Second update

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Just now, when Cao Cao and Wu Fan were talking all the way, Xia Houdun was always with him and remained silent. Cao Cao knew that Xia Houdun must have commented on Wu Fan in his heart, so after Wu Fan left, he asked Xia Houdun for inquiries.

Xia Houdun looked at Wu Fan's back who was leaving and said:

"This person seems to be a bit outspoken in his words, perhaps it may not be cited from what others say."

Xia Houdun's view has his own reason. In his opinion, since Wu Fan was able to pick Hu Zhen in one round, it means that he must be a powerful general. A powerful general is not a wise general, and he has no connection with a wise man. Therefore, Wu Fan just talked about Cao Cao with his unique views. In Xia Houdun's view, he was just copying what others said.

After hearing this, Cao Cao raised his head and smiled, and said:

"Yuan Rang, you underestimate others this time. One day, you will be ashamed of today's conclusion."

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But Wu Fan led the team back to Yuan Shao's central army. After meeting Yuan Shao in front of the horse, Yuan Shao looked at Wu Fan and said:

"I heard from my subordinates who sent back the horse. You performed quite well in this battle. Well, I finally didn't slander the famous Yuan family, and it would be vain that I appointed you as a pioneer. Based on your current achievements, I decided to grant you an eighth-rank official!"

I thought Wu Fan, who was born into a grass-roots person, would be very excited about the eighth-rank official Feng Ci, but unexpectedly, Wu Fan had no expression on his face and bowed and said lightly:

"Thank you for your kindness."

Then he said:

"If sir, I will go back to the entire army if I have nothing to do."

After saying that, he pulled his horse's head and left.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou, behind Yuan Shao, looked at each other, and also asked Yuan Shao about it, and rode their horses to follow Wu Fan.

Soon, the three riders came together, Wen Chou laughed first:

"Wu Xianfeng, I didn't expect that you were so brave. You actually took only one round to pick the enemy general! If you have the chance in the future, Wen must have a good fight with Wu Xianfeng!"

He has not forgotten the last time he was in the infantry training center and wanted to compete with Wu Fan but failed to get what he wanted.

Wen Chou has a straightforward personality, straightforwardness, and has no thoughts. Compared with him, Yan Liang has a little brainpower. From the moment Wu Fan was named the eighth-rank official by Yuan Shao, but he has no joy, he can tell that Wu Fan has something to do in his heart, so he asked:

"Meng Xuan, today our army won a great victory, and Lord Yuan Shao has also given you an eighth-rank official title. Just because he is happy, why are you so depressed?"

The reason why Wu Fan was not happy is very simple. The main reason is Yuan Shao's understatement just now. He fought bravely on the battlefield and rushed back and forth in the rain of arrows. He was in exchange for a sentence that he did not discredit your famous Yuan family? Another sentence is that you are not in vain for you to appoint me as a pioneer? Well, very good, Yuan Shao's behavior of your strong class concept and looking down on the proletariat will sooner or later defeat you!

In this case, it is naturally not easy to say to Yan Liangming. It is not because he is worried that Yan Liang will say it out, but now the three of them are walking in the army, surrounded by Yuan Shao's soldiers, with many people talking, which will soon reach Yuan Shao's ears.

Therefore, Wu Fan made up a lie casually and made excuses. The three of them then continued to march forward in the army. With these two powerful generals with a good relationship with him, Wu Fan's depression finally reduced a lot.

I won’t say anything about it here for the time being, let’s talk about Hua Xiong.

After retreating to Hulao Pass, as soon as he sat down in the central army's tent, Guo Si, Li Qu and other generals walked in and asked Hua Xiong:

"General, our army is in full swing and its number is also superior. Why did the general suddenly retreat?"

Hua Xiong followed Wu Fan's instructions in advance and said:

"I suddenly felt a little ill, and I was afraid that my strength would not last long, so I retreated."

When several generals heard this, they looked surprised. Hua Xiong was the chief general of Hulao Pass, blocking more than 100,000 alliance troops. Now they are not feeling well. What should we do?

