Chapter 40: The Battle of Tiger Prison
After three days of offensive and defensive battles, the siege momentum of the Allied forces is getting stronger and stronger, because their strength advantage is very obvious, and most of the Xiliang army are good at riding and shooting, and they are not very proficient in defending the city.
At this time, Duan Xuan finally arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass with 10,000 reinforcements.
After Xu Rong saw Duan Xuan return with reinforcements, his pressure suddenly eased a little.
After that, Xu Rong immediately arranged the new force brought by Duan Xuan to the city tower.
With the arrival of Duan Xuan's reinforcements, Xu Rong was finally able to calmly dispatch when dealing with the attack of the allies, if it wasn't for the lack of troops before, Xu Rong would not be afraid of the attack of the allies at all.
After the offensive and defensive battle began on the fourth day, when Yuan Shao found that the Xiliang army guarding the pass suddenly became more difficult, he suddenly said to himself: "This Xu Rong is so difficult to deal with, and he can still hold on to it when he falls into the downwind." β
The battle continued for another whole day, but the Allies were still unable to set foot in the Tiger Prison, and the forces of the princes were greatly reduced.
Seeing this, Yuan Shao had to convene a meeting of the princes.
At night, as all the princes gathered, Yuan Shao immediately said to the princes worriedly: "Everyone, today we are going to storm the Tiger Prison Pass again, except for throwing some corpses, we still can't set foot on the Tiger Prison Pass, I don't know if you have a good plan?" β
After hearing Yuan Shao's words, the princes immediately began to discuss, but none of them gave a solution, not even Cao Cao, because they were indeed a little helpless now.
Seeing that the princes had discussed for a long time and did not come up with a solution, Yuan Shao sighed helplessly: "Since the princes have no good plan, then continue to attack!" β
At this time, Liu Dai quit, he immediately got up and replied: "Alliance leader, a strong attack is a next strategy, it is really not suitable to continue, I will wait for a few days to attack, except for the loss of troops and generals, there is no achievement, in my opinion, we should postpone the attack and then slowly try to do it." β
Seeing Liu Dai taking the lead, Han Fu, Kong Ling, Wang Kuang, Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi, Bao Xin and Zhang Chao followed one after another, because the princes could not afford to be killed and wounded in the siege battle, and in just a few days, the allied army suffered more than 10,000 casualties.
Among these princes, only Cao Cao did not agree, because he really wanted to save the Son of Heaven.
Besides, Yuan Shao saw that all the princes were reluctant to send troops anymore, so he immediately agreed reluctantly, after all, he was only the nominal leader of the alliance, and there was no way to mobilize the army of the princes.
Since then, the Allies have collected their troops and returned to their camps to repair.
It didn't take long for Dong Zhuo to rush to the Tiger Prison Pass with the second batch of reinforcements.
Immediately after, Dong Zhuo immediately summoned Xu Rong and Duan Xuan, the guards of the Tiger Prison.
When Xu Rong and Duan Xuan saw Dong Zhuo, they immediately saluted him and said a word to meet the lord at the same time.
Dong Zhuo replied with a sentence of exemption and then asked Xu Rong, "Xu Rong, how is the situation of the allies?" β
"Back to the lord, the allied forces have attacked for several days, but they have all been stopped by the last general, and now they are all standing still."
"Good! Xu Rong, if you repel the allies, you will be the first to do it. β
"The last general will not dare to take credit, it all depends on the soldiers to fight the enemy."
"Xu Rong, you are good at everything, but you are too modest."
Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo immediately asked everyone to rest, after all, he was the Tiger Prison Pass where he arrived in a hurry.
After Dong Zhuo rested for the night, he immediately summoned Li Ru and asked: "Wen You, the princes of Kwantung have gathered in the Tiger Prison Pass, do you have a good plan to break the enemy?" β
"Lord, didn't you kill the Yuan clan, we can first spread this news to make Yuan Shao lose his mind, and then order General Lu to go out of the pass to provoke, so that the Kwantung princes take the initiative to attack the Tiger Pass, and when the Kwantung princes are weak, we can take advantage of the situation to get out of the pass, in this way, the Kwantung princes will definitely be defeated and return."
"That's a brilliant plan! According to Wenyou. β
Subsequently, Dong Zhuo immediately sent soldiers to spread the news of Yuan's extermination.
After Yuan Shao heard the news of Yuan's annihilation, he didn't believe it at all, and directly ordered all the soldiers who spread rumors to be arrested.
Seeing that spreading rumors had little effect, Li Ru once again proposed to forge the letter of the minister of the DPRK and China and hand it over to Yuan Shao.
After Dong Zhuo adopted it, he quickly acted according to the plan.
When Yuan Shao saw Dong Zhuo's forged letter, he immediately grabbed the letter and remained silent for a long time, because he finally believed the news of Yuan's annihilation.
