Chapter 156: Inside Hangu Pass
The princes at first saw Yuan Feng's head without any reaction, but after hearing Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's tailor-made father, they were shocked. They did not expect that Dong Zhuo would be so cruel and actually killed Yuan Shao's father. So think about it, no one in the Yuan family in Luoyang could survive.
"The leader of the alliance, the dead are gone, you must take care of your health." Han Fu comforted. After all, Han Fu was also a disciple of Yuan's family, and he couldn't help feeling sad when he saw Yuan Feng die.
"Come here!! Prepare a large army for me. Now I will break through Hulao Pass, take down Dong Zhuo, and avenge my father." Yuan Shao stood up and roared. At this time, Yuan Shao had already been buried in his anger and said such words. Little did he know that saying this means that Yuan Shao wants other princes to waste their troops and avenge you, but you are watching the show on that side? How does this make it happen?
Cao ** also looked at his old friend with a sad face. Naturally, he knew very well that Yuan Shao was indecisive. If he encountered something related to him, he would immediately become useless. He had not thought of a way to get the Hulao Pass before. Now his father wanted to attack Hulao Pass once he died. Isn't this a joke? The Allies have such a leader who is so happy and indecisive. I don't know whether it is lucky or unlucky.
"The leader thinks twice." Han Fu immediately persuaded him when he heard that Yuan Shao wanted to attack Hulao Pass. If Hulao Pass was so easy to break, it would not have been called the world's number one pass.
"Please think twice." The other princes also persuaded him at the same time. They didn't want to waste their strength in vain.
"Report..." A messenger ran in, "Report to the leader of the alliance, the gate of Hulao Pass was opened. At this time, there were no one in Hulao Pass, only more than a thousand Dong Zhuo's troops opened the door and offered surrender."
"What!!! Dong Zhuo ran away" Yuan Shao was furious and roared, "How did Dong Zhuo run away?"
"The villain doesn't know." The messenger said in fear.
Seeing this, Cao ** quickly stood up and said helplessly, "Leader, since there is no one in Hulao Pass, we should enter Hulao Pass as soon as possible and send someone to inquire about the news earlier and make a fuss."
Yuan Shao immediately reacted after hearing this. It was useless to say anything now. He had known Dong Zhuo earlier, so he would have the chance to take revenge. Then Yuan Shao said, "Meng De is right, please follow me to the Hulao Pass quickly." Then he took the lead and walked out of the camp and went to reorganize the army.
And the princes also followed Yuan Shao and headed out to Hulao Pass.
Hangu Pass, this is the only way for Luoyang to go to Chang'an. Since Dong Zhuo controlled the government, Li Meng and 20,000 troops have been sent here to garrison here. The purpose is to be able to control the road between Luoyang and his hometown Longxi. Once something unexpected happens in Luoyang, you can return to Liangzhou through Hangu Pass and make plans.
At this time, Liu Yao was leading the army towards Hangu Pass.
Before Liu Yao arrived at Hangu Pass, he did not intend to take Hangu Pass. Instead, he slapped his horse forward alone and shouted to the city guards on the city wall, "Ziyi, where is Xuan Gao?"
At this time, the chief leader of the city guard saw that Liu Yao was immediately overjoyed. He quickly shouted to a city guard beside him excitedly, "Go and call General Taishi and General Zang, go quickly."
"No." The city guards arrived and ran down the city wall in a flash.
That's right, those people at the city gate are Liu Yao's Youzhou soldiers.
As early as when Liu Yao came to Luoyang to meet the alliance, Hangu Pass had already arrived in the middle of the way. Liu Yao naturally knew that Dong Zhuo would definitely move the capital to Chang'an, so this Hangu Pass was the only way for Dong Zhuo. After mastering this place, he almost mastered Dong Zhuo's lifeline. Therefore, he only brought 10,000 Youzhou light cavalry to knock on the gate. It was supposed that it was sent by Dong Zhuo's son-in-law General Niu Fu to help Li Meng guard Hangu Pass. Li Meng tricked him into opening the city gate.
