As soon as Hu Chi'er died, Dong Jun was immediately in chaos.

Xu Chu knew that Dong Jun was well-trained and would not take too long to recover from the chaos, so he urgently ordered all his troops to storm it.

At this time, the battle situation was cut into three pieces, one for Sun Jian, one for Xu Chu, and one for Cao Cao. The three of them worked together to finally break through a big hole, so Sun Jian was able to break out with the main force.

When he met Xu Chu, Sun Jian shouted: "General Xu, don't come unharmed!" ”

Xu Chu looked at Sun Jian, and saw that he was covered in blood, his robe and armor were stained with red and white things, but he still had a bold smile on his face, and couldn't help but sigh that Sun Jian was really a persevering person.

Sun Jian rode over, Xu Chu and his eyes met, and both of them laughed.

Sun Jian, who was living for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, suddenly stretched out his hand, and when Xu Chu saw this, he also stretched out his hand. The two big hands shook heavily, and Sun Jian smiled: "This time thanks to you and Cao Mengde, otherwise my Jiangdong disciples would probably be wiped out." ”

Xu Chu smiled back and said, "You and I are both courting Dong Yijun, why be polite." ”

Sun Jian said gratefully: "That being said, what is the difference between not repaying the favor and the beast, this great favor, Sun has written it down!" ”

Seeing Sun Jian so frank, Xu Chu was a little embarrassed, he and Cao Cao were secretly calculating Sun Jian......

At the moment, he didn't say much about this matter, but asked Sun Jian: "Since the general has broken out of the encirclement, what should he do next?" ”

Sun Jian glanced back and said hatefully: "Xu Rong and Li Meng are chasing hard, and Niu Fu will be able to regroup and attack again immediately, and for today's plan, there is still only one way to retreat." ”

Xu Chu has no opinion.

Immediately ordered all the troops to fight and retreat, slowly retreated for a few miles, the sky was twilight, the soldiers on both sides fought for a long time, almost all of them had fought to the point of losing their strength, so they each Ming Jin retreated.

Xu Chu and others camped on the spot, Niu Fu, Xu Rong and others were also stationed in place, and the two armies faced each other several miles apart.

After the war, the first thing to do was to count the casualties.

Sun Jian died the most soldiers in the battle, and Huang Gai and Sun Ben, who were the vanguard at first, were almost wiped out, and only a dozen cronies returned, and everyone was wounded. In addition, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other generals also had their own losses, roughly speaking, the 20,000 horses brought out, nearly 10,000 were killed in battle, and nearly 10,000 escaped.

Cao Cao also lost a lot of soldiers because of his death with Li Dao, less than 3,000 of the 4,000 people remained, and only the Yingchuan Guqu brought out by Xu Chu was still damaged, and nearly 1,000 people were still killed.

The casualties were not too big, but the damage to the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion and the Xiandeng Battalion still made Xu Chu feel painful, and in desperation, he had to order to select the strong ones from the various departments to make up for them first.

Dong Jun's side is not having a good time either.

After Niu Fu and Xu Rong met, they both sighed with emotion Sun Jian's fierce eagle. In such an unfavorable environment, Sun Jian broke through, not to mention, he actually made his own side suffer heavy losses when he broke through, which shows that the four words "Jiangdong Tiger" are worthy of their name.

Sun Jian's fierce eagle was already expected by Niu Fu, and the performance of Xu Chu and Cao Cao impressed him. Before this battle, Niu Fu had never said that Xu Chu and Cao Cao were in his eyes, thinking that these two people were just a little bold compared to others, and when they really arrived on the battlefield, they still had to see the real chapter under their hands. However, the bravery of the soldiers under Xu Cao's command does not seem to be a commodity to be slaughtered, and I heard that Xu Chu actually beheaded Hu Chi'er under his horse with his henchman.

In Dong Jun's big tent, Niu Fu was in the first place, frowning and thinking. All he thought about was what to do next. In terms of combat power, it is still their side that has the advantage, but it seems that it is not enough to eat the troops of Xu Chu and others in one fell swoop, so it is difficult to decide.

Xu Rong sat at the top of the head, silent.

What Niu Fu was thinking in his heart, Xu Rong knew it clearly.

Xu Rong knows one thing very well, among Dong Jun, he is the most special one, in addition to the fact that he is not from Liangzhou, there is also one point, that is, he has no private songs, his soldiers and horses are all given by Dong Zhuo, and he will bring as many people as Dong Zhuo gives him. But the other generals in the account, including Lu Bu in Yique Pass, are different, Niu Fu, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Lu Bu all have their own private soldiers more or less, although these soldiers are also raised by Dong Zhuo, nominally Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, but at the most critical moment, they all obey their direct generals.

Niu Fu's hesitation, firstly, because this battle may not be effective if it continues to be fought, and secondly, because Li Dao, Guo Yan, Li Meng and others, including Niu Fu himself, all have the intention of preserving their strength.

Since you may not be able to make contributions, why are you working so hard?

