Lu Zhi stared at the map, and did not agree to Cao Bao and Lu Yi's request to fight, but asked lightly: "Does Zhu Jun have a reply?" ”

Guan Yu shook his head: "There has been no reply yet." ”

"Then there's no hurry." Lu Zhi was cautious: "When Zhu Jun's reply arrives, I will decide whether to send troops." ”

Guan Yu glanced at the passes of several cities marked by Lu Zhi on the map, and squinted slightly: "Lu Shi is worried, Zhu Jun can't hold Luoyang?" ”

Lu Zhi nodded: "Zhongmu is three hundred miles from Luoyang, and even if it is a rapid march, it will take three days to arrive." In Luoyang, there are still Dong thieves and the rest of the troops will be stationed. ”

"Luoyang is dilapidated and difficult to hold, once we wait for the lone army to go deeper, and Zhu Jun fails to hold Luoyang, these thousands of soldiers and horses will have no way to retreat."

"As Xianmou said in the past: The Xiliang Army is brave, and it should take every step as a plan, enter Tongguan from the tiger prison, restore the dangerous passes along the way, and fight a protracted battle with Dong Zhuo."

"If we can't get supplies in Luoyang, we must ensure that the grain route in Zhongmu City will not be broken."

After staying in Zhongmu City for a day, Lu Zhi did not get a reply from Zhu Jun, but he got the information that Zhu Jun had defeated Luoyang.

"Zhu Jun is defeated?" Lu Zhi couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly asked the spy for details.

The spy said truthfully: "Dong thief sent Li Dao and Guo Yan to command 30,000 troops to attack Luoyang, and General Zhu saw that the Xiliang thief was strong, so he gave up Luoyang and went to Nanyang. ”

"After Li Dao and Guo Yan seized Luoyang, they marched to Xingyang, and are now stationed in Chenggao Pass."

Cao Bao couldn't help but be afraid: "If this Zhu Jun wants to flee and doesn't send someone to deliver a letter, if I really led troops to Luoyang yesterday, wouldn't I have been ambushed by the Xiliang army?" ”

Koji Yi snorted coldly: "I'm not afraid of ambushes when I go to camp first!" Lu Shangshu, since the Xiliang thief soldiers have arrived in Xingyang, please Xu Mo will be the vanguard and kill Li Dao Guo Yan to sacrifice the flag first! ”

Cao Bao stared at Lu Yi deadly, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire.

But thinking of Tao Qian's advice when he came, Cao Bao held back his anger again.

Lu Zhi ignored Cao Bao and Lu Yi, and continued to ask: "Li Dao and Guo Yan, when did they arrive in Chenggao?" ”

"About three days ago!"

"Three days ago?"

Lu Zhi frowned.

Guan Yu also realized that something was wrong: "The soldiers are very fast, Li Dao and Guo Yan quickly broke through Luoyang to scare Zhu Jun away, and quickly seized Xingyang, but they stayed in Chenggao for three days and did not enter the army?" ”

"Could it be a fraud?"

Lu Zhi was also puzzled and looked at the map solemnly.

Long.

Lu Zhi's pupils shrank slightly: "No, Li Dao and Guo Yan went to Sun Jian!" ”

Before Cao Bao and Lu Yi could react, Guan Yu had already stepped forward to ask for orders: "Lu Shi, I will immediately lead the cavalry south to respond." ”

"If Sun Jian is defeated, don't fall in love with the war, return immediately." Lu Zhi gave Guan Yu an order, and ordered Guan Yu to lead a thousand Youzhou cavalry to quickly go south.

After Guan Yu came out of the tent, Tian Yu, who had been standing quietly, opened his mouth and asked, "Master Lu, since Li Dao and Guo Yan have gone to Sun Jian. So can we storm Chenggao? ”

Cao Bao and Koji Yi are also very happy.

"Although Chenggao is dangerous, if there are too few soldiers stationed, it will be difficult to defend, this is a godsend!" Koji Yi was eager to try: "Go to the camp first and ask for battle!" ”

Cao Bao is also gearing up, waiting for Lu Zhi's military order.