He then led his troops into Hangu Pass and killed Li Meng and suffered a great defeat. In this way, Liu Yao had already taken Hangu Pass into his hands before coming to Luoyang. Li Meng also surrendered to Liu Yao because he was afraid of death. Dong Zhuo asked Li Meng to write a letter to Dong Zhuo every ten days to report the situation of Hangu Pass. Li Meng surrendered, which saved Liu Yao a lot of effort.
After mastering Hangu Pass, Liu Yao left Taishi Ci and Zangba, as well as 10,000 Youzhou cavalry garrisons to Hangu Pass, and he took 20,000 troops to Luoyang to participate in the alliance...
At this moment, Taishi Ci and Zangba also walked up to the city wall. Looking down, the person who took the lead was not Liu Yao or anyone else, and as long as you have seen the unique equipment of the charge camp once, you will definitely not admit your mistake.
"Open the city gate." Taishici shouted to the city gate guard below, and immediately went down the city wall with Zangba to welcome Liu Yao.
"See lord." Taishi Ci and Zangba bowed to Liu Yao at the same time. "The main attacker should follow me to the inner gate."
"good!!"
Inside Hangu Pass.
"Ziyi, Xuangao, how is Hangu Pass now?" Liu Yao asked.
"Report to the lord, we have completely controlled Hangu Pass according to the lord's request. The 15,000 soldiers left by Li Meng have also been incorporated by us." Taishici said respectfully.
Liu Yao nodded with satisfaction after hearing this. Another 15,000 troops were obtained. After all, Liu Yao has taken over Youzhou and Bingzhou has more than half of Liangzhou, so the expansion of the army is inevitable. Although Li Meng's division of these troops is not elite, it is always much better than the newly recruited recruits.
"What about Li Meng, how is it now?" Liu Yao asked curiously.
Taishici immediately said unhappy when he heard this, "Master, don't you know that Li Meng was still righteous at the beginning and would rather die than surrender. But as soon as I said I would pull him out and chop him up, this guy was willing to surrender immediately. That flattering look almost called me a father. I would be angry when I look like this guy with no roots. If it weren't for your lord, you said this guy is useful, I would have killed him long ago."
Guo Jia, who was standing aside, couldn't help laughing after hearing Taishi Ci's words. He said, "Ziyi, isn't it better to be afraid of death. Is this kind of person more easy to control?"
"Not bad." Liu Yao also nodded and said, "Ziyi, send someone to go there, then Li Meng brings it to me."
"No." Taishi Ci said, and then called his personal guard to find Li Meng.
"Ziyi, has Dong Zhuo passed you letters recently?" Liu Yao asked.
After hearing this, Liu Yao directly carried a piece of silk cloth from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Yao, saying, "Lord, two days ago, Dong Zhuo happened to send someone to send a letter quickly. Let Li Meng prepare for writing in Hangu Pass. At that time, Dong Zhuo will welcome him into the pass. Dong Zhuo will have about two or three days left, and the front army will be able to reach Hangu Pass."
Liu Yao took the letter and read it. At the end of his sight, he couldn't help but frown, "Fengxiao, I didn't expect that Dong Zhuo actually hollowed out the entire Luoyang, just leaving a intact imperial palace and Luoyang. And all the money, food and people in Luoyang City were brought to Chang'an by him. What do you think?" Liu Yao couldn't say anything about this, after all, Liu Yao did say that as long as the ancestral temple and Luoyang were intact, it would be fine.
"Lord, if Dong Zhuo wants to move the capital to Chang'an this time, he will definitely bring the little emperor Liu Xie and all the civil and military officials in the court. Chang'an is no longer as good as before and is a little corrupt. Then this population, food and money are indispensable things for Dong Zhuo. Otherwise, he would not be able to support so many soldiers. This time, we ambush Dong Zhuo at Hangu Pass. Even if we cannot kill him, we will at least talk about the people, officials and those money. As for the little emperor, let Dong Zhuo bring him to Luoyang." Guo Jia said with a smile.
Chapter completed!