Chapter 161 Ambush Dong Zhuo
If Liu Yao hadn't been worried about burning those civil and military officials and the young emperor Liu Xie to death, Liu Yao would have burned the entire Hangu Pass and blocked the city gates on all sides. In this way, few Dong Zhuojun would have been able to escape.
However, if you do this, Liu Yao's name of regicide will never be removed, and it will also hurt the world. At that time, it will be detrimental to Liu Yao, so Liu Yao gave up this idea. He just set fire to half of Hangu Pass and left a way out for Dong Zhuo, so that Dong Zhuo would not be in a hurry and fight with Liu Yao with all his might. That would be a problem.
It didn't take long for this huge fire to sweep half of Hangu Pass.
"It's time to go, it's time to go." I don't know who shouted out first, but the entire Hangu Pass was in panic at the next moment.
When Li Jue and Guo Si heard this sound, they hurriedly walked out of the big tent. The next moment, they saw that the military camp was already in chaos and were trapped in the huge fire.
So they made a quick decision with the two of them to organize the soldiers to fight the fire, while the other quickly rushed towards Dong Zhuo.
"Master, it's not good, it's water coming from Hangu Pass." After a long journey, Li Jue finally arrived at the mansion where Dong Zhuo was staying. He shouted to Dong Zhuo who was sleeping soundly inside.
The next moment, a person rushed out of each room. The clothes on his body were obviously just put on, and he was a little disheveled. Of course, they were Li Ru and Dong Zhuo.
"Li Jue, what were you calling just now?" Dong Zhuo called out with disbelief, for fear that he would hear it wrong.
"The water has gone from the Prime Minister. Hangu Pass, and the army is now in chaos." Li Jue shouted loudly, pointing to the vast fire that is not far behind him.
"What about Li Meng? Where has Li Meng gone?" Dong Zhuo saw the firelight and couldn't believe it anymore. He quickly asked Li Meng where he was. After all, Li Meng was the garrison of Hangu Pass. Li Meng, who was supposed to be in the same mansion as Dong Zhuo and the others, now no longer knows where he is.
Seeing this, Li Ru felt a sense of bad premonition in his heart and shouted, "No, Prime Minister. Li Meng thought he had defected to Liu Yao. Only he would do such a thing. Now let's retreat soon. Liu Yao set fire, and after all, there are some tricks. If he doesn't leave now, it will be too late." Li Ru didn't know why when he saw this scene, he thought that it was Liu Yao who did it. Perhaps Li Ru, like Dong Zhuo, never took other princes in his eyes, only Liu Yao was an exception.
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but nodded and shouted, "Li Jue. Go and rectify the army and horses. Let's rush out of Hangu Pass. Son-in-law, please follow me to take away the emperor and all the officials. By the way, I'm ordering Zhang Ji to bring all the property with him."
Li Ru was immediately anxious after hearing Dong Zhuo's words and called out, "My father-in-law, when is it now? All officials and money are not needed. As long as you put on the emperor and the army, you will rush out directly. As long as you arrive at Rongyang, there is also General Xu Rong's 50,000 troops stationed there, and we will be safe by then."
These officials were not with Dong Zhuo and the others. Instead, they were settled five miles away. Moreover, there were hundreds of officials, and these officials could not get on the horse or march in a hurry. Taking them with them would be a burden. Not to mention the money, there were thousands of large cars. If they were taken with them, they would probably be caught up by Liu Yao's army if they were taken with them for a few steps.
"How can this be done!!!" Dong Zhuo said angrily. These previous wipes are all his capital, so why is Dong Zhuo willing to give up?
"My father-in-law, I'm confused. I'm gone. I can still make money and rob it. But if my life is gone, then I'll lose everything." Li Ru shouted with anger. He didn't care about his superiority at all.
Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, the virtuous son-in-law will do what you said. Li Jue, go and gather the army quickly. How much is there? Go quickly." Just like Li Ru, only life is the most important thing, and everything else is irrelevant.
"No." Li Jue took the order and ran away again.
