Xu Huang rode a Hualiu horse and carried a stone-piercing ax, and killed Zhang Lujun.
Yang Bai was flustered because he had not been able to capture Wang Ding.
At this moment, when he saw that another troop of troops had joined, but Zhang Yun, who he had sent out, had not returned, he suddenly understood.
Yang Ren was defeated, and Zhang Yun, who went to rescue him, was also defeated.
"Retreat."
Yang Bai is no longer in love with the war. He wants to take advantage of Xu Huang's good behavior and retreat to Yangping Pass before the encirclement is encircled.
It's just that it's easy to get out. Now that the two sides are fighting, it's not like he can retreat if he wants to.
When Wang Ding saw that Yang Bai was about to withdraw, he immediately commanded the army, put pressure forward, and advanced quickly.
In the military formation, the sound of war drums became more and more secret.
Dong dong dong...
More than 10,000 people were scattered throughout the chariots. Yang Bai wanted to withdraw, but it was difficult for his order to retreat to reach every soldier in time.
The army, which was already somewhat chaotic, became even more chaotic after Yang Bai gave the order to retreat. Some people were still fighting, while others began to retreat.
People in the battle saw their compatriots retreating and were shot to death by the Han army when they were distracted.
Yang Bai did not care about those soldiers who had no time to retreat.
He took the lead to retreat to Yangping Pass, and then ran to the wall to observe the battle situation outside the city.
Seeing that the Han army was getting closer and closer to the city gate, he quickly ordered: "Close the city gate quickly."
"Now, close the city gate."
Yang Bai yelled repeatedly, but there were still people pouring in outside the city. The soldiers guarding the city gate would not attack these compatriots unless they took action.
But even so, it couldn't be stopped. Zhang Lujun, who was still outside the city, crazily squeezed into the city gate.
The open city gate could not be closed at all. The city gate was so crowded with soldiers that it was impossible to close it.
Yang Bai came down from the city wall and killed ten soldiers with his sword at the city gate, but to no avail.
The soldiers behind were still frantically trying to squeeze into the city gate.
"Kill!"
"Go ahead."
The morale of the Han army is as high as a rainbow.
Yang Bai felt extremely regretful at this moment.
He regretted sending Zhang Yun to rescue Yang Ren, regretting sending troops to fight the Han army, and regretting the retreat order he had just issued.
Originally, the more than 10,000 soldiers under his command were able to draw on the anger accumulated earlier to fight the Han army.
As he ordered the retreat, and as he fled back to Yangping Pass, the anger completely dissipated.
Wang Ding commanded the Han army, and one force stuck closely to the enemy's rear, followed the chaotic enemy army, and rushed into Yangping Pass.
Yang Bai's face turned pale, he knew that everything was over.
Yangping Pass is about to be lost.
He was ashamed of his trust in Zhang Lu.
Generals such as Xu Huang and Gao Shun also entered the pass.
A soldier falls with one blow of an ax.
Yang Bai didn't know when he was far away from the city gate.
But Yangping Pass is right here, and the area is so big. There are sounds of fighting everywhere, and he has no place to hide.
His orders could no longer be transmitted at all, and the remaining soldiers just fought on their own after entering Yangping Pass.
Facing the Han army's massacre, they were weak and helpless.
Angry?
Nowadays, no one will think that if they close the city gate, they will be laughed at.
If they are laughed at by the Han army, then laugh at them, at least they are still alive.
Many people resented Yang Bai for why he went out of the city to fight the Han army.
Facing death, only fear remains in my heart.
Yang Bai knew that there was no way he could save himself, so he ordered his soldiers to open another city gate and try to escape from the west.
When the city gate opened, Yang Bai rushed out immediately.
Behind him are just these hundreds of people.
As for the other soldiers in the pass, they have been completely given up by Yang Bai.
Wang Ding rode a bay-red horse and ran across the pass. The sword in his hand had already been stained red with blood.
The armor on his body was black and red, stained with patches of blood and mud.
The fighting lasted for another half an hour before the shouts of killing gradually stopped.
Outside Yangping Pass, corpses lay on the ground.
In this pass, because the space is small, the piles of corpses seem to be even more, with many corpses stacked on top of each other.
After Yang Bai escaped, the battle continued for half an hour, but the main task was to persuade him to surrender.
Yangping Pass completely fell into Wang Ding's hands.
During this attack on Hanzhong, Gao Shun was here for more than two months, and Wang Ding was here for a month.
There has been no progress at all, but now in just two days, the progress has suddenly accelerated, and half of it has been completed.
After capturing Yangping Pass, Wang Ding can directly lead the army to attack Hanzhong.
There is no obstacle on this journey.
Moreover, the battle between Wudu and Yangping directly caused Zhang Lu to lose 45,000 troops. The current strength of Hanzhong may be less than 10,000.
Let's fight two battles in two days, or to be precise, one night and one day.
Even though both battles were victorious, all the soldiers were extremely exhausted.
Almost everyone is exhausted.
At the moment the battle ended, more than 10,000 Han troops were all sitting on the ground, breathing heavily.
The troops in Wang Ding's hands are still too few.
If there were 20,000 more soldiers and horses, this battle should be over earlier.
Casualties will also be smaller.
Yesterday's attack on Wudu resulted in only a few hundred casualties.
But today, Gao Shun and Xu Huang ambushed, and the casualties were not heavy.
But Wang Ding, on his side, fought Yang Bai head-on. Even if he formed a square formation and fought steadily, the casualties would still be relatively high.
Many soldiers were injured because they were too tired or exhausted. Or they were in a daze and were killed by the enemy.
After two battles, thousands of the soldiers who went to Hanzhong this time were injured, and the number of battle dead reached 2,000.
One in five people will not be able to continue participating in the battle in the short term.
The remaining people should also take a few days of rest to recover their physical strength and spirit.
Seeing that Hanzhong was within easy reach, Wang Ding chose to cultivate in Yangpingguan for a period of time.
Fan Chou drove five thousand more sheep from Chencang.
For several days, more than 10,000 soldiers ate mutton every meal, and everyone had a strong smell of sheep.
It covered up the smell of sweat on their bodies.
Hanzhong.
Yang Bai led hundreds of people and took three days to arrive at the foot of Hanzhong City after making a large circle.
These three days have been really sad.
Without food, he still had to worry about the Han army coming to encircle and suppress him.
There was no place to sleep at night, and my nerves were tense.
When he appeared at the foot of Hanzhong City, he still looked like a soldier, like a refugee from other places.
In the end, Yang Bai used his saliva to wipe away the stains on his face, and then he was recognized by the soldiers guarding the city and let them into the city.
In three days, Zhang Lu had already received news of the fall of Yangping Pass, but Zhang Lu didn't know the exact information yet.
He didn't know why Yangping Pass was also lost, but he obviously sent Yang Ren to support.
When Yang Bai entered the city, he was in rags and rags. He didn't even have time to change, so he was brought to Zhang Lu.
Yang Bai knelt in front of Zhang Lu and cried: "My lord, I am incompetent. Please punish me."