Chapter 343: Assassination
When the night was shrouded, the Han infantry who were scattered and chasing were only half gathered, and Ma Chao also arrived in Kunyang, and strode to see Liu Bei with Dai Ling's head: "The minister is late, I hope Your Majesty will forgive you!" ”
Luyang, Fathercheng, and Jiaxian started one after another, but unfortunately the grain reserves in Jiaxian County were set on fire before the defenders fled.
"Meng didn't get up late, I miscalculated, I didn't expect the thief army to be so vulnerable."
Liu Bei just glanced at Dai Ling's head at random, Fei Yao, who was as famous as Dai Ling, had been won by Tian Xin in a head-to-head confrontation, and compared with the two, Dai Ling's head value was somewhat reduced.
Liu Bei smiled and arranged for Ma Chao to take a seat, Ma Chao took off his blue-purple robe, and sat in the second position on the right, ranking first below Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei only bowed slightly to Ma Chao, and drank freely with a wine glass, depressed and unhappy.
Tian Xin sat behind Guan Yu, who had already removed his armor, and had two wounds on his calf, which were bandaged.
Ma Chao couldn't help frowning when he saw Tian Xin coughing lightly from time to time, as a former boss and comrade-in-arms, he naturally knew how many scars Tian Xin had on his body.
Some wounds heal easily on the surface, but some blunt wounds are truly incurable.
Tian Xin suddenly died one day due to the accumulation of old injuries, and Ma Chao would not be surprised.
Ma Chao looked at the generals at all levels sitting below, and analyzed how far the banquet and meeting had developed.
Not only did Liu Bei not expect the battlefield to develop so quickly, but Ma Chao also didn't expect it.
Cao Zhen made a decisive decision and withdrew quickly, not giving Guan Yu a chance to expand the results of the battle at all, nor did he give Liu Bei and Ma Chao a chance to encircle and completely block it.
Now that Cao Zhen is leading the main cavalry to join Xiahou Shang and Cao Xiu, does he still have the strength to conduct a third round of decisive battles?
Or attack Yique Pass to the north and try to attack to see if it can force Cao Zhen to take the initiative to fight again.
While Ma Chao was thinking, Guan Yu coughed lightly twice and continued: "There will be 50,000 prisoners of war in this case, so you must not relax your response. Measuring the trends everywhere, the minister agrees with the policy of filial piety, which is to accept it when it is good and achieve full success. ”
Tian Xin caught a glimpse of Ma Chao wanting to speak, so he endured the discomfort in his chest, and then said: "It's all because my strong army is on the side, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi can tolerate each other." When we withdraw our troops, the Wei army is bound to have a civil war, and Sun Quan is making waves on the side, and the Wei army's internal strife is suddenly uncertain, and it is bound to be killed and wounded, and it has been in a slump since then. ”
"And I have been recuperating for several years, and when I go out of Wankou again, I can have an army of 300,000, which is enough to sweep the world and return the health of all the people!"
Guan Yu was afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, so he was not ready to fight, and when Yan Yuqing and Xu were divided and split, Tian Xin didn't want to fight anymore.
At that time, I wanted to withdraw the troops, get out of the way, and let the two brothers Cao Zhi and Cao Pi go to fight, and after a year and a half, Wei **min was tired, which was much more cost-effective than doing it yourself.
During this period, if you recover Guanlong again and obtain the horse breeding land, when you fight the Central Plains again, you can have at least 20,000 horsemen.
With 20,000 horsemen, there is a basis for fighting a war of annihilation.
If Liu Bei is greedy for one thing and wants to gamble again, Tian Xin is not ready to gamble.
The current logistical supply pressure is too great, and the slightest accident may blow up.
He glanced at Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei really wanted to continue the fierce battle, so as to use victory to dispel the resentment in his heart, but Zhang Fei also wanted face.
I am afraid that Liu Bei and Ma Chao will be greedy and want to prolong the war.
After Tian Xin's voice fell, except for the sound of burning flames in the tent, the rest of the people did not answer.
Guan Yu has the prestige of an armistice, Tian Xin also has it, Ma Chao suddenly stopped and encouraged the idea of continuing the war, but he was unwilling and quietly waited for Liu Bei's choice.
As long as the decisive battle is won again, the Wei army's fighting spirit will be completely collapsed, and when the time comes, it will be tantamount to getting 100,000 male soldiers out of thin air. The Wei army and the Wu army are not worried, and there is no need to do this in person, ordinary generals can eliminate each other by supervising the troops and encroaching step by step.
The atmosphere in the tent is solemn, as long as one more game is won, the remaining Wei army and Wu army are chickens, ducks and geese, why not slaughter cattle knives?
