Chapter 24: Entering Luoyang
The destruction of grain and grass and the Divine Decree brought the coalition forces to a standstill, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Luoyang City was basically gone.
At the same time, Lu Bu also received the news of retreating into Luoyang City.
"General Lu!"
On this day, Jia Xu found Lu Bu.
"Mr. Jia!"
At this time, Lu Bu's attitude towards Jia Xu has changed dramatically.
"I am here to bid farewell to the general, and Jia Xu should also leave Luoyang and go to Chang'an."
After leaving the Tiger Prison Pass, every time he thought of Sun Ce's figure, Jia Xu was a little uneasy, so he didn't want to stay in Luoyang for a long time.
"Well, the next situation is not suitable for Mr. Jia to continue to stay."
Although he was reluctant, Lu Bu nodded in agreement with Jia Xu's departure.
"Before leaving, there is something to remind the general."
Jia Xu said solemnly.
"Please sir!"
Lu Bu said solemnly.
"If nothing else, Lord Xiangguo should let the general do the thing of burning and slaughtering the city, and the general must remember not to do anything about it."
Jia Xu said solemnly, Jia Xu knew that if Dong Zhuo gave an order, this Luoyang City would definitely not be able to be saved, and Lu Bu said this, just hoping that Lu Bu could keep it as much as possible.
"Why is that?"
Lu Bu had indeed received this order, and he was already planning to carry it out, as long as he left Luoyang City, the city would be in flames.
"If you really destroy Luoyang City according to Xiangguo's orders, I'm afraid you will only provoke the hatred of the people in the court and the princes outside, and even be spurned by the world, I believe that the general doesn't want to leave a stench for 10,000 years."
Jia Xu admonished.
"Lu Bu understands!"
Lu Bu knew what Jia Xu meant, and he also knew that this was a way back for himself.
"General Lu, take care!"
Jia Xu said with a smile.
"Take care, sir!"
Lu Bu gave up.
Soon after, Jia Xu left Luoyang City with his family and escorted by a team of people.
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"Go and inform Yuan Shao of Dong Zhuo's departure from Luoyang with the imperial court."
After learning that Lu Bu led his troops to withdraw into Luoyang, Sun Ce gave an order to Han.
"Lord, didn't you mean?"
Han Dang's face hesitated, although he didn't say it all, Sun Ce still understood what Han Dang meant.
"Lu Bu's soldiers and horses can enter Luoyang, naturally because Luoyang City is empty, Dong Zhuo has already taken people away, at this time inform Yuan Shao that it is too late for them to take Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo can run, but I don't want Luoyang City to be destroyed!"
Sun Ce said with a smile.
"The last general is going now!"
After listening to Sun Ce's explanation, Han Dang hurriedly acted according to Sun Ce's instructions.
Not long after, Sun Ce and the major princes gathered in the Chinese army camp.
"Sun Gongzi, is the news that you asked Han Dang to pass on is true?"
Yuan Shao asked with a frown.
"Nature is true!"
Sun Ce replied categorically.
"If Lu Bu can lead troops into the city, it must be Dong Zhuo who has left."
Cao Cao said affirmatively,
"What Meng De said is extremely true, there is nothing wrong with thinking about Sun Ce's news."
Gongsun Chan said approvingly.
"That being the case, we should immediately lead our troops to attack Luoyang City, take Luoyang and pursue Dong Zhuo."
Liu Bei said excitedly.
"No, the army should be divided into two, one part of it will drag Lu Bu in the city, and the other part will pursue Dong Zhuo, the people of Luoyang City and the ministers of the court and the central government are numerous, and Dong Zhuo can't run far."
Cao Cao was even more decisive and directly targeted Dong Zhuo.
"Meng De's words are wrong, if Dong Zhuo really moved the capital, it must have been a long time in advance, and I am afraid that he has already arrived in Chang'an today."
Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.
"Sun Taishou drove straight into the Tiger Prison with his own strength, and he didn't give Dong Zhuo time to react at all, if he wanted to escape, he Dong Zhuo couldn't run far, how would I know that he Dong Zhuo had entered Chang'an if I didn't wait to chase him."
