Taigu Pass.

Xu Rong pondered the letter in his hand repeatedly.

This letter was sent by Lu Zhi, in addition to the basic greetings and reminiscences, the core content is "Koji broke into the Gao Pass in three days".

Breaking the customs in three days, this is simply outrageous!

Xu Rong understood what was going on as soon as he saw Lu Yi's record and the time to break through.

From Taigu Pass to Chenggao Pass, although the distance is not close, it will not let the guards of Chenggao Pass wait for Li Dao and Guo Yan to return for three days.

With the time of Li Dao and Guo Yan's return to the army, they will be able to arrive at Chenggao Pass on the second day.

Then there is only one reason for the loss of Chenggaoguan, Li Dao Guo Yan deliberately gave up!

And the reminder in the letter also made Xu Rong quite concerned.

Li Dao and Guo Yan deliberately gave up Chenggao Pass, and there would be a possibility of framing Xu Rong.

Although Xu Rong could see at a glance that this was Lu Zhi's discordant plan, even if he understood Xu Rong, he had to suspect Li Dao and Guo Yan.

In fact, the discord plan cannot be regarded as a too obscure strategy, and how many of those who can be in a high position with their own struggle are stupid?

The cleverness of the discrepancy meter is that even if the winner knows that it is a discord meter, he will choose the middle plan out of weighing his own pros and cons!

Dong Zhuo is like this, and so is Xu Rong!

"Li Dao and Guo Yan, for their own selfish interests, actually gave up Chenggao Pass to frame me!"

"Without Chenggao Pass, Lu Zhi's march route in Luoyang will be difficult to guess."

Xu Rong hated Li Dao and Guo Yan deeply.

If Chenggao Pass is still there, no matter how Lu Zhi hides the marching route, the ultimate goal is to take Chenggao Pass!

As long as you hold the Chenggao Pass, you can adapt to all changes.

Just like Sun Jian in the south.

No matter how Sun Jian hid his whereabouts and even constantly changed the route of the march to confuse Xu Rong, Sun Jian's goal was always Taigu Pass.

As long as he identified this core, Xu Rong would be able to hold the Taigu Pass, and even set up an ambush on Sun Jian's necessary route.

With a sigh, Xu Rong threw the secret letter sent by Lu Zhi into the brazier.

Regarding Lu Zhi's persuasion in the letter, Xu Rong directly ignored it.

Xu Rong, who was born in Liyang Camp, has engraved the order of respecting the Son of Heaven into his bones.

Whether Dong Zhuo is a loyal minister or a traitor, Xu Rong doesn't understand, and he doesn't want to understand.

Xu Rong only understands one truth, respect the Son of Heaven's orders!

Whoever has the order of the Son of Heaven, Xu Rong and the soldiers of the Liyang Battalion of Taigu Pass will listen to whomever they want.

And obviously, the current Dong Zhuo has the Son of Heaven Order, while Lu Zhi, Sun Jian and others are just rebellious ministers!

Therefore, after capturing Yingchuan Taishou Li Min alive, Xu Rong directly cooked Li Min to death.

To deal with rebellious ministers, they should be tortured to death and set an example, which is also the idea that Xu Rong accepted on the first day he entered the Liyang camp.

A key reason why Xu Rong was able to defeat Cao Cao in Xingyang and Sun Jian in Liangdong was that the Liyang battalion under his command had a strong belief in loyalty to the monarch.

This belief is no less than the courage of Koji Yi to go to the camp first and not be afraid of death.

A few days later.

Dong Zhuo's reinforcements came to Taigu Pass.

Before Xu Rong could speak, Dadu Hu Zhen directly began to play prestige: "Xu Zhonglang, Taishi has an order, this Taigu Pass has been taken over by Bendu Guard!" ”

"Quickly report the general's intelligence report!"

"Even Sun Jian can't deal with it, and he even has to protect Bendu."

This obviously mocking remark, although it made Xu Rong angry in his heart, Xu Rong didn't say much, just quietly presented Hu Zhen's military intelligence report.

