, he slipped out through a side gate with his men."

"Fortunately, I had laid an ambush beforehand, and now he and his soldiers are settled in the camp."

Xiang Yu was satisfied with the result, but he could not understand Huangfu Song's actions.

"What's the point of settling them in?"

"Huh? He's a general, after all, and many people in the court are his cronies. Now that he's in our hands, we'll naturally use him to eliminate all his cronies."

Huangfu Song said it was only natural.

"...Where did these cronies come from?"

"...Your Majesty, you haven't really purged the court, have you!?"