Chapter 658 The aftermath!
Above the nine heavens, Ji Zhao looked at the blood jade in his hand. It was a piece of jade that was bright red and crystal clear. There were lines on the jade that looked like emerald green, as if they were blended together naturally.
The system's voice sounded at the right time.
[The only yellow-level blood jade (although dead, his blood and loyalty have been transformed into jade to shine on the world!): This jade is extraordinary, it can nourish the righteous spirit, and has a deterrent and suppressing effect on evil ways.]
After the world's continuous self-evolution and improvement, the rules have become increasingly rigorous and logically self-consistent, and yellow-level props have basically withdrawn from Luo's artifact library.
The effect of the blood jade must have been greatly reduced, but even so it is still a very good auxiliary item.
Holding blood jade for a long time can make people appear upright all the time. When arguing with others, if the other party has something to hide in his heart, it may reveal flaws.
This is a magical tool that blesses people. What real effect it can achieve depends on the user's own ability. The stronger the opponent, the stronger it will become.
[Loyalty is always the supreme virtue and noble character of human beings.
A person may have countless reasons to want to live, but what is there to blame if a person is willing to be a martyr?
Let them say what they want to keep for later use.
Let them say this is foolish loyalty and that is foolish loyalty.
Let them say that sacrificing one's life for loyalty is not worth it.
In the eyes of people without faith, there is only his own interest in this world. Dying for the faith that comes from the soul is one of the most glorious deeds in this world. Congratulations to you! 】
[Your descendant Luo Kong will be praised through the ages. He will be the embodiment of "loyalty". You have received a reward of 500 luck points.
As Luo Kong's reputation spreads, you can settle the luck point rewards once every hundred years, and even include item rewards. 】
Ji Zhao stood under the peach tree, quietly listening to the messages reported by the system. His eyes fell on the Hall of Heroes. The statue of Luo Kong slowly stood up, and he regained his former graceful demeanor of riding a horse and waving a whip.
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No one knows what happened in the sky. Outside the city of Luoyang on earth, with the death of Luo Kong and Dong Zhuo, the entire central battlefield was still plunged into an eerie silence.
The Cao family, the Xiahou family, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were all stunned. Everyone froze in place. Even though they saw clearly what was happening before their eyes, they still couldn't believe that this scene was happening before their eyes.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were dumbfounded. An indescribable feeling rushed to their heads. They opened their mouths wide, as if they wanted to say something, but only made some baba baba sounds.
"Let me get three hundred steps closer to Dong Zhuo!"
"Dong Zhuo must die!"
"In the name of the Supreme Emperor Su Wang!"
The voice, appearance and smile of Wushuang Hou were still before their eyes, and every word of his sacrificial oath was still echoing in everyone's ears.
"I respectfully request divine punishment!"
He prayed to God, he made a wish to God, and then God really responded to his request!
Right among the thousands of troops, right before the thousands of people, right under the clear sky and in broad daylight, in full view of the public, God sent down His punishment and killed Dong Zhuo!
This is something no one had ever thought of.
This was something no one had ever expected!
Cao Cao felt as if his spirit had returned, and couldn't help but mutter, "God's punishment, Dong Zhuo is really dead!"
Then he couldn't help but shudder, and a fear from the bottom of his heart enveloped him completely. If Xun Yu hadn't arrived in time, he almost did something wrong in Yanzhou this time!
If this is true, will there be another person with a righteous heart who can move God and pray that God will send down divine punishment to kill him?
Yuan Shao was fine. He had never done anything disobedient. He knelt on the ground, crossed his hands in ancient ritual, and looked up at the sky. "Supreme Emperor Su Wang, are you awake?"
Heaven and earth are not benevolent. This is the truth taught by the ancient sages. Yuan Shao could not find any other reason except that the King Su Shanghuang awakened and pushed the Emperor of Heaven to come to the world.
The coalition forces fighting against Dong Zhuo knelt down one after another and sang praises to the King Su in unison. The Xiliang army took advantage of this opportunity and fled in all directions.
"The spirit of the Su Wang is in heaven, his glorious reputation will last for thousands of years!"
The coalition forces chanted in unison three times, and no more strange phenomena appeared in the sky. Even the red sun and the evil wind disappeared without a trace, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao looked at each other. As great men of their time, they understood that now was the critical moment to expand the results of the war. Although they were still extremely shocked, they could not let this delay the real big thing.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao stood up from the ground, not caring about the dust on their bodies. Yuan Shao drew his sword and said loudly: "My fellow soldiers, the supreme emperor has sent down a punishment from heaven. The traitor Dong Zhuo who brought chaos to the people has died suddenly.
We are God's most loyal people. We stand up from the ground, brandish our weapons, shoot our arrows, move forward, and complete God's unfinished business.
Recover Luoyang!"
Cao Cao also drew out his sword and shouted, "Recover Luoyang!"
The voices of the two men spread, and the army against Dong Zhuo regrouped and marched towards Luoyang in a mighty and high-spirited manner. Now the Xiliang army no longer had the intention to guard Luoyang.
When the Xiliang generals saw that Dong Zhuo was killed directly by heaven's punishment, they were terrified to the extreme. They did not dare to surrender to Yuan Shao and others for fear of being killed directly.
Especially people like Niu Fu and Dong Zhuo's younger brother, they knew that it was absolutely impossible for them to survive, and the right thing to do was to escape as soon as possible.
The ones who were truly capable of leading the army into battle in the Xiliang army were Hua Xiong, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji.
