181 A fire in winter

Guo Taizheng was sitting in a precarious position, and at this time, he was also a little ownerless.

Because the situation has developed to this point, it is beyond his control and expectations, before, he had planned to provoke Li Dao and Guo Yan in the imperial court, and then together with the scholars led by the three dukes, suddenly attack, expel or get rid of Li Dao Guo Yan, and then share the government with the scholars, pacify the Kwantung Prefecture, stabilize the court situation, and then slowly plan it.

But now, Huaxiong's fire not only burned the tiger prison to the ground, but even Luoyang was actually burned by his fire, and there was no possibility of surviving.

Not to mention that Sun Jian has led the army to watch in Xingyang, that is, without Sun Jian's army, once the Kwantung heroes learn that the Tiger Prison Pass has become a pile of ruins, they will immediately raise a large army, swarm to Luoyang.

As soon as the Kwantung armies arrived, where was there a place for the Xiliang Army and the Baibo Army, it would be good if they didn't die.

Now when she heard that Hu Cai had three strategies, Mrs. Guo immediately felt happy in her heart, but the old god was there on her face, and asked, "Oh, let's talk about them one by one." ”

Hu Cai said yes and replied: "The general immediately raised the army, at this moment, and the hussar general Li Wei competed for the Shengshang, as long as the general controlled the Shengshang in his hands, he could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the three dukes and hundreds of officials, reconcile with the Guandong Prefectures and Counties, and jointly deal with Li Dao and Guo Yan's Xiliang army, retreat, enough to coerce the Son of Heaven to protect himself." ”

The prospect depicted by these words is indeed quite tempting, and it can be said that the best result of Mrs. Guo's previous plan was achieved overnight. However, Mrs. Guo only groaned slightly, then shook her head and sighed: "It's all this time, Li Dao, Guo Yan." But it's not a fuel-efficient lamp, the troops are stronger than me, and I learned about the change of the Tiger Prison Pass one step ahead of me, at this time to fight for the saint, just like taking chestnuts in the fire, the most likely result is that you don't get chestnuts, but also provoke fire. ”

"The general is wise!" Hu Cai praised from the bottom of his heart, "This is the next policy, the middle policy." It is that the general will not move, first protect himself, and then when Li Dao and Guo Yan fight each other, they will meet the source from the left and right, and reconcile in the middle. Wait for the opportunity. ”

Mrs. Guo raised her head and muttered for a moment, noncommittal. "What about the best policy?" ”

"Retreat!"

Hu Cai waved his right hand down. The answer was very crisp and resolute.

"Retreat?"

Mrs. Guo raised her eyebrows and asked.

"That's right! Withdraw! Hu Caijian successfully attracted Mrs. Guo's attention, and even his face was red with excitement, emphasizing. General, please look, Luoyang, now that external and internal troubles have erupted at the same time, the situation is irreparable. At this time, if you continue to stay in Luoyang, you are afraid that you will be martyred for Luoyang, so you might as well jump out and leave the mess in Luoyang to Li Dao and Guo Yan to fight for. ”

Mrs. Guo was also moved, her eyes were blazing, and she nodded: "Well, go on." ”

"The general led the army to retreat westward, joined Guo Taishou's army, and advanced, which could block the way of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and share the government with him; Retreat, you can cross the river to the north and go to the east of the river, pretend to ally with Li Guo, and then use this as a base to recuperate, and then seek others. ”

Mrs. Guo asked in a deep voice: "In this way, Mr. thinks that after Li Dao controls the Son of Heaven, he will retreat to Chang'an?" ”

Hu Cai nodded and replied: "Exactly, whether it is Li Dao or Guo Yan, there is only one way to retreat in Chang'an." With the Son of Heaven in hand, they coerced the Son of Heaven and couldn't order the Kwantung Prefecture, but they would definitely be able to find Chang'an from Huangfu Song as a place to stay. As for their reconciliation with the Kanto Prefecture, it is impossible to steal it. ”

"Well, that's true, sir!" Mrs. Guo nodded and replied.

As soon as the words fell, Hu Cai's voice rose again: "The general is going to lead the army to withdraw from Luoyang, when it is at this time!" ”

"At this point?"

Mrs. Guo was really taken aback this time, at this time, it was too anxious to act in such a hurry, he originally thought that it would be good to prepare immediately today and lead the army to leave later.

Hu Cai met Mrs. Guo's inquiring gaze and replied confidently: "General Mingjian, at this time, it is the most chaotic time in Luoyang City, so it is the best time. Sun Jian's army should have entered the Tiger Prison today, and in another day at the latest, it may be tomorrow at the latest, and the soldiers will arrive in Luoyang. At that time, Li Dao and Guo Yan, no matter whether the scramble ended or not, they had to face Sun Jian's army, and the situation in Luoyang was bound to settle because of this, and the general ......"

Bang!

Mrs. Guo got up, nodded at Hu Cai, and said fiercely: "What Mr. said is very true, I will give an order and prepare to leave immediately!" ”

Hu Cai lost no time in adding: "At this time, the general made these preparations, Li Dao, Guo Yan, when they thought that the general was also going to join the competition, they would never have thought that the general was going to withdraw from Luoyang." ”

At this time, it was three o'clock, there was still no light outside the window, it was pitch black, and in the house, I couldn't hear the movement outside, but whether it was Mrs. Guo or Hu Cai, they all knew that Luoyang City was becoming lively little by little at the moment.

In fact, they still underestimated the chaos in Luoyang City.

