() After persuading Gongsun Zan to agree to send troops to Hulao Pass, Cao Cao went to visit Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai, and Zhang Yang, the governor of Shangdang, and asked them to ask Yuan Shao to attack Hulao Pass. Under Cao Cao's words,

The two of them also nodded and agreed to the matter. Of these more than ten people, although some wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Dong Zhuo to make profits for themselves, there were also a few who really wanted to do their part for the imperial court.

, among them Kong Rong and Zhang Yang are the latter.

Kong Rong, who is famous for his four-year-old pear, is a descendant of Confucius and has always prided himself on loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. Now that Dong Zhuo, a minister, has done such a rebellious and unethical thing, he naturally cannot sit idly by and do nothing. But in the other coalition forces

The men and horses were unwilling to move rashly, and with Sun Jianjun's tragic experience in front of him, Kong Rong had no choice but to endure it for the time being.

Now that Cao Cao has come forward to lobby, and knowing that Gongsun Zan is also speaking out, Kong Rong naturally has no worries and agrees to the matter. As for Zhang Yang's situation, he is also similar to Cao Cao.

After some persuasion, he agreed to challenge Yuan Shao.

After convincing the three parties one after another, Cao Cao became more confident. He kept up his efforts and went to see Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, and Kong Min, the governor of Yuzhou. Although these two people did not agree to Cao Cao's face, they also promised that they would not

Raise objections on this matter.

Cao Cao was not sure that he could convince the other people, so three days later, he joined Gongsun Zan, Kong Rong, Zhang Yang, Sun Jian and Bao Xin, two princes who were bent on revenge and avenge, to ask Yuan Shao for a battle.

Send troops to Hulao Pass immediately.

When he handed over to Cao Cao the idea of ​​uniting many generals to send troops, Yuan Shao really didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. Seeing that even Gongsun Zan, a man with a lot of troops and an influential figure, was persuaded by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel.

Feng started to murmur. However, he was also happy to see the outcome, so he just took advantage of the situation and called the leaders of several groups to ask for their opinions.

This time, the situation was obviously different from the previous two times when Sun Jian and others urged to send troops. Seeing Gongsun Zan, Kong Rong and others all urging the battle, some people who originally wanted to preserve their strength did not dare to find someone who could not take action.

Qiao Mao and Kong Miao also quickly expressed their support for this matter, so that the whole situation was conducive to sending troops.

Yuan Shao immediately announced that he would go out on the next day to fight. This time he must capture Luoyang and completely defeat Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, otherwise he would never withdraw his troops. At this time, Kong Rong raised another important matter: "Alliance leader

, Generals, now that the traitor Dong is holding the emperor hostage and ruling the world, if we raise troops to fight against him, we will definitely be regarded as traitors and traitors by some ignorant people. Therefore, before sending troops this time, we must have a legitimate reason to attack him.

yes."

"It's simple! He was a minister but deposed the emperor and established a new one. He is really crazy! The emperor who is currently in power is just a puppet. We can declare that the world will not recognize him. We can also use our banner to march into Luoyang this time, just say

This is to comply with the wishes of the late emperor and support the crown prince Liu Bian to ascend the throne!" Yuan Shao had a way to deal with it at that time.

When everyone heard this, they all nodded, thinking that this was indeed a legitimate reason.

In this way, at the swearing-in meeting the next day, many people took up the banner of protecting the prince and hoeing for the country. However, Cao Cao had a different view on this: "What is Yuan Shao's intention in doing this?

Doesn't he know that the deposed emperor is still in the hands of Thief Dong, and once we offer to protect him, Thief Dong will kill him?" However, seeing that the morale of the heroes was boosted by this slogan, he

He didn't voice his worries. The most important thing now was to send troops quickly, and we could talk about other things.

Yuan Shao, who was sitting high on the stage, was very high-spirited at this time. He felt that his choice this time was the right one. Through this battle, he would definitely establish his lofty status in the hearts of the people in the world. But what he didn't know was that...

When he reached a high point in his life, his family members far away in Luoyang were all dead!

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On the main road in Luoyang City, dozens of emaciated prisoners were forced to their knees on the ground by big, muscular men, and their bodies were tied up. The people around them kept pointing at them and identifying them: "This is not the fifth young master of the Yuan family.

What?"

"Yes, yes, we met him last year. He was so majestic at the time. I didn't expect him to be here today."

"This is the original Grand Tutor Yuan Wei. I heard that in the past, even the Changshi and He Jin in the imperial court had to treat him with respect, but now they have to end up with their body and head missing!"

"That's right! Who told them to do so many evil things in the past? Today they are finally getting retribution!"

The voices of the common people continued to reach Yuan Wei's ears, which made him feel chilly in his heart. He did not expect that the Yuan family's reputation had been ruined to such an extent. The traitor Dong Zhuo killed all of them, including important officials and their families. Not only did they not

Therefore, I felt unfair, but seemed to be very happy...

