Cao Cao suffered heavy losses, gathered the remnants of the army, and returned to sour dates overnight to recuperate.

Wei Yan led the headquarters not to return to the sour dates, but to enter Zhongmu.

Dong Zhuo heard that Xu Rong had been defeated and led the remnants back, so he ordered Xu Rong to be imprisoned, and ordered Hu Zhen to be the main general, and Lu Bu to be the deputy general to lead 10,000 people to attack Zhongmu.

Hu Zhen led his troops to Guangcheng first, Guangcheng was only a few dozen miles away from Zhongmu, but it was dark, and the soldiers were tired all the way, so Hu Zhen wanted to rest his troops and horses in Guangcheng first, and then attack Zhongmu tomorrow.

Lu Bu and Hu Zhen have long had a gap, at this time Hu Zhen is the main general, once he makes meritorious service, he will inevitably be more arrogant, and Lu Bu is not angry.

At this time, Gao Shun suddenly brought someone to see Lu Bu, Lu Bu was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly rushed to Hu Zhen's place, and said to Hu Zhen: "There is no one in Zhongmu City, they know that our army is coming, and they fled overnight, now we should hurry up and pursue, when we can win a battle, we must not miss the opportunity." ”

When Hu Zhen heard that there was such a good thing, wasn't this a credit for nothing? So, he didn't think much about it, and ordered to set off overnight to seize Zhongmu.

However, when Hu Zhen led the tired army to the city of Zhongmu and found that Wei Yan had already prepared to defend the city in the city, Hu Zhen was furious: "Betraying the master thief, I will kill you sooner or later!" ”

This sentence quickly reached Lu Bu's ears, Lu Bu, Lu Bu almost died of anger, and his hatred for Hu Zhen was even heavier.

Zhongmu City is well defended, and his side is tired and sleepy, and it is impossible to attack the city, so he can only build fortifications first, then rest for one night, and then attack the city tomorrow.

At night, when the soldiers were all asleep, the light in Lu Bu's tent was still on.

If Hu Zhen was here, he would definitely be surprised, because Wei Yan was here at the moment.

"It's almost time, as long as you get rid of Hu Zhen, Dong Zhuo will definitely appoint you as the main general." Wei Yan said lightly.

"Okay, I'll arrange it, and the next step will be up to you." Lu Bu said and walked out of the tent.

After a while, someone in Hu Zhen's camp was heard shouting: "The thieves in the city have come out!" ”

"The thieves in the city have come out!"

As soon as the sleeping soldiers heard that the enemy was attacking, where could they distinguish the real from the fake, they immediately became a mess and fled in all directions, and their armor and weapons were thrown to the ground.

Hu Zhen also ran out in disgrace, and when it was dawn, the army had run out for more than ten miles, only to find that there was no one chasing at all.

Hu Zhen knew that he had been fooled, and hurriedly gathered the army and rushed back.

After such a toss, the soldiers were exhausted, complained, and lost their morale at all.

When they arrived outside Zhongmu City, the gate of Zhongmu City was wide open, and Wei Yan led the team to kill it.

The soldiers in Zhongmu City rested for a night, eating and drinking, while Hu Zhen's Xiliang soldiers were tired, sleepy and tired, and the contrast between the two sides was obvious.

Hu Zhen was defeated, and Hu Zhen was beheaded by Zhang Liao in the chaos of the army.

And Lu Bu had already fled.

In this battle, Wei Yan's reputation was shocked.

But with prestige comes trouble.

Yuan Shu had a strategist named Yang Hong, who told Yuan Shu: "Now that Dong Zhuo is defeated, Wei Yan can take Xingyang lightly, and if he gets Xingyang, all the land of Heluo will fall into his hands, then there will be nothing to do with us, Wei Yan is a tiger, if he is fattened, it will inevitably become a big disaster for the lord." ”

Yuan Shu thought so, nodded and said, "What Mr. said is very true. ”

As a result, Yuan Shu was jealous of Wei Yan's merits, and worried that Wei Yan would grow stronger because of this, so he didn't even send him military rations.

