When Zhao Yun returned to the army, it was already past noon, and Dong Zhuo's army and the coalition army were exhausted. Lü Bu relied on his personal bravery and entered Hangu Pass on horseback. Xu Rong retreated, seeing the elite of the coalition army, he did not dare to fight again, and guarded the gate, fearing the impact of the coalition army, Dong Zhuo's army had no hope of breaking through, and the army had no fighting spirit, so they surrendered one after another.

Cao Cao and Liu Ze cleaned up the battlefield, and it was over on the second day. Looking at more than a million people in Luoyang, they fell on the way, and the two of them were at a loss. Liu Ze ordered people to get grain and grass from Xiahoulan, and the people were only half full. Cao Cao saw that thousands of carts were missing, and knew that Liu Ze had gone, and he wanted to ask but was embarrassed to ask, Liu Ze smiled and said: "Don't worry about Mengde, Ze returned to Jizhou, passed through Baima, Mengde arranged for people to meet at the ferry, and the goods had half of Mengde." Cao Cao hung his heart for a long time before putting it in his stomach, squinting his small eyes and saying: "Rundong is arrogant, but Dong thief enters the customs, what can I do?" "The alliance of princes must have received the news, but I don't know what they thought in the first place?" Liu Ze said with a smile. "Ambitious and talented, what a foot. Rundong can know that he showed off the beauty of jade to me at the beginning, and wanted to make a seal, but the heart of disobedience has appeared. The fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family, the tree has been graced for a long time, and there are many old officials; If you don't know the life and death of today, I am afraid that Yuan Benchu will take advantage of the situation to announce it. Cao Cao said. Liu Ze looked at Cao Cao, this character who was turned into a traitor by Lao Luo, his loyalty and righteousness can be shown to the sun and the moon, at least he has not given up on the Han Dynasty, and he is much stronger than Yuan Shao and others. Liu Ze said: "Meng De, you and I are tired of the coalition army, the danger of Hangu Pass in the world, Xu Rong is good at guarding, and it is urgent to go down, it is better to wait for the original arrival, and then discuss." Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "Good." ”

Liu Ze returned to his big tent, Zhang Fei and Xu Chu pushed the two of them with a smile to report, "Ming Gong, capture Dong Zhuojun's generals Zhang Liao and Gao Shun." Liu Ze was overjoyed and said: "The two of you have made a lot of contributions, write it down for the time being, return to Xiangping, and then reward it." "History has deviated due to the arrival of Liu Ze. Lu Bu's eight strong generals, a few years later Baimenlou Lu Bu was defeated and killed, Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao, Gao Shun was loyal and unparalleled, refused to surrender, was killed, and now because of Liu Ze's participation, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were captured. Liu Ze is still very sure of persuading Zhang Liao to surrender, it seems that Guan Yu and Zhang Liao have a good relationship, I don't know if it? Gao Shun is a great talent, and the elite soldiers he has trained are trapped in the camp, and they are invincible, and Liu Ze really doesn't have much confidence in Gao Shun. Looking at the two people in the hall, Liu Ze said: "I have heard that Wen Yuan is a wise general, first with Ding Yuan, and then with He Jin, Dong Thief troubled Luoyang, and followed Lu Fengxian, I don't know what Wen Yuan has to say about the general trend of the world?" Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment and said: "Liao was born in Yanmen, and he is determined to drive away Hu Lu and protect the country and the people, but if he does not fulfill people's wishes and cannot protect his master, how can he say that the world is in vain?" Liu Ze said: "Feng Xian followed the history of Ding Thorn, and fought repeatedly with the Hu people in Bingzhou, known as the flying general, the Hu people are afraid of them like tigers, and Ze yearns for a long time!" However, Fengxian did not understand the general trend, regardless of his name, stooped to be a thief, and laughed for the world. For example, today, it is gradually falling apart, and the Son of Heaven is covered with dust, how does Dong Zhuo treat it? I don't need to say it, Wen Yuan wants to be wrong again and again?" Zhang Liao's face was red with shame, and he couldn't say anything more. Liu Ze looked at Gao Shun and said: "General Gao has a resolute personality, is brave and strategic, and the elite soldiers he has trained are unparalleled in the world, I don't know what the general plans to do next?" Gao Shun's face was calm and said: "The general of the defeated army is just dead." "Haha," Liu Ze laughed loudly and said, "What if I let General Gao go?" "But there is a breath of air, swearing to follow Wen Hou to the death." "Haha..., General Gao is really a foolish and loyal person." Liu Ze said with a smile. Gao Shun was furious and said, "Where to start? Ze had three questions, and the general thought to himself. What is it for a man to stand between heaven and earth, and to do what he does? Stooping down to be a thief, without knowing it, what is the right way in heaven and earth? The big husband carries a three-foot sword, crisscrossing the four seas, and when he builds an immortal achievement, why did he come? Gao Shun said: "The husband should do something and not do something, and he will never have two hearts for Wen Hou in this life." "Alas..."Liu Ze sighed and said: "General Gao Shun, Ze admires your loyalty, but there is a right way in heaven and earth, and it is fundamental to serve the country and the people. If you know that what you are loyal to is not human, and you insist on it again and again, what is it if you are not foolish? Gao Shun was sweating profusely, like being struck by lightning, and he was at a loss for a while.

