Sun Jian didn't expect Liu Bei to choose to join him, but in line with the purpose of courting Dong, Sun Jian didn't care about the number of soldiers and horses, so he didn't care about Liu Bei's joining, and only let Liu Bei march together in the army. Everything went smoothly, Zhongmu's Dong army didn't seem to care about Sun Jian's attack at all, and there was no obstruction on the way to Sun Jian's attack, and in this way, the 30,000 army came to Zhongmu City smoothly. At a distance of one mile, the army stopped, and the Zhongmu city wall was full of flags and drums, but Sun Jian didn't see much of Dong Jun as far as he could see. Sun Jian couldn't understand what kind of strategy Hu Zhen was using, and hurriedly gathered Lou Gui, Huang Gai and others to discuss, at this time Lou Gui said: "Lord, Hu Wencai is well versed in the art of war, in this battle, our army can't see how many troops Hu Zhen has in Zhongmu City, but the drums in the city are endless, and the banners are all over the city. As soon as Gai and the others heard what Lou Gui said, they asked to be a pioneer, and in the end, Zu Mao grabbed the task of the pioneer, and happily led a thousand people to start rushing towards the Zhongmu city wall. Over there, Zhang Fei shouted loudly and said to Liu Bei: "Brother, Zu Darong has started to attack, let's go too." Liu Bei looked at it coldly, Guan Yu hurriedly grabbed Zhang Fei and said: "Yide, my brothers and I have finally recruited these hundreds of people, how can we easily come here, this Zhongmu City is the gateway of Dong thieves guarding Luoyang, it must be heavily guarded, how can it be fought so quickly, Yide is a little restless, the next battle is Yide." ”

No matter what Liu Bei and the others said, Sun Jian had already begun to attack Zhongmu, and before Zu Mao could rush to the bottom of the city wall, the scout suddenly reported to Sun Jian: "My lord, the south and north gates of Zhongmu City are wide open, and there are about seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses going to the south and north each." Sun Jian came from the east, attacking the east gate of Zhongmu City, at this time he suddenly heard that Zhongmu City divided more than 10,000 people to Chen Lin and Cao *, Sun Jian was in a hurry, and asked Lou Gui: "Uncle Zi, which one is this Hu Wencai making trouble, the north and south sides are Meng De and Bo Zhi, the two are guarding both sides of our army, at this time, I am afraid that I will be attacked, Uncle Zi, what should I do?" Lou Gui was also confused by Hu Zhen's actions. But what Sun Jian said had to be faced, originally Chen Lincao * and the two had already made sacrifices to cover for Sun Jian, so they couldn't let the two of them be dumplings, so Lou Gui said: "What the lord said is reasonable, why don't you quickly report it to the two adults, and at the same time divide two troops and horses, and contain it a little, so that the two adults have time to prepare." So Sun Jian immediately ordered the two colonels to lead 3,000 men and horses to the north and south, in an attempt to delay the men and horses coming out of Zhongmu City behind.

Here Zu Mao has already begun to attack the Zhongmu city wall, a thousand Sun Jian soldiers carried a cloud ladder to climb the city wall, until halfway up the city wall did not see a reaction, Zu Mao was more cautious, because something was strange. Sure enough, suddenly countless Dong soldiers appeared on the wall, and only one of them took a look, and Sun Jianbing, who was close to the city wall, was almost killed and wounded, and there were hundreds of people. Sun Jian saw it clearly under the banner, and the number of defenders exceeded Sun Jian's imagination, and he hurriedly withdrew his troops. Lou Gui looked at it, and even said that it was unreasonable, because at least 15,000 people had gone out of the north and south gates, at least, there shouldn't be so many defenders in the city, isn't it? Lou Gui shouted: "Lord, Dong Thief has increased his troops, quickly call back 6,000 soldiers and horses from the north and south, those men and horses are not going for the two adults, they are in the middle of the plan." But it was too late, Sun Jian had just sent fast horses, trying to recover the three thousand men and horses from the north and the south. A scout covered in blood ran in, crawling and crying: "Lord, the army was attacked, there were enough 10,000 Dong troops to ambush our army, and there were not many of the 3,000 men and horses left in a blink of an eye, Li Sima died in battle." The military report made Sun Jian dumbfounded, three thousand people, even if the other party has 10,000 people, how can they support Xiaohui and wait for rescue, why is it so fast.

