The next day, Dong Zhuojun did not come to challenge, and the coalition forces were just resting. Another day, Dong Zhuo had not come to challenge, Lu Ning thought, be good, the big thing was wrong, so he hurried to find Cao Cao and said to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, big thing is not good."

Cao Cao was shocked after hearing this and asked quickly: "Brother Ziyi, why are you panicking?"

Lu Ning hurriedly said, "Brother Meng De, I think that Dong Zhuo has not sent troops to fight for two days, so he must have retreated. And I am now worried that after Dong Zhuo's defeat, he will abandon Luoyang and use the emperor to move the capital to Chang'an after he loses his troops. If this is the case, it would be better. What I fear most is that Dong Zhuo is greedy and lacks money and has a lot of wealthy households in Luoyang, so he will confiscate his family's capital, or even dig a grave tomb, and get his huge capital."

When Cao Cao heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly said, "If it weren't for Brother Ziyi's reminder, I'm afraid I'd be going to make a big mistake. Come with me to see the leader."

After seeing Yuan Shao, he explained the reason, and Yuan Shao hurriedly sent someone to inquire. A day later, news of Dong Zhuo's withdrawal came out. Yuan Shao urgently ordered the princes to attack Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass.

When Dong Zhuo's general Zhao Cen saw that Dong Zhuo had abandoned Luoyang, he offered pass to the coalition forces. The princes and the army led their troops into the Sishui Pass, and still sent Sun Jian as the front line to Luoyang. Seeing that the fire in Luoyang soared into the sky, Sun Jian sent people to put out the fire. The princes from all walks of life rushed to station troops on the wasteland to discuss the military advance. Seeing that Yuan Shao was afraid, Cao Cao brought his troops to pursue him.

Let’s talk about Sun Jian running to Luoyang. He saw the flames soaring into the sky in Luoyang city from afar. The black smoke was covered with the earth. Within two or three hundred miles, they were burned by the Great Flame, and there was nothing left. Sun Jian first sent soldiers to rescue the fire. The princes each stationed military horses in the wasteland. Sun Jian saved the fire in the palace and stationed the military city, and set up a tent on the Jianzhang Hall. Sun Jian ordered the soldiers to sweep away the rubble of the palace. All the tombs dug by Dong Zhuo were closed.

That night, a soldier said, "There are five-color lights in a well south of the hall." Sun Jian asked the soldiers to light a torch and go down to the well to salvage it. He picked up a woman's body. Although it had been a long time since daytime, the body did not rot: the bald man was wearing the palace attire, and a sack was hung under his neck. When he took it off, there was a small vermilion box inside, locked with a golden lock. When he opened the gold lock, he saw a jade seal inside: four inches in a radius, with five dragons engraved on it; a corner was missing, and it was inlaid with gold; there was a seal script eight characters on it: "I will live forever." Sun Jian got the jade seal and asked Cheng Pu.

Cheng Pudao: "This is the jade seal of the kingdom. This jade was the former Bian He was under Jingshan Mountain. He saw a phoenix lying on a stone and carrying it on King Wen of Chu. After it was solved, he got jade. In the 26th year of Qin, he ordered a good craftsman to carve it into a seal. Li Si, the Prime Minister of Qin, sealed this eight characters on it. In the 28th year, the Emperor Shi Huang visited Dongting Lake. The wind and waves were shattered, and the boat was about to cover it. He rushed to the jade seal at the lake and stopped. In the 36th year, the Emperor Shi Huang visited Huayin. Someone held a seal to cover the road and said to the follower: "Keep this and return to the ancestor dragon."

’After saying that, he did not see this seal, and the seal returned to Qin. Next year, the First Emperor collapsed. Later, Ziying presented the jade seal with Emperor Gaozu of Han. Later, Wang Mang usurped the rebellion, Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan beat Wang Xun, Su Xian, and destroyed one corner of it, and inlaid it with gold. Guangwu got this treasure in Yiyang and passed it to the throne to this day. Recently, he heard that the ten regular attendants were in chaos and robbed the young emperor of Beim and returned to the palace to lose this jade seal. Today, the lord got this item and must be divided into nine or five. This place cannot be kept for a long time. We should quickly return to Jiangdong and take great care of it."

