"Lord, withdraw!" Zhuge Liang sighed, all kinds of plans, with this fire was also burned out, although I don't know who is planning for Guan Yu, but he used to pick up the letter written by Cai Mao before, and deceived Guan Yu, but obviously failed to fool the person who planned behind the scenes.

At this time, the shortcomings in Zhuge Liang's character also began to appear.

In fact, it is not a shortcoming, but Zhuge Liang belongs to the kind of person who pursues perfection, and will calculate every step in advance and make corresponding deployments.

Under normal circumstances, Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness can calculate the battle situation in an all-round way, but manpower is limited after all, although Guan Yu is important in the battle of Nanyang, but to put it mildly, it is just a chess piece arranged by Ye Zhao in Xinye to attract the attention of the princes, Zhuge Liang calculated all the possible ways for Guan Yu, but did not calculate how Ye Zhao would arrange.

Indeed, if Ye Zhao didn't want to give up the Central Plains at this time, he wouldn't be able to devote his energy to dealing with Jingzhou, but with Ye Zhao's current momentum and the talents under his account, he didn't need to do everything himself, he only needed to send a good soldier to have enough power to change the tide of the battle.

Although Zhuge Liang calculated that Ye Zhao might be suspicious because of the sudden compromise between Liu and Cai in Jingzhou, he did not expect that Ye Zhao would directly send such a character to Nanyang, completely disrupting Zhuge Liang's original plan for Guan Yu.

One word is wrong and the game is lost, Zhuge Liang's pursuit of perfection has become the biggest shortcoming at this time, because every step of the whole game is precisely arranged by him, so when someone pinchs a certain node to disrupt this game of chess, Zhuge Liang simply can't re-deduce the new layout in a short period of time, to put it simply, although Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness is superb, but it is also because he is used to everything under control, so when there are variables, he lacks the ability to adapt to changes.

Now, Zhuge Liang's only thought is to retreat and then rearrange.

Liu Bei is naturally unwilling, although the situation has changed, but at the moment it is not without a chance to turn defeat into victory, this time, it is only Nanyang people who are facing it, but when they regroup, they will face Ye Zhao's main army, when the time comes, not to mention that Nanyang can't get it, I'm afraid even Jingzhou will fall.

Therefore, Liu Bei decided to take Xinye first, temporarily suppress the news that the grain and grass were burned, and continue to attack Nanyang, as long as Wancheng is taken, the grain and grass problem can also be solved.

Liu Bei's idea was not frustrated, but he misestimated the strength of Nanyang, the real elite troops were indeed only Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, but in fact, in this land of Nanyang, there were still 100,000 soldiers left by Lu Bu, these soldiers and horses, because of the proximity to Jingxiang, Ye Zhao did not disband them, but incorporated them into various counties.

After Fa Zheng and Guan Yu separated, the first thing they did was to transfer the soldiers and horses from several places with heavy troops, and let Cai Mao's army go deeper, and when Cai Mao's army arrived in Wancheng, it was the real opportunity to counterattack, this time, Fa Zheng's appetite was not small, and he wanted to directly swallow the 100,000 Jingzhou troops brought by Cai Mao.

Liu Bei was about to tear his face to Guan Yu for a decisive battle, but Fa Zheng's reinforcements had already arrived, and under the internal and external attacks, the Jingzhou army, which was already demoralized, was completely cold, and as for Cai Mao's army, it was even more because of the dispersion, after Zhao Yun suddenly began to counterattack, there was no time to assemble, and he was killed by Zhao Yun's command of a cadre of generals.

The Jingzhou army and land warfare are not to mention compared with the Guanzhong soldiers, Lu Bu was able to crush with men and horses, which is the elite opponent of Guanzhong, although Zhao Yun only has 5,000 elites here, but there are 30,000 Lu Bu troops left by Fa Zheng, Jingzhou Army was completely blinded by this sudden counterattack, only to flee for his life, and did not dare to compete with Zhao Yun at all, 100,000 troops, a piece of rout.

