[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de":3,"chapter-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de-three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-11":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Three Kingdoms: Humiliated by the Coalition, I Defect to Dong Zhuo and Marry Dong Bai",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2112196,3441,"Chapter 11","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-11",11,"\u003Cp>\"This is to set up a posture for a decisive battle with us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder what everyone's views are on this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the various lords stared at each other with wide eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, they still couldn't come up with a comprehensive strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh~~~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a bunch of useless trash that can't be propped up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shao cursed secretly in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no help for it; the various lords had become very sensitive after the surprise attack on the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attacking Hulao Pass means losing more soldiers and generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those small lords who didn't have much of a foundation to begin with were already thinking about leaving the coalition and returning to their bases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that no one was willing to speak up,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shao had no choice but to start calling names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He set his sights on Cao Cao and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mengde, how do you view the current situation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao knew that this fellow Yuan Shao would definitely assign tasks to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he was well prepared for the current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Benchu, if we continue to attack Sishui Pass, it will only waste our strength and have no meaning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It would be better to send a portion of the army to remain outside Sishui Pass as a diversion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The main force should be led by you personally to march to Hulao Pass for a decisive battle with Dong Zhuo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Cao Cao had few troops, he was one of the few in the coalition of lords who truly wanted to capture Luoyang and take back the Emperor Liu Xie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this strategy of dividing the troops was also carefully considered by Cao Cao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the various small lords were immediately unhappy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previous night raid had already caused their troops to suffer significant losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were to continue attacking Hulao Pass, wouldn't they lose everything?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The chattering objections of the various lords rose and fell in the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made Yuan Shao, the leader, feel like his head was going to explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the coalition has too many problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao was very glad that he had left this mess to Yuan Shao in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were the one sitting in Yuan Shao's seat today, he would probably be even more irritable than Yuan Shao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quiet, quiet!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, Yuan Shao had to use his authority as the leader to signal the various lords to remain quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Leader, you must be discerning!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not that we are stingy, nor is it that we don't want to crusade against the Dong thief and rescue His Majesty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just that we are truly willing but lack the strength!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person who spoke was Qiao Mao, the Prefect of Dongjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a total of three thousand troops under his command, and nearly half of them died in Hua Xiong's surprise attack last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For such small lords, their limited troops are equivalent to their own lifeblood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all their troops were lost, even returning to their territory safely would become a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar to Qiao Mao, there were several other lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their luck was not very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Hua Xiong raided the coalition camp last time, their stationing area was very close to Yuan Shu, so they were greatly implicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, rest assured, I, the leader, am well aware of your difficulties.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now is the critical period for crusading against the old thief Dong Zhuo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you cannot work together, I fear you will inevitably suffer Dong Zhuo's retaliation in the future!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shao threatened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the few small lords who had been jumping the most suddenly quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason these few were able to become Inspectors and Prefects was precisely because of Dong Zhuo's appointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the coalition disbanded, it would mean they would very likely have to face Dong Zhuo's retaliation alone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Involving the question of whether they could continue to survive, the few small lords no longer dared to casually question the decisions made by Yuan Shao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the opponents had been handled, Yuan Shao decided to adopt Cao Cao's suggestion and divide the coalition of lords into two routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first route, led by Cao Cao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the weaker lords of the coalition, they would camp outside Sishui Pass to pin down the defenders inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second route, led by Yuan Shao himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also the main force of the coalition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Gongsun Zan, Han Fu, Tao Qian, and Sun Jian, who had more strength and more troops, were all in this route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is worth mentioning that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Yuan Shu was seriously injured and should not move around, he remained outside Sishui Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventy percent of the troops under his command were handed over to his younger brother Yuan Yin, who followed the main coalition force to Hulao Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the coalition of lords, each with their own ulterior motives,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in Luoyang City, the various troops under Dong Zhuo were eager to try, intending to establish military merit in the upcoming war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, whether it was the Xiliang direct line, the Bingzhou Army, or the Luoyang Imperial Guard,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was no tacit understanding between the three parties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it nicely, it's called showing their own edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it bluntly, it's called looking at each other with disdain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to ensure that there were enough troops in the rear for support,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Zhuo brought a total of 130,000 troops to the Hulao Pass front line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Lu Bu commanded 50,000, Zhang Ji commanded 60,000, and Xu Rong had the fewest, only 20,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not that the Luoyang Imperial Guard had few people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's that most of the troops in the Luoyang Imperial Guard had been broken up by Dong Zhuo and incorporated into the New Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Xu Rong, the leader of the Luoyang Imperial Guard faction, appear in a very awkward position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for the sake of survival and to ensure his brothers could have a good life,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Rong was also desperate to go to the front line to make merit this time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three armies, under the gaze of Li Ru and Fan Chou,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>left the Luoyang city gate in a grand manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They galloped toward Hulao Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To boost morale, Dong Zhuo decided not to take a carriage but to ride a horse with the cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However... due to Boss Dong's increasing obesity,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a single warhorse could no longer carry him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, he had to ride two horses side-by-side, which barely allowed him to keep up with the speed of the main force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they arrived at Hulao Pass,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Xiong and Gu Yi, along with the 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry previously stationed at Sishui Pass, had already arrived one step ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Hua Xiong, Boss Dong excitedly gave him a bear hug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good lad!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said you had the ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1158,"2026-06-16T09:19:20.127Z","2026-06-16T10:29:10.858Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bb140e90d050aedc13ec265e5bdafd49c0f8ad855fbff87dcbbe3c1d2249380a","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-12","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-10",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-cover.jpg"]