Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 226 Dong Zhuo moved the capital to burn Luoyang

The next day, the princes assembled their troops and attacked Hulao Pass together. Sure enough, the Xiliang army closed the gate tightly and deployed their defenses with all their strength. Lü Bu never went out to fight.

Retiring in the evening, Liu He asked for orders to enter Hanoi and take Luoyang from Mengjin on the grounds that Hanoi was in chaos, bandits and Huns were rampant and the right wing was in danger.

Cao Cao was also on the sidelines, and Yuan Shao was afraid of Liu He's prestige, so he took advantage of it, and immediately agreed to the matter, and personally wrote to Yuan Shu, asking him to allocate food and grass supplies.

Liu He bid farewell to Cao Cao and others that day, and led his troops to Xingyang to rest first, and took away most of the original grain and grass. Yuan Shu was so angry that he jumped and cursed at the top of the city.

Joining the army said: "General, Liu He has been at odds with Han Jizhou since the alliance, and has repeatedly despised the leader of the alliance. I think he sees that the situation is not good, and wants to take the opportunity to escape to Youzhou."

"Liu He, you don't want to escape!" Yuan Shu suddenly realized, and immediately sent someone to report to Yuan Shu, asking Han Fu to divide his troops to intercept in Jizhou immediately, and not let Liu He go back to Youzhou.

Yuan Shao understood after receiving the letter and hurriedly consulted with Han Fu. Han Fu had long hated Liu He and immediately sent an order to Jizhou overnight, not allowing Liu He's troops to pass through the territory.

Han Fu joined the army and Guo Tu said again: "Liu He is ambitious, and I am afraid he will not leave easily. With the bravery of his soldiers, he killed the Xiongnu in Hanoi and defeated the Baibo bandits. No defense."

Yuan Shu groaned for a while, and said: "Wang Kuang is dead, and there is no one under the jurisdiction of Hanoi. I recommend Zhang Yang as the prefect of Hanoi, and then restrain Liu He, and deny him food, grass and military equipment. I want to see if Liu He can survive." How can you show off your might?"

Han Fu clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "This will make Liu He have nowhere to go, and if he is trapped to death in Hanoi, if he is killed by the Huns, it will be very satisfying."

Yuan Shao laughed, then stroked his beard and restrained his face, and said: "We are united in begging for thieves, how can we create chaos among ourselves, this matter must never be brought up again."

Han Fu and the others clasped their fists to accept the order, and went back to prepare for the siege of the city the next day.

Inside the Hulao Pass, there was a gloomy cloud and mist. Lu Bu was defeated and was almost captured alive. After a melee, the Xiliang Army lost more than a thousand people and their morale was extremely low.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Dong Zhuo withdrew his troops overnight and returned to Luoyang, leaving Li Jue to guard Hulao Pass. On the second day, he sent an order to him to guard for five days, otherwise he would be punished according to military law.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo ordered the capital to be moved from his home in Luoyang. The Xiliang army burned the palace, looted the rich households in Luoyang, unearthed the emperor's tomb, loaded it with gold and pearls, and took the emperor's officials to Chang'an.

Li Jue was shocked when he heard the news, Dong Zhuo abandoned Luoyang, he is still holding on here, not to mention that he has not reaped the benefits, if the coalition forces break through Hulao pass, he will definitely die without a place to bury him.

Immediately, several generals were summoned, falsely claiming that Dong Zhuo had other general orders, to transfer him back to Luoyang, leave one person to guard Hulao Pass, and let the generals discuss and decide on their own.

That day they repelled the coalition attack, after dinner, Li Jue issued an order to raise the account, all the generals have heard about Luoyang, the remaining guards are extremely dangerous if they stay behind, and they feel uneasy.

The general Wang Fang knew that Li Jue had always been greedy for money, so he secretly prepared [-] yuan and brought it directly to the Chinese army.

Wang Fang stepped forward and put the package on the table, clasped his fists and said: "Li Zhonglang, I have a wife, children, and children who need to be taken care of at home. I can't stay here to be the queen. I ask the general to be extra merciful and choose some other generals to be the queen."

Li Jue's face darkened, and he snorted coldly, "What's in this package?"

Wang Fang looked around and said in a low voice, "Ten thousand yuan."

