Tiger Prison Pass is located on the bank of the water, also known as the Bianshui Pass, it can be said that it is the east gate of the ancient capital Luoyang, once the Tiger Prison Pass falls, the east gate of Luoyang will be opened for it, and the army will appear in a steady stream under the city of Luoyang, so it has always been the important place of the soldiers, and the imperial court has never relaxed the construction and defense of the Tiger Prison Pass.

It is conceivable that in this case, the Tiger Prison Pass is definitely no less solid than the land of the Beijing Division, and it can definitely be said that it is a one-man pass.

If Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan did not get the warrant of the general He Jin in advance to order the Tiger Prison Guards to open the city gate, I am afraid that the two troops would not want to appear outside the Beijing Division.

Now that the Tiger Prison Pass is in a bloody storm, Yuan Shaoguang issued a document calling on people of insight in the world to raise troops to fight against Chu Yi, but he and Ding Yuan's troops were in a rather bad situation.

There is the Beijing Division in front and the Tiger Prison Pass in the back, it can be said that the living space left for Yuan Shao and Ding Yuan is very narrow, if they don't want to be besieged and killed by Chu Yi between the Tiger Prison Pass and the Beijing Division before the army of the princes of the world is assembled, then they must leave this area, otherwise once the two armies start a war, they will be the first to be cleaned up.

Whether it is Yuan Shao or Ding Yuan, they do not have absolute confidence that they can stop the strangulation of Chu Yi's army, especially most of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses were captured, if nothing else, those soldiers and horses will definitely be absorbed by Chu Yi, and at that time, the power that Chu Yi can use will definitely soar, and at that time, the army will be pressed, coupled with fierce generals like Lu Bu and Huang Zhong, it is really difficult to parry with the few men and horses they have now.

Originally, if Ding Yuan's men and horses stayed behind the Tiger Prison Pass with Yuan Shao, and cooperated with the princes' coalition forces to flank the defenders of the Tiger Prison Pass before and after, it would definitely increase the chances of the coalition army taking the Tiger Prison Pass.

It's a pity that the alliance of the princes has not yet assembled at this time, and Chu Yi obviously can't give them time, so if they don't want to be eliminated by Chu Yi first, the only choice Yuan Shao and Ding Yuan can make is to jump out of this place of execution.

However, if you want to jump out of this place of execution, you must cross the pass of the Tiger Prison Pass, so now a bloody battle is being staged.

A team of soldiers and horses stormed the city wall of the Tiger Pass, and a large number of soldiers died tragically in the process of attacking the city, that is, Ding Yuan and Yuan Shao Their attacks came from the back of the Tiger Pass.

Even so, most of Ding Yuan's men were cavalry, and the number of soldiers who could be used to attack the city was extremely limited.

Standing on the city wall, Cao Ren, who was holding a big knife, slashed out a siege soldier who climbed the city wall, wiped away the blood splashed on his face, and roared: "All soldiers, kill with me!" ”

The Tiger Prison Guard is Cao Ren, as a member of the Cao family, but Cao Ren was appointed by Chu Yi as the Tiger Prison Guard, which can be said to be beyond the Cao family's expectations, even Cao Cao, who is now faintly the master of the Cao family, was deeply surprised by Chu Yi's decision.

Everyone knows the importance of the Tiger Prison Pass to Luoyang City, such an important pass, even if Chu Yi ordered his henchmen and generals to sit in the town, everyone would not feel strange at all, but Chu Yi abandoned Huang Zhong, Xu Huang and others and did not transfer, but promoted Cao Ren from Cao Cao's subordinates and appointed him as the general of the Tiger Prison Pass.

Now it seems that Chu Yi's choice is not wrong, even in the face of Yuan Shao's persuasion again and again under the Tiger Prison Pass, Cao Ren, who is in charge of the Tiger Prison Pass, has no intention of releasing the water.

It is said that with Cao Cao's friendship with Yuan Shao's family, Cao Ren is normal even if he releases water, but now in the face of Yuan Shao, Cao Ren is personally in battle, and the people of Ding Yuan's department who are stunned do not have a temper at all.

