() Just because Hua Xiong, who was Dong Zhuo's most important man and had the most meritorious service, was defeated, the morale of the Xiliang army dropped drastically. Seeing this, Dong Zhuo had to temporarily suppress his intention to march on the initiative to meet the Kwantung Allied Forces, and instead

Focusing on stability, Chen Binghu locked the front line and waited for the enemy to come. However, he did not re-accept the strategy of holding on proposed by Ma Yue. In his opinion, if this was the case, it would weaken the Xiliang army's momentum and lead to

The impact will definitely be extremely bad.

This change of Dong Zhuo did Cao Cao a big favor. Originally, he was ordered by Yuan Shao to be the vanguard of the army, and he would inevitably encounter the oncoming Xiliang army, and a big battle was inevitable. Now Cao Cao can't help it.

A force of five thousand men would be unable to withstand several times the frontal impact of the Xiliang cavalry. Fortunately, this time the Xiliang army stood still at Hulao Pass, giving him a chance determined by the camera, and came to a distance

The Xiliang army stopped twenty or thirty miles away and set up camp, waiting for the follow-up army to arrive before fighting the enemy.

Yuan Shao and the others did not keep Cao Cao waiting for too long. Two days later, nearly 100,000 troops arrived one after another. Yuan Shao was already obsessed with the murder of his entire family. Although he also wanted to plot against Cao Cao, he did not want to let it go.

He passed Dong Zhuo, who had killed his uncle and brother, so he rushed over without much delay along the way. When he learned that Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo's army had not fought, although he was very unhappy, he was blameless because of the difference in military strength.

It was too big, and Cao Cao did have enough reasons to stand still.

However, as Yuan Shao arrived with his army, the battle between Xiliang and the Kwantung Allied Forces could no longer be delayed. This battle was related to the future of the Han Empire and the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides.

Everyone's eyes are focused on the Hulao Pass, waiting for the winner of this battle that has lasted for many days to be determined.

At this time, the two sides were openly in opposition, and it was impossible to send troops without saying a word as before. Therefore, before the battle began, both sides sent a message to the other to explain that it was just for them to send troops. This was to make excuses.

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The excuse of the Xiliang Army was naturally that these Kwantung Allied Forces had committed crimes and rebelled. For this reason, Dong Zhuo had already written an imperial edict in the name of Emperor Liu Xie to defeat the traitor Yuan Shao and others, and immediately announced it to the world. And the Kwantung Allied Army

However, they did not recognize Liu Xie's position as emperor, and bluntly stated that this was Dong Zhuo's method of coercing the emperor to control the princes. They even launched a slogan to restore Liu Bian's throne, believing that the only way to defeat the Xiliang army, kill Dong Zhuo, and re-establish Liu Bian was

Only by defending yourself as the emperor can the world be peaceful.

After Dong Zhuo, who was in the army, saw this letter, his whole face was distorted with anger. This was something he was most afraid of being mentioned, but now it was mentioned so openly in front of the world. Indeed,

It was unbearable for him. On the same day after reading the proclamation, Dong Zhuo summoned all his generals and asked them to send troops immediately to defeat the enemy.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo was even more dissatisfied with Ma Yue: "Zhong Ling, last time you begged someone for mercy, saying that you wanted to spare Liu Bian's life, so that you could restrain Liu Xie, the current emperor, from being used by me. But now, there is someone

After taking out this deposed emperor and creating such a huge momentum, would you have thought that it would happen today?"

Ma Yue actually knew that such a day would come, but because he had his own plans, he tried his best to keep Liu Bian behind. Now he could only smile bitterly and said: "I really didn't think well about this, which makes the lord very passive now. However, I think that in this matter, even if we have eliminated King Hongnong before, it will not change the fact that they used him to make trouble. Because they can use the banner of revenge for King Hongnong to become their enemy. So I I think that King Hongnong is just a chess piece that they can use, so my lord doesn’t need to care about it.”

"Despite what I said, I still think that Liu Bian is better dead than alive. The current situation proves that he cannot be retained." When Dong Zhuo said this, he said to the soldiers around him: "You guys Just go back to Luoyang once and let Guo Fan deal with Liu Bian according to my wishes. Remember, I don't want any trouble."

"Yes!" The soldier quickly agreed and left immediately.

Seeing this, Ma Yue hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "My lord, I think it is inappropriate to do this. This is just a matter of fact, so that Yuan Shao and others can say that this is a sign of my lord's guilty conscience. It's better to leave it alone for the time being. Leave his life behind..."

"You don't need to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind and there will be no change!" Dong Zhuo waved his hand to interrupt Ma Yue's words, and then looked at his generals: "We can temporarily put aside this matter of public opinion, but this Things on the battlefield cannot be compromised even half a step. Now that the Kwantung rebel army is facing us, it seems that they are going to fight to the death with us. Are you confident that we can win a victory for you in the first battle? "

"The last general will do his best to repay the lord's kindness!" The generals quickly expressed their loyalty.

"Okay, then early tomorrow morning, we will go out to challenge those rebellious officials and traitors, and we must restore the prestige of our Xiliang army!" Dong Zhuo said immediately. Before the enemy army arrived, he had already discussed with Li Ru and thought that he wanted to To deal with the negative impact of Hua Xiong's previous defeat, the most effective method is to achieve consecutive victories in the first few duels between generals.

