Chapter 31: Robbing People

"What do you say? The national thief Dong Zhuo wants to leave? Where to? ”

Sun Jian was willing to be the pioneer of Dagu Pass this time, and he was already expecting to kill Dong Zhuo.

Hearing Lu Bu say that Dong Zhuo was going to run away, he suddenly felt that he had missed the opportunity.

"Will there be a chase when you retreat?"

Lu Bu asked Sun Jian.

Sun Jian shook his head, the last time he fought with the Xiliang army, it had been two days since this time.

With a red rabbit horse, Lu Bu took the lead in galloping in the direction of Dagu Pass.

And the state wolf rider followed.

"Turn around, keep up."

Sun Jian gave the order, and the soldiers trotted all the way back to Dagu Pass.

When Sun Jian returned to the pass, he found Lu Bu's cavalry, lined up in formation, and waited for him for a long time.

Sun Jian looked at the head of the checkpoint, and there was no one on it.

"This ......"

What will the Otani Gatekeeper be up to? Is it tempting him to siege the city?

"The defenders of the Kannai have all been evacuated."

Lu Bu's words were like a blow to the head, hitting Sun Jian hard.

"Build a ladder and attack the city."

At the sound of an order, the foot soldiers of the Jiangdong Army lifted a long ladder and erected it on the city wall.

Sun Jian took the lead in climbing and was the first to rush to the top of the city.

Open the door.

The heavy gate of the checkpoint slowly opened, and Lu Bu led the cavalry to rush through the checkpoint first.

Without saying hello to Sun Jian, he went straight to Luoyang, leaving Zhang Liao with 500 people to take care of the grain, grass and horses.

Sun Jian saw the extra horses and asked Zhang Liao about the war horses.

Zhang Liao shook his head and said that there was no need to discuss, only Gongsun Du of Liaodong was doing the matter of selling horses.

The state does not sell horses, nor does it want to sell horses.

Sun Jian left with a disappointed face and led his troops to Luoyang.

……

When Lu Bu arrived in Luoyang City, he found that thick smoke was billowing from the imperial capital, and the fire had spread to the buildings at the head of the city.

Occasionally, a few people at the gate were holding their heads and running around, and there were many corpses lying on the official road, some of which had begun to erode and emit a foul smell.

Ignoring the unpleasant smell, Lu Bu launched a pursuit in the direction of the accumulation of corpses.

Encountering a few homeless people in front, Lu Bu rode forward and stopped them.

"The official spares his life!"

The homeless people immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and kowtowed.

"How long has Dong Zhuo been away from Luoyang?"

Lu Bu frowned.

"Three days."

"Chase!"

Dong Zhuo moved the capital, it must be in the direction of Chang'an, and with a large number of people, property, grain and grass, the journey will not be too fast.

Unless he doesn't care about these and arrives in Chang'an first.

Lu Bu didn't think so, and suddenly one day the glory and wealth were inexhaustible, and it was impossible to give up these things easily.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift!

The wolf rider rolled up a puff of smoke, and the sound of the horse's hooves became quieter and quieter.

It wasn't until the sound died down completely that the homeless people got up from the ground.

"Let's go, go south to Jingzhou to avoid trouble."

Jingzhou is located in the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, there are few wars at the moment, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion in previous years has rarely been affected, so it is the best choice for the surviving Luoyang people.

……

After riding his horse and chasing for a long time, Lu Bu finally saw a team of homeless people who looked like a long dragon.

There were a few cavalry around the homeless, patrolling back and forth.

Lu Bu sped up his march and let the red rabbit horse soar quickly, and along the side of the homeless team, he saw that the cavalry dressed in the Xiliang army was smashed one by one.

Since using Fang Tian's halberd, smashing from top to bottom has been Lu Bu's favorite move.

Originally, it was more domineering with a mace, but that thing was too ugly.

Every time he saw the enemy's head smashed into his chest, Lu Bu would feel an inexplicable pleasure that emanated from his wrist to his whole body.

