Great Wei Nengchen

When night fell, people finally saw what those smoke pillars represented. Fire, big fire, raging flames soared into the sky, and the entire western sky was illuminated into day, like a burning sun, but now it was night, and there was no sky in the west. The sun, there is only Luoyang City, the capital of the great Han!

The soldiers went crazy, the generals went crazy, and finally the princes also went crazy. Some were stunned, some knelt down and wept, some raised their heads to the sky and shouted... No one thought that Dong Zhuo would dare to set fire to Luoyang City. How could he dare to do this? , Desperate!

That is Luoyang, the capital of the Great Han Dynasty. It took more than a dozen generations of hard work to establish it. It is a holy place in the hearts of tens of millions of Han people. Now a fire broke out, and people's beliefs collapsed in an instant. Big Han, it's over...

The leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, raised his tent overnight and summoned all the generals and generals to discuss matters. There was only one order, "The allied forces are dispatched to attack Hulao Pass in the starry night. Even if it is a pile of dead bodies, it must be piled up..."

The drums of war are like thunder, and the crowd is like a sea!

All the princes of the [-]th Route were red-eyed, and even weak scholars like Kong Rong put on their armor and went into battle.

The soldiers of the three armies raised their torches and shouted to launch a fierce attack on Hulaoguan, just like waves hitting a dam, one wave after another, one wave higher than the other, no matter how dense the arrows are, no matter how many When the huge boulder fell, the soldiers of the coalition army did not retreat. Those in front fell down, and those behind stepped on the dead bodies and continued to bravely kick the city. They broke out the greatest courage since the beginning of the war, although the courage came a bit late...

On the other hand, when Hulao was closed, after Dong Zhuo and others withdrew, the place was handed over to General Zhao Cen, who left him with 3 horsemen. Zhao Cen was also considered a mighty general in the Xiliang Army. Very rich, but in the face of such a desperate attack by the coalition forces, he was also timid in his heart, especially the fire in the direction of Luoyang, which made him realize that he was abandoned and became an abandoned child!

"I fought bloody battles here. You dug graves in Luoyang City and made a fortune, but you didn't even notify me when you finally ran away. Well, since you don't treat me as a human being, don't blame me for being rude!" After yelling at the west, Zhao Cen changed into the clothes of an ordinary soldier, mixed in with the panicked crowd, and disappeared...

The dragons had no leader, and tens of thousands of Xiliang troops suddenly became chaotic. Grand Master Dong ran away, and the officials also ran away, so who do we give our lives to?

With a cry, tens of thousands of troops dispersed, most of them put down their weapons and surrendered to the coalition forces, and some who didn't want to be soldiers anymore took some of their hands, took off their military uniforms, and ran directly to the nearby mountains to become kings of the mountain Anyway, there are so many bandits in troubled times, who cares who these days!

At dawn, the coalition forces finally captured Hulao Pass completely, and then the princes from all walks of life went straight to Luoyang without disarming their armor and horses. The tens of thousands of horses were like a long-distance race, and the long distance was drawn. At the front, the infantry followed, and the heavy soldiers followed at the back... The army has no formation at all, and the soldiers and horses of each family are all mixed together. It is impossible to tell who is who. Now everyone has only one thought, run, run...

Luoyang City is already in flames, and black clouds of smoke cover hundreds of miles around, and it lingers for a long time... After the allied forces of the princes arrived, they were surprised to find that things didn't seem to be as bad as everyone thought. The palaces in the north and west of Luoyang City, the Taimiao , and the mansions of princes and ministers were basically burned into ruins, but the south and east of the city did not suffer much loss, such as 'Taixue, Baima Temple', several relatively prosperous squares and cities were safe and sound, even the The 'Tianji Building' is well preserved!

The princes immediately mobilized their manpower to extinguish the burning fire, and then everyone discovered the reason. It turned out that although many fire sources were set up in the south and east of the city, these places were either extremely close to water sources, or relatively The lonely building is surrounded by an open space. In this way, although the smoke will rise to the sky when it is ignited, the fire source will not spread to the surroundings, so the loss is very small...

