In June of the first year of Chuping, the summer was hot and the weather was dry.
Dong Zhuo left Luoyang a few days ago. According to the itinerary, he had already entered Hangu Pass and was about to arrive at the Guanzhong Plain.
Before leaving Luoyang, he issued an order to Dong Min, who was left behind, to burn the capital of Luoyang.
Dong Min did not immediately follow Dong Zhuo's instructions, but continued to search Luoyang. This century-old ancient capital that once had a population of one million still hid countless treasures that could be mined.
Unless the ground was wiped out, Dong Zhuo would only be able to take away only a small part of the wealth. This is because many ancient people would really hide their money underground.
Dong Min searched for several days and found a lot of money. It was not until he heard the news that Xu Rong had retreated from Hulao Pass that he hurriedly burned the city.
It took Xu Rong two days to withdraw from Hulao Pass, but it only took one day for Dong Min and Xu Rongguang to ignite the entire city of Luoyang.
Luoyang is really too big.
Although it is definitely not as grand as a modern provincial city, it is still a place that can house a million people. The outer city and the inner city cover an area of tens of square kilometers. Even if it takes a day to light the fire, it will only light a small area.
So when Liu Beijun arrived in Luoyang, the fire had actually been burning for a day or two. According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Dong Zhuo": "All the palaces, temples, officials and homes were burned, and no survivors were found within two hundred miles."
The palaces, ancestral temples, government and people's houses were burned down, leaving a scorched earth within two hundred miles. The fire lasted for several months, which shows that almost nothing was left in ancient Luoyang.
Fifty thousand people entered Luoyang, and at the same time, Sun Jian, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan and others' troops also followed behind. Everyone saw Luoyang's flames rising into the sky and black smoke covering the ground for two to three hundred miles. There were ruins everywhere and no human beings.
Amidst Liu Bei's hoarse voice, almost all 90,000 people joined in fighting the fire, but it was still a drop in the bucket. Many soldiers were even burned, choked by smoke, and houses collapsed, causing non-war casualties. Everything seemed to be in a state of chaos.
The edge of collapse.
Nearing the early hours of the morning, only a small part of the East Market was extinguished. At this time, the fire in the inner city of Luoyang was already fierce. Fortunately, the streets in the inner city of Luoyang were wide, especially in the imperial city area. The squares and complex roads were more than ten feet wide.
safe zone.
But even so, when Chen Mu walked into the palace, he was disgraced. Because it was so hot, they had to let the horses and people jump into the shallow moat to get wet before they could enter.
"Your Majesty, what are you looking for?"
No matter how brave a person is when encountering a fire, he can only avoid its sharp edge. Zhao Yun was also in a very embarrassed state, his face was blackened by smoke, as if he had rolled through a pile of coals.
Since Chen Mu had resigned from the post of Shangshu Ling, no one called him Shangshu Ling, and he was replaced by Shijun.
Shijun is the title of the prefect in the late Han Dynasty, and Chen Mu is now the prime minister of Qi.
Chen Mu did not speak, but looked around with a slightly anxious expression. He saw the direction of Xuanwu Gate to the north in the distance. He felt happy and pointed over there and said: "This way!"
This is the first time Zhao Yun has come to Luoyang, and it is also the first time he has entered the palace. But Chen Mu has been here countless times, and he is very familiar with the place.
At that moment, several people rode into the city from the direction of Xuanwu Gate. Fortunately, the bridge at Xuanwu Gate was not burned down. In fact, it could not be burned down. It was a stone bridge made of marble. Even if it burned for three days and three nights, it would probably only be stained.
Layer of black and gray.
After passing the Xuanwu Gate, we arrived at the North Palace. Chen Mu actually didn't remember where the imperial seal was. He only remembered that Sun Jian invaded Luoyang and found the imperial seal in a well in the palace after the fire burned out for several months.
It is extremely difficult to find the well where the jade seal is hidden in the palace, which is several times larger than the Forbidden City.
But Chen Mu had to brave the heat of the flames to come and look for him.
Because Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Gongsun Zan also came, these three people are not good friends. Although Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei are good brothers, but that is the national jade seal...
Brothers can still quarrel for the sake of profit. In the face of absolute interests, no one can say whether they will turn against each other because they are blinded by desire.
Therefore, Chen Mu must come in person to find this treasure that represents the orthodoxy of the dynasty and can be said to be the best in the world.
"Where is it, where is it."
Chen Mu thought deeply and rode Ziying around the palace looking for water wells.
There are no living people in the palace, corpses are everywhere.
This place also experienced a disaster. Although the scale was much smaller than the last palace incident, the consequences were countless times more serious than the last time.
Last time, more people died, but this time it spread over a wide area, and the entire Luoyang was in a sea of fire.
Time passed by minute by minute, and by the end of the day, all the wells in Beigong were almost exhausted.
From arriving in Luoyang in the evening, that is, around seven o'clock, to now on Pingdan, that is, at three o'clock in the middle of the night, I have spent seven or eight hours searching the Beigong, which shows how big the Beigong is.
Although there are not many palaces and houses, running one or two kilometers each time is really time-consuming.
