Sun Jian's mood at the moment can be described as extremely complicated, he is dignified as a 'Jiangdong Tiger', carrying 20,000 tigers, but because of Yuan Shu's constraints, Cao Cao and Xu Chu took the lead in snatching great success.

"Yuan Highway is short-sighted, don't conspire with him!" After saying something indignantly, Sun Jian looked up at the sky, the sun was blazing, and there were no clouds. He thought of when he started his family, and rushed to the battlefield with his clansmen and righteous servants, and braved arrows and stones to rush to the front of the battle. Seeking the Yellow Turban, conquering Xiliang, recovering Changsha, and finally being appointed as the Taishou of Changsha. In his tenure, he delegated the power of the county to the county officials, and he devoted himself to strengthening the army in order to wait for the occasion. It stands to reason that this is a good way, but in fact, because of this, when he raised his army to fight against Dong, he had an elite and strong army, but he could not be self-sufficient, and he relied too much on Yuan Shu in terms of food, grass and materials, which led to the current situation.

Seeing the depressed look on Sun Jian's face, Zhu Zhi approached and said: "Now that the Dagu Pass has been broken, the Yuyuan Pass has also become the bag of the generals Xu and Cao, and the only opportunity left for us to make a name for ourselves is Yique Pass." And Xu and Cao Zhubu have arrived in front of Yique Pass, the battle is fierce and anxious, and if the general arrives, it will be decided in a battle. ”

When Sun Jian heard this, he retracted his thoughts, nodded and said: "What Jun Li said is extremely true, even if General Xu and Cao Er have the advantage, it is not that we have no chance to enter Luoyang first...... Cheng Pu and Han Dang will listen to the order! ”

"The last general!"

"With the two of you quickly counting the elite of the army, and rushing to Yique Pass with me day and night!"

"Whoa!"

.......

After entering Dagu Pass, the first thing Xu Chu and Cao Cao had to do next was to take the Yuyuan Pass. As soon as the big valley was broken, the Yuyuan Pass was attacked by the enemy, and it could be said that there was no danger to defend, and the Dong army guarding the Yuyuan Pass was not many in number, and the morale was low, so it was very easy to take it.

On the one hand, the two of them sent an order to Xu Shu and Xiahoudun who stayed in the county, and agreed on a time to attack Yuyuan Pass, and on the other hand, they sent 5,000 troops to take Wushi County, which was fifty miles away, and in less than two days, not only did Gushi County get into the bag, but the Dong army of Yuyuan Pass collapsed without a fight, surrendered and fled, and Xu Shu and Xiahoudun took this pass without much effort.

At the same time, there was also a military report from the Yique Pass, and Sun Jian arrived in front of the pass and began to launch a fierce attack on the Yique Pass.

After Xu Chu received the letter, he consulted with everyone. Everyone thinks that although Yique Pass is easy to fight at this time, there are still Hu Zhen and Xu Rong's soldiers and horses, no matter how low their morale is, they can't break it without tens of thousands of people in three or five days, so it is better to let Sun Jian attack.

Cao Cao also agreed with this point of view, if he attacked Yique Pass with Sun Jian, firstly, the battle line would be too long for his own side, and secondly, it would delay the opportunity to attack Luoyang, so it would be better to hand it over to Sun Jian and be a favor.

Luoyang.

Not long after Xu Chu entered Dagu Pass, Lu Bu, who had escaped, came to Dong Zhuo's camp with soldiers and horses.

As soon as he heard that Lu Bu was coming, Dong Zhuo was shocked, and hurriedly summoned him to play the right game, and said to the letter: "You have a heavy responsibility, how can you leave your post without permission?" At this time, Dong Zhuo still didn't expect that Dagu Pass had been lost.

Lu Bu looked ashamed, bowed to the ground, and said: "Xiangguo, Dagu Pass has been captured by Xu Chu and Cao Cao. ”

"Huh?!"

"Bu knows that his sins are unforgivable, please punish Xiangguo!"

