Chapter 119: Burning Luoyang

Dong Zhuo got Li Ru's plan, left Xu Rong to guard the tiger prison, and then led his troops back to Luoyang in the starry night. Immediately after returning to the city, he convened all the ministers in the court and said:

"Today's chaotic party is rampant, the enemy is very difficult to fight, a certain family is concerned with the Han family, and hundreds of thousands of rebellious troops are fighting on the front line of the Bishui Tiger Prison, and the soldiers under his command are loyal and brave to the country, although the disparity in numbers is still bloody battles, and there are many thieves. But how can my tens of thousands of soldiers be able to defeat hundreds of thousands of people in the rebel party? Now the tiger prison is in danger, General Xu Rong is still fighting desperately, a certain family is planning for the imperial court, can only escort Xixing, move the capital to Chang'an, a certain family is loyal, and the rebellious ministers and thieves are disturbing endlessly, alas......"

Dong Zhuo sighed after speaking, at this time he seemed to be a loyal and patriotic elder. All the ministers were shocked when they heard this, this move of the capital is not a trivial matter, but Dong Zhuo's attitude is indisputable, he can't help but look at each other, and he can't say anything for a while.

"Luoyang, the eastern capital, has been in decline for more than 200 years. My view of the prosperity is really in Chang'an, so today, move to the car, you and others should be promoted. Dong Zhuo saw that no one spoke, so he spoke again

Situ Yang Biao, Taiwei Huang Wan and others spoke one after another, but they were reprimanded by Dong Zhuo in the court, and even Shangshu Zhou Bi and City Gate Captain Wu Qiong were pushed out of the city gate and beheaded. Only the servant Qing Han Jue Nuo Nuo continued to speak, repeatedly praised Xiangguo Mingjian, Dong Zhuo laughed, very happy, and the ministers despised in their hearts, this Han Jue used to be the ten permanent servants of the party, and when the ten permanent servants were in turmoil, he was almost unsafe, and now he saw Dong Zhuo gaining power, so he flattered, thinking that this Han Zhuo is also a Wuyang family, but how can his character be so low?

Dong Zhuo's order has been issued, and the relocation of the capital will be carried out today, Li Ru said: "There is a shortage of money and grain today, and there are many rich households in Luoyang, but they have not entered the government." Those who are in Luoyang under the rebel party Yuan Shaozong will kill them and copy their families, and they will get a huge amount of money. Dong Zhuo knew in his heart that this was preparing to fabricate charges, and took advantage of the fire to rob, so he ordered five thousand iron horsemen to arrest the rich families in Luoyang, a total of thousands, and planted a big book on the head of the flag "Anti-Ministers and Rebels against the Party", and beheaded them outside the city to take their money.

At that time, Luoyang was prosperous, with hundreds of thousands of people, and Li Dao and Guo Yan led the army to drive the people to Chang'an. It was often hundreds of cavalry escorting thousands of people, intermingling, and those who were too late to see the road would be whipped and slashed, and those who died in the ravines were innumerable. Sergeant Xiliang's military discipline is bad again, yi

**Female, the matter of stealing people's food is not uncommon, and the cry of the people shakes the heavens and the earth.

Before Dong Zhuo left, he set fire to Zhumen, burned residents' houses, and set fire to Zongmiao Palace. The north and south palaces are connected by flames; The Changle palace is full of scorched earth. He also sent Lu Bu to excavate the tombs of the first emperor and his concubines and take their golden treasures. The Xiliang sergeant took advantage of the situation to dig the graves of the officials and the people, and the poor eastern capital Luoyang, which had been prosperous for two hundred years, was now a withered and ruined place, Dong Zhuo himself loaded thousands of cars with gold beads and satin goods, robbed the Son of Heaven and the concubine, and hundreds of officials and ministers, and went to Chang'an.

On the second day after Dong Zhuo left, Yuan Shao got the news, and immediately ordered the three armies to attack the city on a large scale, and he personally commanded the army, divided the army into five routes, and attacked day and night. However, the world is out of the tiger prison, the danger here is still better than the water, and Xu Rong is also a good general, the allies fought for three days and nights, although there were countless casualties, but they still couldn't take it. Yuan Shao had no choice but to order a halt to the attack, straighten out the soldiers, and then make calculations.

On this day, Yuan Shao was going to fight the city pass again after the whole army, but he heard the report of Ma Fei, saying that the defenders of the Tiger Prison Pass had all evacuated yesterday, and Xu Rong set up dummies and banners all over the city to think that he was a suspicious soldier, so he concealed it from the coalition army overnight.

Yuan Shao's face was overjoyed when he heard the news: "Now that the tiger prison is broken, there is no barrier in Luoyang, when you can go down in one fell swoop, the princes will follow me into the customs." Immediately led the troops into the tiger prison, but Cao Cao had a sad face, this Xu Rong used the troops calmly, how could he abandon the pass and escape? If you want to think about it, you must have a plan. Looking at Liu Yi again, he was also surprised, of course, this is what Lang Sheng pretended, everything that happened in front of him was like a mirror in his heart, this battle is here, I am afraid that it will die down.

