Chapter 37: Spread

"Don't you run? Bring about one's own destruction! When Yuan Shao arrived outside Ye Zhao's camp, looking at Ye Zhao's camp that blocked the road, Yuan Shao sneered.

Fleeing, it is also death, Yingchuan and Nanyang are all the territory of the coalition army, Ye Zhaoruo retreats, it is also difficult to move an inch, and he will be consumed alive, and his choice now may not be a wise move, but with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, under the condition of not occupying any advantage, it is too naΓ―ve to want to resist the Kwantung coalition army, he is not that Yuan Shu!

Above the gate, looking at the camp where the coalition forces are gradually gathering, there are not 100,000, but there are still 70,000 or 80,000.

Ye Zhao looked at the array of armor soldiers, but his heart was not on the battlefield itself, the reason why he fled in a hurry that day, and didn't even say a word, was because he found that among the coalition forces, there were already signs of the spread of the plague. Why are you still running after yourself relentlessly?

Just thinking about it, he saw a general rushing out of the coalition army, and came to the gate and said loudly: "The last general, Jiang Qi, has seen Ningxianghou, and heard that Ningxianghou showed his might in front of the two armies yesterday, and his heart is itching, and he dares to invite Ningxianghou to fight." ”

When Dian Wei heard this, he snorted and was about to go down to the village to fight, but was pulled by Ye Zhao.

"These people may have been contaminated with the plague, and if they can, they shouldn't touch it." Ye Zhao frowned.

Yuan Shu is far away from the tiger prison, and most of the officers and soldiers in the army have not been infected, because Ye Zhao dared to fight the other party at close range yesterday, but now that Yuan Shao's main army has arrived, these may all be pathogens, and Ye Zhao is not willing to have close contact with these people.

Looking at the general outside the gate, Ye Zhao said in a deep voice: "This matter is not in a hurry, you call Yuan Benchu first, I have something to ask him!" ”

Jiang Qi laughed when he heard this: "Ye Zhao, call you Hou, you really think you are a character, who is my master?" Shall such a lowly man as you be free to meet at will? ”

This is a very common means of provoking the opponent, the two armies are fighting, as long as they can provoke the opponent's main general, they can take the lead to a large extent, Ye Zhao's qi cultivation kung fu is naturally impossible to be provoked by this method, but he is not angry, but Dian Wei on the side is angry.

"Humph!" Hearing this, Dian Wei snorted angrily, took off a small halberd from his waist and shook it out.

The small halberd weighs about five or six pounds, the size of a palm, and Ye Zhao asked the blacksmith to tailor it for Dian Wei, so that Dian Wei has a long-range attack method, even if it was designed to be conducive to throwing, it is impossible for ordinary people to throw their hands and shoot a hundred steps, but Dian Wei obviously cannot be classified as ordinary people.

Jiang Qi originally didn't care, but seeing that Ye Zhao was not angry, and wanted to say something more, he heard a buzzing sound in the air, and the small halberd was already flying towards his head with a whirl, and his face changed in fright, and he slipped on the horse's back and fell to the ground.

"Poof~"

The halberd swept over the horse's head with the neighing of the horse, splashing a puddle of blood, and the horse's skull cracked alive, screaming and falling to the ground with a pop.

Jiang Qi's heart was beating in shock, and he even rolled and crawled back to the formation, how dare he stand forward.

The princes of the coalition army were also taken aback by Dian Wei's hand, Yuan Shao looked at Ye Zhao's camp with a gloomy face, and then looked at the surrounding terrain, Ye Zhao was very accurate about the terrain, the surrounding area was narrow, and the flat land was only about two hundred steps away from the front of the village.

It's not that Yuan Shao doesn't want to set up the formation, but the terrain around Ye Zhao's camp does not allow it, if he wants to put the formation in order, the bows and arrows in Ye Zhao's army can shoot directly over, as for the siege equipment, not to mention, even if it is not far away, it cannot be carried over.

In desperation, Yuan Shao could only order people to rush hard, hoping to free up space for the coalition soldiers to straighten out the troops and horses.

It's just that for some reason, today's coalition soldiers seem a little weak and weak, and many soldiers didn't even get hit by arrows, so they fell to the ground halfway, and before they got close to Ye Zhao's camp, they were repelled by a rain of arrows.

"What's going on?" Yuan Shao sensed that something was wrong, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers in front of him was much weaker than when he was in the Tiger Prison Pass before, right?

On the gate, Ye Zhao also noticed that the combat strength of the coalition army was extremely weak, frowned, turned his head to look at Dian Wei and said: "Quick, let people withdraw, retreat into the second line of defense, set up the ballista, send orders, don't worry about wasting artillery stones and crossbow arrows, as long as someone has a cold, they will shoot and kill, and the enemy must not be allowed to get close to the wall!" ”

"Lord, what's wrong?" Dian Wei looked at Ye Zhao puzzled, the coalition army was vulnerable, this is a good thing!

"Do what you are told!" Ye Zhao said categorically.

"Whoa!" Seeing Ye Zhao's serious expression, Dian Wei didn't ask anymore, and hurriedly commanded the soldiers to withdraw the army, Ye Zhao set up three camps overnight between Xuanyuan Pass and Yangzhai, this first camp was originally ready to be abandoned, and at this time it was withdrawn very quickly, and without waiting for Yuan Shao to react, he had already withdrawn from the camp.