After hearing this, Sun Jian was very happy and immediately said, "Your words are just what I want. I will entrust my resignation tomorrow." The discussion has been decided, and the soldiers will not be leaked.

Who would have thought that one of the people in the army was a fellow villager of Yuan Shao. He wanted to use this as a way to advance and stole the camp overnight to report to Yuan Shao. After hearing this, Yuan Shao rewarded gold and silver and secretly kept it in his army. The next day, Sun Jian came to resign from Yuan Shao and said, "I am suffering from a minor illness. Now I want to go back to Changsha. I will come and leave to the leader."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao laughed and said, "I know the reason for your illness is to cause the imperial seal." Sun Jian was shocked and said, "Where did this come from?" Yuan Shao said, "Now we will launch an army to fight against the thieves to eliminate the harm to the country. The jade seal is the treasure of the court. Since you have obtained it, of course you must keep it at the leader of the alliance and wait for Dong Zhuo to be executed and then return it to the court. What are you trying to hide now?"

Sun Jian said, "How come the jade seal is here?" Yuan Shao said, "Where is the thing in the well of Jianzhang Hall?" Sun Jian said, "I don't know anything, why don't you force each other?" Yuan Shao said, "Take it out quickly to avoid causing trouble."

Sun Jian pointed to the sky and said, "If I get this treasure and hide it privately, I will not die well in the future and die under the arrow!" The princes said, "Wentai vows like this, I believe there is no such thing." Yuan Shao called the soldiers and made a name for him, "Was there any such person during salvage?" Sun Jian was furious and pulled out the sword he wore to kill the soldiers. Yuan Shao also drew his sword and said, "You are killing the soldiers to deceive me." Yan Liang and Wen Chou drew their swords behind Yuan Shao, and even pulled out the sheath. Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang were also pulled out of the sword. All the princes persuaded him to stop. Sun Jian immediately got on the horse and pulled out the camp and left Luoyang. Yuan Shao was furious, so he wrote a letter, and sent his confidant to Jingzhou overnight to send him to the governor Liu Biao, so that he could intercept and seize it halfway.

Cao Cao advised Yuan Shao to send troops to attack Dong Fatty, but Yuan Shao was unwilling to send troops, so Cao Cao had to lead his own troops to chase Dong Zhuo. In Lu Ning's camp, he said to everyone: "Cao Cao will be defeated when he goes there. Li Ru has always had a plan and will let Lu Bu lead the army behind the palace." Then he looked at Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei with his eyes, and smiled without saying a word.

Zhao Yun said: "Brother must have wanted to take advantage of Dong Zhuo's army to defeat Cao's army, then copy Dong's army, take advantage of his unpreparedness and then attack him."

Lu Ning said: "Okay, the generals act according to the plan. After Cao's army set up camp, our army also set up camp to attack Dong Zhuo."

Cao Cao led his army to pursue Dong Zhuo's army, and was ambushed and defeated. If Cao Hong had not sacrificed his life to protect him, Cao Hong would have given his war horse to Cao Cao to ride and said, "There can be no Cao Hong in the world, but the world cannot be without a lord." Cao Cao almost lost his life. Because Cao Hong sacrificed his life to save him, he had great trust in Cao Hong in the later period.

Seeing the sound of killing in front of him, Lu Ning looked at the time and felt that it was almost done. He led his army to take a detour and rushed to the front of Dong's army. After waiting for half an hour, he saw that Lu Bu was slowly leading his army to come. Seeing that the formation was a little dispersed, Lu Ning was overjoyed and led his army to kill him without hesitation. Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei flew out and held Lu Bu to fight. When Lu Bu saw Zhang Liao and Dian Wei, they were already scared, and they beat their horses back after only seven or eight rounds. The Dong army fighting here saw Lu Bu running away and had been fighting for half a day. They did not have the fighting spirit, either fighting or surrendering. In just a moment, the battle ended.

In this battle, Lu Ning's army captured 25,000 enemies, beheaded more than 3,500 people, and more than 10,000 war horses. Lu Ning's army killed 50 people and injured more than 10,000 cavalrymen through reorganization. Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei said that we could chase Dong Zhuo's back team and beat them off guard, but Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "Forget it, we are too popular. It's not good for us. Let's go back."
Chapter completed!