On February 27, the sixth year of Chuping, on the spring night, the dark night sky floated down the sparse spring rain, as thin as a hair, bringing bursts of coolness, making the ground wet and slippery, in this spring rainy night, Jizhou Guangping to Phoenix Mountain must pass through a valley on both sides, countless Dong Zhuojun soldiers quietly hid in the woods, grass and behind the rocks, the spring rain wet their whole body, small insects crawled into their armor, they did not move, these soldiers are Dong Zhuo's army in the elite of a hundred battles, the shortest military age is three years, As long as they win this ambush war, each of them can get more than 20 acres of Jizhou fertile land, and their families can live the rest of their lives in peace.

The night rain is getting heavier and heavier, Jia Xu silently stared into the distance with binoculars under the green tent set up by six personal soldiers, this is an ambush battle that almost died, two days ago, Jia Xu received a letter of urgency from Dong Chong for help, informing Jia Xu that Cao Cao's army raided Yecheng, Jia Xu was so frightened that his soul was scattered, Yecheng was not only Dong Zhuojun's base camp in Jizhou, but also piled up enough grain and grass for the people of Jizhou to use for a month, a large number of Dong Zhuojun's treasure catapults, foot bows and powder kegs, once they fell into the hands of Cao Cao's army, It can not only enable Cao Cao's army to completely solve the headache of lack of food and grass, but also make Cao Cao's army's combat effectiveness to a higher level. However, when Jia Xu first sent Zhao Yun to lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to rescue Yecheng and was about to give up the opportunity to completely annihilate the remnants of Yuan Shao's army, Dong Chong sent a fast horse to Jia Xu to send news that he had repelled the main force of Cao Cao's army in Yecheng, effectively killing and wounding a large number of elites of Cao Cao's army, so that Jia Xu did not need to send reinforcements anymore. At first, Jia Xu almost couldn't believe his ears, but after the messenger explained in detail the story of the defense of Yecheng, Jia Xu finally rejoiced, first admiring Dong Chong's invincible luck and amazing poisoning methods, and then informing Zhao Yunjun to continue to pursue and kill the demoralized Cao Cao army, striving to drive Cao Cao's army out of Jizhou, and finally waved his army north to set up an ambush in this valley.

In fact, the ambush location agreed between Jia Xu and Yuan Tan was not in this valley, but Jia Xu was worried that Yuan Tan would defect in battle, causing Dong Zhuo's army to fall short, so he changed the ambush location to this valley where Yuan Shao's army must pass through, regardless of whether Yuan Tan really served Dong Zhuojun or not, Yuan Shaojun's troops must pass through this valley if they want to rescue Yuan Shao, and Dong Zhuojun, who has only 50,000 troops, can also take advantage of the favorable terrain to completely annihilate Yuan Shao's miserable main force of 120,000 horses in one fell swoop, and the remaining Yuan Shao's troops, will never be Dong Zhuojun's opponent.

A Dong Zhuojun scout hurriedly ran to Jia Xu's side and whispered to Jia Xu: "Tell the military division that the enemy's main force has reached five miles in front of the valley, and for some reason it stopped advancing, but only sent hundreds of people into the valley to investigate. ”

"Will the enemy find out about our ambush?" Lu Bu beside Jia Xu asked worriedly, Jia Xu shook his head and said in a low voice: "No, the terrain of this valley is treacherous, and the trial and allocation are good at using troops, and when you see such a dangerous area, you will definitely send scouts to find out if there is an ambush before marching." ”

"Pass the order, let the army calm down, and no one shall attack without an order, even if the enemy's scouts step on their heads, they are not allowed to move, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Jia Xu ordered again: "Send a fast horse to inform General Zang Ba, let him feint to attack Phoenix Mountain, and lead the enemy to rescue quickly." More than a dozen heralds went to give orders, and Jia Xu sat silently aside and began to test patience with the judges.

