Chapter 213 Fire in Luoyang(2/2)
When Chutian's troops arrived, more and more princes were surrounding them. Sun Jian, Liu Bei, Tongque and other princes arrived one after another. They saw the Luoyang City in flames and were helpless.
Hundreds of thousands of troops could not save the fire that swept through the city because it was impossible to transport water.
All the princes who witnessed the fire in Luoyang realized that the order of the Eastern Han Dynasty had been destroyed, and the era of separatism among the heroes would follow.
The princes who join forces here may become enemies.
The wars between the princes in the future will probably be even more tragic than the campaign against Dong Zhuo.
"The Kuangfu Han Room is just a dream."
Liu Bei's eyes reflected the blazing fire. The prosperous city of Luoyang was reduced to ashes in the raging fire, just like a dream. The huge dynasty was set on fire and the capital was burned down. How to save it?
The emperor was supposed to be aloof and represent the herdsmen, but in troubled times he was unable to even protect himself.
Cao Cao and Sun Jian also had their own ideas. Their enthusiasm for saving the imperial court was extinguished, and their eyes looked a little tired. Especially Sun Jian, who suppressed the Yellow Turban Army and the Xiliang rebels for the Han Dynasty, saw Luoyang burning for several days, and fell into deep thought.
Mingguan was originally at war with Lu Bu. Lu Bu saw more and more princes appearing, so he slowly withdrew his troops.
"Now is not the time to be shocked by the burning of Luoyang City! Dong Zhuo's army is in front, carrying people and property. It marches slowly every day. Lu Bu is retreating. It is the time to pursue him!"
After Mingguan defeated Lu Bu, there were only more than ten thousand Liaodong cavalry left. He realized that his strength was not enough to destroy Lu Bu's Bingzhou army, so he encouraged other princes to pursue with him.
"Yes, hunt down Dong Zhuo immediately! Save the Emperor!"
Liu Bei was the first to respond.
Since Chu Tian and other powerful princes have already reached Luoyang, it is better to take advantage of the victory and pursue Dong Zhuo all the way.
"The cavalry goes first, pursuing day and night, and the infantry rears."
In order to catch up with Dong Zhuo as soon as possible, Chu Tian used light cavalry.
The other princes also arranged in this way.
Only the light cavalry has enough mobility to carry out an attack.
Dong Zhuo and a group of Guanzhong lords brought their population and baggage with them, so they must not be marching very fast.
Light cavalry is a unit that can perform miracles!
"Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang, and Hua Mulan, go and pursue them. Take all the war horses, generals, gold and silver that can be captured, and forget about the population."
Chu Tian considered that he had no food in Luoyang and saving the people in Luoyang would only starve them to death, so he did not consider accepting Luoyang's population.
When there is enough food, the population is a resource, but when marching and fighting, the population is a burden.
All the light cavalry were sent out to pursue Dong Zhuo, Chu Tian followed Zhou Yafu, and Fang Xuanling then responded.
If it weren't for the lack of war horses, Chutian even planned to equip each infantryman and archer with a war horse to increase their mobility.
Compared with Chu Tian who was marching in the rear, Prince Yan, Huo An and other lords personally led the Liaoxi cavalry and the Western Region cavalry to pursue them. They were used to fighting on horseback.
"Whenever my military strength reaches eighty or ninety, I will dare to rush to the front myself."
Chu Tian noticed that the lords whose territory was at the border would almost always follow the cavalry in person. In contrast, the lords within the pass would usually hide in the middle or rear.
Mingguan saw that the number of light cavalry sent by various princes was at least 50,000 or 60,000, and he was planning to pursue it with other cavalry. A group of cavalry from Chenliu County came to Mingguan: "Lord, the lord of Koryo is attacking Xiangping."
County, military advisors are trying to resist, the enemy force is huge, please return to Liaodong, my lord!"
"Those lords of Korea, it would be good if I didn't take the initiative to attack them, but I didn't expect them to dare to attack Liaodong. Fortunately, I left a military advisor..."
Chapter completed!