Hearing that the Tiger Prison Pass was attacked, Deng Mao was taken aback, but he made another mistake, he didn't even have time to breathe, and he didn't have time to eat breakfast, so he hurriedly led the people and horses of his department to rush back, but was waiting for Li Dian's ambush soldiers halfway!

In terms of quality, Deng Mao's Yellow Turban Army is no longer the group of sheep that were slaughtered in the past, he is a group of wolves, a group of bloodthirsty wolves, Li Dian's Cao Army is said to be a hundred battles of elite soldiers, in the hands of Zhang Bao, Gao Shun, Yu She, Li Dian's Cao Army is definitely not the opponent of the Yellow Turban Army, but the problem is that Deng Mao's Yellow Turban Army has been running all night, and now the grain of rice has not entered, he is tired and hungry, while Li Dian's Cao Army has rested for half the night, and he has a full meal before dawn, full of energy. The most important thing is that Deng Mao is a person with mediocre ability, and he can become the deputy general of Tiger Prison, and that is also because Zhang Bao is unwilling to snub the old brothers~

Cao's army also occupies the advantage of troops, the advantage of terrain, and the ability of generals, and the victory or defeat of this battle can be known regardless of whether it is known.

In less than two hours, Deng Mao's 3,000 Yellow Turban Army was annihilated, and Deng Mao was also captured alive by Li Diansheng.

After the victory, Li Dian immediately ordered the 500 Cao army to change into the clothes of the Yellow Turban Army, pretending to be Deng Mao's subordinates to deceive the door, and when he arrived outside the Tiger Prison Pass, it was nearly dusk, and the deputy general guarding the pass saw that Deng Mao was under the pass, and did not suspect him, so he hurriedly switched on and off to greet him. When the gate was wide open, five hundred Cao troops swarmed in, and Li Dian seized the Tiger Prison Pass without much effort.

After capturing the Tiger Pass, Li Dian ordered the city wall to be repaired to prevent the frantic counterattack of the Yellow Turban Army in Luoyang, and at the same time sent a horse to Xuchang to urgently ask for reinforcements.

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Xuchang, Cao Cao's mansion.

When Guo Jia's figure walked into the study, Cao Cao, who was as calm as Cao Cao, couldn't help but stand up, and couldn't wait to ask, "Fengxiao, what's wrong?" ”

Guo Jia's face flashed with a gloomy color, and he said miserably: "My lord, General Zixiao and 15,000 soldiers were all killed, and the Yellow Turban thief army moved to the high ground due to timely news, and only four or five thousand cavalry were drowned, and the thief Zhang Bao, Jia Xu, Dian Wei and some major generals all survived. ”

"Huh?"

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and a heart-wrenching pain struck, and he suddenly sat back on the table with a butt, and it took a long time for Cao Cao to come back to his senses, and he sobbed with his hands on the ground: "Zixiao, Zixiao~"

Guo Jia said gloomily: "Please mourn on the Lord's Day." ”

"What about Yan County?" Cao Cao Huo straightened up and asked through gritted teeth, "Have you ever intercepted Zhang Bao and his remnants?" ”

"Not either." Guo Jia sighed and said, "First, Zhang Bao may have expected the arrangement of our army and turned around to go to Gaotang, and secondly, a big flood made Ganning's navy take the lead to meet Zhang Bao, and when the two generals Zheng Hun and Yu Ban got the news and went to pursue again, it was too late." ”

"Alas~~" Cao Cao sighed, "Such a good opportunity actually let Zhang Bao run away again." ”

"Don't be discouraged." Guo Jia said, "Although Zhang Bao didn't die, the population under his rule is far inferior to that under the rule of the lord, otherwise there is no need to take risks in person, and our army's soldiers can defeat Zhang Bao's Yellow Turban thief army sooner or later." ”

"Lord, where is the lord?" Guo Jia's voice fell, and Xun You's voice suddenly sounded outside.

