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Chapter 154 Luoyang City is on fire! [Dazhang asks for subscription]

In fact, things have progressed to this point.

Dong Zhuo already believed most of it.

After all, Cao Ang forcibly screwed up a few things, all of which were planted on him, such as the battle for the leader, and Sun Jian's lack of food. The man behind these things seemed to have become Cao Ang overnight.

Dong Zhuo read it through.

It's actually hard not to believe it.

Even if he kept warning himself before reading the letter, he must not be easily fooled by Cao Ang.

But it's coming to an end.

He was still hooked.

Although there are still some doubts.

But Cao Ang still has the last piece of letter paper.

Dong Zhuo couldn't wait to unfold the content.

There are not many words on paper.

But the glance of his gaze made Dong Zhuo squint his eyes involuntarily, and fell into deep thought.

"According to my inference, Duke Ming is probably ready to abandon Luoyang and go to Chang'an this time."

"If I sincerely join the coalition army, I will tell Yuan Shao this secret news. The coalition army has more than [-] people chasing and laying an ambush all the way. I am afraid that it will be difficult to retreat. Even if I successfully reach Chang'an, there may not be many usable people left."

"On the contrary, if I pretend to seek refuge, then I will definitely conceal such news, and at the same time, I will try my best to dissuade the coalition forces from continuing to chase."

"Ang Zhigong didn't believe me completely, so you might as well use this as proof. You only need to verify the authenticity when the coalition forces break through Yanshi County and send troops to Luoyang!"

……

This passage is very informative.

So big that Dong Zhuo was a little startled.

Especially in the first sentence, Cao Ang bluntly said that he had already guessed Dong Zhuo's westward retreat plan, and he also accurately mentioned the location of Chang'an City.

This made Dong Zhuo's scalp tingle even more.

First of all, not many people know about the plan.

At least, except for Li Ru, few generals in the entire Xiliang Army knew about this matter.

Lu Bu didn't even know it!

This shows that Cao Ang is completely based on inference.

And this kid can analyze the matter clearly with his foresight and foresight. Will there be such talents in the coalition army?

Dong Zhuo was really not sure.

And as the letter said.

Since Cao Ang had guessed his plan, he didn't need to do anything, as long as he told Yuan Shao the news, the next thing waiting for Dong Zhuo was trouble.

Why did he and Li Ru keep trying to set up checkpoints on the way for the coalition troops to send Luoyang to delay their progress.

Isn't the purpose just to be able to retreat to Chang'an before Yuan Shao and others react?

If Yuan Shao knew the news in advance.

Things will be useless!

If you don't lose part of your troops, you will definitely not be able to get away, and the coalition forces will kill him if they bite.

This is a headache.

It even made Dong Zhuo a little flustered.

So build on this basis.

Dong Zhuo's trust in Cao Ang has once again increased.

of course.

With Dong Zhuo's suspicion.

It is also impossible for him to trust Cao Ang without reservation, just relying on such an option.

How much needs to be verified.

The verification method has already been written in the letter.

……

Dong Zhuo hoped that Cao Ang would succeed.

This not only means that Cao Ang did not betray him, this young man whom he admired is still firmly on his side.

The two stand on the same page.

At the same time, if there is a high-ranking and powerful internal response within the enemy, Dong Zhuo will be happy to see it succeed.

One can only imagine how beneficial this would be.

Cao Ang followed by his side, either acting as a think tank or becoming a general.

The role it can play is of course not small, but compared to taking root in the coalition forces, it seems a bit weak.

If Cao Ang can rise all the way with his help, he will become a key figure in the coalition army, and even become a pivotal figure.

Then this effect is too great!
Dong Zhuo returned to Chang'an, not because he was waiting for his death. He still thought that one day he would be able to return with his troops to fight in the Central Plains again and hold the world in his hands.

At that time, we still have to face these old opponents.

If Cao Ang can turn against the water at a critical moment.

I am afraid that the originally mighty alliance will collapse in an instant.

And I can strike out with a thunderbolt, defeat each one, and wipe out the collapsed alliance.

The Central Plains can be taken without much effort.

