After Liu Bei talked to Li Su and eliminated all the embarrassment and knots, he could finally recuperate with peace of mind.

It was inconvenient for him to travel any longer, so he would not return to Nanzheng, and temporarily set up his office in Baozhong County, preparing to stay until his injuries were completely healed before leaving.

After recuperating from his injuries for three days, Liu Bei can basically lie on a stretcher and let people carry him around, and he can also take care of some government affairs-

Anyone who rides a horse knows that the back and inside of the thighs cannot be covered with iron armor because they have to clamp the saddle and belly, otherwise they will be too hard and panic. And Liu Bei was the most seriously wounded by the arrow in the back of his thigh, so when he ran for his life, he let Dian Wei carry him on his back, and now he can only sleep on his stomach to recuperate, and he can't let the wound behind his thigh be compressed.

In the past three days, Li Su mainly helped him deal with a lot of aftermath work, first comforting the more than 1,000 defeated soldiers who fled back and arranging for recuperation. I arrange a bereavement pension for the one who did not come back.

When he was doing this, after Li Su sorted out the list, he was quite emotional-because he found that two months ago, the nearly 2,000 soldiers who rushed out for the first time because they misheard Dong Zhuo's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, and as a result, robbed Yiwu by chance, almost none of them came back. Most of those who escaped were not caught in time for the robbery.

Li Su couldn't understand the reason at first, but later talked to some soldiers, and only then did he roughly find out his mentality: those soldiers who robbed money two months ago overestimated the probability of "encountering good things by chance" because they were lighter than the enemy, so they fought bravely, rushed to the front, and in the end they were either killed or wounded or captured. And those who didn't rob were generally demoralized, and Liu Bei didn't take them too deep, so he came back alive.

Empiricism and path dependence kill people! I met good luck in the first battle of my life, and then I lost myself.

It can be said that in this battle, Liu Bei and ordinary soldiers were all light on the enemy, and those who paid the price were even worse.

After the defeated army is put in order, it is time to commend the generals who have made meritorious contributions in the battle, although this battle is a defeat, but it is nothing more than that the strategists do not need to be rewarded, and they still need to be rewarded for killing the enemy in battle.

Ordinary soldiers have beheaded another reward, the greatest credit among the living is of course Dian Wei, followed by Xu Huang, both of whom were also injured, Liu Bei ordered to give Dian Wei the title of Marquis of Duting, and Xu Huang first gave the Marquis of Guannei.

The main thing is that after all, it is a defeat, and it is impossible to give too much.

And Wu Lan and Cheng Ji, who died, also gave the posthumous Duting Marquis rent and taxes, which continued for generations of descendants.

When helping to deal with it, Li Su found a problem: Cheng Ji is almost thirty years old and has a wife and children, so his family can enjoy it. But Wu Lan has just reached the crown, and she doesn't have a wife. Li Su had no choice but to tell Liu Bei about the situation and asked Liu Bei to think about how to deal with it.

Liu Bei lay on the stretcher and thought for a while: "Does his brother Wu Banke have a wife?" ”

Li Su: "Wu Ban has already married a wife, and he also has a son who is still in infancy. ”

Liu Bei: "Then choose another innocent and well-born from the beauties in Yiwu who have not yet been divided, and give Wu Ban another wife to marry." This daughter will give birth to a son in the future, and inherit it to Wu Lan to inherit her incense, and receive his lord's tax. ”

When "......" first heard this kind of handling opinion, Li Su was still quite confused.

The main reason is that he still has the three views of modern people, and he always feels that this is as absurd and ridiculous as the joke on Douyin "Do a good job, and my brother will marry you a sister-in-law next year".

How can there be a younger brother who died in battle, but it is cheaper for the elder brother to marry more wives and inherit his younger brother's inheritance......

But there is no way, the people of the Han Dynasty still believe in patriarchal law, and they feel that it is good for you to pass on to you, and the dead will not be sacrificed in the future. Li Su felt awkward again, so he had no choice but to deal with it like this.

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On this day, after arranging the aftermath work, Li Su also decided to skip work in advance and go back to rest.