But in this game, without the help of Guan Yu and Tian Xin, it will be very difficult to win.
Wu Yi has already used his head to prove that the Wei army still has combat effectiveness and still capable people.
Zhang Fei's onslaught today was blocked, which also reflected that the Wei army was not weak enough to be bullied; Cao Zhang's decisive assault involved the right army, which also proved that the Wei State was not exhausted; There is also Cao Zhen's command, without dragging the mud and water, in the face of this kind of general with the courage of a strong man and broken wrists, it is almost difficult for his side to fight a war of annihilation.
It is difficult now, it will be even more difficult in the future, and it will be even more difficult for the Wei army to deal with in the future.
After losing against the Han army one after another, as long as the core generals of the Wei army survived, they would naturally be able to learn the tactics of the Han army and gradually narrow the gap between each other's equipment, establishment, and tactics.
In addition to learning Tian Xin's martial arts, all the advantages of the Han army will be learned by the Wei army and the Wu army.
The successive major battles will also cultivate generals who are suitable for the operation of the large corps and can command the operations of the large corps.
But Guan Yu has concerns about Yu, and Tian Xin also has Tian Xin's plan, but these two are the two cattle slaughtering knives of the Han army.
Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness are certainly a big killer, but if there is no Han army that can fight well, those people will easily give up the fat in their mouths to respond to Liu Bei's benevolence?
Just one battle away, as long as Guan Yu and Tian Xin work together to hit the Wei army again, the Wei army in the future will completely become a frightened bird, and everyone can be bullied.
Guan Yu and Tian Xin don't want to fight, if this problem is not solved, then there is no point in competing for follow-up combat missions.
They don't want to fight, and nearly half of the generals and colonels have no intention of continuing to fight, first, they are tired of the military and miss their families, and second, they are convinced of the judgment of Guan Yu and Tian Xin, and the generals and colonels with a little judgment also understand that if Guan Yu and Tian Xin think that they should not fight, then it is really not worth continuing to fight.
It's not a matter of whether you can win or not, but whether it's worth fighting.
Liu Bei also dragged on, looking like he was always thinking, waiting for Guan Yu to change his mind, waiting for Guan Yu to accommodate him.
There is really a lack of a battle, as long as another victory of considerable scale is achieved, it will completely break the backbone of the Wei army.
Now that there is a truce, there must be public intentions as well as selfish intentions.
There was a stalemate for a long time, and the atmosphere changed a little subtly, and only Tian Xin's coughing from time to time was in the tent.
Next, Meng Daduo glanced at Tian Xin's side face a few times, his eyes concerned and nervous.
The cough seemed to be urging Liu Bei, Liu Bei felt uncomfortable, his temper was already strong, not much better than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
Tian Xin really couldn't help it, there were too many discomforts in his chest, and he missed Guan Ji and Xiaomei in his heart, but he didn't have much thought about the so-called son.
He clenched his fist and lightly hammered his chest, and many people below looked sideways, Guan Yu didn't notice it, and Liu Bei didn't observe it with a straight face, but he saw Zhang Fei and Ma Chao sitting clearly.
"Poof!"
Tian Xin didn't hold back, and spit out a cloud of black and red blood, which looked black and red under the light of the surrounding fire.
Everyone in the tent suddenly felt a strong sense of suffocation, and a cool breath rushed straight to the heavenly spirit cover, as if the soul was out of the body.
Luo Qiong and Zhang Wenhao got up and pounced on Tian Xin, wailing: "Public! ”
The blood clots spit out, and Tian Xin suddenly felt a lot more hearty, as if his lungs had been cleaned.
More than a dozen generals surrounded Tian Xin, Guan Yu suddenly realized and shouted: "Retreat!" Get out of the open space! ”
Guan Yu reached out to touch Tian Xin's cheek, his hand was hot, and he grabbed Tian Xin's wrist to feel the pulse, and the pulse was surging strongly, as if a drum was beating in the veins.
Liu Bei was in a dream, as if he had just woken up from a big dream, and walked to the other side of Tian Xin, at this time Tian Xin spit out a mouthful of blood clots, and felt the cold air he inhaled cut his chest like a knife.
Seeing that Liu Bei was about to grab Tian Xin's arm, Guan Yu hurriedly urged: "Quick, carry filial piety to the case first!" ”
Before Liu Bei touched Tian Xin's hand, he saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei carrying Tian Xin to lie down on several cases, Meng Da and Xu Zuo rushed to carry Tian Xin to the big tent to shelter the wind.
Guan Yu grabbed Tian Ji's hand and instructed emphatically: "Be sure to appease the officials of the Northern Mansion!" ”