Let's say that Cao, Sun and Liu met in the city of Xu, and after a short rest, they escaped death.

However, the next bad news was one after another.

First of all, Yu Ban was attacked from both sides, and returned defeated, 3,000 Taishan Ruishi are said to have only hundreds of dead to protect Yu Ban and fled back to Chenggao, although Yuan Cao and the two were both worried and reluctant, but they were helpless.

Then, Lu Dai and Jian Yong came from Gongxian in a panic and sent a lot of bad news...... It turned out that the information Xu Rong said was true, and Cheng Gao's Yuan Benchu did have an abnormality. His people suddenly launched, first took down Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao brothers in the court for the crime of defeating the army, and swallowed their people, and then forced the three major princes in the east of Yanzhou, Bao Xin, Qiao Mao, and Liu Dai to attack Mount Tai.

Cao Liu and the others originally thought that Xu Rong and Li Meng would return to Hongnong in the west, and there was only one Duan simmer in Luoyang, so they could still persuade Yuan Shao to turn around and succeed in his career, but now where can they expect Yuan Benchu?

And just as Sun Jian tried his best to comfort the two and vowed to recapture Luoyang by himself, the third bad news came again.

In other words, Sun Jian followed Xu Rong's ass this time and marched quickly, and there were rumors in Luyang that Luoyang was completely empty, and Sun Wentai was ready to do his own thing, so some people persuaded Yuan Shu to suppress one or two...... Of course, the essential reason is that after Dong Zhuo retreated to Guanzhong, there was no real prospect for the Kwantung princes to discuss the overall situation of Dong, so everyone was thinking about themselves, and the infighting and contradictions would inevitably become public...... But no matter what, Yuan Highway still followed the advice and suddenly cut off Sun Jian's military rations.

This move is not like a bolt from the blue for Sun Wentai, he is a martial artist, he has no political foundation in places like Nanyang and Yingchuan, and there is no Yuan Shu to give him a political guarantee, how can he make a difference?

Even the general number on his body and the empty Yuzhou assassin history are Yuan Shubiao's.

And so far, after the training of Dong Zhuo and Er Yuan, Cao Sun and Liu suddenly realized their true status...... Although Xu Rong's previous words were harsh, they were also true, just now, it is not their turn to call the shots in this world.

However, it is clear that a sense of grief and indignation is inevitable, after all, in addition to selfishness, these three people really want to do something for the country. In other words, at this moment, these three people with completely different backgrounds, prestige, qualifications, and personalities still have such a bit of idealism.

Of course, having said that, how many of the princes in this world are not idealistic?

In fact, the feelings of family and country, the desire to help the crisis and the chaos, and the selfish desires of individuals, and even the universality of making storms are mixed with this group of people...... Cao Liu and Sun have ideals, but Gongsun Xun and Yuan Shao don't have them? When Dong Zhuo was abolished, why didn't he want to do things seriously and change his mind in the Huan Ling era?

It's just that in the face of all kinds of difficulties, some people can persevere, and some people find it difficult to persevere.

Back to the present, at least these three like lost dogs 'little people' still did not give up this obsession and ideals, the three of them sighed at the vagaries of current events, coupled with how many years of friendship, so they swore blood on the mountain full of flowers, set as a friend of life and death, and agreed that once one of them had an accident, the other two would do their best to take care of their wives. Then, they set off separately and continued to work hard for their ideals...... Cao Cao and Liu Bei wanted to show their magic to reorganize their troops, while Sun Jian wanted to go to Luyang to find Yuan Shu to express his loyalty, so as to continue to exchange for support.

And just when these three heroes were trapped in weakness, Yuan Shao withdrew to raise the army to the Kanto region and ran rampant on the other side, Hongnong was already full of war clouds.

After Gongsun Xun turned to the east and captured the county of Hongnong County, Dong Zhuo and Niu Fu ...... Ushisuke, in particular, immediately felt a great sense of unease. As a result, Dong Zhuojun immediately dispatched soldiers and horses from Henan to enter Hangu Pass in a big way according to the original plan, trying to suppress Gongsun Xun and even solve it in Hongnong.

