Not only were Ma Teng's and Yan Xing's armies similar in equipment, but their compositions were also very similar, so they were evenly matched when fighting.

The two armies fought for a while in front of Hangu Pass. Many soldiers and horses from both sides rushed into the city gate. They were all fighting together inside and outside the pass.

Ma Teng and Yan Xing fought against each other several times, but neither could defeat the other. As they fought, the two of them seemed to realize this. If they continued to fight to the death, the only outcome would be for both sides to suffer losses.

Yan Xing took a look at the battlefield and felt bad. He and Ma Teng had fought hard here. Even if they entered Hangu Pass and reached Luoyang City, what would be the use?

So Yan Xing shouted: "Brother Shoucheng, since you and I can't do anything to each other, why don't we just stop fighting and enter the pass together. After entering the pass, each of us can do his own thing and then we can tell the difference!"

When Ma Teng heard this, he glanced at the battlefield and saw that soldiers and horses from both sides had rushed into the pass.

"It's a joke. Although you and I are both trying to get to Hangu Pass, your purpose is to enter the Pass. My purpose is to prevent you from entering the Pass. Where does the idea of ​​'after entering the Pass, differentiate between superiors and inferiors'? I have

Here, you don’t even want to enter the border and see the gun!”

Ma Teng shouted loudly and charged towards Yan Xing again.

"Crazy, do you think that if you look at the gate for Dong Zhuo, he will praise you? He can't save himself now, wake up!" Yan Xing replied, swung his spear, and killed a horse with one spear.

The Teng cavalry flew out, and then ordered towards the city gate: "At any cost, rush in!"

After giving the order, Yan Xing clapped his horse to meet Ma Teng, and shouted: "If you don't leave even if I ask you to leave, when Brother Wen Yue arrives, you will be attacked from both sides. It will be difficult for you to leave again!"

The two fought together, and "Kengkeng" fought for several rounds. Ma Teng had the advantage in terms of strength, but in terms of fighting skills, Yan Xing was obviously better. In this way, there was nothing anyone could do.

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Just when the two armies were inextricably separated, Cheng Yin suddenly shouted: "General, look, there are troops coming!"

The two left each other alone, and it was difficult for both of them to look at each other.

The cavalry from the south rushed towards their battlefield quickly. When Ma Teng saw clearly, he was shocked on the spot.

The visitor turned out to be Han Sui. Unexpectedly, he came from Wuguan.

"It's Han Sui and Cheng Yin who are leading the retreat!" Ma Teng decisively ordered the withdrawal without any hesitation. With one against two, there was no chance of victory.

By the time Han Sui arrived at the pass, Ma Teng's army had already withdrawn.

Yan Xing led his troops and stood in front of the gate on horseback. He smiled proudly and said, "Brother Wenyue, you have fulfilled your mission. Ma Teng has left, and Hangu Pass is in my hands!"

Han Sui naturally knew that Yan Xing might not be able to really defeat Ma Teng. The reason why Ma Teng withdrew was probably related to his arrival.

But at this moment, it is not appropriate to mention this matter.

"General Yan is indeed brave. Now that the gate is open, you and I should join forces and go to Luoyang together. Counting the time, Sun Wentai has already arrived at the city." Han Sui said.

"Okay! Listen to Brother Wenyue, we have to speed up and don't let Sun Jian monopolize the credit!"

Yan Xing said harshly, thinking that he had a wishful thinking, but in fact, both he and Han Sui had miscalculated.

In the south of Luoyang, Hongde Garden, Lingtai and other places were attacked and fell. At the top of the south gate, Sun Jian looked down at the city. Dozens of wolf smoke curled up, and the sound of bitter cold and mournful cries was faintly visible.

"The war has not yet entered the city, why is the city already in such a mess?" Sun Jian asked puzzledly.

"Lord, don't forget the nature of the Xiliang army. When they saw that they couldn't defend the city, they plundered the people in the city and escaped from Luoyang through other gates." Huang Gai said.

"Who would have thought that as a citizen of Luoyang and as an official of Luoyang, I could not escape the ravages of war. The Xiliang thieves will not be eliminated, and the country will be in trouble. Soldiers, follow me into the city. Whenever you see Xiliang soldiers,

Kill without mercy!"

Sun Jian's voice spread from the top of the city, and Sun Jian's army also shouted slogans to kill thieves and rushed to the streets in all directions.

"Publicly, come with me to the palace to have a look!"

Sun Jian quickly rushed to the palace, only to see that the palace was also in flames, and many Huangmen maids were fleeing out of the palace gate.

Sun Jian grabbed a young Huangmen and asked, "Where is your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has already been taken away by General Niu!" Xiao Huangmen replied with a slight trembling.

He already knew the news about Niu Fu's escape to the east, and he would take away the emperor. Sun Jian also expected it. Looking at the fire in the palace, Sun Jian sighed softly and ordered: "Suppose the emperor and bring people to put out the fire!"

Although the emperor is not here, the ancestral temple still exists and must not be burned down.

Huang Gai accepted the order and said as he walked: "I don't know if Brother-in-law Wu can save the emperor."

Sun Jian did not reply. He looked at the fire and then at the fleeing palace people. Many gold and silver utensils were thrown to the ground, but no one paid attention to them. There were also many lifeless people in his sight.

"Do your best and obey destiny. I never thought that I, Sun Jian, would stand in the palace in this way one day."

"Congratulations, lord, for this great achievement!" Huang Gai said.