Then, Yuan Shao immediately urgently summoned all the princes.
After the princes received Yuan Shao's urgent summons, although everyone had doubts in their hearts, they quickly came to Yuan Shao's tent.
As the princes arrived, Yuan Shao choked up and said to everyone: "Everyone, I recently received news that the Yuan family was wiped out by Dong Zhuo. Speaking of this, Yuan Shao was very sad.
After hearing Yuan Shao's words, all the princes were taken aback.
Immediately after, Yuan Yi asked, "Cousin, are you serious?" β
"Cousin, how dare I joke about this, here is a letter from the Minister of the DPRK and China, let's circulate it!"
When Yuan Yi heard this, he immediately stepped forward and took the letter from Yuan Shao's hand.
After reading the letter, Yuan Yi immediately cried bitterly.
Seeing this, Han Fu immediately stepped forward and took the letter in Yuan Yu's hand to look at it.
After reading it, Han Fu also cried bitterly, because Han Fu was a protΓ©gΓ© of the Yuan family.
Immediately after, the rest of the princes also took the letters and circulated them.
When all the princes finished watching, everyone cried out in grief.
After a while, Yuan Shao finally recovered from his grief and said: "If you don't kill Dong thief, I Yuan Shao swear not to be a human being, and I hope that all the monarchs will work together to do the right thing for heaven." β
Seeing Yuan Shao say this, the princes immediately shouted in unison, because the news that Dong Zhuo had destroyed the Yuan family was too shocking.
After hearing the shouts outside the Tiger Prison Pass, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru looked at each other and smiled, because their plan worked.
Immediately, Dong Zhuo immediately ordered Lu Bu to go out of the customs to provoke.
After Lu Bu got the order, he immediately took five hundred soldiers out of the Tiger Prison Pass to call for battle.
The princes in the alliance commander's tent had not yet recovered from their grief, and when they learned that Dong Zhuo had sent Lu Bu out of the customs to call for battle, everyone immediately became indignant, because Dong Zhuo's move was too deceitful.
Yuan Shao saw that the princes were annoyed, and he immediately said: "Dong Zhuo is too much of a bully, who dares to take Lu Bu's head?" β
At this time, Chao Kun, the subordinate general of Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai, stood up and asked for his life: "The last general is willing to go!" β
Seeing Chao Kun stand up, Liu Dai immediately laughed, because he felt that Chao Kun's martial arts were enough to kill Lu Bu.
But not long after Chao Kun went out, a soldier came back to report that Chao Kun was beheaded by Lu Bu before he could hold out under Lu Bu.
When the princes heard the news, they were all taken aback.
Immediately after, Gong Ming, the subordinate general under the command of Yuzhou Assassin Shi Kong Ling, also came out to ask for battle.
Seeing this situation, Yuan Shao immediately let Gong Ming fight.
But not long after Gong Ming went out, another soldier entered the tent and reported that Gong Ming had only lasted a few rounds before being beheaded by Lu Bu.
This time, the princes were even more shocked.
Han Fu saw that the confidence of the princes had dropped sharply, and he immediately came out and said, "I have Admiral Shen Hao to behead Lu Bu." β
Seeing that Han Fu took the initiative to ask for help, Shen Hao, the general on his side, immediately came out to wait for Yuan Shao's instructions.
Yuan Shao saw that Shen Hao's long aura was lofty, and he immediately agreed to Han Fu's invitation to fight.
After that, Shen Hao immediately went to challenge Lu Bu with a spear.
Seeing Shen Hao appear, Lu Bu thought disdainfully: "You and other local chickens and dogs dare to compete with Wu Lu Bu, should you be Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng?" β
Thinking of this, Lu Bu swept his Fang Tian Halberd and killed Shen Hao.
When Shen Hao saw Lu Bu killing, he immediately danced a spear flower and then ran towards Lu Bu at the same time.
After Lu Bu and Shen Hao collided head-on, Shen Hao did surprise Lu Bu a little at first, but after about ten moves, Lu Bu said disdainfully: "Your martial arts are too far behind Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng, let's go to the underworld to practice!" β
Hearing Lu Bu say this, Shen Hao also sensed the huge gap between his martial arts and Lu Bu.
Immediately, Shen Hao immediately shook a shot and prepared to escape.
But Lu Bu's red rabbit is a masterpiece in the world after all, and it was just a moment of effort, and Lu Bu caught up with Shen Hao and beheaded him.
With the death of Shen Hao in battle, the morale of the Allied soldiers completely fell to the bottom.
And Lu Bu raised Fang Tian's halberd and shouted, "Who else dares to fight with me?" β
Hearing Lu Bu's shouting, the princes in the tent suddenly fell silent, because everyone didn't dare to touch Lu Bu's edge anymore.