The distance between Taigu Pass and Luoyang is only fifty miles, according to the modern metric system, but more than twenty kilometers, even in ancient times when the transportation was inconvenient, it can be said to be instantaneous.

In this case, between Sun, Liu Lianjun and Dong Zhuo, they pay more attention to the opponent's intelligence, otherwise, a negligence, maybe the enemy will not know about it when he hits the camp gate.

And to control the battlefield and collect intelligence, the most important thing is to have a cavalry with strong combat effectiveness.

In this regard, Dong Zhuo has considerable advantages, and both Liangzhou and Liangzhou are border areas, and both belong to the combination of animal husbandry and planting economy. Because of the existence of animal husbandry, there are many horses, many horses, and there are many people who can ride horses, and because it is a border land, there are often Hu people who come to rob, and everyone dares to fight, so there are many cavalry, and the cool border land has always been a place for fine riding.

Who knows, as soon as the battle started, the results of the two sides were surprising, it was actually the cavalry of the combined army of Sun and Liu who won a complete victory, completely overpowering Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army.

Knowing the results of the battle, Sun Jian and Liu Bei were both surprised and delighted, Sun Jian said: "I expect that the Xiliang Army is all tiger and wolf, and if they have lived in the ruins of Luoyang for a long time, they will not be at ease, and they don't want to be disheartened here." The Xiliang Army has always been dominated by cavalry, and now it is unexpectedly defeated by our Jiangdong children, and Xuande's Qingzhou cavalry, it can be seen that its soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they are tired of war and want to return, and our army will win. ”

Liu Bei also said: "Our army will rest for one night, and set off tomorrow morning, send troops to attack Dong Thief, and a big victory can be expected." ”

After that, Liu Bei habitually looked at Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai arched his hand and said: "Lord, General Sun, the so-called opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, the thief is in the present dynasty, when the army is quickly launched to attack the thief, do not hesitate." ”

Liu Bei was slightly stunned when he heard this, but Liu Bei knew that he couldn't fight, and he was right when he heard the drama Zhicai, so he immediately ordered: "Pass the order, all departments quickly reorganize the troops, listen to our military orders, and set off immediately." ”

After passing the order, Liu Bei asked Xi Zhicai: "May I ask sir, why do you want to raise troops quickly." ”

Sun Jian also turned his head to look over, and Xi Zhi saw that Liu Bei was going to send troops without asking the reason, and then asked himself, and a feeling of "death for the confidant of the soldier" suddenly rose in his heart, and said: "The Xiliang Army is known as the 'Iron Cavalry', and it has always been dominated by cavalry, but now it is unexpectedly defeated by our cavalry, which shows that its morale is low and the army has no fighting spirit. Dong thief general, experienced in a hundred battles, at this time, when rushing to attack it, can not do more delays, in order to avoid Dong thief to use heavy rewards and other means to motivate the army, then it will not be beautiful. ”

Liu Bei said: "If it is not for Qing's words, I really don't understand. ”

Sun Jian also said: "If it weren't for Mr. Xi's words, I almost missed a big thing." ”

Since Liu Bei and Sun Jian agreed on the same opinion, they ordered the three armies not to rest again, and ordered all units to have dinner, and then rest for half an hour and for a while, they would march overnight.

When the Qingzhou army heard Liu Bei's order to set off overnight to attack Dong Zhuo, they immediately let out a burst of cheers. Liu Bei and Sun Jian, each of whom left a part of the men and horses, guarded the baggage in the Taigu Pass, and the two personally led the main force to attack Luoyang.

"Xiangguo, Sun Jian, Liu Bei, and the two thieves, marched overnight, and now you can see the torches in the distance."

Seeing Sun and Liu, they marched overnight, and there were detectives who rode detective horses, and they saw it clearly, so they hurriedly flew horses to report to Dong Zhuo.

"What, these two people, these two people, aren't they afraid of encountering an ambush, I knew that Sun Jian was so reckless, so I ambushed a group of soldiers and horses and killed ...... at night"

Hearing the report from the detective cavalry, Dong Zhuo was taken aback, and then smiled bitterly, his men and horses were demoralized, how could they fight at night, they were afraid that when the time came, they would not be able to control the army, and when the time came, they would escape by night, which would be self-defeating.

Sun Jian and Liu Bei, who dared to march at night, of course, were not reckless by nature, Sun Jian may be brave, courage is another way of saying recklessness, Liu Bei is very afraid of death. It was the cavalry detectives sent by the two of them who had already controlled the plain between Taigu Pass and Luoyang, so they dared to march overnight, and wanted to catch Dong Zhuo off guard.

"Order, rectify the people, send troops in Tianming, and fight to the death with Sun and Liu."

At dawn, Luoyang is in sight. Generals at all levels came one after another, asking for the troops to be repaired. Liu Bei was about to agree, thought about it, and asked Xi Zhicai again: "Luoyang again, it is likely to be a battle with Dong Thief, our army has been marching all night, people are sleepy and tired, now before the battle, let the troops trim, eat some breakfast, recover their strength, and then fight with Dong Thief, I don't know if Mr. thinks it is okay." ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Our army marched overnight, unexpectedly, unprepared, as if the divine soldiers descended from the sky, and the thieves were frightened. ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei also understood, not to mention anything else, relying on the Sun-Liu coalition army alone, coming at night, this momentum of eagerness to fight had completely overwhelmed Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army. At that moment, Sun Jian and Liu Bei both gave orders and said: "Pass my order, all armies will satisfy their hunger with dry food, storm Dong thief, and destroy this dynasty food." ”

Knowing that the combined forces of Sun and Liu had arrived, Dong Zhuo hurriedly ordered all armies to leave the camp and send troops to meet the enemy.

