After listening to Sun Jian's plan, Liu Bei pondered for a moment and decided to act according to historical experience and obey Sun Jian's arrangement.

So Liu Bei said to Sun Jian: "Wentai, you have been in battle for a long time, I can't reach it, this plan is wonderful." Although I am not talented, I am willing to break the enemy for the vanguard. ”

Sun Jian said: "Xuande, the last time I hit Dong, I was defeated by Xu Rong, I thought it was a great shame, this time I hit Dong, and asked Xuande Gong to give me the position of pioneer, let me be ashamed, Xuande Gong, you think it's good." ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Bei laughed loudly, "Since Brother Wentai wants to be ashamed, how can I not be an adult." Then I am here, wishing General Sun a victory and success. ”

The crusade against Dong Zhuo is now a major event that has attracted the attention of the world, as long as Sun Jian can achieve victory and make military achievements, he can naturally become famous all over the world. Liu Bei gave up the position of pioneer to Sun Jian, which can be said to have given Sun Jian a great favor. It's just that Liu Bei understands that brushing up on prestige is brushing prestige, but there is no need to die, the world is different, although prestige is essential, it can't all depend on fame, so he gave the pioneer to Sun Jian.

Sure enough, Sun Jian was overjoyed when he saw that Liu Bei agreed to be the vanguard by him, and said: "Thank you Xuande for your success, after sending out the army, you can't drink alcohol in the army, you and I will have a feast today, and we won't return if we don't get drunk." ”

"Okay, don't get drunk and don't go home." Liu Bei replied with a laugh, thinking in his heart, you Sun Jian is willing to play as a striker, that's good, I'll fulfill you, anyway, it's your soldiers who die, I'd better make a lot of money in a muffled voice.

Sun Jian's plan to attack the east and the west, the direction of the feint attack and the main merit, naturally did not choose for nothing.

Starting from Yingchuan and attacking Luoyang, the closest is naturally to go to Yuyuan Pass. It's just that the pass is too dangerous, the pass is at the Eling Mountain, on the Shao Room, the road is dangerous, there are 12 curves, the loop is circling, and it will be returned, so it is not advisable. If Sun Jian and Liu Bei said that they wanted to attack here, Dong Zhuo would probably not believe it.

The Yique Pass is different, the Yique Pass, that is, the mouth of Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan in Luoyang South, the two mountains are sandwiched, and the Yi River flows through it. In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it was an important pass in the south of Kyoto, and it was the only way for Luoyang to go south and Ruying to the north. It is one of the eight passes in Luoyang, during which the valleys are connected, and it has been a key defensive place since ancient times.

Only by attacking Yique Pass can Dong Zhuo, who has been in battle for a long time, believe that otherwise, Liu Bei and Sun Jian will casually send troops to attack a place, and Dong Zhuo may not be fooled.

And Sun and Liu, the real target is Taigu Pass.

Taigu Pass, also known as Dagu Pass, at the mouth of the valley between Songshan Mountain and Longmen Mountain, the valley is thirty miles deep, on both sides of the deep valley, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the stream is murmuring, the peaks are cut up, and the shrubs are thick. This valley is a gateway directly in front of the capital of Luoyang. There are Niuxin Mountain, Niuzui Mountain, Laoyangpo, Crooked Mouth Mountain, Dafeng Mountain, etc., the peaks and peaks are undulating, and the situation is natural.

In wartime, it can ambush heavy soldiers and cut off north-south communications, which is a place for soldiers of all generations.

Sun and Liu, the first to go out of the division all the way, feigned to take Yique Pass, and the army actually went to Taigu Pass, as long as the Taigu Pass was broken, Luoyang could be reached in half a day.

Most of Sun Jian's generals are Sun Jian's relatives and clans. In troubled times, leading troops to attack, in terms of employing people, no matter who they are, they must be the first to choose to use people they can trust, and people who are relatives are naturally trusted. Therefore, Sun Jian uses people like this, Cao Cao also uses people like this, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu all use people like this, which is really understandable.

On the surface, only Liu Bei is different, in fact, Liu Bei is no exception, and his employment is the same, but Liu Bei does not have many relatives, which is also one of the reasons why Liu Bei failed more and succeeded less in the early days.

