Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, but he understood Sun Jian quite well.

The Sun family has been poor for generations, and Sun Jian has difficulties with Sun Jian. He also has difficulties with him. Although his father Cao Song was appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Third Duke, he was the [Prince], but his grandfather Cao Teng was a eunuch.

Cao Cao was constrained by his grandfather's identity from childhood to adulthood. When General He Jin was under the command of General He Jin, He Jin also believed in Yuan Shao because of his identity, but did not believe in him.

Both of them are transcendent masters of the world, both loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, and their identities are embarrassing. This time, they attacked Dong Zhuo together, but they made friends.

At this moment, they were squeaking and the atmosphere was very hot.

Just as the atmosphere was getting better, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded. Sun Jian and Cao Cao put down their wine glasses together and looked up at the door.

After seeing the person coming, the two of them couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

The visitor was Zhu Zhi, who looked frightened. This was extraordinary. Although Zhu Zhi had no martial arts skills, he was Sun Jian's general, and his status and ability were still above the four generals of Huang Gai.

Zhu Zhi followed Sun Jian to fight in the south for many years, how could he have been so frightened?

"Jun Li, why are you so panicked?" Sun Jian suddenly stood up, and had a bad premonition in his heart. He remembered the shouts he heard at Guan Shang.

"Could it be? It's impossible, it's impossible. Luyang City is strong, it's impossible that it's really broken, right?"

Zhu Zhi let out a breath, calmed down a little, then bowed and said, "Lord, Huang Gai, Han Dang, two generals, have heard news. Luyang has been captured by Zhang Xiu, and Yuan Gong has been killed. At present, the two generals are lightly cavalry to Baowan City."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian fell into his seat, and his hands unconsciously knocked over the wine and food on the table, so that the plates and bowls fell to the ground and broke the ground.

But Sun Jian didn't care about such trivial matters anymore.

Even though he is a hero, he is as stable as a mountain of Pacific when facing big things. But this matter is too big, too big.

Even the little soldier knew who supported their Northern Expedition behind the scenes, let alone him?

Cao Cao was not much better than Sun Jian. He fell heavily in his seat, looking dull.

This blow is really a bit big. Even the two transcendent masters can't bear it.

However, these two people are today's heroes and soon recovered. Sun Jian sighed to Cao Cao: "Meng De. I just laughed at Zhang Xiu and had no choice but to do anything. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiu was better at chess. In the current situation, we can't defend Taigu Pass. Fortunately, Huang Gai and Han Dang made a quick decision to go to Wancheng, otherwise our army would be too large, and he might collapse immediately."

"General Sun said very much." Cao Cao stretched out his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Then he also said, "But advance and retreat, there must be rules. If Yuan Gonglu (Yuan Shu) dies, his generals may change their minds. Especially the general Ji Ling. We need to hide them. Let them lead their troops back to Wancheng. The army must not collapse."

"Um."

Sun Jian nodded in agreement. Although the two of them had a muddy head, and even countless mosquitoes circling and making noise, he still recognized the reality.

With the current situation, Taigu Pass will definitely not be able to defend it.

Afterwards, Sun Jian concealed the news from the outside. He was sent out to the messenger and agreed to withdraw his troops with Ji Ling and others. Sun Jian began to withdraw his troops late at night on the third night.

The night was dark and Taigu Pass was on. The soldiers had already received news of their retreat. They tried not to make any noise, but put a few straw men on the top of the city after dressing up.

Outside Guan Ling Mansion.

Sun Jian, Cao Cao and others were all dressed in neat clothes. Sun Jian saw Cao Cao off and said, "Meng De, your army will travel day and night to arrive at Wancheng first, mainly to stabilize Wancheng. I will cut off the rear in the rear and ambush it. If Lu Bu leads his troops to chase me, I will fight back and kill some of their troops."

"Okay. General Sun is careful." Cao Cao's face was a little deeper. After bowing, he turned over and rode his horse. The Cao, Xiahou and other generals were all in charge, leading the troops first.

Sun Jian first went back to the Guanling Mansion for a temporary seat and calculated the time. After Cao Cao left for two hours, Sun Jian walked out of Guanling Mansion and led the elite troops to slowly head south together with Zhu Zhi, Zu Mao, Cheng Pu and others who had already prepared.

It was both a hiatus and an ambush.

Zhang Xiu was in Luyang, and the one outside the pass was Lu Bu. Sun Jian was not afraid of leading the troops against Zhang Xiu, let alone Lu Bu's defeated generals.

Although Sun Jian used straw men to station at the top of the city, he could get away with it in the dark, but after dawn, he was discovered by Dong Zhuo's soldiers.

First, a few brave soldiers came to the pass to check the situation. After discovering that the pass was empty, they immediately went back to report to Lu Bu.

Of course, Lu Bu was quite happy and quickly summoned Li Ru and all the generals.

In the central army tent, Lu Bu sat on the coach's seat. In fact, this was Zhang Xiu's seat. He pretended to be Zhang Xiu, but while sitting, he thought this was his position.

"Everyone. Sun Jian retreated last night, and I thought he would definitely not go far. General Hua Xiong and I can raise the cavalry in the army and chase and kill them. The other generals will take over the passes separately."