Suddenly, the scouts on the other side quickly reported: "My lord, the thousands of enemy troops who went south suddenly scattered in all directions, and the cavalry of our army captured a few people and asked, only to know that this was not the enemy army at all, but the people in the city, who were forced to put on military armor and go out of the city gate, first escorted forward by a small group of Dong troops, and then the small group of Dong troops ran away, and the people dispersed. Lou Gui patted his head: "Lord, Gui understands, Hu Wencai is only rushing at a team of people in our army, Hu Wencai is sure that our army will send troops to harass at the end, Lord, Gui failed to see through the enemy's treacherous schemes, and I hope the lord will punish him." "Now that the matter has come to this, Sun Jian also knows that he has fallen for Hu Zhen's scheme, and he has been calculated with an army of 3,000 in vain. So he asked loudly: "Then what is the movement of the nearly 10,000 enemy troops now?" The scout said in a miserable voice: "When the little one was ordered by Sima to come back and report, most of our army had been killed and wounded, and after the enemy ambushed in one fell swoop, he divided half of his troops and continued to go north, and the rest were still chasing and killing the rest of our army. ”

Continue to the north, nearly 10,000 horses, that is to say, there are at least 5,000 people attacking and killing Sun Jian's more than 3,000 troops, and 5,000 continue to rush towards Chen Lin. Sun Jian immediately decided: "Han Yichang, lead 5,000 men and horses to rescue the rest of Li Sima." "It's Han Dang, and the three thousand people to the south have already ordered to come back, hoping that there will be no accidents. As soon as Zu Mao's defeated army came back, and Han Dang happened to set off, he saw Zu Mao kneeling in front of Sun Jian with a sad face, Sun Jian knew that it was not Zu Mao's fault, so he did not punish him. What Sun Jian didn't know was that a pair of eyes on the city wall saw the movements of Sun Jian's army clearly, smiled, narrowed those eyes, and said, "It's time for so-and-so to set off." The voice is deep and strong, making people unconsciously feel depressed.

Just as Han Dang set off and Zu Mao came back for a short while, Sun Jian had not yet organized a second attack, when he saw the gate of Zhongmu City wide open and a team of Dong troops was listed. Sun Jian was shocked, hurriedly waved his broadsword, and ordered all his troops to line up, while he and Lou Gui and others stepped forward. Sun Jian is a military general, and the spirit of advocating martial arts is rare, so he doesn't like other people to fight like he likes to be in the battle, Sun Jian just likes to be in front of the battle. I saw that there were about three or four thousand troops rumbling out of Zhongmu City, and the formation of the northwest army was so neat that Sun Jian couldn't help nodding. Suddenly, a group of cavalry appeared, the leader was tall and mighty, and a huge chopping knife was about two people high, shiny and shiny. The man rushed out of a small distance, stood tall on his horse, and seeing that his equestrian skills were exquisite, he shouted loudly on the restless warhorse: "Kansai Huaxiong, who will die?" A suffocating sound like thunder rushed into everyone's ears, very depressing.

Sun Jian secretly shouted good, although he was an enemy, but Sun Jian did not hide his praise for Hua Xiong, and at the same time, Sun Jian was shocked, because Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo fought together in Xiliang back then, and knew what Hua Xiong, a poor and lowly Kansai man who didn't even have a watch, was very fond of Dong Zhuo, and it could almost be said that Hua Xiong was the most brave general under Dong Zhuo, and no one could match it in terms of force. Lou Gui thinks about another layer, Hua Xiong? When did he come, Lou Gui always had a sense of danger and uneasiness in his heart, but he couldn't say where.