"......, you get up and talk back first. Let me ask you, Hu Zhen and Xu Rong are both brave generals of our army, and you are also a tiger minister in the world, why did you lose Dagu Pass so quickly? ”

Lu Bu sighed: "Cao Cao and Xu Chu took 50,000 strong soldiers to tackle the key problems, and I personally went to the pass to supervise the battle, and I held it for several days, but I couldn't defend it." ”

Dong Zhuo said suspiciously: "I know that you don't have many soldiers and horses, didn't Hu Zhen and Xu Rong send troops to help?" ”

"Hu Zhen was careless, trapped by the suspicious soldiers, and the dispatch was at a loss, because there was no rescue from Dagu Pass from beginning to end."

Dong Zhuoen raised Lu Bu, and said to the outside world that he was 'like father and son' with Lu Bu, but that was just a means to envelop the state army, and if he really wanted to spread it out, whether emotionally or intellectually, he believed in Hu Zhen and Xu Rong more, so after hearing Lu Bu's words, his expression remained unchanged, and he was really suspicious in his heart.

However, before the matter is clarified, Dong Zhuo will not act rashly. He said to Lu Bu gently: "Feng Xian, although you have encountered setbacks today, Cao Cao and Xu Chu are not idle people, so you don't need to care too much about ......, in this way, I see that you are tired after a long day, so let's go and rest first." I'll wait until I've thought about what to do, and then I'll call you over to talk. ”

Dong Zhuo looked like an amiable elder, and in the eyes of a person like Lu Bu who didn't work much in the city government, his heart was suddenly at ease.

Lu Bu got up as promised, bowed his hand to the many scribes and generals sitting in the military tent one by one, and then bowed to Dong Zhuo and said, "Bu will retire first." "Walk out of the tent as if nothing happened.

Looking at Lu Bu's arrogant back, one person got up and went out of the ranks, and said to Dong Zhuo: "Ming Gong, you treat Lu Bu so kindly, treat him as your own, and now that he has lost Dagu, it is really annoying that he is in a state of nothing." This son has been in Qianghu for a long time, and he doesn't know kindness and righteousness! ”

Dong Zhuo looked at it, but it was Dong Yue.

Dong Yue and Dong Zhuo are of the same clan, in the eyes of the world, they are the same as Lu Bu, they have been in contact with Qianghu for a long time, those scholars have long regarded them as 'Qianghu's belonging', and feel that these Liangzhou people are people who don't know kindness, but in Dong Yue's eyes, Lu Bu has become ignorant of grace.

Among them, there are reasons why Lu Bu's killing of Ding Yuan is despicable, and there are also factors that the people of Liangzhou squeeze out military attaches in other states.

Dong Zhuo squinted at Dong Yue and motioned for him to sit down and don't mention it. Dong Yuefang sat down, and another person said: "Lu Bu is a 'flying general', and the tiger wolf of Bingzhou, no matter what his temperament is, Xiangguo needs to rely on him to control the soldiers of Bingzhou." Therefore, I think that even if he is at fault, Xiangguo can only turn a blind eye at this time. ”

It was Jia Xu who spoke.

Dong Zhuo has always felt that Jia Xu has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, and he can listen to his words very well, so he said: "Wenhe's words are reasonable. He also said: "The princes of Kwantung are not worried, only Cao Cao, Xu Chu, and Sun Jian are small, and now the Dagu Pass has been lost, and Cao and Xu are about to attack Luo, so they should not be slackened." Lu Bu is the tiger general of our army, and when this time of employing people, it is not appropriate to renew the branches, and you must not mention this matter again in the future. ”

And all the people in the tent stood up and promised.

Leaving aside the matter of Lu Bu and not mentioning it again, Dong Zhuo asked the people, now that Dagu Pass is lost, and Yique Pass is also in danger, what should I do?

Li Ru got up and said: "If Dagu loses, it seems that the two generals Hu Zhen and Xu Rong can return to Luo. ”

The three Xiongguan of Dagu, Yique and Yuyuan in the south of Luoyang, no matter which one is lost, the enemy army can go north to attack Luo, and the importance of other passes is greatly reduced, and at this time, it is obvious that the significance of Yique Pass is not very large. Dong Zhuo immediately agreed to Li Ru's advice and ordered someone to go to Yique Pass to send an order to summon Hu Zhen and Xu Rong back to Luoyang.

Li Ru said again: "Cao Cao and Xu Chu are quite daring to fight, and now they have won consecutive battles, and their morale is high. ”