And Liu Bei, under the advice of Zhuge Liang, led the army to retreat to Xiangyang, as for Cai Mao's fate, he can't take care of it now, as long as he occupies Xiangyang, takes Xiangyang as a stronghold, quickly integrates Jingzhou, regroups, and then unites Jiangdong, there may not be no chance of winning, after all, after the Han River, it is time to test the water army, which is also Ye Zhao's only shortcoming now.

It's just that Fa Zheng arranged such a game of chess for Zhuge Liang, how could he give Zhuge Liang a chance to regroup?

As soon as Liu Bei crossed the river, news came that Xiangyang had been breached, and Liu Cong and Liu Qi had fallen into the hands of the Guanzhong soldiers, leaving only the remnants to escape across the river for help.

Zhuge Liang was stunned by this set of combination punches, and as soon as Xiangyang was lost, it meant that Ye Zhao had embedded a nail in Jingzhou, and if this nail was not pulled out, the entire Nanzhong would be within the scope of Ye Zhao's attack, and the 100,000 army brought by Cai Mao was completely cut off, and the opponent didn't need to do anything at all, just need to hold Xiangyang and a few ferries, Cai Mao brought the army this time and couldn't go back at all, and the fledgling Zhuge Liang was counter-designed for the first time, which made Zhuge Liang feel an unspeakable sense of frustration.

Liu Bei sighed, he also realized the seriousness of the problem, glanced at Zhuge Liang, and said to Zhang Fei: "Inform Uncle Zhi and withdraw the army!" ”

"Where are you going?" Zhang Fei subconsciously asked, Xiangyang was broken, and at this time, it was obvious that he couldn't go back.

Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said, "Jiang Xia." ”

This is also their only way to retreat at present, Ye Zhao's main force is in the Central Plains, there can not be too many soldiers and horses that can be mobilized here, although Xiangyang is lost, but the troops on this side, I am afraid it will be difficult to eat the entire Nanjun in one bite, as long as they have a foothold in Jiangxia, they can also contact Jiangling and other places to organize the four counties of Jingnan to compete with Ye Zhao.

Glancing at the slightly decadent Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei smiled and said: "Kong Ming doesn't need to be like this, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, prepare for this life, win more and lose less, it doesn't hurt to fail once, we may not have no chance." ”

Being able to say that there are more victories and fewer defeats is so fresh and refined, this is also Liu Bei's strength, he can be defeated in a hundred battles but can be defeated in a hundred battles, and he really can't do it without a strong heart.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he could only nod bitterly, helped Liu Bei restrain the defeated army, and went straight to Jiangxia.

Guan Yu recaptured Xinye, but looking at the direction in which Liu Bei fled away, his heart was also mixed, this battle, if it was not right, I am afraid that he would be the one who lost.

The sudden change in the situation in Jingzhou and Nanyang not only shocked the people in Jingxiang, but also alarmed Ye Zhao, who had just captured Xiapi and was originally planning to repair here for a period of time and stabilize Xiapi at the same time.

Fazheng occupies Xiangyang, and if he can take advantage of this move to bring Jingxiang into his hands, then only Jiangdong will remain.

At the same time, Ding Li and Fang Yue stayed in Xuzhou, waved the army to Nanyang, traveled thousands of miles in half a month, arrived in Xinye, arrived in Xinye in early May, and ordered the Shengong battalion to build a large number of pontoon bridges over the Han River so that the soldiers could cross the river smoothly.

Xiangyang, Thorn History Mansion.

Zhao Yun came with a group of captives to meet him.

"Lord, this person is Cai Mao." Zhao Yun pointed at Cai Maodao.

"Participation...... See Prime Minister! Cai Mao bowed to Ye Zhao.