In Yuan Shao's army, many soldiers passed out without warning, and they should have been in a loud voice, but Yuan Shao felt a thick death breath from the army, so that Ye Zhao's anxious withdrawal also made Yuan Shao and the others unable to raise any excitement, and the scene in front of them made people feel cold.

"What happened?" Yuan Shao looked at the languishing appearance of the three armies and frowned.

Liu Dai, Yang Yuan, Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, and Bao Xin all looked at each other, and they didn't know why, Zhang Miao's brows suddenly froze, and he looked at Yuan Shao and said, "Do you still remember what Ye Zhao said before the Tiger Prison Pass?" ”

"You mean......" Yuan Shao looked at Zhang Miao, and suddenly his face changed: "Plague? ”

Zhang Miao nodded silently: "If this is not the case, then Ye Zhao has always been cunning, and the tiger prison is closed, so he shouldn't leave so easily!" ”

Not only Yuan Shao, but everyone heard this, and they didn't feel cold for a while.

"Alliance...... The alliance leader ......" Qiao Mao looked at Yuan Shao and said, "Are you still chasing?" ”

Pursue? Chase a fart!

Yuan Shao shook his head, looked at the soldiers all over the mountains, remembered that Jiang Ji came to report last night, many people in the army were infected with wind cold, and now it seems that what kind of wind cold is this, there are many soldiers who are weak and weak at this moment, although most of them can't see anything unusual, but the plague will spread, and now, Yuan Shao just wants to get as far away from these people as possible.

"Order the three armies to withdraw to Luoyang!" Yuan Shao said in a deep voice, now, he can't care about chasing and killing Ye Zhao.

"Whoa!" When the princes heard this, they hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of the army, but they themselves were far away from the army with their personal guards, for fear of being affected by the plague.

"Lord, they have also withdrawn!" On Ye Zhao's side, Dian Wei ran back and looked at Ye Zhao and said, "Can I leave later?" ”

"Let's go?" Ye Zhao shook his head, there were already a lot of dead bodies on that road, and he didn't want to go back.

"This time, the coalition is finished, but this account has to be settled!" Ye Zhao sneered: "Let's go, tell Wen Yuan, there is no need to continue to set up a fire array, bring the fire oil, and while Yuan Shu is still here, let's go to Nanyang!" ”

"Whoa!"

……

Outside Luoyang City, overnight, at least one adult horse in the coalition army was affected by the plague, even if Cao Cao had made timely countermeasures to persuade the princes to gather the people infected with the epidemic, but around the princes, there were always some people close to them who were also infected with the epidemic, and the princes were unwilling to isolate them, so that these people spread the epidemic again.

Around Cao Cao, there was only a group of remnants of the defeated generals left, and those who were infected with the epidemic were directly isolated by Cao Cao regardless of their relatives, but in the camp of the princes, the epidemic was difficult to stop.

"Mengde, you have a way!" Tao Qian, Zhang Chao and others found Cao Cao and said angrily.

"The method has been said, but the princes don't listen, now that this epidemic has spread, how do you tell me to think of a way? When the surrounding doctors heard about this, they would rather die than come for treatment! The princes have people close to them, but the plague never recognizes people! Cao Cao was also angry, when Ye Zhao said that he was afraid of the epidemic, no one paid attention to it, and even Ye Zhao had to chase and kill people when he left, and now that the plague has spread, he took out Ye Zhao's book, and everyone agreed, but secretly put aside the people close to him, and now he can't suppress it, but he comes to find trouble for himself? What the hell is going on?

"Zang Hong is a man of integrity, how can we abandon him?" Zhang Chao said angrily.

"That Brother Jingming can accompany him, without the virtue of Brother Jingming, he can't die angrily, this is the book of pacifying the plague left by Ye Hou when he left, you can take care of it yourself!" Cao Cao put the book that Ye Zhao had left behind to suppress the plague into Zhang Chao's hand and said, ", I won't accompany you." ”

After speaking, he ignored everyone, greeted Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, brought the soldiers, and did not go to the Tiger Prison, but went directly to the Spiral Gate.

"This ......" Zhang Chao and the others didn't expect Cao Cao to turn his face and leave directly, glancing at each other, and didn't know what to do for a while.

"Go and send someone to report to the alliance leader." Tao Qian glanced at the booklet in Zhang Chao's hand and sighed: "Now that the matter is over, let's do what Meng De said, otherwise, ...... I'm afraid you and I will all have to die here! ”

"But ......" Zhang Chao heard this, he felt a little unbearable, Zang Hong is a celebrity and his best friend, and he can't be ruthless to let himself watch his best friend die.

"Just follow the words of Gongzu." Just when Zhang Chao was embarrassed, he saw Zang Hong appear beside everyone at some point, his face was a little red, but his expression was extremely weak.

"Ziyuan, ...... you" Zhang Chao hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to help Zang Hong, but was avoided by Zang Hong, waving his hand and saying: "How can I harm you because I am alone?" I regret that I shouldn't have listened to the words of Ning Xianghou! ”

Now, Ye Zhao's words have been fulfilled, and everyone can't help but feel a little guilty at this time, Zhang Chao said: "I have sent someone to inform the alliance leader to give up the pursuit of Ningxiang Hou, Ziyuan don't worry, instruct you to ......"

"I'm fine, it's okay, with me, I can also restrain those soldiers who are infected with the plague." Zang Hong smiled freely.