For Xu Chu and Cao Cao, Yuyuan Pass is a very headache.

This Xiongguan is close to Yingchuan County, and you can go to attack Yang City and Lunshi when you get out of the pass, and even if you encounter setbacks, you can quickly retreat to the back of the pass, close the door, and slip away. Therefore, Dong Zhuo had previously sent Xu Rong and Li Meng's two generals out of the customs to loot Yangcheng and Lun's clan once. This time is different from the past, and now Hu Zhen is sent out of the pass, obviously because Xu Chu and others have no intention of going north at this time, so they are so relieved and bold to let Lu Bu and Xu Rong, with less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, garrison Yique and Dagu.

As Xi Zhong said, Dong Zhuo does have a capable person around him, a 'poisoner' Jia Xu whose intelligence is not inferior to that of any strategist in the late Han Dynasty.

When he lost the lead, Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Xin Bi, and Yao Sheng immediately went out to ask for guilt, and Yun said, 'I don't expect the enemy to be careful' and so on.

How could Xu Chu blame others for this, he was not Yuan Shao. As the main person in charge of the battle situation of Yingchuan all the way, he is responsible for the guilt of not predicting the enemy, and he is the one who should be held most responsible.

immediately helped Guo Jia and others up one by one.

Wenchen was anxious to take responsibility, and the generals were in a rage.

Gan Ning came out and said angrily: "Although I can't get used to Li Min's rotten Confucianism, Hu Zhen Xiliang actually 'cooked' him, it's too hateful!" Junhou, please order me to wait for Shiyang Zhai to return, go and capture that Hu Zhen, and let the Junhou send it down. ”

The fierce people in the tent, such as Dian Wei, Le Jin, Guan Yu, etc., all came out to ask for battle.

Liu Bei is also among them.

Xu Chu looked at Liu Bei for a few moments, and thought: Chi to help Yang Zhai is definitely going to help, but he just sent a partial division to counterattack Hu Zhen, and the probability of winning is not great, since Liu Bei wants to go, let him eat a few defeats?

With a dark belly in his heart, he asked Ji Ji: "What do you think?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Hu Zhen's soldiers are brave and brave, and there are heroes behind, they can advance or retreat, and it is not easy to win." Jia believes that a partial division can be selected to reinforce Yang Zhai, and the main defense is the main thing. ”

Xi Zhong, Xin Bi, and Yao Sheng all seconded the proposal.

Xu Chu swept his gaze over the generals in the tent, pretending to be in trouble, and said after a long time: "Gan Ning." ”

"In!"

"Liu Bei."

"Ready."

"The two of you will take the department to Yangzhai, and Zhicai, I also want to trouble you to go with you, I'm afraid that Yuan Zhi won't be able to cope with it alone."

General Xu Shu led the replenishment of grain, grass and ordnance in the rear, and also helped Xu Chu take care of the intelligence of the Quartet, which was busy enough.

Xi Zhong then took the order.

Xu Chu immediately issued a military order and wrote a document, but it was based on Xu Shu, the general of the marching division, supplemented by Xi Zhong, the captain of the supervising army, and the military commander of Yang Zhai.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were suddenly anxious, the eldest brother was going to fight on the front line, how could they stay in Liang County, so they applied to go together.

Xu Chu said: Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have been in contact with each other a lot recently, whether in terms of life or other aspects, it seems that Zhang Fei is easier to 'get closer' than Guan Yu.

"Guan and Zhang Erjun are both warriors, Hu Zhen is out of the customs, presumably Lu Bu and Xu Rong will not be without action, and you two are also needed here. But since you said it, I mean, Guan Jun went to Yangzhai with the army, and Zhang Jun stayed to listen to it, how about it? ”

Without waiting for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to speak, Liu Bei said with interest: "Thank you for your kindness." ”

The eldest brother spoke, Zhang Fei was not a stubborn person, so he gave up.

On the other hand, Cao Cao and Sun Jian heard that Yingchuan was in a hurry, and they all sent people over. Sun Jian's troops were stationed in Liang County, Xu Chu was in the east, and he was in the north, so Cheng Pu came quickly.

