In fact, whether it is Ma Chao or everyone, in fact, they all know it in their hearts, if they really do not give up Xiling, then once the Sun and Liu coalition forces attack Xiling, then their own side and the other party will definitely fight again, and this is not necessarily who has the advantage.

After all, in Xiling City today, there are only 3,000 people on their own, and it can be said that there is not even a fraction of the Sun and Liu coalition army, so if you really want to keep Xiling, you can only send troops from Qichun immediately, but in this way, there are too many things, and this is not a small problem. Although their own combat power will not change, they are still stronger than the other party, but the advantage of the city is gone, and there are more people and horses, so it is exactly what they want.

After Ma Chao agreed with what Guo Jia said, he said to everyone, "Since everyone agrees to this, abandon Xiling, and temporarily avoid the soldiers of the Sun and Liu coalition forces, then I will order the horse to go to Xiling to deliver the news to Wu'an."

Everyone said in unison: "The lord is wise! ”

Everyone thinks like this, so at this time, when abandoning Xiling is the best, instead of being rash. After all, everyone can see that for their own side now, the importance of Qi Chun is by no means comparable to Xiling. So everyone will definitely not do the thing of "losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds"-

The matter of Xiling City has been decided, and Ma Chao hurriedly ordered Xiling to send a message to Wu Anguo. After all, if you arrive early. can keep the 3,000 soldiers on his side, and Wu Anguo will be fine. Or when the Sun-Liu coalition army attacked Xiling on a large scale, although Wu Anguo might not be fine. But their own soldiers will definitely suffer a lot of casualties. For Ma Chao, of course, he doesn't want to see this.

However, it was said that Sun Ce and Liu Bei led their troops all the way to the northwest, and on the way, Zhou Yu said, "My lord, as reported by Tanma, Xiling is only guarded by 3,000 Liangzhou troops. So I can join forces in one fight! ”

To say that in the face of Qi Chun, there is nothing the Sun and Liu coalition forces can do, but there are only 3,000 soldiers guarding Xiling. There really isn't a problem.

When Sun Ce heard this, his eyes lit up, "What does Gongjin mean?" Can our army take Xiling? So can we occupy other cities? ”——

Zhou Yu shook his head in his heart. The heart speaks to the lord. Now is not the time to be greedy, after all, we have all promised Liu Xuande, saying that we will go to Xiangyang, instead of continuing to fight Jiangxia. In other places, in addition to Xiling, there are several cities that are garrisoned by reinforcements from the Liangzhou army, which are reinforcements from Yizhou. As for why there are only 3,000 people in Xiling, I don't know what to do. Maybe it was because I didn't have time to garrison troops, maybe it was something else.

But in my own opinion. Although Xiling is the seat of Jiangxia, in the eyes of Ma Mengqi Liangzhou Army, it is not necessarily very important. At least he can feel that Ma Chao values Qichun more than Xiling, so now Xiling can be won by his own side.

Zhou Yu didn't hide it, and directly told his lord what he said about the Tao, Sun Ce heard it, and nodded, "In this case, it seems that my coalition army can only take one Xiling." But that's not bad, after all, Xiling is the place of Jiangxia governance, if Ma Mengqi doesn't value them so much, I don't dislike anything, hahaha! ”

Seeing that his father-in-law smiled, Zhou Yu also smiled, but he also knew that his father-in-law had to discuss it with Liu Xuande-

Yes, the coalition army is not only on their own side of the Jiangdong Army, but also on his side Liu Xuande, so the lord must be looking for Liu Xuande to discuss.

Zhou Yu was indeed right, and after Sun Ce heard what he said, he went directly to Liu Bei. Liu Bei is not far from him, but what Zhou Yu said to him before, Liu Bei didn't hear clearly, no matter what happened to him, as long as he didn't delay himself to seize Xiangyang, it would be fine. The rest has little to do with me.

At this time, he saw Sun Ce come to his side and smiled at himself, "Xuande Gong, Ce has something to discuss with Xuande Gong!" ”

Liu Bei looked at Sun Ce's expression, this look, he said in his heart, the ancients said, "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief", he Sun Bofu came to find himself like this, so he must have something to ask for. Ah, it can be regarded as your Sun Ce begging for my Liu Bei's head, before I lowered my posture and begged you, you agreed to send troops to Xiangyang, and now I want to see you, what are you going to do.

After thinking of this, Liu Bei smiled, "I don't know what General Sun is, what's the matter?" ”——

Sun Ce said that he was looking for something to do, so he didn't know what to do, so of course he could only ask like this.

Sun Ce smiled, and then told Liu Bei about Zhou Yu going to seize Xiling by the way, Liu Bei frowned when he heard this, and immediately stretched out his mind and said, "What does General Sun think?" ”

"The meaning of the strategy, now is a great opportunity for our army, Qichun our army can't take it, but Xiling, it's really not a problem, I don't know what Xuande Gong thinks?"