Sure enough, when they entered the tiger prison, everyone climbed up and looked at it, but they saw that the sky in the west was fiery red and thick smoke was rising, which was the direction of Luoyang.

"Looking at that direction, it is the capital, is it Xu Rong's plan again?" Yuan Shaoxin said.

"Alliance leader, the front is full of fire, for some reason, I am willing to lead the people of the headquarters to investigate, the alliance leader leads the army, thinking that it is a backup, it is a matter of the safety of the Son of Heaven, a small injury of Liu is really not enough to worry about, and I hope that the alliance leader will order immediately!" Liu Yi stepped forward and said categorically, others didn't know what was going on, but he was clear in his heart, it must be Dong Zhuo who moved the capital and set fire to Luoyang, the book said that the jade seal can be in Luoyang! Later, Sun Jian got it, Liu Yi would not covet this thing, but he was innocent and guilty, rather than let Sun Jian's soldiers be defeated and die, it was better to try his best to let him change objects, and he asked to fight with injuries at this time, and he could show a loyal and patriotic heart in front of the princes, and there would be no danger in this way, so he also dispelled Yuan Shao's doubts with words.

"Lang Sheng is a patriotic heart, every day can be expressed, if the cavalry elite, the iron cavalry battalion is the leader of our coalition army, then I will bother Lang Sheng to investigate first, and quickly report the situation in front of him, and the army will arrive later, but Lang Sheng must be careful." Originally, Yuan Shao was afraid that it was a plan, but now he saw Liu Yi asking for his life, and he was in the middle of it, but he still praised him loudly, and also expressed his public heart, and all the princes also admired Liu Yi when they heard it.

"Alliance leader, this is probably Dong Zhuo's plan, and he insists on following Lang Sheng, thinking that he will respond." Sun Jian stepped forward to ask for his life, his words were sincere, Liu Yi once saved his life, but also a surprise attack on Bishui, the battle of the tiger prison, and made great achievements, although this time the injury was not light, but still courageously went forward, and admired in his heart, this trip to the coalition army, he has faintly regarded Liu Yi as a confidant, of course, he does not want to see him take care of himself, and he can take care of each other with his own peers.

"Wentai's words are very good, and there are two people who will have no worries when they go." Yuan Shao said loudly.

"No!" Liu Yi was a little crying and laughing at this time, originally he wanted to get rid of Sun Jian the most when he went to Luoyang, so he asked for his life to fight regardless of his injury, who knew that he was still walking with Sun Jian, but he also knew that this person's words were purely out of sincerity, and he was quite moved in his heart, after all, it was a risk to go to Luoyang at this time, so he bowed down with Sun Jian to receive the order and straightened out the soldiers and horses.

The distance of the tiger prison according to Luoyang is very close, the two roads are rushing into at full speed, it will not take long to come to Luoyang City, the scene in front of them at this time is surprising, the city is full of fires, see the situation has been burned for several days, still do not extinguish, enter the city only to see the ruins everywhere, the former extremely prosperous Han capital is already a ruin at this time.

"Dong Zhuo thief, dare to do this!" Seeing this scene, Liu Yi was even more furious. When he was an official in Luoyang, Luoyang City was so prosperous, and the crowds were surging, but the two hundred years of hard work of the Han Dynasty were lost in the hands of Dong Zhuo.

"Brother Wentai, please lead the people of the headquarters to extinguish the fire in the city first, and resolutely go to the palace to inspect the temple." Liu Yi remembered that the jade seal was left in the ruins of the palace city, so naturally he would not let Sun Jian go, but it was reasonable to make this arrangement in his clan identity.

"What Langsheng said is very true, and it should be so." Sun Jian did not doubt him, and when he heard this, he immediately led his subordinates to fight the fire, and he was also uneasy when he saw that the capital of the Han Dynasty was destroyed.

When Liu Yi came to the palace with his soldiers, it was the time when the fire was at its peak, and he felt a heat wave rolling in dozens of zhang away, covering an area of several miles, and the majestic Han Palace City was collapsing and collapsing in the raging fire at this time. Thinking of the past here, he couldn't help but scold Dong Zhuo's loser in his heart, this city burning fire is afraid that only the time when the overlord burned down Afang Palace can be compared, Xi Zhicai and the generals are also stunned when they see the tragic situation in front of them, and the prosperous eastern capital has not only spent many generations of hard work, but now it has been burned, this Dong Zhuo's crime is really innumerable, and it should be cut with a thousand cuts!

But no matter how angry everyone is, there is no way to save each other at the moment, Liu Yi can only let the soldiers try their best to get water, and first extinguish the places with fewer fires around, and this palace city can only wait for the fire to weaken before taking action, and at the same time, he also ordered someone to report to Yuan Shao quickly and tell him in detail.