And the main reason for the failure, Guo Jia believes that it is because the Kwantung coalition forces cannot unite with each other and cannot form a joint force, and they will still choose to preserve their strength at a critical time, which is also the most helpless thing!

Wei Yan's pursuers would not rush to the front, but also slowly moved closer to the Xuzhou army and the Yanzhou army.

After Zhang Liao and Gao Shun joined forces, although many cavalry were added, there were too many enemies, and there were precautions, so his trip to Jingzhou had to end in advance.

Although it did not achieve the expected strategic effect, it still mobilized more than 100,000 Kwantung Coalition troops, which also caused a lot of casualties among the Kwantung Coalition Army, which can be regarded as a harassment.

The key is to successfully break through the enemy's encirclement in the end, and smash the enemy's plot to encircle, pursue, intercept and destroy him.

The Central Army began to retreat slowly, with the infantry first, and Zhang Liao's army, which was extremely tired, also gave priority to retreat.

Gao Shun led the five cavalry brigades of reinforcements to the rear of the palace, and carried out alternate cover retreat.

The various units of the Kwantung Coalition Army did not act rashly, but watched the enemy leave.

Everyone in the Jingzhou army breathed a sigh of relief, but it can be regarded as sending away Zhang Liao, the killing god, but the result is not bad, and the city is still there.

The Xuzhou army was more wary of the Yanzhou army, and after Guan Yu and Guo Jia greeted each other, they immediately led the army back to the Tiger Prison army camp.

The most depressed is Guo Jia, the bureau is set up, and the enemy has also entered the game, but in the end, people go to the bureau and work in vain.

The only good news was that the combat effectiveness of the tiger and leopard cavalry was tested, and the great threat of the repeater crossbow to the cavalry of the Central Army was also witnessed.

As for the part of the hand axe, Guo Jia didn't see it, otherwise he would have learned another trick.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun returned to the camp of Tiger Prison Pass, and Lu Bu was very happy to see Zhang Liao return safely.

He carefully inquired about the casualties, and the three brigades of the Second Division suffered about 6,000 casualties.

The casualties of the 7th Cavalry Division were also similar, mainly because the 21st Brigade suffered 4,000 casualties in the last battle when the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry intercepted it.

The number of troops was reduced by a third, the losses were not small, and the gains were not small, more than 100,000 Kwantung coalition troops were mobilized, and tens of thousands of casualties were also lost among the eliminated coalition forces.

Cao Jun's secret weapon, the heavy armored cavalry, was also discovered, and the person who laid out the layout was determined to be Guo Jia.

led the enemy to the light, and Lu Bu's heart was much more steady.

When Lu Bu heard that Guan Hai was injured, he hurriedly went to the medical camp to visit him, and was relieved to see that his life was worry-free.

Lu Bu asked him to take the Seventh Cavalry Division back to Luoyang to recuperate from his wounds, and at the same time replenish his troops.

In the camp of the Kwantung Coalition Army, Wei Yan, Guan Yu, and Guo Jia led their respective armies to return one after another.

Cao Cao already knew what happened, and Cao Cao, who was good at using people, did not blame Guo Jia, first of all, there was no problem with the strategy formulated by Guo Jia, and the enemy did fall into the trap, but there was a mistake in the specific implementation, and Guo Jia could not be blamed alone.

Cao Cao was also very heartbroken by the heavy losses of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and lost 3,000 heavy armored cavalry in one battle, which not everyone could afford.

Cao Cao simply asked Cao Zhang to return to Yanzhou with the rest of the tiger and leopard horses, and there was no cavalry needed for siege warfare.

Yuan Shao did not lose soldiers and horses, and he was always a polite corporal and good at making friends, so he did not blame and despise Guo Jia.

After all, it turned out that Zhang Liao really appeared in the encirclement as Guo Jia judged.

