Chapter 42: The Movement of the Two Sides

The news of Huaxiong's killing quickly spread throughout Henan and Sili regions, and the so-called several families were happy and a few worried.

The one who is happy is undoubtedly the side of the princes of the Kwantung region, and the one who is worried is naturally Dong Zhuojun's side.

At this time, Dong Zhuojun's army used heavy troops to block the offensive of the Kwantung Army on the other two roads! On the first route, Li Dao and others smuggled into Xiaopingjin in accordance with Dong Zhuo's tactics, defeated Wang Kuang, and smashed Yuan Shao's attempt to steal Ao Cang! Dong Zhuo personally sat in the second sour jujube all the way, but there was no head-to-head confrontation to block it, delaying and blocking the offensive of the alliance army.

Only in this third way, Dong Zhuojun had the most advantage, but he was defeated.

As soon as Huaxiong died, the southern gateway was opened, and even if the Dong Zhuo army of the other two roads had an advantage, they must not withdraw their troops, otherwise once the southern route army of the coalition army sneaked up on the Tiger Pass, Luoyang would be in danger, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

One move accidentally lost all the games, Dong Zhuo was angry, and had no choice but to collect all the troops and horses and return to Xingyang to defend, and the elite of the army were all stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass to guard the last gate for Luoyang.

In the middle of the tiger prison, Dong Zhuo slapped the table hard, the two horizontal eyebrows were upside down, and the horizontal flesh on his face trembled back and forth.

"I can't imagine that the Kwantung Army actually has this ability, and killed the old man's own governor, it's really hateful! Who is the one who killed Hua Xiong? ”

Below, Li Ru touched the sparse little broken goatee and sighed: "It is said that among the Kwantung princes, the warring with Huaxiong is the rebel Cao Apu, as well as the eldest son of Tao Qian and Gongsun Zan of Xuzhou...... The one who killed Hua Xiong heard that it was an unknown general named Guan Yu. ”

Dong Zhuo snorted: "Cao Ah concealed this thief, not to mention betraying the old man before, he actually designed to break my strange soldiers...... Huaxiong has always been known for his fierceness, and he bravely crowned the three armies, but this time he was actually killed by an unknown person...... It seems that there are indeed some remarkable figures in the coalition forces. ”

Li Ru was silent for a while, and said: "Xiangguo, Huaxiong is an important town in our army, this time it was beheaded, the three armies were shaken, although the Tiger Prison Pass is strong, but I am afraid that under such morale, I will not be able to hold it for a long time, and I need to make a good plan as soon as possible." ”

Dong Zhuo stood up, his huge body walked back and forth in the hall twice, and suddenly said, "What are you panicking about?" The old man has already transferred Feng Xian and his Luoyang Northern Army and Bingzhou Army to come, forgive the Kwantung princes and generals, and see who can resist Wu'er! ”

Li Ru couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this: "Zhi Jinwu led the Northern Army to guard the Beijing Division, and shocked hundreds of officials in case of accidents, if Xingyang is transferred, once Luoyang changes, what should I do?" ”

Dong Zhuohao said angrily: "Joke, which one dares to rebel!" ”

Li Ru hurriedly said: "Ordinary officials may not have this mind, but the old ministers of the Han Dynasty led by them must not be guarded against, that Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui is now the head of the hundred officials, and he has the respect of the Taifu, if he takes advantage of Xiangguo's dedication to the outside world, and gives us a backyard fire in Luoyang, I am afraid that the crisis will be very serious!" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he didn't answer for a long time, and only spoke for a while: "How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch, Yuan Kui's old thief is the uncle of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the old man has wanted to kill for a long time, but the surname Yuan is famous, and those who were born in the Yuan family have a good identity, and have many contacts with various families. ”

Li Ru shook his head and said: "The matter has come to this, the heart of the scholar clan is no longer available, and the urgency of delay still needs to solve the current difficulties. ”

After being silent for a long time, he finally heard Dong Zhuo sigh......

"The old man wanted to make friends with the soldiers, but why didn't he allow me, so he had to force the old man to be the murderer...... Niu Fu, who ordered the overseer of the army in Luoyang, to kill Yuan Kui's entire clan immediately on the day of the order, leaving no one behind, but if one ran away, he was the only one who asked! ”

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Yangren City.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Tao Shang and others killed Hua Xiong and achieved a major victory, this time Cao Cao really sacrificed the three armies in Yangren City and feasted the generals, but he never had the intention of marching into the army.

The pottery merchant knew in his heart that Cao Cao was afraid of attacking Xingyang first and stealing Yuan Shao's limelight, and it was easy to provoke him to be jealous when he turned back...... Therefore, for the time being, it seems that this Boss Cao's mind is really delicate, and it is not accessible to idle people.

However, even if they were not in the army for the time being, Cao Cao and the others still waited for three major news...... And none of these three major news is beneficial to oneself.

