Jia Xu said with a smile: "Xu Chu, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian had a big victory for the first time, so I agreed with Xiangguo to send people to seek peace, which is really Xiangguo's arrogant strategy." ”

Li Ru was suspicious, but he also touched his beard and cooperated: "I see, Ming Gong is wise, I can't reach it." ”

Dong Zhuo also came back to his senses at this moment, and said with a smile along Jia Xu's words: "When I hit Bian Zhang and Han Sui, I met Sun Jian, and at the foot of the mountain, I met Xu Chu. Wen He and I have made a plan, you can retreat and reorganize the army for the time being, and I will have a military order issued later! ”

Everyone agreed and retired separately, but only Jia Xu and Li Ru were left behind.

After the people left, Dong Zhuo got up from his seat, walked to the middle of the tent, sighed, and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, what should I do now?" ”

Li Ru suspected that Jia Xu's words were to stabilize the hearts of the generals, and now when he heard Dong Zhuo's question, his heart became clear. He also looked at Jia Xu, this strategy was proposed by Jia Xu, not only did it not succeed now, but he was also humiliated by Xu Chu and Sun Jian, and he really wanted to know how Jia Xu would turn things around.

Jia Xu has always impressed Dong Zhuo with his ability to read people's hearts and judge human nature, but in Xu Chu, a traverser, and Sun Jian, a fierce eagle warrior, he finally 'a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts', and he miscalculated once.

In the current situation, if you want to turn things around, Jia Xu can't do it, but Jia Xu can still give constructive suggestions.

But I heard Jia Xu say: "Where there is a war, if you are frustrated, you will lose, and the right talent Xiangguo will adapt to the situation and stabilize the morale of the army......"

Dong Zhuo said impatiently: "Don't talk about these useless things at this time, can Jinwen and have a plan to retreat the enemy for me?" ”

"I'm afraid I can't retreat from the enemy." Jia Xu said lightly, looking at Dong Zhuo with burning eyes.

Dong Zhuo was a little uncomfortable by Jia Xu's gaze, and said, "Why can't you?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "The two passes of Yique and Dagu have been lost, and there is no danger to defend south of Luoyang, Xu Chu and others will be able to reach Luoyang in two days if they go north, and our army's morale is low, and the heart of returning to the west is like an arrow, how can we retreat from the enemy?" However, although we cannot retreat from the enemy, there is also a way to let our army retreat in its entirety. ”

At this time, Hu Zhen and Xu Rong had already been ordered by Dong Zhuo to give up Yique Pass and come to Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and said, "Wenhe, please speak!" ”

In fact, at this time, Dong Zhuo also knew that it was not interesting to take it with him in the ruins of Luoyang, but now that Dagu and Yique were in Luoyang, they were afraid that they would be caught up by Xu Chu and others before they arrived at Hangu Pass. In the event of a defeat, not only will a large amount of immediate combat power be lost, but it may also provoke the rest of the undecided princes to counterattack, regroup their troops, and attack Hangu Pass in the west. This situation is something that Dong Zhuo extremely does not want to encounter.

Jia Xu said: "Luoyang is already in ruins, there is no fortification to defend, our army has no intention of fierce fighting, and the surrounding plains are not suitable for battlefield. ”

Li Ru suddenly said: "What does Wenhe mean?" ”

Jia Xu showed a strange smile at the corner of his mouth, and said word by word: "There are many gardens and mausoleums around the city, there are water, mountains, and forests, and the terrain is complex, which can be used as a support to intercept the army of Xu Chu and others." ”

There are many royal gardens around Luoyang, and the Xianyang Garden, where Dong Zhuo first arrived, is one of them, and there are many tombs of many emperors who died since the rise of Guangwu, which can become a favorable terrain to stop the enemy army. But the Han Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, Dong Zhuo was a courtier of the Han Dynasty, and the dead emperors were all regarded as his 'monarch father', and it was indeed too sensational to choose the monarch's father's mausoleum as the battlefield.

