Chapter 44 Hundred Miles Joint Venture

The summer rainstorm stopped with the retreat of the Wu army, and the breeze blew the white clouds, so that the first ray of sunshine shone on the head of the city of Yaoting, and on Zhuge Qiao's face full of anticipation.

Inside the hall of the Castle of the Pavilion; The cadres of Shu Han held their heads high and showed joy, after all, no one could resist the joy after the victory of the war. "Report, Your Majesty's defeated army of Eastern Wu is withdrawing towards Yidao City" A small colonel came to report.

"Big brother, at this time, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and take down Yidao, so that we can clean up Jiangdong Sun Quan as soon as possible" Zhang Fei revealed his true nature at this time, and began to think about some seemingly brainless things.

"The third brother can't be reckless, it's not the time to take the road, it's not too late to attack when our siege equipment arrives, maybe it can still run away" Liu Bei stared at his third brother and looked a little helpless.

"Your Majesty, the results of the casualties of this battle have been counted" Ma Liang, who joined the army, also came to the hall at this time.

"Come on"

In the decisive battle of the "100-mile joint camp", our army lost a total of 8,371 casualties and more than 20,000 wounded, of which 911 were seriously wounded, and more than 500 were killed by the Imperial Forest Army; More than 3,000 Wuxi barbarians were killed, and more than 2,000 barbarians were killed; And there are more than 14,000 corpses of Wu Jun left in Lan Yan."

Ma Liang had just finished reporting the battle, and all the soldiers present also gasped, and more than 20,000 soldiers on both sides of the battle alone stayed in Lan Yan forever; Liu Bei was even more sad for the Imperial Forest Army that had followed him for half his life, and since he had lost more than 500 people in the first battle, he had only more than 2,000 people.

There was not a single sound in the hall for a long time, or everyone still stopped their thoughts on Lan Yan, the land that had absorbed the blood of countless soldiers; "Write down the names of these fallen soldiers, and when the time comes, our army will return to the court victoriously to comfort their families" The dull atmosphere was finally broken by Liu Bei; In fact, now the eyes of the generals looking at Liu Bei have changed, and there is a little more fear, mainly to see the emperor who is already in his sixties actually holding a double-strand sword to kill the enemy, how shocking this is; Perhaps when the news returns to Chengdu, the entire Shu Han will definitely burn with a strong desire to join the army and serve the country.

"Next, should we go north to Dangyang to attack Nanjun, or should we go south to Yidao to break Nanjun," Liu Bei sat on his main seat and began to plan the next offensive.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that you should break through Dangyang and attack Nanjun, after all, Yidao at this time is garrisoned by tens of thousands of troops in Eastern Wu, and it is difficult to capture" The pioneer Fu Tong took the lead in putting forward his opinion.

"Your Majesty thinks that we should not enter Nanjun from Dangyang, but Yidao; Although there are tens of thousands of Wu troops in Yidao, but north of Dangyang is Cao Wei's sphere of influence, Cao Wei must not be guarded against" Chen Zhen, who joined the army, also put forward the opposite concept.

"Your Majesty's ministers think that we will neither take Dangyang nor attack Yidao, but lead the army south to Wuling, capture the four counties of Jingnan, and seek public security; The four counties of Jingnan used to be the foundation of our existence, and the people's will can be relied upon," Ma Liang put forward another plan.

Liu Bei couldn't pay attention at this time, and when he hesitated, he thought of a person, and when he looked open, he was not among the generals; "How long will it take for the siege equipment to arrive?"

"Your Majesty, it will take five days to reach the Pavilion," Ma Liang, who joined the army, replied, but his face changed; His Majesty asked if the siege equipment was going to attack the city, but where would it be besides Yidao?

"Good! The army rested for five days, and after five days, the troops were dispatched, "Liu Bei finally chose Chen Zhen's strategy, not to say how perfect Chen Zhen's strategy was, but just to be like-minded with him."

