It wasn't until the next day when the sky was slightly bright, that Sun Jian led a group of remnants of the defeated army to converge with the main force of the coalition army, and when he set out for the battle, he had a full 300,000 elite army, and when he returned, there were only 120,000 left!

This is still the result of the timely response of the main force of the coalition after the Feifeng Fire Cavalry discovered the traces of Sun Jian's army, otherwise the losses would have been even heavier.

The loss of the army was only one aspect, and the loss of the generals made Sun Jian feel even more painful.

According to statistics, in the melee last night, Sun Ben (Sun Jian's nephew), Sun He (Sun Jian's son), Wu Jing (Sun Jian's brother-in-law), Lu Fan, Zhou Chao, and Su Ma were killed in battle, and one Zhu Zhi was seriously injured and dying.

As for the non-historical generals who died in battle, it can be said that because of this defeat, Sun Jian was directly injured.

On the other side, Gongsun Zhanjun was no better. Similar to Sun Jianjun's situation, Gongsun Zhan was also attacked by Dong Zhuojun, and escaped from the encirclement after paying a heavy price.

Gongsun Zhan's main generals did not suffer any losses, but the army suffered great losses. Less than 60,000 of the 150,000 Baimayi returned alive, and the other Xianbei light cavalry, Youzhou assault cavalry, Youzhou warriors, etc., were almost wiped out, and less than 180,000 of the 500,000 majestic and high-spirited troops returned.

Of course, compared to the other one, Sun Jian and Gongsun Zhan's results are much better!

After the coalition army, the vanguard and Shanyang Taishou Yuan were wiped out, and their life and death were unknown.

When the Flying Phoenix Fire Rider found out, Dong Zhuojun had already retreated, leaving only corpses all over the ground to prove that there had been a fierce battle here.

The Flying Phoenix Fire Rider still relied on the banner and the remnants of armor to prove that this was Yuan Zhi's army, and it is unknown whether Yuan Yi himself died in the chaos or was missing or captured.

The Nineteenth Road Princes officially changed their names to the Eighteenth Road Princes!

In fact, it is also possible to change the name to the princes of the Seventeenth Road. Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao died in battle, most of the Guangling army was killed in battle, some were scattered, and a small part of the remaining part was annexed by Zhang Miao, but Zhang Miao continued to play Zhang Chao's signboard, in essence, the Guangling army has existed in name only.

The five pioneers were all frustrated, and the coalition army no longer had the euphoria it had before, but began to gloom.

Even some princes were shocked by Dong Zhuojun's brutality and began to retreat.

"The demon flames are monstrous, the Dong thief is in full swing, and the soldiers have the cloud to 'avoid its edge', why don't we delay the march and wait for the Dong thief's arrogance to subside before the crusade?"

In the camp of the commander of the coalition army, seeing that everyone did not speak, Tao Qian hesitated for a moment, and said with an embarrassed face.

"Yes, yes, what Mr. Gongzu said is even. Dong thief has no way, and it will not last long. We just need to sit back and watch Dong Thief bring about his own destruction, and when Dong Thief's luck passes, I will wait for the army to be sent again, wouldn't it be effortless to punish Dong? ”

This time, the Qingzhou thorn Shi Kong Rong.

These two people are staunch "compromisers", or to put it mildly, they can be called capitulationists.

They advocated that the armies retreat and not confront Dong Zhuo head-on. thinks that Dong Zhuo's killing of soldiers harms the people must not last long, and he will wait for his arrogance to pass before crusading.

And these two people have two very significant things in common - first, they are literati, and second, their territory is far away from Dong Zhuo.

Tao Qian also served in the military when he was young and had quite a lot of military achievements, but unfortunately now that he is old, his courage has been lost. Before, the coalition army was so strong that it was naturally nothing, but now that the five princes were suddenly defeated, it scared Tao Qian a little.

As for Kong Rong, well, this is a "strong mouth king", the article is first-class, his personality is upright, and he also has a hand in governance, but his military talent is close to zero.

Kong Rong served as the county guard in peacetime, but it would be too difficult to make a difference in troubled times!

