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After Dong Zhuo's anger calmed down a little, he ordered Li Ru and Lu Bu to be summoned.

After Li Ru and Lu Bu were summoned by Dong Zhuo, the two of them immediately rushed to Dong Zhuo's place.

Immediately after, Dong Zhuoxian asked Lu Bu, "Fengxian Wu'er, how are your injuries?" ”

"Thank you father-in-law for your concern, the child's injuries are fine."

"It's okay."

Then, Dong Zhuo said to Li Ru again: "Wenyou, in yesterday's battle, our army was defeated and returned, how should we deal with it next?" ”

"Lord, Wang Kai's army is strong, if our army can't attack with all its might, I'm afraid it will be difficult to repel them for a while, and now the matter of moving the capital to Chang'an has been postponed, and the minister feels that he can first sweep away the Kwantung princes, and then turn back to meet Wang Kai."

Dong Zhuo saw that Li Ru still proposed this, and he immediately pondered.

After a while, Dong Zhuo sighed and said, "Okay, then don't care about Wang Kai for now." ”

"Fengxian, Wen You, the two of you will temporarily take 15,000 people to stay in Hangu Pass, and after I return to Luoyang, I will send Li Dao and Guo Yan to replace you."

Lu Bu and Li Ru immediately promised at the same time.

After that, Dong Zhuo immediately ordered troops to prepare to return to Luoyang.

When the battle at Hangu Pass was about to be suspended, the coalition of princes of the Sour Jujube Alliance finally came to the Tiger Prison Pass.

Dong Zhuo's general, Xu Rong, who was sitting in the Tiger Prison Pass, saw that the allied forces had arrived, and he immediately sent people out of the pass to find out the situation of the sour jujube allies.

Soon, the spies returned to the Tiger Prison Pass and reported to Xu Rongyu: "General Yu, there are about 60,000 or 70,000 troops outside the pass, and there are as many as eight handsome flags. ”

"What are the eight sides?"

"Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang, Dongjun Tai Shou Qiao, Shanyang Tai Shou Yuan, Jibei Xiang Bao, Guangling Tai Shou Zhang and Fenwu General Cao."

"Okay, it's none of your business, you can go down."

The spies immediately retreated as soon as they received the order.

At this time, Xu Rong's deputy general Duan Xuan also came to Xu Rong.

After seeing Duan Xuan, Xu Rong immediately said loudly: "General Duan, you came just in time, just now the spies came to report, there was a coalition of princes outside the pass, its strength is about sixty or seventy thousand people, it is difficult for our troops to hold the Tiger Prison Pass, you hurry to Luoyang to ask for reinforcements." ”

"The last general obeys!"

Duan Xuan, who had just returned from escorting grain and grass, immediately hurried towards Luoyang.

Let's talk about the Allies outside the Tiger Pass.

After the seven princes except Cao Cao set up camp on the spot, everyone went to Cao Cao's tent to discuss matters, because Cao Cao was the initiator of the battle against Dong, and the alliance leader Yuan Shao was assembled in Hanoi, so it was impossible for them to rush to Hanoi.

As a group of princes gathered, Cao Cao, the acting general of Fenwu, took the lead in speaking: "My lords, I Cao Cao would like to thank you in advance for understanding the righteousness and raising troops to fight the thieves. ”

Seeing Cao Cao say this, the other seven people became polite, because although they responded to Cao Cao's call, they were all selfish.

After everyone complimented each other, Cao Cao finally turned the conversation back to the attack on the Tiger Prison.

Seeing that Cao Cao began to get to the point, the princes immediately concentrated.

Immediately after, Cao Cao began to say: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the allied forces have come to the Tiger Prison Pass, as long as the Tiger Prison Pass is broken, Luoyang City will be in front of our eyes, I propose to immediately march into the Tiger Prison to attack the Tiger Prison, I don't know what the adults think?" ”

After hearing Cao Cao's words, the other seven people hesitated, because they didn't want to consume their troops too soon.

