Liu Xiu got up, put on a robe, and walked out of the bed.

Zhang Kun, Long Yuan and others outside saw Liu Xiu come out, and they all bowed down and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Xiu nodded, moved his arms, and asked, "What are you talking about, so lively?" ”

Zhang Kun shrank in fright and didn't dare to answer.

Long Yuan and the others looked at Zhang Kun and smiled without saying a word.

Without waiting for Liu Xiu to ask another question, Fu Junhe came over, bowed to Liu Xiu, and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"Flat!"

"How is Your Majesty recovering?"

Fu Jun asked with concern.

Liu Xiu stretched his muscles and said, "It's no big deal." ”

After a pause, he said: "After breakfast, gather all the generals and go to the Chinese military tent to discuss matters." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Fu Jun hurriedly responded.

Liu Xiu asked, "Was there a battle report yesterday?" ”

Fu Jun said: "General Jianwei has joined forces with the captured generals and captured generals, but our soldiers and horses are only 30,000, while the enemy's soldiers and horses are more than 60,000, and the situation in this battle is not optimistic!" ”

Liu Xiu was silent for a while, nodded, and said, "I know." ”

When Liu Xiu returned to the bed, he found Luo You still lying on the bed.

He stepped forward and looked down to see that Luo Yu was not successful in pretending to sleep, at least the eyelids that fluttered from time to time betrayed her.

Liu Xiu smiled, stretched out his hand, and pinched Luo You's small nose.

After a while, Luo You couldn't stand it anymore, opened his small mouth, and inhaled.

She opened her eyes, looked at Liu Xiu pitifully, and said glutinously, "Your Majesty." ”

"It's time to get up."

Luo You's face turned red, and he whispered: "Yesterday, the maid ...... Servant ......" Liu Xiu said casually: "You sleep very deeply." ”

He also pressed my arm all night.

Luo You sat up from the bed, looked at Liu Xiu with bright and beautiful eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty doesn't blame the servant?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Last night, I allowed you to sleep on the couch, what do you blame?"

Get up, wash up, and eat. ”

Liu Xiu was not very picky about eating and drinking, and after a hasty breakfast, Liu Xiu went to the Zhongjun tent.

When he entered, the big tent was already full of people, civil and military generals, all present.

Seeing Liu Xiu come in, everyone got up together, bowed their hands, and said in unison: "Your Majesty! ”

Liu Xiu sat in the center and waved his hand to everyone on both sides, signaling everyone to sit.

After the people sat down one after another, Liu Xiu said bluntly: "A few days ago, our unit was attacked by a large number of enemy troops at Kaitou Mountain, the camp was broken, and out of 10,000 soldiers, only more than 3,000 escaped; The general department of Jianwei is not good for fighting in Longxian County, and now it is combined with the two generals who captured and captured it, and the situation is not optimistic with 30,000 soldiers against more than 60,000 enemies; General Fuwei attacked Qinting, but there were many defenders in Qinting, and the battle did not progress for a long time; Speaking of this, Liu Xiu looked at Fu Jun again and said: "General Ji Crossbow led his troops to attack Longguan, but Longguan is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our troops have not been able to attack for a long time. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xiu sighed softly, his own division of troops to fight, for now, is a loss on all fronts.

He glanced at the people in the tent and asked, "Do you have a good plan for the current war?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and lowered their heads.

At this point in the war, our side is already at an all-round disadvantage, and if we continue to fight, our own battle losses will only get bigger and bigger.

There was silence in the tent of the Chinese army, and after a long time, Fu Jun still opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the enemy is fully prepared, and our enemy is not well prepared, so this battle is ...... It's hard to win. ”

When they heard this, their faces changed and their heads hung lower.

In fact, everyone thinks so in their hearts, but no one dares to say this kind of thing, and before the war is over, they say that their side has no chance of winning, which is a remark that shakes the morale of the army.

