Chapter 71: Alliance disintegrates, chaos is coming
After resting, replenishing drinking water and dry food, and feeding the war horses with high-quality concentrated feed, Qin Mo gathered his troops again and launched a new round of pursuit.
Naturally, the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves again.
Dong Zhuo was surrounded by the defeated army and arrived at the capital of Hongnong County, Hongnong County. However, he did not even want to enter the city to rest. After hastily joining the front army, he retreated quickly towards Tongguan like a frightened bird.
Before leaving,
Dong Zhuo gave a death order to Xu Rong, the governor of Hongnong, to defend the county of Hongnong at all costs to buy time for the vanguard army to enter Tongguan and redeploy defenses.
He was terribly afraid that the coalition forces of the princes would invade the Guanzhong Plain.
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At around 3 pm, Qin Mo and his party arrived at the outskirts of Hongnong County.
When Xu Rong received the report, he had already assembled an army of 10,000 and lined up outside the city, waiting for the enemy to arrive.
Xu Rong was also unable to do so.
The order he received was to stop the enemy cavalry from advancing westward. In this way, he would not be able to defend the city. Otherwise, the enemy could simply bypass the city. How would he explain this to the prime minister?
They had no choice but to give up the geographical advantage and line up outside the city.
The two armies faced off.
Qin Mo rode forward, pointed his spear forward, and shouted, "Dong Zhuo deceived heaven and earth, destroyed the country and killed the king, defiled the palace, and killed people. His crimes are extremely heinous. Xu Rong, why don't you surrender !"
Xu Rong on the opposite side froze in expression.
Strictly speaking, as one of the most powerful generals in the Three Kingdoms period, Xu Rong was also a fierce man who defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian in history. However, because he was not a close confidant of Dong Zhuo, his status in the Xiliang Army was never high.
During this retreat, Dong Zhuo also asked Xu Rong to cover the retreat.
This is evident.
Historically, after Lu Bu joined forces with Wang Yun to kill Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong also joined Wang Yun's side.
"We all serve our own masters. There is no point in saying more." Xu Rong said stubbornly, but he couldn't lose face.
"Alright." Qin Mo turned and looked at Zhao Yun, "Zilong, you go ahead."
"I obey your orders!"
In the pursuit battle, Qin Mo commanded the army like a god and defeated Dong Zhuo's army. He had completely subdued Zhao Yun. He was very nervous and felt that he had met a wise leader. Now was the time for him to show his skills.
Upon receiving the order, he rode forward.
Xu Rong did not know Zhao Yun, and thought that Qin Mo had sent an unknown young general to fight against him, which showed that he looked down on him. Feeling indignant, he drew his sword and rode away on his horse.
The two generals fought together.
In the first few rounds, both sides were testing each other and there was no sign of any outcome.
After Zhao Yun found out that Xu Rong's strength was average, he immediately wanted to show off. Without hesitation, he used his unique skill, the Seven-Probe Coiled Dragon Spear, and every move was deadly.
"bump!"
Xu Rong was horrified and was stabbed off his horse by Zhao Yun due to a careless move.
"Zilong, spare his life!" Qin Mo shouted.
Xu Rong's martial arts might be average, but his ability to command troops is remarkable, and Qin Mo still wants to subdue him.
Zhao Yun received the order and pointed his spear sideways to keep an eye on Xu Rong.
The latter looked ashamed.
Qin Mo rode forward, pointed at Xu Rong's generals, and shouted, "Do you also want to be buried with Dong Zhuo?"
"brush!"
In cooperation with Qin Mo, five thousand Youyun cavalry drew out their sabers, shining with cold light.
The officers and soldiers looked at each other.
When Xu Rong saw this, he sighed, struggled to get up, knelt on one knee, and saluted Qin Mo: "I am willing to surrender!" He thought the same as Dong Zhuo, thinking that the coalition forces of the princes were chasing them.
"We are willing to surrender."
All the soldiers knelt down in unison, it was a spectacular sight.
Qin Mo was greatly excited. He asked Zhao Yun to stay and guard Hongnong County and wait for follow-up troops. He himself led a thousand elite cavalry and, with the cooperation of Dian Wei, continued to pursue westwards.
"Sir, isn't one thousand cavalry too few?" Zhao Yun was a little worried.