As soon as he left the county office where Liu Bei was staying, he bumped into some civil and military officers waiting in line at the door, among which Fa Zheng was also impressively listed.

As soon as Fa Zheng saw Li Su, he came over and pulled Li Su's sleeve to take a step to speak: "General Right, since the battle to save the driver has been dealt with. Now that the plank road has burned out, and His Majesty has fallen into the hands of Li Dao and Guo Yan, I think that the matter of begging for thieves can only be discussed slowly and in the long run.

At least for half a year, it is not a good opportunity to send troops to the Northern Expedition. Even so, if the name is not right, it is not good. If the lord wants to continue to lead the loyal and righteous people who are loyal to the court and unite the hearts of the people, is it time to prepare for the official succession of the king of Hanzhong?

I won't tell you the truth, I don't have any bothering my lord recuperating from his injuries in the past few days, but I have already discussed it with Qin Mi in private, and asked him to write an expedient persuasion letter first, in case of emergency...... General Right is the most trusted by the lord, so why not take the lead in advocating it? ”

Fa Zheng said as he took out a scroll and asked Li Suqi to enjoy it.

Li Su was speechless for a while: This guy Fazheng really has the potential to be a lonely minister. Historically, it was this virtue when he was forty years old, and now he has a trend at the age of eighteen, and he likes to pat the big leader's ass.

But of course, Li Su categorically refused: "It is indeed important to unite people's hearts, but now is not the time. Since ancient times, how can there be a reason to take advantage of defeat and advance? If the lord destroys and beheads and returns to the old capital, although ten lives can be bearable, what about the king of Hanzhong? However, now that our army has suffered a new defeat, it is not appropriate to talk about this matter suddenly. But when we say these things in private, I won't take them to heart, so you can wait. ”

Fa Zheng was really too young, and he didn't expect Li Su to object: "But ...... Before the lord went north to rescue the driver, I secretly observed that the right general was the most supportive of the lord's heavy troops, and the excuse that the resignation could not be delivered and became the king. ”

Li Su: "So I said this time and that time, and now we have lost a game." ”

Fa Zheng: "When will it be, the opportunity for the Northern Expedition has just been missed, and there have been a lot of material losses." Even if General Zhang's soldiers and horses rush back, there will be no Northern Expedition this year, and I am afraid that people's hearts will be unstable. ”

Li Su shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Xiaozhi, you are young after all, and you still lack overall insight." Do you think the battle of burning the plank road is over? Li Dao and Guo Yan may not be able to personally send troops to deal with us for a while. But there are many factions in the rebel army, Dong Yue was originally a Zhonglang general, and the army was in Chencang. He was originally on a par with Niu Fu, but now he wants to be subservient to Li Dao Guo Yan, does Dong Yue want to stand on his own?

The remaining two Zhonglang generals and their subordinates, whether it is Duan Xuan or Zhang Ji, if they can't occupy Chang'an, the small temple is not allowed to be Buddha, and they must also find another basis in Sanfu Yongliang. However, if there are one or two wise men in the enemy army, from the weak posture of the Northern Expeditionary Army, they can deduce the emptiness of Hanzhong, and take advantage of this time difference to 'strike sharply and not lose', and we are still in danger. So, what you said, at least wait until this counterattack is over. ”

Li Su also knew very well that Jia Xu on the other side would definitely not be so stupid as to think that "Liu Bei has no troops under him", everyone knows that Liu Bei still has tens of thousands of troops. But it is still possible to judge that "there are no troops on hand on the front line".

Just like during the battle of Xingyang in Chu and Han, Fan Zeng certainly knew that there were still many troops in Liu Bang's camp - for example, Han Xin in the north had many newly trained troops that could be transferred by Liu Bang. But at least the Han army on the Xingyang front line was insufficient at that time, so Fan Zengcai advised Xiang Yu to "attack sharply and not lose".

The current situation in Hanzhong is very similar to that of Xingyang in Chu and Han.

It's a pity that Li Su can't use anti-intrigue like Chen Ping, and let Zhang Ji and Dong Yue alienate Jia Xu like Xiang Yu alienated Fan Zeng.

He had to count on Lu Su to rely on the militia to hold the Dasan Pass and delay time, until Zhang Fei came.