Specifically, it is this narrow area along the Yellow River to the west of Shaanxi County and east of Tongguan.

As for the troop strength, Gongsun Xun is still his 10,000 cavalry, 5,000 infantry, plus more than 10,000 auxiliaries, which is the strength after the division of troops, and is now concentrated in Huxian and Hongnong counties...... It is worth mentioning that his soldiers suffered a lot of losses in the First Battle of Hedong, and today's troops are replenished by the prisoners of the Hedong Baibo Army, and the combat power generally maintains a level, but it may not be without flaws.

At the same time, Dong Zhuojun, except for one Duan Xuan who continued to stay in Luoyang, all the rest of the troops showed signs of retreating to participate in this military operation.

Among them, Niu Fu and Li Ru are still in Shaanxi County and Maojin, and their troops are about 145,000; Dong Yue collected the Tiger Prison Pass and Chenggao defeated the army, about four or five thousand people, and now they are in Michi; Li Meng retreated to Xin'an, with about 5,000 cavalry; Then Hu Zhen was 5,000 infantry, still stationed at Hangu Pass.

These four places, lined up from west to east, are all important towns of Hongnong County along the official roads of Luoyang and Chang'an, and they are only 30 or 40 miles apart from each other, and the distance from Shaanxi County to Hangu Pass is only more than 100 miles...... The total number of troops is about 30,000.

There is also Li Dao, whose subordinates, as Dong Zhuo's most trusted army, mixed with nearly 10,000 people on foot and horse, withdrew from Nanyang to Wuguan, as if they wanted to enter Lushi County from the South Road and encircle Gongsun Xun.

Not only that, Dong Zhuo's brother Dong Min has already led an army of 10,000 into Huayin, and even Pujin gritted his teeth and divided 5,000 cavalry to Guo Yan and came to Huayin...... In other words, there were nearly 20,000 troops behind Tongguan.

Three routes of soldiers and horses, 30,000 in the east, 10,000 in the south, and 20,000 in the west, a total of three or four times the number of troops, to drive back Gongsun Xun who crossed the river, or simply die on the edge of the Yellow River, the intention is not too obvious.

So the question is, where is Xu Rong, who released Cao and Liu before?

The answer is that Xu Bojin is now stationed in Yiyang County, Hongnong County, with his 5,000 cavalry...... In this position, thirty miles to the north is the large group army of 30,000 people of Niu Fu and Li Ru; If you go west, you can join up with Li Dao, who has arrived from Wuguan, and bring the strength of this front army to 15,000 in the south.

In a sense, it is also decent, after all, it is the joint of the two group armies, and it can be supported in both directions at any time, and it is not considered abandoned. However, in any case, this position is the farthest place from Gongsun Xun in the entire battlefield, and if you want to say that Li Ru, who formulated the military plan, did not have good intentions and did not take precautions, it is called opening his eyes and talking nonsense.

But there is no way, everyone knows that Xu Rong is Gongsun Xun's old department, and everyone knows that Xu Rong is a person who can fight and can fight...... If it weren't for the fact that the war was in front of him and he couldn't easily deprive the military power, I'm afraid Xu Rong would have been surrounded by a group of colleagues, and then the soldiers and horses would have been taken away!

Of course, if Gongsun Xun didn't come, without this big battle, with Xu Rong's previous performance and merits in Yingchuan, why would he take away his military power?

This is a paradox in itself.

"The prince has broken through the Caoyang Pavilion." In the county temple of Yiyang County, Xu Rong handed a battle report to a young officer who looked like him beside him. "Caoyang Pavilion is only fifteen miles away from Shaanxi County, and there is only one Shaanxi Mo in the middle to defend, Niu Fu definitely can't stand it, in other words, a big war will start at any time."

