Becoming a father in the film and television industry: starting with Xu Huanshan

"General, we can't fight anymore. If we continue, all our Jiangdong soldiers will die!"

Sun Jian's subordinates all tried to dissuade him.

As Sun Jian was the vanguard and led the charge against the well-rested Hulao Pass defenders, he naturally had no advantage.

Instead, it was Xu Huang, who had a strong army and was guarding the pass, who exhausted most of Sun Jian's troops.

You have to know that Sun Jian led 3 soldiers and horses, and the casualties in these few days were as high as 2. If the fighting continued, they would surely be wiped out.

"Hey, notify the brothers to retreat!"

Sun Jian also knew that he couldn't continue wasting time like this, mainly because the enemy was strong in both men and horses. No matter how powerful his Jiangdong soldiers were, they would be useless in this kind of siege war.

Naturally, Sun Jian, who had retired, did not receive a favorable reception from the eighteen princes, mainly because everyone knew that the Yuan brothers had no good feelings towards Sun Jian.

If the leader doesn't appreciate them, how could others possibly get close to him?

Sun Jian's retreat requires others to step forward and die, but who is a fool?

It's obvious that you can't take it, but you still insist on being the pioneer. Whoever wants to go can go!

Although Yuan Shao took the lead and called on everyone to charge, everyone told their subordinates to charge as slowly as possible. How could they fight?

Just like that, the offensive on Hulao Pass, which had lasted for less than half a month, suddenly came to a halt, and the princes quarreled fiercely in their tents.

Sun Jian was not in a good mood after returning to the military camp, mainly because Yuan Shu had sent food and fodder, but he only sent enough food and fodder for 20,000 soldiers for one month.

You have to know that the others have been provided with not only enough food and fodder for their establishment, but also enough for several months at least.

"Yuan Shu, you are bullying me too much!"

"Why is the food and fodder provided to my troops delayed again and again? There is only enough food for one month for 20,000 soldiers and horses."

This made Sun Jian's subordinates, who had been furious for a long time, unable to tolerate it any longer. Seeing that he could not suppress the anger any longer, Sun Jian had no choice but to bring his troops to the allied camp to question Yuan Shu.

"Highway, why did General Sun arrange so little food and fodder? He has made great contributions to the allied forces this time."

Although Yuan Shao looked down on Sun Jian, he was not so petty, so he asked Yuan Shu in a bad tone.

"Hey, the allied forces are preparing for the attack. General Sun's men have just withdrawn to rest. I will naturally arrange for food and fodder for the vanguard troops first, and then arrange for them to be delivered to General Sun."

Yuan Shu had a lot of crooked ideas.

What this means is that Sun Jian, you have retreated and no longer need to fight, so naturally you don't need as much food, and it needs to be arranged for those in need.

In fact, no one wanted to fight at all, otherwise there would be no need to argue, so his words were naturally just for show.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao didn't say anything more. He couldn't just slap his own people in the face for outsiders, especially since it was he who arranged for Yuan Shu to be in charge of logistics.

When Cao Cao saw this situation, he knew that this meeting of princes would most likely fail. He shook his head and took his subordinates back, and also instructed people to send a lot of food and grass to Sun Jian.

Cao Cao's move did make Sun Jian feel much better, but he really didn't want to be a fool anymore. In addition, Xu Wenhao's words before were like a thorn in his heart, so Sun Jian also planned to go back home.

Cao Cao also had the same plan, mainly because he found that Xu Wenhao was too strong and had a far-reaching layout, even enough to defeat the garrison at Hulao Pass.

What's more, there are more than 100,000 troops stationed in Luoyang and Chang'an, and it will be a tough battle then.

If the allied forces were commanded by Cao Cao and everyone was united, he would still have some confidence, but now it is obvious that everyone has their own ideas.

Instead of wasting time, it is better to go back and accumulate strength. Anyway, Yuan Shao is the leader of this alliance, and Cao Cao will not go there to die.

Well, although he hated Xu Wenhao, he would not chase him and fight him like Dong Zhuo did, so he could wait until he accumulated strength before attacking Xu Wenhao and help the young emperor regain the Han Dynasty.

In this way, the attack of the eighteen princes on Hulao Pass to save the Han Dynasty ended in a whimper.

"Xu Huang, I'll leave this place to you."

"As I said before, just defend and don't attack. If you can hold Sili, you will have made a great contribution."

Xu Wenhao was also preparing to return to Luoyang two days after the eighteen princes were disbanded, and he also made some instructions before leaving.

"As ordered!"

Xu Huang certainly knew Xu Wenhao's plan, and he would not be greedy for merit and advance rashly.

In fact, Xu Wenhao did not do nothing. Taishi Ci's 30,000 naval forces also gathered near Hanoi and were ready for battle.

He just wanted to wait for a suitable opportunity to take Hanoi, otherwise it was too close to Luoyang and would always be a threat.

Ding Yuan also did not have the strength to compete for the Central Plains. After all, the other princes had a strong foundation, while Ding Yuan had lost his foundation and had no rear base. It was only a matter of time before he surrendered. It all depended on how smart he was.

After returning to Luoyang, everyone in the court became much more obedient.

There is no way. The Eighteen Princes are so powerful, but they haven’t even fought through Hulao Pass. Is there any hope for their future?

Military generals such as Huangfu Song not only lost their military power, but also somewhat agreed with Xu Wenhao's approach, so naturally they would not interfere.

In fact, there were still quite a few reliable military generals at the end of the Han Dynasty, but the influence of the aristocratic families was too great and the military generals had little say.

Now that I can retire and return home, it is already a great blessing, so naturally I dare not say too much.

Let’s get back to the eighteen princes.

After the meeting of princes was dissolved, Sun Jian returned to Changsha with his subordinates.

Because of his bad relationship with Yuan Shu, and the fact that Xu Wenhao also wrote a personal letter to him, he had other ideas and did not continue to work for Yuan Shu as in the original novel.

But Yuan Shu was such a petty person, if you didn't listen to him you would be offending him, so he also wrote a letter to Liu Biao, hoping that Liu Biao would snipe Sun Jian, and he would never take any action.

The Jingzhou that Liu Biao captured was actually just a few cities in Xiangyang, but with the presence of Sun Jian, the fierce tiger from Changsha, he was always uneasy, fearing that Sun Jian would become more ambitious and counterattack Jingzhou.

Therefore, this time Yuan Shu's news gave him a good idea, so he arranged for his men to ambush Sun Jian who was passing through Jingzhou.

But Sun Jian had already received Xu Wenhao's letter, so he naturally became cautious, and was not ambushed and killed by Liu Biao's men.

After returning to Changsha, Sun Jian did not immediately retaliate against Liu Biao, but instead wrote a letter to thank Xu Wenhao.

As for Xu Wenhao, he continued to deal with the affairs of Yongzhou, Liangzhou and those outside the Great Wall in Luoyang, as if the attack by the eighteen princes had never happened.

In fact, he just wanted to indulge these princes to fight with each other, so that he wouldn't have to spend a lot of energy to take care of a stagnant pool.

But he did not do nothing. He also arranged for people to go to Jiangdong to bring Mr. Qiao, a prominent family in Wancheng, to Luoyang.

The reason was very simple. The general wanted to marry his daughter and welcome him to Luoyang to be an official or be in charge of some affairs.

Even though Xu Wenhao is now using the emperor to control the princes and many of them don't take it seriously, for many people, this opportunity for promotion is very rare.