Hulao Pass, I can't hold on anymore.

Originally, there were 20,000 elite troops stationed in Hulao Pass. When Dong Zhuo sent Lu Bu, he brought a lot of troops. With the strength of Hulao Pass, he could hold on in a year, not to mention a month, under normal conditions, even a year.

However, it is obviously not the normal state at the moment.

Yuan Shao separated the army. For a month, the war in Hulao Pass had almost never stopped. The coalition forces divided the troops into Liu Bo and attacked in turn. Although Hulao Pass also defended in the same way, the so-called long-term defense will lead to a loss. When the morale brought by Lu Bu's winning streak was gradually eroded, the rest was to fight for who would have more endurance.

In order to reduce casualties among the soldiers in the army, Yuan Shao even transferred the recruited civilians to rush forward, consuming the enemy's bows and arrows and strength.

After all, human strength is limited. After exhaustion, it always takes a recovery time. It is like an archer who can drive thirty bows a day, but if there is no sufficient rest time, the number will drop sharply the next day. If high-intensity combat is maintained continuously, it will even cause permanent damage to both arms. Yuan Shao obviously made this idea and used the lives of a large number of civilians to consume the strength of these archers.

From the beginning, the casualties of nearly 1 to 20, and after a month of fierce killing, the casualties ratio between the coalition forces and the guards gradually shrank to 1 to 4. For the siege troops, this is already a very good data, especially when they are facing Hulao Pass, which is the most powerful pass in the world.

However, the price was the lives of more than 200,000 people. When Ye Zhao led his army to Hulao Pass, the bloody smell and the smell of corpse stinking could be smelled even if it was dozens of miles away.

"Does Yuan Shao want to commit suicide?" When he arrived at the coalition camp of Hulao Pass, he looked at the bodies that were almost filled with Hulao Pass, and the smell made Ye Zhao and others who had just arrived at Hulao Pass were disgusted.

"What do you say about Xiuming?" Kong Rong's face was a little pale, and he never dreamed that the battlefield in Hulao Pass was so tragic.

"After the war, there will be a plague. The corpses all over the ground are even more of the plague's hotbed!" Ye Zhao found a piece of cloth to water and wrapped his mouth and nose, and asked the soldiers to do what he was like. Although he was breathing a little uncomfortable, it was better than exposing his mouth and nose to the air directly.

Not to mention the plague in this year when medicine was lagging behind, it is also a difficult problem to achieve modern times with advanced technology and rapid medical science, otherwise the end of the world would not have come.

This is not a joke. A plague, especially if it spreads in the Central Plains, will definitely be a disaster for the world.

"How do you know this... Xiuming?" Kong Rong was shocked when he heard this and looked at Ye Zhao and said.

"They are in charge of ancient and modern times. Any place where death is everywhere must be a place where plagues are rampant!" Ye Zhao did not use the modern style to explain. Others might regard himself as a fool. The current medicine cannot explain it clearly, so he can only prove it with some practical benefits.

"What should I do?" Kong Rong frowned. The plague is no trivial matter.

"Let's get a standstill, burn these corpses first, and then make a decision." After Ye Zhao finished speaking, he took his men to the central army's tent without waiting for Kong Rong.

Seeing this, Kong Rong hurriedly followed.

In the central army's tent, Yuan Shao had already received news of Ye Zhao's arrival and gathered the princes to wait. After the battle at Hulao Pass, the princes could understand that there were a few people in the army who could fight tough battles. Although he had suppressed Hulao Pass with his superior forces, the price he paid could be seen from the dead bodies in front of Hulao Pass.

"The Marquis of Ningxiang is here!" A guard shouted outside the door.

Before he finished speaking, Ye Zhao and Kong Rong had already lifted the door curtain and entered the tent with a breath of blood coming from his nose.

"Marquis of Ningxiang, Wen Ju Duke is coming just right. We are discussing the general attack. Now that Hulao Pass is about to be crumbling. If you choose an elite force to attack it, you will definitely be able to break it in one fell swoop!" Seeing the two of you coming in, Yuan Shao said with a smile.

Everyone knows that Ye Zhao is not only good at fighting, but also good at training troops. In the past, he could train a group of palace maids into elite troops that could fight bravely against Bingzhou without losing the disadvantage. The soldiers under the tent were definitely called elite troops.

Now in the coalition, Sun Jian died in battle and Gongsun Zan left. Although there are many troops left, it is not easy to gather an elite force. Even if there are, it is the princes who use it as their trump card. How could they easily show it? Ye Zhao's reputation is the most famous. Moreover, since joining the coalition, in addition to capturing Hua Xiong, it can be said that he has not made any achievements. Now that Hulao Pass is about to be broken, Ye Zhao should also let go.

"This matter will be postponed for the time being. Now, we will immediately mobilize all troops to clean up the bodies outside Hulao Pass. I have sent people to bring all the tincture oil from the general, gather the bodies and burn them on the spot." Ye Zhao's face was unprecedentedly solemn.

"Why is Ningxiang Hou so insignificant?" Tao Qian frowned and said, "Now that Hulao Pass is about to be broken, Ningxiang Hou asked me to wait to clean up the remains. Isn't that a chance to recover the thief army in Hulao Pass?"

