Chapter 474: Tiger Prison Pass
"No!"
Han Fu and others received the order.
"Ladies and gentlemen, not far from the northwest is Chenggao, take this city, and the army will be strong. Chenggao Castle is easier to conquer than the revolving door. Tiger Prison Pass is the last line of defense in Luoyang City, and if you break the Tiger Prison Pass, you will be able to come to Luoyang City. We Chen soldiers are in the revolving door, and Cheng Gao must think that we are being dragged by Huaxiong. Set off now, go to Chenggao City tonight, and it can be broken! This is a plan to attack the west. Who wants to take on this responsibility? ”
Liu Fan brushed his robe and asked the princes from all walks of life.
"Cao Cao is willing to go!"
"Sun Jian is willing to go!"
"Yuan Shao is willing to go!"
As soon as Liu Fan's voice fell, three voices sounded.
"Good! Wait and go. I will lead a large army to test the revolving door. Liu Fan nodded.
"No!"
Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Sun Jian received the order.
"The rest of the princes will join me in opening the camp and closing the revolving gate."
Liu Fan gave the final order.
Liu Fan knew that it was too difficult for the various princes to cheat each other, and it was too difficult to break the revolving gate, not to mention the Tiger Prison.
After the revolving gate is broken, it is necessary to cross two rivers and then cross the Yuyuan Pass.
After passing through the Tiger Prison Pass, more than 200 miles, it is Luoyang.
The camp of Dong Da was opened, and soldiers and horses appeared from all over the country all the way, and the soldiers entered the revolving door.
The momentum is huge, the flag covers the sky and the sun, and there is a great determination to overcome the revolving door in one fell swoop, and then overcome the wheel.
Gongsun Zhan led 3,000 white horses and 10,000 cavalry to pursue the 5,000 Xiliang cavalry who fled to the revolving gate.
Because Dong Yingzhai is too close to the revolving gate. Gongsun Chan also had to transfer troops and send generals, missing the best time to catch up, but he couldn't catch up.
Gongsun Zan had no choice but to follow Xu Huang and Guan Yu to encircle and annihilate the 50,000 Xiliang infantry who had no time to enter the revolving gate.
Yinshan Iron Cavalry and Bai Ma Yicong went into battle together, killing the Xiliang infantry in fear, plus more than 40,000 cavalry, directly formed a defensive line, and intercepted all 50,000 Xiliang infantry.
Zhang Yang, Tao Qian, Liu Dai, and Han Fu led their troops to defeat the Xiliang cavalry together with the Dong cavalry, and most of the Xiliang infantry surrendered to the Dong coalition army.
After the Xiliang cavalry retreated to the revolving gate pass, Li Su, who was guarding the pass, learned the news that Hua Xiong had been killed.
He knew that it would be difficult for the 50,000 infantry who had left the pass to come back.
But the revolving gate pass is a strong fortress built by He Jin with a lot of manpower and material resources, relying on Luoshui exchange, 5,000 soldiers, and it is no problem to hold on for ten days.
However, Li Su immediately wrote an urgent document and heard about Dong Zhuo. Request reinforcements.
It was already dusk when hundreds of thousands of soldiers approached the revolving door.
But Liu Fan did not tackle the problem, but rushed to Chenggao with Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, Bao Xin, Tao Qian, Yuan Yi, Kong Rong, Zhang Yang, and Gongsun Zhan. Will respond to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Sun Jian.
So far, only Han Fu, Liu Dai, Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao, Yuan Shu, and Zhang Yang were left in front of the revolving door.
"It's not good, the traitor is attacking the east and west, and he wants to attack Chenggao."
Li Su stood on top of the pass, looking at the army of Dong Dong who was rushing to the north like a torrent, and let out an exclamation.
He wrote another letter and prepared to send someone to Luoyang.
On the other side, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian took a small road to attack Chenggao.
When the Cheng Gao guard learned that Liu Fan led the army to attack the revolving gate, he relaxed his vigilance.
It's night, sub-hour.
The three selected vanguard elites each have 1,000 people.
One was led by Han Meng, a general under Yuan Shao.
One was led by Cao Cao's subordinate Xiahoudun.
One was led by Sun Jian.
Three elites rushed more than ten miles to the east gate of Chenggao.
By the time the Chenggao defenders found out, it was too late.
