"Although Yan Liang is brave and foolhardy, he is still a fierce general. Unless there are generals of the same level to suppress the battle, Xu Rong's methods will not be enough to keep Yan Liang."
"Unless Hua Xiong is alive!"
Zhao Feng smiled slightly.
"It's enough to make Yuan Benchu suffer. As for Yan Liang, it doesn't matter whether he dies or not."
Cao Cao shook his head slightly and said.
Zhao Feng nodded slightly, and then facilitated Cao Cao to discuss again.
There was silence in Hulao Pass. Scattered torches were stuck on it. A swaying Xiliang Army soldier was scattered on Hulao Pass. It seemed that the defense was extremely sparse.
Under Hulao Pass, Yan Liang, with 10,000 elite troops, looked at the situation above Hulao Pass and smiled.
"Sure enough, as the military advisor expected, the leaderless group at Hulao Pass turned out to be a rabble!"
"This Hulao Pass was broken by me, Yan Liang!"
As a military commander under Yuan Shao, once he can break through Hulao Pass, it will be a great achievement. After welcoming back the emperor, he may be able to become a general and a marquis, and honor his ancestors!
Why can't Yan Liang be excited about this?
However, in the corner above Hulao Pass that Yan Liang could not see, there were Xiliang Army soldiers who were well-equipped and holding long swords.
Under the command of a middle-aged general, they were waiting for them to fall into a trap.
"The general is indeed wise and powerful, and the princes indeed sent troops to attack at night!"
A lieutenant looked at Yan Liang and others below the city, and looked in awe at Xu Rong.
"Be prepared, don't alert the army of princes!"
When the deputy general looked at Xu Rong in awe, Xu Rong calmly issued orders one after another.
"promise!"
A soldier named Xiliang Army responded in a low voice.
Under Hulao Pass, Yan Liang waited for a moment and then saw a flash of red light coming from the tower of Hulao Pass.
"The signal is coming, the army is attacking the city!"
After Yan Liang saw the red light, he suddenly showed excitement and said to the 10,000 elites behind him.
"promise!"
The next moment, a famous soldier placed a ladder on top of Hulao Pass. Then a famous soldier stepped on the ladder with his hands and feet and climbed towards Hulao Pass.
Yan Liang also carried a ladder and quickly climbed towards Hulao Gate.
"The entire army is ready to kill!"
The next moment, when Na Yan Liang took the lead and led the army to climb Hulao Pass, Xu Rong also issued a military order!
When a Yuan Army soldier just came up, he found in despair that a steel knife appeared in front of his eyes and cut off his life in an instant.
Then a headless corpse was thrown down from Hulao Pass.
"No, I fell into a trap!"
Before Yan Liang came to his senses, he saw headless corpses being dropped from above like dumplings, and then heard a loud sound coming from above.
"Archers prepare!"
"No, withdraw!"
The moment Yan Liang heard about the archer, his expression changed drastically. He turned over, jumped off the several-meter-high ladder, and rolled several times on the ground.
Then, regardless of the severe pain in his legs, he immediately dodged the shield of a sword and shield soldier and hid behind the shield.
The next moment, arrows rained down from the Hulao Pass. In an instant, the unsuspecting soldiers were shot into hedgehogs by the dense rain of arrows!
Even Yan Liang, who managed to dodge in time, was stabbed with two black arrows in his back.
"No, the general has been hit by an arrow. Someone come quickly!"
One of Yan Liang's personal guards shouted immediately after seeing the arrow in his eye.
The next moment, dozens of personal guards came to Yan Liang's side despite the rain of arrows, and blocked the arrows for Yan Liang with their flesh and blood.
On Hulao Pass, Xu Rong looked at the people protected by his personal guards, with a smile in his eyes.
"It turns out to be Yan Liang, the general under Yuan Shao's command. This is a big fish. We can't let him go. Come here, let me shoot the arrow with all your strength at the person my bodyguard is sworn to protect!"
The next moment, Xu Rong ordered the hundred archers around him.
"So search so search!"
Under the command of Xu Rong, arrows shot down from Hulao Pass, pierced the night sky, and shot in the direction of Yan Liang!
"Damn it!"
Yan Liang, who was sworn to be protected by his bodyguards, saw that one of his bodyguards who had worked so hard to train died tragically under the rain of arrows. He was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood, and then fainted.
"No, the general is vomiting blood, please come quickly!"
As Yan Liang fainted, the seriously injured bodyguard became even more anxious.
Therefore, under Xu Rong's intentional attack, only less than a hundred of Yan Liang's five hundred personal guards survived, and everyone was injured, and Yan Liang was finally rescued.
The personal guards suffered heavy losses, and the 10,000 elites also suffered heavy losses. In the end, less than 3,000 people escaped from Hulao Pass.
On top of Hulao Pass, smiling through the night, looking at Yan Liang who was desperately rescued by his guards, he was jealous and showed murderous intent.
"Damn it, I let him escape. However, after this battle, the princes will no longer dare to make sneak attacks in a short time."
"Is there only Yuan Shao's army? It seems that the unity among the princes is not what I imagined. In this case, I am confident that I can support it for a while longer."
When Xu Rong looked at the defeated Yuan army, a flash of light flashed in his eyes. With his wisdom, he quickly figured out why Yuan Shao was the only one to attack Hulao Pass at night.
Presumably, this was Yuan Shao who wanted to monopolize the victory, but because of his ambush, he suffered serious losses. Yan Liang even died in Hulao Pass.
"Clean up the battlefield and don't let your guard down in the middle of the night."
After a moment, Xu Rong looked at the princes' camp, showing a hint of murderous intent. Then he glanced at the killing that was coming to an end and said to a lieutenant.
"promise!"
At the princes' camp, while Yuan Shao and others were waiting for Yan Liang to send people to report the success, they did not want to wait for the news that Yan Liang had been ambushed.
The 10,000-strong army lost as much as 7,000, and even Yan Liang almost died in Hulao Pass.
This piece of news made Yuan Shao's originally excited face turn livid in an instant, and next to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, who was also born in the fourth generation and the third prince, showed a look of gloating.
However, in addition to gloating about the misfortune, Yuan Shu was also a little bit lucky. Fortunately, he was not the one who sent troops this time, otherwise he would have suffered heavy losses.
Even his only general, Ji Ling, might be killed on the battlefield.
Similarly, the other princes, although they belonged to the Yuan clan, also showed happy expressions.
"Damn Thief Dong, send the order, the army will attack the city!"
Yuan Shao had a livid face and shouted angrily at a general.
"Lord, no!"
"Now that General Yan Liang has just returned from a major defeat, there is an ambush at Hulao Pass. In addition, it is getting late and it is not suitable to attack the city. If we attack Hulao Pass now, we will only lose troops and generals, without any benefit!"
Na Tian Feng immediately stood up and retorted.
At the same time, several other princes were also afraid that Yuan Shao would use their troops as cannon fodder, so they tried to persuade him.
"ah!"
"I, Yuan Shao, will not be a human until I kill Thief Dong!"
Yuan Shao was not a fool. After hearing everyone's dissuasion, he woke up from his anger.
However, even though he knew that this moment was extremely irrational, he still couldn't swallow this breath.