"Ran away?" When Liu Xie rushed to Wuguan with a large army, he was told by Gao Shun that on the eve of his army, the 200,000 Yuan troops outside the pass withdrew at night.

"The last general delayed the military plane, and asked the lord to punish the crime." Gao Shun pleaded guilty to Liu Xie.

"The enemy is outnumbered, and General Gao's ability to protect the military pass is already a great achievement, what is the crime?" Liu Xie helped Gao Shun and persuaded.

"Lord, how about we go after it now? Anyway, Yuan Jun has only been away for one night, and if he catches up now, it is not that he can't catch up. Ma Chao suggested loudly at this time.

"Meng Qi, poor Kou Mo chases. That Yuan Jun is now on guard, rashly pursued, in case the pursuit fails and is ambushed, wouldn't it be stealing chickens and rice, just accept it when you see it. Liu Xie shook his head and said to Ma Chao.

Hearing Liu Xie's words, except for Ma Chao, Dian Wei and others who felt some regrets, Zhao Yun, Pang De and others agreed with Liu Xie's opinion. Greed is not enough to swallow the elephant, at this time the Han army has already achieved a big victory, there is really no need to risk radicalization. Yuan's army is 500,000, and there are 200,000 outside Wuguan, and it is not easy to eat the other party with a pursuit. Just as Liu Xie worried, tens of thousands of cavalry chased after him, and once he was ambushed, it was easy to lose more than he gained, and the current good situation would be ruined.

"Please let the Lord make it public." Zhao Yun stepped forward and asked Liu Xiedao.

“…… Ordered, Ma Chao led 20,000 horses to set off for Tongguan immediately, and be sure to arrive as soon as possible. ”

"Order." Ma Chao promised loudly, turned around and left after receiving the general's order.

"Zhao Yun and Pang De each led 10,000 horses out of the customs and harassed Yuan Jun's grain road, although Cao Jun's vitality is greatly damaged, but it is still necessary to guard against it, you two must remember to be careful."

"Don't worry, my lord, the two of us will be careful." Zhao Yun and Pang De respectively received orders to retreat.

"Gao Shun led 20,000 people to continue to stay in Wuguan, and at the same time pay attention to the movement of Mulansai, now that Jingzhou and Jiangdong are retreating, we must not be careless."

"Don't worry, the last general has written it down." Gao Shun replied respectfully.

"You do things, I don't worry." Liu Xie smiled and nodded, and said to Dian Wei and the others: "The rest of the generals will go to Tongguan with me to lead the army to meet Yuan Benchu of the Fourth and Third Dukes." ”

"The last will be ordered." Dian Wei and the others responded loudly.

After several months of fighting, it was late autumn and it was harvest season. Because of the defense of Tongguan and Wuguan, the bumper harvest in Guanzhong was not affected, Liu Xie led the army to pass by those fertile fields, looking at the farmers who were busy in the fields, he couldn't help but feel a burst of satisfaction, and he was more determined not to let Yuan Shao run to harm Guanzhong.

Yuan Shao is not easy to deal with, the Yuan family that monopolizes Hebei is more powerful than Liu Xie, if Yuan Shao listens to persuasion, is not in a hurry to turn his face to the court, but calms down and recuperates with the people, it will not take long, as long as it is three or five years, the court will be more difficult to clean up Yuan Shao, as for Cao Cao, who occupies the Central Plains, it is even more difficult to defeat Yuan Shao. It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't listen to the persuasion, which is a good thing for Liu Xie, and it is also a good thing for Cao Cao.

The people take food as the sky, and 500,000 horses gave Yuan Shao great confidence to fight against the imperial court, but this is also a huge pressure that Yuan Shao needs to bear. Hebei has been fighting for many years, the land is barren, and so many strong men have been transferred, which means that the number of farmers responsible for farming has been greatly reduced. Although Yuan Shao ordered the conscription after the end of spring ploughing, it was the time of the autumn harvest, and 500,000 laborers were pinned down at the foot of Tongguan, and all parts of Hebei were bound to lack the main force of the autumn harvest.

Once it rains, it will be very lively, and the food that has been planted so hard will be destroyed when it is drenched by the rain. Because of this worry, there has been a lot of noise within Yuan Jun recently, and it has even reached Yuan Shao's ears. Yuan Shao is not a fool who doesn't eat minced meat, he knows very well the importance of grain to Hebei, but now that Liu Biao and Sun Ce have betrayed the alliance, Cao Cao has suffered heavy losses, and if he himself just walks away in disgrace, this face is really a little unbearable.

"Gonghe, I know all your worries, so how about waiting for me to win the last battle and then withdraw the army?" Yuan Shao faced the frustration of persuading him to withdraw from the army, and discussed with good words.

