Chapter 79 Man proposes, God disposes!

  Qiu Shui and Lü Bu led their soldiers in a fierce battle against the allied forces on the outskirts, while Zhao Yun and others could only lead their troops to form a tight circle, watching helplessly as their own soldiers were slaughtered.

  The sky above the Tiger's Lair Pass was a deep, foreboding black, with dark clouds covering the heavens. Suddenly, an easterly wind began to blow, and as the gusts of cool air swept across Autumn Water's face, her complexion turned a sickly pale, her eyes filling with a somber gloom.

  Crack! A thunderclap resounded in the air!

  Qiu Shui's face was ashen as he gazed at the flashing lightning in the sky, his eyes filled with helplessness. He gritted his teeth and grabbed Lü Bu beside him, saying: "Fengxian, retreat!"

  "General, give me a moment and we can wipe out the soldiers in front of us. Why do you want to retreat?" Just as Lü Bu was about to respond, Hua Xiong impatiently interrupted, his face full of discontent.

  Drip! A raindrop the size of a soybean fell from the sky and landed on Hua Xiong's cheek. Hua Xiong's face changed greatly, and he hastily looked up at the sky, as if suddenly understanding something. With a look of unwillingness, he made a fist towards Autumn Water, then turned to shout at the soldiers behind him: "Withdraw!"

  Suddenly lightning flashed in the sky and thunder rumbled, countless raindrops fell from the air. When Zhao Yun and others touched the raindrops on their bodies, they were filled with surprise.

  "Troops, hold on for a moment, the fire will be extinguished, and reinforcements from the rear will arrive immediately!" Zhao Yun and other generals shouted to the surrounding soldiers.

  Hoo-ah! At that moment, after hearing Zhao Yun's words and with the sudden heavy rain in the sky, the soldiers realized that after the big fire was extinguished, there were still hundreds of thousands of troops behind them. When they joined the battle, it was unclear who would win or lose!

  "Man proposes, God disposes!" The raindrops wetted Qiū Shuǐ's face as he sighed reluctantly. Qiū Shuǐ and Lǚ Bù gazed at the fruit of their impending victory, which had slipped away from them, with a mix of regret and struggle in their eyes.

  This storm came too suddenly! Otherwise, I would have eliminated this enemy army in front of me before retreating.

  Qiu Shui gazed at the enemy camp where Zhao Yun and other generals had joyful faces, when suddenly Zhao Yun seemed to sense something, turned his head and their gazes met.

  Innumerable iron cavalry with faces full of unwillingness slowly retreated from the city gate, while Qiu Shui and Lü Bu were the last to cut off the rear.

  The eighteen vassals looked at the big fire in the Tiger Trap Pass, turning around like ants on a hot pot. Suddenly, a storm broke out in the sky, and Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's faces changed with joy, hastily shouting: "Quickly! Send troops!"

  At this time, a heavy rain was like heavenly assistance. Yuan Shao shouted excitedly with a face full of excitement: "Heaven helps me, not the traitor Dong!"

  Hoo-ah! Countless soldiers heard Yuan Shao's words and burst into waves of explosive cheers. It must be known that people in this era are very superstitious, and to say that the rain didn't fall at any other time, but just happened to fall when the enemy's plot to set fire to Hu Lao Pass was successful, and many soldiers were trapped inside the pass... how could this not make people believe it was heaven helping the eighteen lords?!

  Looking at the soldiers under his command, their morale was somewhat low. At this time, Akane looked anxious and worried, but for a while, he couldn't think of any way to boost the army's morale.

  Lü Bu saw that Qiu Shui was at a loss, and after thinking for a moment, he walked to Qiu Shui's side and said in a low voice: "Now the morale of our army is low, only by winning another battle against the allied forces can we restore morale. If not, when we meet again in the future, the soldiers will still feel that heaven's favor is on the other side."

  Qiu Shui looked up at Lü Bu after hearing his words, and suddenly burst out laughing, saying: "But Gong Sun, what plan do you have? Speak freely."

  "There is a dense forest ahead, where our army can hide. However, by now the news that we didn't retreat according to the Prime Minister's order should have also been sent back to Luoyang. I'm afraid it's too late, one misstep and we'll be attacked from both sides!" Lü Bu's face was stern at this moment.

  Qiu Shui closed her eyes after hearing, pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened her eyes, a sharp light flashed from her eyes, and a thread of confident smile hung on the corner of her mouth.

  The cavalry came and went quickly, before the heavy rain in Tiger Trap Pass had even wet the ground, Autumn Water and Lü Bu's cavalry had already disappeared into the distance, leaving behind a field of corpses for Zhao Yun and his men to find.

  Crack! The dark sky flashed with lightning and thunder, illuminating the entire space as if it were daytime. The heavy rain poured down like an overturned eaves trough, and the big fire in Hu Lao Pass suddenly diminished a lot.

  Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, along with other vassals, rushed into the Tiger Trap Pass as soon as the fire had subsided, hastening towards Guanzhong, praying that their vanguard would not have suffered heavy losses.

  When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao arrived at the back gate of Tiger Trap Pass, they saw a scene of utter carnage. The rainwater mixed with blood to form streams of gore flowing across the ground, and the corpses and debris were so scattered that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were shocked beyond words.

  "My lord!" Wen Chou and the others, seeing their own lord arriving with his troops, shouted out in shame and excitement.

  This battle was indeed a great loss, and the soldiers brought by us were killed in large numbers. If it weren't for Zhao Yun and others to issue orders in time, leading the generals to lead their troops to surround each other, we would have been defeated by the enemy's iron cavalry. At that time, it wouldn't be just heavy casualties, but total annihilation. Only then did everyone truly understand what the Western Liang Iron Cavalry was and what the Pingzhou Wolf Cavalry was.

  When the Allied Forces regrouped, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao among others listened to their subordinates' reports. All the lords had a pale face, with shock filling their eyes! To think that from the fire at Tiger Trap Pass to the heavy rain from the sky, only a short period of time had passed, yet they suffered such severe losses.

  Report! A sudden and urgent report shocked the vassals who were still reeling from the might of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.

  "My lord, enemy tracks have been discovered thirty miles outside the pass!" A soldier wearing armor rushed into the tent and knelt down on one knee to report.

  "Hiss! For a moment, after hearing the report from his subordinates, all the vassals in the tent took a deep breath, and no one spoke. At this time, everyone had already deeply understood the power of the enemy's iron cavalry, and who dared to lightly order the army to attack."

  Cao Cao saw that all the vassals were silent, their eyes filled with anger. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. In a cold voice, he addressed the vassals: "Gentlemen, we have come for a great cause. The enemy is just outside the pass, not far away. If we are afraid to fight because of fear of losing troops, and this matter spreads throughout the land, will we still have a face to live in this world?"

  As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, all the vassals blushed and didn't know what to do, they all looked at Yuan Shao and asked him what to do.

  Yuan Shao saw that all the vassals were looking at him, his heart was filled with anger and resentment. Ah! Whenever something like this happens, I'll take charge, if we win, it's everyone's credit, but if we're not careful and fall into another trap, then I'm afraid all the vassals will say that Yuan Shao is leading the army to disaster!

  At this time, Yuan Shao finally knew how difficult it was to be the leader of the eighteen-road coalition army. Under the premise of gaining great fame, he also undertook the responsibility for winning or losing in this battle against Dong Zhuo. PS: Today's two updates are over, and I'm going to work now. Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy night!