As for whether Cao Ang would be out of his control after he gained power, Dong Zhuo was not too worried about this issue.

He is still very confident in his own strength.

No matter how much Cao Ang develops, it is impossible for him to expand to an army of more than [-] in a short period of time, right?

Besides, as long as he holds this secret letter firmly in his hands, in the future, Fan Cao Ang will dare to jump left and right between the two forces.

He gave this thing to Yuan Shao.

At that time, let's see where Cao Ang can jump!
So in Dong Zhuo's view.

As long as Cao Ang really did what he said in the letter, he would have to be bound to himself in the future, and we, Dong, don't have to worry about Cao Ang's betrayal.

……

Put away the secret letter.

And ordered people to find Li Ruhou.

Dong Zhuo sat quietly on his seat, looking up at the dome of the palace, thinking about something.

Waited for a while.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the palace.

Then I saw Li Ru stepping in from outside the hall.

"See Xiangguo!"

He bowed his hands and saluted.

And Dong Zhuo also woke up from the fugue, and waved to Li Ru.

Signaled him to come to his side.

"Wenyou, how are you cleaning up now?"

Li Ru guessed that Dong Zhuo called him, maybe he was asking about the progress of the matter, so he also made a draft on the way, and immediately told the situation.

Say yes.

In fact, it is looting.

Put the emperor, clan, and officials under house arrest, and pack them up and take them away.

At the same time, they coerced the people around Luoyang City and forced them to migrate to Chang'an together. After all, population is the basis for governing a place.

In addition to plundering wealth.

Wanton looting of wealthy homes.

Unless they can establish a relationship with the Xiliang army, or have a half-time official in the court, they will not escape the burning, killing and looting of the Xiliang army.

Gather important people, population and wealth together, this is the so-called "packing and preparing".

And after hearing Dong Zhuo's inquiry.

Li Ru immediately reported: "Reporting to Xiangguo, it is almost done now, and you can leave at any time."

Dong Zhuo nodded.

His fingers tapped lightly on the table a few times.

Seems to be meditating.

Such a moment.

Only then did he say: "In that case, then you should take the emperor and other officials and leave Luoyang first."

"At the same time, I will bring some people with me. These people have slow feet, so let's go for a few days first."

"I will stay in Luoyang City for now!"

Dong Zhuo was worried that Cao Ang's plan to stop him would not succeed, which caused Yuan Shao to rush after him after hearing the news.

So he had to make two-handed preparations.

That is to send the emperor and others away in advance.

And he led his troops to wait here.

At the same time, it is also verified that what Cao Ang said is true or false. If it is true, then he can make a temporary response and help Cao Ang to some extent before going to Chang'an.

……

Li Ru didn't know the story.

Dong Zhuo did not inform him of his plan in the secret letter.

Therefore, he only thought that Dong Zhuo's caution played a role, so there was such an arrangement.

Of course Li Ru has no objection to this.

"My subordinate obeys the order. I will leave Luoyang with the emperor and all the officials and ministers by tomorrow morning at the latest!"

After seeing Dong Zhuo nod his head slightly.

Li Ru remembered something again.

"Xiangguo, after our several days of searching, all kinds of food, grass and money in the city have been collected, but there are still some large and heavy objects."

"It's inconvenient to take these things away, but I'm afraid it will be cheaper for the enemy if you keep them. Dare I ask Xiangguo, how should we deal with these things?"

Bulky and heavy.

Most of them are all kinds of metal utensils, and some precious porcelain and other hard-to-carry things.

Beyond that are books.

This thing is very, very heavy!
It happens to be very valuable, and leaving it to those in the coalition forces is indeed an act of supporting the enemy.

Dong Zhuo thought for a while.

He simply said to Li Ru, "Since these things cannot be taken away, it is useless to keep them. You put them in one place. When I leave Luoyang, I will order the whole city to be set on fire."

"At that time, I simply burned these things into a ball of ashes, so that no one of them would have to go!"

Dong Zhuo's order was exactly what Li Ru wanted.

In fact, as a scribe.

If possible, he still wants to take these books away and put them at home, that is the heritage of his family.

