The Three Kingdoms: General Yu She, reincarnated a hundred times.

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While Cao Cao had people cooking porridge, he also urgently ordered Xiahou Yuan to ride a fast horse back to Yuan Shao.

It is said: "Dong Zhuo fled in panic, leaving behind the fertile land of Luoyang, with magnificent palaces, countless treasures, and hundreds of thousands of people. The city was bustling with prosperity, but Cao Cao dared not take it all for himself."

We are now encamped outside the city to avoid suspicion, awaiting only Yuan Shao's swift arrival to seize Luoyang, command the heroes, and jointly punish the traitor Dong Zhuo to restore the state.

Xiahou Yuan: "???"

He glanced at Cao Cao, then at Luoyang, which had long been emptied, and at the hundreds of thousands of starving people before him.

"Luoyang, a fertile land, a city of bustling prosperity? My lord, are you serious?"

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh and scold, "If you were to tell Yuan Shao clearly that there is nothing in Luoyang City except hundreds of thousands of mouths starving for food, which of the feudal lords would be willing to come?"

"Go quickly and send a message to lure the feudal lords here so that we can divide Luoyang among ourselves."

Xiahou Yuan: "..."

Watching Xiahou Yuan's hurried departure, Cao Cao sighed deeply.

"I, Cao Cao, have always been known for my integrity and uprightness. Now, to secure the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people, I have no choice but to resort to this deceptive and fraudulent scheme. I hope you will forgive me, Yuan Shao."

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When Xiahou Yuan relayed the news back to the allied camp, he heard that Dong Zhuo had simply abandoned this fertile land of Luoyang.

Doesn't that mean whoever gets there first gets to pick it up?

The feudal lords who were originally stuck in Suanzao, feasting every day, are now all vying to rush to Luoyang.

Even though Yuan Shao harbored doubts, saying, "Would Dong Zhuo really be so kind?"

However, Han Fu, the governor of Ji Province, soon spoke up, "Since Dong Zhuo has already moved the capital to Chang'an, and he won't take Luoyang with him, what else can he do but leave it to us?"

Having narrowly escaped from Yu She's attack on the camp last time, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, who was in dire need of making up for his losses, also said: "Even if the bandit Dong plunders extensively and loots Luoyang, how can the current imperial capital be emptied so easily?"

As long as he doesn't go so far as to burn Luoyang to the ground, there will always be plenty left behind that he can't take with him.

Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang, also echoed this sentiment, saying, "Mengde has always been close to you, Yuan Shao. How could the news he sent back be false?"

Even if he was deceived in other ways, surely the hundreds of thousands of people he saw with his own eyes in Luoyang could not be fake?

With the help of this population, whether in selecting soldiers or cultivating fields, our strength will surely increase greatly.

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After listening to everyone's words, even if there were still some who had doubts, as long as one of the princes took the first step, the others would be afraid that the benefits would be taken away by others, and dared not fall behind.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao sighed and said no more. In any case, the allied forces of the warlords had finally started their advance from Suanzao. If they could take Luoyang from there, it would be a meritorious deed in his campaign against Dong Zhuo.

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So when Yuan Shao led a group of warlords to Luoyang in a rush, he saw Cao Cao personally leading the people of Luoyang out of the city to welcome him.

Cao Cao spurred his horse forward and personally introduced the various lords to the people.

"Gentlemen, this is the leader of our coalition against Dong Zhuo, the Prefect of Bohai, Yuan Benchu. His family has held high office for four generations, and his granaries are full of grain. He is determined to save the people from suffering and relieve your dire straits."

This is Han Fu, the governor of Ji Province. Ji Province is a fertile land with abundant wealth and prosperous people!

This Prefect of Nanyang, Yuan Shu, had amassed a fortune!

... "

The feudal lords were initially enjoying the scene of welcoming the royal army, but after listening to Cao Cao's introduction, they felt that something was amiss.

