"Lord, the matter is done!" Ye Zhao withdrew his troops and set up camp. Yuan Shu was blocking Yique Pass at this moment. He was afraid he could not go there. Yique Pass was open and there was no help from the local area. It was not easy to create such a record today. When Dian Wei and Zhang Liao came to report at the third update, Ye Zhao was studying the map.

"The plan has changed!" Ye Zhao did not look up and signaled the two of them to come to him. Under the light of the uncertain light, the map of Xuanyuan Pass had been outlined by Ye Zhao.

"Lord, what happened?" Zhang Liao had already smelled the smell of blood when he returned to the camp. He fought on the frontier all year round, and was as keen as a wolf to the smell of blood.

"Yuan Shu blocked the road, probably because he was instructed by Yuan Shao. If so, Yuan Shao would probably arrive soon!" Ye Zhao knocked on the table and said, "Xuanyuan, Yique, Hulao, are surrounded by enemies!"

Dian Wei couldn't help but smile and said, "Why are the lord afraid of it? How have our army lost?"

Compared to Dian Wei's blind confidence, Zhang Liao was much calmer. Looking at the map, his expression changed slightly: "The lord ordered us to dig a trap on the retreat, but our army's troops were limited, and the thief army was in large numbers, so I'm afraid that we could not ambush two groups."

"I haven't lost before, but it doesn't mean I won't lose in the future." Ye Zhao pointed at Yangdi's direction and said: "Now our army doesn't want to be besieged, so we can only go this way, but this... is a dead end, unless we are willing to give up these 20,000 soldiers and only bring a few soldiers and light cavalry to the road."

Huaxiong had robbed Yingchuan before, and the Yangdi area was even more severely affected. The people were deserted, and there was no big problem to retreat to Yangdi. However, if you want to go to Yangdi, your previous route would have to be invalidated. The most important thing is that if you go to Yangdi, you have to pass Nanyang, which is Yuan Shu's base camp, and Ye Zhao brought 20,000 people. So many people crossed the border and carried food and grass. The speed of the march would inevitably be limited!

He also had to face the pursuit of the princes and the obstruction of the local soldiers in Nanyang. He couldn't even get up, but it was impossible to let Ye Zhao give up these 20,000 soldiers. This was something he trained all the way and has basically become an army now. He gave up now, and he worked hard to pay for it before, but Ye Zhao had never suffered such a big loss.

Zhang Liao fell silent when he heard this. Indeed, Yangdi seemed to be a way out, but in fact it was a dead end. Ye Zhao would be exhausted to death.

After a moment of silence, Ye Zhao suddenly looked at Zhang Liao and said, "How much tincture is left in the army?"

Because tincture oil is an important military material, almost all the tincture oil in stock in Hanoi was moved away by Ye Zhao. The tincture oil used to burn corpses before were also brought by the coalition forces.

"I haven't used it yet, do you want to use fire to attack?" Zhang Liao's heart moved and looked at Ye Zhao and said.

"At this point, although I don't want to commit more murder, since these people insist on me to die, I can only fight with my back!" Ye Zhao pointed to a place in Yangdi from here and said, "We can set up a fire array here. Wen Yuan will rest for one night and set up a fire array tomorrow, so that it will be used by your ten thousand soldiers."

"It's just that here is lying on the verge of water, and the fire attack is unlikely to work!" Zhang Liao frowned.

Although the fire attack plan is good, there are water flowing through this area from Xuanyuan Pass to Yangdi. Although it is not as wide as the Yangtze River, the water flow is three or four meters wide. If you are attacked by fire, you only need to roll on the ground, which will greatly reduce the fire attack plan.

"There is no other choice. This is the most suitable place to set up an ambush. After passing this place, the mountain road is getting wider and it is more difficult to ambush. You need to seize the opportunity!" Ye Zhao hit the fist and palms, turned his head to look at Zhang Liao and said, "As for success or failure, it depends on the will of heaven!"

This time it does depend on God's will. Ye Zhao hoped that the plague would not break out, but at this moment, he hoped that the plague would break out as soon as possible. However, once the plague spreads, it would be more than the enemy.

"Here!" Zhang Liao bowed and bowed to accept the order. It was the first time he had followed Ye Zhao to see Ye Zhao put the number of victory and defeat on the sky.

...

That night, Yuan Shao led his army to Yique Pass. Yique Pass was only more than thirty miles away from Luoyang, and it didn't take much time for the army to march. When he arrived, he was about to meet the dirty Yuan Shu and his defeated generals returned to Yique Pass.

"Highway is..." Although he is not very friendly to this younger brother, Yuan Shao was also surprised to see Yuan Shu and his soldiers at this moment.

It should be noted that although the Nanyang soldiers under Yuan Shu are not considered elite, they are by no means comparable to the Yellow Turban Army in the past. If they have the advantage of military strength, they will be defeated by Ye Zhao, which is a bit incredible.

Yuan Shu was so depressed by Ye Zhao's eyes that he was already depressed. When he saw Yuan Shao asking, he looked at him in his eyes, and groaned, ignoring the people who came to say hello, turned around and went back to the camp, leaving everyone in place.

"Report to the leader, we have been plotted by the Marquis of Ningxiang and have lost our troops and generals!" Yuan Shu did not answer, but his generals could not show his face to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu's general Zhang Xun smiled bitterly and said in detail what happened today.

