Chapter 138: The First Battle
The next day.
The princes of the Nineteenth Road, under the leadership of Yuan Shao, rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass.
Tiger Prison Pass, also known as Bishui Pass, Chenggao Pass, Gukun Pass, is the gateway to the east of Luoyang, and an important pass, want to enter Luoyang, Tiger Pass is the first barrier.
"Who wants to be a striker and challenge the Tiger Prison first?"
Before the army came to the Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shao raised this question.
Hearing this, Liu Bei almost couldn't help but take the initiative to ask for help, but remembering Yang Zhao's words, he pressed this impulse.
Sun Jian said: "I would like to be a striker. ”
Yuan Shao said loudly: "Wentai is brave and brave, and he can do this." ”
With Yuan Shao's consent, Sun Jian took his subordinates and first went to the Tiger Prison to kill him.
Among the princes, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, knew that Sun Jian was brave and fierce, and asked him to be the striker, worried that he would be robbed, so he beckoned his younger brother Bao Zhong to come over, and said: "You first lead 3,000 horse infantry, copy the path, bypass Sun Wentai and others, and go to the Tiger Prison Pass to fight, you must be faster than Sun Wentai." ”
Bao Zhong did not refuse, and commanded: "Big brother, don't worry, see how I broke the tiger prison!" ”
Then they quietly bypassed the troops.
The 3,000 men hurried up and soon came to the bottom of the Tiger Prison.
"General, the enemy is coming!"
On the pass of the Tiger Prison Pass, there were Xiliang soldiers who found Bao Zhong and others and immediately went to report to Huaxiong.
Hua Xiong arrived at the pass, looked down, and saw that there were 3,000 enemy soldiers, who were rushing to the front of the pass, and said disdainfully: "Only 3,000 people dare to attack the problem?" Point 500 cavalry, go to war! ”
Knock knock!
The sound of war drums sounded over the pass.
Hua Xiong personally led five hundred Xiliang iron cavalry, rushed out of the gate, and went straight to Bao Zhong's troops.
"Thief, take your life!" Hua Xiong shouted angrily, raised his knife and rushed towards Bao Zhong.
Bao Zhong said coldly: "Look for death!" ”
The distance between the two of them was instantly shortened.
The two staggered their horses, and the knives in their hands slashed out at the same time.
Bao Zhong's knife had just collided with Hua Xiong's, and he suddenly felt a terrifying force rushing towards him, and he almost couldn't hold it steadily.
He understood that he was not Hua Xiong's opponent, and when he turned around, he wanted to dodge, and wanted to gather the guards around him and kill Hua Xiong first.
However, Hua Xiong didn't give Bao Zhong a chance, his hand picked up and fell, and the knife was extremely fast, cutting off Bao Zhong's head.
"No ......"
Bao Zhong didn't even have time to dodge, so he felt a chill in his neck and lost consciousness in an instant.
A skull, rising into the sky, blood splattering.
"Kill!"
Hua Xiong shouted angrily.
The soldiers brought by Bao Zhong saw that his general was gone in the blink of an eye, and the army was in a state of confusion and fled in all directions.
But no matter how fast they ran, they couldn't go as fast as their horses.
Hua Xiong led the cavalry to solve all the 3,000 people, and then said loudly: "Go back!" ”
Back in the Tiger Prison Pass, he also asked Bao Zhong's head to be hung above the gate to boost the morale of the army.
The first battle was won, and the Xiliang soldiers were like rainbows.
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When Sun Jian and the others came to the outside of the Tiger Prison Pass, it was already noon the next day.
"My lord, there are traces of battles here."
Cheng Pu saw that in the open space in front of the gate, the corpse had not been disposed of, and it was lying on the ground at will, but weapons and other things were plundered by the Xiliang soldiers and brought back to the gate.
"It's still our coalition people."
Zu Mao frowned.
As the vanguard, there are only them, how can there be people from the coalition army who will kill outside the Tiger Prison Pass in advance?
That's not normal.
