"Kill!"
The sounds of killing in front of Tiger Cage Pass reached the heavens. The various dukes personally led troops to attack Tiger Cage Pass.
"Release the arrows! Don't let them come up!”
Dong Zhuo's subordinates, Li Jue, Guo Si, and the other generals had been commanding the alliance army for ten days, but they still hadn't taken down Tiger Cage Pass.
There were tens of thousands of corpses piled up at Tiger Cage Pass. Even several dukes had lost their lives here, and Wang Kuang, the governor of Hanoi, was one of them.
" Tiger Cage Pass is indeed the strongest pass in the world. Even though the Western Liang Army has lost the will to fight, it won't be easy to take it down. I'm afraid Dong Zhuo can't sit still anymore.”Liu Hao softly muttered under Tiger Cage Pass.
Most of the armies of the various dukes were newly recruited, but Dong Zhuo's Western Liang army had been trained for a long time. If they continued to fight the allied forces, the Western Liang army would not be able to take it.
On this day, Dong Zhuo found his son-in-law, Li Ru.
Among all his subordinates, he trusted Li Ru the most. He believed that Li Ru would never betray him.
"Wenyou, our army no longer has the will to fight. If not for Tiger Cage and Xiongguan, our army would have been defeated long ago. Moreover, it is not a solution to continue wasting time like this.”Dong Zhuo said tiredly.
During this period of time, he had been enjoying the luxurious life in Luoyang. His body was a little overwhelmed by the sudden battle with the army for almost half a month.
However, although his ambition had been lost by the prosperity of Luoyang, his vision was still there. He knew that if this continued, he would definitely lose.
"Lord Prime Minister, I have already thought of a countermeasure.”Li Ru's eyes lit up.
"What countermeasures do you have? Hurry up and tell me!" Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up as he asked.
"Lead the troops back to Luoyang. There's a nursery rhyme circulating in Luoyang recently: " There's a Han in the east and a Han in the west. If the deer enters Chang 'an, it won't be difficult.'I think that the 'Han in the west' in this sentence refers to Gaozuwang in the western capital Chang 'an, who passed down the 12 emperors. The Han Dynasty in the east referred to the prosperity of Emperor Guangwu in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and the 12 emperors. Only when the prime minister moved back to Chang 'an could he be safe.”
Before coming to Tiger Cage Pass, Li Ru knew that he would lose this battle. He had spread this nursery rhyme in advance to find an excuse to move the capital. The people of ancient times still believed these groundless things.
"Good, as expected of my brain." Dong Zhuo said happily. Then, he thought of something and said,"What if the Guandong allied army comes to Chang 'an?”
"Lord Prime Minister, don't worry. I already have a plan in mind. After the Guandong allied army takes Luoyang, they will disperse.”Li Ru's eyes flashed with a bright light.
"Alright, with Wenyou around, I can rest assured.”Dong Zhuo said happily.
That night, Dong Zhuo left Hulao Pass with the Xi Liang Army, leaving behind only the troops that had been incorporated from Luoyang and General Zhao Cen.
In the next few days, the alliance army continued to attack Tiger Cage Pass. Although they almost broke through several times, they were still defeated in the end.
"My lord, do you feel that there is something wrong with the situation at Tiger Cage Pass?”Guo Jia said.
"Not good, Dong Zhuo is running!" Liu Hao exclaimed as he suddenly remembered something.
Seeing that no one understood what he meant, Liu Hao continued,"Dong Zhuo must have returned to Luoyang long ago. He wants to escape to Chang 'an. The people who are staying in Tiger Cage Pass now are just buying time for them.”
"My lord, even if we knew that Dong Zhuo was going to run, we had no choice. If we don't break through Tiger Cage Pass, we can't stop Dong Zhuo.”Guo Jia said.
"If Dong Zhuo wants to escape, it will be much easier to break through Tiger Cage Pass. I believe that as long as they know that Dong Zhuo is moving the capital to Chang 'an, the garrison generals of Tiger Cage Pass will definitely surrender.”Liu Hao laughed.
"My lord is wise!" Guo Jia immediately understood.
"I will send someone to write a letter and shoot it into the pass.”