In the future, the Li family may not be able to rely on these subsets of classics and history to become a generation of noble families.

It's a pity that I can't do it.

Then just burn it.

……

After Li Ru took the order.

He bowed his hands to Dong Zhuo.

Then prepare to leave the hall.

However, before he stepped out with his left foot, Dong Zhuo's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Wait a minute!"

Li Ru turned around with a puzzled look on his face.

Looking up, he saw Dong Zhuo frowning tightly, as if hesitating to consider something.

After a while.

Only then did he hear Dong Zhuo's voice.

"Forget it, it's a pity to burn these things. You take some people to go and put all these large and heavy objects in Cao's mansion."

"When I leave Luoyang, when I burn the whole city, people will avoid it specially. It can be regarded as keeping these things and saving some benefits for that kid."

Dong Zhuo changed his tune.

It surprised Li Ru.

He looked at Dong Zhuo in a daze.

The whole person is quite surprised.

This Cao Zixiu has too much face in Xiangguo, he has already defected and joined the crusade against the coalition army, and now he is still thinking about him.

A few days ago, wasn't it still throwing cups and bowls, slashing in the hall with a sword, and yelling to swear to kill Cao Ang?
Why is it like a different person today?

Li Ru didn't understand.

But he was shocked!

Looking up at Dong Zhuo, Li Ru was hesitant to speak, wanting to persuade Dong Zhuo.

But after seeing the decisive look on Dong Zhuo's face, he still chose to give up.

If you don't understand, then don't mix it up.

Anyway, the left and right are just a collection of books, which can't be directly turned into an army's combat power, and it doesn't hurt to give it to him.

Therefore, after bowing to salute.

Li Ru left immediately.

Ready to do so.

…………

Yanshi County persisted for another three days.

After all, under the siege of the coalition forces on all sides, the beaten personnel were exhausted and exhausted. Even Hu Zhen and Lu Bu, who were the main generals, had lost the will to fight and did not intend to continue.

After all, they still have some soldiers on hand.

If they withdraw, they can rely on these forces to break through and ensure their personal safety.

But if you continue to fight.

Get rid of these people on hand.

As the main generals, even if they can block a hundred with one, they will probably be surrounded by the enemy army, and they will die at that time.

There is no need to sacrifice your life to this extent.

Therefore, Hu Zhen and Lu Bu reached an amazing tacit understanding on this matter.

By night.

Break out from the west gate with thousands of people.

And the men and horses in charge of guarding the west gate naturally couldn't fight the enemy army who wanted to break out of the encirclement. Such a loss was unbearable.

So it also gave them a way out.

As such.

Yanshi County was taken immediately.

In fact, if the defenders in the city withdrew one day later, Yuan Shao planned to order the whole army to suspend the attack on the city and rest for a few days.

Everyone is really tired.

The most important thing is that many people from all walks of life suffered a lot of losses, ranging from hundreds to thousands.

You know, even Cao Ang's Huben camp, under the leadership of top generals like Zhang Liao, suffered a lot of casualties and lost hundreds of people.

Can be imagined.

Other princes with far more troops than him may not be a small number in terms of battle damage.

This is an unbearable weight for everyone.

Everyone originally planned to take advantage of the short-term low morale of the enemy army to take Yanshi County in one go.

But no one expected it.

The resistance of the defenders can be so tenacious.

In this year-long offensive and defensive battle.

The defenders in the city are constantly being consumed.

But there were more soldiers killed and injured outside the city!

After all, it doesn't take advantage to attack the city in one direction. Even if you fight more and less, the battle damage will be higher.

After a long time, everyone can't bear it anymore.

They all ran to Yuan Shao to complain.

Fortunately, today, the main general of the city took advantage of the darkness to run away, otherwise Yuan Shao might really not be able to withstand the pressure and would announce the rest of the whole army tomorrow.

……

And now in the county.

At a hastily held banquet.

Cao Ang looked at the heroes from all walks of life, all of them looked tired, and many of them had red eyes.

This is not only boiled out, but also under too much pressure.

Everyone is not rich.

That's all the capital on hand.

It's hard to lose a fraction of it. If you lose all of them in World War I, you'll be a poor commander.