According to the usual practice, before leaving, Liu Bei and Sun Jian first jointly wrote a text to spread to the princes of the four directions of the world.

In the text, Liu Bei and Sun Jian said that Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, killed the people without permission, was angry and resentful, and the Son of Heaven moved westward, so Sun Jian and Liu Bei rebelled again, fought against Dong for the second time, first recovered Luoyang, and then took Chang'an, welcomed the return of the Son of Heaven to the east, revitalized the court, and rejuvenated the Han Dynasty.

Then in the text, he made a strategic deception, saying that he would unite with Yuan Shu, go to Luyang first, and then join forces with Yuan Shu to jointly send troops to defeat Dong Zhuo.

In the end, the princes of the Quartet were invited, and all sent troops to help, but naturally there were few responders.

Yuan Shao of Hanoi heard that Liu Bei and Sun Jian had raised troops against Dong again, and they obviously wanted to focus on Yuan Shu, and he couldn't help but be angry. Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are brothers, and then they have never been in harmony, Yuan Shu thinks that Yuan Shao's mother is cheap, but she is a concubine, so she always looks down on Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao has a grudge against this for a long time.

In this crusade against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao was the leader of the coalition against Dong Zhuo, but from last year to now, Yuan Shao has been retreating in Hanoi, and was attacked by Dong Zhuo, losing his troops and losing his generals. On the contrary, it was Yuan Shu, with the help of Sun Jian, although he was defeated, he was defeated again and again, and repeatedly raised troops to fight against Dong, and the limelight was unmatched for a while, overshadowing Yuan Shao.

However, Yuan Shao's mood is invisible, and outsiders can't see anything.

And at this time, Yuan Shao didn't have time to take care of Liu Bei and Sun Jian's affairs, Jizhou Mu Hanfu repeatedly withheld Yuan Shao's military rations, wanting Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses to disperse without food, and Yuan Shao was resentful. He discussed the matter with his confidants, and Nanyang Ren Ji said to Yuan Shao: "The general wants to achieve great things, but now he has to rely on others to breathe and rely on the grain and grass provided by others!" If you can't occupy a large state, it will be difficult to protect yourself. ”

Guo Tu also said: "Dong thief is just a disease of ringworm and scabies, and Jizhou is a problem of henchmen." Dong thief has no way, although his army is strong, but sooner or later it will die, there is no need to be afraid. If the general can get Jizhou, raise the people of Hebei, and go south to attack the thief, why worry about the injustice of the Dong thief, the Han family is not prosperous, and the industry of Heng and Wen is also. ”

Yuan Shao said helplessly: "The soldiers of Jizhou are strong and strong, and our army is short of food and grass, and the soldiers can't even eat enough. ”

Xiao Ji smiled and said to Yuan Shao: "The general can rest assured. Han Fu is a useless person, we don't need to attack, we just need to use a little trick. It is set to let Han Fu give Jizhou to the general! ”

Yuan Shao asked, "Will Ji be released?" ”

Xiao Ji said: "The general can make an appointment with Gongsun Zhan, lead him to raise troops south, attack Jizhou, and after the agreement is completed, he will divide Jizhou equally with Gongsun Zhan." Gongsun Chan will definitely raise troops to come, Gongsun Chan has always been good at fighting, Han Fubi

However, it is not an opponent. When the time comes, as long as the general sends an envoy to tell Han Fuchen about the benefits, Han Fu will inevitably give way to the general. The general can occupy his position. ”

Xu You said: "It's really a clever plan, but the more at this time, the more the general must not lose the hope of the world, or should respond to Sun and Liu and send troops to fight Dong." ”

As a result, Yuan Shao also sent 5,000 troops, but he only stationed troops in Hanoi to deter Luoyang, and did not take further action.

Sun Jian first ordered his nephew Sun Ben to lead 1,000 men and horses, 5,000 people, with great fanfare, under the banner of Sun Jian, pretending that Sun Jian personally led the troops, and set off to attack Yique Pass.

Sun and Liu led the army and went straight to Taigu Pass, with Sun Jian personally in front and Liu Bei in the back.