At this time, in the eastern part of Luoyang, the princes of Guandong were still stationed in the army of the Lanzao County, 300 miles away, and they kept drinking and singing every day, and even had conflicts between them.

In the southern part of Luoyang, Kong Yichang and Yuan Shu were still waiting and watching.

In the north of Luoyang, Zhang Liao returned to Hanoi County on the night of the 18th to warn Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang to guard against Dong Zhuo's attack, and asked Yuan Shao to order the soldiers of the Guandong princes to enter Luoyang. At this time, Yuan Shao was determined to plan to seize the land of Jizhou and did not accept Zhang Liao's reminder.

Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang didn't know that Zhang Liao was really reminding him that under Ji Ping's plan, Zhang Liao was almost certain that Dong Zhuo would attack Hanoi County, but Yuan Shao didn't listen, but there was nothing he could do.

Zhang Liao followed Ji Ping's order and formed an array with Duan Jin on the Jiguan line northwest of Hanoi County. Later, Sun Meng, a soldier stationed in Jiguan, met with him, and even if he was defeated, he had a way out.

At the same time, under Ji Ping's instructions, Zhang Liao sent someone to warn the Hanoi County tribes and people to enter the fortress to prevent Dong Zhuo from attacking.

At noon, Dong Yue, the general stationed in Mengjin Pass, suddenly led two thousand elite troops to march into Hanoi County with great fanfare. Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang of Hanoi were shocked and hurriedly formed a formation to meet the enemy.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo led Li Ru, Jia Xu and Li Su, and led 5,000 elite troops to cross the river from Xiaopingjin Pass west of Mengjin Pass, intending to go around the rear of Hanoi County and attack Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang.

After arriving in Hanoi County, Dong Zhuo ordered troops to slaughter Hanoi County, but was ambushed by Zhang Liao and Duan Jin. Then Zhang Liao and Duan Jin set up battles based on the terrain.

As their confrontation delayed, the Hanoi County people, who had originally disagreed with the warning, hurriedly hid in the fortress and had nowhere to hide. Under the guidance of Shi Sun Meng, who was stationed in Jiguan and Zhang Yang, who was stationed in Tianjingguan, temporarily avoided Dongyuan County and Shangdang County.

On the northwest line of Hanoi, Dong Zhuo fought with Zhang Liao and Duan Jin for nearly two hours. The situation was stalemate and could not be defeated for a long time. Dong Zhuo divided his troops according to Li Ru's plan, leaving Li Su, and Jia Xu led two thousand troops to continue to fight with Zhang Liao and Duan Jin. The remaining three thousand troops were led by himself and quickly advanced eastward, attacking Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang with Dong Yue who sent troops from Mengjin.

This battle lasted for a whole day, and on the night of the 19th, the night battle started under the faint moonlight.

Dong Zhuo seemed to be crazy and attacked Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang regardless of casualties. Most of the 20,000 soldiers of Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang were new soldiers. They lost more than 10,000 in the fierce battle. If it weren't for the general Wen Chou, they would be unstoppable. Yuan Shao was wearing armor and personally suppressed the formation, and he would never retreat. The remaining more than 10,000 soldiers had already collapsed.

Killing one thousand enemies and losing 800 of them, and fighting to the death, Dong Zhuo's Huangzhong Yi Cong also suffered heavy losses.

Dong Yue lost more than half of the two thousand troops attacked from Mengjin Pass. Dong Zhuo attacked from Xiaopingjin Pass. After fighting against Yuan Shao, less than two thousand troops remained under the attack of Zhang Liao and Duan Jin step by step.

On February 20th, just when the battle was in a stalemate, Lu Zhi's troops in Dongyuan left Ji Pass, Zhang Yang's troops in Shangdang left Tianjing Pass, went straight to Hanoi, joined the battlefield, and attacked Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo Qiang and Hu army were in chaos. Seeing that there was no hope of capturing Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo had to resent the defeated troops and retreat. He originally wanted to retreat with Dong Yue to Mengjin Pass, but was chased and beaten by Zhang Liao and Duan Jin. Dong Zhuo had to retreat all the way west, and finally crossed the river from the west of Hanoi County and retreated to Xiaopingjin.

Everything was carried out under Ji Ping's plan. Lu Zhi returned to Dongyuan to guard the Northwest Baibo Army and Niu Fu, and Zhang Yang also returned to the guards of Tianjing Pass.

Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang of Hanoi County gathered the remaining soldiers, and the casualties and escaped, with less than 5,000 left, and they couldn't help but cry without tears. They didn't expect Dong Zhuo to suddenly advance at this time. The two strategists under Yuan Shao's subordinate Xu You and Feng Ji have always been resourceful, but they did not expect that under Ji Ping's secret plan, Dong Zhuo suddenly took this move, almost wiped out their entire army.

At dawn of February 20, a group of people rushed south from the ice of the Yellow River to Xiaopingjin. It was the more than a thousand remaining troops that Dong Zhuo retreated from Hanoi. The leaders were Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, Jia Xu and others.

Not far behind, torches and shouts of killing could be seen faintly. The soldiers who had cut off the rear fought fiercely with the pursuers of Yanmen Prefect Zhang Liao.

There was no way to run horses on the ice, so Dong Zhuo's soldiers were walking, with hundreds of war horses wrapped around their hooves and moving forward slowly.

