The Taigu guards retreated from Yang Ding's burn pass, and hurriedly led his men and horses to flee to Luoyang.

Yang Ding, like Hu Zhen, is a powerful family born in Liangzhou, and is quite famous in Liangzhou.

Therefore, Yang Ding saw that Hu Zhen was killed, and the shock was very great, so he did not dare to resist, burned the pass and retreated, and ran all the way to Luoyang, Yang Ding hurriedly came to see Dong Zhuo.

Hearing that Yang Ding was coming, Dong Zhuo was shocked, and hurriedly summoned him in, and immediately said: "Hu Zhen and Lu Bu are both brave generals under the command of Lonely, and you can also be called a tiger general. ”

After listening to Dong Zhuo's questioning, Yang Ding told Lu Bu and Hu Zhen about it, first saying that Lu Bu went out to fight and fought with Sun Jian, without winning or losing. When Hu Zhen came, the two went to attack Sun Jian's camp, but were defeated by Sun Jian, and on the second day, Liu Bei also led the army to arrive, and brought Hu Zhen's head, he couldn't resist it, so he had to burn the pass and retreat, and ask Xiangguo for forgiveness.

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he couldn't think of a way for a while, so he could only be silent.

Taigu Pass is one of the eight passes in Luoyang, only fifty miles away from the south of Luoyang City, which is not the distance of morning and evening. If according to the standard of Wei Wushu, the armor of the three genera, the crossbow of twelve stones, the negative arrow of fifty, the top of the fight, the crown with the sword, win the food of three days, and the middle of the day and go to a hundred miles. Then one day is enough time to set off from Taigu Pass, go to Luoyang City to fight, and then return to the camp in Taigu Pass. Such an important pass, which was captured by the combined forces of Sun and Liu, caused an unimaginable shock to Dong Zhuo, who was stationed in Luoyang.

After a while, Dong Zhuocai asked again: "Do you know Lu Fengxian's whereabouts?" ”

Yang Ding said: "The whereabouts of the Duting Marquis, the last general really doesn't know. ”

Although Dong Zhuo treats Lu Bu well and wants to "swear to be father and son" with Lu Bu, but also out of the envelope and the state army and the courage of Lu Bu, he doesn't trust Lu Bu very much in his heart, and Yang Ding, who listened to it, didn't know Lu Bu's news, and secretly said in his heart: Since Lu Bu can betray Ding Yuan, he may not be able to betray me, Hu Zhen died in battle, Lu Bu is nowhere to be found, and it is difficult to guarantee that this person will not defect to the Kwantung princes.

Glancing at Yang Ding again, he was angry in his heart, what an important place Taigu Pass was, Yang Ding actually retreated from the pass like this.

It's just that although Dong Zhuo was annoyed that Yang Guan abandoned the pass and fled, Yang Ding was also from Liangzhou, and he had fought hard for himself for many days, so he didn't have much to blame, so he had to say, "You go down and rest first." ”

Yang Ding didn't get up, but said: "General Hu died bravely, and Xiangguo should reward him to inspire the whole army." ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he came to his senses and ordered: "What Qing said is very true, reward Hu Zhen's family with 500 gold and 1 million money." In addition, Hu Zhen's son entered the court and became a Lang official. ”

Yang Ding thanked him and retreated.

Dong Zhuo is a person who has experienced a hundred battles in the end, although he was hit and was a little shocked for a while, but he reacted very quickly, and when Yang Ding went down to rest, he had already made a decision, and immediately ordered left and right: "Quickly send people to the vicinity of Taigu Pass to check the situation." ordered Li Dao to lead his headquarters to Taigu Pass to guard against Sun Jian and Liu Bei's raids, and then send people to investigate Lu Bu's whereabouts. ”

Left and right orders, since someone went out to arrange horse scouting and cavalry, someone went to Li Dao to give an order, ordering him to lead the headquarters of the people and horses to guard the direction of Taigu Pass.