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"Sun Jian was defeated by Xu Rong? How is this possible! Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao who told him the news with a surprised expression, and his face was full of denial of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao shook off the battle report in his hand, and said helplessly: "It's true, although Cao doesn't want to believe it, but the truth is so...... Sun Jian hid the soldiers and horses, and made Kong Ling enter the army as a suspicious soldier, wanting to lure Xu Rong to attack the enemy, but Xu Rong saw through it...... The plan was calculated, first concentrated forces to defeat Kong Ling, and then pretended to speed up the advance of the Xiangyang people, but in the end he secretly set up an ambush and defeated Sun Wentai! ”

Liu Bei's face sank: "Sun Wentai is a famous general in the world, Xu Rong can actually defeat him, although this person is not famous, but he must be a rare general!" Dong thief's command is a winner. ”

I thought that Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Tao Shang were fierce against Hua Xiong all the way, and Sun Jian would win if he met Xu Rong, who would have thought that the result was completely reversed, Cao Liu Tao broke Hua Xiong, and also beheaded the main general, but Sun Jian was defeated by Xu Rong, fortunately Xu Rong heard the news that Hua Xiong was killed, and he was afraid of being caught and did not dare to stay, otherwise Sun Jian might really be more auspicious.

Cao Cao turned his head to look at the silent Tao merchant, and suddenly said: "Brother Tao, did you expect such a result a long time ago, so when you divided the army, you set up the master to fight Huaxiong all the way, and let Sun Wentai resist Xu Rong?" ”

The potter showed a surprised expression and shook his head, "How come?" I'm not a half-immortal, Brother Meng De thinks too much. ”

"Really?" Cao Cao replied nonchalantly, did not continue to pursue this issue, and said: "In addition, according to Luoyang's spies...... Taifu Yuan Kui's family has all been killed by Dong Zhuo. ”

Liu Bei sighed: "Dong Zhuo's old thief saw that the alliance was powerful, and he was afraid that Taifu Yuan and the uncle and nephew of the alliance leader would cooperate with each other, so he made such a ruthless plan!" ”

The potter did not speak, the general outline of the direction of history is still there, Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui is in Luoyang, no matter how the butterfly effect changes, the death of this old man is inevitable, unchangeable and irreversible.

There was a brief silence between the three men.

Finally, it was the potter who opened his mouth to interrupt the silence: "Taifu Yuan is dead, I don't know how Duke Yuan, as the leader of the alliance, plans?" ”

Cao Cao glanced at the pottery merchant deeply: "This is the third thing I want to say to the two of you, Taifu is dead, he was angry and anxious, and ordered all the princes to gather in the Tiger Prison Pass, as Cao expected to be good, Yuan Benchu was only afraid that he would go all out and attack Xingyang!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei's face showed a trace of uneasiness: "Under the anger, I am anxious to use the army, I am afraid that there will be a loss." ”

Cao Cao said helplessly: "That's right, but the matter has come to this, we must obey the orders of the alliance leader, this is our duty...... In addition, Cao's spies in Luoyang reported that Dong Zhuo had sent people to transfer Jinwu and Duting Hou Lu Bu to lead the Luoyang Northern Army and all of Bingzhou to Hujiao Pass to support, this time I was afraid that there would be a fierce battle. ”

Is Lu Bu......

The potter's heart suddenly tugged, and for some reason, he became a little yearning.

Known as the world's first fierce general in this era! There are terrifying cavalry and wolf cavalry under his command, there are invincible infantry troops in the camp, and there are lone wolf generals supported by Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and many other fierce generals!

I didn't expect that I really had the chance to meet such a character...... Thinking of this, the potter couldn't help but be quite excited.

Hearing Lu Bu's name, Liu Bei's face became a little unpleasant.

After being silent for a while, I saw Liu Bei ask Cao Cao tentatively: "Cao Gong, I heard that when Your Excellency was a thief in Luoyang in the past, he had met Lu Bu, and I have heard for a long time that this person is brave and incomparable, and he regards the heroes of the world as grass mustard. ”

Cao Cao nodded: "Xuande knows it is true, although Lu Bu is cold by nature, but his martial arts are real, Cao does not dare to say that the heroes in the world are not his opponents, but at least among the people I know now, no one should be able to fight him when it comes to bravery." ”

Liu Bei frowned: "With the power of the second brother? Don't fight Lu Bu? ”

Cao Cao nodded: "Extremely difficult!" Lu Bu, born in Jiuyuan, has had a lot of friends with the Xiongnu since he was a child, and his personality is mostly influenced by foreign races...... Although he is a Han Chinese, he does not have the loyalty and filial piety of my Han Confucianism in his nature, like a steppe wolf, cold and fierce, saying that he eats people and does not spit out bones, Cao feels that it is not an exaggeration at all. ”

The potter smiled and excused: "However, according to the following, Lu Bu can be regarded as an opponent this time, the two brothers under the command of Brother Xuande, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, look at it as a child, but I am afraid that they will never be under Lu Bu!" With these two people here, I'm afraid that Lu Bu won't be able to please him. ”

Liu Bei sighed: "Beiben is also quite confident, how can Cao Gong not be a person who speaks falsely, think that although my two virtuous brothers are brave, there are so many heroes in the world...... Liu Bei is ill-informed, and he doesn't know the heroes of the world, how dare he despise it? ”

The potter still smiled kindly: "Brother Mengde, Xuande Gong, no matter what the future is, we have already embarked on this road, and there is no way back. ”

Cao Cao laughed: "Okay! Well said, Brother Tao is really a young hero, a gentleman's ambition! Cao admired it very much! In Cao's view, among the princes of more than ten roads, the husband can be called a hero, Yuan Benchu, Yuan Highway, Sun Wentai, Gongsun Zhan, and Bao Xin are only five people, but they can be called heroes, but I am afraid that only you and I are sitting in these three! No matter how difficult the battle is, you and I will move forward bravely, it's a big deal to sacrifice your life to serve the country! ”