Only Yuan Shu's scoffed at Guo Jia's failure, thinking that Guo Jia was still young, too tender, and difficult to take on a big responsibility.

Since the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Liao failed, the princes of Kwantung returned their attention to the Tiger Prison Pass in front of them.

Tian Feng put forward a suggestion that the territory occupied by the Kwantung princes was several times that of Lu Bu's power in terms of population and resources.

He suggested that the princes of all walks of life should send reinforcements to the Tiger Prison Pass, and then take turns to attack the city, and before all the siege weapons were built, use wheel warfare and attrition warfare to consume Lü Bu's troops and resources, and also try to destroy as much as possible to prepare for the final decisive battle.

The stupid method is sometimes the most suitable method, and fighting consumption and population is a simple arithmetic problem, and the princes can naturally calculate it clearly.

War of attrition is the simplest and most straightforward way. Sun Ce was the prince with the smallest territory and population, so it was agreed that the other princes would send at least 20,000 reinforcements, and Sun Ce only needed to add 10,000 troops.

Then it was decided by drawing lots to determine the order of siege, and everyone agreed that each prince should send at least 20,000 people to attack the city every day, and so on for two rounds, I am afraid that the siege weapons will be completed.

As a result of the draw, Yuan Shu was the first to attack the city, followed by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Tang Zhou, Sun Ce, and Cai Mao was lucky to be the last.

Cao Jun's artisan battalion had already gathered all the craftsmen from all walks of life who were with the princes, so the production speed and quantity were still considerable.

Each time the princes besieging the city can receive twenty ladders and two chariots, this ladder is according to Tian Feng's suggestion, the widened ladder can be climbed by three people at the same time.

It can't be made wider, the ladders of the Kwantung Coalition Army are all made of wood, unlike Zhang Liao's ladders that are made of bamboo, after widening, the weight has also increased a lot, and more people are needed to carry the siege.

The next morning, Yuan Shu personally led 20,000 infantry to attack the Tiger Pass, and this time he chose to attack the city wall of the southern section of the Tiger Pass.

Lu Bu took Jia Xu, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others to the city to watch the battle, and gave him specific instructions to Zhu Ling, because he had already heard about the Kwantung coalition army taking turns to attack the city.

Of course, it was a secret letter sent by the tiger-faced military division, and the main purpose of the letter was to ask Lu Bu to cooperate on the day of the Qingzhou army's siege of the city, and once again put on a good show.

The number and order of the siege were naturally told to Lu Bu at the same time, so he was relieved to let Zhu Ling command.

The 20,000 infantry, hoplites and crossbowmen selected by Yuan Shu were all equipped and fully equipped, including heavy armor, chain armor, and large shields.

Yuan Shu first promised a rich reward, and then began to attack the city.

They also chose to fill the moat with sandbags, and the water level of the moat dropped a lot last time Cao Cao had already filled in several passages during the siege.

Under the cover of the heavy infantry's large shields, Yuan Shu's army also quickly filled in several passages that could be used for rushing vehicles.

Of course, the hoplites in charge of covering suffered heavy casualties, and one by one they went forward one after another, and the ballistas in the city were all aimed at them.

A new ladder would have to be carried by dozens of brave men, twenty ladders would be hundreds of dead soldiers, and around them would be hoplites with large shields.

The dead were all wearing chain mail, and they became new targets for the Ballista.

Yuan Shu watched the progress of his subordinates while looking at the city.

At the head of the city, there were many central armies shooting arrows with all their might, and there were also dozens of large repeaters attacking the ranks of the ladder.

At this time, he found that there were a lot of wooden shelves on the head of the Tiger Prison Pass, on which huge winches and thick nooses were installed, but he didn't know what they were for?

At this time, thousands of crossbowmen of Yuan Shujun's army, under the cover of large shields, stood by the moat and began to shoot arrows at the top of the city to provide long-range suppression and alleviate the threat above the heads of the besieging warriors.

(End of chapter)