Liu Bei nodded slightly, but he didn't say anything about it, Sun Ce saw this situation, he said, "Does Xuande Gong agree?" ”

In Sun Ce's opinion, Liu Bei would not disagree. After all, when it was said, Xiling was only 3,000 Liangzhou troops, and the nearly 100,000 Liangzhou troops in Qichun had gone to attack before, so do you care about 3,000?

Besides, what is the other point, that is, he promised to send troops to Xiangyang before, so now if he Liu Xuande does not agree with his suggestion to take Xiling, then he is not afraid of making some stumbling blocks for him? ——

Of course, I basically don't do that. But for him Liu Xuande, he just had to guard against it, after all, the so-called "defense is indispensable". So I'm still not afraid that he won't agree. The so-called "those who know the current affairs are junjie", so he Liu Xuande, of course, will not be ignorant of current affairs, on the contrary, he still knows how to advance and retreat.

After thinking for a while, Liu Bei said to Sun Ce, "General Sun's meaning." I know it all. In fact, the general was able to go all the way from Qichun to the northwest to capture Xiangyang, and he was already grateful. And the general is in Jiangxia. It's true that he didn't win a city or a place, and to be honest, it's indeed a little ashamed! ”

When Sun Ce heard this, he despised Liu Bei in his heart. But on the surface, nothing can be said. just said: "So according to Xuande Gong's will?" ”

Liu Bei smiled, "Naturally, General Sun's proposal is naturally unobjectionable." Xiling is only 3,000 Liangzhou troops, and it is indeed the place where our coalition army should take, and our coalition army will naturally not miss such an opportunity! ”——

After Sun Ce listened to Liu Bei's words, he was finally relieved in his heart, as long as Liu Bei agreed. Then everything will be easy. After all, the main speaker of the coalition army is only himself and him Liu Bei. As for himself and his subordinates, of course, they all have to listen to the lord. Usually, there may be many things that everyone discusses together, but in the same way, sometimes the lord also makes a decision directly, and his subordinates will not have any opinions.

After all, as the lord, of course, he will not report to his subordinates, and in many major matters, it is already good to be able to discuss with everyone, as for the rest, it can't be too extravagant.

Sun Ce hurriedly said, "So, thank you so much Xuande Gong!" ”

Liu Bei was also busy saying, "It should be, it should be!" Now your Jiangdong Army and our army are coalition forces, joining forces and fighting together, so it should be to help each other and advance and retreat together! ”

Sun Ce smiled, "That's true, Xuande Gong's words are good!" That's what Ce's thoughts! ”——

True and false, false and true, that's what it is anyway.

On this day, in Xiling, Jiangxia's office, Wu Anguo was resting in the Taishou Mansion, and he saw the guards at the gate of the mansion come to report, "Report to the general, there is a fast horse sent by the lord outside the gate of the mansion to ask for a meeting!" ”

When Wu Anguo heard this, he hurriedly said, "Quick, let the horse enter the mansion!" ”

"No!"

The guards went down, and Wu An Guoxin said, the lord sent a fast horse to find him, it seems that there is something wrong, otherwise why bother.

After a while, Kuaima came to the reception hall of Taishou Mansion, and after seeing Wu Anguo, he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, but Wu Anguo waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, why did the lord let you come here?" ”

As soon as Kuaima heard this, he stopped giving gifts, and the generals under his lord's account basically didn't like these things very much, so this was what they wanted. Besides, their lord sent him here, there must be something important, so as generals, they don't want to delay anything-

When Kuaima heard this, he said, "General Hui, the lord let me come down here, it's ......."

Then, Kuaima told Wu Anguo what Ma Chao meant. And when Wu Anguo heard this, his lord asked him to withdraw his troops, go to Qichun, and give up Xiling? The Sun-Liu coalition is on the way here? Think about it, their army of more than 100,000 must be slow, and the fast horse that their lord shoots is just that person, and the horse is still a high-quality horse produced by the Liangzhou army, so of course they arrived in Xiling much earlier, as for the Sun-Liu coalition army, there is still a distance from Xiling at this time.

However, their own Tanma actually didn't know the way, and there was no news, so it can be seen that they are not too close to Xiling. After all, his own Tanma still knows the Dao, and within a radius of fifty miles, he will know the Dao at all. So now the Sun-Liu coalition army must be more than fifty miles away from oneself, and it is much more.