Although I don't know why the Xiliang army who set the fire was so stupid, but it is thankful that half of Luoyang City can be saved. Who would want to think about it? , many military camps were directly set up on the ruins. The leader Yuan Shao was born in a family, and the most important thing is a ostentation, so he preemptively occupied the "Tianji Building" as his base camp. Now in Luoyang City, this is already the most extravagant place , Most of the other princes did the same, they found some big mansions that had not been burned down and settled down, only Cao Cao, after entering the city, ignored everything, went straight to the 'Tai Xue'...

"Haha! That's great, my ancestors bless you, everything is fine here, and these books are fine!" Cao Cao was rolling happily in the pile of bamboo slips in the 'Tai Xue' library. Not only was it not burned, but before the Xiliang army withdrew, they carefully closed the gates, and all the gates were tied with iron chains to prevent the rebels from destroying them.

Cao Cao is not one of those mindless vassals. After a little thought, he understood that someone must have spent a lot of thought secretly to preserve these things. Otherwise, how could half of Luoyang City have been left by such a coincidence? He is also safe and sound. Cao Cao is very clear about the value of these books. The absolute value is priceless.

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Shangfang is located by the Luoshui River [-] miles southwest of Luoyang City. It is a densely packed area full of various workshops. Although it is only the most primitive manual production, it is already the entire Han Empire, or the most advanced in the world at that time. The industrial center is the various utensils produced here, which are continuously supplied to the capital Luoyang. This is the heart that pumps blood for the Han Empire!

There are also thousands of craftsmen living in Shangfang. These people will spend their whole lives here, without holidays or rest. Sons or grandsons took over the tools in their hands and continued to work hard. Many people’s ancestors were master craftsmen in Shangfang even since the Qin Dynasty. They have served the empire for generations and accumulated superb craftsmanship!

It's a pity that no matter how tremblingly they serve the empire, in the eyes of the rich and powerful, they are just tools that can make exquisite utensils. Everyone was busy rummaging through the city of Luoyang, hoping to get some leftovers left by the Xiliang army. Those who want to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune are not just Xiliang soldiers...

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." With the sound of horseshoes trampling the ground, a black torrent suddenly appeared around Shangfang, and then they rushed here at a very fast speed. Like a dragon, a horse like a tiger, its momentum is like Mount Tai, it is really like a mountain pressing down, scaring the craftsmen who stayed in Shangfang to their wits, many people have already knelt on the ground, begging for mercy desperately, such a cavalry brigade , it only takes one charge to level this place!

Fortunately, when the black torrent rushed to the front, it suddenly separated and surrounded Shangfang on both sides, and then occupied various strongholds and planted black military flags. It turned out that they came to protect this place and surge against the torrent , A large black banner appeared in front of the formation, with four big characters on it--Xuanjia cavalry!

Under the big banner, Xiao Yi swung his sword immediately, and was looking at the situation of Shangfang, "Zhang Ji did a good job, every plant and tree here is not damaged at all, he really has a heart..."

After arriving in Luoyang, Xiao Yi didn't even enter the city, and immediately led the Xuanjia Army to rush here, for fear that someone would pick the peaches first. Fortunately, those princes were either busy rummaging in the city, or they didn't Thinking of this, it's all cheap for myself in the end.

"Which one of you is the official here, come out and meet me!" Xiao Yi urged the horse forward, and came directly in front of those craftsmen. These are all living treasures. From now on, there is no need to worry about the weapons of the Xuanjia Army. !

In the war at this time, one fights for bravery, two fights for food and grass, and the third fight is for ordnance. Because of the smelting technology, the ordnance of this era is extremely fragile. A war knife often becomes sawtooth after cutting a few people. It is often necessary to change weapons several times after a battle, so after each battle, besides the dead bodies everywhere, there are piles of destructive weapons. If there is no good logistics department to provide you with sufficient weapons at this time, Then you can only fight with sticks!

"See General, the little old man Gao Lian is the chief official here!" An old man with white beard and hair came out tremblingly with his waist bowed, and knelt down in front of Xiao Yi's horse, his face full of tears. It's a terrified look.