Early the next morning, Tiger Cage Pass's general, Zhao Cen, had indeed surrendered. Initially, he was the only one left to guard Tiger Cage Pass, but he had already found it very strange. When he saw the letter that Liu Hao had sent into the pass, how could he not understand that they had all been abandoned?
The tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers in Tiger Cage Pass had been split up by the various feudal vassals. During this period of time, the various feudal vassals had suffered heavy losses. Even Liu Hao's subordinates had lost 3,000 soldiers, and Liu Hao had replenished his troops to 20,000.
He sent some people to stay behind in Tiger Cage, and the various dukes led their large troops in the direction of Luoyang. When evening came, the various dukes saw Luoyang in flames, and their faces revealed angry expressions.
"Burning Luoyang?"
"Thief Dong Zhuo, how dare you!”
“......”
To be able to see such a scene from a hundred miles away, one could imagine how Luoyang had been burned by this fire.
"Are you still late?" Liu Hao knew that Dong Zhuo would burn Luoyang, but he wanted to see if he could stop him. Unfortunately, he was too late.
The various vassals sped up and rushed to Luoyang. Liu Hao led 10,000 cavalry to Luoyang first, while Huang Zhong led 10,000 infantry at the back.
When the various dukes arrived at Luoyang, it was already a city of fire.
"Hurry up and put out the fire!"
The fire burned for three days. By the time the fire was put out, eighty percent of Luoyang had been burned down, and the Imperial Palace was basically destroyed.
Liu Hao's army was stationed outside the city, and so were the various dukes.
That night, when Liu Hao was resting alone in his tent.
"My lord, this person was acting sneakily outside the camp and was captured by me. He said that he had something important to see my lord.”Dian Wei carried a person in with a bundle in his hand.
Liu Hao recognized the person Dian Wei was holding. It was Mo Hao, but Dian Wei didn't. In the entire Liaodong, only Liu Hao and Ancestor Sunflower knew their identities. It wasn't that Liu Hao didn't trust Dian Wei and the others, but the fewer people knew about Mo Hao and the others, the safer they would be.
Although Dian Wei usually looked carefree, he was meticulous when he did things. He saw that Mo Hao did not seem to be lying, so he was afraid that he would really delay the important matter. He brought Mo Hao in, but he was also afraid that Mo Hao was an assassin, so he tied Mo Hao up.
"Dian Wei, go out first. Guard outside the tent and don't allow anyone to approach it.”Liu Hao said seriously.
"Yes!" Dian Wei secretly rejoiced that he didn't delay the important matter. From Liu Hao's expression, he could see that Mo Hao really had something important to do.
After Dian Wei left, Liu Hao helped Mo Hao loosen the ropes.
"Mo Hao greets the lord!"
"Tell me, why are you looking for me at this time?”Mo Hao had come to look for Liu Hao without receiving any orders. There must be something important.
"Lord, please take a look!" Mo Hao opened the bag that Dian Wei had brought.
There was a box in the bag. When he opened it, there was a piece of jade inside. It was four inches in diameter and had five dragons on it."I've been ordered by the heavens to live forever."
"Imperial Jade Seal!" Liu Hao exclaimed.
Liu Hao had heard a little about the Imperial Jade Seal. It was said that Bian He saw a phoenix perched on a stone at the foot of Jingshan in the past. He carried it to King Wen of Chu and cut it open. As expected, he got the jade. In the twenty-sixth year of the Qin Dynasty, a good craftsman was ordered to carve the seal. Li Si wrote the eight characters on it. Later, Emperor Guangwu got this treasure in Yiyang and passed it down to this day.
In history, Sun Jian was the one who found the Imperial Jade Seal for Sun Jian, and Sun Jian also lost his life because of it.
"Where did you find it? Did anyone find out?"
" At that time, the whole Luoyang was on fire. I had some people hide in the tunnel, and some people disguised as commoners and went to Chang 'an with Dong Zhuo. When I was about to enter the tunnel, I found a light coming from a dry well, so I went down to take a look and found the Imperial Jade Seal. I saw that it was of great importance, so I didn't dare to send someone to pass the news, so I sent it over personally.”Mo Hao said.
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