Two days after Lu Bu broke out of the encirclement.
Cao Cao's army had already rested for a long time. After recruiting some young men, they had regained their strength of 5,000.
At night, Cao Cao had a banquet with his military advisor and generals as usual.
After three rounds of wine, Zhao Yun suddenly sighed.
"Lord Military Advisor."
"Today, my lord and Yun will head to the alliance army camp.”
"My lord asked the various vassals when they would rush to Luoyang to exterminate that Dong thief.”
"Do you know what the various dukes said?”
"Please speak!" Zhao Ming smiled indifferently.”
"They said that our Cao Camp is so powerful that we don't need them to eliminate that thief Dong.”
"There were even a few dukes who said that they had run out of rations and were preparing to retreat!”
"Lord Military Advisor, Zhao Yun just doesn't understand. If the various vassals are willing to put aside their past grudges and work together, they will definitely be able to defeat that thief Dong in one fell swoop!”
Zhao Yun's young face was slightly red. Her words carried a trace of dissatisfaction and drunkenness.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Ming understood that although Zhao Yun's martial strength was not bad, he was still young and needed more experience in politics.
"Haha, Zilong, your question is too simple.”
"Let me tell you.”
Cao Cao drunkenly put down his wine cup on the table, stuck out his tongue, and laughed as he explained.
"In the end, it's still that old thief Yuan Shao who has lost many battles and lost all his prestige. Everyone doesn't listen to him anymore, haha!”
"Also, although Luoyang is not as steep as Tiger Cage Pass, it is still a big city.”
"Lu Bu isn't dead yet, and that old bastard Dong Zhuo still has over two hundred thousand soldiers.”
"Who would be willing to risk their family fortune to fight with that old bastard Dong Zhuo?”
Hearing this, Zhao Yun quickly understood.
At this moment, Zhao Ming felt that it was better to improve Zhao Yun, Cao Ren, Dian Wei, Gao Shun, and the other generals 'political knowledge.
From the perspective of military power, Cao Cao was right.
However, the alliance between the various dukes to attack Dong Zhuo couldn't be explained from a military point of view. Otherwise, the situation would seem low.
Thus, Zhao Ming began to talk about the personalities of the various dukes.
For example, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were both ambitious people who wanted to go one step further and become kings and emperors. Another example was Tao Qian, who was weak and timid, but he was shameless. Another example was Sun Jian, who had been trying to make a great contribution and break away from Yuan Shu's restrictions…
When Zhao Ming analyzed the various dukes one by one.
Zhao Mingming didn't even need to say anything as everyone understood!
From the very beginning, all the feudal lords had their own goals when they launched the crusade against Dong Zhuo. The so-called slogan of " Kill that bastard Dong to purge the Emperor's side " was just a loincloth to cover up their fame and fortune!
Hearing this, Zhao Yun sighed lightly, and her gaze gradually became much deeper.
Underline…
One day later.
After careful consideration, there were still a few vassals who were willing to join forces with Cao Cao, such as Changsha Governor Sun Jian, Chenliu Governor Zhang Miao, and Hanoi Prefecture Governor Wang Kuang. They had a total of fifty thousand troops to continue attacking Dong Zhuo.
Just like that, Cao Cao led his 50,000-strong army to Luoyang!
As for Yuan Shao and the other dukes, seeing how brave Cao Cao and the others were, they decided to observe and follow them.
Three days later.
Cao Cao and the others finally arrived at Luoyang.
However, the scene in front of them made everyone furious!
Outside Luoyang City, almost all the tombs with monuments had been dug up. Coffins and corpses were abandoned all over the mountains and plains. Hungry wild dogs were fleeing in all directions, constantly gnawing on the corpses of various degrees of decay!
As for Luoyang City, the raging fire and thick smoke soared into the sky!
Countless homeless and ragged commoners were either lying or standing, looking at the 50,000 soldiers led by Cao Cao and Zhao Ming with soulless eyes!
Soon, Zhao Yun found a middle-aged man dressed in a scribe's uniform and asked him to tell everyone what he had seen and heard recently.
After some explanation,
Everyone had a rough idea of what happened to Luoyang City.
Dong Zhuo had already ordered people to dig up graves when Lu Bu had rushed to Tiger Cage Pass.
After digging until now, any mound that slightly bulged outside Luoyang City would suffer!
On the second day after Lu Bu returned to Luoyang, he forced all the aristocratic families to move. He also sent 3,000 cavalry to supervise them. If anyone dared to delay the journey, the 3,000 cavalry would mercilessly swing their knives.
At the same time that the aristocratic families were moving, the Western Liang Army led by Li Jue and Guo Si also plundered all the property of the Imperial Palace and the wealthy families in Luoyang.
Of course, during this process, there would definitely be a lot of uncountable things that would happen.
The tragic situation was like a massacre!
In the end, after Dong Zhuo personally led his army out of Luoyang, he sent people to set fire to Luoyang City, as if he wanted to burn the entire city to ashes and not leave a single bit of resources for the various vassals!
As for the civilians in the city, they were chased out of the city by the Western Liang army before the fire started.
Needless to say, his motive was definitely not because Dong Zhuo felt pity for him.
It was to prevent people from putting out the fire and to let these refugees consume the grain of the various dukes!
"This is the first time I've heard of such a vicious person!”
After hearing the scribe's words, Zhao Yun could not help but sigh.
Cao Cao clenched his fists, his expression changing. Finally, he ordered,"All soldiers, enter the city and extinguish the fire!"
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