Chapter 176: Tongguan Skillfully Divisive.
"Smack!" Dong Zhuo slapped the wall and said, "It's too much to deceive people!" The order went down, and ordered Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Zhang Xiu, Hua Xiong, and Lu Bu to go out to meet the enemy, and Xu Sheng was not allowed to lose! ”
"Obey!" Hua Xiong and the others gave up their orders, and only Lu Bu was eager to try.
With a loud bang, the gate of Tongguan suddenly opened, and Li Dao and other seven generals rushed out, followed by an army of 100,000. Fortunately, the front of Tongguan is wide enough, otherwise it would not have been able to accommodate so many people!
"What? Zhong Ying is ready to fight Ben Hou? Liu Zhang asked expressionlessly under Tongguan.
"Champion Hou, I respect you, but you don't know what to do, why should I respect you?" Dong Zhuo said viciously: "Since you toast and don't eat and drink, don't blame your ruthlessness!" Under the Tiger Prison, are you really afraid of you? Tell you! The prime minister is worried about the alliance of princes! ”
"Then give it a try!" Liu Zhang sneered: "Hansheng, you drag Lu Bu; Yun Chang, Yi De, Zilong, the three of you, kill Hua Xiong first, and then kill Li Dao, Guo Yan and others. Lao Dian, capture Zhang Xiu! ”
"Yes!" Zhao Yun and the others responded with fists on their horses, and then each reorganized their armies and prepared to charge.
"Humph! Bite off more than one can chew! Dong Zhuo snorted coldly and said, "Order, charge!" ”
A drum sounded, and Li Dao's seven-man army pounced on Liu Zhang's army.
"Liu Zhang, hand over Minchan!" Lu Bu waved Fang Tian's halberd and swooped down on Liu Zhang's army.
"Your opponent is me!" Huang Zhong crossed the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, and then urged Huang Husa to meet Lu Bu.
"Dead open!" Lu Bu knew that Huang Zhong was powerful, so he didn't want to entangle with him, but Huang Zhong was ordered to drag Lu Bu, how could he let him rush over. Lu Bu, who was crazy, was faster than a halberd, and he actually pressed and beat Huang Zhong. However, Huang Zhong doesn't care, anyway, it's delaying time, as long as Lu Bu continues to fight him!
Lu Bu was dragged by Huang Zhong, and the other generals of Dong Zhuojun were unlucky.
"Huaxiong, take your life!" Guan Yu, the main owner of Wenjiu and Huaxiong, seems to have a grudge with Huaxiong for several generations. I saw a touch of green floating in, and Guan Yu had already rushed in front of Hua Xiong. The white light flashed, and Hua Xiong vomited blood and flew upside down. Guan Yu stroked his long hair, and his eyes shot directly at Dong Zhuo, who felt a little cold in his neck.
"Hey! Zhang Yide, who dares to compete with me! Seeing Guan Yu's meritorious service, Zhang Fei was not to be left behind, he shouted violently, and faintly suppressed the drums on the battlefield. Li Dao and Guo Yan glanced at each other and joined forces to kill Zhang Fei.
"Good time!" Zhang Fei shouted again, and the ears of Li Dao and Guo Yan were buzzing.
"Be careful!" I saw Zhang Fei sweeping the Zhangba snake spear, and Li Dao raised his knife to block it. Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei turned into a thorn, and the snake spear went straight into Li Wei's chest and abdomen. Li Wei didn't have time to change his moves, and Guo Yan saw that he was in a hurry, so he slashed at Zhang Fei's snake spear. The force of the counterattack actually shook Guo Yanhu's mouth numb, and this time, Zhang Fei's snake spear deviated slightly, and Li Dao escaped by luck.
"Thank you!" Li Wei dodged Zhang Fei's attack and immediately thanked Guo Yan.
"Old friend for many years, thank you?" Guo Yan and Li Dao worked under Dong Zhuo together, climbed from a pawn to the position of a general, and have been friends for 20 years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are friends. Saving each other's lives is really not a big deal. In the army, if there is no support from colleagues and brothers, it is difficult to save even the life of the surname.
