A few days later, the general guarding the water pass offered the pass and surrendered. The morale of Tiger Cage Pass was shaken and the soldiers scattered.
Eighteen vassals pointed to the capital in unison.
At this moment, Luoyang was in a sea of fire, with broken walls everywhere. It was a dilapidated scene.
Sun Jian's troops were fighting the fire and clearing the debris.
In the main tent of the central army, the various dukes were congratulating each other, celebrating the capture of the capital and Luoyang.
Chu Huan stood alone in the corner and watched coldly. This bunch of idiots were actually celebrating here in name. Aren't they afraid that their reputation would be tarnished if word got out?
"Isn't it too early for everyone to be happy? It seems that we did not conquer Luoyang. Now, the traitor Dong is retreating to Chang 'an with the emperor and the people. The fire in Luoyang should not have gone far. Don't you plan to take advantage of the situation to pursue?”
Chu Huan's words were like a bucket of cold water that fell on the heads of the various dukes.
Yuan Shao explained awkwardly," The soldiers are tired now. I'm afraid they won't be able to pursue.”The various dukes seemed to have found a loincloth and immediately responded in unison.
"Then take your time to rest! I'll go after him myself!"
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On the official road from Luoyang to Chang 'an, wails were heard. The crowd was like a long snake that could not see the end. Those who could not move were immediately dragged out of the crowd by the soldiers and killed. After searching for their belongings, their corpses were thrown into the wild.
Seeing the slow pace, Li Ru couldn't help but feel anxious. He suggested to Dong Zhuo," Prime Minister, we're escorting many people. The speed is slow, so we should send troops to cover the rear.”
"That's right. My son, lead 50,000 soldiers to cover the rear.”
Li Ru once again suggested," Wait, Prime Minister, we should send another two armies to lie in ambush by the roadside and let the pursuers go first. When Marquis Wen is in battle with them, we can charge out from behind and wipe out the pursuers. Then, no one will dare to pursue us!"”
"Good plan. Li Jue, Guo Si, each of you will lead an army to lie in ambush by the roadside. Do as Li Ru says and wipe out the pursuers.”
"Yes!"
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"My lord, is it necessary to send so many soldiers to search everywhere? When will we catch up to Dong Zhuo if we keep searching and walking like this?”
Dian Wei looked at Chu Huan sending troops to search everywhere. His speed was comparable to a snail's and he couldn't help but feel anxious.
"It's better to be careful!"
"Milord, something seems to be wrong up ahead. A brother who was born as a hunter has discovered that the birds and beasts in the forest far away from the road ahead have disappeared. There might be a large number of troops lying in ambush!”A scout officer ran up to report.
"Oh? Order the entire army to withdraw and gather on guard. The spearmen formed a tight square formation in front, followed by the javelins, the cavalry split into two wings, the archers in the middle, and the swordsmen and shieldbearers behind.”
After saying that, he glanced at Dian Wei and Chu Huan was extremely depressed.
This violent maniac was holding his pair of black iron halberds with an excited expression. No wonder he kept wanting to chase after them. After all this time, he wanted to find someone to vent his anger on. It seemed like it was time to find a wife for him!
The enemy soldiers in the forest were also puzzled.
The Western Liang soldiers were crouching in the bushes, watching the troops of the Guandong coalition army advance on the road in the distance.
Suddenly, they realized that the other party had stopped, and the soldiers who had scattered to search were also running back. What was the enemy doing?
Soldier A nudged Soldier B beside him and asked in a low voice,""Do you think they found us? Why did they all run back?"
"How would I know?" Perhaps they had finished searching and were preparing to speed up! If they don't hurry up, they won't be able to catch up to the troops in front of us!”
"Shut up! Do you want to be punished by military law?" Officer A scolded in a low voice.”
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Chu Huan looked at the distance between the trees on both sides. It was relatively far, and only crossbowmen and longbowmen could reach it. "Crossbowmen, longbowmen, listen up! Fire your arrows at the trees on both sides! Archers, load your arrows and be on standby."
Swoosh swoosh
The sky was filled with fire arrows that flew straight into the forest on both sides.
It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the air was dry. Smoke and fire rose from the trees on both sides of the forest along with screams. Soldiers ran out of the forest constantly, wailing and howling.
" Retreat! Maintain formation!"
"Why did my lord retreat? Hadn't the ambush been taken care of? Why don't we take advantage of the victory and pursue?" Dian Wei had been preparing for a long time and was waiting for the order to kill. When he suddenly heard the order to retreat, he was a little confused.
"The ambush here means that the other party has long been prepared. We only brought less than 20,000 soldiers with us. With such a small number of troops, we can only have a chance of victory by launching a surprise attack or a sneak attack on the other party.”
Returning to Luoyang, he went to the alliance army commander's tent and saw all the vassals drinking and having fun. Only Yuan Shao seemed to have something on his mind and was unhappy.
"Lord Chu is back! I wonder how the situation is?" Gongsun Zan was the first to greet him, and at the same time, he attracted the attention of the others.
Chu Huan sighed helplessly and said," We fought a battle with the Western Liang soldiers who brought up the rear and wiped out their ambush. Unfortunately, we had too few soldiers, so we could only retreat.”
Yuan Shao also came back to his senses at this time." It's alright. We can still think about it further. By the way, I wonder if Lord Chu has pacified the bandits in Jingzhou?”
Since when did Yuan Shao care about Jingzhou? It seems to be thousands of miles away from your territory, right? Was he that ambitious?
"I don't know yet, but I believe that a small bandit problem can't cause any big waves.”
"Then I wonder if you can spare some of your troops?”
Chu Huan pretended to be surprised." May I know what's the matter, Alliance Master?"”
"Sun Jian has hidden the jade seal and has already led his troops back south. I hope you can stop him!”
Chu Huan looked around. Sun Jian was indeed not around.
Hehe, Sun Jian, only those who are prepared can seize the opportunity…
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