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Chapter 168 Crisis [Additional Update for Boss Nuan Yang]

"Quick, close the city gate!"

After finally entering the Xuanmen Pass, Hu Zhen shouted without waiting to dismount.

But before the defenders at the city gate could make any move, the Liangzhou cavalry who had not yet had time to enter raised their hands and shot an arrow. Suddenly, a rain of arrows covered the area around the city gate, killing the guards who tried to close the gate.

After all, it’s already this time, who the hell cares about him being the Lord of Liangzhou?
The matter of Lu Bu is right in front of them. If Hu Zhen dares to close the door by force, they will turn against him and kill him!
Seeing this, Hu Zhen's face turned pale, but he led his troops away without saying a word.

There is no way. It would be a miracle if Xuanmen Pass could be defended in this situation.

When the defending general Hu Zhen ran away, the guards on the city wall were stunned. After being stunned for a moment, they quickly threw away their armor and fled.

So Wei Zhe chased a group of defeated soldiers and rushed into the Xuanmen Pass that he had been thinking about.

However, after taking over the Xuanmen Pass, Wei Zhe still kept close to Hu Zhen, like a ferocious evil spirit.

Seeing this, some of the clever fleeing soldiers immediately took refuge to the sides, either surrendering on the spot or abandoning their horses and running into the mountains.

Only a very small number of Dong's soldiers tried to form a battle formation on the spot and put up a desperate resistance.

When this group of tough bandits were strangled by the Wei army, the remaining defeated soldiers completely lost their will to fight after seeing this from afar.

However, Wei Zhe ignored these fleeing soldiers and chased Hu Zhen for several miles, from Xuanmen Pass in the east all the way to Hulao Pass, and then broke through Hulao Pass and chased him out of Chenggao Pass. Finally, he killed Hu Zhen on the official road outside Chenggao Pass.

For a moment, the canyon between Dayi Mountain and Shuihu Mountain, which was about several miles long and a hundred meters wide, was filled with the corpses of Dong’s army.

Looking at the towering cliffs and earthen walls on both sides, Shi Yi, who had caught up with him, sighed repeatedly: "Such a natural barrier has truly been wasted in the hands of a mediocre general like Hu Zhen."

Unexpectedly, Xi Zhicai, who was standing next to him, heard it and shook his head with a smile.

"So what if it's a natural barrier? From ancient times to the present, there has never been an impenetrable city gate!"

The Qin Dynasty, which had strongholds in Guanzhong and Shuzhong, was eventually destroyed by a group of peasants.

After hearing this, Shi Yi thought about it and nodded slightly: "That's very true. I appreciate your advice!"

At the same time, after killing Hu Zhen, Wei Zhe finally withdrew his troops and returned to Chenggao Pass.

This is often the case. Although infantry can remain undefeated, only cavalry can expand the results of the battle.

Not long after, Zhong Hu and Taishi Ci in the rear also led their troops to eliminate the remaining enemies.

Xuanmen Pass, Hulao Pass and Chenggao Pass in the canyon line of Dayi Mountain and Shuihu Mountain were completely controlled by the Wei army.

"Congratulations, my lord, on this great victory!"

At Chenggao Pass, Xi Zhicai and others congratulated with joy on their faces.

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhe couldn't help but burst into laughter, and immediately the top of Chenggao City was filled with laughter.

To be honest, even Wei Zhe himself didn't expect that he could pass these three levels so quickly.

You have to know that he was mentally prepared for a strong attack, otherwise he wouldn't have spent so much time preparing in the early stages.

Who would have thought that Hu Zhen would actually take the initiative to attack, which gave Wei Zhe the fleeting opportunity to chase him all the way and break through three levels.

It can be said that if it were not for Hu Zhen as a guide, it would take Wei Zhe at least half a month to break through the pass. The most important thing is that there would probably be thousands of more casualties.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhe couldn't help but look at Hu Zhen's head in the hands of his personal guards and said jokingly: "The first merit in this battle must go to Hu Wencai!"

As soon as these words were spoken, even Taishi Ci and Zhong Hu, who had caught up, could not help but laugh and nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Indeed, Hu Zhen made great contributions to the Wei army!

But after the joke, Wei Zhe got down to business.

Xi Zhicai said, "In this battle, we killed two thousand soldiers and captured over four thousand. The remaining defeated soldiers mostly perished in the mountains and forests."