"Which of you is willing to fight this first battle for me?" Dong Zhuo said, and then turned his attention to Lu Bu. He was quite confident in this general who was the most skilled in martial arts under his command.

However, before Lu Bu could respond, a burly general rushed out and said, "I would like to share my worries with you!" But it was Wu Zhao who was the most eager among the generals with outstanding martial arts under Dong Zhuo. He He came here from Xiliang with Zhang Ji. He had not done much for Dong Zhuo before, so he was most anxious to go to war this time.

Dong Zhuo thought for a while and then agreed to his request. After all, Wu Zhao was also a powerful figure in the Xiliang army. Even though he was not as good as Lu Bu and Hua Xiong, he was still a first-class general: "Okay, you, Wu Zhao, will go out to fight tomorrow." , we must increase the majesty of our Xiliang army!"

"You will definitely live up to your destiny!"

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The next day, when the morning sun was rising, bursts of thrilling sounds of war drums could be heard from the two armies facing each other. As the war drums banged, a man galloped out of the Xiliang army formation. , this man wore an iron helmet and lion armor, and in his hand was a wolf-tooth iron rod about ten feet long, and he started galloping in front of the two armies.

After running back and forth in a circle, the man stopped his horse, pointed the mace in his hand at the Kwantung Army camp, and shouted: "I am Xiliang General Wu Zhao, are there any of you who dare to fight me?" He looked very imposing.

It's compelling.

When the generals in the Kwantung Allied Forces Camp saw that this man was so arrogantly seeking battle outside, they naturally refused. Several generals immediately asked their commander to fight. This incident also quickly alarmed Yuan Shao, who immediately summoned everyone to discuss and decide on the faction.

Who should go to war?

"I heard that Wu Zhao is also a general in the Xiliang Army. A mace weighs a hundred kilograms, which is not something ordinary people can handle. Who under your command can fight with him?" Yuan Shao introduced Wu Zhao.

, then looked at everyone and asked.

It turned out that several of the generals who were trying to take the leap flinched when they heard what he said. They knew their own strength. An opponent who could swing hundreds of pounds of mace was not something they could handle.

Seeing the generals like this, Yuan Shao couldn't help but anger flashed across his face: "Why, didn't someone just keep saying that they wanted to go out to teach the enemy general a lesson, but now no one dares to stand up?"

At this time, a tall and handsome general in his thirties appeared from behind Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, and said, "General Fang Yue is willing to fight!"

"Okay, he is indeed a famous general who is famous in Hanoi. Since you dare to fight, then go and get me the head of that Xiliang barbarian!" Seeing that someone finally dared to stand up, Yuan Shao felt better and immediately

said.

That Fang Yuedang even came out of his tent, mounted his horse, and went into battle with a gun. When he came to Wu Zhao, he stopped his horse and looked at him contemptuously: "Are you the first person sent by the Xiliang army to die? You guys were the first to die in the previous battle.

Hua Xiong, the most powerful man in the army, was killed by us and left in disgrace, how dare you come?"

"Hmph, Hua Xiong just fell into your trick and failed. Today I will avenge him!" Wu Zhao said and rode his horse towards Fang Yue. Fang Yue did not dare to be careless, so he urged his horse to meet him.

On the other side, the spear in his hand suddenly thrust out as the two approached.

Wu Zhao snorted coldly and rushed forward with the mace in his hand. The two weapons hit each other. After a sound, Fang Yue's expression changed. Although he had thought that his opponent was quite powerful, he never thought of this.

Wu Zhao was so powerful that his jaws went numb in just one round. At this time, he stopped underestimating the enemy and used this first hedging to widen the distance between the two sides. After allowing his hands to recover for a while,

, and then turned around again, but this time he paid more attention.

However, Wu Zhao also saw from the previous round that the opponent's strength was far inferior to his own, so when they met again, he had no scruples in attacking. He swung the mace in his hand with all his strength and hit Fang Yue with a overwhelming move.

But this time, he was a little underestimating the enemy. In terms of strength, Wu Zhao was indeed far superior to Fang Yue, but Fang Yue also had one thing that was stronger than his opponent, and that was the speed of his gun. Now seeing Wu Zhao hitting it with all his strength, he

Not only was he not surprised, but he had a determined smile on his face. Just as the mace was coming down, he suddenly reined in his horse and dodged to the side, causing the club to hit the empty space.

Just when Wu Zhao's move failed and he was about to retract his stick and attack again, the spear in Fang Yue's hand was stabbed out like a snake, and it hit Wu Zhao's chest with the middle door wide open, and then passed through him.

"Uh..." Wu Zhao grunted miserably and fell off his horse in response to the shot. Unintentionally, he was knocked off his horse by Fang Yue's shot despite having the advantage.

This first duel ended with the victory of the Kwantung Allied Forces. Fang Yue held a spear and galloped in front of the two armies for a while, then pointed the gun at the Xiliang Army camp and shouted: "It turns out that the skills of the Xiliang cavalry are also
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