Ma Chao smiled: "Why not fight fairly? But don't be in a hurry, you go back and pass the word to Dong Thief, if he wants to escape, he must first defeat the Kwantung princes, otherwise Ben Hou will put all the princes into Tongguan and smash his lair, see where he can escape? After three days, Ben will lead all the princes to the Tiger Prison Pass to fight! ”

At the moment, the two armies withdrew their troops, but Wang Kuang was defeated, more than half of the 10,000 soldiers and horses were beheaded, and the rest were either captured or deserted, leaving less than 2,000 people.

In the afternoon, Qiao Mao and Yuan Yi arrived with their troops, and in the evening, Cao Ying, Kong Rong, Tao Qian, Gongsun Zhan, and Bao Xin also arrived one after another.

Ma Chao set up a banquet, hugged his fists and said: "There are heroes from all walks of life who come to participate in the great cause of Dong, and they are not overjoyed, but Dong is a thief, and it is by no means extinguished overnight, and we and other local princes must work together to achieve the merit of King Qin!" ”

Everyone claimed that it was, and Cao Ying hugged his fists and said: "The champion Hou sits on the land of two states, not to mention the soldiers' fine food, and occupies the geographical advantage, we are the only champion Hou Ma is the first to look forward to, let it be driven!" After that, he took out a letter from his waist and continued: "This is the handwriting of the Yuan League Master, and I also ask the champion Hou to look at it!" ”

Ma Chao took a look and sneered secretly in his heart, which of these princes wants to be the king of Qin? It's just to earn fame and fish in troubled waters. It is simply a fantasy to want Lao Tzu to be a wronged leader like Han Fu, and it is difficult at the moment: "It stands to reason that it is incumbent on Ben Hou to transfer grain from Jizhou, but you have not made an inch of merit since you discussed Dong, and my Jizhou grain and grass are also the blood and sweat of the people, such as feeding the unarmed foreign army in vain, so how can Ben Hou explain to the people of Jizhou?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but blush a little when they heard this, and Gongsun Chan said: "Champion Hou's words are wrong!" We are here for the great cause of King Qin, there is no merit and hard work, at least lead Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of troops to Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, otherwise, Dong Thief can see the loss of Tongguan? ”

Ma Chao said: "Ben Hou has stationed nearly 100,000 troops in Tongguan, and the grain and grass are enough for a year, I am not afraid of Dong Zhuo's counterattack, but I am afraid that Dong Zhuo will not come out of Luoyang." Since you are really here for King Qin, then you will follow the general to storm the Tiger Prison Pass and the Bishui Pass, and if the confrontation continues, even if you have millions of grains and grass, you can't afford it, what do you think? ”

Several people pondered for a while, and they were all silent, Ma Chao's meaning was very clear, if you want me to continue to provide food, it's okay, but you have to make meritorious contributions, and if you want to fish in troubled waters, it is impossible to work without contribution.

That night, Ma Chao sent a handwritten letter to send to Yuan Shao, saying that if he wanted to continue to get grain and grass support from Jizhou, he must take the Bishui Pass, otherwise where will he come and go, he will not serve!

Yuan Shao couldn't help but be furious after reading the letter, Ma Chao was forcing them to fight a decisive battle with Dong Zhuo, Bishui Pass garrisoned seventy or eighty thousand troops, and guarded by Hua Xiong, Guo Yan and others, impregnable, if they attacked at any cost, it would be difficult for their 100,000 rabble to make contributions.

And after Lu Bu returned victorious, he also relayed Ma Chao's words to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was also annoyed, Ma Chao was forcing him to fight a decisive battle with the princes of the Kanto region! Immediately summoned his chief thinker, Li Ru, to discuss the matter.