After searching all the dozens of wells in the North Palace, Chen Mu came to the Nangong with a pair of panda eyes.
Nangong is more familiar with it. There is no need to look for some wells, he knows the location directly.
Zhao Yun saw Chen Mu staring at the well and probably knew what he was looking for. However, after spending so long, he still found nothing. In the end, he couldn't restrain his curiosity and couldn't help but said: "Shijun, you
What are you looking for?"
"Look for the five-color glow."
Chen Mu replied casually.
He remembered that the reason why Sun Jian found the Jade Seal of the Kingdom was because he saw the five-colored glow emerging from a well.
This is not unofficial history, but something written in "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms·Wu Shu".
Chen Mu could only hope that this guy Chen Shou didn't lie to him.
"Five-colored glow?"
Zhao Yun pondered for a while, then suddenly pointed to a palace over there and said, "Is that that one?"
Chen Mu turned around and looked, it was the Zhen Palace in the southernmost part of the Nangong Palace. In the middle of the night, the Zhen Palace Palace was also filled with flames, but there seemed to be other colorful brilliance hidden in the flames.
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Chen Mu looked at Zhao Yun with a different look. With such incredible luck, it was indeed beneficial to bring Zilong out.
Now he galloped and came to the outside of Zhen Palace. The flames were burning. The gate of the palace had collapsed. The courtyard inside the palace was in a mess. The carved beams and painted buildings were completely destroyed.
Chen Mu went straight to the backyard.
The palace is extremely spacious, and there is a well in the center of the backyard, which looks ordinary.
But if you look carefully, you will faintly find that there seems to be a faint colorful light above the well.
Is it the refraction of light, or is there really something strange about the imperial seal?
Chen Mu couldn't guess it, because this thing was lost in later generations.
"There's something down here, fish it out!"
Chen Mu gave orders to the soldiers around him.
"I go."
Zhao Yunmao then recommended himself and immediately started to climb down along the rope used to fetch water from the well.
When everyone looked down from the well, it was so dark inside that they couldn't see anything.
"Zilong, what's down there?"
Chen Mu shouted at the mouth of the well.
Zhao Yun said: "It seems like a corpse is floating on the water."
"What was on the body?"
"I'm looking for...Ah."
"did you find it?"
"A very hard thing, like a rock."
"Bring it up quickly."
Chen Mu was overjoyed and said to the soldiers beside him: "Quick, quick, pull the rope up."
Several loyal personal guards immediately turned the rocker and slowly pulled Zhao Yun up from the well.
Zhao Yun emerged from the well with something wrapped in clothes in his arms.
Chen Mu leaned over and looked down, then pretended to pull Zhao Yun while quietly taking the thing and quickly putting it into his arms.
The sky was very dark, and although the surrounding fire was soaring into the sky, reflecting the light, Chen Mu deliberately used his body to block it.
But it was very dark down there, and Zhao Yun didn't pay attention to what it was at first. Later, Chen Mu came over and found that the thing had been taken away by Chen Mu, so he didn't even know what it was.
"Your Majesty, what on earth is this?"
After Zhao Yun climbed out of the well wetly, he twisted the corner of his clothes to squeeze out the water and asked curiously.
Chen Mu smiled slightly: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, and don't talk nonsense after you go out. Everyone will forget about this matter in the future. Do you remember it?"
"remember."
Everyone here is a veteran who protects Chen Mu. Naturally, they know very well what should be said and what should be kept secret.
Chen Mu is not as kind as Liu Bei. They, the veterans who have been with him for a long time, know best that among the four brothers, the fourth is always smiling on the outside, but he knows what he is planning on the inside.
After taking the things, several people immediately left the palace.
Almost immediately after they left, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others entered the city from Nancheng. They also came to the vicinity of Nangong and ordered the soldiers to start putting out the fire.
Historically, the fire burned for several months. Although Sun Jian wanted to put it out, he had too few troops and was controlled by Yuan Shu, so he could only watch Luoyang being destroyed by the fire.
But now that Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao have troops, totaling 90,000 people, at least the situation is much stronger than in history.
It's just that the fire is fierce, and human power is as fragile as a piece of paper in front of nature.
So even if Liu Bei tried his best, he still couldn't stop the fire from spreading.
In fact, the Luoyang Palace is not bad. After all, the actual width between the palaces is very large. Just like the palace gate incident last time, it is still very easy to extinguish.
Mainly residential areas outside the city, too close.
Just like wildfires, wooden houses are in close proximity and can easily spread.
Therefore, Liu Bei and others chose to try to extinguish the fire in the palace first, and then put out the surrounding fires.
It only took two days to put out the fire in the palace, but a month to put out the surrounding fires.
For a whole month, the soldiers worked hard. They worked almost in three shifts. After waking up, they immediately joined the disaster relief effort.
In fact, it is impossible to put out the fire. The only thing they can do is to block the fire and prevent it from spreading.
If there is no fire in a neighborhood, or if a certain area is safe, demolish the houses in this area and create an isolation zone so that the flames cannot spread.
