Chapter Thirty-Seven: The End of the Road (Seeking Follow-up)
It was night, and the Allied wolves were rushing forward, panicking like a lost dog.
The fleeing princes completely forgot the friendship of the alliance, and only hated that their parents had two legs less, and they wished to run faster than everyone else.
The cavalry of Dong Huang's army, which had been waiting for the rout of the princes' army for a long time, attacked overnight, like a tiger entering a flock, chasing all the way, killing the enemy was not counted, and many of the original Dong Zhuojun who were aroused to be wild completely forgot Dong Huang's order to capture as many prisoners as possible and kill less, and killed people when they saw them, even if the allies knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
The army of the princes, who were completely in a rout, could not organize any resistance at all, and they did not have the advantage of cavalry, let alone the courage to resist, and almost all of them were annihilated.
The next day, when Dong Huang got up from Mrs. Feng, Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Bian, Mrs. Huan and others and received the battle report, he was overjoyed.
Judging from the rough statistics of the results, in last night's battle, Dong Huang's army killed nearly 50,000 enemies and captured nearly 30,000 people, and some of the men and horses fled to the mountains and fields, and they could not search all for a while.
On the part of the princes, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, Zhang Chao, and Zhang Yang died in the chaos, Han Fu and Kong Rong were captured, and the war agents under their command also died.
Among the encircled princes' armies, only the news of Yuan Shao, the deputy leader of the alliance, was missing.
After summarizing the news, Dong Huang learned that there was a small but capable cavalry last night, which fled in the direction of Mengjin, and at that time, the main force of Dong Huang's army was chasing and killing the princes and lords to fight for the merits, but no one chased this army.
"What a Yuan Benchu!"
Dong Huang sneered.
He had already seen through Yuan Shao's scheme.
Yuan Shao first broke the wrist of a strong man, and used the main force of the princes' army as bait to fight for survival; Next, the disaster was drawn to the east, and it was calculated that Dong Huang's army would inevitably give priority to defeating Cao Mengde and others, and would not send a large army to chase him, so as to gain a glimmer of life.
However, next, whether Yuan Shao can escape with his life depends on the will of God!
It is impossible for Yuan Shao to take Mengjin at this point, all he can do is to collect boats along the way to cross the river.
Although Dong Huang has ordered people to gather all the boats along the way, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net, and whether Yuan Shao can live or not really depends on the sky.
"Lost dogs, don't worry!"
Dong Huang didn't care about Yuan Shao's escape.
With this victory, Dong Huang's unprecedented self-confidence even swelled.
He found that with Jia Xu, a group of fierce generals and many elite armies, the princes of this era were no longer worried!
He doesn't need to be afraid of anyone anymore!
On the contrary, it should be that the princes of the world are afraid of his prestige.
What he has to do next is to annihilate the enemy who went to Xiaopingjin, and then take advantage of the situation to capture the sour jujube camp, seize many materials from the sour jujube camp, and bring this battle to a successful end!
From the battle for Tiger Prison Pass to last night's hearty victory, Dong Huang did not receive the evaluation of the victory of the battle, it is obvious that the infinite war space is to see this battle as a whole, rather than taking out one of the battles separately for settlement, which means that once Dong Huang wins the final victory, the reward will be much higher than that of a single battle!
Dong Huang was already a little impatient.
"All the kings should work hard to extinguish this eclipse!"
Dong Huang took out boxes of gold and silver treasures and silk and satin, and rewarded them to the meritorious soldiers in person, and some of the treasures still smelled of earth, and the soldiers did not dislike them.
In terms of rewarding the time, Dong Huang did a very good job!
The successive victories, especially the victory of chopping melons and vegetables last night, made the confidence and morale of the soldiers under Dong Huang's command simply burst, in the case that Jia Xu never took credit but silently offered advice, the vast majority of the soldiers thought that it was Dong Huang's planning and command that brought them successive victories, so that they were promoted and made rich!
The sense of belonging and loyalty of the soldiers in the era of cold weapons is easy to build, and now this army is truly at home to Dong Huang, and their military spirit, morale, equipment and combat experience are enough for them to grow into the top army of this era!
