34. Burn the Tiger Prison

The coalition army in front of the Tiger Prison Pass is fiercely attacking the city, but the city wall is tall, coupled with the city's full preparation, it has been attacked three times and has not been able to climb the tower.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yuan Shao waved his hand and withdrew his troops. The coalition forces retreated like a tidal wave, leaving only corpses in one place. Another day in vain, although Sanying defeated Lu Bu, but they were stopped in this tiger prison for three days.

In the big tent, Yuan Shao once again convened everyone to discuss countermeasures, and all the princes also looked haggard, it seems that the siege battle in the past three days has indeed consumed a lot of everyone. Yuan Shao looked around, and then said: "This Tiger Prison Pass is still the gate of Luoyang, and only by taking the Tiger Prison Pass can we kill the Dong thief in Luoyang." Tomorrow, with my soldiers and horses as the vanguard, I will definitely be locked up! ”

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, there was a compound sound below. He smiled and nodded, his eyes narrowing into a slit unconsciously. At this moment, a soldier ran in in a panic and knelt down and said, "The leader of the Qiqi Alliance is not good!" ”

"What's the alarm?" Yuan Shao asked with a calm face.

"Dong Thief sent someone to send a carload of heads, it seems to be the heads of Mrs. Yuan's family......"

"Ahh It hurts me! After listening to the report, Yuan Shao shouted, leaned back and fainted. The princes saw that they helped gather in front, some helped him beat his chest, and some helped him pat his back for a long time before Yuan Shao eased up.

"Uncle, you died so miserably! I, Yuan Shaoding, are inseparable from that Dong thief! Yuan Shao, who was rescued, cried bitterly. Everyone comforted again and again, and it was a long time before Yuan Shao stopped crying! That night, Yuan Shao ordered the whole army to wear white hangers up and down to see off Taifu! Not to mention the camp of the coalition army, Hu Zhen and Li Su in the Tiger Prison Pass also received Dong Zhuo's order, asking the two to block the coalition army for another two days.

"Lao Hu, the Taishi asked us to stay for two more days, what do you think?" Li said with a brow.

"What else can the Taishi's order be? Keep going! I don't understand what you readers are thinking all day! Hu Zhen said after eating a large mouthful of meat.

"The leader of the coalition is Yuan Shao, the Taishi killed Yuan Kui's old thief family, and now the coalition army has known the news, and tomorrow will attack the city on a large scale, with our current deployment, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold it for a day." Li Su patiently explained to Hu Zhen.

"What then?" Hu Zhen was dumbfounded. "The master let us keep it for two days! You've got your brain up for it! ”

"Actually, it's not like there's no way, but it depends on whether you have the courage to do it!" Li Su said with a grim smile. Then he whispered his plan to Hu Zhen.

Listening to Li Su's plan, Hu Zhen gasped and said, "Do you want to be so ruthless?" In this way, I am afraid that the 10,000 wounded soldiers in our hands will not survive! ”

"Hehe, the so-called non-toxic husband! It's time for Lao Hu to make up his mind, will they die or will you and I die? ”

"It's done! Tomorrow will call those coalition forces to come and go! Don't be idle if you're hurt! Tonight we will all have enough food and meat, and tomorrow everyone will be given some things to start a fire, and we will withdraw, so let them set fire to the whole city! After Hu Zhen finished speaking, he immediately ordered the whole army to kill chickens and sheep, and that night the cauldron was put on the shelf and the meat began to cook.

The next day, Yuan Shao personally supervised the battle, and all the princes led by the Yuan family took the lead, and the soldiers also rushed to the city like chicken blood. This is the so-called mourning soldier will win, just a charge rushed to the city. Han Fei couldn't help frowning when he saw that the coalition forces were attacking so smoothly, and he came behind Liu Bei and whispered, "Lord, something is not quite right!" You told the second and third generals not to enter the city! ”

"What? Zicong, what did you find? Liu Bei asked softly.

"Compared with the previous two days, the combat strength of Dong Thief's army today is much worse. I'm afraid they deliberately lured people into the city, and then set up an ambush in the city! Han Fei said his guess. Liu Bei smiled when he heard this: "Zicong, you want to be bad, but there is an ambush in the city, so what?" Without the protection of the city wall, Dong Thief's army couldn't make any waves at all! ”

"Lord, I still don't think it's right, you must listen to me, and you must not let the second and third generals enter the city." Han Fei said solemnly. Liu Bei saw that he was serious, so he asked people to go down and pass the order, and asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to take people to the city, and they must not enter the city.

On the other side, Yuan Shao commanded the coalition army to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, seeing more and more troops entering the pass, Yuan Shao couldn't help clenching his fists, and said in his heart: "Uncle has a spirit in the sky, you must watch your nephew sword Dong thief to avenge you!" Before he could finish thinking about it, he suddenly heard an exclamation, and when he looked up, he saw a raging flame rising from the Tiger Prison!

Not only that, but the jack gate at the gate of the city was also lowered, and the army that entered the city couldn't retreat if they wanted to! Yuan Shao was shocked and said, "Someone! Fight the fire quickly! Let's put out the fire! ”

At this time, the Tiger Prison was like purgatory, and the 10,000 wounded soldiers knew that they would die, and all of them burst out with super combat power, not only set all the houses in the city on fire, but also took up arms to stop the coalition forces.

Not many of the coalition troops who entered the city were directly burned by the fire, but many died at the hands of these 10,000 wounded soldiers. In this way, the fire gradually went out after a day, and the coalition forces entered the Tiger Prison through the burned city walls, and there was no one alive in the Tiger Prison by this time.

That's not all, the entire Tiger Prison Pass was almost burned to the ground, and Yuan Shao had to command the coalition army to camp again ten miles from the city. After the inventory of men and horses, it was found that more than 30,000 people were killed and wounded in this battle alone. Unable to rest for another day, the princes sent people to the city to find the remains of the soldiers of each army and lay them in the ground.

Liu Bei also felt extremely scared at this time, fortunately Han Fei reminded him in time, otherwise it would be difficult for the soldiers and horses to be trapped in this tiger prison and not die!

Hu Zhen and Li Su had completed their mission at this time and led the rest of the army back to Luoyang. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard the report, and immediately rewarded Hu and Li.

Seeing that his subordinates had withdrawn to Luoyang, Dong Zhuo's plan to withdraw westward also began to be implemented. He first ordered Zhang Ji to prepare more things to ignite the fire, Zhang Ji didn't think too much, and asked his men to collect them everywhere at the moment! At this time, Sima Jiaxu in Zhang Jijun knew the news, his eyes flashed, and he already had a plan in his heart. So he said to Zhang Jiyan: "If the general urgently arranges for someone to escort things to Chang'an, the general must grab this errand." Do not stay in Luoyang. ”

Zhang Ji admired Jia Xu's knowledge, and immediately promised that he would definitely win the task of escorting. Sure enough, the next day, Dong Zhuo was anxious and the people began to assign tasks, and the first one was to escort things and the families of the soldiers to Chang'an. Zhang Ji remembered Jia Xu's words, so he took the initiative to stand up and take on this task.