Cao Cao was surprised to himself, but when he saw Xu Chu on the side, he smiled and said: "It just so happens that I am also an anxious son, and I coincide with General Sun." After a pause, he said: "Presumably, General Sun saw that our troops defeated Xu Rong, so he was itching, but the general should know that it is not Liang County that is fighting now, but the two Xiongguan of Yique and Dagu, and Dong Thief sent Hu Zhen to lead 20,000 elites to garrison, which should not be taken lightly." ”

The corners of Sun Jian's mouth raised a little higher, and he said: "What General Xu said is that you and General Cao have an allied army of 20,000, most of which are newly recruited soldiers, and it is indeed a great luck to be able to defeat Liang County." But Sun is different, Sun has soldiers under his account, not only has 3,000 cavalry, but also most of them are old pawns, and he can only shrink into the pass, and he dare not go out of the pass to tease Sun's tiger beard. After laughing twice, he continued: "We are all asking Dong Yijun, and Sun also wants to remind General Xu of some words." ”

is also a county guard, why Xu Chu has no horses, but Sun Jian has horses, there are no more than several reasons. One is that Sun Jian came out early, has been in the army for many years, and has been in business for a long time, so it is not surprising that he will have a considerable number of cavalry under his account, and the other is that before Sun Jian arrived in Luyang, he killed Wang Rui and Zhang Shi, two local officials, and after killing them, Sun Jian went to his dross, took its excellence, and got a certain number of cavalry and elites.

Xu Chu replied, "Oh? General Sun, please speak, I will listen to you. ”

Sun Jian rode his horse slowly, circled Xu Chu's mount, and said: "General Xu's command is mostly foot soldiers, and in the plain, it is difficult to compete with the cavalry, this is one of them; Second, I heard that the Dong army of the garrison of Yique and Dagu this time, in addition to Dong Zhuo's Qin Hu soldiers and horses, Huangzhong Yicong, there are also the Bingzhou cavalry, tsk, General Xu's courage is commendable, I am afraid that if it is defeated at that time, it will be difficult for Sun to rescue for a while, hehe, my Han will have one less heroic general who is loyal to the imperial court. ”

Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu and Sun Jian with great interest, and said in his heart: When others say that Zhongkang is heroic, it should be a compliment, but when these two words come out of Sun Wentai's mouth, he always feels a little sarcastic. These two people are more energetic.

At the moment, he was busy playing a round, laughed dryly, and said: "I just heard General Sun say that there are Bingzhou cavalry in the soldiers and horses of Yique and Dagu in this time, is this news reliable?" ”

Sun Jian replied: "This is what the general told Sun that it should be correct. ”

Since it was said by Yuan Shu, it is a quasi-believe. Although Dong Zhuo took strict precautions against Yuan in Luoyang because of the sake of Dong, the Yuan clan was deeply rooted and flourishing, even if he took strict precautions, it was inevitable that there would be fish that slipped through the net, and Yuan Shu could get more detailed information, which was generally obtained from Yuan Kui and others.

Speaking of Yuan Shu, Xu Chu couldn't help but blurt out: "Why did General Hou stay in Luyang and not go north with General Sun?" ”

"Oh, General Xu asked well, at that time, Sun also asked General Hou with this, guess what he said? He said: 'General Ben is transporting grain and straw for Wentai in Luyang, and secondly, to prevent someone from secretly attacking', do you think what General Hou said is reasonable? ”

Xu Chu put away his smile and was silent.

Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, Sun Jian first glanced at him coldly from a distance, and then every sentence was prickly, Xu Chu inevitably wondered if he had offended him somewhere, so that's it? Or is it a simpler reason, just because Sun Jian has the same natural stinky temper as Guan Yu?

Thinking about it, Xu Chu's thinking jumped out, he had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly thought that it was because Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were plotting something, and they happened to be a stumbling block on the road of their plot?

