The battle between the two princes of the Central Plains was about to begin, Zhao Yue led the troops of the barren mountain, did not dare to delay, hurried overnight, detoured the mountain road, and spent a lot of time, but he could not find a way to bypass Hangu Pass, and was forced to camp in the hidden woods not far from Hangu Pass.

Just as Zhao Yue was pondering how to lead the army back to Luoyang, a shocking news came.

In the middle of the court, Situ Wang Yun and the flying general Lu Bu launched a palace coup, killed Dong Zhuo, occupied the imperial court, and was determined to support the rule of the Han Dynasty and kill all Dong Zhuo's rebels.

Zhao Yue, who learned the news, couldn't help but sigh at the migration of current affairs, and almost shouted: "In this way, the defenders of Hangu Pass must be disheartened, even if the pass is dangerous, and we have 500 people besieging it, it will be easy to go down this pass!" ”

The woods are shady, the sun can't cover it, Wang Jian stood in the shade of the moss, and resolutely asked for his life: "Lord, since the last general has followed the lord, he has not made a big merit, and it is really difficult to be the name of Wang Qian, this time please give Wang Jian the right to soldier, let me lead 500 people to knock on the pass, within three days, I will be able to break through the Hangu Pass!" ”

Zhao Yue had no reason not to agree, and immediately let Wang Jian lead the army to set off, while he and the others rode slowly behind. Along the way, we can still analyze the situation in Chang'an at this time.

Zhang Duan swore allegiance to Dong Zhuo, and according to the Malay report, he seemed to refuse to surrender to Wang Yun, but fled with Dong Zhuo's old general, Li Dao, and another person named Guo Yan, who also led his soldiers to escape from Chang'an with Li Dao. Wang Yun is now leading his troops to arrest them.

Zhao Yue was a little moved, and wanted to take advantage of this big change to capture Chang'an and lay a solid foundation for the recovery of the Western Lands, in that case, he could move his residence to the previous Xianyang and go to Lishan to find the tomb of the ancestor First Emperor. It's a pity that his current strength doesn't allow it.

He hated the fool's decision more and more, and even wanted to turn his attention to the dispensable East.

In Zhao Yue's heart, he made all these changes against his will, just for the glory of his ancestors and for the hometown of Western Qin. He didn't have much ambition. only wants to live up to the filial piety of the ancestors, but the practice of being an idiot undoubtedly wants him to go higher and further. Zhao Yue didn't want to say that this was a mistake, but he felt that this goal was too ambitious, and he was afraid that he would not be able to achieve it with his strength.

When Wang Jian led his troops to Hangu Pass, the guards obviously knew about the changes in the court, and at this moment, when the enemy was in front of them, they did not resist at all, so they surrendered.

He collected another thousand soldiers. Zhao Yue was overjoyed, and let the generals who had previously guarded the pass take their original positions and guard this place. He led the men and horses of the barren mountains and continued to return to Luoyang.

What everyone didn't expect was that Yuan Shu's actions were very fast, and they had already ordered troops to go out without waiting for the armies of the four small forces to gather and converge.

The general Ji Ling is the main general, and Sun Ce is the vanguard. Yuan Shu personally commanded the army, leaving only 20,000 to defend Wancheng. The remaining 180,000 horses marched towards Yanzhou.

The reports that Zhao Yue received from the Malay were almost wave after wave, all of which were reported by the Luoyang sentinel to the Meng idiot, and the Meng idiot reported to Zhao Yue.

Xiao Tong Mengzhi had already escorted the money and food given by Yuan Shao from Pinggang to land and returned to Luoyang City, which had developed to the extreme at this time. Grain and grass are abundant, and the government treasury is abundant in money and grain. If you add the materials brought back from the barren mountains and Hangu Pass, it is enough for the people of Luoyang to use for a year, and this is not counting the harvest of the newly cultivated fields in Luoyang.

Zhao Yue hurriedly returned to Luoyang, but she didn't have time to settle down, so she returned to the big business.

