Hulao Pass is known as the first pass in the eastern part of Luoyang, but Hangu Pass is known as the first pass in the world. The entire Guanlou is located in the valley road, with steep mountains on both sides. The narrow Guandao is fifteen miles long. Since ancient times, one man has been the pass, and ten thousand man has not opened. During the Warring States Period, the six countries attacked Qin, and when the Chu and Han Dynasty competed for power, Xiang Yu attacked Liu Bang, all of which failed at this pass, and most of the geographical advantages of Guanzhong were also in the Hangu Pass.

Before Hangu Pass, the princes of Guandong declared war, but no matter how Yuan Shao and others beat drums and knocked on the gate, Dong Zhuo just kept the door shut and didn't leave.

The narrow Hangu Pass was difficult for nearly 100,000 soldiers to set up their formation and rushed forward, so the princes of Guandong began to take turns to attack the key points. From Yuan Shao to Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Cao Cao, Bao Xin and Zhang Liao all went there. However, none of them could attack the key points for eight days.

The generals and soldiers under Dong Zhuo at the Guan side were indeed the elite. Whether it was morale, force or city defense, they were far stronger than the new troops temporarily recruited by the Kanto princes. Rolling stones, wood, hot oil, bows and arrows, and lime took turns to greet each other and fought extremely tenaciously.

The soldiers of the princes such as Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Qiao Mao, Liu Dai, Bao Xin, Wang Kuang, Yuan Yi, Kong Qiong were beaten to pieces in just a blink of an eye and were defeated.

Only Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Zhang Liao had powerful generals under him, such as Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, etc., but they could not resist the bad recruits under his command. Moreover, there were also powerful generals at the gate. Lu Bu did not take action. Only a few captains under Dong Zhuo, relying on their advantageous territorial power, firmly suppressed them. They attacked more than ten times, but failed to take a step towards Guanlou.

Ji Ping did not take action, and his identity as the King of Shenwu could not be revealed at this time. Otherwise, he would have been questioned by Yuan Shao and other Guandong princes first. He took off his mask and with that little disguise, Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo were likely to recognize his original identity.

On March 15th, Yuan Shao and other princes discussed affairs in the big tent. Yuan Shu and Han Fu, who were delaying in Luoyang, also arrived, and there were also small princes, Wuqiu Yi.

Therefore, when the commander under General He Jin was killed by the ten regular attendants, He Jin sent five subordinates to recruit soldiers. In addition to Zhang Yang, Zhang Liao, Wang Kuang and Bao Xin, there was another one that was Wuqiu Yi, who went to Danyang to recruit soldiers.

Later, He Jin died. After recruiting troops, Wuqiu Yi also encountered bandits in Xiapi and was stranded. This time, the princes of Guandong attacked Dong Zhuo and their troops entered Luoyang. Wuqiu Yi also arrived.

Wuqiu Yi is from Wenxi, Hedong. He is not very old and has few soldiers and horses, only three thousand. He was once under He Jin, so he sat with Zhang Liao.

In the big tent, Yuan Shao, who was in the upper tent, was silent for a moment and said, "Now Dong Zhe is in seclusion and we have forced ourselves to tackle the problem, but we have suffered heavy losses but have no effect on our size. As you can see, what should we do?"

Everyone was silent.

Ji Ping was still standing behind Zhang Liao. In the past few days, he was also thinking about the next direction and eliminating the disaster of Dong Zhuo burning Luoyang and driving away the people. His goal has been completed. Now he does not have much hope for the princes of Guandong to attack Hangu Pass.

Even if the princes of Guandong broke through the pass and entered Chang'an, it would not do him any benefit. Moreover, most of the princes of Guandong did not have the intention to go west to welcome the emperor, because the slogan at the beginning of their uprising was to oppose Dong Zhuo's abolishment of the legitimate legitimate and establishment of the illegitimate clan. While opposing Dong Zhuo, it also included the emperor Liu Xie who opposed the current emperor. If they really attacked Chang'an, they would not be able to face the emperor Liu Xie.

Therefore, the Guandong princes were slow to seize Luoyang and were beyond their expectations. Even entering Luoyang was forced by the situation. Most of them in the big tent are also thinking about the future direction, whether to establish a new emperor in Luoyang? Or to return to the prefectures and counties to separatist and become a local emperor?

Ji Ping could easily see that except for Cao Cao and Bao Xin, these princes did not do their best when attacking Hangu Pass. It is said that Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou and Han Fu's general Ju Yi came, and most of the other princes also hid some powerful generals and did not go to war.

Ji Ping was also pondering. He knew that if he showed the identity of the deposed emperor, King Hongnong, most Yuan Shao and others would immediately support him as the emperor in Luoyang and fight against Liu Xie in Chang'an.

But he also understood that once he showed his identity, he would never be able to escape from this vortex. He was not thinking about his freedom. He could give a lot to end this troubled times, but the main factor was that his strength was too poor.

