So Yuan Shao listened to Guo Jia's suggestion, and while he began to send heavy troops to Hangu Pass, he also issued an order to the princes of the world in the name of the alliance leader, asking them to send troops to support as soon as possible.

But the princes of the world are not fools, although they were shocked and indignant by Dong Zhuo's forcible leadership of the Xiliang army into Beijing, but no one wanted to be cannon fodder for the Yuan family, but the orders of the alliance leader could not be ignored, so the princes still sent their soldiers and horses, of course, it was impossible to move as quickly as the Xiliang army, so it would take at least half a month for them to converge and rush to the imperial capital, so in this half a month, Yuan Shao only hoped that Hangu Pass could block the attack of the Xiliang army.

Hangu Pass is the throat of Liangzhou leading to Sizhou, if Dong Zhuo can't capture here, he can't enter Sizhou, so he must lay heavy troops here, Yuan Shao is almost the imperial capital troops poured out of the nest, arranged here, including 100,000 forbidden troops and He Jin's soldiers and horses under his hands, plus the soldiers and horses of some forces who have taken refuge in the Yuan family, nearly 200,000 people, although the strength is almost the same as the Xiliang army, but the uneven combat power makes the imperial capital coalition army unable to fight hard with the Xiliang army.

Although Hangu Pass has deployed heavy troops, but there are no unscrupulous generals, to resist Dong Zhuo and his party, they can't help but have Yuanying Zhenjun in charge, and they must have a strong Jindan general to lead the troops and horses, so that the morale will be weakened.

If Yuanying Zhenjun is easy to do, the Yuan family has a lot of Yuanying Zhenjun, Yuan Shao can ask Yuan Kui to come forward and send a few to the past, they are mainly to deal with Dong Zhuo, if Dong Zhuo makes a move, they will be used, otherwise, they are only a deterrent to the Xiliang army, and they can't directly deal with the Xiliang army.

To make an army form an effective combat effectiveness, the key is to have a good Jindan generals, their strength is strong, the momentum overtakes the enemy generals, in order to boost our morale, the two armies are fighting, although it cannot be said that morale determines everything, but it is also crucial, if the morale of one side rises, it invisibly gives the soldiers an invincible rendering force, so that the soldiers are full of enthusiasm, dare to work hard, in this environment, the overall strength of the army can naturally be improved, and the military formation is blessed by morale, but also further improve the army's offensive and defensive capabilities, on the contrary, the demoralized side, is the army is discouraged, the soldiers do not want to fight, the soldiers are afraid of death, the combat power is naturally low, and it cannot give full play to its original combat power at all, and if it encounters a strong army, it will inevitably collapse at the first touch. This is why the two armies in ancient times like to send generals from both sides to fight each other, as long as the enemy general is killed or defeated, the morale of the winning side will inevitably rise, and the morale of the losing side will drop greatly, such a morale difference is enough to determine the success or failure of this battle, but with the continuous development of military tactics, as well as the development of spells, the rise of the mage, the army's defense has been greatly enhanced, and the influence of morale has begun to decline, so the role of this kind of general heads-up is becoming less and less important.

Although the influence of morale has been weakened compared to ancient times, it is still an extremely important link, so the defending generals who command Hangu Pass must be powerful Jindan Zhenren in order to deter the Xiliang heroes. In fact, the Yuan family also has many Jindan masters, among which the most famous and powerful are the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who have unfathomable strength, and have always been the killer of the Yuan family, carrying out the Yuan family's assassination, Stealing intelligence and other difficult tasks are terrifying, but they all have special tasks at this time, and they can't send them over, and most of the others are in retreat and cultivation in the Yuan family, and Yuan Kui doesn't want to expose his strength too early, so that Yuan Shao has no suitable Jindan general at this time.

Just when Yuan Shao was in trouble, Long Xiangtian recommended himself at this time, and took the initiative to ask to go to Hangu Pass to block Dong Zhuo's army, and also recommended to Yuan Shao the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang, who were still governing the small county town, Yuan Shao was immediately overjoyed, they were all Jindan masters who had conquered the Yellow Turban, and their strength was obvious to all, just so that they could go to the town to guard Hangu Pass. But in addition to being high-minded, Yuan Shao was a little uneasy, after all, these people were outsiders, how could they hand over the nearly 200,000 imperial capital coalition troops to them, and he had to sit in the imperial capital and couldn't get away, just when Yuan Shao was in a dilemma, Cao Cao saw Yuan Shao's thoughts, so he suggested to Yuan Shao that Yuan Shao's brother Yuan Shu lead the soldiers and horses of Hanguguan, and Long Xiangtian and other groups were his deputy generals, just listen to his dispatch.

Of course, Cao Cao didn't recommend himself to Yuan Shao, he knew that Yuan Shao couldn't trust outsiders, including him Cao Cao. When Yuan Shao heard Cao Cao's suggestion, he suddenly realized, patted his head and said: "Oh! I forgot my brother on the highway, the highway has always been able to command soldiers and horses, and he should be the general who commands the coalition army this time!"

As a result, Yuan Shao transferred Yuan Shu from Yuan's family and made him the rear general to lead the garrison of Hangu Pass.

