This battle ended with the defeat of the alliance army.
However, the two most miserable forces were Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shao lost several generals, and his trusted general Wen Chou was killed by Lu Bu.
In terms of military strength, they were almost completely wiped out.
When they reached the bank of the Yellow River, only a few hundred soldiers were left.
If the Alliance Leader fled back to Hebei in such a manner, his reputation would be greatly affected.
As for Yuan Shu?
That would be even worse!
His younger brother Yuan Yin and eldest son Yuan Yao were both captured.
Seventy percent of the troops sent to Tiger Cage Pass were also wiped out.
Yuan Shu himself had already lost an arm in the battle of Mushui Pass.
However…
Yuan Shu's luck wasn't bad.
Because he had lost an arm, he did not participate in the battle of Tiger Cage Pass.
Instead, he stayed outside Mushui Pass with Cao Cao and the other dukes.
After learning about the battle of Tiger Cage Pass, the two of them were stunned.
The one-armed prawn Yuan Shu could only return to Yuzhou in an extremely embarrassing manner under Ji Ling's escort.
Other than Yuan Er.
Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan had preserved their strength the best.
Most of Gongsun Zan's troops were cavalry.
Seeing that the situation was not good, they immediately retreated at the fastest speed.
In addition, Dong Zhuo's main target was Yuan Er, so Gongsun Zan didn't suffer too many losses.
As for Cao Cao, he did not participate in the battle of Tiger Cage Pass because he had stayed at Mushui Pass.
With his keen intuition, he had already sensed that something was wrong a few days ago.
When the final battle at Tiger Cage Pass broke out, Cao Cao decisively ordered the army to retreat back to Yanzhou.
Thus, they avoided being annihilated.
As for the other small and medium-sized dukes, under Gu Yi's instructions, Dong Zhuo's generals did not kill them all.
After all.
Now, Old Dong had no way to send troops to occupy the east of the country, which had been completely infiltrated by the aristocratic families.
If they forcefully occupied those lands…
As soon as Dong Zhuo's army left, there would be endless rebellions in those places!
Under such circumstances.
If all these small dukes died…
Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and the others would definitely occupy Hebei and the Central Plains as quickly as possible.
This was definitely not good news for Dong Zhuojun.
This way, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would benefit.
It was better to leave these small and medium-sized dukes behind to prevent Hebei and the Central Plains from being quickly unified by a certain force.
At the same time.
It also gave Dong Zhuojun enough time to clear up the internal conflicts.
It is commonly known as sitting on the mountain watching tigers fight, sitting on the fisherman's profit.
……
And among these defeated dukes, there was an extremely special existence, and that was Sun Jian.
The reason why the alliance army suffered such a crushing defeat was partly because Yuan Shao, the alliance leader, was blinded by greed.
On the other hand, it was because of Sun Jian's betrayal.
In fact, Zu Mao was only a part of the reason why Sun Jian changed sides.
After the Battle of Mushui Pass, the conflict between Sun Jian and the various dukes had intensified.
The vassals criticized Sun Jian for his inaction.
They believed that it was because Sun Jian did not stop Hwa Xiong.
That was why the alliance army was attacked by Hua Xiong during the Battle of Lishui Pass.
But in reality, Sun Jian couldn't stop Hwa Xiong even if he wanted to.
His rations had been cut off by Yuan Shu, and his soldiers had been starving for an entire day, so they were not equipped to fight.
However, the various dukes would not care about this.
They only saw their own losses.
As for the predicament that Sun Jianjun was facing, he completely ignored it.
Later on, the Battle of Tiger Cage Pass broke out.
Zu Mao had been captured because he had followed Yan Liang and Wen Chou to kill Lu Bu.
After this incident, Sun Jian was even more disappointed with the alliance army.
He believed in profit above all else.
The alliance army of the vassals had left him with no hope.
Dong Zhuo, on the other hand, extended an olive branch at this time.
Although…Dong Zhuo's reputation in the east of the country could almost be called 'chicken feather'.
But so what?
It was better than following the alliance army to their deaths, right?
Thus, Sun Jian agreed to Dong Zhuo's envoy's request and decided to change sides before the decisive battle.
After the various vassals fled in defeat.
Sun Jian was also the only duke who remained outside Tiger Cage Pass.
Dong Zhuo attached great importance to this and decided to personally come to Tiger Cage Pass to discuss with Sun Jian.
……
"Hahahaha, Wentai, we haven't seen each other for many years.”
"I didn't expect to meet again in such a way.”
Dong Zhuo, escorted by Hwa Xiong and Lu Bu, arrived fifty steps away from Sun Jian.
Beside Dong Zhuo, Gu Yi and Zhao Yun had followed him.
Sun Jian's lineup was much simpler.
Except for Zu Mao who had just been released.
The remaining ones were Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang.
Facing Dong Zhuo's greeting, Sun Jian smiled bitterly and cupped his hands,
"Lord Prime Minister, in the future, you and I will both be subjects of the Han Dynasty. I hope that we can work together to clean up the world.”
"Hahahaha, that's good, that's good.”
"This old master has long believed that Wentai is a person who can achieve great things.”
"Looking at it now, it really is so."
"However, with Wentai's ability, I think that a mere Changsha Mayor is no longer worthy of your status.”
"How about the governor of Yuzhou?"
"Adding on the status of a county marquis, would Wentai be satisfied?”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Sun Jian was stunned.
The pancake that Dong Zhuo threw out was really too big. It was so big that he almost couldn't catch it.
But as the saying goes.
How could he be willing to spit out the food that was about to reach his mouth?
Greed gradually took over Sun Jian's thoughts.
……
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