"Yo! Good feelings! Today I will send you on the road together, so that you can be a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate! Zhang Fei used a snake spear and killed Li Dao and Guo Yan again.
Uncle Zhang is furious, and the ten Li Dao and Guo Yan are not opponents! It's just that Liu Zhang had already ordered that except for Lu Bu, the others would only be injured and not killed. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Zhang really couldn't get used to Lu Bu's personality and wanted to forcibly occupy Minchan, he would not have been ruthless to Lu Bu. However, it seems that it is not so easy to kill Lu Bu.
"Look at me!" On the other side of the battlefield, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei faced Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, and Zhang Xiu. Liu Zhang explained that Zhang Xiu is a brother of the same sect, and it is best to be captured alive, and Zhang Ji is Zhang Xiu's uncle, so it is best not to be injured. So, Zhao Yun blocked Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu alone, and Fan Chou was about to be played to death by Dian Wei! As for Liu Zhang, he commanded the army and Dong Zhuo's army.
The 100,000 army against the 80,000 army was suppressed, Dong Zhuo stood on the pass with a depressed face, Li Ru knew that he was unwilling, and immediately stepped forward to persuade: "Prime Minister, the champion Hou has experienced a hundred battles and has never been defeated, if he forcibly fights with him, he will lose both, it is better to make peace with good words!" ”
"But the champion Hou asked for Empress Dowager He and others, how could he give him his true appearance?" Dong Zhuo was depressed to death, and he didn't want to be an enemy of Liu Zhang, but now he had to fight!
Li Ru said with a smile: "Why bother the prime minister, the champion Hou is here, at most he will bring a month or two of grain and grass, and if there is no food, won't he retreat?" ”
"This..."Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard this: "Then you don't want to withdraw the troops?" ”
"When... While... When..."Dong Zhuojun saw that he was about to be defeated, a gong and drum sounded, and Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu hurriedly commanded the troops to retreat towards the pass. Lu Bu and Huang Zhong were originally inseparable from each other, but after Guan Yu defeated Hua Xiong, he joined the battle. Lu Bu was being pressed and beaten by Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, and when he heard Ming Jin, he hurriedly forced Gong Yu to go straight to Tongguan, and rescued Hua Xiong back.
As for why Liu Zhang didn't go to help beat Lu Bu, because he knew that with his ability, facing a master like Lu Bu was completely looking for death. Instead of letting Huang Zhong and Guan Yu deal with Lu Bu, they have to be distracted to take care of him, it is better to let Guan Yu and Huang Zhong concentrate on dealing with Lu Bu!
Dong Zhuo collected his troops, but Liu Zhang did not pursue, he stood at the bottom of the pass and asked, "Zhong Ying, you haven't enjoyed it yet, why did you collect your troops?" ”
"Uh..."Dong Zhuo was in a cold sweat, Liu Zhang hadn't enjoyed it yet, most of the generals under his command had already been seriously injured, if Liu Zhang was enjoyed, then Huaxiong and the others wouldn't have to finish playing?
Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "Champion Hou, you and I have a grudge, why fight for life and death?" Can you give this picture more time to think about it? ”
"Zhong Ying, don't you want to wait for the army to run out of food under the pretense of delaying time?" Liu Zhang's words broke through Li Ru's thoughts, which made Dong Zhuo's face change greatly.
"How is that possible!" Dong Zhuo stood on the gate and argued with himself.
Although Liu Zhang couldn't see Dong Zhuo's face, he knew that Dong Zhuo, an old boy, just didn't shed tears when he saw the coffin. So Liu Zhang shook his head and smiled: "Even if Ben Hou withdraws his troops back to Yizhou, it will be near Chang'an." At any time, troops can be sent from Yangping Pass, or troops can be sent from Jinyang to Chang'an. If Ben Hou is in a bad mood and casually sends a few troops into Liangzhou, I don't know what Zhong Ying should do? ”
"Then I'll kill Cai Yong and the others!" Dong Zhuo's face was ruthless.