But I heard Hua Xiong say:

"This operation failed. As the chief general, I was unable to escape the blame. Hua was willing to demote himself to his official position and thought he was apologizing. Now he was suddenly suffering from a minor illness. He should submit a letter to the Prime Minister and choose another chief general to guard the pass."

After saying that, he ordered the civil servant to write down what he had just mentioned in detail and send someone to Luoyang at night.

When the letter was delivered to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was the next morning.

After reading the letter, Dong Zhuo said to the civil and military officials standing below:

"Last night Hua Xiong led 120,000 Hulao Pass defenders to attack the Alliance Army camp at night. After severely attacking Sun Jian's troops, he encountered an enemy counterattack and returned home in a defeat. Now Hua Xiong is demoted to apologize, and said in the letter that he was suffering from a minor illness, he begged to choose another general to guard the gate. Everyone thought, who can go?"

Everyone below whispered to each other, looking embarrassed. Hua Xiong was the leading general under Dong Zhuo, and even Hua Xiong would be defeated. It can be seen that the Alliance Army was not a mob, and these people were not sure.

Only Dong Zhuo's bodyguard Lu Bu disagreed. Seeing everyone like this, Lu Bu snorted from his nostrils, turned out from behind Dong Zhuo, came to Dong Zhuo, bowed:

"It's just a group of miscellaneous soldiers who are gathering together. What's the fear? Bu wants to use the Tianhua Ji in his hand to beat them up!"

When Dong Zhuo saw Lu Bu volunteering, he was overjoyed and said:

"If my son Fengxian goes there, Hulao Pass will be free of worries!"

Immediately, Lu Bu was appointed as the former general, led the main general of Hulao Pass to guard the pass, and sent 20,000 heavy cavalry from Luoyang to accompany Lu Bu to Hulao Pass. Hua Xiong was demoted to the General of the Deluo, and together with other military generals, he cooperated with the main general Lu Bu to guard the pass.

When Lu Bu led 20,000 heavy cavalry to Hulao Pass, it was already the third morning.

The Alliance Army cursed the formation for a day in front of the pass yesterday, but Hua Xiong couldn't stand it. After Lu Bu walked into the central army tent, he heard the scolding outside the pass and screaming. Lu Bu frowned:

"Why is it noisy outside the pass?"

Hua Xiong took a step forward and said:

"This is the Alliance Army yelling and scolding before the pass. Hua was suffering from a minor illness and was inconvenient to attack, so he kept in seclusion and guarding closely."

After hearing this, Lu Bu shook his cloak and said:

"Wait, let me see!"

After saying that, he strode out of the central army tent, and Hua Xiong and other generals followed behind.

Soon, Lu Bu and others came to the head of Hulao Pass and looked down at the battlement. A team of alliance troops with about 3,000 people sat on the ground about 500 meters away from Hulao Pass. Their military postures were scattered and in different shapes. While cursing dirty words, they also beat gongs and applauded, making people angry and not rushing to the other side.

Seeing this, Lu Bu slapped the stomp with his hand, and a blue brick on the stomp suddenly broke!

"A bunch of miscellaneous people! Give them some good looks!"

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A moment later, the gate of Hulao Pass suddenly opened, and a team of heavy cavalry with black helmets and black armor and black war horses rushed out, and Lu Bu rushed to the front with a Red Rabbit Horse. The alliance troops who were trying to scold the enemy were unprepared and immediately panicked. They quickly stood up and used their weapons to arrange their ranks. However, at this time, Lu Bu and his heavy cavalry had already rushed over!

The next battle was like a massacre! The alliance troops who were fighting against the enemy were killed and injured by the heavy cavalry and had almost no power to fight back. In just a few minutes, more than 2,000 soldiers died, and hundreds of people left fled back in panic.

In the tent of the Alliance Central Army, Yuan Shao and other officials were discussing the next countermeasures for Hulao Pass and even decided to take a strong attack.

At this moment, a sentry detective ran in quickly and said with one knee:
Chapter completed!