At the end of the first month, Zhonglang General Hu Zhen and Captain Hua Xiong led an army of 50,000 to arrive at the Tiger Prison Pass to garrison, according to Li Ru's order, only need to hold the fortress, no need to go out of the fortress to fight.

Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong sat in Guancheng, they didn't have to fight, and they were happy.

At this time, the Kwantung coalition was not fully prepared and did not launch an offensive.

With the increase in the number of princes of the alliance, Yuan Shao replaced Zang Hong as the leader of the alliance, and in order to cooperate with his uncle's plan, Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to attack, and held a feast every day, extravagantly.

By the end of February, Yuan Shao received the information from his uncle, and immediately carried out his uncle's request, and received the support of all the princes, Yuan Shao was very satisfied.

Under the strong military pressure of the allies, from the beginning of March, there were successive Taishou who did not participate in the alliance to send money, grain, and sour dates, which made most of the alliance princes very satisfied and strongly supported Yuan Shao's strategy; Regardless of victory or defeat, it is important to get rich first.

By mid-March, some princes finally couldn't sit still, and Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei lost their territory and wanted to make contributions even more; Cao Cao and Bao Xin are dedicated to the country; Wang Kuang wanted to show his strength in front of Yuan Shao.

Although Yuan Shu really wanted to fight Dong Zhuo to avenge the humiliation, he understood the combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou army, so he did not dare to attack rashly, but only connived at others to fight.

The crowd strongly demanded to attack the Tiger Pass, enter Luoyang, and relieve the national disaster.

Under the pressure of everyone, Yuan Shao also wanted to send a force to test Dong Zhuo's attitude and his military strength, so he announced that he would first send a vanguard army to camp outside the Tiger Prison Pass and wait for the arrival of the successor army.

Before Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu could make arrangements, they were preempted by Sun Jian; But when he was fighting in Liangzhou, he formed a life-and-death enmity with Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shaozheng wanted to use this to weaken Yuan Shu's strength, so he readily approved; And Yuan Shu was very annoyed that Sun Jian didn't listen to the command and made his own opinions.

Sun Jian led his headquarters of 20,000 troops to Tiger Pass; Yuan Shao and others continued to drink and have fun in sour dates, and sent people to contact state and county officials from time to time.

Sun Ce and others led the remaining 10,000 officers and soldiers to stay in Suozao and act with the army.

Seeing that the allies only sent 20,000 officers and soldiers, Captain Huaxiong was very eager to go out of the city to fight, but Zhonglang General Hu Zhen strictly adhered to Li Ru's orders and held the city.

Hu Zhen had contact with Sun Jian when he was in Liangzhou, but he understood the combat effectiveness of Sun Jian's army, and Sun Jian was a tiger general, and he already had a prestige when he was in Liangzhou.

Some people were jealous of Sun Jian's first place, so they were worried that he would take the lead in making meritorious contributions, so they slandered Yuan Shujin; And Yuan Shu was in charge of the allocation of grain and grass for the army, and was angry with Sun Jian for making decisions privately, and wanted to teach Sun Jian a lesson; The slanderous rumors of the outsiders were exactly what he wanted, and he stopped supplying food to Sun Jian's troops.

Sun Jian went out as the main army, only brought five days of rations, except for the day of the journey, only four days of food left after camping, Sun Jian sent people back in time to urge food, and it took another day.

Before the war started, three days had passed, and there was only one day's rations left in Sun Jian's camp, but Sun Jian did not dare to eat them all, leaving half a day's rations for emergency so that the troops could eat when they returned.

Hu Zhen was also a battle-hardened veteran, and soon found that the situation in Sun Jian's camp was abnormal, so he sent a large number of scouts to pay close attention.

The news was quickly reported, and as he expected, it turned out that Sun Jian's camp was out of food.

Hua Xiong was very happy and strongly applied to play.

Zhonglang General Hu Zhen is very cautious, and he is also very eager for military achievements and eager to fight, but as a military commander, he has to be careful.

After repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the news, and after some thought, Hu Zhen decided to rob the camp, and the time was chosen before dawn the next day.

