Dong Huang and Dong Yue were frightened in Luoyang City for a long time, and did not wait for the team to attack the city, when the sergeant who escaped from Pingxian came to Luoyang, the two knew that Ma Qiang's soldiers and horses did not come to Luoyang at all, but captured Pingxian.

What made the two even more strange was that this Ma Qiang didn't seem to be here to fight Luoyang at all, but just sent cavalry to constantly harass Luoyang's westward moving team, and even called the surrounding people to leave Henan by boat.

This Ma Qiang... Are you here to compete with immigrants?

However, it is always a good thing not to come to Luoyang, so the two of them guarded Luoyang while hurrying to move all kinds of materials from Luoyang to Chang'an.

- Tiger Prison Pass

"What? Ma is stronger than Meng Jin? How so? He didn't go to Pingyin? ”

When Li Ru got the battle report from Dong Yue, he immediately jumped up in fright.

After Mengjin is over the Yellow River, then Luoyang is under the front of the allied army, as long as Luoyang is broken, the tiger prison pass will be cut off, then the people here will have to be trapped and die here.

"Wen You, this big thing is not good, let's hurry up and return to Luoyang!"

Dong Zhuo also understood that it was powerful, and hurriedly said.

Li Ru anxiously walked a few steps, and then forced himself to calm down.

"Taishi, don't be too anxious, Ma Qiang's soldiers and horses are not more than 10,000 people, Luoyang's soldiers and horses are enough to defend the city, and our army is still safe for the time being, but in this way, our army must withdraw immediately..." ”

Dong Zhuo sighed, "Niu Fu can't stay in Hanoi for too long, and the threat of the Baibo army in the east of the river is not small!" If the Baibo Army is allowed to become bigger, even Chang'an will not be safe. ”

Li Ru nodded, suddenly thought of something, dragged his beard and walked a few steps, turned around and said, "Taishi, do you say that Ma Qiang is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty?" ”

"Ahh Dong Zhuo snorted on the spot, "That's it, at most he can be regarded as a courtier, how can he be regarded as a loyal minister like the old man?" ”

Li Ru automatically ignored the second half of the sentence, nodded and said, "That's right, when Ma Qiang started in Youzhou, there were many strange things, and when the first emperor was there, he was even more in the same stream as the eunuchs, how could such a person risk death for the Han Dynasty?"

What's more, Ma Qiang was born in a humble background, and he is not a member of the scholar clan, Taishi, why don't I try to recruit this person? ”

"Recruiting Ma Qiang?"

"Exactly, Dong Bai is now twenty-seven years old, and he is matching Ma Qiang, it is not as good as Xu Zhi, in this way, Taishi has a strong reinforcement, and Bai'er also has a good person!" After Li Ru finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Even if Ma Qiang refuses, we can spread the news to the allied forces outside the Guan, Yuan Shao and his already have a holiday, so it is inevitable that he will not use troops together, if there are only more than 10,000 people of Ma Qiang, it is not our opponent at all, our army can slowly retreat to Chang'an!" ”

Dong Zhuo thought about it and felt reasonable, so he ordered Li Dao to find a way to attack Mengjin first, and if he couldn't attack it, he was ready to go to find Ma Qiang's relatives.

- Meng Jin

Cao Cao looked at Wang Kuang, who fled back from a detour, and really saw a thousand tears!

Among the 3,000 soldiers and horses collected by Cao Cao before, many of them were Wang Kuang's stragglers, plus Han Hao's soldiers and horses, the two armies were combined, and there were also 6,000 soldiers and horses, guarding the north bank of Mengjin.

Li Dao and Niu Fu regrouped their troops to attack, Cao Cao and Wang Kuang worked together to defend the village, coupled with Yan Rou's continuous harassment on the outside line, Li Dao made no progress after a day of fighting, so he could only retreat and repair.

