Chapter 62: A Hundred Miles of Attack

Lu Bu retreated. Retreating with him was Dong Zhuo's 200,000 army. Subsequently, Dong Zhuo announced a shocking decision: to move the capital to Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo's original words were: "Luoyang, the capital of eastern Han, has been declining for more than 200 years. I look at the prosperity of Chang'an, and I want to drive the west. At that time, there was a minister Yang Biao who admonished, saying that Chang'an was a poor place, there was smog in winter, and the desert was still dilapidated, and now even the dogs were disgusted, how to live? Dong Zhuo was furious, and wanted to kill people again, and was persuaded by a group of court ministers.

Before leaving, Dong Zhuo set a fire and burned the two-hundred-year-old eastern capital Luoyang to a scorched earth, ignoring the little emperor's persuasion and destroying the Liu family's temple. He even found a folk captain Hu Bayi, who touched the gold, and stole the tombs of the former emperors of the past dynasties. Listening to folk rumors, this Hu Bayi entered the tomb and was about to open the coffin, just lit the candle and was blown out by the yin wind, which is a taboo in the tomb robbery industry, but Hu Bayi wants to retreat but can't get it, that Dong Zhuo is arrogant, and the yin wind of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty can't stop Dong Thief's determination to rob the tomb. Of course, there are many treasures dug up from the tomb.

Meteor Ma urgently reported to the princes of various towns that Dong Zhuo had moved to Luoyang with a population of one million and had rushed to Chang'an. Yuan Shao hurriedly ordered to catch up, and hundreds of thousands of troops rushed to Luoyang. The Yellow Turban Army I led was so big that they had never seen the imperial capital, and when they heard that they were going to Luoyang, they couldn't sleep with excitement, urging me to set off quickly, so that I could see the scene of the big city.

So I made food on the second watch, and set off on the third watch. Walking on the way, Sun Jian's troops in front of him had already taken the lead and took the lead, and it seemed that his soldiers had never seen the world before our Yellow Turban Army.

By dawn, Luoyang City was already in sight. I thought that I had been happy here more than a year ago, but now the flames are soaring into the sky, black smoke is covering the ground, two or three hundred miles, and I don't smell chickens, dogs, and people, so I have to first order 5,000 soldiers to put out the fire, and then camp the military horses on the wasteland. Not long after, Yuan Shao's alliance leader banner slowly arrived, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao originally had mansions in Luoyang, and the two looked at each other and were speechless in shock.

Cao Cao said: "This Dong thief is really hateful, at present, he has moved the people to the west, and he will not go far." His morale is low, his soldiers are separated, now is a good time to pursue, a battle can be decided!"

Yuan Shao was silent, and all the princes said that they should not be moved. Cao Cao said angrily: "I said that I would defend the Han family, but now that I have Luoyang, you all have your own selfish intentions, and you are all vertical sons, and you are not enough to conspire!"

"Brother Cao, I am willing to go with you to pursue Dong Zhuo and go back to my hometown to have a look. I said loudly.

Cao Cao patted me and said, "Good brother!"

So, I led 5,000 Yellow Turban Army iron cavalry, Cao Cao also led 5,000 soldiers and horses, and a group of tiger generals such as Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, and Le Jin went to pursue Dong Zhuo.

Cao Cao said to me on the road: "The reason why Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an is mainly because of the dangerous terrain of Chang'an, and there is a 'solid letter'. At that time, the Qin State was stationed in Chang'an, and the princes besieged Chang'an several times but did not attack it. ”

"What is the solidity of the letter?" I asked.

"Kun refers to Kunshan Mountain, and Han refers to Hangu Pass. Since ancient times, it has been a dangerous pass. Hangu east from the mountain, so it is called. From Han Jiayi's "On the Passage of Qin": Qin Xiaogong is based on the solidity of Cuihan and embraces the land of Yongzhou. Cao Cao explained.

Only then did I know that there were many mountains in Chang'an City, and Zhongnan Mountain was just one of them. After chasing for a day and night, there were corpses of people along the way, and the stench was so foul that it was a hundred miles long. Occasionally, he asked a living person, saying that Dong Zhuo did all kinds of evil burning, killing and looting along the way, and the people cried and wailed all over the place, and many people died.

I sighed in my heart: "Sure enough, as Zhang Jiao said, the prosperity will cause the people to suffer, and the people will suffer when they die!"

When I arrived at the boundary of Xingyang and saw the dangerous mountains on both sides, Cao Cao suddenly stopped and said to me: "The terrain here is dangerous, I'm afraid there is an ambush." While he was talking, the scout came to report that a large number of people had been found in front of him.

Cao Cao was very happy, and it seemed that he had really caught up with Dong Zhuo. So we hurried forward, but a group of men and horses blocked the way, and the first person was Lu Bu. Cao Cao scolded: "Traitor, where are you going to kidnap the Son of Heaven and move the people?"

