Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 18 Entering Luoyang
In Luoyang City, in the prime minister's mansion, Dong Zhuo heard the news that Hua Xiong had been beheaded and that the Sishui Pass was in danger, so he hurriedly summoned his generals to discuss how to defend against the coalition forces.

Who would have thought that Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, who went to Hedong to attack the Baibo army, was defeated by the Baibo army before the negotiation came to a conclusion.

Dong Zhuo, who was afraid that the Allied Army would unite with the Baibo Army, sent people to poison the deposed Emperor Liu Bian's mother and son, moved the capital to Chang'an, sent Emperor Xian to move westward, and forced the people of Luoyang to accompany him to Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo even started looting houses, digging graves and looting tombs, looting Luoyang, and then turning Luoyang into ruins with a fire.

In the end, Dong Zhuo killed more than [-] people, including the old and the weak, women and children, including his uncle and Taifu Yuan Kai because of Yuan Shao's rebellion. He sent general Xu Rong to lead an army to resist the coalition forces, and pushed him to Chang'an.

After Zhao Cen, the guard of Sishui Pass, heard the news of Dong Zhuo's move to the west, he switched to surrender to the coalition forces. After entering Sishui Pass, the coalition forces stagnated and held banquets every day.

Cao Cao saw that the coalition forces were not enterprising, and they were intoxicated at the wine table all day long. After several attempts to dissuade him, Cao Cao left behind the words "a common man is worthless", and walked away.

Outside Sishui Pass, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Zhang Miao, Bao Xin and others said goodbye. Cao Cao and Sun Jian planned to march towards Luoyang overnight.

"Yeah~" A donkey brayed in a hurry, and everyone looked for the sound, and saw Li Song riding a little donkey, followed by Li Yuanba and Pei Yuanqing who were riding tall horses, and five hundred soldiers followed behind them coming towards them.

The little donkey spread its legs and ran happily, making a cry from time to time.

"Oh! Brother Cao has finally caught up with you!" Li Song got close to him, got off his donkey, and bowed to Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others.

"Brother! It's too late to stay in the camp, why did you come here?" Cao Cao laughed.

Everyone looked at Li Song and laughed without saying a word!
"I came here this time to go to Luoyang with Brother Cao and Taishou Sun, to kill the traitor Dong Zhuo, to welcome back the emperor, and to help our country." Li Song said loyally and courageously.

Cao Cao and the others looked at each other, and Cao Cao said, "I never thought that the princes from all walks of life are so strong that they are not as loyal and brave as my virtuous brother."

"Brother Cao is serious! As a subject of the emperor, it is my duty to welcome the emperor back from the traitor Dong Zhuo!" Li Song continued to pretend to be forceful to the end.

"For the sake of long nights and more dreams! Let's go as soon as possible! If you have anything to say, we will talk about it on the way." Sun Jian saw that the two of them were talking more and more vigorously, fearing that they would delay the business!Hastily opened the mouth to stop the road.

"What Wentai said is that it should not be too late. My dear brother, let's set off as soon as possible, but the mount of my dear brother will inevitably delay the big event. Why don't Wentai and I go ahead, and we will meet again in Luoyang then!" Cao Cao said.

"That's it! Brother Cao and Taishou Sun go first, and I'll be there later." Li Song understood Cao Cao's meaning, glanced at the little donkey grazing beside him, blushed involuntarily, and said embarrassedly.

"Brother Meng Zhuo and Brother Yuncheng, don't stay here! We will meet later!" Cao Cao and Sun Jian got on their horses and said goodbye with fists in their hands.

"Meng De, wait a minute! I'll let Zi Xu lead six thousand troops to go with you." Zhang Miao said, and turned around to tell his general Wei Zi: "Zi Xu, this time we will go with Meng De to attack Dong Zhuo. Everything is in order. Listen to Mende."

"No! The last general will remember the order of the prefect!" After receiving the order, Wei Zi got on his horse and came to Cao Cao's side.

