As for the punishment that Yang Xiu said, Zhang Liao didn't think it would be very heavy, after all, just like he thought before, if Cao Zhi wanted to reactivate Sima Yi, Yang Xiu was the one who had to stand in the court to restrain Sima Yi. At this time, the only thing that Zhang Liao felt relieved in his heart was that through this painful experience, he thought that Yang Xiu's arrogant and unpopular temperament should be much more restrained......

"The last general, take the command! This battle, no matter what kind of decision, it was made by several generals such as me, not the fault of Dezu alone, when I returned to Luoyang, I and General Zhongkang, General Gongming and others will explain to the Lord many reasons for this place and Liu Feng's tricks! ”

After speaking, Zhang Liao did not give Yang Xiu a chance to refute, but directly bowed his hand and went out of the big tent, Yang Xiu saw that Zhang Liao was so firm, so naturally he didn't say anything more, Zhang Liao's thoughts in his heart, Yang Xiu understood, he really couldn't sink here, he had to overcome the frustration brought to him by this battle, Cao Zhi did need him, but not on the battlefield.

A day later, the Wei army retreated directly from the place where it was encamped, leaving only a messy camp, showing that a very large number of troops had been stationed here, which also indicated that this battle with the largest number of troops mobilized since the Battle of Chibi had ended, and the results were obvious, Liu Feng's army was still standing in Wancheng, and the land of Nanyang and Xiangyang was still firmly in the hands of Liu Feng, and the Wei army did not have any achievements except for leaving the corpses of tens of thousands of soldiers and taking away many wounded soldiers.

And what the Wei army did not know was that the framework of the large siege equipment they felt was useless and used to lure the enemy deep into the city had played a very huge role in Liu Feng's artisan battalion, and when the current offensive and defensive situation was reversed, the Wei army would eventually pay a terrible price for their carelessness.

"The Wei army has all withdrawn, depending on the situation that the sky has not yet dawned today and retreated to the direction of Luoyang, the Wei army is demoralized at this time, whether to lead the cavalry to chase it, maybe it can make it lose again."

After the scouts under his command found that the Wei army was no longer in the camp, Ma Chao immediately informed Liu Feng of the matter, and at the same time there was some meaning of asking for war in his words.

In this battle, although Ma Chao alone led 10,000 cavalry to lead ten times his own enemy army to be dizzy, and finally Liu Feng and others did not spend much effort to transport those siege equipment back to Wancheng, but failed to directly engage with the tiger and leopard cavalry in the Cao army made Ma Chao have been itching, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and others have all led the army to kill in the camp of the Wei army, but Ma Chao has not even been able to get the opportunity to fight the enemy head-on, how can he not be anxious?

"Meng Qi don't be anxious, don't chase after the poor, if you fall into their tricks, this battle will not be beautiful, Meng Qi does not have much chance to kill the enemy this time, I naturally have a number in my heart, but it will not take too long, there will be a chance for Meng Qi to kill the enemy, Meng Qi just train the cavalry under his command well."

Liu Feng naturally would not agree to Ma Chao's temporary idea, he knew in his heart that since Yang Xiu and others withdrew so quickly, and when the sky was just brightening, it was naturally a decision made after very careful deliberation at night, not a hasty withdrawal after Yang Xiu's defeat, such a withdrawal would almost certainly be prepared for the pursuit of the enemy, so once Ma Chao led the cavalry to pursue, it was very likely to fall into the ambush of the enemy, and Liu Feng had already won a big victory. If there is such an extraneous thing, it will not be beautiful.

But in Liu Feng's words, Ma Chao obviously heard some extraneous sounds, so he hurriedly asked: "What the lord said in his mouth will not take too long to have the opportunity to kill the enemy, what is it referring to, now the enemy of our army is only Cao Zhi and Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang is in Jiangdong, even if the cavalry I trained is brave, but it is difficult to go to the Jiangdong waterway, so is it that the lord is ready to send troops to Cao Zhi?" ”

Seeing Ma Chao's question, Zhou Yu, who was sitting beside Liu Feng to discuss at this time, smiled slightly, and took the lead in explaining to Ma Chao: "The meaning of the lord's mouth is not that he wants to send troops to attack Cao Zhi, but that it will not take too long for Cao Zhi to send troops again, and most of his goals are still the land of Nanyang where we are, so General Meng Qi doesn't have to care, just familiarize himself with the terrain around Nanyang, and the opportunity will always come." ”

Ma Chao saw Zhou Yu and Liu Feng's tacit expressions, and he was very anxious in his heart, and couldn't help but ask again: "Why is this, then Yang Xiu has been beaten by us and lost his armor, and the army's morale has been lost, how can he dare to send troops to come again?" If he dares to come, he will naturally lose a lot of people, Cao Zhi is a smart person, how can he agree? ”

Zhou Yu looked at Liu Feng when he heard this, and saw that Liu Feng nodded slightly, then he looked at Ma Chao again and explained to him: "Yang Xiu is not the best person in Wei to lead troops, this expedition is Cao Zhi's temptation, Yang Xiu is not competent, resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of Wei troops, but it is not a burden that Cao Zhi can't bear, but Yang Xiu's military power is afraid that Cao Zhi will take it back." ”

"Even if Yang Xiu is withdrawn from his military power, then who can withstand the pressure of the defeat just now to capture my Nanyang?" Regarding Zhou Yu's remarks, Ma Chao obviously still disagrees.

"Naturally, Sima Yi, who was induced by us to use the Yingchuan incident to demote Cao Zhi to his official position, looking at the Wei court, he can both strategize and lead troops to the battle, except for Sima Yi, there is no one else, Wei was originally able to kill a lot of generals, but there are very few people who can take charge alone, and now Yang Xiu is defeated like a mountain, forcing Cao Zhi to reactivate Sima Yi."

Before Ma Chao came here, Liu Feng discussed this matter with Zhou Yu, and both of them were very sure that in the near future, Sima Yi would definitely lead the troops to come again, and strive to find the field this time.

"Then I waited for the previous painstaking efforts to make Sima Yi idle at home by Cao Zhi's demotion and official assignment, wouldn't it be all in vain?" Although he felt that Zhou Yu's analysis was also very reasonable, Sima Yi could lead the troops so easily, which made Ma Chao feel very worthless for Liu Feng's efforts to fade him out of the Wei court.

"How can it be said that it is in vain, with this dripping victory, it is naturally of great use to the lord!"