Chapter 335: Withdrawal of the army from Luoyang (I)
Jia Rong was also slightly injured in the battle, although the protection of the golden armor was strong, the arms and legs were not wrapped in armor, and the stubborn resistance of the defenders aroused the ferocity of the besieging soldiers, and they did not want to move forward.
"Big brother, you go down to the city first." Lu Bu glanced at Jia Rong's injury and said worriedly.
Guo Yan also persuaded: "General, go down to the city to rest first, you haven't rested for a day and a night." ”
Two medical personnel, led by the soldiers, came to Jia Rong's side.
Jia Rong looked around and saw the fighting between the defenders and the coalition forces, and the soldiers under his command were equally tired.
"No, the brothers are still fighting hard in the city, I can't go down the city, it's not too late to kill all these thieves and then go down to the city." Jia Rong almost roared, and with the huge force of the scimitar in his hand, he slashed a coalition soldier who had just climbed the city wall and was looking around left and right.
When the surrounding soldiers heard these words, they all looked sideways, the main general was still like this, how could they retreat lightly.
One spread ten to hundred, under the deliberate spread of people with intentions, Jia Rong's words were learned by all the soldiers, and the morale of the closed was shocked, and everyone rose up to kill the enemy.
In the Allied army, Yuan Shao saw that the resistance of the defenders in the city was becoming more and more stubborn, and said with a long sigh: "Collect the troops!" ”
The battlefield suddenly sounded the sound of gold, after the coalition soldiers got the order, they fled backwards, yes, they are on the run, succumbing to the general's obscenity, they slowly stepped forward, but the soldiers who just boarded the tiger prison pass were miserable, many soldiers heard the sound of gold, and felt that they could not retreat, and surrendered directly.
Looking at the speed of withdrawal that can be twice as fast as when rushing to kill, the corners of Sun Jian's mouth showed a hint of sneer, he is sure that the princes will no longer talk lightly about tackling key problems, they have been attacking the city for so long, and they have not yet captured the Tiger Prison Pass, the princes are already afraid, and the troops are damaged, which means that the status among the princes has plummeted, take yourself as an example, what a scenery it was at the beginning, the soldiers are strong and strong, since the defeat of the Tiger Prison Pass, in front of the princes, Sun Jian rarely speaks, except for Cao Cao who will talk to himself when he meets on weekdays, no one wants to deal with himselfIn the coalition, strength is the capital that speaks.
Sun Jian also understood that he had offended Yuan Shu, the fourth world and the third duke, after the famous family, the day of emergence was very slim, and he was anxious, Sun Jian still had a flat face in normal times, and asked himself After returning to Changsha, he still didn't take a small Yuan Shu to heart, as for Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, if he really targeted himself, it would be a little troublesome.
The princes retreated, the defenders on the gate let out a roar that shook the sky, shouting and screaming to vent the pleasure and anger in their hearts, watching the former robes fall one by one, which soldier did not have a trace of anger in his heart, some soldiers fell to the ground and cried, in front of him was a soldier with several wounds, this soldier can never forget, in order to cover himself, the robe Ze pounced on the enemy's gun without hesitation.
Jia Rong staggered back a few steps, Guo Yan's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
Lu Bu led Hua Yu's eldest disciple to hurry over.
The corpses on the tiger prison were overlapped, and the severed limbs and stumps could be seen everywhere, stained with blood, and under the light of the setting sun, they felt the vicissitudes of life.
A day later, Jia Rong woke up leisurely, opened his eyes, and was greeted by Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and other generals.
Jia Rong shook his head, raised his head with difficulty, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong with me?" Are the coalition forces attacking the city again? ”
Everyone looked at each other a few times, and Guo Yan replied: "General, the coalition army has withdrawn and has not attacked the city. ”
"That's good, that's good!" Jia Rong breathed a long sigh of relief and put his head heavily on the pillow.
"Since General Jia is fine, he will retire first!" Zhang Liao hugged his fist.
Li Su left behind Zhang Liao and the others.
After the battle of Tiger Pass, Zhang Liao's impression of Jia Rong has changed greatly, and some of his previous views on Jia Rong have also disappeared, on the ability to command troops, Zhang Liao asked himself not to lose to Jia Rong, but Jia Rong was able to insist on defending the enemy army with soldiers on the pass for more than a day, but he couldn't do it, during which Zhang Liao rested for a long time in the pass, not to mention those generals of the Dong army, and hurried down to the pass for treatment after a little injury, without the demeanor of a general, but thinking of Li Su's advice in the army, the corners of Zhang Liao's mouth showed a wry smile.
Jia Rong's deeds spread rapidly among the defenders, and they did not go off the battlefield for more than a day, and insisted until the coalition army retreated.
After a series of battles, Jia Rong's prestige among the soldiers has become higher and higher, Lu Yao knows that the horsepower has been seen in the hearts of the people for a long time, and a haode general is not said by mouth, but by doing, Jia Rong is telling the defenders with his behavior, why the Xiliang Army can become the king on the battlefield.
As soon as he was injured, Jia Rong was accompanied by several generals to comfort the wounded soldiers.
Although the medical team of sixty people is not much, but it has saved the lives of many soldiers, in ancient times when medical skills were backward, a small arrow wound could make a warrior leave the battlefield forever, and the medicinal materials from Luoyang were endless, whether it was Dong Jun or Xiliang Army, they were injured and rescued after recording Jia Rong's favor.
