Chapter 18 Sun Jian's Fiasco
Sun Jian's good news soon reached the rear coalition camp. Yuan Shao heard about it and praised Sun Jian a few words without hesitation.
However, Sun Jian sent someone to Yuan Shu to urge grain, but something went wrong.
A counselor under Yuan Shu said to Yuan Shu: "Lord, if Sun Jian breaks the Sishui Pass alone, the princes will lose their faces. Besides, Sun Jian is a fierce tiger in Jiangdong. If he attacks into the Sishui Pass, breaks Luoyang, and kills Dong Zhuo, it is like eliminating wolves and adding tigers. It is better not to give him food and grass and let his army disperse themselves. Wouldn't he go to the lord to compete for his strong enemy?"
Yuan Shu was narrow-minded, but he couldn't see Sun Jian's popularity rising, and he was afraid of Sun Jian, so he immediately adopted the strategy of the strategist.
The main force of the coalition forces advanced slowly due to the intrigue of the princes.
Outside Sishui Pass, Sun Jian's army was unable to obtain food and supplies for a long time, and the soldiers had to cut two meals a day into one meal a day, and it was just porridge. The army gradually became chaotic, the soldiers had no desire to fight, and their morale was gone.
"Why haven't the food and grass arrived yet? Why didn't Yuan Shu distribute food and grass?" Sun Jian was so angry that he cursed.
However, if he doesn't have food or grass, what can he do?
At Sishui Pass, Hua Xiong received news. How could he miss such an opportunity? He led his army out of the city that night and attacked Sun Jian's army's camp.
Sun Jian's army soldiers were starving and star-like. The soldiers were without fighting spirit and had no morale. How could they be Hua Xiong's opponent? The camp was defeated by Hua Xiong in an instant, and the army was defeated. The soldiers fled everywhere and failed to form a defeat.
"Kill! Capture Sun Jian alive!" Hua Xiong laughed wildly, slaughtering the dispersed Sun Jian's soldiers like killing chickens and sheep.
Sun Jian looked at his disintegrated army and was in tears: "My army."
However, now is not the time to cry, and escaping is important.
"Sun Jian is there, kill!" Hua Xiong saw Sun Jian at first sight, pointed at Sun Jian and ordered all the soldiers of Liangzhou to kill Sun Jian.
"Damn Hua Xiong." Sun Jian was very angry. He took off the bow and arrow and bent his bow and arrow toward Hua Xiong. If he could shoot Hua Xiong, there was still a possibility of turning defeat into victory, at least he could lead more troops to break through.
"Go to die!" Sun Jian relaxed his hand and flew towards Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong turned his head and dodged, but was not shot.
Sun Jian shot two arrows in a row, but failed to shoot the Chinese hero. When he shot the third arrow, he broke the bowstring because he was too impatient and used too much force. Sun Jian was so angry that he threw away the bow and arrow fiercely.
"Lord, don't hesitate anymore, go quickly." Zu Mao saw more and more Liangzhou soldiers rushing over, worried that they would be surrounded, so he quickly persuaded Sun Jian.
Sun Jian knew that he could not stay any longer, so he ran away with Zumao.
Behind him, Hua Xiong and Liangzhou Army recognized Sun Jian and pursued him relentlessly.
Zu Mao glanced behind him and knew that if this continued, he would be caught up and surrounded sooner or later, and the lord's life would be lost.
"Lord, it's all because your helmet is too eye-catching and is recognized by the bandits. Please change it with me quickly and wait for me to lead the pursuers away." Zu Mao said hurriedly.
Sun Jian looked at Zu Mao in emotion, and without hesitation, he exchanged his helmet with Zu Mao.
Immediately, Sun Jian fled to the east, while Zu Maoze fled to the west with Chi Li, who originally belonged to Sun Jian.
It was dark in the night. Although Hua Xiong recognized Sun Jian, he could not distinguish his face. He could only stare at the conspicuous helmet and chased him tightly. He was immediately lured by Zu Mao to chase the west, but instead let go of the real Sun Jian who fled to the east.
Sun Jian escaped, but Zu Mao was not so lucky. He was chased by Huaxiong and a large number of Liangzhou soldiers, and was about to be caught up.