After a general glance at the military intelligence report, Hu Zhen quickly made a decision: "The soldiers are fast, send troops immediately!" ”

Xu Rong's eyelids jumped, and he finally couldn't help but persuade: "Dadu Hu, your soldiers and horses are tired from traveling day after day, so it's better to rest in Taigu Pass for a few days before sending troops." ”

Hu Zhen raised his eyelids: "Are you Dadu Protector, I am Dadu Protector?" Do you know if the soldiers and horses are tired? The soldiers are fast, there is a Guangcheng Pass near Yangren City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but you can go to Guangcheng Pass first and then rectify the soldiers and horses. ”

After a pause, Hu Zhen emphasized again: "This is the marching plan formulated by the Taishi, if you don't understand, don't command indiscriminately!" ”

Xu Rong subconsciously clenched his fists.

Behind Hu Zhen, General Lu Bu had a look of disdain on his face.

As early as the first day of Chang'an's troops, Hu Zhen praised Haikou and threatened to kill a Qingshou on this expedition.

In the Han system, the rank of the officials is more than 2,000 stones, and all of them are silver and blue ribbons.

Although Hu Zhen did not say it explicitly, the only one outside Taigu Pass who could rank more than 2,000 stones was Sun Jian, the assassin of Yuzhou, who was played by Yuan Shu.

Apparently.

When he fought against Sun Jian last year, he fled without a fight, which made Hu Zhen suffer too much.

If you can't be ashamed, Hu Zhen will not be able to sleep.

Hu Zhen's big words reached Dong Zhuo's ears, and the helpless Dong Zhuo was worried about Hu Zhen's bad things, so he gave Hu Zhen an order to let Hu Zhen fight in Guangcheng Pass near Yangren City, recuperate and recuperate, and then march at night and attack the city at dawn.

"Since Duhu is going to Guangcheng Pass, this Taigu Pass will be guarded by me." Xu Rong didn't want to pay attention to Hu Zhen anymore.

Hu Zhen snorted coldly: "Guarding the pass, Bendu can't protect it." ”

Xu Rong finally couldn't help it, and asked angrily, "Dadu Hu, what do you mean by this?" ”

Hu Zhen said disdainfully: "If you didn't lose Chenggao Pass, why didn't you let Bendu protect thousands of miles to come over?" ”

"Xu Zhonglang, you are from Youzhou, Lu Zhi is also from Youzhou, and most of you, the knights of the Liyang Battalion, are also from Youzhou."

"Didn't you collude with Lu Zhi, so you deliberately transferred Li Dao and Guo Yan to Liangdong to fight Sun Jian, so that Lu Zhi could take the opportunity to attack Chenggao Pass."

"Chenggao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it was broken by a three-day attack by a man named Koji, which is simply a humiliation to the Taishi."

"You are guilty and you don't know it, and you dare to threaten to guard Taigu Pass?"

"If I wait to go out of the customs to fight Sun Jian, and you backhand Taigu Pass to Lu Zhi, won't we die without a place to be buried?"

Xu Rong is so angry.

I have never been so humiliated in my life.

"Dadu Hu, can there be an order from the Taishi?" Xu Rongqiang held back his anger.

Hu Zhen raised his head: "There is no order!" But the Taishi has an order, and the generals of Luoyang, including Li Dao, Guo Yan and you Xu Rong, have to be escorted and dispatched by the capital. ”

"From now on, you lead your Liyang battalion to Yique Pass, and you can't send troops without an order!"

"After all, Sun Jian of this Yangren City may also surprise attack Yique Pass, and Yique Pass is also very important."

Xu Rong clenched his fists, and a fire was already piled up in his heart.

The fierce eyes seemed to devour Hu Zhen.

"Xu Zhonglang, are you trying to kill Pontusto?" Hu Zhen was also not to be outdone, and the killing intent in his eyes was also blazing.

Long.

The fierce light in Xu Rong's eyes dissipated, and he clenched his fists and took the order: "The last general will not dare!" Let's go to lead the Liyang camp to Yique Pass! ”

After Xu Rong left, Hu Zhen selected the elite from Taigu Pass, and hurried to Guangcheng Pass with 5,000 steps.