The generals of the Dong Army, each with their own thoughts, discussed it all over the place, and finally reached an agreement, and rested for one night, and if the coalition forces had no intention of attacking, they would retreat to garrison outside the pass.

Xu Rong had the intention to attack the enemy, but he couldn't say anything. With Daguguan as the solid, Luoyang as the aid, the grain is abundant, and there is no transmission of labor, there will definitely be no loss. Today is a big victory, and on Dong Zhuo's side, all the generals have also explained.

Early the next morning, of course, Xu Chu and the others would not have any offensive posture, so Niu Fu ordered the three armies to withdraw their camp and retreat to Dagu Pass.

When Xu Chu, Sun Jian, Cao Cao and others saw Dong Jun retreating, they also ordered to retreat to Liang County.

Overall, this battle was indeed another big defeat for Dong Lian's army, but the good thing was that Sun Jian's troops were not wiped out as expected by Dong Zhuo and Jia Xu in Luoyang, and Sun Jian still retained nearly 10,000 horses. Moreover, the Dong Lianjun is indeed scattered, but judging from the fact that Niu Fu and others retreated with victory, the Dong Army does not seem to be as united as imagined.

Breaking down and analyzing this matter, for Xu Chu, not only was it not a defeat, but on the contrary, it was actually a big victory.

To put it mildly, it was Xu Chu who saved Sun Jian and killed the enemy general Hu Chi'er, so after this battle, Xu Chu's reputation was prosperous, and he faintly became a well-deserved leader along the way. To put it mildly, saving Sun Jian alone is a good personal favor, with Sun Jian's nature, he will not forget Xu Chu's rescue grace today.

After returning to Liang County again, Xu Chu began to rectify the soldiers and horses, but unfortunately, although Liang County was large, after several wars, the people in the county fled and enlisted, and there was no source of soldiers to recruit at present. Thinking of this, Xu Chu couldn't help but have the idea of returning to Yingchuan.

invited everyone to discuss, and everyone's opinions were almost the same, and they all wanted to return to Yingchuan to regroup.

After returning to Yingchuan, there are good and bad, bad sides, after giving Liang County to Sun Jian, and then begging Dong, Sun Jian took advantage of the convenience of the near water and the building to get the moon first, but considering that Sun Jian's department was seriously damaged, it was okay; On the good side, the scholars in Yingchuan are still very supportive of Xu Chu and Cao Cao to fight for Dong, Yingchuan is adjacent to Si Li, and it is the front line for Dong, Kong Ling can't defend it, and the scholars can only put their hopes on Xu Chu and Cao Cao for the sake of their lives, so that Xu Chu and Cao Cao can quickly replenish manpower and materials.

Thinking about this section, Xu Chu went to Cao Cao to discuss.

Cao Cao agreed after a little hesitation, he also wanted to take advantage of the rare truce to send people to his hometown Peiguo, and even go to Yangzhou to find Chen Wen, Zhou Xin and others to borrow troops.

It sounds a bit whimsical, but Cao Cao thinks that there is plenty of time, and he is sure that this truce will be very long, as short as half a month and as long as several months.

As if to confirm Cao Cao's conjecture, on the way back to Yingchuan, the news of the imminent dissolution of the sour jujube coalition army came.

Everyone is not surprised by this, what the princes of the sour jujube have done has long foreshadowed that the sour jujube coalition is just a chaotic farce, and the troops have been stationed for more than a month, except for Bao Xin and Zhang Miao, but there are still people who have sent a soldier? The hundreds of thousands of troops in the company camp ate the food for more than a month, and when Jizhou Mu Hanfu was unwilling to continue to produce food, he scattered as birds and beasts.

On this day, Xu Chu came to Cao Cao's tent and saw Cao Cao looking through the bamboo slips for a long time, so he asked with a smile: "The princes of sour jujube have already retreated, why is my brother still so calm?" ”

Cao Cao didn't raise his eyelids, and said lightly: "They are gone, but it is safer for us to wait." ”

As soon as the sour jujube coalition was dispersed, Dong Zhuo's whole game of chess came alive. Originally, Luyang, Yingchuan, Suoju, and Hanoi formed a semi-encirclement situation in Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo had to send heavy troops everywhere to prevent it, even if he had defeated the coalition forces in Hanoi and Xingyang, he still did not dare to transfer all the troops in the two places. Niu Fu was originally the main general to resist Hanoi, Xu Rong was originally the main general to resist the sour date, these two are not where they 'should' be now, to be honest, even if there are strategists such as Jia Xu and Li Ru around to give advice, Dong Zhuo is still a little weak-hearted. But in other words, there are still Dong Min with tens of thousands of horses stationed in Luoyang City, and Dong Zhuo himself is still there, ready to support all parties, which allows Jia Xu to lay out calmly.