"Wang Quan, have you heard, our next step will be to attack Yidao City, if we occupy Yidao, we can see Nanjun, you and I were also in Nanjun back then, like Your Majesty, I think it's been ten years, let's come back again"

"Don't be too happy, Yidao is not so easy to attack, and it is also the seat of the entire Yidu, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers in Eastern Wu who are guarding it, how can it be so easy to attack; In or Yidao has been breached, but we will fall forever under the city of Yidao, and flow along with the water of the moat to the Yangtze River," replied the man who was called Wang Quan

"No matter how powerful Wu Jun is, he is not being chased and beaten by us in Lan Yan, I think Yidao is also in our bag"

Zhuge Qiao happened to hear the whole conversation between the two of them at this time, "It seems that it is still the same as recorded in history, the Han army will still attack Yidao, it seems that you have to persuade Your Majesty" Zhuge Qiao also sighed.

"Your Majesty, Zhuge guards ask to see" A royal forest sergeant walked in front of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was also appeasing the people in the city at this time; "Let him come"

"Meet Your Majesty" Zhuge Qiao came to Liu Bei and hugged his fist.

"What Happened to Beersson?"

"The last general heard that His Majesty ordered to capture Yidao, and came to persuade him" Zhuge Qiao did not turn around the bush, but spoke bluntly.

Liu Bei was also interested, "Why did Bo Song say this?"

"The army came from Chengdu from afar, at this time has penetrated into the enemy's hinterland for hundreds of miles, if the capture of Yidao will be a protracted battle, and the grain and grass still need to be operated from Yizhou, if the Wu army attacks the grain road, what should we do?"

"Don't worry, Bo Song, I have already thought of countermeasures, our army only needs to protect the grain road in the important section of the road from Yong'an to Yaoting, and the Baili Joint Venture will definitely be able to guard the grain road" Liu Bei said his plan with a little pride.

"Hundred miles of joint venture" Zhuge Qiao spat out four words from his mouth. Although Zhuge Qiao knew that Liu Bei's Baili Joint Camp had been complained about by later generations, if Zhuge Qiao was really asked to find out the disadvantages of the Baili Joint Camp, he could only say that the Baili Joint Camp had dispersed the troops, which was not conducive to a big war; From the public's point of view, if history is Liu Beifang's victory in the Battle of Yiling, then future generations will definitely praise the correctness of the Baili Alliance; Therefore, history is the never-ending sigh of future generations for their predecessors, today you are the predecessors, I will be the descendants, tomorrow I will be the predecessors, and he will be the descendants.

"Your Majesty will have a plan at the end, which may be more advantageous than capturing Yidao"

Liu Bei had the premise that Zhuge Qiao offered a dangerous plan to take the pavilion before, and this time he was full of expectations for "Bo Song to talk quickly".

"At this time, our army has won a big victory, we should take this opportunity to go south to capture Wuling, and then occupy the public security, so that we can collect the four counties of Jingnan" Zhuge Qiao's eyes did not quickly narrate.

Liu Bei frowned, and also thought of the strategy that Ma Liang said just now; But all self-made kings have one thing in common, persistence!

"Wuling belongs to the mountainous area, which is not conducive to marching, and it is not conducive to the battle of the army, if you are dragged in Wuling and cannot advance and retreat freely, you may fall into the enemy's encirclement" Liu Bei's eyes flashed a look of disappointment.

"Your Majesty, do you believe in the last general" Zhuge Qiao saw that Liu Bei vetoed his proposal, and he didn't plan to persuade him again, because he understood that it was impossible for Liu Bei to change his decision; And he himself didn't think that this plan would be successful, but he just thought that it was a miracle army.

"Faith, and after this war is over, I will make you a general"

"Your Majesty, but the last general hopes that His Majesty can give the last general a soldier and a horse, enter the Wuling and surprise the army" If it was before the Battle of Lan Yan, Liu Bei would definitely veto Zhuge Qiao's proposal, but his performance in the Battle of Lan Yan made Liu Bei have a little more expectation for Zhuge Qiao.