"That's exactly what we agreed on." The officer took the battle report, and after a cursory glance, he immediately became serious. "Brother, let's send troops quickly!"

Xu Rong, who was sitting in the captain's chair, let out a long sigh.

"Brother, what do you mean?" The officer, who looked like Xu Rong, immediately became nervous. "Why did you hesitate when it came to the end, didn't you say okay?"

"I'm not hesitating." Xu Rong couldn't help but shake his head. "If you hadn't made a decision, I would have cut you down a long time ago, and I would have chopped up those people in Yanshi before...... Even Li Ru knew that the prince was extremely kind to me, and then I took a little precautions, how could I forget it? Not to mention that there are Liaodong relatives like you who personally come to urge me. Zixin, don't worry, we will send troops early tomorrow morning! ”

"In that case, why should the elder brother sigh?" The officer who spoke was actually Xu Rong's brother, called Xu Xing Xu Zixin, he was originally a white horse righteous servant from Xuansu, who had followed Gongsun Xun for a long time, and now he has already become a qu leader.

And this time Gongsun Xun crossed the river, but he rode alone through Luhun Pass to find his brother...... Its intentions are self-explanatory.

"What I sigh is not whether to help the prince or not, but Dong Xiangguo." Xu Rong shook his head slightly. "You are my close brother, I won't hide it from you, if Dong Xiangguo can come to the front of the battle in person like the prince this time, don't say that he personally leads troops to confront the prince in front, just go out of the military pass or Hangu Pass to supervise the battle, maybe I will really hesitate...... After all, Dong Xiangguo is indeed benevolent and righteous to me. ”

Xu Xing frowned slightly, unlike his own brother, who has no sensitivity to politics and is just a simple soldier, he is obviously more 'all-rounder' from a white horse and a righteous servant, in his opinion, since he has decided to help his own prince, there is no need to say that these things are not there, and they give people a handle.

But obviously, Xu Xing can't control his clan brother, or from Xu Xing's point of view, as long as his family brother ensures that he can send troops at Gongsun Xun's request, everything else is fine.

"But Dong Xiangguo finally plunged headlong into Guanzhong and never came out." Xu Rong continued. "I heard that he has recently plundered the rich households in Guanzhong to enrich his Hewu. On the contrary, it was the prince who crossed the Yellow River regardless of the fact and put himself in this position, forcing me to make a decision. Sometimes I wonder, doesn't Xiangguo understand? He is also a person who is used to fighting, how can there be a commander who can win by shrinking into the house with many soldiers? ”

"Maybe it's too strong." Xu Xing couldn't help but sneer slightly.

"That's the one who abandoned the outside of the house!" Xu Rong said a little helplessly. "Hide in the house yourself and leave our lives and deaths to the kind of waste that Ushisuke...... Although Niu Fu is his son-in-law, but now it is our prince who is in front of him, and he does not come out himself, let alone his son-in-law, who can convince him? ”

"Brother thinks too much." Xu Xing said disapprerovingly. "In my opinion, Dong Zhuo's arrangement is still right, because most of the generals in Henan and his subordinates are his old Guanxi departments, and the foundation is all in Guanzhong, so he will not be dissatisfied because of this."

Xu Rong was slightly stunned, but then he was gloomy: "In other words, did he just abandon me?" ”

Xu Xing smiled slightly: "Otherwise, does my brother think that Li Ru's arrangement did not get the consent of your Dong Xiangguo?" The southern half of Hongnong County, where we are now, is all in the hands of others, and the news of Chang'an's arrival here has not been cut off. As for those who really entered the eyes of the Xiangguo, such as Lu Bu, isn't he in Guanzhong now, and he is still in an important place! ”

Xu Rong was silent, and after a while, he finally stood up expressionlessly: "Go back and prepare, and send troops tonight!" ”

Xu Xing raised his eyebrows slightly and retreated.

