The fire in Tiger Cage Pass was extinguished by the dukes in less than six hours.
The vassals did not suspect anything. Once the fire was extinguished, they hurriedly led their troops to chase after it, afraid that if they were too late, the last bit of meat would be eaten by others.
Yuan Shao went to investigate in Hulao Pass.
He now believed 90% of Cao Cao's letter.
This was because after careful observation, he realized that the fire in Tiger Cage Pass could be set even bigger.
If the Western Liang Army really wanted to stop them with a fire, Tiger Cage Pass could burn for more than a day and a night.
The troops of the feudal lords who were attacking the southern passes, such as Zhiyuan Pass and Dagu Pass, also rushed over to Hulao Pass.
Because those places were far away from water sources, there was no way to extinguish the fire. They could only wait for the fire to extinguish itself after a few days.
"Why didn't Wentai chase after him?" Yuan Shao saw Sun Jian, who was also inspecting Tiger Cage Pass.
"Why isn't Alliance Master chasing after him?"
"As the alliance leader, how can I compete with all the heroes everywhere?”
Sun Jian sneered and said," If I go after him, wouldn't that be what the Alliance Master wants?”
Yuan Shao pretended not to know." What do you mean?”
Sun Jian snorted." Don't you know what I mean, Alliance Master?
"As the Alliance Master, you've already discovered something about Dong Zhuojun, but you didn't tell anyone.
"If it wasn't for my sharp eyes, I would have been the first to die.”
Yuan Shao smiled and said,"But didn't Brother Wentai also notice something? Why didn't Brother Wentai tell others?"”
"..." Sun Jian was speechless.
"My words are not as important as yours. They might not believe me even if I say it.”Sun Jian replied after a long silence.
But Yuan Shao said," Not necessarily believing is one thing, but saying it or not is another.”
Sun Jian coldly glanced at Yuan Shao." Since we're all old foxes, don't pretend to be a big wolf."”
Yuan Shao said nothing.
Dusk.
Gong County.
Shouyang Mountain.
West of Luoshui River.
One mountain and one river, one west and one east.
A mountain pass that was only twenty steps wide was formed.
Behind the mountain pass was a large plain.
Just like the upper half of the gourd.
Led by Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu, the dukes marched for four hours and finally crossed the mountain pass.
Along the way, they had already seized tens of thousands of soldiers, horses, rations, and supplies.
Therefore, at this moment, all of them were happily chasing after him.
This was much better and faster than robbing the people!
Another hour passed, and about 100,000 soldiers poured into the belly of the calabash that was sandwiched between mountains and rivers.
"There's Dong Zhuo's defeated army ahead!" Gongsun Zan, who was sitting on a tall horse, was the first to notice the Western Liang army ahead.
"Kill them!"
Following Gongsun Zan's order, 2,000 white horses rushed out from behind him like a tide.
Seeing this, the other dukes did not dare to show any weakness. They hurriedly released their cavalry, which ranged from five to six hundred to two to three hundred.
It was too late. He couldn't even eat warm sh * t!
"Dong dong!"
Suddenly, a deafening drumbeat seemed to come from all directions!
The tens of thousands of allied forces trapped inside the gourd were shocked out of their wits!
Countless Western Liang soldiers suddenly charged out of the darkness like ghosts.
"Not good!" Gongsun Zan looked around and was already covered in cold sweat." There's an ambush!”
"Form the formation!
"Form the formation!
"Form the formation!"
However, at this time, how could it be so easy to form a formation?
The Western Liang army came prepared and pressed forward aggressively.
Suddenly, a cavalry appeared from Gongsun Zan's flank.
The person in the lead was awe-inspiring and fierce!
He wore a three-pronged crown of purple and gold,
My body hangs a robe of red brocade and flowers from Xichuan,
He was wearing a beast-faced armor,
The waist is tied with an armor and an exquisite lion belt;
He carried a bow and arrow with him, held a halberd in his hand, and rode on a neighing wind red rabbit horse.
Who else could it be but Lu Bu?
Lu Bu raised his halberd high and roared. Like a tiger or a ghost, he instantly appeared in front of Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan instinctively raised his spear.