Dong Huang did not chase Sun Cao Liu and others in person, because he knew that it was impossible for Sun Cao Liu and others to turn the tables.
Dong Huang left Jia Xu to guard Luoyang and asked him to control Zhang Liao, Hua Xiong, Xu Huang, Tai Shici, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Zhang Ji, Zhang Bao, Zhang Xiu, Wu Ban, and Huo Du, and was responsible for the extermination of Sun Cao Liu.
At this time, the sour jujube camp was actually panicked.
Yuan Yu, who was appointed by Yuan Shao to stay behind, was completely panicked.
Yuan Yi is also a member of the Yuan clan in Runan, but he is a side branch, and he is Yuan Shao's younger brother, and he can only be said to be a middle-aged person in terms of ability, almost not military, Yuan Shao left him, just because he was a member of the Yuan clan.
Yuan Yi realized that something was wrong when he found out that the Tiger Prison Pass had re-established the banner of Dong Zi and sent troops to attack and defeat an unprepared grain transport team.
He also organized an attack on the Tiger Prison Pass, but was defeated by Gao Shun, Gao Shun even led a wave of three thousand elites with the 700 first camp as the core, and the generals Wei Yue, Cheng Lian, Xu Ding, and Hu Che'er under his command were mighty, and the autumn wind swept away the leaves and defeated Yuan Zhi's department, and captured Yuan Zhi's handsome banner. Yuan Yi only took more than 100 people and fled back to the sour jujube camp.
Yuan Yi originally wanted to organize resistance, but the army of the sour jujube battalion was not subordinate to each other, and the rest were a group of rabble, and there was no general to restrain them, after learning the news of the successive defeats, overnight, tens of thousands of people fled.
When Dong Huang led the army to the sour jujube camp and displayed the banners, prisoners and heads of many princes, the princes' army had no more heart to fight.
Under Dong Huang's order, after a tentative rain of arrows, Dong Huang's army forced the surrendered troops to drive the captives as the vanguard, and filled the trench in front of the camp with human lives, and then Gao Shun, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu took the most elite soldiers under Dong Huang's command to act as the first and launched a fierce attack on the enemy camp.
The sour jujube battalion, which had no generals, no morale, and no organization, almost collapsed at the touch of a button, and the clever ones surrendered on their knees, and the stupid ones scattered and fled, and then they were chased and killed by the cavalry of Dong Huang's army.
Yuan Yi, who was at a loss, originally wanted to surrender, but was killed by the rout.
When the sour jujube camp collapsed, the combined forces of Sun Cao and Liu also came to the end of the road.
The combined forces of Sun Cao and Liu, under the trail pursuit of Zhang Liao, continued to rout from the beginning.
It's not that they haven't thought about killing Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao is such a chicken thief, if you stop, I will stop, if you go, I will chase, never be greedy for merit, never take the enemy lightly, take a bite when there is a chance, and keep letting the soldiers shout the news of the defeat of the princes' army, the loss of grain and grass, and the encirclement of the princes.
By the time the Sun, Cao and Liu coalition troops reached Xiaopingjin, there were only 30,000 people left, a full half.
With 30,000 people whose morale has been lost, wanting to seize Xiaopingjin, which is personally guarded by Tai Shici, is tantamount to a fool's dream.
But if you can't take Xiaopingjin, it is impossible for these 30,000 elites to cross the river!
Sun Cao Liu, together with Liu Hu, Zhang Miao, and Bao Xinyi, decided to test a wave of attacks, and induced Zhang Liao's troops, who had few soldiers and horses, to attack Xiaopingjin, and then wait for the opportunity to annihilate Zhang Liao, and then take the opportunity of a big victory to capture Xiaopingjin and seize the ships.
However, no matter how they attacked, Zhang Liao just didn't move!
What made them even more desperate was that the sailors in Xiaopingjin actually drove all the boats away!
Dong Huangjun's meaning is obvious, even if you can capture Xiaopingjin, you don't want to find a ship! Even if you find a boat, you don't want to cross the river under the surveillance of Dong Huang's army!
At this moment, the Sun Cao and Liu coalition forces were completely desperate.