As soon as the sky was bright, the Shangxi Gate, Yongmen and Guangyang Gate of Luoyang Xicheng began to have an endless stream of vehicles and people, all of them went west, these are the people who got the news from the Hussar General's Mansion, the Che Cavalry General's Mansion and the Zhengdong General's Mansion one step earlier, and left Luoyang one step earlier.

With the further spread of the news and the addition of vigilant people, the flow of people and vehicles fleeing Luoyang has not decreased, but only increased.

Subsequently, one after another shocking news spread in Luoyang City, the most astonishing was the hussar general Li Dao, who brazenly abducted the Son of Heaven from the North Palace to the hussar general's mansion, as well as Situ Wang Yun, Sikong Yang Biao, and Taiwei Huang Wan.

But it didn't take long for another even more shocking news to spread, Guo Tai, the general of the expedition to the east, led the army of his headquarters, left Luoyang, and went all the way to the west.

As soon as this news came out, the entire Luoyang immediately boiled, and even the most sluggish people understood at this time that Luoyang was a place that could not be stayed for a long time.

In such a chaotic situation, even Li Dao and Guo Yan were unexpected, and they were helpless.

They have a large army in their hands, but at this moment, they are all in full swing to grab grain and grass and baggage, preparing to withdraw the army, where there are surplus troops, used to maintain order inside and outside Luoyang City, for Guo Tai to lead the army to leave, they can only cry out in vain, can not do any substantive action.

What's more, just after Li Dao kidnapped the Son of Heaven Liu Xie and the Third Duke to the Hussar General's Mansion, Guo Yan brazenly kidnapped a group of courtiers and fought against Li Dao, such a broken gesture announced that the two giants of the Xiliang Army had finally officially broken.

Fortunately, at this time, the two of them were still very restrained, trying to maintain the apparent harmony, that is, robbing the wealth, jewelry, grain, grass and baggage in Luoyang City, and they also had a tacit understanding to rob each other, so as to avoid conflicts.

The whole of Luoyang is like a big whirlpool at this time, some people are in a hurry to leave, and some people are in a hurry to rush here.

After receiving the report from his uncle Li Dao Pegasus, he thought of inviting Yang Ding to a banquet to take the opportunity to kill him, but he never thought that Yang Ding also received Duan Xuan's Pegasus report almost at the same time, and immediately saw through Li Xian's tricks, and the two of them parted ways with their subordinates.

Li Li, who guarded Dagu Pass, was not so lucky, Duan Xuan was one step ahead of him and was reported by Huaxiong, and learned of the change in Tiger Prison Pass, but not only was he taken down by Duan Xuan, but all his subordinates were also controlled by Duan Xuan.

Fortunately, Duan Xuan was more affectionate, so he just asked him to bring a message to the hussar general Li Dao, and let him and his entourage leave.

In this way, Duan Xuan and Yang Ding agreed to lead the army south, go to Nanyang, and defect to his former colleague Zhang Ji. Li Li and Li Xian hurried to Luoyang to meet Li Dao.

Rushing to Luoyang, there were also Han Xian and Yang Feng who were guarding Xuanyuan Pass, and they still wanted to rush back to Luoyang to help the general Guo Tai, but they didn't know that at this time, Guo Tai had led the army westward, and even the messenger sent had not yet arrived at Xuanyuan Pass.

Behind them, it was the army led by Sun Jian who rushed to Luoyang.

At this time, Sun Jian, described as high-spirited, is no longer enough to describe his eventuality.

No matter how bold he imagined, two days ago, if someone had told him that he could approach Luoyang this time, he would have dismissed it as ridiculous, but now, he had passed through the Tiger Prison Pass and led his army on the way to Luoyang.

In order to maintain the combat strength of the army, he traveled all the way and was not in a hurry, which was appreciated by the veteran Zhu Jun, who thought that he was calm and strategic.

At this time, Luoyang, there is no need to send people to investigate, they all know that it must be a mess, so slowly marching, maintaining the continuous increasing pressure on Li Dao, Guo Yan and Guo Tai and others, and when the army really comes to Luoyang City, maybe there is no need to attack the city at all, you can take Luoyang.

It's just that when the army rested outside Gongxian at night, he also got up as usual, and when he looked up at the sky, he didn't need anyone to report it, he found from a distance that the direction of Luoyang City was exuding a faint red light towards the sky.

Fire, Luoyang City is on fire!

Without thinking too much, Sun Jian knew that he could see such a vision of Luoyang in Gongxian County, which was a hundred miles away from Luoyang, which was enough to show how fierce the fire in Luoyang City was and how big the coverage was.

Such a large-scale fire must not be a fire, but must be the same as the fire in the Tiger Prison, someone deliberately set it on fire.

Sun Jian stood stupidly, looking at the direction of Luoyang, speechless for a long time, unaware that he was already in tears, unaware that the veteran Zhu Jun had come to his side, and like him, he was full of tears.

Since they entered the Tiger Prison, they have imagined countless possibilities, but they just didn't expect that Li Dao, Guo Yan, Guo Tai and others would be so heartbroken and crazy that Luoyang would be burned.

Luoyang is the capital of the Han Dynasty and the court where it is located, where there are Taicang, there are arsenals, there are Taixue, there are Piyong, there are Ming Hall, there are Lingtai, there are towering north and south palaces, there are three princes' mansions, there are hundreds of officials in the imperial court, and there are thousands of Li people.

Now, they have all been burned.

After standing for a long time, Sun Jian suddenly looked up to the sky and howled out with grief and indignation: "Li Dao, you are a chaotic thief!" (To be continued......)

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