When Jia Xu knew that Dong Zhuo led an army of 50,000 to support Hujiao Pass, and there were only 50,000 people left in Hangu Pass, he also knew that Xu Rong would not attack Tongguan for the time being.

In the end, Jia Xu ordered Lu Bu and Zhang Fei to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to challenge every day, and because of the bravery of Lu Bu and others, Xu Rong no longer dared to lead his troops to meet the enemy!

During this period of time, due to Dong Zhuo's continuous attacks, the number of tiger and leopard riders has also shrunk from five or six thousand to less than three thousand, but they are all the elite of the elite!

After not seeing Xu Rong for several days, Lu Bu, Zhang Fei and other generals found Jia Xu unhappily.

"Military advisor, this Xu Rong should not fight every day, if he attacks strongly, he will inevitably suffer heavy casualties; If we don't attack, what should we do? Lu Bu asked!

"Fengxian, don't worry, I have my own clever plan, but the time is not yet ripe! All you have to do is challenge it every day! If you have to challenge tomorrow, you don't need to lead the tiger and leopard to ride! Jia Xu said quite confidently!

"Yes!"

In this way, the next day, Lu Bu and others led 5,000 new soldiers to go to Hangu Pass to fight. When the guards saw it, they reported to Xu Rong urgently.

"General Xu, it was not the tiger and leopard riders who came to fight today, but the five thousand foot soldiers!"

"Oh, come with me!" Xu Rong is interested!

After Xu Rong saw the situation of the army led by Lu Bu on the head of the Tiger Prison Wall, he smiled and said.

"Pass the order, no one is allowed to go out of the city to fight!"

"General, why is that? The first two days were ridden by a tiger and a leopard, and we could not match it;

But now they are ordinary soldiers, and there are only 5,000 of them, as long as they give a certain 10,000 elite soldiers, they will definitely lose their armor and abandon their armor! The young general on the side suggested!

"Haha, you don't know, this must be a weak plan for Jia Xu's enemy, trying to lure us out of the city to fight, and then earn Hangu Pass! So you must not go out of town! Xu Rong said again!

After receiving Xu Rong's order, the generals agreed one after another, and then Xu Rong arranged the generals to defend the city in detail, and no longer paid attention to the battle of Lu Bu and others outside the city.

And Lu Bu conformed to Jia Xu's strategy, and went to fight every day, from the first 3,000 tigers and leopards to the back, to the back of 5,000 young people, and in the end, there were 30,000 young people, and 3,000 tiger and leopard horses and the whole army of the Black Flag Army went to the outside of the city to scold.

In Hangu Pass, Xu Rong and a kind of officials got together again.

"General, what attention is this Jia Xu fighting, he originally came to call for war every day, but now he has moved the big camp over.

This Tongguan is only two days away from Hangu Pass, it seems that this Jia Xu is determined to win Hangu Pass for me! ”

As soon as the young general finished speaking, he heard a report from a scout outside, saying: "General, the secret agents in Tongguan have come to report, and there are only 3,000 troops guarding Tongguan."

When Xu Rong heard this, he hurriedly called the scout in and asked, "Oh, there are only 3,000 troops in Tongguan, who are the town guards?" ”

"Report to the general, the general guarding the town is Huaxiong." The scout replied.

"How is the scout defense from Tongguan to Hangu Pass?" Xu Rong asked again!

"Basically, there are no scouts to defend, and we didn't find any scouts along the way!"

"Where is the military advisor Jia Xu?" Xu Rong asked again!

"The military advisor Jia Xu has left three days ago, saying that the war in Liangzhou is tight, and Jia Xu has led 20,000 troops to support!" The scout replied!

"General, this is a godsend, we only need to lead a group of men and horses to seize Tongguan, so that we can trap the 50,000 army led by Lu Bu!" Captain Zhao Cen said.

"If this is the case, it would be the best, but I am worried that this is Jia Xu's plan, if I fall for Jia Xu's plan again, then I am afraid that Hangu Pass will not be guaranteed!" Xu Rong shook his head and said!

"General, what's there to worry about?" Zhao Cen said!

"First of all, if Jia Xu led the army to the battle, why did Lu Bu lead the army to Guanxia? We should guard Tongguan tightly and guard against us!

