The east has been slightly white, the two morning stars are extremely dazzling, and the dawn is coming, but Luoyang City is like hell on earth.

Ma Chao did not dare to underestimate Li Dao, Guo Yan and the others, as well as the Xiliang soldiers under them. Xiliang has been in turmoil for more than 50 years due to the Qiang, and the people of Liangzhou have been defeated, but at the same time, they have also created a group of elite soldiers in a hundred battles.

In history, the Xiliang military group also played an extremely important role and was a force to be reckoned with in the late Han Dynasty, the strongest of which was Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was born in Xiliang and did not have any political background, the reason why he was able to grow bigger step by step was that in addition to his own ability, the support of the local Qiang leaders was the main reason.

Dong Zhuo is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very shrewd, his shortcomings are the defects of his surname, and he can even be said to be perverted, in addition, he cannot control the Xiliang Qiang soldiers under his command. These Qiang soldiers have been in the war-torn land for a long time, and they have already been captured and taken into surnames, even more so than Han Sui's troops. After Dong Zhuo's death in history, several generals under him still held the Son of Heaven hostage and occupied Guanzhong for several years, and none of the Kwantung princes dared to attack King Qinzhong in Guanzhong. The combined forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui once attacked Chang'an, but ended in a fiasco, which shows that Dong Zhuo's position as the overlord of the world is not a false talk.

In history, the princes of Kwantung begged Dong, and Dong Zhuo retreated to Guanzhong for reasons such as grain and grass supply and strategic deployment, and plundered the wealth and population of the Luoyang area. On the surface, the Kwantung princes won, but in fact the victor was Dong Zhuo. Throughout the battles of the princes against Dong, only Sun Jian really defeated Dong Zhuo, and that was because Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen and Lu Bu did not agree, and the battle of Bishui Pass and the battle of Tiger Prison Pass did not have actual victories.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo also implemented the tactics of clearing the wilderness, making it impossible for the Kwantung princes to pursue. Cao Ying was not able to measure his strength, and wanted to pursue Dong Zhuo with his newly recruited Xiangyong, but was defeated by the ambush arranged by Li Ru, and the battle of Rongyang almost did not let Xu Rong kill him.

It can be seen that Dong Zhuo's generals such as Li Ru, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Xu Rong, Zhang Xiu, Hua Xiong and others are by no means straw bales, and Ma Chao understands this and leads an army of 60,000 to fight. These 60,000 people are the most elite troops under him, and the purpose is to completely eliminate or absorb the rest of Dong Zhuo's troops, even if they can't, they must take Liu Xie into their hands.

Li Ru and the others were caught off guard, and they couldn't figure out how many soldiers and horses Ma Chao had. Moreover, Zhang Xiu saw Lu Bu fleeing, for fear that his hometown Nanyang would be lost, so he had taken the first step to lead the army back to Wancheng overnight. There are only more than 50,000 trilogies of Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou, and the advantage in strength is not large, and it is extremely scattered, and they are defeated and retreated by Ma Chao's 30,000 elite soldiers.

Li Ru finally understood at this moment that he and the others had fallen for Ma Chao's plan to kill people with a knife, but he couldn't understand how the Tiger Prison Pass could be broken so quickly? Could it be that Niu Fu defected to the enemy? But the current situation does not allow him to think too much, Ma Chao's army has been killed to the palace, Li Dao and Guo Yan are organizing people to defend the palace, and the two sides are attacking and defending, and there is a stalemate.

At dawn, the 30,000 infantry troops surnamed Gao Shun, Wen Ping and Cao also rushed to Luoyang City, so they occupied an overwhelming advantage. Guo Yan and others, who commanded the defense, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly discussed countermeasures with Li Ru.

