Chapter 220: Burning Luoyang
At a certain moment, Cao Xing felt that everything in heaven and earth was gone, and in this world, only his pair of eyes and the arrows in his hands were left, and nothing else mattered.
He didn't have any distracting thoughts in his heart, he concentrated on shooting that arrow, and he didn't dare to say how gorgeous that arrow was in the eyes of others, at least Cao Xing shot it with his heart, and this arrow could be said to be the most attentive arrow in Cao Xing's life.
The entire battlefield seemed to be all still, Ma Chao and the white-robed general, at this moment, the two of them widened their eyes, and a trace of sweat had already slipped from their foreheads, and even Ma Chao swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously, feeling that his Adam's apple seemed to be able to move, just now the sharp blade on Lu Bu Fangtian's halberd directly brushed his neck, Ma Chao subconsciously thought that he was dead now, and the white-robed general's expression was similar to Ma Chao.
At this moment, the tip of Fang Tian's halberd was still an inch away from Cao Xing's neck, but it was that one inch away, and he didn't advance again.
At this moment, Cao Xuan also slowly came back to his senses, feeling the coldness on the tip of Fang Tian's halberd spear, his heart was also uneasy, he felt for the first time that the god of death was so close to him. However, Lu Bu finally kept his hand and did not stab him with a single shot, otherwise Cao Xing would have died a long time ago.
At this moment, only to hear a bang, the hair crown on Lu Bu's head actually fell to the ground, and then Lu Bu's whole hair was messy.
In an instant, Lu Bu's image changed from Yushu to the wind, extremely domineering, and became disgraced, but his face was still very calm.
Even Lu Bu touched his hair that had been scattered, and Cao Xing's arrow did not shoot at Lu Bu's forehead, but at Lu Bu's hair crown, shooting Lu Bu's hair crown away.
However, Lu Bu, who was disheveled, was not as embarrassed and unbearable as in history, but he behaved calmly, because he knew that not only he had left his hand just now, but even Cao Xing had also kept his hand, and the two had not colluded with each other before, but at the moment of the shot, both of them hesitated in their hearts.
So in the end, Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painting Halberd stopped in mid-air, and Cao Xing's arrow also deviated a few inches away.
"Hahaha!" Lu Bu let out a loud laugh, and then he glanced at Ma Chao and the white-robed general behind him, at this moment Ma Chao and the white-robed general were still standing there stunned, the two didn't seem to react yet, and Lu Bu looked at Cao Xing again.
"Cao Xing, I really didn't misunderstand you, I didn't expect that in a few years, you finally mastered this kind of thing, practice hard, I believe that one day you can surpass me!"
Lu Bu turned the horse's head and looked at Ma Chao and the white-robed general, he patted the red rabbit horse on the horse's back and marched slowly, but when he passed by Ma Chao and the white-robed general, he said lightly.
"Don't stand stupidly here either, it's me Lu Bu who lost today, and it's also your battle for fame, you should be happy!"
Lu Bu in the next dozen horseback red rabbit horses, quickly rushed to the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, after a short time, I saw Lu Bu rushed into the military formation, and then, the army of the Xiliang Army began to have some chaos, but under the command of those generals, in the end everyone quickly retreated to the Tiger Prison Pass, but it can be seen that the soldiers above the Tiger Prison Pass have been in a commotion, obviously Lu Bu's defeat and retreat, a great blow to them.
Seeing this, the soldiers of the princes of the Nineteenth Road were all cheering, although they seemed to be a little victorious in this battle, they were all three to fight one, but the battlefield is a cruel place, everyone wants the result, who cares how difficult the process is.
Cao Xing also took a deep breath, calmed down his mood, and then walked up and patted Ma Chao's shoulder, and Ma Chao woke up in shock.
Cao Xuan smiled at Ma Chao, and then looked at the white-robed general next to him, the white-robed general had obviously reacted at this moment, Cao Xuan asked with a smile.
"I don't know what to call this brother!"
Everyone is a comrade-in-arms who fought side by side just now, so at this moment, I should ask no matter what, I saw that the white-robed general hugged Cao He and Ma Chao with a respectful expression and said: "I am Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gonggong of Beiping, and my subordinates are the captain, Zhao Yun!" ”
When Ma Chao heard this name, he was not much surprised, and walked up to greet Zhao Yun warmly, but Cao Xuan was stunned in place, looking at this white-robed general in a daze, will he be the Zhao Zilong of the Mighty Changban Slope in the future?
