Chapter 3 Retreat
Night fell, the sun was falling, the setting sun was like blood, and the corpses were everywhere under the Hulao Pass, and the sound of the night owls seemed so desolate.
The coalition forces could not break through the pass, so they temporarily retreated back to the camp. Dong Zhuojun at the pass finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to clean the battlefield and clean up the bodies.
Ailang sat down on the city gate tower, put down his Fangtian Painting Ridge, feeling sore and exhausted. Today, he didn't know how many people he had killed. If he was still in modern society, he might have been shot a hundred times. The excitement that he had just arrived at the Gui Realm and seemed to be in the game has disappeared at this moment, and he finally felt the cruelty of the real war.
At this time, Zhang Liao rushed over. Zhang Liao was the leader of the eight generals under Lu Bu. He was majestic and powerful. However, Zhang Liao was also feeling a little tired in his strength.
Zhang Liao ran to Lu Bu, clasped his fists and said, "General, my subordinates just counted it, and there are only 20,000 people left in our army."
Ailang was surprised and said, "We only have 20,000 troops left?" Zhang Liao nodded.
Ailang frowned tightly, feeling very depressed.
At this time, an officer rushed forward and clasped his fists and said, "General, the Grand Master asks the general to go to the camp to discuss matters."
Ailang said angrily: "If I leave, who will guard the city gate?" The officer was at a loss and could not speak.
Zhang Liao hurriedly said, "Even if the general goes to see the Grand Master, there is a last general waiting here at the city gate, so it's okay."
Ailang was just talking angry words just now. How could he not see Dong Zhuo? He stood up, picked up Fang Tian Hua Ji, and followed the officer down the city gate tower.
Ailang rode the Red Rabbit Horse to the gate of the camp, rolled over and dismounted, threw Fang Tian Hua Ji to a Dong Zhuo personal soldier who was coming up, and the man staggered and almost fell to the ground. Ailang laughed and strode through the big tent. As soon as he walked into the big tent, he saw Dong Zhuo sitting high on the top, Li Ru standing beside him, and the generals of the army, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Li Su and others had already arrived.
Seeing Li Ru talking to Dong Zhuo, Ailang walked to the first person on the left and stood down. Li Ru said with a frustration: "..., I thought that today's battle would defeat the thief army, but I didn't expect it to be defeated!"
Dong Zhuo was both angry and worried, and said, "These thieves, who have wealth and wealth, don't enjoy it well, want to come and do something against me! I really want to cut them into pieces!"
Li Ru hurriedly said, "The thief in the East dared to rebel against the court and rebel against the Grand Tutor. If a person does not kill the heavens, he will be punished!" Dong Zhuoshen nodded with consent.
At this moment, a commemorative officer rushed in anxiously and reported: "Taoshi, something big is wrong!"
Dong Zhuo was startled and asked hurriedly: "What happened again?"
The messenger said anxiously: "Sun Jian and others attacked Sishui Pass one after another, and the two generals Guo Si and Li Qu are almost unable to resist!"
Dong Zhuo was shocked, and the others were panicked when they heard this. Zhang Ji frowned and murmured: "If the water barrier is lost, the general situation will be gone! What should I do?"
Li Ru frowned and said, "Sun Wentai is brave, he is the tiger of Jiangdong. The two generals Guo Si and Li Que will not be able to resist it for long! The situation here is also newly defeated and morale is depressed! There is no soldiers to be sent in Luoyang! For the current plan,..."
Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked, "Do you have a way?"
Li Ru clasped his fists at Dong Zhuo and said, "Tao Shi, now the thief is rampant. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to take over the thief outside the Hulao Sishui. The only way for the present is to give up Luoyang and move the capital to Guanzhong."
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he frowned, as if he was reluctant. Li Ru advised: "The Grand Master does not have to be reluctant to leave the prosperity of Luoyang. He just needs to move all the beauties and skilled craftsmen in Luoyang to Guanzhong. It won't take long to go, and the prosperity of Guanzhong will be even more exciting than Luoyang!" Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly to praise.
Li Ru said again: "Besides, it is just right to use Luoyang as bait to lure the princes of Guandong to fight. At that time, the Grand Tutor could sit in Guanzhong to watch the tiger fight and reap the benefits of the fisherman. When the princes were exhausted, the Grand Tutor could send a general to the east. It is no problem to take back Luoyang, and he could also take advantage of the situation to sweep the whole world!" Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up and he exclaimed loudly.
Ai Lang, who was standing on the left, was surprised in his heart: Didn’t Li Ru offer a plan to burn Luoyang in history? Why is it different?