The idiot saw this white-robed young man with sweat on his forehead. His face was flushed, and he looked eager, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "See the young master, the young master, are you back?" ”

"If I don't come back, the war will begin, and then let the Mongolian idiot come to the battlefield with a hundred-year-old body, I'm afraid it is not what a person who governs the country with filial piety should do."

Zhao Yue said as he hurried to the table, and quickly browsed the paperwork reports played by various Cao Ministries in Luoyang in the past few days, and in the process, because he was in a hurry, he touched a brush leaning on the inkstone.

Meng Idiot didn't hear anything in Zhao Yue's words, he felt that when Zhao Yue came back from this trip, the whole person seemed to have changed, became more mature, and knew how to be a monarch more.

He didn't know that all of this was due to Zhang Duan, and all of this was the promotion that Zhao Yue had gained by sacrificing the incomparably precious affection in the past.

"Young master, since this is the case, then let's hurry up and order troops, with the meaning of the young master, how many troops should we send this time?"

Zhao Yue put down the bamboo slip in his hand, turned around and thought about it: "I just looked, there are now 7,000 soldiers and horses in Luoyang City, but only 2,000 are really trained every day, and the remaining 5,000 people can only be regarded as moving weapons. In this way, this expedition to rescue Cao Cao will start with our family, 2,000 men and horses, all of them will be dispatched! ”

"Young master, what did you say? Rescue Cao Cao, we ...... this time "Meng idiot. He was speechless for a while, he was very surprised, why did Zhao Yue say this.

But after all, he was Zhao Yue's mentor, and he soon figured it out, Zhao Yue decided to send troops, but not to fight Cao Cao with Yuan Shu, but to help Cao Cao defeat Yuan Shu.

"But young master, you must know that I have promised Yuan Shu's envoy, but now that I am in battle, I will inevitably be criticized by other princes, and at that time, the reputation of our army may be greatly affected!"

Zhao Yue looked at the idiot a little anxious, but he was very calm, and just said lightly: "Idiot, in your opinion, how should we become famous and not be criticized by the outside world?" ”

Meng Idiot sighed, knowing that Zhao Yue was iron-hearted, he vaguely felt that Zhao Yue went to Chang'an this time What happened, but the time was urgent, and he couldn't ask one by one, so he had to smile helplessly: "Young master, since we are fighting as a third party, no matter which side we help each other, we will inevitably be criticized and slandered by the other party, so ...... Everything can be heard by the young master's arrangement. ”

After saying that, the idiot smiled slightly, and with regret in his heart, he slowly withdrew from the house.

In this way, regardless of the obstruction of the idiot, and despite the request of the envoy of Yuan Shujun, Zhao Yue seemed to be angry with the idiot, and as if he wanted to compete with Zhang Duan, he resolutely determined the action of going out.

He personally served as the chief general, and ordered Meng Idiot to be the military advisor, Wang Jian to be the vanguard, Cao Ping and Qin Feng to defend the city, Lu Ze to transport grain and grass back and forth, led an army of 2,000, and sent troops to Yanzhou.

This was Zhao Yue's first battle with his troops, and it was also the first time he faced off with the princes of the Central Plains as a power lord. Yuan Shu, the third prince of the fourth world, and Cao Mengde, who was an official in the court in the past, never dreamed that a person born as a small soldier was ready to lead the army to join the battle.

If Zhao Yue's only concern is the Sun generals under Yuan Shu, if he expects it to be good, Sun Shangxiang should also follow her brother to take refuge in Yuan Shu.

But Zhao Yue has given up too much, and he is used to losing his burden, he wants Sun Ce to know that Yuan Shu is not a person who can be relied on, and if he wants to succeed, everything must rely on himself, such as like him.

I will never rely on others, I may have had before, but I will never in the future!

Since he is a monarch, Zhao Yue is ready to become a loner, in this position, he is sitting on the throne, but it is a pity that it is covered with ice and snow, which makes people cold to the bone. (To be continued.) )