On the first day, the officers and soldiers in Sun Jian's camp were only half-full, and no military rations were brought in until dark, and the morale of the officers and soldiers dropped to a low point, and Sun Jian also decided to retreat back to the sour jujube camp the next day.

The next day, before dawn, Hua Xiong led 20,000 cavalry out of the pass and went straight to Sun Jian's camp.

Hu Zhen led 30,000 infantry to defend the city, and Huaxiong attacked, if there was fraud in Sun Jian's camp, it would be difficult to deal with Huaxiong's 20,000 cavalry, and he could return smoothly; If the allies are deceitful, Hua Xiong can lead 20,000 cavalry to break through to other directions, and even return through the territory of the champion Hou; The fortress he guarded was protected by 30,000 infantry and would not be conquered in a short time.

Hu Zhen felt that his plan was foolproof.

Hua Xiong and the 20,000 cavalry are even more proud, how can they put the 20,000 Kwantung Coalition Army in their eyes?

The cavalry poured out of the gate one after another, and the huge sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing was earth-shattering, and rushed towards Sun Jian's military camp with overwhelming momentum.

The 20,000 horses in Sun Jian's camp had not eaten enough yesterday, and they were so hungry that they couldn't sleep at all, when there was a sudden loud shaking sound on the ground, as well as a shocking shouting of killing, these people were immediately frightened, and they didn't have the strength to fight.

The panicked officers and soldiers fled for their lives, and chaos immediately ensued in the barracks.

In the case of low morale, it was also difficult for officers to stop, and chaos continued to spread.

There was no one to organize the defense, and Hua Xiong did not even have a good formation, so he led the cavalry to break through the fence and rush into Sun Jian's military camp.

The infantry, without a complete formation, were like lambs to the slaughter in front of the cavalry, powerless to fight back.

The defeat was like a mountain, and Sun Jian even beheaded a few panicked soldiers, but he couldn't stop the chaos of the soldiers; Seeing that the general trend had gone, Sun Jian had no choice but to lead Zu Mao and others to escape, otherwise they would not be able to escape the fate of being killed and captured after being surrounded.

The officers and men of Sun Jian's camp lost their command, and Huaxiong's cavalry killed even more happily.

20,000 cavalry slaughtered 20,000 chaotic infantry without any pressure.

There are very few people who can escape the pursuit of the cavalry.

Although Sun Jian and others were lost, Huaxiong obtained nearly 10,000 heads and more than 8,000 prisoners, Hu Zhen was very happy in his heart and immediately reported to Dong Zhuo in Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were very happy.

Li Ru suggested: "Xiangguo, now that all the troops of the Huimeng have arrived in Suozao County, we can now do the plundering plan that was formulated before. ”

Dong Zhuo's heart was moved, and he said viciously: "Okay, immediately notify me, I want Yingchuan County, Runan County and Nanyang County to become a ruin, and all the property and population will be plundered back, see what they will do against the imperial court in the future, and see who will dare to oppose the imperial court in the future, and not give them a little color quietly, they don't know how powerful the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry is." ”

Li Ru said with a smile: "Xiangguo doesn't need to worry, after this plunder, the allied forces will definitely fall apart, and after they disperse, we will concentrate our superior forces, break them one by one, and eliminate them one by one." ”

"Haha, Wen You's strategy is very much in line with my intentions, so let's implement it like this!"

Li Ru suggested again: "Yes, Xiangguo, but this time it is a small victory, the Kwantung Coalition Army has a total of nearly 500,000 troops, and the Zhonglang General Hu Zhen only needs 50,000 horses, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist, and I must send troops again." ”

Dong Zhuo thought for a while, the Tiger Prison Pass was very important, and there must be no mistakes, so he ordered: "Send another 50,000 officers and soldiers to support." ”

"Yes, Sangkook!"

Sun Jian was defeated, 20,000 officers and soldiers were wiped out, and only a few of them fought their way out of the encirclement; Sun Jian's heart is dripping blood, this is the family foundation he has accumulated over the years, and he lost more than half of it in one battle.

What annoyed him was that this was the first defeat in his Sun Jian's life, and he had never been defeated so completely, and he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's subordinates, who he looked down on the most, and he did not cause damage to the enemy, so how could he face the heroes of the world in the future?