Lu Bu issued an order openly. He was completely excited. He and Zhang Xiu were both generals (who he thought he was), but Zhang Xiu won consecutive battles, but he lost consecutive battles.

Not long ago, news came that Zhang Xiu had captured Luyang and killed Yuan Shu, and he was in a very complicated mood. He also began to plan and planned to make a comeback.

At this moment, Sun Jian and Cao Cao abandoned the pass and fled in a hurry, and the morale of the army would inevitably be in chaos.

It can be decided by one battle.

As long as he kills Sun Jian and Cao Cao, he can avenge his previous shame and become a general who runs alongside Zhang Xiu.

Lu Bu was already immersed in his own world and could not extricate himself, but Dong Zhuo and Zhang Xiu had him tied the reins. Li Ru shook his head and said, "Although Lu Hou is brave, Sun Jian should not be underestimated. His retreat was not defeated. I expected that he would have to cut off the rear personally, and even ambushed in a dangerous place on the way. If he sent troops to pursue him, he would probably lose his troops and generals. It would be better to stabilize the three passes first, connect Han Shouhou and act together."

Lu Bu was furious, but when he turned to see Li Ru, the fire in his heart was extinguished. He smiled and said nothing.

Which one is more trusted by Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu or Li Ru?

Everyone present is the generals Dong Zhuo. Who should the generals obey?

Lu Bu is still self-aware. He lost consecutively, and his prestige has reached the bottom. None of the generals such as Hua Xiong, Fan Chou, Hu Zhen and others paid attention to Lu Bu, and Qiqi bowed to Li Ru.

"promise."

Then it was like Li Ru's plan. Lu Bu and Li Ru led their troops into Taigu Pass, while Hua Xiong and Fan Chou led their troops to take over Yique Pass and Zhuyuan Pass.

Afterwards, Li Ru did not act in a hurry and sent spies to investigate Sun Jian and Cao Cao's actions. Sure enough, after learning the news, Sun Jian's actions were strange.

It would be great if you know how Sun Jian acted. After Li Ru learned the news, he left some people at Sanguan and led 70,000 to 80,000 people. He did not fight Sun Jian, but went south to meet with Zhang Xiu.

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Since Sun Jian had withdrawn his troops, Zhang Xiu of course also learned the news.

In the hall of Yuanshu Mansion, Luyang City.

Zhang Xiu sat in the main seat with a smile on his face, with Zhang Liao, Chen Gong and Zhang Yan on both sides.

Sun Jian finally withdrew his troops. Although Wancheng was not perfect, they regained the three Taigu Passes and reconstructed the defense line in southern Luoyang.

As the saying goes, you can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat. The situation is already very different.

"Sun Jian, Cao Cao has withdrawn his troops, and I can't do anything about the rest of the troops. But Ji Ling led 20,000 troops to guard Yique Pass. This man is a general, but his troops are all new soldiers."

Zhang Xiu smiled slightly, showing his ambitions.

"What does Han Shouhou mean?" Chen Gong quickly understood.

"Wenyuan, Gongtai." Zhang Xiu shouted without hesitation.

"The last general (under) is here." Chen Gong, Zhang Liao and the other two immediately stood up to the center and bowed to Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu glanced at Zhang Liao. This kid was injured by Huang Zhong's attack and his injuries had not healed. But it should not be difficult to guard a city.

"You two lead 2,000 elite troops to stay to defend the city."

"promise."

The two of them agreed with a loud voice.

"Do you dare to rob Ji Ling with me?" After Zhang Xiu gave the order, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Yan with a smile.

"Why don't you dare!!!" Zhang Yan bowed with confidence. He was not confident in his own force, but in Zhang Xiu.

"Brother Dian. Order three thousand troops and follow me to fight." Zhang Xiu shook his wrists left and right, and greeted Dian Wei outside the door.

"promise."

Dian Wei also agreed.

Not long after, Zhang Xiu, Dian Wei and Zhang Yanren, who were neatly dressed, led 3,000 elite soldiers to head straight to the north, and sent spies to find out where Ji Ling was.

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The night is dark.

On Yique Pass, the character "Yuan" flag flutters with the wind.

The situation here is different from Taigu Pass. Although Ji Ling is a general, he does not have the prestige of Sun Jian, and there are no generals under his command, and his soldiers are all new recruits.

That day, Li Ru sent someone to Guan to announce the death of Yuan Shu. The army was already uneasy. Now Sun Jian has heard news and agreed to withdraw his troops together.

Now the army is already in panic.

However, he still retreated. Ji Ling could only believe that Yuan Shu was still alive. Li Ru was telling a lie.

"call!!"

Before closing the south, Ji Ling was wearing an iron armor and holding a big knife. He had a strong face, extraordinary physique, and outstanding martial arts. He had a great prestige in the army and was the most well-deserved general under Yuan Shu.

He was the last one to leave. After looking back at the pass, Ji Ling urged the war horses and led his personal soldiers to chase them forward.

Ji Ling also knew how to use troops and sent a large number of horses to find out what was happening around him. After walking for a night, it was dawn.

When we reached a wilderness, it was almost noon.
Chapter completed!