Then Ailang understood, I'm afraid all this was caused by himself! Didn't it mean that a butterfly in Colombia could trigger a storm on the other side of the Pacific Ocean with a flapping wing? Isn't it just that butterfly? Thinking of this, Ailang couldn't help but look forward to it, looking forward to how this world that might become very different will develop?
Li Ru immediately said: "The Grand Tutor can recall General Li Que, and at the same time, General Guo Si will continue to lead his troops to defend the Sishui Pass and Wen Hou defend the Hulao Pass. Although the enemy is powerful, it is impossible to attack this dangerous pass with these two generals. We will take advantage of this time to move the capital to Guanzhong." Ailang couldn't help but curse in his stomach when he heard that he was going to keep him to resist the coalition forces.
Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "That's it."
Dong Zhuo was unwilling to delay and retreated to Luoyang overnight that night, leaving only Ailang and his 20,000 Bingzhou troops under him.
Ailang summoned Zhang Liao and Gao Shun and other generals in the tent and told Dong Zhuo's decision. The generals looked at each other and looked worried.
Zhang Liao hurriedly clasped his fists at Ailang and said, "General, many of our families are in Luoyang City. How should we deal with this matter?" All the generals also looked at Ailang with concern.
Ailang was stunned and asked, "How many families are there?"
Zhang Liao said, "I'm afraid there are no less than 50,000 people." Ailang heard that more than 50,000 families were still in Luoyang and couldn't help but have a headache, saying, "Then go back and ask him to lead a small team of people back to Luoyang to take care of and help retreat the families."
The generals couldn't help but feel grateful when they heard this. Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said, "There is no need to send someone back. Now there are four generals including Zang Ba and 20,000 Bingzhou troops left in Luoyang, so they can be responsible for taking care of the families and retreating to Guanzhong."
When Ailang heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy, pointing to his nose and asked, "Why do I have 20,000 troops?"
All the generals looked at each other, feeling that the general's mind seemed to have become a little bad recently.
Ailang felt that he had lost his composure, so he quickly coughed twice as a cover up and said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, please send someone to inform General Zang Ba immediately and ask him to lead his army to take good care of his family and retreat to Guanzhong." Zhang Liao clasped his fists and agreed.
Speaking of which, the coalition forces received a scout report and learned that Dong Zhuo and his brigade had retreated to Luoyang, they immediately rushed to attack day and night. Ailang led his army to fight to the death with the city wall, and the situation seemed to deteriorate quickly.
Before we knew it, half a month passed. The corpses under Hulao Pass were like mountains of hell. In the evening of that day, another day of fierce battle ended. Lu Bu's officers and soldiers were exhausted and sat in the blood of the corpse to breathe, and everyone seemed a little numb.
Ailang fell asleep while sitting on the chair at the city gate tower, holding his Fangtian Painted Halberd in his hand.
Zhang Liao hurried in and shouted, "General! General!"
Ailang woke up and subconsciously grabbed the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand. Then he saw that it was Zhang Liao standing in front of him and couldn't help but feel relieved. Zhang Liao said with a serious expression: "General, I just received a scout report that Guo Si had abandoned Sishui Pass and fled in the west. Now Sun Jian and other vassal coalition forces have entered the pass from the south?"
Ailang jumped up in shock and shouted, "That bastard ran away without notifying me?"
Zhang Liao said worriedly: "The Grand Tutor and the main force have evacuated. When Guo Si leaves, our army will become an isolated army. What's more, if Sun Jian and others cut off our retreat, our army will fall into a mortal enemy!"
Ailang paced back and forth, restless, stopped and cursed, "Damn, they know how to escape, we can't be cannon fodder for them!" He turned to Zhang Liao and said, "Send the order and the army will withdraw immediately!" Zhang Liao shouted and ran down.
Not long after, Lu Bu's officers and soldiers buried their comrades' bodies and quietly retreated from Hulao Pass.
The next morning, the coalition forces launched another fierce attack, and then they found that Hulao Pass had disappeared. The princes from all over the world were anxious and rushed into Hulao Pass to Luoyang. Everyone wanted to be the first prince to enter Luoyang. However, there were exceptions, that is, Cao Cao. Cao Cao told Gongsun Zan to chase west together, and the two armies had a total of 60,000 troops.
Sixty thousand men traveled day and night for a day, and suddenly the scout came to report that there was a war more than ten miles ahead.
