The death of Hu Zhen, the self-defending general of Yuyuan Pass, has actually existed in name only, and most of the soldiers guarding the pass have fled abroad.

After all, this pass is one of the eight levels of Luoyang, guarding the gateway of Luoyang, Dong Zhuo's side will naturally not give up easily. As soon as Hu Zhen died, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Zhonglang assisted Niu and immediately appointed Yang Ding, Hu Zhen's fellow countryman, to guard this pass again.

By the time Chen Nuo received Yuan Shao's order to raise troops to seize this pass, Yang Ding had basically taken over the defense of this pass, and brought many subordinates to redeploy the pass, which looked even more solid than before.

Chen Nuo knew that he was only afraid of wasting the wounded in vain, and he had to be wise. It just so happened that he also detained a group of Hu Zhen's old troops and did not take them in, so he deliberately let them go back, and mixed his men and horses in them. By the time Yang Dingjiao accepted these people in, Chen Nuo's troops had already quietly followed them outside the gate.

In the middle of the night, a fire broke out on the city, which was a signal of agreement between Chen Nuo and the spies who had infiltrated the pass. The city gate was slowly opened, and Chen Nuo led his troops to rush into the pass, and for a while the flames soared into the sky, and the killing cry shook the valley.

Yang Ding was still sleeping with the woman in his arms, and suddenly he heard the sound of shouting and killing, and when he saw a fire outside the window, he also knew that something was wrong. Just in time the guards rushed in to report the news of the enemy's attack. Yang Ding couldn't hold it anymore, and immediately turned over and grabbed his clothes and put them on randomly, even ignoring the woman, and took his cronies and subordinates to escape from Yuyuan Pass while the chaos was in chaos.

The fire was extinguished overnight, and Chen Nuo regained his grip on this pass, obtained countless equipment, grain and grass, and captured many Xiliang soldiers, and even more than 200 war horses, and harvested a huge harvest. After Chen Nuo got this pass, he immediately sent people to listen around, and for a while he didn't hear the news of Yuan Shao's other people marching into the army, and temporarily stationed the army in the pass to rest.

Chen Nuo knew that if he went further, it would be Luoyang. Although Luoyang was burned down after Dong Zhuo left, after all, Dong Zhuo did not give up Kanto, and still sent his son-in-law Niu Fu and others to divide his troops to defend it. Therefore, he must first settle down the people, repair the book Yuan Shao, and wait for Yuan Shao's further arrangements.

What's more, although he has incorporated a lot of soldiers and re-equipped the Sima battalion, it also takes a period of time to run in because of the large number of members in the battalion. In addition, most of the people who surrendered were of the Xiliang race, although they were accustomed to fighting and were not afraid of death, but their discipline was too poor, and they robbed and killed people at every turn.

A few days ago, a group of people slipped out of the tent, plundered the people's daughters, burned the houses, and was immediately killed by Chen Nuo after knowing about it, which also shocked people's hearts a little. Despite this, the so-called easy nature of the country is difficult to change, and Chen Nuo needs more time to strictly manage and train these people.

After staying in the customs for more than ten days, he did not receive a reply from Yuan Shao for a while, nor did he hear the news of the troops from all walks of life. However, I heard the news that Yang Ding returned to Niu Fu after the defeat, and asked Niu Fu for soldiers and food, saying that he wanted to come to him for revenge.

Chen Nuo didn't have time to pay attention to these, but he saw that it had entered the cold winter of October, and the weather was slowly getting colder, and there was no news from Yuan Shao's side, it seemed that Yuan Shao had no intention of doing this. Sure enough, within a few days, Yuan Shao sent an urgent document to Chen Nuo, asking Chen Nuo to immediately withdraw from Yuyuan Pass and lead his troops back to Yecheng.

As for why, Yuan Shao did not say. However, listening to the grapevine, it may be that Gongsun Zhan is about to send troops to seize Jizhou, Yuan Shao has not yet gained a firm foothold because he has recently obtained Hebei, and his troops and horses are not strong, so he is naturally confused, so he urgently shrinks his troops and rushes to Yecheng.

Since Yuan Shao had an order, Chen Nuo had no choice but to obey the order. Within a few days, he led more than 1,000 people and horses to leave Yuyuan Pass, first to the south, passing through Yangcheng, and then to the east.

The reason why he took a detour was because the land of Henan was Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence after all, and Niu Fu and others were guarding it, so he didn't want to touch that nail easily. In addition, he passed by Yangcheng, and by the way, he handed over all the grain, grass, equipment, and prisoners obtained from the First Battle of Yuyuan Pass to Zhou Ang to deal with, and he was happy to be a favor.