"Meng De, Bao Tao and I will go to Luoyang together with you to punish the bandits Dong." Bao Xin temporarily made the decision to enter Luoyang with Cao Cao and others.

"Okay! Let's set off immediately! Farewell!" Cao Cao neatly cupped his hands at Zhang Miao, and rode his horse towards Luoyang.

"Farewell!" Sun Jian, Bao Xin and others also bid farewell to Zhang Miao and went after Cao Cao.

"Prefect Zhang, please help me take care of my family, Hui, when I come back from Luoyang, I will thank you very much!" Li Song said solemnly as he handed the little donkey to Zhang Miao.

"Prefect Li, you handed over this donkey to me, how are you going to Luoyang? Do you have other mounts?" Zhang Miao looked around and asked suspiciously.

"You know the speed of my Ah Hui. If you ride him, you may not know when you will be able to reach Luoyang."

"In order not to hold back everyone and hinder the important event of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, I decided to ride a horse with Yuan Qing." Li Song said in a tone of thinking about the overall situation.

"So that's it! Then I'm here to wish Prefect Li success in advance!" Zhang Miao handed over the reins of the little donkey to his subordinates and cupped his hands.

Zhang Miao didn't know that the little donkey was actually brought by Li Song with a sheep on the way here. Don't look at him as if nothing happened, but in fact he was really guilty of guilt and was too scared.

"Thank you Zhang Taishou Jiyan! Let me bid farewell!" Li Song cupped his hands and bid farewell. Pei Yuanqing rode forward, reached out to hold Li Song's extended hand, and pulled him onto the horse with a little force.

"Drive!" Pei Yuanqing gripped the reins tightly, clamped the horse's belly, and drove the war horse under his crotch to go away. Li Song hugged Pei Yuanqing's waist from behind with one hand, freed his other hand, and waved back to say goodbye. Dust away.

"Um ang~ um ang~" the little donkey yelled at Li Song, frightened Li Song urged him to run faster, at this moment Li Song felt even more guilty.

Zhang Miao also waved to Li Song, and said to the soldiers until he could no longer see them, "Let's go back!"

"Promise!" The soldiers responded and brought Zhang Miao a horse. Zhang Miao got on the horse, and the soldiers led the donkey and escorted Zhang Miao back to Sishui Pass.

In the early morning, Cao Cao and his party finally arrived at Luoyang, the eastern capital, after a night of traveling. They saw that the city of Luoyang, which had been reduced to ruins by a fire, was no longer as prosperous as it used to be.

When everyone walked among the ruins, they could see piles of bones everywhere, and all palaces, government offices, and private houses were burned down.

"I never thought that the prosperous city of Luoyang in the past would turn out to be like this. The 200-year-old imperial capital was wiped out in a fire." Cao Cao, who used to be an official in Luoyang, looked at the once prosperous imperial capital and said with regret. .

Later, Cao Cao wrote the narrative poem "Xie Lu Xing" with the old inscription of Yuefu to record the tragic event that Dong Zhuo's atrocities caused the people to live in dire straits.

"Hey! Who said it wasn't! I've heard how prosperous the city is, and I've always wanted to come and see it. It's a pity that everything will be wiped out after this fire." Li Song looked at the ruins in front of him. , said with emotion.

"Meng De doesn't need to be sad! Sooner or later, justice will be brought back for the people of the world." Sun Jian comforted him.

"That's right! Bandit Dong not only wiped out Luoyang, but also destroyed the ancestral temple and stole the mausoleum. It's really hateful!" Cao Cao said angrily.

Li Song only rolled his eyes when he heard this, and thought to himself, as if you don't know how to rob tombs. Facts have proved that Cao Cao also started the business of robbing tombs later, and even created the official position of Captain Mojin.

Cao Hong and the others scattered in all directions, looking for a complete foundation for the army to set up camp.

(End of this chapter)