In fact, Ye Zhao only took advantage of the geographical advantage. The strategy was not very clever afterwards, but Yuan Shu was suppressed by Ye Zhao at that time and then became a little angry. These emotional changes were the main reasons for the victory or defeat of this war. We should not be angry and raise troops. This is a very common truth in military books, but there are not many people who can truly be calm in honor and disgrace at the battle. At least Yuan Shu is definitely not like this, especially when he thinks he has the advantage.

Yuan Shao, Liu Dai and others looked at each other when they heard this. Nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses fought against 5,000 enemies, and then lost a lot. With such a shameful record, it is no wonder that Yuan Shu just saw everyone with shame. This is a model of using his life to explain to the world what a general is incompetent and exhausting the three armies.

Although I had similar thoughts in my heart, it was hard for everyone to really say it.

Yuan Shao thought for a while and looked at everyone, "Ye Zhao is cunning by nature, and he can't help but use a sudden trick. This time we send troops, we must not let him escape again. Bao Xin and Yang Yuan, each led their troops to Xuanyuan Pass overnight to monitor Ye Zhao's movements. It is estimated that Ye Zhao had only two ways to go on this trip. One was to retreat to Guanzhong and surrender to Dong Bids. The other was to go to Hanzhong to establish himself. According to investigation, the current prefect of Hanzhong Man Chong was recommended by Ye Zhao during his lifetime. It is very likely to go here. No matter what, this Yique Pass is the only way Ye Zhao must pass. Once Ye Zhao sends troops here, he will notify me immediately. If he does not move, he should not leave the pass easily. After our main force arrives, he will not be too late to worry about it."

"Here!" Bao Xin and Yang Yuan bowed to take the order when they heard this, and each ordered their own troops and rushed to Xuanyuan Pass overnight.

"Lord, many soldiers in the army seem to be suffering from the cold." Yuan Shao stayed at Yique Pass to rest. In the middle of the night, Jiang Qi, the general in charge of the military commander, came to Yuan Shao's room and bowed.

"Wind and cold?" Yuan Shao frowned and said, "It is common for soldiers to feel wind and cold occasionally, so why should they come to report it?"

In Yuan Shao's opinion, this matter is indeed a trivial matter.

"But..." Jiang Qi smiled bitterly and said, "There are as many as thousands of people this time. In addition, except for our soldiers, the rest of the princes also had similar symptoms."

"Why are there so many?" Yuan Shao frowned and said, "Look for more doctors."

So many people suffered from the cold, and it would be unreasonable if they ignored them. Yuan Shao immediately said, "In the battle tomorrow, these people should not join the war."

A group of soldiers who were infected with the cold on the battlefield not only did not help, but might become a drag. It would be better to leave these people to rest.

"Here!" Jiang Qi agreed and said goodbye and left.

On the other hand, Cao Cao was pursuing Dong Zhuo but was attacked by Lu Bu, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others. Cao Cao had few soldiers and was almost wiped out by the killing army. He was rescued by Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan to fight to the death. He only brought hundreds of remnants back to the coalition camp, but Yuan Shao was gone.

After learning that Yuan Shao was going to chase Ye Zhao, Cao Cao was shocked and said angrily: "You don't want to kill the thieves and serve the country. Dong Zhuo has not yet killed him, but he has killed friendly troops. What's the reason?"

"Meng De calmed down his anger. This was the decision of the leader of the alliance, and the Marquis of Na Ningxiang was suspected of colluding with the enemy." Tao Qian stepped forward and persuaded.

When Cao Cao heard this, for some reason, he suddenly felt a very depressed feeling in his heart. Not to mention whether Ye Zhao had any suspicion of colluding with the enemy, but Yuan Shao's behavior was definitely considered a private revenge, and what he didn't expect was that there were so many princes supporting him?

Is this great man really like Xiuming said...it's beyond help, Ye Zhao is right?

Cao Cao was in a state of unspeakable confusion for a moment. When the princes saw his miserable situation, they felt a little guilty.

"Lord, there are many soldiers in the army who are suffering from cold." Just as they were about to say something, they saw Cao Bao, the general of Tao Qian, coming and saying to Tao Qian.

"Just find a doctor, what's the use of telling me?" Tao Qian frowned.

"There are too many people, and there are not enough Chinese medicine craftsmen in the army." Cao Bao shook his head and said.

Several other princes also received reports from their subordinates that a large number of people infected with wind and cold in the army made the princes confused.

"Why did so many people suffer from wind and cold suddenly appear?" Tao Qian, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao and others were discussing.

Cao Cao, who was beside him, suddenly felt a cold hand and feet. He turned his head and grabbed Cao Bao who was about to leave: "Hurry, take me to see!"

"This..." Cao Bao looked at Tao Qian with some embarrassment.

"How could Meng De have such interest?" Tao Qian couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "Okay, let's go with you and I."

The group entered the military camp and a stench came towards him, which made everyone present frown.

Cao Cao looked at the weak soldiers and stepped forward and rolled the eyelids of a Xuzhou army, shrank his hands as if he was burned, and staggered back a few steps.

"Meng De, why are you panic?" Several princes hurried forward and supported Cao Cao.

"Plague...the plague, Xiu Ming's words!" Cao Cao murmured.

"What!?" Tao Qian and others were shocked when they heard this. This was not a joke.
Chapter completed!