"No problem!" Wei Zhe was not surprised to hear this result.

If it weren't for the unique terrain of the canyon, the number of prisoners would probably be even lower. Of course, the Wei army suffered heavy casualties in this battle.

Nearly a thousand infantry and cavalry were killed or wounded in Liaodong, and more than three thousand people were killed or wounded in the Jingnan Volunteer Movement.

After a brief thought, Wei Zhe gave the order: "Surrender on the spot. Those who refuse to surrender will be killed!"

"Yes!" Everyone bowed and accepted the order.

"In addition, the general's tent will be moved to Chenggao Pass, and half of the grain and grass in Ao Cang will be transported to Hulao Pass..."

At Chenggao Pass, flags were fluttering, and Wei Zhe made the follow-up arrangements in just a few words.

Under the setting sun, as the sun gradually shifted, Wei Zhe seemed to be shrouded in golden light. The golden light reflected from his black armor made everyone dare not look directly at him...

……

On the other hand, after leaving Xuanmen Pass, Lu Bu's face looked extremely ugly.

He was once known as the "Nine Plains Fierce Tiger", so naturally he was not a good-tempered person. And this time, Hu Zhen made him suffer such a great loss, so Lu Bu naturally would not let it go.

After leaving Xuanmen Pass, Lu Bu led his men to capture a powerful fortress and finally managed to rest for a while.

But after eating and drinking, the question became where to go next.

"General, what should we do next?" asked the military commander Cheng Lian.

"Of course, we're going back to Luoyang!" Lu Bu gritted his teeth upon hearing this and said, "I'm going to report that fellow to the Prime Minister!"

However, when he heard what Lu Bu said, Cheng Lian couldn't help but look worried.

"General... That bastard Hu Zhen actually dared to stab me in the back. I'm afraid he must have been spreading rumors!"

Hearing this, Lü Bu's brother-in-law Wei Xu nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, General. We must be on guard against this. After all, we are the latecomers, and Hu Zhen is an old subordinate of the Prime Minister."

Wei Xu was speaking from his heart, because people from Bingzhou had suffered a lot of discrimination under Dong Zhuo.

In the past, people from Guandong discriminated against people from Liangzhou, but after people from Liangzhou came to power, they became even more discriminatory against everyone.

When Lu Bu heard the two of them say this, he began to have doubts in his heart.

Because Dong Zhuo was a suspicious person to begin with, he became even more suspicious after being fooled by the famous scholars in Guandong.

If he went back now, he might be framed by Hu Zhen.

After thinking it over again and again, Lu Bu suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go to Yingchuan!"

After saying that, he led the remaining thousand or so Bingzhou cavalrymen towards Yangdi County, the capital of Yingchuan County, without hesitation.

The reason is very simple, it is just a repeat of Ding Yuan's past experience.

Lu Bu thought that he was adopted as Dong Zhuo's son because he killed Ding Yuan. Now that he might be imprisoned, he might as well kill a few more famous people in Yingchuan to prove himself.

I have to say, Lu Bu’s political logic... is really a bit against the will of heaven!

But Lu Bu happened to hit it by accident.

Since everyone around Luoyang knew that Wei Zhe was fighting Dong Zhuo's army outside Xuanmen Pass, neither the counties of Yuzhou nor the counties of Yanzhou thought that Dong Zhuo would send troops to attack them, and they were all very calm.

It happened that at this time Li Yan, an official from Yuzhou, was ordered to come to Yangdi to discuss the matter of food and fodder for the allied forces. Li Min, the prefect of Yingchuan, went out of the city to greet him. As a result, the two were captured alive by Lu Bu before they could even say a few words.

They never expected that Dong's army would launch a surprise attack, and they never expected that the attacking Dong's army would not attack the city or plunder, but only want to kidnap a few of them, the old men.

Tsk tsk~ Yingchuan Governor Li Min still had an incredible expression on his face even after being dragged onto the horse...
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PS: Sorry for posting late. Actually, I had finished two chapters in the early morning, but I was writing the climax at that time and didn’t want to stop, so I just posted them together.

o(╥﹏╥)o I stayed up all night and finally returned the extra chapter for Boss Nuan Yang.

OK, no more words, I’m going to sleep first.

(End of this chapter)