Li Ru pondered for a while, frowned, and said: "Ma Chao's move is nothing more than to use the lord's hand to weaken the princes of the Kanto, but he himself has no intention of going to war with the lord with all his might!" ”

Dong Zhuo said: "What a thief, let the old man eliminate the Kwantung princes for him, he can take the opportunity to become bigger, and his wishful thinking is so loud, is it not that the old man is an idiot!" ”

Li Ru shook his head and said: "This is a conspiracy, and it is also a way for Ma Chao to give the lord a way of life, and the lord has to do it!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Li Ru said: "Ma Chaobing's fine food is sufficient, imagine if he waves his army to attack Guanzhong, how can Fan Chou and Niu Fu stop it?" If you lose the pass, the lord will lose his roots, although the Central Plains region is good, but it is not the place where the lord stays for a long time! When the food and grass run out and the people flee, we will become lambs to be slaughtered! ”

Dong Zhuo said: "The old man has the Son of Heaven in hand, aren't they afraid of the fish dying and the net breaking?" ”

Li Ru sighed: "Now, the Han family is becoming more and more weak, and the princes from all walks of life are eager for the lord to kill the king, so that they can set up another son of heaven and re-establish the court. ”

Dong Zhuo's face turned pale when he heard this, now he has discredited the prestige of the Han family, and the Son of Heaven and the minister have become his ministers under the sword, although the scenery is infinite, but the extremes of things must be reversed, when the people of the world are desperate for this court, they can give up Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and find a Han family to set up another emperor, so that he coerced the Son of Heaven and made the princes' thoughts suddenly become a mirror.

After Dong Zhuo moved the capital in history, Yuan Shao once united all the princes to establish Youzhou Mu Liu Yu as the emperor, but Yuan Shu had already had a different heart, how could he have an adult as the emperor when he wanted to be the emperor? So he resolutely objected, and Liu Yu did not agree, and the matter was finally settled. Later, Yuan Shu really proclaimed himself emperor, but he was soon exterminated by the joint efforts of various princes. Since then, all the princes have known that the Han family's four-hundred-year grace still exists, even if Cao Ying has unified the north, he only dares to be the king. And Liu Bei and Sun Quan only dared to claim the emperor after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty.

After pondering for a long time, Dong Zhuo said: "Ma Chao's thief has sinister intentions, the old man wants to talk to him in detail, I don't know if Wen You dares to send an envoy to the camp to see Ma Chao?" ”

Li Ru said: "The son-in-law also has this intention, I don't think that Ma Chao will harm me!" ”

Three days later, Ma Chao raised 10,000 troops and cooperated with Cao Ying and other princes of the Eighth Route to lead a total of 50,000 horses to rush to the Tiger Prison Pass to fight, Dong Zhuo ordered Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu to lead 30,000 troops to fight, and he and Li Ruli stood on the pass to supervise the battle.

The two armies opened the formation, and Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse to the front of the formation, shouting: "The horse is a super thief!" Lu Bu is here, dare to fight me to the death! ”

Ma Chao secretly sneered in his heart, took a few steps forward and said loudly: "Your subordinates are defeated, and An dares to speak bravely?" After that, he turned around and shouted: "Who dares to fight Lu Bupifu?" If you can win in one battle, you will be rewarded! ”

Kong Rong received Ma Chao's favor, of course, he wanted to support Ma Chao, and said: "I have the general Wu Anguo, but I can defeat Lu Bu!" ”

"Allow him to fight!"

Not long after, a black-faced man with a double hammer went straight to the front of the two armies to kill, the two horses intersected less than ten times, and Wu Anguo was cut off by the halberd. Dial the horse to escape, but how can it be as fast as the red rabbit horse? was stabbed in the back by Lu Bu with a halberd, turned over and fell off the horse and died!

The princes couldn't save each other, and they shook their wrists, Tao Qian said: "I have the victorious general Sun Guan, and it is easy to take Lu Bu's head!" ”

Ma Chao looked back and saw a young general about twenty-three or four-year-old stand up, clasp his fists and said: "The last general is willing to behead Lu Bu, if you don't win, please behead a certain head!" ”

Ma Chao sighed in his heart, there are really people who don't want to die in order to be famous these days. Sun Guan was originally a Taishan thief, who once helped Tao Qianping the Yellow Turban thieves in Xuzhou with Zang Ba, and later joined Lu Bu's camp, and after Lu Bu was defeated, he took refuge in Cao Ying. After thinking about it, he said: "General Sun is careful, you are allowed to fight!" ”

"Obey!" Sun Guan is conceited and brave, he has not tasted a defeat in the five or six years since his debut, and he doesn't take Lu Bu in his eyes at all, on the contrary, as long as he can defeat Lu Bu, he can immediately become famous in the world, how can he miss such a good opportunity? immediately slapped the horse forward, the two fought less than three times, and were slapped in the back by Lu Bu's halberd and turned over and fell off the horse, and were captured alive.

