The 68th Yuan Benchu debuted on stage and swore to kill Ma Taigong, who was brave in breaking through Taigu.

  After Ma Chao bid farewell to Diao Chan, he came to Yuan Shao's camp. Yuan Shao was wearing a golden helmet and silver armor, sitting upright in the camp, and said with great indignation to the various lords: "Wang Shi Zu has devoted his life to the country, but this time he was tragically killed by Dong Zhuo's poisonous hand. It is unbearable! I, Yuan Shao, am willing to join forces with you all to attack Luoyang, destroy Dong Zhuo, and avenge Wang Shi Zu!"

  Inside the big account, Ma Fu, Cao Cao and Sun Quan have twisted into a ball. After the three people showed their determination, the atmosphere in the account reached an unprecedented height.

  For those vassals who do not want to continue losing their troops, this time it is a good thing to revive the morale of the soldiers under the banner of avenging the loyal souls. Anyway, what they need to do is just pretend to attack on the front line, and the ones who really go to the battlefield are still Ma Chao, Cao Cao and Sun Quan's three vassals.

  All the lords thought that Ma Teng would stand with Ma Chao, but to their surprise, he voluntarily told Yuan Shao that he wanted to face the enemy head-on.

  The groom heard his eloquent and impassioned speech, but only sneered coldly in his heart.

  Yuan Shao instructed them to be careful, and the various lords successively went down to make preparations. Three days later, the army of the lords had white flags covering the sky, and every general and soldier had a piece of white cloth tied around their forehead.

  Yuan Shao climbed up to the high platform and shouted loudly: "Since our great Han dynasty was founded, loyal souls have followed one after another, and their hot blood has been preserved forever. Now Dong's villain is harming loyal souls, destroying good conscience, poisoning society, trampling on the people, and should be punished by heaven and man! I think that after the eighteen roads are discussed together to overthrow Dong's villain, if we cannot eliminate him, how can we stand in front of the people of the world in the future? Generals, think about it, a person who is nearly sixty years old still suffers from such abuse by Dong's villain, how shameful! How cruel!"

  Yuan Shao's lips trembled and his eyes turned red, while Zhang Yang and Zhang Chao seemed to have not heard anything, because they had been chatting all night about the trend of the world, so now, although they were standing, they were still dozing off with relish.

  Yuan Shao saw it with his own eyes, although he was furious, but also helpless. He continued: "Generals, do we want to avenge Wang Zifu? Do we want to destroy Dong Zhuo? Do we want to return home in glory and let the world know that we are not useless?"

  Yuan Shao's three consecutive questions instantly boosted the morale of his troops, while Ma Chao, Cao Cao and Sun Quan's armies had long been sharpening their blades, eager to try them out.

  Yuan Shao saw that the soldiers were united in their hatred for a common enemy, and was greatly comforted. He continued: "Good! Very good! Now the leader of this alliance declares that Ma Teng, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan will be the vanguard, leading the troops to attack Dong Zhuo!"

  The three listened and immediately led their troops out, while Yuan Shao followed closely behind with the other lords.

  After the eighteen vassal states' army marched for a period of time, Ma Chao, Cao Cao and Sun Quan joined forces and led their troops to attack Taigongguan, one of the eight passes in Luoyang.

  Dong Zhuo heard that the eighteen vassals were defeated so badly, but they actually took the initiative to kill him. He immediately ordered Lü Bu to lead 150,000 troops to attack Hu Lao Pass and demanded that he must annihilate the vassal army.

  After Lü Bu received the order, he slowly gathered his troops. Li Ru saw this and advised: "Now that Wang Yun has taken his own life, all the high-ranking officials in the court are harboring evil intentions. General, you should quickly decide on a battle plan to prevent unexpected events! Moreover, they dare to take the initiative to attack, which must be a plot of ulterior motives. I hope General will be cautious in everything."

  Lü Bu held the helmet made of heavy gold, admiring himself, seemingly not putting Lü Ru's words in his heart: "I know. But sir doesn't have to worry too much, it's just a defeated army and I, Lü Bu, will sweep away all the vassals' armies in one day, sir can wait for my good news in Luoyang!"

