As he was talking, the scout came to report that there was a group of about 10,000 foot soldiers who had bypassed his camp ten miles away, and he didn't know what he wanted.

When the generals heard this, their expressions were different.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun wanted to speak, but were stopped by Lu Bu. Lu Bu asserted: "This must allow Chu and Cao Cao to suspect the tactics of the soldiers, don't pay attention to it!" ”

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun looked at each other and remained silent.

After dismissing the generals, Lu Bu paced back and forth in the tent, and after a long time, Fang made up his mind, called a doorman, and instructed him to catch a knife and write a war report to Luoyang.

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Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo received the battle report from Yique and Ohtani, and frowned and was silent. He regretted it very much at this time, when he assigned Lu Bu and Hu Zhen to guard the two passes of Yique and Dagu together, Jia Xu, Li Ru and other advisers had advised him not to do this, but he did not listen.

Lu Bu and Hu Zhen do not agree, and Dong Zhuo is clear. Although it is clear, Dong Zhuo also has his own considerations. The elite soldiers of the state are incomparably elite, Lu Bu is brave and good at fighting, and Hu Zhen is his minister of the humerus, there is a contradiction between the two, and it is very difficult for him to be caught in the middle, so he came up with this method that is not a way - I hope that the two can fight the same enemy in the war and turn the war into a jade silk.

However, judging from the war report sent over, not only did the two not turn the war into a jade silk through the war, but on the contrary, the contradiction became more intensified.

There are two war reports, one from Lu Bu and one from Hu Zhen, Lu Bu's arrival is the first, and Hu Zhen's is delivered half a day later.

Li Ru and Jia Xu stood in the hall, each bowing their heads in thought. Although Hu Zhen and Lu Bu have never dealt with each other, they never thought that the two would actually 'lose'.

Lü Bu's battle report said: Hu Zhen's troops went out of Yique Pass, attacked Sun Jian's troops in the west to attack Dagu Pass, and ordered Lü Bu to garrison between the two passes to block Xu Chu and Cao Cao, in case the two of them supported Sun Jian. And Lu Bu broke Cao Cao first, killed more than 1,000 foot soldiers, and then fought Xu Chu, gaining a slight upper hand, but he was unable to break it. In the end, Lu Bu talked about Hu Zhen's arrangement, and bluntly said that Hu Zhen was not good at the enemy, which caused him to suffer heavy losses.

Hu Zhen's battle report was similar to Lü Bu at first, but after saying that he was attacked by Cao Cao from the rear, he complained to Dong Zhuo, saying that Lü Bu deliberately let Cao Cao over, causing him to be attacked from both sides, and he had to retreat to Dagu Pass.

Regarding the details of the battle, Hu Zhen and Lu Bu both described it in great detail, and Lu Bu didn't need to say much, Hu Zhen had also experienced several bloody battles here.

However, it is said that Hu Zhen did not take all the defenders out when he left the pass, but left 5,000 people to prevent Xu Chu and Cao Cao from sneaking up on Yique Pass, and took 15,000 people to Dagu Pass to meet Sun Jian.

Hu Zhen's infantry and cavalry were half each, compared to Sun Jian's 20,000 cavalry, which was only 3,000 cavalry, which should have a big advantage. Because of this, after Hu Zhen learned that Sun Jian was attacking Dagu Pass, he immediately led the cavalry to gallop, and then learned that Sun Jian's troops were divided into two places, one in the southeast of Dagu and the other in front of the pass, all of which were foot soldiers, and no cavalry was seen.

Hu Zhen is also an old general, knowing that Sun Jian's infantry is just a false move, and the real killing move is still on his cavalry, so he sent Hua Xiong to lead a thousand cavalry to attack the infantry formation, and after Hua Xiong, he sent two partial generals to each rate 500 cavalry to respond. I took the main force and rode quietly to see what happened.

Sure enough, after Huaxiong stormed the infantry formation, Sun Jian's cavalry came out of the nearby forest, and Hu Zhen made the general's infantry advance and personally led the cavalry to intercept Sun Jian. Hu Zhen's intention was that he thought that his Xiliang cavalry was far superior to Sun Jian's combat effectiveness, so he thought that he would lead the cavalry to defeat Sun Jian's cavalry, and then attack Sun Jian's infantry with Hua Xiong.

It's just that he didn't expect Sun Jian to be extremely brave, and Hu Zhen fought with him for a long time and couldn't break it, so he immediately adjusted his strategy and divided half of his cavalry to block Sun Jian, and the other half went directly to support Huaxiong.