Cao Cao hurriedly said to Gongsun Zan: "I'm afraid Sun Wentai has caught up with Dong Zhuo, so let's go!" Gongsun Zan nodded. The two immediately led their troops to hurry up. Soon after, they climbed a short hill and saw the soldiers and horses on the wasteland ahead like tides and flags, and the army of both sides were fighting fiercely. More than 100,000 troops from one side surrounded more than 10,000 people from the other side and attacked fiercely, with the sound of killing shocking the sky.
Gongsun Zan looked carefully, exclaimed, and said, "There is no Jiangdong army from Sun Wentai below, it seems to be the army of Yuan Shu and Han Fu, and Ma Teng's flag." Cao Cao nodded and said, "There are only more than 10,000 people surrounded, and they are not Dong Zhuo's main force. It seems that Lu Bu, who retreated from Hulao Pass."
Just as he was talking, he saw that there was no one who could stop him from the tide of war in the sea of war. In a blink of an eye, more than ten generals under Yuan Shu, Han Fu and Ma Teng were killed by him. He was really brave! Cao Cao pointed to the man and said, "Look, that's Lu Bu! People say that the red rabbit among the horses of Lu Bu is indeed worthy of his reputation!" Gongsun Zan nodded in agreement, but a young general with a silver spear and white horse immediately beside him showed excitement and was eager to try.
Speaking of which, Ailang led his army to retreat from Hulao Pass, but he didn't expect that Yuan Shu and others would enter the pass so much later than Sun Jian, and they bumped into him head-on. Seeing that Lu Bu had few soldiers, Yuan Shu and others immediately rushed their troops to surround him. They thought they could be wiped out, but they didn't expect that they could still fight for a long time, but they lost many soldiers and generals. Yuan Shu was so angry that he kept urging the army to attack. The swords and guns were like thunder, and the soldiers of the Lu Bu army splattered blood on the battlefield! Even the general Zhang Liao was also attacked! Although the Lu Bu army was strong, it might not last long under the encirclement of more than 100,000 troops!
Yuan Shu immediately under the commander's flag, watching the surrounded Lu Bu army fight against trapped beasts, and couldn't help knocking on the horse whip and said proudly: "Lu Bu, you can no longer escape. Surrender quickly and kowtow to beg for mercy. I, Yuan Shu, are a descendant of a famous family, can spare your sins and give you a life."
Ailang noticed Yuan Shu and thought of an idea in his mind. He immediately turned his horse's head and rushed towards Yuan Shu. At this time, the two sides were separated by a heavy army. Yuan Shu didn't care when he saw Ailang rushing towards him, and laughed and said, "Lu Bu, I have never seen someone as stupid as you! You can hurt me alone? You are looking for death!"
As soon as he spoke, Ailang had already pierced the triple defense line with the Red Rabbit Horse, like a hot knife cutting cream! The Red Rabbit Horse was like lightning and fire, and it was not far from Yuan Shu!
Yuan Shu couldn't help but feel a little scared and ordered the generals around him to fight. Dozens of war generals, holding all kinds of weapons and shouting and rushing out. In a blink of an eye, dozens of war generals surrounded Ailang. However, they didn't expect that the Red Rabbit Horse was too fast and flew past the crowd. At the same time, the cold light flew, and the three war generals were knocked down by Fang Tian's painting halberd. Before the generals could react, Ailang rode the Red Rabbit Horse and rushed to Yuan Shu's sight.
Yuan Shu was shocked and suddenly saw the opponent's Fangtian painting halberd sweeping across, and was immediately scared to death! Subconsciously rolled off the saddle and fell to the ground, and narrowly avoided the opponent's attack. Ailang failed to hit, and was very angry and urged the horse to swing the halberd to chase Yuan Shu who was rolling on the ground. However, Yuan Shu rolled and crawled into the army. Ailang was blocked by the crowd for a while and could not chase after him. At this moment, the dozens of generals who had just been removed by Ailang were already howling and rushed to catch up.
Ailang caught a glimpse of Yuan Shu's big flag, and immediately waved Fang Tian Hua Ji and swept over and cut off the flagpole. The upper half of the flagpole and the flag hanging on the top immediately fell into the crowd.
The generals came to siege, and Ai Lang relied on Fang Tianhuaji and the Red Rabbit Horse to break out of the siege, and joined forces with his subordinates to break out to the west. Seeing that Yuan Shu's flag was in decline, the officers and soldiers of the coalition army were in a state of turmoil. However, the morale of the Lu Bu army was greatly boosted, and they howled and rushed and killed fiercely. Everyone went down the mountain like a tiger, and ten swung and ten decisions, killing the wind and clouds changed color and the sun and the moon were gone! The ten-level encirclement of more than 100,000 troops was actually killed by the Lu Bu army!
Chapter completed!