Guangcheng Pass is also one of the eight passes in Luoyang, in the southwest direction of Yangren City, less than 30 miles away from Yangren City.

Dong Zhuo's deployment is not too much of a problem.

After recuperating in Guangcheng Pass, march at night, and attack the city at dawn.

While the soldiers who marched at night were tired and hungry, the soldiers defending the city were also suffering from hunger.

Suddenly encountering a surprise attack, it is difficult for the soldiers defending the city to gather in a short time, this is Hu Zhen's chance to break the city!

But Hu Zhen's journey was too rampant, and it had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the generals.

Therefore.

As soon as Hu Zhen led the army to Guangcheng Pass, Lu Bu began to give Hu Zhen a bad idea: "Most of the capital is protected, and the soldiers are fast, if we wait to rest in Guangcheng Pass, what if this Sun Jian runs away after hearing the news?" ”

"It's better to directly attack Yangren City tonight and catch Sun Jian off guard."

When Hu Zhen heard this, he suddenly felt that what Lu Bu said was very reasonable, so he ignored the fatigue of the soldiers and entered the Yangren City overnight.

But as soon as he arrived at Yangren City, Hu Zhen found that this Yangren City was heavily guarded, and it was difficult to surprise at all, and the whole person was stunned.

"Lu Bu, is this what you said about catching Sun Jian off guard?" Hu Zhen was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword.

I believed Lu Bu in a daze, but it turned out to be a trip in vain.

Now that the soldiers are tired and hungry, and their morale is low, how can they attack the city?

Just when Hu Zhen was about to withdraw his troops back to Guangcheng Pass, Lu Bu began to flicker again: "Dadu Hu, don't forget, Sun Jian's best thing is bluffing!" ”

"What's heavily guarded? It's definitely the same as last time, it's all an illusion! ”

"Ben Hou thinks that the soldiers can be temporarily undressed and rested, and our army can recuperate under the city, but the defenders of Yangren City dare not rest, this is a plan to exhaust the enemy."

"When the day dawns, if you wave your army to attack the city, you will definitely be able to win in one battle."

"But if you go back to Guangchengguan, Sun Jian will definitely run away tonight."

"Most of the protection, don't miss the opportunity!"

When Hu Zhen heard this, he immediately hesitated.

After all, he was scared by Sun Jian's bluff last time and fled without a fight, if he was scared away again this time, would he still have the face to fight in the Xiliang army?

Immediately, Hu Zhen gritted his teeth and agreed to Lu Bu's proposal.

"According to the plan of the Marquis of Du Ting, order all the soldiers to take off their armor and rest!"

Hu Zhen was depressed, so he asked the guards to set up a handsome tent and fall asleep.

On the other side, Lu Bu gathered the soldiers of the state, separated from Hu Zhen's camp, and ordered the soldiers not to unload their armor.

Wei Xu was puzzled: "Duting Hou, the soldiers have been marching for days, and they are already exhausted, don't you let them take off their armor and rest?" ”

"Rest?" Lu Bu sneered: "If you want to stay and be killed by Sun Jian, you can rest." ”

Wei Xu was taken aback: "What does Dutinghou mean, Sun Jian wants to rob the camp?" ”

Zhang Liao on the side reacted: "Take off your armor and rest in front of Sun Jian, if Sun Jian is afraid, he will naturally not go out of the city, but judging from Sun Jian's past battles, this person is extremely adventurous." ”

"Even if you know it's a trick to lure the enemy, you will go out of the city to test it!"

Lu Bu looked at Hu Zhen's handsome tent with disdain: "There is no need for Sun Jian to tempt, Benhou will let Hu Zhen's camp chaos first." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian and Hou Cheng all looked at Lu Bu in shock.

Is this to borrow Sun Jian's hand to kill Hu Zhen?

"Duting Hou, Sun Jian is brave, if Hu Zhen is defeated, our little force may not be won." Zhang Liao worriedly persuaded.

