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Chapter 258 Accident
On the second day, Yuan Shao learned that Hulao Pass was indeed an empty city in the report sent by the scouts.As a result, the princes from all walks of life gathered their own troops and urged their generals to enter Hulao Pass.

When everyone entered Hulao Pass and settled down their army horses, the news of Zhao Lei's surprise attack on Luoyang also spread to the ears of the princes from all walks of life. Naturally, a military meeting with Zhao Lei's surprise attack on Luoyang as the main content was also held. on the countertop.

In Yuan Shao's big tent, the atmosphere in the tent seemed very delicate.Zhao Lei stood in front of Yuan Shao in armor, and all the other princes were watching Zhao Lei.

At this moment, Zhao Lei took a deep breath, looked around, and looked at those princes who were sometimes jealous, sometimes admired, sometimes resentful, and sometimes helpless.Being watched by so many people, Zhao Lei seemed very calm. He also knew why these people looked at him like this, but Zhao Lei obviously didn't care about it, because if he hadn't sent troops to attack Luoyang, Dong Zhuo would not have withdrawn his troops.Since he didn't make any mistakes, Zhao Lei didn't care about the concentrated fire of these eyes.

Yuan Shao had already received this news from the dead soldiers under him yesterday, but he still pretended to be surprised and looked at Zhao Lei, and said in a daze, "Zihan, Zihan! You have given us another surprise! If Zihan hadn’t sent someone to attack Luoyang this time, Dong Zhuo wouldn’t have left Hulao Pass in such a hurry.”

Yuan Shao's words surprised everyone. Everyone originally thought that Yuan Shao should be furious at Zhao Lei's unauthorized actions, but now Yuan Shao is really uncharacteristically, showing a look of indifference.

Just when everyone was surprised, Cao Cao stood up from his seat, clasped his fists to Yuan Shao and said, "Leader, just now my scouts reported that Dong Zhuo withdrew his troops in a very hasty way this time, and within three hours after returning to Luoyang, he took him with him." The gold, silver and jewels loaded in large and small vehicles, as well as some Luoyang people left Luoyang, it seems that Dong Zhuo is going to abandon the Sili area. And, and..." Cao Cao paused when he said this.

"And what?" Yuan Shao asked.

"And Dong Zhuo excavated all the imperial tombs in the Luoyang Palace." Cao Cao said expressionlessly.

After hearing the news, everyone gasped.The excavation of the imperial tomb is an outrage between man and god!This Dong Zhuo must be too courageous!

After hearing this news, Yuan Shao was surprisingly calm. In Yuan Shao's heart, he had no loyalty to the Han Dynasty at all, so Dong Zhuo's grave digging had no effect on him at all.What he was thinking at the moment was, now that Dong Zhuo gave up Sili, wouldn't that mean giving up Luoyang?After conquering Hulao Pass, Luoyang can be taken without any effort. This series of victories will not only boost the morale of the allied forces, but also greatly increase Yuan Shao's reputation as the leader of the alliance.Thinking of this, Yuan Shao couldn't help being elated, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Just when Yuan Shao fell into narcissism, Cao Cao said again: "Leader, Dong Zhuo excavated the Huangling, and the people and gods are all angry. Now that he has retreated, his only retreat is Chang'an in Yongzhou, so I suggest that everyone don't rush to go there. Occupy Luoyang and other areas of Sili, but directly send troops to pursue Dong Zhuo. Because once Dong Zhuo passes the two checkpoints of Hangu Pass and Tongguan, he will be safe. Hangu Pass and Tongguan are more dangerous than Hulao Pass More than that, as long as Dong Zhuo escapes, it will be very difficult for us to eliminate Xiliang soldiers and bring back the emperor."

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Zhao Lei couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, Cao Cao still didn't give up the idea of ​​chasing Dong Zhuo.

As expected by Zhao Lei, Cao Cao's words were opposed by some princes in the tent just after he finished speaking.

The first one to jump out was Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu looked anxious and shouted at Cao Cao: "Cao Mengde, after these few battles, the Allied soldiers are already exhausted, and now you want us to rush for a long-distance pursuit. Dong Zhuo, this is really ridiculous."

Seeing that it was Yuan Shu, the clown who was jumping on the bridge, blocking the sound again, Cao Cao couldn't help but his face darkened, and said to Yuan Shu seriously: "Gaolu, what's absurd about my suggestion? It's the so-called chasing after victory. Now the Xiliang army is retreating and morale is low. It's our army." This is a good opportunity to pursue and welcome the emperor back. On the contrary, if the Xiliang army is allowed to return to Hangu Pass, our allied army will not be able to advance half a step. Moreover, Dong Zhuo can even steal the emperor's tomb. We will definitely be scolded by the people of the world. If we don't pursue now, won't we be scolded by the people of the world?"

