Liu Bei nodded slightly when he heard this, thinking that he was still scheming, and brave in wings would be brave. However, he was a little reckless and lacked scheming. Such a person would probably be difficult to stand alone.

Luoyang City is in good condition, Yuan Shao's central army tent.

Xu You walked in and said to Yuan Shao disdainfully: "Lord, Liu Bei actually weaves straw sandals in the inn. After the woven, he asked Guan Yu to take them to the street to hawk. It is said that the proceeds from selling shoes can really support the one-day rations of the three brothers, oh hahaha~~"

Before he finished speaking, Xu You had already burst into laughter.

Yuan Shao also laughed and said, "This is the real Liu Bei. Only people like Liu Bei can do such a thing. Uncle Dao actually sold shoes on the street, which is ridiculous. But then again, if Liu Bei was not a person who had no ambition and short-sightedness, this general would not dare to let him stay in Luoyang."

Tian Feng frowned and advised: "Lord, Feng thought Liu Bei didn't look like a person without great ambitions. This is probably because Liu Bei was making a fool of himself. His purpose was nothing more than to eliminate the vigilance of the lord and other princes."

"Pretending to be mysterious?" Yuan Shao said disapprovingly, "What mysterious can there be? Yuan Hao is too worried."

Xu You clasped his fists and praised him: "Lord is wise."

Tian Feng sighed and said silently.

"Okay." Yuan Shao brushed his sleeves, stood up long, and said to Tian Feng, Xu You, "Tonight the emperor will give a banquet for all princes outside the Meridian Gate. All military generals and civil servants above the school lieutenant and above the chief and historian will attend. The time is almost over, so it's time for us to set off for the palace."

Liangzhou.

The war has ended.

Except for the princess Aziguli, the Great Yuezhi, who led three thousand cavalrymen to escape, the other Hu cavalry in the Western Regions either died in battle or were captured. The chief of the Western Regions Wang Yuan, the prime minister of Shanshan Kingdom Alibu, the general of Cheshi Kingdom Musa Khan, and other leading generals of the other small countries all became captives of Ma Yue's army.

But what really made Ma Yue overjoyed was the tens of thousands of Western Region horses seized.

The only thing that made Ma Yue feel that the beauty was that this group of Western Regions horses was not as easy to serve as the Hun horses. The Hun horses were not picky about food. They could survive tenaciously under the harsh living conditions. They fought continuously and marched hard for several months and would not lose weight, but Western Regions horses were not good.

Therefore, it is difficult to use the Western Regions to equip ordinary cavalry on a large scale, but can only be used to equip heavy armored cavalry on a small scale.

But even so, Ma Yue was happy enough. With these Western Regions horses, Xu Chu's Iron Cavalry Camp will no longer have to worry about the lack of mounts.

The heavy armored iron cavalry can be said to be the most powerful attacking group in Ma Yue's army. So far, Ma Yue has not found any army that can block their assault. Perhaps Gao Shun's trap camp can do it, but Xu Chu's iron cavalry camp can never meet Gao Shun's trap camp on the battlefield.

Jia Xu came to Ma Yue at some time, stroked Liu Xu and said, "Lord, the Hu cavalry in the Western Regions finally defeated. If everything goes well and General Gao Shun can successfully attack Hangu Pass, he will be divided into troops to attack Jincheng, the northern part, Anding counties and the three auxiliary places of Guanzhong."

"Yeah." Ma Yue nodded, looked up leisurely, his gaze seemed to have crossed the silent sky and focused on the battlefield of Kanto thousands of miles away, and said lightly, "I don't know how the battle between the eighteen princes and Dong Zhuo was going on? Calculate the time, news should have come from Uncle Teng and Gong."

Jia Xu said: "Although the battle in Luoyang is closely related to the situation in Guanzhong, as long as General Gao Shun can capture Hangu Pass, he can nail it to the ancient road of Chang'an like a nail, and firmly block Dong Zhuo and the 18th Guandong Army outside the pass, the lord can be as stable as Mount Tai in Guanzhong. Therefore, the key lies in the gains and losses of Hangu Pass."

"Report~~" Jia Xu finished speaking, a fast horse galloped in front of him, "General Gao Shun reported urgently~~"

"Well, General Gao Shun?" Jia Xu looked anxious and said to Ma Yue, "Lord, will our army be able to successfully capture Guanzhong soon be determined!"

As Jia Xu was just talking, the fast horse had already galloped to the point where the messenger rolled down.

Whether or not he can occupy Guanzhong will be directly related to the future and future of Ma Yue Group. As cold-blooded as Ma Yue couldn't help but feel chuckle in his heart at this time and shouted loudly: "Speak!"

The message soldier gasped for two breaths and said quickly: "General Gao Shun failed to lead his troops to attack Hangu Pass. Now he has retreated fifty miles away and formed camps on the mountain to resist the soldiers in Guandong. General Gao Shun said that as long as he is given six months, he can build another Hangu Pass on the ancient road of Chang'an. At that time, even if there are 100,000 Guandong troops to attack, they can still be as stable as a rock."

"Oh, it's really a mistake." Jia Xu was disappointed when he heard this, "It's really said that human calculations are not as good as God's calculations. I didn't expect that the surprise attack on Hangu Pass would still fail, alas."

