In the end, Sun Ce asked the soldier Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, although he thought that if he attacked a few more times, Xiangyang City might be broken, but the two sides have been fighting for so long, it can be said that they are already tired, so if they want to attack like this again, then their casualties can only be more and more and bigger, so let's talk about it tomorrow. It is estimated that after tonight's rest, and then attack again tomorrow, it should be able to break through Xiangyang.

Although Liu Bei next to him really wanted Sun Ce to continue to fight like this, in his opinion, maybe a few more attacks, maybe in two or three hours, this Xiangyang City will be broken. But he can't say this, after all, he still knows something about Sun Ce's plans.

After this Xiangyang City is captured, it must belong to his own side, not his Jiangdong Army's side, so he Sun Ce naturally will not be so desperate to make wedding dresses for others, even if the two sides have formed an alliance now, even if the two sides have formed a Sun-Liu coalition now, but in this matter, he Sun Bofu will definitely not let the soldiers fight to the death in Xiangyang, or will it be of great benefit to his Jiangdong Army.

So in fact, thinking about it, these are also human nature, of course Liu Bei will not understand this, so he didn't say much. Don't say it's his Sun Bofu, just say that he is in his Sun Ce's position, and he is probably not as good as his Sun Bofu, so don't talk about others, just look at yourself-

So Liu Bei asked Sun Ce to let the soldiers mingjin, but he had no opinion. Of course. In fact, in the final analysis, it is still the same thing, whether it is the power of Sun Ce or the strength of the Jiangdong Army. In front of Liu Bei, Sun Ce basically always said the last sentence, and Liu Bei could only listen most of the time, but there was nothing he could do.

At noon, west of Xiangyang City, a hundred miles away, a team of 10,000 people was marching. Heading towards Xiangyang.

They were Xu Huang who came to Xiangyang from Hanzhong, of course, although Xu Huang had already intended to return to Jingzhou with his troops. returned to Xiangyang in Nanjun, but unfortunately now it is not what he thinks. Because in his mind, Nanyang's own reinforcements took over him, and then he brought the troops back. But what is the situation now? This is his own remnant of the soldiers. I returned to Xiangyang.

It turned out that the 10,000 horses left by his lord to himself were only a little more than 3,000 left, and the reinforcements from Nanyang, the commander was captured by the Liangzhou army, and he hasn't come back yet, but he should come soon. As for the soldiers, after fighting with Pang Rou and Wang Ping that night, in the end, there were only about 7,000 men and horses left.

That's 10,000 people together. But it's the rest of the people who have fought with others.

And what about this one. It can be said that there are some aspects, but of course there are also disadvantages. For example, the good thing is, of course, that I have fought with the Liangzhou army, and it can be said that this is definitely a valuable experience, and the number of times my side has fought with the other side is really not much, so this is a benefit. Besides, the people and horses who fought with the other party and stayed behind, whether it was the more than 3,000 people who broke out of Fangling, or the people and horses who remained after the battle with Pang Rou and Wang Ping, it can be said that these are their own precious soldiers, after all, the more than 3,000 people in the former can definitely be called elite, and the latter is not to be underestimated.

The so-called "big waves sweep the sand, survival of the fittest", only after this war, especially when encountering a strong enemy, after this baptism of soldiers, can step by step towards a more powerful place. So fighting against the Liangzhou army, it can be said that this is a benefit, at least it is always much better than you doing it behind closed doors, isn't it. That's true, at least compared to any kind of training, fighting a strong enemy, it's even more powerful than these.

As for the bad part, isn't it obvious, that is, the casualties of your own soldiers.

To say that his lord left him 10,000 horses to guard the palace, and Lu Jian also brought 10,000 horses from Nanyang, and he had a total of 20,000 horses in Fangling. But now that you look at it again, there are only the 10,000 or so people you lead, and you have lost half of your own men, let alone the injured.

So when he thought of this, Xu Huang's heart was dripping blood, there was no way not to do so, because he knew his family's affairs, his own Yanzhou army was not as good as the Liangzhou army, there were so many people, it can be said that his own people and horses were indeed not as many as others, after all, this is related to many aspects, especially money and food, so your money and food are not as good as others, and naturally there are no more people and horses.