If Tian Feng was here, he would definitely persuade Yuan Shao not to care about his personal face, and to withdraw his troops decisively while the imperial army had not arrived, and even to persuade Yuan Shao to say something unpleasant. But Frustration is different, compared to Tian Feng, Frustration is more tactful, and it is easier for Yuan Shao to accept.

Seeing that Yuan Shao had already intended to withdraw his troops, he did not force him, but only suggested that Yuan Shao could withdraw 100,000 troops and return to Hebei first, firstly, to stabilize the morale of the army, and secondly, to ensure that the withdrawal route was unharmed. Yuan Shao had no objection to this. Don't look at Cao Cao's defeat now, but in Yuan Shao's eyes, this is nothing.

Cao, Liu and Sun allied forces of 200,000, but when they were attacked by the imperial court, Liu Biao and Sun Ce did not move, and Cao Cao resisted the enemy independently, and it was not impossible for the imperial court to be caught off guard. Moreover, according to the report of the spies, the only people in the court who fought against him this time were the Son of Heaven's own army, and the rest of the people were entangled in matters and could not be moved lightly. In other words, in terms of numbers, it is still the absolute advantage of itself. It is okay for the people of the court to hide in Tongguan, but as long as he dares to go out, Yuan Shao is still very confident that he will defeat the imperial army.

"Let Guo Tu lead the troops to retreat first." Yuan Shao thought about it and then nodded.

Guo Tu didn't dare to object, and hurriedly got up and promised. There's no way, who told him Guo Tu not to recruit Yuan Shao to see him at the moment. The main general who attacked Wuguan before was Guo Tu, and Zhang He and Gao Ran would obey Guo Tu's dispatch. Just after receiving the news of Cao's defeat, Guo Tu hurriedly returned to Tongguan with 200,000 horses to join Yuan Shao.

The soldiers and horses were not lost, but the charge of fleeing without a fight also fell on Guo Tu's head, and it was strange that Yuan Shao could see Guo Tu at this time. Guo Tu knew Yuan Shao very well, and knew that it was best not to appear in front of Yuan Shao at this time, lest Yuan Shao see that the more he thought about it, the more he hated, and finally couldn't help but clean himself up.

At this time, you should learn from Tian Feng, who is far away in Yuyang. At the beginning, Tian Feng stayed by Yuan Shao's side all day, and he was often so angry that Yuan Shao stared, but when Tian Feng went to Yuyang and stopped wandering around Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao began to miss Tian Shao's good time from time to time. At this time, he was able to justifiably stay away from Yuan Shao, and Guo Tu couldn't ask for it.

400,000 Yuan Jun is enough for Liu Xie to drink a pot. Liu Xie, who led the army to Tongguan, did not rush to find Yuan Shao's bad luck, but chose to listen to Hao Zhao's opinion first. This time was really hard for Hao Zhao, in order to defend Tongguan, Hao Zhao worked hard, and Liu Xie even saw that Hao Zhao's sideburns appeared gray hair.

"Bodao, thank you for your hard work." Liu Xie said while holding the hand of Hao Zhao, who was covered in blood and had no time to clean it.

"It is the duty of subordinates to serve the lord, and the lord is heavy." Hao Zhao grinned when he heard this.

Just a few days before Liu Xie led the army to Tongguan, Yuan Shaojun, who had learned that Tongguan was real and real, launched a non-stop onslaught on Tongguan several times, and several times it was directly attacked at the juncture, and Hao Zhao, as the main general, had to go into battle in person to drive Yuan Shaojun down the pass again. But Yuan's army is really powerful, although Hao Zhao and Gan Ning tried their best to defend, Tongguan was still precarious, fortunately Ma Chao arrived at the last moment, and ordered his subordinates to abandon their horses and fight on foot, so that Tongguan was stabilized again, and Yuan Shao was not allowed to take Tongguan before Liu Xie led the army.

However, Yuan Shao's onslaught still caused a lot of damage to Tongguan, and Liu Xie, in order to deal with Cao Cao, transferred a lot of men and horses from Tongguan and Wuguan, leaving Hao Zhao to defend Tongguan with only more than 10,000 men. Even if Tong Pass is in hand, relying only on more than 10,000 people, Hao Zhao is still very difficult to guard, and the casualties are very large, and when Ma Chao arrives with the army, more than 10,000 people have already folded nine pavilions out of ten, it can be said that if Ma Chao comes half an hour late, Hao Zhao may fold in.

"Quickly send the military doctor over." Liu Xie listened to Hao Zhao's report on the current situation in Tongguan, and at the same time took the time to order the people around him.

