Ma Dai was beheaded!

Ma Chao was defeated!

Nanying also fell?

A series of astonishing news made Liu Bei dizzy, his body shook a few times, and he sat down.

"How so? How so? Xiaozhi, didn't you say that there could be no ambush soldiers in Dingjun Mountain? What's going on? ”

Liu Bei's stunned gaze looked at Fa Zheng in a daze, wanting to seek an answer.

Cold sweat rolled down Fa Zheng's forehead, his eyes were full of confusion, and he was obviously in deep amazement, unable to figure out why.

"Dingjun Mountain is obviously empty, where did the ambush come from?" Fa Zheng couldn't accept the facts, and shouted hoarsely at the scout.

"Captain Yufa, the enemy army is hiding in the ashes and ruins of my old camp, and the soot is all over the body as a disguise, so we didn't find it from the bottom of the mountain."

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng's bodies were shocked again, and they suddenly realized.

They finally understood everything.

Set up two battalions in the north and south at the foot of the Dingjun Mountain, bluffing to attack the southern camp, everything the Wei army did was to trap them, in order to lure the snakes out of the hole and hit them hard with ambushes.

And the hiding methods of the Wei army's ambush soldiers were even more incredible, completely beyond their imagination, and only now did they understand it.

The layout of all this is exquisite and treacherous to the extreme, as if Su Zhe has calculated their every move, even a subtle idea, to be accurate.

How can human ingenuity reach such a level!

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng's ministers froze in place, fell into a state of fright, and did not come back to their senses for a long time.

After a while, Fa Zheng suddenly knelt down to Liu Bei, and said ashamedly: "It's the incompetence of the minister, who failed to see through the treacherous plan of the Su thief, so he has to persuade His Majesty to recapture Dingjun Mountain, causing His Majesty to lose his troops and generals, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Liu Bei's body shook slightly, looking at Fa Zheng who was kneeling on the ground, his shocked emotions gradually calmed down, and his expression changed from stunned to bitter.

"Dingjun Mountain is the throat of Yangpingguan, even if you don't persuade me, I will come to recapture it, no wonder you, you get up." Liu Bei waved his hand weakly.

Fa Zheng stood up at this time, still with a look of shame.

"Xiaozhi, now that the matter has come to this, what do you say I should do?" Liu Bei sat down weakly, with a helpless expression.

Fa Zheng took a deep breath and said silently: "In this battle, our army lost more than half of the soldiers, and we lost Ma Dai, a general, with our existing strength and the morale of the soldiers, I am afraid that we will not be able to recapture Dingjun Mountain, so I think it is better to ......."

The Fa Zheng wants to speak and stops, as if there is something unspeakable, and it is difficult to speak.

"It's all here, if there's anything you can't say, just say it." Liu Bei waved his hand.

Fa Zheng had to sigh: "Dingjun Mountain can't be recaptured, Yangping Pass must not be defended, Yangping Pass can't be defended, Hanzhong can't be defended, at this time, in order to avoid losses as much as possible and preserve strength, the only way to abandon Yangping Pass is to retreat to Guanzhong from the valley." ”

Liu Bei was silent, his gray face twitched slightly, showing his unwillingness and helplessness.

In fact, he knew what Fa Zheng wanted to say, and he also knew that at this point, he had no choice but to abandon Hanzhong.

It's just that when he thought of Yizhou, the land of abundance, the fertile fields for thousands of miles, and Yizhou, which had a household registration of one million, was given to Su Zhe like this, he was really unwilling.

What's more, after this battle, he not only lost Yizhou, but also lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, which made him even more painful than losing Yizhou.

At this time, abandoning Hanzhong and leaving, it is a veritable loss of his wife and soldiers, so how can he not be heartbroken and entangled.

"Your Majesty, when the interruption continues, you will suffer from the chaos, if you withdraw now, you can retreat with the whole division, if it drags on any longer, once the army's spirit collapses, and the Wei army forcibly breaks through the Yangping Pass, then we will face the danger of annihilation." Fa Zheng continued to persuade bitterly.

Liu Bei's figure was awe-inspiring, and he shivered fiercely, and a layer of cold sweat instantly soaked out of his back.

