Liu Jun's camp.

Groups of remnants of Liu's army were defeated, and they entered the mountains and forests with a disgraced face, and entered the camps scattered in the mountains, and the defeat was gloomy, spreading like a plague among the soldiers.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Bei sat withered, with a gloomy bitter melon face, silently listening to the battle damage report.

Of the 100,000 troops, 20,000 horses were killed in battle, more than 10,000 were wounded and missing, and countless weapons were lost.

It was a veritable fiasco.

"Lord, we can't just forget it, please give the order to fight again, and the last general is willing to lead the army to break through Yiling and capture the Su thief alive!"

Ma Chao was angry, jumped up, and shouted excitedly again.

The rest of the generals were silent, and no one responded.

Fa Zheng pressed his hand on Ma Chao and persuaded: "Meng Qi, don't be impulsive, our army has just experienced a major defeat, and its morale has been seriously frustrated, but the enemy army is in full swing, and the number of enemy troops gathered in Yiling has reached 1340,000, and the offensive and defensive momentum has been reversed. ”

Ma Chao was speechless, and his anger was full of nowhere to vent.

Then, Fa Zheng bowed his hand to Liu Bei: "Lord, the main force of the Su thieves is in Yiling, it makes no sense for us to continue this battle, retreat back to Yizhou, and he will make plans again in the future." ”

Liu Bei's fingertips tapped on the desk, and he was silent for a long time, and there was deep unwillingness between his eyebrows.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun also persuaded: "Lord, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, and he is a true hero, now is not the time to be rash." ”

Fa Zheng persuaded again: "Although we have not been able to take Jingzhou, but General Yide has captured Liangzhou, as long as time passes, we can organize a powerful Liangzhou iron cavalry, and when the time comes, we are afraid that we will not be able to sweep the Central Plains." ”

The ministers and generals of the military generals, you and I said a word, constantly comforting and enlightening Liu Bei, and also made Liu Bei's heart a little unwilling, a little bit of disintegration.

In the end, he let out a long sigh, waved his hand and said: "Okay, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, pass the order, and the whole army will move back to Yizhou." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

On the same day, Liu Bei's order was handed down, and the soldiers and soldiers of each battalion were all relieved and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As a result, Liu's army, which numbered nearly 80,000, retreated along the mountains and retreated all the way from Yiling to the Three Gorges before the Wei army launched a major counteroffensive.

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Yiling City.

In the military mansion, Su Zhe was still setting up a banquet and indulging in drinks with Wei Yan, Lu Meng and others.

"Wen Chang, you have made meritorious contributions to guarding Jingzhou all these years, and this time you have held Yiling for several months, and you have dragged Liu Bei for this king, which can be called a miracle feat, come to this cup of wine and this king to honor you."

Su Zhe raised his glass and praised his old subordinate.

Receiving such a high evaluation from Su Zhe, Wei Yan couldn't help but show a little pride and relief on his face, and hurriedly raised his glass and said: "This is all within the responsibility of the last general, but it's a pity that Liu Bei attacked the city this time, if it wasn't for the arrival of the army led by King Wei in time, the consequences would be unimaginable." ”

Su Zhe didn't say much, just smiled and raised his head to drink the wine.

A few glasses of wine are in the stomach, and the atmosphere is strong.

At this time, Xu Chu hurriedly arrived and said: "King Wei, I will make the latest report, then Liu Bei abandoned the camp at night and was retreating to the front line of the Three Gorges. ”

Hearing the news, the generals were all excited.

Wei Yan said happily: "This must be the big-eared thief who saw that King Wei had arrived, and did not dare to fight anymore, and wanted to flee back to Yizhou." ”

"King Wei, then what are we waiting for, do we want to immediately send troops to pursue and annihilate Liu Bei's army east of the Three Gorges?" Tai Shi Ci excitedly asked for battle.

All the generals were enthusiastic, thinking that this was a good time to take advantage of the situation to counterattack.

Su Zhe was as calm as water, and Liu Bei's retreat was already expected by him, and he was not too excited.

