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Chapter 220 The Battle of Hulao Pass (24)

At this time, before the Allied troops led by Yuan Shao rushed to the wall of Hulao Pass, they saw that Hulao Pass was closed, and arrows and stones rained down. Most of the Allied troops suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that the situation was not good, and most of the allied soldiers were shot and injured by arrows, Yuan Shao gritted his teeth angrily, and ordered: "Withdraw! The defense of Hulao Pass is too tight, let's withdraw!"

In fact, before Yuan Shao gave the order, some princes saw the defense of Hulao Pass and ordered their troops to retreat.All of a sudden, the originally neat formation of the Allied forces at the time of the attack became chaotic at the moment of retreat, and countless people were trampled to death by people and horses.All the princes retreated to the rear like a bereaved dog, for fear that they would lose some more horses if they were placed on the order.But at this moment, Li Ru, who was standing on the gate, saw the retreat of the princes, his eyes lit up, and joy appeared on his face.So he immediately went to Dong Zhuo's side, bent down and whispered something in Dong Zhuo's ear, only the two of them could hear, and all the generals standing behind Dong Zhuo looked at each other, not knowing that Li Ru was talking to Dong Zhuo again something happened.At this time, Dong Zhuo stood up immediately and said to the military commander again: "Pass on my order and change the strategy. Let Zhang Ji's army continue to rescue Lv Bu's army. Li Jue should not rescue Lv Bu's army. Tell Li Jue that even if you pursue him, don't go deep into the enemy's territory, in case the enemy army has an ambush."

After the military commander got the order, he hurried down the tower and disappeared around the corner.

After a while, the rumble of war drums sounded again at Hulao Pass. The sound was rapid but regular, as if conveying some kind of message.Zhao Lei, who was besieging Lu Bu, heard the sound of the drums, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.At this moment, Zhao Lei looked up worriedly at the situation on the battlefield.Suddenly, he realized that Zhang Ji's troops had rushed towards him, apparently to help Lu Bu and help him break out of the siege.Dong Zhuo's other army directly bypassed Zhao Lei's Yangzhou Army and Cao Cao's Yanzhou Army and rushed directly towards the defeated Yuan Shao and the princes.Thinking of this, Zhao Lei suddenly realized that something was wrong. He was about to order the troops to withdraw when he heard Zhang Han shouting to Zhao Lei and Cao Cao: "My lord, Duke Cao, quickly lead the army and horses to retreat quickly. Zhang Ji's army horse has come to rescue Lu Bu, and Li Jue's army horse is chasing the leader. Soon, if Li Jue's army horse finishes chasing the leader and returns to Hulao Pass, they will definitely meet us. At that time, our two families The troops will really be dumped."

Zhao Lei and Cao Cao listened to Zhang Han's words and nodded at the same time. The sudden change in the front battlefield made them both have the same thoughts as Zhang Han.At this time, Zhao Lei said: "The situation is urgent, Brother Meng De, you retreat first, and my Yangzhou soldiers are gone."

When Cao Cao heard Zhao Lei's short words, he was moved and admired in his heart.At such a critical moment, Zhao Lei's first thought was not to escape for his own life, but to cut off the rear himself, so as to prevent the two army horses from panicking when they retreated.On the other hand, the princes of the Allied Army, before Yuan Shao gave the order to retreat, there were already people who retreated selfishly in order to prevent their troops from losing too much. When they fled, they were as fast as rockets.Thinking of this, Cao Cao also saw the difference between Zhao Lei and these princes. He was calm and calm in the face of danger, and he could not be more suitable for Zhao Lei at this time.If every prince in the allied army had the courage of Zhao Lei, Dong Zhuo might have been wiped out long ago.

"Okay, then I'll retreat first. Zihan must also be careful, don't fight head-on with the Xiliang army, the best thing is to retreat." Cao Cao clasped his fists at Zhao Lei at this time.

As a result, the army horses of Cao Cao and Zhao Lei separated and began to retreat one by one.Cao Cao led Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others to retreat first, while Zhao Lei's Yangzhou soldiers began to march after Cao Cao retreated.It is different from Yuan Shao and other princes who were defeated just now.When the army horses of these two families retreated, the team formation was maintained very well, and the soldiers did not have a trace of panic.At first glance, the troops didn't seem to be retreating, it was a bit like marching normally.After seeing Cao Cao's retreat, Zhao Lei also withdrew the siege of Lu Bu, recalled Zhang Liao, let Zhang Liao, Zhang Han and others leave with most of the Yangzhou army, and he and Zhao Yun were in the rear army, waiting for the front army to leave. is leaving slowly.At this time, the Xiliang army led by Zhang Ji had rescued Lu Bu's army.

Lu Bu, who had just been surrounded, now had disheveled hair, dirt all over his face, and looked embarrassed.Now, whenever he thinks that Zhao Lei's three brothers fought against him by bullying more than others, his heart will be full of anger. When did his unparalleled Lu Bu be beaten so badly?Reduced to such a field, it can be said that there is no chance to fight back, and they can only run away.And even if he escaped, he would still be surrounded by Zhao Lei's army. It seemed that Zhao Lei would not give up if he didn't kill him.If the Hulao hadn't been closed and reinforcements were sent to rescue him immediately, I'm afraid Lu Bu would have died in this Hulao if he was surrounded by Zhao Lei.Thinking of this moment, Lu Bu became more and more angry. When had he suffered such a defeat?When was he beaten down to such a state?When did he need someone else to rescue him?This is a great insult to the arrogant Lu Bu.Thinking of this, he couldn't help yelling at the Xiliang army behind him: "The three armies obey the order, and all the troops follow me. Now Zhao Lei's allied army has retreated. At this moment, it is our Xiliang warriors chasing down the allied army and killing Zhao Lei!" This is a good time, so now is the time to make contributions, the whole army assault! Xiliang army, mighty!"

"Everyone, charge!" Seeing Lu Bu's high morale, Zhang Ji ordered his reinforcements to follow Lu Bu's army and rush towards Zhao Lei's army as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.Anyway, the number of soldiers brought out by Zhang Ji from Hulao Pass is more than that of Zhao Lei, and Lu Bu, who has gone mad, is leading the charge. This time, he should be sure to go after Zhao Lei.So Zhang Ji didn't stop Lu Bu, and let him pursue him, so he might be able to share some of the credit in the end.

Zhao Lei, who was slowly retreating at this moment, suddenly turned his head and saw the dust flying behind his troops. His first reaction was to know that Lu Bu led the Xiliang army to chase him.So he immediately ordered the Yangzhou Army troops to stop retreating, set up their positions, and prepare for the battle.

After a while, the Xiliang Army headed by Lu Bu was getting closer and closer to Zhao Lei's Yangzhou Army.

(End of this chapter)