The steady stream of arrows could already threaten Lu Bu's safety with the blessing of the military array, so even Lu Bu had to stay away from the city wall of Hangu Pass at this time.

Opened the distance with Hangu Pass, Lu Bu couldn't help but show a little helplessness on his face, he originally thought that his rapid march could catch the Hangu Pass defenders off guard, but as long as the Hangu Pass guards were wasted, he was sure that he could break the Hangu Pass and open this Chang'an gateway for the imperial army before Chu Yi's army arrived.

But what Lu Bu didn't expect was that it was Xu Rong who was such a good general as Xu Rong, but he did spend a lot of effort and quietly appeared outside Hangu Pass, but was blocked by Xu Rong.

At this time, Tai Shi Ci looked at Lu Bu, who had a helpless expression, and stepped forward to comfort: "General Lu, no one would have expected that this Hangu Guan General would have such a means, if we want to say it, we can only say that our luck is too bad." ”

In fact, Tai Shici did not have much hope for the raid on Hangu Pass, after all, what kind of importance Hangu Pass had to Chang'an City, I believe that Yuan Shao and the Chang'an court were clearer than one another.

Once Hangu Pass is lost, then this almost means that the safest gateway to Chang'an City is opened, which directly threatens the safety of Chang'an City, as long as it is not a fool, then the Chang'an court will inevitably arrange a good general who can fight well to come to Hangu Pass.

Although it is said that Yuan Shao arranged his nephew Gao Gan to Hangu Pass as the chief general of the Hangu Pass garrison, Yuan Shao was not stupid, just in case, he chose Xu Rong, a good general, as Gao Gan's deputy.

Yuan Shao is by no means an ordinary person, he knows what kind of characters Li Dao and Guo Yan are, so even if he knows that these two people are very capable, if the two of them are in charge of Hanguguan, they can definitely guarantee that Hanguguan is safe.

But Yuan Shao didn't trust the two, because Yuan Shao was afraid that the two would be too smart and eventually lose Hangu Pass.

After all, Hangu Pass is extremely tall and strong, and it is not easy to break it with external forces, but there have always been fewer fortified cities that have been broken from the inside, Yuan Shao is afraid that people with complex minds like Li Dao and Guo Yan will finally be moved by Chu Yi, and then sacrifice Hangu Pass.

Therefore, even if Yuan Shao was regarded as cronyism, he insisted on sending his nephew Gaogan to Hanguguan to sit in the town, and then selected the simple-minded Xu Rong as his deputy general.

Looking at it now, Yuan Shao's arrangement is not wrong, otherwise, it would be the most dangerous to really arrange generals like Li Dao and Guo Yan who are capable but have no loyalty to come to Hangu Pass.

Lu Bu took a deep breath and said with a little unwillingness: "Pass my order and order the army to retreat ten miles, build siege equipment, and collect all kinds of siege materials." ”

Since the surprise attack on Hangu Pass was hopeless, Lü Bu misperformed his duties as a vanguard and prepared for the next attack of the follow-up army.

With Lu Bu's order, tens of thousands of soldiers slowly retreated like a receding tide, and with the retreat of Lu Bu's army, Gao Gan, Xu Rong and others on the city wall were also secretly relieved.

Although he is not afraid, but the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, who made Lu Bu famous, when facing Lu Bu, Gao Gan and Xu Rong still have a little pressure in their hearts, after all, they are not afraid of 10,000, they are afraid of what happens.

Gao Gan patted Xu Rong on the shoulder and said, "General Xu forced Lu Bu's department to retreat, which can be described as a good start, and this commander will personally report the victory for General Xu." ”

Xu Rong shook his head slightly and said: "This is the work of General Gao sitting in charge and strategizing, how dare Xu lead it alone." ”

Gao Gan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said while laughing: "General Xu can rest assured, how can Gao be greedy for General Xu's merits, and leave everything to me." ”

Yuan Shao commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to come, because there was a frame of the Son of Heaven in the Chinese army, so the marching speed of the army was more or less affected, and it was half a day later than Gao Cadre to arrive at Hangu Pass.

When he saw the mighty army outside Hangu Pass, Gao Gan couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that the imperial army would arrive at Hangu Pass before Yuan Shao and others, after all, he was ordered to sit in Hangu Pass, in case he lost Hangu Pass, it would really be difficult to atone for his crimes.

