C3 Retreat

Night had fallen. The sun was setting in the western mountains, and the sun was setting in the bloody sky. Corpses were strewn all over the place under the tiger prison. The cries of the night owl were extremely mournful.

The allied forces could not break through the barrier, so they temporarily retreated back to the camp. On the pass, Dong Zhuo Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief and started to clean up the battlefield.

Ai Lang sat on top of the city gate and put down his Fang Tian Halberd. He felt extremely tired and sore all over. Today, he didn't even know how many people he had killed. If he was still in the modern world, it wouldn't be enough for him to be shot to death a hundred times. The excitement he felt when he first arrived at the noble world was already gone. He finally felt the cruelty of war.

At this moment, Zhang Liao rushed over. Zhang Liao was the leader of the eight generals under Lv Bu. However, at this moment, Zhang Liao revealed traces of exhaustion within his vigor.

Zhang Liao rushed to Lv Bu, cupped his fist and said, "General, I just counted, we only have about 20,000 men left."

Ai Lang was surprised and said, "There are only 20,000 left in our 30,000 men?" Wu Tie nodded.

Ai Lang frowned, feeling very depressed.

At this moment, an officer rushed up and clasped his fists. "General, the Grand Preceptor invites the general to head to the camp for a meeting."

Ai Lang said snappily: "If I leave, who will guard the city gate?" The officer was at a loss for words.

Zhang Liao hastened to reply, "General, please feel free to see the Grand Preceptor. There's no harm in waiting for me at the city gates."

Ai Lang was just speaking out of anger, how could he not see Dong Zhuo? He stood up, picked up his Fang Tian Halberd and followed the officer down the city gate tower.

Liu Tie rode his Red Hare to the camp's entrance and jumped off his horse. He threw Fang Tian's Halberd to one of Dong Zhuo's janissaries that came forward and pressed him down until he almost fell to the ground. Ai Lang laughed loudly and strode out of the tent. As soon as they entered the tent, they saw Dong Zhuo sitting on the seat of honor with Lee Ru standing to the side, while the military general Fan Mei and Li Su had already arrived.

Seeing that Lee Ru was talking to Dong Zhuo, Ai Lang walked to the first seat on the left and stood down. He only saw the depressed look on Lee Ru's face as he said, "..." I originally thought that today's battle would destroy the bandit forces, but I never expected that we would actually lose! "

Dong Zhuo was angry and worried, and said: "These thieves, with their wealth and glory, they are not going to enjoy it, and yet they want to go against me! I truly wish I could hack them into pieces! "

Lee Ru hastened to reply, "The traitor of the East dares to rebel against the Grand Preceptor. If he doesn't kill the heavens, he'll definitely kill the Grand Preceptor!" Dong Zhuo nodded in agreement.

At this moment, a impatient Herald ran in and reported, "Grand Preceptor, something terrible has happened! …"

Dong Zhuo was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What happened again?"

Herald said anxiously, "Sun Jian and Li Que have been attacking each other continuously. The two generals Guo Si and Li Que can't hold on any longer!"

Dong Zhuo was shocked, and the others panicked when they heard him. Zhang Ji frowned and muttered, "If we miss the important points in the water, then the greater picture will be gone!" What should I do? "

Lee Ru frowned and said: "Sun Steeler is brave, he is a tiger of Jiangdong, I'm afraid the two generals Guo Si and Li Que will not be able to last much longer! Our situation here is also a new defeat for the low morale! There were no more soldiers to send to the Luoyang anymore! "Now is the time …"

Dong Zhuo quickly asked, "Do you have a way?"

Lee Ru cupped his fist at Dong Zhuo and said, "Grand Preceptor, the bandits are so rampant right now. Judging from the current situation, it's impossible for us to escape from the tiger's cage." The only thing we can do now is to give up our Luoyang and move to the capital. "

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he frowned, as if he didn't want to. Lee Ru advised, "There is no need for the Grand Tutor to be reluctant to part with the prosperity of Luoyang. All we need to do is to move all the beauties of Luoyang and gold, silver, and treasure craftsmen into the pass. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and nodded in praise.

Lee Ru continued, "Besides, it's a good opportunity to use Luoyang as bait to lure the Guandong dukes into a fight. At that time, the Grand Preceptor can just sit back and watch the fight, reaping the benefits. When all the dukes are exhausted from their fights, the Grand Preceptor can send one of his generals to leave the capital and seize back the Luoyang. He can also take advantage of the situation to sweep across the entire world! " Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up as he praised loudly.

Standing on the left side, Ai Lang thought to himself weirdly: Wasn't Lee Ru the one who betted everything in history to burn Luoyang? How is it different?

