Here, Yuan Shao convened the princes to discuss the matter, and the princes naturally did not dare to delay a little, and when everyone arrived in Qi, Yuan Shao opened his mouth and asked: "Now that Sun Wentai was defeated by Huaxiong at Bishui Pass, it has frustrated the spirit of our army. And the princes were silent when they heard this, obviously knowing in their hearts that the danger of the water was not easy to take, but they all had the heart to preserve their strength.

Yuan Shao raised his head and looked around the tent, only to see that everyone was like this, so he had to turn to Xu Ji and said, "What is the opinion of the position?" Xu Ji had expected that Yuan Shao would have this question, so he got up and said: "Bishui Pass is now reinforced by Dong Zhuo, and I am afraid that I may not be able to gain anything in a hurry, and Wen Lie does not know how to conquer it, and now the only way to lure the enemy out has a chance." With that, Xu Ji sat back in his seat and stopped talking. Yuan Shao naturally scolded Xu Ji for being cunning in his heart, who didn't know that Lu Dao Bishui Pass was difficult to overcome by virtue of natural dangers? The so-called trick of luring the enemy is just good, could it be that Huaxiong will abandon the barrier and fail to attack in a short way?

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao looked at everyone again, and saw three people standing behind Gongsun Zhan, with a majestic appearance and a heroic spirit, so he said strangely: "Who is behind Gongsun Taishou?" Gongsun Zhan looked back at the man in the center behind him: "This is Bo Jue's old acquaintance, Liu Bei, who once studied at Lu Gong's place, is now the plain order." When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly interjected: "Could it be Liu Xuande who broke the yellow scarf from Duke Lu?" Gongsun Chan nodded and said, "Indeed." ”

Liu Bei naturally saluted Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan also elaborated on Liu Bei's origin and merits, Yuan Shao immediately smiled when he heard this: "Since they are generally relatives of the emperor and the country, come and take a seat." Liu Bei naturally thanked him and sat down. At this time, Xu Ji was already a little uneasy in his heart, why would Yuan Shao be so close to a so-called royal family who was unknown before? is nothing more than to use Liu Bei's name to suppress himself. After all, he was the most transcendent existence among the princes before, and although the name of the emperor's relatives could not bring any real benefits, it could ensure that Xu Ji did not have to be restricted by others. But Liu Bei's appearance is obviously able to play such a role.

The reason is very simple, Xu Ji is only a relative after all, and Liu Bei's name is a royal family member, so there is naturally a distinction between respect and inferiority, and Liu Bei's current status is destined to be pushed to the front line by Yuan Shao, and once Liu Bei achieves victory or military exploits, then if he does not have the corresponding actions, he will inevitably be despised, so the identity he originally borrowed as a barrier will become a shackle on his body, but despite this, Xu Ji has no too good way, It is impossible for Xu Ji to jump out and question Liu Bei's identity. This inevitably seems to be very despicable, although Xu Ji does doubt the authenticity of Liu Bei's identity as a so-called clansman.

And at this moment, someone outside the tent suddenly came in and said: "Sun Taishou sent another request for help, saying that Huaxiong led troops out of the pass seems to have the intention of attacking sour jujubes, Sun Taishou has few soldiers, I am afraid that he will not be able to fight, and he is hoping that the alliance will send reinforcements." Hearing the news, everyone exchanged words again, and at this time, Xu Ji was no longer silent, but got up and said, "Alliance leader, Wen Lie, please fight." I am willing to bring the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to reinforce Sun Wentai! ”

The reason why Xu Ji did this was very simple, he expected that Hua Xiong would not do anything more against the rest of Sun Jian, who had been disabled by him, then Hua Xiong's purpose of leaving Bishui Pass must be the sour jujube camp, and it was better to break away than to stay in sour jujube and be sent by Yuan Shao to disgust him. After converging with Sun Jian, we will consider the next move. And Yuan Shao's plan is naturally reinforcements, after all, Sun Jian is one of the princes of the Eighteen Roads, and he is willing to be the pioneer. If you don't save yourself, you will inevitably be criticized, and Xu Ji's willingness to go is naturally excellent.

And Cao Cao didn't say much. Although he didn't know Xu Ji's plans, he knew that Sun Jian had a very good relationship with Xu Ji. Now that Sun Jian is in trouble, of course, it is impossible for Xu Ji not to save him, so after Yuan Shao nodded, Xu Ji immediately left the big tent and ordered Gao Shun to pull out the camp and go straight to the bottom of Bishui Pass. Xu Ji did it very simply, he didn't even leave even one person to guard his camp in sour jujube. Xu Ji didn't plan to go back to sour jujube at all.