In other words, the army has always been the easiest place for people to gain prestige, if a person can lead his subordinates to win consecutive battles, let the enemy keep dying in the duel of life and death, and let his people keep surviving, then his person is easy to be deified by his subordinates, and it is easy to be deified by the enemy.

Xu Rong couldn't do that, but he had never been defeated since he led the troops, so his control over the five thousand cavalry under him was beyond doubt...... In the army, there must be henchmen and confidants, and the backbone must have backbones, and the blind obedience of his subordinates to him is also extremely high.

Therefore, his people didn't even make up military orders, so they easily pulled the entire army out, and then went south in the starry night.

At the same time, fifteen miles west of Shaanxi County, Shaanxi Mo and Gongsun Xun were fighting overnight.

"How much is the loss?" Gongsun Xun, who was personally sitting in front of the battle to supervise the battle, saw Yang Feng, who had withdrawn from the formation, come to report, so he simply asked.

"There were about five or six hundred dead and wounded." Yang Feng looked ashamed. "Please punish the general."

"Punish what?" Gongsun Xun disagreed. "I forced you to fight at night...... But I also hope you can understand that the war is imminent, so you can't leave it to chance. ”

"The subordinates naturally understand!" Yang Feng hurriedly bowed his head and said again.

"Let's go down and rest." Gongsun Xun bowed slightly, but looked at the other tall military general beside him, but it was Gao Shun, the highest-ranking general who crossed the river with him.

Seeing this, Gao Suqing didn't dare to slack off, and immediately stepped forward to ask for battle: "If the enemy has no reinforcements, you can go down with a drum." ”

"If there are reinforcements, they will also be sent down." Gongsun Xun was solemn. "We must break through this last obstacle before we can face Niu Fu directly."

"Whoa!" Gao Shun didn't say anything more, and went directly.

It was a summer night, the weather was already a little stuffy, and in the firelight, Gao Shun took the order and personally led 3,000 foot soldiers to launch a general attack, but the Dong Zhuo military camp on Shaanxi Mo did not usher in the imaginary reinforcements, so it could no longer be supported, and it was really drummed down.

However, the whole army of Youzhou did not have much joy, because anyone who knew the situation of the battle understood that the overall situation was still very grim.

In fact, as early as after the previous attack on Hongnong County, Dong Zhuo's army was shaken and immediately tried to counterattack, many people in the army secretly persuaded Gongsun Xun to return to Hedong.

In this regard, Gongsun Xun's answer is also very simple - he wants to try again.

"Shaanxi Mo is only seven or eight miles away from Shaanxi County, and Niu Fu didn't even send reinforcements...... Gongsun Xun thought for a moment, and then suddenly gave an order to the generals beside him. Immediately scattered all the sentry cavalry, and then the main force of the cavalry was exhausted, and the troops were pressed to the front of Shaanxi County overnight to make a noise and then retreat to repair. ”

Although the generals did not know why, they still hurried to act as ordered.

Seeing the departure of the Chinese army, Gongsun Xun also ordered to move the camp to Shaanxi Mo and personally stationed here, preparing to face Niu Fu.

"Why don't you go to support Shaanxi Mo, so that the last barrier is so easily taken away?" It is said that in the city of Shaanxi, the cavalry of the Youzhou Army came to the city overnight, and after making a noise and being disturbed, they turned back to Shaanxi, and Li Ru was frightened and couldn't help but question Niu Fu angrily. "Niu Bozheng, you must know that the troops of Li Dao and Uncle are not yet in place!"

"You don't understand, it's useless." Niu Fu, who had just come down from the city, shook his head again and again. "A camp on the plain, it can't be stopped, and the reinforcements sent over are just adding material to the white horse thieves."