The Battle of Tiger Prison basically came to an end.
Amid the cheers of the princes of the Nineteenth Road, Cao Xing and the others walked back to the military tent.
After this battle, Cao Xing's reputation became more famous, and Ma Chao was also up-and-coming, as for the last Zhao Yun, he was relatively low-key, and after returning to the army, he walked directly back to his original ministry, and there was no social interaction, so everyone just had a facial impression of him, but his name was not very deep.
In any case, the battle of Tiger Prison Pass seems to be the victory of the princes of the Nineteenth Road, according to the personality of the princes of the Nineteenth Road, it must be a big banquet to celebrate him for three days and three nights, even if Yuan Shao does not mention it, some people have taken the initiative to bring it up, so this banquet is decided.
At the banquet, everyone drank very happily, and many princes came to drink to Cao Xing, and Cao Xing also accepted them one by one.
Cao Xing just had an impression of these people's faces, just keep it in his heart, he didn't pay much attention to it, but Cao Xing observed the expressions of other people in the tent when he was drinking.
In addition to these princes who have calculations in their hearts, they are constantly moving around there, and those who are sitting in their positions not only seem very quiet, but also seem to be a little worried, first of all, the most obvious are the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
Needless to say, these two brothers have always been enemies of Cao Xing, and now Cao Xuan is shining again, and his reputation is spreading to the princes of the Nineteenth Road, the two of them are naturally unhappy, originally the two of them are also very opposed to holding this banquet, but the princes of other roads have asked for a banquet, and the two of them have no choice, and now seeing Cao Xing's power, they naturally quit.
and Gongsun Chan is relatively quiet, Gongsun Chan, as the Taishou of Beiping, can be regarded as a strong figure, however, now challenging Lu Bu to be beaten with a dirty face, unhappy, he drinks there by himself, but Liu Bei under his command is a little restless.
Because of Zhao Yun's performance on the battlefield, Gongsun Chan promoted him exceptionally and let him stay by his side, and Liu Bei took this opportunity to find Zhao Yun, he and Zhao Yun sat behind Gongsun Chan, and then began to talk, I don't know what to talk about, but Cao Xuan obviously saw it, Zhao Yun's face showed a trace of pity, and Liu Bei's face was crying bitterly, if Cao Xuan didn't guess wrong, Liu Bei started to introduce himself there, I was a member of the Han family......
However, for these people, Cao Xing didn't pay too much attention to it, and finally his eyes were fixed on Cao Cao's body, and now Cao Cao is sitting under Yuan Shao's hand, he is as calm as Yuan Shao, and his face is full of worries.
When Cao Xing sent all these people away, he walked to Cao Cao's side, although this battle against Dong was initiated by him Cao Cao, but from now on, Cao Cao's actions in the army of the princes of the Nineteenth Road do not seem to be so significant, on the contrary, Cao Cao did some inconspicuous things.
Cao Cao also got up immediately when he saw Cao Xinglai, and picked up a glass of wine with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Cao Xing, this time you have made another miraculous achievement, I believe that it will be famous all over the world soon!" ”
However, Cao Xuan didn't laugh, nor did he touch a drink with Cao Cao, but just said: "Brother Meng De, don't give me this set, you and I are not people who love these false names, if you have anything on your mind, just say it, maybe it will feel better in your heart!" ”
Cao Xuan saw through Cao Cao's mind at a glance, and Cao Cao also smiled helplessly, then sat on the ground, drank a glass of water by himself, and said.
"Actually, it's not a big deal, I'm Cao Cao from serving the country wholeheartedly, hoping that one day, like my Han Dynasty hussar general, conquer the Huns, repeatedly make miraculous achievements, and leave my Cao Cao's name in the history books, but unfortunately, now the Son of Heaven has not been saved, Dong thief has not been removed, I don't know when my wish will be achieved!"
Hearing Cao Cao's emotion, Cao Xuan was also silent for a long time, don't look at Cao Cao's words so easily, but Cao Xuan knew that Cao Cao's words were there, at this moment Cao Cao was undoubtedly complaining, these nineteen princes, he called on everyone to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but these nineteen princes are here every day to eat and drink, to be honest, everyone has the same heart to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and now they are already approaching Luoyang.
Now that the battle of Tiger Prison Pass has just been won, and the morale is high, it is even more necessary to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but it has stopped here, which makes no sense both militarily and politically.
