The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() After persuading Gongsun Zan to agree to send troops to Hulao Pass, Cao Cao visited Kong Rong, prefect of Beihai and Zhang Yang, prefect of Shangdang, and asked them to challenge Yuan Shao to attack Hulao Pass.Under Cao Cao's rhetoric, both of them nodded in agreement.Among the dozen or so people, although there are those who want to take advantage of this opportunity to crusade against Dong Zhuo to benefit themselves, there are also a few who really want to do their part for the imperial court, among which Kong Rong and Zhang Yang are the latter .

Kong Rong, who was famous for making pears at the age of four, is a descendant of Confucius and has always prided himself on his loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.Now that Dong Zhuo is doing such rebellious things as a courtier, he naturally can't sit idly by.It's just that other people in the coalition army refused to act 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 came forward to lobby, and knowing that Gongsun Zan, a powerful township, was also speaking together, Kong Rong naturally had no worries, and agreed to the matter immediately.As for Zhang Yang's situation, he was also similar to him, and under Cao Cao's persuasion, he agreed to challenge Yuan Shao.

After convincing the three parties one after another, Cao Cao's confidence became stronger. He continued his efforts and went to meet Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, and Kong Ni, the governor of Yuzhou, respectively.Although the two did not agree to Cao Cao face to face, they also promised not to raise objections on this matter.

For the other people, Cao Cao was not sure that he could persuade them, so three days later, together with Gongsun Zan, Kong Rong, Zhang Yang, and Sun Jian and Bao Xin, two princes who were bent on revenge, they challenged Yuan Shao and asked him to fight. Immediately send troops to Hulaoguan.

When Yuan Shao handed over to Cao Cao the matter of uniting many generals to initiate the dispatch of troops, Yuan Shao really did not expect that things would go so smoothly.Seeing that even Gongsun Zan, a powerful and influential figure, was persuaded by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao couldn't help but mutter in his heart.However, he was also happy to see the success of this, so he just pushed the boat along the way and called the leaders of several groups of people to him to ask for their opinions.

This time, the situation was significantly different from the previous two times when Sun Jian and others urged troops to be dispatched.Seeing that Gongsun Zan, Kong Rong, and others all advocated to fight, some people who still wanted to preserve their strength did not dare to find some excuses that they couldn't fight.And Qiao Mao and Kong Ni also quickly expressed their support for this matter, so the whole situation is conducive to sending troops.

Yuan Shao immediately announced that he swore an oath to set off on the next day, and this time he must take 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: "Leader, all generals, now that Thief Dong is coercing the emperor and ordering the world, if we raise troops against him, we will definitely be regarded as traitors by some people who don't know what to do. So Before sending troops this time, we must have a legitimate reason to attack him."

"It's simple! As a minister, he abolished the lord and set up another one. He is so insane! The current emperor is just a puppet. We can announce that the world will not recognize him. We can also use the banner to enter Luoyang this time. This is to comply with the late emperor's will, and it is enough to 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 next day's swearing-in meeting, many people played the banner of supporting the prince and hoeing Jian for the country.However, Cao Cao has a different view on this: "Yuan Shao, what is his intention in doing this? Doesn't he know that the abolished emperor is still in the hands of Dong Thief, and once we here propose to help him, Dong Thief will Will they kill him?" But seeing that the morale of the heroes was boosted by this slogan, he didn't express his worries.The most important thing now is to send troops quickly, and we can talk about other things.

Yuan Shao, who was sitting high on the stage, was in high spirits at this time. He felt that his choice this time was correct. Through this battle, he would surely be able to establish his lofty position in the hearts of the people of the world.But what he didn't know was that when he reached a high point in his life, his family members in Luoyang were all dead!

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On the main road in Luoyang City, dozens of emaciated criminals were pinned to the ground by a big man with big arms and waists, and their bodies were even more tied up.The surrounding people kept pointing and pointing at this, and recognized the person: "Isn't this the fifth young master of the Yuan family?"

"Yeah, yeah, last year we met him once, and he was so powerful at that time, I didn't expect him to have this day."

"This is Yuan Kai, the original Taifu Taifu. I heard that in the court, Shi Changshi and He Jin respected him in the past, but now he will end up with a different head!"

"Yes! Who told them to do more evil things in the past, today is finally their retribution!"

The voices of the people continued to reach Yuan Kai's ears, which made him feel chills in his heart.Unexpectedly, the Yuan family's reputation has been ruined to such an extent.Dong Zhuo, the traitor, beheaded all these important court officials and their families. Not only did they not feel aggrieved by it, but they seemed very happy...

