The 69th time Lü Bu was tired of running around among the various princes' armies and waited for them to become exhausted.

  The sounds of slaughter, wailing and crying filled the air above Taiguan Pass, like a bloody net dripping with fresh blood rapidly falling down.

  This bloody net came quickly and went fast. When the horseman led everyone to stand in front of Taiguan Pass and looked out, everything returned to calmness.

  Ma Wu had a natural persuasive power. Facing the stubbornly resistant defending army, he first beheaded the commander to destroy their will, then killed the elite soldiers to weaken their prestige, and then marched forward with a strong army, explaining the great righteousness to them. The defending army was already in a state of collapse, and seeing such a fierce general, they had no chance of winning, so they put down their weapons and surrendered one after another.

  Cao Cao once again experienced the power of Ma Chao, and he couldn't help but feel a little frightened. He thought to himself that if he could get Ma Chao under his command, then nothing would be impossible, but if not, he must think of a way to eliminate him in order to feel at ease.

  The groom saw a strong killing intent flash in Cao Cao's eyes, and smiled at him: "I didn't expect that Taoyuan Pass would be taken down by us so easily. If Lü Bu finds out that Taoyuan Pass has been lost, he will definitely send troops to attack, and then Brother Mengde will have to start a big killing again."

  Cao Cao smiled and said: "If he comes, we will immediately abandon the pass!"

  Ma Fu said: "I didn't plan on defending this broken pass anyway, and even if I did, it couldn't be defended!"

  Ma Chao deliberately did not mention the matter of several thousand more surrendered soldiers under his command, after all, this matter was relatively taboo. Although it is said that these surrendered soldiers are now surrendering to the three lords, Cao Cao and Sun Quan would not be unaware of this. These surrendered soldiers have been indirectly incorporated into Ma Chao's command. Now that a great enemy is in front of them, they also do not dare to break through this thin layer of paper.

  "Guessing that Lü Bu's army should be arriving soon, we will proceed with the original plan and kill our way to Guandu!" Ma Fang said, then he, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan abandoned the pass and quickly rushed towards Guandu.

  Lü Bu, who had just arrived at Tiger Trap Pass, was shocked to hear that Taiyuan Pass had been breached. He immediately left behind 100,000 soldiers to guard Tiger Trap Pass and personally led 50,000 soldiers to rapidly march towards Taiyuan Pass.

  However, after arriving at Taiguan Pass, what made him very depressed was that inside the pass, except for corpses, there was not a single person. Just as he was puzzled, suddenly a soldier came to report that Tongguan Pass was being fiercely attacked by bandits.

  Lü Bu was momentarily flustered, and he still didn't understand what this band of thieves wanted to do. After hastily leaving behind nearly 10,000 soldiers to guard the Taiyuan Pass, he led his cavalry in a non-stop rush towards the Tongguan Pass.

  This time, Ma Fu and others did not take down the Tongguan Pass so easily. Both sides suffered some casualties. Seeing that a hard attack would not work, Ma Fu said to everyone: "Let's go, we'll go back and kill Taiguan Pass!"

  Ma Chao and others had just left, Lü Bu led the army to arrive at Tongguan Pass, panting heavily, grasping the general guarding the city: "Where is the enemy?"

  That face covered in blood, the exhausted general guarding the city trembled and said: "I heard that General led his troops to assist, they have already withdrawn."

  "Which direction did they go?" Lü Bu was furious at this time, gritting his teeth as if he wanted to skin the general guarding the city alive.

  "I don't know! They're going too fast!"

  Lü Bu nearly drew his sword and struck the general defending the city upon hearing this response. Standing beside him, Gao Shun said: "This subordinate is willing to lead the Vanguard to pursue and kill them."

  Lü Bu shook his head and said: "These people are extremely cunning. What if they set an ambush? Wouldn't we fall into their trap?"

  Gao Shun could only give up when Lü Bu said so.

  Lü Bu, exhausted from the repeated battles, ordered his entire army to take a short rest. The various lords did not want to give him such an opportunity, and just as Lü Bu was lying on his bed drowsily, a soldier suddenly came to report that the eighteen lords' armies were fiercely attacking Tiger Trap Pass.