If he was emperor in Luoyang, he would not be able to control the princes of Guandong at all. He would not be able to curb the development and growth of aristocratic politics throughout his life, nor would he be able to fully control local prefectures and counties. Everything was still the decline of the Han Dynasty's demise.

As Xun You said, if you break it, then you will be established. Today, whether it is politics, economy, system or atmosphere in various places, they are decayed to the extreme. The emergence of troubled times is by no means accidental. Only by breaking it, then building it, and using absolute force to sweep conquest and supplement political means can a new order be established and the great difficulties facing the Han nation can be escaped.

Moreover, there is another biggest problem. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, there has been a saying that "Shanxi will be a general and Shandong will be a prime minister". Shanxi refers to the west of Luoyang, including Hedong, Bingzhou, Guanzhong, Liangzhou and other places. Shandong princes controlled the government politics, but Shanxi's military strength is absolutely strong. Not to mention the "Liangzhou Sanming" in the early stage, Dong Zhuo's three thousand soldiers entered Luoyang alone shocked Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. It can be seen that the strength of Shanxi's military strength has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

If he really became emperor of Luoyang, whether he could conquer Chang'an with the small basin of Luoyang and the princes with his own thoughts was still a big question. At least in history, there was no precedent for defeating Guanzhong in the southeast and unifying the world.

Therefore, he had already made a decision in his mind that he would not stay in Luoyang. As for the ownership of Luoyang, except Dong Zhuo, he would deal with other princes at will. The princes of Guandong always valued their reputation and would not have done anything like massacre in Luoyang.

However, he took advantage of the time when the princes had no time to take care of others and developed from the withered Hedong and Bingzhou. He moved the people to Shangdang and Dongyuan to enrich the population, which was also for this consideration.

He didn't know that Xun You, who is now in Shangdang County, had the biggest worry that he stayed in Luoyang and re-tracked the old path.

While Ji Ping was thinking, Yuan Shao said again: "We are Xingyi soldiers coming to fight against the thieves, and the world is waiting and watching. Now the battle is not good, the soldiers and generals are damaged, the morale is sluggish, and the food and supplies are wasted. What can we do?"

Everyone was still silent, even Cao Cao frowned. Faced with such a tough battle, Dong Zhuo had no choice but to go out. In the past few attacks, his new recruits suffered a lot, and Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun were also injured.

Seeing everyone silent, Yuan Shao looked around helplessly and looked at Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, you first entered Luoyang and confronted Dong Zhuo many times. Is there any way?"

Zhang Liao pondered: "It has been more than 20 days since Dong Zhuo retreated to Hangu Pass. As far as I see, Dong Zhuo may have recruited reinforcements from Guanzhong and Liangzhou. He suffered a failure before. With Dong Zhuo's arrogance and resentment, he may immediately go to war when the reinforcements arrive."

Yuan Shao and other princes were shocked when they heard this. They were too concerned now, but they didn't expect this.

Cao Cao's eyes lit up opposite him.

Zhang Liao said, "If Dong Zhuo wants to attack, it must be unexpected. We just need to continue to pretend to attack the key points while secretly guarding. There will be a big battle between looking for the sun."

Cao Cao praised: "Wen Yuan said so much. We can pretend not to be on guard, but in fact we should strictly guard against it. If we use the plan, we will definitely defeat Dong Zhuo!"

Yuan Shao and other princes also praised him repeatedly, only Yuan Shu sneered, and there were several princes such as the clan Liu Dai and the famous scholar Kong Yichang, who looked down on Zhang Liao, a boy from his background.

They didn't know what Zhang Liao said was that it was a long time ago that Hangu Pass was indeed difficult to fight, but Ji Ping concluded that Dong Zhuo's character had suffered such a big loss before. Once the army arrived, he would definitely take revenge with all his might. Zhang Liao reminded the princes, and it would be a big opportunity to avoid this group of guys being defeated.

However, he guessed that even if he reminded the princes of Guandong, it would be a hard battle. This was almost a battle between wolves and sheep. Dong Zhuo's Huangzhong Yicong, Qiang and Hu soldiers, and the Guanzhong army of Huangfu Song, were far stronger than the new recruits of the princes of Guandong. Now he can only set up defenses secretly and use tricks to have the chance to damage Dong Zhuo's vitality.

In this way, not only will he ensure the safety of Luoyang, but his next development in Hedong will also reduce some threats from Guanzhong and Longxi.

After the plan was decided, the princes dispersed. The newly arrived little prince Wuqiuyi had few troops and could not enter the circle of famous princes and scholars, so he stationed three thousand soldiers to the edge of Zhangliao camp.

Ji Ping, Zhang Liao and Wuqiu Yi returned to the camp together. When he passed by Wuqiu Yi's military camp, three generals greeted him in front of Wuqiu Yi's camp.

Seeing these three people with special appearances, three characters suddenly appeared in Ji Ping's mind and couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

Could it be those three people? How could they be here?!
Chapter completed!