The coalition forces are still some distance away from Luoyang City, but the billowing smoke that rises into the sky and the firelight that reflects half of the sky are still clearly visible from such a distance.

It can well be imagined.

What a monstrous fire!

Yuan Shao and the others all looked horrified, and countless thoughts popped up in their minds for a while.

The direction of the fire is Luoyang City, and to be able to create a scene of this scale, what is it that is being burned.

Everyone had a sense of foreboding in their hearts.

"Pass the order, immediately change the formation, the vanguard opens the way, the left and right wings guard both sides, the Chinese army runs forward, and the whole army marches straight to Luoyang!"

Yuan Shao hurriedly gave an order.

The army suddenly rushed towards Luoyang City at the fastest speed, and as the distance between the two sides continued to close, the black smoke in the sky became more and more intense with the naked eye, and the fire became more and more intense.

And after faintly seeing the outline of Luoyang City.

The scouts who had been sent out to the front to investigate also rushed back at this moment.

Yuan Shao immediately ordered the three armies to rest in place.

"What the hell is going on up there?!"

As soon as several scouts turned over and dismounted, Cao Cao and others couldn't wait to surround them.

The leader of the scout team, after hearing the inquiry, hurriedly saluted everyone, and then said in a hurried tone.

"Returning to the generals, we galloped all the way forward, and when we arrived at the city of Luoyang, we found that the city was in flames, and the billowing black smoke from a distance was rising from the city."

"According to our judgment, the place where the fire broke out should be located in the middle of Luoyang City."

"In addition, the four gates of Luoyang City are open, and there is no one walking around the city, I waited for the boldness, and shook in front of the city gate with a fast horse, and I didn't hear too much movement in the city, such a big fire, and no one put out the fire, which really made the villain feel puzzled."

As this information keeps coming out.

The faces of the crowd became more and more ugly.

The pro-Han faction and royalist faction led by Cao Cao are even more iron-faced at the moment.

The heroes present are not fools.

With the phenomena these scouts had detected, they were already able to analyze a lot of information.

The location in the middle of Luoyang City, where the north and south palaces are located, ignited such a monstrous fire, after such a long time, it has not been extinguished, but it is burning more and more, indicating that this fire can only be set by man.

At this time, who has the ability to set fire to Luoyang City and not allow others to save it?

Dong Zhuo!

And this guy can't have self-immolated in the palace, plus the soldiers reported that the head of Luoyang City was empty, and there was no firefighting movement in the city, it seemed that the city was empty.

Under the combination of the two.

Many people have already guessed the truth.

Dong Zhuo's gang may have led his troops to flee Luoyang, and before leaving, he set a monstrous fire to burn down the palace of Luoyang City.

Come to think of it.

How can anyone sit still!

They ordered their soldiers to march as fast as possible without the slightest delay.

……

And under the rush of the coalition forces.

More than an hour later.

The princes from all walks of life arrived at the shore of Luoshui and saw the towering Luoyang City in front of them.

It's just that at this moment, this world-famous city has become embarrassed, and it is no longer in the same state as it used to be.

The gates were opened.

There was no one on the city, and you could even see the city gate flags scattered everywhere.

And then there's the black smoke!

Everywhere you look, there is a black mist like thick ink.

This scene really made everyone look angry and tremble!

It's too late to say so much.

Heroes from all walks of life immediately organized people to enter the city to fight the fire, and the fire must be cut off first.

Otherwise, under the continued burning and spreading, the fire is likely to spread to the outer city, and the entire Luoyang City will become a cloud of ashes at that time.

Fortunately, the city is adjacent to Luoshui.

The army is well manned.

has congenital firefighting conditions, otherwise you can really only watch outside the city, waiting for the fire to be finished.

……

Outside the East City Gate at this moment.

Cao Cao looked straight ahead with a gloomy face.

Looking at the dark marks on the city walls, and through the city gates, you can faintly see the corpses that are staggering.

From time to time in the city, there was the creaking sound of wood being burned and broken, and the sound of heavy objects crashing to the ground.

Looking at the soldiers who were busy fighting the fire left and right, but it was still difficult to reduce the fire a little.

He was so dumbfounded!

His hands clenched into fists, his teeth clenched, and he seemed to have burst out with all his strength.

Anger rose from his chest, as if it was about to consume him in an instant, burning to the ground.

Dong Zhuo, this brute! What a beast too!

Cao Cao hates!

I really can't wait to eat its flesh and sleep its skin, and my hatred is poured into all the rivers and seas, and it can't be washed away.

Burning the palace and coercing the Son of Heaven and the Manchu Dynasty to leave Luoyang City, in Cao Cao's view, is definitely the most shameless, the worst, and the most bottomless behavior.