More than 300 Yuan Shaojun scouts entered the valley with torches, gradually searched both sides of the valley, and picked the dense woods, Dong Zhuojun's soldiers who were ambushed in the woods did not dare to come out, but quietly covered the thatch and leaves on their bodies more densely, making it more difficult for Yuan Shaojun scouts to find themselves, even if Yuan Shaojun scouts stepped on their bodies, they did not make any moves, and some soldiers even bit their lips and bleed, and did not let themselves make a sound. And the situation of Dong Zhuojun's soldiers hiding in the rubble pile and thorn bush was even worse, they were covered in blood by the rubble and thorns, and they had to dodge the fire of Yuan Shaojun's scouts.

The perseverance of Dong Zhuojun's soldiers overcame the patience of Yuan Shaojun's scouts, the night of spring in the north was still extremely cold, and Yuan Shaojun's scouts were forced to venture late at night to explore the mountains, they were already full of grievances, and they couldn't help but be a little hasty to investigate, often swaying in the woods and grass a few times and shouting that they were safe, but there were also very serious and responsible scouts, and Li Dao, the general of Dong Zhuojun, who was ambushed on the left side of the valley, met such a scout, and the scout found that the color of a dirt bag was darker than the surrounding dirt bags, so he came over and stabbed the dirt bag with a gun, Who knew that the scout felt soft under the stab, and the scout was about to shout, Li Dao lightning lifted the dyed linen covering his body and pounced on it, choking the scout's throat to death, until the scout's throat cartilage was broken, and he completely lost his breath, Li Dao gently put him down, and then bandaged the wound on his body that was stabbed out and the wound on his hand that was scratched out by him.

After searching for more than an hour, Yuan Shaojun's scouts concentrated and withdrew from the valley, Dong Zhuojun was relieved, who knew that when Yuan Shaojun's scouts returned to the formation to tell the trial that they were safe and sound, the cunning trial actually ordered to count the number of scouts, and after a check, there was naturally less Yuan Shaojun scout named Xie Yu who was strangled to death by Li Dao, and the trial match rolled his eyes and shouted: "The army continues to rest, and then send people into the valley to investigate, and that explanation, live to see people, dead to see corpses." ”

"Master Juan, that explanation is ten likely, it's lost." Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, said with a little dissatisfaction: "Our army has already investigated and understood that there is no ambush in the valley, is the adult too cautious and makes too many moves?" ”

"yes." Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, who had a ghost in his heart, also echoed: "Time is urgent, my father is still waiting for our rescue on Phoenix Mountain ahead, so it's better to march as soon as possible." ”

"Two sons." The judge pair Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi saluted: "Rescue the lord, isn't the trial anxious? It's just that the army in our hands is already the last strength of the lord, and there is no room for accidents, the terrain of this valley is treacherous, the narrow road is more than ten miles, our army rushes into the valley, if the enemy rushes down on both sides of the valley and cuts off the retreat of the valley, our army will have to be cut into several sections, and become a turtle in the urn, and there will be no day to turn over. The scout is missing, it may be that he unintentionally stumbled and fell into the valley or lost his way, but it is more likely that he found the enemy's traces and was killed by the enemy, so our army must investigate and understand again before they can enter the army. At the moment, the trial ignored the complaints of the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, and sent more scouts into the valley to investigate in detail.

More than 500 Yuan Shaojun with torches in both hands entered the valley again, the dotted torches lit up a night sky, the prey was in front of him, but he refused to enter the trap, Lu Bu was in a hurry, and touched Jia Xu and admonished: "Strategist, attack, don't let the enemy escape, the enemy must have found something, otherwise how could he send scouts in." "Just now, Yuan Shaojun's scouts also inspected the hiding place of Jia Xu and others, but fortunately, the two scouts were more careless, and they just withdrew after a rough inspection, and did not find that Jia Xu's headquarters was actually under a thatch-covered dirt bag in front of him, and the powerful Lu Bu and the red rabbit horse tied to the horse's mouth were hiding in another pile of dead branches and leaves.

Jia Xu remained silent, just silently calculated the time when the herald sent the order to Zang Ba, and said lightly: "The enemy did not find us, continue to ambush, and do not move without an order." Before arriving in Jizhou, Kang Peng repeatedly told Lu Bu that he must obey Jia Xu's orders, so although Lu Bu was anxious, he could only honestly return to his post and continue to ambush.

