Dong Zhuo got Yuan Shao's three-way army to attack six of the eight passes on the periphery of Luoyang, and immediately ordered the troops to go forward to meet the attack in three ways.

Because of his hatred for Yuan Shao, when he learned that he was in the Northern Route Alliance and attacked Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, Dong Zhuo decided to personally lead an army of 40,000 to defend the town.

And he sent Lu Bu and Hua Xiong to lead an army of 30,000 to the Tiger Prison and the Revolving Gate. He also sent Xu Rong and Hu Zhen to lead 30,000 troops to Guangcheng and Yique. In order to prevent the ministers from making trouble in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo handed over the remaining men and horses in Luoyang to his son-in-law Niu Fu to lead.

The two sides faced off on a three-way battlefield.

In fact, Yuan Shao is also particular about this. On the three-way battlefield, the two passes in each place are dependent on each other, each other's lips and teeth, and the two passes are corners, if you attack one place, the other will support, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But if one is captured, the other will become difficult to hold. Because as long as you flank the back and flank, any pass will become very fragile.

Zhang Hao sent Cao Cao and Bao Xin to the Tiger Prison Pass on the edge of the river, but he and Liu Bei came to the Spiral Gate Pass, which was located between the two mountains. Zhang Miao, as a party member and celebrity, said that he did not want to go on the expedition with them, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to be responsible for the grain and grass for the army.

According to the scout's report, the guard of the revolving gate pass was Hua Xiong, with 15,000 defenders. Inside the tent, everyone sat around and discussed the countermeasures to break the revolving door.

"I've met this Huaxiong once." Zhang Hao recalled, "It was when he was in Jizhou Pinghuangshan, when he was attacked by Dong Zhuo's camp, his army was unstable, and he was almost defeated by the Yellow Turban Army.

It was Xuande and I who arrived in time to save his life. Unexpectedly, a few years have passed, and today they meet on the battlefield, and they are still enemies of each other. He can also be regarded as a fierce general under Dong Zhuo. ”

Zhang Fei, who was standing behind Liu Bei, interjected: "I knew that I shouldn't have saved them at that time, Dong Zhuo and this Huaxiong were killed by the Yellow Turban, otherwise there would be no disaster today." ”

Liu Bei reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense, how can the situation at that time be compared with now." ”

"Say whatever you want, Xuande don't be angry." Zhang Hao smiled, and then he turned his head and asked Tai Shici, "Does Ziyi have any ideas?" ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "Although the defenders in this city are only half of our army, the revolving gate pass is located between two mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you attack strongly, the loss is too great, so you can only outwit it. ”

"How to outwit?"

"This ...... The general forgives the sin, I haven't thought of it yet. ”

Zhang Hao is also helpless, everyone here, including himself, has no good ideas. He now regrets that he didn't bring Jia Xu forcibly. But no matter what people say, they are also Xiliang celebrities, if they are strong, they will not be able to protect themselves if they are not able to contribute to themselves.

Zheng Meng said for no reason: "Brother, do you want me to kill that Huaxiong directly?" ”

Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment, and thought about it carefully, this is also a way that is not a solution. "Then go give it a try."

……

Outside the city pass, a group of coalition soldiers kept cursing.

"Hua Xiong, I heard that you are just an unpopular character under Dong Zhuo's account, so my general doesn't want to bully you, so he sent me to fight with you, you coward, do you dare to come out and fight with my grandfather for three hundred rounds!"

"My general said, if he hadn't saved you, you would have been a dry bone in the wilderness that was eaten by wild dogs, but you are ungrateful, and you don't want to serve the court, but help the abuse!"

"Huaxiong, if you betray the imperial court, future generations will be ashamed of you, or even change your name and surname, and after you die, you will be a lonely ghost with no descendants to worship!"

“……”

Hua Xiong didn't feel anything in the city, but his subordinates couldn't help it. "General, please send your subordinates to fight, capture these scraps alive, and give you a breath!"

"Let them say it, who will fight them to the death for this frivolous word." Huaxiong doesn't care.

"But if they continue to talk, it will have an impact on our morale."

"A little impact doesn't hurt." Hua Xiong said, "You wait here, and if the coalition forces attack, come and inform me." I'm going to take a break. ”

When he got down the tower, the expression on his face finally distorted. As a martial artist, how could he be a little humiliated if he was not arrogant.

"Wait for Zhang Hao, although you have a life-saving grace for me, I will definitely repay this humiliation!"

The coalition soldiers outside the city shouted hoarsely, but there was no response from the city.

Seeing this, Zhang Hao changed a few soldiers and went up to scold. Liu Bei said worriedly: "Mingde, is this useful, I see that Huaxiong is unmoved." ”

I thought that Hua Xiong would not be able to stand his own provocation and take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with him, but I didn't expect him to be quite bearable. Zhang Hao said: "It's not like there is no good way now, so we can only do this first." ”

Several days passed, and Hua Xiong was always indifferent to Zhang Hao's provocation. This made Zhang Hao have no choice but to give up this method. "It seems that the only way to attack the city is to be forced."