This is to throw the face of the Han family surnamed Liu in the quagmire, and even trample on it with his feet, maybe he even sprinkled urine on it.

After all, even the capital of a country was burned.

The entire central court was put in a pot, and now they don't know where they have been kidnapped, what face does such a Han Dynasty have?

Come to think of it.

Cao Cao, who claimed to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty and loyal to the Han family, was even more uncomfortable than dead, as if there was an invisible knife in his heart, cutting off the flesh one by one.

Not to mention wantonly trampling and killing the people of the capital.

The people around Luoyang are already ten rooms and nine empty, and along the way, there are almost no villages with living people in sight, and there are more skeletons scattered on the ground than alive.

As for the excavation of the tomb of the clan, this is needless to mention, it is already a small sin.

And so on, and so on, and many crimes.

Is it tolerable, which is unbearable?!

If Dong Zhuo stood in front of him now, Cao Cao would probably use the most cruel way in the world to execute Dong Zhuo, and it would be difficult to vent his hatred with a thousand cuts!

Think about it here.

Cao Cao immediately turned around and walked quickly towards the tent of the Chinese army that had been temporarily erected.

……

In the tent at the moment.

The atmosphere was a bit silent.

Yuan Shao sat on the main seat, and the rest of the people were lined up on the left and right, each of them did not speak, and some of them were already closing their eyes and pondering, not knowing what they were thinking.

And Cao Cao's footsteps.

It is in this situation that the atmosphere is broken.

"Huh!"

After lifting the curtain, Cao Cao walked in from outside the tent, and with his figure, the dazzling sunlight that poured in from the outside made everyone turn their eyes to him.

Cao Cao first bowed his hand to everyone.

Then he walked quickly to Yuan Shao.

"Alliance leader, right now Dong Zhuo is fleeing in a hurry, and our soldiers are in full swing, if we don't lead our troops to pursue him at this time, how long will we wait?"

These words immediately attracted everyone's attention.

And Yuan Shao heard this at first glance.

raised his head and glanced at Cao Cao, moving his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but after a while, he could only turn into silence.

Cao Cao saw this.

I couldn't help frowning slightly.

But he still took a step forward and persuaded in an extremely sincere and earnest tone: "Dong thief burned the palace and robbed the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials and ministers, which is an atrocity that shocked the sea and made the people of the world indignant. ”

"Now that Luoyang is in flames, and the Son of Heaven is also in his hands, if this thief cannot be eliminated and the Son of Heaven can be recaptured, I am afraid that the subjects of the four seas will be terrified and do not know where to go, which will definitely make the country overturn and the society will perish!"

"Originally, you can't stand still, give the order to send troops to pursue!"

Cao Cao's will was resolute.

The rhetoric is impassioned.

made it difficult for Yuan Shao to avoid answering.

After a long time of deliberation.

Yuan Shaocai forcibly showed a smile, and said with some difficulty: "Dong Zhuo set fire to the palace and robbed the Son of Heaven, this is what he was prepared for. ”

"Now the Dong thief is afraid that he has already run a lot of distance, and may even set up an ambush along the way, just waiting for us to pursue."

"If you act recklessly and blindly lead your troops to chase after you, this is unintentional, and you are likely to fall into the trap of Dong Thief, not only will you not be able to destroy Dong Thief at that time, but I am afraid that you will lose your troops."

"Therefore, this matter must be considered in the long run!"

……

Yuan Shao's prevarication made Cao Cao a little impatient.

If it weren't for his own strength, it would not be enough to fight against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao would have already led his troops to chase after him, so why do you need to persuade others here.

At present, only by persuading Yuan Shao and letting Yuan Shao command the heroes as the leader of the alliance, mobilize the entire allied army all the way west, and continue to chase Dong Zhuo, can it be possible to cut the grass and eradicate the roots in one go.

Therefore, after Yuan Shao's veto.

Cao Cao paced back and forth twice in place with some irritability, and then spoke again.

"Why did Dong Zhuo flee Luoyang in a hurry, isn't it because he is worried and afraid of our army's soldiers?"

"The previous battles have already broken Dong Zhuo's courage, on the contrary, the morale of our army is high, if we don't take this opportunity to exterminate Dong Zhuo, if we wait for him to catch his breath, I'm afraid I will miss the opportunity!"

Speaking of which.

Cao Cao looked back.

Seeing the people on the left and right, their faces changed faintly, but more of them were Gujing Wubo.

I couldn't help frowning deeper.

But he continued to persuade in an impassioned tone.

"The reason why Dong Thief burned the palace was to delay our footsteps, so it can be seen that he is not too prepared."