The final result was that the two armies fought for a long time, and there were casualties on each other, but neither of them was injured, and at noon, they retreated. Just when Hu Zhen was resting his troops and horses, a force of more than 10,000 people somehow rushed out from behind him to sneak attack, and the army was suddenly in turmoil. Over there, Sun Jian heard the movement, and hurriedly organized the army to fight, so Hu Zhen had no choice but to send cavalry to garrison the large camp a few miles away from the pass, and ordered the foot soldiers to retreat into the Dagu Pass.

As for Lu Bu, after hearing that Hu Zhen had retreated and held on, he also retreated to a few miles near Yique Pass.

At the same time, what deserves Dong Zhuo's attention is not only the intensification of the contradictions between Lu Bu and Hu Zhen, but also the praise of Xu Chu and Sun Jian by the two respectively.

Lu Bu said: "Xu Chu and Cao Cao are good at fighting, and there are many warriors under their command, such as Guan Yu, Dian Wei, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren, and they are not easy people. ”

Hu Zhen said: "Sun Jian fierce eagle, Jiangdong Tiger is worthy of its name, and its tiger ministers Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, etc. are all the choice of the moment, as Xiangguo said, not to be underestimated. ”

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Li Ru glanced at Dong Zhuo, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, and tried to ask: "Xiangguo, do you want to continue to send heavy troops to the two passes to garrison?" ”

Dong Zhuo raised his eyelids and said: "No, Xu Chu, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others, named Kuang Fu Dahan, are actually harboring selfish intentions, as long as the news of Yuan Shao's defeat arrives, they will retreat." ”

"The matter of the second general Hu and Lu ......"

Dong Zhuo said in annoyance: "Pass on my hand, Lu Bu will stick to Yique Pass, and Hu Zhen will stick to Dagu Pass!" After finishing speaking, he was still insufficient, and continued to order: "Order Xu Rong and Li Meng to lead light cavalry to aid Dagu and cooperate with Hu Zhen to fight!" ”

Let Lu Bu stick to it, that is, he will not be allowed to go out of the battle again; Sending Xu Rong and Hu Zhen to fight together, they wanted to take the direction of Otani as the main force of the attack.

When Li Ru heard this, he withdrew from the hall and went to give orders to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuomu sent Li Ru out and sighed to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, I regret not listening to your words!" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Xiangguo doesn't have to worry, the good news from General Niu's side should arrive soon, first General Xu defeated Bao Xin in Xingyang, and then General Niu defeated Wang Kuang, Chun Yuqiong in Mengjin, Heyangjin, Xu Chu and others will flee south in a hurry when they hear the news." At that time, generals Lu and Hu Er led the cavalry to pursue, and they will surely win a great victory. ”

Dong Zhuo nodded, and suddenly said: "Today, the son has arrived in Chang'an, but there are still many officials who are unwilling to leave Luoyang, Wenhe, you give me an order, and order Dong Min to take the armor to the Taifu Mansion and kill Yuan Kui!" ”

Jia Xu's heart was cold, he moved his lips, and finally only spit out one word, "Oh." ”

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After Lu Bu and Hu Zhen returned to guard the pass, Sun Jian rushed to Xu Chu and Cao Cao's army.

In the big battle in the past few days, Xu Chu and Cao Cao suffered heavy losses, and Sun Jian did not get much better. Sun Jian was brave by nature, before Xu Chu took the lead in Liang County, he had already held his breath in his heart, so as soon as he arrived at Dagu Pass, he took a short rest, and ordered Huang Gai and Sun Ben to attack Dagu Pass. Attacking Xiongguan, the damage will be great, this will lose many elites, and when Hu Zhen came, Sun Jian fought with it, and lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Fortunately, Xu Chu and Cao Cao arrived in time to relieve the siege, otherwise Sun Jian would be difficult to ride a tiger, and it would not only be these losses now.

Sun Jian was very curious about how Xu Chu and Cao Cao bypassed Lu Bu's military camp to sneak attack Hu Zhen. Lu Bu's name as a flying general and the elite daring of the state soldiers are familiar to Sun Jian, who has been fighting abroad all year round. After Lu and Hu retreated, Sun Jian came to Xu Chu and Cao Cao in a hurry, firstly to express his gratitude, and secondly, to know how they attacked Hu Zhen.