Lu Zhi said cautiously: "Chenggao is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, don't be careless." ”

"Captain Koji, you will take eight hundred to the camp first, and find out the truth of Chenggao Pass; Captain Cao, you lead the Danyang soldiers to cover, if Chenggao Pass is heavily guarded, immediately take the first camp and return. ”

"Guorang, you lead the cavalry to escort grain and grass, and respond at any time."

The generals took orders one after another.

The other side.

Sun Jian commanded the troops to march to Liangdong, and died down all the way.

Although he was subordinate to Yuan Shu, Sun Jian did not have the intention of being loyal to Yuan Shu, but only used Yuan Shu's fame to make contributions.

If Dong Zhuo can be killed, then he, Sun Jian, will no longer have to look up to others in the future.

As for Yuan Shu?

How can a madman who can only extort and extort violently be his Sun Jian's master?

This time to enter Luoyang, Sun Jian was full of confidence.

The last time he scared Hu Zhen away, Sun Jian was a little flustered.

"Envoy, wouldn't it be too risky for me to wait for the lone army to go deeper?" Cheng Pu, who has a cautious personality, is worried.

As Sun Jian's general, Cheng Pu knows too much about the temperament of his own envoy.

Although he is brave and good at fighting, as the main general, he often takes the lead and risks the arrows.

Every battle made Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and Zu Mao tremble.

Sun Jian chuckled: "Demou is too worried!" The more brave our army is, the more timid the Xiliang thieves are! That Hu Zhen is a general under Dong Thief, wasn't he also scared by the general for a while and fled in embarrassment? ”

"Even if you really meet the Xiliang thief soldiers, this narrow road encounters, the fearless one wins! As long as you can take Luoyang, what is it to take a little risk? ”

Seeing that Sun Jian did not listen to persuasion, Cheng Pu looked helplessly at the three generals Han Dang, Huang Gai and Zu Mao.

But the three generals only had a helpless expression.

You Cheng Demou can't persuade you, can we still persuade you?

And on the dirt slope not far away, an ironclad general stared coldly at Sun Jianjun, who was dying down below.

"The lonely army is deep, just like that Cao Cao, do you really think that my Xiliang army is incompetent?"

Although his status among the generals under Dong Zhuo is not high, Xu Rong is well versed in the art of war.

As early as after Hu Zhen was frightened back by Sun Jian, Xu Rong was collecting information related to Sun Jian.

From Sun Jian carrying a knife to kill thieves, to conquering the Yellow Turban, quelling the rebellion against Xiqiang, and then to conquering the stars of Changsha District, Xu Rong carefully studied all the information that could be collected.

And this research allowed Xu Rong to discover Sun Jian's Achilles heel.

Every battle must be the first!

If you are a soldier, every battle must first be liked by every general.

But if you are a general, it seems brave to take the lead in the charge, but it is also easy to be targeted by the opponent to implement the beheading plan.

After finding out that Sun Jian's lone army was deeper, Xu Rong had already prepared a killing move to ambush Sun Jian.

In order to prevent Sun Jian from escaping, Xu Rong also sent people to send letters to Li Dao and Guo Yan, asking Li Dao and Guo Yan to share their military exploits alone.

This Li Dao and Guo Yan were originally greedy for merit, and as soon as they heard that there was such a good thing, they immediately agreed.

As for Dong Zhuo's military orders, Li Dao and Guo Yan didn't care very much.

This will be outside, and the military order will not be subject to it.

As long as he wins, Dong Zhuo will only praise and not punish.

What's more, Xu Rong's official position is greater than them, and if he wants to punish Xu Rong, he will also punish Xu Rong.

However, there was a disagreement when arguing over who should help Xu Rong, and finally decided to set up a false flag at Chenggao Pass, leaving only a small number of soldiers and horses to garrison, and then the two of them each drove troops to help Xu Rong.

Xu Rong saw that Li Dao and Guo Yan were here, and he was a little speechless in his heart.

But thinking that Chenggao Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, he didn't persuade much.

