400,000 stone grains and 300 boxes of copper coins are enough to raise an army of 200,000!

Lu Bu was full of confidence and said, "Okay, with this money and food, we can be stronger." Even if Cao and Yuan join forces, they don't want to take advantage of it! ”

"Congratulations, my lord."

The generals bowed their hands.

At this time, Xiliang has become a pot of porridge.

The Kushan Empire of the Great Moon Clan, occupied Wudu and Jiuquan, and marched to Jincheng.

Qianghu occupied Dunhuang and marched to Longxi.

The Southern Turks occupied Anding, Beidi, and Zhangye and marched to Wuwei County.

Cao Cao's general, Che Guan, led 30,000 defeated soldiers and retreated to Hanyang. Stick to the last piece of land in Xiliang.

If Hanyang is lost, Tongguan will be in danger, and the entire Xiliang will be occupied by foreign races. From ancient times to the present, there has never been a dynasty that has been beaten so badly by foreign races, and has captured ten counties in a row.

At this critical juncture, recruits from the counties of Yu and Sili arrived in Chang'an one after another, and under the leadership of Cao Ren, they stepped up their training.

"Prime Minister, Lu Bu's army has entered Yingchuan County." On the official road leading to Luoyang, tens of thousands of Cao troops marched, and Xun You rode to Cao Cao's car to report to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao sat in the cart, holding an orange in his hand, peeled it halfway, poked his head out, and said, "Order the garrisons along the way, see Lu Bu's army, don't stop it." Tell Lu Bu again to assemble in Chang'an. ”

"No."

Xun You sent several people to give orders.

Guo Jia said: "Lu Bu is a fierce horse, if you use it well, you can gallop across the field." If you don't use it well, you will be hurt by him. Does the prime minister have a way to counterbalance him? ”

"Balancing Lu Bu?"

"Yes, if you can't balance him, how can you fight against the foreigners?"

Cao Cao ate two mouthfuls of oranges and said with a wry smile: "If you want to balance Lu Bu, it is more difficult than defeating the alien race." Don't think about it, let's do what Lu Bu said, let's fight each other, as long as he is willing to help, it's better than fighting ourselves. ”

Guo Jia knew that Cao Cao was very jealous of Lu Bu, so he said: "What does the minister mean... Sending Gongda to Lu Bu's army, called the guide road, is actually surveillance, which is convenient for exchanges and joint operations between the two armies. It can also be regarded as a kind of checks and balances. ”

After arranging the soldiers, Xun You returned to the side of the car and said, "Feng Xiao's words are reasonable. If Lu Bu doesn't have any of our people in the army, how can he rest assured? ”

"Would you really like to go?"

"Yes."

Cao Cao stared at Xun You for a while, shook his head, and said, "No, Lu Bu, you can do everything." If you go, he'll hold you up, so what will happen then? Am I fighting Lu Bu, or am I fighting an alien? ”

"You all remember, negotiate with Lu Bu in the future and send soldiers..."

The surrounding generals all rolled their eyes.

The corners of Xun You's mouth twitched: "If the minister doesn't go, how can he know the true movements of Lu Bujun?" ”

Guo Jia persuaded: "Prime Minister, no matter how crazy Lu Bu is and no matter how trustworthy he is, he will not dare to do anything on our territory. If you are really worried, you can wait for Lu Bu's army to enter Guanzhong, and then send Gongda to go, which can be guaranteed. ”

"Okay, just do as Feng Xiao wants."

Cao Cao thought carefully that Xun You seemed to have been captured by Lu Bu, and he was not forcibly detained.

"Gongda."

"Yes."

Cao Cao advised: "When we go to Lu Bu's army, listen more, watch more, and say less, monitor their movements, and learn the way of using troops in Lü's army, which will help us fight against Lu Bu in the future." ”

"No."

After Xun You received the order, he selected two hundred guards and went to the Tiger Prison Pass. Prepare there to rendezvous with Lü Bu's army.

However, Xun You didn't know that after Lu Bu passed Yingchuan County, he did not follow the normal route through Chenliu and Bishui. Instead, it went up along the Yinghe River, passed through Yuyuan Pass and Guangcheng Pass, and entered Luoyang.

This road is more than 400 miles away than walking through the Tiger Prison Pass. The garrisons along the way did not receive Cao Cao's order to let them go, and after seeing Lu Bu's army, they desperately intercepted it.

On this day, outside the Yuyuan Pass, Lu Bu led a thousand soldiers to pass through the pass.

Why did you bring only a thousand soldiers?

Because the pass is very dangerous, the road is dangerous, there are many curves, and there is no flat land. In front of the pass is a long slope, which extends to ten miles away, leading to the area of northern Henan and Yingchuan.

Even if a thousand soldiers stood in front of the pass, it was very crowded.

"It's the first time I've seen such a dangerous city pass, it can't be artificially chiseled, right?" Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse, holding a halberd of Fang Tian, standing in front of the pass, sighing at the danger of the pass.

Next to him are Xu Shu, Xiang Yu, and Li Yuanba.

Xu Shu said: "The situation of Yuyuan Pass is dangerous, there is a Tai Room in the east, there is a small room in the south, the mountain road is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is one of the eight passes in Luoyang, the place where the soldiers of all dynasties must fight, and it is also a shortcut from Luoyang to Henan and Yanzhou. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, it already existed, and it was definitely not made by man. ”

"It's a good pass, sooner or later it's mine." Lu Bu looked around, called a centurion of the Dragon Guard, and said, "Go and bring twenty of our 'Build 544 Mines'." ”

"No."

Xiang Yu asked suspiciously: "Is the powerful weapon that the lord said is a landmine?" ”

"Hmm. You'll find out later. Conquering the Rim Pass is as easy as finding a bag. Lu Bu said with a smile.

Xu Shu looked behind him and saw two soldiers, carrying a large wooden box, slowly walking over.

Carrying the box in front of Lu Bu, he opened it, and it contained twenty black mines.

The centurion of the Dragon Guard Army clasped his fists and said, "My lord, twenty 'Build 544 mines' have been taken." ”

"Okay, carry the box to the door and light the fuse."

"No."

The centurion did so.

Xu Shu didn't know the power of the mines, and if he knew, he would definitely stop Lu Bu. Because this trip came to fight the alien race through the pass, not to start a war with Cao Cao, if Cao Cao was angered and fought in turn, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Two soldiers, holding shields and carrying boxes, walked up to the gate, took the lead out of the box, lit it with fire, and ran back as fast as they could.

During this period, Cao Jun, who was on the city tower, did not react.

There were also no attacks on the soldiers carrying the boxes.

Xu Ding, the general guarding the pass, muttered to himself: "Could it be that Lu Bu sent someone to give gifts?" ”

He called two men and prepared to go outside the door to check.

(Note: Xu Ding, General Weiyuan under Cao Cao, Xu Chu's own brother.) Because of Xu Chu's merits, he was sealed to guard the Yuanguan Pass. ）

Boom boom...

Just as the soldiers on the city tower were about to go downstairs, when the two soldiers of the Dragon Guard ran over, the wooden box in front of the closed door suddenly exploded, and a huge blood-red flame rose more than a foot high, and a thick black fog, like a giant umbrella, rose from the bottom and hit the city tower.

The whole tower trembled violently, and the soldiers of the city could not stand on their feet and fell to the ground.

Xu Ding clung to the wall pier tightly and shouted with a look of horror: "What's the matter? What's going on? ”

(End of chapter)