  Lü Bu was shocked upon hearing the news, and without even putting on his armor, he grabbed his halberd and rushed out of the door, ordering his troops to immediately head towards Tiger Trap Pass.

  However, when he arrived at the Tiger Trap Pass, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He saw the armies of the eighteen vassals submerged in a white ocean, their morale high, but they had not yet attacked the city.

  Lü Bu questioned the two men, Hao Meng and Cao Xing, who were left to guard Tiger Trap Pass: "Didn't you two send someone to say that the eighteen rebel routes are attacking the city? What's going on here? Give this general an explanation, or else be dealt with according to military law!"

  Hao Meng and Cao Xing hastily knelt down on the ground, explaining non-stop.

  When they found out that they were just shouting and making a show of attacking the city, but not actually attacking it, Lü Bu said: "There are 100,000 troops here, what are you two afraid of? Even if they really attack the city, they are absolutely no match for the two of you!"

  Hao Meng lowered his head and said, "We've long since experienced the ferocity of that cavalryman. He's got the bravery of a thousand men, if not for General, we wouldn't have had the guts to fight him!"

  Lü Bu glared at him angrily: "A hundred thousand troops fighting against fifty thousand bandits, and you still don't have confidence? What use are you two to me then? Hurry up and go back home to farm!"

  Hearing this, the two generals hastily begged for Lü Bu's pardon, and the other generals also interceded on their behalf. Lü Bu could only say: "This will not be a precedent; if you commit another offense, I will certainly take your heads!"

  Hao Meng and Cao Xing left with a nod, Zhang Liao said to Lü Bu: "Now General Song and General Hou are guarding the Taiyuan Pass. I think those thieves should not dare to invade again. There is one thing that this general does not understand. Why did the thieves abandon the Taiyuan Pass after capturing it? Could they be using a clever trick, deliberately making us exhausted?"

  Lü Bu drank a few mouthfuls of tea and said, "It's not impossible! Now that the bandit army is on the decline, they're starting to play these little tricks. We can't fall for their trap. Once our troops are rested, we'll break out of the pass and annihilate those bandits!"

  Lü Bu had just wanted to rest when another soldier came to report that a bandit army was fiercely attacking the Taigong Pass.

  Lü Bu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly said: "Go back and tell Song Xian and Hou Cheng that whoever goes to attack is not allowed to go out of the pass to respond to battle. If they do, they will lose their heads!"

  The soldier saw Lü Bu's anger and did not fire, he also knew what was good for him, so he quickly left.

  Cao Cao and others were shouting in front of the gate, having a great time. One general would scold and then another general would continue to scold. Those soldiers, however, sat on the ground with their backs against each other, resting.

  Song Xian was scolded by them and couldn't bear it, eager to go out and fight. Hou Cheng hurriedly blocked him, saying: "Didn't we hear before that Ma Fu led a group of thieves to attack Taiyuan Pass? Now among those generals who are full of nonsense, I don't see Ma Fu's figure. Let's just defend and not go out, be careful, in case we fall into Ma Fu's trap!"

  Song Xian saw that the sky was already late, and he was also afraid of being trapped by the horseman's trick. Moreover, after a day of running around, he was exhausted enough, so he said: "Forget it, let's see how this general will deal with them tomorrow!"

  Just as they were eating and discussing the previous battle of Tiger Trap Pass, the soldiers they had sent to deliver a message to Lü Bu appeared before them, panting: "General Lü has ordered that we can only defend, not attack!"

  Hou burst out laughing and said: "How about that? I was right after all! It seems we made the correct choice by not going out!"

  Song Xian said: "Since General has an order, we should follow it. But they have been scolding like this all the time, it's really unbearable!"

  "Hou Cheng smiled and said: 'Just drink some wine to dispel your anger!'"

  Song Xian thought that there were now 10,000 soldiers guarding the pass, and the bandits outside the pass did not seem to be many, and they were unusually scattered. It was still very difficult to attack Taiguan Pass, so he put his heart at ease and drank with Hou Chengyuan, and unknowingly, the two of them had already gotten drunk...