Secondly, Liangzhou is in an emergency, Jia Xu's expedition should be hidden, why is it so easy to let the scouts investigate?

Third, even if Jia Xu's expedition was true, why didn't Lu Bu send scouts along the way, and so easily let our army scouts find out the information? Xu Rong asked three questions!

At this moment, a guard came to report that another Qiang young general asked to see him outside the gate! Xu Rong hurriedly asked people to call him in!

After the Qiang general came in, Xu Rong took a big look and recognized that this young general was the Qiang general who surrendered to Dong Zhuo at the beginning, and the one who disappeared in the war!

"General, please send a large army to attack Tongguan quickly!" As soon as the Qiang general entered the camp, he spoke!

"Oh, where did you go when you disappeared all this time?" Xu Rong asked!

The Qiang general recounted the situation of being caught by Yang Qiu and Liang Xing and pressed to Liu Bei's camp that day. Then he said again.

"General, now the defense of Tongguan is very weak, and I also killed a few guards overnight to escape!

And learned from the guards that there are only 3,000 defenders in the entire Tongguan now, and Lu Bu led a large army to challenge the pass because this was Jia Xu's strategy.

Jia Xu meant that as long as Lu Bu was under Hangu Pass, the general would not dare to send an expedition.

What's more, Tongguan and Hangu Pass are not far away, and it only takes two days to arrive, and Huaxiong has no problem holding on for half a day! ”

Xu Rong listened to the words of the Qiang general, nodded, and then sent him down to rest. The Qiang general retreated again, begging Xu Rong to march as soon as possible and enter Liangzhou to rescue the Qiang people in Liangzhou!

"General, it seems that there should be no more suspense, we should attack Tongguan as soon as possible, so as to form a flanking attack and break through Lu Bu's camp!" Zhao Cen suggested after seeing that the Qiang young general was gone.

Even though Xu Rong was still a little hesitant when he heard this, all the generals in the tent were eager to fight! After thinking about it, Xu Rong asked again!

"Everyone, even so, how should we sneak to the Tongguan Pass, and not let Lu Bu in front find out; Secondly, how can we take Tongguan in one day? If these two problems are not solved, I can't give an order! ”

"General, what's so difficult about this, the general can send people out of the customs at night, but the movement is too big, but two or three thousand people per night, so that in six or seven days you can gather 20,000 troops;

And with this 20,000 army, as long as you don't hesitate to use military strength, you can capture Tongguan in one day. Zhao Cen opened his mouth and suggested!

"General Zhao's words are indeed a good strategy, but one of the generals is needed to go, I don't know who dares to be a general?"

Xu Rong saw that it was unstoppable, and if everything was true, this was indeed an opportunity, so he spoke!

As soon as Xu Rong asked, Zhao Cen, Zhou Yu, Li Bei and other awards asked for battle!

In the end, Xu Rong ordered Zhao Cen to be the main general and Zhou Yu to be the deputy general, leading an army of 20,000 to go out of the city overnight and attack Tongguan! At the same time, they whispered in the ears of the two, and the two naturally took the order and left!

After Zhao Cen and the others left, the young general Li Bei asked.

"General, you have been worried that it was Jia Xu's ploy before, why did you agree to Zhao Cen's request for war later?"

"General Li doesn't know, if the intelligence is accurate, this should be an opportunity, but if the intelligence is wrong, I also have other plans!" Xu Rong said quite confidently!

Then Zhao Cen and Zhou Bi selected 20,000 elites, divided them into four batches and quietly left Hangu Pass in four nights.

On the first night of Zhao Cen's departure from Hangu Pass, scouts informed Lü Bu overnight, and then Lü Bu sent scouts to Tongguan overnight.

Then Lu Bu summoned the generals.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the scout just came to report that there are 5,000 troops quietly leaving the city in Hangu Pass, and it seems that the strategy of the military division has worked, and now I will wait for the step." Lu Bu said.

Subsequently, Lü Bu appointed Zhang Fei to lead 10,000 Black Flag troops and 10,000 young men in the camp, ready to block the army in Hangu Pass.

He personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry and 20,000 young men to prepare to turn around and snipe Zhao Cen's army.

A day later, Huaxiong in Tongguan also received a message from Lu Bu and was overjoyed, and then sent scouts to deliver a message to Guannei.