Li Xuan, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji were divided into four routes, wanting to besiege Chang'an from four directions. Later, it was learned that Niu Fu collected and surrendered Dong Yue's army and horses, and joined forces with 100,000 troops to attack Chang'an. Therefore, in order to be able to attack Chang'an with Niu Fu, Li Xuan and Guo Yan joined forces and rushed to Chang'an at the same time.

However, when the army arrived in Xinfeng County, it was met by Xu Rong and Hu Zhen sent by Wang Yun to lead 40,000 Yuan Xiliang troops to crusade against them.

Although Li Xuan and Guo Yan had 100,000 Liangzhou soldiers, they were a rabble that had gathered in a hurry, so how could they fight such an elite battle as the Xiliang Army? As soon as they came into contact, the 100,000 horses of Li Qi and Guo Yan were killed on their backs, more than 10,000 were killed in battle, and another 10,000 surrendered. After the first battle, only 60,000 horses remained of the 100,000-strong army.

However, these 10,000 troops were deliberately left behind by Jia Xujian and Li Xuan.

Jia Xu also knew that with these 100,000 horses, they would not be able to fight against the original Xiliang army, and they had no time to consume with Xu Rong and Hu Zhen, so they could only surprise their troops. Therefore, Li Xuan and Guo Yan put their cronies and elites among the 10,000 surrendered troops, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack.

That night, a fire broke out in Xu Rongzhai, and the four people outside Li Xuan and Guo Yan had already prepared and took the opportunity to cover up and kill. Xu Rong still had to command the battle, but he didn't want to be beheaded by someone, but it turned out to be Hu Zhen.

Hu Zhen, like Dong Zhuo, was born in Liangzhou, so after he surrendered to Wang Yun, he was not reused. However, Xu Rong is a native of Liaodong, so Wang Yun appointed him as the coach this time. Hu Zhen was already resentful in his heart, and now that his Liangzhou friends counterattacked Chang'an, Hu Zhen naturally decided to unite with Li Xun and Guo Yan.

So far, the 40,000 Xiliang army has lost thousands of people, and the rest are all Li Xun and Guo Yan, and their combat power is several points better than before.

Subsequently, Li urged Hu Zhen to lead an army of 20,000 to march towards Chang'an. Along the way, the county town did not know that Hu Zhen had rebelled, so he easily took the city. Li Xun promised to wait for Hu Zhen to ask for the post of general after taking Chang'an, so Hu Zhen was excited, and he worked even harder, and gradually the troops were already in Chang'an, and Hu Zhen accelerated the march.

On this day, Hu Zhen marched as usual, but not long after, he saw a big flag in front of him, with the word "Lu" written on it. Hu Zhen was suddenly shocked, Lu Bu didn't go to crusade against Niu Fu, how could he appear in front of him? Of course, Hu Zhen knew that Niu Fu would not be able to command the army, and it was certain that he would be defeated by Lu Bu. However, Hu Zhen never imagined that Niu Fu would lose so quickly.

Actually, this is also normal. Although Niu Fu has 100,000 horses, 50,000 of them are Dong Yue's horses. Niu Fu killed Dong Yue and captured these 50,000 horses, and there would definitely be people who were dissatisfied. After Niu Fu was defeated, surrender and escape were in the past. Of course, the most important thing is that Niu Fu can't lead the troops and is afraid of death. If he slowly consumes, drags Lu Bu back, and waits for Li Qi and Guo Yan's army to besiege Chang'an, then Lu Bu must rescue Chang'an, and then he will cover up and kill, even if he can't win, as long as Li Qi and Guo Yan's army takes Chang'an, the victory will also belong to them. Of course, this qiē is impossible to happen, and it is an indisputable fact that Niu Fu died.

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Hu Zhen stepped forward and said: "Lord Wenhou, the last general has already taken down Li Xu, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji, and another 20,000 soldiers escorted them here. Now that Lord Wen Hou has arrived, the responsibility of escorting the four people has been handed over to Lord Wen Hou. ”

Hu Zhen's attention was to let Lu Bu confront Li Xuan and Guo Yan, and then he would attack from the rear of Lu Bu's army, so that he could attack from both sides and catch Lu Bu off guard.