Chen Nuo went all the way to the east, and just arrived in Jingxian County, and the reconnaissance cavalry behind him reported that there was a group of cavalry fighting Dong Zhuo's banner, and they were chasing after them, and there were many of them, and they were afraid that it would not take much time to catch up.

Chen Nuo also didn't expect that the thieves who had been waiting for many days at Yuyuan Pass did not come, but now that they had withdrawn, the thieves rushed over to join in the fun.

If he was in Yuyuan Pass, he might as well play with the thieves, but now not to mention that the march is on the way, he is also burdened with a heavy responsibility, and he has to rush back to Yecheng on time, so he can't delay time. So all he can do now is try to get rid of this gang.

Although Chen Nuo's camp was equipped with nearly 200 cavalry, the rest were mostly infantry, and if he wanted to get rid of this group of people on foot, he was afraid that it would be more difficult than climbing to the sky. For today's plan, only he will personally cut off the rear and let the infantry take the lead.

Chen Nuo immediately asked the scout cavalry to reprobe, and he immediately ordered Zhao Xue and Han Meng to lead most of the men and horses to continue to advance, and only some cavalry and archers were left around him, ready to ambush and block the enemy.

Zhao Xue is most concerned about Chen Nuo's safety, now that Chen Nuo has transferred her and Han Meng away, there is no one to protect him, where can they rest assured? Naturally, he was unwilling to follow Chen Nuo's orders.

Chen Nuo also knew that if he didn't make it clear to them, they wouldn't act according to orders. I had no choice but to pull them aside and explain to them: "Now the enemy is behind him, and most of them are cavalry, this place is conducive to cavalry fighting, and it is not good for us, we can't fight hard." If I can't find a way to cut them off in time, I'm afraid that no one will want to get away with me.

I let you lead the troops forward, it is because this army is newly attached, if you two are not shocked before and after, I am afraid that those who have ill intentions will take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, do you see my hard work in vain like this and leave it alone? ”

Of course, Zhao Xue and Han Meng didn't want to see this, and they couldn't say anything about Chen Nuo, so they had to listen to his orders and continue to move forward with the team.

Chen Nuo led one or two hundred people, found a dangerous area, and quietly ambushed. When the thieves rode before and after, Chen Nuo gave an order to move the boulder as soon as possible, cutting off the way of the cavalry. Those cavalry couldn't get in, and it was a mess in an instant, and Chen Nuo took the opportunity to wave his troops and rush to kill.

There are more than 1,000 cavalry in this group, and the leading general is Zhang Ji. Next to him was Yang Ding. After Yang Ding was defeated and left the Yuyuan Pass, he asked Niu Fu for soldiers and food, and Niu Fu was also tireless, and it happened that Zhang Ji was active in Henan, so he also wrote a letter and asked him to ask Zhang Ji for help.

When he arrived at Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji didn't want to see him, Yang Ding instigated him to take the pass, Zhang Ji was not so easy to call, so he naturally refused to agree easily. Finally waiting for the news that Chen Nuo abandoned the pass and left, Yang Ding took the opportunity to instigate him to take advantage of the great opportunity of Chen Nuo's departure to chase and kill Chen Nuo. Yang Ding was easy to say, and finally moved Zhang Ji, so he agreed to lead the people of the department to chase him all the way.

That Yang Ding knew from the mouth of the side that Chen Nuo was in the chaos of the army, and he was also an enemy who was very red when he saw him, and when he saw Chen Nuo rushing down, he didn't say anything, and waved his knife to get Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo was fighting, and suddenly his back was cold, and a knife was slashed against his back. Chen Nuo also reacted quickly, his body dived forward, pulled the horse and hurriedly fell, and the iron gun in his hand swept back. With a bang, the gun and the knife collided, and Chen Nuo turned the horse and fought again. Looking at it again, Yang Ding waved the knife and swept again.

Chen Nuo didn't say anything, and the guns in his hands danced one after another, blocking Yang Ding's fierce offensive.

Yang Ding was fighting fiercely, and screamed in his mouth: "You have no lungs and liver, if you don't return my woman on the day of the city, how can you humiliate my woman in every way, I will pay for your life today!" ”

Chen Nuo didn't know who this person was before, how could he be so desperate as soon as he came up, but when he heard him say it so cluelessly, he immediately understood.

On the day of the capture of Yuyuan Pass, Yang Ding abandoned his concubine in a panic, and when Chen Nuo's army entered the city, he immediately sent soldiers to protect Yang Ding's family members and strictly ordered others to harass him. When Chen Nuo had time to meet his concubines, those women would be submissive and actually wanted to seduce Chen Nuo into submission.

