LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 21
Chapter 21 The Eighteen-Road Princes Retreat (2/5 For Collection For Flowers!)
Outside the Hulao Pass, the fire spread, the sound of killing continued, and there were broken limbs everywhere, like a hell purgatory.
Yuan Shao fainted due to vomiting blood, Cao Cao took command and led the army to resist the Xiliang army that was chasing after him.
The other princes took the opportunity to lead the army to put out the fire. With the command, the soldiers below felt a lot more at ease, and many soldiers and horses also obeyed the dispatch to put out the fire.
Seeing this on the city wall, Zhang Liang couldn’t help frowning: “The matter is as expected by the Marquis, it seems that there are capable people among the coalition forces.”
In front of Zhang Liang, Wei Zhongdao, who stood with his hands behind his back, couldn’t help laughing and said, “It must be that Cao Cao’s army is resisting our army.”
“But it doesn’t matter, our army has been chasing and killing them for so long in this battle, and they have already killed many of them.”
“And even if the fire didn’t burn all their food, it would have cost them a lot.”
“There is discord within the coalition, and they won’t last long!”
“Send an order, the whole army will chase and kill for another half an hour, and then withdraw the troops and return to the city to count the battle damage!”
“Hey!” A messenger responded.
Wei Zhongdao knows that he will take it when he sees it, 30,000 to more than 300,000, it is already a good record to play this record.
Next, he just waited for the coalition to disintegrate.
Soon, Ran Min, Gao Chong, Xu Huang and Li Yuanfang below received orders, and the four stopped the soldiers from chasing and killing them for a while, and then led the army back to the city.
On the coalition side, although they were relieved to see the Xiliang Army retreat, they would then face many problems.
The fire is still burning and they have to put it out.
The fire has burned to the granary, and they want to send someone to transport the grain away.
The bodies of many soldiers, they also have to deal with.
And this battle damage, they also have to count.
This busyness ended in the evening. Under the dark night, the other princes received news from Yuan Shao and asked them to go to the central camp to discuss matters.
In the tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Shao had a white cloth wrapped around his head, his face was pale, and the whole person was in a slump.
“See the leader of the alliance!” After everyone arrived, they saluted Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao waved his hand when he heard the words, and said weakly, “Please forgive me.”
“Huh? Why didn’t the road come?”
Yuan Shao, who raised his head, realized that Yuan Shu had not come, and he was a little angry.
Cao Cao stood up and snorted coldly, “Yuan Gonggong actually said that he suffered heavy losses from resisting the Xiliang Army, and ran away with his subordinates!”
“What!” Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, he stood up and wanted to scold Yuan Shu angrily: “Cough…cough…cough…cough!”
But as soon as he stood up, he found himself breathless and coughed violently.
“Alliance!”
“Master Yuan!”
“Yuan Meng mainly takes care of his body!”
The other princes were shocked and hurriedly stood up to persuade.
“It doesn’t matter!” Yuan Shao stabilized his body and waved his hand: “Even if Yuan Shu’s 20,000 troops are missing, it will not have much impact on our army.”
“Meng De, I’ve heard about what happened next today. Thank you for standing up and commanding the coalition.”
“I don’t know how our army lost in this battle?”
Battle damage was Yuan Shao’s biggest concern. He didn’t want Wei Zhongdao’s fire to burn his own food.
Hearing this, Cao Cao sighed deeply: “In this battle, our army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, half of them were trampled to death by themselves, and the other half died in the fire and the pursuit of the Xiliang army.”
“The side battalion was burned, half of the food and grass were burned, and our army is running out of food and grass.”
When Yuan Shao said this, it was difficult for Yuan Shao to accept it for a while, and the bad breath in his heart hung in his body, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
After a long while, Yuan Shao regained his strength and scolded him a few times; “Wei Zhongdao Shuzi, you are really deceiving people!”
But the bad news didn’t stop there. After Yuan Shao finished speaking, a soldier rushed in in a panic.
“Report~ Alliance Leader, the big thing is bad. Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, led the troops and left!”
“What, X Wentai also left!” Yuan Shao was shocked: “What did he leave behind?”
“This…” The soldier glanced at the surrounding princes and hesitated.
“What are you doing, hurry up and tell me the truth!” Cao Cao snorted coldly and glared at him.
The soldier was stared at by Cao Cao and hurriedly said, “General Sun said that his food and grass have been withheld by General Yuan Shu.”
“Now that half of the army’s grain has been burned, General Yuan Shu took the opportunity to take away the remaining half of the grain. He can’t join forces with General Yuan Shu.”
When this statement came out, everyone was shocked!
“What, Yuan Shu actually took the remaining half of the food!”
“How can this be good, if there is no food, what are we going to fight!”
“With nearly 300,000 people, the daily supply of food and grass is a huge number!”
“That Yuan Shu is really a bastard. In such a battle, he also took away food and grass.”
Immediately, all the princes were furious, and they cursed Yuan Shu for not being a thing.
At this moment, a burly middle-aged prince wearing a black armor stood up and said:
“Member Yuan, since there is not enough food and grass, then I, Ma Teng, don’t dare to gamble on the lives of my brothers!”
“I came here from Xiliang, the journey is long, I have no choice but to go back!”
After he finished speaking, Ma Teng turned around and left without waiting for Yuan Shao to speak.
Then, Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Peiping, also stood up with a long sigh: “My general Guan Yu is injured, and Liu Bei and Zhang Fei are going to leave with Guan Yu.”
“Now that there is not enough food and grass, I am just withdrawing to escort them away!”
After he finished speaking, he saluted Yuan Shao and everyone, and then turned around and left.
The princes of the eighteenth route went to the fourth route in a blink of an eye.
When the other princes saw this, they came back to their senses and stepped forward:
“Yuan alliance leader, nothing can be done, and I will lead the army to withdraw!”
“There is not enough food and grass, our army can’t defeat the enemy army, and I have to withdraw!”
“Hey, as of now, I can only withdraw my troops. Goodbye Yuan Alliance Master!”
In the blink of an eye, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were the only ones left in the camp that was still very lively before.
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