The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 37 Burning Luoyang
Yuan Shao glanced at everyone and suddenly said: "Everyone, I have received a letter from the capital. Dong Zhuo's food and grass have been burned. If nothing unexpected happens, Dong Zhuo will withdraw his troops soon."

As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, everyone's faces suddenly showed joy.

"If that's the case, we can just wait here for Dong Zhuo to retreat." Qiao Mao said immediately.

Everyone nodded after hearing this. Instead of going all out to attack Hulao Pass, it would be better to wait for Dong Zhuo to withdraw his troops. At that time, it would not be too late to attack again.

After hearing this, Cao Cao frowned, stood up, and said loudly: "Everyone, Dong Zhuo is short of food and will definitely return to Luoyang. At this time, we should launch an attack immediately to hold Dong Zhuo back. Only in this way can Dong Zhuo be defeated." They will perish because their food will run out.”

The morale of the army without food was unstable. Cao Cao believed that the most important thing at this time was not to let Dong Zhuo escape.

"Meng De, the Dong thieves are out of food now, and the army is thinking of retreating. If our army attacks forcefully, it will make the other side unite, and we will both suffer losses. It is better to wait for a few more days, until the other side has exhausted all their food and grass, and then attack again. "Yuan Shu rolled his eyes.

He also didn't want to sacrifice his troops to attack Hulao Pass. It was because Hulao Pass was too difficult and dangerous. If he wanted to attack Hulao Pass, the army would definitely lose a lot.

Now Dong Zhuo is about to withdraw his troops. By that time, he can capture Hulao Pass without any effort. Isn't this a good thing? In this case, why sacrifice military strength?
"What the highway said is true. It only takes a few days. If we wait a few more days, we can easily get to Hulao by then. Why not!" Liu Dai also nodded in agreement.

Cao Cao glanced at everyone and immediately understood what everyone was thinking, which was that they did not want to waste his own troops. He smiled bitterly in his heart and was about to speak, but was stopped by Yuan Shao.

"Since everyone said so, let's rest for a few days and then march into Luoyang."

Yuan Shao said with a smile: "Today is a great victory, you should all drink from it."

After saying that, they served wine and meat. The princes were overjoyed, and the atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became lively.

Only Cao Cao was drinking wine with his head down.

He wished he could attack Hulao Pass now and drag Dong Zhuo there.

It's a pity that this is just his idea. He has already seen that these people want to preserve their own strength and do not want to attack Hulao Pass at all. In desperation, he had no choice but to drink wine.

But he never thought that these princes had been drinking and having fun for several days and had no intention of attacking Hulao Pass.

While Hulao was closed, Qin Shou, Zhang Liao, and Xia Houlan looked at the coalition camp in front of them.

"Lord, why don't these people attack?" Xiahou Lan was surprised.

Dong Zhuo's army did not attack for several days, and the fool knew that something was wrong, but the coalition forces never attacked, which surprised him.

"Because they are here just to gain fame, not the real King Qin. Seeing Hulao Pass blocking the way, they don't want to attack for fear of damaging their own troops." Qin Shou said disdainfully.

"What a bunch of incompetent people. Such people still think about King Qin. It's a big joke." Zhang Liao felt a burst of disdain after hearing this.

"How is the situation in Luoyang? The people who are most unlucky in the hasty evacuation are the people." Qin Shou was a little worried.

Zhang Liao and others felt a sense of gratitude in their hearts after hearing this. If Qin Shou had not made arrangements in advance, they would not have allowed their families to evacuate first. If they evacuated with the large army now, there is no telling what trouble would happen.

"The sentry sent word that the Prime Minister asked Lu Bu to dig up the imperial mausoleum and get all the gold and silver buried with it."

Zhang Liao's face was complicated. He didn't expect Dong Zhuo to be so cruel and bold, excavating all the imperial tombs of the Han Dynasty. And this guy Lu Bu was also very stupid, actually commanding the army to take action.

Although the Han Dynasty is corrupt, its four hundred years of rule have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. How could it be ruined in one day? The scholars and party members will definitely scold him.

Zhang Liao also understood at this time why Qin Shou would rather break up the throne than return to Luoyang. If he returned to Luoyang, he would be the one to do the job.

Thinking that his reputation would be so bad on the streets in the future, Zhang Liao suddenly shuddered. "Are you ready? Let's go back to Luoyang quickly! I think Prime Minister, I'm afraid he won't leave a complete Luoyang behind."

Qin Shou looked at the soldiers around him. Although they were wearing armor, they were all scarecrows. They were placed here to confuse the enemy, hoping to hold them off for a longer period of time.

According to the urine nature of the coalition forces, it may take several days before they are discovered by the other party.

"Prime Minister, are you planning to burn down Luoyang?" Zhang Liao suddenly gasped after hearing this. He did not expect that Dong Zhuo had become so crazy.

"Let's go!"

Although Qin Shou knew this, he had no way to stop it. He could only defend Hulao Pass and give the people more time.

When the army appeared outside Luoyang City, they found that a large number of people were migrating westward. From time to time, there were sounds of panic and some proud laughter among the crowd.

It was the rangers of Luoyang City who were robbing the relocated people. Qin Shou even saw several Huns from inside.

"Wenyuan, kill anyone who robs the people. No one will be spared."

Qin Shou's eyes flashed with murderous intent. These guys didn't know how to go into battle to kill the enemy, but they only knew how to bully the common people and deserve to be killed.

"Xiahou, let's go to the city."

Qin Shou looked at Luoyang City in the distance and flew away on horseback.

"Yes." Zhang Liao's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he immediately led his cavalry to kill him.

When the migrating people saw the cavalry rushing towards them, their faces showed panic. During this period, the Xiliang Army's bad reputation had already spread throughout Luoyang City. They themselves were also driven out of Luoyang City by the Xiliang Army. , moved forward to Chang'an.

Some Xiliang soldiers even robbed people, and murders often occurred.

Now that the Xiliang army is coming again, I am afraid that people like myself will suffer again.

"what!"

However, at this moment, there was a scream in the distance, and a ranger was seen covering his neck and falling down, and a sharp arrow was stuck in the opponent's neck.

"Those who dare to rob people's finances will be killed without mercy."

Zhang Liao roared angrily.

Several more muffled sounds came from the side, and several rangers were shot dead again.

When the remaining rangers and Huns cavalry saw this, they gave up the prey in front of them and dared not fight with Zhang Liao and others.

"General, please save my little girl, General."

At this time, a thin-looking old man walked out tremblingly.

"Mr. Bozhe, why are you here?"

Zhang Liao's expression changed when he saw the other party.

(End of this chapter)