Huaxiong's demeanor annoyed one of Sun Jian's troops, Sun Jian's number one general, Cheng Pucheng Demou, a native of Beiping, the first fierce general to follow Sun Jian. Without waiting for Sun Jian's order, Cheng Pu raised his big gun and scolded the horse angrily: "No word, Cheng De seeks to take your head." Sun Jian shouted: "Demou." Cheng Pu had already rushed out a few feet away, and the lance commander's big spear had already started the first collision with Hua Xiong's horse chopping knife. A burst of sparks burst out in an instant, and Cheng Pu shook back violently, only to feel that his ears continued to echo. And Hua Xiong held the horse chopping knife and laughed: "Have some strength, come again." Bang bang is a quick seven or eight strokes, slamming towards Cheng Pu, the specific tricks can be seen by a few people, only to see Cheng Pu began to falter after more than 20 rounds, obviously about to resist Hua Xiong's stormy attack. More than 20,000 people in Sun Jian's army screamed, Cheng Pu's status in the army made them dare not believe that Cheng Pu would be defeated, and the morale of Sun Jian's army dropped instantly.

Sun Jian hurriedly shouted at this time and called Huang Gai Zumao to go to answer, the relationship between the two generals and Cheng Pu is also very close, seeing that Cheng Pu is invincible, he is anxious, and when he gets Sun Jian's general, he rushes out and attacks Huaxiong on the left and right. Hua Xiong fought happily, and when he saw that Sun Jian rushed out of the army, it was obvious that he was here to rescue, so he gave up Cheng Pu and began to wave his knife left and right, facing Huang Gai Zumao and the two, Hua Xiong did not suffer at all. The three thousand Dong soldiers screamed for their lives, quite excited, their own generals were so brave, no wonder they were not quiet.

On the Zhongmu city wall, Hu Zhen looked at Hua Xiong, who was as mighty as a god and Huang Gai and the three of them were fighting, and said loudly: "Pifu, do you want to break something big." After Hu Zhen finished speaking, a cronie walked out behind him and said: "General, Sun Wentai is known as a fierce tiger, and he will not let General Hua continue to be strong, and the general can just carry out the following things." Hu Zhen smiled, glanced at the city, and said, "Sun Wentai, come on." And he went straight down the wall. In the blink of an eye, the sergeants of the entire wall disappeared, and only the rumbling drums continued.

Under the Zhongmu city wall, Huaxiong is fighting, Sun Jian looked at the three people on the field, Cheng Pu is only defending but not attacking now, and Huang Gai and the two can only barely fight with Huaxiong. Sun Jian glanced at Lou Gui, Lou Gui nodded, Sun Jian retracted his gaze, quite embarrassed for a moment, and then a sense of battle rose, and the ancient ingot knife in his hand slapped the horse's body and went to Huaxiong. Sun Jian is a brave man, and he didn't want people to bully Huaxiong, but thinking of Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, Sun Jian resolutely stepped forward.

Rushing to a place where there were still a few zhang left, Sun Jian stopped and shouted, "Huaxiong, let's fight with a certain one." Then he said to Cheng Pu and the others: "Demou, you wait to come back, you wait, you lose." Huang Gai and the three of them were ashamed, and slowly withdrew from the battle circle, Hua Xiong heard Sun Jian's voice, and did not pursue the three, but just looked at Sun Jian from a distance, with a look of war, eager to fight with Sun Jian for three rounds immediately.

Hua Xiong: "Wentai, I haven't seen you for a long time. Sun Jian remembered the scene when the two of them fought against the Xiliang rebels together, raised his head suddenly, and raised the ancient ingot knife: "Huaxiong, come on." ”

The sun was setting, and the figures of the two were stretched long.