And then there is a bandit den in Xiliang, and the quality of the soldiers is too low, which really hurts the people of Luoyang.

Yuyi was hesitating, Dong Zhuo suddenly thought of something, turned his horse's head, looked in the direction of Luoyang, and ordered: "You can't take advantage of the princes of the Eighteen Roads, you must burn down the existing residential houses, especially the Zongmiao Palace!" ”

So the north and south palaces became a sea of fire, the Changle court became a scorched earth, Dong Zhuo sent Lu Bu to the north of Luoyang to dig up the coffins of the emperor and his concubines, and the treasures of the burial were all gone, and some soldiers also took advantage of the situation to rob the tomb and dig the grave, and the mountain was in chaos.

Dong Zhuo loaded the looted things into the car, and there were thousands of carriages in total, robbed the Son of Heaven and the concubine and others, and drove away in the direction of Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo's general, Zhao Cen, saw that Dong Zhuo led the army to the direction of Chang'an, so he presented Bishui Pass to the princes of the Eighteenth Road, Sun Jian, as the vanguard force, soon drove the army commander in, Liu Bei and the three also entered the Tiger Prison Pass together, and the other princes also led the soldiers to enter.

Sun Jian marched in the direction of Luoyang, and saw the fire in the direction of Luoyang from a long distance, and a thick black smoke rose straight up to the sky, forming a deserted situation for two or three hundred miles around, Sun Jian hurriedly sent soldiers to Luoyang to fight the fire, and at the same time let the princes station soldiers and horses on the wasteland, and do not enter Luoyang.

After Cao Cao learned about the situation, he thought that this was a very good opportunity, so he came to find Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, and said: "Now that the Dong thieves are fleeing to the west, we can use the superior forces of the princes to pursue the victory, but you are not moving, what is the reason?" ”

Yuan Shao replied: "After several rounds of attack, the princes' soldiers and horses feel quite tired, and I am afraid that there is no benefit in marching again." ”

Cao Cao defended: "Dong thief burned the palace of the Han Dynasty, and robbed the emperor and concubines, so that the world was shaken, I don't know where to go, this is God to destroy him, at this time, if you don't fight the battle, you will miss the opportunity, are you still wondering whether to advance?" ”

Its princes and Yuan Shao had the same concept, and said: "Dong thief moved the capital to Chang'an, presumably he was prepared, and rashly sending troops will inevitably be ambushed, so don't pass easily." ”

Cao Cao was furious and said, "The erector is not enough and the plan!" ”

So he led tens of thousands of people in his headquarters, as well as generals Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin and others to chase Dong Zhuo in person.

After Liu Bei and the three entered Luoyang City, their first reaction was to find Yuyi's whereabouts, and in a ruin, Liu Bei found Yuyi's flying knife, thinking that he had been buried in the fire, and cried.

Guan Yu persuaded beside him: "Why is the eldest brother so sad, just Yuyi's belongings are not enough to judge that he is dead." ”

Zhang Fei also persuaded on the side, and said: "The fourth brother Ji has his own natural appearance, I am afraid that he was brought to Chang'an by this guy Dong Thief, we should continue to go to find out the news." ”

It is said that Dong Zhuo came to the boundary of Xingyang with the Xiliang troops, and Xu Rong, the Taishou, came out to greet him in person.

Li Ru considered that there might be pursuers, so he said: "Prime Minister Dong Cheng abandoned Luoyang, in case there are pursuers, you can send Xu Rong to lead a force to hide next to the mountain dock outside the city, if there are pursuers arrived, you can let him go, and then intercept and kill them when they arrive at my place, so that if there are pursuers in the back, they will not dare to come." ”

Dong Zhuo adopted this suggestion, and at the same time sent Lu Bu with a team of elite soldiers to contain the rear of the troops.

Lu Bu was rushing to his destination, and met Cao Cao's troops on the way, Lu Bu was very happy, and said, "Sure enough, it is not what Li Ru expected!" ”

Lu Bu put his soldiers in formation and greeted Cao Cao's arrival.

When Cao Cao saw Lu Bu, he scolded: "Traitor! Hijacking the Son of Heaven and causing trouble to the people, where do you want to run? ”

Lu Bu scolded back: "You coward who betrays the lord is so important to you in vain, and you dare to talk nonsense here!" ”

Xiahou Dun jumped on the horse with a spear, rushed directly to the direction of Lu Bu, the two fought for less than a few rounds, suddenly there was a shout of killing on the left, it was Li Dao who led the army to kill it, Cao Cao hurriedly ordered Xiahou Yuan to meet the enemy, at this time there was a blunt shouting on the right, it was Guo Yan who led some soldiers to kill, and Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to meet the battle.

These three ambushes are extremely brave and unstoppable. Xiahoudun could not resist the enemy Lu Bu, he could only fly back to the battle, Lu Bu led the iron cavalry all the way to cover and kill, Cao Cao's army was defeated, and he could only retreat to Xingyang and leave, and walked to the foot of a barren mountain, it was already the second watch day, the light of the moon was very bright, and the place was illuminated like daytime, so the remnants of the soldiers gathered together, ready to rest, bury the pot and make rice, and did not start to move, suddenly there was a shout of killing blunt from all sides, Xu Rong had been in ambush here for a long time, and all the ambush soldiers were pulled out.

Cao Cao was in a panic for a while, got on the horse and took the road away, just met Xu Rong, quickly turned the horse's head, and continued to run, Xu Rong took out a bow and crossbow, which was an arrow, and shot Cao Cao in the shoulder, Cao Cao's ninja was in severe pain, and he fled for his life in a hurry and came to a hillside nearby.

There were two sergeants lying in ambush in the weeds, and when they saw Cao Cao's war horse coming, two spears stretched out in the shadows and stabbed Cao Cao's war horse, Cao Cao could only turn over and fall off his horse, and was captured alive by two nobodies.

Suddenly, a person rode over quickly, hacked the two infantry to death with a knife, dismounted and rescued Cao Cao, Cao Cao saw that the general, it was Cao Hong, Cao Cao sighed: "I am going to die in this place, you leave me alone, leave quickly." ”

Cao Hong said: "The lord invites you to get on the horse, and I will walk." ”

Cao Cao resolutely disagreed, and said: "If you encounter a thief and you walk on the ground, what should you do?" ”

Cao Hong persuaded: "The world can do without me Cao Hong, but it can't be without you, lord!" ”

Cao Cao sighed: "If I can survive this time, it will be all your credit!" ”

Cao Cao got on the horse, Cao Hong took off his coat, dragged a big knife and walked in behind the horse, and when he walked to the fourth watch, he saw a big river appear in front of him, blocking the way.

Behind was the shouting and killing voice of the pursuers, Cao Cao looked at the sky and sighed: "It seems that the sky is going to destroy me, so you should flee quickly." ”

Cao Hong hurriedly stepped forward to help Cao Cao dismount, took off his armor, and then swam across the river with Cao Cao on his back, and finally swam to the opposite bank.

After the two arrived at the opposite bank, the pursuers also arrived, and they released arrows across the water to the opposite bank, Cao Cao was covered in water, and with the support of Cao Hong, he continued to move forward.

At dawn, the two walked together for more than 30 miles, resting near Tugang, and suddenly heard a loud shout around them, and a team of people and horses quickly came, Cao Cao looked at it, it was the enemy general Xu Rong who crossed the river from the upper reaches to chase after him.

Cao Cao was flustered for a moment, and suddenly Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan led dozens of horsemen to fly over, shouting: "Xu Rong, don't hurt our lord!" ”