Sure enough, a few days after Lu Bu returned to Chang'an, the imperial court ordered him to lead his army east to Hangu to conquer Dong Zhuo.

The beautiful name is called: the tiger power of the general.

Lu Bu took the edict, and he knew very well that it was not so much the meaning of the Son of Heaven as the instigation of the old guys behind his back.

Anyway, he and Dong Zhuo will have a fight, it's just a matter of time.

Now Hanzhong has no worries on three sides, Yan Xin is the state pastor in the north, Gai Xun is in the west of the rear, and Hanzhong in the south has been pacified. As for Yizhou, which is further south, it is estimated that Liu Yan will not dare to act rashly in a short time.

In late August, Lü Bu led 10,000 soldiers to send a letter to Guguan and march towards Luoyang.

As soon as this news came out, everyone in the world was a drummer and rushed to tell each other, saying that Dong Zhuo's life would not be long in coming.

However, after Lu Bu's army arrived in Gucheng, it was stranded and did not make any new moves.

Yuan Shao sent people to visit Lü Bu, trying to persuade him to attack Luoyang together and kill Dong Zhuo.

Lu Bu was not interested in the alliance, so he asked the envoy to go back and tell Yuan Shao: "If he can't capture Luoyang, let me come." ”

The envoy went back to tell the truth, and Yuan Shao was so angry that he scolded Lu Bu: "I don't know how to do it!" ”

Yuan Shao was angry not for no reason, he was born in the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes, but everyone in the world has to sell themselves a few thin noodles, this Lu Bu simply doesn't know what to do.

"Why bother with him in the first place, Lu Bu just wanted to see us laugh." Cao Cao was calm, and he seemed to be confident in his seat.

"You can bear this breath, I can't bear it!"

Yuan Shao's face was angry, and he pointed to the outside of the tent: "If he hadn't stopped us at the Tiger Prison Pass, maybe we would have broken through the Tiger Prison Pass last year and killed Dong Thief, how could we wait until today!" ”

"He said that I can't attack Luoyang, I want to attack him! Tomorrow I will send troops to attack the city, and I will definitely take Luoyang! Yuan Shao said loudly, if Lu Bu was allowed to capture Luoyang, then he would be exposed to the wind and sun under the city for more than two months, wouldn't he sweat in vain?

After more than two months, the morale of the Luoyang defenders was weakened, and they had no fighting spirit, only the final fatal blow was missing.

"My lord, please think twice."

As the frustration of this marching division, he dissuaded and analyzed the intention: "Lu Bu's move is obviously to deliberately provoke you and want us to take the lead for him. Then when the two sides fight to the death, he will come to reap the benefits of the fisherman, which is really good to measure! ”

"And what do you say you should do?"

Yuan Shao is not stupid, he was just angry just now, and he said that he wanted to forcibly attack the city. Now that I think about it, it seems that there is a real possibility that I am frustrated.

Yuan Shao didn't want to do this kind of work of making wedding dresses for others.

Frustrated with an arch of his hand, he replied: "Lord, yesterday afternoon, our army scouts inadvertently discovered a secret passage outside Luoyang City, which leads to a mansion somewhere in the city. We can take this opportunity to send some good soldiers into the city secretly, and then open the gates of the city to meet the inside and outside. ”

Yuan Shao paced in the tent, obviously a little hesitant, "Are you sure that secret passage is safe?" Isn't it a trap deliberately set by Dong Zhuo to lure us into being fooled? ”

Li Ru under Dong Zhuo was resourceful, and he suffered a lot before he harmed them.

Therefore, Yuan Shao will be difficult to make decisions.

"My lord, everything is accompanied by risks, if you miss this opportunity, you will regret it in the future!" Frustrated, Yuan Shao persuaded Yuan Shao that as long as this plan can be successful, he will be able to easily take Luoyang.

Yuan Shao was still a little uneasy, he always felt that this was a trap set by Li Ru.

"I'm right, I also suggest a surprise soldier and a straight smash Yellow Dragon!" Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he was more like a bold gambler than an adventurer.

If you want to make big gains, you have to be able to afford to take risks.

Throughout the ages, the higher the risk of anything, the greater the benefit.

He was very envious of Yuan Shao, there were a lot of Wenchen strategists who gave advice, and there was never a shortage of talents.

Unlike him, he doesn't even have a good strategist.

This is the connections and strength of the Yuan family.

Cao Cao said this, and Yuan Shaocai finally made up his mind.

Who should I arrange?

Yuan Shao made a difficulty, he didn't want his generals to go to test the truth.

If it is a trap, it will not be a loss of a general in vain.

Cao Cao stood up, his expression showed resoluteness, and he volunteered: "Originally, I'll go." ”

If it was someone else's initiative to request, Yuan Shao would of course agree a hundred times.

But Cao Cao is different, he has a good relationship with Cao Cao. When he was young and frivolous, he did a lot of things like drinking and walking dogs and playing with women, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was a dead friend.

To be honest, Yuan Shao didn't want Cao Cao to go to the tiger's mouth to explore, for fear that he would never return.

There are not many friends who know the roots, and after breaking up with Zhang Miao last year, there are even fewer of them.

Cao Cao was very resolute and said that he had to go.

Since Cao Cao insisted, Yuan Shao also knew that he couldn't say anything about him, so he nodded and agreed.

"Meng De, be more careful when you go here, even if you can't take Luoyang, you must come back safely! I don't want to lose a friend like you. ”

Yuan Shao put his hand on the shoulder of Cao Cao, who was a cut shorter than him, and his tone was full of sincerity and emotion.

Cao Cao's face was solemn, he only said the word 'rest assured', and strode out of the camp without looking back.

When night falls, they get to work.

…………

South of Luoyang City, on the banks of the Luoshui River.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, the dark clouds are layered, and the flat earth is not visible.

A team of forty or fifty men groped their way here, their steps were very light, and they barely made a sound all the way.

The flowing river brings a little evening breeze, and the coolness fades away from the summer heat.

"Is this it?" Cao Cao, who was in the lead, asked aloud.

The soldier who had discovered the secret passage yesterday nodded, and slashed with his hand in an extremely secret place, revealing a secret passage half a man high.

Cao was about to go in, but someone grabbed his wrist. He looked back, only to see Xiahou Dun, who was standing behind him, persuaded worriedly: "Mengde, you better not go." ”

"What, I'm afraid I'll drag you down?"

Cao Cao smiled, he knew that Xiahoudun was worried about himself, but he had already made up his mind, he had to go to Luoyang this trip.

Xiahoudun shook his head and said: "It's not a drag, it's your great talent and strategy, and you have the lofty ambition of the Frame Monarch and the Auxiliary Kingdom, it's not worth taking risks with us." ”

"There's nothing worth it, I didn't kill Dong Zhuo last time, this time, I will slash his head!"

After speaking, Cao Cao straightened up and looked at Luoyang City, two or three miles away, and the stars on the city were dim.

Then he hunched himself and was the first to burrow into the narrow passage.