Cao Cao hurriedly said: "Gongda, the prime minister is here." ”

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Xun You hurriedly entered the backyard and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, Chen Liu's urgent report." ”

"Chen Liu's urgent report?" Cao Cao's face darkened, and he sighed, "Zixiao's 10,000 troops are gone, and it is not surprising that Chen Liu's loss is expected, but I don't know if General Li Dian is alive or dead?" ”

"Oh, it's not." Xun You said, "It's not that Chen Liu is lost, it's General Li Dian who took the Tiger Prison Pass by surprise!" ”

"Huh? Li Dian won the Tiger Prison Pass? ”

"General Li Dian!?"

Cao Cao and Guo Jia glanced at each other, suspicious of their dreams for a while, and some didn't quite believe their ears.

"My lord." Xun Yu hurriedly said, "Although General Li Dian has won the Tiger Prison Pass, the situation is not optimistic!" General Li Dian had less than 10,000 soldiers under his command, and with the soldiers who died in the attack on Tiger Pass, there were now at most seven or eight thousand people. Zhang Bao is definitely not willing to accept the loss of the Tiger Pass, and will inevitably mobilize a large army to attack, if the lord does not send reinforcements as soon as possible, the Tiger Pass will inevitably be lost and lost. ”

"Oops." Guo Jiaton said, "At present, the river is flooding and has not receded, and the official road from Xuchang to Hujiao Pass has been cut off, how to send reinforcements in an emergency?" ”

"Wolf County!" Cao Cao hurriedly said, "Isn't there still Shi Wan's 4,000 men and horses in Wolf County?" Let Shi Huan immediately abandon the Wolf County and rush to the Tiger Prison Pass non-stop, Chen Liu and the Wolf County Essence do not want it, they don't want it all, as long as the Tiger Prison Pass, the Tiger Prison Pass must be guarded at all costs!! ”

"Lord!" Xun Yu paused, "Shi Huan is dead, Li Tong's 4,000 men and horses have already abandoned the county of Shan County, and when they are about to make a detour back to Xuchang, let Runan Taishou Chen Ji be detained!" ”

"What? Li Tong's 2,000 people were detained by Chen Ji? Cao Cao struck and said, "How can this be?" ”

Guo Jia's expression moved, and he suddenly said to Cao Cao: "Lord, whether you can hold the Tiger Prison Pass or not is all up to Chen Ji!" ”

Cao Cao said: "How do you say this? ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly, attached to Cao Cao's ear and said something, Cao Cao was dumbfounded when he heard it, and lost his voice: "Is this possible?" ”

"It's man-made." Guo Jiadao, "No matter what the result is, it is worth a try after all." ”

"Good." Cao Cao slammed the knot and said to Xun You, "Come on, quickly invite General Cao Hong to the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

"Yes."

Two of his own soldiers had already been ordered to leave.

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"It's cold, it's cold, it's so fucking cold."

Zhang Bao shrunk into a ball in the cabin, trembling all over. At this time, Zhang Bao still has even a trace of calmness and coldness on weekdays, Zhang Bao's face at this time is as red as blood, and his forehead seems to be able to steam eggs raw, obviously Zhang Bao has a cold, this era is called wind cold.

If it weren't for Zhang Bao's good physical fitness, such a serious fever would have confused Zhang Bao, but Zhang Bao's consciousness at this time was still awake and unspeakably uncomfortable.

"Dian Wei~" Zhang Bao's tone no longer had the voice of the past, and the word Dian Wei shouted out like a mosquito and a fly.

"Lord, lord~The quilt is here~" Dian Wei hurriedly covered Zhang Bao's body with the quilt he found, Zhang Bao said in a low voice, "Dian Wei, quickly cover my forehead with a wet cloth soaked in cold water, and soak it in cold water with a stick of incense~"

"Yes~" Dian Wei nodded hurriedly in agreement, turned back and shouted to a few pro-soldiers who were stunned in a daze, "What are you guys still doing!?" Don't go yet~"

Cooling down and taking the medicinal soup in Suijunlang, he has been so busy for half a day, Zhang Bao can be regarded as having a fever and falling asleep~

In the dead of night, Jia Xu came to Zhang Bao's cabin gently, and Dian Wei greeted him with sharp eyes and said, "The last general has seen Mr. Wenhe!" ”

Jia Xu's eyebrows tightened, and he asked with concern: "General Dian Wei, has the lord's condition ever improved?" ”