A more important reason is that Tao Qian's basic territory is in Xuzhou, Kong Rong's territory is in Qingzhou, far from Dong Zhuo, and there are a large number of princes in the middle as meat shields, so he is naturally not afraid of withdrawing his troops. V3 Academy

However, the other group of people were not happy, and only listened to Cao Cao: "No, Dong Thief is arrogant, hundreds of millions of Li people are deeply affected, and the people in the Guannai are in dire straits. ”

"Yes, Brother Meng De is right. If we punish Dong one day later, the people in the world will endure one more day of suffering. Brother Wen Ju and Brother Gong Zu are great Confucians in the world, how can they sit back and watch Dong thieves and fish the people? ”

Liu Bei also got up and scolded Tao Qian and Kong Rong with a righteous face.

"Bu Yijie Wufu, I only know that Dong thief and a certain person do not share the sky, there is Dong Wu Lu in the world, there is Lu Wu Dong!!"

"The two of you are wrong, Dong Thief is not safe in the world, how can he see the opportunity to get rid of the thief?"

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Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai and others successively joined the lineup of the crusade, so that Gongsun Zhan, who had just suffered defeat and was ready to speak out to support Tao Qian, swallowed the words that came to his lips stiffly.

It is said that after yesterday's defeat, he also has the intention of retreating. It's just that Gongsun Zhan, who has a good face, saw that the crowd was excited, and he was too embarrassed to mention it.

Well, these people are not necessarily for the country and the people, a glance at the map can see that Chenliu, Runan, Taishan, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Bingzhou, etc. are all areas close to Dong Zhuo's control area. Once the coalition forces withdrew, these people immediately suffered under Dong Zhuo's counterattack.

Yuan Shao looked at the noisy princes in front of him, and he wanted to die!

"I really got into the water in my brain at the beginning, and I actually wanted to compete for this alliance leader!"

cursed himself fiercely in his heart, and then Yuan Shao had to get up and persuade: "Everyone, everyone is a loyal and righteous person who raises troops and punishes thieves, noisy and decent? ”

As soon as Yuan Shao spoke, everyone's eyes focused on him.

"Alliance leader, you are the leader of the coalition forces, this is a battle or retreat, you have something to say!" Wang Kuang asked a little anxiously.

Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Shang Ji, the current situation was already very clear. Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Liu Dai, Lü Bu and other princes closest to Dong Zhuo all insisted on continuing the crusade. Tao Qian and Kong Rong insisted on retreating, and Han Fu, Gongsun Zan and others were a little hesitant, so Shang Ji's choice was crucial!

If Shang Ji also withdrew, Gongsun Zhan, Han Fu, Yuan Shao, Kong Rong and others would have to retreat, and they were still worried that Shang Ji would free up his hands and copy their old nest in the back.

If Shang Ji insists on fighting, then there is still a possibility that the coalition will continue to maintain.

After being silent for two seconds, Shang Ji said slowly: "Dong thief is atrocity and heaven and man are killed, and the general will swear to fight the thief to the end!" ”

At this moment, everyone shifted their attention to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao's face was cloudy at this time. He is located in the Bohai Sea, and he is very close to Dong Zhuo, not only about Dong Zhuo's military threat.

But as the leader of the coalition, Yuan Shao is already a little difficult to ride a tiger.

At this time, disbanding the coalition forces and returning to their own homes, wouldn't he, the leader of the alliance, become a joke? Yuan Shao knew very well that his biggest advantage was the popularity accumulated by the fourth world and the third duke, once he lost these, it would be impossible to talk about dominating the world.

In addition, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo have a deep blood feud, which is known to the world, if Yuan Shao retreats, what will others think of him?

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao's eyes gradually became firmer, he looked around at the princes, pulled out the sword at his waist, and slashed at the corner of the table: "Zhu Dong!" The leader of this alliance has made up his mind, and those who say goodbye will have such a case! ”

As he spoke, Shang Ji only felt that Yuan Shao's temperament suddenly changed, and a unique majesty of a king burst out from Yuan Shao.

Tao Qian and the others, who were about to refute just now, suddenly felt their hearts suffocated, and they were speechless for a while.