However, the shadow of defeat has always shrouded, and many of the princes have despaired of the prospect of courting Dong, and there are even voices of retreat.

Liu Zhang said: "By all means, although our army has lost one after another, the main force is still there, and it is too early to say defeat at this time." ”

Cao Cao also said: "Outside Dazhai, tens of thousands of Dong thieves roam, once our army leaves Dazhai and loses the protection of the fence, it will be like a lamb to be slaughtered, let the enemy slaughter, so the discussion of retreating is absolutely impossible!" ”

Kong Ling said: "What if you don't retreat? I'm just waiting to starve to death! Meng De also knew that the enemy had tens of thousands of cavalry outside, and as long as Lu Bu sent out some of them, he could cut off our food routes, and the food that our army was stationed in Dazhai could be trusted for a long time? Once the grain channel is cut off, if we are not the enemy's sword and ghost, we will be prisoners of Dong Thief. In my opinion, we should take advantage of the strength of a battle and use the cover of night to break out of the encirclement, in the dark night, the enemy cavalry cannot fight, as long as everyone works together, we will definitely be able to break out of the encirclement! Temporary success or failure is not enough to worry about, as long as we wait to return to our respective jurisdictions, recuperate, recruit troops, and wait for the strength to recover, we can compete with Dong Thief at any time! ”

Sun Jian said: "How far can we escape in one night?" It's only a few dozen miles, as long as the enemy army finds out, and when the dawn is over, he will be able to catch up with our army in one day, and then he will be ......"

Liu Zhang said: "Alliance leader, how much grain and grass is left in Dazhai now, and how long can it be eaten by the allies?" ”

Liu Dai called his advisers, and after whispering, he said: "In addition to your own food, the general treasury has about ten days' food for the whole army!" ”

Liu Zhang nodded and said, "Everyone, presumably everyone has some surplus, there should be no problem in holding on to half a month, and our army's food supply has not been cut off......"

Cao Cao immediately reacted and said, "Ji Yu means to use the river to transport grain?" ”

"That's right, that's exactly what I mean! From here down, both sides of the Yellow River are under the jurisdiction of the Allied forces, so there is no need to worry about the enemy army attacking the grain convoy, so why don't we use the river to transport grain? The efficiency of the river ships is especially high on land, and the transportation capacity is enough to support the Allied forces! ”

Han Fu said: "But during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the first emperor ordered the river to be closed, so that the Yellow Turban thieves on both sides of the river did not echo and support each other, so a large number of ships were confiscated and destroyed. ”

Liu Zhang said: "It doesn't matter, our army still has half a month's worth of food, and the transportation capacity within half a month is at least enough for seven or eight days, so that our army will have more than 20 days to spare, in my opinion, enough!" ”

Liu Dai said puzzledly: "Ji Yu, what does this mean?" ”

Liu Zhang looked at everyone and said in a firm tone: "Back to the alliance leader, in my opinion, within twenty days, Lu Bu will definitely withdraw from the army!" ”

Yuan Shao said: "How is it possible, Lu Buqi is brave and arrogant, and he missed his beloved general a few days ago, how can he swallow such a shame?" In my opinion, until our army is defeated and the shame is washed, Bu Duan will not retreat! ”

Liu Zhang said: "The words of the original public are reasonable, Lu Bu has the courage of a tiger, but there is no heroic strategy, in his opinion, the honor lost on the battlefield can only be recaptured with victory, and it is expected not to retreat!" However, although Lu Bu was unwilling to withdraw from the army, he couldn't stand the fact that someone asked him to retreat......"