"It's okay!" Qin Mo waved his hand.
At the moment, Dong Zhuo's army is like a frightened bird, ready to be slaughtered at will. How can they pose any threat at all?
Seeing his commander so confident, Zhao Yun felt relieved. His responsibilities were not light either, as he had to guard Xu Rong's troops and take over the defense of Hongnong County.
After a short rest, Qin Mo led his troops to set off.
Just as he expected, as soon as Dong Zhuo's army saw the black flags and heard the rumbling of horse hooves, they subconsciously fled in panic, without any will to resist.
Qin Mo stopped only after fighting his way to the foot of Tongguan, feeling unsatisfied.
Unfortunately, Emperor Xian of Han, as well as princes and nobles, were detained in the vanguard by Dong Zhuo and ultimately could not be caught up with him. They were taken by Dong Zhuo into the natural barrier of Tongguan.
It is very difficult to break through.
We can only take a long-term view.
Qin Mo drew his sword and looked around only to find that there were densely packed defeated troops all around him, surrounding the Youyun Iron Cavalry. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
If any general stood up at this time and organized the defeated army to counterattack, the consequences would be disastrous.
Fortunately, just if...
These defeated troops were more like zombies than an army.
There is no fighting spirit at all.
Seeing the heavy gates of Tongguan locked and the drawbridge raised, the desperate defeated army simply laid down their weapons and surrendered, not realizing that they were facing a mere one thousand cavalrymen .
Qin Mo was also very bold and set up camp ten miles away from Tongguan.
On the one hand, he asked Dian Wei to detain prisoners of war, build camps, and count the spoils; on the other hand, he sent out light cavalry to issue orders to generals such as Zhang Liao who were still "picking up trash" in the back.
Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci and Guan Hai were required to station in Hongnong County as the outpost base for the entire army.
At the same time, he ordered Deng Mao and Zhang Niujiao to lead their troops to retreat into Yiyang County and establish a foothold to accommodate the prisoners and spoils gathered along the way.
Qin Mo didn't want the meat in his mouth to fly away.
Before Dong Zhuo left Luoyang, in order to raise money for military rations, he not only looted the imperial palace, Luoyang dignitaries, and shops, but he also went so far as to order tomb robbers and seized countless treasures.
Now, all the benefits have gone to Qin Mo.
As for the rear army led by Wei Tianli, they chased Qin Mo desperately all the way, but could only follow behind the Youyun Iron Cavalry and eat dust until the evening when they met up with Qin Mo.
Another day of wasted work.
After everyone settled down, Wei Tianli met them again and asked, "Should we attack Tongguan next?" Although he was excited, he still felt a little disappointed.
The mercenaries originally wanted to take advantage of the situation, but they didn't even get a sip of soup.
In addition to the lack of strength, the main reason is that players basically cannot afford to buy war horses, and they rely entirely on their two legs to march. Even if they are strong individually, they cannot outrun war horses.
There is nothing I can do.
"Let's wait until the other departments arrive before we make a plan." Qin Mo did not give a direct response.
Wei Tianli was even more disappointed.
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The news that Qin Mo led his troops to defeat Dong Zhuo's army soon spread back to Luoyang.
The response was unusually cold.
First, Cao Cao was defeated and led his troops to Yanzhou.
Du Shihao and Chu Zhongliu, two foreign princes, were confronting each other in Luoyang City over the imperial seal.
The rest of the group, including Yuan Shu, Huang Wan, Qiao Mao, Bao Xin and others, also led their troops back to their seat of government. Seeing that everyone had dispersed, the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, led his troops to leave Luoyang and head to Guandong.
Wu Kui failed to show his face and was seriously injured. Naturally, he had no face to stay in Luoyang and follow Yuan Shao.
The huge coalition of princes collapsed instantly.
The princes of Guandong had no intention of hunting down Dong Zhuo to the end, and no one thought about bringing back Emperor Xian of Han and maintaining the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. They had long forgotten the previous blood alliance.
Deep down they hoped that Emperor Xian of Han would not return, as this would just fulfill their ambitions.
Who still cares about the battle between Qin and Mo?
Yuan Shao and his men never thought that Qin Mo could pose any threat to Dong Zhuo with only an army of more than 20,000.
Even less interested.
Only the players who were curious were shocked and excited when they received the news .