At that time, Chen Nuo was with Zhao Xue by his side, and those people didn't see her daughter, so they didn't take her seriously. But Chen Nuo knew very well in his heart that he naturally restrained some **, and Zhao Xue said a witty word in his ear, so he immediately let them go.

Zhao Xue said at the time: "I heard that King Zhou You was overwhelmed because of his smile. Wu Wangfu subverted the society because of a Xi Shi. General, there are so many beautiful women in front of you, what are you going to do? Is it to avoid the small temporary? ”

"Cher, you're serious! I think I'm just a small leading general, how can I compare with King Zhou You and his husband? ”

Chen Nuo was almost amused by Zhao Xue's words, and he immediately understood that Zhao Xue was an allusion to his predecessors to wake him up, reminding him not to be obsessed with women and harm others and himself, so he immediately sent these people out.

It's just that he was negligent, although he sent people to protect them out of the city, but the soldiers and bandits in the troubled times ran around, and they were robbed by a group of remnants of Xiliang. Now I'm afraid that it has long been more than lucky.

Chen Nuo listened to him scolding fiercely, and also had the heart to explain: "General Yang, you can't blame me for this, I have sent someone to put your concubine room back, but I was robbed by the remnants of your Xiliang again, and now I don't know where to go." So when it comes to this, you can only blame yourself, what does it have to do with General Ben? ”

Yang Ding's eyes widened, and he became more and more silent: "What, you actually sent them all away?" Hmph, are you looking down on me? ”

“……”

It seems that any more explanation is just a waste of words. Chen Nuo also felt that Yang Ding was really angry, maybe in his opinion, everything else was secondary, if anyone doubted his vision, it would be even more hateful than killing him.

Sure enough, Yang Ding was inadvertently provoked by Chen Nuo, and although the attack in his hand was aggravated, his sword technique also became more anxious because of this, and it was full of flaws. In an instant, he was shot by Chen Nuo. stabbed, slashed his right arm holding the knife, his arm trembled, his nose snorted, and blood flowed.

Yang Ding glared at Chen Nuo, endured the severe pain, and slashed out several times one after another. But the more anxious he was, the more chaotic his knife skills became, and he was forced by Chen Nuo to the end, and he only had the ability to parry, and he had no power to fight back.

In this way, Chen Nuo gradually trapped Yang Ding in the shadow of the gun, and seeing that he was sure of victory, he could repel Yang Ding from time to time.

He shot straight at Yang Dingmian and witnessed it, and was suddenly touched by the head of another gun, and his hand shook slightly. The person who came also used a spear in his hand, which was about the same age as Chen Nuo, but a spear danced in his hand and looked much better than Chen Nuo's.

Chen Nuo was shocked, didn't speak, and responded heavily.

Although Yang Ding was rescued in time by a shot from others, he did not receive the man's affection. It would have been fine if Zhang Ji had taken action in person, but now that he was rescued by the young man in front of him, he couldn't help but feel bad on his old face.

He also wanted to swing a knife in, but once the two of them fought with each other, it would be a wall that would not enter, which annoyed Yang Ding even more. That Yang Ding waved his knife, pointed at the young man and scolded: "Zhang Xiu boy, I haven't been able to help you yet!" Get the hell out of here! ”

It turned out that in the beginning, although Zhang Ji promised to help Yang Ding take revenge, he was not in a hurry to make a move. He stood on horseback and watched the battle. Seeing that Yang Ding was bitten to death by Chen Nuo, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to support it for long, and he knew that it was time for him to make a move.

It's just that his hand just touched the handle of the knife, and when he saw Zhang Xiu at a glance, he retracted his hand.

His subordinate Zhang Xiu went with him this time. It's just that because I didn't get his order, I kept doing it all the time. Although Zhang Xiu has not opened his mouth until now, it can be seen from Zhang Xiu's anxious look that his hands are itching.

Zhang Ji smiled, he also wanted Zhang Xiu to behave, so he made a move and said to Zhang Xiu, "Xiu'er, you go and play with them." ”

Zhang Ji's understatement immediately caused Zhang Xiu's blood to boil, and it was not a moment for him to wait for Zhang Ji's words.

"Yes, uncle!"

As soon as his spear tightened, he pulled his horse forward violently, and galloped towards Chen Nuo and the others. Seeing that Chen Nuo's shot hit Yang Ding's face door like a snake, he did not hesitate, waved the spear in his hand, and blocked Chen Nuo's shot in time, and at the same time swept Yang Ding out of the circle, which saved Yang Ding's life. But now that Yang Ding clearly doesn't appreciate it, he doesn't care, he turns a deaf ear anyway.

