When Chen Mo arrived at the Grand Tutor's Mansion, many people had gathered, including Li Jue, Li Ru, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and other generals. In addition, Wang Yun, Zheng Tai and others also arrived.

"Trial Master!" Chen Mo and Dong Zhuo were greeted by him and then met with the generals and ministers one by one, and sat in his own position. Although Chen Mo was a little excluded, he was ranked as the Nine Ministers, second only to the Third Duke, so naturally no one dared to let him sit in the last seat.

"Guangluxun came just right." Dong Zhuo nodded to Chen Mo and said, "When the general had guarded Yique Pass, Lu Hun, Dagu, Xuanyuan, and the four passes of the Arc deputies were also followed by your orders. I want to ask, how did you defend it?"

Chen Mo nodded and said, "At that time, the Yang people lost a lot of troops and horses, which was not enough to divide the troops to defend the four passes. Therefore, the beacon towers were set up at the fourth passes and along the way, and a thousand cavalry were ordered to place them at the intersection of Yishui and Luoshui. No matter where the beacon fire was ignited, the thousand cavalry arrived in time. Later, General Li Xian brought two thousand soldiers and horses, and the two thousand soldiers and horses in the lower generals were also left outside the city. If the enemy attacked two to three passes at the same time, they could also divide the troops to provide assistance. Is there a problem with the arrangement of the subordinate officials?"

"Never." Dong Zhuo sighed and said without saying a word. Li Ru, who was standing beside him, said with a wry smile: "The general's arrangements are extremely proper, but some problems arise after the general left."

"Oh?" Chen Mo was curious. Hua Xiong should not change his strategy without any arbitrary action.

Time starts after Chen Mo left. After Yuan Shu learned that Chen Mo left, he began to attack Yique Pass with all his strength. However, under Chen Mo's design, Yique Pass has strong defenses and is simply difficult to break.

Later, Yuan Shu used Yang Hong's plan to abandon Yique Pass and began to move the main attack direction to Dagu and Luhun. Although these two passes were dangerous, they were not as good as Yique Pass. Moreover, the defense of Yique Pass was carefully arranged by Chen Mo. Not only was the city defense arranged properly, but there were also catapults on both sides of the cliffs to shoot crossbow stones below, which was extremely costly to attack the city.

Naturally, Oguchi Pass and Luhun Pass did not have the city defense plan designed by Chen Mo himself.

What's even more terrible is that at this time, Li Xian suggested that Chen Mo only had aid to the Fourth Pass before, and instead, he and Zhao Cen personally went to guard the Dagu and Luhun passes.

Hua Xiong naturally didn't want to, but the two men had 6,000 soldiers and horses. At this time, they didn't listen to Hua Xiong at all. After Li Xian and Zhao Cen discussed, they divided the two men's soldiers into two, and each led 3,000 troops to guard Dagu Pass and Luhun Pass respectively.

Li Xian is in charge of Oguchi Pass.

Logically speaking, three thousand soldiers were enough to defend, but Li Xian himself was trying to die and wanted to imitate Chen Mo's attack on Yuan Shu's camp at night. Although the robbery was successful, Yuan Shu had an army of 50,000. Even if there were not so many, his camp was not located in one place. After learning that Li Xian had stolen the camp, Yuan Shu did not go to rescue him immediately, but directly ordered Zhang Xun to take the opportunity to attack Dagu Pass.

Li Xian successfully robbed the camp, but only robbed one battalion, but Yuan Shu's army cut off the retreat. Under the protection of the soldiers, he broke out of the encirclement and returned to Yique Pass for help. Although Hua Xiong immediately sent troops to rescue him, the main general was no longer there, and half of the manpower was taken away by Li Xian. Finally, before Hua Xiong led his troops to arrive, he was successfully captured by Yuan Shu.

Dagu Pass is only more than 90 miles away from Luoyang. Once Dagu Pass is broken, although Yique Pass can cut off Yuan Shu's grain road, Luoyang is indeed threatened and it is impossible to ignore it. However, in this way, Dong Zhuo's troops are a little short of strength.

Now most of Dong Zhuo's troops have been transferred to Guanzhong to start defense. In Luoyang, there are only 50,000 checkpoints in various places. Now there are more than 20,000 in Chenggao, Xingyang and Aocang alone, about 10,000 in Yiqueguan, and there are only more than 10,000 people in Luoyang, including Chen Mo who were left by the former imperial guards.

Oguchi Pass must be in charge. Yuan Shu will come from there and will arrive in one day, but if all the remaining troops in Luoyang are pulled out, then this place will be empty.

This time, Dong Zhuo attracted everyone and asked everyone to come up with a solution.

"General Chen is both civil and military, I wonder if the general has a good idea?" Li Jue looked at Chen Mo with a smile, as if he wanted to bring the relationship closer. After all, Chen Mo calculated that it was equivalent to being taken away by him. As a result, when Chen Mo was there, the five levels were unbreakable. As soon as Chen Mo left, Yuan Shu opened the gap, especially the gap was opened by his nephew, which made Li Jue worried that Chen Mo would not let go of this matter.

"For the sake of the current plan, relying solely on Luoyang's troops, even if the Grand Tutor is willing to call out all the troops, it may not be able to stop Yuan Shu's army. Even if Yuan Shu did not mobilize new soldiers from Nanyang, he would have at least 30,000 troops in his hands and occupy the city of Guan. We want to attack again and reclaim Dagu Pass. Only Luoyang's troops are not enough. The last general suggested that before the princes of the Sourzao had arrived, they could recall Xu Rong and Lu Bu first, abandon Xingyang and Ao Cang, defend Chenggao, and then gather heavy troops to retake Dagu Pass. This is the best strategy. Of course, this is Mo's foolish opinion, and it may not be right." At the end, Chen Mo smiled.