When the military doctor arrived, Hao Zhao only reported half of it, "Lord, Yuan Shao outside the gate obviously knew the news of Cao Cao's defeat, otherwise he would not be in such a hurry, regardless of the casualties of the onslaught of Tongguan ......" Speaking of this, Hao Zhao suddenly spit blood, Liu Xie saw Hao Zhao vomiting blood, and hurriedly shouted at Du Du, the military doctor who was giving Hao Zhao an injection: "Military doctor, what's going on?" ”

Du Du is the master disciple of the divine doctor Zhang Zhongjing, since Liu Xie established the medical hall and appointed Hua Tuo as the owner, although Zhang Zhongjing did not come, but he sent his apprentice Du Du, and Du Du's medical skills, even Hua Tuo praised it. This time, Liu Xie went on the expedition, and Hua Tuo couldn't be with him because he needed to preside over the affairs of the medical hall, so he recommended Du Du.

"Don't worry, my lord, General Hao is fine."

"It's all about vomiting blood?" Liu Xie shouted in disbelief.

"That's blood congestion in the body, it's a good thing to be able to spit it out, and then you can recover as long as you recuperate for a period of time, but the next battle, I'm afraid it will not be with General Hao." Du Du explained softly.

"Doctor Du, I just vomited two mouthfuls of blood, so I won't be able to go into battle, right?" Hao Zhao was immediately anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said.

"You have suffered an internal injury, if you don't treat it in time, it will leave hidden dangers, and once the disease occurs in the future, it will be an incurable disease."

"Don't blame me, Doctor Du, I know my body......"

Liu Xie interrupted Hao Zhao's words and asked Du Dudao: "Shut up, Bodao, don't mess around." Dudu, does Bodao really need to recuperate? ”

"Yes, yes. Don't look at General Hao's ability to walk now, but in fact he was more seriously injured than General Gan. Du Du replied truthfully.

"Okay, that's the case, Bodao, you are good to recuperate, and the rest will be left to us."

"Lord ......"

"Shut up, I'm the lord, I'm in charge. Du Du, Tongguan is not a place to recuperate, you go and prepare, and then go back to Chang'an with Bodao. ”

"Wechen obeys." Du Du respectfully accepted the order and went down to prepare.

"Lord, at this time, the war is imminent, and the situation in Tongguan belongs to the last general who knows best, it is better to wait for the end of this battle to end, and the last general will recuperate in peace......" Hao Zhao also wanted to fight again, and asked Liu Xie for his life.

"Bodao, the time between you and me is not too short, I hope you can accompany me to the end, instead of falling behind halfway. Okay, don't say it again, I have made up my mind, you are not allowed to object, go back to Chang'an to recuperate in peace, this battle is still fought, you may not be able to be idle even if you want to be idle in the future. ”

Liu Xie rarely referred to those close to him as me, but once he used this self-title, it meant that his decision would not be changed. Hao Zhao, who knew this, had no choice but to obey his orders, and was supported by his own soldiers to return to the camp and wait to return to Chang'an.

After Hao Zhao left, Liu Xie glanced at Gan Ning, who was wrapped like a dumpling, and asked with a smile: "Bodao wants to go back to Chang Jing to recuperate, do you want to go back with Xingba?" ”

"Lord, the last general is not a weak person like Bodao, his small body is indeed not suitable for continuing to stay in Tongguan, but the last general is just a little skin trauma and just get on the horse." Gan Ning grinned.

Hao Zhao suffered internal injuries, while Gan Ning was mostly traumatized, with five arrows in his body, although none of them were fatal injuries, but that was enough to see. However, Liu Xie knew that Gan Ning was not an honest person like Hao Zhao, even if he forced this guy to return to Chang'an together, this guy would find a reason not to leave Tongguan nine times out of ten, and even hide it in order to avoid being discovered by himself, which would easily delay his injuries.

"Since you refuse to leave, then serve as my personal guard for the time being." Liu Xie said to Gan Ning with a smile.

"No, the last general will take the order."

……

Knowing that the Son of Heaven is now in Tongguan, Yuan Shao naturally wants to see it, 400,000 horses are spread out at the foot of Tongguan, and the black pressure is overwhelming, and the timid people will have weak legs when they see it. However, it would be a bit unrealistic to scare Liu Xie through this means. Today's Liu Xie is not the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who has been protected in the greenhouse in history, it seems that Liu Xie has experienced this kind of battle in front of him more than once.

The first time I saw it, I might be scared to the point that my legs were weak and I couldn't speak, but when it became natural and I experienced more, I naturally wouldn't take it seriously. Strictly calculated, Liu Xie has personally experienced a lot of battle formations, and the kind of scene of life and death on the battlefield, flesh and blood flying, is no stranger to Liu Xie.

Liu Xie is not a pervert! He just knew that as a son of heaven in troubled times, he would definitely experience this kind of scene. In order to avoid being embarrassed on the battlefield in the future, he can only choose to adapt as soon as possible. In order to exercise his courage, Liu Xie even practiced with death row prisoners.

