"Damn it!" In Chang'an City, Xu Rong came angrily towards the dusty generals of Xiliang. When he got closer, he cursed: "A bunch of idiots, I have warned you so many times! You are not allowed to go out of seclusion! You are not allowed to go out of seclusion! But you are still unwilling to obey orders honestly. Since that is the case, why did you still recommend me to be the initiator? If you lose tonight, you will lose your troops and lose your generals. You are satisfied!"

Before, Li Jue, Guo Si and others went out of the city to steal the camp privately and fell into the trap of Cao's army. When they broke through the siege, the battle was loud. How could Xu Rong not know about such a big movement? When he arrived at the city gate, he happened to see Li Jue and others running back in shame with the remaining defeated generals.

In fact, to be honest, Xu Rong really wanted to order not to open the door, so he just left the group of disasters outside the city! But after thinking about it, Xu Rong still held back, not because he was soft-hearted, but now he wanted to defend Chang'an City, so he really had to lack the help of these people!

In desperation, Xu Rong could only spread his anger on others. The scapegoat of Li Jue and others was naturally the city gate guard who opened the city gate and let Li Jue and Guo Si go out of the city.

He returned from defeat and suffered heavy losses. At this moment, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Yang Feng were unable to protect themselves, so he could not even have time to plead for the city guard. He watched him dragged down by Xu Rong's order, but he didn't even dare to let go!

When Xu Rong and others counted the injuries, they found that the 50,000 troops brought out of the city by Li Jue, Guo Si and others actually came back less than 20,000 people. Such losses were really too huge.

Facing Xu Rong's scolding, Guo Si would be fine if it were usual. But Li Jue, Zhang Ji, Yang Feng and others would definitely refute it, but now Li Jue and the others are in the wrong, so they can only lower their heads and let Xu Rong shout loudly. Anyway, as long as their lives are still there, everything else doesn't matter.

Seeing that these people were all dead pigs, they looked like they were not afraid of boiling water. After Xu Rong shouted loudly, he was helpless. After all, he could not kill all these people, right? At that time, Chang'an City lacked a guard, and with him alone, even if there was an army of 100,000, it would be difficult to compete with Cao Cao.

"From today on, I will be dispatched by myself except for the troops and horses under my headquarters. Without my military order, who dares to do anything again? Be careful that I will ignore my feelings when the time comes!" Xu Rong was angry and could only confiscate some of these people's military power, which was a warning to them, and then turned around and left with anger.

"Hu" At this time, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Yang Feng and others breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that Xu Rong would attack them. After all, no matter what, Xu Rong is their leader now, and it is indeed they who violated military orders.

If they were successful in this battle of stealing camp, they would have the confidence to compete with Xu Rong even if they violated the military order. But this time they were defeated extremely miserably, with more than 30,000 soldiers and generals. Even if Xu Rong really killed them all, they could do nothing.

After all, if they lost Dong Zhuo's suppression, they now rely on their prestige in front of the soldiers of the Xiliang army. If they lose prestige, they will find it difficult for them to command the Xiliang army. Now, it is undoubtedly their own actions that have ruined their prestige in the army.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ji couldn't help but sigh and said, "Everyone, in the battle tonight, we will be defeated, and the loss of soldiers and generals is so severe, and the prestige in the army has been greatly reduced, but what should we do?"

Although everyone didn't want to give in, everyone knew in their hearts that after this defeat, their prestige in the army was far inferior to Xu Rong. In other words, the command of the Xiliang Army had almost completely reached Xu Rong. If they were not polite to Xu Rong, I'm afraid no one would have any good results by then!

However, no one wanted to be the first to do the surrender. After a while, everyone's eyes finally gathered on Li Jue and Yang Feng. After all, in terms of dissatisfaction with Xu Rong, Li Jue was the first, and Yang Feng was the one who proposed to go out of the city to steal the camp.

