Chapter Ninety-Six: Re-entering Luoyang

"Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun ordered you to bring 80,000 cavalry and quickly pursue Dong Zhuo, you must kill Dong Zhuo." I saw that since Dong Zhuojun in Luoyang had surrendered, leaving 20,000 to take care of, I asked Guan Yu and others to pursue him.

"The last general obeys!" Guan Yu waited for the order to come out and lead the army away.

"Zhang Ji, you will follow this king into Luoyang to extinguish the fire and save people, don't make trouble."

"The last will obey."

After that, the princes' armies all stayed outside the city, and only Cao Cao threw 3,000 horsemen to chase Dong Zhuo. It's a pity that Cao Cao made a clever detour to the path, but Zhongfu was killed and came back, which is a later story.

When I stepped into the gate of Luoyang, I saw that there was a great chaos in the city, and the cries of the people were everywhere. In order to escape, Dong Zhuo did not take away the people as in history, but burned the houses indiscriminately, hoping that the coalition forces could put out the fire and stop the pursuit.

I led the generals to lead 220,000 soldiers into the city, and the news spread quickly to get water to extinguish the fire and save people, while those coalition troops were watching jokes outside the city, and the scholars of the Eastern Han Dynasty took life too seriously.

Many people were shocked to see that Dong Zhuojun was back in a dense manner. The people were startled, and most of them turned their heads and fled to the side.

However, there are still some literate people who notice that the banner of this army is not Dong Zhuo's, and the color and style of the armor of the leading army are also different from Dong Zhuojun's.

Hunting in the wind, the fluttering battle flag is embroidered with the word King of Chu.

King of Chu? This is the army of the king of Chu! Many people wept with joy. The reputation of the King of Chu is also well-known for a long time, and everyone knows it.

"Lord Wang! Help us! "Many people knelt in front of my carriage and pleaded with tears in their eyes.

At this time, Chen Gong on the side said to me: "Lord, looking at the current situation in Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo should have been on the run for a long time, so let's stabilize the situation in Luoyang first!" ”

I glanced at the people kneeling in front of the carriage and said, "People, get up, Dong Zhuo has run away, those troops have been subdued by this king, Luoyang is safe, everyone doesn't need to be afraid, let's hurry up and put out the fire and keep our homeland!"

"Yes!" The people shouted in unison.

Seeing that more than 200,000 of the original Dong Zhuojun were busy fighting the fire, the people along the line cheered loudly and joined the firefighting ranks.

"Xu Chu, order the company commanders of the first division to take the soldiers of their own companies to patrol Luoyang City, there are evildoers, there is no forgiveness, and the rest of the soldiers will go straight to the palace with me!"

"Yes! Lord! Xu Chu was ordered to give orders, and then led people to different streets and alleys. I took Dian Wei and Xu Chu to lead 10,000 cavalry directly to the palace.

Along the way, as long as Dong Zhuobing encountered arson or robbery, he would be killed.

The army arrived in time, and Dong Zhuojun did not cause much damage and losses to the people.

For the arrival of the King of Chu, the vast majority of the people in Luoyang were in a complicated mood that was both excited and worried. They were excited that Dong Zhuojun, who usually plagued them, had finally suffered retribution; And the worry is that they don't know how the king of Chu will treat them ordinary people, if this king of Chu is also as arrogant and domineering as Dong Zhuojun, then it is really a wolf but a tiger.

The streets were deserted, and basically no people dared to go out. Everyone hid in their homes, looking at the Sky Wolf Rider and Dong Zhuo's old army who passed in front of the door from time to time with complicated eyes from the crack in the door.

How these Chu kings' armies treated the people, everyone doesn't know for the time being. But the first impression of the king of Chu to the people of Luoyang was majestic and imposing.

"Good boy! These cavalry are really scary! No wonder Dong Zhuo's army was scared away! In the Taibai Building, a shopkeeper looked at the passing wolf rider through the crack in the door, and couldn't help but sigh.

The other shopkeeper nodded sympathetically, and then said mysteriously, "King Chu once came to our inn, do you know?" ”

"Really! Tell me what's going on? ”

So the shopkeeper said the scene when the king of Chu first came to Luoyang as if he were a treasure. In the beginning, there was only one audience, but later on, the guests who stayed in the store also gathered around.

"This little brother, you're not bragging, are you?" A guest looked incredulous.

Questioned, the shopkeeper immediately swore by the sky.

Seeing that the shopkeeper swore by him, but the customer still felt a little incredulous, so he turned his attention to the shopkeeper. "Shopkeeper, you said, is this true?"

Everyone's eyes immediately converged on the shopkeeper who was yawning on the side.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the shopkeeper took a sip of tea very pretentiously, and just when everyone was in a hurry to attack, he said slowly: "There is indeed such a thing." Because this Taibai Mansion is the property of the King of Chu, our owner is also a subordinate of the King of Chu. ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The reason why they care so much about this matter is purely out of their own safety. If the King of Chu is indeed the owner of this shop, then the personal and property safety of the merchants who live in the store will be guaranteed.

When I arrived at the treasury, I saw a large warehouse in a mess, and the floor was littered with wooden boxes and cotton silks that had been turned over. The treasury is considered to have been lost, and most of the reserves and the people's fat and ointment that Dong Zhuo has looted over the years have been taken away by Dong Zhuo.

I didn't stay here long, and led his men directly to the palace.

It took the army more than half a day to extinguish the fire. At this time, Luoyang City was completely under the control of our army.

At the beginning, when they were about to escape, Dong Zhuo and his cronies left Luoyang with many precious gold and jade treasures that they could carry with them and led 100,000 soldiers. Dong Zhuo was also accompanied by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and a group of royal family members.

Behind Dong Zhuo was a team of officials and courtiers who escorted various ministries. Dong Zhuojun was not polite to these old men at all. Due to the limited number of carriages, many people were often stuffed into the same carriage, and these usually high-ranking officials were really miserable, but they dared not speak out. Because those who complained had been killed on the spot, and then abandoned in the wilderness, those officials and masters who were in the same car with him had to endure the pungent smell of blood and did not dare to make any more complaints.

These who can get on the bus are still given special treatment. A considerable number of lower-level officials and their families were not even treated as a crowd, and they had to march on foot. Dong Zhuojun's soldiers thought they were walking too slowly, and often punched and kicked them, and even whipped them, treating them like animal slaves.

So a strange scenery appeared on the official road from Luoyang to the west. A group of well-dressed officials and their relatives were crying and screaming as the soldiers shouted and cursed.

However, not all officials were treated like this, and those ministers who had a good relationship with Dong Zhuo were still treated with considerable courtesy. For example, Cai Yong, a university scholar. Dong Zhuojun was very polite to these people, and these people had their own carriages.

Cai Yong's double-bridled carriage was very wide, and Cai Yong sat in it with his wife and daughter. In the middle of the car was a small table, on which there were some wine, meat, melons and fruits, and the treatment they received was really different from that of other courtiers. Despite this, the three of them did not look very good, and Cai Yong sat there and sighed from time to time.

Cai Wenji lifted the curtain of the car and glanced out, then put down the curtain and said, "Father, Dong Zhuo fled west in such a panic!" Could it be that the Kwantung princes broke the Bishui Pass? ”

Cai Yong nodded, "It should be like this, otherwise why would Dong Zhuo run, and he would run so frightened." ”

Cai Wenji showed a look of surprise, "I heard that Dong Zhuojun is a tiger and wolf!" How could the Kwantung princes defeat Dong Zhuojun in such a short time and break the Bishui Pass? ”