Seeing this, Cao Cao immediately guessed the thoughts of the princes, but he didn't point it out, because he was only acting as General Fenwu, not the leader of the alliance, and he couldn't force troops at all, so he could only discuss.

After the princes discussed it left and right, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, came out and said: "Duke Cao, I just rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass, and now the siege of the city, the soldiers can't do their best, why don't you wait for a while, do you think it's good?" ”

After hearing this, the rest of the princes also followed Liu Dai and agreed.

Seeing this, Cao Cao was indignant but powerless, so he had to reply helplessly: "Since all of you have this intention, then postpone the siege!" ”

The princes immediately shouted in unison that Cao Gong was wise.

After Cao Cao heard the compliments of these princes, he immediately felt very helpless.

Even so, Cao Cao had to greet him with a smile, after all, these princes were still needed to save the saint.

The plan has been decided, and the allied forces of the sour jujube will all be closed and will not be able to leave.

Seeing that the allies did not attack the city in the Tiger Prison Pass, Xu Rong suddenly thought of joy: "I thought that these Kwantung princes would have capable people, but I didn't expect that they were all shrunken turtles, so it is just right, when the reinforcements arrive, you don't want to set foot on the Tiger Prison Pass." ’

Although he was happy, Xu Rong did not completely relax his vigilance, and he still ordered the soldiers to keep vigil in turn.

At night, Cao Cao tossed and turned and still couldn't sleep, because he felt that it was better to storm the Tiger Prison than to do nothing.

Immediately, Cao Cao immediately summoned Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong.

After the four generals went to Cao Cao's tent, Cao Cao immediately said to the four people: "Yuan Rang, Miaocai, Zixiao, Zilian, etc., immediately pass on my military order, and the whole army will attack the Tiger Prison Pass at night." ”

When Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong heard Cao Cao say this, they immediately took the order and left.

Soon, Cao Cao's 4,000 soldiers were ready to go.

After Cao Cao left the camp and saw the soldiers under his command who had completed the formation, he immediately shouted and set off, and then led the soldiers straight to the Tiger Prison Pass.

As for the other princes, after hearing the movement of Cao Cao's military camp, everyone was very tacitly ignorant of it.

Besides, when Cao Cao led his army to the Tiger Prison Pass, he immediately ordered Cao Ren: "Zixiao, you and command the soldiers to attack the fortifications immediately." ”

After Cao Ren received the order, he immediately commanded Cao Cao's subordinates to quietly climb the city wall.

However, it didn't take long for Xu Rong's patrols to discover Cao Cao's intentions.

Soon, the Xiliang army on the gate sounded the alarm bell of the enemy attack.

Hearing the alarm bell, Xu Rong immediately put on his armor and came to the tiger prison.

When Xu Rong saw that the soldiers defending the city were attacking, he immediately ordered to summon the soldiers and horses in the pass to quickly rush to the tower to hold on.

Besides, Cao Cao saw that the Xiliang army had already prepared, and he immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops after attacking for a while, after all, he was planning to sneak attack, if it was a strong attack, it would be a drop in the bucket with his strength alone.

As the sound of gold sounded, Cao Cao's department quickly retreated.

Seeing this, Xu Rong did not order the pursuit, because his primary purpose was to hold the Tiger Pass.

After Cao Cao withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, all the princes pretended not to know Cao Cao's troops, after all, they didn't want to offend Cao Cao too much.

At this point, after Cao Cao's night attack on the Tiger Prison failed, he also stood still, after all, the troops in his hands were limited, if they were exhausted, I was afraid that his status would be greatly reduced, which was not conducive to the matter of welcoming the Son of Heaven.

In this way, although the sour jujube alliance came to the outside of the Tiger Prison Pass, they remained unmoved, which gave Dong Zhuo full time to react and dispatch his troops.