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Chapter 557: Great Victory at Yique Pass

Niu Fu, who was so angry about losing, was as stubborn as a bull.

In response, Jia Xu shook his head, sighed, and said:
"It's not about admitting defeat, it's just about fighting again another day."

"How can you take down a city and capture a stronghold in one day?"

"Our army is exhausted, morale is low, and most of our siege equipment has been destroyed."

"If General Niu insists on doing what he wants, he will play into the hands of the villains."

Upon hearing this, Niu Fu's face changed from gloomy to bright, his clenched fists trembled slightly, and the anger and unwillingness in his heart burned like a raging fire.

However, reason prevailed in the end. He knew very well that what Jia Xu said was true. The current situation was indeed not optimistic. Continuing the attack would only result in greater losses.

He insisted on attacking the city simply because he could not accept such a huge loss today.

He really couldn't explain to Dong Zhuo.

Now, Niu Fu looked around and saw that the soldiers were tired, their morale was low, and most of them had begun to waver.

If this continues, not only will we not be able to capture Yique Pass, but even retreating may become difficult.
"General Niu, give the order."

Jia Xu said:

"We still have a chance. The Nanyang soldiers are about to arrive."

"That Guanjun Hou has always been famous for his undefeated reputation. General Niu losing to him once is nothing. As long as you defeat him in the end, Lord Dong will only reward you."

"If we fight here till we have everything, won't it just be a waste of money for others in the end?"

Is it giving others a free advantage?
That undoubtedly refers to the Nanyang Army that was summoned by Li Su and was about to come to the king's defense.

Thinking of this, Niu Fu glared at Zhang Ji who was silent beside him and reconciled with himself:

"That's right, we still have the Nanyang Army. We haven't lost yet!"

Niu Fu took a deep breath:

"Sound the retreat, and quickly send someone to contact General Li Su, asking him to speed up the action and have the Nanyang Army join me in attacking Su Yao from the north and south!"

Hearing the sound of the horn in the rear, Dong Jun at the front line breathed a sigh of relief.

It's over, it's finally over.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Under continuous setbacks and heavy pressure, the soldiers scrambled to flee this battlefield that gave them nightmares. Except for not abandoning their weapons, their retreat was almost the same as rout.

Such a rapid retreat immediately caused the last few brave soldiers of Dong's army on the wall to completely lose their support. When they came to their senses, they found themselves in a desperate situation and were as panic-stricken as dogs that had lost their homes.

How could Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others miss such an opportunity? They took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack and annihilated the enemy forces in minutes.

After clearing the enemies on the wall, the people took out the crossbows on their backs, bent the bows and drew arrows, and shot wildly at the enemy soldiers with exposed backs.

At the same time, Su Yao was operating the crossbow and catapult, continuously firing at the dense crowd.

For a moment, arrows poured down like raindrops. The dense crowd was as fragile as paper under the bombardment of crossbows and catapults. They wailed and left their bodies all over the ground before they barely escaped from the range of long-range coverage.

Seeing the enemy in such a mess, the victorious soldiers burst into cheers.

"A great victory, a great victory!"

"We won, we won!"

"Long live, long live!"

However, amid the cheers of the crowd, Wang Ling sighed:

"It's a pity that we haven't finished clearing the gate yet. If we chase them now, the Dong army might collapse completely."

"It doesn't matter."

Su Yao smiled and said:

"In today's battle, the enemy's combat power has been reduced to 70% or 80%. Let's get a good night's sleep first. When we fight again tomorrow, we will not give them any chance."

After that, Su Yao handed over the arrangement of defenses and other sundries to Lu Bu, and arranged some commissions, and then he casually announced a victory declaration in front of the army. Then, after a series of operations, Su Yao, who was exhausted, ran and jumped back to the mansion, jumped into the pond amid the exclamations of the women, and jumped out after a few breaths, went straight into the door and fell asleep.

"What do you mean, sir?"

Princess Wannian was stunned.

After hearing the cheers from the top of the city wall, they all came out to welcome Su Yao, but what they saw was such a strange scene.

Only Hong'er acted as if nothing had happened. After explaining a few words, she quickly asked the maids to go and change clothes for Lord Su.

Compared to Wannian who seemed even more bewildered, Hong'er was more excited.

This was the first time she saw her benefactor take a shower after a battle!
For a moment, she didn't know whether to sigh that her benefactor had suffered alone during his trip to Liaodong, or whether she should be relieved that her benefactor's current growth was admirable.
I won’t go into details about what happened in Su Yao’s house as time passed by in a flash.

The next afternoon, Yique Guanzhong.

Su Yao had just woken up from a good sleep, picked up a piece of fruit on the table and took a bite. Before he could even take a closer look at the beauties around him, he heard the guards outside the door shout:

"Report!"

"Sima Lu has an important matter to ask. I hope you will go to the meeting room to discuss it as soon as possible."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Su Yao was stunned when he heard this.

He stretched out his hands and put on his armor with the help of Hong'er, Xiaochun and others, while asking about the situation.

Logically speaking, half of Dong’s generals were killed and one third of the army was also killed or wounded, so there shouldn’t be any threat anymore.

Therefore, after the battle, Su Yao gave orders to Lu Bu and others, asking them to assign their own teams after clearing the city gate roads, to take turns to rest while going out of the city to harass, and not giving Dong's army a chance to rest.

He will wait until he has had enough sleep and drink today, and then go out of the city to deal a fatal blow to the bandits.

But listening to the anxious tone of the personal soldier, it doesn't seem to be good news of a great victory.

Seeing that the guards could not explain what was going on, Su Yao put on his armor, gave Hong'er and Xiaochun a kiss on the cheek, then went out and headed straight for the meeting room.

He saw all the civil and military officials including Lu Zhi and Lu Bu, standing or sitting, all waiting for him to come.

But fortunately, no one looked serious, so it shouldn't be bad news.

Sure enough, before Su Yao opened his mouth, Wang Ling and Lu Bu reported to him two pieces of news, one good and one bad.

"The good news is that our reinforcements are finally arriving."

Wang Ling touched his cheek and said:

"This morning, the envoy of Nanyang Sima Wen entered Guanzhong and said that the Nanyang governor had raised the banner of rebellion and ordered him to rush to Yique to help. He should arrive by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. We are requested to make preparations, place personnel and exchange tactical arrangements."

Su Yao nodded, indicating that he understood, and looked at Lu Bu and said:
"So what's the bad news?"

Lu Bu coughed lightly:
"My Lord, the Dong bandit camp has put up a sign of no war and is firmly defending. Our harassment plan has not been carried out."

"what?"

Su Yao was surprised:

"Since when did our Lu Fengxian become so martial and moral?"

"He has given up the fight and said he doesn't want to fight, so we won't fight?"

"Keep beating him up!"

At this time, Lu Zhi stepped forward and said:
"What Champion Hou said is true."

"Then Niu Fu's decision to avoid fighting is a delaying tactic."

"But they seem to have experts over there as well."

"Lü Sima and his men tried to probe at first, but they didn't gain any advantage. To prevent any accidents, I decided to temporarily stop the attack."

"Master?" Su Yao asked in confusion, "Then what happened last night?"

(End of this chapter)