Hua Xiong was killed instantly by Luo Kong's sword. Among the remaining four people, Zhang Ji was the only one who had some brains. He took his thousands of troops and did not enter Luoyang City, but ran directly to Guanxi.
Both Li and Guo are top-notch in their ability to lead cavalry. It is no exaggeration to say that even Lu Bu leading tens of thousands of cavalry could not defeat these two men. However, these two men are more typical frontier warriors than Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo at least has read books, but these two men cannot even read. They have gotten to where they are today entirely relying on their beast-like intuition.
As soon as Dong Zhuo died, the two men felt extremely dangerous.
He immediately made up his mind to escape, and while running he even took Emperor Liu Xie with him, not caring whether he could bear it or not, and did not even prepare a carriage. It was his bad luck if he died.
Then, looking at Luoyang City, he could not help himself, so he led his army of more than ten thousand people and rushed into Luoyang City, and rushed directly to the areas where the nobles and royal families lived. He captured people who needed to be captured and robbed money where needed. He did not do anything that would waste time, but he still plundered everything that came his way.
When faced with resistance, they simply locked the door and set it on fire. These people rushed in from the west gate and then rushed out from the east gate, leaving with a lot of property and some women.
At least half of the elite troops of the Xiliang Army were taken away by these people, and most of them fled to Guanxi.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao watched the Western Liang army enter Luoyang City. With their intelligence, how could they not know what that group of people were doing?
Especially Cao Cao, he is an expert in this area, and hundreds of ways of plundering flash through his mind.
But now neither of them can get away.
The Xiliang Army, which had the upper hand, was temporarily thrown into chaos because of Dong Zhuo's death. The generals of the Xiliang Army were frightened by the appearance of heavenly punishment and did not even think of organizing a counterattack, but fled directly.
If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to turn our advantage into a complete victory, once the Xiliang Army reacts, these chaotic troops will become a huge threat if they are gathered together.
Although Yuan Shao and Cao Cao did not speak, they knew clearly in their hearts that these Xiliang people would be a nuisance as long as they stayed in Luoyang. If they could not be subdued, they had to kill as many as possible. Every time they killed a Xiliang soldier, their future would be a little safer.
Although the Xiliang soldiers fled quickly, there were still corpses everywhere outside Luoyang. Just a rough count showed that there were more than ten thousand bodies there, and the bodies lying farther away had not been counted yet.
Yuan and Cao finally felt a little relieved and led their elite troops into Luoyang City together. As soon as they entered Luoyang City, they were stunned.
Luoyang was in chaos. On both sides of the streets, there were people lying on the ground wailing. In the distance, there were flames and smoke in many areas.
Both of them lived in Luoyang when they were young, but they had never seen Luoyang in such a dilapidated state.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou guarded Yuan Shao, not daring to lose focus for a moment, fearing that a hidden arrow would hurt Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and said, "Dong Zhuo and these Xiliang generals, their crimes cannot be redeemed even if they die a hundred times!"
The coalition forces against Dong Zhuo poured into Luoyang City. After an inventory by his civil servants, what Dong Zhuo had done in the past few days soon came to light. What Li Jue, Guo Si and others had done were also known to Yuan and Cao.
The more they listened, the angrier they became. As they were listening to the stories one by one, Xun Chen suddenly ran in and said, "My lord, the Prince of Chenliu was taken away by the Xiliang army."
Cao Cao became anxious when he heard this. He knew that Liu Xie was the only son of Emperor Ling and theoretically the only heir to the throne. He knew that Yuan Shao was unwilling to recognize Liu Xie's throne, but Liu Xie's legal right was the highest.
The emperor was taken away, this is a typical example of an unfinished mission!
He immediately said to Yuan Shao: "Benchu, let's go to the west together to bring the emperor back. The emperor must not fall into the hands of those traitors, otherwise where is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty?"
Yuan Shao hesitated when he heard this. He was unwilling to recognize Liu Xie's throne, but now he needed an orthodox to give his identity legal legitimacy.
Just as he was thinking about the stakes involved, an official under his command hurried in, his face full of anxiety, and said directly: "My lord, it's a letter from the deputy driver. Gongsun Zan of Youzhou has gathered elite cavalry at the border of Youzhou and Jizhou. The deputy driver asks you to return to Jizhou as soon as possible to guard against Gongsun Zan!"
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Yuan Shao's face was filled with astonishment, and then with uncontrollable anger. He had worked so hard to wipe out Dong Zhuo and the bandits from Xiliang, but Gongsun Zan actually tried to attack him?
He suppressed his anger and clasped his fists to everyone, "Meng De, everyone, I'm going back to Jizhou!"
After saying that, he left.
Cao Cao murmured and could only watch Yuan Shao leave. He gritted his teeth and said, "The Xiliang Army is just a defeated army. Chase them and take back the emperor!"
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When Zhuo was defeated and killed, the Xiliang generals had nowhere to go and dared not ask for a letter of amnesty. They were worried that the princes who came to punish Dong would kill all the people in Liangzhou, so they led their troops westward. Zhang Ji fled to Hongnong, Fan Chou died in the battle. Li Jue and Guo Si entered Luoyang and plundered the officials, relatives and families with wealth in Chang'an. Those who refused to obey were killed, and the death toll was disastrous.
Li Jue and Guo Si took the emperor to Sanhe, and took away the palace ladies, noble ladies, ministers and officials. They did not ride in a carriage, but rode on horses. Sometimes the officials ate dates and vegetables, and some noble ladies fell off their horses and died. Some people died of starvation on the road. The emperor was in such a predicament that history has never recorded it. - "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Dong Zhuo in Xiliang"
(End of this chapter)
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