In 194 AD, on June 15, Dong Zhuo received good news that Yuan Shao agreed to send troops to attack Ma Bin with all the princes.

And when Ma Bin heard the news, he hurriedly summoned Guo Jia, Yang Fu and others to discuss countermeasures.

Guo Jia thought that Yuan Shao's participation in the war was mainly to attack the east of Hanzhong with Yuan Shu, Kong Rong and others, and Meridian Valley and Luogu would inevitably bear the brunt.

Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu are likely to lead their armies to attack the Liangjie Mountain Village and the Micang Mountain Village.

Ma Bin agrees with this, but he is not focusing on this aspect at present.

He suddenly changed the conversation and said, "How is Chen Gong over there?" ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly: "As the lord expected!" ”

Ma Bin laughed and said, "It seems that this king is going to personally give Cao Cao a big gift!" ”

Guo Jia nodded, and Ma Bin began to allocate troops to Meridian Valley, Luogu, Micang Mountain Village, and Liangjie Mountain Village.

In July 194, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu took the lead in attacking Ma Bin.

Although the two brothers are now on the same page, they are unexpectedly unanimous in attacking Ma Bin.

Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Ran are known as the "Four Pillars of Hebei", and they are the four fierce generals under Yuan Shao.

In this battle, Yuan Shao left Zhang He and Gao Ran to guard the lair, while Yan Liang and Wen Chou followed him to Meridian Valley.

When the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao did not bring Yan Liang and Wen Chou with him, and this move undoubtedly encouraged his allies.

Compared with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu did not show weakness at all. He took Sun Jian as the vanguard and took his generals Ji Ling and Zhang Xun to go on the expedition together.

Although Liu Biao was a little slower, he also made his old mistakes and brought Cai Mao, Ji Ling, Huang Zhong and other generals.

Liu Biao set out from Jingzhou and was with Zhang Lu's men and horses after passing through Badong, and Zhang Lu's men and horses were still led by Yang Bai, but this time Yan Pu, the first strategist under Zhang Lu, personally accompanied the army to conquer.

Yuan Shao is known as a 100,000 army, Yuan Shu is known as an 80,000 army, Liu Biao is with an army of 30,000, and Zhang Lu has 30,000 men and horses. Liu Zhang's men and horses were led by Wu Yi and Ling Bao, also 30,000 people, and Meng Da personally accompanied the army to the battle. Kong Rong also led more than 10,000 people.

Most of Dong Zhuo's men and horses are concentrated in the northern part of Hanzhong, and Ma Bin is conservatively estimated. This time, Dong Zhuo should gather no less than 50,000 people.

In this way, Ma Bin is fighting against more than 120,000 people, and he is somewhat panicked.

At present, all the men and horses under his command add up to no more than 150,000 people, and they are extremely scattered, once the princes from all walks of life storm it, don't think about it, Hanzhong will definitely not be able to hold it.

Although he has been preparing for the war, he still pins some hopes on Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is also a man who keeps his promises, on the first day of July. Once again, he led most of his men and horses to attack Tao Qian.

Liu Bei originally planned to take his two brothers to attack Ma Bin together, but in front of the army, Tao Qian begged in advance, and he had to stay in Xuzhou to defend the city with Tao Qian.

Like the first crusade against Tao Qian, Cao Cao went everywhere. There were rivers of blood, and many ordinary people suffered.

Seeing that Cao Cao's army was approaching Xuzhou. Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai and Liu Bei's men and horses were also in place, but a dramatic scene appeared.

Suddenly, a soldier reported to Cao Cao, and the Dongjun garrison Chen Gong and Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao, Zhang Miao's brother Zhang Chao, engaged in Zhonglang Xu Yan and Wang Kai and other accomplices in the rebellion, and Lu Bu rushed to Yanzhou with 20,000 troops.

The situation in front of him is very clear, but Cao Cao is quite calm.

He sneered and said, "Then Ma Bin really didn't lie to Cao!" ”

Xun Yu said: "General Xiahou's men and horses are enough to deal with the rebellion of Chen Gong and others, but we must not let Lu Bu's army enter Yanzhou!" ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Lu Bu is really looking for death!" But Dong Zhuo's move is really ruthless! ”

Xun Yu said: "The current situation is critical. I implore the lord to send a surprise army to attack Luoyang directly to deter Chang'an, in this case, then Lu Bu's army will retreat! ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "It's exactly what I want!" Where is Dian Wei and Lejin? ”

After Dian Wei and Le Jin went out together, Cao Cao said: "The two of you will take 8,000 men and horses to attack Luoyang quickly, and the faster you move, the better." The bigger the action, the better! ”

"Yes!"

After the two rushed to the direction of Luoyang with the men and horses in the starry night, Cao Cao continued to attack Xuzhou with the men and horses.

After the Dongjun garrison Chen Gong and Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao, Zhang Miao's brother Zhang Chao, Zhonglang Xu Yan and Wang Kai took advantage of the rebellion of the few soldiers in Yanzhou, they thought that they could do a big job, but seeing that Lu Bu's army was about to see the affairs of Yanzhou, an unexpected scene appeared for them. Xiahoudun and 5,000 men and horses destroyed their camp in the middle of the night at the third watch with lightning speed, Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, Zhang Miao's brother Zhang Chao, engaged in Zhonglang Xu Yan and Wang Kai were all killed, and Chen Gong escaped with the escort of a group of dead soldiers and rushed east.

After destroying Chen Gong and others, Xiahoudun strengthened Yanzhou's defenses while spreading rumors that his lord had successfully captured Xuzhou.

Suddenly, the chaotic Yanzhou returned to calm again.

When Lu Bu was still ten miles away from Yanzhou, he saw the unkempt Chen Palace in the camp tent.

After seeing Chen Gong's embarrassed appearance, Lu Bu couldn't wait to pull out the sword at his waist and directly hit him.

"What's going on!!"

The furious Lu Bu glared at Chen Gong, and Chen Gong lowered his head and said, "Someone must have leaked the news, otherwise Xiahoudun would definitely not have suddenly killed back with his men!" ”

"How do you say General Ben will explain to his father-in-law? What a bunch of rubbish! ”

Lu Bu was really a little collapsed at this time, he originally thought that after capturing Yanzhou and Xuzhou this time, he could make a fuss, expand his influence in the court, and cultivate his own men and horses at the same time, but now, it seems that everything is going to be in vain!

"General Lu, although the news has been leaked, but there are not many people in Yanzhou now, General Lu can still lead the army to directly capture Yanzhou, and then go around behind Cao Cao, he will definitely be able to kill him by surprise!"

After Lu Buluo thought about it, he immediately let his men and horses move forward quickly, but when they were about to reach the boundary of Yanzhou, a soldier came with news that they found a large group of men and horses were rushing to the direction of Luoyang, attacking the city along the way, looting and intercepting, no one could stop them!

As soon as he heard this, Lu Bu was suddenly stupid!

Chen Gong hurriedly said: "This may be Cao Cao's plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, General Lu doesn't have to pay attention to it, it's not too late to take Yanzhou directly and then clean them up!" ”

After being cheated by Chen Gong once, Lu Bu didn't want to be cheated by him again, so he immediately said: "General Chuanben ordered, the army rushed to Luoyang!" ”

"General! Please think twice! ”

Chen Gong was really eager to break at this time, but Lu Bu didn't listen at all. No way, he had to follow the army to the direction of Luoyang.