Chapter 234: Goodbye Luoyang City
Five thousand dragon and tiger guards are still unimpeded in the land of Hedong, and the autumn on the way is not guilty, and the local officials are also turning a blind eye to this, as for whether the other party wants to do something, they don't bother to care at all, anyway, now the etiquette is broken, and it is the feudal town to ask for Dong, and it is the division of Guanzhong, who is strong and who has the final say, and whether Hedong belongs to the imperial court or Guanzhong, it is irrelevant to them, as long as they do not dismiss their fat.
In the deep night, Lu Bu, who had just earned a groundbreaking reputation in the Tiger Prison Pass, suddenly felt a little bored with the princes' alliance under the Tiger Prison Pass, and somewhat understood how Long Jun felt about him. Obviously, he can take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, but he wants to fight with him, can Lu Bu break through the Tiger Prison if he wins? A bunch of selfish people.
Not long after, Hua Xiong, who was also the guard of the Tiger Prison, dragged his freshly bandaged body, carried two pots of new wine, sat next to Lu Bu with a smile, and said, "This is the new wine that I helped bring from the military division in Luoyang. ”
Maybe it was because he had been with Li Ru for a long time, and Lu Bu, who used to be very happy, calmly took the wine glass and drank it all. As for Hua Xiong's thanks, it is just his responsibility for him, who made the current Xiliang army weak. As a general of Xiliang, what is there to praise him for retreating from the enemy, but when he thinks of the battle of Shilipo, Lu Bu is a little lacking in interest, and his mind keeps recalling what Long Jun said to him, and he sits there and sighs.
Seeing that Lu Bu's expression was a little lonely, Hua Xiong knew that the other party was still thinking about Zhenbei Hou Longjun, so he smiled bitterly and said, "At the end of the battle of Tongguan, the general also heard a little about the Tiger Prison Pass, if the result of that battle was a draw, but in the eyes of the last general, Wen Hou has already won, standing on the mountainside and attacking, it is inevitable that there will be some losses above the strength, why should Wen Hou be so worried?" ”
As soon as he heard this, Lu Bu knew that Hua Xiong wanted to be crooked, so he calmly explained, "In terms of results, the general doesn't care in his heart, no matter whether he wins or loses in this generation, in fact, there is an old enemy alive, which is also very good." What bothered me was that after the Battle of Shilipo, he ordered someone to send an analysis of the battle situation in the Tiger Prison Pass, and judging from the battle situation in recent days, he was able to tell him every word, which is what I am most worried about! ”
In this regard, Hua Xiong was a little shocked, looking at Lu Bu's sad face, it was obvious that the other party described the process of the Battle of the Tiger Prison in great detail, and every sentence was true. However, it stands to reason that there is hostility between Long Jun and the Xiliang Army, how could he be kind enough to hand over the results of the deduction to Lu Bu? After pondering for a long time, Hua Xiong still asked the doubts in his heart, "How could Long Jun be so kind and hand over the results of the battle of the Tiger Prison to Wen Hou!" ”
"This is also the reason why I am so irritable, not to mention his intentions, just he ended with the words 'Xiliang defeated, Kanto split', Ben Jiang felt upset, obviously the guys outside the gate are extremely selfish, but we can't do anything about it."
"Do the lord and the military advisor know about this?"
When Lu Bu heard this, he replied with a sneer: "Of course the righteous father and Wen You know, otherwise they would not have enshrined Yuan Shao and others in the position of assassinating history!" But these people just set their sights on the Tiger Prison Pass, and used us to consume their internal discordant strength, and in the long run, their goal was achieved, and we were almost consumed by the other party! I'm wondering if I should write to my father-in-law and withdraw the army to Luoyang, so as not to be used by the other party. ”
When it comes to the retreat of the army, Hua Xiong doesn't dare to talk too much, who in the Xiliang Army doesn't know Dong Zhuo's character, and let him withdraw his troops from the Tiger Prison Pass, which is equivalent to making Dong Zhuo admit that he lost to the Kwantung Coalition Army, and the previous withdrawal of troops from Hongnong has already made him lose face, and now let him withdraw his troops, wouldn't he throw his face in front of the princes of the world for people to trample on?
Seeing that Hua Xiong began to be silent and drank alone, Lu Bu knew that no one dared to touch Dong Zhuo's scales when it came to retiring from the army. It's just that the thought that he is being used by Yuan Shao and his ilk makes it clear that the melancholy that has just disappeared in Lu Bu's heart comes to mind again.
Thirty miles outside the city, the coalition camp at this time was also turned upside down by the battle two days ago, and there has been no result so far, especially Sun Jian, who has led the army to attack the city many times, and his eyes are full of endless hatred when he looks at Yuan Shao, the leader of the coalition army.
Compared with Sun Jianxiang, Liu Bei, who has now exhausted 5,000 soldiers and horses, is even more angry, his words are fierce, he doesn't save Yuan Shao any face, and even his words are full of suspicions, "Lord Yuan, you must give an explanation to this general today, why my two brothers and Xiahou brothers have already dragged Lu Bu, don't you take this opportunity to send troops to attack the city?" Could it be that the rumors in the camp are true? You Yuan originally planned to wear down the soldiers and horses of our various feudal towns, and then wanted to replace Dong Zhuo and become the powerful minister of my Han Dynasty? ”
In the face of Liu Bei's accusations, Yuan Shao's eyes were full of anger, since the beginning of the Battle of Tiger Pass, it has been rumored in the coalition camp that he Yuan Shao is ambitious and wants to replace Dong Zhuo as Wang Mang's second, and his words are still above the truce in Guanzhong. This made Cao Cao, who was originally on Yuan Shao's side, unable to keep his mouth shut about it.