So as soon as the three of them combined, they set up an ambush at this crossing, and waited for Sun Jian to enter the urn.

"Ready!"

Xu Rong raised his right hand and motioned to the drummer behind him to prepare.

"Beat the drums!"

In an instant, the drums beat loudly.

Twice the valley sprang up with a large number of archers.

For a moment, Sun Jianjun fell into a panic.

Sun Jian, who was originally proud, had turned pale at this moment.

"How can there be ambushes here?"

But soon, Sun Jian's anger also surged up.

I just thought that this Xiliang thief was just like that, and at this time he was slapped in the face.

"Don't panic, rush forward with Ben!" Sun Jian rode his horse and was about to go up the mountain.

This courage that is not afraid of life and death scared Cheng Pu's four generals to be stupid.

"Envoy, withdraw from the valley first!" Cheng Pu shouted as he fended off the bow and arrow.

But where is Sun Jian willing to listen!

Withdrawing like this would be tantamount to the defeat of the whole army.

"Cheng Demou, if you dare to disturb our army's heart, I will cut you first!"

Sun Jian was angry, and he didn't listen to persuasion at all, in the past few years, which battle did Sun Jian fear of danger?

The courage of the main general also increased the morale of Sun Jianjun's soldiers.

But although morale increases, it does not change the outcome.

After charging and killing several times to no avail, Sun Jian could only reluctantly withdraw from the valley, and only led a dozen cavalry to break through.

"The one who is red is Sun Jian, kill!"

Seeing Sun Jian break through, Xu Rong immediately gave up his plan to completely annihilate Sun Jian's army.

Killing one Sun Jian is more than killing a thousand ordinary rebels!

But as soon as Sun Jian rushed out of the valley, Xiliang soldiers were killed on both sides, but it was Li Dao and Guo Yan, who had already been ambushed, waiting for Sun Jian to come out.

"The one who is red is Sun Jian, kill!"

Sun Jian saw the Xiliang thieves rushing up one by one, and he was so shocked that his soul was almost gone.

"Is the sky going to kill my Sun Jian?"

In a panic, Zu Mao rushed to Sun Jian's side and shouted: "Envoy, it's dark at dusk, give me your red silk and run separately!" ”

Sun Jian's heart sank.

What split heads?

At this time, whoever wears the red curtain will die!

"How can I, Sun Jian, be a greedy person who is afraid of death!" Sun Jian refused to listen to persuasion.

But Zu Mao directly robbed Sun Jian's red curtain: "Virtue, righteousness, and public overthrow, the envoy will be handed over to you!" ”

As soon as Zu Mao ran, the Xiliang army thought it was Sun Jian, and chased after them one by one.

Seeing that he was about to catch up, Zu Mao threw the red silk on a burnt pillar, and then hid in the grass.

On the other side, Sun Jian took advantage of the darkness to escape.

"So many people, you actually let Sun Jian escape?"

Xu Rong stared at Li Dao and Guo Yan, and he just wanted to beat up the two guys in front of him.

I knew that I wouldn't let these two people come.

I didn't get the credit for this, and I also made the mistake of transferring troops without authorization.

"We didn't expect that Sun Jian would be so cunning. If it weren't for what you said, 'The Red Silk One is Sun Jian,' we would have killed them all." Li Dao said unconvinced.

Guo Yan also said: "General Xu, I am waiting to help you at the risk of being punished, and you still blame us?" It was obviously your poor planning that made Sun Jian escape. ”

Am I plotting against it?

Xu Rong took a deep breath and held back the impatience in his heart: "Although Sun Jian fled, his soldiers and horses were defeated, and we captured Yingchuan Taishou Li Min alive." I can barely remember some credit, and I will show you both the credit to the master. ”

"Lu Zhitun is in the army, if you two are reluctant to enter the army, you will definitely be suspicious."

"The two of you should quickly return to Chenggao Pass and resist Lu Zhi."

Li Dao and Guo Yan saw that Xu Rong directly ordered the eviction of customers, and they were also angry in their hearts, so they immediately threw off their sleeves and left.