Next, Zhang Hao ordered to start building siege equipment. And during this time, all soldiers were trained before the siege.

These days are spent outside the city, but the soldiers under his command have lost their morale, and they must be allowed to recover.

Zhang Hao walked in the camp and saw several soldiers sitting on the ground, listless. Fortunately, these soldiers are not his own Pingzhou army, otherwise Zhang Hao would have gone up and kicked directly at this moment.

Zhang Hao went over and asked, "Why are you sitting here if you don't go to training?" ”

The soldier immediately stood up, bowing his head and not daring to look at Zhang Hao. "General......

"What about you?"

One of the soldiers immediately replied: "In the past, when we were under Master Zhang, we were like this, and when we were tired from training, we would sit down and rest. ”

Oh~ It turned out to be Zhang Miao's soldier. The general surnamed Zhang in the middle of the road, except for himself, is Zhang Miao. "Bastard, training is a matter of life and death, how can there be any reason to be lazy, go back to me quickly, otherwise the military law will deal with it!"

The soldiers walked away in disgrace, muttering as they went. "This General Zhang is really harsh, our Lord Zhang won't do this to us."

"If you are quiet, you will die if you hear it."

"I heard what's wrong, I'm not wrong, Master Zhang won't let us train in such a hot world."

"Master Zhang didn't let us train. But listening to you, it's hotter today than the other day. ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense, it was cloudy and snowy a few days ago, and today is a rare sunny day, so naturally it will be a little hotter."

Zhang Hao originally wanted people to arrest a few of them back, but the military law dealt with them, but he dared to say such things so unscrupulously.

However, when they talked about today's weather, Zhang Hao was stunned. Today's weather is indeed better than the previous days, and it is a rare sunny day.

Zhang Hao asked Zheng Meng behind him with some uncertainty: "Cousin, do you remember what time it is today?" ”

"Today is fifteen." Zheng Meng remembers it better than Zhang Hao.

Fifteen, the night of the full moon. Zhang Hao thought: Tonight is a good time for a night attack, do you want to make some preparations?

……

In the city, Hua Xiong asked a slightly chubby but good-looking soldier: "Ren Li, you did a good job, and you were really right again, today is a sunny day." ”

Soldier Ren Li smiled and said, "It's a fluke, it's just a fluke." ”

"Then tell me, will the weather still poop tonight?"

"No, it's going to be sunny for a few more days."

"That's good." Hua Xiong stood up and patted Ren Li on the shoulder, "If the night attack is successful, I will count half of the credit on you." And ask for merit from the captain and make you an official. ”

Ren Li immediately thanked him: "General Xie." ”

Hua Xiong didn't care about this pawn anymore, he immediately went to gather the army and prepare for the night attack tonight. "I've been waiting for this day for a long time, Zhang Hao. I'm going to take your dog's life tonight!" ”

Speaking of Ren Li, a soldier who can predict the weather, Hua Xiong discovered it when Chen Cang and Dong Zhuo resisted the Xiliang rebels together.

At that time, due to Huangfu Song's order to hold on, the soldiers took turns to defend the city, and some soldiers began to have fun when they were idle. This Ren Li made a bet with other soldiers on the weather the next day, and the result was more wins and fewer losses.

The others thought he was cheating and sued him to Huaxiong. Hua Xiong taught everyone a lesson, but he felt that Ren Li was a talent, so he kept him by his side.

It's the same now, after Zhang Hao led the army to the revolving gate, Hua Xiong asked Ren Li about the weather and determined a day when he could attack at night. Today happens to be this day.

"These days, the coalition forces are unable to fight, and their spirit is lost. Because of Zhang Hao's daily humiliation, our army is extremely angry and can't fight, and the spirit is in full swing, tonight is just the right time for the soldiers to vent the anger accumulated in the past few days, and kill the coalition army without leaving a piece of armor! ”

That night, when the moon and stars were so scarce that he could see everything on the road without a torch at all, Hua Xiong took the five thousand elite horsemen in the city and went straight to Zhang Hao's coalition camp.

The coalition camp was quiet and defenseless, and everyone was sleeping.

As he thought, Zhang Hao thought that he had been holding the city pass these days, not fighting him and slackening his defense.

"Tonight is your death!" Hua Xiong was excited. He picked up his longbow and shot an arrow at the figure on the watchtower, and the figure fell straight down, only to hear a pop and the sound of the corpse falling to the ground.

Hua Xiong raised his long knife and pointed at the coalition barracks: "Soldiers, kill with me!" ”

The iron hooves were crisscrossed, and the torrent composed of five thousand cavalry rushed into the coalition barracks, and the cavalry of the Xiliang Army broke down the various camps one after another, while Hua Xiong rushed directly towards Zhang Hao's Chinese military camp, but he didn't find a single person.

Just when he was surprised, his subordinates came to report: "General, I have searched all over the barracks, but I have not found a single person, even the one who was shot down by you just now is a straw man, and the barracks are full of oiled firewood!" ”

Hua Xiong shouted in horror: "There is an ambush, retreat!" ”