"Liu Xuande, if you think that Ben will deliberately consume the strength of your various feudal towns, then this alliance leader will be handed over to you, and Ben will obey the orders of the new alliance leader, but if you don't have that ability, you will honestly shut up Ben General. You can also believe the rumors spread by a spy of the Xiliang Army, no wonder Long Jun looked down on Er and others in Luoyang and humiliated him wantonly. ”
As the saying goes, you don't hit people in the face, and you don't scold people, Liu Bei was like a cat being stepped on by the tail, pointing at the other party's nose and scolding loudly: "Yuan Benchu, you don't want to think I'm afraid of you!" ”
"Enough!" Cao Cao, who was silent from beginning to end, saw that the topic of the quarrel between the two was on Long Jun, so he hurriedly stopped the two, and then walked to the middle of the camp and said indifferently to Liu Bei, "Now that the battle situation is not clear, you are waiting for your own chaos, is there a suspicion of taking care of one or the other?" As for what Xuande doubted, I could have told you that it was made out of nothing. If you say why you are allowed to take the lead in sending troops, the alliance leader is really considering the overall situation, the battle of the Tiger Prison is not the final decisive battle place for us, Luoyang is, and you are all generals on the battlefield, you should understand that when the decisive battle, the coordination in this requires a long-term tacit understanding to do. Can you ensure that when the time comes for the Battle of Luoyang, the formation of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses can stop the Xiliang Iron Cavalry? ”
Cao Cao said this, the princes in the camp fell into contemplation, the words were not coarse, in the decisive battle between the two armies, of course, it was better to make the army arm, but even so, why didn't Yuan Shao take the opportunity to expand the results that day? With the most primitive suspicions, Sun Jian snorted coldly, "What Brother Meng De said would not have been refuted, but in the Battle of Tiger Prison, our army attacked the city several times, why didn't Yuan Alliance Lord take this opportunity to expand the results?" Could it be that Yuan Mengzhu wanted to take this opportunity to consume the enemy's vital forces and prepare for the Battle of Luoyang? ”
"What Brother Wentai said is also the answer we want to know, if the Lord of the Yuan League doesn't give me an explanation today, my Gongsun Zan will quit the army and return to Youzhou, my White Horse Erlang is not here to send him to death!"
Facing the joint efforts of Gongsun Zan and Sun Jian, Yuan Shao's face became more and more gloomy. But thinking of the secret report sent from the Xiliang army that was difficult to distinguish between true and false, Yuan Shao could only grit his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, in case the time came to let Long Jun, who had preserved his strength, occupy Luoyang again, wouldn't he Yuan Benchu have to make wedding dresses for others again? And even if he made a wedding dress, he would rather make it for Cao Cao and his ilk than let Long Jun, a despicable villain, become the biggest winner.
"Gongsun Taishou, Sun Taishou, this general is still the same sentence, if any of you think that it is unfair for me to be the leader of this alliance, then who of you will do it, Ben will never have any opinions, and will even help each other, but if anyone retreats privately and disturbs the hearts of our coalition army, Ben will fight to defeat Dong and fail, and he will also destroy this person."
"Yuan Benchu"
Seeing that the smell of gunpowder in the camp was getting stronger and stronger, and he was about to meet each other, Cao Cao had no choice but to stand up again, first stopped Gongsun Zhan, who had already drawn his sword, and then let the Xiahou brothers block in front of Yuan Shao, and finally shouted, "Okay, isn't it just to capture the Tiger Prison Pass?" Tomorrow I will lead the army to go, you will not have to argue about this, as for whether the alliance leader is selfish, how much you have lost, and when we capture Luoyang, we are thinking about these issues. Let's go back to the camp today to rest, and then discuss everything according to the results tomorrow? ”
Seeing this, the good old man Tao Qian also hurriedly spoke out to convince him, and then Kong Rong, Han Fu, and Yuan Yi all spoke to persuade each other, and Cao Cao made a military order to capture the Tiger Prison Pass tomorrow, which calmed the anger of all parties.
On the second day, Cao Cao personally led the four heroes of the Cao clan and the army directly under him, plus the assistance of the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang, and finally captured the Xiongguan in front of Luoyang before the sun set before the sun set.
As soon as the Tiger Prison Pass was broken, Luoyang was completely exposed to the Kwantung Coalition Army like a stripped girl, and the belated Nanyang Army, after learning the beginning and end of the Battle of the Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shu hurriedly began to win over Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan and others who were hostile to Yuan Shao by supervising the grain and grass. By the time the coalition forces pursued the Yan Division, the Kwantung coalition forces had already divided into two factions.
At the same time, in Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo and his party, who had already prepared to withdraw to Bingzhou, looked at the majestic palace full of remorse. If Long Jun had been dealt with earlier, and Cao Cao and the others had been eliminated earlier, would all of this not have happened today? But there are not so many ifs. So under this resentment, Dong Zhuo personally ordered the people of Luoyang to be moved into the annexed state, burned Luoyang, and killed all relatives related to the Kwantung Coalition Army.
However, on the second day after Dong Zhuo led the army to leave, Long Jun, who had planned to block the Xiliang army from entering Taihang, suddenly led the army here, intending to seize the jade seal that had been sung through the ages before the coalition army entered Luoyang. At this time, the people of Luoyang had just left for half an hour, and the city had already seen the first fire.
"Quickly enter the city to extinguish the fire! Ziyi and Zilong went to extinguish the Xiliang army that set the fire, Meng Qi went to find the fire point, and Zhongkang and I went to the palace to extinguish the fire. ”
"Whoa!"