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Wei　outside　the　gate　as　trophy。　And　Dong　Zhuo　manded　two　hundred　thousand　troops　to　advance　in　two　armies。　The　first　fifty　thousand　were　under　Li　Jue　and　Guo　Si；　and　they　were　to　hold　River　Si　Pass。　They　should　not　necessarily　fight。　The　other　one　hundred　fifty　thousand　under　Dong　Zhuo　himself　went　to　Tiger　Trap　Pass。　His　counselors　and　manders………Li　Ru；　Lu　Bu；　Fan　Chou；　Zhang　Ji；　and　others………marched　with　the　main　army。

Tiger　Trap　Pass　is　fifteen　miles　from　Capital　Luoyang。　As　soon　as　they　arrived；　Dong　Zhuo　bade　Lu　Bu　take　thirty　thousand　soldiers　and　make　a　strong　stockade　on　the　outside　of　the　Pass。　The　main　body　with　Dong　Zhuo　would　occupy　the　Pass。

News　of　this　movement　reaching　the　confederate　lords。　Yuan　Shao　summoned　a　council。

Said　Cao　Cao；　〃The　occupation　of　the　Pass　would　cut　our　armies　in　two；　therefore；　we　must　oppose　Dong　Zhuo's　army　on　the　way。〃

So　eight　of　the　manders………Wang　Kuang；　Qiao　Mao；　Bao　Xin；　Yuan　Yi；　Kong　Rong；　Zhang　Yang；　Tao　Qian；　and　Gongsun　Zan………were　ordered　to　go　in　the　direction　of　the　Tiger　Trap　Pass　to　oppose　their　enemy。　Cao　Cao　and　his　troops　moved　among　them　as　reserve　to　render　help　where　needed。

Of　the　eight；　Wang　Kuang；　the　Governor　of　Henei；　was　the　first　to　arrive；　and　Lu　Bu　went　to　give　battle　with　three　thousand　armored　horsemen。　When　Wang　Kuang　had　ordered　his　army；　horse　and　foot；　in　battle　array；　he　took　his　station　under　the　great　banner　and　looked　over　at　his　foe。

Lu　Bu　was　a　conspicuous　figure　in　front　of　the　line。　On　his　head　was　a　triple　curved　headdress　of　ruddy　gold　with　pheasant　tails。　He　wore　a　warring　velvet…red　robe　of　Xichuan　silk　embroidered　with　thousand　flowers；　which　was　overlapped　by　golden　mail　adorned　with　a　gaping　animal's　head；　joined　by　rings　at　the　sides　and　g