"Meng De, Wentai, Zhong Ying, this..." Lu Zhi was so angry that he didn't know what to say. Not having an army of 70,000 in the first battle was definitely a huge loss for the Han army.
After this battle, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and Sun Jian only brought back a few thousand remaining soldiers. Even if there were scattered broken soldiers who returned later, the number would not exceed 10,000. It can be said that this pursuit of the Han army
It can be said to be a huge loss.
"Please punish me, general!!!" When Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo saw that Lu Zhi was so angry, they all immediately asked him to punish him.
"That's it! That's it! Get up first." Lu Zhi said helplessly, "I will report this battle to Your Majesty. When the time comes, Your Majesty will decide your affairs."
"General, great joy, great joy." In the distance, Lu Zhi, who was sulking, suddenly heard a sound of good news.
Taking a quick look, I saw Cao Zhen and Xia Houying leading a sparse few hundred remnants of soldiers approaching quickly.
"What a joy!" Lu Zhi had just suffered a huge defeat. At this time, Lu Zhi was still holding fire in his heart, and naturally he didn't have a good look on his face.
"General, our army will kill the Yellow Turban general Zhang Liang in this battle." Cao Shen naturally understood that Lu Zhi was not in a good mood at the moment. Therefore, Cao Shen did not dare to give in at all, and immediately replied quickly, "Come here,
Bring Zhang Liang’s body up.”
After a while, a bloody corpse was brought up.
Everyone took a look at it. Although it was a little difficult to identify, judging from the clothing and armor, this person must be Zhang Liang, the general of the public.
Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo were all secretly happy when they saw this. With Zhang Liang's military exploits, he could not say he had any merit at this time, but at least he was careless about his merits and demerits.
At this time, Cao Shen felt happy when he saw everyone's expressions.
Naturally, Cao Shen did not kill this Liang, but the three generals, Cao Sun and Dong, ran away under the pressure of Chi You. Suddenly, the not-so-optimistic battle situation went straight to collapse.
There was no other way. In this case, the generals of the Han army who were fighting everywhere had no choice but to cross the sea, show their magical powers, and find their own way to escape.
When Cao and Xia Houying were evacuating, they happened to see Zhang Liang being killed with an arrow and thrown off his horse.
Cao Shen has always had a delicate psychology, and he naturally understood that his brother Cao Cao, as one of the leading generals of the vanguard army, was probably to blame for such a heavy defeat.
Therefore, as soon as he saw Zhang Liang's body, Cao Shen had an idea in his mind. As long as he showed the merit of killing Zhang Liang, there would still be room for recovery even if the battle was defeated miserably.
Although he didn't know who killed Zhang Liang, God refused to take it and he was blamed instead. Therefore, Cao Shen directly called Xia Houying, who was highly skilled in martial arts, and hurried forward to snatch Zhang Liang's body.
Now that Zhang Liang had been killed in this battle, Lu Zhi could no longer scold Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Dong Zhuo. With Zhang Liang's body here, even if tens of thousands of troops were lost in this battle, he could still attack Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Dong Zhuo.
The court gave an account.
Zhang Liang is the general of the Yellow Turbans and one of the Yellow Turban thieves. Lu Zhi knew that in the eyes of the court ministers, if he could capture the heads of these Yellow Turban thieves, no matter how big a sacrifice he had to make, it would be impossible.
OK.
Lu Zhi thought sadly that some people would still be satisfied if tens of thousands of people's lives were exchanged for the head of a mere yellow turban thief.
"The whole army listens to the order and withdraws." Lu Zhi ordered.
As a die-hard loyalist of the Han Dynasty, even if the war was temporarily defeated, Lu Zhi was still full of plans on how to eliminate the Yellow Turbans.
"Fortunately, the result is not too bad, and the casualties of the Yellow Turbans in this battle are not too small. Plus the 50,000 Yellow Turbans from before, the losses of the Yellow Turbans are not much smaller than that of my big man." Looking at it, it looks like a long dragon.
Lu Zhi murmured to himself about the advancing Han armies.
Consoling himself like this, Lu Zhi finally got over the defeat in the war a little bit.
But then, Lu Zhi frowned unconsciously. The ensuing battle was not easy to fight. Not only did this pursuit not weaken the Yellow Turbans enough, but the big man himself also suffered heavy losses.
The situation of the next battle is different from the previous battle. The offensive and defensive momentum changes. If there is another battle, the Han Dynasty will be on the active offensive side. In this way, the strength disadvantage of the Han Dynasty side may be more completely exposed.
In fact, Lu Zhi also knew that the failure of this battle could not be entirely blamed on Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo. It was obvious that the Yellow Turbans had planned this battle and had deliberately set up an ambush.
"I'm afraid that even if I personally led the troops in pursuit, I would have fallen into the Yellow Turban's scheme." Lu Zhi muttered to himself helplessly.
Moreover, Lu Zhi also knew that the reason why the Han army was quickly defeated in this battle was not only the Yellow Turban's careful avoidance of an ambush and catching the Han army by surprise, but also the reason for Chi You's personal bravery in the Yellow Turban.
"It would be great if Xing Tian or Jiang Song could also be seconded to the Pioneer Army at that time." Lu Zhi thought helplessly.
At this time, Lu Zhi undoubtedly felt very regretful. If either Xing Tian or Jiang Song were in the vanguard, it would be no problem to just block Chi You's momentum.
If someone can stop Chi You, even if the Han army is in an ambush by then, there will still be no problem in holding on until he can get reinforcements led by Lu Zhi and Li Xiang.
Lu Zhi glanced at Li Xiang, who was silently riding his horse beside him, and suddenly felt even more helpless. Although Xing Tian and Jiang Song were brave, they were not his subordinates after all. If only he, Lu Zhi, had such great generals under his command.
, then why did we lose this battle to such an extent?
After all, Xing Tian and Jiang Song were generals under Li Xiang's command. From the beginning of the war to now, Xing Tian and Jiang Song had performed very well. It was not easy for Lu Zhi to go to Li Xiang to second Xing Tian and Jiang Song whenever something happened.
But Lu Zhi didn't expect that the battle would collapse so quickly, so fast that they had no chance to support them, and the forward army was already in direct friction.
However, Lu Zhi was also somewhat fortunate. Although the Han army was indeed defeated in this battle, the losses were only ordinary soldiers or low-level generals. The middle and high-level generals of the Han army basically had no losses. Along the way, the battles
The generals of the Han army have returned one after another in twos and threes.
The more downtrodden ones like Yan Liang and Wen Chou all fought back single-handedly, but the stronger ones like Cao Ren, Xue Ju and others directly led thousands of soldiers to kill the generals.
Thousands of armies are easy to come by, but one general is hard to find. If the soldiers are gone, they can be recruited again, but if the generals are gone, it will be troublesome. As long as these generals are still available, Lu Zhi is confident that he can continue to fight this battle smoothly.