Of course, Yuan Shao didn't know Xu Ji's plans at this time, but even if he knew that Yuan Shao would not stop him, because Xu Ji would still have a slight obstacle to Yuan Shao no matter what, and he wished that Xu Ji would go as far as possible. But Cao Cao may not have the same idea, although Yuan Shao does not despise Xu Ji as much as he did at the beginning, but in the final analysis, he still looks down on him, but Cao Cao is different, Cao Cao is almost the person who knows Xu Ji's true strength and ability best in the world today, he has never looked at Xu Ji as simple, and it is precisely for this reason that Cao Cao knows that Xu Ji will never do anything meaningless.

However, no one has yet realized Xu Ji's departure.

At this time, Sun Jian had been forced to retreat from Bishui Pass fifty miles away temporarily, he waited for Yuan Shao's reply while observing Hua Xiong's movements, and it was precisely because of Sun Jian's caution that he avoided the path of Hua Xiong's march, Hua Xiong naturally had no interest in finding Sun Jian's remnants, and the purpose of his troops leaving the pass was to teach the princes a lesson, but at this time Yuan Shao had not yet received the news, and Sun Jian did not have time to spread the news.

Xu Ji did not delay, and it was not very far from the sour jujube camp to where Sun Jian was, and Sun Jian had already indicated his location when he sent back for help before, so Xu Ji quickly found Sun Jian. When he saw Sun Jian, Xu Ji was really taken aback, where was Sun Jian in front of him still as meaningful as when he set out on the expedition? Now not only did he lose the red silk he wore on his head, but he also didn't even have complete clothes and armor, obviously the battle last night was much more tragic than what he reported to Yuan Shao. Seeing Xu Ji coming, Sun Jian also sighed and said, "Wen Lie, I'm glad you came!" ”

Xu Ji also sighed for a long time, put his hand on Sun Jian's shoulder, patted it, and said, "Wentai has worked hard. After saying this, Xu Ji didn't say more, although he didn't know why Sun Jian was sad, but as a friend, he couldn't comfort him, at least don't sprinkle salt on Sun Jian's wounds. At this time, Yuan Shao also got a reply from the spies: "Huaxiong led the iron to ride down the pass, picked Sun Taishou with a long pole, and scolded and fought in front of the village. When Yuan Shao got the reward, he said to the princes in the tent: "Since Huaxiong is here, who dares to fight?" At this time, a person behind Yuan Shu came out and said: "The young general is far away." Yuan Shao was overjoyed, so he brought a good horse to him and asked at the same time: "I don't know what your surname is?" The young general arched his hand and said: "The young general Yu She." ”

After Yu Shi answered, he picked up his knife and left the camp, but after less than a moment, a junior colonel reported to Yuan Shao: "General Yu and Huaxiong fought less than three times, and he beheaded Huaxiong." Yuan Shao was shocked: "Huaxiong is so fierce? Who can still fight? At this time, Jizhou Taishou Han Fu said: "I have General Pan Feng." Can be cut Huaxiong. "Where can Yuan Shao take care of so much, he taught Han Fu to order his subordinate Pan Feng to fight. Pan Feng then picked up the axe and got on the horse, but after a while, he saw the colonel report back: "General Pan was defeated by Huaxiong and beheaded again." Everyone was shocked. Where did everyone expect Hua Xiong to be so powerful, and in a short period of time, he had already killed two generals in a row.

Yuan Shao was naturally extremely dissatisfied at this time. None of these princes can compete with Hua Xiong, and now the arrogant outside the camp is only a small Hua Xiong, if Lu Bu comes in person, who can resist it? In this way, Yuan Shao pretended to be remorseful and sighed: "It's a pity that I didn't have time to take my generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou!" If there is only one person here, why are you afraid of Huaxiong? ”

Yuan Shao's words were clearly a plan to provoke the generals, Yuan Shao naturally did not really regret it, he originally had the idea of retaining his strength, so of course it was impossible for him to let go of the stability of the Bohai Sea and smash all his strength on this so-called crusade against Dong Zhuo. And the next thing did not disappoint Yuan Shao, and before he finished speaking, a person in the tent said loudly: "The last general is willing to behead Huaxiong and dedicate it to the tent!" ”

Naturally, everyone looked at the speaker in surprise. But it turned out to be the green-robed general beside Liu Bei, and I saw that this person was nine feet long, with two feet of hair, red phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, face like heavy dates, and sound like a giant bell, standing in front of the tent. Yuan Shao was naturally dissatisfied, this was not the person he wanted to see. So he frowned and said, "Do you know who this is?" Gongsun Zhan immediately replied: "This is Xuande's brother, Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang are also." If Xu Ji was present, he would inevitably find another interesting thing, the relationship between Gongsun Chan and Liu Bei did not seem to be as good as Gongsun Chan's previous words, but Yuan Shao naturally didn't care about this. He frowned and said, "I don't know what position this person lives in now?" Gongsun Chan replied: "Follow Liu Xuande as a horse archer." ”

