The battle began in the morning, and by the time the winner was decided, it was already dusk, and the fierce battle was almost the whole day.

The soldiers should have been hungry and tired to death, but at this moment, the soldiers of each crusading army were like chicken blood, frantically pursuing the soldiers of Xu Rongjun who were also crazy and fled.

Not to mention the main force led by Guo Peng, even Bao Xin chased after him with the army of the Royal Highness, and followed the main force to pick up leaks.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that the soldiers of the crusading army returned to Xingyang one after another, carrying severed heads, or carrying various weapons and armor, or carrying various belongings.

They came back tired and fell asleep, unable to even say a word, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were like this, they couldn't say a word, and they fell asleep when they came back.

Zhao Yun was even more desperate, he came back with a big flag and a helmet, Guo Peng asked him, he didn't reply, he fell off the horse directly, fortunately Guo Peng caught him quickly.

I was so tired that I fell asleep.

That big flag is Xu Rong's handsome flag, and that helmet is a helmet worn by general-level people at a glance, and it has a lot to do with Xu Rong.

Guo Peng was full of questions, so he could only wait for Zhao Yun to wake up and ask.

Gongsun Zhan's spirit was good, and Gongsun Yue didn't fall asleep, took a little breath, and ate something.

Both of them were injured, and Guo Peng sent someone to treat them.

Then, Guo Peng immediately sent the two brothers a new task.

"Senior brother, there is a task that you need to complete immediately."

"What?"

Gongsun Chan immediately became interested, what war maniacs crave most is war, and he is now full of energy.

"The revolving door closes."

Guo Peng opened his mouth and said: "One of the eight passes of Luoyang, the terrain of the revolving gate pass is dangerous, and if we master the revolving gate pass, then the road of our army to Luoyang is flat, and there is no hindrance, now taking advantage of Xu Rongxin's defeat, we must immediately seize the revolving gate pass, and we can't give Dong Zhuo the opportunity to increase troops to guard the revolving gate!" ”

Gongsun Chan nodded.

"Yes, I'll get it done!"

Guo Peng patted Gongsun Zhan on the shoulder, handed him 3,000 soldiers and horses, and asked him to go to the direction of the revolving gate pass with Gongsun Yue immediately, fly to seize the revolving gate pass, and seize the initiative on the battlefield.

This is crucial for the war that follows.

Others, on the other hand, are just too tired.

The soldiers who fought and killed the enemy on the front line fell asleep tiredly, and the Taishan soldiers who were lying in the rear to win took on the heavy responsibility of serving these soldiers who had fallen asleep after fighting the enemy.

On the 27th, Guo Peng almost counted the results of the battle.

How much was captured, how many enemies were killed, how much self-damage was made, etc., and the situation of Xu Rong's department was discovered.

They didn't stay any longer, they fled all the way in the direction of Luoyang, and they didn't dare to stop and breathe, as if there were evil ghosts chasing behind them.

It seems that the defeat was indeed miserable.

On the morning of 28 August, when the exhausted soldiers woke up one after another, Guo Peng ordered them to prepare thick vegetable porridge to fill their empty stomachs, and then called the generals together to inquire about the specific course of the battle.

For example, why did Xu Rong run away and so on.

"The last general is indeed chasing Xu Rong, but Xu Rong's personal guards resisted very violently, and the last general tried his best to kill Xu Rong, only captured his handsome banner and shot down his helmet, Xu Rong himself still escaped, please punish the general."

Zhao Yun knelt in front of Guo Peng with a face full of shame, expressing his regret that he had not done his best.

Guo Peng blinked and looked at the rest of the generals, who were also a little dumbfounded and looked at each other.

"Hahahahaha! Zilong! Zilong! You're really my blessing!! ”

Guo Peng laughed and asked Zhao Yun to tell the whole process of his pursuit of Xu Rong.

Hearing that Zhao Yun led hundreds of cavalry to kill through the enemy's large array, he did not stop, but rushed straight to Xu Rong's army, fighting for his life, forcing Xu Rong to transfer his position, all the generals were deeply shocked and admired Zhao Yun's bravery.

"Zilong is full of guts!"

Guo Peng stroked Zhao Yun's back and praised him again and again, saying that Zhao Yun's brave fight changed the situation on the battlefield.