When Chen Nuo heard Yang Ding's scolding, he knew the name and origin of the comer. Seeing that Zhang Xiu's gun was dancing vigorously, sophisticated and vicious, Chen Nuo was also playing the drum in his heart. Although he followed Zhao Xue to learn a set of Zhao family marksmanship, he didn't learn for long, and he had very little actual combat experience, and he was still very rusty. Now dancing in front of a familiar person, it is really a bit of a big knife in front of Guan Gong, and he can't help himself.

But there is a battlefield in front of you, either you die or I live, and there is no chance to think about anything else. Chen Nuo fought with him for several rounds, and the more he fought, the more frightened he became, and finally under Zhang Xiu's continuous attacks, he was a little unable to continue, and it became a simple parry.

But he seemed to faintly see something from the marksmanship made by the other party, and after making sure that it was correct, he asked him in astonishment: "Slow! How is this set of marksmanship you made similar to the Zhao family's marksmanship? ”

Zhang Xiu heard Chen Nuo's question, and smiled: "General Ben hasn't asked you yet, where did you steal this set of marksmanship?" It's just a pity that your kid is not good at learning, let me teach you! ”

As soon as Zhang Xiu said this, his body left the horse's back, and he suddenly pulled up, tiptoed, and gently sent the gun. Chen Nuo was only a few feet away from him, as soon as he sent the gun, it circled, Chen Nuo saw a gun flower in front of him, and he couldn't tell the direction of the gun at all, and he couldn't parry. Seeing that he couldn't block it and couldn't avoid it, he was about to lose his hand.

In the midst of this lightning and fire, suddenly there was a bang in his ears, and a spark exploded in front of him, and the spear in Zhang Xiu's hand was gone.

Not only Zhang Xiu was shocked, but even Chen Nuo was surprised. Looking at it again, the one who shot down Zhang Xiu's gun just now was nothing else, but an iron halberd. This iron halberd Chen Nuo was a little familiar, and he didn't think of it for a while. At this time, I saw a loud shout of killing in all directions.

The first one of them jumped out from behind the mountain with bare arms, teasing the corners of his clothes, and carrying a long iron halberd, like a white-fronted tiger. The man screamed all the way, and killed people when he saw them, and his face was very fierce, and he had no courage to scare the horse from the horse, and killed him on the spot, let alone stop him.

As soon as this man came out, twenty or thirty men jumped out behind him. They all looked like they were fierce, holding murder weapons in their hands, and they didn't take this group of Xiliang soldiers in their eyes at all, and they rushed up to kill them.

Seeing how fast they start, they are not inferior to those Xiliang soldiers who are accustomed to fighting, but they have the ability to be ten with one.

Chen Nuo had already seen it clearly, and he gasped hard, it was Dian Wei!

At this time, Zhang Xiu took off his hand with a shot, and his face was so frightened that he looked at the tiger's mouth, only to see that the flesh and skin at the tiger's mouth fell off, and a bloody wound was shocked. He turned his head to look at his weapon, which was shaken several feet away, and now stuck in the ground, and the barrel of the spear trembled to himself. It seems that not only Zhang Xiu felt scared, but even his gun felt unprecedented fear.

Before Chen Nuo killed again, Zhang Xiu hurriedly pulled his horse back, took a spear, and wanted to compete with Chen Nuo again.

But at this time, once Dian Wei came out, he immediately went straight to Chen Nuo's side. He first took another iron halberd, ran to Chen Nuoma, and immediately thrust the double halberd into the ground, bowed down, and said loudly: "Wei is late, I hope the general will forgive his sins!" ”

Chen Nuo didn't want to talk to him in the chaos of the army, so he had to ask him to get up. But at this moment, a horse roared in his ears, and he suddenly looked up and saw a spear shadow, heading straight for the back of Dian Wei's head. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiu had already shot him in an instant, seeing that Dian Wei was about to suffer, and Chen Nuo was too late to save him, and his heart was also chuckled.

But Chen Nuo may have underestimated Dian Wei, and Dian Wei actually leaned forward violently at this moment, and pulled out the iron halberd in his hand. With a hula, a halberd swept back, shook back Zhang Xiu, and a halberd was thrown, slashing and killing a military attache next to him.

Of course, that military attache Chen Nuo knew that he had fought with him just now, and it was Yang Ding.

Then Yang Ding didn't know if it was whimsical, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of Dian Wei's worship to make a stupid move to kill Dian Wei. It's just that his movements are too slow, and even before Chen Nuo even realized it, he was assassinated by Dian Wei with a halberd!