With the help of several personal soldiers, Dong Zhuo put on a heavy armor, Dong Zhuo was born as a military general who had experienced a hundred battles, and knew that kind of gorgeous but not strong armor was worn on weekdays, and it was just a matter of putting on a show, and it was not okay to go to the battlefield. Not only is the defense poor, but it is also easy to be regarded as the main target by the enemy.

A horseman had already brought a BMW with a shoulder height of more than seven feet and three inches, Dong Zhuo was more than eight feet tall, and he was born obese, coupled with heavy armor, ordinary horses could not drag him at all.

Seeing that the horse was led, Dong Zhuo was wearing heavy armor, and he was about to get on the horse with his legs raised.

However, when Dong Zhuo wanted to get on the horse, he couldn't step on the horse in one fell swoop, there were no stirrups in this era, only those cavalry with poor equestrian skills would install a unilateral stirrup on the side of the horse to prevent himself from getting on and off the horse.

Dong Zhuo is a fierce general of Xiliang, superb riding skills, able to wear a double-belt suit, open a bow left and right, bow horse riding and shooting is his ability to watch the house, is a child who has been practiced in a small way, when he wants to get on the horse, he will fly on the horse directly, and naturally he will not press a unilateral stirrup on the horse.

Who knows, more than a year, nearly two years of life in Luoyang, has actually worn Dong Zhuo into this, this is also Dong Zhuo's age, slackened, and immediately regressed a lot. Even a simple act of getting on the horse is so difficult now.

Fortunately, Dong Zhuo's groom was clever, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Please Xiangguo get on the horse." ”

Dong Zhuo stepped on the back of the groom and climbed onto the war horse.

It was so difficult to see Dong Zhuo's last war horse, and when he saw him left and right, he lost his color.

Dong Zhuo can have today's status, inseparable from his bravery, at the beginning Dong Zhuo was also able to double-belt sheath clothes, gallop left and right, can use eight horse lances on the horse, and can use a seven-foot broadsword to get off the horse, but now it is so laborious to even get on the horse. Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and the years are really a knife to kill pigs.

With a force on his legs and a war horse, Dong Zhuo found that on his inner thighs, at some point, a lot of fat had grown, and it was very difficult to pick up the horse. This is also Dong Zhuo's failure to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", otherwise he would definitely sigh that he would have been revived.

Dong Zhuo raised his head and put on a "confident" look, and the generals around him also had extremely calm expressions. Dong Zhuo stood on the horse, waved his hand vigorously, and said: "Beat the drum, send troops, and fight the thief." ”

The generals answered with a loud voice and took the command.

Dong Zhuo subconsciously looked at the back of his hand, which was a pair of hands that could open a hard bow and shoot a tiger, although it was fat, it was strong and powerful.

Now, a yellow-brown spot appeared on the hands, and it was an age spot.

"Alas, it's old, it's old, Xiangguo is old, Xiangguo is really old, really old."

Although no one saw the age spots on Dong Zhuo's hands, the generals still felt that Dong Zhuo was old, but no one said this, but everyone sighed in their hearts.

Among these generals, either the descendants of the Xiliang Army who followed Dong Zhuo in the southern expedition to the north and broke the army and killed the generals, or generals such as Lu Bu who took refuge in Dong Zhuo.

But no matter which one it is, whether it is a descendant general or a general who later took refuge, they are all people who link their own future and destiny with Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo is in one day, it is a good shade under the big tree, once Dong Zhuo has three long and two short, that is, the tree is down.

What's even worse is that the sons in front of Dong Zhuo all died early without exception, and none of them survived adulthood, although Dong Zhuo was old and strong, and since he entered Luoyang, he gave birth to several sons, but these sons are all babies in his arms. It will take at least 20 years before you can inherit the family business.

In classical times, it was an extremely important matter whether a power was stable and whether there were heirs, especially adult heirs. There is no qualified heir, which means that everything in front of you is rootless duckweed, and there is no inheritance. Historically, Liu Bei had no children for a long time, and finally had to adopt his godson to make up the numbers.

Therefore, when Dong Zhuo's subordinates saw Dong Zhuo's old age, everyone was worried and demoralized. As the saying goes, the soul of the soldier and the courage of the soldier, although the generals under Dong Zhuo's command pretended to be casual on the surface, the uneasiness in their hearts was still passed on to the soldiers under his command. The Xiliang Army has been stationed in the deserted Luoyang for more than a year, and the army has no fighting spirit, is tired of war, and is affected by the emotions of the generals, and its morale is even more low.

Dong Zhuo has experienced a hundred battles and has extremely rich battlefield experience, and the soldiers under his command are restless and demoralized, which he can naturally see. He couldn't help but feel a little remorse in his heart, thinking that there were many cavalry under his command, which was conducive to attacking, but not conducive to defense, and conducive to field battles, but not conducive to defending the city.

Only then did he think about taking the initiative, but now it seems that the morale of the men and horses under his command is low, and it seems that it is not a good way to take the initiative. It's just that at this time, Dong Zhuo can't turn around and go back, and then bring the army back to the camp to hold on, if it really is like that, I'm afraid that the people under Dong Zhuo's command will scatter in a hurry.

At this time, the combined forces of Sun and Liu had already arrived.