Liu Xiu looked at Fu Jun and asked, "So, what about Ziwei's opinion?" ”

Fu Jun Zhengse said: "Withdraw the troops!" Your Majesty, taking advantage of the fact that our army still has the opportunity to retreat from the whole body, we need to make a decision immediately and withdraw from Hanyang, which is also the maximum stop loss. ”

Liu Xiu looked at Fu Jun and was silent.

On the civilian official's side, Lai Shu coughed dryly and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that General Fu's words are reasonable, and only by knowing oneself and knowing the other can one not be defeated in a hundred battles, but now, our army knows very little about the enemy, but the enemy knows our army well, and our army is fighting in the enemy's territory, and the victory has ...... It's very slim. ”

When Laishu finished speaking, the big tent became silent again.

Liu Xiu rubbed his chin, his eyes flickered, and his brain was also running rapidly at this time, considering whether he still had a chance to turn defeat into victory.

But no matter how you think about it and how you deduce, it is really difficult for your side to win.

After thinking about it again and again, Liu Xiu took a deep breath, turned his head sideways and said, "Zhang Kun! ”

"The slave is here!"

Zhang Kun, who was standing aside, hurriedly bowed down and saluted.

"Draft, order Jianwei, capture, capture, and auxiliary departments to all retreat, withdraw from Hanyang, and return to Sanfu!"

Zhang Kun looked at Liu Xiu blankly and did not answer immediately.

This time, his own expedition to Hanyang, but the Son of Heaven personally marched, even if he urgently transferred troops from other places, his own side could not retreat, which would also damage His Majesty's prestige too much.

He bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, think twice......" Liu Xiu said categorically: "Intention!" ”

"Your Majesty......" "I'll let you draw up the decree!"

Liu Xiu frowned and looked at Zhang Kun unhappily.

Zhang Kun didn't dare to say more, owed to Liu Xiu, and responded: "Slave, slave and maid, go and draw up the decree." ”

As soon as his words fell, Fu Jun had already gotten up and left the table, knelt down and kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said loudly: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

The other civilian and military generals in the Chinese military tent also left their seats one after another, kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

If the battle has reached this point, withdrawing troops is the most rational choice, if for the sake of face, for the sake of anger, insist on not retreating, and persist in fighting, if it is not done well, 100,000 soldiers will have to be buried in Hanyang County.

After the discussion, Liu Xiu deliberately left Fu Jun.

There were no others present, both of them were much more relaxed, Liu Xiu also specially asked Zhang Kun to make a pot of tea, and he and Fu Jun discussed while drinking tea.

Fu Jun said: "Your Majesty, this operation is unfavorable because of the poor intelligence of our army. ”

Liu Xiu also nodded in agreement, and said: "Yes, we don't know how many troops the enemy has deployed in Hanyang, what deployments are openly and covertly, and even where the enemy's defense focus is. ”

Fu Junzhengse said: "Our army came to Chang'an from Luoyang, and only temporarily rested in Chang'an, and then advanced into Hanyang, and our army didn't know anything about everything here.

If this battle is fought by the general of Zhengxi, Weichen feels that the current situation will never occur.

General Zhengxi has been stationed in Sanfu for many years, and in Hanyang County, he has already planted many eyes and ears. ”

Regarding Fu Jun's statement, Liu Xiushen thought so, without Feng Yi's assistance, they were in Hanyang County, and they were completely black-eyed.

Fu Jun continued: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the temporary retreat of our army is not to admit defeat to the enemy, but to temporarily avoid the edge, and wait until the general of Zhengxi leads his troops back to Sanfu, and it is not too late for our army to send troops to Hanyang, just ......" Speaking of this, he paused and looked at Liu Xiu with concern.

Liu Xiuxiao asked, "Just what?"

Ziwei, but it doesn't hurt to say! ”

"It's just that in this way, people may say that His Majesty's leading troops are far inferior to the general of the expedition."