Then the loss of 10,000 horses can be said to be astronomical for Xu Huang. Isn't that the case, if you want to say that your own people and horses, don't look at your own side is the most powerful, but you can count it to the fullest, and now there are only 10,000 in total, so in Fangling, 10,000 soldiers have been lost, in Xu Huang's opinion, his own master is definitely to blame, and he must ask his lord for guilt-

It is inevitable to ask for sin, and this responsibility must also be borne by oneself.

Xu Huang still doesn't understand in his heart, in fact, let alone in his own eyes, even in the eyes of his lord, in the eyes of his colleagues, 10,000 horses, that is definitely not a small number. Therefore, Fang Ling lost so many soldiers at one time, and Fang Ling was lost, this responsibility must be borne by someone, and this person is no one else, it is his own Fang Ling's main general.

As for saying that the other party uses tricks to consume their own grain and grass, there is not so much grain and grass on their own, and they don't have the ability to conjure up grain and grass. So I had to do something else. But even though that is said, in the end, defeat is defeat, and casualties are casualties. There's nothing to say about that.

Lu Jian's affairs over there are not things that he can predict, let alone what he can think of, nor can he control, but in the end, he has to bear it. In any case, he is the main general of Fang Ling, and Lu Jian is just a person who came to help the soldiers. Besides, Lu Jian is not here now, so no matter how you say it, it is up to you to bear it-

To say that Xu Huang has never run away from anything. Besides, he really didn't think about the past to shirk his responsibilities. How it should be, how it is, his own side suffered so many casualties in Fangling. It can be said that he is indeed responsible. Be. Although there are some things that you can't change, but now the result is that you have suffered heavy casualties, and Fang Ling is lost, so you can't escape the blame, that's it.

He has always had clear rewards and punishments, so in the end, he recognized how his lord dealt with him. Originally. I have made mistakes myself, so I don't have anything to say about it. As for the question of Lu Jian's defeat. Even if he carried it on him, I don't know if he could catch up with him. But no matter whether you can catch up or not, as long as you see your lord, you will take everything on yourself, and then the rest, that's not what you can expect.

To say that Xu Huang is a person, indeed, he is definitely a responsible and responsible person, at least in this matter, he has never thought of escaping, and he will never defend himself. So he didn't complain about how his lord punished him.

At this time, Xu Huang was on the way to Xiangyang with his troops, and at this time, he saw a report from Tanmalai, "Report to the general, our army is still nearly a hundred miles away from Xiangyang!" At this time, under the city of Xiangyang, more than 100,000 horses and horses of the Sun-Liu coalition army were besieging our army and carrying out siege warfare! ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he had to pay attention to it, there was no way, it was impossible for him not to pay attention to this matter. From Tanma's mouth, he learned a lot of information, first, the Sun and Liu coalition army, it is not difficult to think of what it is, I didn't expect them to be united, it is really a joint army, Xu Huangxin said. He also had to admit that such an act could indeed be said to be beneficial to both sides, at least it must be more beneficial than disadvantages, and since it is a coalition army, then it can compete with his own side and the Liangzhou army, isn't it.

And second, that is, they were surrounded by the army of Sun and Liu's coalition army, and Xiangyang City was besieged, and they saw that the situation was not good. As for saying that his lord is still in Xiangyang at this time, he doesn't know about it, after all, Tanma doesn't have this news, and he doesn't know-

But although I don't know, it's not difficult to guess that my lord should not be there.

Why do you say that, after all, after my lord left from Fangling with his troops, until now, how long has it been, it can be said that he has not seen himself return with his troops, and he has not come back for a long time, his lord will never change his mind about entering the army because of himself, and he also knows how long it has been delayed, so it is basically impossible for his lord and everyone to wait for themselves, so they should have left with the troops first.

Even if there are indeed a lot fewer soldiers on his side, this is true, but it is still not inferior to his own 10,000 people, so he guessed that his lord had already led his troops away, and then Sun and Liu's coalition army thought that it was an opportunity, so he immediately led his troops to Xiangyang, which should be the case.

Not to mention, Xu Huang really thinks that it can be regarded as eight/nine and ten. In fact, this matter is really much the same as Xu Huang thought, isn't that the case?