This is the fire-fighting plan given by Chen Mu, and it will be a very useful fire-fighting plan until later generations.
The fire lasted for a full month and was finally extinguished.
There were ashes and burned-out houses everywhere, and ruined walls were everywhere. The ground seemed to have erupted with magma. The temperature was so high that it burned the feet. The soles of the infantrymen wearing straw sandals even caught fire.
The areas outside the three cities in the southeast and west are already in a mess, and what's even more dangerous is that among the seemingly extinguished ashes, there are still countless embers that could rekindle at any time.
Countless ash flew in the sky, and large areas of houses were turned into charcoal. They were not even completely burned, and there were still embers left.
Chen Mu watched in Nancheng. Taixue, Lingtai, Mingtang, Piyong, and all the squares in Nancheng were all reduced to nothing. The most pity was that the Taixue Stone Scripture also collapsed in the disaster.
Moreover, not only the Taixue Stone Classics, but also the entire Luoyang book collection suffered a devastating blow, which was an immeasurable loss to the literature of the late Han Dynasty.
According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty": "On the occasion of Dong Zhuo's move to the capital, the officials and people were disturbed, and all the canons and articles in Yongdu, Dongguan, Lantai, Shishi, Xuanming, and Hongdu were dissected and dissected."
It means that these books were torn up. If they were classics written on silk paper, they were all torn up and taken away. Historical records record that Dong Zhuo sent only more than seventy carts of books to Chang'an, but in fact, Luoyang had more than a million books, loaded on thousands of carts.
All are more than enough.
Therefore, after putting out the fire in the imperial city, Liu Beijun's main targets were Taixue, Piyong, Dongguan, Lantai, Shishi, Xuanming, Hongdu Hall and other book collection places, and more than a hundred cars were rescued
Legacy classics.
Although this is only a small part compared with the once magnificent Luoyang book collection, if it were transported back to Qingzhou and sent to Taishan Academy, I am afraid that the entire academy, from Zheng Xuan to ordinary students, would go crazy with joy.
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"Fourth brother, Luoyang was burned to the ground."
Liu Bei was devastated and stood on the hill in Nancheng, looking at the withered city with a little sadness.
Chen Mu shook his head: "Luoyang has been burned to the ground, but the man's heart has not been burned, so there is still hope for everything."
"Dong Zhuo, old thief, I can't wait to eat his flesh alive."
Liu Bei's eyes were splitting, and he was furious. He clenched his fists and said: "After I clean Luoyang first and tidy up the imperial capital, I will station troops here and attack Chang'an. I will definitely cut Dong Zhuo's body into thousands of pieces."
"Brother..."
Chen Mu wanted to speak but stopped.
"Um?"
Liu Bei looked at him unhappily.
"never mind."
Chen Mu shook his head: "You won't listen even if I tell you."
"Then there's no need to say anything, I've made up my mind."
Liu Bei turned and left.
Looking at his back, Chen Mu could only sigh.
There is no way, just because of his character, you can't persuade him even if you want to.
In other words, even if you try to reason with Liu Bei, he will definitely not listen.
In fact, smart people should be able to see that Luoyang has lost its value and significance after it was burned.
It was a place where people's livelihood was in ruins, money had been plundered, and houses were burned all over the ground. Hangu Pass was difficult and dangerous, so stationing troops here to attack was almost a bad strategy.
Because Liu Bei's base camp is in Qingzhou, and to station troops here, you have to transport food thousands of miles from Qingzhou, which not only consumes daily money, but also delays development.
Although it is possible to farm on the spot, after all, Luoyang is a basin, a small plain, and there are a large number of farm industries around it.
These industries are now ownerless. If the army is stationed for a long time, they can follow Cao Cao's example and grow food on the spot.
The problem is that Luoyang is too far away from Qingzhou. Any fool knows that when the princes compete for hegemony in the future, even if you occupy Luoyang, it will become an enclave.
At that time, there is no way to advance or retreat. If we retreat, the cultivated fields will be used as wedding clothes for others, which is not worth the loss.
To put it simply, garrisoning troops in Luoyang, firstly, cannot enter Guanzhong. Secondly, it is just a waste of food and salary. Thirdly, it is not bordered by Qingzhou, so it is difficult to travel long distances to provide support.
All these factors have actually caused Luoyang to become a hot potato, worse than chicken ribs.
However, Chen Mu knew this, but he could not persuade Liu Bei to obey.
Liu Bei has his own opinions.
He knows exactly what his responsibilities are.
Looking at Big Brother's firm yet slightly staggering back, Chen Mu remained silent.
Luoyang is the seat of the Liu family's imperial capital and the heart of the Han people.
The reason why Big Brother wants to stay here is to protect the broken hearts of the Han Dynasty.
Guard this piece of land where the ancestors of the eleven emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty are buried.
at this moment.
Dong Zhuo was the gravedigger of the Han Dynasty.
Not only did he rob the emperor's tomb, but he also shook the hearts of the Han Dynasty to the core.
And Liu Bei.
He is the last gravekeeper in this great Han Dynasty.
Maybe.
In the future, there will be a new round of masters of the Han Dynasty.