The city gate opened, and Gao Gan turned over and dismounted and bowed to Yuan Shao, who was riding on the war horse, and said, "The last general will meet the general." ”

Xu Rong and other generals also bowed down to Yuan Shao and shouted: "The last general will meet the general." ”

Yuan Shao laughed and took a step forward, first helped Gao Gan up, and then helped Xu Rong up, and then waved his hand at the rest of the generals and said, "Generals, don't be formal. ”

While speaking, Yuan Shao's eyes fell on Xu Rong, and his face was filled with a little joy: "Yuan Cai sent a letter saying that General Xu sat on the city wall and repelled Lu Fengxian's attack?" ”

Xu Rong hurriedly said: "Thanks to the blessing of the Son of Heaven and the prestige of the general, the last general just forced Lu Bu back by luck." ”

Yuan Shao patted Xu Rong on the shoulder and said: "General Xu really lives up to my expectations, he is really handsome, and it is really a great victory to defeat Lu Bu this time, and he should be rewarded heavily." ”

Saying that, Yuan Shao said to Xu Yu beside him: "Ziyuan, you have gone to see the Son of Heaven, and asked the Son of Heaven to enshrine General Xu as the Pavilion Marquis!" ”

Xu You immediately bowed down and said, "I will go to see the Son of Heaven and ask for the seal for General Xu." ”

Xu Rong didn't expect Yuan Shao to say that the reward would be rewarded, and he would directly seal the marquis when he came up, he was not a fool, the Chang'an court was in the hands of Yuan Shao, as for the son of heaven, where did Liu Xie dare to disobey Yuan Shao's meaning, that is to say, his matter of sealing the marquis was determined when Yuan Shao spoke.

"The last general bows to the general, and is willing to die for the general."

Seeing Xu Rong bowing down to him with a grateful face, Yuan Shao laughed, and at the same time stretched out his hand to support Xu Rong, who was about to bow down.

At the same time, Yuan Shao grabbed Xu Rong's arm, introduced Xu Rong to the generals present, and said in a deep voice: "This general promised in front of the officers and soldiers of the three armies today that in this big battle, anyone who has meritorious service will be rewarded." ”

"General, mighty!"

"General, mighty!"

The sound of shouting echoed within a radius of more than ten miles, from near to far, hundreds of thousands of soldiers gradually cried and shouted, you can imagine hundreds of thousands of troops chanting in unison, how big the movement was.

Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven who had just settled down, had not yet breathed a sigh of relief, when he heard the shouting sound from all around him in the big tent, and his face suddenly became extremely gloomy and difficult to see.

Lying in the arms of the Empress Dowager Dong, Liu Xie gritted his teeth and said: "Empress Dowager, Yuan Shao is ...... He's really a wolf's ambition. ”

Looking at this posture, the officers and soldiers of the three armies only know Yuan Shao, the general, but they don't know the existence of his son of heaven, as long as he is a normal person, it would be strange if he didn't have a jealous heart, let alone a gloomy person like Liu Xie.

Almost a dozen miles away from Hangu Pass, a military camp is slowly taking shape, and tens of thousands of troops are repairing a large camp.

Lu Bu held Fang Tian's halberd in his hand, and listening to the roaring shout, he couldn't help but look in the direction of Hangu Pass, and raised his eyebrows: "It seems that Yuan Shao's thief has already led the army to Hangu Pass." ”

Tai Shi Ci nodded and said: "It is expected, the prince led the army to come, if Yuan Shao did not lead the army to come as soon as possible, it would be a strange thing." ”

As the mighty army entered Hangu Pass, Hangu Pass suddenly became impregnable, and at the same time, the army commanded by Chu Yi finally rushed to the front of Hangu Pass.

Lu Bu and Tai Shici had already repaired the camp for the army first, so when the army arrived, they would soon be able to enter the camp to rest.

His own generals went to arrange for the army to rest, and Chu Yi brought Lu Bu and other generals and strategists to appear outside Hangu Pass.

On the high city wall, a group of people led by Yuan Shao looked at Chu Yi and the others below Hangu Pass, their faces couldn't help but show a little arrogance, looking at Chu Yi and the others condescendingly, Yuan Shao couldn't help but laugh at Chu Yi and the others: "Chu thief, don't come to harm?" ”

This situation reminded Yuan Shao of the situation not long ago when he united more than a dozen princes to besiege the Tiger Prison Pass, and it was Chu Yi and others who were sitting high in the Tiger Prison Pass, and they were killed and injured countless times, but they were not able to break through the Tiger Prison Pass.

Now they are standing on the high city wall, and Chu Yi and the others have become the besieging party, so how can it be that the offense and defense are transposed, otherwise Ang Yuan Shao sighed in his heart.