And Xu Huang still has strong evidence to prove his arguments, so he said that if his lord was in Xiangyang, he would be in this shape now. Let the other party be like this, it really doesn't look like his own father-in-law's style. Of course, Xu Huang didn't say that his lord would not let the army besiege him. It's just that it doesn't feel like it after all.

So Xu Huang said to Tanma, "Explore again!" Be sure to find out if the lord is still in Xiangyang City, and what is the current situation in Xiangyang City, if you can't find out this, you don't have to come back! ”

"No!"

Tanma directly dialed the horse and left. Of course, he knew that his general was very worried about Xiangyang, so he and the others must go and listen again. The situation in Xiangyang City, after all, if you don't know anything, then you can really be passive.

After Tanma left, Xu Huangxin said. At this time, it is no longer suitable to enter the army. Although he didn't think that the Sun Liu Alliance's Tanma could appear a hundred miles away, he had to guard against it. And the closer you get to them, the closer you get to Xiangyang, the more dangerous you are. After all, there are only 10,000 horses on his side, and others are more than ten times his own, so ...... -

At this time, Xu Huang made a decision on the spot, and directly asked his soldiers to stop advancing. And he was stationed in the same place and stood by.

"Pass on my military order, and the whole army will stop marching. Stand by and standby! ”

"No!"

The herald went down to give the order, and the Yanzhou sergeant stopped and set up camp in place. They are indeed very tired, although it can be said that it is quite close to Xiangyang at this time, but let them stay in place and set up camp to rest, they are indeed very willing, indeed, I don't know how many hours they have been tired, at this time they can finally take a good rest, so they are in a good mood.

As for what made the general like this, to be honest, it doesn't matter. And the important thing is that you can wait for someone to take a good rest, and it can be said that this is better than anything else, because what you need most now is actually to have a good rest.

When it was almost evening, the tanma returned, and several more, and they were reporting to Xu Huang what they had heard.

After Xu Huang heard this, he frowned, to be honest, because Xiangyang City was surrounded by Sun Liu's hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers and horses, Tanma didn't get much useful information at all. But what they can be sure of is that the Sun-Liu coalition army has been attacking here for several days, and then whether their lord is in Xiangyang or not, this is unknown. However, they actually tend to be not there, but they can't get close to Xiangyang City, so they can only be regarded as guesses.

Xu Huang waved his hand and sent the horse away from the big tent, he said in his heart at this time that he had to do something at this time. It doesn't matter if his lord is in Xiangyang City, but looking at the current situation, Xiangyang City is afraid that it is already difficult to defend it, so since he is here, if he doesn't make any moves, it is really, it shouldn't be, yes, just do it when you think of it, Xu Huang is definitely a simple person-

To say that when he was in Fangling before, Xu Huang was besieged by the Liangzhou army, so he thought about it for a long time before finally deciding to break through. This is not to say that Xu Huang was not simply at that time, but at that time, because he was still thinking about whether he could defend the main house and the casualties of his own soldiers, he had a lot of things to worry about, and naturally it was not as easy as tonight. So he wouldn't have come to any conclusions at the time, but this time it was different, so he naturally made a decision immediately.

Not long after Tanma left, Xu Huang passed down the military order, all the camps were pulled out, and the whole army was ready to go, he was going to attack the camp of the Sun and Liu coalition forces at night! Tanma also made it clear before that the four city gates, the Sun-Liu coalition army surrounded the troops, or the forces of the north gate and the east gate were relatively weak, so of course he had to start with one of these two city gates.

For Xu Huang today, what he wants to do tonight is what he must do well. If it is said that it is far, far away from Xiangyang at this time, then even if you know it, there may be no good way to do it. But the current situation is that the distance between the side and Xiangyang City is only a hundred miles, and the distance of a hundred miles, the distance of one hundred miles, the rapid march of the side to Xiangyang for more than three hours, there is no problem at all.

In this way, before the time came, Xu Huang had already passed down the military order, so that the soldiers were ready to go. As for the Yanzhou sergeants, they rested for an afternoon, more than three hours, and it can be said that they have indeed rested almost.

After all, this is more than three hours, which is definitely not a little, so for the Yanzhou sergeant, it is enough. (To be continued......)