After Li Su and Fa Zheng analyzed the benefits and disadvantages in detail, Fa Zheng finally gave up his plan to make a fool of himself for the time being, and then asked to see Liu Bei and ask him to hurry back to Dasanguan to assist Lu Su in guarding the pass.

Li Su also followed Fa Zheng back in.

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Liu Bei saw that Li Su was back again, and couldn't help but be curious: "Why did Boya come back?" ”

Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "My lord, after consulting with Boya, I think that the rebels may attack Chencang Dao, so we must guard against it. I am willing to take the 1,000 remnants of Baozhong to disperse the customs to garrison and assist Brother Zijing, which should have been my duty. ”

Li Su persuaded beside him: "Don't transfer these thousand soldiers and horses, and don't miss these thousand people, just stay in Yangping Pass." Zijing's side can also recruit people to defend the city. Yangpingguan is prepared, in case Zijing can't stand it, it won't be erosive. ”

Liu Bei obviously didn't expect the rebels to dare to pursue him like this at first, and only after listening to Li Su and Fa Zheng's words did he become a little worried: "If the rebels really sent troops from Chencang after my defeat and retreat, wouldn't Zijing have been fighting hard for two or three days now?" Why hasn't the MI Courier been there yet? Is it ......?"

Li Su hurriedly pressed Liu Bei's propped elbow back onto the stretcher: "Don't worry, Sanguan County is more than 300 miles away from here, and there are many mountain roads, it is normal that no urgent report has been sent for two days, maybe it will arrive soon." ”

Liu Bei was still not at ease: "No! Immediately send a fast horse scout to Sanguan to understand the situation. ”

Liu Bei had just ordered the arrangement, and the scouts hadn't left the city yet, and sure enough, the messenger from Lu Su's side came first.

"Please!" Liu Bei immediately let the messenger in, and asked, "But the rebels attacked Sanguan?" How's the battle going? Can Zijing keep it? ”

Messenger: "Back to the lord, Lu Changshi guarded the pass with more than 1,000 people, and successively recruited the surrounding Tuntian Zhuangding and Hechi County soldiers. Fortunately, the pass is narrow, and it is not easy for the enemy army to deploy, so it can hold out for the time being. The first batch of attacking the enemy will have Dong Yue and Fan Chou.

However, Lu Changshi said that the military supplies in Sanguan were insufficient, and it was not easy to replenish the casualties among the soldiers. Moreover, it was too close to the enemy's base Chencang, and it was too convenient for the enemy to supply military rations and siege materials. At present, he can only guarantee to hold on for ten days, if the lord feels that it is not enough, he can only try his best to delay as much as possible, but he really does not dare to guarantee to hold on for half a month. ”

Liu Bei's mouth was bitter, he couldn't bear to blame, and he was sluggish for a long time and just sighed: "I respect the hard work, it is indeed not easy for such a new remnant soldier to last for more than ten days under the elite Xiliang Army." Does he have any plans for the next step? ”

Messenger: "Lu Changshi implores the lord to agree to his retreat in ten days, and to harvest the autumn grain in Sanguan County and Hechi County in advance, and store it in advance according to the method of 'milling' made by the right general in Youbeiping that year." And the remaining materials of Sanguan were hidden, exhausted, and then retreated to Hechi County.

In addition, he implored General Right to contact the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu stationed in Yinping, and begged him to go to Hechi County to assist in the defense of Hechi County, so as not to fall into the hands of the rebels and the enemy of the Northern Expedition materials concentrated in Hechi. In this way, we can shorten the supply of our army, prolong the supply of the enemy's army, and retreat to Yangping Pass to gain time. ”

After listening to this, Liu Bei nodded directly in approval: "Clever plan, Zijing deserves to be a famous general." Dasanguan is indeed too close to Chencang, and the enemy army only has fifty miles of grain road, so the troops are naturally sharp. On the contrary, our army was not well prepared for war on the front line, and it had to cross most of the Qinling Mountains for reinforcements. If the strong wall clears the field and retreats quickly, stretches the enemy's grain route to 300 miles, and lets them attack Yangpingguan, it will be much more certain. That's right. ”