And Liu Bei and the others took the nearest road, but during this period, no one found out that their lord had retreated to Lingling. Therefore, although Liu Bei did not blatantly enter any county, he could still keep up with the supplies or something.

When Liu Bei retreated to Lingling with the remnants of the defeated army, at the same time, the Yanzhou army retreated ten miles, and the Jiangdong army was the same. Originally, according to Cao Ren's meaning, it was safer to retreat twenty miles, but if you think about it carefully, it is safer to retreat twenty miles. After all, if they retreated twenty miles, this would make the Jiangdong Army and the Liangzhou Army look at it, thinking that they were afraid of them, but is this possible, at least Cao Ren didn't feel the slightest bit afraid.

As for Lu Su and Zhang Liao, they actually think the same way. This war can be lost, but in some ways, it cannot be lost. Therefore, the two of them and Cao Ren had similar ideas, so they retreated ten miles, even if it was okay. As far as it goes, it's ridiculous. This can't be a shame for yourself, your own lord doesn't care about winning or losing, but he must care about face. If it's better to win, but if you don't win, then don't be ashamed, don't let people look down on you.

A day later, before Ma Chao arrived at night, he held a banquet to entertain the generals, which can also be said to have achieved a phased victory to celebrate.

For Ma Chao, there is no time to eat, anyway, as long as it is past noon, then you can feast everyone and eat and drink together. In fact, at this time, there are basically two meals, and the vast majority of people. That's it. One morning meal in the morning and one dinner in the evening. That's it.

Of course, it's not that no one eats lunch, but it's not much. And they basically belong to those big families. Like a big family, a powerful and powerful family, such a family, or they are officials, they can eat and afford to eat. If you say that you are a flat-headed common person, in this life in troubled times, you may not be able to eat two meals, let alone three meals.

Isn't it? So since Ma Chao used to go out to eat at noon, he knew a lot of things when he saw that the restaurant was basically empty, but he obviously didn't care about that. Not to mention that Liangzhou's military wealth is generous, it is also true that when I say when I will have a banquet with everyone, that is when. Even if it's just the early hours of the night, what can I do?

When you are a lord, you naturally have to maintain your authority. Ma Supernatural thinks the same. Although he doesn't think that he has to do a word, but most of the time, of course, he has to say something, unless it needs to be discussed. There's no way around it, of course, it's to speak freely, and I have to listen to the opinions of my subordinates.

After all, this is the so-called Ming Jun in history. None of them mean that they are bent on doing their own thing, they are all able to listen to people's words. can also listen to a lot, although Ma Chao did not compare himself with others. But I'm definitely not too bad, at least I'm not incapable of listening to others. As long as what you say makes sense and is right, then do what you say, so what?

This is the main premise, as for the rest, aside from these, if there is no great use, then of course it is impossible to listen to it. But these people under his command, Ma Chao is quite satisfied, at least he thinks that what they say is almost all right, all of them are useful, and they all know to follow him, at least what he wants to do and say, this is so, it is enough-

And Ma Chao and the Liangzhou army will push the cup and change the lamp here, they eat so much, and in the Yanzhou army camp, in Cao Ren's Chinese army tent, he and Guo Huai still have Niu Jin, and they are discussing something at this moment.

After all, at this time, they already knew that Liu Bei had already fled with the remnants of the defeated army, and Chenyang had already lost it, so what should their reinforcements do at this time, Cao Ren also wanted to hear Guo Huai's opinion. As for Niu Jin, it can be ignored directly, but he also roughly thought about it, and it is estimated that they will have to agree with their ideas in the end, "eight or nine are not far from ten".

Sure enough, after Cao Ren asked Guo Huai, Guo Huai shook his head, and then said: "General, now that Ma Chaoliangzhou's army has won and occupies Chenyang, it is not our army that is the enemy of the Jiangdong army, so in my opinion, it is better to take a detour to Lingling directly!" ”

Cao Ren couldn't help but nod when he heard this, of course he thought the same, "In this case, it should be the best." Niu Jin, what do you think? ”

When Niu Jin heard this, he hurriedly said: "General, I, I agree!" ”

Cao Ren and Guo Huai smiled, obviously they knew that Niu Jinba had to say that-

And in the Jiangdong Army, almost the same scene happened here with the Yanzhou Army. Zhang Liao's meaning is not much different from Guo Huai's, and he deliberately said to Lu Su, "Sir, Liao looks at the Yanzhou army, Cao Zixiao and them, it should be the same." So our army can't be later than them, and it's too early to detour to Lingling! ”

"Good! What Wen Yuan said is exactly what I want, in fact, I also think the same! Now the Liangzhou army is invincible, so our army might as well go to Lingling and then make plans. However, in my opinion, this Liu Xuande and his people may not be able to stay in Lingling, so when the time comes, how to do it will have to be analyzed according to the specific situation! ”

When Zhang Liao heard this, he couldn't help but nod, he agreed with Lu Su's words, and there were the same places in his thoughts as Lu Su. Maybe he got there, but Liu Bei ran away again, yes, he just ran away, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to deal with the Liangzhou army, so he ran to other places, which is not unusual.

