Defeated!

Zhang Fei was really defeated!

Liu Bei's dream of reversing the defeat and reversing the situation was also shattered in an instant.

Left and right Han civil and military, no one was stunned and discolored, and everyone was shocked to death.

"Guzang City is obviously on fire, why did it fail?" Sima Yi didn't want to believe it, and asked sharply.

Zhang Fei said silently: "Du Xian did sneak into Guzang City smoothly and set fire to it smoothly, and the Wei army in the city was indeed defenseless, and was ambushed by me outside the city, killing a ghost and crying wolf, but it's a pity——"

As soon as the words changed, Zhang Fei sighed helplessly: "At the critical moment, that Ma Yunlu led 10,000 Wei cavalry to kill, destroying our overall strategy, so that I turned the victory into defeat and had to retreat. ”

Sima Yi's expression changed, and he was speechless for a while.

Liu Bei came back to his senses and asked urgently: "Good and decent, why did the Su thief increase his troops to Guzang City in the middle of the night?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the minister's guess, it should be the Su thief who saw through Sima Zhongda's strategy, and the soldiers and horses of Guzang City are just the bait for him to plan his plan." Zhang Fei sighed helplessly.

Liu Bei's figure was shocked again, and his stunned expression froze again.

The ministers of the Han Kingdom on the left and right, whether it was Sima Yi or Guan Yu and Yang Fu, all looked shocked.

The news that Zhang Fei's plan was shattered and that he had returned from defeat soon spread throughout the army, and for a time the people's hearts were shaken and their morale was seriously frustrated.

"I heard that General Zhang's troops have fled back from defeat, and His Majesty's strategy has failed again."

"It's not that it seems that more than 3,000 soldiers and horses have been folded, and the losses are heavy."

"We already have this little bit of soldiers and horses, but now we have broken thousands of people, and if we continue to fight, we will be wiped out."

"That Emperor Wei is so terrifying, he is simply a god, and no kind of brilliant plan can escape his eyes."

……

Liu Bei listened to the frightened discussions of the soldiers, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth secretly, and his gray face burned with unwillingness.

Only Zhao Yun was surprisingly calm, and sighed: "The matter has come to this, it's useless to say anything, Your Majesty, after this defeat, Guzang City has been lost again, this Wuwei County can't hold anything, quickly retreat in the direction of Zhangye County, continue to delay, I'm afraid that the army of Su thieves will catch up." ”

Liu Bei's heart was shocked, a deep chill swept up on his back, his clenched fists couldn't help but soften, all his anger was vented, and only pale and powerless remained.

"Order, all battalions will set off immediately and retreat to Zhangye County." Liu Bei waved his hand weakly, turned around gloomily, and walked silently towards the avenue to the north.

The 20,000 Han soldiers could only helplessly follow Liu Bei, and with the anxiety of an uncertain future, they silently moved towards the north.

……

It's noon, Guzang City.

The front foot of the fire was extinguished by Ma Chao, and Su Zhe led the rest of the army to arrive in a mighty way.

An army of 70,000 is assembled again!

Su Zhe originally planned to go north immediately to pursue Liu Bei's defeated army, but the subsequent grain and grass transportation could not keep up with his advancing speed, so in order to avoid the long grain road affecting the battle, Su Zhe had to order the army to rest in Guzang City for the time being.

On the same day, Su Zhe called an army of 70,000 to go down to the city inside and outside the city, and tortured the prisoners, interrogating how the Han army sneaked into the city.

After some severe torture, Su Zhefang learned from a Han prisoner who was in charge of infiltrating that a few days ago, Liu Bei had secretly dug a tunnel to the outside of the city with Sima Yi's strategy.

Du Xi and the 300 Han Army death squads were able to sneak into Guzang City along this tunnel.

As the Taishou of Wuwei, Du Xi knew the layout of Guzang City well, not only hid the tunnel entrance in a place that was difficult for the Wei army to find, but also piled up firewood and grass and other flammable materials in some critical positions.

It was with these careful preparations that Du Xian was able to unknowingly touch Guzang City, set fires everywhere, and shouted and shouted, so that he could unexpectedly disturb the morale of Ma Chao's troops.

The truth was revealed, and even Su Zhe had to admit that Sima Yi's strategy was indeed unexpected and quite his style.

The camp of the army has been completed, and Su Zhe has another important thing to do in addition to waiting for food and grass and resting his soldiers.

To be exact, he needs to dispose of a person.

Bond.

This Han general who was captured in the Battle of Yuzhong, because Su Zhe had been busy chasing Liu Bei for several days, so he didn't spare time to deal with it, and now that he was finally a little at ease, Su Zhe certainly thought of him for the first time.

That's Pang De, Xiliang's second fierce general after Ma Chao, the battle of Fancheng in history, and Guan Yu fought without a win.

It's a pity that although his martial arts are worthy of fighting Guan Yu, he has bad luck, and he was flooded by Guan Yu's Seventh Army and finally captured.

What is commendable is that Pang De is loyal and righteous, and he ignored Guan Yu's persuasion to surrender and would rather die than give in.

Su Zhe loves talent, such a general, how can he not want to be included in his command.

And the heavy task of persuading Pang De to return to obedience, Su Zhe naturally handed it over to Ma Chao and Ma Yunlu brothers and sisters, after all, they had a close relationship with Pang De, and they still had the relationship between the lord and the minister back then.

It's night, Guzang City.

In the stone house that was not destroyed by the fire, Pound sat silently cross-legged, his eyes closed, as if he had become a terracotta army, and he did not say a word.

In front of him, there was wine and meat, but he didn't move a single chopstick.

The iron door creaked open, and the two siblings, Ma Chao and Ma Yunlu, walked into the cell.

Through the dim light of the cell, they could see vaguely that Pound was haggard and frail.

Ma Chao frowned and asked the guard who was guarding the escort, "How long has it been since he eaten?" ”

"General Huima, he has been on hunger strike since two days ago, and he hasn't eaten a drop of water for almost three days."

Ma Chao became angry when he heard this, and scolded Pang De in prison: "Pang De, you fool, are you brainbroken, do you really want to die for Liu Bei's hypocrite hunger strike!" ”

Pound's body shook slightly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the Ma brothers and sisters standing at the prison door, and his eyes couldn't help but move.

He was not angry, he only glanced at Ma Chao with disdain, then closed his eyes again, and continued to close his eyes in despair.

"You idiot, if you don't wake up yet, then I'll wake you up!" Ma Chao was furious, opened the prison door, and rushed in to beat Pound.

"Big brother, don't be impulsive!" Ma Yunlu stopped him and said in a low voice: "Everyone is our own brother, can't you say it well if you have something to say, you have to be rude, let me say a few words to Brother Ling Ming." ”

Ma Yunlu knew his brother's violent temper, but he was afraid that Pang De would be too stubborn, and the two would fight if they disagreed, but the more they got into trouble, the more stiff they became, pushing Pang De to his death.

Her relationship with Pound is both a minister and a brother and sister, and it is naturally better for her to come forward to persuade her.

Ma Chao had no choice but to swallow his anger, twisted his head to the side, and looked at Pang De lazily.

Ma Yunlu walked in, leaned over and picked up the glass of wine on the plate, and said softly: "Brother Ling Ming, why do you bother, even if you really want to be martyred for Liu Bei, there is no need to use the ugly death method of starvation, come, let's drink a glass of wine to quench your thirst first." ”