Sun Jian made up his mind to face Lu Bu, but Sun Jian still attached great importance to Lu Bu, and did not despise him because he had tens of thousands of troops, and Lu Bu only had thousands of cavalry, but planned very carefully.

Sun Jian first sent 5,000 troops, led by Wu Jing, to feint to attack Taigu Pass, so as to attract Lu Bu over. When Lu Bu sent troops to rescue, Cheng Pu commanded 10,000 soldiers to block Lu Bu, and when Lu Bu was deep in the formation and lost his spirit, Sun Jian personally led the elite soldiers to attack Lu Bu from the flank.

Sun Jian chose the battlefield on a relatively flat land outside Taigu Pass, which was the only place for Lu Bu to rush to the aid of Taigu Pass. Sun Jian ordered Cheng Pu to lead 10,000 foot soldiers to set up a formation here, and he led thousands of elite soldiers to ambush in the forest on one side. It's not that Sun Jian doesn't want to send more troops, it's that Sun Jian's soldiers still have them, but the battlefield is so big that there are too many to open. The rest of the soldiers and horses were left behind, holding down the position.

Sun Jian gave an order, Wu Jing led 5,000 soldiers and horses, and entered the front feint of Taigu Pass, although it was a feint, but it was also a real attack with real swords and guns, otherwise it would not be able to deceive the defenders of Guanzhong.

The mobilization of 20,000 horses and horses is really not small, and finally Sun Jian's department is well-trained, and all the generals under his command are all talented generals, so it took more than half an hour for the formation to be completed.

Such a mobilization of troops and horses naturally cannot be concealed from Lu Bu. Ascending the Guancheng, Lu Bu set up a pergola with his hand, climbed high and looked into the distance, and saw the smoke and dust in front of the pass, Lu Bu pointed with his hand and said with a smile: "How big is Taigu Pass, if you want to attack, you can't use so many soldiers and horses, it must be Sun Wentai who pretends to tackle key problems, but he wants to transfer me out of the city and fight with him in the field." is a good Sun Wentai, but he is confident. ”

When Lu Bu's generals heard this, they all laughed. Most of the generals under Lü Bu were from Bingzhou, and a small half were from Hanoi, which was recruited by Ding Yuan when he was the lieutenant of Wumeng and stationed in Hanoi.

Bingzhou and Liangzhou are located in the same borderland, adjacent to the Xiongnu, Xianbei and other grassland alien races, and the people of Liangzhou are the same, they are fighting against the barbarians all the year round, everyone is brave and brave, even women can shoot bows and arrows, go into battle to kill the enemy, and the soldiers of Liangzhou have always been called together with Liangzhou soldiers, called "and Liangjin soldiers".

The so-called elite soldiers in the world come out of three sides, and the three sides are Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou, which are bordering different races in the grassland and have a strong atmosphere of war. Except for a few places in the interior such as Danyang and Taishan, where there are few poor mountains and bad waters, the combat effectiveness of a single round of individuals cannot catch up with these elite soldiers on the three sides who have been fighting against foreign enemies all year round.

Even in Bingzhou, this kind of place dedicated to warriors, Lu Bu is also a warrior who is famous for his bravery, and is known as a "flying general". Lu Bu himself is also proud of his own bravery, and does not take Sun Jian in his eyes, seeing Sun Jian's big move, Lu Bu smiled and said: "Since Sun Wentai wants to fight with me, how can I refuse to see it, come here, order all the soldiers and horses, and go to battle with me, so that Sun Jian can see how powerful our heroes are in the state." ”

Lu Bu expressed his contempt for Sun Jian, his subordinates naturally had fun, and Lu Bu's subordinates were indeed brave generals, such as Gao Shun, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Hao Meng, Cao Xing and others, all of whom had the courage of ten thousand people.

In history, Lu Bu took so many dozens of people to attack Zhang Yan's tens of thousands of horses in the Montenegrin Army, and beat Zhang Yan all over the ground to find teeth, which shows his bravery.