Huang Gai looked up at the closed door and exclaimed, "The lord looks at that head, does it look like Uncle Bao?" ”
Sun Jian was also looking at the pass, and saw that the head was very familiar, although the distance was a little far, but after looking carefully, it was Bao Zhong's head.
"How could Bao Zhong die here?" Han Dangdao.
Sun Jian thought for a while and said: "Probably because they were afraid that we would be the vanguard, so they grabbed the first credit, bypassed us from the small road, attacked the Tiger Prison Pass first, and finally the whole army was wiped out, don't care about Bao Zhong, let's attack." ”
Han Dang and the other four generals led their respective soldiers to launch an attack on Tiger Pass.
Sun Jian came to the gate and scolded angrily: "Help the evil puppet, why don't you come down early?" ”
Hua Xiong was furious and was about to lead his troops to cut Sun Jian down.
Zhao Cen beside him said: "Kill a few thief generals, why do you need the general to do it?" I'll just come! ”
"You lead 5,000 troops and go out to meet the enemy." Hua Xiong said loudly.
"Kill!"
Zhao Cen rushed out of the gate and faced Sun Jian's large army to kill.
"I'll meet you!"
Cheng Pu Pegasus held up his spear and fought with Zhao Cen.
The other generals, together with Sun Jian, commanded the battle, and the two sides fought on a par.
"Die!"
Cheng Pu's strength is far above Zhao Cen.
After more than ten rounds, his spear penetrated Zhao Cen's heart and stabbed him under the horse.
As soon as Zhao Cen died, the Xiliang soldiers, like the soldiers brought by Bao Zhong, were in a mess and could no longer fight.
Xiliang's side was defeated.
Sun Jian led his troops, pursued them to the front of the Tiger Prison Gate, and directly attacked the pass.
Hua Xiong had to order a retreat and said in a loud voice: "Defend!" ”
The Xiliang soldiers on the pass quickly launched a defense, closing the arrows and stones like rain to resist the enemy's attack.
Sun Jian could not resist it, so he could only retreat, stationed in the east, and continued to act as a striker, planning the next attack while waiting for the coalition army to arrive.
"My lord, the grain transport troops have not yet arrived." Cheng Pu said.
They were forwards, and they didn't have much food with them, so they could get on their way quickly.
The grain and grass are the responsibility of the coalition forces behind, and they will be sent in the rear one after another, and now that they have finished a battle, there is no news of the grain transport troops.
Sun Jian said: "Send someone back to urge Yuan Highway, eat the dry food we brought first, and continue to fight tomorrow." ”
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Meanwhile.
Among the coalition forces.
A cronie said to Yuan Shu: "Sun Wentai, the tiger is also!" If he breaks through the tiger prison and enters Luoyang, any benefits will be robbed by him, or we won't send food and use the hands of Xiliang people to get rid of the tiger? ”
Yuan Shu thought about it for a while, clapped his hands and said, "You're right, let all the grain transport troops come back, and no one is allowed to pick up Sun Wentai." ”
The tricks and feet he did concealed from everyone, but he couldn't hide them from Yang Zhao and Liu Bei.
"Senior brother is really right, Sun Wentai is bent on attacking the Tiger Prison Pass, but Yuan Highway is secretly withholding grain and grass." Liu Bei's heart was cold.
These princes really have their own ghosts.
Yang Zhao said: "Senior brother steady, even if we say it, we can't change this fact, let's continue to watch the show!" ”
Liu Bei thought it made sense, did nothing, and continued to follow the coalition forces and approached the Tiger Prison Pass together.
They were very fast, and walked for almost another day.
"Alliance leader, someone is coming ahead." Wang Kuang said.
Yuan Shao hurriedly asked people to be vigilant, and when the distance was closer, he found that it was Sun Jian who was coming to the front.
"Wentai, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing Sun Jian coming back in embarrassment, Liu Dai asked in surprise.
Sun Jian didn't reply, walked directly to Yuan Shao, and shouted angrily: "Yuan Highway, you get out of here!" ”
He was furious.
The first time he came back, he asked Yuan Shu why he didn't give them food, which led to a big defeat and many deaths.