Cao Cao frowned, slightly dissatisfied.
"Cao Cao, since you want to go to the rescue, then you can go, let's attack Luoyang."
Yuan Shu said at the right time.
"Yuan Shu, you are really hateful!"
Looking at Yuan Shu, Cao Cao gritted his teeth.
"Humph!"
Yuan Shu snorted coldly and tilted his head to the side.
"Since you don't want to go, then I'll go Cao Cao!"
After Cao Cao finished speaking, he shook his hand and left.
"General Meng De later, Liu Bei is willing to go with the general."
Liu Bei grabbed Cao Cao.
"Worthy of the queen of the royal family!"
Cao Cao laughed.
"Two Yuan generals, to this day Liu Bei really doubts the loyalty of the two generals, whether this battle is to kill Dong Zhuo and support the Han family, or you to win over your subordinates and gather forces, Liu Bei really doesn't understand."
Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and the others said coldly, and left with Cao Cao after finishing speaking.
"What kind of thing are you Liu Bei, you dare to discipline someone even if you have a broken household!"
Yuan Shu scolded Liu Bei, Liu Bei did not look back to refute, and walked out with Cao Cao as always.
All the princes saw this scene, but no one said anything.
Early the next morning, Sun Ce learned the news that Cao Cao and Liu Bei had led their troops to leave.
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"Although Meng De left, Luoyang still had to be attacked, and Chuan ordered the whole army to attack Luoyang in three days."
Yuan Shao said in a solemn voice.
"No!"
Three days passed in a flash, and a large number of coalition troops and horses poured towards Luoyang, and the huge team was endless.
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"Fengxian, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend this Luoyang City!"
Zhang Liao said solemnly.
"This Luoyang City naturally can't hold it, and I don't plan to defend him, just hold on here for a day or two, and I'll leave later."
Lu Bu said with a smile.
"I'm afraid a day or two won't have much effect on Xiangguo!"
Zhang Liao said suspiciously.
"The coalition forces are not in harmony, as long as they are damaged in the siege, they will definitely have to recuperate after entering the city, and then try to do other things, this time is enough time for us to set up an ambush on the way to Chang'an."
Lu Bu said with an oath.
"This plan was also left by Mr. Jia Xu!"
"Indeed, this plan was left by Mr. Jia Xu, and this is the tip he sent before leaving."
Lu Bu now admires Jia Xu very much, and he is even ready to pull Jia Xu into his camp after arriving in Chang'an.
"Wen Yuan, you immediately send someone to order all the soldiers defending the city, tell them to defend the city with all their might, whether it is arrows or thunder stones and rolling wood, use as many as you want, and beat the fighting spirit of the coalition army."
Lu Bu said in high spirits.
"The last general understands!"
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"Siege!"
In just one day, most of the coalition forces rushed to Luoyang City, and the siege was directly launched.
"Brothers, let them see the power of my state army, and release the arrows!"
Zhang Liao roared angrily on the city tower, and countless arrows went straight to the siege army outside the city, and the battle between the two sides started in an instant.
As time went on, more and more coalition forces entered the battle, and the damage on both sides increased.
Due to Lu Bu's death order, the soldiers defending the city did not save at all, and the archers switched to archery, almost not stopping, and the thunder stones kept smashing down, so the coalition siege became extremely uncomfortable.
However, after only two days, the number of soldiers defending the city was decreasing at a terrible rate.
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"Lord, Luoyang City is on fire!"
Late at night, Xue Rengui broke into Sun Ce's room.
"Let's go, lead the troops into Luoyang City!"
Sun Ce hurriedly got up, in the past few days, Sun Ce had a premonition that Luoyang City would be burned, in his opinion, with Dong Zhuo's character, he would never leave a complete Luoyang City for the coalition army, so he kept sending people to keep an eye on Luoyang City, in order to be the first to enter Luoyang City and find the jade seal.
"No!"
At the same time, the news of the fire in Luoyang City also reached the ears of the princes, but they did not react as quickly as Sun Ce, and when Sun Ce led the troops to leave, they began to mobilize their troops and horses.
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