Liu Bei returned to the camp with the generals, and although there were countless losses in this battle, he lost twice the losses of his own army and captured countless prisoners. If the young and strong among them are scattered and integrated into the armies, there will not be much loss in combat effectiveness. Xu Huang came to help, which added a new boost.

In the army, Liu Bei put wine to congratulate Xu Huang on the merits of killing the enemy generals, he said: "The army is not allowed to drink, but today our army is victorious, and Gongming broke the enemy again, and beheaded the general to capture the flag." Congratulations. This is an exception. Come, let's drink this cup together, congratulations to the public! ”

The generals raised their glasses together and greeted Xu Huang. Xu Huang's heart was hot. Raise a glass and drink it all. Li Wei retreated ten miles in defeat, set up camp, and was angry after counting the losses in the army. Suddenly, the guards came to report, and someone from the rear sent a letter. Li Wei heard it and passed it on. After a while, a pawn was brought in, and after seeing Li Dao, he fell to the ground and cried: "General, Zhang Xiuqi attacked Yangling, General Yang is dead, and Yangling is lost!" ”

When Li Wei heard this, his heart was shocked, he got up from his seat, stepped in front of the pawn with one step, stretched out his hands to lift him up, and shouted, "What did you say? Yang Qiu is dead, Yangling is lost!? ”

The pawn nodded hurriedly. Li Dao listened and let go of the pawn, but he still couldn't believe it in his heart. He muttered, "How so, how so?" ”

Suddenly remembered something again, turned around and asked, "Isn't Gao Gan guarding Gaoling?" Where is he now? ”

The pawn replied: "General Hui, I heard that Gao Gan was in Gaoling, and he fought with the Han general Liyi, and was defeated in a battle, and then he retreated in Gaoling and did not come out. ”

The anger in Li Dao's heart rushed up. He suppressed his anger and ordered someone to go to the rear to investigate the situation and see what was going on. Then he waved his hand to let the pawn out. At the same time as the pawn withdrew, Li Dao glanced left and right. After a while, a short scream came from outside the tent.

Li Wei sat on the chair, holding his forehead with his hand, and had a headache. As soon as Yangling was lost, Chiyang was isolated. He was not worried about the safety of Chiyang, who had been run by him for many years and was now guarded by his nephew Li Li himself. And if Ma Teng and Han Sui send troops, the first stop is to go to Chiyang first. No matter how powerful Zhang Xiu is, he has to intersperse with the rear, and there are not many generals around him. It is estimated that he would not dare to rashly attack Chiyang. Li Wei was worried about the grain. If Chiyang didn't bring grain, the tens of thousands of troops here would only be able to hold out for ten days at most. Fortunately, he had just solved the problem of the person who came to report the news, otherwise the rumor would leak out, and the army would have collapsed immediately. Now that he has raised troops to resist Liu Bei, he can't let Cheng Yin and the others go. They are their own support and shield.

Now the top priority is to unite Li Li and the senior cadres, drive Zhang Xiu, and recover Yangling. Otherwise, Zhang Xiu's nails are generally inserted in Yangling, and as long as there is a grain team in Chiyang, Zhang Xiu can send troops to attack it. The current Sanfu, in addition to his own Chiyang City, even Chang'an is already dilapidated. Where else can you scavenge so much food for tens of thousands of people? If you don't open up the communication line with Chiyang. You will definitely lose here.

Soon, the soldiers sent out to investigate returned. told Li Dao about the situation in the rear. Li Dao blamed Gao Gan for Zhang Xiu's infiltration. He asked him to defend the left side, but he was first defeated by the hands of Koji Yi, and then let Zhang Xiu enter his hinterland, resulting in the death of Yang Qiu and the loss of Yangling. Li Dao hated it deeply. This erector couldn't defeat Liu Bei, and led the remnants of the army to Guanzhong to seek refuge for himself. At the critical moment, he refused to contribute, only thinking about preserving his strength. Li Dao has already decided that as soon as the war here is over, he will immediately take action to clean up Gao Gan and Yuan Shang.