"I don't understand......" Li Ru was half angry. What don't I understand? Aren't you just afraid of each other like a tiger? just pretended not to care about anything, but he was already scared to the extreme. ”

"Don't disturb the morale of the army!" Niu Fu said proudly. "When have I ever been afraid of the White Horse Thief? This is just the safest way to go...... Just stick to Shaanxi County, what can he do to me? ”

Li Ru sneered and said, "Is that really the case? ”

Niu Fu suddenly changed color: "Li Wenyou, do you have to ask me to kill two thousand stones to establish power?!" ”

Li Ru was finally furious: "Who are you going to kill?!" Kill me?! I haven't bothered with you about the clerk who killed me before, but are you going to kill me today? ”

"How dare I kill Wen You," Niu Fu also smiled embarrassedly. "If you kill your father-in-law, how can you go around me? Kill one ordinary two thousand stones. ”

"Can't you kill someone else?" Li Ru was already so angry that he had a headache. "Two thousand stones are all generals who lead the army alone, how can there be any such thing as killing the general Liwei in battle? I didn't dare to kill Xu Rong, I only put it in Yiyang and put it aside, just for fear of chaos and shaking the morale of the army! ”

"What nonsense?" Niu Fu became more and more impatient. "Father-in-law, the White Horse Thief, and you, don't they all say that they like to take two thousand stones to stand up? That day in Jinyang, you were so discussing the disposal of the Yanmen guard, I remember it! Therefore, if you want to make the whole army one, you can only kill one two thousand stones......"

"Is that the same thing?" Li Ru no longer had the strength to argue with the other party. "What's more, not to mention the previous things, now that Gongsun Xun has led troops to Shaanxi, it is likely that he wants to take advantage of the fact that we are not encircled and break the two of us first...... If the two of us are defeated, then the generals will have no system, and he will be able to survive in death. ”

"I naturally understand this." Niu Fu helped the knife to look at it. "Are you saying that you might as well gather the rest of the tribes here, so that the White Horse Thieves will retreat...... Right? ”

"Not bad!"

"I'll give a military order tomorrow and let them come over, 30,000 troops are gathered, how can they not hold a city?"

Li Ru finally breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around and went back to the house to rest. When Niu Fu returned to the place where he lived, he did not rush to sleep, but instead hit him with a whip and asked his personal guard Hu Chi'er to invite a few wizards and witches over.

Hu Chi'er had no choice but to call those who were fortune tellers and dancers, and by the way, he gave these people a few whips to get angry.

And a group of wizards and witches cautiously came to Niu Fu's house, but they heard Niu Fu's plan head-on: "General Wei hit Shaanxi Mo, I don't have a bottom in my heart, you help me calculate, after the army gathers in a few days, do you want to kill a two thousand stone Liwei?" ”

The wizards and witches glanced at each other, and then showed their own magical powers, but the conclusion was very unanimous - whether it was a hexagram or a hint from the gods, they all said that Niu Fu really had to kill two thousand stones to turn the tide.

After listening to the report, under the lights, Niu Fu, who was sitting on the bed, also sighed again and again: "I knew it should be like this...... Then you do the math, who should you kill? ”

The sorcerers and witches hurriedly showed their powers again, and then soon a sorcerer who burned the turtle shell took the lead in getting the hexagram, and then knelt on the ground and said: "Returning to the general, the hexagram has been released, but there is no specific reference, but it is only said that the other two thousand stones that are the first to enter the city can be turned around...... Because this person is the culprit who is not good for the great general. ”

Niu Fu suddenly realized: "Is the destiny really not to be taken lightly?" ”

——————I am the dividing line of Destiny——————

"In the army, you should be prepared to boost morale, and you should be in charge of the generals. Therefore, it is said that the king of Xiwu is defeated, and he is lucky, and he sends troops. If you really send troops, it is a great luck. As in the past, the Song Dynasty and Zheng fought, Zheng was defeated, and he begged for Jin, and the Jin doctor entered the temple to Buzhi, which was ominous, so he abandoned Zheng. Instead of using hexagrams to show that hexagrams are not aiding, they are actually showing hexagrams to Zheng Envoy. If the military is determined by divination, it is the so-called putting the cart before the horse! - "The Art of War"

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