Seeing everyone in such a state.

Cao Ang somewhat understood.

No wonder after learning that Dong Zhuo withdrew to Chang'an, all the heroes from all walks of life chose to stop their pursuit.

I really don't want to continue to suffer losses.

It took so much effort to fight a city guarded by 3 to [-] people. If you attack a huge city like Luoyang, you will have to face Dong Zhuo's [-] troops.

I'm afraid everyone will become paupers.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo's retreat from Luoyang may be more in line with everyone's wishes, and it can be regarded as a two-way rush.

After drinking three rounds.

The tense atmosphere of the crowd finally eased.

The tension and fatigue on many people's faces eased a little.

And Cao Ang was looking around.

Yuan Shao's voice was suddenly heard in his ears.

Turn around and look.

Yuan Shao, who was sitting at the top, had already stood up, holding a wine glass in his hand.

"Everyone, now Yanshi County has been broken, and the last barrier of Luoyang City has been taken down by us. Luoyang has become an isolated city."

"Next, we only need to take a short break before we can lead the army straight to Luoyang and fight Dong Zhuo for the final decisive battle. I hope you can muster up your strength and boost your morale."

"In this last battle, to fight the enemy bravely, you must do your best in one battle, defeat the Xiliang army, kill this thief, clean up the court, and restore peace to the world!"

"Shao believes that as long as everyone works together and helps each other, Dong Bandit's army of less than [-] troops will not be enough to fight against our army!"

……

Yuan Shao's tone was impassioned.

Words are even more aggressive.

There is a pre-war mobilization for the Kanto heroes here, and I hope everyone can boost their morale.

It's just a little bit unexpected.

After Yuan Shao's voice fell.

Above the banquet, there were very few responders.

Only Cao Cao, Bao Xin, Sun Jian and others also stood up and said that they would go to the end firmly.

As for the others, there was a weird silence for a while, and even Yuan Shu looked thoughtful.

Still after a long time.

Perhaps it was because only Yuan Shao and others toasted, the scene was a little awkward, and the rest stood up one after another, expressing rather perfunctorily that they would do their best.

See this situation.

Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

People are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead!
To be honest, he doesn't blame these people either.

After all, he himself couldn't bear the loss.

This time to attack Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao led an army of [-], which can be regarded as a large number of soldiers.

But as the leader of the alliance, he needs to take the lead, and it is impossible to hide behind.

This results in losses that far exceed those of others.

if you can.

Yuan Shao also didn't want to fight Dong Zhuo to the death.

But no if!
We have now reached the final step.

If Dong Zhuo can be defeated, then his reputation as the leader of the Dong Lianjun will reach its peak.

on the contrary.

Little fame will befall him.

Then this crusade will be in vain, and all the sacrifices made before will be in vain.

Therefore, even if Yuan Shao had the intention to back down, he had to grit his teeth and get everyone to work hard.

……

Two days later.

The rest of the army is almost done.

He immediately led his troops to Luoyang.

In order to ensure the morale of the army.

Yuan Shao mobilized again before setting off, which was exhausting.

Finally, everyone's will was pulled up a little.

And Cao Cao, who has always been a staunch main fighter, was also rarely relieved.

Just looking at his father's relaxed expression, Cao Ang couldn't help but sigh.

Only he knows.

When the Luoyang fire came together, the sky was full of flames and thick smoke billowed.

What Yuan Shao said now will become a fantasy, and even Yuan Shao himself will lose his fighting spirit.

At that time, what purges the imperial court and punishes the country's thieves.

Let's put it aside for now.

……

After the army marched for a few days.

It is getting closer and closer to Luoyang.

Yuan Shao and the others didn't dare to rush forward, they only planned to set up camp at a location still some distance away from Luoyang.

Send out scouts to find out the situation.

However, it has not yet waited for the manpower to be dispatched.

Everyone was a little horrified.

Thick smoke billowed suddenly in the distant sky, dyeing the originally blue and clear sky black.

And among the clouds scattered in the sky, it was even more illuminated by the ground, glowing a red light.

The coalition forces suddenly turned pale with fright.

Something is burning!

……

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