Liu Ze had to say again, the guards came to report, and the commander of the Yuan League arrived. Liu Ze asked people to arrange Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to be well treated, not to be lazy, and he was busy leading the guards to greet Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao saw that Cao Cao and Liu Ze had established great achievements, and he was so jealous in his heart that he was dying, and he still had a high smile on his face, and said: "Meng De, Rundong, the battle in front of Hangu Pass, the big setback of Dong thief, the credit is not small, wait for me to rectify the soldiers and horses, break the Hangu Pass, save the Son of Heaven, and return the world to a prosperous future." Liu Ze slandered, and everyone said the scene. Cao Cao and Liu Ze are humble. Yuan Shao looked at so many people, frowned, and said, "Let Yuan Shu quickly transport grain and grass, let the people be fed, and go back to Luoyang to settle down." Yuan Shao's personal soldiers immediately opened their mouths and shouted: "The Lord of the Yuan League has an order to quickly transport grain and grass, so that the people can be fed so that they can return to Luoyang to settle down." "I've heard it for miles. Cao Cao and Liu Ze glanced at each other and smiled helplessly. Yuan Shao's show is admirable. When the people of Luoyang heard this, they immediately knelt on the ground and thanked Yuan Mengzhu loudly. Yuan Shao took pride and went to the big tent to rest.

Liu Ze said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, Yuan Benchu is arrogant and not broad-minded, and the princes have their own selfish intentions, so what can they do? Guo Jia said: "I look at Yuan Shao, a person who is not tolerant of people, tomorrow he will raise his account, he will ask for money, attack Hangu, and lie about it." Ming Gong can speak tomorrow, Luoyang City has a virtuous person to live there, so that Yuan Shao, Yuan Shaoxi, Ming Gong retreat quickly. Let the army pack up tonight, and when the time comes, retreat to Xiangping. "Mengde's husband is also eloquent." Guo Jia said: "The heart of defense is indispensable, and after retiring tomorrow, you can tell him by letter." Liu Ze said: "Good." ”

At dawn the next day, Yuan Shao beat the drum and raised the tent, and the princes of the assembly. Yuan Shao saw that people were coming, and said: "Hangu is in danger, we should be the common enemy, and we will go down with one drum." However, the people of Luoyang are millions, and it is very difficult to resettle, and the wealth and goods plundered by Dong Zhuo are taken out by Mengde and Rundong to calm the people. "I didn't know at the beginning, the army of Dong thieves coerced the Son of Heaven, hundreds of officials, and rich households in Luoyang, all of them entered the Han Valley, and the wealthy people, Dong thieves took careful precautions and walked with them, I am afraid that they have arrived in Chang'an at this time." Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said seriously. "Meng De deceived me." Yuan Shao's tone was not good. "Alliance leader, what Meng De said is the truth, thousands of carts of wealth and goods are all in Hangu, Ze once asked the scouts to climb the mountain to investigate, it is to know. The leader of the alliance should order the army to attack the fortified position in order to obtain the goods. Liu Ze said. It is not easy to tackle key problems, and we should think about it in the long run. "Yuan Shao's pride is gone." In this way, Luoyang cannot be left without an owner, it is not easy to settle millions of people, and the leader of the alliance is highly respected, so he should be the lord of Luoyang to reassure the people. Cao Cao saw Liu Ze change the topic, and hurriedly said: "What Rundong said is very true, the people of Luoyang regard the original as the Buddha of ten thousand families. Towards him, he was the captain of Sili at the beginning, and he was greatly favored by Sili, and he was the lord of Luoyang at the beginning. "Luoyang is the imperial capital, break the Hangu Pass and rescue the Son of Heaven, isn't the emperor in the palm of his hand, he can rub as much as he wants, just let him Zen, hehe, I'm afraid I can't help him. Yuan Shao figured out this verse, and excused himself: "Shao is too guarded by Bohai, how can he mess around, and he should play tomorrow." "The loyalty of the alliance leader can show the sun and the moon!" Liu Ze let out a heartfelt admiration and said: "Extraordinary times do extraordinary things, and when the alliance leader stabilizes Luoyang, it is not too late to play." "This step is good, Yuan Shao will step down." Well, since Meng De and Rundong insisted, Shao had no choice but to take over. "Alliance leader, Ze returns to the camp, straightens out the people, and waits for the alliance leader's orders." "Rundong is really a minister who seeks the country, which is admirable."

Liu Ze glanced at Cao Cao and withdrew from Yuan Shao's camp, Guo Jia had already made preparations, and the army marched towards Fengling. Yuan Shao received a report from the spies that Liu Ze had gone for more than 30 miles. Yuan Shao was furious, and ordered Yan Liang and Zhang He to lead the troops to pursue, chasing fifty miles away, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Tai Shici, six generals, holding weapons, stood on the road, 20,000 cavalry behind him, full of fighting spirit. Yan Liang and Zhang He looked at each other, knowing that the other party was prepared, they didn't dare to fight, and sent someone to report to Yuan Shao, Liu Ze had already gone far away. Yuan Shao was furious when he received the report, and he mobilized the alliance of princes to pursue Liu Ze.

Guan Yu and others received Liu Ze's information, sprinkled tribulus terrestris all over the road, and walked away.