"Oh? Elderly, please hurry up!" Respecting the craftsman, Xiao Yi jumped off the horse, supported the old man with both hands, and looked at the callused and burnt hands of the other party, and knew that this was an old blacksmith. .

"Don't dare, dare not, please tell me what the general has to say, the little old man will obey you!" Gao Lian has worked hard all his life, and he has also worked in Shangfang all his life. When has he ever seen a general treat him so politely? In the past, when those dignitaries came, they would beat and scold him. Xiao Yi was so polite to him, but he jumped, stepped back a few steps, and bowed even more!

"Hehe! I don't know how many craftsmen there are in this Shangfang and what utensils they can make. How is everyone's life?" Xiao Yi touched his nose. This time he didn't want to kill someone, but was embarrassed. Is it vicious?After finally wanting to be close to the people, I almost scared the old man in front of me to death. It seems that it is impossible to get along with the working people!

"Returning to Lord General, there are a total of 3328 craftsmen in Shangfang, including the little old man, and more than [-] family members who also live nearby. …, among which blacksmiths are the most, accounting for more than half of the total number of craftsmen!" Gao Lian has lived here all his life, so he knows the situation of Shangfang well, "As for production, bows and arrows, weapons, and all kinds of siege equipment can be crafted here , As for other daily necessities, such as wood, porcelain, bronze, lacquer..., there is no shortage!"

"Okay, very good, this general will take over here from now on, don't worry, this general will protect you to live a good life!" Xiao Yi's face was about to burst into laughter, these are all treasures, he even I was thinking that if these people were brought to a place isolated from the world, they would be completely self-sufficient. At that time, it would not be impossible for me to designate land and become king...

"Thank you, General, the little old man will do what a dog can do!" Gao Lian knelt down on the ground again, and kowtowed desperately. No matter what the other party said was true or not, if he kowtowed a few more times, he would be able to suffer less abuse in the future, right? , those high-ranking people, how can there be a good person...

"Is there any shortage here?" Xiao Yi looked at the old man in front of him, and then at the craftsmen gathered in the distance. Most of these people were dressed in rags and their faces were disheveled. It seems that their life was not good before It's not that good, that's fine, as long as I treat them better, I think these people will be grateful to Dade.

"Returning to Lord General, this... this..."

"What's lacking, let's be honest, the general will not blame me!" Seeing Gao Lian's hesitation, Xiao Yi knew that he must have encountered difficulties, and this was a good opportunity for him to win people's hearts!

"Returning to the general, the people in Shangfang can only build equipment, they don't know how to farm. All the rations are provided by Luoyang City. Recently, Luoyang is in chaos. No one takes care of us. The food in the workshop is exhausted. Everyone I haven't had enough to eat for days..."

What Gao Lian said is the truth. Dong Zhuo and others have been busy moving recently, and they have only a little energy to search for gold, silver and jewelry. Who cares about the life and death of these craftsmen? People either starved to death, or went out to flee famine and beg for food.

"Fat Liu, boil water, cook porridge, and take out the dry food in the camp and the butcher's shop!" Xiao Yi gave an order, and the fire-headed soldiers immediately moved after hearing the news. Under the leadership of Fat Liu, dozens of big black pots They lined up and began to cook porridge. Others also took out the pancakes and butchers they carried with them, and handed them to the craftsmen. To be honest, the food of the Xuanjia Army is the best in the entire Kwantung Allied Army. Tell them to have a leader who is even more treacherous than a profiteer!

"Thank you General, General is merciful... I will do my best..." The craftsmen fell to their knees and kowtowed desperately. Their life wishes are very simple, just eat enough and wear warm clothes. Now Xiao Yi Not only food for them, but also a butcher shop that they don't even see during Chinese New Year, everyone immediately felt happy to death... Xiao Yi is naturally grateful...

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In the city of Luoyang, Cao Cao was looking through all kinds of precious books in the 'Tai Xue'. He couldn't put it down to some of the rare books. He didn't even bother to eat lunch. People who love books are like this. They can go without food for a day, but not for a day. No books!

"Reporting to General Cao, we are one step late, and Shangfang has been preempted by the Xuanjia Army!" A soldier finally pulled Cao Cao out of the sea of ​​books.