But even if that's the case, you have to go to Lingling now, otherwise. What else? ――

And when Ma Chao and the generals were eating happily in Chenyang City, they listened to the Malay newspaper: "Report to the lord." The Yanzhou army has already pulled out the camp! ”

After Ma Chao let Tanma go down, he smiled at everyone and said, "Everyone." It seems that this Cao Ren can't wait to keep up with Liu Xuande's footsteps! ”

Everyone laughed, they also knew what their lord meant, obviously he was saying that this Cao Ren led his troops to Lingling. But thinking about it, in this current situation, it is impossible for the Yanzhou army to attack the city, and it will not fight with itself. Then in addition to retreating, you can only follow Liu Bei and go to Lingling together. Isn't there another way out? As for not moving, everyone didn't think about it, but that was definitely not Cao Ren's style.

Everyone and Cao Ren are not strangers, at least in the Liangzhou Army, Cao Ren's information is still a lot, after all, such a major figure, of course, Ma Chao wants people to listen to the information of his person-

Therefore, for Cao Ren, of course, the two generals have a certain understanding.

Cui An had just swallowed the meat in his mouth. After listening to what his lord said, he hurriedly said: "Lord, if you want me to say it, then Cao Ren will be scared away." He didn't dare to fight us. At this time, he ran away with the big ears! ”

When everyone heard this, they laughed, and they all knew that Cui An's character was like this. I didn't say much. And at this time, another visit to the Malay newspaper. So Lu Su and Zhang Liao also left with the Jiangdong army.

When everyone heard this, they all understood. This Jiangdong Army is obviously the same as the Yanzhou Army, to follow in Liu Bei's footsteps. But if you think about it carefully, it seems that they really have no other way out than this. Originally, they were reinforcements, and although they did what the reinforcements should do before, they were defeated after all, so it didn't have much other effect.

Therefore, now that Liu Bei has retreated to Lingling, they naturally followed. If it were their Yanzhou Army and Jiangdong Army, they would obviously do the same.

Ma Chao smiled at everyone at this time, "Everyone, the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army are gone, so let's stay in Chenyang City for a few more days, so good?" ”

When the generals heard this, they were all very happy, even Cui An, who was in a good mood. After all, they had won before, and now they were tired, so it would be better to rest for a few more days. As for fighting again with Liu Bei's Han Army, Yanzhou Army and Jiangdong Army, it can be said that it can be done at any time, at least not in a hurry for a few days. Therefore, even Cui An, he is very happy and agrees with his lord's meaning, and more importantly, he knows that if he stays in Chenyang for a few more days, then this eating and drinking will not be left behind.

It can only be better than usual, not worse. And in normal times, because of the war, you can't drink, but now you don't have this concern, so you can finally eat and drink, isn't it good?

To say that in addition to going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, Cui An's second hobby is eating and drinking, so now he is not on the battlefield for the time being, so eating and drinking is also what he pursues-

As for Liu Bei, when he arrived at Quanling, he directly asked everyone to go back to rest.

On the second day, he asked the soldiers to gather all his subordinates to come to the meeting, and everyone did not dare to slack off, and they all arrived one after another, and none of them were left behind, and they all arrived on time. This is all known that now that his lord has just been defeated, he is not in a good mood, so no one dares to touch the bad head, otherwise, it will be bad luck.

After seeing everyone arrive and sit down, Liu Bei said to everyone: "Everyone, our army is newly defeated, but in fact, this is all expected by me, and it must be expected by you!" ”

When everyone heard this, there was no reaction on the surface, but they couldn't help nodding in their hearts. Indeed, they actually all think like this, and this is their own defeat, of course, it is expected, this is not said.

After Liu Bei glanced at everyone, he said again: "Now I want to say, in fact, I have seen it in my eyes before, and overall, it is actually good!" ”――

Everyone really likes to hear this, after all, they all understand that their lord can say this, so it means that basically their lord will not criticize anything anymore, and there is basically no big deal. So since this is the case, everyone's hearts, of course, are relieved.

After all, they all know the character of their lord, and they know that if their lord says so, then basically he won't say too much, if he doesn't say so, and if he says something else, then someone should be careful, because in that case, the consequences will ......

Sure enough, after that, Liu Bei just praised everyone, but he didn't criticize anything. After all, in his opinion, in fact, the appearance of his own generals is indeed remarkable, and he can't find fault with it. Speaking of which, they also tried their best, as for saying that they were inferior to others in the end, then it is more important to say that it is the reason of their own soldiers, not their reasons.

There are some things, and sometimes, you are not as good as others, so what else can you say. At least Liu Bei knew that at this time, it was not the time to talk about the generals. And they really, well, there is nothing to say-

Yes, only his own praise, this is what he wants to say and must say, so Liu Bei doesn't know this.

When the generals heard this, their hearts were also slightly moved, after all, if their lord can say this, then what he did was indeed in his eyes and in his heart. Otherwise, my lord wouldn't remember this, would he?

Therefore, the generals are still very happy in their hearts, after all, it is an honor to be remembered by their own lords, after all, who doesn't want their efforts to be seen by the superiors. (To be continued......)