Chapter Twenty-Five: The Tiger Prison Was Abandoned
Lu Bu escaped, making the princes of the Eighth Route empty happy, and Huangliang's dream could not come true, he wanted to capture Lu Bu, defeat Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop, end the crusade and alliance earlier, and save his own troops, but now it seems that it is still impossible to achieve it in a short time.
Cao Cao, who was sitting on the horse, also had a little disappointment in his eyes, but he quickly recovered, the will of heaven is like this, his fate should not be cut off, so why worry about it?
Pulling out his saber from the side of the saddle, Cao Cao swung forward heavily, his eyes wandered, and he shouted: "Lu Bu has been defeated, the whole army will attack and take the Tiger Prison Pass!" ”
The battlefield was shaken, and the remaining soldiers and horses behind the eight princes suddenly rushed to the battlefield, with great momentum, setting off the yellow sand in the sky, and the princes' army was greatly invigorated, and they moved forward bravely, and the Dong army, which had no intention of fighting, was defeated and retreated, and suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing this, the soldiers in the rear of the Dong army threw down their weapons and ran towards the pass, Li Ru hurriedly ordered people to close the city gate, raise arrows and shoot them, and within a while, the retreating soldiers were all shot outside the pass.
Knowing that there was no way out, the Dong army roared angrily at the army of the princes of the Eighth Road, trying to break the encirclement of the enemy army and fleeing for their lives.
But at this time, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei had returned to the town to charge, and arrived at the place where the two armies were fighting, like four sharp arrows, inserted into the heart of Dong Jun.
A gun, a spear, a knife, a pair of swords, as sharp as a blade, irresistible, led the four people and horses like a broken bamboo chisel through Dong Zhuo's army, until near the city wall, forced by flying stones and arrows, had to retreat to the scene, continue to harvest the lives of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses.
In an instant, the courage forced out by Dong Jun's death threats was useless, and Dong Zhuo's 100,000-strong army was leaderless, gradually separated and broken, and several people died under the horses and were trampled into flesh and mud every second.
On the city wall, Dong Zhuo, who was leaning on the left side of the dragon chair, looked at the troops under the city wall with a sinking face, and felt a faint pain in his heart, these are all his own descendants, and it will take several months to cultivate if he dies, but now he is dying on the battlefield one by one.
His eyes narrowed slightly, Dong Zhuo stared at Siying's slaughter, and he was resentful in his heart, if it weren't for these four people, how could he have failed so far?
Li Ru beside him bowed slightly, his sideburns were wet with sweat, although Dong Zhuo was not angry now, but it was not far off, if he could not speak, he would not speak, so as not to attract death.
Then, the reality was not as Li Ru wanted, and soon after staring at Siying, Dong Zhuo sat up straight and asked in a low voice, "Why haven't the reinforcements from Bishui Pass come yet?" ”
When Li Ru heard this, he was sweating profusely, and he heard the unhappiness in Dong Zhuo's words, and he was afraid that if the army did not come again, he would fall to the ground first.
was anxious and panicked, but Li Ru nodded and replied with a smile on his face: "It's soon, less than half an hour." ”
"Hmm." agreed, Dong Zhuo didn't continue to ask, glanced at Li Ru slightly, and leaned back on the dragon chair again and fell asleep, no longer caring about the loss of soldiers and horses on the battlefield, anyway, they lost so much, and they didn't care about a few more, too much concern would make them unhappy.
At the heights, Cao Cao looked at Dong Jun, who was gradually being encroached, and his heart was reassured, according to this progress, it seems that the time to break through will not be long.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao turned over and dismounted, took a few steps forward, stood at the slope, looked at Dong Zhuo on the city wall from afar, and a slight sarcastic smile appeared on his face.
Suddenly, a soldier hurriedly stepped forward, interrupting Cao Cao's thoughts, his brows furrowed slightly, Cao Cao didn't blame this soldier, and asked softly, "Why are you so flustered?" ”
"Report to the general, a large number of enemy troops have been spotted coming here from miles away." A priest's road.
"How many?"
"About 50,000 or so."
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Hearing this, the rest of the princes suddenly became noisy, and many of them were afraid and fearful, which made Cao Cao's brows become a river.
Cao Cao also wondered in his heart, where did the enemy army come from, Dong Jun's army in the Tiger Prison Pass did have 50,000 in the city, but it was impossible to appear outside silently, according to Dong Zhuo's character of being afraid of death, it was impossible to fight against the water and give up the city defense, so where did these enemy troops come from?
Hearing that the enemy army was coming to help, Mo Shuyan glanced at Xu Zisheng solemnly, although Xu Zisheng's face was expressionless and unremarkable, but Mo Shuyan always felt that this matter should also be Xu Zisheng's arrangement, could it be that he wanted to kill three birds with one stone?
Thinking about it carefully, within a moment, Mo Shuyan's brows jumped, and his heart moved slightly, Dong Zhuo's 150,000 troops were all in the Tiger Pass, and the defenders who rushed to Bishui Pass should be the ones who were sent to Bishui Pass, if this is really the case, the defense of Bishui Pass is afraid that it is useless, it seems that as soon as Lu Bu withdraws, Dong Zhuo will do nothing.
Thinking of this, Mo Shuyan hurriedly dismounted, stepped forward and whispered to Cao Cao his opinion, but did not tell Cao Cao that all this was Xu Zisheng's plan.
After Cao Cao listened to Mo Shuyan's opinion, his tightly knit brows suddenly relaxed, and he sighed slightly, if he sent soldiers and horses to Bishui Pass at this time, it would be easy to take Bishui Pass, but now that the reinforcements are here, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take the Tiger Prison Pass.
Who knew that before Cao Cao made a choice, the Tiger Prison Pass suddenly opened and closed the door, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and Dong Jun suddenly rushed in, without the slightest will to fight, and was all killed by Siying.
Cao Cao, who was afraid of fraud, hurriedly ordered the army not to pursue into the pass, so as not to suffer an ambush.
At this time, the soldier who reported the news came again, panting with joy on his face and kneeling down half-way: "General, the enemy troops who came to help have withdrawn, and it seems that they have rushed to Bishui Pass." ”
At this time, another soldier came to report that the princes of the Eighth Route had been breached by Yuan Shao's army, and it was not a problem.
In an instant, a look appeared on Cao Cao's face, he slapped his thigh hard, and said that it was not good, and hurriedly shouted at the army: "Hurry up and enter the customs!" Dong thief wants to escape! ”
"No!"
The army of the princes of the Eighth Route was overjoyed, shouting and rushing towards the Tiger Prison Pass, and there was no resistance along the way, and it took some time to open the gate.