Return to the Three Kingdoms with the Empire System

Chapter 131 The Defeat of Hangu
Hearing the news that the cavalryman had brought back, everyone took a deep breath.It's hard to imagine that two old generals, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun, led the fifth school of the Northern Army to retake Hangu Pass, and they would fail.You know, which of these two old generals is not a person who has experienced many battles, but they even fell into the tricks of the defenders, so is there any possibility for the others to take back Hangu Pass?

At this time, the joy of all the officials present because of Lu Bu's triumphant return had disappeared, replaced by deep worry on their faces.

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the army to retake Hangu Pass." At this time, Lu Bu who was standing in front of all the officials suddenly knelt down and said to Liu Xie.

When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed: How did you forget about General Lu?General Lu was able to defeat 12 Huren cavalry, and previously defeated 20 Dong Zhuo's coalition forces. How difficult is it to regain Hangu Pass at this time?

Just after Liu Xie was about to agree to Lu Bu's request to go to battle, Ye Mo on the side was the first to say: "General Lu led five hundred cavalry to meet the return of the two old generals. As for the matter of winning the pass, wait for the two old generals to come back." Make a conclusion later.”

When Liu Xie heard Ye Mo say this, what he was about to say was swallowed back, and he just nodded at Lu Bu.Then Lu Bu was not why Ye Mo stood behind Liu Xie, but when he saw Liu Xie nodding, coupled with his trust in Ye Mo, he immediately ordered five hundred wolf cavalry and headed towards Hangu Pass.

"Master Taiwei, why don't you let General Lu lead the army to recapture Hangu Pass?" After seeing Lu Bu leave, Wang Yun, the Lushang Shushi behind Liu Xie, asked.In his opinion, Lv Bu had the courage of all men, and the Bingzhou army won two battles in a row. With the momentum of a big victory, they will surely win in one battle and retake Hangu Pass.

Ye Mo sincerely admires Wang Yun, even though this person uses women to trick him, and many people in the future will be ashamed of him.However, judging from the situation at the time, apart from Wang Yun, who else would dare to trick Dong Zhuo?
"It turned out to be Lord Wang. General Lu led the Bingzhou Army and just returned to Luoyang. The army is exhausted. How can they fight again? Besides, even if General Lu led the Bingzhou Army to fight again, who can guarantee that they won't be hit again? The enemy's treachery? At this moment, even the guards of Hangu Pass don't know, how can we talk about taking back Hangu Pass?" Ye Mo looked at Wang Yun and patiently explained.

After hearing Ye Mo's words, Wang Yun didn't feel anything.After all, Ye Mo was suddenly appointed as a Taiwei, one of the three princes, in charge of the country's military affairs, which made many ministers in the court complain.It's just Liu Xie's full support, and the stubborn Situ Ye Que exists, so everyone can only slander in their hearts, but they dare not speak out.

"I see that General Lu's Bingzhou army has strict military discipline and high morale. Isn't it possible to win a big victory by taking Hangu Pass at this time? Besides, if there are famous generals under Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao's account , Why did you encounter a big defeat at Hulao Pass? The Taiwei Lord proposed to recapture Hangu Pass as soon as possible, but now he is procrastinating, maybe he has ulterior motives?" Wang Yun looked at Ye Mo, but he didn't think so at all. Seeing the meaning of the boss, the lower official saw the constant sarcasm in the words.

Although Ye Mo admires Wang Yun a little, it doesn't mean that he will always tolerate Wang Yun's presumptuousness here.I explained clearly before, but Wang Yun still persisted. Isn't this making trouble for no reason? "Then according to Lord Wang, General Huangfusong and General Zhu Jun are all incompetent people with vain names?"

As soon as Wang Yun heard Ye Mo say that, he was choked to the point of being speechless.I only cared about hurting Ye Mo's face, so I kept saying that the guards of Hangu Pass were incompetent people, but I forgot that the two veterans had tasted a big defeat at Hangu Pass first.

"That's enough, let's go back first. It's hard work for the army to travel long distances. Even if Zhen and Aiqing don't need to rest, the army must always rest." Seeing the two bickering here, Liu Xie said.

Once Liu Xie's words came out, who would dare to be presumptuous?So, a group of people followed Liu Xie back to the palace. Since all the people who reported the military situation have arrived, the defeated army will not be far away. In addition, Lu Bu went to meet him, and it is estimated that the two veterans will meet in the evening of the same day. I can come back.

All the ministers are waiting in the chamber, and someone will naturally bring food.In the chamber, the ministers were obviously distributed in circles.It's just that Yuan Huai, who used to be surrounded by hundreds of officials like stars and moons, is now alone and desolate, and can only lament the cruelty of the world.

"Master Yuan, how about eating together?" Ye Mo looked at Yuan Huai alone, walked in front of him and said.

Then Yuan Huai was shocked when he saw someone talking to him.Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Yi, three members of the Yuan family, participated in Dong Zhuo's alliance, and even he himself participated somewhat.Nowadays, all the officials avoid him like the plague, but someone talks to him at this time, isn't he afraid that he will be implicated?
Yuan Huai raised his head, but found that it was Ye Mo, the newly-promoted Taiwei, and immediately got up to salute, saying: "Now Huai's court is in danger, if Mr. Taiwei wants to invite people to eat together, there will be a large number of people. Why come to Huai? Wouldn’t it be nice to be implicated then?”

