"Alas~"

In the dim skylight, Liu Bei took Guan Yu to walk outside the camp, looking at the Yique Pass in the distance, up and down the city gate, there were sporadic flames burning, and the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions in the pass pushed down the corpses piled up on the city, and their own Jingzhou soldiers went to collect the corpses. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is an unwritten rule, during the truce, as long as you don't break the rules to rashly attack the city, if you just collect the corpses, it will not be organized, after all, the corpses are piled up, and it is easy to form a plague, once that kind of thing is formed, it is absolutely impossible for any Xiongguan to stop.

Under the dark brown city wall, the piles of corpses told the cruelty of this war, Liu Bei sighed deeply, and turned his head to look at Guan Yu: "Second brother, shall we withdraw our troops?" ”

This battle, Liu Bei didn't want to fight anymore, until now, it seems that the battle has been fruitful, but in fact, Lu Bu's elite has never appeared on the battlefield again except for the initial war, Lu Bu and Cao Cao's family has a big cause, but he Liu Bei has this little family background, and they can't afford it.

When Guan Yu heard this, he glanced at Liu Bei, nodded and said, "Everything is up to the eldest brother." ”

In the barracks, the occasional groan of pain could be heard, the two brothers had been fighting since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and had been fighting for more than 20 years, and for these painful and weak moans of the wounded and sick, the initial pity was now only an unspeakable numbness, but in this case, that emotion continued.

"It's just that the Wang Seal ......" Guan Yu hesitated for a moment, and said with some regret, in his opinion, Liu Bei is the only one who is eligible to enjoy the Wang Seal in this world, but Liu Bei doesn't care much about the Wang Seal, and he doesn't even mention it, Guan Yu knows that the eldest brother is preparing to give up the king.

"The king's seal can't be moved." Liu Bei shook his head, he is still very sober at this point, if he can break through Luoyang and drive Lu Bu back to Guanzhong, this piece of king seal has now become a hot potato, Liu Bei must not touch it, even if he does have the qualifications to be crowned king, he has no strength, and he has not broken Guanzhong, why should he be crowned king?

In the troubled times, strength represents everything, Liu Bei knows very well that although he currently occupies the nine counties of Jingxiang, but in the final analysis, the foundation is unstable, and Jiangdong is eyeing the tiger, just like Kong Ming said, if you can't find a way out, you will eventually be trapped in Jingzhou, compared to reputation, Liu Bei at this time pays more attention to practical benefits, as long as he takes Shuzhong, has a stable territory, and then resists Lu Bu in the united Jiangdong, as for Cao Cao, although he is second only to Lu Bu at the moment, he is too close to Lu Bu, once the elite in Guanzhong comes out, Cao Cao couldn't stop it, and Liu Bei himself was also powerless.

Especially in this battle of Yique Pass, Liu Bei took out half of his net worth, but he couldn't break through a checkpoint, and the opponent's strong bow and crossbow also made Liu Bei truly appreciate the gap between the two sides, although Kong Ming's crossbow was powerful, but the range was too close, and he couldn't let the soldiers march with wooden beasts every time they marched and fought.

So at the moment, continuing to attack for Liu Bei, not only is it a logistical burden, but more importantly, it can't be broken at all, Yique Pass is like a moat between Luoyang and Jingzhou, that desperate feeling he has felt more than once in the past six months, even if Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and other fierce generals have been forced back by the other party several times, Liu Bei no longer knows how to support Cao Cao.

Since he can't help, he can only hope that Cao Cao can help him delay more time, Jingzhou needs more time to plan Shuzhong, at this time, even if Liu Bei is indeed very interested in the matter of sealing the king, he must not damage the relationship between him and Cao Cao because of this.

"Send someone to inform Cao Cao." Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Guan Yu: "Wang Yin will ask him to keep it temporarily, and when he has enough food for the Japanese soldiers, and when he fights Lu Bu again, he will ask Wang Yin to come out." ”

It is equivalent to refusing to offer the emperor in disguise, so that Cao Cao can continue to carry the Son of Heaven and order the princes.

"Whoa." Guan Yu nodded, but sighed silently in his heart, in this way, the only remaining majesty of the Han family is completely gone, which means that Liu Bei also regards Emperor Xian as a puppet, but in his heart, Guan Yu has no resistance, the world is already like this, it is by no means a little doll who can take charge of Emperor Xian, and when Liu Bei sweeps the universe in the future, he can naturally re-establish the majesty of the Han Dynasty.

"When are we going to withdraw our troops?" Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei and asked.

"The sooner the better, Kong Ming has been urging him to write non-stop for the past few days." Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "It's just how to withdraw the troops, and I have to discuss with the two military advisors." ”

The guard general named Pang De in Yique Pass is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if Liu Bei withdraws his troops in such a grand manner, according to the strength shown by the other party in the past half a year, he will never let them withdraw calmly, and those Hu soldiers in the Western Regions who seem to have knocked out the medicine are absolutely willing to chase them out at this time and kill them, even if they lose both, Liu Bei believes that Pang De will definitely not even blink his eyes.

"Hmm." Guan Yu nodded, as the person who charged on the front line, he knew better than Liu Bei the madness of those Western Regions Hu soldiers, thinking that not long ago, he jumped down directly from the city wall and used his body as a weapon to smash people, even Guan Yu felt a little cold.