Lu Budao: "If you want to fight, stand there, where is there so much nonsense!"

I was about to fight Lu Bu with a sword, and a man flashed out of Cao Cao's camp, but it was Xiahou Dun. I saw Xiahoudun prancing on the horse with a spear and taking Lu Bu directly. I have never seen the martial arts of Cao Cao's cousins before, but I have only seen Xiahoudun's rigorous marksmanship and extraordinary strength, and his martial arts should be between me and me. Sure enough, I saw that this Xiahoudun had just fought for six or seven rounds, and then he came back to the battle, and when he went, he was extraordinary, and when he came back, he was silent.

It's really a hurry to go, and a hurry to come.

The left side of our army suddenly shouted loudly, it turned out to be Li Dao's under Dong Zhuo, who led the soldiers and horses to kill and rush over, but it was Xiahou Yuan who led the army to hold the enemy. A group of people were also killed on the right side, it was Dong Zhuo's subordinate Guo Yan who led the team, and Cao Ren led the team to fight him. For a time we had no way out, and we were caught in an ambush by the enemy.

"Brother Cao, I'll stop Lu Bu, you go first!" I had a big knife in my hand, and I shouted and killed Lu Bu. watched Cao Hong and the others escort Cao Cao to retreat.

I knew that it was no match for Lu Bu, so I only fought him for a few rounds in the chaos and avoided him. Although my sword skills are not comparable with Lu Bu, but rushing into the enemy soldiers is like a tiger into a flock, I wield a big knife like chopping melons and vegetables, and I injured many people in an instant, I saw that the yellow turban soldiers I brought were outnumbered, and I was even more red-eyed.

Suddenly, the wind was howling overhead, and I hurriedly grabbed it with a knife, but I saw that it was Lu Bu. Lu Bu smiled: "Brother Duan, can you still fight today?"

"I'm no match for you. I said sincerely.

"How about that then?"

I pondered: "Originally, my martial arts were not as good as yours, and I didn't have a political stance. But you can surrender, but you can't surrender Dong Zhuo!"

"But why?"

"Dong Zhuo indiscriminately kills innocents and bullies the people, my Duan Dahu is from a poor background, and I can't see the poor suffering. Therefore, I came to crusade against Dong Zhuo, it is a public vendetta and a private grudge!"

Lu Bu said indifferently: "In this case, then you can go." ”

"Would you really like to let me go?"

"Actually, the princes of the world, who is not an ordinary face? What about Cao Cao, is he the Ming Jun in your heart? Lu Bu and your little brother have no grievances or hatred, they are both masters of the battlefield. You are from the rivers and lakes, so go back to the rivers and lakes. ”

"I don't know. In troubled times, I can only take one step at a time, and I ask Brother Lu to let go of my soldiers. ”

Lu Budao: "This is natural. ”

So, I shouted: "Stop! Soldiers, stop fighting, those who can surrender will surrender to Lu Bu, and stay in the green mountains, without worrying about running out of firewood!"

I used my internal force in this voice, and the audience suddenly fell silent. I shouted, "I'm no match for General Lu, you surrender." Ladies and gentlemen, we are here to say goodbye!"

The Yellow Turban Army abandoned their swords one after another, knelt on the ground and said, "General Duan!" Of course, many people called me "Brother Duan", probably thinking that what I said "Don't pass" meant to die, I wiped my tears and waved my hand.

A horse fled to Xingyang.

Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud: "Thirty-six strategies, go for the best plan", and it is not a shame to want to emulate the ancients.

I hurried to find Cao Cao, but there were Cao Jun's corpses all along the way. I chose a remote path to find, a horse to find the dawn, seeing that Cao Cao was more auspicious and less auspicious, was depressed, but saw a big river, a person carrying Cao Cao was wading through the water, the water was panting, Cao Hong walked hard every step. When I got closer, I saw that it was the young general Cao Hong.

Cao Cao was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, his face turned pale, and he smiled reluctantly when he saw me.

At this time, he suddenly heard a large team of people rushing towards him, Cao Hong's face changed color, and he said: "It's Dong Zhuo's lackey, Xingyang guards Xu Rong." ”

As soon as I saw that there were about 500 horsemen, Cao Hong and I were naturally invincible. I don't know why, suddenly I was born with pride, and I died when I died, and I was also a brother. Xiang Cao Hong said: "Brother Cao, you carry your eldest brother on your back and go first, and I will block the pursuers!"

Cao Hong was stunned, didn't speak, picked up Cao Cao and ran.

I single-handedly stopped in the middle of the road and shouted: "Who is coming, general, I will not kill unknown people, report the name quickly!"