Although he killed several generals on the opposite side, he was killed by Zhao Yun, forcing Xu Rong, who was hiding in the dark, to appear and begin to direct the battle.
Then Yuan Shao and others will get the news that the Liang army in Hulao Guanxi is leaderless. This is also specially arranged by Xu Rong, intending to send out all their hidden sentries.
After releasing this false information, they sent people to clear out the secret posts of Yuan Shao and others to prevent the plan from being exposed.
Now that the plan has been launched, we are just waiting for the princes to come and die.
"By the way, regarding the news of Hua Xiong's death in battle, we sent someone back to Luoyang."
Xu Rong seemed to have thought of something and said to a guard behind him.
"promise!"
"I don't know what arrangements the military advisor will make after getting the news."
After Xu Rong arranged everything, a look of relief appeared in his eyes. He looked towards the princes' camp, and then a look of solemnity appeared.
Originally, according to Li Ru's calculation, with Hua Xiong and Xu Rong, even if the princes attacked by force, Hulao Pass could block the offensive of the princes' army.
It's a pity that Hua Xiong died in the battle and he is the only one left. He has no choice but to make the current arrangements to hold Hulao Pass for as long as possible.
And when Xu Rong was arranging the battle situation, without his knowledge, a soldier wearing Xiliang Army armor saw this scene.
In the evening, in a hidden place in Hulao Pass, a sneaky Xiliang Army soldier appeared here, took out a secret letter from his arms, and blew a whistle gently.
The next moment, a specially trained homing pigeon flew over and landed on the soldier's shoulder.
I saw the Xiliang Army officer skillfully rolling up the secret letter into a ball and placing it on the carrier pigeon's lap.
After blowing the whistle again, the homing pigeon flew out, taking advantage of the darkness of night, and flew straight towards the princes' camp.
After the officers and soldiers of the Xiliang Army saw that the carrier pigeon was safe and sound, they left the place as if nothing had happened.
In the camps of the princes and in Cao Cao's commanding tent, while Cao Cao and Zhao Yun were discussing, a black shadow appeared.
Passed through the unique window of the camp, flew onto Zhao Feng's shoulder, and landed.
Seeing this, Zhao Feng winked at Cao Cao, and then took off the secret message from the carrier pigeon's leg. Cao Cao watched Zhao Feng's movements calmly without any movement.
Cao Ren saw the actions of Cao Cao and Zhao Feng and asked thoughtfully: "Does Tongque have information again?"
Zhao Yun looked at Zhao Yun with some confusion.
"Is it the bronze bird that Duke Cao and the military advisor talked about again?"
"My lord, Bronze Bird has come to report that Xu Rong has already taken action to eliminate all the secret sentinels of the princes in Hulao Pass!"
Zhao Feng naturally didn't know what Zhao Yun was thinking, so after reading the secret letter, he said to Cao Cao.
"Is there any loss to Tongque?"
Cao Cao had no reaction to this. Instead, he was very concerned about the situation of Tongque. After all, every Tongque was selected and trained by Zhao Feng.
Even in the past five years, the number of Bronze Birds accumulated in the past five years is only a thousand, and these thousands of Bronze Birds have been sent out by Zhao Feng, infiltrating various forces and even important checkpoints.
For example, in Hulao Pass and among the princes, even some bronze birds have become generals of many forces.
It is crucial to the future layout, so Cao Cao attaches more importance to Tongque's loss.
"Bronze Bird acted carefully and did not lose any Bronze Bird."
Zhao Feng saw this and smiled slightly.
"That's good. Then the next step is to see how Yuan Shao suffers."
When Cao Cao heard this, he sneered.
"Although I don't know the situation of Bronze Bird, according to what the military advisor and Duke Cao said, this Bronze Bird is really powerful!"
Zhao Yun watched the conversation between Cao Cao and Zhao Feng and thought to himself.
"Then Xu Rong had some tricks. He first let Yuan Shao's secret whistle spread false news, and then eradicated them all."
Cao Cao then showed a solemn expression. The more difficult Xu Rong was to deal with, the harder it would be for them to lie about attacking Hulao Pass later.
After all, if Hulao Pass is not broken, Luoyang cannot be invaded. If Luoyang cannot be invaded, this plan to conquer Dong Zhuo will fail.
This is a very bad ending for Cao Cao.
"Lord, don't worry, Hulao Pass will be broken. In less than ten days, the opportunity to break Hulao Pass will come!"
When Zhao Feng saw this, a gleam of wisdom flashed in his eyes.
When Cao Cao heard Zhao Feng's words, he nodded thoughtfully and said, "The military advisor is indeed so steady, and he still looks like he is sure of victory."
"My military advisor is like a fish in water!"
As time passed by little by little, it came to midnight in a blink of an eye.
In the camp of the princes, Yan Liang was wearing heavy armor and holding a large sword. Behind him, 10,000 well-equipped soldiers were arranged in a square formation.
Waiting for Yan Liang's order.
Among that army, there was an army of 50,000 soldiers and horses headed by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others, waiting for the opportunity.
"Report, General, 10,000 soldiers are ready. General, please give instructions!"
A deputy general came to Yan Liang and said more to Yan Liang.
During the dinner, Yan Liang glanced at the sky covered with dark clouds, murderous intent emerged in his eyes, and said: "The whole army is listening to the order and attacking Hulao Pass. During the march, no sound is allowed and no torches are allowed to be lit!"
"Those who disobey orders will be killed!"
Yan Liang's cold voice sounded in the army, and at the same time, messengers shuttled through the army, passing on the general's orders.
In such a team of tens of thousands, it is impossible for one person's voice to spread throughout the entire army, and there is no modern communication equipment, so this branch of the messenger emerged.
The accurate general orders were transmitted one by one.
"promise!"
Under the quick delivery of a well-known messenger, the entire army was ready. With Yan Liang's order, ten thousand soldiers set off from the princes' camps!
Depart and march towards Hulao Pass at a neat pace.
Along the way, not a single soldier made a sound, and the military regulations and prohibitions were enforced, proving that this army of 10,000 people was an elite army!
"Report, General Yan Liang has led the army to set off!"
"Well, back off!"
Cao Cao, who was planning with Zhao Feng on how to plot Hulao Pass, nodded slightly and gave instructions to the black-clothed soldiers.
"promise."
Under Cao Cao's instructions, the black-clad soldier quickly left the camp, leaving Cao Cao and Zhao Feng behind.
Zhao Feng was not surprised at all by the report of the black-clothed soldiers, and smiled slightly when he looked at Cao Cao.
"My lord, Yuan Benchu really can't wait to lose his troops, but he just doesn't know if this time he will trap Yan Liang, whom Yuan Benchu often talks about."
Zhao Feng showed a gloating laugh and said to Cao Cao.
Although Yuan Shao will be defeated by Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu in the future, it would be good if Yuan Shao can suffer more losses now.
As Yuan Shao's right-hand man, Yan Liang died in the night attack on Hulao Pass, and Yuan Shao's face would definitely look very good-looking.
Cao Cao seemed to have thought of this too, and he also looked gloating about his misfortune.