Liu Zhang nodded and said, "The proposal is good!" In that case, how about we die in the net? You kill Empress Dowager He and others, and you are going to kill your whole family! If what Ben Hou remembers is correct, Zhong Ying is almost sixty years old this year. You are a son, and you are still in the hands of Ben Hou. I hope you can add another noble son this year, and then you can live to be seventy or eighty! ”
"You..." Dong Zhuo pointed at Liu Zhang's steel teeth and gritted it.
You must know that Dong Zhuo's biggest disadvantage is that his heirs are difficult. For a monarch, if there is no heir, there is no successor. Although Dong Zhuo's subordinates didn't say anything, it didn't mean that they weren't worried. As for Dong Zhuo's sons-in-law Li Ru and Niu Fu, they are not good candidates to inherit Dong Zhuo's status.
"Oh! I see! Before Dong Zhuo could speak, Liu Zhang seemed to understand something, he pointed to Lu Bu beside Dong Zhuo and said, "Ben Hou understands!" You accepted Lu Bu as your adopted son, did you intend to pass on the position to him? No wonder Lu Bu was willing to kill Ding Yuan! ”
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the generals around Dong Zhuo who looked at Lu Bu changed, and even Lu Bu had a trace of expectation in his heart. You must know that Ding Yuan regarded Lu Bu as his own son at the beginning, and was ready to let Lu Bu inherit everything from him. At this moment, Lu Bu's ambition swelled instantly, and he suddenly felt that becoming Dong Zhuo's righteous son was not a bad thing!
Dong Zhuo is also a human spirit, he knows that Liu Zhang is sowing discord, but when he saw Lu Bu's eyes change, he immediately understood that Lu Bu was no longer the original Lu Bu! People can't be without ambition, because people without ambition are often willing to be ordinary. But people can't have too much ambition, because too much ambition will make a person greedy.
In the past, Lu Bu's ambition was not too big, and it happened to be used by Dong Zhuo, but Liu Zhang's words just now made Lu Bu's ambition swell rapidly. Coupled with Lu Busheng's surname being reckless and not knowing how to hide it, his ambition was seen by Dong Zhuo. It was precisely because he saw Lu Bu's ambition that Dong Zhuo began to slowly distance himself from him.
"Champion Hou, you don't have to sow discord!" Although Dong Zhuo was determined to alienate Lu Bu, he was facing Liu Zhang, and he still needed Lu Bu to serve, so naturally he couldn't show his dissatisfaction with Lu Bu.
"Sow discord? Ben Hou never disdain! Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Zhong Ying, Ben Hou will give you another three days, if you really don't hand over Empress Dowager He, Ben Hou will retire!" But at your own risk! ”
After Liu Zhang gave the ultimatum, he ordered to retreat twenty miles and set up camp. Dong Zhuo was helpless, and ordered Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu to continue to guard Tongguan, and he returned to Chang'an with the seriously injured Hua Xiong, Li Dao, and Guo Yan. This time, Dong Zhuo kept Lu Bu behind, but he didn't let him be the commander!
Three days later, Dong Zhuo replied to Liu Zhang, resolutely not handing over the four Empress Dowager He. Liu Zhang didn't force it, so as not to burn the jade. When Liu Zhang led his troops to evacuate Tongguan, everyone under Dong Zhuo's command breathed a sigh of relief. However, Liu Zhang let out his words and asked Dong Zhuo to serve the Empress Dowager He carefully, otherwise the jade would be burned.
For the sake of a small family, Dong Zhuo almost didn't put Liu Bian on the throne again. Although Liu Bian and He Lingsi are no longer emperors and queen mothers, their treatment is very different from that of the real emperor Liu Xie and the queen mother Wang Meiren. Wang Meiren, who was jealous, actually died and did not change her surname, and harmed Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He. If Dong Zhuo hadn't received the news in time, Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He would have been poisoned.
This incident scared Dong Zhuo out of a cold sweat, God knows if Wang Meiren killed Liu Bi and Empress Dowager He, Liu Zhang will put the account on his head and take his whole family as a funeral! The angry Dong Zhuo finally provoked the anger of the heavens because of his treatment of Wang Meiren!
(To be continued)