"Presumptuous!" Li Jue was furious, slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Bold Wang Fang, who do you think I will be?"

Wang Fang took a step back in fright, bowed and said, "This subordinate is really helpless..."

"Shut up!" Li Jue yelled, pointing at Wang Fang and yelling, "Who doesn't know that I will do things, and I have always been clear about rewards and punishments. I treat my subordinates equally and fairly. What do you mean?"

The rest of the people also nodded one after another, Wang Fang looked embarrassed, but begged Li Jue not to let him stay at Hulao Pass.

boom--

Li Jue leaned over, lifted five cloth bags from under the table, and slammed them on the table, scaring Wang Fang into a shudder.

Li Jue sneered and said, "Everyone of the other generals will be given fifty thousand dollars. What do you mean by this ten thousand dollars? Do you look down on me?"

"Ah? This, this..." Wang Fang was dumbfounded, staring at those bags, speechless.

Li Jue waved his hand, and said coldly: "The general will never favor anyone, since you don't give much money, then you will stay behind at Hulao Pass!"

All the generals nodded and laughed, helped Li Jue to pick up the purse, and went out to pack their luggage and prepare to leave Hulao Pass.

Wang Fang was ashen and sat helplessly on the ground. The morale of the army was now weakened. Even if Hulao Pass was easy to defend but difficult to attack, it would not be easy to hold on for another three days.

The Kwantung princes hated the Xiliang army so much that they would die if they surrendered. If they escaped, they would be chased and killed by Dong Zhuo, which drove him into a desperate situation.

At this time, Luoyang City has changed from a glorious imperial capital to a purgatory on earth. All the palaces and houses were burned, the flames soared into the sky, and the black smoke billowed continuously for days.

The streets and alleys, both inside and outside the city, were strewn with dead bodies. Within tens of miles, they were looted by the Xiliang army, desolate and deserted.

After the Xiliang army retreated, there was a dead silence in the imperial palace, with ruined walls and thick smoke, and the sound of houses being burned and collapsed was heard from time to time. Other than that, there was a dead silence.

In the evening, suddenly there were a few figures walking through the palace. They moved cautiously, like hunting beasts, looking around carefully, from the main hall to the Taimiao, they circled several times.

Unaware that night was falling, they could only see the outline of the incomplete palace wall through the flames. These people gathered in a corner of the palace, and someone fetched well water, so they took out dry food from their arms to eat, drink and rest.

One of them was chewing air-dried beef, turned his face to the sky, and saw the blue sky, the stars and the moon shining brightly, under such a clear sky, it was the time of the death of the Han Dynasty, so he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

A person next to him asked: "Captain Han, we have been searching for two days. We have basically searched all the wellheads, but there is still no treasure. What are we looking for?"

That man was Han Long, who was sent by Liu He to lurk in Luoyang in advance. He put his sword across his knees, shook his head and said, "My lord didn't give a clear explanation. He only said that the treasure was most likely in the well, and all the four palaces were burned down." , indeed only wells can hide things.”

Another person sighed: "My lord actually expected that Luoyang would be burned down. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it even if I was killed."

"My lord can even think of this, what a god..."

"Don't forget, the lord is the descendant of King Gong of the East China Sea. Maybe there is some hint from the heavens to him."

"The emperor was kidnapped by Dong Zhuo. Could it be that our lord is really - destiny..."

"Presumptuous, don't talk nonsense!" Han Long interrupted everyone with a cold shout, and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter if you say such rebellious words, it doesn't matter if you kill yourself, but you hurt the lord, how are you at ease?"

Everyone bowed their heads one after another. Although they stopped discussing, they respected Liu He more and more in their hearts. Doesn't it mean that being loyal to the man of destiny means glory and wealth?

"Captain Han, look over there!" At this moment, a man stood up suddenly and shouted.

Han Long looked in the direction he pointed and saw a colorful ray of light towards the south corner of the palace, looming as the fire light flickered on and off.

Han Long was shocked, and immediately got up and ran over: "Go, go and have a look!"

"It's a well!" Someone shouted excitedly, "The colorful light is in the well, hahaha, I found a treasure..."

"Shut up!" Han Long slapped the man on the forehead, looked around carefully, and said in a deep voice, "Go and get the rope."

(End of this chapter)