The generals looked stunned, unable to comprehend the meaning of his words.

"Old poisonous scorpion, you are also from Liangzhou, tell me about the intentions of the big-eared thief?" Su Zhe smiled and looked at Jia Xu.

After Jia Xu pretended to cough a few times as usual, Fang said: "According to the old minister's view, Liu Bei's retreat to Dunhuang is nothing more than relying on the distance of Dunhuang to lengthen our grain route and force us to give up the pursuit, or force us to only bring a small number of soldiers and horses to go, so that he can narrow the gap with our troops, and only then can he hope to fight to the death with our army." ”

Jia Xu's words attracted everyone's attention to the map, and they suddenly realized.

"Jia Wenhe is right." Ma Chao slapped his thigh, "Dunhuang is at least five or six hundred miles away from this Zhaowu City, and there is a large area of Gobi in the middle, and the road is inconvenient to walk." It is already very difficult for us to transport grain and grass to this Zhaowu City, and if we add more than 500 miles, I am afraid that we will not have enough spare strength. ”

With these words, the generals thoroughly understood, and there were many discussions for a while, and the emotions that were determined to win quickly converged.

"Your Majesty, since this Dunhuang is so far away, then let's just stop chasing, anyway, Liu Bei fled to that kind of barren land, and there is no chance of recovery, let's just treat him as dead."

Yan Liang's meaning was obviously to persuade Su Zhe not to go on an expedition to Dunhuang again, and there was no need to walk more than 500 miles to the Gobi for the sake of Liu Bei, who no longer posed a threat, and go to a ghost place like Dunhuang to eat sand.

The generals nodded their heads one after another, and many people had the same opinion as Yan Liang.

Su Zhe sneered: "You guys are too underestimating Liu Bei, since he can start from scratch and become the lord of Sanzhou, he has the ability to make a comeback based on a county, we can never despise Liu Bei, we must kill them all!" ”

Su Zhe was murderous, and his tone was definitely unquestionable.

The generals were frightened by Su Zhe's murderous intentions, and they all looked shocked and their hearts were terrified.

"Your Majesty is reasonable, the battle has been fought to this point, there is no reason not to cut the grass and eradicate the roots." Jia Xu first nodded in agreement, but then said: "But the old minister wants to remind Your Majesty that when we go to Dunhuang, our grain and grass can only support 30,000 steps at most, and please be cautious." ”

"Thirty thousand is enough!"

Su Zhe waved his hand and said proudly: "Pass the order, immediately select 30,000 elite foot riders, I want to kill Dunhuang, even if Liu Bei escapes to the ends of the earth, this time, I must destroy him!" ”

Su Zhe has made a decision, and naturally there is no change.

On the same day, Su Zhe selected an elite army with 20,000 cavalry as the main and 10,000 infantry troops as the auxiliary, starting from Zhaowu City, following the trail of Liu Bei's escape, all the way to Dunhuang City.

Everything was as Su Zhe expected.

Liu Bei rushed all the way ahead of him, but all the cities he passed through were like locusts crossing the border, leaving not a single inch of grass.

Every sheep was snatched by the Han army, every grain of rice was robbed by them, anything of value was looted, and what could not be taken away was burned in a fire.

As for the lives of the people along the way who were sacked and burned their homes, it was not in the consideration of the Han army.

At this time, Liu Bei, who was forced to a dead end, finally exposed his fangs hidden under the mask of benevolence and righteousness.

What benevolence and righteousness, what reputation of loving the people like a son, it's all bullshit!

Staying alive is the only truth that Liu Bei believes in.

Liu Bei could poison his people, but Su Zhe couldn't ignore it.

When the battle flag of Great Wei was planted on those ruined cities, the people who survived became Su Zhe's people.

Su Zhe had to stop to pacify the people, distribute grain and grass, and give relief to the displaced people.

As a result, the Wei army's advance speed was not only delayed, but the already difficult supply of grain and grass was even more inadequate.

As a result, the Wei army was gradually distanced by the fleeing Han army, and it took ten days to cross Jiuquan County and enter Shatou City, the border of Dunhuang County.

At this time, Hu Che'er, who had gone deep into Dunhuang County in advance, brought back the news that Liu Bei led an army of 10,000 troops to retreat to Longle City, where he was resting his soldiers, strengthening the city defense, collecting grain and grass, and putting on a posture of fighting to the death.

Su Zhe could not give Liu Bei enough time to prepare, so he immediately led 20,000 light horsemen to enter the territory of Dunhuang County first, and advanced all the way in the direction of Longle City.

Dunhuang County is close to the Western Regions, the terrain and Gobi are gradually increasing, the wind and sand are becoming more and more violent, and the march is becoming more and more difficult.

All these difficulties could not stop Su Zhe's determination to destroy Liu Bei.

He led 10,000 vanguard cavalry, ate the sand for seven whole days, suffered from the scorching sun and thirst, and finally crossed the Gobi region and entered the edge of the oasis where the city of Longle was located.

The entrance to the oasis is the only one, and Liu Bei has sent Guan Yu to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to guard the entrance of the oasis in advance to prevent the Wei army from entering.

Liu Bei's strategic intentions were also obvious, he expected that Su Zhe would not bring too many soldiers and horses, so he dared to send Guan Yu to guard the oasis mouth with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and wanted to block Su Zhe on the Gobi Desert.

The Wei army had difficulties in transporting grain and grass, lacked water and grain, and was blocked on the Gobi Desert, so there were only two ways to go, either to break through Guan Yu and enter the Dunhuang Oasis, or to return home and give up the conquest of Dunhuang.

In the former, Guan Yu has 5,000 elite soldiers, and it is extremely difficult to forcibly break through with the number of soldiers and horses brought by Su Zhe.

Liu Bei, on the other hand, led the rest of his troops and horses to be stationed in Longle City, ready to wait for work and act at the opportunity.

To the east of the oasis, the Wei army camp.

More than 10,000 Wei vanguard troops camped on this Gobi Desert, waiting for the arrival of the next 20,000 cavalry.

The Imperial Tent.

Su Zhe drank a little wine and listened to Hu Che'er's report on the deployment of the Han army at the entrance of the oasis.

After listening, Ma Chao took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, the entrance to the Dunhuang Oasis is actually a mountain pass, with cliffs on both sides, and our army can only break through Guan Yu if they want to go over." ”

"But we only brought 30,000 soldiers and horses with us to conquer Dunhuang this time, and it may not be easy to storm the entrance with this amount of troops." Ma Yunlu is not very confident.

"If only you could lure that Guan Yu out and start a war with us on the Gobi Desert." Deng Ai muttered.

Lure Guan Yu out!

These five words made Su Zhe's eyes light up, and he suddenly remembered something.

Syllable!

He smashed the wine glass on the table, and sneered happily: "Shizai's strategy is good, let's lure Guan Yu out to fight." ”

The generals were stunned.

Deng Ai smiled bitterly: "The minister just said it casually, Guan Yu is not stupid, knowing that our army is more than him, how can he give up the danger and come out of the customs to fight with us." ”

"That's not necessarily, if I'm not mistaken, I still have a card in my hand that can anger Guan Yu to play." Su Zhe's tone was playful.

The generals looked dazed, and they couldn't understand the meaning of Su Zhe's words for a while.

Deng Ai's eyes flickered, and he was suddenly enlightened, and hurriedly asked: "The card Your Majesty said is none other than that Guan Ping." ”

Su Zhe smiled and shouted: "Come on, bring Guan Ping's house and the candidate, bring it to me." ”