Chapter 573 Retreat back to Beijing, the mastermind behind the scenes

Soon the two armies confronted each other a mile and a mile away, and neither dared to make the first move.

lest the situation that has just calmed down become chaotic again.

Mingjin's withdrawal can work once, but it doesn't work perfectly next time.

Once there is the slightest mistake, they and others will have a double fall situation.

"How about Zhongda, have our soldiers arrived?"

Li Ru looked at the Huaxia army staring at the opposite side, and asked Sima Yi beside him a little anxiously.

"Those who can come back are back...."

After Sima Yi glanced around, he nodded heavily at Li Ru.

In this battle, the number of his troops has been reduced by one-third.

Such a loss rate is fine if it is a new recruit, but the annoying thing is that these are the losses of elite veterans.

This made both Sima Yi and Li Ru uncomfortable, but now that time was pressing, there was no extra time to distract them.

"Everyone, retreat!"

Li Ru nodded and said loudly.

After listening to this order, the Sili army did not disperse, but held their weapons at the Huaxia army in front.

I and the others are constantly falling backwards behind me....

"Follow me if you're not afraid of death!"

Lu Bu looked at the enemy who wanted to escape, and brandished the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand to catch up.

"Don't chase after Feng Xian, the soldiers are very tired."

At this time, Xi Zhicai stood up and said seriously to Lu Bu.

"We're going to lose a lot of our brothers if we continue to fight."

Listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Lu Bu's eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of struggle.

"Come back!" Looking at Lu Bu's struggling face, Xi Zhicai said with a serious face.

After all, Lu Bu still couldn't withstand Xi Zhicai's black face, so he could only honestly carry Fang Tian's halberd and walk towards the army.

"Zhang Liao will tidy up the battlefield here and treat the wounded."

Xi Zhicai looked at Lu Bu with a sullen face, and his face was still very gloomy.

"Military, don't worry, I'll definitely take care of this."

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he led the army behind him and rushed towards the battlefield.

"General Guan, it's not suitable for Feng Xian to do patrols now, and I ask General Guan to do it for you."

After watching Zhang Liao go to tidy up the battlefield, Xi Zhicai turned his head again and said to Guan Yu on the side.

"Don't worry, I won't even put a fly in."

After Guan Yu finished speaking, he led a team of cavalry to quickly run towards the gate of the camp.

"Military advisor, this General Gao Shun...."

Watching the two leave, Fa Zheng asked with some hesitation to the drama in front of him.

"If we can't solve this problem as soon as possible, I'm afraid our army will always be in crisis."

Listening to Fa Zheng's words, Xi Zhicai frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

After all, in his opinion, Gao Shun would definitely not rebel, if Gao Shun had a rebellious heart.

Where can I wait for now, I am afraid that some time ago, he had already led his army to join Cao Cao.

At that time, I am afraid that this land of annexation is long gone in Qin Feng's hands.

"Xiaozhi doesn't need to be in a hurry, now that General Gao hasn't shown up, everything can't be drawn too early."

Xi Zhicai pondered for a while and then slowly

said.

"Let's do this tonight, tomorrow our army will go to the party after a day of repair, and now Li Ru may not dare to stay in the state for a long time."

After Xi Zhicai finished speaking, he slowly walked in the direction of the main account.

Fa Zheng looked at Xi Zhicai's figure, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

"Since you don't want to believe it, let me test this special general."

Fa Zheng muttered to himself, and then walked towards his tent.

It didn't take long for a small group of soldiers to rush in the direction of Shangdang with Fazheng's letter.

Although Li Ru now has a great possibility of going to the party, there are many ways to go to the party.

If you only take the trail and pay more attention, there will be no problems...

After this war, Xi Zhicai also led the army slowly south, constantly compressing the activity space of Li Ru and others.

Soon, these two armies will enter Shangdang County after you chase me.

Looking at the tall city wall in front of him, Li Ru was also slightly distracted, thinking that he and the others also came out of here.

At that time, he was majestic and wanted to occupy the entire state.

But in the end, it was in vain, and he also gave Qin Feng a good excuse.

After he and the others go back, I don't know how many materials, grain and grass will be used to extinguish Qin Feng's anger....

Suddenly, when Li Ru's face was full of emotion, a large army was silently guarding under the Shangdang City.

Xiahou Chun, Xiahou Yuan and others immediately became vigilant, who knows if these soldiers sent people to surround them.

"The military advisor doesn't have to worry, this should be General Zhangjaw, I specially wrote a letter to ask the lord to transfer him."