"Wenhe, do you think this king should chase after me?" Su Zhe looked at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu stroked his white beard and said unhurriedly: "It's not impossible to chase down, but Liu Bei has Fa Zheng to give advice, and with this person, it is impossible for him not to think that our army will take advantage of the situation to pursue, so there must be a backup move." ”

The name of "Fazheng" made Su Zhe's heart move slightly.

This person is not simple, Liu Bei in history was able to get Yizhou, all relying on this law to correct the strategy and make a decision on the spot.

In the battle of Hanzhong, Fa Zheng even offered an ambush and asked Huang Zhong to kill Cao Wei's general Xiahou Yuan, creating the most brilliant record in Liu Bei's life.

Su Zhe expected that the rebellion of Wuxi Barbarians must also be Fa Zheng's plan to ask Liu Bei to send someone to instigate, but it was a pity that Fa Zheng did not calculate that he could quell the rebellion so quickly, and rushed to Yiling to kill them by surprise.

There is such a person by Liu Bei's side, if he pursues rashly, it is indeed extremely risky.

"Wen He is reasonable, although we have won a battle, we still must not take it lightly, otherwise we will suffer a big loss."

Su Zhe ordered that the army should not move first, but send several light troops of more than 1,000 people to the north deep into the mountains and forests, first tentatively pursued, and by the way, reconnoiter whether Liu Bei had left an ambush.

Two days later, detailed news came back from the front, and Su Zhe finally dispelled the idea of pursuing Liu Bei on a large scale.

The reason is also very simple, the front team found a large number of dry firewood, fire oil, saltpeter and other flammable materials in the mountains and forests along the way, and a large number of them were piled up every ten miles.

Obviously, Liu Bei was guarding against him from pursuing in a big way, so he made such a layout in the forest in advance, as long as he dared to pursue, Liu Bei would take advantage of the situation to set fire to the mountain.

At that time, the forest was full of flammable things, and it was no wonder that his army of hundreds of thousands was not burned to ashes.

In addition, Su Zhe also considered that in the past half a year, his soldiers have moved to the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, fought countless bloody battles, and their mental and physical strength has reached the limit, and it is obviously not realistic to fight a protracted battle with a strong enemy like Liu Bei.

Under all these considerations, Su Zhe decided to stop the pursuit and end his southern expedition with a great victory in the Battle of Yiling.

In the early winter of that year, Su Zhe left Wei Yan, Lü Meng, Gan Ning, Han Dang and other generals to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to guard Jiangling and Yiling, and continue to guard against Liu's army upstream.

Su Zhe himself, with an army of 100,000, carried the great feats of recovering Jiangdong and destroying Sun Ce, and returned to the north with a mighty class.

Half a month later, Su Zhe returned to Xudu City with his victorious soldiers.

At this time, the officials and people of Xu Ducheng had long been waiting on both sides of the street, and thousands of people were empty, spontaneously welcoming Su Zhe's victorious return with unprecedented enthusiasm.

"That Jiangdong Xiaobawang is so good, he was destroyed by our King Wei like this, it's incredible."

"Sun Ce is a fart, no matter how strong he is, can he have Yuan Shaoqiang, Yuan Shao has been destroyed, what is the great thing about Sun Ce."

"That's right, our King Wei is the master of destiny, and the true dragon has descended into the world, and he is destined to calm the troubled times."

"But isn't it, I see, the King of Wei should not be the King of Wei, just let the Han Emperor give him the throne."

"By the way, King Wei has such a great credit, only he is worthy of being the emperor."

The thousands of officials and people who knelt down discussed in private, and their admiration for Su Zhe and their support for him had reached their peak.

Su Zhe rode his horse with his head held high, slowly walking on the royal street, enjoying the mountain shouts of the officials and the people, listening to the discussions of those who supported him as the emperor, the thought that had been brewing in his heart for a long time had never been as strong as it is now.

"Almost, it's time for Liu Xie to get out......"