In front of Hulao Pass, Dong Zhuo watched Han Tao and his troops slowly withdraw.

Although this battle was a great victory, killing many coalition soldiers and hitting the morale of the coalition, Dong Zhuo also deeply felt Han Tao's strength.

He was extremely shocked, surprised and happy inside, and even a little fear.

What I am happy about is that Han Tao is so powerful that it is easy to defeat the coalition forces led by Yuan Shao, and it is just a matter of time.

But what shocked and terrified him was also Han Tao's strength. His performance was so powerful that Dong Zhuo had to worry about how much chance of winning would he have if they both went to war.

After a series of battles with the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo had successively lost two generals, Hua Xiong and Li Jue, and the Western Liang Iron Cavalry also suffered relatively large losses, losing more main forces.

If you really want to have a head-on conflict with Han Tao, it will be very difficult to win just the Jincheng County cavalry, plus the crossbow soldiers and the Fire Dragon soldiers.

The only thing that can make Dong Zhuo feel more at ease now is that he has a powerful general like Lu Bu, who is invincible in one fight, which has become his only reliance.

Dong Zhuo is now beginning to be glad that he did not miss Lu Bu because of his greed for Diao Chan, otherwise he would have lost any weight now.

Now he must find a way to calm down and win over Han Tao on the one hand, and continue to work hard to eliminate the threat of the coalition forces of the 18th princes, and at the same time, he must find a way to stop Han Tao's power from growing and prevent him from becoming his own threat...

Although Han Tao had not spoken to Dong Zhuo again, the light from the corner of his eyes was also paying attention to Dong Zhuo's expression changes.

Looking at the opponent's uncertain expression, Han Tao understood that the purpose of arranging the ace troops to fight today had been achieved. It not only severely damaged the coalition forces, but also gave them practical and psychological blows, but also gave Dong Zhuo enough shock and pressure.

This is exactly the result that Han Tao hopes to see most, and it will undoubtedly add more weight to him when negotiating with Dong Zhuo later.

Judging from the current situation, the defeat of the eighteen princes is inevitable. What he needs to do now is to seize the last opportunity, launch a pursuit, and reduce the strength of the coalition forces as much as possible.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo's strength was further weakened inadvertently, creating more favorable conditions for his final comeback...

Seeing that Han Tao's subordinates and Dong Zhuo's subordinates ended the killing and retreated towards Hulao Pass, the princes who had been commanding their subordinates to shoot arrows desperately to resist were slightly relieved and issued an order to stop shooting arrows.

Yuan Shao looked helplessly at the princes around him. These people were scared out of fear in this battle and lost a lot of troops. It would be even more difficult for them to cheer up and send troops to fight Dong Zhuo and Han Tao.

"Everyone, first go back to the battalion and count the damage, and then the few people in the front battalion arranged troops to protect the battalion." Yuan Shao gave orders to everyone.

At this time, he had no choice but to stabilize the morale of the army first and then consider how to continue to fight.

"Brother, brother!" As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, Zhang Miao's cry suddenly sounded beside him.

Yuan Shao turned around and saw a group of soldiers who had just risked their lives to collect a group of corpses. Zhang Miao was crying with a corpse shot into a hedgehog by arrows. The man was no one else, but his younger brother, Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling, one of the eighteen princes.

As the prefect of a county, he escaped too slowly when retreating, so he was left outside the camp and was shot directly by the arrows that stopped the retreating troops.

Another prince was shot and killed with Zhang Chao, the prefect of Shangdang.

A great war not only caused the eighteen princes to lose tens of thousands of soldiers, but also directly killed two prefects in chaos. This was really embarrassing.

Zhang Miao glared at Yuan Shao and others with resentment, and roared fiercely: "Why didn't I wait for my brother to retreat and shoot the arrow? He was shot to death by his own people?!"

Yuan Shao looked at Zhang Miao helplessly and explained helplessly: "Meng Zhuo (Zhang Miao's name), Meng Gao and his two men died tragically, and I feel very sad and regretful..."

"You are so sorry, so sad?! You are the murderers!" Zhang Miao roared at Yuan Shao angrily.

Yuan Shao knew that he could not confront Zhang Miao head-on at this time, so he could only endure his anger and explain and comfort him: "Meng Zhuo, you know the situation best at that time, but if you do not close the gate in time and let the enemy rush into the camp, our losses will be even heavier. This is a last resort."

Cao Cao also stepped forward to help Yuan Shao persuade Zhang Miao: "Yes. Meng Zhuo, the leader of the alliance said well. When the incident happened suddenly, we also avoided greater losses and had to take such extraordinary measures. Now that our army is defeated, we, the generals, need to unite together to boost the morale of the army and boost morale, so that we can turn defeat into victory, kill Dong Zhuo and Han Tao, and avenge the brothers who died!"

After the persuasion of the two, Zhang Miao calmed down a little and understood that what they were saying was the truth. He also ordered his troops to go down and shoot arrows to save his life. It is indeed meaningless to blame Yuan Shao blindly, and he also seems too stingy.

Zhang Miao could only sigh helplessly and greet Zhang Chao's subordinates: "You can carry Meng Zhuo's body down and bury him for a long time, then count the remaining number of troops, and follow me in the future."

As Zhang Chao's brother, it is naturally understandable that he will receive Zhang Chao's troops.

When Yuan Shao heard that Zhang Miao had taken over Zhang Chao's troops, he immediately realized that this was a great opportunity. He immediately took the initiative to step forward to comfort Zhang Yang's subordinates: "Don't be sad, don't bury your prefect first. As the leader of the alliance, I will take good care of you. You can follow me with peace of mind."

His words were spoken with great sound, but they were not missed. They not only successfully acquired Zhang Yang's subordinates, but also made other princes unable to find fault.

After all, as the leader of the alliance, it is reasonable for Yuan Shao to come forward to "take care of" the subordinates of the late princes.

After Sun Jian saw the disastrous defeat, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, did not consider how to face the enemy, but was eager to recruit other troops. Finally, he couldn't help but step forward and asked, "Leader, our army is defeated today, how will we fight next? Please give me some instructions."

When Yuan Shao heard Sun Jian’s inquiry, he cursed in his heart: You Sun Wentai, you have seen the enemy’s strength today. You ask me how to meet the enemy, and who will I go?

The other princes were also very frightened and looked at Yuan Shao with concern, wanting to see how he would face the complex and embarrassing situation in front of him...
Chapter completed!