"Jieyu, Jieyu, where are you?" Yuan Shaojun's scouts couldn't stop shouting the name of the unlucky dead ghost, his voice echoing in the silent night sky, hoping that Xie Yu would answer earlier, and they would be able to get rid of this task of patrolling the valley at night.

After a long time of two pillars of incense, the trial saw that the missing scout had not been found, and saw that the mountains on both sides of the valley were high and dense, and his heart was even more suspicious, so he pondered for a moment, and decisively ordered: "Let the scout come back, the army will camp, and then cross the valley in the morning." ”

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi were furious together, and were about to speak, when suddenly a fire burst into the sky in the distance, and the sound of shouting and killing came from afar, Yuan Xi exclaimed: "It's not good, it's the direction of Phoenix Mountain, the enemy must be attacking the mountain!" ”

The trial listened carefully, and could vaguely hear the shout of "capture Yuan Shao alive", and the trial was surprised and delighted, and finally it was sure that Yuan Shao was still alive. At that moment, he did not hesitate to judge, and shouted: "The whole army should be drawn immediately, speed up, and the lord must be rescued." Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan were already waiting for him to say this, and immediately summoned torches, and the 120,000 Yuan Shao army advanced in turn, quickly entering the valley.

The 120,000 Yuan Shao army was densely packed, crowding the roads in the valley, and the torches reflected the sky, illuminating the night sky like day, and people were neighing, and they did not disperse in the night sky for a long time. The soldiers of Dong Zhuojun on both sides of the valley clenched their weapons one after another, holding their breath and waiting for the order to attack, while Lu Bu had already untied the red rabbit horse, holding the halberd in his hand, and waited for Jia Xu's order that had already stepped out of the camouflage.

Jia Xu did not disappoint Lu Bu, when Jia Xu saw through the telescope that Yuan Shaojun's rear team had all entered the valley, and Yuan Shaojun's front team was still half a mile away from the valley mouth, he shouted: "The whole army is attacking!" ”

The war drums thundered, the horn whined, Dong Zhuojun killed from the ambush together, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, Lu Bu on the right jumped on the red rabbit horse, held Fang Tian's halberd, and shouted to kill from the mountain, its momentum was so fierce, like the sky collapsed, Li Dao on the left did not show weakness, when the first stride out, the rear army rushed down, like an avalanche in the Tianshan Mountains, the mighty waves, although the poor Yuan Shaojun had many troops, but they were crowded with each other, and they could not exert their full strength, and they were rushed by Dong Zhuojun in an instant, and they could not echo before and after, and the formation was completely chaotic.

The moment Dong Zhuojun's war drums sounded, the judge knew that he had been tricked, but the judge didn't have time to regret it, he just shouted: "Rush forward, don't stop!" But when Yuan Shaojun rushed to dozens of steps in front of the valley, the rolling stones and trees on the mountain suddenly fell like raindrops, and the valley mouth was congested in an instant, Dong Zhuojun's general Guo Yan shouted, killed from the valley mouth mountain, led the army to block Yuan Shaojun's way, and then Lu Bu's deputy general Hou Cheng Song Xian also pushed the wood and stone to block Yuan Shaojun's way back, and then rushed down from the mountain, slaughtering Yuan Shaojun's rear army, Yuan Shaojun's front and back were enemies, where they could resist, and suddenly fell into a big defeat.

"Our army has no way to escape, if you want to live, you can only fight with your life to fight your way!" The trial tried his best to boost morale, but his hoarse shout revealed his identity, and Lu Bu, who was looking for great merit, heard his shout in the distance, and saw him riding on a tall horse, knowing that he was the boss, his heart was overjoyed, and he danced Fang Tian's halberd and rushed straight towards him, everywhere he went, it was like a no-man's land, and the poor Yuan Shaojun soldiers were injured when they touched it, and they died when they hit it, and they could parry it there.

