The men and horses under the command of Hua Xiong took a look, yes, we can't outrun the four-legged horses, and the task of pursuit should be left to the cavalry! So he withdrew with his men and horses.

The cavalry under Xu Huang's command continued to pursue after a simple deal with Hua Xiong's men and horses.

To say that the Danyang soldiers who escaped were really tenacious, although the human legs could not outrun the horse's legs. But the other party did not give up, and constantly sent people to break the queen. These severed centaurs are really too dedicated, completely disregarding their own lives, and doing their best to buy time for their own side.

The 500 cavalry under Xu Huang's command who participated in the pursuit almost fell here, and suffered a small loss from this group of Danyang soldiers, and finally although they succeeded in killing the broken men, their own losses were not small, and it was estimated that they would not be able to achieve much success if they chased it down, so they chose to retreat. It's a pity that the commander who commanded this army didn't know that Zhu Jun might be hidden in this deserter, and if he knew, he probably wouldn't have given up so lightly.

Even so, less than 500 of the deserters, who numbered about 1,000 people, escaped. More than 100 of the 500 cavalry under Xu Huang's command who participated in the pursuit were wounded, and dozens of people were killed in battle, almost more than half of the casualties, but fortunately, there was no loss of horses.

Soon after the retreat of the men and horses sent by Xu Huang, a large group of cavalry came, and after the two sides communicated, they knew that the deserter had successfully escaped, although it was a little regrettable, but there was nothing to be done, it was estimated that they could not catch up, so they returned together. At this time, the pursuers had already passed Xingyang City, and then they were going to be close to the sour jujube camp of the Kwantung Coalition Army, and the Xiliang Army did not want to have more branches, so they returned, and by the way, they captured Xingyang City and obtained the grain and grass in the city.

At this time, the brigade in Xingyang City was pursuing with Zhu Jun, so there were almost no men and horses in the city, so when Dong Shouye's cavalry arrived at the city, some of the remaining soldiers in the city opened the city and surrendered.

Dong Shouye did not order the troops to garrison Xingyang City, so after capturing Xingyang City, he escorted the grain and grass in the city out, and returned to the Tiger Prison Pass to return to Dong Shouye.

Dong Shouye saw that after the soldiers and horses returned, they did not capture Zhu Jun, they were all expected, and there was no disappointment, but the results of Dong Shouye in this battle were not small, Zhu Jun's 15,000 men and horses were almost wiped out, and only less than 500 people escaped, and more than 7,000 people in Zhu Jun's army were killed in this battle, and 7,000 men and horses were captured. He could have ordered all of them to be killed, but Dong Shouye didn't want to kill too much, nor did he want his side to suffer too many casualties after ensuring victory, so he ordered the surrender when Zhu Jun's banner fell.

Although Dong Shouye does not have much food and grass now, he still chooses to surrender the prisoners, so he naturally has his own considerations, although it will be difficult to surrender the prisoners for a while, but as long as he gets through this difficulty, after these prisoners become laborers, they will repay Dong Shouye tenfold and hundredfold.

In troubled times, warlords compete for population and land, and in the end, whoever has the most population has a better chance of winning. No matter what time it is, people are always the first element. Besides, the current conquest between the warlords is an internal struggle between the Han nation, there is no need to rush into the extermination, it is better to try to preserve some vitality for the nation! The Han population has plummeted, and the happiest are still those hostile foreigners.

After Dong Shouye defeated Sun Jian, the threat from the east had been removed, and Xu Rong led the captives to garrison the Tiger Prison Pass, and there was no big problem in reforming the prisoners in the surrounding Tuntian, and there was no threat.

At this moment, everyone was relieved, Dong Shouye stayed near the Tiger Prison Pass for a few days and repaired it slightly, during which he communicated with Xu Rong many times on how to effectively tuntian. Although Dong Shouye himself has not engaged in such a thing as Tuntian, but his understanding of Tuntian is unmatched, in various materials in later generations, there are all kinds of information about Tuntian, very detailed, although Dong Shouye pulled a paragraph, it was enough for Xu Rong to digest for a long time.

After the Tiger Prison Pass was repaired, Dong Shouye led the soldiers and horses to the west, preparing to meet Sun Jian in Luoyang to see if the other party had made any progress.

At this time, Hu Zhen had already arrived at the gate to meet Xu Rong and plead guilty to Dong Shouye's father and son. Dong Shouye vaguely felt that things were a little weird, a little wrong, but he couldn't figure out where the problem was, in another time and space, Dong Zhuo was, ordered Hu Zhen to be the protector of the capital, and Lu Bu to be the cavalry governor, and jointly attacked Sun Jian, when the main force of Sun Jian's army had just been defeated by Xu Rong in Liangdong and retreated to Liang County for repair. Hu Zhen and Lu Bu were ordered to attack, but Hu Zhen and Lu Bu did not agree, and wanted to find a reason to kill Lu Bu, Lu Bu was not good at stubble, and dragged Hu Zhen back in the war, and Yin Hu Zhen was defeated.

And now Dong Shouye is worried about history repeating itself, so under his deliberate arrangement, Lu Bu did not cooperate with Hu Zhen, but had nothing to do with it. But Hu Zhen is still defeated, Dong Shouye is not a rectum like Hu Zhen, he found doubts in Hu Zhen's report, and the biggest suspicion is that Yang Ding did not come with Hu Zhen, Dong Shouye felt that it might be Yang Ding's problem, but there was no evidence, so he could only give up. Dong Shouye got along with Hu Zhen for a period of time, and found that although he was a short-tempered person, he was generally not annoying, Dong Shouye felt that this person was quite suitable for his own appetite, so when Hu Zhen wrote a letter of plea to Dong Zhuo, Dong Shouye also wrote a letter to his father Dong Zhuo, praising Hu Zhen in his heart for his achievements in the previous war against Sun Jian, and helping him intercede by the way.

In Dong Shouye's view, Hu Zhen interceded for him after his defeat this time, and his life would definitely be saved, but his official position was estimated to be taken off, and it may be to the end. Dong Shouye also asked Hu Zhen to stay under the tent and listen to it, and to make meritorious service for his crimes, which can be regarded as pulling him along.

Therefore, the current Hu Zhen and the 2,000 men and horses under his command are temporarily under the command of Dong Shouye.

Just after Dong Shouye defeated Zhu Jun, Li Dao, who went to Sun Jian's army to propose marriage to Sun Jian on behalf of Dong Shouye, had already returned, and reported the details of the trip to Dong Shouye.

Li Dao was ordered by Dong Zhuo and Dong Shouye to be a matchmaker. After preparing some gifts, this buddy took some of his entourage to find Sun Jian's troops.

After looking for a while, he was discovered by the soldiers under Sun Jian's command near Dagu Pass, and the soldiers under Sun Jian's command must have arrested Li Jian and his party without hesitation, and then brought them to Sun Jian for Sun Jian to dispose of. Li Dao did not resist, and let the other party arrest him without fear.

Sun Jian saw Li Dao in front of him, who was also an acquaintance, so he asked: "I heard that Brother Zhiran claimed to be looking for the general, saying that there is something important to discuss, but I don't know what it is?" ”