Li Ru frowned, and said in a deep voice: "We have all become the murderous knife in Ma Chao's hands, I didn't expect Ma Chao to be so far-sighted, and he had to arrange a soldier and horse in Luoyang City a long time ago, and it didn't come in handy until now!" ”

Guo Yan said: "Now that the Tiger Prison Pass is lost, the families of you and I have fallen into the hands of Ma Chao, and the palace will not be guarded for long, can the military advisor have a good plan?" ”

Li Ruluo pondered for a while: "Ma Chao's important person is only the Son of Heaven, and the future of our wait is all on the Son of Heaven!" ”

Li Wei's heart moved, and he frowned: "Could it be that the military master wants to surrender to Ma Chao?" ”

"Definitely!" Li Ru shook his head and said: "We have lost the fundamental place, just like a rootless Ping, now taking refuge in Ma Chao is just the next policy, and maximizing interests is the best policy!" ”

Fan Chou said: "Please also ask the military advisor to speak clearly!" ”

Li Ru said: "Luoyang City will give up completely if it can't hold the surname Suo, and we should preserve the vitality to coerce the Son of Heaven and the ministers to retreat to Rongyang to defend it, so that the princes of the eastern part of the country will not watch the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of Ma Chao." At that time, whoever offers good conditions, we will dedicate the Son of Heaven to whom! This will ensure a worry-free future! ”

Li Dao and Guo Yan agreed one after another, and Fan Chou inevitably hesitated because his family was in Hanguguan. Seeing this, Li Ru persuaded him: "General Fan doesn't have to worry about his family, as I expected, Ma Chao will never let the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of other princes, who else in this world can offer higher conditions than Ma Chao?" I'm just trying to change from passive to proactive! ”

Fan Chou was relieved, frowned, and said: "Ma Chao and I are equal to Xiliang, and we will not rush to kill them all if we want to, so according to what the military advisor said!" ”

Li Ru said: "Without further ado, in case Ma Chao breaks through the palace, it will be too late, I and General Li coerce the Son of Heaven and the ministers to take the first step, General Guo and General Fan are broken, as long as they cross Luoshui, they are not afraid of Ma Chao chasing after them!" ”

After the discussion, the four of them immediately went their separate ways, and Li Ru and Guo Yan sent people to catch Liu Xiehe and all the ministers into the carriage, and led 10,000 troops from the east gate to Rongyang, which was a hundred miles away. Li Dao and Guo Yan led their troops to fight and retreat, and after 40,000 horses left the east gate, they also retreated straight to Rongyang.

Ma Chao captured the palace, but there were only some palace maids and eunuchs, and the ground was in disarray, how could there be Liu Xie's shadow? After pondering for a while, he decided to fight steadily, he didn't want to fight with Li Ru and others to the end, it would only be a lose-lose situation.

Afterwards, more than 8,000 people were killed and wounded, and the minor injuries could not be counted, and the killings could not be counted, because Luoyang City was full of corpses, including those of the Xiliang Army, some of their own people, and many ordinary people's and Lu Bu and others' damaged troops, which were tens of thousands.

After counting the treasury again, Ma Chao couldn't help laughing, Dong Zhuo sent troops to loot everywhere, and now hundreds of carts of gold, silver, jewelry and other valuables are all here, whether it is Lu Bu or Li Ru, no one has time to take them away. The grain and grass in the city are also filled with several granaries, enough for two or three million hundreds, which can be described as a full bowl.

Although the palace is dilapidated, the main buildings are basically intact, and the loss of several places where books are stored in Biyong, Dongguan, Lantai, Shimur, Xuanming, and Hongdu is also limited. The Son of Heaven and the ministers were hastily robbed by Li Ru, but almost all of their families were in Luoyang City, and most of them were safe. Only Wang Yun, Huangfu Song, Huang Qi and Gai Xun were wiped out, and only some female dependents and subordinates were spared.

Ma Chao ordered people to bury him, after all, these four people are all contemporary celebrities and loyal ministers of the Han family. And the family record that Wang Yun worked hard to cultivate was directly occupied by Ma Chao, and it was also called an official record. The next thing is to pacify the people, clean up the battlefield, and burn the corpses.