As one of the four generals under Sun Jian, Zu Mao was definitely a resourceful person. He hung Sun Jian's red silk on a broken pillar and hid himself in the dense bushes around him.
Hua Xiong chased after him, but no one was seen. He only saw Chi Wei hanging above the broken pillar. He suddenly realized that this was a trick, and the person he was chasing must not be Sun Jian.
"I will let Sun Jian escape." Hua Xiong was furious and cut off the pillar with one knife, and the Chi Li also rolled to the ground.
At this moment, Zumao suddenly rushed out of the jungle next to Zumao and waved his swords to slash at Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong was so shocked that he was sweating coldly, and he avoided him dangerously.
Immediately, Hua Xiong was furious and almost got killed by sneak attacks. He was so angry that he was so angry.
"Die!" Hua Xiong roared angrily, swinging his sword to fight Zu Mao.
Zu Mao was not Hua Xiong's opponent, and he had no horses. In less than ten rounds, Hua Xiong was hit by a knife and fell to the ground, and could not afford to be seriously injured.
Hua Xiong was still angry and cut off Zu Mao's head with another knife. He also raised his horse's hooves and slashed Zu Mao's head, which was finally relieved.
Then, Hua Xiong led the Liangzhou army to continue to hunt down Sun Jian's remaining soldiers for a whole night.
After one night, more than half of Sun Jian's army of 20,000 were beheaded, thousands were captured, less than five thousand escaped, and less than three thousand were collected again, which was very miserable.
Defeat Sun Jian and destroy most of Sun Jian's troops. Hua Xiong took advantage of the victory and led the Liangzhou army in Sishui Pass to take the initiative and directly attacked in front of the remaining 18 princes' alliance camps to challenge, which was very arrogant.
"I don't expect Sun Wentai to be defeated by Hua Xiong." Yuan Shao was angry: "The day before yesterday, General Bao's brother refused to listen to the order and advanced without authorization. He not only killed himself, but also lost thousands of troops. Today, Sun Jian was defeated by Hua Xiong again. It was really unfavorable to go out and his spirit was greatly damaged."
This has been a series of defeats, and it has lost 20,000 troops. Not only will the reputation of the Liangzhou army, the morale of the coalition army will be affected. How can this increase and disappearance not be annoying?
After saying that, Yuan Shao was silent for a while, but saw that no one of the princes expressed his opinion. He immediately shouted: "Everyone, everyone, why don't you speak?"
The seventeen princes, including Liu Yu, looked at each other in a glance. What did they say about this situation?
Even Cao Cao and Liu Bei sneered, and Liu Yu smiled faintly.
No matter how Sun Jian was defeated, the princes present were not fools, they all had their own eyes and ears. Yuan Shu was reluctant to give Sun Jian food and grass, which led to the severance of Sun Jian's army's food and grass. This was why Hua Xiong took advantage of the chaos to attack the camp and was defeated miserably.
They laughed at Sun Jian's stupidity, and they also angered that the Yuan brothers were not trustworthy. They did not succeed and had enough to make trouble. They also had the face to control the two most important positions of the leader of the alliance and the governor of the grain and grass.
No matter what, after this incident, the princes did not dare to hand over their retreat to the Yuan brothers. The princes who were originally uncoordinated were even more uncoordinated. Everyone was guarding against the Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers and did not dare to have any trust in them anymore.
The princes present remained silent for a while until a soldier rushed in.
"Report..."
"Huaxiong led 50,000 Liangzhou cavalry out of the pass, killed him in front of the camp, and used a long pole to pick up the prefect Sun Chi Li, and cursed and challenged him!"
The princes were shocked.
The coalition forces were defeated twice in succession, and the deterrence of Sun Jian, the tiger in Jiangdong, can be imagined to be suppressed to what extent the morale of the coalition forces would be suppressed. If Hua Xiong is not killed and morale is restored, hundreds of thousands of coalition forces may really be repelled by Hua Xiong's 50,000 Liangzhou cavalry. At that time, the coalition forces of the princes and the princes present will become a huge joke.
This is a critical moment for victory or defeat, and you must not lose any more. Yuan Shao hurriedly asked: "Who dares to fight Huaxiong!"
Chapter completed!