At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Where is the commander-in-chief?

What about Xu Rong?

Li Meng was a little dazed, feeling empty in his heart, feeling that he had no backbone.

On the battlefield of fierce fighting, the coach is the backbone of everyone and the spiritual pillar of everyone.

At the most critical moment, the coach seems to have little strength alone, but as long as the commander flag is still there, whether he advances or retreats, every move can affect people's hearts.

Under the guidance of the officers, Guo Peng's army shouted loudly, "Xu Rong, the thief chief, has escaped", and kept shouting loudly.

Although most of the soldiers didn't know what Xu Rong looked like, they at least knew that the commander who led them in battle was called Xu Rong.

The coach ran away.

This is a very clear signal.

Taking this as a turning point, Xu Rongjun's army formation, which had insisted on fighting, collapsed, and the situation that was still in fierce collision was instantly broken.

The collapse was very sudden, and he was still fighting a second ago, and ran away as soon as he turned around.

One person's escape was like a severe infectious disease, which drove countless people to turn and flee together, and the balance of victory in the war fell to Guo Peng's side in an instant.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Cao Chun and Wei Zi, were still fighting hard, still gritted their teeth, and the soldiers of the crusade army were still gritting their teeth, still facing death. The enemy suddenly turned around and ran away.

Xu Rong was just shocked by Zhao Yun's attack momentum, and thought it would be good to command the army to surround Zhao Yun in a different place.

But suddenly he heard the shouts of killing resounding through the sky from the direction of the former army, Xu Rong thought something happened, but when he saw it, he was dumbfounded.

Rout?

The defeat of the front army led to the collapse of the middle army and the rear army.

The army's rout was irrational and disorderly. A rout was a rout. There were very few fierce men who could bring remnants of defeated generals to fight back. Anyway, Xu Rong was not such a fierce man.

Zhao Yun was originally fighting to the death, and more and more subordinates around him died in the battle. He still felt that he might not be able to make it through, and he was going to die here.

As a result, the enemies in front of him suddenly dispersed and fled desperately to the opposite place, which made Zhao Yun a little confused.

Zhao Yun didn't know what he had done, or how much the things he did had affected the whole battle situation. He only had eyes on that handsome flag.

Now he is very tired, so tired that he can't even turn his head.

He knew that since the enemy had escaped, of course he had to chase him, so he chased in the direction of Shuai Qi with a single muscle.

Xu Rong was not mentally prepared to retreat at all. Although his subordinates tried their best to pull Xu Rong to leave, Xu Rong still stood still on the spot. Finally, his subordinates saw Zhao Yun leading the army rushing over, so they had to carry Xu Rong on their horses and escape.

The speed at which Xu Rong's army collapsed was very fast. No matter how hard he insisted on just now, how crazy he ran after the collapse. It was the kind of escape that was completely unreasonable.

On Guo Pengjun's side, the morale was greatly boosted, and it was also for no reason. When the enemy in front of him fled, the soldiers who were already sore and unable to lift their knives were suddenly full of strength.

The waist no longer hurts, the hands are no longer sore, and the whole body is full of energy, so I chased after him shouting and roaring.

After chasing them, they cut them down with a knife, and when they chased them, they stabbed their hearts with spears. After a fierce battle for a long time, the winner was finally decided. Dead light.

Li Meng was the most innocent one. He fulfilled his duties and led the army to fight to the death. As a result, the army collapsed. The soldiers wanted to protect him and escape, but Zhang Fei came after him.

"Rebel! Stop leaving!!"

Zhang Fei yelled hoarsely, and chased after him on horseback. Under the horrified gaze of the guards, he pierced Li Meng's body with a sharp spear.

Li Meng's soldiers were then overwhelmed by the soldiers of the Crusade Army who frantically rushed over.

Li Meng didn't figure out a problem until his death.

Why did Xu Rong run away?

Chapter 218 He became a hero

The battle started in the morning, and by the time the winner was decided, it was already dusk, and the battle was fierce for almost the entire day.

The soldiers were supposed to be hungry and tired to death, but at this moment, every soldier of the crusade army seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, frantically chasing the soldiers of Xu Rongjun who were also frantically fleeing.

Not to mention the main force led by Guo Peng, even Bao Xin chased up with the army in the rear, following behind the main force to catch up.