Cao Cao said: "Could it be a Dong thief?" ”

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Except for Dong Zhuo, who can order Lu Bu today?" ”

Yuan Shao said: "Why did Dong Zhuo let Lu Bu withdraw from the army? Now that Lu Bu has the upper hand, he may defeat our army in a few days, if he retreats at this time, won't his previous achievements be wasted? ”

Liu Zhang said: "This is determined by the topography of Luoyang!" Luoyang, the land of the four battles, is threatened by our army from three sides, and Dong thieves will inevitably take care of one and lose the other! If he does not leave Luoyang, he needs to wake up every day to guard against the attack of our army. As the saying goes, if you keep it for a long time, you will lose, Dong thief entered Luoyang to enjoy the prosperity of the world, but he didn't come to suffer, if he can't live in fear, how can he endure it? If he does not retreat, his safety will never be guaranteed, and he will always worry that the Allied soldiers will come to the city and kill him, for his own safety, in order to continue to enjoy the endless prosperity, he has only one way to retreat! So I conclude that within 20 days, Dong Thief will definitely withdraw from the army and return to Chang'an! Chang'an has the risk of Kuihan to resist the coalition army, Guanzhong is rich, and it can also support hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard Liu Zhang's words, but thinking about Dong Zhuo, he even dared to abolish and kill the emperor, what else did he dare not do? Put yourself in your shoes, if you are in Dong Zhuo's position, I am afraid that you will also retreat to Chang'an!

Kong Rong said: "How can this be reasonable, Luoyang is the place where the tombs of the first emperors of the Han Dynasty are buried, and the place where the rivers and mountains are located, how can I abandon it......"

"In my opinion, Dong thief is profitable, and before he moves the capital to Chang'an, I am afraid that the people of Luoyang will be moved to Chang'an together, which can increase the population of Guanzhong, and secondly, it can also plunder the people's money; Then, he would not even let go of the priceless treasures buried in the tombs of the previous emperors......"

"Bold ......"

"He dares to ......"

"Alarmist, although the Dong thief is hateful, he will never do such an angry thing......"

"If he dares to do this, he will eat his flesh and blood in the future......"

……

Liu Zhang said: "Dong Thief even dared to poison the first emperor, what else could he not do?" In my opinion, in order to prevent our army from occupying Luoyang, using Luoyang as a base and threatening Guanzhong, it is very likely that he will burn Luoyang after retreating! ”

Liu Zhang's blockbuster* was thrown down one by one, and everyone was overwhelmed.

But no matter how angry they are, they can't help Dong Zhuo except verbally for what they want to do!

The end of the discussion is to continue to sit back and watch things unfold!

When Liu Zhang returned to the station, the sky was already white, and he didn't sleep anymore, so he immediately led people to the edge of the woods.

On the edge of the forest, every short distance, two soldiers watched vigilantly in the forest, exaggerating to say that a bird flew out, and as long as they wanted, they could shoot it down to defend the male and female!

Liu Zhang looked at the soldiers who had worked hard all night and said, "Come on, prepare food for the brothers, be richer!" ”

He had his own soldiers go to the gang room to give orders.

After a while, buckets of steaming food were brought up.

Liu Zhang ate the same meal as the soldiers, and said to Dian Wei: "Have you counted the results of last night's battle?" ”

Dian Wei took a bite of the steamed bun in his hand, swallowed it, and said: "Yu Gongzi, the statistics are out, our army was not injured on the Linzi side, but when Dazhai resisted the enemy, our army suffered serious casualties, a total of 248 people were killed, 535 were injured, and 150 of them were seriously injured and disabled!" "The people who follow Liu Zhang already know that the young master is most concerned about the situation of his own people, and the second is the enemy, so when it comes to reporting, everyone will put the situation of their own people first. And most people in this world, they are more concerned about the battle on a battlefield, how many enemies have been destroyed, how many property have been captured, as for their own soldiers and horses, the loss will be lost, as long as there is money and food, there can be a strong man! In contrast, Liu Zhang invisibly raised his image in the hearts of everyone.

Liu Zhang nodded: "Wen Ruo, the injured brothers must be properly treated, and the disabled brothers will send someone back to Yizhou, I will report to my father, and distribute relief food to them on a monthly basis in the future, and never teach them to suffer from hunger and cold!" The brothers who died in the battle were cremated as usual, brought the bones back to Yizhou, contacted their families as much as possible, and the pension should be paid in full, and those in difficulty must be specially helped! ”

Xun Yu put down the dishes and chopsticks and bowed: "Yes, don't worry, Gongzi, Yu will definitely handle this matter well, and don't teach the soldiers to be cold!" ”

Liu Zhang waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, let's not talk about business, I don't even look like I'm eating!" As he spoke, everyone stopped to listen to him.