Then, Ai Lang understood that all of this was probably caused by him! Wasn't it said that a Colombian butterfly flapping its wings could cause a storm on the other side of the Pacific Ocean? Wasn't he afraid of being that butterfly? Thinking of this, Ai Lang couldn't help but look forward to how this world, which might become very different, would develop and develop.

Lee Ru continued, "The Grand Preceptor can recall General Li Que and have General Guo Si continue to lead the troops to defend the water pass and Wen Hou to defend the tiger pass. Although the enemy was powerful, with these two generals guarding the pass, it would be impossible for them to break in within a short period of time. We are using this time to move to the capital. " When Ai Lang heard that they were going to keep him against the allied army, he couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "That's what we will do."

Dong Zhuo didn't want to delay any longer, so he returned to the Luoyang that very night. Only Ai Lang and his twenty thousand troops were left behind.

Ai Lang gathered Zhang Liao and other generals in the tent and explained Dong Zhuo's decision. The generals looked at each other with worried expressions.

Zhang Liao hurriedly cupped his fists towards Ai Lang and said: "General, many of our families and families are in Luoyang City, how should we deal with this matter?" All the generals looked at Ai Lang with concern.

Ai Lang was stunned and asked, "How many families are there?"

Wu Tie said, "I'm afraid there's no less than 50,000 people." When Ai Lang heard that there were still another fifty thousand or so family members remaining in the Luoyang, he could not help but have a headache as he said: "Then, go back alone. Tell him to lead a small group of people back to Luoyang to look after the families and help them retreat."

When the generals heard this, they could not help but feel grateful in their hearts. Zhang Liao cupped his fist and said, "There is no need to specially send people back. Right now, we have Zang Ba, the four generals, and twenty thousand state troops guarding Luoyang. They are responsible for taking care of the families and retreating into the pass."

When Ai Lang heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy. He pointed at his own nose and asked, "Why do I still have 20,000 soldiers and horses?"

The generals looked at each other in dismay. They felt that their general's mind had recently become a little out of sorts.

Ai Lang felt that he had lost his composure and hastily coughed twice to cover it up. He said to Liu Tie, "Wenyuan, immediately send someone to inform General Zang Ba and have him lead the army to take care of the family members and retreat to the fortress." Zhang Liao saluted with his fists.

After receiving the scout's report, they knew that Dong Zhuo and his men had retreated back to the Luoyang, and immediately attacked fiercely day and night. Ai Lang led his troops to fend off the enemy with all his might, and the situation seemed to quickly deteriorate.

Unknowingly, half a month had passed. Under the Tiger's Cage, the corpses piled up like mountains, as if they were hell. That evening, yet another day of fierce battle had ended. Lv Bu's army was exhausted. They all sat on the pile of corpses, gasping for air. Everyone seemed numb.

Ai Lang fell asleep while leaning against the chair at the city gate tower. In his hands, he was still holding his Fang Tian Halberd.

Zhang Liao rushed in and shouted: "General! "General!"

Ai Lang snapped out of his daze and subconsciously grabbed the Fang Tian Halberd. When he saw Zhang Liao standing in front of him, he couldn't help but feel relieved. Zhang Liao's expression was grave as he said, "General, we just received the scout's report that Guo Si had abandoned his mission and fled for his life. Now, Sun Jian and the other dukes' allied armies have entered from the south?"

Ai Lang jumped up in shock and shouted, "That bastard didn't even notify me before he ran away?"

Zhang Liao said worriedly, "The Grand Preceptor and his main force have already retreated. With Guo Si gone, our army will be left alone." What's more worrying is that if Sun Jian and the rest cut off our retreat, our army would be in mortal danger! "

Ai Lang paced back and forth. He was extremely annoyed. He stopped and swore, "Fuck, they know how to run for their lives, so we can't be cannon fodder for them!" He turned around and said to Wu Tie, "Pass down the order, the army will leave immediately!" Zhang Liao answered and ran off.

Not long after that, Lv Bu Jun and his soldiers buried the bodies of his comrades and quietly left the Tiger's Cage.

The next morning, the allied army launched another fierce attack. Only then did they discover that the Tiger Jail was empty. All the dukes were burning with anxiety, as they rushed into the tiger prison and headed straight for the Luoyang. Everyone wanted to be the first one to enter the Luoyang. However, there were also exceptions, and that was Cao Cao. Cao had told Gongsun Zan to chase to the west, the two armies had a total of 60,000 troops.

The sixty thousand men travelled day and night. Suddenly, a scout came to report that a great battle was taking place more than ten miles ahead.

Cao Cao hastily said to Gongsun Zan, "I'm afraid Sun Wentai has caught up with Dong Zhuo. Let's go!" Gongsun Zan nodded. The two of them led their troops and rushed. Not long after, they ascended a hill and shockingly saw the troops on the wasteland ahead were like a tide of flags and flags, and the two great forces were intensely fighting each other. One side had over a hundred thousand soldiers surrounding the other side. They were attacking ferociously, the sound of their killing was deafening.