In front of the 400,000 army, he did not change his face, and talked and laughed with the people around him, this kind of performance alone made Yuan Shao feel greatly disappointed. Yuan Shao originally planned to use the military threat to force the Son of Heaven to comply, and agreed to his request. As long as the Son of Heaven agrees to deal with Xun Yu, even if it is not really disposed of, it will have a great effect on the prestige of the imperial court.

But the Son of Heaven was not frightened, but looked calm, as if he was not affected by the 400,000 horses of Yuan's army. In front of him, Yuan Jun's 400,000 horses seemed to be just human puppets.

"Yuan Benchu, your allies are all finished, and now you are left with people all the way to Hebei, don't you think about retreating at this time, waiting to be my prisoner?" Liu Xie shouted and asked Yuan Shaodao, who was closed.

"Holy Lord, as long as you agree to the conditions proposed by the minister, the minister will immediately withdraw from the army." Yuan Shao replied loudly.

"Ahh Is your brain watering? Xun Yu is my right-hand man, how could I betray my cronies because of the coercion of you, a rebellious minister and thief. Don't talk nonsense, if you want to force me to punish your cronies, don't even think about it, if you have the ability, then just come to fight, if you can enter the pass, I can give you the throne. But if you don't have that ability, then don't blame me for being ruthless to your Yuan family. There is Yuan Shu in the front, and you Yuan Shao in the back, but unfortunately the efforts of several generations of the Yuan family will all be destroyed in the hands of your unfilial descendants. ”

Yuan Shao was furious, and was about to refute immediately, but fortunately, there was a quick opportunity on the side, and he hurriedly reminded: "The lord is cautious." ”

was reminded by Xu Yu like this, Yuan Shao calmed down, and it was the emperor of the Han Dynasty who stood on the shut, and he is still waving the banner of the loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, although the discerning people know that this is selling dog meat with a sheep's head, but as long as Yuan Shao does not rebel openly for a day, then others cannot say that Yuan Shao is a traitor.

Once Yuan Shao opened his mouth to scold the Son of Heaven, it was equivalent to finding evidence for those Qingliu to accuse Yuan Shao of being disobedient. But in such a situation where he can't return the mouth just after being scolded, Yuan Shao is really uncomfortable.

"Yuan Benchu, I have heard that there are two generals under your command, Yan Liangwen and Chou, in the past, when you were the leader of the Dong League, you also mentioned the bravery of Yan Wen and the two in front of the princes of all walks of life more than once, today is a rare opportunity, how many people under my command want to understand the power of Yan Liangwen and Chou, I don't know if you dare to fight?"

"Since the Holy One has this intention, how dare the minister refuse." Yuan Shao replied loudly. Yan Liang and Wen Chou, known as the two tigers in Hejian, have always been regarded by Yuan Shao as his confidants, and Yuan Shao is very confident in the martial arts of these two. In addition, when he teamed up with Cao Cao to deal with Lu Bu not long ago, Yuan Shao also saw with his own eyes that Yan Liangwen and Chou teamed up to not lose to Lu Bu.

How can there be so many fierce generals in this world who have beaten Lu Bu? Gan Ning and Pang De, who Liu Xie stayed in Tongguan before, were to deal with Yan Liangwen Chou, but at that time, Hao Zhao didn't want the two to lose, so he didn't respond to the battle, and Yuan Shao didn't know much about Gan Ning and Pang De's force, but in his opinion, his own Yan Liangwen Chou could definitely win.

Liu Xie proposed to fight at this time, which was in the arms of Yuan Shao. In the case that he couldn't fight back after being scolded, it was also a way for Yuan Shao to get angry by using the fighting generals to damage several generals around Liu Xie.

"You don't have to keep your hands." Before Yan Liang went into battle, Yuan Shao specially advised.

"Don't worry, my lord, if the last general can't win, come and see you." Yan Liang replied confidently.

"Yan Liang in the river, which one came to die!" Yan Liang closed the big knife with one finger and asked coldly.

Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, although Liu Xie does not have Zhao Yun and Pang De by his side at this time, but Dian Wei, Ma Chao, and Tai Shici are also not weak hands, seeing that Yan Liang is so arrogant, he can't help but be furious, and they have asked Liu Xie to fight.

"Hebei called for a thousand generals, but there is a lot of water in this thousand members, so it can't be taken seriously. But if Yan Liangwen can become the best among the generals in Hebei, he must have real ability. Lao Dian, Meng Qi, the two of you will meet the two tigers in the river when you go down. Ziyi, you also go to sweep the battle for the two of them, and prevent Hebei secret arrows from hurting people. ”

"The last general commands." The three of Dian Wei agreed in unison and went out of the battle.