On Cao Jun's side, Cao Cao understood that if Cao Hong could not take Hangu Pass by surprise, even if he rushed to Luoyang quickly, he would not be able to change anything, so he sent people to urge Cao Hong to capture Hangu Pass as soon as possible, and marched at a normal speed, and the army had just left Xuchang City.

Waving his arms, Cao Cao stepped onto the chariot, and the Bian, Ding, and eldest son Cao Ang behind him were all looking forward to it.

This time to Luoyang, Chang'an and Hongnong must be taken into his arms, and the young man he once admired was just a mantis arm as a car, as for the result, you don't have to think about it.

Yang Shuo, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu, and Cao Cao didn't look at it, and the only thing they were afraid of was Yuan Shao, who was once small, had unified Hebei and occupied the land of the four states, and had hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Now I only hope that Gongsun Chan can hold on for a few more years, give him enough time to prepare, and look at the north, Cao Cao stopped for a long time before waving his hand and ordering the army to move, Guo Jia and Xun You behind him glanced at each other, and their expressions were no longer so relaxed.

Cao Cao's army had just left Xuchang, and the Chinese army under Cao Ren's command had just arrived in Xingyang, and the Tiger Prison Pass was in front of him.

Yang Zaixing's cavalry went first, and Yang Shuo's army immediately pulled out, because he was worried that Cao Cao would take the lead, and the infantry led by Yang Shuo was also at full speed, all the way to the east, and the cavalry led by Zhao Yun said that it was the rear army, but basically walked with Yang Shuo's footmen.

On this day, the army had just arrived at Hangu Pass, Yang Shuo had not yet dismounted and was ready to enter the pass to rest for a moment or two, and a horse galloped far away, Yang Shuo felt a "sigh" in his heart, and a bad feeling came to his heart, and he stopped and waited for the Tancai to come to him.

"Lord Qi, General Yang reports urgently!" Before he could stop his horse, he rolled off his horse and fell to one knee.

Shi Jin, who was waiting on the side, observed his words and looks, understood the urgency of the situation, and quickly took the information from the scout and checked it and handed it to Yang Shuo, taking over the information in his hand, Yang Shuo couldn't wait to open it, and immediately felt half cold.

Cao Cao's army appeared in Luoyang, and he was a step late after all.

handed the information in his hand to the master behind him, and then fell into the hands of Liu Ji, Qin Qiong and others, and everyone was gray.

"Lord, Luoyang City is broken and cannot be defended, Cao Cao will definitely attack Hongnong if he takes the Tiger Prison Pass first, and I also ask the lord to order Yang Zaixing to withdraw to Hongnong, stick to Hangu Pass, and keep Cao Cao unable to step into Hongnong!" The master father pondered for a moment and spoke.

Do you just give up Luoyang? Yang Shuo patted his forehead in annoyance, if he hadn't hesitated to directly order the troops to Luoyang at that time, now there would be nothing to do with him Cao Cao, the matter has come to this point, there are people in the world who do not sell regret medicine, and regret is useless.

The master father Yan proposed to give up Luoyang, which is a safe way, but giving up Luoyang made Yang Shuo a little unwilling, and he moved his whole body, giving up Luoyang also means giving up Hanoi and giving up the party, Yang Shuo's space for development is further compressed, and the development of power is limited.

The master father has no choice, can't Liu Ji have no choice? Yang Shuo moved his hopeful gaze to Liu Ji again, and sure enough, Liu Ji did not disappoint him, and stepped forward and said: "According to General Yang's report, Cao Hong should only be the vanguard of the Cao army, as for the rear army, we don't know, and it is really inappropriate to give up like this before we find out everything clearly!" ”

"Cao Hong, as Cao Cao's relative general, he appeared in Luoyang, will Cao Cao be far away from Luoyang?" Master Father Yan obviously disagreed with Liu Ji's point of view, and retorted.

"It is true that Cao Hong is the general of Cao Cao's clan, and he often accompanies Cao Cao, but it cannot be concluded that Cao Cao must appear in Luoyang because of Cao Hong's appearance, if this is just Cao Cao's tentative behavior, and we retreat to Hongnong because of Cao Hong's appearance, won't we be ridiculed by the people of the world?" Liu Ji was noncommittal, nodded and said, "Therefore, it is advisable to send someone to find out Cao Cao's movements before making plans." ”

"It's not difficult to find out Cao Cao's movements, you just need to send more scouts, is it a little late to wait for Cao Cao's news to make plans?" The master asked again.

"It's not too late to be late!" Liu Ji stroked his long beard and pointed to the information in his hand and couldn't help but admire: "Yang Zaixing has surrounded Cao Hong in all directions, as long as Cao Cao doesn't get the news that we are going to enter Luoyang, everything is still in time!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a hurried sound of horses' hooves came, and then the knight immediately shouted: "General Yang is in a hurry!" As the knight shouted, the impenetrable gate of the city hula made way for a passage.

Taking the information handed over by Shi Jin, Yang Shuo quickly unfolded it and looked at it, and couldn't tell what it tasted like, so he quickly handed it to Liu Ji again.

In the letter, Yang Zaixing said that he had captured a few scouts sent by Cao Cao, and after some inquiry, he learned that Cao Hong set off first as the vanguard, followed by Cao Ren's 20,000 Chinese troops and Cao Cao's 40,000 rear troops.

Liu Ji took the information and glanced at it, and immediately frowned, "My lord, according to the letter, our army may hope to imprison Cao Cao!" ”

"Sir, please speak!" There was a way to seize Luoyang, and Yang Shuo, who was already discouraged, couldn't suppress his joy and hurriedly urged.

Liu Ji said unhurriedly: "The lord can make Zhao Yun and Yang Zaixing jointly attack Cao Hong, so that Cao Hong can be destroyed, at this time Cao Ren has also entered Luoyang, the lord can make the main force entangle Cao Ren, and the tiger prison pass only has three thousand soldiers and horses, the lord can secretly send people from Hanoi to detour to the front of the tiger prison pass, and the two pinching tiger prison passes change hands, and Cao Ren in the pass has also become a turtle in the urn!" ”

"That's a brilliant plan!" The master father on the side listened to it and was full of joy and applauded again and again.

What a trick to close the door and hit the dog! Liu Ji said in detail, and in an instant, Yang Shuo also figured out what was going on. Cao Hong's 5,000 infantry is easy to solve, even if the battle formation is settled, 8,000 cavalry swarm up for minutes, and at this time Cao Ren did not get the news that Cao Hong was destroyed, and he will definitely not strengthen the defense of the Tiger Prison Pass, at this time, Qin Qiong's main force of soldiers and horses entangled Cao Ren, so Cao Ren is difficult to protect himself in Luoyang, Cao Cao is still dangling on the way to Xingyang, and Cao Cao came to the Tiger Prison Pass only to find that the Tiger Prison Pass was planted with the word "Yang" flag.

Although the strategy is good, but the key is still how to implement, from defeating Cao Hong to entangling Cao Ren to capturing the Tiger Prison Pass, the time is relatively short, if a link is not completed as planned, everything that has been worked on before will be in vain.

After the master father praised him, he suddenly condensed his eyebrows, and immediately poured out the doubts in his heart, "The time for detouring to Hanoi to capture the Tiger Prison Pass is a little tight, and I also have to face the interrogation of the Hanoi Huns, I'm afraid it's not easy!" ”

As soon as the master father finished speaking, a small general behind Qin Qiong stood up and said loudly: "Why don't you take a detour from the waterway to the front of the Tiger Prison Pass?" ”