"Ahh Seeing Lu Bu rushing towards him, the trial was frightened, and he hurriedly rode his horse to escape, but Lu Bu, who was eager for meritorious service, chased after him, and when he was about to catch up with the trial, a member of the Yuan Shaojun general rushed to the left and right, and the general on the left shouted: "Lu Buxiu injured my military division, and Ma Yan is here." The general on the right shouted: "Lu Buxiu is gone, Zhang Kai is here." Lu Bu put these two people in his eyes, Fang Tian's halberd stabbed to the right quickly, Zhang Kai was in a hurry but did not hold it, he was stabbed in the center by a halberd, turned over and fell off the horse, Lu Bu was so powerful, but unfortunately that Ma Yan still didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and still raised his knife to fight Lu Bu, Lu Bu shouted, the sound was so loud that Ma Yan's eardrum bleed, his hand rose and fell, and Ma Yan suddenly made the account.

Lu Bu cut two Yuan Shaojun generals in an instant, Yuan Shaojun was frightened, no one dared to step forward to try its edge, and watched Lu Bu continue to chase after the trial, when he was close, the trial had no way out, and hurriedly raised his sword to poke Lu Bu's heart, but unfortunately Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd only waved lightly, and the sword of the trial flew into the air, Lu Bu drove the horse forward, stretched out his hand, picked up the trial match from the horse, and rushed back to the main formation, before throwing the trial match on the ground, and then turned around to kill the enemy, Dong Zhuo's sergeant had already pounced, Tie up the trial and tie it up sturdily, and escort it to the rear army to listen to the Hou Hou's fall.

Let's not mention that Dong Zhuojun killed Yuan Shaojun's corpses all over the field, and the blood flowed all over the canal, just say that Yuan Tan, who had a ghost in his heart, was first killed when Dong Zhuojun raided - this is not the agreed ambush location? Then Yuan Tan was furious, and Dong Zhuojun changed the ambush location, which clearly showed that he did not believe in his sincerity in surrendering! But after Dong Zhuojun completely controlled the battle situation, Yuan Tan's anger was thrown out of the clouds, and he consciously moved closer to Dong Zhuojun's main formation, shouting, "Don't kill me, I'm my own person." ”

Yuan Tan was shouting and shouting, and he bumped into a veteran of Dong Zhuojun, who was the famous veteran of Dong Zhuojun, Li Dao, who saw Yuan Tan's banner and shouted: "You are Yuan Tan?" Yuan Tan hurriedly agreed, and Li Dao shouted: "Very good, our military advisor has explained that I can't kill you, and I want to take you to the military division, quickly tell your subordinates to lay down their weapons, and I will take you to see the military division." ”

Guo Tan was overjoyed, hurriedly dropped the steel gun in his hand, and shouted to the rear army: "Brothers, if you want to live, do as I do, and I will keep you promoted and rich in the future!" "Guo Tan's headquarters soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, when Yuan Tan urged again, he finally threw down his weapon. Seeing this scene, Li Dao waved his hand, and a team of Dong Zhuojun soldiers rushed up to escort Yuan Tan's troops and escorted them to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu still smiled so kindly, held Yuan Tan's hand and said intimately: "The eldest prince, the incident happened suddenly, Jia Xu had to change the ambush location, and he didn't have the opportunity to inform the eldest prince, it's really damned, don't be surprised." Jia Xu shouted to Yuan Tan's troops who were kneeling behind: "You all get up, the king has repeatedly explained that you are not allowed to abuse the prisoners, you don't have to kneel." Come on, bring some food for these surrendered soldiers, and see that they are hungry. ”

Yuan Tan was grateful to Dade for his surrender, almost thinking that Jia Xu was the kindest commander in the world, only Yuan Tan, who knew that this smiling tiger was powerful, scolded in his heart, but he didn't have the courage to scold, just laughed and said: "There, there, the battlefield is ever-changing, the military division is like a god, and he responds to the situation, Yuan Tan admires it too late, so dare to blame the military division?" ”

Jia Xu and Yuan Tan exchanged a few polite words, and immediately pointed to the battlefield under the mountain and said: "The eldest prince, the trial has been captured by Wen Hou, and your army has no leader, without further ado, the eldest prince immediately went to gather all the troops to revolt, so that the weight of the eldest prince in the king's heart will be greatly increased." "Things have come to this point, Yuan Tan has no choice, obediently took the disarmed headquarters to play his banner, and went down the mountain to gather Yuan Shaojun's already chaotic troops.