Gongsun Zan looked carefully and exclaimed, "There's no Sun Gongsun Zanson's Jiangdong army down there. It seems to be Dai Wei and Han Fu's army. And the banner of Maarten. " Cao Cao nodded and said, "The people being surrounded are only around ten thousand. They are not Dong Zhuo's main force. It looks like Lv Bu must have left the Tiger's Cage."

As he was saying this, he saw the crowd of soldiers galloping past each other on their horses. No one could stop them, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten of Yuen Shu's Han Family's generals had been chopped off from their horses. Cao Cao pointed at the person and said, "Look, that's Lv Bu! People say that Lv Bu, Ma Zhong and the Scarlet Rabbit are truly worthy of their reputation! " Gongsun Zan nodded in agreement. Immediately, a young general with a silver spear and a white horse beside him revealed an excited expression and was eager to give it a try.

It was said that Sun Tie led his army and retreated from the Tiger's Cage. However, he didn't expect Yuen Shu and the others to enter the trial so many times later than Sun Jian. In the end, they bumped into each other head on. When Yuen Shu and the rest saw Lv Bu, they immediately surrounded him. They had thought that they would be able to wipe them all out, but they had never expected that they would still be unable to do so even after battling for so long. Instead, they had lost quite a number of soldiers and generals. Yuen Shu became angry from embarrassment and kept urging the other troops to attack. In the Saber Mountain's forest of spears, the sounds of slaughter were like thunder, as the soldiers of the Liu Steel Army splashed their blood on the battlefield! Even General Zhang Liao had been hit by a current arrow! Although the army was strong, they wouldn't be able to hold out for long under the siege of hundreds of thousands of soldiers!

Yuen Shu immediately stood under the Commander Flag and watched the surrounded Wu Junjun perform a beast trap battle. He couldn't help but smack his horsewhip as he proudly said: "Lv Bu, you can no longer escape, quickly surrender and beg for mercy. I, Yuen Shu, am from a famous family, I can forgive you and give you my life."

Ai Lang noticed Yuen Shu and had an idea. He immediately turned his horse around and charged towards Yuen Shu. At this time, they were separated by a wave of heavy soldiers. Yuen Shu saw Ai Lang riding towards them on his horse and did not seem to mind at all, laughing heartily: "Lv Bu, I have never seen such a stupid person like you! You want to hurt me by yourself? You are courting death! "

Just as he said that, Ai Lang's Red Hare had already broken through the third layer of defense, like a hot knife through butter! Red Hare s were like fire and lightning, and they were not far from Yuen Shu!

Yuen Shu couldn't help but be a bit shocked and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to meet them head-on. Dozens of war generals rushed out, holding various weapons and shouting wildly. In the blink of an eye, the dozens of generals surrounded Ai Lang. However, they did not expect the Red Hare to be so fast that it actually swept right through them. At the same time, cold light danced and the three warlords were knocked off their horses by Fang Tian Halberd. Before the generals could react, Ai Lang, riding on his Red Hare, had already arrived in front of Yuen Shu.

Yuen Shu was shocked to see the Sky Halberd sweeping towards him. He was immediately scared out of his wits! He subconsciously rolled down from the saddle and fell to the ground, barely dodging the opponent's attack. Annoyed at the failure of Ai Lang's blow, he urged his horse to chase down Yuen Shu, who had rolled to the ground. However, Yuen Shu scrambled into the midst of the crowd of soldiers, and for a moment Ai Lang was unable to chase down the people who were blocking his path. At this moment, the dozens of generals who had been shaken off by Ai Lang were already rushing over, howling.

Ai Lang glanced at Yuen Shu's big flag, and immediately waved his Fang Tian Halberd, cutting the flag pole. The upper half of the flag pole, along with the flag hanging at the top, immediately fell into the crowd.

As the soldiers started to surround them, Liu Tie relied on the Fang Tian Halberd s and Red Hare s to break out of the encirclement. Officers of Allied forces saw that Yuen Shu's flag had fallen, no one knew what exactly happened, and could not help but have their hearts in turmoil. On the other hand, the Wu Junyi's morale was boosted. He howled and charged ferociously, everyone was like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, it was a total massacre, killing to the point where the sun and moon disappeared without a trace! The ten layers of encirclement from over a hundred thousand strong army had actually been forced open a path of blood by Wu Junjun!

At this moment, Yuen Shu had already stood up with the support of his janissaries. Seeing that their own army of over a hundred thousand soldiers had actually been forced into a bloody path by the handicapped troops led by Lv Bu, they couldn't help but cry out in panic, "Is Lv Bu a human or a ghost in the end?!"