"Now the Hulao Pass is densely packed and can easily cause plague. If it is not cleaned up, even if the Hulao Pass is broken, the Central Plains area will become a thousand miles away!" Ye Zhao said in a deep voice.

"Just, why didn't I know that this would happen?" Qiao Mao said disdainfully.

Although plagues are prone to occur in war-torn places, in the eyes of many people, it is a punishment from heaven, because it hurts the sky and what does the disaster brought from heaven have to do with corpses?

"Two choices, I will clean up the bodies. You will attack Hulao Pass, or everyone will clean up the bodies as soon as possible, and then attack Hulao Pass. What do you think?" Ye Zhao was too lazy to talk nonsense to these people. He had never thought of convinced these people one by one. When he convinced these people, the plague was probably about to begin to spread.

"Marquis Ningxiang is threatening us?" Yuan Shao's face darkened and he looked at Ye Zhao unkindly.

"I can think so at first!" Ye Zhao nodded.

"Ye Zhao, don't bully people too much. Do you really think that the coalition forces will not be able to fight if they lose you?" Qiao Mao slapped the table and stood up and said angrily: "I have been waiting for more than a month, and it has seriously damaged the energy of Hulao Pass. It is the time to break through the pass. Even without you, we can break through the pass!"

"Then I'll be forbidden to accompany you!" Ye Zhao snorted coldly, too lazy to talk nonsense to these people, and turned around and left.

"Originally, if this person is not eliminated, how can our coalition forces fight?" Qiao Mao looked at Yuan Shao and said.

It can be seen that with the failure of the continuous battle, Yuan Shao, the power of the alliance leader, is constantly decreasing.

Kong Rong heard this and quickly smoothed out the situation and said, "Don't blame me, Xiuming is also worried about the plague. Looking at the past and present, the origin of the plague is mostly a place of war. Xiuming believes that the reason for this is that the death energy of the soldiers who fell into battle is excessive, suppressing the yang energy of people, which makes him extremely worried."

"If there is really a plague..." Cao Cao couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard this, and looked at Yuan Shao and said, "Princess, why not stop the offensive and clean up the bodies first? Otherwise, if the plague really occurs, the Central Plains will probably..."

"No!" Liu Dai refused flatly after hearing this, "This Huzhu Pass can be broken every moment. If the attack is slowed down at this time, wouldn't it give Lu Bu a chance to breathe? If Lu Bu waits for Lu Bu to recover and want to break through the Huzhu, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky."

They have seen Lu Bu's ability to fight during this period. Not to mention the sharp attack, even if they defend the city, Lu Bu could defend without any leakage. If the princes had not given the lives of the people's wives, they would probably not be able to break through the Tiger Prison alone.

Most of the other princes also supported Liu Dai's statement that once the Huzhu was broken, the coalition forces could enter Sili and the troops came to Luoyang. Even if they won this battle, they had already fought to this point. Who would be willing to stop and clean up the bodies?

Although Cao Cao and Kong Rong felt that what Ye Zhao said was reasonable and were a little worried about the plague, they saw that the princes were angry and kept silent. After they parted, they secretly assigned Ye Zhao a group of troops to help Ye Zhao.

On that day, Ye Zhao commanded his troops to clean up the bodies, piled up the bodies, and took tincture oil from the army to burn it. Although Yuan Shao was not satisfied that Ye Zhao wasting tincture oil so much, there was no need for tincture oil to attack Huzhu now, so he did not stop him.

The next morning, Zhang Liao transferred a large amount of tincture oil and burned all the bodies piled up overnight.

"Report to the leader of the alliance, there was no one in Hulao Pass, and the Lu Bu and the bandits guarding the pass had left clean last night." The princes who were ready to break the Hulao Pass were reported, but there was no enemy trace in Hulao Pass.

The princes were shocked, but then they realized that in the past month, the coalition forces had suffered 200,000 casualties. Although the Xiliang army guarding the pass was far lower than the coalition forces with the convenience of the city wall, they killed 1,000 enemies and suffered 800 damage. In the past month, the Xiliang army guarding the pass also suffered a lot of losses, with nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, which has now been reduced by nearly 70%, and the reinforcements have not been sent to Luoyang. It is not easy for Lu Bu to survive until now.

"It's time to take advantage of the victory to pursue it!" When the princes heard this, they were all excited. Whether they escaped or were captured by them, they won the battle of Hulao Pass. Once Hulao broke, although Luoyang was the capital, it was easier to attack than Hulao Pass. After all, fighting Luoyang can be surrounded by all sides, cut off water and food, and there are many more methods that can be used than attacking the level.

Yuan Shao was also very happy, as if the inexplicable pungent smell in the air was not so bad, and nodded and said, "I am just thinking this!"

As long as Luoyang is captured, Yuan Shao's prestige will be unprecedentedly improved as the leader of the alliance. Regardless of whether Dong Zhuo can be killed or not, as long as Luoyang is destroyed, Yuan Shao's goal will be achieved.

At the same time, in Ye Zhao's army, Dian Wei came to Ye Zhao's side and bowed and said, "Lord, there are many people in the coalition, who have had strange things, but they are not serious."
Chapter completed!