"Ugh." Dian Wei sighed, shook his head and said, "At present, the lord is quite calm, and he has already laid down after drinking the decoction~"

"Hmm!" Jia Xu bowed his head lightly and walked into the cabin lightly, wanting to see Zhang Bao's condition, but he didn't want Zhang Bao to wake up, and said weakly: "Wenhe is here~Sit down~"

Jia Xu hurriedly stepped forward and said softly: "Lord~"

After Jia Xu sat cross-legged on the seat in front of the couch, Zhang Baocai asked, "Wenhe, what's wrong?" ”

Jia Xu hesitated for a moment, he didn't want to say it, but the stakes were so high that he gritted his teeth and said: "Lord, I just received an urgent report, and the Tiger Prison Pass has been lost!" ”

"Huh!?"

Zhang Bao screamed in surprise, Huo Di turned over and sat up, staring at Jia Xu with his eyes wide open and unable to say a word for a long time.

"Deng Mao was greedy and reckless, and fell for Cao Jiang Li Dian's trick! Tiger Prison Pass has fallen~" Jia Xu sighed, "But fortunately, You'an is fully assisting General Gao Shun in training troops in Luoyang, and the current 40,000 new troops in Luoyang can withstand a battle, but there is no need to worry about the danger of Luoyang~"

"Huh?" Zhang Bao held back for a long time but suddenly was surprised, walked a few steps back and forth after staying, and couldn't help but say to Jia Xu happily, "Wenhe, General Ben's illness seems to be cured, okay." ”

"Uh~~" Jia Xu was stunned, and then said happily, "The lord's illness has been cured?" ”

"Okay, it's almost~" Zhang Bao walked back and forth a few more steps, only to feel that he was light, and he didn't feel uncomfortable anymore, so he smiled, "Speaking of which, it's not a bad thing to lose the Tiger Prison Pass, hahaha." ”

Jia Xu also smiled: "This is a blessing in disguise." ”

This is where Zhang Bao and Jia Xu have a clear heart, the gains and losses of one pass and one city, how can Zhang Bao's recovery be compared? At present, Zhang Bao is the backbone of the entire Yellow Turban, and the soul of the entire Yellow Turban Army, as long as Zhang Bao is there, no matter how many Chengguan are lost, the soul of the Yellow Turban will not be lost, as long as the soul is not lost, one day these things will be able to be snatched back~

However, once Zhang Bao is gone, the backbone of the Yellow Turban, the soul of the Yellow Turban will be lost, at present, Zhang Baoyan's eldest son Zhang Tuo is very young, the prestige is very small, far from qualified to lead the Yellow Turban Army, this huge chariot, Zhang Bao died, the Yellow Turban chariot will be torn apart in an instant~

"Ugh." Zhang Bao sat opposite Jia Xu and sighed, "But in this battle, our army still suffered a big loss." If it weren't for the greed of General Ben, who trapped Cao Ren's army and eradicated it in one fell swoop, and then turned around and returned to the Tiger Prison, then not so many things would have happened next, and Jiang Yan would not have died in battle~"

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the lord doesn't have to worry about it." Jia Xu said indifferently, "What's more, this battle is not a defeat, although our army has lost more than 3,000 soldiers, and even more to General Jiang Yu, but the losses of Cao's army are at least twice that of our army!" Although the Tiger Prison Pass was lost, Cao Cao didn't gain any benefits from the battle against Yuan, and if it was leveled, he should buy a lesson. ”

"yes, just buy a lesson." Zhang Baodao, "From now on, we must remember that we will accept everything when we see it, and we must no longer be lucky and insatiable." ”

Jia Xu said happily: "If the lord can think like this, it is really a blessing for the soldiers of the three armies." ”

Zhang Bao waved his hand and said, "However, according to Wen He's opinion, can the Tiger Prison Pass be taken back?" ”

"Don't worry, my lord." Jia Xu said, "Xu has sent the horse to Luoyang, so that General Gao Shun hurriedly led the army to counterattack, and took advantage of the unstable foothold of Cao's army to recapture the Tiger Pass in one fell swoop!" Although Li Dian captured Hangu Pass, his command was less than 10,000 at most, because the road was blocked by floods, and Xuchang's reinforcements could not arrive in a short time, but ......"

