Chapter 24: The Great Fire of Luoyang

As soon as the sky dawned, Sun Jian took his subordinates to march towards the Tiger Pass with high morale, as the Jiangdong Tigers with the highest combat effectiveness of the princes' coalition army, he has great confidence in the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, in the allied army, except for the white horse Yicong brought by Gongsun Zhan, there are no soldiers under the princes who can compete with the Jiangdong soldiers under his command, but the white horse Yicong is a cavalry, and is not good at attacking the city, so the first merit of the siege war, he Sun Wentai must be taken down as a person, in order to show his prestige as a Jiangdong tiger.

"Lord, we were cheated by Yuan Shu once before? I won't be cheated by anyone else this time! On the march, Cheng Pu, the old subordinate behind him, said with some worry. The last lesson was just a few days ago, and the scene is still vivid in my mind.

"This time it shouldn't be, last time we were the vanguard army, Yuan Shu took advantage of the loophole, cut off our army's food and grass, and caused us to be attacked by Huaxiong, this time the alliance has all been opened to this tiger prison, and Dong thieves fight day and night, this is the righteousness, if anyone dares to make a hindrance at this time, he will definitely be scolded by the world, he Yuan Highway can have this kind of courage? What's more, the leader of the Yuan alliance acted fairly and would not let his younger brother Hu come, otherwise he, the alliance leader, would not want to serve the public. Sun Jian shook his head, if there is such a dirty thing happening this time, it can only mean that the allied army is completely hopeless, then he will definitely not say a word, and go back to his Changsha directly.

"Father, this time I must make a meritorious contribution in this battle!" The eldest son Sun Ce beside him went to the battlefield for the first time, his face was full of excitement, and he was ready to go.

"Hahahaha, good! The son of my grandson's family must be famous for his martial arts, and he deserves to be my son! Looking at the son beside him who had surpassed him in bravery, Sun Jian's expression was full of appreciation, and he laughed.

"Report to the lord, there seems to be something wrong ahead!" At this moment, the spies in front suddenly turned around and reported.

"Tell me about it!" Sun Jian asked.

"The humble post just found out in front of me, and when the tiger prison is closed, there are only a few old and weak soldiers! It seems, it seems that there are no heavy guards at all! The spy said hesitantly. It was difficult for him to explain this strange phenomenon.

"This, Dong thief, what kind of trick are you playing again, speed up the march, let's go and see!" Sun Jian frowned, and immediately gave an order, and the whole army rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass.

"That's true!" When they came to the Tiger Prison Pass, everyone suddenly found that what the spies said was true, and there were only less than 100 old and weak people guarding the majestic pass.

"Send five hundred athletes up to find out the situation!" Seeing this, Sun Jian immediately sent 500 soldiers up, but before the battle began, those old and weak soldiers took the initiative to surrender.

"What about the Dong thief?" Sun Jian hurriedly rushed to the pass in person, pulled up a prisoner and interrogated.

"Taishi, he led the army to retreat, yesterday's retreat was prepared, General Xu and Taishi left with the troops, leaving only a few of our wounded soldiers to confuse the general, general, you must not kill us!" Being stared at by Sun Jian's fierce general, the captive suddenly trembled with fright.

"Damn! This Dong Zhuo is so courageless! Sun Jian was furious when he heard this, and threw down the prisoner in his hand fiercely, he wanted to do it with great momentum, but he didn't expect such an oolong to appear.

"Lord, look, there are bursts of smoke coming out of the direction of Luoyang! There is a faint fire! At this time, Huang Gai seemed to have discovered a new situation and exclaimed.

"It's not good, there's a fire in Luoyang!" Sun Jian looked at it in a blink of an eye, and immediately discovered the seriousness of the matter, although the Tiger Prison Pass was the last guard of Luoyang, but it was still some distance away from the city, and this fire could be seen so clearly from such a distance, I am afraid that it would be a huge fire that has not been encountered in a hundred years.

"Send someone to inform Yuan Meng Master immediately! Everyone else went with me to Luoyang to find out! At this time, under the critical situation, Sun Jian didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately took his soldiers and hurried to Luoyang.

"What? Dong thief has already retreated? Luoyang lost a fire? The princes who were waiting for Sun Jian's good news in the Chinese army camp stood up in shock when they heard the news.

"Quick! The whole army is heading for Luoyang at full speed! Yuan Shao reacted and immediately waved his army straight down.

Under the rapid march, the allied army soon arrived in Luoyang, and saw the sky-rushing fire, the ruthless fire seemed to have filled the entire Luoyang, and there were earth-shattering tongues of fire everywhere, and the sky was actually dyed red in this daytime, as dazzling as a phoenix spreading its wings, but at this time, the princes did not have any intention of appreciating this kind of scenery, and looked at the capital of the Han Dynasty with a low expression. Such an earth-shattering fire could not have been caused by a natural disaster at all, and the princes were not fools, so how could they have imagined that Dong Zhuo did it intentionally.

"Your Majesty, our battle is not good, not only did we fail to save you and the hundred officials out of the sea of suffering, but I can't imagine that even this imperial capital Luoyang will be annihilated!" Among the princes, some of the weak Kong Rong Taoqian and a few people knelt on the ground at this time, and they were already crying.

"Brute Dong Zhuo, Luoyang is the capital of my Han Dynasty, he dares to do this!" Yuan Shao was so angry that he pulled out his long sword and kept chopping the debris around him to vent his anger.

"Dong Zhuo, you are really ruthless!" Cao Cao, who had always been calm, also changed his face at this time, his hands were firmly clenched into fists, and his eyes showed a glint of hatred. No matter what kind of selfishness these princes have, what kind of small interests they have, but after all, they still have their hearts towards the Han Dynasty, even if they are as heroic as Cao Cao, they don't have much ambition at this time, they just want to make meritorious deeds and become extremely popular ministers in the future.

"My lord, don't be sad anymore, let's put out the fire first!" Lu An sighed lightly, helped Kong Rong up from the ground, and spoke. He is the only one among the people who can remain calm, not only because he does not have deep feelings for the Han Dynasty, but also because he has already known about this catastrophe through the history books of later generations, I am afraid that after this time, these princes will be completely dead and desperate for the Han Dynasty!

"Fight the fire, quickly, all soldiers, immediately find a well, find a river, and be sure to extinguish the fire quickly!" At this time, all the princes also slowly calmed down, and assigned their soldiers to extinguish the fire.

With the rapid operation of hundreds of thousands of troops, the fire was quickly controlled, and it was only a matter of time before it was destroyed, but at this time, the entire Luoyang was almost burned into ruins, and the original most gorgeous palace was also left with broken bricks and tiles at this time, only some tall pillars that remained in the flames could be vaguely seen, the prototype of the previous magnificent building.