Wei Yan won a big victory, and was thinking about taking the opportunity to take Xingyang, so that the army could reach Bishui Pass, and then defeat Dong Zhuo in one go.

However, the army was ready to set off, but the grain and grass did not come, Wei Yan sent people to urge him many times, but Yuan Shu ignored them.

On this day, Yuan Shao convened the princes to drink and feast, and on the banquet, Wei Yan saw the triumphant Yuan Shu, so he was angry and went up to grab Yuan Shu.

"What are you going to do!" Yuan Shu's face changed greatly.

"What do you think I'm going to do?" Wei Yan looked at Yuan Shu coldly, and Yuan Shu was furious.

"Hurry up, or I'll be rude to you!" Yuan Shu was grabbed by Wei Yan in front of all the princes, feeling very embarrassed, and his tone became tough.

"Smack!" Wei Yan gave Yuan Shu a slap.

Yuan Shu's face turned red, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, "Wei Yan, I'm going to kill you!" ”

"Ma is embarrassed, shameless!" Wei Yan slapped him several times.

Such a naked slap in the face not only made Yuan Shu unbearable, Yuan Shaowei felt a little embarrassed, he stood up and shouted: "What is Wu Tinghou doing!" We and the coalition army have the rules of the coalition army, and you beat the official for no reason, so you despise military law, do you think that I, Yuan Shao, dare not punish you? ”

Wei Yan sneered and said: "Your Yuan family was killed by Dong Zhuo for dozens of people, you don't want to take revenge, you drink and have fun here all day long, I led my troops to win the battle, and it can be regarded as helping your Yuan family to avenge it, but Yuan Shu actually refused to send me food and grass because of jealousy, so that my soldiers starved, is this what you are talking about military law?" ”

When the princes heard this, they looked at the two brothers with strange faces.

Yuan Shaowei didn't know about Yuan Shuke's deduction of military rations, and was robbed by Wei Yan, and he was speechless.

Yuan Shu hurriedly defended: "It's not that a certain military ration is deducted, but the military ration can't be turned over for a while." ”

After a while, Yuan Shao probably came back to his senses, knowing that if he didn't express himself at this time, he was afraid that his WeChat would be greatly damaged, so he scolded Yuan Shu: "We and the coalition forces are jointly fighting for the country and the people, how can we do things that damage our allies for our own selfish desires?" and make no mistake in making up the amount of rations you owe. ”

"Yes." Yuan Shu knew that he was wrong, so he bowed his head and said nothing, but he was ruthless to Wei Yan in his heart.

Yuan Shao finished reprimanding Yuan Shu, and then said to Wei Yan: "Dong Zhuoxi's Liang army is brave, we will wait for the coalition army to defeat the enemy, and ask Wuting Hou Mo to rush forward, so as not to bring losses to the coalition army." ”

Yuan Shao's way of each side playing fifty **an seems fair, but it is actually selfish.

Wei Yan's prestige is growing, which is also what he doesn't want to see, so he takes this opportunity to restrict him from sending troops privately.

Wei Yan knew that the soldiers were fast, and when Hu Zhen was newly defeated, he thought that Dong Zhuo would not have time to react, and now Dong Zhuo must have sent another person to garrison Xingyang, and it would not be so easy to attack by himself, so he accepted Yuan Shao's meaning and gave Yuan Shao a face.

The Eighteenth Route Coalition finally made a move, and for the first time pulled out the camp and came to Xingyang.

Nearly 200,000 coalition troops arrived in Xingyang, which was really overwhelming, and the company camped for dozens of miles.

The Kwantung princes were afraid of Dong Zhuo, in fact, Dong Zhuo was also afraid of the Kwantung Coalition Army, he didn't know that the Kwantung Coalition Army was actually a plate of scattered sand, seeing the arrival of the army, in order to avoid losses, he actually took the initiative to abandon Xingyang, and at the same time accelerated the pace of moving the capital.