The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 54

Xi Zhicai on the side nodded in agreement with Cheng Yu's words, Li Yuan's judgment this time is not insane.

"Hahahaha, Zhongde, you only know one thing and don't know the other," Li Yuan continued to explain, "Besides what you said just now, there is one very obvious doubt, that is Lu Bu's weapon, the Fangtian painting halberd, like Lu Bu's. It is a habit for veteran generals who have experienced battles to carry weapons with them, let alone when they are on patrol, he will definitely carry Fang Tian's painted halberd at that time, but when I watched it, I found that 'Lu Bu' did not carry Fang Tian's painted halberd , so I concluded that he was fake."

It was only after everyone listened to it that they realized it, and they admired Li Yuan even more in their hearts.

After traveling in the middle of the night, Li Yuan, Kong Ni and others finally returned to Luoyang. However, Luoyang at this moment is no longer the old Luoyang. Now Luoyang is full of fires, a large area of ​​houses has been destroyed, and the streets are extremely chaotic. The shouts of the people, the insults of the soldiers, and the cries of children are everywhere, like hell on earth.

Dong Zhuo led the army to Chang'an a few days ago, and ordered Luoyang to be burned before leaving. Poor Luoyang's centuries-old civilization foundation was destroyed, and countless pearls and treasures were burned before they could be transported. It is really heartbreaking.

Li Yuan had already expected this result, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he felt completely different. The formerly prosperous Luoyang had been turned into a pile of ruins, and almost everything that could be burned was burned. Countless people fled everywhere. The poor The crowd had no place to go, so they could only kneel down and cry, seeing such a scene, Li Yuan couldn't express what he felt, and even blamed himself for not taking the initiative to stop Dong Zhuo. If he had discussed with the coalition forces of the princes earlier, he might have been able to stop this. catastrophe.

"How did this happen? How did this happen?" Kong Ni was very distressed and asked twice in a row. The scene in front of him broke him down. As a big man, he couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw Luoyang being burned. You must know that Luoyang is The land of Kyoto is a sacred place in the hearts of all Han people, but now it has been burned by a fire, and everything has been reduced to nothing.

"Oh, it's all my fault. If it wasn't because I didn't do a good enough job, Luoyang wouldn't have suffered such a disaster." Li Yuan couldn't help but looked up to the sky and sighed, it was the first time he blamed himself so much.

"My lord, don't blame yourself. We have done our best. It is Dong thief who is too hateful to do such a thing that both people and gods are angry with." Xi Zhicai misunderstood Li Yuan's meaning, but Li Yuan didn't explain too much. At this moment, his heart was filled with regret.

Kong Ni's body seemed to be drained of strength, and he sat on the ground weakly crying, while Xu Jing comforted him.

"So Luoyang, what's the use of me waiting to rescue you!" Kong Ni cried bitterly. He originally thought that he would have the opportunity to reoccupy Luoyang to welcome the emperor, but the Luoyang in front of him had already made him despair, "Wen Zhong, can you tell What the hell is going on with me?"

Li Yuan shook his head helplessly, "Sigh, it must be that Thief Dong was afraid of the allied forces of the princes, so he moved his capital to Chang'an, and that's why Luoyang was burned down. He would rather destroy it than leave it to us."

"What? Move the capital to Chang'an?" Kong Ni looked up at Li Yuan in surprise.

"That's right, Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an and could still rely on Tongguan to resist the coalition forces of the princes, but I think the coalition forces of the princes saw this and Luoyang didn't have the intention to continue attacking Tongguan." Li Yuan knew that the coalition forces of the princes in history were also disbanded here, and from then on they began to compete for the throne. situation.

"Then where should we go?" Kong Ni was full of confusion, as if Luoyang was burned down, he seemed to have no hope in his heart.

"Inspector Kong, let's go back to Yuzhou and make plans. Luoyang is not a place to stay for a long time. If other princes come, it will definitely cause some competition."

Although more than half of Luoyang has been burned, Li Yuan believes that there are still many valuable things in the palace, and there will be princes to fight for it. It will inevitably lead to another war. Now he has not many troops. Therefore, it is impossible to compete with the heroes, so we can only return to Runan first.