"But how?"

Jia Xu frowned and said: "However, Runan is too close to the Tiger Prison Pass, if Chen Ji suddenly falls to Cao Cao and then sends troops to rescue, then it will be difficult to say the gains and losses of the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

"Chen Ji?" Zhang Bao's expression sank and said, "Will Chen Ji fall to Cao Cao?" ”

"It's hard to say." Jia Xu pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "It is said that Chen Ji is the old department of Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu died at the hands of Cao Cao, Chen Ji and Cao Cao should be mortal enemies, but during the battle of Yuan, Chen Ji did not obey Yuan Shu's military order to send troops to attack Cao Cao's flank, from this point of view, Chen Ji's attitude is very ambiguous." ”

"That's it~" Zhang Bao pondered for a moment and said, "But all human beings always have weaknesses. Or greedy for power or greedy for money or greedy for beauty, let Gan Ning send a small boat to send Xun Zheng ashore and let him go directly to Runan. When he arrived in Runan, he camped Chen Ji under any conditions, even if he couldn't persuade Chen Ji to surrender, he must be kept neutral, and Chen Ji must not be allowed to interfere in the battle for Tiger Pass. ”

"Understood." Jia Xu left the table and got up, and waved his hand to Zhang Bao, "I'll do it." ”

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Runan Taishou Mansion.

Taishou Mansion, back study, when Chen Jizheng was with Xinna's concubine**, suddenly a small official bowed his head and said: "My lord, Mr. Jin Shang asks to see him outside the mansion." ”

Yan Xiang was originally Yuan Shu's confidant and strategist.

During the battle against Yuan, Yuan Shu broke through from the north gate of Shouchun and successfully divided the troops into two routes, Yan Xiang led 5,000 troops to flee to Runan, Yuan Shu personally led more than 30,000 troops to flee to Lujiang, and finally Yuan Shu's army was killed by Cao's army, but Yan Xiang's 5,000 troops fled to Runan safely.

Not long after Yan Xiang fled to Runan, the news of Yuan Shu's defeat also came, and Yan Xiang had nowhere to go so he stayed in Runan, and was appointed by the Chen Commission for Discipline Inspection as a long history.

"Yan Xiang?" Chen Ji straightened his clothes, reached out and patted the concubine's snow buttocks, signaled the woman to hide behind the screen, and then said to the little official, "Let him in." ”

"Yes, sir."

The little official agreed, bowed and withdrew.

After a while, Yan Xiang crept in, glanced around with a thief's eyes, and then came to Chen Ji and whispered, "My lord, something is wrong." ”

Chen Jidao: "What's wrong?" ”

Yan Xiang said: "Cao Cao's troops attacked Li Dian by surprise and captured the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhang Bao and Cao Cao are anxious, one is desperate to recapture, and the other is to hold it at all costs. ”

Chen Jidao: "Zhang Bao and Cao Cao are competing for the Tiger Prison Pass, what does this have to do with this official?" ”

Yan Xiang said: "My lord, Cao Cao hopes that the adults can send troops to help, and as for Zhang Bao's envoy, of course, he hopes that our army can remain neutral." ”

"I see." Chen Jidao, "How do you think we should deal with it?" ”

Yan Xiang said: "Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to completely stay out of the matter and not offend both sides, so you can only choose one side from the two forces of Cao Cao and Zhang Bao to rely on, and then do your best to help one side defeat the other, otherwise you may have the worry of destruction." ”

Chen Jidao: "Then in your opinion, who should this official be attached to?" ”

"Cao Cao, of course." Yan Xiang replied without thinking, "Cao Cao is the prime minister of today, with a high position and power, and coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, although the strength is slightly weaker now, but Yan and Henan are located in the Central Plains, densely populated and abundant, and it doesn't take too long to become strong. ”

"This~~" Chen Ji frowned and said, "Rong Benguan thinks twice." ”

Yan Xiang said: "My lord, the envoys of the two families are waiting for your reply. ”

"This~" Chen Ji sighed, "That's it, it's up to you to do it." ”