Yuan Shu was very happy when he first commanded the army, thinking that his cousin Yuan Shao finally had a vision, but he didn't have much gratitude for Yuan Shao in his heart, because because he Yuan Shao, as the son of the Yuan family, would be the future head of the Yuan family, and the Yuan family naturally valued Yuan Shao more than Yuan Shu, how could this not make Yuan Shu jealous.

Yuan Shu commanded the army, Long Xiangtian was a little unhappy, because Yuan Shu had a bad reputation in history, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" described that when the princes of all walks of life crusaded against Dong Zhuo, it was he Yuan Shu who did not send military rations to Sun Jian, which led to Sun Jian's defeat, and he later got the jade seal, so he called the emperor in vain, and he was a clown.

Although Long Xiangtian didn't want to work with such a person, he had no choice, in order to prevent Dong Zhuo from entering Beijing, Long Xiangtian could only endure it. In fact, Long Xiangtian did not expect to make Dong Zhuo unable to enter Beijing, but hoped to delay for a while, Long Xiangtian did not want to change history, after all, Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing is to conform to the future history, but Dong Zhuo is now in Beijing, the damage caused will still be great, Long Xiangtian does not want the imperial capital forces to be too weak to resist Dong Zhuo, so that he will act nonsense.

In fact, in the imperial capital, Long Xiangtian is only worried about Cai Yan alone, so he doesn't want Dong Zhuo to cause much damage, so that Cai Yan and some other innocent people are involved, Long Xiangtian hopes that the future history can develop gently, not like the description in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the lives will be ruined at every turn, and the blood will flow like a river at every turn.

Liu Guanzhang received a paper order, asking them to quickly rush to Hangu Pass to resume their lives, Liu Bei knew the truth of the matter because of the message sent by Long Xiangtian in advance, so he hurriedly took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Hangu Pass, and before leaving, he also instructed his subordinates to treat the people of the county well.

Leaving for Hangu Pass, Liu Bei still had a trace of excitement and happiness in his heart, after all, he was promoted, and he could lead troops, which was much better than staying in a small county town, but at the same time, he was worried and uneasy about the future situation, after all, he was about to face Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, and if he could hold it, it would be a great merit, and if he couldn't hold it, he would have to bear the infamy.

At this time, Long Xiangtian was also very anxious in his heart, he was about to face the menacing Xiliang army, and he was about to face his eldest brother Lu Bu, Long Xiangtian couldn't help but think: I haven't seen you for many years, I don't know how my eldest brother has been doing all these years? He is with Dong Zhuo now, if I can persuade him to leave Dong Zhuo, it will naturally be excellent, but if he continues to help and abuse, what should I do?

Soon, Long Xiangtian and Liu Bei and others came to Hangu Pass, and then Yuan Shu also quickly appeared here, Long Xiangtian saw Yuan Shu for the first time, and found that he did look a little similar to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shu's figure looked a little slender, not as burly as Yuan Shao's body, and there was no majestic momentum on Yuan Shao's body, if Yuan Shao felt like a fire phoenix, then Yuan Shu could only be regarded as an eagle at best.

When Yuan Shu first arrived at Hangu Pass, he played prestige everywhere, often regarded himself as a child of a family, and looked down on people with bad backgrounds, although everyone was a little unaccustomed to him, but he had to be patient, after all, he was the commander of the coalition army, and he was deadlocked, so how to deal with the upcoming Dong Zhuo. Under Liu Bei's strong suppression, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not get angry at Yuan Shu, but they never gave Yuan Shu a good look, Long Xiangtian sometimes sighed, like Zhang Fei is so impulsive and a short-tempered person, only Liu Bei can control it, if he is not restrained, Zhang Fei would have started with Yuan Shu a long time ago.

After Yuan Shu arrived, he didn't manage the soldiers and subordinates, he knew that he tasted good food and wine, and blindly had fun, Liu Bei saw it in his eyes, and he was indeed a little anxious, and the detectives in front came one by one, and it was discovered that Dong Zhuo's army was approaching here at a rapid pace, seeing that the enemy was about to come to the city, Yuan Shu still had such leisure and enjoyment. Liu Bei wanted to train the coalition army, and he had to go through Yuan Shu's approval, but Yuan Shu didn't realize the strength of Dong Zhuo and Xiliang's army at all, and he never ignored the army, thinking that the enemy only needed to hold on for half a moon when the enemy attacked, so why make it so troublesome. Liu Bei also looked for Yuan Shu many times, but people ignored him at all, and blasted Liu Bei out, and Liu Bei couldn't do anything about it.

Time passed quickly, and a few days later, Dong Zhuo was already outside the Hangu Pass.

Dong Zhuo came menacingly, from Xiliang to Hangu Pass, rarely stopped, marched all the way, hoping to enter the imperial capital as soon as possible, who expected the situation in the imperial capital to become so fast, He Jin and the forces of the ten permanent servants were both destroyed, the Yuan clan was in power, Yuan Shao became a general, and he also issued an order to return to Xiliang, which made Dong Zhuo furious, annoyed and angry, Dong Zhuo chose to continue to rush to the imperial capital of Sizhou, trying to forcibly occupy the imperial capital.

Seeing countless flags fluttering outside the pass, the Xiliang army lined up in battle formations, the military appearance was very strict, the shouts shook the sky, and the morale was very high, Liu Bei felt bad, Xiliang Iron Cavalry, it was indeed not a waste of fame, on the other hand, the coalition army was like a group of rabble, so it was bound to stage a very difficult offensive and defensive battle.