Cao Cao, who saw Li Dao retreating, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at Wang Kuang, "Gongjie, it seems that Dong Thief is also the end of the crossbow, and the day of victory for my allies is just around the corner!" ”

Wang Kuang was not so optimistic, he looked to the south and said, "I don't know what happened to Ma Pingyuan over there, it is said that he has captured Pingxian and is building ordnance, but Luoyang City is high and deep, I'm afraid it is not so easy to capture." ”

Cao Cao smiled and shook his hand, "The Son of Heaven has already hunted Chang'an in the west, and Luoyang is not in a hurry, but as long as Ma Pingyuan stops Dong Zhuo's westward advance, our allies can annihilate Dong Thief in Henan!" ”

Wang Kuang nodded, and said, "Now it depends on when the alliance leader sends troops to break through..."

- Outside the Tiger Prison

"You want us to attack the Tiger Prison? Said that the soldiers and horses in the pass must be being transferred to Luoyang? Yuan Shao looked at the letter, handed it to the people around him, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Bao Xin immediately bowed his hand and said, "Alliance leader, what General Cao said is very reasonable, it is better to send troops!" ”

"Exactly, you can't let Ma Pingyuan enjoy the credit of Jinluo alone, right?"

Hearing that Ma Qiang had crossed the Yellow River, the allies suddenly had a fighting spirit, and Yuan Shao also felt that it was an opportunity, so he pushed the boat down the river and ordered the whole army to attack the fortification.

Seeing this, Li Ru, who had not yet left, commanded Lu Bu and others to defend the Tiger Pass, and from time to time asked Lu Bu to take the cavalry to fight a counter-kill, and in a fierce battle, the allies paid thousands of dead and wounded, and the Tiger Pass still had the banner of Dong Zi.

"Doesn't it mean that the Tiger Prison is empty? So who are we seeing today? ”

"Yes! I lost another general in this battle, so Ma Qiang wouldn't be lying about his exploits, right? ”

What does it mean to go up when you have the opportunity, let it go when you have difficulties, push it if you have a responsibility, and grab it if you have benefits, these princes are vividly expressed.

Li Ru did not withdraw all his soldiers and horses because he learned that Ma Qiang's soldiers and horses did not attack Luoyang, but continued to sweep the villages around Luoyang and the teams organized by them to move westward, plundering people and materials.

As soon as Li Ru saw it, he knew that his judgment was correct, this Ma Qiang was really not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

Since they are all thousand-year-old foxes, Li Ru is not worried, he asked Dong Zhuo to go back to Luoyang first, and he stayed to continue to watch the allies, he believed that as long as the allies did not enter the pass, Ma Qiang would definitely not attack Luoyang.

Ma Qiang did think the same as Li Ru, his mind was not on capturing Luoyang at all, but on the population and the various materials that were transported to Chang'an.

God is pitiful, Zhao Yun is about to become a guerrilla captain these days, that is called a shot to change a place, after robbing this batch of robberies, Dong Zhuojun has no time to bully the people, and is concentrating on guarding the road to prevent the legendary white horse general from stealing peaches.

Therefore, although the people of Luoyang are still very bitter this time, the death toll is much better than in history. In history, due to the lack of external pressure, Dong Zhuojun guarded and stole while escorting, looting non-stop, and the crows with many corpses along the way could not be eaten.

- Ping County

"The people got on the boat from Mengjin, got off the boat in Aocang, changed boats in Aocang and then went down the river to the plain country, Ming Gong, you see, now the first team has arrived here.."

Jia Xu was talking to Ma Qiang about the relocation of the people in Henan, when suddenly Huang Xu walked in and hugged his fists and said, "Ming Gong!" Dong Zhuo sent a messenger to ask for a meeting! ”

"Emissary? Dong Zhuo's? Who? ”

"It's Dong Zhuo's Zhonglang General Dong Yue!"

"Dong Yue? Let him in! ”

Ma Qiang also wanted to know what Dong Zhuo wanted to do, it has been a few days, and Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses in the Tiger Prison have not been withdrawn, so he is really not afraid of being blocked by himself?