At Tiger Cage Pass, the moment Yan Liang saw a headless corpse fall, an ominous premonition instantly flashed across his mind!
"Not good!"
"We've been tricked."
Before Yan Liang could regain his senses, he saw corpses falling from Tiger Cage Pass like dumplings!
Then, a clear voice sounded from Tiger Cage Pass!
"Archers, get ready."
"Not good, retreat!"
The moment Yan Liang heard about archers, his expression changed drastically and he flipped over.
Yan Liang jumped down from the ladder that was several meters high and rolled on the ground several times.
Then, ignoring the pain in his legs, he immediately grabbed the shield of a sword-shield soldier and hid behind it!
In the next moment, just as Yan Liang snatched the shield of a sword-shield soldier, arrows rained down.
As soon as they landed on Tiger Cage Pass, the unprepared Yuan soldiers were instantly stunned.
He was shot into a porcupine by the dense rain of arrows.
Even Yan Liang, who had dodged in time, had two black arrows stabbed into his back.
"Not good, the general has been shot.”
One of Yan Liang's personal guards immediately shouted after seeing Yan Liang being shot.
In the next moment, dozens of personal guards braved the arrow rain and charged in front of Yan Liang.
Using his body of flesh and blood to block arrows for Yan Liang.
……
On Tiger Cage Pass, a middle-aged figure looked at the figure that the guard had sworn to protect and revealed a strange light.
"It's actually Yuan Shao's Great General Yan Liang.”
"This is a big fish. We can't let him go.”
"Men, shoot with all your might at the person whom the personal guards swore to protect.”
Xu Rong sneered and ordered the 100 archers beside him.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Under Xu Rong's command, arrows rained down from Tiger Cage Pass, piercing through the night sky.
It shot towards the direction of Yan Liang!
"Damn it!"
Yan Liang, who had been sworn to protect by the personal guards, looked at the personal guards that he had painstakingly nurtured.
He died tragically under the rain of arrows. In his anger, he spat out a mouthful of blood and actually fainted.
"Not good, the general is vomiting blood."
"Quick, save the general."
Along with Yan Liang fainting, immediately those personal guards who already suffered heavy casualties became even more anxious.
Hence, under Xu Rong's intentional attacks, that Yan Liang's 500 personal guards ultimately only survived less than 100 people.
Furthermore, everyone was injured and in the end, Yan Liang was saved from the battlefield.
Apart from the loss of his personal guards, the 10,000 Yuan soldiers also suffered heavy losses under Xu Rong's ambush.
In the end, less than 3,000 people escaped Tiger Cage Pass alive.
……
On Tiger Cage Pass, Xu Rong revealed a hint of killing intent as he looked through the night sky at Yan Liang, who was desperately rescued by the personal guards.
"He actually escaped."
"However, after this battle, I believe that the dukes won't dare to steal the city for the time being.”
"Only Yuan Shao's army?”
"Looks like the dukes aren't as united as I imagined.”
"In this way, I'm confident that I can last a little longer.”
Xu Rong looked at the defeated soldiers of Yuan Dynasty and his eyes flashed with a bright light.
With his intelligence, he quickly figured out why only Yuan Shao and his troops attacked Tiger Cage Pass at night.
Presumably, this was Yuan Shao wanting to keep the battle results for himself.
However, because of his ambush, they suffered heavy losses instead, and even nearly lost Yan Liang, this fierce general.
"Clean up the battlefield. Don't let your guard down in the second half of the night.”
A moment later, Xu Rong looked at the dukedom's camp and revealed a hint of killing intent.
Then, he looked at the slaughter that was nearing its end and instructed a lucky general.
"Yes."
……
In the dukedom.
Just as Yuan Shao and the rest were waiting for Yan Liang to send people back with good news, they did not expect to see Yan Liang being ambushed.
Out of the ten thousand troops, seven thousand were lost. Even Yuan Shao's right-hand man, General Yan Liang, almost died in Tiger Cage Pass.
This vicious speed caused Yuan Shao's originally excited expression to instantly turn incomparably ashen!
Beside Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, who was also one of the four dukes, revealed a gloating expression.
However, apart from gloating, Yuan Shu also felt lucky.
Fortunately, he was not the one who sent troops this time.
Otherwise, he would be the one to suffer heavy losses.
Even his only general, Ji Ling, might die on the battlefield.
Similarly, although the other dukes belonged to the Yuan family, they also revealed expressions of joy.
"Damned Thief Dong, pass down the order to attack the city!”
Yuan Shao's face was ashen as he furiously ordered a general.
"Lord, you can't."
"Now that General Yan Liang has just returned in defeat, and that Tiger Cage Pass has already set up an ambush.”
"In addition, it's already late and not suitable for attacking the city. If we attack Tiger Cage Pass now, we'll only lose soldiers and generals without any benefits.”
Tian Feng immediately stood up and retorted.
At the same time, the other dukes were also afraid that Yuan Shao would use their soldiers as cannon fodder, so they all tried to persuade him.
"Ah!"
"If I, Yuan Shao, don't kill you, I'm not a human!”
That Yuan Shao was not a fool. After hearing everyone dissuade him, he also woke up from his anger.
However, even though he knew that he was extremely irrational at this moment, he still couldn't take it lying down.
First, Cao Cao had taken the credit, and now, he was ambushed by Xu Rong and suffered heavy losses. Where would his Alliance Leader's face be?
However, he also understood that if they continued fighting, they would only lose more soldiers.
Thus, after saying a few harsh words, he gathered the defeated army and waited for the next day to fight again.
As Yuan Shao gave up on attacking, the other dukes heaved a sigh of relief and followed behind Yuan Shao.
……
At Tiger Cage Pass, Xu Rong waited for a long time, but the dukes did not attack again.
He sighed and gave a few instructions to the deputy general before turning around and leaving the tower of Tiger Cage Pass.
At the same time, in Cao Cao's camp.
Cao Cao also received the news of Yan Liang's defeat and return with heavy injuries. He immediately revealed a gloating expression.
"My lord, Yuan Benchu suffered a great loss today. It's very likely that he will do something bad tomorrow.”
"My lord still needs to make plans early."
When Cao Yang saw this, his expression turned serious.
"I understand."
Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
"Military Advisor, it's already late. Rest early.”
"Then, this subordinate will take his leave."
At Cao Cao's signal, Cao Yang left the tent, leaving Cao Cao alone.
"Yuan Benchu, I don't know what plans you have tomorrow.”
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