Hangu Pass.

After a fierce battle, Zhang Liao and Xu Chu were still able to draw with Li Dian and Dian Wei, but Guo Yan and Li Dao had already begun to show defeat under Xu Huang and Yu Ban, and they were already tired between resisting.

Seeing this, Xu Huang and Yu Ban both stepped up their offensives, intending to take down Guo Yan and Li Wei in one fell swoop, so as to help Li Dian and Dian Wei and lay the foundation for victory in this war.

"Woo......"

At this moment, the sound of cymbals suddenly came from outside Hangu Pass, which was rapid and narrow.

"Mingjin retreats?"

Forcing Zhang Liao to retreat, Li Dian showed a puzzled look, thought for a moment, and shouted to the soldiers: "Withdraw!" Fall back! ”

The soldiers were unwilling to give up like this when they saw the victory at their fingertips, but the military order was like a mountain and had to retreat, so the soldiers retreated outside the pass, and did not dare to stay at all.

As far as the defenders of the city are concerned, this is a complete miracle before despair, and they will not chase after them, hoping that they will withdraw.

When all the soldiers under his command retreated, Li Dian and the four of them were not entangled with their opponents, and they forced their opponents to retreat and withdrew from the pass.

Outside the pass, Xiahoudun and Ma Chao were still struggling to support under the onslaught of Lu Bu, and fortunately the four people of Li Dian who returned were able to escape, and the six generals retreated, returned to the camp with the army, leaving a corpse in a place, and went away in a huff.

"Why did you quit all of a sudden? Could it be that Mo Shuyan's strategy really succeeded? ”

Lu Bu stood in place with Fang Tian's halberd, looking at the army of the seven generals in the distance, quite puzzled, but it is also a good thing to win, it is worth celebrating, thinking of this, Lu Bu laughed heroically a few times, and returned to the pass.

As soon as Lu Bu entered the customs, he happened to meet Jia Xu who came here, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Jia, is there really a fire in the rear?" ”

"The results are already obvious, so you don't need to prove them too much, right?"

Jia Xu didn't look very happy, but said with some melancholy: "Wounded the enemy by one thousand and self-inflicted losses of eight hundred, after this battle, in a short period of time, on Cao Cao's territory, we will be as blind as if we were blind, and we can't see clearly." ”

"At least, Chang'an is defending." Lu Bu said disappreciatively.

A brave and unparalleled person like Lu Bu, warlike and warlike, not good at scheming, and unwilling to use any stratagem, so he will be called brave and unstrategic, for him, these intelligence systems, if they are gone, they will be gone, and they will not affect their own troops, and they can also save a lot of expenses, so why not.

"This is the only fortunate thing, but it's a pity that the army of the Seven Generals was not lost here, which is a real pity."

Jia Xu's original purpose was to take this opportunity to leave at least one-third of the enemy army behind, but Zhao Yun ordered a retreat after receiving the news, and did not give the slightest chance at all.

At this point, Jia Xu didn't think about those past things, and then said: "Take a rest, go out of the customs tomorrow, and take back all the counties, but don't let other princes take this opportunity to occupy them." ”

"Are you sure they really quit? Is it inappropriate to get out of the customs in such a hurry? Lu Bu asked.

"If you don't retreat, then the so-called righteous army who is right in the middle of the situation and has no food and grass supplies is afraid that it will end up starving to death outside."

Jia Xu had a bit of sarcasm on his face, and added: "If you don't follow them, you won't have time to protect those counties before the rest of the princes make a move. ”

After speaking, Jia Xu left directly, he had to return to Chang'an to report the details at this time, as for the news of the victory, it had already been transmitted back to Chang'an.

"What is the lord going to do?" Zhang Liao stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

After all, there are Xu Chu, Guo Yan and Li Dao on the side, and it is better to talk about some things in private.

However, Lu Bu just glanced at Zhang Liao, and said loudly to the soldiers: "Brothers, have a good rest tonight, and after we go out of the customs and take back the county tomorrow, we will drink and celebrate!" ”

"No."

All the soldiers swept away the decline, and all of them responded in unison.

…………

Cao Ying's big tent.

Zhao Yun lived in the first place, and Li Dian and others lived separately, which was also an order issued by Cao Cao later, temporarily accepting the position of Zhao Yun's governor and commanding the three armies.

"The county is in chaos, and the supply of grain and grass is not available, so the prime minister ordered us to return and set off immediately."

Zhao Yun roughly said the situation, and the specifics were not good at this time.

"The fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond, and the food and grass supplies we waited for were already faulty because of the deep hinterland, and the soldiers were quite complaining, and now they are completely cut off, and if they continue to fight, their morale will definitely fall to a low point, and there will be any chaos, so I don't need to say more." Yu Ban sighed.

The grain and grass of the army are all due to the prohibition of management and control, and what he said about the supply of grain and grass is the truth, and there is absolutely no second word.

"Hmph."

Dian Wei slapped the table and said angrily: "Is it possible to return like this, work hard and lose money, and do nothing?" ”

"Do you have a better way?"

Li Dian's tone was quite heavy, and he asked in a cold voice: "Is it just for the sake of a temporary victory, do you want us to gamble the lives of all the soldiers?" If we don't have enough to eat, even if we wait, how much can we maintain our combat effectiveness? ”

"Ugh."

Hearing this, Dian Wei was powerless to refute at all, so he could only sit down with a pale face and not say anything more.

"The result is already obvious, the battle is difficult to win, and it is still too late to retreat, but I still have to solicit everyone's opinions, fight or retreat, everyone has to make a choice." Zhao Yun asked in a deep voice.

"Obey the orders of the lord and retreat." Li Dian said without hesitation.

"Seconded."

"Seconded"

……

The generals all chose to retreat, and only the last Dian Wei did not make a choice.

Suddenly, the eyes of all the generals focused on Dian Wei, wanting to hear his choice.

"Hmph, you all chose to retire, does my choice matter?" Dian Wei said with some disdain.

"Of course it is." Zhao Yun said in a condensed voice.

"Then retire."

Although Dian Wei was angry and unwilling, he still made the right decision.

Since the consensus is the same, Zhao Yun has nothing to hesitate, and said loudly: "Convey the three armies, you can pull out the camp and reorganize the army, and prepare to retreat!" ”

"No."

The six generals got up, took the military order, and then left, each issuing a military order to the soldiers under his command.

When the military order was conveyed, all the officers and soldiers were in an uproar, but soon everyone could understand the reason, and they all got up and began to pull out the camp and reorganize the army, and prepare to retreat.

At night, after making food and eating, the seven generals took the army and returned to Xuchang in the starry night, the situation has been reversed, and if they stay here, they will be chased by Lu Bu's army, day and night, which is their only choice and helplessness.

Cao Cao's move to conquer Xu Zisheng this time has failed, but the war may not be over yet.