There are many limitations in the thinking of the world, which is probably one of the few advantages of Xu Chu compared with these people with great skills in the late Han Dynasty. If Sun Jian could hear Xu Chu's heart, he would probably fall off his horse in surprise, because before setting out on the expedition, he had indeed had a plan with Yuan Shu, and Xu Chu was the unstable factor that had to be faced in this plan.

In any case, Sun Jian is indeed an extremely fierce hero, and he is an extremely terrifying opponent.

Speaking of sending troops, although Sun Jian is proud, he has not reached the point of 'blind arrogance', since Xu Chu and Cao Cao are here, he can't turn a blind eye and put aside the two of them to tackle key problems on their own. immediately suggested: "What does Sun mean, the two generals went to fight the Yique Pass in the east, and Sun led the troops to fight the Dagu Pass, how about it?" ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and asked Xu Chu, "What does the virtuous brother think?" ”

Xu Chu is still thinking about it. Yique Pass and Dagu Pass are almost in a straight line, more than 50 miles apart, choking two main roads to Luoyang. Relatively speaking, Yique Pass is closer to Luoyang, and Dagu Pass is farther away, which means that once the battle starts, the risk of Yique Pass is slightly greater.

However, looking at Sun Jian's posture, he was not ready to wait for himself to go north with Cao Cao, so that he would fight Dagu Pass first, and part of the troops of Yique Pass would inevitably be transferred to Dagu Pass, and the two phases would be neutralized, and no one would take advantage.

Xu Chu then said: "Just follow General Sun's words." ”

When the words fell, Cao Cao bowed his head and said: "I wish General Sun a victory." ”

Sun Jian was still relatively polite to Cao Cao, and said with a smile at the moment: "I hope to accept the general's auspicious words and say goodbye!" ”

After finishing speaking, he nodded slightly to Xu Chu and rode back to the army.

Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and other generals hurriedly asked Sun Jian, "General, how is the discussion?" ”

Sun Jian said lightly: "Order, the whole army set off and went to Dagu Pass." ”

The generals received orders and sang loudly.

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After observing Sun Jian's military appearance on the side of the road, Xu Chu rode his horse back to the barracks.

On the way, Cao Cao sighed: "I heard that the warriors under Sun Wentai's tent are like clouds, and now I have a cursory look, and the name is well deserved!" ”

After Sun Jian raised his army, Cao Cao began to pay attention to him. A cadre of tiger ministers in his army, such as Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, etc., are all famous warriors and heroes in the state and county, and others such as his wife and brother Wu Jing, confidant Zu Mao, etc., are also the choice of the moment, the so-called warriors are like clouds, it is indeed not an exaggeration.

Of course, Xu Chu knew more about the extraordinary generals under Sun Jian's command, so he asked Cao Cao, "Brother Meng De, do you say that General Sun can capture Dagu Pass?" ”

Cao Cao spit out a word without thinking: "Difficult." ”

The two were separated in the Liangxian military camp, and each went back to his military tent to hold a military meeting. Sun Jian had already set off, and they couldn't stay in Liang County any longer.

Before leaving, in addition to the established marching plan, there is one more thing to be arranged-the candidates who will stay in Guangcheng and Yangren.

The best situation is, of course, left by the Runan generals Xie Chong and Zhai Rong. But these two people are not Xu Chu's henchmen, they can only be regarded as dependent troops, and the other is that the ability of the two is limited, in case something happens, they may lose Guangchengju and Yangren.

Losing these two easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack places is equivalent to severing the connection between Xu Chu and Yingchuan, and the military rations are stretched.

Therefore, after discussing with Cao Cao, it was finally decided to let Yao Sheng and Cao Hong each bring 1,000 people, and the subordinates of Wu Kuan, the general of Lu who died in battle, stayed in the two places to ensure the grain route.

After two days of preparation, Xu Chu and Cao Cao led the army to Yique Pass.