The wind was strong on the river. Although the Qiang and Hu soldiers all came from the bitter and cold places in Liangzhou, they were also trembling with coldness. They were tired, hungry and cold. They slipped in three steps, and the injured soldiers kept falling down and could no longer rise on the ice on the river.

Dong Zhuo had an old face. He had been in the military for a long time and was wearing thick fur, so he naturally did not fear the cold.

Li Ru was so cold that she burst into tears, her teeth clattered, and was supported by two soldiers, but she still frowned and pondered all the way, while Jia Xu looked silent.

The defeated soldiers were in a panic all the way. When they were about one mile away from Xiaopingjin Pass, Jia Xu suddenly said, "Prime Minister, please send someone to investigate the guards of Xiaopingjin first."

Dong Zhuo, who had a dark face, was stunned, turned his head to stare at Jia Xu, and snorted coldly: "What do you mean?"

Dong Zhuo naturally knew that it was not Jia Xu's fault that he had lost Xiaopingjin before, but during this period of time, Ni Tianxia got used to it. He suddenly suffered such a big defeat, and was nominally defeated by his opponent Yuan Shao. I am afraid that he will be even more laughed at the world in the future, so he will inevitably be angry.

Jia Xu lowered his head, unable to see his expression: "I am afraid that Xiaopingjin will change, so I will send someone to inquire and make sure to make sure."

At this time, Li Ru, who was listless on the side, suddenly exclaimed and said, "Lord, Ru thought about the previous battle in Hanoi. Yuan Shao's main force seemed to be unprepared. Only the Yanmen Prefect Zhang Liao had already defended his troops, and now he has forced us to retreat to this Xiaopingjin. I'm afraid that Xiaopingjin will change..."

Li Ru's face was heavy. The feeling of being led by someone was really bad, but he couldn't find the mastermind behind the scenes. Could it be Zhang Liao? It seems that it is not. Zhang Liao was not from a high-ranking and not very famous. It is definitely difficult for Duan Jin to surrender, and it is difficult to make a big deal like Huailing.

Hearing what Li Ru said, Dong Zhuo's face turned darker. He waved his hand and ordered a team to lead people to Xiaopingjin for inquiries.

Li Ru said again: "Lord, now there are Zhang Liao's pursuit soldiers behind him. You can lead the army to pretend to go east to Mengjin Pass. If there is any change in Xiaopingjin, you will definitely take the initiative."

On the Xiaopingjin Pass, a large flag with the character "Dong" fluttered high. On the pass were more than a dozen soldiers dressed in Qiang and Hu patrol. One of them had a gentle face, but he was not Ji Ping.

Inside the wall, nearly a hundred vocalists arched arrows and stumbled down.

As Dong Zhuo's defeated soldiers came towards Xiaopingjin from a distance, Ji Ping's eyes flashed with cold light.

After occupying Xiaopingjin on the eve of the night, Xun Yi led another thousand men to come. Ji Ping did not stay much, but ordered Zhang Liao and Duan Jin to quickly return to Hanoi County to prepare for war. He and Xun Yi and the Ranger retreated to the mountains and forests in the southern part of Xiaopingjin.

At noon yesterday, after Dong Zhuo sent troops to Hanoi for more than an hour, only more than 300 soldiers stayed at Xiaopingjin Pass to defend. Ji Ping, with Xun Ju and Shi A, and more than 1,400 people, attacked and occupied Xiaopingjin Pass at lightning speed.

The key to Xiaopingjin is to defend against the northern Hanoi and basically has no defense against the southern Luoyang. This is also because Ji Ping had decisively abandoned Xiaopingjin before. Now it is very easy to seize it from the inside of the pass.

After capturing Xiaopingjin Pass, Ji Ping and some soldiers and rangers changed into Qiang and Hu soldiers' outfits, disguised as Dong Zhuo's soldiers guarding the pass, and patrolled the pass.

Geng Zhong also arrived and led three hundred ghosts to ambush inside the pass, while Xun Jue led four hundred snatchers to ambush not far from the north outside the pass.

Everything was ready, just waiting for Zhang Liao and Duan Jin to drive Dong Zhuo into the trap.

Unexpectedly, when Dong Zhuo was about to approach Xiaopingjin, a team of people came out first and rushed towards the gate.

Ji Ping frowned. Dong Zhuo was defeated so much, and he was so cautious? Two names Jia Xu and Li Ru flashed through his mind.

Damn, having such a top strategist in the enemy army is just a problem and there are too many variables.

The team led the troops to the gate and shouted, "The Prime Minister returns to the army, will the guards at the gate come out to greet them?"

Ji Ping watched Dong Zhuo's army turn nearly halfway inside and out, and was rushing towards Mengjin Pass, and cursed inwardly, and ordered Shi A and Geng Zhong beside him: "Prepare to attack!"

No matter what Dong Zhuo turned to the east because he discovered something or acted decisively, he had to attack decisively. Now that Luoyang has undergone a major change, he has no more time to hesitate. Otherwise, Dong Zhuo really walked eastward and ran away with this disaster will be endless.

Boom, in the morning light, Xiaopingjin closed the door and opened, and Ji Ping led the team to rush out.
Chapter completed!