At the foot of Yique Pass, Duan Xuan's soldiers dropped their weapons one after another, turned around and ran away.
But there were Duan You's personal soldiers who protected Duan You's body and left.
In an instant, there was only a mess left under the pass.
On the city wall, Zhu Jun was stunned as he looked at the soldiers running around.
Is he so lucky?
The rain of arrows just now actually killed Duan Yan?
Zhu Jun couldn't believe it. He immediately stood on the city wall and laughed loudly: "God opens his eyes, God opens his eyes."
Looking at the soldiers running away in panic at the pass, Zhu Jun couldn't help it.
How could he miss such a good opportunity?
If he can seize the opportunity to conquer the troops and horses left by Duan Yan, his strength will soon increase.
By then we can still control Hongnong County, and we no longer need to worry about food and grass problems.
"Everyone, open the city gate and follow me to kill the enemy." At this moment, Zhu Jun felt that his old body became much lighter.
The closed city gate was opened, and Zhu Jun personally led five thousand soldiers to kill them.
Kill towards the fleeing Xiliang army.
Ahead, the defeated troops are still running.
Ordinary soldiers did not know that Duan Yan was killed in an explosion.
Because Zhang Ji's people were mixed in to lead the army, the defeated army was really defeated, otherwise Zhu Jun on the city wall was deceived.
Zhu Jun, who had conquered the Yellow Turban Army, knew very well what it was like to be defeated.
The scene in front of him could not be faked, so he dared to lead five thousand defenders to fight out.
Faced with a defeated army, don't let him have 5,000 men. Even if he only has 1,000 men, he can still chase the defeated army for dozens of miles.
But Zhu Jun ignored Zhang Ji.
Duan Xuan is dead, but Zhang Ji has not yet appeared.
Zhu Jun really wanted to conquer Duan Xuan's remnant soldiers.
He didn't realize that the number of troops who retreated was completely different from the previous days.
At this time, Zhang Ji had already led 5,000 men, ambushing the defeated troops on the way to escape, waiting for Zhu Jun to fall into his trap.
When Zhu Jun and his men ran past, Zhang Ji and his men came out from the roadside, cutting off Zhu Jun's retreat.
"Kill." Zhang Ji commanded five thousand soldiers to kill Zhu Jun.
Zhang Xiu, who had not rested for two days and one night, had just rested for a while and was already with Zhang Ji again.
Realizing that he was being ambushed, Zhu Jun realized that he had neglected Zhang Ji due to his own carelessness.
After all, the leader of the 20,000-strong army is Duan Yan. The normal situation is that once Duan Yan dies, the soldiers will be confused and restless, and they will run away.
At this time, Zhu Jun also guessed that Duan Xuan might have faked his death in order to lure him out.
At this time, how could Zhu Jun dare to turn around and fight Zhang Ji?
With five thousand soldiers and horses, they continued to run towards the front.
In the front, Duan Xuan was no longer pretending. The arrow inserted in his chest had long been pulled out, but it was stuck in his armor and did not even pierce his skin.
It's just that at this moment, even if Duan Xuan doesn't pretend to be dead, he is unable to rectify the defeated troops.
They can only be trapped by the defeated troops and continue to escape.
This is a real rout. If they don't get tired from running, they won't be able to gather them back, and Duan You's military orders won't be transmitted.
They are not soldiers trapped in the camp.
Duan Xuan didn't care, he just ran with the defeated soldiers.
Anyone who can cooperate with Zhang Ji has already cooperated with him. Whether he can win Zhu Jun depends on Zhang Ji's ability.
He took the time to look back and saw that Zhu Jun's army was no longer in sight. He didn't know how the battle was going to be.
After fleeing for more than ten miles, Duan Yan finally gathered the defeated troops.
There were originally more than 10,000 people, but now there are only 8,000 left, and some broken troops have gone to who knows where.
From the rear, Zhang Ji chased Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun led his army and took a small road to escape.
Zhang Ji only killed more than 3,000 people, but Zhu Jun escaped in the end.
Then he gathered his troops and returned to Yique Pass.
The empty Yique Pass can no longer stop Zhang Ji.
After he entered Yique Pass with his troops, Duan Xuan gathered the remaining soldiers and returned to Yique Pass.
He asked: "Can we catch Zhu Jun?"
Duan Xuan also took a big risk by faking his death this time. After all, at that time, arrows were raining down on the pass. If he was not careful, he would not be faking his death, but actually die.
Duan Xuan felt that he had sacrificed so much, and it would be a big loss if he hadn't been able to catch Zhu Jun.
Zhang Ji looked a little ugly and said: "That old guy ran away."
Duan Xuan couldn't say anything, so he just said: "What a pity."
Zhang Jidao: "He doesn't have many people left in his hands, and he will never dare to come back. I guess the direction of his escape should be to Jingzhou."
Duan Xuan nodded. He didn't care where Zhu Jun went. Now that his mission was completed, he said, "When will we return to Chang'an?"
Duan Xuan understood that he could no longer stay in Hongnong, and Wang would not be relieved.
Duan Xuan has a suspicious personality, but he has one thing in common with Jia Xu: he knows how to act clearly and will not cause trouble for himself.
If you can't resist, then submit to Wang Ding and do good work, but don't put your own life on the line.
Zhang Jidao: "I still have to go to Luoyang. You can go to Chang'an first."
Duan Xuan nodded: "I will first visit Hongnong, and then take my family to Chang'an."
He didn't want to make any small moves. Leaving his family members in Hongnong would only increase others' suspicion.
He himself has a suspicious personality, and his subordinates who are suspicious of him basically do not end well.
Therefore, Duan Xuan knew very well that if Wang Ding suspected him, he would probably not end well.
Zhang Jidao: "You go back, the troops and horses here will be under the command of someone for the time being."
Duan Xuan's face froze, but he nodded: "Thank you, General."
With just one word, his military power was gone.
Zhang Ji is not without any favors. He assigned a hundred people to Duan Xuan, who can at least ensure that Duan Xuan returns to Chang'an safely.
Duan Yan thought to himself that maybe he shouldn't have brought people to Hongnong in the first place.
But it's about the same now. I wonder what position Wang will arrange for him after returning to Chang'an.
After Duan Xuan left, Zhang Ji also sent another messenger to Chang'an to report to Wang Ding.
After a day of repairs at Yique Pass, Zhang Ji took Duan Xuan's troops and headed towards Luoyang.
Some were defeated troops who had no idea of the situation before, and some followed Zhang Ji to ambush Zhu Jun.
Now Zhang Ji is commanding them, and they are still obedient.
Before Zhang Ji's messenger came back, Wang Ding had already guessed the result.
After Jia Xu sent Zhang Xiu away, he also went to see Wang Ding and told Wang Ding his plan.
Along with Zhang Ji's messenger, Wang Ding immediately asked Yang Xiu to go to Luoyang to take charge of the farming there.
"Dezu, if you go to Luoyang and have any problems, please send someone back to talk to me," Wang Ding said.
Yang Xiu, who was already a doctor in agriculture, nodded and had no anxiety about traveling far away. Hongnong was his hometown, and Yang Xiu also wanted to go to Luoyang to test what Wang Ding said.
The Yang family in Hongnong also has thousands of hectares of fertile land, enough for him to experiment with.
Wang Ding said: "I'm taking some cattle and sheep."
The area in Luoyang is deserted and the population is insufficient. If you want to cultivate the fields, the number of cattle cannot be reduced.
If it were not for Chang'an, the population is not large now, and Wang Ding would like to send some people to Luoyang.