Cao Xing just wanted to persuade Cao Cao, but at this moment, a guard suddenly rushed into the big tent in the army and hurriedly came to report.
Yuan Shao looked at the soldier in a panic, and he was already unhappy in his heart, and he scolded him even more harshly: "What kind of system is it that is panicked?" ”
The guard was directly scolded by Yuan Shao, during this period, the guard didn't dare to speak at all, and when Yuan Shao scolded enough, his anger almost disappeared, Yuan Shao seemed to remember that the guard seemed to be in a hurry, so he asked him why he was so flustered, and the guard could finally speak.
However, as soon as the guard spoke, everyone in the room was shocked.
Dong Thief suffered defeat this time, after returning to Luoyang, the liver was on fire, and the battle of Tiger Prison Pass was a very serious blow to the morale of his army, he felt that the princes of the Nineteenth Route were completely persecuting him Dong Zhuo, since everyone should not live in this way, first Dong Zhuo set his sights on Yuan Shao, the leader of the Nineteenth Route Princes.
For Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo hated him so much that he wanted Yuan Shao to go against him in Luoyang, he repeatedly tolerated it, and finally let Yuan Shao go, but Yuan Shao did not change, and now he came over to oppose him, so Dong Zhuo under the anger didn't care so much.
directly sent someone to arrest Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui, and then beheaded Yuan Kui's family, and now Yuan Kui's head is still hanging on the city wall.
When they heard the news, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu cried loudly. Everyone felt that this time the matter was really big, Yuan Shao was at least the leader of the alliance here, and Yuan Shu was General Hou, and the two of them were relatively powerful among the princes of the Nineteenth Road, Dong Zhuo killed their family this time, and these two people naturally did not share the sky with Dong Zhuo.
Yuan Shao cried for a while under the comfort of everyone, and finally calmed down, and then his eyes lit up with raging fire, and he directly ordered the three armies to prepare and attack Luoyang in a few days.
Hearing that Yuan Shao was already collecting an army and preparing to march into Luoyang, Dong Zhuo, who was still staying in Luoyang, was completely panicked this time, and he was just angry at the beginning, regardless of the three seven twenty-one who killed Yuan Kui and others, and now Yuan Shao is going to seek revenge from him.
If it was placed ten years ago, Dong Thief might not be afraid, because at that time, he was also a fierce general in Xiliang galloping on the battlefield. But now he is no longer as brave as he used to be, he just wants to live the rest of his life comfortably and comfortably.
He recruited his son-in-law Li Ru, and when Li Ru heard these things, he sighed helplessly in his heart.
One wrong step and one wrong step, as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he wanted to assist Dong Zhuo to achieve a great cause, but Dong Zhuo has no fighting spirit now, as the commander of the Xiliang Army, he has no intention of fighting, so how can the Xiliang Army defeat the coalition army of the princes of the Nineteenth Road?
In the end, Li Ru could only follow Dong Zhuo's meaning.
Li Ru made a few suggestions to Dong Zhuo.
First of all, because the Surabaya Pass and the Tiger Pass in front have been conquered by the princes of the Nineteenth Road, and there is no danger to defend in front of Luoyang, and when the princes of the Nineteenth Road come to the city, it will inevitably be a decisive battle, and this is something that Dong Zhuo does not want to see, so Li Ru can only suggest that Dong Zhuo move the capital to Chang'an in the rear.
Chang'an is also an ancient capital, but also the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the capital of the Han Dynasty from Chang'an to Luoyang, although Chang'an and Luoyang compared, if it is about the convenience of transportation, it is a little worse, but it will not be much worse, in the periphery of Chang'an, there are Hangu Pass, there are Tongguan these damnations, but also can protect Chang'an as solid as gold.
Dong Zhuo agreed to Li Ru's suggestion without thinking about it, at this moment he just wanted to save his life, since Chang'an is also a good place, then he naturally would not object to the matter of moving the capital.
Secondly, since you want to get out of Luoyang, then Luoyang will definitely be occupied by the coalition of the princes of the Nineteenth Route after this, and Luoyang is also a prosperous capital.
If that's it, wouldn't it be a pity to give it to the coalition army of the princes of the Nineteenth Road, thinking of this, Li Ru's eyes also flashed with a fierce color, he didn't want to leave good things to the enemy, this is human nature, Li Ru directly gritted his teeth and suggested to Dong Zhuo, move all the wealth and population of Luoyang to Chang'an, and then burn Luoyang.