Cheng Pu brought Sun Jian's message, but it was Sun Jian who asked to fight back and go north.

Going north is naturally to attack Yique and Dagu again, for Sun Jian, attacking instead of defending is secondary, and more importantly, at this time, it will take time for Hu Zhen to return to help, and it is indeed a good time to capture one of the passes of Yique and Datani.

Xu Chu did not agree.

I just fell for Jia Xu's plan, how could I immediately fall for his plan again? Others don't know how powerful Jia Xu is, but Xu Chu knows. Jia Xu's strategy will never be so simple, sending Hu Zhen to attack Yingchuan is only one of the links, leading Xu Chu and others to attack Yique and Dagu, it is very likely that it is also in this person's plan.

Because of this speculation, Xu Chu still felt that it was safe, and if the Lun family and Yangcheng were lost, they would be lost, and they would not hurt their muscles and bones, as long as Yang Zhai did not lose it, he could not move the foundation of him and Cao Cao.

After conveying this intention to Cheng Pu, not long after Cheng Pu left, Cao Ren arrived.

Cao Cao's opinion was similar to Xu Chu's, except that he added: Sun Jian must be persuaded to do so.

Although Cao Cao has known Sun Jian for a short time, after all, he has been in Luoyang for a long time and has a general understanding of Sun Jian's method of using troops. Sun Jian's use of soldiers is aimed at the word 'light and fierce'. Light, I don't like to think about gains and losses; Fierce means indomitable and brave.

That is to say, Sun Jian marched to fight, and he was fierce and fierce, but he lacked a little resourcefulness.

And with Xu Chu's understanding of Sun Jian, there is no wise man around him to assist. He immediately wrote a letter and asked Cao Ren to forward it on his behalf. Cao Ren took the letter and immediately went to find Sun Jian.

After Sun Jian saw Cao Ren, he read Xu Chu's letter and said to the left and right: "If you are so hesitant, when will you be able to recover Luoyang?" ”

Because of Yuan Shu's letter asking him to return to the army, Sun Jian only returned to Liang County from Luyang yesterday. When he was in Luyang, Sun Jian learned of Yuan Shu's plan: to take Nanyang and connect Kong Ling. Zhang Shi is already dead, and Yuan Shu wants to take Nanyang, and with a gesture, he will unite with Kong Ling, that is, send a messenger to the past. But no matter what Yuan Shu said, Sun Jian was unwilling to retreat back to Luyang. After all, Sun Jian had 20,000 horses under his command, and Yuan Shu couldn't force him to order, so in the end he had to let Sun Jian continue to stay in Liang County.

What did Sun Jian take the trouble to stay in Liang County for? It's not just to please Dong. At present, Hu Zhen went to Yingchuan, which was a great opportunity to attack, but Xu Chu and Cao Cao were unwilling to send troops, which really made him sigh and hate.

was worried, and the sergeant outside the door came to report - Dong Zhuo set fire to Luoyang.

Sun Jian's eyes flashed, and he said to the left and right with high interest: "Okay, Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, and his army will not want to stay for a long time, pass on my military order, no need to wait for General Xu and Cao Er, immediately pull out the camp and go north!" ”

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Cao Cao and Xu Chu respectively learned of the Luoyang fire and Sun Jian went north alone.

With so many new situations happening on the same day, Xu Chu suddenly felt a little at a loss where to start. The fire in Luoyang had long been expected by him, which better explained why Dong Zhuo sent envoys to persuade him to surrender at this time, and at the same time let Hu Zhen attack Yingchuan.

If you guessed correctly, Yuan Shao's side should have been attacked by Dong Zhuo at the same time, and as for the sour dates, those people must have been too lazy for Dong Zhuo to fight.

"A fire burned Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo had already retreated." Yao Sheng suddenly said, "This may be the time to send troops. ”

Xu Chu was silent after hearing this, he always felt that something was not quite right.

But I heard Guo Jia say something: "The burning of Luoyang may also be a plan by Dong Zhuo to lure me and others to the north, my lord, it's better not to act rashly." ”