This ambush battle was launched suddenly, and Dong Zhuo's army was defeated.

When the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao rushed down from the mountainsides on both sides, Dong Zhuojun on the official road hurriedly began to organize defense.

Even Dong Zhuo was alarmed.

Dong Zhuo followed the team himself and was not at the forefront, but he was disturbed by a commotion from the front and hurriedly walked out to ask what had happened to the people in front.

"What's wrong? What's going on?"

"Lord is not good. We are in an ambush. There are ambushers from the Yellow Turban Army ahead!"

"What ambush? How could there be ambush from the Yellow Turbans here? How many people are there? Are they Liu Zheng's soldiers?"

When Dong Zhuo heard that he was ambushed, his face changed. He had not many people under his command. Although the remaining people were all elites under his command, he did not have any advantage in terms of numbers. If he faced the elite troops under Liu Zheng, the outcome would be a matter of two.

Although Dong Zhuo himself was somewhat confident, he lost to Liu Zheng one after another. His contemptuous attitude towards Liu Zheng at the beginning was swept away. Instead, he placed Liu Zheng at the same height as him, and he had completely regarded Liu Zheng as a difficult opponent.

Naturally, when he heard that he was ambushed, Dong Zhuo's first reaction was to know whether the Yellow Turban Army that ambushed him was Liu Zheng's men.

"Lord, seeing that the number of these ambushers is about 20,000, and they rushed out with great momentum, but I didn't see Liu Zheng's men, but among these men, there were a few of them who looked like Liu Zheng's previous generals in Shangcai County."

Liu Zheng did not participate in this ambush. Liu Zheng, who had just experienced a fight, was resting in the rear at this time. It was enough to have Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao leading these troops to charge with Yang Feng and Guo Tai. Dong Zhuo's side had even fewer people.

Although Dong Zhuo soon began to organize manpower defense, after all, he only had 12,000 troops under his command, and it still seemed that some people were understaffed when facing the 20,000 Yellow Turban Army. In addition, he was ambushed and his morale was unstable.

As soon as the two sides contacted each other, Dong Zhuo quickly suffered a defeat.

Originally, Dong Zhuo's troops would not have been defeated so quickly, but it was mainly because the speed and offensive of these Yellow Turban troops rushed out were too fierce. In addition, the troops under Dong Zhuo's previous command had already developed a strong sense of fear for the Yellow Turban Army.

After suffering the shadow of being defeated by the Yellow Turban Army one after another, and Hua Xiong was also defeated by the Yellow Turban Army, Dong Zhuo's most proud cavalry, the three thousand Western Liang cavalry, also suffered heavy losses. The mentality of these Yellow Turban Army soldiers under Dong Zhuo's command had an unbeatable impression.

That's why he quickly threw away his armor and armor in a short period of time, and a one-sided situation occurred.

In the blink of an eye, Dong Zhuojun's two thousand soldiers and horses injured thousands of people. The remaining ones were thrown away and their armor began to flee in scattered.

This was the case with wars in ancient times. Once morale is exhausted, it will be difficult to improve.

Moreover, once the soldiers are defeated, it is difficult to reverse the decline even if the main general is strong.

When the new recruits under Dong Zhuo's army began to flee around, the original five thousand elite soldiers under Dong Zhuo also began to decline in morale and gradually followed the new recruits to escape from the battlefield.

If Dong Zhuo had relied on more than 10,000 troops, he could have fought with Liu Zheng's 20,000 people, and even the outcome was unpredictable.

But after the one-sided situation occurred, Dong Zhuojun quickly defeated, and in the blink of an eye, most of the people were killed and injured.

Dong Zhuo and his generals under him knew that they were unable to turn the world back and could not continue to fight with these Yellow Turban troops, so they could only order their retreat.

If you don’t retreat, there is only one way to die if you stay here. Instead, it’s better to retreat first, preserve your strength, and then slowly plan for it.

"My father-in-law, please withdraw from the encirclement as soon as possible. Now we are surrounded by heavy siege. If we don't break through here as soon as possible, I'm afraid that these Yellow Turban thieves will slaughter us and capsize our gutter!"

Feeling the Yellow Turban Army attacking from all directions, Li Ru had already felt a little scared. He, a thin literati, wore a Confucian robe and did not know much about martial arts. When he experienced such a battle of life and death on the battlefield, he naturally felt a little scared and wanted to convince Dong Zhuo to leave here.

Although Dong Zhuo was also a powerful general, he started to struggle around when he was young and followed Zhang Huan to fight everywhere. His martial arts were also extraordinary, but in the face of such a situation, he could only sigh.

"Let's retreat for the time being. I just wish that He Yi would not bring people and pursue Liu Zheng with us. Otherwise, with his 20,000 troops, he would definitely be able to kill all these Yellow Turban thieves!"

Dong Zhuo still blamed He Yi for this crime. After all, He Yi took people to Shangcai County for some small profits and gave up pursuing Liu Zheng, taking the best chance to kill Liu Zheng.

When Dong Zhuo and others decided to evacuate, the thousands of soldiers at the core began to cover Dong Zhuo and others to retreat from this battlefield.

Although Dong Zhuo and others were caught in the ambush set up by Zhou Cang in advance, the strength of the elite troops under Dong Zhuo was still here, and it was impossible for Zhou Cang and others to not let Dong Zhuo go.

The two sides started a fight, and Dong Zhuo easily broke through the encirclement of Zhou Cang and others, easily tearing a hole under the siege of the Yellow Turban Army, and calmly retreated from the battlefield.

When Zhou Cang saw Dong Zhuo and others evacuate from the battlefield, he did not send anyone to pursue him.

The lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although Dong Zhuo and others were attacked one after another by Liu Zheng and others, they lost a lot of people.

But Dong Zhuo still has thousands of elite soldiers and horses around him. These elite soldiers are much more powerful than the Yellow Turban Remnants under Zhou Cang. If thousands of troops are sent to pursue Dong Zhuo.

Whether Dong Zhuo can be killed is still a matter of two things. The worst thing is that if the chasing person is killed by Dong Zhuo and the loss is completely lost, it will be really not worth the loss.

So Zhou Cang did not send anyone to pursue him, but allowed Dong Zhuo to retreat from here.

Dong Zhuo quickly evacuated, but did not go anywhere else, but fled back to Shangcai County.

When he arrived in Shangcai County, he happened to meet He Yi, who had already plundered Shangcai County. He Yi was about to take people to continue pursuing Liu Zheng, but he encountered Dong Zhuo who fled back from the battlefield in a panic.

When Dong Zhuo saw He Yi, he was angry and scolded He Yi in a scattered manner.

He Yi blamed this guy for not taking anyone to chase Liu Zheng with him.
Chapter completed!