A night attack completely reduced the morale of the coalition forces of the Kwantung princes to the extreme.
Moreover, in this night's night attack, the Kwantung princes' army lost at least one to two hundred thousand troops, almost one-fifth of the coalition forces.
Not to mention it was a severe injury, but it was also a serious injury.
Moreover, they didn't have much to do against Dong Zhuo's night attack. Even if they were prepared, they were unable to stop Lu Bu's inhuman combat power.
At that time, once the opponent attacks again, they will still have to rely on their military strength to stop them, but in this way, the losses will also increase.
So after Yuan Shao and the others discussed it, they decisively withdrew their troops to Chenliu and waited for the fierce generals under their command to recover from their injuries before coming back to continue the attack on Hulao Pass.
But when we got here, some princes actually no longer had any hope in this. Because they found that it was obviously difficult to break through Hulao Pass.
Unless they waste their soldiers desperately and rely on these soldiers to consume Dong Zhuo's troops, they can forcefully break through Hulao Pass.
However, some princes are obviously unwilling to use this method. After all, these are their lifeblood. Even after they return, they can continue to recruit some troops.
But it is definitely not as strong as it was at this time.
Even some thoughtful princes seemed to realize that Yuan Shao seemed to be constantly consuming their troops.
As a result, they became more cautious and had no intention of continuing to attack Hulao Pass. They now only wanted to return to their own territory.
Therefore, when Yuan Shao and the others came to Hulao Pass for the second time, the princes at this moment only had the Eighth Route Army left, with a strength of only about 600,000.
Then there was nothing more. None of the original eighteen princes failed to conquer Hulao Pass. Of course, the remaining eight princes also failed.
So they all went back to their respective homes to find their respective mothers.
Of course, all this is a story later.
The night attack was successful, and Hulao Pass fell into the "ocean" of joy again. This time, Dong Zhuo started to open the banquet again.
The hosts of this banquet became Lu Bu, Hua Xiong and the newcomers Xu Huang, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and others.
As for Xiao Ziyu, he watched silently.
Lu Bu is the protagonist who plays no role in tonight's night attack. It can be said that he is the biggest hero. He went through all kinds of troubles alone in the coalition camp, as if he was in no one's land, and he was even the first person to break into the coalition center camp.
Because his force caused the impact of the fifty thousand cavalry, the attack power of the fifty thousand cavalry was greatly enhanced.
This is also the main reason why they were able to cause the coalition forces to lose nearly 200,000 troops.
It can be said that, not to mention other things, Lu Bu is unrivaled in leading cavalry in battle. This is his talent.
Even Xiao Ziyu, who was present at the time, couldn't help but appreciate the other person's talent.
During this night's night attack, he saw with his own eyes that Lu Bu's ability to lead troops in battle was definitely among Dong Zhuo's.
Hua Xiong is also a cavalry general, but he is still far behind Lu Bu. It can be said that Lu Bu led 10,000 Bingzhou cavalry and the lethality was definitely several times that of Hua Xiong.
Moreover, after the night attack, Lu Bu's 10,000 Bingzhou cavalry only suffered about 1,000 damage, but Hua Xiong's Xiliang cavalry lost at least three to four thousand.
Of course, compared to the nearly 200,000 coalition forces, their losses were nothing at all.
However, it can be seen from here that Lu Bu is indeed Dong Zhuo's number one general. No matter in terms of strength or ability to lead troops, no one else can compare.
As for Xiao Ziyu being stronger than Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo and the others regarded Xiao Ziyu more as a super powerful counselor.
No one has ever regarded him as a military general. In fact, Xiao Ziyu has never thought of becoming a military general.
Of course, Lu Bu was the main hero tonight. Dong Zhuo did not treat him badly and directly rewarded him with thousands of taels of gold and several beauties.
As for officials and titles, of course there is nothing to reward. Now the other party has become Dong Zhuo's number one general.
