Zhang Lu did not allow the corpses of his followers to be cremated by Wang Ding.
Under his influence, the remaining 50,000 ghost soldiers were also filled with righteous indignation at this moment.
They also found it difficult to accept that the body was cremated.
They didn't pay attention to the seriously injured ghost soldiers before and let them wait for death outside the city wall. But now, because of Wang Ding's handling of the corpses, they seemed to have an sworn hatred.
"Retreat."
Li Su, who was only one mile away from Zhang Lu's camp, immediately retreated with 500 people.
His mission is just to keep an eye on Zhang Lu and even pass the situation back to him.
The five hundred people retreated quickly, and two fast horses galloped to notify Wang Ding in advance.
"Retreat, the enemy is coming."
Li Su discovered it in time. Even if Zhang Lu wanted to attack Yangping Pass immediately, it would still take time to assemble the 50,000 ghost soldiers in his hand.
Li Su really didn't realize it until Zhang Lu's army had all left the camp, and it was too late.
He only brought five hundred people with him, and Zhang Lu's camp was still a mile away, but he also sent a few people to watch closely outside Zhang Lu's camp.
These five hundred people are just to ensure that those who were under surveillance in the past will not be driven away easily.
If Zhang Lu sends out more people, they can withdraw; if Zhang Lu sends out fewer people, they can restrain him a little.
Just like Li Su is watching here, Zhang Lu will also send people to watch outside Yangping Pass.
Wang Ding will not go to war just because there are a few spies.
As long as there are no secrets being probed, most of them will just let them keep an eye on them.
These sent out scouts are not easy to deal with, and they are very mobile.
"Withdraw."
"Go back to the city quickly."
When Fan Chou received the news, he immediately asked all the soldiers to throw away the corpses in their hands and run back to the city quickly.
The king was stationed at the city wall, and Gao Shun stood beside him. He had already begun to command and ordered: "Archers, prepare."
Since the soldiers were allowed to leave the city and clean up the corpses, Wang Ding was already prepared to prevent Zhang Lu from taking the opportunity to launch an attack.
There are nearly 5,000 soldiers outside the city now. It is impossible for the king to abandon them. He must wait for these 5,000 soldiers to enter the city before closing the city gate.
Wang Ding still doesn’t know that Zhang Lu attacked because he cremated the corpses of ghost soldiers.
I thought Zhang Lu wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Yangping Pass again.
After all, the opportunities now are better than a few days ago.
As long as Zhang Lu was fast enough, he would have a chance to rush into the city with the Han army before the city gate closed.
"Retreat, retreat quickly."
Fan Chou urged.
Li Su has also withdrawn with 500 people.
It's just that some of the thousands of soldiers were like corpses, and some were digging holes outside. The ones closest to the city gate were only two or three miles away, and the ones far away from the city gate were five or six miles away.
And they were all scattered. They started to retreat after receiving the news, leaving them little time.
Zhang Lu was worried that all the corpses would be cremated, so he led some of the ghost soldiers to set off before all 50,000 ghost soldiers had gathered.
They went straight to Yangping Pass, and everyone was filled with murderous intent.
Their people can be killed, but their bodies can no longer be insulted.
At this moment, without Zhang Lu's instigation, all the ghost soldiers already regarded Wang Ding as an enemy and an evil person once they knew what Wang Ding was doing.
The attack on Yangping Pass a few days ago was due to Zhang Lu's order.
Now, they are willing to avenge the dead believers.
Cremating a corpse is a heinous crime.
At this moment, in their hearts, Wang Ding's notoriety even exceeds that of Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo only killed loyal people and caused trouble to the people, but he didn't even spare the corpses.
A person who wants to eliminate even corpses is simply the greatest devil in the world.
Moreover, they also heard that when Wang Ding was in Hetao, he piled human heads into a mountain.
Just thinking about this scene makes people shudder, and it also makes them more convinced that Wang Ding is a big devil, and the Great Heavenly Lord who needs to save the suffering has surrendered him.
Five thousand Han troops, and more than a thousand more, failed to retreat into the city in time. Zhang Lu had already rushed to the front.
On the city wall, Gao Shundu was ready to give the order for the archers to shoot to stop Zhang Lujun's progress.
However, they saw that Zhang Lu had stopped and did not pursue the remaining Han troops, nor did he intend to enter the city before the city gate was closed.
Just when Gao Shun Wang Ding was confused, the next moment he saw Zhang Lu, commanding his ghost soldiers, and moved away the corpses one by one that the Han army had not had time to move away.
"This..."
Wang Ding didn't understand for a while what Zhang Lu wanted to do.
The body has been outside the city for four or five days, and he has not come to pick it up.
When he wanted to clean up, he suddenly came over to snatch the body.
He also gave up the initiative to Wang Ding.
Right now, those ghost soldiers are scattered and carrying away the corpses one by one. Wang Ding can take the opportunity to send troops and kill them all in one fell swoop.
Wang Dingdao: "Is this Zhang Lu's trap?"
Compared to Zhang Lu and the ghost soldiers under Zhang Lu, they did not understand the significance of Wang Ding's cremation of the corpse.
Wang Ding didn't think carefully about the importance Zhang Lu and the others placed on the corpse.
In Zhang Lu's opinion, it is better for the body to be buried in the ground. Even if it is exposed in the wilderness, it is better than being burned.
Nowadays, Buddhism also exists in the Han Dynasty. Most of the monks are cremated after their death. However, Buddhism has not yet spread in the Han Dynasty, and only a small number of people have some understanding of it.
Jia Xu looked at it for a while and said: "Zhang Lu probably just wanted to take back the body."
The large pits on the side are still burning with fire, and the corpses thrown in before have not been completely burned.
Zhang Lu and others moved the body away without throwing it into the fire pit.
On the contrary, some ghost soldiers are trying to retrieve the corpse from the fire pit.
Wang Ding wondered: "You value the corpse so much, why didn't you ignore it before?"
Jia Xu said: "They are afraid that the body will be burned."
Wang Ding also knew that people in this era preferred burial, but he never expected that they would reject cremation so much.
After all, the soldiers under his command seemed to have accepted it easily before.
Jia Xu didn't care much about whether the body was buried or cremated, but he knew that others rejected cremation.
So after observing for a while, he could confirm that Zhang Lu was not attacking Yangping Pass this time, but the purpose was the tens of thousands of corpses outside the city.
Fan Chou said: "My lord, I am willing to lead troops out of the city to destroy them."
Fan Chou was frightened just now. He rushed back with his men in a hurry.
How could you not take advantage of such a good opportunity now?
Wang Ding shook his head: "Let them take the body away."
If he sends troops now, Zhang Lu may retreat, and then these corpses will still have to be disposed of.
The body is already showing signs of decomposition and there can be no further delay.
Wang Ding did not want to cause a plague because of the war and because these tens of thousands of corpses were not disposed of.
Fan Chou and the others did not understand that there were many germs in rotting corpses.
Every time a plague occurs, they don't even know what causes it, nor do they know that people can infect each other.
People infected with the plague just resign themselves to their fate. If they are lucky, they may survive, but most of the results are already determined.