Well, under the firelight, there was only a red patch in the sky, and I couldn't see the white fish belly at all.
In Luoyang City, Hu Muban was dead, Henan Yin was missing, Jinwu Guards and a kind of fast-moving government officials were leaderless, and it was already a mess - a large group of soldiers were running around like headless flies, but they couldn't help at all.
Not on.
Even more troublesome is the lack of water.
Luoyang implemented a curfew and it was not time to open the city gates at this time.
The fire was fierce, but the only source of water to extinguish the fire was the few ancient wells in the city.
Although Luoyang was built along the Luo River, the solid city gate separated everyone from the Luo River.
The citizens had nowhere to fetch water, and they had already suppressed their anger, so they gathered noisily at the gate of the city to confront the defenders.
"I am Situ Wang Yun. The defenders on the city, listen! Open the city gate quickly! Let everyone go to Luohe River to get water to put out the fire! Hurry!"
Wang Yungui was the Grand Situ and one of Dong Zhuo's most trusted internal affairs officials. He was also one of the victims of the fire.
The magnificent Situ Mansion was burned to the ground.
But Wang Yun seemed unaffected, and took the initiative to take to the streets to help maintain order - a large part of the credit for putting out the fire and keeping order amidst the chaos was Wang Yun's credit.
In addition, Wang Yun's official worship was Situ, and he was one of Dong Zhuo's most trusted civil servants. It didn't matter to ordinary citizens, but to a big boss like Wang Yun, even the Qiu Ba who guarded the city gate had to deal with it carefully.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. One of the lieutenants who seemed to be in charge of the city hesitated for a few seconds, but still raised a question.
"Sir...if you open the city gate, you're afraid of the assassin..."
At present, the arsonist is nowhere to be found. If the city gate is opened, it will be like letting the tiger return to the mountain.
However, this sentence was rudely interrupted by Wang Yun waving his hand.
"Pedantry! Have you seen that assassin? Why? You want to blockade the city and let the fire burn us alive?"
The lieutenant was questioned until he was speechless.
Just as Wang Yun said, Hu Muban, the only one who had seen the assassin, had been killed in the battle - the huge Luoyang City has a population of close to one million. If we check them one by one, we are afraid that by the time Wang Yiyuan is caught, this prosperous Luoyang City will have been burned to the ground.
A piece of ashes.
At the moment, catching the assassin is no longer important, the most important thing is to put out the fire.
"What are you doing standing still? Open the city gate quickly!"
The deputy general hesitated for a few seconds, then finally gritted his teeth and shouted loudly.
"Come here! Open the city gate!"
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System announcement: "Due to the sneak attack by the coalition forces of the princes, many places in Luoyang were on fire. The morale of Dong Zhuo's army was reduced by 30%. Dong Zhuo's army began to retreat from Hulao Pass to Luoyang."
"Report! Dong Zhuo's army has begun to retreat!"
Inside Yuan Shao's tent, a messenger hurried into the tent, shouting.
Dong Zhuo's army retreated.
Before daybreak, the main force of 150,000 troops abandoned Hulao Pass and marched directly out of the city towards Luoyang, leaving only a few thousand people behind to buy time for the main force of Dong Zhuo's army to retreat.
The young emperor Liu Bian and the army in his hands were Dong Zhuo's greatest weight in dominating the world. Now that Luoyang was lost, Dong Zhuo simply abandoned the pass and retreated to the west.
Regarding the movements of Dong Zhuo's army, the coalition forces had a large number of scouts monitoring them around the clock. In less than a quarter of an hour, this information was sent to Yuan Shao.
"Retired? Is the news true?"
"My subordinates have seen with their own eyes that the generals led by Lu Bu have withdrawn from Hulao, with the cavalry at the head and the infantry at the rear. They have withdrawn towards Luoyang. There are probably less than 10,000 soldiers in the city now."
Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this.
The Hulao Pass was easy to defend but difficult to attack, but after Lu Bu was repelled by the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang, Dong Zhuo reduced his troops and huddled within the city, refusing to step out of the pass no matter how provocative he was.
The coalition had the numerical advantage, but the daily consumption of food and grass for 300,000 people was an astronomical figure.
At present, there are already some discordant discussions in the army.
But that's all.
Dong Zhuo and Chen's soldiers have 150,000 soldiers in Hulao Pass. If they attack the city by force, they may not get a good deal. But now there are less than 10,000 soldiers to break up the rear, and there are no generals to guard it. The coalition forces of the princes can capture this Hulao Gate with just one person and a spit.
The barrier was broken.
"Gentlemen, it seems that Gongtai and Shouyi succeeded in attacking Luoyang."
Yuan Shao was in a good mood, so he ordered someone to warm a large jar of fine wine and give it to the princes in the tent.
"Hahahaha! Dong Zhuo's son has been scared out of his wits by us and has abandoned Hulao Pass. You all are victorious! Today is the day when Hulao Pass is broken!"
"Come here, give me my order!"
Yuan Shao drank all the wine in the bowl and then threw the pottery bowl to the ground.
"Attack the entire army! Crush them!"
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The city gate finally opened.
I saw countless soldiers and residents rushing towards Luohe River.
At this moment, whether they were soldiers, residents or officials, they all held various water-carrying utensils and transformed into volunteer firefighters. The strong cohesion of the Chinese nation and the spirit of mutual help and friendship were vividly reflected at this moment.
Ahem, this is a flavorful firefighting.
I saw among the crowd, the stronger ones were holding buckets, the weaker ones were holding ladles, and a few of them had no time to grab the handy tools, even chamber pots and toilets.
"Eh? Brother, are you going to use this to put out the fire? Isn't it a bit sloppy?"
"Ahem, the fire in my house is relatively small."
There are all kinds of strange water containers in the crowd, but the prop in Wang Yiyuan's hand is still particularly eye-catching, attracting other passers-by to watch.
A wooden spoon for eating...
What to do? Everything that can hold water has been snatched up by NPCs. Not even a pottery bowl is left. Even this spoon was found by Wang Yiyuan after rummaging through the cabinets in a house.
There are a few clay pots filled with strong fire oil in the backpack - but taking them out is basically a brother's act of self-destruction.
Ahem, everyone, please don’t make a fuss. This is an advanced liquid transportation technology from ancient Africa... Forget it, I can’t make it up anymore.
Fortunately, there were so many people leaving the city that the soldiers didn't notice anything strange.
In fact, at this moment, the soldiers and lieutenants who were originally responsible for guarding the city gate were being recruited by Wang Yun to join the fire-fighting team.
In order to help Wang Yiyuan escape smoothly, Wang Yun also took great pains.
Who would have thought that under the cover of the crowd, the thief who set the fire swaggered out of Luoyang City in front of the guarding soldiers, easily evading detection.
The moment Wang Yiyuan stepped out of the gate of Luoyang City, the system finally came too late.
The system prompts: "You have completed the mission [Luoyang Fireworks]. Your friendship with all relevant camps of the vassal alliance has increased. You have received the reward [Royal Reward] (gold level treasure chest) × 2. Because you deliberately expanded the mission during the mission.
Your chivalrous tendencies have declined due to the act of burning down people's homes."