Looking at the siege soldiers who retreated like a tide, Cao Ren couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, although the Tiger Prison Pass was said to be the world's male pass, but there were only three thousand soldiers in the city.

After all, when the Yellow Turban thieves have been pacified today, it is impossible for the remaining Yellow Turban remnants to appear in the land of Gyeonggi, and in this case, it is not bad that the Tiger Prison Pass can have 3,000 soldiers in charge.

But now in the face of the offensive of tens of thousands of troops under the city, even with a general like Cao Ren in charge, it is a lot of pressure.

Cao Ren sat on the ground, exuding a bloody breath all over his body, and Cao Ren, who listened, said to a personal general beside him: "Go quickly and count how many soldiers we have." ”

In the face of the offensive of Yuan Shao and Ding Yuan under the city, regardless of the damage, the Tiger Prison Pass, which held on for a day and a night, suffered a lot of losses.

Of course, if it is just an ordinary soldier attacking the city, to be honest, Cao Ren is conceited with his own ability, even if he only has 3,000 men and horses in hand, he is sure to hold the tiger prison for more than ten days, the key is that he is now facing not only a group of ordinary soldiers, but even a number of generals of the Xiliang Army such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Guo Yan, Niu Fu and so on.

It's okay for these generals to be one or two, he Cao Ren is not a dry meal, even if it is against Yan Liang and Wen Chou, it is not impossible to fight for a while, the key is that nearly ten generals led the army to rush into battle at once, if it wasn't for Cao Ren's ruthless henchmen and personal soldiers, I am afraid that the Tiger Prison Pass would have been broken long ago.

Looking at the soldiers who fell to the ground around him, Cao Ren couldn't help but sigh lightly, looked in the direction of Jingshi, and muttered softly: "Meng De, if you don't lead the army to come again, I'm afraid you will have to collect the corpse for me!" ”

Cao Cao was under Chu Yi's hands, which was equivalent to the lifeblood of the Cao family being caught by Chu Yi, and if the Cao generals dared to make the slightest move, it would be equivalent to Cao Cao's death.

If it weren't for that, with Cao Cao's friendship with Yuan Shao's family, Cao Ren would have released Yuan Shao no matter how much he wanted. But now, in order not to implicate Cao Cao, in the face of Yuan Shao, Cao Ren can only be ruthless to stop him under the tiger prison.

Soon, under the statistics of several pro-soldiers, the 3,000 soldiers in the Tiger Prison Pass have now killed nearly 1,000 people, and the wounded are even more numerous, and there are only about 1,000 people left who can fight a war.

Getting such news, Cao Ren secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with these horses, he was at least sure that he would be able to hold on for a while, but he didn't know if Yuan Shao, Ding Yuan and others under the city would still attack the city so recklessly.

However, it was said that the big camp under the city was the army that gathered the remnants of Xiliang and Ding Yuan, and the two sides combined were almost more than 30,000 horses.

After some consideration, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others finally chose to follow Li Ru's advice and led the army to vote for Yuan Shao, plus although Guo Yan and Niu Fu said that they did not express their position, they were also willing to advance and retreat with Yuan Shao, which suddenly made Yuan Shao from only two generals Yan Liangwen and Chou to tens of thousands of soldiers.

With tens of thousands of available soldiers at once, Yuan Shao's confidence is naturally full.

However, at this time, Yuan Shao's face was quite ugly, and the faces of the generals in the big tent were very unsightly, after all, their tens of thousands of troops were stopped under the city for so long, if it was to prove that the Tiger Prison Pass was attacked, then it would be fine, everyone knew how easy it was to defend and difficult to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, the key was that they attacked the Tiger Prison Pass from behind, and its difficulty dropped almost ten times, even so, they lost so much that they were not able to break through the Tiger Prison Pass, if it was proved to attack, wouldn't it be even more difficult?