Li Wei sent his henchmen to lead a force back to convey orders to Li Li and Gao Gan. Make the three parts into one and attack Yangling. Gao Gan received a letter in Gaoling, and his heart was also depressed. Unexpectedly, he hesitated, and as a result, Yang Qiu's entire army was annihilated, and Yangling had already been lost. Yangling has been lost, and the grain road has been lost. If you want to think about Li Dao's defeat of Liu Bei in a battle, I'm afraid it's impossible. Since this is the case, then we can only help Li Dao recapture Yangling first. As the general of Yuan Shao Group, Gao Gan naturally knows the importance of Yangling.

As a result, at the same time as the Xinfeng front strike, the Yangling offensive and defensive battle began. Liu Bei, who received Zhang Xiu's report, summoned Zhu Wenwu and laughed: "Wenjin destroyed Yang Qiu in one battle, and then fought to take Yangling." Li Dao's grain road has been cut off. When Zhu Wenwu heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Finally, it is my own side that has the upper hand. Li Dao's tens of thousands of troops, people eat horses and chew them, and now that the grain road is cut off, won't it make the army feel in turmoil?

In view of the fact that Zhang Xiu was besieged by Gao Gan, the defenders of Chiyang, and Li Dao's troops, Liu Bei sent people to Liyi to give an order, asking him to attack forward and respond to Zhang Xiu. Then he said to the generals: "Tomorrow's army is ready to attack and drag Li Dao." "The generals answered.

Early the next morning, the sun had not yet risen. Liu Bei's army had already eaten. The army marched out in formation, the drums rumbled, and the formation slowly marched out of the camp. Tai Shici and Zhao Yun were on each side, Xu Huang was in the front, and Liu Bei was in the Chinese army. When Li Dao heard that Liu Bei was out of the camp to fight, he didn't dare to slack off, and led the army out of the camp. Knowing that the back road has been lost, Li Dao didn't dare to be at the forefront today. So he let Zhang Heng's department be the vanguard, and Cheng Yin and other generals were behind, but he led the army to the final formation.

Zhang Heng knew that Li Dao was letting him die, but he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak. There is Liu Bei in front and Li Dao in the back. Thinking that the left and right are dead, it is better to fight. So he led his army forward. Liang Xing and Ma Yu saw Zhang Heng as a pioneer, looked at each other, and suddenly felt sad in their hearts. So he came to see off Zhang Heng. Secretly said to Zhang Heng: "Lao Zhang, when you see that the opportunity is wrong, you will step back first, with the two of us here, you will be able to keep you fine." It is expected that Li Zhiran will not dare to turn his face with us. ”

Zhang Heng was grateful on the surface, but sighed in his heart, if the soldiers and horses in his hands were lost, what would it mean to keep his life? It's better to die and be happy.

The war broke out again, Zhang Heng was defeated by Xu Huang yesterday and fled. Morale in the army is already low. At this time, if you have to fight in battle, how can you fight bravely. And Li Dao had no intention of the battle in front of him, but only paid attention to the outcome of the battle of Yangling in the rear. The vanguard is timid, and the master will be absent-minded. How can this war be won?

After fighting for a while, Zhang Heng and the others will not be able to break through Liu Bei's formation, and Cheng Yin and the others will see Tai Shici and Zhao Yun on the side and are ready to move. The heart screamed badly, and they took their men and horses, and turned around to run.

Why did they join Li Dao against Liu Bei. It's not that he wants to keep his troops so that he can continue to be powerful in Guanzhong. Each has its own selfishness, and naturally the most important thing is to preserve one's strength. Therefore, once the war is unfavorable, they do not think of desperately, but want to retreat. Yesterday's brave performance was because Li Dao led by example and fought at the forefront. Now that Li Dao is retreating at the end, Cheng Yin and the others only think that Li Dao is distressed about his losses after yesterday's battle. If you do this, then we will do the same.

Cheng Yin and the others retreated, exposing Zhang Heng's department directly in front of the Han army camp.