The Three Kingdoms: General Yu She, reincarnated a hundred times.

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It's clear that "Guo Si" is indeed dead!

The mighty general of Xiliang was no match for Yu She in a single exchange. The morale of the allied forces soared, and they shouted in unison, "General, you are mighty, unparalleled in the world!"

The morale of the Xiliang army plummeted, and they could no longer hold out. Some fled, some collapsed, and some surrendered. The few remaining soldiers who put up a stubborn resistance were quickly wiped out.

Before long, the sounds of fighting in Sishui Pass ceased, and this formidable pass, which had withstood the allied forces of the feudal lords for months, changed hands.

Only then did someone remember something and order a soldier to push a dilapidated carriage to the front of the palace.

The vermilion canopy on the carriage was riddled with holes, and the woman inside, dressed in a dark crimson wedding gown, was now covered in blood. Her once beautiful face was now lifeless.

She personally tucked the gold hairpin adorned with jade into her neck.

In the midst of battle, even heavily armored soldiers cannot escape death, let alone a frail woman who has just married.

In chaotic times, survival is the hardest thing. Misfortune and fortune can strike at any moment, and life and death can be decided in an instant. Even if one is as noble as Dong Zhuo's daughter, what difference does it make?

If one does not commit suicide, one will suffer humiliation and die under a hail of knives.

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The generals remained silent, their gazes fixed on Sun Jian. After a moment's thought, Sun Jian uttered only one sentence.

"Bury him."

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Hulao Pass.

When Guo Si, his armor tattered, led his routed troops to Hulao Pass, he delivered news of the fall of Sishui Pass and Li Jue's death in battle.

When Dong Zhuo heard this, how could he not be horrified?

"How...how could this be?"

Sun Jian! I treated you with sincerity, why have you changed your mind!

And you too!

He stared coldly at Guo Si, his eyes blazing with barely suppressed rage.

"Sishui Pass has been breached, how did you manage to come back alive?"

When you saw that Li Jue had fallen, why didn't you immediately close the city gates? I had repeatedly instructed you to hold the Sishui River and never leave the city.

Why would you even consider leaving the city to rescue him? And how dare you leave the city to rescue him?

Knowing he had committed a grave mistake, Guo Si prostrated himself on the ground, terrified and desperate, only managing to explain in a trembling voice, "Prime Minister, please forgive me, I haven't even left the city yet..."

"Still dare to argue?"

"If it weren't for your arrogance and underestimation of the other lords, how could we have lost Sishui Pass, caused the death of my son, and lost one of my generals? This pains me to the core. How can I forgive you today?"

Enraged, Dong Zhuo drew his sword and threw it at Guo Si. Guo Si was so frightened that he scrambled to avoid it, crying out for his parents.

"Prime Minister, it is not my fault!"

"It's all because of Li Wenyou. If he hadn't given such a bad idea, Li Jue wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't be here either..."

Dong Zhuo remained silent, listening to his accusations, his face growing increasingly gloomy.

Li Ru, who was standing by, knew perfectly well that Dong Zhuo's outburst, seemingly directed at Guo Si, was actually a veiled attack on himself.

However, given the difficult situation ahead and the need to rely on his own advice, he couldn't act rashly and had no choice but to use Guo Si to give him a warning.

Li Ru immediately rose and bowed, repeatedly apologizing.

"It is not General Guo's fault, but all the fault of the Confucian scholars."

"Due to a moment of oversight, we were outmaneuvered by the allied forces, resulting in the loss of General Li Jue, the death of my younger sister, and the loss of Sishui Pass. Our crimes are unforgivable. I implore the Prime Minister to punish us."

As he spoke, he defended himself, saying, "I only ask that the Prime Minister understand that there may be other hidden reasons behind this, and we must be wary."

"Hmm~?"

Dong Zhuo was already reluctant to kill him over this matter, and the more difficult the situation became, the more he would have to rely on Li Ru. So, he naturally went along with it and hummed in agreement, signaling Li Ru to continue.