Seeing everyone's eyes gathered, Li Jue and Yang Feng couldn't help but curse in their hearts. However, they were not fools. They knew that if this matter was coming, they would be afraid that they would not be ashamed to stay in the Xiliang army in the future. So, the two of them had a tacit understanding and looked up at the sky.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but curse secretly. Knowing that Li Jue and Yang Feng were afraid that they would not be able to rely on each other. After looking at each other, Guo Si still sighed and said, "Oh! I think General Xu Rong did not mean to make things difficult for us. In the future, for the sake of the overall situation, we should not deliberately make things difficult for General Xu Rong!"

He took the idea of ​​giving in to Xu Rong, which made Li Jue, Yang Feng and others breathe a sigh of relief. However, they also knew that this was not very authentic, and their faces were naturally a little ugly. After politely speaking, they left embarrassedly.

Although they were unwilling to do so, they had to admit that the failure of this battle had made them lose face.

Outside the city, Cao Cao was promoted to the tent and gathered at the generals. Looking at the battle report sent in a hurry, the joy of the victory last night disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

"Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Lu Bu and others were defeated at Jieqiao, with more than 300,000 soldiers and generals losing more than 200,000." As soon as Cao Cao said this, the soldiers of Cao's army were uproared.

Not to mention, the elite army under Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan should not be underestimated. Just Lu Bu, who is known as the world's number one general, has unpredictable combat power. The Bingzhou cavalry he led is definitely a huge force that no force can be underestimated.

"How could this be?" Cheng Yu frowned and asked, "Even if the coalition of princes is not in harmony with each other and cannot be fully combative, he should not be defeated in such a short time?"

"Lu Bu was defeated." Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Xiao Lan, the leader of the Taiping thief, showed a powerful force beyond Lu Bu in the Battle of Jieqiao. In the one-on-one battle, he was defeated and killed Lu Bu. In addition, he defeated a large number of cavalrymen of the Jizhou coalition with a battle formation, resulting in a sharp reduction in the morale of the coalition army, and was seized by the Taiping thief and defeated in one fell swoop!"

"Tsk tsk... I really didn't expect that the leader of Taiping thief Xiao Lan had such combat power. After this defeat, Yuan Shao and others no longer had the strength to fight against the Taiping thief army. I'm afraid even Jizhou would be difficult to save." Cheng Yu sighed, and suddenly looked moved, and he said in surprise: "Ah, it's not good!"

Cao Cao asked in shock: "What's wrong?"

Cheng Yu said: "The Taiping thieves annexed Jizhou. The next step is Youzhou and Bingzhou. I'm afraid we won't have much time to fight with it."

Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but frown. The battle of Chang'an was at a stalemate that he had not expected. It has to be said that although his virtue was corrupt, the combat power of the Xiliang Army was really extraordinary. Xu Rong, Zhang Ji and others could do it well, and it would take some time to successfully conquer Chang'an.

But if time delays too long, when they capture Chang'an, the Taiping Army has already taken Jizhou, and they will start an attack on them. At that time, after experiencing the Battle of Chang'an, they are afraid that they will be unable to deal with the Taiping Army's military front!

"Damn it, how could this peace thief grow so quickly?" Thinking of this, even Cao Cao couldn't help but curse.

"Haha! Lord, don't be anxious!" Seeing Cao Cao's expression, Cheng Yu quickly smiled and said, "Then Jizhou is the important place for the Yuan clan. In the battle of Jieqiao, although the coalition of princes was defeated, relying on the right place, it can still resist the Taiping thieves' army for a while. With Gongsun Zan's help, there are still some fighting in this battle, so we have enough time to conquer Chang'an."

"Li Ju Guo Si is just a man who sells the first place, but Xu Rong should not be underestimated. There are still powerful generals in the Xiliang army, and it is not easy to take Chang'an." Cao Cao sighed, as if he remembered something, and suddenly asked: "By the way, is there no news in the city still coming? Logically speaking, the princes and ministers in the city have long been dissatisfied with the Xiliang army, so why didn't they send someone to contact us?"

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "I'm afraid the Xiliang Army is too strict. Wait a little longer, maybe there will be good news soon!"

At this moment, a military waiter suddenly came to report: "Mr. Zhou Mu, today we caught a spy and found a secret letter from him!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!