Because Zhao Yun had been promoted to captain before, this time, in order to reward Zhao Yun, Guo Peng added the word "tiger courage" in front of Zhao Yun's captain to praise his courage and fearlessness.

The greatest meritorious service in this battle is undoubtedly Zhao Yun, Guo Peng not only crowned the captain of the tiger courage, but also rewarded 30 catties of gold and two horses, and at the same time praised Zhao Yun as the marquis of the capital.

Zhao Yun became the first general to be knighted among the generals under Guo Peng, and he was suddenly a little happy that he didn't know the southeast and northwest.

And the significance of this battle is beyond doubt.

The 20,000 troops brought out by Xu Rong were annihilated by Guo Peng, about 10,000 were annihilated, more than 4,000 were captured, and only more than 6,000 remnants of the defeated army followed back.

Judging from the combat effectiveness of this army, it is not difficult to see that this is a relatively elite army, how many can Dong Zhuo have under such an army?

Defeating one-third of Dong Zhuo's elite troops was a great blow to Dong Zhuo.

Then the general who was stabbed to death by Zhang Fei with a spear, after the identification of the captured and defeated soldiers, pointed out that it was Xu Rong's deputy general, Li Meng.

So Zhang Fei was also added the word "Huwei" by Guo Peng in front of the position of captain because of such a merit, and the army called him Captain Huwei, and Guo Peng also played the title of Pavilionhou for Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei became the second general to be knighted.

Guo Peng's army lost about 3,000 people, all of whom were killed in frontal battles during the fierce battle.

After the collapse of Xu Rongjun, almost no people were killed in the pursuit battle, but many were wounded, and basically all the gains were obtained in the pursuit battle.

More than 500 people were killed in the battle of 5,000 men and horses in Guo Peng's headquarters, more than 500 people were killed in the battle of 3,000 cavalry of Gongsun Zhan, and the rest were all Taishan soldiers recruited by Bao Xin.

There were not so many dead in the battle, but many were wounded, and after the war, the standing medical troops in Guo Peng's army came in handy.

The number of losses suffered by many armies on the battlefields of ancient times after a major battle seems staggering, but the number of people killed in frontal battles is not so large, and most of them are seriously injured and die after the battle.

However, after the baptism of victory, this army can be regarded as having combat experience and can boast of it.

For Dong Zhuo, this defeat was quite fatal.

Xu Rong was defeated for thousands of miles, there were almost no accompanying soldiers and horses around him, and the defeated soldiers fled in all directions, and there was no obstacle except for a revolving gate pass between Xingyang and Luoyang.

And there is no news from the direction of the revolving gate, as long as the news comes and Gongsun Chan succeeds in capturing the pass, the outcome of this war has been decided.

The initiative of the war was in the hands of Guo Peng, not Dong Zhuo.

Xu Rong's defeat pierced the appearance of Dong Zhuo's army as a tyrannical and cruel elite and warlike one, allowing the world to see Dong Zhuo's inner weakness and the possibility of the Kwantung coalition army defeating Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo's illusion of strength and domination created by Dong Zhuo with two hard-won victories suddenly disappeared.

Guo Peng smashed this illusion with a stick, and let the world see that Dong Zhuo was actually like that.

Next, Guo Peng sent people back to Sujube to announce his victory, and reorganized his troops in Xingyang, preparing to fight again.

He thinks that Dong Zhuo should not eat well or sleep well in Luoyang now, like a frightened bird.

The fame and soft power he dreamed of would be greatly enhanced after the victory in this battle, and when the people of the world were panicking, he defeated Dong Zhuo, giving this set up negative teaching material a hard slap in the face, inspiring careerists and dreamers all over the world.

Even if there is jealousy, so what?

This is political capital, this is extremely strong political capital that no one can overthrow, and it is the political capital that Guo Peng, who is not as good as Yuan's and has a weak foundation that is tainted, dreams of.

The political capital brought by this war is comparable to the work accumulated by the Yuan family for several years or even more than ten years.

This kind of political capital will not have much effect in the short term, but over time, the benefits of this political capital will be reflected in various aspects.

Therefore, Guo Peng must step on Dong Zhuo's corpse and climb up, become a typical positive character, and trample Dong Zhuo, a typical negative character, under his feet.

He became a hero, a hero who defeated the traitor Dong Zhuo.

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