Ding Yuan sat there with his beard rubbed, glanced at Yuan Shao with a gloomy face, and said: "At the beginning, we have already filled in more than 3,000 soldiers, according to this posture, if we want to break through the Tiger Prison Pass, I am afraid that more soldiers will have to be filled......"

Three thousand soldiers accounted for more than one-tenth of all their soldiers and horses, and in this era, if an army with more than one-tenth of the casualties can not collapse, it can already be called elite.

It's no wonder that Ding Yuan's face is so ugly, after all, these are all elites, and any one of them will make people's hearts ache, not to mention so many deaths and injuries at once.

The most important thing is that these are still elite cavalry, but the result is to attack the city like synchronous pawns, and it is not worth dying.

Yuan Shao was not in a bad mood, you must know that when he learned that the Tiger Prison Guard was Cao Ren, Yuan Shao patted his chest and assured Ding Yuan that the Tiger Prison Pass would be easy to get down.

However, to Yuan Shao's disappointment, Cao Ren did not have the intention of releasing water in his friendship with Cao Cao, let alone releasing water, and even personally led the army into battle to boost morale, if not, how could they have suffered such heavy losses.

Taking a deep breath, Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and said with a ruthless look flashing in his eyes: "There is already news that Chu Yi is raising the army, I am afraid that we will be able to reach the Tiger Prison Pass tomorrow, and there is not much time left for us, if we can't cross the Tiger Prison Pass before sunset, there will be only a dead end waiting for us." ”

Saying that, Yuan Shao looked at Ding Yuan and said, "My lord, it's time to make up your mind." ”

Ding Yuan sighed slightly: "That's it, now I can only give it a go regardless of the death and injury of the soldiers." Passed on my general's order, ordered the whole army to have a full meal, and after an hour, raise the army and attack the city with all its might, and never withdraw troops without breaking the city. ”

Previously, Ding Yuan had always taken care of his soldiers and was unwilling to lose too many soldiers in vain, so he didn't let go of the siege, but as Yuan Shao said, now their time is running out, and if they don't work hard, I'm afraid they won't have a chance.

The remnant sun was like blood, a breeze blew and brought up a bloody aura, Cao Ren, who was standing on the city wall in blood-stained armor, couldn't help but look extremely difficult when he looked at the tens of thousands of troops below who were black and oppressive.

Several Cao clan soldiers stood beside Cao Ren, and one of them couldn't help but say to Cao Ren: "Brother, look at this situation, Yuan Shao and they are going to fight hard, even if we fight for our lives, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it." ”

Cao Ren looked at Cao Hong alone, Cao Ren was appointed by Chu Yi as the guard of the Tiger Prison, but Cao Cao was not at ease, and secretly transferred Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan to help Cao Ren.

If it weren't for the help of Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren alone would really not be able to stop the offensive of Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Guo Yan and other generals.

But now, even if they are conceited like Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xiahou Yuan, looking at the black and oppressive soldiers below, they have completely lost the confidence to defend the Tiger Prison.

After all, what they are facing is not a frontal siege of soldiers, if it is a frontal siege, the three of them are absolutely sure that with 3,000 soldiers to stop tens of thousands of troops, even if it is more than a month, it is not a problem.

The key is that now they are facing an offensive from the back, and it is not easy to hold on to such an extent.

Cao Ren took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, a fierce color flashed in his eyes and said: "Pass my order, open the city gate, and all the soldiers will gather in the general's mansion in the city." ”

Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and looked at Cao Ren with a shocked face, Cao Hong's upright temperament almost opened his mouth on the spot: "What do you mean, brother, even if it is death, we have to fight together, open the city gate like this, isn't it at the mercy of the other party to slaughter?" ”

However, Xiahou Yuan stroked his beard, a faint glint flashed in his eyes, and he nodded slowly and said: "It's not bad to gamble like this, I think Yuan Shao should understand our intention to open the city gate." ”

Hearing Xiahou Yuan say this, Cao Hong couldn't help but show a look of confusion, looked at Xiahou Yuan, and then looked at Cao Ren, it seemed that only he didn't know what was going on.

