Chapter 219: Luoyang Tribulation
Just when Lu Bu thought he was going to die, the red rabbit horse below let out a terrible neigh, and jumped upwards with all four legs, and even jumped more than ten zhang into the air. It slammed its huge body into Lu Bu's body, knocking him backwards before the terrifying gray light could reach Lu Bu's body, but it was instantly swallowed by that gray light.
The gray light dissipated instantly, and the four combined flying swords also separated, silently suspended in the air. The huge body of the red rabbit horse, along with the saddle bridles made of metal and leather, disappeared into thin air, leaving no trace of it. The only one that was not annihilated was Lu Bu's divine bow "Shooting Heavenly Wolf" that was obtained from the legacy of the champion Hou Huo's illness.
Yu Tianlai knew that this bow contained a mystery, so he made a move from afar and took the longbow that was falling downward into his palm.
At this moment, Lu Bu had already fallen to the ground. He was a complete defeat today, he walked on the edge of life and death, not to mention, and lost the three treasures of the painting halberd, the divine bow and the red rabbit horse, and he was only ashamed and resentful in his heart. But knowing that today's defeat was irretrievable, he had to slam the half-halberd rod in his hand to the ground, turned around and flew back to the formation, and shouted: "Collect the troops!" and then withdrew to the tiger prison and closed it.
Yu Tianlai sighed secretly, it was too difficult to kill a master of the Celestial Level. Although Fang Cai's battle lasted for a short time, it was a killing game carefully arranged by himself by taking advantage of the information asymmetry between him and Lu Bu, and he was about to succeed, but he was disturbed by the red rabbit horse who was loyal to the lord.
After sighing, he commanded the four flying swords to fly back into the sword box, and his body slowly fell from the air and still sat back on the horse's back, and then turned the horse's head and turned around leisurely.
Liu Wei rode up to meet him with some excitement, and couldn't wait to ask: "Congratulations to the teacher on his great victory over Lu Bu! At this moment, the morale of the enemy army is extremely low, should we take the opportunity to launch a large army to storm the tiger prison?"
Yu Tianlai first glanced in the direction of the formation, saw the subtle looks on the faces of the princes from all walks of life, shook his head and sighed: "The time is not ripe, let's collect the troops and return to the camp first." ”
Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, but out of confidence in the teacher, he still accepted this suggestion, and when he returned to the formation with Yu Tianlai, he ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and then he noticed that all the princes were more or less relieved.
After returning to the camp, it is inevitable to hold a celebratory banquet. At the banquet, everyone toasted Liu Wei and Yu Tianlai to celebrate, although their expressions and demeanors were very respectful, Liu Wei always faintly felt that there was something hidden behind these people's respectful smiles and words.
After the banquet, Liu Wei quietly came to Yu Tianlai and raised the doubts in his heart.
Yu Tianlai sighed lightly: "Don't you understand, the edge of the poor road is too strong today, and now these princes have begun to be afraid of the poor road, more precisely, the king who is supported by the poor road." The reason why Poor Dao suggested that the king withdraw his troops instead of taking advantage of the situation to attack the Tiger Prison Pass was that he saw that everyone had different intentions, and even if the king ordered the siege of the city, these people would only respond to the story in vain and would not fulfill our great achievements. ”
Liu Bianden was stunned, and then said angrily: "These people keep saying that they are raising volunteers for the country to get rid of thieves, but how can there be so many flies and dogs in their hearts!"
Yu Tianlai waved his hand and said with a smile: "There are many families behind these people, and the first thing to consider is naturally the interests of the family." The general interests of the country are also to be talked about, but on the premise of not affecting the interests of the family. Therefore, if the king wants to use these people from a family in the future, he must seek the common interests of each other, which is the strongest bond between them. ”
After Liu Wei pondered for a long time, his uncertain complexion finally returned to calm, and he bowed deeply to Yu Tianlai and said, "Thank you for the teacher's teachings, you must remember the debate." ”
Then Liu Wei asked about the next step.
Yu Tianlai said: "Because the princes have their own scheming, and we are weak alone, this battle against Dong will definitely end in vain." The reason why I accompanied the king on this trip was mainly to manage the reputation of the king. As a king, after having a reputation that attracts the attention of the world, he has the greatest capital to recruit talents from all over the world. In the past few years, Poor Dao has managed some strength in Jiaozhou, and what is lacking is the talent who can mobilize and give full play to these strengths to the greatest extent.
"If Poor Dao expects it to be good, Luoyang is about to experience a catastrophe. We don't have the power to defuse it, but we can do what we can. One is to do a part for the robbed Luoyang City and the people, and the other is to make the name of the king Rende known to everyone in the world. ”
In the next few days, the allied forces of the princes stood still under the Tiger Prison. Dong Zhuo in the Tiger Prison Pass no longer sent troops to fight, but the movement of men and horses in the city was extremely frequent, and the number of banners at the head of the city was increasing day by day, so it should be Dong Zhuo who constantly transferred troops to consolidate the city defense.
During this period, Liu Wei tentatively proposed the intention of attacking the city, but Yuan Shao and other princes found various reasons to delay, which made his heart finally completely cold.
After a few more days, the scouts sent by Yu Tianlai finally got the exact news. Dong Zhuo was afraid of the strength of the alliance of the princes, so he accepted the suggestion of the strategist Li Ru and decided to move the capital to Chang'an.
In order to stabilize the hearts of the Xiliang soldiers, Dong Zhuo ordered thousands of wealthy families in Luoyang to be named "anti-ministers and anti-party", and all of them were beheaded outside the city, taking their wealth as a sacrifice for the army. He also forcibly conscripted millions of people in Luoyang to go to Chang'an, and those who did not obey were immediately killed. Before leaving, he set fire to all the buildings of the Luoyang court, government offices, and residences, and excavated the royal tombs and official and civilian tombs to take their gold treasures. In the midst of the chaos, the Xiliang army, which was already sloppy in military discipline, wantonly looted and killed women, and Luoyang, the prosperous imperial capital, has become a hell on earth.
After hearing the news, Liu Wei was shocked and angry, and immediately summoned all the princes to discuss the immediate march to save Luoyang and pursue Dong Zhuo.
Among the princes, only a few people such as Cao Cao and Sun Jian responded, and the rest of them speculated that they were not named, and they rashly marched into the army.
Liu Wei was immediately furious and shouted: "The princes sit back and watch Dong thieves commit murder, the common people are in trouble, and they are alone and ashamed. Now that I am leading my troops to Luoyang, the princes want to stay, and they are free to do whatever they want!"
After saying that, he strode out of the tent, and the people and horses over there were already ready to go. This time, he only brought 3,000 men and horses with him to make an alliance with the princes, but these 3,000 people are the most elite Yellow Turban Warriors, and any soldier can be a ten.
After Liu Wei came out of the tent, Yu Tianlai first ordered someone to help him change into an armor. When they were about to give the order to set off, the three brothers Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Liu Guanzhang rushed together and expressed their willingness to act together with the people of Jiaozhou.
Liu Wei was overjoyed, and immediately joined forces with everyone after reorganizing their own armies, got more than 30,000 men and horses, and marched to the Tiger Prison Pass together.
Before coming to the Tiger Prison Pass, he only tried to attack once, but the result was a drum. It turned out that closing was just a false flag to make a big show, and the only people who defended the city were not as good as a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people.
Liu Wei listened to Yu Tianlai's suggestion, first sent an envoy to the camp of the coalition army, notified the remaining princes to come to receive the Tiger Prison Pass, and then waved his army straight to Luoyang as quickly as possible.