Lu Bu cheated and let himself suffer a lot of injuries, just to escape the task assigned to him by Dong Zhuo.

Seeing the wounds on Lu Bu's body, even Dong Zhuo couldn't let Lu Bu do things anymore, so he allowed him to recuperate at home.

But in order to be able to tie Lu Bu firmly to his side, Dong Zhuo still handed over the theft of the imperial tomb to the army led by Lu Bu.

Listening to the curses of the officials who came to stop him when Wei Xu and the others reported to him about the excavation of the imperial tomb, as well as the disgusted words of the people, Lu Bu was a little glad that he listened to Qin Hua's words and risked his life to deceive him.

Although these things are still done by his own army, as long as he is the main general, he does not appear, then this account can only be recorded on Dong Zhuo's head.

"It hurts."

Lu Bu just moved his body and felt the pain coming from his body.

"Those three boys, remember, the next time you meet you will not be so lucky."

Cursing Liu Bei and the others, Lu Bu found a comfortable position and continued to rest.

He has already obtained the title of "Marquis Wen", and Dong Zhuo also gave him the position of a general in the feather forest, it stands to reason that Lu Bu's childhood dream has almost come true, but he does not feel happy.

At this time, within the coalition army, the news that Liu Guanzhang and the three of them almost killed Lu Bu also spread.

After all, Lu Bu is too eye-catching, after such a long battle before, Lu Bu has already had a shadow in the hearts of the coalition soldiers and generals, but he didn't expect to be almost killed now.

"General Liu"

"General Guan"

"General Zhang"

...

The soldiers on the road were all greeting Liu Bei and the others, although their current position was not a general, but when they heard everyone call them so, they didn't want to correct it.

Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's joy was beyond words, although Guan Yu was still expressionless, he obviously felt that his face was a little redder, but this time it was not shame and anger, but the kind of red that was full of red light.

The news of Liu Guanzhang's "Three Heroes Fighting Lü Bu" was also known to the leaders of the coalition forces, but in addition to Liu Bei's "fellow brother" Gongsun Zhan, Cao Cao also came to visit them.

Cao Cao didn't have any feelings for Liu Bei, he valued Guan Yu more, as for Zhang Fei, although he had more than enough force, it was difficult to become a one-man general because of his personality.

But Guan Yu is different, Cao Cao values Guan Yu's temperament very much, he believes that with a little training, Guan Yu will definitely be able to become a big help to himself.

It's a pity that after the conversation, he found that Guan Yu had a deep relationship with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, or that he liked the love of the three of them very much, and in the face of Cao Cao's euphemistic recruitment, Guan Yu also politely refused.

After Cao Cao left, Liu Bei immediately came to persuade Guan Yu to go to Cao Cao, saying that even if he joined Cao Cao's command, the relationship between the three of them still existed, and he couldn't delay Guan Yu's future as a brother.

When Guan Yu heard this, he immediately rejected Liu Bei, saying that he would never betray his brother.

On the surface, Liu Bei was very sorry for Guan Yu's decision, but behind the scenes, he kept telling Zhang Fei about Cao Cao's various bad deeds, from Cao Cao's childhood with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu rampant in Luoyang, to Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng was a eunuch Yunyun.

However, he did not talk about Cao Cao's filial piety as an official and killed his uncle Jian Shuo, the ten permanent servants, nor did he talk about Cao Cao's orderly governance of Jinan when he was the minister of Jinan.

The upright Zhang Fei witnessed Cao Cao's coming to recruit Guan Yu, and after listening to Liu Bei's bad words about Cao Cao, he immediately went to persuade Guan Yu to definitely not join Cao Cao's side.

And Guan Yu never thought of leaving Liu Bei, but in the face of Zhang Fei's questioning, in the end, Guan Yu could only swear to let this matter pass.

After this incident, Cao Cao's impression in Guan Yu's mind did not change much, but he felt Liu Bei's brotherly affection for him even more, and secretly determined that he must continue to assist Liu Bei in the future and help Liu Bei complete his dream of supporting the Han family.

The two brothers of the Yuan family did not feel much after hearing that Liu Guanzhang had injured Lü Bu, and the three low-ranking officers were not enough to attract their attention, even if these three defeated the famous Lü Bu.

On the contrary, they were a little dissatisfied because these three people stole the limelight.

The time came to the end of November 189, and seeing that winter was coming, the battle between the coalition forces and Dong Zhuojun began to decrease.

At first, the coalition army's mood of wanting to attack Luoyang and kill Dong Zhuo gradually faded, and some people were even ready to leave.

At this time, Dong Zhuo also completed the plundering of the wealthy households in Luoyang, and began to move the Son of Heaven and the civil and military officials to Chang'an in batches.

The residents of Luoyang City chose to flee Luoyang under Dong Zhuo's reign of terror, and the most prosperous city in the Han Dynasty began to slowly decline.

"Lord, everything is ready, you can leave Luoyang."

Li Su came to report to Dong Zhuoyu about the relocation of the capital.

"Okay, let's go."

Escorted by a large number of troops, Dong Zhuo himself also left Luoyang City.

Looking back at the tall Luoyang city wall, Dong Zhuo suddenly said to Li Su: "With such a strong city, how can it be left to those people in the eastern part of the country to burn him with a fire." ”

Not long after Dong Zhuo left, the raging fire in Luoyang City began to burn and soon spread to the entire city.

Originally, the non-commissioned soldiers of the coalition army who had not fought were resting in the camp, but as night fell, the sky-high fire of Luoyang City immediately attracted the attention of some people.

Soon the news became known to the leaders of the coalition forces.

"That's the direction of Luoyang City."

"It's Luoyang City."

"What happened in Luoyang City?"

"Is there someone making trouble in Luoyang? Shall we take the opportunity to send troops? ”

....

The leaders of the coalition forces were discussing with each other, and Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, looked in the direction of Luoyang City with a solemn face, unable to make a decision for a long time.

"Alliance leader, no matter what happens in Luoyang, this is the time to send troops."

In the end, it was Cao Cao who took the lead in requesting Yuan Shao to fight.

But Yuan Shao was worried that this might be Dong Zhuo's ploy, and he couldn't make a decision for a long time.

"At the beginning, there was such a fire in Luoyang City, no matter what the cause, we should send troops quickly."

Cao Cao was a little anxious, and directly called out Yuan Shao's words.

"The whole army listened to the order and attacked the Tiger Pass."

Under Cao Cao's repeated urging, Yuan Shao finally agreed.

However, because of the previous battle, the jury on who would be the vanguard was undecided, and none of the coalition leaders wanted their troops to take risks.

In the end, it was Cao Cao and Sun Jian who stood up, and both of them served as the vanguard at the same time, leading their headquarters to attack the Tiger Prison Pass.

This time they attacked the Tiger Prison Pass, and they found that there were no defenders in the pass. There are less than 1,000 people in the entire Tiger Prison.

After taking the Tiger Prison Pass, Cao Cao went to report the current situation to Yuan Shaoyu, while Sun Jian took his troops and horses and rushed directly towards Luoyang City.