"Xu Rong Xiao'er, you dare to humiliate us like this!" Li Wei hated Xu Rong deeply in his heart, and proposed: "Guo Yan, it is better for us to play Xu Rong for the crime of transferring troops without authorization." ”

Guo Yan also had bad intentions: "Send a message directly to General Niu, General Niu will definitely be able to make decisions for us." ”

After a pause, Guo Yan said again: "Why don't we deliberately give up Chenggao Pass, and then attribute the blame to Xu Rong?" Anyway, it's a bunch of recruits. ”

Li Dao stroked his palms and laughed: "Good idea! Even if we are punished, General Niu will protect us. But Xu Rong, hehe, be ready to bear the wrath of the Taishi. ”

The two discussed and decided to delay the pace of the march back to Chenggao Pass.

When Guan Yu's cavalry arrived, they only encountered Sun Jian's rout.

"Sun Jian is really defeated!" Guan Yu's expression became solemn.

If Sun Jian is defeated, then only Lu Zhi will be left in the soldiers and horses that are fighting against Dong Zhuo.

Guan Yu was suddenly a little worried.

"Summon, immediately turn back to Zhongmu."

The other side.

Ko Yi was the first to climb the camp and rushed to Chenggao Pass first, and directly launched a strong attack.

The first to the camp is not afraid of death, and they don't pay attention to the arrows and stones that are closed, compared to who is more ruthless!

Cao Bao saw that he had directly attacked the city when he saw that he had landed in the camp first, and mistakenly thought that there was no one to defend this Chenggao Pass, and he hurriedly beckoned his soldiers to move forward.

This ferocious offensive made the Xiliang thieves on the gate a little confused.

Li Dao and Guo Yan were not there, and most of the people left behind were auxiliaries and recruits.

These auxiliaries and recruits had never seen such a battle, and they were all shocked.

Although it was barely held, the Chenggao Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, actually let Xiandengshi board it three times!

This is enough to shame the defenders of the city!

"Why haven't General Li and General Guo come back yet?" The guards on the gate were anxious.

They didn't expect that Li Dao and Guo Yan deliberately chose to delay the time to return to the customs in order to trap Xu Rong.

For Li Dao and Guo Yan, although Chenggao Pass is dangerous, it is not impossible to lose.

Anyway, most of the grain and grass are not in Chenggao Pass, and if you lose it, you will lose it.

Day 3.

Seeing that Li Dao and Guo Yan had not returned, the Xiliang soldiers on the gate finally collapsed their morale.

Koji Yi jumped on the city tower, cut off the general flag with a knife, and killed the Xiliang soldiers on the gate.

"Chenggaoguan, I took it down!"

When the news came back to Zhongmu, Lu Zhi was so shocked that he stood up.

"Three days to break into the Gao Pass? How is this possible? ”

"Even if Li Dao Guo Yan goes south, it shouldn't be so easy!"

Lu Zhi subconsciously thought that there was fraud, but the replies of Lu Yi and Cao Bao were not fake.

"Master Lu, maybe you're thinking too much about the enemy." Tian Yu said on the side.

While speaking, Guan Yu also led the cavalry back: "Lu Shi, Sun Jian is defeated!" ”

Lu Zhi gasped: "Defeated? How did you lose? ”

Guan Yu said in a condensed voice: "I met Sun Jian's rout, saying that Sun Jian was ambushed in Liangdong, first in the valley for a while by a bow and arrow, and then outside the valley for a while. ”

Lu Zhi frowned and said: "Outside the valley, it should be Li Dao and Guo Yan, but since Sun Jian is defeated, why didn't Li Guo and the others return to Chenggao Pass immediately?" ”

Guan Yu was taken aback: "Didn't return?" It shouldn't be like this, when I arrived, Sun Jian had already been defeated for a day. ”

Tian Yu opened his mouth and said: "Second brother, just today, Chenggao Pass has been taken down by Liyi and Cao Bao!" ”

Guan Yu's eyes also became solemn: "Master Lu, it seems that this Xiliang thief soldier is not very harmonious inside." I thought that the discord meter was available! ”

(End of chapter)