"The law of heaven is not fair! I, Yuan Kai, have devoted my whole life to the country, but in the end I was not recognized by the people of the world. I am really not reconciled." When he was beheaded by a knife, Yuan Kai still couldn't let go of this. A pair of eyes are wide open, and the eyes are truly dead.

Like him, there are many dignitaries in Luoyang city who have the same purpose of death. In addition to their own being killed, the entire family was also raided by the Xiliang army. This was the last thing Dong Zhuo did before leaving Luoyang for Hulao Pass. thing.

Because he knew very well that Luoyang, behind going to Hulao to fight the Kwantung Army, must be stable.But now many people in the court still have a deep resentment towards him. In order to make those who stay in the city more peaceful, he uses killing to frighten people's hearts.Yuan Kai and other people who should have been killed were taken out of the prison and executed in public.

After killing these people, Dong Zhuo left Luoyang City with an army of [-], leaving only Guo Fan's army to guard Luoyang. At the same time, he also asked his nephew Dong Huang to help guard the place.For this nephew with mediocre talents, he still focused on cultivating him. Who told him that Dong Zhuo had no children under his knees, so he had to cultivate this unworthy nephew.

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

It wasn't that he was reluctant to leave here, but because he thought that after leaving this time, Luoyang would be turned into scorched earth again.After Hulaoguan was broken, Luoyang vowed that it would be difficult to defend, and Dong Zhuo would move his capital to Chang'an, leaving an empty city for the Kwantung Allied Forces who came later.Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, which has been prosperous for hundreds of years, may decline because of this, and it will not be able to regain its original glory and glory until hundreds of years later.

Ma Yue couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion at this thought, but it was beyond his ability to save the matter at this point.

After rushing all the way, after seven days, 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 my lord!" All the generals got off their horses and saluted when they saw Dong's banner flying.

Dong Zhuo sat on the horse, raised his hand and said: "All generals, please get up." Then he entered Hulao Pass accompanied by all the generals.

Ma Yue followed behind, carefully looking at this important and dangerous place in the Central Plains.After careful observation, he couldn't help feeling secretly: "This Hulao Pass is indeed majestic and dangerous. To the north is the rushing Yellow River, surrounded by steep and difficult mountain roads. There is only one road connecting the east and the west. If the enemy wants to pass through, they must Take this checkpoint with all your strength. If you just defend and don't attack, I am afraid that only 3 to [-] troops will be enough to withstand hundreds of thousands of troops for several months or even longer?"

What Ma Yue wanted was to hold on, but Dong Zhuo's purpose here was to attack.So as soon as he entered the command hall in the pass and asked the generals to sit separately, he asked Lu Bu, "Fengxian, how much do you know about the situation of the rebels in the pass? Where are they now?"

"My lord, just these two days a spies brought in information, saying that the Kwantung rebels have left Yangcheng and are closing in on my Hulao. This time, they mobilized 13 people, apparently to fight We will fight to the death!" Lu Bu replied hastily.

"Okay! It would be the best if they dare to come, and it will save us the trouble of going on an expedition!" Dong Zhuo immediately showed joy when he heard this, "I'm going to be imprisoned in this tiger prison, and all these thieves will be wiped out." Annihilate, so that people in the world will know how powerful my Xiliang cavalry is."

"My lord, I don't know if I should say a word at the end!" Lu Bu said, feeling uneasy when he saw Qi speak like this.

"speak!"

"From the point of view of the general, since we have Hulao Xiongguan in our hands, why should we confront them head-on? As long as we hold the pass tightly, it is enough to drag the more than [-] enemy troops here. When the horses are exhausted, food and grass are in short supply and morale is low, if we go out to fight the enemy again, we will be able to win a single battle, why should we be in such a hurry to meet the enemy?"

"No, this is too time-consuming. How can I, the Xiliang elite, use such indiscriminate tricks to quell the chaos? How will this make the world think of us? I just want to speak out with my strength, so as to shock the world. I have made up my mind , You don’t need to talk about how to use troops!” Dong Zhuo immediately vetoed Lu Bu’s sticking proposal.

Seeing this, Lu Bu had no choice but to nod resentfully, but he obviously had doubts in his heart.

After explaining his strategic intentions, Dong Zhuo set his sights on Hua Xiong: "Hua Xiong, you lost your city and territory a while ago, and the crime is not light. Today, I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds and appoint you as the former army." Pioneer, don't let someone down again!"

"The last general must live up to the trust of the lord, and I will win this time to repay the lord!" Hua Xiong hurriedly responded.

In May of the first year of Chuping in the Han Dynasty, under Hulao Pass, a great battle that will determine the future of the world is imminent!