"Clang!"
Sparks flew in all directions.
"Buzz…"
Gongsun Zan's ears were ringing.
The huge force transmitted from the long lance made his hands numb and he almost dropped his weapon.
Gongsun Zan looked terrified.
How was this possible?
However, Lu Bu had already turned his horse around and charged at Gongsun Zan once again!
The two of them fought seven or eight rounds in a flash, and the shock in Gongsun Zan's eyes became stronger and stronger.
Lu Bu seemed to be born with divine strength. He wielded such a thick halberd, and his halberd techniques were still so powerful. It was simply too terrifying!
He was no match for this person!
With this thought in mind, Gongsun Zan took advantage of the moment when the two horses crossed each other and Lu Bu could not retract his halberd in time to charge into the chaotic army and escape.
Gongsun Zan's men of sacrifice quickly blocked Lu Bu.
Seeing that Gongsun Zan had fled, Lu Bu beheaded Gongsun Zan's men of sacrifice. Then he looked up and saw the flag of Yuan Shu's army. He charged straight at Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu had already noticed Lu Bu, who was like a god of war.
Now that Lu Bu was heading straight for him, he didn't dare to fight him.
He immediately gave up on commanding and jumped off his horse to hide in the crowd.
Even Gongsun Zan, a fierce man from the northeast, could only last one round before fleeing. How could his subordinates be a match for Lu Bu?
The Guandong allied army was in chaos.
Not long after, the alliance army of 100,000 soldiers had completely lost their command.
After just 15 minutes.
The soldiers of the alliance army were like cattle and sheep as they were herded together by the tens of thousands of Western Liang soldiers.
This was a one-sided massacre without any suspense.
Among them, there were countless people who were trampled to death and died at the hands of their own people.
Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shu, Kong Lin, Liu Dai, and the others finally fought their way back to Tiger Cage Pass.
……
"Wonderful, wonderful!
"Wenyou's plan is great, I'm very happy!”
Dong Zhuo looked at the fire burning at the mouth of the gourd and laughed." As expected of the best Poison Warrior in the world!”
Li Ru turned his back to the fire and chuckled.
In this battle, the eastern dukes suffered heavy casualties.
Roughly, there were at least 80,000.
It wasn't just the people who had rushed into the mouth of the calabash that had suffered casualties. Outside the mouth of the calabash, there were still more than ten thousand people who had been killed or injured because of the stampede.
Dong Zhuo didn't even spare a single captive. He slaughtered them all and didn't even bother to cut off the heads of the allied soldiers.
The most important thing was to snatch weapons, equipment, money, food, and horses and retreat to Chang 'an as soon as possible.
Li Ru once again ordered his men to set a fire at the mouth of the gourd on Mount Shouyang.
This time, he was sure that before the fire was extinguished, no one would dare to chase after him.
This was enough time for them to leave Luoyang from Hangu Pass.
In the second half of the night.
Outside Tiger Cage Pass.
Gongsun Zan and the others who suffered a crushing defeat finally returned to the alliance army camp in a sorry state.
Yuan Shao and Sun Jian's troops carefully walked at the back of the pursuit team.
However, about a thousand people were trampled to death by the scattered soldiers.
The dukes were covered in dust as they roughly calculated the number of men left, and from there, they calculated how many men they had lost.
It could only be described with one word.
Heavy losses.
More than 100,000 people were killed or injured.
Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, and Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, both died in battle. They were trampled to the ground, and their troops were divided into Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's camps.
Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was seriously injured and unconscious.
The Yuzhou governor, Kong He, had one of his arms broken, and only managed to survive under the protection of his personal guards.
After Yuan Shao learned of the casualties in this battle, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his back was already drenched in sweat.
He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he chased after them first.
"Meng De loves me." Yuan Shao dismissed everyone and sat alone in the tent with the letter Cao Cao had given him. He had a complicated expression on his face as he sighed.
After Sun Jian learned of the heavy casualties of the other dukes, he felt a lingering fear.
He looked in the direction of Hanoi and took out Cao Cao's letter. His eyes flickered and he sighed.
"If not for Brother Meng De, I, Sun Wentai, would have been buried without a place to live!”
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