Chapter 18: Sun Jian's fiasco

Sun Jian's good news soon spread to the rear coalition camp, and Yuan Shao heard about it and praised Sun Jian a few words without hesitation.

However, Sun Jian sent someone to Yuan Shu to urge food, but something went wrong.

A strategist under Yuan Shu's command said to Yuan Shu: "My lord, if Sun Jian breaks the Bishui Pass alone, the princes' faces will be gloomy." Moreover, Sun Jian is the fierce tiger of Jiangdong, if he attacks the Bishui Pass, breaks Luoyang, and kills Dong Zhuo, it is tantamount to removing the wolf and adding a tiger. ”

Yuan Shu was narrow-minded, but he couldn't see Sun Jian's prestige, and he was also afraid of Sun Jian, so he immediately adopted this strategist's strategy.

The main force of the coalition army was slow to advance due to the intrigue of the princes.

Outside Bishui Pass, Sun Jian's army was unable to get food and grass supplies for a long time, and the soldiers had to reduce their meals from two meals a day to one meal a day, and it was only porridge.

"Why hasn't the grain and grass arrived yet, why didn't Yuan Shu distribute the grain and grass!" Sun Jian was so angry that he scolded.

However, if there is no food and grass, what can he do?

Bishui Pass, Hua Xiong got the news, how could he let go of such an opportunity, and led the army out of the city that night and attacked the camp of Sun Jian's army.

The soldiers of Sun Jian's army were so hungry that their eyes were full of stars, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and their morale was completely lost, how could they be Hua Xiong's opponents, the camp was broken by Hua Xiong in an instant, and the army was also defeated, and the soldiers fled in all directions, and they could not form an army.

"Kill! Capture Sun Jian alive! Hua Xiong laughed wildly, brandishing a big knife to slaughter the soldiers of Sun Jian's army as if he were killing chickens and sheep.

Sun Jian looked at his scattered army, and wanted to cry without tears: "My army." ”

However, this is not the time to cry, it is important to escape.

"Sun Jian is there, kill!" Hua Xiong saw Sun Jian at a glance, so he pointed at Sun Jian and ordered all the soldiers of the Liangzhou Army to kill Sun Jian.

"Damn Huaxiong." Sun Jian hated it, took off the bow and arrow, and then bent the bow and arrows towards Huaxiong, if he could shoot Huaxiong, there was still a trace of the possibility of turning defeat into victory, at least he could bring more soldiers and horses to break through.

"Die!" Sun Jian's hand loosened, and the arrow flew towards Hua Xiong.

Hua Xiong turned his head to dodge and was not shot.

Sun Jian shot two arrows in a row, but failed to shoot Hua Xiong, and when he shot the third arrow, he was too impatient and used too much force, and he actually pulled the bowstring, so angry that Sun Jian threw away the bow and arrow.

"Lord, don't hesitate any longer, let's go." Seeing more and more Liangzhou soldiers rushing over, Zu Mao was worried that he would be surrounded, so he hurriedly persuaded Sun Jiandao.

Sun Jian also knew that he could not stay any longer, so he fled with Zu Mao.

Behind him, Hua Xiong took the Liangzhou army to recognize Sun Jian and chased after him.

Zu Mao glanced behind him, knowing that if this continued, sooner or later he would be caught up and surrounded, and the lord's life would not be guaranteed.

"Lord, because the red curtain on the top of your helmet is too eye-catching, it is recognized by the thieves, quickly change it with me, and wait for me to lead away the pursuers." Zu Mao said hurriedly.

Sun Jian glanced at Zu Mao with emotion, and without hesitation, he exchanged helmets with Zu Mao.

Immediately, Sun Jian fled to the east, and Zu Mao fled to the west with the red curtain that belonged to Sun Jian.

The night was dark, although Hua Xiong recognized Sun Jian, but he couldn't distinguish his face, and he could only stare at the red curtain on the top of the conspicuous helmet and chase after him, and was immediately lured by Zu Mao to chase to the west, but let go of the real Sun Jian who fled to the east.

Sun Jian escaped, but Zu Mao was not so lucky, he was chased by Hua Xiong and a large number of Liangzhou army soldiers, and he was about to be overtaken.