Early the next morning, the war drums in the opposite camp sounded again, and a new day began again, Pang De began to urge those Hu soldiers from the Western Regions to go to the city, but the imaginary siege did not start, listening to the chaotic war drums in the other side's military camp, Pang De's face suddenly changed: "No, come here, open the city gate!" ”

Could it be a trap, Pound didn't care at all, even if it was? He had a meat shield to explore the camp.

A large number of soldiers from the Western Regions surged out, and three crooked phalanxes were discharged in front of Liu Bei's camp, and the rear was two phalanxes sent by the soldiers of the Shooting Sound Battalion.

"General, it doesn't look like a human being." A rider circled in front of the camp for a while and came back, looking at Pound Road.

"Let people go in and explore the camp and tell them that whatever they find, it's theirs." Pang De frowned, waved his hand, this order is naturally aimed at the Hu soldiers of the Western Regions.

The order was quickly implemented, and the Hu soldiers of the Western Regions of a phalanx rushed directly into Liu Bei's military camp excitedly, and then, in Pang De's somewhat dissatisfied eyes, half of the military camp was demolished by these Western Regions soldiers who plucked their feathers, and the biggest harvest was probably the dozen sheep.

Hanging sheep drumming, very old-fashioned means.

"General, the other party didn't bring any baggage except for grain and grass, and the wooden beasts in the camp are still intact, but those ballistas have all been destroyed and can no longer be used." The general galloped over and told Pang De about the situation in the camp, apparently the other party was not sure that he would be able to escape the pursuit of the soldiers and horses in the pass with his baggage, so he left all unnecessary burdens.

"Give those burdens to these people." Pang De glanced at the soldiers of the Western Regions who had begun to be a little chaotic, frowned and said, as the elite troops under Lu Bu's account, they don't look very well at the things that Liu Bei left behind, but those weapons are still very attractive to the soldiers of the Western Regions.

"Send someone to pass the news to the lord, wait for Luoyang's next move, and ......" Liu Bei glanced at Liu Bei's camp that had been demolished into ruins, as well as the soldiers from the Western Regions who had begun to set up pots, and frowned: "Ask the lord, are these people transferred back to train again?" There is also the back of Yi Que Guan's hand that cannot be relaxed, if Liu Bei kills a horse pistol at this time, although the possibility is not high, but it must be guarded against. ”

"General rest assured." The general said solemnly.

"If they're crazy enough, get back to me, let's go back to the city first!" didn't look at those excited soldiers of the Western Regions anymore, just like the dirt buns that had never seen the world, and even those broken copper and iron had to be robbed.

He didn't know that Lu Bu not only bought all kinds of mineral deposits cheaply in the countries of the Western Regions, but also strictly forbade the sale of smelting technology and copper and iron weapons to the outside world, even if they occasionally flowed out, in the Western Regions, only the royal nobles might have one or two collectibles to collect, and therefore, although the weapons of Liu Bei's army were outdated in Pang De's opinion, they were already good weapons in the eyes of these Hu people in the Western Regions.

At the same time, Cao Cao, who had returned to Xingyang, received news from Liu Bei that Liu Bei was about to retire.

"The big-eared thief is treacherous!" After Xiahoudun learned the news, he couldn't help but scold angrily, they forgot to die in the Tiger Prison, Liu Bei fought there for half a year, and then just patted his ass and left, leaving their family alone to face the pressure of Guanzhong.

"I can't complain about him, Zhou Yu's death was relied on by Jiangdong on the head of Jingzhou, I heard that many generals in Jiangdong asked Sun Quan for the Northern Expedition, and the rear is unstable, so what can I do?" Cao Cao shook his head, smiled and comforted Xiahoudun, but there was a trace of worry in his eyes, but he couldn't get rid of it.

"So that's it?" Xiahoudun couldn't help but say, "Let our family deal with Lu Bu, how is it possible?" ”

Just a tiger prison pass, those soldiers of the Western Regions who don't want to die are already a headache, unlike the Yique Pass, Gao Shun here has begun to defend as an attack, wanting to break through the city wall on Cao Cao's side, although they have been driven down several times, but these people in the Western Regions are not ordinary crazy, now that Liu Bei has withdrawn, leaving Cao Jun to face the pressure of Lu Bu, even Xiahoudun These fierce generals feel that they are very unconfident.

"If you can't do it, you have to do it!" When Cao Cao heard this, he smiled bitterly: "At least, Liu Bei left Wang Yin behind, Gongda, you go to Jiangdong and tell Sun Quan that I don't care about the matter between them and Liu Bei, but I also hope that Jiangdong will not come to provoke us, what we have to do now is to deal with Lu Bu with all our might, and I have no ability to guard against Jiangdong anymore, I hope he can understand the truth of cold lips and teeth." ”

If Cao Cao is finished, then no matter whether Jiangdong wants it or not, he will have to face pressure from Lu Bu, and I believe that Sun Quan should understand this truth no matter how stupid he is.

"Don't worry, my subordinates will leave." Xun You bowed slightly.

"Send someone to Songshan to bring Wang Yin back." Cao Cao nodded, looked at Xiahou and said, this Wang Yin is always a scourge if it is left outside. (To be continued.) )