It wasn't until dawn of the next day that the soldiers of the Crusade Army returned to Xingyang one after another, carrying severed heads, various weapons and armor, or various belongings.

They fell asleep when they came back exhausted, unable to speak a word, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were like this, unable to speak a word, fell asleep after returning.

Zhao Yun came back with a big flag and a helmet. Guo Peng asked him, but he didn't reply and fell off his horse. Fortunately, Guo Peng caught him quickly with his eyesight.

Too tired, passed out.

That big flag is Xu Rong's handsome flag, and that helmet looks like a helmet that only generals would wear, and it seems to have a lot to do with Xu Rong.

Guo Peng was full of questions, so he could only wait for Zhao Yun to wake up before asking.

Gongsun Zan was in good spirits, and Gongsun Yue didn't fall asleep, he took a breath and ate something.

Both of them were injured, and Guo Peng sent someone to treat them.

Then, Guo Peng immediately assigned the two brothers a new task.

"Brother, there is a task that needs to be completed immediately."

"what?"

Gongsun Zan immediately became interested. What a war madman desires most is war, and he is full of energy now.

"The revolving door closes."

Guo Peng said: "One of the eight passes in Luoyang, the Xuanmen Pass is dangerous. If we master the Xuanmen Pass, our army's road to Luoyang will be flat and smooth. Now, taking advantage of Xu Rongxin's defeat, we must seize Xuanmen Pass immediately. Don’t give Dong Zhuozeng a chance to guard the revolving door!”

Gongsun Zan nodded.

"Okay, I will definitely finish this!"

Guo Peng patted Gongsun Zan on the shoulder, handed him three thousand soldiers and horses, and asked him and Gongsun Yue to rush to the direction of the revolving door pass, fly to the revolving door pass, and seize the initiative on the battlefield.

This is crucial for the ensuing war.

And the others are just too tired.

The soldiers who fought and killed the enemy on the front line fell asleep exhausted, while the Taishan soldiers who lay down in the rear took on the heavy responsibility of serving these soldiers who fell asleep from exhaustion after fighting the enemy.

On the 27th, Guo Peng almost counted the results of this battle.

How much was captured, how much was killed, how much was self-injured, etc., and the situation of Xu Rong's troops was found out.

They didn't stay any longer, and fled all the way to Luoyang, not daring to stop to catch their breath, as if there were evil spirits chasing after them.

It seems that the defeat was indeed miserable.

On the morning of August 28, the extremely exhausted soldiers woke up one after another. Guo Peng ordered thick vegetable porridge to be prepared for them to fill their empty stomachs that had never eaten. battle process.

For example, why Xu Rong ran away and so on.

"The last general was indeed chasing Xu Rong, but Xu Rong's personal guards resisted fiercely. The last general tried his best but did not kill Xu Rong. He only captured his commander-in-chief flag and shot down his helmet. Xu Rong Rong himself still escaped, please punish the general."

Zhao Yun knelt down in front of Guo Peng with a face full of shame, expressing his regret for not being able to do his best.

Guo Peng blinked and looked at the rest of the generals, who were a little dumbfounded and looked at each other.

"Hahahahahahaha! Zilong! Zilong! You are really my lucky general!!"

Guo Peng laughed and asked Zhao Yun to tell the whole process of his pursuit of Xu Rong.

Hearing that Zhao Yun led hundreds of cavalry to break through the enemy's formation without stopping, but went straight to Xu Rong's middle army, fighting desperately and forcing Xu Rong to move his position. The generals were deeply shocked and praised Zhao Yun's bravery.

"Zilong is full of guts!"

Guo Peng stroked Zhao Yun's back and praised him again and again, saying that Zhao Yun's bravery had changed the situation on the battlefield.

Because Zhao Yun had been promoted to be a captain before, this time, in order to reward Zhao Yun, Guo Peng added the word "tiger gall" in front of Zhao Yun's captain to praise him for his bravery and fearlessness.

Undoubtedly, Zhao Yun was the one who made the greatest contribution in this battle. Guo Peng was not only awarded the title of Lieutenant of Tiger Dan, but also rewarded him with thirty catties of gold and two horses.

Zhao Yun became the first general among Guo Peng's generals to be ennobled, and he was so happy that he didn't know where to go.

And the significance of this battle is beyond doubt.