As one of Sun Jian's four major generals, Zu Mao was definitely a resourceful person, and he hung Sun Jian's red curtain on a broken pillar and hid himself in the dense bushes around him.

Hua Xiong chased after him, but he didn't see anyone, only saw the red curtain hanging on the broken pillar, he suddenly realized that this was a trick, and the person he was chasing was definitely not Sun Jian.

"Let that Sun Jian escape." Hua Xiong was furious, and slashed the pillar with a knife, and the red curtain also rolled to the ground.

At this moment, Zu Mao suddenly rushed out of the jungle next to him, and slashed at Hua Xiong with his twin knives.

Hua Xiong was so frightened that his head broke out in a cold sweat, and he avoided it dangerously.

Immediately, Hua Xiong was furious, and he was almost killed by a sneak attack, which was simply angry.

"Die!" Hua Xiong roared angrily, wielding his sword to fight Zu Mao.

Zu Mao was not Hua Xiong's opponent, and he had no horses, so he was slashed by Hua Xiong in less than ten rounds, and he fell to the ground, seriously injured.

Hua Xiongsheng was furious, and cut off Zu Mao's head with another knife, and also stepped on Zu Mao's head with a horse's hooves, which dissipated most of the anger.

Then, Hua Xiong led the Liangzhou army to continue to pursue and kill Sun Jian's remnants for a whole night.

After one night, more than half of Sun Jian's 20,000 troops were cut off, thousands were captured, less than 5,000 escaped, and Sun Jian regained less than 3,000, so it was not miserable.

Defeated Sun Jian and wiped out most of Sun Jian's troops, Hua Xiong took the initiative to lead the Liangzhou army in Bishui Pass to attack, and directly killed the remaining eighteen princes in front of the coalition army camp to challenge, so he was not arrogant.

"I don't want Sun Wentai to be defeated by Huaxiong." Yuan Shao was furious: "The day before yesterday, General Bao's brother did not listen to the dispatch, entered the army without authorization, killed and died, not to mention the loss of thousands of soldiers and horses, and today Sun Jian was defeated by Huaxiong again. ”

This is already two defeats in a row, and the loss of 20,000 soldiers, not to mention the prestige of the Zhuangliangzhou army, the morale of the coalition army must also be affected, how can this rise and fall not be angry.

After speaking, Yuan Shao was silent for a while, but when he saw that none of the princes expressed his position, he immediately said loudly: "Everyone, everyone, why don't you speak?" ”

The seventeen princes, including Liu Yu, looked at each other, what did this situation make them say.

Even Cao Cao and Liu Bei sneered, and Liu Yu also smiled faintly.

How did Sun Jian lose, the princes present were not fools, they all had their own eyes and ears, Yuan Shu delayed giving Sun Jian grain and grass, which led to the cutting off of food and grass for Sun Jian's army, and only then was Hua Xiong took advantage of the chaos to attack the camp and was defeated.

They laughed at Sun Jian for being stupid, and they were also angry that the Yuan family brothers could not be trusted, that they had more than enough success and more failures, and that they still had the face to control the two most important positions of the alliance leader and the grain and grass supervisor.

In any case, after this incident, the princes did not dare to hand over their back road to the Yuan family brothers, and the princes who were already not united were even more unified, and everyone was wary of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers, and did not dare to have any trust in them.

The princes were silent for a while, until one of the soldiers rushed in.

"Report ......"

"Hua Xiong led 50,000 Liangzhou iron horsemen out of the pass, killed in front of the camp, and used a long pole to pick up Sun Taishou Chiqi, scolding and challenge!"

The princes were shocked.

The coalition army has suffered two defeats in a row, and there is also the red deterrence of the Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian, you can imagine how much the morale of the coalition army will be suppressed, if Huaxiong is not beheaded and morale is restored, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of coalition troops may really be repelled by Huaxiong's 50,000 Liangzhou army iron cavalry, and at that time, the princes' coalition army and all the princes present will have to become a big joke.

This is the moment of victory or defeat, and it must not be defeated again, Yuan Shao hurriedly asked: "Who dares to fight Huaxiong!" ”

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