Now that the threat of sour jujube is about to cease to exist, and the infighting is definitely not limited to Qiao Mao and Liu Dai, after Dong Zhuo gets the news, he doesn't have to stare at the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, and he can completely free up his energy to deal with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu - no matter how Xu Chu and Cao Cao toss, for Dong Zhuo, the real threat is always the two war initiators of the Yuan family.

That's why Cao Cao came to the conclusion that 'once the sour dates are scattered, Yingchuan is safer'.

"What's next for my brother?"

"Brother Fool is going to send Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan to Peiguo, and go to Yangzhou by himself."

Xu Chu was surprised, and said: "I saw Uncle Fang and Zhou Danyang, please say a few words of greetings for me." ”

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After a brief conversation with Cao Cao, Xu Chu returned to his tent. told Guo Jia and others about Cao Cao's desire to recruit troops in various places, and most people were surprised.

The war is so tense that Cao Cao still has time to go to Yangzhou?

Guo Jia explained to everyone: "In the continuous battle, General Cao's headquarters was seriously damaged, he is not as good as the lord, he still has a foundation in Yingchuan, so he can only go to other places to recruit strong warriors, so that he can make another meritorious service when he attacks Dong in Japan." ”

Li Tong said strangely: "What does Mr. Fengxiao mean ......, the next time he sends troops or after the tenth month?" ”

Guo Jia smiled and nodded, among the generals and colonels in the tent, Le Jin's mind is the most delicate, but he has become keen, but it is the younger Li Tong who is eye-catching.

Xu Chu patted Li Tong on the shoulder and said excitedly: "Wenda, last time I fought against the Niu Auxiliary Department, you and Boxu performed well, Jiang Xia Erlang should be like this!" ”

Li Tong and Chen Gong came late, and they haven't had much chance to perform, so far, the War Bull Auxiliary Department is the most brilliant moment for the two. Even so, when fighting with Niu Fu, Le Jin and Dian Wei were in front of them, and even Zhang Fei, who followed Liu Bei halfway, got a better chance than them.

In this regard, Li Tong did not have the slightest idea, on the contrary, because he had many ideas, Li Tong calmed down and waited for a good opportunity. He and Chen Gong are both heroes, but they are different from people like Dian Wei and Le Jin. The fame of Dian Wei and Lejin is mostly based on righteous deeds, and they are famous in the county, but they have no power of their own. He and Chen Gong are different, not only are they famous for Jiang Ru, but they have also pulled up a team of their own. Therefore, Li Tong felt that Xu Chu would always have a time to reuse them, and now he may be.

Li Tong guessed correctly, when Xu Chu learned that Cao Cao was going to Peiguo, Yangzhou and other places to recruit troops, he also wanted to send people to recruit troops in various places. Cao Cao has the support of his family and old friends, and Xu Chu also has his advantages.

Xu Chu's advantage is that the people under his command come from all over the world, and most of them are heroes, these individuals return to their respective hometowns, raise their arms, more than hundreds of thousands, as little as nearly 100 people The team can still afford it, and these people who have been brought over are all light heroes and swordsmen, and their combat effectiveness is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, which is a very good source of soldiers.

"Wen Qian, you are a native of Yangping, not too far from Yingchuan. I want to ask you to return to your hometown to recruit soldiers, what do you think? ”

When Le Jin heard this, he said without thinking: "For the sake of the country, my generation has no hesitation, and I am willing to return to my hometown to recruit soldiers for the Lord." ”

Xu Chu nodded with satisfaction, looked at Li Tong and Chen Gong again, and without waiting for him to speak, Li Tong said: "The subordinates and Boxu have some thin names in Jiangru, don't worry, we will not disgrace our mission." ”

Xu Chu also knew that Li Tong and the two of them had much greater energy in the local area than Lejin, so he was relieved: "There are two laborers, and I will send you off tomorrow with wine." ”

Li Quan, who was born in a wealthy family in Shanyang, also volunteered and said: "Junhou, even so, I will return to my hometown for a long time." ”

Xu Chu said suspiciously: "Xiaocheng, when you came before, didn't you bring some guests from the clan over?" ”

Every person who came to him, Xu Chu quietly sent someone to inquire about the details, and these jobs were all done with the help of Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Xu Shu and other most trusted henchmen. Shanyang Li family, not only is it a giant wild wealthy family as Le Jin has explained, but Li Qian's father, Li Gan, is also a very ambitious person. Although it is said that no one in the Li family is out of the county, there are thousands of disciples and disciples in the family! This is still something that Xu Chu can hear, and there are even those who are hidden deeply, and there is no way to find out in a hurry. Such a person must be unwilling to be lonely and want to make a difference in troubled times, so Xu Chu thinks that it is already Shanyang Li who can make Li Cheng a general under his account, and it seems that it is too much to ask for other things.

Li Cheng listened to Xu Chuzhi's question, and said with a smile: "When I first came to Yingchuan to ask for Dong, I wrote to make a bet with my brother Li Dian that if I could win the first victory against Dong, he would be willing to come to my subordinates to serve as my account, so I wanted to go back to my hometown." ”