Dong Zhuo's death marked the beginning of a new wave of chaos.

Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Niu Fu, joined forces with Li Jue and Guo Si to attack Chang'an. I, as the Minister of Works, faced the enemy and appointed Li Su as the vanguard.

Li Su, a cowardly slave, was not fit for battle. He was captured by Niu Fu and most of our troops were defeated.

This gave me a perfect reason to execute him, according to military law.

I couldn't let Wang Yun, the Minister of Works, stay by my side and plant such a dangerous spy.

Then I decisively defeated Niu Fu.

In order to seize the jewels in Niu Fu's possession, Niu Fu's confidant, Hu Chier, killed Niu Fu and came to join me.

I killed Hu Chier as well and handed all his jewels to Diao Chan, asking her to hide this astonishing wealth for future use.

Next, I was defeated by Li Jue and Guo Si's plot, and Chang'an fell.

Li Jue and Guo Si wiped out Wang Yun's entire family and established their sole rule over Chang'an.

These two together were even worse than Dong Zhuo.

I had no choice but to seek refuge with Yuan Shu.

However, Yuan Shu thought I was too indecisive and rejected me.

So I went to join Yuan Shao.

But after helping Yuan Shao defeat the warlord Zhang Yan, Yuan Shao also issued an order to expel me.

Then I sought refuge with Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang accepted me, but Li Jue and Guo Si pressured him to kill me.

I had no choice but to seek refuge with Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao provided me with many soldiers and generals, and also appointed the strategist Chen Gong to assist me.

Under Chen Gong's strategies, I led generals such as Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Wei Xu, and Song Xian, and captured Yanzhou and Puyang, which were the foundations of Cao Cao.

This was equivalent to stabbing Cao Cao's buttocks, so he personally led a large army to reclaim the lost territories.

Thus, under the walls of Puyang, I experienced another exhilarating duel.