Lu Bugao sat on the red rabbit horse, holding the halberd with one hand, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and shouted: "Hu Zhen traitor, Lord Situ has long known that you killed Xu Rong Taishou and took refuge in Li Xuan and other thieves. Thou hast deceived many cities before, and now thou hast tried to deceive me, and today thou shalt die under my halberd. ”

The spy cultivated by Wang Yun was not covered, in fact, he had already received the information as soon as Hu Zhen defected to Li Xuan. However, Wang Yun did not make a noise, but first let Lu Bu return to Chang'an. After Lu Bu returned to Chang'an, he told the matter, and then ordered Lu Bu to beg the thief.

Hu Zhen was shocked, but he didn't expect Wang Yun to already know that he had betrayed. And Wang Yun was ruthless enough not to inform Li Xuan of the county seat on the way to the army, so that Li urged them to take it effortlessly.

"Retreat!"

After knowing that Wang Yun planned to take them by surprise, Hu Zhen immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army. Hu Zhen is still self-aware, he is no match for Lu Bu. Besides, Lu Bu now has more soldiers and horses than him, and if he starts a war with Lu Bu, he will be looking for death.

"Attack!"

Lu Bu raised his arms and exhaled, and the figure of the red rabbit horse was drawn out like lightning, and it appeared in front of Hu Zhen's eyes in an instant. Hu Zhen didn't have time to stop it, and he was already stabbed off the horse by Lu Bu's halberd.

In fact, Lu Bu had no intention of defeating Li Xun and the others at all, and he came with the idea of defeat in this battle. The purpose is naturally to prepare to leave Chang'an and go to the world to find opponents. Hu Zhen didn't have to die originally, and whether he rebelled or not had nothing to do with Lu Bu. However, Hu Zhen's mistake was to fool him like a fool and try to deceive him. If Hu Zhen directly declared war on Lu Bu, Lu Bu would not mind letting Hu Zhen go.

Hu Zhen was dead, and some of the 20,000 horses led by Hu Zhen fled in all directions, and some surrendered on their knees. Lu Bu also did not order the pursuit, these people were too weak to arouse his slightest interest.

"Report, General Hu Zhen was killed in battle, and the army was defeated!"

When Li urged the four of them in the rear to learn the news reported by the spies, they immediately gathered together to discuss.

Fan Chou took the lead and said: "Lu Bu is brave, and our army is invincible. Moreover, he is now in command of the 20,000 Xiliang Army under Duan Xuan, and he also has 40,000 Luoyang Forbidden Army, with the current strength of our army, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist. ”

When Li urged to hear this, he felt a little unhappy in his heart. felt that Fan Chou looked down on himself, and also laid the groundwork for Fan Chou's death in the future.

Although everyone knows Lu Bu's bravery, Li Xun thinks that he is not weaker than Lu Bu, but the two have never fought each other, so his strength is not known. It's just that Li Xuan knows that what they are doing now is a rebellion, and now it is not suitable to fight against Lu Bu, and the only way to solve Lu Bu and take Chang'an is right. However, in Li Xuan's heart, there was the idea of competing with Lu Bu.

Li Xuan stood up and said disdainfully: "Lu Buyong is brave, but he is a resourceless person, so there is nothing to worry about." There was a valley in the land where we had gone before, and it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. I led the army to defend the valley mouth, and lured him to fight every day, and General Guo could lead the army to copy it, follow Peng Yue's method of scratching Chu, Ming Jin marched into the army, and beat the drum to collect the army. Zhang and Fan Ergong, but divided their troops into two ways and took Chang'an. If he can't save him, he will be defeated. ”

When everyone heard this, they praised it, and immediately acted according to Li Xuan's plan.

However, he said that Lu Bu led the army to arrive, and his eyes were full of tigers, and he saw the neat footprints on the ground, divided into three directions, and he already knew the thoughts of Li Xun and the four in his heart. However, Lu Bu didn't say anything, so he took it as his own plan and ordered him to set up camp and prepare for a decisive battle with Li Xuan the next day.

In Li Xuan's camp, he learned from the spies that Lu Bu had no other actions, and Li Xuan sneered in his heart: "There are brave and unscrupulous people, sooner or later I want you to know how powerful I am!"