About 4000 of the 6000 troops brought out by Xu Rong were annihilated by Guo Peng, and more than [-] were captured alive. Only more than [-] remnants of the defeated soldiers followed back.

Judging from the combat effectiveness of this army, it is not difficult to see that this is a relatively elite army. How many such an army can Dong Zhuo have under his command?

It was a great blow to Dong Zhuo to defeat one third of Dong Zhuo's elite troops.

Then the general who was stabbed to death by Zhang Fei with a spear was identified by the captured defeated soldiers and pointed out that it was Xu Rong's deputy general, Li Meng.

So Zhang Fei was also given the word "Huwei" by Guo Peng in front of the post of captain because of such credit.

Zhang Fei became the second general to be knighted.

Guo Peng's army lost about 3000 people, all of whom died in frontal battles during fierce battles.

After Xu Rongjun collapsed, almost no one was killed in the pursuit battle, but many were injured, and basically all the gains were obtained in the pursuit battle.

More than 5000 of Guo Peng's 500 men and horses died in battle, and more than 500 of Gongsun Zan's [-] cavalry died in battle. The rest were all Taishan soldiers recruited by Bao Xin.

Not so many died in the battle, but many were injured. After the war, the regular medical troops in Guo Peng's army came in handy.

The number of losses of many armies after battles on ancient battlefields seems astonishing, but not so many people died in frontal battles, and most of them were seriously injured and died without medical treatment after the battle.

However, after the baptism of victories, this army can be regarded as having combat experience, which can be bragged about.

For Dong Zhuo, this defeat was quite fatal.

Xu Rong was defeated for thousands of miles, and there were almost no soldiers and horses accompanying him. The defeated soldiers scattered and fled in all directions. There was no obstacle between Xingyang and Luoyang except for a revolving door.

However, there is no news from the direction of the revolving door pass. As long as the news arrives and Gongsun Zan successfully captures the pass, the outcome of this war will be determined.

The initiative of the war is in the hands of Guo Peng, not Dong Zhuo.

The defeat of Xu Rong even exposed Dong Zhuo's army's tyrannical, cruel, elite and combative appearance, and let the world see Dong Zhuo's inner weakness and the possibility of the Kwantung Allied Forces defeating Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo's fantasies of strength and coercion created by the two hard-fought victories were instantly shattered.

Guo Peng smashed this illusion with a stick, and let the world see that Dong Zhuo was actually the same thing.

Next, Guo Peng sent people back to Suanzao to publicize his victory, and organized troops in Xingyang to prepare for another battle.

He thinks that Dong Zhuo should be in Luoyang right now if he can't eat well or sleep well like a frightened bird.

The fame and soft power he dreamed of will be greatly improved after the victory of this battle. When the people of the world are in panic, he defeated Dong Zhuo and slapped this negative teaching material, which inspired the world's careerists and dreamers.

Even if you will be hated, so what?

This is political capital, an extremely strong political capital that no one can overthrow, and it is the political capital that Guo Peng, who is not as good as Yuan and has a weak foundation, has dreamed of political capital.

The political capital brought about by this battle is comparable to the merits accumulated by the Yuan family for several years or even more than ten years.

This kind of political capital can't see any effect in the short term, but over time, the benefits brought by this political capital will be reflected in all aspects.

Therefore, Guo Peng must step on Dong Zhuo's corpse to climb up, become a typical positive character, and trample the typical negative Dong Zhuo under his feet.

He became a hero, a hero who defeated the traitor Dong Zhuo.

chapter 219

Guo has a lot of calculations.

With more and more people slandering and demonizing Dong Zhuo, his heroic image will become more prominent.

The Kwantung princes had to demonize Dong Zhuo for their own benefit.

No matter what they did or didn't do, they must all be planted on Dong Zhuo, making Dong Zhuo full of evil and heinous, and then their actions will become more reasonable and legal.

As the first to defeat Dong Zhuo, Guo Peng will inevitably become a positive example in the process.

Regardless of whether the Kanto princes are really willing or not, they must also promote Guo Peng's justice and bravery out of their own interests.

This is why Guo Peng wants to fight to defeat Dong Zhuo first.

This credit cannot be given to Sun Jian, it must be obtained by Guo Peng himself.

Even if he was in danger for this, he would not hesitate to go to the front line to participate in the battle in person again, as long as he could defeat Xu Rong and seize the first place.