A fist smashed on the city wall, Cao Hong grinned and said: "That's it, Meng De said, let me do everything according to the orders of the two brothers." ”

Soon, the soldiers defending the city retreated like a tide, and under the leadership of Cao Hong, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Yuan, they retreated to the city where the general's mansion was located.

The city gate was opened, and Yuan Shao, Ding Yuan and others, who were trying to break through the city even if they were desperately losing some soldiers, couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the open city gate.

Even the soldiers in the middle of the charge couldn't help but slow down when they saw the empty city wall and the open gate, looking at the open gate with hesitation and suspicion.

It's really too abnormal, you must know that Cao Ren left them too deep an impression before, and it was simply a drop of water to defend the city, so many soldiers and horses were unable to capture the city, but this is the situation at this time, how can people not worry and hesitate.

Ding Yuan frowned and said, "Originally, this ...... Could this be some kind of conspiracy? ”

Yuan Shao stared at the empty city and the open city gate, groaned, and suddenly laughed loudly: "God bless me and others, please order, all soldiers and horses will pass through the city immediately, and they will never stop." ”

While he was talking, a figure appeared beside Yuan Shao, it was Yan Liang, Yuan Shao's general, and Yan Liang could only hear Yan Liang whispering: "Lord, urgent military situation, Chu thieves and soldiers are already on the verge of the tiger prison, and at most there will be two hours to arrive." ”

"What!"

Yuan Shao's face changed, and he looked at Yan Liang and said, "Didn't you say that Chu Yi hadn't raised troops yet, how could it be so fast." ”

Yan Liang said with a solemn expression: "It is said that Chu Yi personally led Lu Bu and Sanhe Jing to come on horseback non-stop. ”

Taking a deep breath, Yuan Shao said: "Enter the city, enter the city quickly, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and others immediately block the news that the Chu thief reinforcements are coming, and absolutely do not allow any news to enter the city, otherwise Cao Ren and the others will definitely not let us escape from the Tiger Prison Pass so easily." ”

Originally, Yuan Shao was still a little hesitant in his heart, whether he would take the opportunity to occupy the Tiger Prison Pass, but now that he knew that Chu Yi's soldiers and horses were about to arrive, he should have dispelled the greed in his heart.

Don't wait for the Tiger Prison Pass to be occupied, but it caused Cao Ren and others in the city to desperately entangle them, and when Chu Yi arrived, they would suffer a big loss.

Ding Yuan obviously had the same idea as Yuan Shao, the two glanced at each other, and immediately ordered the army to pass through the Tiger Prison Pass as quickly as possible.

Tens of thousands of troops passed through the Tiger Prison Pass like a flush, and at this moment, Yan Liangwen and Chou shot out together, enough to stop the three waves of messengers who conveyed Chu Yi's orders, so that Cao Ren and the others in the city did not receive any news about Chu Yi.

Chu Yi, who personally led the Sanhe spirit to ride over, was saying to Cao Cao at this time: "The Cao family is really the peak of talent, and the younger brother really deserves to be a general, with only 3,000 soldiers and horses, he can actually stop Ding Yuan, Yuan Shao and others who have tens of thousands of troops in the city, if this time he can destroy Yuan Shao and Ding Yuan's department in one fell swoop, and make his younger brother Cao Ren the first credit, Chu Mou will personally go to the table of the Son of Heaven and ask for merit for him, and the Cao family will have another column of marquis!" ”

Cao Cao hurriedly said: "Hou Ye praises falsely, Zixiao is just abiding by his duty, and he can have today's work, thanks to Hou Ye's good scheduling." ”

Glancing at Cao Cao, Chu Yi smiled and said: "Meng De can rest assured, as long as the Cao family does not learn from Yuan Benchu and Gongsun Zhan, these chaotic ministers and thieves, Chu can protect the princes of the Cao family for all generations, and the wealth is endless." ”

Cao Cao's face showed a little emotion and said: "Hou Ye's great grace, Cao's toothless and unforgettable, it will be Hou Ye's work for dogs and horses!" ”