Yuan Shu had already lost several times in a row in terms of eloquence, so this time he simply didn't talk nonsense with Cao Cao, and directly waved his hands and said, "Anyway, I don't agree with the pursuit, I want to chase you."

"I also agree with Gao Dao's opinion." Several other small princes also echoed at this time.After the Battle of Hulaoguan before, their soldiers and horses were also greatly attrition.Moreover, when Yuan Shao asked them to take out soldiers and horses to storm Hulao Pass, they were already very reluctant, and now asking them to pursue it is simply a fantasy.

Yuan Shao who didn't really want to pursue Dong Zhuo said at this moment: "Meng De, your strategy is good, but you see that everyone's soldiers and horses are exhausted, so I don't think we should chase Dong Zhuo for the time being. Let's occupy Luoyang first. Choose the opportunity to move. What's more, Dong Zhuo still has that resourceful Li Ru by his side, so how could Li Ru not set up an ambush when the Xiliang soldiers retreated? What if we were caught in an ambush when we pursued them?"

Cao Cao, who saw everyone's opposition, gave Zhao Lei a meaningful look at this moment. From his eyes, Zhao Lei saw a lot of helplessness and unwillingness.

After Cao Cao glanced at Zhao Lei, he clasped his fists to Yuan Shao and said, "In this case, let's not pursue! Leader, I feel unwell, so I will take my leave."

Seeing Cao Cao leaving like this, Zhao Lei couldn't help shaking his head in embarrassment. The atmosphere in the tent was extremely embarrassing, and Yuan Shao's face was flushed.Cao Cao walked away in a huff, which was obviously very disrespectful to Yuan Shao.Seeing Yuan Shao's appearance, Zhao Lei clasped his fists to Yuan Shao and said, "Leader, Meng De also wholeheartedly serves the country, that's why he made the rude thing just now, please forgive me, leader."

Since Zhao Lei gave Yuan Shao the steps, Yuan Shao could only smile and say, "It's okay, it's okay."

Cao Cao's departure made all the princes stare at each other, Yuan Shao simply stopped discussing matters, and everyone felt that it was meaningless to stay in the big tent, so all the princes wanted Yuan Shao to leave, got up and left.

Watching the princes leaving Yuan Shao one by one, he found that Zhao Lei was sitting firmly on his seat, staring at him blankly.

After the people left, Zhao Lei got up slowly, cupped his fists to Yuan Shao and said, "Leader, Zihan wants to say goodbye to the leader."

"Farewell?" Yuan Shao was obviously taken aback when he heard Zhao Lei's words, but he immediately regained his composure.

"That's right, although the Dong Zhuo Alliance didn't eliminate Dong Zhuo and welcome the emperor back, it still drove Dong Zhuo back to Longxi and wiped out many of his troops and generals. I believe that after a few days, Dong Zhuo will enter Hangu Guan, we have no chance. So Zhao Lei resigned from the leader today, and after the troops I sent to Luoyang return, I will lead the Yangzhou army back to Yangzhou!" Zhao Lei explained.

"Zihan, what nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean? I won't allow you to leave! Could it be that you, like Cao Mengde, threatened me with this condition in order to pursue Dong Zhuo?" Yuan Shao said coldly.

In Zhao Lei's eyes, Yuan Shao's persuasion seemed like a show, because Zhao Lei guessed that Yuan Shao would pretend to keep him for a while, and then let him leave after showing his courage.So facing Yuan Shao's questioning, Zhao Lei immediately said: "The leader misunderstood me. The reason why I want to leave the alliance is because there are many things in Yangzhou. I have been away for almost a year, and now I should go back to deal with government affairs. And, After Dong Zhuo returns to Chang'an, I think the war between the Allied forces and Dong Zhuo should be over, so there is nothing wrong with me leaving now." Zhao Lei said.

Yuan Shao suddenly said forcefully at this time: "Zihan, you can't leave. Who said that the war between us and Dong Zhuo is over? Could it be that we can't march after Dong Zhuo retreats to Hangu Pass? No matter how dangerous Hangu Pass is Checkpoints, that can’t be impenetrable, there is always the possibility of breaking through. Zihan is in a hurry to leave now, is it because he wants to violate the covenant we formed at that time? Or is it that Zihan doesn’t want to rescue the current emperor at all?”

Zhao Lei was a little surprised when Yuan Shao said this. "Could it be that Yuan Shao really wants me to stay? Why do his words sound so strange?" Zhao Lei thought at this moment.

"Okay, Zihan, go back first! I'll pretend I haven't heard what you said today!" After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he left the big tent, leaving Zhao Lei in a daze.

(End of this chapter)