"Besides, this thief is coercing the Son of Heaven and the Hundred Officials and Ministers, and even many people in the entire Luoyang City, it is inconvenient to march along the way, the formation must be scattered, and the marching speed is low."

"If our army marches to chase after us, we will be able to catch up with Dong Thief before dark, and we can take him by surprise, and we will definitely win a big victory!"

"At the beginning, there are still generals, you might as well think about it, what you say is really sincere!"

Cao Cao's words were earnest.

But the crowd remained indifferent.

Only the people who formed the alliance with Chen Liu at the beginning were firmly standing with Cao Cao, and they still showed a little fighting spirit at this moment, but with the strength of these people, it didn't add up.

If there is no help from the two Yuan families.

It's useless to catch up with Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, Cao Cao hoped that Yuan Shao would agree.

However, Yuan Mengzhu's next words completely killed the hope in Cao Cao's heart.

……

"Meng De, please sit down!"

"Our army marched all the way from Yanshi County, and under the repeated marches, it was already difficult for men and horses, and all the generals and schools were exhausted."

"Besides, after several major battles in succession, all the people here have been damaged, and their morale is not only not strong, but they are a little sluggish."

"Even if I order to pursue Dong Zhuo, I'm afraid it will cause the three armies to be angry, and even if they catch up, most of them will not be able to fight with it."

Speaking of which.

Yuan Shao pointed to Luoyang City, where the camp was facing the camp, and then patiently persuaded him.

"At present, Luoyang is being burned by fire, and the top priority is to extinguish the fire and rescue the remaining areas that have not been affected by the incineration."

"As for the pursuit of Dong Zhuo, we can wait until our army is finished resting and then discuss a proper method, and it is not too late at that time!"

Yuan Shao said a lot.

But the core meaning is one.

It's okay to discuss something else, but let's go after Dong Zhuo, I'm sorry, I don't have this plan.

Such an attitude made Cao Cao's heart anxious.

Just didn't wait for him to say anything.

Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang stood up, walked quickly to Cao Cao, first arched his hand to him, and then persuaded him in the same way.

"Meng De, what the alliance leader said is true, regardless of others, just talking about myself, at the moment, most of the thousands of elite soldiers have already suffered casualties, and there are few people left to fight, with such a crippled situation, how to pursue Dong Zhuo?"

Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, also held the same attitude.

"It's not that we don't do our best, it's really blindly catching up, not only will it not work, but it will also lose troops and generals, which is really not a wise move!"

The people who were originally silent spoke one after another at this moment, and they persuaded Cao Cao one after another.

For a while, except for Zhang Miao, Bao Xin and others.

The rest of the people all had the same attitude as Yuan Shao.

……

This is the case.

Cao Cao was cold in his heart.

He is also a member of the coalition army, and he knows better than anyone what the state of everyone is now.

Take Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang as an example.

What do you mean by most of the dead and wounded?

Such a statement is foolish!

When the entire coalition army first joined the alliance, there were at least more than 100,000 troops, and after various losses along the way, there are still nearly 100,000 now.

And Dong Zhuoman's full calculation will not exceed this number.

As long as you dare to send troops to pursue.

Then you will definitely have an advantage.

But at the moment, everyone doesn't think about this at all, and refuses with various excuses.

Cao Cao knew a little.

No matter how much you persuade yourself, it's useless.

It's not that everyone doesn't understand the benefits and necessity of pursuing Dong Zhuo, but everyone here doesn't want to continue to expand their losses, and they feel that driving Dong Zhuo out of Luoyang is almost enough.

Never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.

All of a sudden.

Disappointment filled Cao Cao's heart.

It made him feel a little sad.

When they were in the blood alliance, they all said that they would work together to help the Han family.

However, until now, they have forgotten their original intentions.

One by one, they only cared about their own one-third of an acre, and only thought about preserving the strength in their hands.

As for the covenant oath or something, it has long been forgotten, which really makes Cao Cao's heart cold.

Actually, before today.

Many encounters along the way.

has already made Cao Cao understand that although everyone is in the alliance, they are not of the same mind to each other, but each has its own calculations and plans.

Personal interests should still be higher than public interests.

But he always thinks that this is because Dong Zhuo is very strong, and once Dong Zhuo appears weak, everyone will still rush up and kill Dong Zhuo.

Now it is clear how wrong he was.

Hang out with such a group of people.

There's really not much to say.

Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao, who was still like a statue, and then looked back behind him, still persuading his heroes one after another.

I couldn't help but wave the sleeves of my robe.

Then he walked briskly out of the tent.

Just the moment he lifted the curtain.

Cao Cao paused.

Then he suddenly turned around and shouted angrily at everyone.

"Lack of erection and conspiracy!"

……

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