Zhang Song also knew that Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had a deep brotherhood, and no longer entangled in the rights and wrongs of Guan Yu's behavior, and continued: "For today's plan, I can only withdraw from the army!" Retreat to Zitong City and rebuild Fushui Pass. At the same time, a general was sent to lead the army of Chengdu to send troops to Ba County, and it was necessary to eliminate Zhang Ren's rebels.

As soon as he talked about retreating, Liu Bei frowned, unhappy in his heart, and asked Xun Yu instead: "Is there any other way for Gongda?" “

Xun You actually agreed with Zhang Song's opinion, retreating to Zitong is an old plan, and there is nothing wrong with it. But looking at Liu Bei's current expression, combined with Zhang Fei's death, Liu Bei is clearly saying: Don't retreat!

"It's not impossible not to retreat!" Xun You sighed secretly in his heart and said slowly, "But the division of troops is necessary!" ”

"Come, come on!" When Liu Bei heard that he could not retreat, he suddenly came to his senses.

"For our army, the most important thing on the side of the Sword Pavilion is to hold on. retreat to Zitong City, safer; If you don't return to Zitong City, the risk is greater, and the army must be under the Sword Pavilion Pass, and the enemy army cannot be allowed to leave the city! On the side of Bajun Zhang Ren, we must gather a large army and quickly exterminate it! ”

When Liu Bei heard this, what Xun You said was basically the same as what he thought in his heart, so he nodded and asked again: "Gongda thinks, who can take on this important responsibility?" “

Xun You: "General Guan is the best candidate!" But in view of General Guan's personal opinion, you recommend the protector Chen Zhi to serve as the chief general of the counterinsurgency! ”

"Uncle Chen?"

"Exactly! General Chen Wen Taowu is not under Zhang's appointment, and he is loyal to the lord, except for General Guan, he is the only one who is the most suitable to serve as the main general of counterinsurgency! ”

Chen to, the word uncle to, a native of Runan, Yuzhou, was the commander of the Bai Yu soldiers under Liu Bei's account.

Under Liu Bei, the current high-end combat power is seriously insufficient. Zhang Ren and Yan Yan are all famous generals in Shu, if they send Liao Hua and Ling Bao to deal with them, it will be unreliable to think about it. And Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and other young generals, holding on to Chengdu can still be used, if you want to lead the army to fight the rebellion, it is still immature. In desperation, Liu Bei had no choice but to agree to Xun You's suggestion and appoint Chen Zhi as the county guard of Ba County, and fully preside over the pacification of the Ba County rebellion. Guan Yu was dismissed from the post of the county guard of Shu County, and the county guard of Shu County was temporarily led by Fa Zheng to cooperate with Chen Zhi to quell the rebellion.

Chen Zhi received the order and led an army of 20,000 to Chengdu. He will first go to Chengdu to meet Fa Zheng, replenish the soldiers' food and grass equipment, and then march to Ba County.

The situation in Yizhou has entered a new stage of equilibrium.

When He Xian received Xu Shu's battle report, the time had come to the spring of the fourth year of Jian'an (199 AD). In the past three years of Jian'an, except for the wars in Yizhou, Dahan was generally in a calm state. There is no war, the wind and rain are smooth. Yuzhou, Jingzhou, and Qingzhou had bumper harvests one after another, and the granaries were quickly filled, and the military food problem that once plagued the Nanyang Army no longer existed.

"I didn't expect Xu Yuanzhi to turn the situation in Yizhou on his own, and he is really a good general!"

In the study room of the General's Mansion, the Nanyang military strategists gathered together. He Xian, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Lu Su, Chen Qun, and Pang Tong are all in the sequence. Only Xu Shu in Yizhou, Zhuge Liang in Liangzhou, Fu Zhu in Jizhou and Qiaomao in Yangzhou are missing.

Guo Jia is the most familiar with Xu Shu, and he did not hesitate to praise.

"Liu Bei's forcible occupation of Yizhou is unpopular, and his fall is just overnight. Since Yuan Zhi has won Jia Meng and Sword Pavilion Heavenly Insurance, it is only a matter of time before he recovers Shuzhong! Cheng Yu also said without hesitation.

