In his heart, he was indeed angry at Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei's failure in front of Sishui Pass.
Recently, I have been depressed during the war, and I have never been able to find a suitable opportunity to vent my anger. Taking the opportunity to vent my anger is the second choice.
The most important point is to shirk responsibility through this rude shouting and scolding!
Yuan Shao is a smart man.
Knowing that the war has reached this point, it is impossible for our side to make breakthrough progress.
This means that the plan he led this time to cross the frozen Yellow River and carry out a sneak attack in Luoyang while the weather was extremely cold was basically doomed to fail.
Such a result is definitely not what Yuan Shao wants.
However, he did not have the ability to really break through Luoyang and capture Dong Zhuo, thus rewriting the ending that he was unwilling to accept.
Therefore, the only way to change the fact of failure is through other methods.
For example, a method that Yuan Shao is very good at - passing the blame.
His current scolding seemed to be angry at Gongsun Zan and others' failure to live up to expectations.
But in fact, the main reason why the attack on Luoyang failed this time was attributed to Gongsun Zan.
"...We have already led our troops and horses to the edge of Luo City, and we will succeed immediately.
But it was unimaginable that in front of Sishui Pass, Gongsun Zan and others were so useless, unable to even restrain the traitor Liu Cheng!
Gongsun Zan is defeated and the traitor Liu Cheng loses control and is bound to send troops!
At that time, no matter whether it is sending troops to attack Hanoi, they will take our retreat.
It is better to send troops to pass through Hulao and come to Luoyang. They will attack us from both front and rear, which will be extremely detrimental to us...
If they do not retreat, their troops and horses will suffer great losses, and they may lose the power to fight Dong's thieves.
If we retreat, Luoyang will be right in front of us, the Emperor will be right in front of us, and so will Dong Thief!
We have all come here, but we are unable to kill the Dong thief, protect the emperor, and help the Han Dynasty. This is really disappointing!
It makes people feel ashamed of all the past emperors and the loyalty of many elders..."
After Yuan Shao caught Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei and scolded them severely, his tone was not as fierce as before, but his emotions were already fully aroused.
After talking about it, I couldn't help but cry, and I was shaking my head to the ground, feeling extremely entangled and painful.
The people nearby were so panicked that they quickly tried to stop Yuan Shao from harming himself like this.
There were many people who comforted Yuan Shao while shedding their worthless tears.
The words of consolation naturally followed what Yuan Shao said just now.
All of this can be attributed to the failure of Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and others.
There were even more people who advised Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops and return to Hanoi, and not to do anything else.
However, these were all rejected by Yuan Shao.
He said that he wanted to wait a little longer, and he felt unwilling to give up on the emperor and let Dong Thief go!
With the previous words as a foundation, Yuan Shao said such words and made such a statement, which immediately highlighted himself.
Not only did he throw the blame away, but he also took advantage of the situation and attracted a lot of attention, establishing his image as a loyal minister and filial son even taller and more stalwart.
After this situation continued for two days, Yuan Shao still ordered the troops to evacuate in an orderly and planned manner.
This is not because Yuan Shao figured it out, nor is it because Dong Zhuo, who was guarding the strong city of Luoyang, sent troops out again, causing Yuan Shao and others to suffer a big loss.
It was because in the morning, Zhang Miao, who was leading the troops to watch Hulao Pass, sent a horse to report that a large number of soldiers and horses were found behind Hulao Pass!
Among them, the flag at the head of the banner had the words "Liu Huangshu, Governor of Sishui Pass" written in large characters.
Over this period of time, Liu Cheng has relied on his own abilities to gain a great reputation. Especially for Yuan Shao and other Kwantung Allied Forces, he is about to become a god of plague.
After receiving Zhang Miao's report, many people led by Yuan Shao could not help but be frightened.
Many major princes could not help but go to look for Yuan Shao and persuade Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops and temporarily avoid the front line in order to make a long-term plan.
This is the opportunity Yuan Shao has been waiting for.
He immediately let out a long sigh, kowtowed three times to Luoyang City and the banner that read 'Revenge', and then began to make arrangements for his retreat...
As the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao and the other princes were not the most panicked. The most panicked was Zhang Miao who led his troops to block Hulao Pass!
Zhang Miao already knew the news that Gongsun Zan, who was good at fighting, led his elite troops and was defeated in front of Sishui Pass. The people of Sishui Pass beat him to the point of collapse.
Originally, Zhang Miao, like others, did not pay too much attention to the people at Sishui Pass, especially the pig-killing uncle who relied on trickery to gain a high position.
However, as the famous generals on their side were constantly defeated at the hands of this man, either dead, injured or escaping, Zhang Miao had to become serious about this man.
Then it quickly evolved from solemnity to fear.
Although he was extremely reluctant to admit this, looking at the flag from a distance, his slightly trembling calves could not be faked.
Zhang Miao led his troops and waited here for more than a day with an extremely nervous expression, and finally received a reply from Yuan Shao.
For more than a day, Zhang Miao, who had suffered so much, could not help but let out a sigh of relief.
However, he did not immediately issue an order to retreat. He still sent people to continuously inspect the troops and asked his troops to treat each other strictly.
After waiting until night and suffering for a long time, Zhang Miao was afraid that Liu Cheng would bring troops to attack him, so he quickly summoned the main personnel and gave them an order to evacuate quickly.
Because he was worried that cleaning up during the day would attract the attention of the other party, causing the other party to discover his and others' intention to evacuate, and then lead the other party to bring troops to attack him, so Zhang Miao held back and did not reveal a word.
It is really difficult to suddenly issue an order to completely evacuate so many people overnight, and it is still the kind of silent evacuation that cannot alert the enemy on the opposite side.
There is no time to put away many things in a short period of time!
Zhang Miao, who had been frightened by the flag that appeared on the opposite side and the soldiers and horses under the flag, and did not dare to stay any longer, could no longer care about it.
At this time, he just wanted to lead his troops and leave safely from here. As for the supplies and other things that were too late to take away, he just left them here.
Fire prevention and burning cannot be done.
Because once you do this, you will definitely alert the extremely terrifying existence on the opposite side!
After such a costly operation, all Zhang Miao's men disappeared from here overnight...