Chu Yi looked at Yuan Shao's expression and changed, and naturally could guess what Yuan Shao was thinking at this time, and raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed at Yuan Shao on the city wall and said, "Yuan Benchu, do you think that you can stop the imperial army with the Hangu Pass Heavenly Insurance?" ”

Yuan Shao laughed and said: "Hangu Pass is in danger, if you have the ability, even if you send someone to fetch it, Yuan wants to see how many people and horses you are going to kill and injure before this Hangu Pass." ”

Chu Yi just looked at Yuan Shao, and suddenly said: "Yuan Benchu, within three days, this king will break the Hangu Pass!" ”

As soon as Chu Yi said this, on the Hangu Pass, the generals and Yuan Shao couldn't help but be stunned, and after reacting, Yuan Shao couldn't help but pat the city wall, hahaha laughed, as if he had heard some ridiculous joke, and pointed at Chu Yi while laughing: "Chu thief, Yuan heard me right, you said that you want to break through Hangu Pass within three days?" ”

Chu Yi said: "That's right! ”

Yuan Shao shouted at Chu Yi with disdain: "If you can break through Hangu Pass within three days, Yuan will kill himself." ”

Chu Yi didn't say anything, his face was indifferent, which made people subconsciously think that Chu Yi really had a way to break through Hangu Pass.

You must know that Huang Zhong and the others beside Chu Yi at this time, as well as Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Lu Su and other strategists, were also stunned.

Even these supposedly resourceful people looked at the towering Hangu Pass and the countless armies in the Hangu Pass, and they were helpless.

is so strong, even if there is more resourcefulness, as long as Yuan Shao does not run out to death by himself with his head in the water, it is absolutely impossible to lose Hangu Pass.

It can even be said that Yuan Shao was stupid and came out to fight with them, but as long as there were soldiers and horses stationed in Hangu Pass, it would not be able to conquer Hangu Pass.

In the eyes of Jia Xu and Guo Jia, if they want to break through Hangu Pass, attacking by force alone is definitely the best way and the most difficult way to achieve.

Van Kejian City, siege for the bottom, attack the heart for the top, this is as long as a little reading a little bit of military books and war strategies will have common sense, especially such a strong pass as Hangu Pass, even if there are only more than 10,000 defenders, it is not so easy to break, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of troops in and after Hangu Pass.

Now Chu Yi said in front of the officers and soldiers of the three armies that he would break through Hangu Pass within three days, not to mention the people on Yuan Shao's side, even Huang Zhong and Jia Xu couldn't believe Chu Yi's words, thinking that Chu Yi was talking nonsense.

With a light cough, Lu Su, who had a dignified face, arched his hand at Chu Yi and said, "Lord Wang......"

Obviously, Lu Su wanted to remind Chu Yi, but Chu Yi knew what Lu Su wanted to say, so when Lu Su opened his mouth, he shook his head slightly and said, "Zijing doesn't need to say much, this king knows what he is talking about!" ”

Lu Su sighed slightly, even if everyone wanted to speak, but when they saw Chu Yi talking to Lu Su, they all consciously closed their mouths.

At this time, on the high city wall, Yuan Shao even leaned out to look at Chu Yi and said: "Chu thief, your words have been written down by the general, and I will wait for you to come and take Yuan's head in three days, hahaha......"

Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals who were standing beside Yuan Shao couldn't help but be shocked when they saw Yuan Shao's upper body leaning out of the city wall, and hurriedly came up to be highly vigilant against the people below.

You must know that Yuan Shao's move is quite dangerous, in case a strong man like Huang Zhong and Lu Bu suddenly comes with such an arrow, it may not be impossible to shoot Yuan Shao.

Of course, it was impossible to shoot Yuan Shao under the noses of so many generals such as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, so Huang Zhong, Lu Bu and other generals just glanced at Yuan Shao and had no intention of making a move.

Chu Yi glanced at Nahangu Pass, turned his horse's head and left surrounded by a crowd of people, Chu Yi, who had returned to the Chinese army camp, sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, and below was a group of civil and military officers sitting on both sides.

At this moment, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Huang Zhong, the highest-ranking general among the generals, stood up and saluted Chu Yi and said, "Lord Wang, the last general has something to say." ”

Chu Yi raised his head, his gaze swept over the crowd, as if he was smiling, and finally looked at Huang Zhong and said, "I thought you would have to endure it for a long time before you spoke." ”

Hearing Chu Yi say this, many people present showed a bit of surprise on their faces, and Huang Zhong also showed a rare look of embarrassment, who made him the one with the highest status among the generals present, so he could only speak first.

Taking a deep breath, Huang Zhong looked at Chu Yi and said with a straight face: "What the prince said before is not true?" ”