Lu Bu clasped his hands on his chest and leaned on the trunk of the tree, his eyes flashed with cruelty: "Hu Zhen is the protector of the capital, and Ben Hou is just a cavalry governor, as long as he can hold Taigu Pass, Ben Hou will be innocent." ”

"Who said that Ben Hou must win Sun Jian when he goes on this expedition?"

"If you win Sun Jian, Ben Hou will have to go back to Chang'an to be a guard for his father-in-law, and you can only wait for Chang'an's boring training every day."

"Only when Hu Zhen is defeated, and Ben Hou is defeated due to insufficient troops, can his father-in-law be disappointed in Hu Zhen, and then pay more attention to Ben Hou."

"Ben Hou is not Xu Rong, he will be ridden on the shoulders of an incompetent person like Hu Zhen and arrogant."

The ruthless man who dared to kill Ding Yuan and voted for Dong Zhuo, and could still recognize Dong Zhuo as his father-in-law, was not a stupid person.

If you don't have any scheming, how can you get Dong Zhuo's trust?

Zhang Liaowu suddenly realized.

They don't have a good impression of Hu Zhen, Hu Zhen is dead when he dies.

Since Lu Bu recognized Dong Zhuo as his father-in-law, their group of fierce generals in the state have lost the opportunity to fight like Lu Bu.

If a military general cannot kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions, how can he be promoted and rewarded?

"Du Tinghou, when will you start?" Song Xian rubbed his hands, and his tone was also ruthless.

If you are not ruthless, how can you make meritorious contributions!

None of these military generals are good at stubble.

Those who can grow up in the harsh environment of the state have ruthless and murderous personalities like wolves.

Only by being more ruthless than your opponent can you win fame!

"Don't worry, give that Sun Jian a little time!" Lu Bu closed his eyes slightly, leaning on the trunk of the tree to recuperate.

In Yangren City, the military situation of the incoming soldiers and horses also reached Sun Jian's ears.

But the information found made Sun Jian surprised: "Camp outside the city? Is it so arrogant? ”

If this surprise attack on the city is unsuccessful, they will generally retreat and camp in a safe area, so as to prevent the defenders of the city from suddenly leaving the city and robbing the camp.

But the soldiers and horses outside the city camped directly outside the city!

If it's not stupid, it's another mystery.

Cheng Pu said cautiously: "Envoy, there must be deception when things go wrong, Xu Rong is so blatantly camped outside the city, it is likely to be a trap." ”

Because Hu Zhen did not show his banner, Sun Jian and Cheng Pu only thought that the soldiers and horses who came were Xu Rongbing of Taigu Pass, and at this time, only Xu Rong of Taigu Pass dared to come to fight Sun Jian.

Han Dang also said: "Xu Rong is treating the prince as a fool, and he dares to use this clumsy trick to lure the enemy?" ”

Huang Gai glanced at the sky: "Is it possible, they are just tired and want to rest for a while, and then wait for dawn to attack the city?" If we had kept the soldiers here, we would have been tired by the dawn of the day. ”

Sun Jian's eyes lit up: "The public statement is reasonable, gather the soldiers and horses, and prepare to go out of the city to rob the camp!" ”

Cheng Pu was taken aback: "Don't make the king, in case this is a thief's trick to lure the enemy, wouldn't he be ambushed?" ”

Sun Jian laughed: "A plan to lure the enemy? This is Yangren City, my Sun Jian's city! Are you still afraid that he will lure the enemy? The revenge for ambushing me last time will be avenged tonight! Herald, prepare. Hey? ”

Before Sun Jian could give an order, he saw that Hu Zhen's camp began to burn, and then the sound of "Sun Jian came to rob the camp" came and went, instantly stunned Sun Jian and others in the city.

"What's the situation? There is also an envoy outside the city? Zu Mao asked.

Sun Jian's eyes instantly turned cold, and he slapped the wall bricks at the head of the city: "Interesting!" It doesn't seem to be Xu Rong who came this time. ”

Sun Jian, who has been in battle for a long time, has already seen the clues.

But no matter who came and why he burned the camp, Sun Jian would not give up this opportunity.

"All the soldiers, go out of the city with Ben!"

The third watch was still at four o'clock, and there was something going on in the morning.

(End of chapter)