Chapter 997: Afterthought
"I calculated a lot of possibilities before, but I ignored this, a mistake, a mistake! So Guan Yu's hands have no shortage of grain and grass during this time, and their grain and grass are all from Liu Zhang's hands? ”
In fact, Liu Zheng didn't think of this, but ignored it.
Guan Yu's soldiers and horses, who had a big battle with Liu Zhang's men and horses before, fought to the death one second ago, and the next second, they were reconciled as before, and they fought against the enemy together, this change made Liu Zheng unexpected.
There are some accidents, even if I thought of them before, I didn't take them too seriously and thought it was unlikely.
But that's how it happened.
"Your Majesty, just now we sent us a new news from Liu Beijun's spies, Liu Bei, who should have been in Luoyang, actually appeared in the army opposite."
When Liu Zheng was talking to several generals, Dian Wei suddenly walked over, came to Liu Zheng's side, and reported the news from Jinyiwei.
As soon as this news was said, Liu Zheng, who was still very confused, suddenly became excited again.
Turning his head to look at Dian Wei, he asked his own question.
"What do you say? Liu Bei also came to this Hanzhong? ”
Liu Bei's news, Liu Zheng also paid attention to it before, and he always thought that Liu Bei was still in Luoyang and ruled the overall situation, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to also come to Hanzhong.
When the news reached Liu Zheng's ears, on the one hand, he was surprised by Liu Bei's whereabouts, and on the other hand, there were some strange things, Liu Bei's whereabouts changed, why he didn't receive the news.
"Before, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun and others appeared here on the battlefield to fight with General Lu Bu, and the person who commanded the army in the back was Liu Bei, who should have been in Hanzhong for a while, and our spies estimated that they had passed the news to Yangzhou, and they didn't have time to pass the news to us."
Dian Wei explained, and at this time, Lu Bu also seemed to think of something, and immediately nodded in agreement.
"Yes, yes, yes, when I was on the battlefield before, it was indeed Guan Yu's guy who fought with me, and there was another Zhao Yun in the back, and the two of them joined forces, almost making me capsize in the gutter, no, next time I have to find a helper, these guys, never talk about credit, they say that they are good at fighting alone, but they call a helper every time!"
Lu Bu was also frightened by the combination of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, and now that he thinks about it, he is strong enough, and if he is a little weaker, he will have to die under the joint efforts of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.
With Lu Bu's affirmation, Liu Zheng was also convinced that Liu Bei appeared here.
Know, this news, in this way, many things that Liu Zheng didn't think about before have been understood.
"In this way, it is normal for Guan Yu not to recapture the grain road these days."
Liu Zheng didn't speak, so Guo Jia took the initiative to stand up and explain.
"Bong-hyo? What do you think of? ”
"Your Majesty, that Liu Bei appeared here, presumably before we cut off the grain route, after we cut off the grain route, Liu Bei should have gone to Nanzheng to discuss cooperation with that Liu Zhang, although they have only fought before, but they have a common enemy, that is, us, in the face of interests, it is not impossible for them to turn enemies into friends."
"Moreover, before, our spies also told us a news, Guan Yu has been besieging Nanzheng City, and there has been no abnormal movement, in fact, we are careless, there is no abnormal movement, it is the biggest abnormal movement, Guan Yu's subordinates are obviously short of food, but there are no soldiers and horses in chaos, this is too abnormal, this time the matter is our own mistake, and we can't help others."
Guo Jia briefly explained that the reason for this defeat made several generals present couldn't help but be gloomy.
"Yes, let's take it as a warning, now that we know that Liu Bei and Liu Zhang have joined forces, then in the Hanzhong region, it will be difficult for us to make some achievements, immediately let people go down to clean up the battlefield, and then retreat to Xicheng."
Liu Zheng was not willing to stay here for long.
After losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they are very dangerous near Nanzheng, and it is not known how many troops Liu Bei and Liu Zhang have left, once the other party attacks again, it will be another vicious battle.
With only more than 20,000 troops left, it was not so easy for him to attack Liu Bei and Liu Zhang.
Liu Zheng gave the order to retreat, and he was also thinking about some of the wounded soldiers under his command, otherwise if he continued to stay here, those wounded soldiers would only increase the number of deaths.
"It's really going to retreat, Your Majesty, according to my speculation, now Liu Bei is not only not short of food, but also in a state of high alliance with Liu Zhang, I'm afraid that our battle in the Hanzhong region will be in trouble."
Guo Jia, who has never had a sad face, also frowned tightly this time, with him, Liu Zheng had such a big accident, Guo Jia had some self-blame, after all, the defeat was small, but tens of thousands of soldiers and horses died, this matter is quite serious.
"Liu Bei's grain road is still cut off by us, how can he not lack grain and grass now, even if he can supply from Liu Zhang's hands, Liu Zhang can't always provide Liu Bei with grain and grass, besides, it's still 60,000 troops of grain and grass, that's not a small amount!"
Gan Ning held his breath in his heart, this time the battle made the elite under his command dead and wounded, and he still wanted to continue to stay here to avenge his brothers, if he retreated like this, he couldn't suppress this breath.
Guo Jia glanced at Gan Ning, walked to Gan Ning's side, and patted Gan Ning's shoulder.
"Brother Xingba, I know you are unwilling, but Liu Bei is indeed not short of food and grass, we got the news before, in Hanzhong, there are some of Ma Chao's men and horses, that is, Ma Chao defeated Liu Zhang's headquarters army, but this time in the battle, Ma Chao and his cavalry did not move, it can be seen that it is not that Ma Chao is not there, but that Ma Chao is busy with other things."
"If my guess is correct, Ma Chao's cavalry should go in the direction of the valley and go to Chang'an to transport grain and grass."
"Huh? Why did Bonghyo guess so? ”
Liu Zheng heard Guo Jia's words, and was very curious, but it was indeed said by Guo Jia, they knew that Ma Chao was in Hanzhong before, and they had been on guard, but this time they didn't see Ma Chao, but saw Zhao Yun, so Liu Zheng, Huang Zhong and others had some doubts.
"Your Majesty, Ma Chao's cavalry is definitely a killer weapon in the Hanzhong region, this kind of killer general existence, in such a big battle, actually didn't appear, is Liu Bei negligent, naturally not, there is only one possibility, that is, the cavalry cannot be dispatched."