Chapter 286

"The key is that the materials for making these siege equipment were taken locally from Yi Que Pass;"

"The wood and such were all cut down temporarily, not qualified air-dried wood;"

"It can only be used for emergencies. After this battle, if left for a period of time, these woods will have problems, and by then, they will also become semi-waste products;"

"In addition, transporting them back will inevitably consume a lot of wealth and grain, and it's not cost-effective in terms of cost!"

"You can't just look at how long we spent building them this time;"

"In fact, this is because the craftsmen brought by the army this time were few, and there were no qualified materials prepared in advance;"

"And there were no lathe machines from the ordnance department, which gave you the illusion that these things were difficult and expensive to build!"

"In fact, if these things were handed over to the ordnance department to build, the freight for transporting them back would be enough to build another batch, and there might even be a surplus, so do you understand?"

In the end, it's just not worth it.

"Is that so?"

Zhao Yun was stunned. He really hadn't understood the information in this regard!

It seems that he was still negligent. In the future, he should pay more attention to some things in the ordnance department.

He doesn't ask to understand the technology himself, but some common sense things, as a general focused on by the lord, these must be clear.

Otherwise, things like today might cause the lord to suffer unnecessary losses.

"The end general understands! I will go and supervise it! I guarantee that not a single part will be left for the enemy!"

Zhao Yun immediately said solemnly.

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded, and then said: "By the way! This time I didn't plan to take these Xiliang army captives back directly, don't spread it around!"

"On the contrary, tell Huang Hansheng and Old Dian Wei that these captives should be reorganized and trained on the spot;"

"The food treatment can be given according to our army's new recruit standard first, and turn these surrendered troops into our troops as soon as possible;"

"I don't ask them to exert much combat power, nor do I ask how high their loyalty is;"

"As long as they can basically obey orders, that's enough!"

"Later, we need to intercept a batch of population from Dong Zhuo. With only the 10, 00-plus troops we have now, how many people can we manage to relocate?"

"If we can have 10, 00 more troops, our subsequent tasks will be much easier."

Of course, he could also continue to mobilize troops from Nanyang.

But it's too late now!

He could indeed mobilize troops in advance, but there was no need.

It's easy to arouse the wariness and precaution of other warlords.

They would think, what are you, Su Xuan, trying to do?

The war is almost over, and you still want to increase troops here?

You don't want to kill us warlords, do you!

By then, forcing these sensitive warlords to deal with him together would not be good.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, even if the combat is very average, can pile to death those 10, 00-plus people.

So, it's better not to leave handles for Lord Yuan Shao and the others, and stimulate their fragile nerves.

"Is that so?"

Zhao Yun nodded knowingly: "The end general understands! I will go and notify Huang Hansheng and Old Dian Wei!"

"Hmm! Go!"

Su Xuan waved his hand with a smile.

Zhao Yun immediately left Su Xuan, found Huang Zhong and Old Dian Wei in the first instance, and conveyed Su Xuan's order.

"Oh? The lord's idea is not bad!"

"Although this will affect the combat power of some of our troops, anyway, there won't be any hard battles to fight next, so if it drops a little, let it drop!"

"It's good to get double the troops to help!"

Huang Zhong immediately replied with a smile.

The lord considers things for the long term!

Sure enough, they are only suitable for being generals, and they didn't consider these things in advance at all.

"It seems that in the future, I must pay more attention and learn more! Otherwise, it will be difficult to become a general who can stand alone!"

Huang Zhong sighed and said.

"Indeed!"

Zhao Yun and Old Dian Wei on the side nodded together.

The lord has high hopes for them, and they cannot live up to the lord's intentions.

Work hard! Roll!

Afterward, Zhao Yun went to burn all the temporarily built siege equipment, floating bridges, etc., into charcoal, and still not at ease, he ordered people to crush these charcoals, and only then was Zhao Yun completely at ease.

Of course, the iron parts in them had already been removed by the military craftsmen in advance.

These things could be taken back to be melted and reused.

The next morning,

Su Xuan opened the Pupil of Qi Luck from afar and looked toward Luoyang.

"Oh? It finally started? Then we can also advance!"

Su Xuan saw the Golden Dragon of Great Han Qi Luck begin to move westward.

At the same time, he also saw that the sky in the direction of Luoyang was reflected red by the firelight,

And the Golden Dragon of Qi Luck wailed, further weakened.

The gaze toward Dong Zhuo and the others was even more resentful.

And the Qi Luck backlash and curses on Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were even thicker.

"Set off!"

Su Xuan immediately ordered the cavalry to advance to Luoyang.

Leaving Old Dian Wei's 4, 00 Xuanwu Battalion soldiers, leading the 10, 00-plus Xiliang surrendered troops, while training the queue, while advancing, following slowly behind.

At the same time,

On the side of Hu Lao Pass, because Dong Zhuo's main army had almost withdrawn, only Xu Rong and 20, 00 ordinary troops were left.

According to Dong Zhuo's order, Xu Rong didn't intend to hold on, just blocked the coalition forces for several days, and after receiving Dong Zhuo's order to withdraw, he left hundreds of old, weak, sick, and disabled without hesitation, and then led the army to withdraw overnight.

By the time the coalition forces discovered that the situation in Hu Lao Pass was wrong, it was already the next day.

Then, Lord Yuan Shao and the others launched a fierce attack on Hu Lao Pass, but in less than an hour, they successfully broke through Hu Lao Pass.

At this time, they knew that the enemy's main force had long since withdrawn.

"Damn! Played by someone! Dong Zhuo and even Xu Rong have withdrawn. It seems that something went wrong in Luoyang and Yi Que Pass!"

Lord Yuan Shao's eyes were deep.

"But at least we took Hu Lao Pass, and the day of Dong Zhuo's defeat is not far away, right?"

Kong Rong on the side smiled and said.

As long as he could achieve results, he was happy.

Because this meant that his reputation would go further.

He had been managing to improve his reputation all his life, and he wanted to become the second saint of the Kong family.

In this chaotic world, this opportunity couldn't be better.

At worst, he would take the Kong family to a new level.

As for the matter of hegemony, he didn't care that much.

His purpose was never to compete for hegemony and become a warlord or even the Son of Heaven.

As long as his Kong family continued to improve its reputation and become the representative or even symbol of the Confucian school, that would be enough.

As long as the golden body of the Kong family could be established as the symbol of the Confucian school, then no matter how the dynasties changed, their Kong family would exist forever, always transcendent, high above.

Even the Son of Heaven of the new dynasty in the future, if he wanted to stabilize the country, would have to look at the face of their Kong Mansion.

This is the ultimate goal that their Kong Mansion has always pursued.

"Alliance Leader! Not good! Something big happened in Luoyang!"

At this time, a messenger ran over quickly and reported to Lord Yuan Shao: "There is news from the scouts that in the direction of Luoyang, red light fills the sky, they suspect... suspect..."

"Suspect what?"

Lord Yuan Shao listened, frowned, and scolded.