Chapter 178: To Chase or Not to Chase?
Li Ru did not answer this question directly, but slightly diverted the topic and said: "Xiangguo, Confucianism thinks that when you withdraw from Luoyang City immediately, the alliance of the princes is probably not far away!" ”
Hearing this, Dong Zhuo's original smile full of abuse on his face suddenly disappeared, leaving only a black and ruthless one. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
He will never forget the humiliation brought to him by the alliance of princes, although in front of the high-level of the Xiliang Army, he pretended that he was not unhappy because of the defeat, but in his heart he secretly kept this account in the corner forever, waiting, lurking, if there is a chance in the future, I am afraid that he will show his fangs.
"Hmph, Yuan Shao dog thief! If this revenge is not avenged, I will be damned by heaven and thunder! ”
With a wave of his sleeves, Dong Zhuo shouted, and his fat body trembled with his angry words, and it seemed that the fat on his body would fall from his clothes in the next moment.
Li Ru secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, and arched his hand: "Xiangguo, his subordinates still have a plan, I don't know if I should say it or not!" ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say it!"
Dong Zhuo waved his hand, and he didn't care. At this moment, he himself had just finished making an oath, his face was full of spirit, the author said that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, ten years is not too late, this sentence was firmly remembered by Dong Zhuo.
"Confucianism means that we moved the capital to Chang'an, this Luoyang is naturally useless, it is better to burn it with a fire, and not leave anything useful for the coalition army!" Li Ru's face was full of sinister smiles, and the sinister look in his eyes almost overflowed.
Dong Zhuo was still a little hesitant when he heard this, after all, Luoyang City was the capital of the Han Dynasty, and there was always a feeling of discomfort in his heart when such a fire was burned.
Li Ru's wisdom naturally didn't need to be said, he could see at a glance what Dong Zhuo was worried about, and arched his hand: "Xiangguo, if today's sons are in your hands, what is the calculation of just one capital, we have to let the coalition army know that if you offend Xiangguo Tianwei, all that will be left to them is the misery of life!" ”
Dong Zhuo's mind was running wildly, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and waved his big hand: "After everyone leaves Luoyang for ten miles, set fire to the city!" ”
In one sentence, the fate of Luoyang City was decided.
An army of more than 100,000 accompanied two million people on the journey, the formation was huge, and the ground was full of human figures, and there was no end in sight, as if it was connected to the sky.
Hundreds of people carried their belongings and walked forward slowly, and there were several Xiliang soldiers behind them standing behind them urging, and from time to time they raised their long whips and whipped them fiercely, causing a scream.
The fire lasted for hundreds of miles, I am afraid that this fire can be seen from a far, far away, the people's houses, the temple, the palace, the north and south two palaces, all burned to ashes, the flames are in the sky, and the Changle Palace is full of scorched earth! The fire was out of control, and the smoke billowed into the sky, choking people incomparably.
Dong Zhuo personally took care of the young emperor and the Son of Heaven, and the concubines in the harem were all guarded by the black armor soldiers, all the way to Chang'an, rushing non-stop.
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After Sun Jian led the army away, the princes of the Nineteenth Road became the veritable princes of the Eighteenth Road, and after defeating Dong Zhuo's army, they led the troops into the pass, easily broke the thousands of troops left behind in the Tiger Prison Pass, and drove straight in, all the way to Luoyang City.
The princes of the Eighteenth Road were in the vanguard of Cao Cao's army, and more than 10,000 military horses walked quickly, and soon arrived not far from Luoyang City.
Lu Xiangsheng behind him stepped forward slightly and arched his hand: "This must be that Li Ru's trick, doing this is completely because he doesn't want to leave any benefits to our coalition forces, his heart can be punished, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" Lu Xiangsheng's tone was full of murderous intent, although he was dressed as a scribe at this time, but his martial arts were not even weaker than Li Dian.
"Dong thief actually didn't put my big man in his eyes like this, coerced the young emperor, killed the young emperor, humiliated the queen, captured Concubine Bin, burned the capital, this revenge is not avenged, I Cao Cao deserves the punishment of thunder!" Cao Cao looked up to the sky and roared angrily, his voice was full of sadness, once upon a time, the great man became like this, and the emperor was led by the nose.
"Lord, from the perspective of his subordinates, extinguishing the fire is the most important thing at the moment!" Looking at Cao Cao, who was so angry that his cheeks were even wet with tears, Lu Xiangsheng secretly sighed in his heart and said helplessly.
Cao Cao was awakened, wiped away the tears on his face, there was no trace of sadness on his face, he regained his expressionlessness, waved his big hand, and shouted: "The whole army extinguishes the fire!" ”
There is a moat outside Luoyang City, the soldiers filled the river with the wooden barrels of the army to put food, and struggled to extinguish the fire, at this time the fire has been burning for half an hour, the entire Luoyang City has become most of the ruins, the fire is no longer as big as it was at the beginning, more than 10,000 soldiers, it only took nearly two hours, to extinguish the fire.
"Lord, according to the traces left behind, it is likely that Dong Thief will take the millions of people of Luoyang City and the Xiliang army all the way to the west, and the place he will go to is likely to be Chang'an!" Lu Xiangsheng wiped the sweat on his forehead, and he also carried a wooden barrel to put out the fire, and after the concerted efforts of all the soldiers, the fire was extinguished.
"Chang'an ....." Cao Cao muttered slightly, his eyes flicked to Chang'an in the west, his eyes were full of confusion.
At this time, the subsequent princes of the Seventeenth Route also arrived with their troops.
Cao Cao introduced all the high-level officials of the Seventeenth Road into the tent, and asked Yuan Shao directly: "Now that Dong thief is leading the army to flee westward, we can pursue it overnight, and we will definitely be able to save thousands of people from his hands, and maybe we can save the young emperor!" ”
Yuan Shao frowned slightly when he heard this: "At this time, the military horses of your colleagues are already exhausted, how can you attack overnight, this matter is not appropriate!" ”
One sentence angered Cao Cao, who was usually calm, his eyes were wide open like copper bells, he looked at the rest of the seventeen princes, and hissed: "Dong thief burned the palace, robbed the Son of Heaven, the sea shook, I don't know where to go, when the day dies, the world is decided in a battle, why don't you doubt it!" ”
Cao Cao was still loyal to the Han family at this time, and he was absolutely stupid and loyal to the Han family, at this time Dong Zhuo led the army to flee west, if he was quick to whip up, he would definitely be able to beat him all over his body, but these people in front of him didn't seem to have the idea of chasing him, which couldn't help but make Cao Cao's heart feel cold.
Yang Feng stood in the crowd, looking at Cao Cao with an angry face, his heart was full of entanglement.
Is this on Cao Cao's side, or on Yuan Shao's side?
It's a big problem..............