A burst of tingling.

"Fun."

Lu Bu was so killed that all the homeless people next to him stopped, not daring to advance for half a minute.

I was afraid that the butcher in front of me would smash himself into a meatloaf as a Xiliang soldier.

"You wait here, don't move, wait for a certain family to return from killing the enemy!"

Lu Bu put down a sentence, carried the halberd, and pursued the Xiliang soldiers.

[This is the tiger entering the flock, the anchor killed too fiercely. 】

[Don't move, just here, wait for me to buy oranges! ] 】

[How strong does this anchor have to be to smash a person's head into his chest? 】

There are more people who have died, and the Xiliang soldiers have become smarter.

Flee in all directions.

After making sure that there were no Xiliang soldiers around this group of displaced people, Lu Bu ran around the team, estimating the number of people in his heart.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, as a warlord, what is the difference between not robbing people and salted fish?

Population is the basic factor that determines victory or defeat.

Rob!

There are about seventy or eighty thousand people, the specific number is not known, this should be the last wave of migrating people, and it is also an obstacle set up by Dong Zhuo to stay to resist the pursuit of the princes.

In other words, these people were abandoned by the people who paid for the burning of Luoyang.

Otherwise, there would not be only hundreds of Xiliang soldiers.

Luoyang has been burned to the ground, and all the savings of the Han Dynasty for many years have been scraped by Dong Zhuo to Chang'an Dock Fort.

This group of displaced people is homeless and has no way out.

"Come back to the state with me, I won't starve you."

After Lu Bu waited until Zhang Liao caught up, he asked Zhang Liao to lead 500 horsemen and escort the 70,000 or 80,000 homeless people, as well as grain, grass, property, and horses, to Jiguan in the north of Luoyang.

The Liangzhou army has all migrated to Chang'an, and the Sanfu area of Luoyang has long been empty, and there is no defender in Jiguan, so Zhang Yang will soon be able to come in and join Zhang Liao.

Lu Bu was unwilling, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos again, so he led more than 6,000 wolf riders to continue to pursue Dong Zhuo.

On the official road leading to Chang'an, there is a place where the terrain is a canyon, with low to high trees on both sides.

Lu Bu reined in the reins, glanced at the depths of the canyon from a distance, and finally sighed.

If you're unlucky, don't chase it, and wait for the people behind to take this mine.

"Go back, go back to Luoyang to pick up the leak!"

At the sound of an order, the wolf rider turned his horse's head and marched in the direction of Luoyang.

……

Peaks on the canyon, densely wooded.

"Why don't you chase it?"

Zhang Ji muttered to himself.

Fan Chou, on the other side, also looked at the distant Bingzhou wolf ride with incomprehensible eyes.

……

In the city of Luoyang, Sun Jian's soldiers are extinguishing the fire.

After several days of burning, the high temperature in Luoyang City was unbearable, and the lips of Sun Jian and the soldiers soon cracked.

"Look around and see if there is any well water!"

Huang Gai couldn't help it, and some of the soldiers were dehydrated.

Several people sat on the ruins of the palace, regardless of the heat on the ground, and just lay down and gasped.

"Report, I found a well, and there was a dead palace maid in it, and a jade stone was found from the other party."

A soldier knelt down on one knee and held a jade stone aloft.

"Bring it in."

Sun Jian commanded.

Starting with the jade, Sun Jian looked at it twice, and there were eight words at the bottom.

Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity!

"What is this?"

"Heirloom Jade Seal!"

"Be cautious, whisper."

Sun Jian immediately issued a gag order, strictly prohibiting the surrounding soldiers from leaking this matter.

"Go, go back to Jiangdong, leave immediately, don't stay!"

One of the soldiers, taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, quietly blended into the corner of the wall and disappeared from everyone's view.

……

When Lu Bu led the wolf cavalry to Luoyang, he couldn't see any Jiangdong soldiers at all.

This is to get the jade seal, right? Run so fast!