Chapter 13 [013] The Catastrophe of Luoyang
Cao Cao led his brothers towards the Tiger Prison Pass, and met Gongsun Zhan's subordinate Zhao Yun, a young white horse general named Zhao Yun, who was ordered by the lord to lead a hundred white horse Yi to help. Cao Cao was very relieved to see this, but soon he found that Bai Ma Yi seemed to be mixed with three heroes with different painting styles.
Zhao Yun noticed Cao Cao's puzzled gaze and explained to him in a low voice. It turned out that these three people were named Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, Zhang Fei, and Zhang Yide, and they were good brothers who married Jinlan. Among them, Liu Bei claimed to be the descendant of Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, and said that he was a royal sect, and he had a brotherly friendship with Gongsun Zhan.
After hearing this, Cao Cao was very interested in the brothers of Taoyuan Sanjieyi, so he called Liu Bei over to talk to him.
By the time he walked to the Tiger Prison Pass, Cao Cao had already chatted happily with Liu Bei.
Xiahoudun took the initiative to invite Ying to call the battle, and he finally scolded Lu Bu after scolding for a long time. However, for some reason, Xiahoudun always felt that today's Lu Bu looked absent-minded, and he did not have the legendary brave posture at all.
Now that the generals have already gone out of battle, both sides are too lazy to talk nonsense, Xiahou Dun patted his horse to meet Lu Bu, and the two fought together. After the fight, Xiahoudun realized that Lu Bu was really brave and unparalleled, and he could basically only parry, and he couldn't free up his hand to fight back.
Just when Xiahoudun's thoughts were vacillating between "hurry up and call someone to help farm monsters together" and "forget it, it's too embarrassing to fight a group or resist", he found that Lu Bu's rear was suddenly in chaos.
Lu Bu stabbed a halberd at Xiahoudun and then turned around and walked away, without any intention of fighting again. Xiahou Yuan, who was stunned by this sudden situation, was stunned in place, he turned back to look at his younger brother Xiahou Yuan, who was originally ready to help his brother fight monsters together, was also stunned, the two of them, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to do, until Cao Cao shouted: "Chase!" Only then did they wake up a group of people and wait, and everyone rode on their horses, grabbed their weapons, and rumbled towards the Tiger Prison Pass.
"What the hell is going on?" Xiahoudun frowned: "Why are the soldiers and horses outside the Tiger Prison Pass so chaotic today?" ”
"I think it could be...... Something happened in Luoyang. Cao Cao muttered, "Let's take a look first!" It's a good time! ”
Under the command of Cao Cao, the vanguard of the coalition army decisively broke into the enemy formation and fought hard, instantly breaking away Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses who were heavily stationed outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and the shape was stirred up into chaos.
In fact, it was not Cao Cao who first discovered that something was wrong with Luoyang City, but Sun Jian and Shen Xian.
They rested all night on the Yuyuan Pass, but they did not find anyone sent by Dong Zhuo to inspect. Early the next morning, Sun Jian sent scouts to explore the way, and then he gathered his troops and horses, led his men to gather at the foot of Yuyuan Mountain, and slowly marched towards Luoyang City.
In the afternoon, the scout returned, and brought a crucial news, that is, there was a change in Luoyang City. The south gate closest to the Yuyuan Pass was closed, and there were no defenders everywhere, and the scouts went to the west and east respectively in two ways to check, and found that the west gate was wide open, and there were troops escorting many people and horses out of the city.
Everyone looked at each other, and before they could react to what this meant, only Shen Xian said to Sun Jian excitedly: "Chase!" Dong Zhuo wants to escape! ”
As soon as Shen Xian shouted, Sun Jian immediately came back to his senses, and he asked the scout: "Can you see clearly?" How many people did Simon come in and out? ”
"Endlessly." The scout replied: "Before the subordinates returned, they were still walking out, and the captain of the chariot and horse who left was out of sight, and went in the direction of Hangu Pass. ”
"Sure enough, I'm going to escape!" Sun Jian sneered: "God really help me!" In this case, today I will teach Dong Thief to die here! ”
Because he didn't know whether Dong Zhuo had left the city at this time, Sun resolutely decided to divide his troops into two routes, one route was Shen Xian leading her 5,000 soldiers and horses to pursue in the direction of Hangu Pass, and the other route was Sun Jian leading his 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack the city from the south gate of Luoyang to find Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo wanted to abandon Luoyang and flee to Chang'an, and also fled with the civil and military officials and the emperor, compared to the soldiers and horses who stayed behind the palace in the city, the team mixed with the princes and ministers who had escaped was obviously easier to fight, so this road was handed over to Shen Xian.
"Brother Xian, you have to be careful, do everything according to your ability." Sun Ce said to Shen Xian: "Don't forget that you are a civil official, not a military general!" ”
"If you don't say the last word, we're still friends!"
Everyone divided their troops not far from the foot of Yuyuan Mountain, and before dividing the troops, Sun Jian also sent scouts to the Tiger Prison Pass to send a letter to report the matter.
After experiencing a night of empty city planning outside Luyang City and false alarms under the Yuyuan Pass, Shen Xian's fear of "about to fight" has weakened, and to put it bluntly, she is actually used to scaring people.
Shen Xian instructed the soldiers behind him: "Try to abandon your baggage and move forward quickly!" Don't alarm those people when you get to the convoy and see what happens! ”
At least make sure that Lu Fengxian, who is a god in Dong Zhuo's army, who is a god who kills gods and Buddhas, is not among the people they are chasing, otherwise everyone will stop fighting, wash and go home to sleep.