Yuan Huai really hated the Ye family before, because Ye Que, a cripple, took away his position as Situ.But now, he can't hate it, or he doesn't have that qualification.For the rebellion of Yuan Shao and other members of the Yuan family, someone in the court had long proposed to kill him to intimidate Yuan Shao and others.If it wasn't for Ye Que's strong opposition, even Yuan Huai's heads would have been chopped off long ago.A person whose life depends on others for his survival, what right does he have to resent?
Seeing Yuan Huai like this, Ye Mo also gave a wry smile, and murmured: "As soon as people leave, the tea will be cold. Since the tea is already cold, why should Master Yuan hold it?"

When Yuan Huai heard Ye Mo's whisper, he was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly came to his senses.Yes, the tea is cold, just pour a new cup of tea, why bother holding a cup of cold tea in secret? "Thank you, Lord Taiwei, for your guidance." Yuan Huai stood up and saluted Ye Mo respectfully.

Ye Mo accepted Yuan Huai's salute calmly, and then invited Yuan Huai to eat with himself and Ye Que.Of course, Cao Cao was also there, because counting, Cao Cao, the prime minister, was Ye Que's subordinate and was dispatched by Ye Que.

In the evening, Lu Bu came back with Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, Ye Hua and more than a hundred defeated soldiers.That's right, there were only a hundred or so defeated soldiers left, and the rest were either killed in battle or captured.

After the two veterans saw Ye Mo in the court hall, they walked up to Ye Mo, saluted him, and cried bitterly: "I regret that I didn't listen to Mr.'s words, which led to the defeat of Hangu Pass."

Ye Mo dared to accept the gift from these two veterans, but he was only one person, how could he support the two veterans, in the end he had no choice but to accept the gift from these two veterans.

"Two generals, please tell us about the battle situation at Hangu Pass, so we can make a decision later." Looking at the two veterans, Ye Mo could only say helplessly.

Hearing what Ye Mo said, those two veterans immediately knelt down in the court hall, and slowly described the battle situation at Hangu Pass to Liu Xie.

It turned out that the two veterans had disagreements with Ye Hua before reaching Hangu Pass.Ye Hua thought that he could take advantage of the fact that the guards at Hangu Pass didn't know about them, so he could march quickly to catch Hangu Pass by surprise.It's just that Huangfusong thought that the defenders of Hangu Pass were waiting for work at ease, and if they marched in a hurry, how could they display their full combat power, so he rejected Ye Hua's opinion, and even thought that Ye Hua was just a member of a family.

Later, because of Huangfusong's decision to rest and reorganize first, the defenders of Hangu Pass were prepared.On the second day, Ye Hua applied for the battle between the army and the defender of Hangu Pass.It's just that the two old generals thought that Ye Hua was just an ignorant family member, so they didn't approve. Instead, they asked the generals from the five schools of the Northern Army to fight for generals, but they were all beheaded by the enemy generals.The morale of the army fell, and the two veterans directly ordered the army to attack the city, but the morale dropped, and the defenders had already taken precautions, but they just left a lot of corpses on the ground.

The siege failed, and the morale of the army dropped again.The two veterans decided to camp where they were and stand in a stalemate with Hangu Pass, but every night, the defenders of Hulao Pass would send people to beat gongs and drums outside the barracks, but they never attacked. rest.At this time, Ye Hua wanted to suggest to the two veterans to retreat again, but was rejected again by the two veterans.For two consecutive days, the army could not rest, so they could not attack the city, and could only go on in a stalemate.

On the third day, after midnight, there was still no movement from the defenders, and the army did not dare to rest, and nothing happened all night.On the fourth day, it was still the same, the army couldn't hold on, and when the dawn broke, the defenders of Hangu Pass suddenly attacked back and forth, defeating the army.It turned out that the defenders at Hangu Pass were beating gongs and drums a few days ago, but they were just sending people outside the pass.And the two old generals, under Ye Hua's desperate protection, rushed out of the siege of the Hangu Pass defenders, barely saving their lives.

"Do the two old generals know who the defenders of Hangu Pass are?" Ye Mo asked after hearing the two old generals finish speaking.

Listening to Ye Mo's question, the two veterans didn't dare to make any more statements at this time. After thinking for a while, Zhu Jun said: "The guard of Hangu Pass seems to be a general named Duan Yan."

"Duan Yan? Duan Yan?" Ye Mo heard the name, and the memories in his mind flew quickly. After a while, Ye Mo said: "If there is only this person, it will definitely not be able to come up with such a plan. With this person, you can Any other counselors?"

"Counselor? By the way, this person is accompanied by a young man not more than twenty years old." Huangfu Song heard Ye Mo ask again, thought for a while and said suddenly.

"No more than 20 years old, sir, could this be Wei Zhongdao?" Lu Bu who was on the side heard Huang Fusong say that Duan Yao was accompanied by a counselor who was under [-], and immediately thought of Wei Zhongdao.

"It's not Wei Zhongdao. It's reported that Wei Zhongdao went to Tianshui with Yuan Shao's army at this time. Old General Huangfu, have you ever heard how the defenders call this young counselor?" Ye Mo is wondering if this person is Wei After Zhongdao, he asked Huangfusong.

Huangfusong thought for a long time, but couldn't remember the person's full name: "What does that person seem to be called...Fa or something? What is Fa?" Huangfusong scratched his ears and cheeks for a long time, but he couldn't remember the name.

"Is the law upright, the law filial and straight?"

"Yes, that's the name." When Huangfusong heard Ye Mo say the name "Fazheng", he immediately remembered that it was this person.

"That's it, this person is at least a second-rate top strategist now." Ye Mo murmured, he was rude at this time, I really don't blame the two old generals, but the enemy is too cunning.

(End of this chapter)