Ha ha!Good boy, it's really quick, it doesn't matter, sooner or later it's my family!

242.Chapter 242 Another Poison Plan

In the lobby of Tianji Building, the princes of the [-]th Route had already quarreled, and the quarreling was divided into two factions. On one side was the princes of the [-]th Route headed by Yuan Shao, and on the other side, there was only Cao Cao, a very poor person!

The reason for the quarrel is also very simple. Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and hijacked the emperor to flee westward.

"Dong Zhuo was tyrannical and burned Luoyang. Now the people of the world are looking up to us. What are you waiting for? Dong Zhuo fled all the way to the west, and his army has no fighting spirit. In addition, he is coercing the people to go with him, so he must move slowly. We just need to wait. Lead the elite soldiers to chase after the starry night, and you will surely win a complete victory!"

Cao Cao was already roaring, the veins on his forehead were stretched high, and these "pig teammates" always lost the chain at critical moments. At the beginning, he advocated rushing into the army, but they refused to listen, and Dong Zhuo burned most of them. Luoyang City, now he advocates pursuing, but everyone still doesn't listen, do you have to give Dong Zhuo a breathing space, let him build up his strength and then come back and deal with us?

After being sprayed with saliva for a long time, the princes still bowed their heads and remained silent. Although what Cao Cao said was reasonable, everyone refused to leave. Even Sun Jian, who was always tough and good at fighting, did not make any remarks. During this period, the whole person became muddled, and he just sat there stupidly, neither talking nor laughing, and when others discussed the matter of pursuit, he also remained silent, and when someone asked his opinion, this one still looked blank , obviously absent-minded, looking at his strange half-crying half-smiling expression, it's like picking up a dog's head gold...

On the position of leader, Yuan Shao also remained silent. The reason why the princes refused to go west is very simple. On the one hand, they are afraid of Dong Zhuo's strength. After all, he still has an army of 10,000+ Xiliang. , but it will hurt people, and whoever rushes first will be hurt the most. Of course, everyone doesn't want to be that dead ghost!

Furthermore, Qinchuan, eight hundred miles away from Guanzhong, is also known as the "Country of Four Fortresses". What should I do if someone copied my hometown after a rash expedition to the west?

At least Yuan Shao is very worried about his younger brother Yuan Shu. He can be quite sure that as long as he enters Guanzhong with his front foot, Yuan Hou's foot will block his return, and then turn around and copy his old lair. At that time, there will be a strong enemy in front of him. , There is no way out, food and grass are cut off, even if you want to cry, you can't find the grave!

Yuan Shao also thought about it, didn't Dong Zhuo go to Chang'an, then he will sit in Guandong, after the fire of Luoyang, the Han Dynasty has already been demolished, the little emperor is just a signboard, and the clan of the Han Dynasty is all over the world, There are more than dogs, and when the time comes, I will find a useless person from inside and give him a crown. Anyway, the Jade Seal of Chuanguo has been lost, and everyone is a white board emperor. Which one is true and which one is fake!

In this way, I can separate things from Dong Zhuo, and it’s good for everyone to live their own lives. After a few years, I will slowly clean up these princes, integrate the army, and then raise troops to march west. Not too late, when the time comes, the world will not be surnamed Liu earlier, but will be surnamed Yuan!

"Okay, you don't go, Cao will go alone! I will lead my troops to hunt down Dong Zhuo early tomorrow morning!" Cao Cao stomped his feet fiercely and walked out. With his wisdom, he couldn't see through the thoughts of these princes. Taking care of my own little calculations, let the people of the world be disappointed!

Without the heart to tolerate the world, how can we win the world!

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At night, the princes were looking for a place to rest, and the governor of Bingzhou, Zhang Yang, chose the "White Horse Temple" as the station. Because most Xiliang soldiers worship ghosts and gods, the monks here have not been disturbed. With Xiao Yi's secret protection, although the fire burned countless palaces and houses, the White Horse Temple was not damaged at all. Of course, the monks attributed all this to the blessing of the Buddha. Come to think of it, this is actually protected by an 'Asura' with bloody hands!