"Hurry up and untie them, let's untie them together." Ye Zhao got up, helped Cai Mao loosen the rope with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Although there is a bit of misunderstanding, but the virtuous name of Brother Deqi has been heard for a long time when the first emperor was alive. ”

"The prime minister is magnanimous!" Cai Mao said to Ye Zhao with a grateful face.

"Today's battle didn't have to happen." Ye Zhao sighed and said: "It's just that the Jingxiang people may have some misunderstandings about Lone, and the villain is troublesome, so there is today's misfortune, speaking of which, you and I are both Hanchen, what is the point of fighting like this?" ”

"What the prime minister said is that the criminal minister is willing to persuade the Jingxiangshi people to surrender for the prime minister." Cai Mao is not the kind of person who is too principled, he was moved by Zhuge Liang before, also because of his own interests, Ye Zhao's new policy, for the scholars, the blow is too big, but this does not mean that Cai Mao will be willing to lose his own life for the interests of the scholar class, people are still for survival in the final analysis, in the face of life and death, no matter how big things are, not everyone can be generous for the sake of the overall situation, not to mention, Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses have all hit Nanyang, and the entire Nanzhong is under Ye Zhao's soldiers, as for the four counties of Jingnan, Added up to a Nanjun, Cai Mao really didn't want to toss anymore.

Coupled with Ye Zhao's attitude, it can be regarded as giving Cai Mao enough face and giving him a step.

Ye Zhao smiled when he heard this, whether the Jingxiang people surrendered or not, Ye Zhao didn't value it very much, what he liked was Jingxiang's navy and the generals of the Jingxiang navy.

"Dare to ask the prime minister, how will you treat the two sons?" Just as Ye Zhao wanted to continue communicating with Cai Mao, a general who had been unbound suddenly raised his head and looked at Ye Zhao.

"In front of the prime minister, you must not be presumptuous!" Zhao Yun frowned and said in a deep voice.

"It's okay, this general is ......" Ye Zhao waved his hand.

"The last general, Wang Wei." The general clenched his fists and saluted.

"Loyalty." Ye Zhao nodded with a smile and thought for a while: "The two sons are both relatives of the Han family, and they want to seal the son of Cong as the history of Qingzhou, and as for the prince of Qi, he will enter Chang'an, serve as the clan, and inherit the title of Duke of Jingsheng." ”

When Wang Wei heard this, he bowed and said: "Gongzi Cong is young, and the last general is willing to follow Gongzi Cong to Qingzhou to take up his post." ”

"Accurate!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

Wang Wei's loyalty and courage Ye Zhao admires it very much, but Ye Zhao really has no shortage of generals under his command now, and Wang Wei's ability may not be as good as the generals trained in the academy.

Under the leadership of Cai Mao, generals such as Wen Ping, Zhang Yun, and Cai He pledged their allegiance to Ye Zhao, and were willing to help Ye Zhao say that he would surrender to Jingxiang and accept Ye Zhao's new policy.

In my heart, I must be resistant to Ye Zhao's new policy, but there is no way, Ye Zhao is now coming with the momentum of sweeping the Central Plains, and the new policy has become the general trend, no matter how dissatisfied the Jingxiang clan is, now it will not be able to shake Ye Zhao's prestige, but will be targeted by Ye Zhao, it is better to temporarily compromise and wait for the times to change.

Ye Zhao naturally knew the thoughts of these people, but he was not afraid, as long as Jing Xiang was stable, then it would be difficult for these people to lift the table again.

At the moment, Ye Zhao ordered people to set up a banquet to suppress the shock for Cai Mao and others, and Cai Mao and others also took action early the next morning to persuade the county orders and guards to surrender, although Liu Bei wanted to stop it, but he was alone, after the arrival of Gan Ning's sailors, although the number was not large, but Liu Bei's manpower was not few, and he was blocked by Gan Ning, Liu Bei could only watch Ye Zhao quickly annex Nanzhong and the four counties of Jingnan!

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