There are more than 10,000 defenders in the pass, and now there are only more than 8,000 people left, and nearly half of them are dead, but they let more than 30,000 coalition troops sleep here, and the result of one to four is enough to make everyone look sideways.
For seven days in a row, the princes outside the gate did not move, no longer talked about the war, the gate of the village was closed, and the war card was hung high.
In addition to the siege of the city, the princes outside the gate are estimated to eat and drink in the camp, anyway, Jia Rong has been in the gate for so long, and the news he got from the lone wolf soldiers told him that most of the princes' soldiers are eating, drinking and having fun after returning to the camp, and the coalition forces outside the city are mottled and complicated, and the lone wolf soldiers can easily mix in it.
All the princes were afraid, nearly half of the coalition troops died, no matter how clever Yuan Shao was, the princes from all walks of life no longer talked about war lightly, and the army was the guarantee for them to compete for fame and fortune after entering Luoyang.
The allied princes and the generals of the various departments drank and went to the banquet outside the Tiger Prison Pass all day long, each prince had his own camp, eating, drinking and having fun without scruples, and the neighboring princes' camps even had a disagreement with each other and drew their swords, and the coalition camp did not feel like they were here to fight, but to fight in groups, and there was no discipline at all.
Soldiers, the affairs of the country, in the barracks, in addition to training, if they make a noise, they will be severely punished.
After half a month of recuperation, most of the soldiers in the Tiger Prison Pass have recovered, the wooden boulders guarding the pass have been replenished, and even the bed crossbow has been repaired by craftsmen from Luoyang.
Gao Shun sent a letter saying that a Dong army soldier had come to Hangu Pass.
Jia Rong ordered Gao Shun and the soldiers of the Dong army to guard the Hangu Pass, but the control of the gate must be firmly grasped in his hands, and if possible, it is not impossible to absorb the soldiers of the Dong army into the Xiliang army.
Dong Jun and Xiliang Jun are originally a family, and it has become a matter of course for Dong Jun's soldiers to surrender to Xiliang Jun, just like Hua Xiong followed Jia Rong.
At the same time, news came from Pingjin and Mengjin that the allied forces divided 80,000 troops to attack the two passes, which were already in danger.
If Mengjin and Pingjin are lost, Jia Rong's stubborn defense of the Tiger Pass will also lose its meaning.
The Xiliang Army and the Dong Army in the Tiger Prison Pass are roughly equal in strength, and Jia Rong is thinking about how to bring Dong Zhuojun in the Pass under his command, and digging people into the corners of the wall is undoubtedly a very cool thing.
After getting the news that the allied soldiers attacked Mengjin and Pingjin, Jia Rong began to think of a way out for himself, Hangu Pass was in his hands, and among the eight passes of Luoyang, only the leading force of the Tiger Prison Pass and Hangu Pass was the Xiliang Army, and the remaining five passes were garrisoned by the Dong Army, which did not delay his direct withdrawal from Luoyang.
Li Ru realized that something was wrong when he first took over the affairs of the army, but when he thought that Jia Rong was in the Tiger Prison Pass, he would not have any tricks, so he didn't take it to heart, and the matter of Hangu Pass should be regarded as the retreat of Dong Jun and Xiliang Jun.
In the Tiger Prison Pass, after Jia Rong had lunch, he came to the residence of the injured soldiers, and the arrival of Jia Rong, these soldiers have gradually adapted from the initial shock, as a soldier at the bottom, they basically saw a cold face, but since they came to the Tiger Prison Pass, they met Jia Rong, this concept was changed, and the faces of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army were always filled with happiness, which once made the soldiers of the Dong Army and the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army very envious, and they also thought of joining the Xiliang Army.
Jia Rong went straight to a wounded general and greeted him cordially: "What does General Zang think?" ”
The wounded general raised his head and bowed: "Humble to the general!" ”
Jia Rong helped him up with a smile and said with a smile: "General Zang doesn't need to be so polite, you and I live and die together, and we already have brotherhood, so take care of your injuries." ”
The injured general was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes were instantly filled with crystal shining tears, this injured general was Zang Ba, who was promoted by Ding Yuan after Zhang Liao, and was a general at the same time as Hao Meng Cao, with strong martial arts and quite a strategy.
But in Dong Jun's status, Zang Ba is not as good as the previous ones, mainly because Zang Ba is upright, and he can't get used to the appearance of Hao Meng, Cao Xing and other villains who are powerful, and he has repeatedly spoken out against each other, offended the two, and was quite suppressed in Dong Jun.
Zang Ba bowed respectfully to Jia Rong: "Thank you, General!" ”
When a suppressed general suddenly heard the chief general say that the two had a brotherhood and that there was no need to be polite to each other, the feelings in his heart could be seen, Zang Ba did not put Hao Meng, Cao Xing and others in his eyes, he had already identified Jia Rong in his heart, this man who was usually silent and heroic in wartime, once a person like Zang Ba was identified, he would not look back when he hit the south wall.
"General Zang recuperates well, and in the coming day we will go out of the city to fight the Kwantung princes again!" Jia Rong gently patted Zang Ba's shoulder and comforted.