Yuan Shu smiled, wrapped up the jade seal, and said to Yang Hong: "Chang Shi, is there any way to drive Han Sui away from Hangu Pass? If we want to gain a foothold in Luoyang, we must control the important areas of Sanfu."

Yang Hong knitted his eyebrows and thought deeply, then said: "Mr. Yuan, I have a plan, which is called driving the tiger to swallow the wolf."

Yuan Shu suddenly became energetic and said: "Tell me in detail!"

"Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army still has a lot of troops left. Li Ru is cunning. If our army attacks forcefully, we will probably suffer a lot of losses. It is better to let go of the siege and let them flee west to Hangu Pass. If the only way out is Han Sui.

"My lord, do you think the Xiliang army will fight to the death to attack the city?"

"Haha, what a great way to drive away tigers and devour wolves!"

"Hangu is steep. If the Xiliang army breaks through Hangu Pass, their vitality will be severely damaged, and they will have to continue deep into the pass to recuperate. However, we can take advantage of the situation to gain Hangu Pass, then send troops to pursue them, and wipe them out in one fell swoop! By then, the third assistant

The land belongs to Duke Yuan, and the people of the three auxiliaries are all grateful and support the lord!"

"Hahaha!" Yuan Shu's laughter gradually became crazy, "Send the order, order Ji Ling to act according to the plan and send the Xiliang army to the west!"

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On the front line, Guo Si had just won an encounter. The enemy's leader was Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling.

Guo Si immediately brought the news back, saying that the encirclement of Yuan's army had been broken through to the west.

"Military advisor, the enemy has been defeated in the west, why not break out from the west?"

He thought that he had made great achievements and Li Ru would praise him fiercely, but Li Ru said: "To the west is Hangu Pass. I'm afraid Ji Ling is falsely defeated. If our army marches westward and encounters Hangu Pass, it will be blocked."

There will be no escape then.”

"Fake defeat?" Guo Bang thought for a while and suddenly said: "The military advisor said this, it seems that it is really easier to win today."

Li Ru thought for a moment and immediately ordered: "Guo Si, lead your cavalry in sheep uniforms to the west for ten miles, then turn south and head for the new city."

"Got the order!" Guo Si took the order and left.

Li Ru said to Wu Xi again, "General Wu, go and inform General Niu Fu to act with our army!"

"Got the order!" Wu Xi also accepted the order and left.

Soon, Guo Si's cavalry began to rush westward, but Ji Ling cooperated very well and did not stop them, but just followed the movement westward.

After running for more than ten miles, the scouts suddenly came to report that Li Ru was leading his army to attack the southwest.

Ji Ling immediately understood that Li Ru did not march to Hangu Pass as expected, but chose the south as the direction to break out of the encirclement, and his troops moved more than ten miles westward. The southwest encirclement naturally became the easiest place to be surrounded.

The point of breakthrough.

"After Zhang Xun succeeded Sun Jian in the south, the strength of the defense line was greatly reduced. It will definitely not be able to effectively block Li Ru. Send an order to rush southeast and intercept Li Ru!" Ji Ling ordered.

However, just as Ji Ling's army started to move, military reports came from the rear army again.

"Report to General, the infantry in the rear were attacked by Guo Si's cavalry."

"Li Ru is cunning and his reputation is well-deserved. Support first and then the army!" Ji Ling reluctantly changed the order.

Unexpectedly, he did not lead Guo Bang by the nose, but Guo Bang led him by the nose. Of course, to be precise, it was Li Ru who led him by the nose.

When ordering support, Ji Ling did not forget to send someone to bring the news back to Luoyang and report it to Yuan Shu. The situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly. Now the lord's attempt to drive away tigers and devour wolves would definitely not work.

Wu Xi launched an attack to the southwest, but encountered little resistance along the way. Among Yuan Shu's armies, Zhang Xun's army was at the back. Without Ji Ling's support from the west, Zhang Xun's army could not stop it at all.

After traveling for more than ten miles, Zhang Xunjun was also left behind.

Li Ru and the Niu Fu cavalry walked side by side, discussing the next move. As they talked, they couldn't help but talk about Dong Zhuo.

"Mr. Wen You, where do you think Duke Dong is now?" Niu Fu asked.

"We are in the west and the lord is in the east. There is no news for a while. If the lord does not recapture Hulao Pass, he should go to the south."

"I definitely didn't go back to Hulao. Hulao was occupied by a powerful coalition of nobles. It was quite powerful. I came back here because I lost." Dong Zhuo originally asked Niu Fu to attack Hulao, but unfortunately he didn't get to Hulao.

They were pushed back to the west by the coalition forces.

"Alas..." Li Ru sighed, "Fortunately, my master is fine now, otherwise, what would we do..."

"How did Mr. Wen You know that Mr. Dong was fine now?"

"Haha, if Dong Zhuo was killed or captured, Yuan Jun would have already begun to persuade our army to surrender and shake the morale of our army."

Niu Fu nodded and learned again.

"Mr. Wen first, where are we going?"

Li Ru took out the map, showed it to Niu Fu, pointed to a place and said: "This is the new city. It was originally occupied by Cheng Pu under Sun Jian's tent. Now that Sun Jian has gone south, I expect this city to be empty."

Niu Fu smiled: "Our army should take advantage of the situation and use it as a foothold!"

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