After this battle, Ma Chao pocketed Hanoi County and Luoyang City, as well as Tiger Pass, Mengjindu, and Pingjindu, and then sent Chen Zhi, Gao Shun, and Wenpin to lead 20,000 troops to occupy Yingchi, Caoyang, and Hongnong in the west of Luoyang, and the army approached Hangu Pass, the western gateway of Luoyang. Xu Huang, who was stationed in Fenglingdu under Tongguan, also raised 10,000 troops after the order, approaching Hangu Pass.

Hangu Pass was only guarded by more than 10,000 people, how to block the attack from both sides, as soon as the two armies arrived, Fan Chou's deputy general Li Meng surrendered to the pass. Since then, all the Sili areas have fallen into the hands of Ma Chao, except for Henan Yi.

However, he said that after Lu Bu fled to Yongning City, he was also sleepy and lacking, but he did not dare to stay here for a long time, and after a short rest, he gathered his subordinates to discuss the way out. Later, at the suggestion of Zhang Yang, he decided to go to Yuzhou to seek refuge with Yuan Shao, which was also a helpless move, Lu Bu fled in a hurry, and he didn't bring out any food, and it was already a blessing to be able to pick up his family.

What should I do if I have soldiers and no food? Except for looting, it's just a way to defect to others. It is impossible to defect to Ma Chao, Liu Biao has Zhang Xiu entrenched there, and Liu Biao has always had dealings with Li Ru, Li Dao and others, only Yuan Shao can defect. Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui and younger brother Yuan Shu both died because of Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo to sell Yuan Shao a big favor.

Yuan Shao, who was in Ruyang, was not happy at all when he heard that Lu Bu was coming, he knew that Lu Bu was a person, and Lu Bu had robbed all the way, and he didn't take him Yuan Shao seriously at all. But Lu Bu was a great contributor to getting rid of Dong Zhuo, and he had to accept it. After pondering for a long time, he summoned his subordinates Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and Xin Ping to discuss.

Feng Jiyan said: "Lu Bu is brave and unscrupulous, and he forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, and the lord must not be entrusted with reuse!" ”

Yuan Shao said: "I don't know, but after all, Lu Bu is a hero who is not a great contributor to Dong, and it is not easy to refuse people thousands of miles away!" ”

Feng Ji pondered for a while: "This matter is easy, Lu Bu fled in a hurry, there is no food in his hands, and the army is unstable, the lord can place it in Yingchuan County, provide him with food and grass for him to attack the rest of the Dong thief, no matter whether he wins or loses, it is beneficial to the lord!" ”

Yuan Shao felt reasonable and acted according to the plan. But as soon as Lu Bu was sent away, another important news reached Ruyang, Ma Chao captured Luoyang, and Li Ru, Li Dao and other Dong thieves took the Son of Heaven hostage and fled to Rongyang.

Yuan Shao couldn't sit still for a while, and after consulting with his advisers, he personally led the generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Lu Yi to lead an army of 50,000 to Bishui Pass. Although he is unwilling to admit that Dong Zhuo has established the Son of Heaven, Liu Wei is dead, and there is only one Liu Xie in the world who can rightfully inherit the throne, if he can control it, the benefits are self-evident.

Not only Yuan Shao, but also the princes of Cao Ying, Liu Dai, and Zhang Miao in Yanzhou also raised troops and went to Bishui Pass.

Now that the Han family has fallen to the extreme, who doesn't want to get a piece of the pie? But coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes requires strength, and not a cat or a dog can do it. The reason why Cao Ying was able to succeed in history was because Yuan Shao did not compete with him, and Cao Ying promised him a lot of benefits in order to stabilize Yuan Shao, such as the position of general.

Ma Chao was not in a hurry to march to Rongyang, because the families of Li Ru, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou were all in his hands, and Li Wei's nephew was also imprisoned in Yecheng, so he was not worried that Li Ru would sacrifice the Son of Heaven to outsiders. (To be continued.) )