"I really don't want to. When Yuan Gong takes over this place, I will go back and be my governor of Changsha!"

…

When Liu Qing led his troops to Xingyang, it was already past mid-April. This march was quite ordinary, but the military report he received along the way to Luoyang was extremely unusual.

Before arriving in Luoyang, Liu Qing could already feel the scene of war and smoke permeating the city.

"Dong Zhuo has arrived at Chenggao. Nearly 100,000 troops will set off from Hulao Sishui Pass and attack Luoyang. Do you think Dong Zhuo can win?" Liu Qing asked everyone after giving the basic information about Luoyang.

"How can you still lose when one hundred thousand is against twenty thousand?" Dian Wei asked rhetorically.

Guo Jia smiled and asked Dian Wei: "General Dian, if I give you all the 20,000 soldiers and horses under my lord's command, can you defeat Dong Zhuo's 100,000 troops?"

"It's worth mentioning that, let alone 20,000, 10,000 is enough!" Dian Wei replied very confidently. Seeing that everyone ignored him, he said again: "No, 5,000 is enough! Think about Dong Zhuo.

Tao, they all lost troops and generals, and it is said that the Xiliang army is good at fighting. I think it is difficult to have both."

Dian Wei's words made everyone burst into laughter.

"Since General Dian dared to say that he could win with five thousand troops and horses, it can be seen that the number of troops and horses is not the key to victory."

"Then what's the key?" Dian Wei quickly approached Guo Jia.

"In power!" Guo Jia's rare sonorous words attracted everyone's attention, "Dong Zhuo lost Wuguan first, and then Xuanyuan. Now even Hangu Pass has fallen into the hands of Han Sui, and Luoyang has been captured by Sun Jian.

According to reports, the emperor has been captured by the lord again, Dong Zhuo's defeat has become apparent, and even with a hundred thousand troops, it is difficult to stop this trend!"

"My lord, Yun has something that I don't understand." Zhao Yun said.

"Zilong, please speak."

"Since my lord cooperated with the general, why didn't he return the emperor? Dong Zhuo then attacked Luoyang with an army of 100,000 people. If so, wouldn't it be possible to turn defeat into victory?"

After listening to the kind man Zhao Yun's speech, Guo Jia shook his head.

It was Zhang Liao who gave him a little nudge, "Hasn't Zilong ever seen the scenery along the way? Sili, the richest place in the Central Plains, is sparsely populated and the fields are barren. Doesn't Zilong think that Dong Zhuo is a good official?"

Zhao Yun thought for a while and realized that what he saw along the way was really like this, so he lowered his head and said nothing.

"Dong Zhuo is not a bad official, but he is not a good official either. Luoyang and even Sili under his rule are peaceful on the surface based on power and oppression. Although there are many capable people in the court, they do not silently perform their duties.

, which is to follow the trend of the people, but Dong Zhuo has not yet reached the point of bringing trouble to the court.

In this situation, the real cancer is the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops under his command. With the abundance of Guanzhong, it is hard to fill the gap, and the Henan Yin Ye has been tortured like this." Liu Qing sighed, and came to a conclusion: "That's why.

, Dong Zhuo can stay, but the Xiliang army cannot!"

"My lord is wise!" Guo Jia slapped him.

"Fengxiao, in your opinion, how is the situation in Luoyang going?"

Guo Jia cupped his hands and said: "My lord, judging from Yuan Shu's behavior, the difficulties in Luoyang may be difficult to overcome. In this case, my lord's worries can really be realized, but the lives of the Sili people may be in trouble!"

Of course, this is what Liu Qing doesn't want to see. Otherwise, why not just go back to his old job and move all the people of Sili to Hanoi?

At that time, maybe there will be a story about "the common people followed the emperor and crossed the river into Hanoi".

This is not possible. How can such a good story be spread to others?

"This place is not far from Jizhou. Why don't we ask Wen Ruo to transport some grain? I want to be in Sili to help the poor and help the people!"

Although Liu Qing is famous all over the country, this is his first time in Henan. In other words, he has not made any contribution to the people of Henan.

Just take this opportunity to make up for it!

"My lord is wise!" everyone said in unison.

"Okay, Fengxiao, I'll let you edit the book for Wenruo and Junyi. Wenbo has returned to Mount Tai, so I'll leave this food road to you!"

"Follow the order!" Zhang He said.

…

In the "Imperial Palace" in Ruyang, Liu Chong and Yuan Shao were sitting across from each other. They were both restless. They always felt that a storm was about to come and the wind filled the building.

The news of the past few days really shocked them, especially the news of Sun Jian's attack on Luoyang, which made Yuan Shao stunned for a while.

Sun Jian was under the command of his younger brother Yuan Shu. In other words, Yuan Shu took advantage of Dong Zhuo's southern campaign to send troops to attack Luoyang, which he had always wanted to conquer.

What is intriguing is that for more than half a month since Yuan Shao's defeat, there has been no news from Nanyang. According to Yuan Shao's own reports, Yuan Shu obviously has the intention of making progress in Luoyang.

Yuan Shao still had some idea of ​​his younger brother's ambitions.

At this time, Feng Ji suddenly came over in a hurry, bowed to Liu Chong first, and then whispered to Yuan Shao for a while. Yuan Shao's expression suddenly changed.

"Your Majesty, I have important matters to attend to, so I will take my leave first!"

Liu Chong was almost a free emperor and did not need to take care of anything.

After leaving the palace and getting on the carriage, Yuan Shao couldn't wait to ask about Feng Ji.
To be continued...