"You two, don't be discouraged. As long as we are still here, we will definitely have the opportunity to avenge our shame."
Dong Zhuo patted the two of them on the shoulders and said with a smile: "That thief Cao is just a short-sighted man. If he has some military acumen, he will not let us go back to the mountain."
"Look at the terrain here. Although it is a fork in the road, if he sends a group of surprise troops to block it, wouldn't it be impossible for us to escape?"
"From this point of view, this person is just a common man, and he will never become a great person."
"Kill, kill!"
As soon as Dong Zhuo finished speaking, shouts of killing suddenly broke out from the mountains in front of him. In the blink of an eye, black flags were densely covered. At a glance, there were vaguely soldiers with bows and arrows everywhere.
"Don't leave, thief Dong. Lu Bu has been waiting here for a long time. Why don't you come and die quickly?"
Just when everyone was surprised, Lu Bu suddenly appeared on the mountainside holding a Fangtian painted halberd. Behind him were several mortars that had been adjusted at angles.
"No, there's an ambush here!"
Dong Zhuo was shocked, and upon closer inspection he discovered that it was an old acquaintance, Lu Bu.
He hurriedly grabbed Han Fu and Ma Teng beside him, and the two quickly retreated, and the Cao thieves were chasing after them.
But after Ma Teng looked around, he didn't think so: "Dong Gong, why should you be afraid of a mere Lu Bu? We have so many soldiers here, is it possible that we can still be afraid of him? Listen to me, let's rush out together, there will definitely be survivors.
hope."
"rush ahead?"
Dong Zhuo hesitated!
He finally managed to gather the remaining 10,000 soldiers. If some of them were sacrificed here, he would definitely not be willing to do so.
Han Fu who was standing next to him obviously saw Dong Zhuo's thoughts, so he was unwilling to pay attention to him. He took Ma Teng and prepared to rush over.
"Brother Ma, if you and I can't pass this level, we will both die. Let's fight!"
What Han Fu meant by this was not only a threat from Cao Ning, but also a direct reference to Dong Zhuo.
If the two of them cannot return to their base, Dong Zhuo will be annexed sooner or later, so they might as well take a chance.
Ma Teng was heartbroken and drew the sword at his waist: "Okay, you and I will rush over together!"
"Good job bro!"
Han Fu then raised his sword, raised his arms and shouted: "Kill!"
Seeing Han Fu and Ma Teng rushing in desperately, Dong Zhuo was not in a hurry to leave.
He wanted to see if these two people could rush over. Even if they could, they would definitely lose their troops. Maybe he could take advantage of the situation and deal with these two people.
"The mantis is blocking the car with his arms, but he doesn't know what he can do, so he fires!"
Lu Bu, who was standing on the mountainside, looked at the two men and horses charging desperately on the mountain road, so he decisively gave the order to fire.
boom!
A cannonball hit the boulder on the rock wall and blew it to pieces.
The falling rocks hit the soldiers of the Korean and Ma armies heavily, causing a large number of casualties.
Before the people below could react, the rumble of explosions came again.
In the narrow valley, a cannonball detonated among the crowd, instantly killing dozens of remaining soldiers.
Even those who were lucky enough to rush forward would be blocked on one side of the road due to roadblocks, and what awaited them were arrows and boulders shot out from the rock walls on both sides.
Dong Zhuo, who had been watching the battle from a distance, felt his heart freeze.
He didn't expect that there would be such a powerful weapon guarding this place. It was impossible to rush over at the moment.
Looking at the soldiers behind him, they were all frightened.
More and more people are retreating. Even with the encouragement of the captain, the situation of deserters cannot be changed.
"Damn it, the traitor Cao is still determined to kill me!"
Dong Zhuo saw that there was no hope of escaping, so he decisively ordered to return to the original route and take a detour through Meiling.
"All troops retreat!"
After running for two hours with more than 10,000 defeated soldiers, they finally reached the foot of Meiling Mountain. The sudden explosion in the valley made him feel collapsed again.
"Father-in-law, something bad is going on. There is also an ambush in the valley ahead. The Yuan brothers are now blocked in the valley, unable to advance or retreat."
After hearing the report from his son-in-law Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and had to turn back again.
"The whole army turned and headed straight for Liling. I don't believe Cao Cao really has so many troops."
"There is no way he can block all the retreat routes of my army. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will definitely avenge today's humiliation."
...
In front of Humen Pass
Zhao Yun, who was guarding the mountain on the north side, saw the defeated troops of Wuyang Wuyang running towards him, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.
Unlike other roads, Humen Pass has limited terrain advantages. It does not have cliffs as a barrier and relies entirely on two steep slopes as shields.
Right now, his thousand men were facing more than 10,000 defeated troops, and the pressure was indeed great enough.
"Hahaha, father-in-law, the Cao thieves really don't have any extra men and horses. Our flag is still there. It must be that the cavalry has occupied Humen Pass."
Niu Fu looked at his own banner on the pass and was immediately overjoyed.
Dong Zhuo sighed secretly: "If I had known that the cavalry had lured away Cao's thieves, I would have gone straight to Humen, and I wouldn't have ended up in such an embarrassing situation."
Dong Zhuo, who was ambushed in Taoling and Meiling successively, originally planned to take the road from Liling, but he encountered Chen Gong's plan and was almost blocked in the valley and could not get out.
With both escape routes blocked, Dong Zhuo had no choice but to lead his troops into Humen Pass, but he did not expect that Humen Pass was still in his own hands.
"Hahaha... Let me just say that Cao Cao can't accomplish anything big. He didn't even come to seize such an important choke point."
"I will make him regret this for the rest of his life!"
Seeing his own military flag on the pass, Dong Zhuo's depression suddenly disappeared by more than half.
However, he still did not dare to be careless now, and hurriedly ordered the troops to advance at full speed to avoid being caught up by Cao Ning.
"The whole army will pass through this pass as quickly as possible immediately, and will never give the Cao thieves any chance to make amends."
"Here!"
Following General Dong Zhuo's orders, Niu Fu immediately commanded the entire army to advance at full speed.
But just as they were approaching the pass a few hundred meters away, they heard a few whooshing sounds in mid-air, and several artillery shells hit Dong Zhuo's army directly.
boom!
A sudden explosion woke up the lucky Dong Jun soldiers.
This sound was all too familiar to them. The several sieges they encountered earlier were the sound of artillery shells.
"Here, what's going on? Could it be that the Cao thieves are catching up?"
"Father-in-law, something bad happened. The iron ball was shot from inside the pass."
Before Dong Zhuo could react, the Dong character flag he had been thinking about was immediately replaced by a black skull and crossbones flag.
The skull and crossbones flags all over the mountains and plains made Dong Zhuo tremble in fright.
Obviously, he was deceived!
"Damn it, thief Cao dares to tease me!"
"I'm so numb, I won't run away anymore!"
After a while, Dong Zhuo staggered, drew out his sword, and shouted: "The whole army charges, if you hesitate, anyone who refuses to advance will be killed immediately!"
"Today either the traitor Cao will die, or we will perish!"