Li Ru lowered his head deeply, his voice growing increasingly cold.

"The Prime Minister should consider this."

If Li Jue hadn't first entered Sun Jian's camp when Sun Jian's army was running out of food, and Sun Jian hadn't gone to Yuan Shu to ask for food and then made a scene, pretending to be ostracized and controlled by Yuan Shu, he wouldn't have been in such a predicament.

How could we possibly be without any doubts or precautions when he agrees to the marriage?

If not prepared in advance, given Sun Jian's nature, how could he have come up with such a cunning plan in a short time when they first met, and acted so shrewdly and flawlessly with Li Jue?

If there hadn't been a prior consensus, given that the eighteen warlords each harbored their own ulterior motives, how could they have worked together so harmoniously, leaving Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, and most of the other warlords here to indulge in revelry and mislead us day and night, while in reality, the deputy leader Yuan Shu secretly dispatched elite troops to Sishui Pass to wholeheartedly assist Sun Jian?

Ru didn't know that the eighteen warlords had ever worked together so unitedly.

"Let alone others, there was already a rift between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu was particularly wary of Sun Jian. How could these warlords suddenly abandon their own interests and unite to put on this grand show for us?"

As Li Ru's analysis deepened, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but ponder.

"Wenyou, you mean...?"

"Among the feudal lords, one person is missing, a strategist who is no less capable than me!"

It was this man who, using the capture of Sishui Pass as bait and the return of the emperor as profit, colluded with the feudal lords, maneuvering and maneuvering to orchestrate this scheme.

There is one more person in our army.

A person who is well-versed in our military intelligence, knows me, the Prime Minister, Li Jue, and Guo Si, has a thorough understanding of the personalities and reactions of all of us, and is able to promptly transmit the intelligence that "Ru wants to carry out a marriage alliance to sow discord among the feudal lords," thus secretly communicating with the enemy camp.

It was this man who colluded with the mastermind, leading to this calamity.

"Prime Minister, that spy from last time is still alive! He's made his move again!"

How could Dong Zhuo not be horrified to learn that such a person was lurking in his midst?

"If this person is not eliminated, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep peacefully at night."

Wenyou, do you have any clues?

Li Ru shook his head. "This person is so well hidden that I can't find a single clue. Now, the only option is to kill him."

Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free!

Dong Zhuo exclaimed, "Excellent!"

Having just suffered a great loss at Sishui Pass, this investigation is far more severe than the last raid on the supply train!

On that day, Li Ru's search revealed 130 people in the army who had been communicating with the warlords of Guandong, and they were all killed.

"Mr. Li, I am innocent. My family is from Ye City. This is just a letter from my family."

Li Ru sneered, "Oh~ so the whole family has sided with the feudal lords, no wonder you want to collude with the enemy!"

cut!"

"Mr. Li, allow me to explain. The information leaked in these letters is all false. I fabricated it and sold it to the feudal lords to extort some money. I have absolutely no intention of colluding with the enemy."

Li Ru chuckled, "Is that so? But if you can sell false information today, who knows if you won't sell true information tomorrow?"

cut!"

One, behead! Two, behead! Until one hundred and thirty people, along with their relatives and friends, were all beheaded!

The cries of agony and pleas for mercy were incessant, and the heads of the dead, their eyes wide open in death, hung on the gate.

Slaughter, slaughter until heads rolled, bloodbath, blood flowed like rivers.

The fear of Hulao Pass trembled, the fortress burned; the monstrous demon king, whose power was as imposing as a mountain, weighed heavily on everyone's heart!

Just as the Xiliang army was in a state of panic, the demon king suddenly left.

After clearing out the spies and preventing any leaks, Dong Zhuo set fire to the supplies that couldn't be taken from Hulao Pass that night, using the engulfing city in flames to delay the allied forces' pursuit.

He left Guo Si to lead the army to cover the rear and await punishment and merit, while he led Li Ru, Lü Bu and others to lead a large army back to Luoyang overnight, plotting to move the capital.

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