Wei Xu is Lu Bu's brother-in-law, the two have an in-law, Wei Xu is Lu Bu's most trusted person, Lu Bu often hands over Gao Shun's men and horses to him to lead, and only in wartime, will he be handed over to Gao Shun to command.

Because Wei Xu is Lu Bu's brother-in-law, he is also the first to shoot on the back, seeing that the generals laughed for a while, and after slowly stopping their smiles, Wei continued to say: "Sun Jian, I have also heard of his name, although he is called the 'Jiangdong Tiger', in fact, he is not worthy of the name. It is nothing more than a small thief who was pacified in Changsha, so he was famous, which is really ashamed. In the past, he begged Bian Zhang and Han Sui from Zhang Gong, and he was in the army for several months, but he was beaten by the rebels and lost his armor, and even lost his seal. ”

In fact, according to Lu Bu's heart, he didn't want to go out to fight with Sun Jian, Lu Bu's merger with the state soldiers was his capital to settle down, Dong Zhuo used the means of recognizing Lu Bu as a righteous son to win him over, of course, Dong Zhuo liked Lu Bu Xiaoyong, but also the meaning of winning over the state soldiers. Lu Bu is different from Dong Zhuo, and it is difficult to recruit soldiers, although it cannot be said that one is killed or one less, but it cannot withstand the attrition of the war.

It's just that Lu Bu is now under Dong Zhuo's order to come to the rescue, and he can't sit back and watch Taigu Pass being attacked by Sun Jian and ignore it, so he pretends to talk wildly to boost morale.

Gao Shun saw that Lu Bu had the intention of underestimating the enemy, so he stepped forward and admonished: "I heard that Sun Jian must take the lead in every battle, and he can win the hearts of the people, and the general must not underestimate the enemy." ”

Gao Shun is majestic, innocent and does not drink, among the generals in the world, where is there a general who leads the army and does not drink.

He continued: "Sun Jian's troops have tens of thousands of people, although the general is brave, but the soldiers are only 3,000, and the difference between the enemy and us is huge. And if you don't wait for General Hu Zhen to come, it's not too late to go to war again. ”

When Lu Bu heard this, he was displeased, it was one thing for him to want to preserve his strength, but when Gao Shun said this, he seemed to be afraid of Sun Jian. If Hu Zhen doesn't come, he won't dare to fight.

However, Lu Bu also knew that Gao Shun was a loyal and brave general, so he said: "Most of Sun Jian's men and horses are infantry, and our army is cavalry. Now Liu Bei also brought troops to come, but it was not for a while, our army should take the initiative to attack, first defeat Sun Jian, if not, when Liu Bei comes, the two of them will join forces, the strength will be stronger, our army is small, it is more difficult to win, then the siege of Taigu Pass is insoluble. What's more, we have been under the door of Xiangguo and have been treated favorably by Xiangguo many times, but we have not achieved an inch of success, and we have nothing to repay. The generals of Xiliang have always despised us, and today they want to defeat Sun Jian before Hu Zhen arrives, so as to repay the kindness of the country, so that Hu Zhen's people dare not underestimate us. ”

Lu Bu was in Dong Zhuo's army, just looking at the scenery, but in fact, he was also squeezed out by Dong Zhuo's old Xiliang army, and he was not having a good time. Otherwise, Hu Zhen would not have released his words, saying that he would cut off a green ribbon, but in fact, he was implying that he would behead Lu Bu to rectify military discipline.

Since Lu Bu decided to go to war, there was no reason for his subordinates to stop him, and all the generals shouted for battle, saying: "I am willing to be the vanguard of the general, behead Sun Jian, and dedicate it to the general." ”

Lu Bu pondered for a moment, looked at the generals, and secretly thought to himself, Sun Jian has many soldiers, not to be underestimated, if you want to defeat Sun Jian, you have to use this person, so he ordered: "Gao Shun ......"