"Okay, then go back to Yuzhou as you said." Kong Ni nodded and followed Li Yuan's opinion.

"My lord, if I return to Yuzhou by the same route now, I might run into the allied forces of the feudal lords." Xi Zhicai expressed his worries.

"We don't need to go back the same way. Let's go west to Hongnong, and then go southeast. We can go back to Runan by going east." Li Yuan had already made up his mind.So Li Yuanjun and Kong Nijun returned to Yuzhou along this route.

Li Yuan and Kong Ni led the army to leave for several hours. The coalition forces of the princes finally arrived in Luoyang. When they saw that Luoyang was burned to the ground, everyone was shocked or shocked. They couldn't believe that the once prosperous Luoyang would become this time. appearance.

"What's going on here? Am I waiting so hard to come to the rescue just to see this Luoyang?" Yuan Shao felt melancholy and disappointed, but also felt a little distressed.

Cao Cao asked some people to inquire, only then did he know that Dong Zhuo had moved his capital to Chang'an for a long time, and ordered Luoyang to be burned, intending to completely destroy Luoyang.

However, Li Yuan guessed right again. Many princes went to the palace to scramble for gold and treasures. Although Dong Zhuo took a large part of them, there were still many treasures left in the palace. The purpose was to let the princes compete for them. .

Cao Cao saw that he wanted to stop everyone, and the most important thing was to attack Tongguan and continue the crusade. However, at this time, the allied forces of the princes had lost their morale, and no one was willing to listen to Cao Cao's words. Even Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, had no intention of continuing the conquest. He said angrily: "Zhuzi is not enough to plan." Then he left angrily.

After this battle, the allied forces of the lords were officially disbanded. Li Yuan gained the most from the crusade against Dong Zhuo. He captured Hua Xiong alive in the battle of Hulao Pass, and defeated Lv Bu twice in a row. His reputation will spread throughout China in the future. .

On the way back to Runan, Kong Ni suddenly fell ill, and his condition became more and more serious. Unfortunately, Zhang Ji would not be able to treat him otherwise.

"General Li, my lord has something important to tell you." Xu Jing said to Li Yuan.

"Okay, I'll go now." Li Yuan knew that Kong Ni might be dying soon.

Li Yuan walked into the temporary tent and saw Kong Ni lying on the bed with a very pale face. Li Yuan hurried to his side, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Wen Zhong, you're here." Kong Ni gave Li Yuan a weak look, and it was very difficult for him to say a word now.

"Inspector Kong, I'm here. If you have anything to say, just say it." Li Yuan held Kong Ni's hand tightly. He has always been very grateful to Kong Ni. His original plan was to snatch Kong Ni's territory. , but Kong Ni has been very kind to him since he met him. He not only gave him the territory of Runan, but also gave him soldiers and weapons. It can be said that he took good care of him, which made him feel very sorry.

"I'm all for Han, and I want to eradicate Dong thief and help the emperor, but I can't do anything when I see Luoyang suffering, which leads to a sudden illness.

"Don't be in a hurry, Inspector Kong, take your time, you have to persevere, and I will let Zhang Ji treat your illness when you return to Runan." Li Yuan hoped that Kong Ni would persevere, as long as Zhang Ji was there, he would have a chance to save his life.

"I know my illness, maybe it's God's will," Kong Ni tried to smile, "Wen Zhong, I know you have the ability to compete for the world, maybe you won't work for the Han Dynasty, but I know you will You will be a wise master, if you can rule the world one day, don't let the people of the world down."

"I will! I promise you will do it." Li Yuanlian's voice was a little choked up, and the corners of his eyes were moist. After all, he is also a person with feelings. The time he spent with Kong Ni was not long, but he never forgot Kong Ni's kindness to him. .

"I believe you will do what you say. Your talent is a hundred times that of mine. Now I entrust Yuzhou to you. I believe you will do better than me." Kong Ni handed over the seal and documents beside him to Li Yuan, "I am really lucky to have met you in my later years, very lucky..."

After saying this, Kong Ni slowly closed his eyes, with a kind smile on his face.Li Yuan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, knelt on the ground and handed Kong Ni three heads, "Don't worry, Governor Kong, I, Li Yuan, will definitely not disappoint you!"

(End of this chapter)