The siege ladder hooked the wall, and the three elites took the lead.
In only a quarter of an hour, Sun Jian, Han Meng, and Xiahoudun climbed the city wall and fought with Dong Zhuojun on the city wall.
Half an hour later, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao led the army.
Onslaught, the city is broken!
In the early morning of the next day, the two documents delivered by Li Su were rushed to Luoyang City.
Dong Zhuo was shocked, and hurriedly discussed with his cronies.
The general Huaxiong was beheaded, and the 50,000 army was annihilated. Even if he has a strong family background, he can't withstand such consumption.
"Wenyou! What should the old man do now? Now I'm afraid that Cheng Gao will also fall into the hands of the traitor? This Huaxiong really lived up to my expectations of him. ”
Dong Zhuo slapped the low table three times with both hands, and said angrily.
"I have lost Admiral Huaxiong today, and the thief is huge. Although Liu Fan is the leader of the rebel army, Yuan Shao can also lead the rebel army, Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui, is now Taifu; If the inside should be combined with the outside, it is very inconvenient, and it can be removed first. Please surround his mansion and prevent future troubles. ”
Li Ru used a poisonous trick and said to Dong Zhuo.
"Well, Wen You's words are very true." Dong Zhuo's face turned fierce and nodded. He ordered Li Dao and Guo Yan below: "Lead five hundred iron armor to surround the Taifu Mansion, and infants and children will inevitably be killed."
"No!"
Li Dao and Guo Yan took the order and left.
"The army outside the border will not be distracted. Although there were losses of soldiers and horses, our army still had 200,000 troops. The prime minister went to the front line to encourage morale. Fight to the death against the traitor. ”
Li Ru spoke to Dong Zhuo again.
"Good! The old man is going to kill all these traitors. ”
Dong Zhuo's eyes widened, and his face was hideous.
An hour later, Li Dao and Guo Yan led soldiers and horses to surround Yuan's mansion, and Yuan Kui, the prince, and Yuan Ji, the servant, were beheaded. The old and young of the Yuan family in Luoyang City were all killed.
On that day, Dong Zhuo only left 10,000 soldiers and horses in Luoyang.
Then raise 200,000 troops and divide them into two routes.
rushed all the way to be led by Li Dao and Guo Yan to support the revolving door. Dong Zhuo ordered the two to guard the revolving door, and when the revolving door was broken, they both died.
Dong Zhuo himself personally commanded 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry, and took Lu Bu and his strong generals, Li Ru, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others to guard the tiger prison.
……
Chenggao City, Liu Fan, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other twelve princes met here, with 300,000 soldiers and horses.
"Mengde, Benchu, Wentai, the three generals captured Chenggao, a great achievement. After we raise troops into Luoyang City, we will play tomorrow's son, and we will add officials to you! ”
Liu Fan praised Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Sun Jian.
"Thank you, Alliance Leader!"
The three of them thanked each other.
"Fifty miles away, there is the Tiger Prison Pass. Our 12-way army each went to converge in front of the Tiger Prison Pass and stormed the Tiger Prison. ”
Liu Fan issued a military order again.
Tiger Prison Pass is the most important pass at the eastern gateway of Luoyang, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.
After occupying the Tiger Prison, you can lead your troops straight to Luoyang City.
In ancient times, when King Ji Man of Zhou Mu was hunting in the garden, he ordered his followers to plunder the forest and frighten the beasts, and suddenly saw a tiger wandering among the reeds.
The Son of Heaven is coming, and the Son of Heaven who is dedicated to the Tiger Hunting Tiger is destined for Sheng, and the East of the Animal is for the Tiger Prison.
Hence the name of Tiger Prison.
It is connected to Songyue in the south, the Yellow River in the north, and the mountains are staggered, which is a natural danger. There is a trend of "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open".
The soldiers of the twelve princes forced the tiger to pass the pass, and Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, led the troops to arrive first in order to compete for the credit.
At this time, Dong Zhuo sent Lu Bu as the vanguard, led 3,000 iron cavalry, and had already rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass.
Wang Kuang sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to the tiger prison. Among them, there are 500 strong crossbowmen, who want to break through the tiger prison in one fell swoop.
Suddenly, the tiger prison closed.
There are two more watches in the evening, and it will be very late.
(End of chapter)