In Luoyang, Dong Zhuo had already begun to lay out, preparing to cut off a group of disgruntled scholars before leaving, and the Kwantung princes, in order to disperse Dong Zhuo's forces, it took nearly half a month to redeploy.

Ye Zhao set up a camp outside Xuanyuan Pass, and set up ten towers at a distance of about one hundred and twenty cloths in front of the pass, each tower assumed a trebuchet, ordered a battalion of soldiers to guard, and set up roadblocks on the main roads around Xuanyuan Pass, during the war, no one was allowed to enter or leave unless the soldiers of the coalition army.

looked like he was ready to attack at any time, but for three consecutive days, Ye Zhao did not really attack except for ordering people to go to the gate every day to call for battle.

"Why is Xiu Ming so reluctant to attack?" On this day, Kong Rong finally couldn't help it and came to Ye Zhao to ask the reason.

"Wen Jugong, it's not that I don't fight, it's just that the Xuanyuan Pass guard will not fight, if it is attacked, the loss will be huge." Ye Zhao looked at Kong Rong helplessly, sometimes, he would rather intrigue with those people who are full of bad stomachs, rather than communicate with a pure nerd like Kong Rong.

Don't look at Cai Yong and Kong Rong are both great Confucians, but great Confucianism does not mean that they are all nerds, like Cai Yong, who has been up and down in officialdom all his life, well-informed, although he respects the learning and self-cultivation of saints, but he will not detain the reason with others, and he also understands the sophistication of people.

After being a sage, with the great prosperity of Confucianism, the Confucian family has a unique position in Shilin, and it is not an exaggeration to say that as long as the world is still respected by Confucianism, even if it is a change of dynasty, such a family will not be destroyed.

In the peaceful era, even if no one in the Kong family came out for three generations, it would not affect their status, and even local officials had to be polite, and it was in such an environment that they grew up, Kong Rong was educated Ye Zhao estimated that even if he was not worse than Cai Yong, but in terms of emotional intelligence in this world, the ten Kong Rong combined were not as good as Cai Yong.

In the coalition army, he remained neutral, and even more friendly with Ye Zhao, but on these issues of principle, Kong Rong would not back down, Yuan Shao sent Kong Rong, it is estimated that in addition to letting Kong Rong look at Ye Zhao, it is estimated that there is also a reason why he does not want to face this old pedant, which is more uncomfortable than sending henchmen to monitor.

The people sent by Yuan Shao were not happy that Ye Zhao could cut them directly, but Kong Rong couldn't, he was not recognized by the family now does not mean that he was completely on the opposite side of the scholars, Ye Zhao, who had been in this circle for a while, knew very well that these scholars were more realistic than anyone else, as long as he showed enough background and means, for the interests of the family, the family would have to give in to him, but if Kong Rong was killed...... Then wait for the scholars to attack, unless he is already in a dominant position, has a solid foundation, and can make decisions independently, otherwise people like Kong Rong can only hold back if they are not used to it.

"Does Wen Jugong know how many defenders there are in this Xuanyuan Pass?" Ye Zhao saw that Kong Rong was still frowning, and asked helplessly.

"Not more than five thousand!" Kong Rong looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously, there are channels in the coalition army to collect information on Luoyang, these days, Dong Zhuo's troop deployment has basically been sent, but this kind of information, half of the intelligent letter, since Li Ru has already taken precautions, how can he let those people in Luoyang find out that they are really deployed.

"Wen Jugong is dedicated to studying and learning, and he doesn't understand the art of war." Ye Zhao took Kong Rong to Xuanyuan Pass together, pointed to Xuanyuan Pass and said: "The general information may have been deliberately given to us by the enemy, the purpose is to induce us to act according to his intentions. ”

Ye Zhao pointed to the city wall and said: "Although Xuanyuan Pass is not as majestic as Tiger Prison and Yique, it is also one of the three passes in Luoyang, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is only a horizontal 100 steps in front of the pass, and there are only 3500 longitudinal steps to use soldiers, and the strength of our army to put into the battlefield at one time, more than 2,000 is redundant!" ”

"Speaking of troops, the information can not be trusted, generally understand some of the art of war in the case of sufficient troops, the troops will be stationed separately, or divided into two or even three batches, stationed in turns, and then at this moment, the troops, Xuanyuan Pass is fifty zhang wide, about five zhang thick, now there are three people guarding each zhang, there will be barracks in the rear, in wartime, according to the scale of Xuanyuan Pass, generally every ten zhang there is a team of men and horses or rest or patrol, carry materials, this city wall alone, there are four hundred people stationed, there are troops patrolling in the city, At least one school of men and horses must be ready to fight at any time, and the inner city walls also need to be guarded, although there are not as many people as here, there are nearly 3,000 of them alone! ”