Li Ru exclaimed: "It's okay to Yuan Lin, with the mausoleum as a battlefield, will it be .......?"

What Li Ru wants to say is: Will he be hated more by the world because of this?

Dong Zhuo waved his sleeves and said angrily: "Wen You doesn't need to say much, so far, what else can't I do?!" According to Wenhe's method, he quickly ordered the army, and ordered Dong Yue, Hu Zhen, and Xu Rong to lead 2,000 foot soldiers to choose the mausoleum and Yuanlin as the basis, and I personally led the cavalry to press the rear and wait for Xu Chu and others. As for the others, they all withdrew from Luoyang. ”

......

When Li Dao and Guo Yan returned to Luoyang, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Gan Ning, Wang Yan and other generals who attacked Yique Pass also came to Dagu Pass.

Cao Ren and Cao Hong were able to conquer Dagu Pass, if it were not for the two of them who temporarily confused Dong Jun and fought to the death in the subsequent war, Cao Cao and Xu Chu would not have taken Dagu Pass so smoothly.

Cao Ren was the most seriously injured, and it is said that when the war was at its most critical, he stood in front of the battle and took the only 100 dead soldiers to defend the gate to the death, which allowed Xu Rong to return in vain.

"Meng De, you can carry Zixiao to our army's medical team and ask Fan Ah to treat him." Seeing Cao Ren being carried away on a stretcher, Xu Chu said that Cao Cao had nothing to do and thanked Xu Chu.

Back in the military tent of the headquarters, Gan Ning and Wang Yan were also wounded, which was lighter than Cao Ren. Among the two, Wang Yan was slightly seriously wounded, with more than ten wounds, knife wounds, arrow wounds, and many arrow clusters inserted in his armor, which shows that he dared to fight.

Wang Yan is the 'old man' beside Xu Chu, and like Xu Shu, he is the first group of brothers to come to Xu Chu's side. But in the later development, although Xu Chu has always given him a high position and let him command the main force recruited from Yingchuan, he did not give him too many opportunities to make meritorious contributions because his ability was ultimately insufficient compared with Gan Ning, Lejin, Dian Wei and others. So for Wang Yan, he has long held his breath and must cherish this hard-won opportunity. Just as Xu Chu represents the interests of a 'political group', Wang Yan is also related to the interests of Xu Chu's 'old department' such as Xu Shu and Gong Su, and Wang Yan is willing to fight to the death for the common future of the big guys.

Seeing Wang Yan's injury, Xu Chu was no longer 'Wuxia Ameng', how could he not know his thoughts. Thinking of the past when he was in Yanling County, he still had no long things, Wang Yan took the light men of Changshe County to join him and took the lead for him, Xu Chu couldn't help but redden. He walked to Wang Yan's side, and said to Wang Yan in front of all the civil and military officers under his command: "Please take off your armor." ”

The king did not know what to do, but he did so, took off his armor and robes, and was naked. Shirtless, revealing scars that had just scabbed.

Xu Chu pointed to the scars on Wang Yan's body, counting them one by one, and there were a total of twelve scars of different depths.

"Captain Wang Yan, who was originally a hero of the Changshe Society, was not related to me, but now he is fighting for me like a bear and a tiger, risking his life, suffering twelve wounds, and his skin is like a portrayal, how can I not regard him as my brother and entrust him with a heavy responsibility!" Xu Chu glanced at everyone, his voice was agitated, and after saying this, he bowed deeply to Wang Yan, and said: "Qing is my hero, I swear here, I will share honor and disgrace with Qing, and share weal and woe!" ”

Wang Yan is not good at words, and when he heard the words, he felt that he was abnormally moved, his face turned red, and he couldn't express his mouth, so he could only bow to Xu Chu.

All the generals in the tent are full of honor and honor.

Guo Jia and other strategists also sighed: The true feelings of the lord are revealed, the generals are more courageous, and the battle of Luoyang will be a matter of course!