Ma Chao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Lu Bu is brave, very human!" As soon as the words fell, a general stood up, clasped his fists and shouted: "The last general, Xiahou is willing to behead Lu Bu and dedicate it to the tent!" ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved, Lu Bu took Cao Ying's two concubines, and this matter was known to the world, so Cao Ying, including his close people, all hated Lu Bu to the core. The friendship between the Xiahou brothers and Cao Ying is not weaker than that of Liu Guanzhang, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ying are still brothers-in-law, Cao Ren and Cao Hong are Cao Ying's brothers, if you see that your sister-in-law is taken away by Lu Bu and is indifferent, it is a strange thing.

"You're allowed to fight!" Ma Chao said and shouted: "Drum cheering!" Suddenly the drums shook the sky, the trumpets sounded, and the shouts were loud. Cao Ying knew that Xiahou was brave and brave, and knew that he wanted to be angry for himself, so it was inconvenient to stop him, so he didn't say anything more after telling him.

Xiahoudun picked up his gun and mounted his horse, went straight to the front of the two armies, and shouted: "Lu Bupifu, as the saying goes: 'Woe to your wife and daughter', you call yourself a hero in vain, how can you rob other people's concubines, how is such evil behavior and robbers?" ”

Lu Bu shouted: "Those who come should report their names first!" ”

"This general Pei Guo is also Xiahou Dun! Now the commander of General Cao Gong of Fenwu listens to the order! ”

Lu Bu said disdainfully: "It turned out to be the minions of the traitor, Cao Thief's assassination of Xiangguo is a major crime to exterminate the three clans, and the general accepted his two concubines to protect her two surnames, what is the difference?" Besides, Mrs. Yi was originally He Jin's daughter-in-law, wasn't she also forcibly married by Cao Thief? If the general is a robber, then the thief is no better! ”

Xiahoudun was speechless, annoyed and angry, and shouted: "Piffon is coming!" "An iron spear goes straight to Lu Bu. Lu Bu also danced an animated halberd to greet him, and the two horses had the upper hand when they intersected less than ten times. Xiahoudun only had the power to parry, and had no ability to fight back, and his defeat was revealed.

Xiahou Yuan, who was watching the battle, saw that his cousin was defeated, and hurriedly urged the horse to help in the battle, and the two brothers fought against Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was in good spirits, and laughed and said: "This general has a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, and there is a hissing wind red rabbit under the seat, and he is afraid of others who insert the first mark!" "Speaking of the two generals, they still have the upper hand!

The heroes were all surprised, and they all thought that Lu Bu, who was known as "Lu Bu among people and red rabbit among horses", was really not a person who was famous. Dong Zhuo laughed dancing and laughing on the pass, and said proudly: "I have Fengxian, why are you afraid of the Kwantung princes?" ”

The three of them fought in a T-shape, fighting for forty or fifty battles, but Lu Bu's advantage became more and more obvious. Seeing that there was no way to go on like this, Cao Ren and Cao Hong glanced at each other, and also joined the battle group, forming a situation of four generals fighting Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was not surprised, and laughed and said: "It's a good time, I'm going to kill it today!" "Anyway, use the divine power, and make a Fang Tian painting halberd out of nowhere, with splits, thorns, picks, and pecks, especially the two small branches on the halberd, which are used to borrow strength to fight with strength, and the end is extremely wonderful.

On the other hand, the four generals surrounded Lu Bu in the middle, fighting like a lamp, and each tried their best to fight for thirty or forty times, although they had a slight upper hand, they couldn't defeat Lu Bu! (To be continued.) )