Chapter 51

And the mastermind behind the change in his fate.

Was none other than Gu Yi, who stood before him.

Fortunately, Zhao Yun had not spent much time under Gongsun Zan's command.

Plus, it was indeed Gongsun Zan who sold him out first.

After Gu Yi's "mental counseling."

Zhao Yun was eventually forced to accept the fact of joining the Dong Zhuo army.

However.

Because Zhao Yun had not yet made any contributions to the Xiliang Army.

Dong Zhuo could not directly grant him an official position.

Gu Yi simply kept Zhao Yun by his side to serve as a personal guard captain for the time being.

And after Zhao Yun officially joined the group.

Gu Yi did indeed follow the agreement and released the captured Yan Gang.

Seeing Yan Gang return safely, Gongsun Zan was filled with mixed emotions.

Only, what he did not know was.

Although he regained Yan Gang, he had lost a top-tier fierce general because of it.

And seeing this scene, Sun Jian.

Also let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.

It seems that Gu Yi is still a man of his word.

As long as he does as Gu Yi instructed.

Zu Mao should be able to return safely.

……

In the following days.

Because the coalition was full of internal strife.

The offensive against Hulao Pass also appeared extremely perfunctory.

Under the condition that Yuan Shao deliberately preserved his strength.

The other powerful warlords also followed suit and restrained their troops.

In the end, the losses almost all fell upon those small warlords.

It could be said they were in extreme misery.

And it is worth mentioning.

A battle also broke out at Sishui Pass.

Under the leadership of Cao Cao, the several warlords remaining outside Sishui Pass turned defeat into victory and repelled Hu Zhen's offensive.

But that was all.

It failed to bring greater losses to the Xiliang Army.

In order to gather strength, Cao Cao suggested that Yuan Shao withdraw troops from Hulao Pass and retreat to Sishui Pass.

But this proposal was not adopted by Yuan Shao.

This made Cao Cao feel very confused.

Intuition told him that Yuan Shao was hiding something.

However.

How could Cao Cao, who had always been outside Sishui Pass, have imagined.

That Yuan Shao, the leader of the coalition, had actually already made contact with Dong Zhuo in secret?

Just like that, ten days flew by.

The date of the decisive battle agreed upon by Gu Yi and Xu You was getting closer and closer.

Inside Hulao Pass.

The generals of the Dong Zhuo army were all rubbing their hands, waiting for the time to make contributions.

Among them, the "great filial son" Lu Bu was the most active.

Last time outside Hulao Pass, Lu Bu first fought Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and then was miserably chased by more than ten generals of the Guandong coalition.

If he hadn't run fast enough, he would have likely returned to his hometown in spirit.

But even so.

This still made Lu Bu feel doubly humiliated.

The behavior of the Guandong coalition, which disregarded martial virtue, deeply stung him.

Consequently, Lu Bu increased his daily training requirements for himself.

He honed himself diligently, hoping to take his martial arts to the next level.

However.

Very awkwardly.

Looking throughout Hulao Pass, Lu Bu could not find even one person who could spar with him.

As everyone knows, in martial arts, sparring with someone of the same realm yields greater inspiration.

As a top-tier fierce general of the current era, Lu Bu's martial arts had long reached perfection.

But the others inside Hulao Pass.

Even first-class fierce generals like Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong could hardly block ten moves from Lu Bu at full strength.

This level of sparring could not provide any improvement for Lu Bu at all.

Extremely depressed, Lu Bu suddenly received a visit from Gu Yi on this day.

…….