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Knowing that he could not hold on, Zangba retreated from Xiajin and crossed the Yellow River back to Hedong County.
However, just when they set foot in Hedong County, Zangba was ambushed again, and the endless Xiliang army came out and surrounded them heavily. Fortunately, there were troops stationed in Hedong for rescue. However, these rescue troops were also defeated and did not have much combat power.
Moreover, the 50,000 troops in Hedong County were formed with the Bingzhou Youzhou Army as the main body and the defeated Hedong troops who surrendered by Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, as supplements. At this time, most of these troops rebelled, and they killed Soldiers from Bingzhou Youzhou.
For a time, there was endless war!
After being rescued, the Zangba led the defeated soldiers to retreat southward. Behind them were endless Xiliang soldiers, including foreign troops.
In this way, they fled for nearly a hundred miles and suffered heavy losses. The Black Scale Army was almost completely lost. They retreated all the way to Jiguan and were supported by the garrison at the gate, and they were able to escape.
Three thousand Black Scale troops, plus the nearly 10,000 loyal soldiers from Hedong County, less than 1,000 escaped, which shows that the losses were extremely heavy.
"Xuan Gao, he was seriously injured and fell into a coma, but his life is not serious. The military doctor said he will wake up in a few days. But he will not be able to go to the ground for at least a month." Guo Jia reported the news to Liu Zhe.
"The soldiers who escaped were all injured and lost countless supplies. This time the losses were very heavy."
Huang Zhong spoke up and asked, "Why is this happening?"
"We were careless." Guo Jia said the reason.
The Hedong Army led by Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu was defeated by the Zangba after several battles with the Zangba. Later Niu Fu retreated, and all the remaining Hedong Army surrendered, and the officials in Hedong also surrendered to Liu Zhe.
For the soldiers who surrendered, loyal soldiers from Bingzhou and Youzhou were recruited as the main body to reorganize the troops. Except for some of the officials who surrendered, most of them were left as they were. The purpose of this is to stabilize people's hearts and stabilize Hedong as soon as possible.
And this rebellion of soldiers and officials was probably an ambush set by Dong Zhuo.
"We underestimated Li Ru. He is too scheming to even consider this step."
Guo Jia finally attributed this far-sighted plan to Li Ru. After all, they knew that Dong Zhuo¡¯s only adviser was Li Ru.
"My lord, we have neglected our duties, and I hope you will punish me."
In the end, Guo Jia and other counselors appealed to Liu Zhe. This time, they undoubtedly lost to Li Ru, but they couldn't see Li Ru's plan.
"It's a pity that Gongda is not in Hedong, otherwise things wouldn't be like this." Liu Zhe waved his hand and said.
Xun You returned to Bingzhou at that time, and there was no real person in charge in Hedong, so Li Ru took the opportunity to enter.
Liu Zhe didn¡¯t blame anyone. In military affairs, the one with more clever plans wins. It was obvious that Li Ru had a lot of calculations this time before he defeated them ruthlessly.
"Hey, I didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would be so cooperative. I thought he would shrink back, but I didn't expect that he would dare to send troops out."
"This is just right, we can play a scene with Dong Zhuo."
Guo Jiayin smiled and said, obviously, Guo Jia, who is known as a genius, is angry!
Subsequently, Liu Zhe ordered the army to set off for Hedong.
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"Wen He, you are indeed powerful. As you expected, the Youzhou army fled in confusion."
In the large tent of the Central Army of Dong's army that sent troops to Hedong, Niu Fu spoke to a middle-aged scribe with a pleasant look.
This middle-aged scribe has a goatee and a gloomy expression. He is a staff member under Niu Fu Zhang, Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe.
"It was only the general Zhonglang who defeated the Youzhou army." Jia Xu praised Niu Fu with a smile on his face.
"Wen He, do you really don't need me to recommend you to the Grand Master?" Niu Fu said in a very polite tone.
If someone who is familiar with him sees it, they will definitely be shocked. How had Niu Fu, who was usually domineering, ever used such a tone and attitude towards a person?
Jia Xu shook his head and said, "No need, all credit goes to the general."
Niu Fu laughed loudly and said: "If it hadn't been for your strategy this time, we would never have been able to return to Hedong. Your strategy is as good as that of the servant. If the lord knew about it, he would definitely value you very much."
The minister is Li Ru, who once served as a minister in the imperial court.
"My talents are not as good as those of the minister, and being an aide under the general is enough." Jia Xu shook his head and rejected Niu Fu's proposal.
"There are not many people like Wen He and you now. They don't fight for power or gain."
Niu Fu smiled even happier and said, "I know Wen He doesn't like publicity, so I pretended to take the credit for your work. Wen He, you won't be angry."
"How could it be?" Jia Xu smiled and shook his head. He didn't want to attract Dong Zhuo's attention, and he didn't care about the so-called credit.
But soon, he stopped smiling and asked: "General, what are you going to do next?"
"Huh, last time I left Hedong in embarrassment, this time I have to pay Liu Zhe back with interest no matter what." Speaking of this, the smile on Niu Fu's face disappeared and he snorted coldly.
"I have prepared a big gift for Liu Zhe, I hope he likes it."
Jia Xu asked curiously: "What kind of gift is it?"