"After the situation in Hanzhong is worry-free, it is the time for the lord to start the northern strategy!" Jia Xu said the topic that everyone was most concerned about. As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at He Xian with blazing eyes, waiting for He Xian's opinion. Pacifying the north is not the same as pacifying the Han in everyone's hearts. Hanzhong, Liangzhou, and Jiangdong are all just skin scabies.

He Xian took out a few secret reports from the bookcase and handed them to everyone: "The Xiongnu Shan Yu Huchuquan, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King Liu Bao has 70,000 soldiers, the Xianbei King Budugen, and the Xianbei Lord Kebineng leads 80,000 troops, coming from the grassland and hoarding the border of Youzhou. ”

"Could it be that Cao Cao wants to collude with foreign races and sack Jizhou?" Lu Su asked in surprise.

He Xian: "The intention is unknown for the time being. ”

"The Xiongnu and Xianbei came with the strength of the whole clan, I'm afraid it's not as simple as sacking Jizhou." Jia Xu frowned and said, "The Hu clan has been coveting the land of Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou for a long time. This time, he didn't reach some secret agreement with Cao Cao. ”

"Is it to cut the soil for glory? If that's the case, Cao Cao really shouldn't be a son of man! Lu Su shook his head and scolded bitterly.

"Regardless of what agreement Cao Cao reached with the Hu clan, this battle of Youzhou should not be underestimated. Together with the 70,000 Cao troops that Cao Cao hoarded in Youzhou, the total strength of the enemy army reached 220,000! What's more, there are also senior cadres and Yuan Shang in the state, whose attitude is unclear, and they must not be guarded against. ”

He Xian said as he ordered someone to carry out a sand table. The sand table is made according to a certain proportion after being reduced and imitated by the topography of Youzhou. The general terrain of mountains and rivers has everything, and a group of strategists can praise it.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu had already seen it in advance, so they looked like masters and kept silent.

He Xian inserted the "Xiongnu" small banner representing Hu Chuquan and Liu Bao into the border area of Shanggu County, the "Xianbei" small banner representing Budugen and Kebineng in the Yuyang border area, the small banner of "Yuan" representing Gao Gan and Yuan Shang in the territory of Bingzhou on the west side of Dai County, and finally inserted the small banner of "Cao" on behalf of Cao Cao to Jixian County, Youzhou. These, representing the main forces of the enemy, are all in black flags.

In Jizhou, a red battle flag with the word "Gao" was planted in the Hejian area, representing the 30,000 trapped camp led by Gao Shun, who was stationed here; On the west side of Yecheng, a red battle flag with the word "Zhang" was planted, representing the 30,000 Xiandeng troops of Zhang He and Liyi stationed here.

To the south of Jizhou, Wei Yan and Pang De, who were stationed in Yanzhou, led 50,000 floating chacha troops, Zang Ba who was stationed in Qingzhou, led 30,000 Danyang elites, and Xu Huang, who was stationed in Hanoi, led 30,000 Baibo elite soldiers.

"Xu Huang's white wave elite soldiers can't move! Hanoi is located in a critical position, which can not only defend the state army from attacking Luoyang in the south, but also protect the rear road of the army. Zhang He and Liyi's Xiandeng army could not move, and the remnants of Yuan Shang stationed in Huguan could not expose the flanks of the army. In addition, the general planned to fight Zang Ba's 30,000 Danyang soldiers, Wei Yan's 50,000 floating chariot army, and Zhang Liao's flying cavalry army 30,000! ”

He Xian said, planting the two red flags of "Wei" and "Zang" in the Hejian area. Outside the sand table, he took out another red flag with the character "Zhang" representing Zhang Liao and a red flag with the character "He" representing himself and inserted them in the center of the Hejian area. In this way, the strength of the Nanyang Army in Hejian will also reach 140,000! Although there is still a gap of 80,000 compared with the combined forces of Cao Cao and the Hu people, it is already regarded as a great battle, and the scale is even more than the battle of Zhongmu with the combined forces of Yuan Cao.