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Suddenly Wang Yun shouted; 〃The rebel is here! Where are the executioners?〃
At this call sprang from both sides soldiers armed with halberds and spears who attacked Dong Zhuo。 He had not put on the breastplate he usually wore; and a spear pierced his breast。
He sank down in the carriage calling loudly for his son; 〃Where is Lu Bu?〃
〃Here; and with a decree to deal with a rebel!〃 said Lu Bu; as he appeared in front of his 〃father。〃
Thereupon he thrust his trident halberd through the victim's throat。 Then Li Su hacked off the head and held it up。
Lu Bu; his left hand holding his halberd; thrust his right hand into his bosom whence he drew the decree; crying; 〃The decree was to slay the rebel Dong Zhuo………no other!〃
The whole assembly shouted; 〃Wan shui! Live forever! O Emperor!〃
A sympathetic poet has written a few lines in pity:
Await the time; O noble; and be king;
Or failing; reap the solace riches bring;
Heaven never is partial; but severely just;
Meiwo stood strong; yet now it lies in dust。
The lust of blood awakened; Lu Bu urged the slaughter of Li Ru; who had been the confidant of the murdered Prime Minister; and Li Su volunteered to go in search of him。 But just then a shouting was heard at the gates; and it was told them that a household servant had brought Li Ru in bonds。 Wang Yun ordered his immediate execution in the market place。
Dong Zhuo's head was exposed in a crowded thoroughfare。 He was very fat; and the guards made torches by sticking splints into the body; spilling the corpse's grease over the ground。 The passers…by pelted the head and spurned the body with their feet。
Wang Yun ordered a force of fifty thousand under Lu Bu; Huangfu Song; and Li Su to de