Chapter 414: Attacking the enemy is the lowest strategy, attacking the heart is the highest!

Time passed quickly.

The next day.

Last night.

Lu Bu led troops to attack, and although he didn't kill any generals, he destroyed almost all of the coalition's siege equipment.

This led to the warlords being somewhat decadent when facing Hulao Pass the next day.

Now there was no siege equipment.

Hulao Pass was like an iron barrel in front of them, very difficult to take down.

Some suggested attacking directly.

Others suggested planning for the long term and waiting for the next batch of siege equipment to be built.

And just as the warlords were in a stalemate.

Dong Zhuo led his army out of Hulao Pass and took the initiative to challenge them.

A full million troops unfolded, looking majestic.

Yuan Shao, as the leader of the coalition, naturally had to come out to put on a show, so under the protection of his personal guards, he arrived in front of the two armies.

"Hahaha, Yuan Benchu? Look at your dark circles, you didn't sleep well last night, did you?"

Dong Zhuo smiled, looking very proud.

"Hmph! Sneaking an attack at night, you old bastard Dong Zhuo, you don't talk about martial virtue!"

Yuan Shao snorted coldly.

Last night's sneak attack caused him to lose a large amount of siege equipment.

These siege equipment were all high-end equipment he had spent a lot of money to build in Jizhou.

To have them all destroyed at once was undoubtedly very heartbreaking for him.

"I am just returning the favor; you dare to attack my Sishui Pass and kill my generals, so I can naturally raid your coalition camp at night and destroy your siege equipment!"

Dong Zhuo looked proud, then scanned the coalition of warlords again: "What, is there only you from the Yuan family? Where is the other one surnamed Yuan? Hurry up and come out for me!"

Dong Zhuo didn't know why he suddenly asked about Yuan Shu.

"Old thief Dong Zhuo, what do you want with me!"

The Yuan family had served as the Three Excellencies for four generations, but the only other person surnamed Yuan among the warlords was Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu, who was named, had to ride his horse forward and glare at Dong Zhuo.

"Hahaha, you're all here, right? Then I'll show you a performance!"

Dong Zhuo directly ignored Yuan Shu and clapped his hands behind him: "Come, bring the traitors who colluded with the enemy to me!"

"What does the Dong thief mean?"

Following Dong Zhuo's words, all the warlords, including Su Li, looked over curiously.

On the city wall of Hulao Pass, over a hundred people wearing white prison clothes and shackles were pushed onto the wall.

The various warlords were not ordinary people; their vision, enhanced by their own attributes, was much broader than ordinary people, so they naturally recognized at a glance that these people were Yuan Wei and his clansmen, and even the servants of the mansion.

Yuan Wei, the current Grand Tutor, belonged to the most senior older generation in the Yuan family, which had served as the Three Excellencies for four generations.

In his official career, many Yuan family descendants had received Yuan Wei's care.

And Yuan Wei was naturally quite beloved by the younger generation of the Yuan family.

At the same time, Yuan Wei was also the uncle of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and blood was thicker than water.

"Uncle!!!"

So at this moment, seeing this scene, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both realized something, and both shouted: "Old thief Dong Zhuo! You dare to capture the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, what is your crime?!!"

"Hahaha! What is my crime? What Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, in my eyes, he is just a traitor who colluded with the enemy!"

The more anxious Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were, the more excited Dong Zhuo became, his eyes already revealing a bloodthirsty ferocity.

"Come, come, come, I will let you see the consequences of daring to go against me."

"Execute!"

With a wave of his hand!

The executioners who had been prepared in the back stepped forward and swung the big machetes in their hands.

Crack.

The machetes fell in unison!

Then...

"No!"

"No!"

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both let out painful howls.

Yuan Wei's entire family, including servants and descendants, and even a few pets, over a hundred people and animals, all had their heads chopped off!

One by one, the bloody heads fell from Hulao Pass onto the ground.

Like watermelons thrown from a high altitude, they instantly shattered into slag.

This is the cruelty of war; once involved, the enemy can do anything.

"Hahaha! See, this is the consequence of going against me!"

"Hmph, you still dare to come and crusade against me? I will make you pay the price one by one! Exterminate the nine clans!"

Dong Zhuo laughed hideously.

The sound echoed throughout Hulao Pass.

"Attack the city! Attack the city immediately! I want to make this old thief Dong Zhuo pay in blood!"

Yuan Shao was so angry that he lost his mind and roared wildly.

"Fight, Ji Ling, take orders, immediately lead troops to break through Hulao Pass; dare to kill my uncle, I must make the Dong thief pay with his life."

Even Yuan Shu, who had always been at odds with Yuan Shao, followed Yuan Shao at this moment, angrily sending troops and generals.

The two brothers unexpectedly formed a unified front, ignoring the intentions of other warlords, and joined forces to attack Hulao Pass.

Seeing this scene, Su Li shook his head.

Dong Zhuo's move was brilliant; it could be called attacking the enemy is the lowest strategy, attacking the heart is the highest.

It directly caused Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to lose their minds.

The two brothers unexpectedly formed a unified front, ignoring the intentions of other warlords, and joined forces to attack Hulao Pass.

Dong Zhuo's move was brilliant; it could be called attacking the enemy is the lowest strategy, attacking the heart is the highest.

It directly caused Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to lose their minds.

Hulao Pass had dangerous terrain and was a majestic pass of the world; plus, with the siege equipment destroyed, if they attacked forcefully without siege equipment, they wouldn't be able to take it without dozens or even a hundred times the troops.

And the current coalition of warlords, although they had many troops, was far from meeting such conditions.

Besides, the various warlords were not grasshoppers tied to the same rope.

Even if Yuan Shao gave the order to start attacking Hulao Pass.

No one would be willing to step forward as the vanguard.

Only the troops of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu attacked the city with all their might.

The other warlords were all just taking advantage in the back.

There was absolutely no military strategy or siege tactics to speak of.

They could only constantly use scaling ladders to attack the city walls, but without the suppression of siege equipment, how could mere scaling ladders take Hulao Pass?

Don't forget that Hulao Pass was known as a majestic pass of the world.

The name of a majestic pass not only represented its astonishing city defense, but also represented that there were many defensive siege equipment on it.

Things like bed crossbows, rolling stones, and wolf-tooth beaters.

Destroying simple siege equipment like ladders was simply as easy as pie.

In the end, after the fight, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's troops had lost a quarter, and they hadn't even touched the edge of Hulao Pass.

This didn't even include a large portion of player troops used as cannon fodder.

The most critical thing was that if they continued to fight like this, the morale of the coalition would sooner or later be exhausted.

Once it dropped to a certain level, it would be easily broken.

Finally, having no other choice, Cao Cao came forward to persuade Yuan Shao: "Benchu, I know the death of Grand Tutor Yuan is a big blow to you, but we cannot continue to fight like this! Let's retreat first and fight another day!"

"I..."

Perhaps because Cao Cao was still Yuan Shao's good buddy, even Yuan Shao, who was extremely sorrowful and had blood-red eyes, listened, gradually calmed his mood, and began to assess the situation.

He also knew that continuing to fight like this would only increase casualties, so he immediately ordered the retreat.

The other warlords breathed a sigh of relief, led their troops back to the Sishui Pass camp, and discussed strategies for breaking the city.

— Author's Notes —

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