Before Yuan Shao could get angry and speak, another person in the tent said loudly: "Could it be that he deceived me and other princes, and there are no generals under my command?" Measure a bower, Ann dares to be so generous and lack words! Fight with me! This was said to Yuan Shao's heart, although in fact, he and Yuan Shu have been fighting openly and secretly. But at this moment, Yuan Shao deeply felt that Yuan Shu was indeed his younger brother. When Cao Cao heard Yuan Shu's words, he stood up and dissuaded him: "The highway is angry. If this man speaks loudly, he must have courage; Try to teach. If it doesn't win, is it too late? "Cao Cao is naturally not so kind. The reason why he spoke for Guan Yu was just because he had seen Guan Yu's ability when he exterminated the Yellow Turban before, and now that everyone has no way to fight Hua Xiong, it is better to let Guan Yu give it a try.

At this time, Yuan Shao also spoke: "If you make an archer fight, you will be laughed at by Hua Xiong, and won't it be even more demoralizing at that time?" Cao Cao smiled when he heard this: "This person has a good appearance, Hua Xiong'an knows that he is an archer?" ”

Guan Yu is naturally not a person without a temper, he ignored Liu Bei's eyes beside him and said proudly: "If Guan can't behead Huaxiong, please behead Guan to apologize!" When Cao Cao heard this, he personally poured a cup of wine and held it in front of Guan Yu and said, "Yun Chang, please drink this cup, Meng De is here to wait for the general to return victorious." Guan Yu glanced back at Yuan Shao in the hall and said proudly: "Thank you General Cao for your kindness, but don't drink the wine for the time being, and when I get the head of Huaxiong, it's not too late to drink!" Then he picked up his sword, turned and mounted his horse, and drove away with a knife in one hand.

Yuan Shu couldn't help but be angry when he saw Guan Yu being so arrogant: "Meng De, is it so crazy that An can win trust? I'll see how this kid comes up! Cao Cao also had to persuade him, but what made Cao Cao curious was that Liu Bei, as his brother, only had the intention of stopping him at first, but after that, he kept his face flat, why was he so indifferent? Or does Guan Yu really have the ability to kill Hua Xiong?

After a while, all the princes heard the drums outside the gate and shouted loudly, like the sky and the earth collapsed, and the mountain collapsed, and everyone was shocked. Yuan Shao was about to send someone to investigate, but there was a sudden sound of a bell ringing outside the tent, and when the horse arrived at the Chinese army, he saw Guan Yu holding Huaxiong's head and throwing it on the ground. At that time, Cao Cao made it with his hands, and in the wine cup, his wine still had residual warmth.

Cao Cao was naturally overjoyed, so he handed the wine in his hand to Guan Yu, Guan Yu respectfully took it and drank it all before turning around and standing behind Liu Bei. At this time, another person behind Liu Bei shouted loudly: "My brother has beheaded Huaxiong, why don't you just go to the pass." Capture Dong Zhuo alive, when will you wait? Yuan Shu was already unhappy because of Guan Yu's victory. Hearing this, he was even more furious, and shouted: "As a minister of the imperial court, I am still humble. Liangyi county ordered his subordinates to dare to show off their power here! All with the kick out of the tent! ”

Where could Cao Cao still let Yuan Shu send out this evil fire, so he said: "Those who have won merit are rewarded, what is the price?" Yuan Shu sneered when he heard this: "Since the public only attaches importance to one county order, I should retire." Of course, Cao Cao couldn't let Yuan Shu leave like this, so he had to say helplessly: "How can you mistake a big thing because of a word?" "On the one hand, he ordered Gongsun Hao to take Xuande, Guan, and Zhang back to the village.

When the officials saw this, they also knew that this was the end of the day, so they also dispersed and returned to the camp.

And Hua Xiong's defeated army also brought Hua Xiong's defeat and killing back to Bishui Pass at this time, and this news naturally did not hide from Sun Jian and Xu Ji. When Li Su heard the news, he immediately panicked, so he immediately wrote an urgent document. Sent to Luoyang to ask Dong Zhuo for help.

At this time, Xu Ji also had other plans, it was impossible to break through Bishui Pass in a short period of time, and it would be Lu Bu who would come to Bishui Pass next after Hua Xiong's death, so it would be impossible to make progress in a short period of time. So Xu Ji decided to find another way. However, we have to see Dong Zhuo's reaction in the next step to make a decision.

