When Dong Zhuo left Luoyang, Li Ru suggested to him again.
"Okay, order the sergeants to burn Luoyang to the ground."
"promise."
The princes were discussing how to deal with Dong Zhuo's move of the capital, when a scout flew into the camp.
"Report to the Alliance Leader, flames are rising in the direction of Luoyang, and black smoke is filling the sky."
"What?"
Although Yuan Shu knew the result after hearing what the scout said, he was also extremely surprised. He didn't expect Dong Zhuo to be so quick. He originally thought it would take several days.
"Luoyang has now become a city of fire."
The scout's eyes were even more horrified.
"Instruct all troops to march towards Luoyang at full speed,"
Yuan Shu gave an order, and the eleven princes advanced at full speed towards Luoyang. Zhao Cen, who was guarding Hulao Pass, saw that the situation was not good and opened the gate to offer sacrifices to the pass. Sun Jian and other five princes did not stop and also rushed towards Luoyang.
Seventeen princes gathered outside Luoyang City and looked at the raging fire. Without hesitation, Yuan Shu directly ordered to put out the fire. However, the princes were hesitant and did not want to contribute. Only Sun Jian sent troops to fight with Yuan Shu as best he could.
As the saying goes, it is easy to start a fire but difficult to extinguish it. In winter and spring weather, the grass and trees are dry, and even if two to three hundred thousand princes put out the fire together, it will take a long time, not to mention that most of these people are masters who do not work hard.
"Wentai, how about you take people to the south to put out the fire, and I'll take people to the north to put out the fire?"
Yuan Shu looked at Sun Jian and pointed him directly to the other side.
"No one dares to disobey the leader's orders."
Sun Jian had no other thoughts and simply nodded, then headed south with his troops.
"Let's go directly to the palace."
After sending Sun Jian away, Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief and rushed towards the palace with his troops. He wanted to be one step ahead of Sun Jian and hold the imperial seal in his hand.
After struggling to put out the fire in the palace and ordering all ministries to guard the gates, Yuan Shu went alone to the south of Jianzhang Hall to look for the imperial seal.
If the story was true, the jade seal should be in a well, but he searched four or five wells but couldn't find it. He found out that in the sixth dry well, there was indeed a woman lying in it, not knowing whether she was alive or dead.
He jumped down into the dry well and opened the woman's eyes, only to see a brocade bag under her neck.
Opening the kit, there was a red box inside, locked with a gold lock. It looked extremely valuable at first glance.
He broke the golden lock with his hand and saw a piece of jade seal inside.
The jade seal is four inches in diameter and is engraved with five dragons interacting with each other. However, there is a corner missing on the side, which is repaired with gold.
There are eight seal characters at the bottom of the jade seal:
"If you receive orders from Heaven, you will live forever."
After confirming that this was the imperial seal, Yuan Shu couldn't help but smile.
"Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for receiving the Imperial Seal and getting a chance to draw a lottery."
"Dingdong, congratulations to the host for being qualified to found a nation. May I ask if you want to proclaim yourself emperor immediately? After becoming emperor, you will receive a super mysterious gift package."
Hearing the system prompt, Yuan Shu's face couldn't help but collapse. What the hell, proclaiming himself emperor, he still wants to live for two more years.
"reject."
"Ding dong, because the host did not choose to proclaim himself emperor, the super mysterious gift package has disappeared."
After getting the jade seal, Yuan Shu put it in his arms and jumped out of the dry well.
"My Lord, Cao Cao, the Cavalry Commander, would like to see you."
Hearing Cao Cao's request for an audience, Yuan Shu's heart couldn't help but wonder what Cao Cao wanted to do with him.
"Let him come over."
After a while, Cao Cao rushed over in a hurry.
"Alliance leader, now that Dong Zhuo has been defeated and has moved his capital to the west, we must seize the opportunity and pursue the attack. We will definitely defeat the Xiliang army in one fell swoop."
Cao Cao saw Yuan Shu and shook his fist at him.
"Mengde, do you think I don't want to pursue you? But in the battle before Sishui Pass, we suffered heavy losses. Almost everyone was injured, especially the cavalry, which suffered most of the casualties. If we want to pursue Dong Zhuo, how can we do it without cavalry?"
Yuan Shu looked at Cao Cao with helplessness in his eyes.
"Dong's thieves burned the palace, robbed the emperor, and shook the sea. He didn't know where to go. At this time when the sky collapsed, one battle could calm the world, but the leader of the alliance didn't want to march because he didn't have enough cavalry? Could it be that the infantry couldn't catch up with the people?"
Cao Cao was furious when he heard Yuan Shu's words. Although he knew this was true, Cao Cao was a man of great courage and strategy.
If Dong Zhuo is allowed to go west now, the chance of ushering back the emperor is too small, unless Dong Zhuo dies and the Xiliang army collapses.
Just when Cao Cao was angry, seventeen princes also came together. After hearing Cao Cao's words, they all said not to touch lightly, not to touch lightly.
"The vertical pillar is not enough and the strategy is insufficient."
After hearing this, Cao Cao finally realized that these people were really unreliable and had to rely on themselves for everything.
"Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin."
"exist."
"Prepare your troops and horses and follow me to pursue Dong Zhuo."
"promise."
After leaving the princes, Cao Cao gathered his generals and led nearly ten thousand troops to pursue Dong Zhuo at starry night.
"Brother, all the princes are not going, and we are the only one going to pursue them. Our troops will be a bit weak."
Cao Hong rode his horse to Cao Cao's side, frowning and asking him.
"Zi Xiao, a defeated general, is in line with his bravery. He just defeated his army, so why be afraid of their numbers.
Dong Zhuo was severely defeated by the allied forces of the princes. The morale of his soldiers and horses must have been sluggish. They held the people hostage and their forces must have been scattered. Now that our army has won a new victory, its morale is high and it has the potential to win a great victory. Even if its soldiers and horses are at a disadvantage, it can still fight.
And win.”
Cao Cao galloped forward, with more than ten thousand soldiers and horses behind him.
"But Lu Bu Xiaoyong is invincible to anyone."
At this point, Cao Ren mentioned the flying general Lu Bu again.
"Lü Bu is a brave and foolhardy person. When you encounter the enemy, you should be more suspicious and build up momentum. I want to make the Xiliang army frightened when they hear it and feel dejected when they see it. Then you rush in with light cavalry, rob the emperor and leave. No need
I am tired of fighting with Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo."
"Cao Ren understands."
After hearing that Cao Cao had arranged everything, Cao Ren stopped talking.
"Then, brother, why are you pursuing Dong Zhuo so closely? Although Luoyang was burned, there is still something to be gained. We can gain some benefits by stationing in Luoyang. Wouldn't it be nice?"
After listening to Cao Cao's words, Cao Hong came up from behind. He didn't understand why Cao Cao took such a big risk to pursue Dong Zhuo.
"Zilian, do you think it is more important to be a Luoyang who has become a white land, or to be a living emperor of Han Dynasty?"
Cao Cao looked at the flaming cloud in front of him, a ray of light flashing in his eyes.
"Wealth is important, but the emperor is more important. Brother, I have learned a lesson."
Cao Hong, like Cao Cao, looked into the distance, but they didn't know that Dong Zhuo was already ready, just waiting for them to dig into their pockets.
"Gentlemen, as long as we can rescue the Holy Master, this huge achievement will be ours. I guarantee that everyone can be crowned a noble ancestor."
"Ha ha ha ha."
As soon as Cao Cao left, Yuan Shu called the remaining princes together again.
"Gentlemen, this alliance leader has thought for a long time and decided to hunt down Dong Zhuo. Will you all go with us?"