Look at the army in front. Sima Yi did not feel a trace of nervousness, but breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, why did Zhongda send a large army to guard the Shangdang so early?"

After Li Rui heard Sima Yi's words, he looked carefully at the army.

Sure enough, the fluttering flag was impressively printed with a huge character, which must be the troops with open jaws.

"Alas, it's a shame to say that at that time, our army passed through the Shangdang and found that there were people defending this superiority, but in order to rescue the military division, we had to give up this Shangdang."

Sima Yi said helplessly.

"However, if I really leave like this, I'm afraid that the grain road will be threatened, and if we can attack Jinyang at that time, it will be a big danger..."

When Sima Yi said this, he couldn't help but be a little silent.

Not only Sima Yi, but everyone present had a heavy face.

"Okay, don't talk about those things again, but that's fine, lest our army be ambushed again."

Li Ru looked at the silent crowd and hurriedly spoke.

If the morale continues to be so low, I am afraid that it will not be long before my own people will be defeated halfway.

While talking and laughing all the way, Li Ru's army also slowly came to the outside of Shangdang City.

Zhang Jaw obviously noticed that this army of troops was rapidly approaching, and the halberd soldiers picked up the weapons in their hands and integrated into the camp and looked at the troops in front of them.

When he found out that it was the Xiahou battle flag, he slowly relaxed.

"Two military divisions, generals, why are you here, isn't our army supposed to attack and merge the state?"

Zhang Jaw walked quickly to the front of everyone and asked suspiciously.

"Junyi, this matter is a long story, now

It doesn't have an advantage in our army. ”

Listening to Zhang Jaw's words, Li Ru said with an ugly face.

"I heard Zhongda say that you are guarding the party here?"

Zhang Jaw looked at the people around him with sad faces, and Zhang Jaw also understood that he had said the wrong thing, and when he saw Li Ru diverting the topic, he naturally actively cooperated.

"Yes, I arrived at Shangdang City a few days ago."

"So what is the current situation of the party? Why are you stationed outside the city with a large army? ”

Li Ru nodded slightly, and asked at Zhang Jaw with some confusion.

For such a smart person, Li Ru still appreciates it very much in his heart.

"There is still no one in the party, but I don't know why I always feel that there must be someone here."

Zhang Jaw shook his head slightly, and said with some caution.

"Have you ever besieged the city or gone in to investigate?"

After Li Ru heard Zhang Jaw's words, he asked questions and answers again.

All the soldiers around him also looked at Zhang Jaw, as if they wanted to see something from him.

"Our army does not have a lot of grain and grass, and in addition to the surrounding trees, most of the wood is rotten because of locusts, and it cannot be made into siege equipment at all."

Zhang Jaw shook his head and said slowly.

"That's why I didn't attack this city at all, or explore this city..."

"Oh, that means no one in the city has ever entered it?"

Li Ru's face couldn't help but have a hint of curiosity.

"If it's in our time period, no one has entered this city for a long time..."

After pondering for a while, Zhang Jaw nodded slightly in reply.

"Why does the military advisor also want to lead troops to attack this Shangdang City?"

Sima Yi looked at Li Ru with a smile on his face and asked with some curiosity.

"This Shangdang and even the soldiers' important place, especially for the state, can be described as a gateway, if our army can take the Shangdang, then we will be considered a success in this battle."

Li Ru did not avoid their meaning, but said his thoughts very bluntly.

"But the military advisor doesn't know what the situation is now, and we don't have siege equipment yet, so if we want to attack the city, I'm afraid it's not easy!"

After hearing Li Ru's words, Zhang Jaw hurriedly replied.

"It's okay, we just need to take the army to the lower part of the party and see how many people there are."

Li Ru waved his hand and said with some disdain.

"If there are fewer people on the other side, we will storm this party, and if there are more people, we will retreat and not give them a chance to entangle us."

Listening to what Li Ru said, everyone present was stunned, and finally nodded slowly in agreement.

Now that everyone has passed their own decisions, Li Ru led the army behind him to march towards Shangdang City.

As the troops got closer and closer, Li Ru could clearly feel a trace of anxiety in his heart.

This kind of anxiety has helped him avoid many mortal crises, and now this feeling has surfaced again, and it seems that the situation in the party is not too optimistic.

"Stop!"

A stone's throw away, Li Ru slowly stopped the army and looked at the city in front of him with dead eyes.

"Listen, people in the city, let your general come out to see me, or I will definitely wash this place of blood after I take the city!"