Soon, hundreds of thousands of bloodshot eyes, strained to survive another day by drinking water and pushed to their limits, stared straight at them, as if they wished they could eat their flesh and drink their blood!

The feudal lords: [Cao Cao! How dare you?]

"You dog-fucked Cao Cao! You with thick eyebrows and big eyes, how could you lie to people like this?"

Damn it, you call this land fertile soil? You call these hundreds of thousands of starving people the treasure left to us by the traitor Dong Zhuo?

You mean we rushed over excitedly, only to be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of "Yellow Turbans"?

If you suggest that they provide relief to the people, it would be tantamount to taking on a burden of hundreds of thousands of people and needlessly consuming a large amount of grain and fodder.

You're saying we shouldn't rescue them? Even if we could suppress these rioters with the force of the Allied Forces, it wouldn't sound good if word got out.

What happened? The people of Luoyang lived well under the legendary tyrannical Dong Zhuo, but were slaughtered by the warlords who were determined to restore the Han Dynasty.

"How should the people of the world view us feudal lords?"

"That cunning traitor Dong Zhuo, his schemes are so vicious!"

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Looking at the imperial edict for disaster relief that was being eagerly presented to him by the surrounding people.

The court is in trouble, and the country is in danger.

He hereby orders Yuan Shao, the Prefect of Bohai; Han Fu, the Governor of Ji Province; Liu Dai, the Inspector of Yan Province; Yuan Shu, the Prefect of Nanyang… and other warlords to provide relief to the disaster victims of Luoyang, uphold the state and the nation, and not fail the expectations of the people.

The feudal lords were disgusted, as if they had eaten shit. In the end, they looked at each other, and Yuan Shao, having heard that Cao Cao had sworn an oath by pointing to the Luo River, twitched his lips and gritted his teeth.

"Provide the people with several days' worth of food to temporarily alleviate their urgent needs."

As for Luoyang city and its inhabitants, we will discuss that further.

The feudal lords were all put in this position. They couldn't very well go into Luoyang under the guise of supporting the Han dynasty, only to start massacring the city as soon as they entered.

Moreover, among the feudal lords, are there any great Confucian scholars like Kong Rong who are full of benevolence and morality? Even if one were to do such a thing, it could not be done in front of him.

Therefore, he had no choice but to temporarily comply with Yuan Shao's order and release several days' worth of grain to appease the people, and then discuss countermeasures.

Once the feudal lords entered Luoyang and sat down at the table, they immediately began arguing about how to divide Luoyang among themselves.

Although these hundreds of thousands of starving people were a burden, Luoyang was still a good place!

This is the prosperous capital of the land, the heart of the fertile Heluo region. Even if Dong Zhuo plundered it and took away the visible wealth, it would still be a great loss.

But you can't take the land with you, let alone this Luoyang Imperial Palace!

Let alone others, Yuan Shu stared wide-eyed at the imperial palace. If it weren't for the fact that his general Yu She was not by his side and only Sun Jian remained, his confidence would have been halved.

Otherwise, he might have drawn his sword on the spot against the other lords who were vying for Luoyang with him.

If Yuan Shu wanted it, how could the other warlords not covet it?

The vast city of Luoyang, the heart of the Yellow River region, is a place everyone wants to conquer. And who would willingly give it up?

They argued fiercely, their faces turning red, and some even considered resorting to violence!

Seeing this, Yuan Shao hurriedly spoke up to make peace, saying, "Now that we have captured Luoyang, it is our first great victory since we started to fight Dong Zhuo. At this time of celebration, how can you guys cause internal strife for the sake of temporary gains?"

"How about we first hold a celebratory banquet? As for the ownership of Luoyang, I, the alliance leader, will temporarily take charge until the council meeting is over, then we can discuss it further. What do you think?"

"Who doesn't know Yuan Shao's intentions?"

The feudal lords were unwilling to listen. They fought amongst themselves, none of them willing to yield, and the meeting was about to end in discord.

Just then, Cao Cao, his face full of anger, slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

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