After a fierce ideological struggle, Liu Bei finally sighed, waved his hand helplessly, and said: "Pass the order, the army will abandon Yangping Pass and withdraw from the valley to Guanzhong." ”

Fa Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, but said: "Your Majesty is wise, it is indeed the wisest choice to abandon Hanzhong, but the minister thinks that we can't just give the entire Hanzhong to Su Thief in good condition." ”

"That filial piety means......" Liu Bei's eyes lit up slightly.

Fa Zheng said coldly: "Although we can't take away the land and city in Hanzhong, nearly 200,000 Dingkou can all be moved to Guanzhong, one can enrich the population of Guanzhong, and the other can also make it impossible for the Su thieves to use Hanzhong as the foundation to launch an attack on our Guanzhong." ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bei's spirits suddenly lifted.

If Su Zhe got Hanzhong, he would be able to use Hanzhong as an advance base to attack Guanzhong, and threaten the front line of Chang'an from the southeast and southeast, which Liu Bei did not want to see.

And if the population of Hanzhong is relocated, Su Zhe will not be able to collect grain from Hanzhong on the spot, nor will he be able to requisition the people who transport grain, so naturally he will not be able to launch an attack on Guanzhong from Hanzhong.

If Su Zhe wanted to make use of Hanzhong, he had to move people from other counties in Yizhou to Hanzhong and re-enrich his household registration.

And this process is destined to be impossible to complete in a short period of time, from the relocation of the people to the people, and then to the newly relocated immigrants can produce stable grain and grass, and supply enough Wei troops to fight, which will take at least two or three years of effort.

In other words, Liu Bei can have at least two or three years of effort, and he doesn't have to worry about the threat from Hanzhong, and he can concentrate all his forces to deal with Su Zhe's attack from the front line of the Central Plains.

Judging from the current situation, this is also Liu Bei's only means of comfort.

After thinking about it again, Liu Bei said happily: "According to the plan of filial piety, we will hold out in Yangping Pass for a few more days, and quickly send an order to the officials of all counties in Hanzhong, telling them to immediately move the people to Guanzhong." ”

After a pause, Liu Bei's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he said coldly: "Also, after the people move away, I will burn the grain, grass, money and silk that I can't take away, along with the city, and I won't leave even a grain of rice to the thief!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Fa Zheng is busy is a compliment.

At that moment, Liu Bei did not dare to delay, did not dare to launch an offensive against Dingjun Mountain, abandoned the northern camp and retreated to Yangping Pass.

As soon as he returned to Guancheng, Liu Bei quickly sent his cronies to Nanzheng and other important cities in Hanzhong with his holy decree to start relocating the people.

This time, Liu Bei was ruthless, and in addition to the envoys, he also sent nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses to use the most forceful means to relocate the people.

Liu Bei even disregarded his reputation for benevolence and righteousness, and ordered that all the people who dared to resist the decree and refused to move would be killed.

For a time, the whole of Hanzhong became a hell on earth.

Those natives who have lived in Hanzhong since childhood, under the compulsion of the magistrates and the Han army, had to abandon their homeland and embark on the road of moving north to Guanzhong with their families.

The people of the world have always relocated to their land, and naturally many people are reluctant to leave their hometowns, and even organize themselves to resist the Han court's forced relocation policy by force.

The Han army had Liu Bei's will, and it was natural to suppress these rebellious people, and they did not hesitate to carry out bloody slaughter in order to deter people's hearts.

In just ten days, the cities of Hanzhong, including Nanzheng, the place of governance, were relocated, and nearly 200,000 people were driven to the valley roads leading to Guanzhong like cattle and sheep.

And they had homes, and their cities were burned by the Han army and turned into a sea of fire.

Ten days later, Liu Bei chose to abandon Yangping Pass in the middle of the night when he ensured that the people were about to move, and the 30,000 remnants of the army discarded all their equipment, only carrying half a month's worth of dry food, and entered the valley lightly, and fled all the way to Guanzhong.

At dawn the next day, the people of Yangping Guan went to the empty building, which was already an empty city.

Su Zhe used meteorological satellites to ensure that the enemy troops in Guancheng had fled, and decisively ordered the army to attack the fortifications.

Without spending a single soldier, the Wei army finally took the gateway to Hanzhong and planted the battle flag of the Great Wei at the head of Yangping Pass.