Ye Zhao looked at Kong Rong helplessly and said: "Even if the guards divide the men and horses into two batches, there are six thousand people, and if it is three batches, it will be nearly ten thousand." ”

"My soldiers and horses, there are 3,000 stationed in Xingyang, 7,000 are responsible for transporting grain and grass to the military superintendents, there are only 10,000 people here, and the soldiers and horses under the Wenju public account, in my opinion, are only 5,000, how to attack?" Ye Zhao looked at Kong Rongdao.

The terrain in front of Xuanyuan Pass, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses are considered a waste, but 2,000 people want to attack the city wall, with the opponent's armament, it is impossible to break through, and Ye Zhao will definitely not do it, it can be said that if you only defend and do not attack, this Xuanyuan Pass is more disgusting than the Tiger Pass, at least the Tiger Pass is large enough for the coalition army to deploy.

"I have heard that Xiu Ming used soldiers like a god, in the past, when he fought the Yellow Turbans, he defeated hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans with thousands of people, why ...... now" Kong Rong looked at Ye Zhao puzzled.

There is no way, Ye Zhao is known as a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and he has a remarkable record, breaking 100,000 thousands, and the former soldiers and saints did not have such brilliant results.

"The Yellow Turban Army's orders are unknown, the orders are inconsistent, the soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers, many generals don't even understand the flags, drums, and orders, and they don't even know how many people they have, and the Yellow Turban Army itself, in the final analysis, is just a group of people, just break through the weakness in their hearts, more people are not only not an advantage, but also may be chaotic, now we are not in front of the Yellow Turban Army, but a well-trained, Xiliang Jian who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, how can we talk about the same day?" Ye Zhao smiled bitterly, in fact, if it weren't for the intrigue of various forces at the beginning, how could he be on his turn with such a contribution?

"Then I'm going to do nothing?" Kong Rong frowned.

"Of course not, in fact, we are here, whether we are attacking the city or not, Dong Zhuo must allocate a lot of troops to guard you and me, and the same is true for Yique Pass, in this way, the pressure in the direction of Tiger Prison Pass will be greatly reduced, of course, if the defenders in the city are willing to go out of the city to fight, it will be better!" Ye Zhao said with a smile, if the Xuanyuan guards would not know whether to live or die, he would not mind cleaning it up, although the merits were no longer of much use to him now, but at least he could gain prestige.

"There is Xiuming here, I'm afraid that the thief army will not dare to go out of the city." Kong Rong smiled bitterly: "I regret that I shouldn't listen to Xiuming's plan." ”

It turned out that as early as when he came, Ye Zhao proposed to Kong Rong to let Kong Rong come to set up a village first, and then Ye Zhao came by a detour, if he could lure out the enemy troops in Guanzhong, he could annihilate a group outside the pass.

It's a pity that Kong Rong had already been entrusted by Yuan Shao before he came, and he couldn't let Ye Zhao leave his sight, so he let go of an opportunity in vain, even if Ye Zhao left at this moment, I'm afraid that the guards in Guanzhong might not dare to come out, after all, Ye Zhao's biggest impression is not that he can fight tough battles, but that he is cunning and makes good use of tactics to break the enemy.

There were some complaints in his heart that Yuan Shao was too careful, if it weren't for that, he might have won this Xuanyuan Pass at this moment.

"Therefore, you and I are here to make a full stance, attracting more Xiliang troops to come here, which is the greatest credit!" Ye Zhao smiled and said to Kong Rong.

"Just according to Xiuming's words!" Kong Rong sighed helplessly, nodded goodbye to Ye Zhao, and went straight back to his camp.

Finally sent away!

Watching Kong Rong leave, Ye Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, Xuanyuan Pass is not easy to fight, but if he is really determined to fight, it is not impossible to break through, but there must be a lot of soldiers and horses, Ye Zhao never thought of breaking soldiers and horses here, making wedding dresses for others, it has been decided before that if the Xiliang army is out of the pass, he will fight, if he does not go out, he will definitely not take the initiative to attack the city.

Fortunately, Kong Rong is not familiar with military affairs, otherwise, this level is really difficult, now, after solving Kong Rong's problem, Ye Zhao can play soy sauce here in a grand manner.