Chapter Twenty-Six: Losing Conscience
Dong Zhuo set a fire and completely buried the qi of the Han Dynasty.
The flames in the distance rolled, the black smoke rose into the air like a dragon, and the fire spread, and even burned most of the cultivated land outside Luoyang City, and the originally lively and prosperous Luoyang City turned into white land within a few days, and there were no chickens and dogs within two or three hundred miles!
Such unconscionable atrocities not only stunned Cao Cao and Bao Xin, but even Wang Wei, who already knew the cause and effect of this incident, couldn't help twitching the corners of his eyes, and his heart sank faintly.
Normal people do not get pleasure in tragedies of the same kind......
This old Dong Zhuo is really inhumane, and everyone and God are angry!
The army moved again, and it was not until night fell that Cao Cao commanded the army to set up camp. Pursuing Dong Zhuo, this is Cao Cao's strategy, but soldiers are also human beings, and they also need to rest, and now their own forces are inferior, if they don't eat, drink or sleep by force, just to catch up with Dong Zhuo as soon as possible, it will definitely not be far from death.
Cao Cao has not been completely overwhelmed by anger, at least these basic military common sense, Cao Cao still remembers.
After dinner, Cao Cao found his generals and Bao Xin to have a brief meeting, at which Cao Cao cried bitterly and scolded Dong Zhuozu for his eighteen generations. After the meeting, Wang Wei met with Cao Cao in private, and after stabilizing Cao Cao's mood, Wang Wei walked out of the camp.
Looking at the flames that were still boiling in the distance, Wang Wei squinted his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
Until a fast horse galloped in the distance, bringing Sun Jian's greetings to Cao Cao, Wang Wei and others.
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At this time, Sun Jian was near Luoyang City, leading the sergeants to try to extinguish the flames, he originally expected that the princes of the Eighteenth Route would come, but he did not expect that the level of garbage of the princes of the Eighteenth Route would exceed his expectations.
Only Bao Xin and Cao Cao led the army......
sighed in his heart, Sun Jian had already made it clear that the alliance of the eighteenth princes was already in name only, and he had a cold face, but he learned two other news from Tanma's mouth.
Cao Cao wanted to pursue Dong Zhuo......
and Wang Wei's handwriting.
"Today, Dong Zhuoxi goes, leading the army and civilians are countless, the Son of Heaven follows Dong Zhuo to the west, our loyal ministers, we will respect the Son of Heaven, and hope that Sun Tai will take care of the righteousness of the whole country, and fight Dong Thief with us, and welcome back the emperor."
Wang Wei's meaning is to pull Sun Jian to carry out this mission together, now Sun Jian has not many people in his hands, but it is a strong help in itself, not to mention his subordinates Huang Gai and other three fierce generals, if Sun Jian can help, Wang Wei feels that this task should be a lot simpler.
However, Sun Jian is indeed not easy to fool.
After a brief thought, he sent someone to reply to Wang Wei.
He believed that it was more important to save the Luoyang fire than to pursue Dong Zhuo.
In fact, in Wang Wei's view, this choice is wise - Dong Zhuo's side is only the original garrison in Bishui Pass, which is far beyond the combined forces of Cao Cao, Bao Xin, and Sun Jian, not so much that Sun Jian is more willing to save the fire in Luoyang City, but that Sun Jian is afraid of Dong Zhuo's military strength and is unwilling to do this act of hitting stones with eggs.
Seeing the last of the helpers flying away with wings, Wang Wei just sighed silently, he returned to the camp, fell on the bed, and soon fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Cao Cao led his army to set off.
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Cao Cao did not lead the army through the sea of fire in Luoyang, but simply turned around Luoyang, and it was not until near noon that Wang Wei and his party caught up with the traces of Dong Zhuo's migration.
However, the more they walked, the more frightened Cao Cao, Wang Wei and others became.
Luoyang City was the largest city in the world at that time, with a population of millions, and this kind of population is not something that can be moved, however, we all know that in ancient times, the common people near Jingshi were mostly Shunmin, and under Dong Zhuo's sword soldiers, the people had no more choices.
Dong Zhuo had a team of 100 people and 10 soldiers, and just like that, the whole team drove to Chang'an.
Among them, two problems arise......
First, there is not enough food.
Second, the quality of the soldiers is insufficient.
There is such a sentence in the romance that describes the tragedy of this migration.
"There are countless people who have died in the ravines, and the sergeants and women have taken food from people; The sound of crying shook the heavens and the earth. If there is a person who is late, the three thousand troops behind him will urge the superintendent, and the army will kill people on the road with white blades in hand! ”
Blood is flowing and hunger is everywhere!
This is the tragic scene in the eyes of everyone!
He could see the bloodstained corpses of civilians everywhere on the roadside, some old people and children were as thin as firewood, some women and girls were naked, and there were all kinds of meat balls that had been tortured and killed so that they couldn't see the shape, Wang Wei's heart was condensed, and he even heard the breathing of Cao Cao, Xiahoudun and others around him getting heavier and heavier.
Until a few strange laughter rang out in the distance, a group of tall and stout sergeants with weapons in their hands were leisurely walking out of the woods, laughing and laughing, and the last of them dragged a dizzy and naked woman in their hands.
"Kill them."
A suppressed low roar came out of Cao Cao's mouth, and after listening, Wang Wei, the Xiahou brothers, the Cao brothers, and even the generals under Bao Xin all rode forward, until these sergeants were cut to pieces, Wang Wei hugged the dizzy woman to Cao Cao, at this moment, Cao Cao was not even in the mood to appreciate the white flowers, he gasped, and tears slowly fell from the corners of his eyes.
It was Wang Wei who quietly hugged the woman to the back before stopping the episode.
But I have to say that at this moment, Wang Wei no longer has the mood to persuade Cao Cao Mo to chase Dong Zhuo......
It's just because Dong Zhuo, and even the group of beasts under his command who have lost their conscience, really deserve to die!
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The day's march was carried out in this oppressive atmosphere, until it passed Luoyang and marched hundreds of miles, and the sky was already dark, and Cao Cao once again ordered the whole army to be stationed and bury the pot to cook. And Wang Wei just found a map and sat alone in the big tent to observe quietly.
Looking at the annotations on the map, Wang Wei squinted his eyes, and in a moment, he locked the location of Xingyang.
It is recorded in the romance that Dong Zhuo and his entourage traveled to Xingyang, Xingyang guarded Xu Rong to pick him up, and Li Ru planned to let Xu Rong ambush the army next to the mountain dock outside Xingyang City to kill the defeated army that came after him.
In this plot, Wang Wei is naturally clear, and after locking the location of Xingyang, Wang Wei immediately summoned his dark stalkers and gave them a task.
"Here, here, and here, I need you to see if there are ambushes in these places, remember, don't startle the snake."
The soldier took the order and left, only Wang Wei picked up the map again, he rubbed his chin, but he faintly felt a trace of unease.
A big problem is that now that the plot has undergone a lot of changes, who can say for sure that the next plot will develop according to the romance.
Thinking like this, Wang Wei only felt that the premonition in his heart was becoming more and more intense, he stood up and quietly walked to Cao Cao's camp.
The two talked for a long time, and it was not until the night became dark that Wang Weifang walked out of Cao Cao's barracks with some things.