When Dong Zhuo heard that Hua Xiong was killed by the princes, he immediately summoned Li Ru, Lu Bu and others to discuss the matter. Li Ru also expected that there would be such a thing, and when he heard about Huaxiong, he said to Dong Zhuo: "Zhangren, now that the general Huaxiong has been damaged, the thieves in the Kanto region are huge. Yuan Shao is the leader of the alliance, but his uncle Yuan Kui is now the Taifu in Luoyang; If the inside should be combined with the outside, it will be deeply inconvenient. Divide it first. Please lead the army in person and distribute the arrest. ”

Dong Zhuo thought so, and immediately called Li Dao and Guo Yan to lead 500 troops each, and surrounded the Taifu Yuan Kui's house. When Dong Zhuo arrived, he ordered that there was no distinction between the old and the young. All the people in Yuan Kui's mansion were exterminated. Then he ordered Lu Bu to inform Yuan Shao before taking Yuan Kui's head to Bishui Pass. Then Dong Zhuo raised 200,000 troops, divided into two routes and went straight to Bishui Pass: one way, Li Dao and Guo Bi led 50,000 troops, and only needed to garrison Bishui Pass. Don't fight with the princes; On the other hand, Dong Zhuo received 150,000 yuan by himself, and Li Ru, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others guarded the only way to Luoyang. It is fifty miles away from Luoyang.

And Lu Bu had already led 30,000 troops and horses at this time. Before going to Hu Zhen, he stood in the camp where Bishui was located. But Dong Zhuo was staying in Guanshang. Here, Yuan Shao also has to find out the news from the Malay newspaper. So Yuan Shao gathered to discuss. Cao Cao opened his mouth and said: "Dong Zhuotun's soldiers are in the water, intercepting our way." Now half of the troops can be sent to meet the enemy, and only the guards can be left in the sour jujube camp. ”

Yuan Shaona's plan was then divided into Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, Bao Xin, Yuan Yi, Sun Rong, Zhang Yang, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zhan, a total of eight princes, to meet the enemy at Bishui Pass. And Cao Cao led his troops to respond.

After the princes of the Eighth Route received the order, they each raised their troops and rushed to Bishui Pass. Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang because the camp was closer to the Bishui Pass, so he led the troops first. When Lu Bu heard the news, he took three thousand iron horsemen and rushed to meet him. General Wang Kuang formed a formation, and watched under the banner of Le Mamen, only to see Lu Bu out of the battle alone: wearing a three-pronged purple and gold crown, hanging a Xichuan red cotton flower robe, wearing a beast-faced head-swallowing chain armor, and wearing a delicate lion belt around his waist; With a bow and arrow, holding a halberd, sitting down and neighing the red rabbit horse, the momentum is extraordinary. Wang Kuang's momentum was already weakened by three points, so he looked back at the army and said, "Who dares to fight?" ”

Suddenly, a person rode out with a gun, and Wang Kuang saw that it was Fang Yue, a famous general in Hanoi. Fang Yue rode out of the horse and raised his gun to take Lu Bu directly, Lu Bu also rode the horse and waved the Chinese Tianhua halberd to meet the enemy, the two horses intersected, the two fought less than five together, Fang Yue split a halberd for Lu Bu under the horse, Lu Bu both beheaded Fang Yue and took advantage of the situation to stand up and rush straight to Wang Kuang. How dare Wang Kuang fight? Immediately, he turned his horse and fled, and the commander's escape naturally led to the lack of fighting spirit, so Wang Kuangjun immediately scattered in a big defeat. Lu Bu rode alone in Wang Kuang's army and rushed east and west to kill, and for a while, it was as if he had entered a no-man's land.

Just when Wang Kuang thought that he was going to die, reinforcements suddenly came behind him, but it turned out that Qiao Mao and Yuan Yi both armies had arrived, and the two saw that Wang Kuang had already been chased and killed by Lu Bu, so they hurriedly came to save Wang Kuang. Lu Bu saw that the princes and soldiers were overwhelmed and retreated, but where was Lu Bu so easy to deal with, even if he retreated, he still did not forget to kill. The princes of the three roads, each with some men and horses, naturally did not dare to stay for a long time, so the three of them retreated thirty miles to the village. Then the five routes of army and horses arrived, and everyone was convenient to discuss in one place, Wang Kuangyan and Lu Bu heroes, no one was invincible, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat. Everyone was also worried about this, so they heard the rumor from the elementary school outside the tent that Lu Bu was fighting outside the tent. When the princes of the Eight Roads heard this, they did not dare to slack off, so they mounted their horses and went out of the camp to line up. Lu Bu was on Gaogang at this time, so he naturally saw the arrangement of the princes clearly, and saw that the princes' army was divided into eight teams, and it was obvious that there were eight princes here. But Lu Bu has always been extremely arrogant, even when he saw that the princes were numerous, he did not have the slightest fear, but led a cluster of military horses to charge the battle first. (To be continued......)