At the gate of Hangu Guandong, Li Jue, Guo Si and Zhang Ji have already rectified the troops here with the re-collapsed troops. I have to say that the quality of the Western Liang Army is really outstanding. Under such circumstances, there can be a 250,000 army that can obey the name. As for the other 50,000 troops, either burned to death or fled everywhere by the fire, and disappeared.
Dong Zhuo looked at the remaining army with some behavior and rushed out towards the east gate of Hangu Guandong. As for choosing this east gate, it was helpless. The west gate, the south gate, and the north gate had been blocked by Liu Yao from outside with mud and stone. Only from this east gate could he leave for Rongyang. Although he knew that there might be ambush here, he had to leave.
Not to mention Dong Zhuo's side, after Dong Zhuo left Hangu Pass, Taishi Ci, Hua Xiong and Li Meng led Li Meng's 15,000 troops under Li Meng and Taishi Ci's 10,000 Youzhou cavalry from the hidden place. Since the fire broke out, Taishi Ci and others have been hiding in the dark, quietly waiting for Dong Zhuo to leave. Their mission is still in this Hangu Pass. As for Dong Zhuo, Liu Yao will be dealt with.
"Li Meng, you immediately bring 15,000 troops to put out the fire. If you encounter the rest of the Xiliang army on the way, you can surrender, and you can kill those who cannot surrender. Then I will let your lord remember you for your great achievements." Taishi Ci said.
"The last general will take the order." Li Meng shouted excitedly. Although the fire is very big, Taishi Ci had already prepared to put out the fire in advance. Now, as long as Li Meng does it according to the instructions, a great contribution will be indispensable. Then a lot of money will be recorded.
"General Huaxiong, each of you and I will lead a five thousand army and divide the troops into two groups. Go to the other half of Hangu Pass to check to see if there are any traces of civil and military officials and those Luoyang money. By the way, the Xiliang army along the way will be solved." Taishi Ci said.
"Okay!!" General Hua Xiong said. As they said that, they each took the five thousand troops to search for the officials.
Outside Hangu Pass, Dong Zhuo had been leading the army for half an hour and ran for twenty miles. However, Dong Zhuo was really uneasy. According to Dong Zhuo's understanding of Liu Yao, he had always been the kind of person who had made perfect plans. He was like this when he fought against the Yellow Turbans. Therefore, he had been running for so long and was safe, so Dong Zhuo himself didn't believe it.
"Son-in-law, do you think Liu Yao will arrange an ambush here? Just wait for us to get into the trap?" Dong Zhuo asked while marching urgently.
Li Ru immediately looked at Dong Zhuo in surprise after hearing this. He didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would have achieved this, which is almost impossible.
"My father-in-law, with Liu Yao's character, it is certain that the ambush is true. Our army is now low in morale, and the army under Liu Yao is an elite army. We can't be able to do anything, so we can only send someone to cut off the rear." Li Ru said gritting his teeth. The only way now is to cut off the hero and sacrifice one person to protect the entire army.
"Dong Zhuo's common man, Liu Yao (Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, and Zangba) is here, why don't you get off the horse and surrender quickly." At this time, it seemed as if Dong Zhuo's guess was being pursued, forty thousand cavalry emerged from the woods on both sides and killed Dong Zhuo's army. Liu Yao took Shi A and the guards of the One Thousand Guards, Guo Jia, slowly followed behind him.
Dong Zhuo's army was not all cavalry, and there were still a large number of infantry mixed in it. Once this turned into a flight, these infantry naturally formed a rear army. Zhao Yun and the other four continued to slaughter Dong Zhuo's rear army. The low-spirited Xiliang soldiers had no ability to resist in front of Liu Yao's army and could only wait one by one to be killed.
"Not good!!! They are those three killing gods!" Dong Zhuo shouted in fear. The names of Huang Zhong and others have been deeply remembered by Dong Zhuo,"
"Where is Zhang Ji?" Dong Zhuo quickly shouted loudly.
"The last one will be here." At this time, Zhang Ji patted his horse and came to Dong Zhuo.
Chapter completed!