Of course, Lu Bu was rewarded, and Dong Zhuo did not forget the newcomers Xu Huang, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin. The performance of these three people tonight was also extremely good.
Especially Xu Huang and Dong Zhuo have also received the report. In tonight's night attack, the three thousand cavalry led by him performed extremely well.
It's no worse than Hua Xiong.
Moreover, Dong Zhuo also knew that this man's strength was only slightly inferior to Hua Xiong's. If Hua Xiong hadn't broken through before, the two might have been about the same strength.
And Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin are about to come close.
Both of them also brought three thousand Xiliang cavalry each. It must be said that Dong Zhuo was still very courageous in this regard.
As soon as these three people came to invest, they each allocated three thousand Xiliang cavalry to them. This was something that few princes could do.
You know, this Xiliang cavalry is Dong Zhuo's old capital.
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's performance was naturally worse than Xu Huang's.
Xiao Ziyu already knew this before. After all, Xu Huang was one of Cao Cao's five best generals, and he was a figure who had made many meritorious deeds under Cao Cao's command.
Throughout the Three Kingdoms era, he was also an extremely famous general.
As for Zhou Tai, he doesn't have the ability to lead troops in battle or command an army, but his force value is high and he can be used as a general who rushes in front of the formation. He can also act as a bodyguard.
This person is just like Dian Wei Xu Chu under Cao Cao.
Usually they serve as Cao Cao's personal commanders, but when attacking Lu Bu, of course the two of them act as "thugs", one of them to deal with Lu Bu.
The same is true for Zhou Tai this time. In the original time and space, he was under Sun Ce's account.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo also attached great importance to him. He was even more happy when he knew that the opponent's military strength was no less than Hua Xiong's.
He knew that his bodyguard had finally arrived.
Originally, Lu Bu had been overused by him and acted as his 'bodyguard'. Li Ru had reminded him of this many times.
Later, when Xiao Ziyu came, Dong Zhuo wanted Xiao Ziyu to be his bodyguard, but when he saw that Xiao Ziyu was dressed like a scribe and counselor, he felt embarrassed.
Now he has finally found a fierce general who is very suitable for a 'bodyguard', and he is also very strong.
Dong Zhuo directly made Zhou Tai his guard commander on the spot.
Dong Zhuo's trust made Zhou Tai extremely shocked on the spot, and he secretly decided in his heart that he must give up his life to protect Dong Zhuo.
As for Dong Zhuo's reputation, to be honest, people like them who fell into disgrace and turned into bandits would not care. What they care about is the reason why they were re-employed.
And Dong Zhuo expressed this directly.
You must know that the commander of the Guards is not an ordinary person. This requires considerable trust and attention.
Zhou Tai was placed in great importance, and Jiang Qin and Dong Zhuo certainly did not let him go.
He learned from Xiao Ziyu that Jiang Qin had more combat capabilities in the navy, so with a wave of his hand, he directly gave him the position of General Hengjiang and asked him to establish a navy.
Since he already has the ambition to dominate the world, of course he knows that this naval force will also be extremely important when attacking Jiangdong, Jingzhou and other places in the future.
When Jiang Qin heard that Dong Zhuo had named him General Hengjiang, his eyes widened immediately.
Although General Hengjiang is just a general, to him, who fell into the trap of being a bandit, it is simply "Guangzong Yaozu".
So instantly he was just like Zhou Tai.
Looking at Dong Zhuo's actions, Xiao Ziyu also nodded secretly. He seemed to find that the other party had faintly stopped falling.
This made Xiao Ziyu even more happy. As long as he showed such a big heart, to be honest, Xiao Ziyu didn't think anyone in the world could stop Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo's power now is just like the Qin State back then. He is the most powerful in the world. Dong Zhuo is not bad in terms of military strength, generals or advisers.
Therefore, Xiao Ziyu believes that within a few years, he will be able to defeat those princes one by one and win the world.