Dong Zhuo was silent when he heard this. Chenggao, Xingyang and Ao Cang made a horn of each other. These three cities are there. Before the river waters are in the front, it is difficult for the princes to cross the river. If Xingyang and Ao Cang give up, the princes' soldiers will immediately attack Chenggao, and then Chenggao will become the last line of defense in Luoyang.

Once Chenggao is in trouble, the coalition forces will be able to advance straight into Luoyang. At that time, Dong Zhuo will have to flee to Guanzhong.

Although he was ready to give up Luoyang, Dong Zhuo never thought that he was beaten by the princes and fled to Guanzhong in shame. In his vision, he would first defeat the princes and then give up Luoyang. There was a huge difference between the two.

One is that I don’t want it, and I give it to you, but the other is that I was driven back by others. With the temperament of those scholars, even if he voluntarily gave up Luoyang, those people could make this a big victory. If he was driven back to Guanzhong, he would not know what his reputation would be portrayed by those people.

Chen Mo's plan was a bit of a desperate gamble, and he put the victory and defeat in the battle in Chenggao.

As for Li Xian’s issue, Chen Mo didn’t say much. After all, he was a direct descendant of Xiliang and Li Jue’s nephew. It was meaningless to say it himself. He just wanted to be abusive to Li Jue, so Dong Zhuo would deal with it himself.

"What do you think?" Dong Zhuo was hesitant for a moment. He called Chen Mo over, actually to see if Chen Mo was willing to go back and continue fighting with Yuan Shu. There were still many soldiers and horses on Yique Pass. With Chen Mo's ability, he might have the chance to retake Dagu Pass.

But Chen Mo didn't answer this word at all, and Dong Zhuo couldn't open it. After all, he was suspicious of Chen Mo at that time, and transferred Chen Mo back to Luoyang and even cut off Chen Mo's military power. Now that the Dagu Pass has been broken, Dong Zhuo hopes that Chen Mo will volunteer to go, but this time, Chen Mo's performance is a bit unwise.

It is understandable to think about it. If you are suspicious for no reason and have even cut off your military power, you will be angry in your heart. Although Chen Mo is usually steady, he is not a mud. After all, he is a sixteen-year-old boy and he is inevitably angry.

"General Chen has a good understanding of defense in the Yique Pass area. I wonder if he would be sure if he handed over the power of the military to the general..." Li Ru naturally knew what his father-in-law meant. When he transferred Chen Mo back, Li Ru opposed it, but since Dong Zhuo was suspicious, he was not easy for Chen Mo to talk about Xiang, now...

"Mr. Wenyou is too high." Chen Mo said helplessly: "If Dagu Pass has not been broken, it will not be difficult to defend it. But now that Dagu Pass is broken, Yuan Shu will occupy the vital position. Advance can attack and retreat and defend, and the troops in his hand are even more sufficient, and the last general is unable to save it."

Alas ~

Li Ru sighed: "If General Chen is not sure, then General Chen's plan just now is indeed the most feasible method."

Without Ao Cang and Xingyang, it is impossible to defeat the Guandong princes and lose, but Chenggao is a great pass. As long as he keeps this place, he will at least be unbeaten, as long as he keeps it, he will be unable to defeat it, as long as he is in Yique Pass, he can drive Yuan Shu out as soon as possible.

It is not because Dong Zhuo has no generals who are good at fighting. Li Jue, Guo Si, Hua Xiong, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others are not bad either, but they are unable to lead troops like Chen Mo, make decisions at the right time, plan and kill the enemy. Yuan Shu has many civil and military personnel around him, and without such ability, he is easily targeted by the counselors under Yuan Shu.

Unfortunately... Chen Mo was not from the Xiliang Army, otherwise he would not have been excluded so much.

"If you retreat to Chenggao, there is another thing that needs attention." Chen Mo looked at everyone and said.

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo looked at Chen Mo and smiled reluctantly, "General Chen, but he said it's okay."

"Mengjin!" Chen Mo pointed to the table and said, Mengjin was closer to Luoyang. If the river was surging here, it would be difficult for the enemy to attack in large quantities. However, if winter comes and the river freezes, the enemy can come from Henoi on ice. If Mengjin is in trouble, Luoyang will be in danger.

It only takes half a day to get from Mengjin to Luoyang. Once Mengjin loses, the threat of losing Dagu Pass is even greater.

"General Chen said well." Dong Zhuo nodded and looked at the generals and said, "Who would like to guard Mengjin?"

Meng Jin can only be regarded as a small Guan, and generals like Li Jue are naturally unwilling to go, but most of Dong Zhuo's generals have been sent to Guanzhong now, and the rest have basically been sent to the front line now.

"If the Grand Master is willing to believe me, I will be willing to guard Mengjin for the Grand Master!" Chen Mo bowed to Dong Zhuo.

"This..." Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru hesitantly. Chen Mo has always performed well, but with the last grudge, Dong Zhuo didn't know whether he should believe Chen Mo anymore.

"I wonder how many troops General Chen needs?" Li Ru did not answer, but asked Chen Mo.

"I have two thousand troops in my headquarters, and it's enough to guard Mengjin." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Are there more?" Li Ru frowned. Mengjin was just a small pass, and there were enough 800 people to guard.

"Once the princes set their sights on Mengjin, there will be many people coming." Chen Mo shook his head: "There are too few troops, and it is probably difficult to resist the enemy."

Li Ru nodded at Dong Zhuo, and now it seems that only Chen Mo is available.

"Then General Chen will lead his troops to guard Mengjin." Dong Zhuo nodded and said.

"The last general will take the order!" Chen Mo stood up with a smile and said, "The next step is only one step away!"
Chapter completed!