  Lü Bu mounted his horse with a flourish and led the 150,000-strong army towards Tiger Trap Pass.

  Ma Chao and others arrived at Taigongguan, Cao Cao said: "According to the scout's report, Lü Bu has led 150,000 troops to kill Hu Louguan. This is the best time for us to attack the pass!"

  The groom smiled and said: "Exactly, now watch me shout for the gate!"

  When he finished speaking, the groom urged his horse to come to the front of the pass and shouted loudly: "Listen up, soldiers defending the city! I, a humble groom, have brought several thousand soldiers to challenge the pass. If you don't want to become a turtle with its head withdrawn into its shell, then respond to me!"

  The soldiers defending the city saw a group of people with disheveled clothes, carrying long guns on their shoulders and not wearing helmets, who came to challenge the gate with the soldiers. They all seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and each one wanted to go out and kill the horse driver personally.

  The general Song Gang, who was guarding the city, glanced down at the pass with a careless expression, then looked up at the sun on his head, stretched his waist and yawned several times: "Just a madman who doesn't want to live, brothers, hold on for a while, we can have lunch soon!"

  Song Gang's various expressions were clearly seen by the groom, who secretly rejoiced in his heart. Seeing Song Gang turn to leave, the groom immediately shouted loudly: "Hey, you with your back turned, stretching your waist, are you a standard rice bucket? Otherwise, you wouldn't eat like kicking a ball!"

  Song Gang, although very fat and a big eater, hated it when others called him fat. The groom inadvertently said something he despised the most, causing Song to clench his fists, slowly turn around, and roar: "Where did this rabbit come from? If you have the guts, wait there and see if General doesn't personally behead you!"

  The groom did not think he would be so easily provoked, and immediately placed the long spear on his shoulder upright on the ground: "I'll just wait for you here, if you don't come to kill me, your ancestors eighteen generations are all turtles!"

  Song Gang was so angry that he spat blood. One of his soldiers advised him, "The newcomer is not benevolent. Without the order of Dong Xiang, please prioritize defending the pass!"

  Song Gang kicked the soldier away, angrily saying: "Who dares to block General Song? I'll make him splatter blood on the city gate right now! Come with me, follow General Song out of the pass and see how I destroy that rabbit's son!"

  Everyone saw Song Gang get angry, who dared to slack off, quickly gathered soldiers and horses, and then followed Song Gang out of the pass.

  Cao Cao saw this and whispered to Sun Quan: "According to the view of General Sun, how many moves will it take for General Ma to defeat that leading general?"

  Sun Quan smiled and said: "Judging from his words and actions, the general defending the city is just an incompetent person! Ma Taigong only needs one move to stab him under his horse!"

  As soon as Sun Quan's voice fell, Cao Cao had not yet replied, and Song Gang, who was holding a big knife and killing the groom, was stabbed under the horse by the groom!

  Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, then immediately turned to his generals behind him and said: "If we don't charge now, when will we?"

  Having spoken, Sun Quan and Cao Cao led their troops in a charge towards him.

  The defenders of Taiguan Pass saw Song Gang being killed, and were initially shocked. Then they saw the large army approaching, and for a moment they were like headless flies, dying in confusion.

  Ma Wu led a horse to charge forward, killing anyone in his way. He killed until the enemy army abandoned their armor and helmets, and fled in disarray!

  As he watched the numerous bandits fleeing into the pass, and the city gate was about to close, Ma Fu let out a loud shout, and with a burst of speed, he galloped forward in a series of leaps, directly dashing to the front of the city gate.

  After jumping off the horse, he saw that the city gate was about to close, and the groom's long spear suddenly shot out, directly piercing through the gap in the door.

  Sun Quan, Yue Jin and Li Tong rushed over on horseback and dismounted together to push the city gate forward, and with more soldiers joining in, the city gate was about to be opened.

  The groom exerted all his strength, suddenly turned around, used the long spear to support his body and made a mighty kick. The city gate was actually kicked open, and for a moment, the generals led the army in unison...