Ma Yue couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but he still advised: "Wenhe doesn't have to blame himself too much. In six months, the battle between the 18th Kwantung Army and the 18th Kwantung Army may not be over. Let's take a step back, even if the 18th Kwantung Army watches the fire across the bank, the old thief Dong Zhuo will return to Guanzhong regardless of everything, and Gao Shun can't defend the ancient road of Chang'an in the end, and our army cannot capture Guanzhong, but so what? At least we have captured Liangzhou, right?"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "What the lord said is that as long as we conquer Liangzhou, our army will win."

"But~~" Ma Yue changed his tone and said in a calm voice, "Don't give up easily until the last moment!"

"Report~~" Before Ma Yue finished speaking, another fast horse galloped in front of him, "Hetao urgently reported~~"

"Hetao?" Jia Xu said with a look of movement, "Is it the eighteenth Route Guandong princes who fought against Dong that resulted in the battle?"

The horse leaped up to the galloping fast horse and said sternly: "Tell me quickly."

The message soldier turned over and dismounted, knelt down and said anxiously: "Mr. Ju Su urgently reported that the Luoyang mutiny, Situ Wang Yun cleverly used a series of plans, the traitor Dong Zhuo had already died at the hands of Lu Bu. Lu Bu's old general Zhang Liao abandoned Hulao and led the 18th Kwantung Army into Luoyang. The battle against Dong was over."

"ah?"

"What!"

Ma Yue and Jia Xu were shocked at the same time when they heard this, and said in shock: "The battle against Dong is over?"

The messenger said: "That's right."

Jia Xu said anxiously: "Where is the Liangzhou army under Dong Zhuo's command? That's more than 100,000 troops. It's impossible that the entire army will be destroyed, right?"

The messenger said: "The Liangzhou chaos army under Dong Zhuo has looted all four counties in the capital, and Luoyang City has almost been burned to ashes. The chaos army is gathering in Hangu Pass. Mr. Ju Su thought that the Liangzhou chaos army would likely return to Guanzhong, and then rely on the Hangu Pass natural danger to resist the 18th Guandong coalition forces. Please be careful."

"What's the possibility?" Jia Xu said anxiously, "This is inevitable. The Liangzhou rioters must return to Guanzhong!"

There was a cold flame in Ma Yue's eyes and he whispered: "Gao Shun only has eight thousand light cavalry in his hand. He detained the casualties and the troops left behind in Chang'an. Now he still has up to six thousand people. Although there are natural dangers to defend in the ancient Chang'an road, there are at least 100,000 riots in Liangzhou. The difference in strength between the two armies is too great, so I'm afraid it can't be defended."

Jia Xu said: "If General Gao Shun cannot defend the ancient road of Chang'an and release tens of thousands of Liangzhou rioters into Guanzhong, then the wisest choice of the lord is to abandon Guanzhong and defend Liangzhou."

"It seems that giving up Chang'an and Guanzhong is inevitable. Unfortunately, Gao Shuntian's great contribution will be wasted. Alas~~" Ma Yue said this, his eyes suddenly became particularly clear and sharp, and he said in a deep voice, "However, this general will never hand over a Guanzhong that is as intact as before to Guo Si, Li Kui and other Liangzhou chaos troops."

"Um?"

Jia Xu's heart thumped, and he turned around and happened to collide with Ma Yue's cold eyes. In an instant, Jia Xu realized what Ma Yue wanted to do.

Hangu Pass.

In the Liangzhou chaos army camp, Li Ru said to Guo Si: "General Guo Si, Cao's army has been killed by our army without leaving any armor. Although we cannot kill Cao Cao, the purpose of killing one to warn hundreds has been achieved. I believe that after this battle, the rest of the princes will no longer dare to act rashly. In this way, our army can concentrate all our efforts to go west and enter Guanzhong to fight the butcher of horses."

"Yeah." Guo Si nodded and said in a deep voice, "General Fan Chou has already led 20,000 light cavalry into the pass first. News should be heard soon. As long as General Fan Chou can attack Zheng County and seize a place to settle for the army, I should start all three armies and enter the pass in a large-scale battle with the butcher Ma."

Fifty miles west of Hangu Pass.

Fan Chou's army, who was heading west along the Chang'an Ancient Road, suddenly discovered that the road had become a natural chasm. In the steep valley, there was no one who built a solid camp and cut the straight official road into two sections. Although the scale of the camp was not very large, it was only four or five thousand people stationed at most, but it was like a roadblock stuck on the only way to enter Guanzhong west.

Amid the sound of the trumpet, a group of people rushed out of the camp and set up a formation on the official road. From a distance, Fan Chou saw that the morale of the army was high, the iron armor was in conflict, and the array was arranged in an orderly manner. It was an elite army. When looking at the enemy's flag, the word "high" was embroidered on it.

Fan Chou suddenly realized that after Gao Shun failed to attack Hangu Pass, he did not lead his troops to retreat into Guanzhong, but instead set up a camp at this critical point. It seemed that he was preparing to stick here for a long time! However, with these four or five thousand men, and this vulnerable simple camp, he also wanted to block the attack of his 20,000 troops?

It's simply overestimating one's own abilities.

"Telection, the front army assault!" Fan Chou drew out his sword, swung it forward, and ordered, "Put it through to me!"

"Affect the order."
Chapter completed!