"The way of heaven is unfair! I, Yuan Wei, have devoted my whole life to the country, but in the end I cannot get the recognition of the people of the world. I am really unwilling to accept it." When he was beheaded by a knife, Yuan Wei still couldn't let go of this in his heart.

A pair of eyes widened, truly unblinking.

Like him, there were many dignitaries in Luoyang City who were as stubborn as him. In addition to being killed, their entire families were also raided by the Xiliang Army. This was the last thing Dong Zhuo did before leaving Luoyang for Hulao Pass.

something.

Because he knew very well that Luoyang, which was behind the battle with the Kwantung Army in Hulao, had to be peaceful. But now many people in the court were still deeply resentful of him. In order to make those who stayed in the city feel more peaceful, he used killings to scare them.

People's hearts. They took Yuan Wei and other people who should have been killed from prison and executed them in public.

After killing these people, Dong Zhuo left Luoyang City with an army of 70,000, leaving only Guo Fan's army to guard Luoyang, and also asked his nephew Dong Huang to help guard the place. For this nephew with average talents, he

He still focused on cultivating him, because Dong Zhuo had no children, so he had to cultivate this unworthy nephew.

Ma Yue finally set out for Hulao Pass with Dong Zhuo. When he left Luoyang, he couldn't help but look back several times.

It's not that he is reluctant to leave here, but because he thinks that after leaving this time, Luoyang will turn into a scorched earth again. After the Hulao Pass is broken, Luoyang will no longer be able to defend it, and Dong Zhuo will move the capital to Chang'an and stay there.

This left an empty city for the Kwantung Allied Forces who arrived later. Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty that had prospered for hundreds of years, might have declined as a result, and it would not be able to regain its original splendor and glory until hundreds of years later.

This thought made Ma Yue sigh with emotion, but when the matter reached this point, it was no longer something he could undo.

After seven days of rushing all the way, this elite Xiliang army finally arrived at Hulao Pass. At this time, Lu Bu, Hua Xiong and other generals had been waiting outside the pass for a long time.

"See you, my lord!" When the generals saw the flag with the word "Dong" flying in the air, they all dismounted and saluted.

Dong Zhuo sat on his horse, raised his hands and said: "Without courtesy, all generals, please get up." Then he entered Hulao Pass accompanied by all the generals.

Ma Yue followed behind and carefully looked at this important and dangerous place in the Central Plains. After careful observation, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: "This Hulao Pass is indeed majestic and dangerous. To the north is the rushing Yellow River, and it is surrounded by

Steep and difficult mountain trails

, there is only one road connecting the east and west. If the enemy wants to pass through, they must attack this pass with all their strength. If they only defend but not attack, I am afraid that only 20,000 to 30,000 troops will be enough to withstand hundreds of thousands of troops for several months or even longer.

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Ma Yue wanted to hold on, but Dong Zhuo's purpose here was to attack. So when he entered the command hall inside the pass and asked the generals to sit separately, he asked Lu Bu: "Fengxian, what is your response to the Kwantung rebels?"

How much do you know? Where are they now?"

"My lord, in the past two days, spies have brought intelligence, saying that the Kwantung rebels have left Yangcheng and are heading towards our Hulao Pass. This time, they have mobilized 130,000 people, obviously to attack

Fight to the death with us!" Lu Bu replied hurriedly.

"Okay! It's the best if they dare to come, and it will save us the trouble of going on an expedition!" Dong Zhuo suddenly beamed with joy after hearing this: "I will kill all these thieves at Hulao Pass.

Annihilate them so that everyone in the world will know how powerful our Xiliang cavalry is."

"My Lord, there is something I don't know whether to say or not!" Seeing him speaking like this, Lu Bu felt uneasy and said.

"speak!"

"In my opinion, since we have the Hulao Pass in our hands, why do we need to confront them head-on? As long as we hold the pass tightly, we can completely drag the more than 100,000 enemy troops here. Wait until they are because of the soldiers.

When the horses are tired, the food and grass are short, and the morale is low, if we go out to kill the enemy, we will definitely win in one battle, so why rush to meet the enemy?"

"No, this is too time-consuming. How can I, the elite of Xiliang, use such cheap tricks to quell the chaos? What will the world think of us? I just want to speak with strength, so as to shock the world. I have made up my mind.

, You don’t need to talk about how to use the troops!" Dong Zhuo immediately rejected Lu Bu’s proposal to stick to it.

Seeing this, Lu Bu could only nod in agreement, but he obviously had doubts in his heart.

After explaining his strategic intentions clearly, Dong Zhuo set his sights on Hua Xiong: "Hua Xiong, you lost the city and the territory last time, and your guilt is not light. Today, I will give you a chance to make meritorious service, and appoint you as a former soldier."

Pioneer, don’t let me down again!”

"The general will definitely live up to his lord's trust, and he will definitely win this time to repay his lord!" Hua Xiong quickly stepped out of the queue and responded.
Chapter completed!