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So he mounted. CaoHong tore off his own breastplate, gripped his sword, and went on foot afterthe horse. Thus they proceeded till the fourth watch when they saw before thema broad stream, and behind they still heard the shouts of pursuers drawing nearerand nearer.

操上马，洪脱去衣甲，拖刀跟马而走。约走至四更余，只见前面一条大河，阻住去路，后面喊声渐近。

"This is myfate," said Cao Cao. "I am really doomed!"

操曰：“命已至此，不得复活矣！”

Cao Hong helpedCao Cao down from his horse. Then taking off his fighting robe and helmet, CaoHong took the wounded man on his back and waded into the stream. When theyreached the further side, the pursuers had already gained the bank whence theyshot arrows. Cao Cao all wet pushed on.

洪急扶操下马，脱去袍铠，负操渡水。才过彼岸，追兵已到，隔水放箭。操带水而走。

Dawn was near.They went on another ten miles and then sat down to rest under a precipice.Suddenly loud shouting was heard and a party of horse appeared. It was GovernorXu Rong who had forded the river higher up. Just at this moment Xiahou Dun andXiahou Yuan, with several dozens men, came along.

比及天明，又走三十余里，土冈下少歇。忽然喊声起处，一彪人马赶来：却是徐荣从上流渡河来追。操正慌急间，只见夏侯惇、夏侯渊引数十骑飞至，

"Hurt not mylord!" cried Xiahou Dun to Xu Rong, who at once rushed at him.

大喝：“徐荣无伤吾主！”

But the combat wasshort. Xu Rong speedily fell under a spear thrust of Xiahou Dun, and his troopswere driven off. Before long Cao Cao's other generals arrived. Sadness and joymingled in the greetings. They gathered together the few hundreds of soldiersleft and then returned to Luoyang.

徐荣便奔夏侯惇，惇挺枪来迎。交马数合，惇刺徐荣于马下，杀散余兵。随后曹仁、李典、乐进各引兵寻到，见了曹操，忧喜交集；聚集残兵五百余人，同回河内。卓兵自往长安。

When theconfederate lords entered Luoyang, Sun Jian, after extinguishing the fires,camped within the walls, his own tent being set up near the Dynastic Temple.His people cleared away the debris and closed the rifted tombs. The gates werebarred. On the site of the Dynastic Temple he put up a mat shed containingthree apartments, and here he begged the lords to meet and replace the sacredtablets, with solemn sacrifices and prayers.

却说众诸侯分屯洛阳。孙坚救灭宫中余火，屯兵城内，设帐于建章殿基上。坚令军士扫除宫殿瓦砾。凡董卓所掘陵寝。尽皆掩闭。于太庙基上，草创殿屋三间，请众诸侯立列圣神位，宰太牢祀之。

This ceremonyover, the others left and Sun Jian returned to his camp. That night the starsand moon vied with each other in brightness. As Sun Jian sat in the open airlooking up at the heavens, he noticed a mist spreading over the stars of theConstellation Draco.

祭毕，皆散。坚归寨中，是夜星月交辉，乃按剑露坐，仰观天文。见紫微垣中白气漫漫，

"TheEmperor's star is dulled," said Sun Jian with a sigh. "No wonder arebellious minister disturbs the state, the people sit in dust and ashes, andthe capital is a waste." And his tears began to fall.

坚叹曰：“帝星不明，贼臣乱国，万民涂炭，京城一空！”言讫，不觉泪下。

Then a soldierpointing to the south said, "There is a beam of colored light rising froma well!"

傍有军士指曰：“殿南有五色毫光起于井中，”

Sun Jian bade hispeople light torches and descend into the well. Soon they brought up the corpseof a woman, not in the least decayed although it had been there many days. Shewas dressed in Palace cloth

ing and from herneck hung an embroidered bag.

坚唤军士点起火把，下井打捞。捞起一妇人尸首，虽然日久，其尸不烂：宫样装束，项下带一锦囊。

Opening this a redbox was found, with a golden lock, and when the box was opened, they saw a jadeseal, square in shape, four inches each way. On it were delicately engravedfive dragons intertwined. One corner had been broken off and repaired withgold. There were eight characters in the seal style of engraving whichinterpreted read:

  取开看时，内有朱红小匣，用金锁锁着。启视之，乃一玉玺：方圆四寸，上镌五龙交纽；傍缺一角，以黄金镶之；上有篆文八字云：

I have receivedthe command from Heaven: May my time be always long and prosperous.

“受命于天，既寿永昌。”