The sun was setting, and the fields were littered with corpses. No one paid attention to the soldiers who died on the battlefield. Wow! Several crows were heard in the distance, echoing in the sky.

Dong Zhuo looked depressed and said: "It's too abominable! He was defeated by the rats from Guandong!" All the generals also looked downcast.

Li Ru frowned and said: "The princes of Guandong have many soldiers and generals, but our army is less than half of them! It is difficult to match!" He glanced at Lu Bu who was standing opposite and seemed to be thinking about something, "Although Fengxian is brave and invincible! But today the opponent is going to fight.

There are several warriors, but they are no less brave than Fengxian!" He shook his head and sighed: "There is a huge difference in strength between the enemy and us, and our army's food and grass cannot last long! I'm afraid that Hulao Pass cannot be defended!"

Dong Zhuo asked worriedly: "What should we do? If Hulao Pass is lost, wouldn't Luoyang also be unable to hold it?"

Li Ru thought for a moment, clasped his fists towards Dong Zhuo and said: "Your Majesty, for the present plan, we can only give up Luoyang and retreat to Chang'an. Shaanxi is a land of four fortresses, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is close to Xiliang and has the base of the Guandong princes.

Far away! The princes of Guandong are simply unable to invade the west! In the future, when there are changes in the Central Plains, and if the benevolent prime minister sends a powerful force to the east, great things can be accomplished!"

Dong Zhuo clapped his hands in great joy, "This is a wonderful plan! Let's do it like this!" He glanced at the crowd and said, "Send the order and the army will return to Luoyang today!"

"Promise." Everyone clasped their fists in agreement.

Zhang Lang brought Zhang Liao Gaoshun back to his residence. Xiaowei saw him and was overjoyed. She quickly ran up to him and saluted, "General, are you back?"

Zhang Lang nodded and went straight to the top of the hall and sat down. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were at the left and right.

Xiaowei brought tea and then quietly retreated.

Zhang Lang said to the two of them: "Don't stand, please sit down."

The two of them thanked each other with fists in their hands and sat down.

Zhang Lang asked Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, how many casualties did our army suffer today?" Zhang Liao looked gloomy and cupped his fists and said: "Report to General, our army has lost nearly half today!"

Zhang Lang was surprised, "So many?!" Zhang Liao nodded and explained: "Since our army is fighting the enemy head-on, the casualties are the highest!" Zhang Lang frowned, "Then the Xiliang Army's

What are the casualties?" Zhang Liao thought for a while, "Only two or three thousand." Zhang Lang was so angry that he couldn't help but cursed: "***! You are using me as a spearman!" Zhang Liao and Gao Shun couldn't help but curse.

They were stunned for a moment and exchanged surprised looks. They felt that the general was very different from the past!

Zhang Lang glanced at Zhang Liao and asked, "How many more soldiers do I have?"

"More than 23,000, of which a thousand are seriously injured and are useless!"

"Wenyuan, you go to the Prime Minister later to ask for the pension!"

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun looked at Zhang Lang stupidly. Zhang Lang asked in confusion: "What's wrong? What are you looking at me like this?" Gao Shun clasped his fists and said, "Has the general forgotten? There has never been a so-called pension.

Jin! This is true for us, and so is the princes of Guandong!"

Zhang Lang was stunned for a while, then frowned and said, "How can this be done? Soldiers lose their lives on the battlefield, and they have to take care of their orphans and widows! How can you ignore them?"

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were even more stupid. They never knew that their general could be so humane!

Zhang Lang looked at Zhang Liao and asked in a deep voice, "Is there no one to collect the bodies of the fallen brothers?" Zhang Liao nodded.

Zhang Lang was greatly annoyed, "bastard!" Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were frightened.

Zhang Lang stood up, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun also stood up quickly. "Wenyuan, come with me to see the prime minister." "Yes." "Gao Shun, take people out of seclusion immediately to collect the bodies of our brothers and cremate them.

They are buried separately. We are all brothers in life and death, we cannot let them die in the wilderness!" Zhang Liao's heart trembled and Gao Shun clasped his fists in agreement.

…

The crescent moon has already hung on the treetops. The soldiers on the city gate tower couldn't help but feel strange when they saw a group of thousands of soldiers and horses leading hundreds of carriages out of the city. Then they saw them on the battlefield where corpses were littered.

They searched for and loaded the corpses of their own people, and were greatly surprised. A soldier asked his companion in confusion: "What are they doing?" The companion said: "I heard that it was General Lu Bu who asked for the burial of all brothers who died in the battle.

!" The soldiers who heard this were puzzled. A veteran asked: "Why is this?" The soldier said: "General Lu Bu said, 'We are all brothers in life and death, and we cannot let them die in the wilderness!'"

The hearts of all the soldiers were deeply touched.

Zhang Lang brought Zhang Liao to Dong Zhuo's camp. Dong Zhuo, who was about to go to bed with two beautiful singers in his arms, thought that something big had happened when he heard the report, so he quickly put on a brocade robe and came out.

Seeing Zhang Lang and Zhang Liao standing in the hall, he hurriedly asked: "Fengxian, what happened?"

Zhang Lang moved toward Dong Zhuo and clasped his fists, "Prime Minister, many of my soldiers were killed in today's battle. I hope the Prime Minister can give me a sum of money as compensation."

Dong Zhuo immediately became angry, "Fengxian! You came to see me at night just for such a trivial matter?" Zhang Lang frowned, suppressed his anger, clasped his fists and begged: "I hope the Prime Minister can agree!"

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "This person is dead! Why should I spend that money? It's completely useless!" He looked at Zhang Lang and said with a strange expression: "Fengxian, what's going on with you today? You're actually doing this for me?

Are those dead soldiers fighting with me? You are not usually like this!"

Zhang Lang continued to plead.

Li Ru, who was standing aside, looked at Zhang Lang, smiled with understanding, came out and clasped his fists and said: "Eun Xiang, I think I just agreed to Fengxian." Dong Zhuo was stunned and said unhappily: "Why do you say that?

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Li Ru walked to Dong Zhuo's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, I think Fengxian is trying to get a reward because you didn't give him a reward after today's battle!" Dong Zhuo suddenly realized. Li Ru stepped aside. Dong Zhuo stood up.

He got up, moved the meat mountain to Zhang Lang, helped Zhang Lang up, and said with a smile: "Since Feng has spoken first, this matter can be easily handled!"

…

Gao Shun led his troops to collect the corpses, which inevitably attracted the attention of the princes, and the princes' army immediately went on alert.

All the princes rode their horses to the stronghold and looked down at the pass. Because the sky was dark, they could only see the vague figures of people, but they couldn't see clearly. Gongsun Zan asked Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, what are they doing?" Cao Cao frowned, "Those people

They must be suspicious soldiers who want to lure us over. If my guess is correct, there must be an ambush around at this moment. As long as we send troops, we will definitely fall into their trap!" He glanced at the crowd and said, "We should stand still!" Everyone thought deeply.

Ran nodded.
Chapter completed!