Taigu Pass is only fifty miles away from Luoyang, it was really a surprise attack by Sun Jian and Liu Bei, it is indeed difficult to prevent, Sun and Liu have not fought the idea of raiding Luoyang, but Sun Jian's troops have been fighting for several days, the soldiers and horses are tired, and Liu Bei is unwilling to send troops alone. After the two discussed, they felt that there were not many cavalry in the coalition army, and if they raided Luoyang, they could only lead thousands of cavalry, and it was better to concentrate all their forces, enough tens of thousands of people, and press on it on a large scale, and the chances of victory would be greater.

arranged the matter of guarding Taigu Pass, Dong Zhuo said to the left and right: "I want to do my best, send troops to Taigu Pass, and fight to the death with Sun Jian and Liu Bei, what do you think?" ”

Another person on the seat got up and said, "Xiangguo, this matter is not allowed." ”

When everyone looked, it was Jia Xu.

Jia Xu, the character Wenhe, is a native of Guzang County, Wuwei County, Liangzhou. Jia Xu came from a humble background, and when he was young, he didn't know it, and his name was not important. Later, Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi used Jia Xu as the third duke, because the status of the three dukes was high, and Jia Xu's family was not obvious, Sun Quan also laughed at Cao Pi for not knowing how to use people.

Jia Xu, unlike other lieutenant generals and soldiers of the Xiliang Army, did not follow Dong Zhuo and kill the generals step by step on the battle array, but was first promoted to filial piety, and then entered the court as a Lang official. When Dong Zhuo entered the court, Jia Xu was the Taiwei Peng. After Dong Zhuo became a lieutenant, Jia Xu became Dong Zhuo's staff, and he was a native of Liangzhou with Dong Zhuo, a fellow villager, and a rare resourceful person in Liangzhou. Jia Xu was first appointed as the captain of Pingjin, and then he was appointed as the captain of the school.

Dong Zhuo had always known that Jia Xu was resourceful, and when he saw Jia Xu preventing him from sending troops, he was not angry, but just asked, "Wenhe, do you have any good plans?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Taigu is lost, Luoyang is shaken, Luoyang is north and south, and each has a strong enemy." Yuan Shao according to Hanoi, often with a tiger's eye, Yuan Shu lives in Nanyang, every time he wants to swallow the whale, although the Kwantung coalition army is disbanded, but he is afraid of the military might of Xiangguo, in case of recurrence, he may not be able to go and come back. Sun and Liu coalition army is brave and good at fighting, Sun, Liu two generals are also people who know the soldiers, since the Yuzhou, even the battle and victory, at this time the morale is flourishing, not suitable for the enemy, the country is not as good as Xu Zhi's high-ranking officials Houlu, if you can get Sun, Liu two as wings, why worry about the big thing. ”

Dong Zhuo nodded and said yes, Dong Zhuo's situation at this time can be said to be a joint attack by the world, that is, relying on the reputation of winning a hundred battles to deter the Kwantung princes and make them dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool. Sun Jian and Liu Bei are okay, but tens of thousands of horses, they can always deal with it, in case they are seen as cheap by the Kwantung coalition army, thinking that Dong Zhuo is just like this, and it is not an invincible strong enemy, and they will raise troops again, at that time, the Kwantung princes united with Eryuan and raised hundreds of thousands of troops, but it was just a matter of leisure, just with Luoyang such a lonely city, or a lonely city that burned the ruins, what did Dong Zhuo do to resist.

Jia Xu continued: "Xiangguo, Sun and Liu, they have no grudges, why not use their names to encircle them." Liu Xuande's uncle Cai Gong, Xiangguo also recruited his people into the house, although he did not arrive, how much affection there is, Xiangguo may wish to give Liu Bei a Qingzhou pastor. Sun Wentai's son, it is said that he has grown up, and if Xiangguo is interested, he can be allowed to be a daughter, and he is promised to give Sun Wentai a Yuzhou pastor. In this way, Xiangguo not only gave kindness to Sun and Liu, but also gave high-ranking officials Houlu, perhaps accepting the two for Xiangguo's use. ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he was also moved, he had used his official position to win over famous people in the world, but now he used his official position to win over Sun Jian and Liu Bei, and it was no different.

When he ordered someone to write a holy decree, he sent Li Dao to meet Sun Jian and Liu Bei to discuss the matter of peace between the two sides.