After entering the jungle to ambush, Shen Xian took Gan Ning and Judd off the horse and quietly touched the roadside to observe it up close.
The main force of this group of men and horses is indeed the officials at all levels in Luoyang City, in addition to these people, there are also groups of extremely vicious soldiers following around, they shout loudly, like chasing ducks to drive people forward, some soldiers also hold whips to beat and scold those who walk slowly, the attitude is extremely bad.
Shen Xian was extremely angry in her heart: "What a gut! How dare a mere soldier do such a poisonous blow to the officials of the DPRK! ”
"What to do? Shall we strike now, or shall we wait? Gan Ning asked.
"I didn't see Lu Fengxian, let's take a look." Shen Xian held back her anger and said, "We have to make sure that nothing goes wrong, we can't beat him." ”
Judd suddenly pointed in the direction of Luoyang and asked Shen Xian: "Hey, son, look, why is there smoke there!" ”
Shen Xian was stunned, she straightened up and looked to the east, only to see smoke and dust billowing between the jungle and a fire rising into the sky, almost in the blink of an eye, half of the sky was red.
"There's ......," Gan Ning frowned.
"Luoyang." Shen Xian whispered: "Dong Zhongying, bastard...... He set fire to Luoyang. ”
Ganning and Judd were stunned.
No one expected Dong Zhuo to be so frustrated.
Luoyang is not only the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it also has a glorious history and glorious civilization, from the mythological era to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor set the capital of Boyi, Taikang moved the capital to the capital, Shang Tang set the capital of Xi, Zhou Gong auxiliary government, King Ping moved east, Gaozu Duluo, Guangwu Zhongxing...... All of them were burned clean by Dong Zhuo.
Some people in the crowd who were rushing also found out about the fire in Luoyang, more and more people stopped and made noise, all of them had sad and frightened expressions on their faces, and there were even more Confucian and old ministers in the middle of the court with tears streaming down their faces, and kowtowing in the direction of Luoyang.
"What do you do! Hurry up! Don't grind! If you don't leave, I'll kill you! ”
Soldiers with weapons shouted and threatened the crowd.
Perhaps it was the burning of Luoyang that stimulated these courtiers who had been silent for a long time, and finally a gray-haired old minister couldn't help but shout angrily at the soldiers: "Dong thief perversely, hijacking His Majesty, burning the capital, the crime is unforgivable!" If you wait for the abuse, there will be no good end in the future! Be arrogant today! ”
"Hey, old man! You're not a little daring! The centurion was scolded by the dog's blood, sneered and walked over and pushed the old minister to the ground, and stabbed with a knife: "Then I will take your dog's life today!" ”
"Presumptuous!"
Suddenly, a white hand leaned out and pressed against the back of the centurion's knife. Looking up at his arm, he was a young man dressed in a fine costume with wide sleeves, and even in the process of fleeing, he was still graceful and magnificent, in contrast to the other people around him with gray faces. The young man pressed the centurion's knife to death, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "This is the old minister of the first emperor, the official worships the Taishi Order, and receives 600 stones, how can he be the object of your little officers who can dispose of it at will!" If you want to do it, first explain what crime this lord has committed and what law he has violated, and if the evidence is conclusive, then ask the Holy One to make a decree of punishment. ”
The centurion took a step back as the young man spoke, and he seemed to be afraid of the man. After hesitating for a long time, the centurion spat indignantly and muttered: "Hmph! If it weren't for the fact that Lord Lu Fengxian was not there, ......"
"Lu Fengxian is here, and I say the same!" The young man stared at the centurion coldly and said, "You should be the kind of person who bullies the weak and fears the hard?!" ”
"You—you wait!" The centurion was frightened by the young man's drinking, and stumbled away.
The young man picked up the old minister who fell to the ground and asked softly, "Lord Xu, are you okay?" ”
"It's okay, thank you Xun Gongzi for saving me!" Lord Xu cried with tears on his face, and he choked up and said, "If it weren't for Xun Gongzi, my old bones would be here." ”
The young man was about to say something, when a beautiful girl came up to them with an old man in her arms.
"Lord Cai, Miss Cai." Young people salute old men and girls.
"Gongda, alas, ......" the old man sighed, and then held Lord Xu's hand: "Lord Xu, don't be impulsive anymore!" ”
"Old Cai, I can't bear this breath!" Lord Xu shook his head and said, "Anyway, I've lived for so many years, and I don't care about life and death anymore." ”
"There's still hope." Xun Gongzi said softly: "I heard that the army of the Huimeng is stationed outside the Tiger Prison Pass, which is only more than a hundred miles away, and the Dong thieves have burned Luoyang City, such a big movement must have already alarmed them, maybe they will come soon." ”
But Lord Cai is not as optimistic as Xun Gongzi: "I hope so...... Dong Zhongying had sent someone to persuade him to surrender a day ago, but he didn't know what the result was. ”
Xun Gongzi said with relief: "The adults sent out are all from families and are famous all over the world, Cai Lao don't worry, Yuan Ben will definitely not do anything unfavorable to them." ”
A group of people over there were waiting with hope for the alliance army, but Shen Xian in the woods knew very well that Yuan Shao would not send troops to chase after him. The city of Luoyang has been broken, and the princes from all walks of life will definitely attack the city first, who has the time to take care of these ministers of the people who are forced to move?
If you really want to say hope...... The only thing that can be done is Shen Xian, who is ambushing people in the bushes at this moment.