But let yourself lead the troops and withdraw the troops. Give up Xiling. To be honest, Wu Anguo is indeed a little unacceptable, and he is really unwilling. But not so. What else can you do, with 3,000 people, you can still be the opponent of more than 100,000 people in the Sun and Liu coalition army? ——

In fact, not to mention facing an army of more than 100,000 people, even if it is an army of millions, what can you do, although you are not afraid of anything, you still have to respect the facts. After all, there are only 3,000 men on your side. Not to mention facing the menacing hundreds of thousands of Sun and Liu coalition troops, even a fraction of the people, it is estimated that they can take Xiling. Therefore, the so-called "singles do not suffer immediate losses". I still listened to the words of my lord and everyone, led the troops to retreat, and it was best to return to Qichun by water.

The rest, let's talk about it later. As for the forsaken of the city today. In the future, it is not that he will no longer deal with the Sun and Liu coalition forces. So sooner or later, I will be rewarded, hehe, wait and see.

Wu Anguo is definitely not such a stubborn person, at least what Ma Chao can see, he naturally knows it. And 3,000 pairs of hundreds of thousands, as long as they are not fools, they basically know what the consequences of the road are, so ......

So after listening to what Kuaima said. Wu Anguo nodded slowly, "That's what the lord means." Let me withdraw my troops immediately? ”

Kuaima nodded, "Exactly!" ”——

"Good!"

Then after arranging a fast horse, Wu Anguo summoned his subordinates, and then said that his lord asked him to withdraw the troops. If there was no arrival of the Sun-Liu coalition army, of course, Wu Anguo's subordinates would not have evacuated Xiling so easily, but when they heard that hundreds of thousands of Sun-Liu coalition troops were marching towards Xiling, they couldn't sit still. After all, it is true that no matter how powerful your side is, it is definitely not the opponent of the hundreds of thousands of coalition troops, so a strategic retreat is a must, a must, a must.

Therefore, as soon as Wu Anguo finished withdrawing his troops, everyone began to get busy. Yes, can you not be busy, don't look at the only three thousand people, but those materials on their own side, Wu Anguo of course they will not leave Sun Ce and Liu Bei at all, so while preparing the ships, they are preparing the materials to be transported back to Qichun. The last one really couldn't take it away, Wu Anguo gritted his teeth, asked the soldiers to set a fire and burn it.

To tell the truth, if such a thing were a non-commissioned officer of another army, it would definitely be a pity to do it. However, the Liangzhou army is rich, and the soldiers really don't have much reaction to this, as if these things are nothing to them-

If there were other sergeants who saw this scene, they would definitely say that the Liangzhou army was too defeated. But to be honest, maybe the only soldier who can be such a loser is the Liangzhou Army. Although the situation is like this, maybe the soldiers of other armies will do the same, but it is definitely not as light as the soldiers of Liangzhou, it seems that these things are insignificant at all, and it is laborious to take them away. Therefore, if you have strength, you can lose, if you don't have strength, and if you lack money and food, you can't lose.

As for Wu Anguo, although he is also a little distressed, but to be honest, without these things, it is better than leaving them to the Sun and Liu coalition forces than the enemy. In his opinion, it is easy to think, it is better to burn and destroy it, and it is absolutely impossible to support the enemy, isn't that something that a fool can get out. He also knew that even if it was someone else, from his own point of view, he would definitely do the same. The strength of the enemy's army means that you may have more casualties, so it is impossible to leave these things behind.

After everything was settled, Wu Anguo took a look at Xiling City, and then led his troops to retreat. He listened to his lord's words and led his troops to the waterway, even if Sun Ce and Liu Bei wanted to chase after him, they couldn't catch up. Basically, the other redundant ships in Xiling, except for those in the hands of the people, were destroyed by Wu Anguo. So unless Sun Ce and Liu Bei go to requisition the people's ships, it will be useless at all-

But this thing is basically impossible, first, Liu Bei is a person who cherishes his wings very much, and if he wants to requisition the people's ships, he must give money and food, but although the money and food of their Sun Liu coalition army are not in short supply, they are not rich, so they can no longer requisition ships from the people.

Second, and more important, that is, Sun Ce's reputation in Jiangxia, to be honest, is really not good. For what, the first and most important reason is that he killed Huang Zu. Huang Zu is not very capable, he has a bad temper, and he has many shortcomings. But to be honest, he has been a Jiangxia Taishou for so many years, but he is definitely a good Taishou, at least to the people of Jiangxia, it is very good. Therefore, his people were killed by Sun Ce, so that the people in Jiangxia who read Huang Zu's good words did hate Sun Ce more.

And the people's ideas are simple, and since Sun Ce killed the previous Huang Taishou, Jiangxia has become more and more chaotic. First, the eldest prince Liu Qi took over Jiangxia, which was quite calm, but then Jingzhou Mu died of illness, and then now, what Liangzhou Army, Yanzhou Army, Liu Bei Army, and Jiangdong Army are all here, so it is impossible for the people of Jiangxia to think of Sun Ce.

There is only one update today, and I will try to make up for it tomorrow (to be continued......