Speaking of this, Fu Jun lowered his head.

Liu Xiu was stunned at first, then looked up and smiled, and said: "As long as I can win, as long as I can minimize the casualties of our soldiers, even if I am not as good as Gongsun, I will gladly accept it." ”

He still has this bit of heart and belly, if Liu Xiu is a jealous and capable person, his subordinates will not gather so many talents.

On the second day of his rendezvous with Fu Jun, Liu Xiu issued an order to all units of the army to retreat.

I have to say that Liu Xiu's decision is very decisive, but even so, it is not easy for all units of the Han army to retreat.

In particular, the three Han armies of Geng Yi, Ma Wu, and Wang Ba have penetrated deep into Longxian, and in the process of retreating, they will inevitably be surrounded and intercepted by the enemy.

In fact, it is.

After receiving Liu Xiu's edict, Geng Yi, Ma Wu, and Wang Ba immediately gathered their troops.

The Kui Huan army also reacted quickly, seeing that the Han army was retracting its strength and showing signs of retreat, the Kui Huan army, which numbered more than 60,000 people, began to approach the Han army in an orderly manner.

As for how his side should retreat, Geng Yi had disagreements with Ma Wu and Wang Ba.

Ma Wu and Wang Ba both believed that their retreat should take the big road, so that they could withdraw to the area around Longguan as quickly as possible and join His Majesty.

However, Geng Yi thought that this was inappropriate, the enemy army would inevitably set up layers of interception on the main road, and if he retreated from the main road, he would be blocked by the enemy in the middle of the road.

Therefore, Geng Yi thought that he should take a small road, although the distance was longer and more rugged, but it would be safer.

After Ma Wu and Wang Ba listened to Geng Yi's suggestion, they both frowned, and Ma Wu said: "Bo Zhao, our army has a lot of baggage, and the paths you choose are mostly rugged mountain roads, how to carry the baggage of our army?" ”

Geng Yi said: "Take as much as you can take away, and abandon all those who can't be taken away." ”

Wang Ba said: "In this way, the losses of our army will be too great!" ”

Geng Yi said: "The baggage is gone, you can buy and rebuild, compared with the life and death of the whole army, what is the weight of a few baggage?" ”

Ma Wu said unconvinced: "Taking the small road and detouring back to Sanfu will greatly slow down the speed of our army!" ”

Geng Yi said: "The speed of our army will certainly slow down, but can the speed of the enemy army be faster? ”

Ma Wu and Wang Ba glanced at each other and did not speak.

Geng Yi said: "I am a general, both of you listen to me, go to Wushan, first go to Qin Ting, meet with General Zang Gong, and then from Qin Pavilion to Longguan, and meet Your Majesty!" Something really went wrong, and I took care of everything! ”

Wang Ba pondered for a moment and asked, "So, what about the soldiers we left behind in the street spring and Qingshui?" ”

"Give up the city and let the soldiers retreat to Sanfu on their own!"

Geng Yi said categorically.

Ma Wu spread his hands and said, "Jiequan and Qingshui City, we just gave it to each other?" ”

Geng Yi narrowed his eyes and said, "The enemy army definitely hopes that we can defend these two cities to the death, so that the enemy army can divide and attack our army, surround and annihilate it!" ”

Wang Ba nodded and said: "With the current situation, the two cities of Jiequan and Qingshui, our army really can't hold it, so we can only give up!" ”

Ma Wu couldn't help but sigh and said indignantly: "What kind of battle is this, it's too infuriating!" ”

Geng Yi and Wang Ba glanced at each other, and their faces also showed gloom and helplessness.

At Geng Yi's insistence, the 30,000 Han army began to retreat in the direction of Wushan.

The retreat route of the Han army was indeed something that Wang Yuan did not expect.

Wang Yuan expected that the Han army would retreat, but what he expected was that the Han army would retreat on the main road, after all, the speed was fast and it was easy to retreat.