"Third brother, I'm sorry, I didn't catch Guo Yan!" The first thing Liu Zhang did when he returned to Yangping Pass was to apologize to Liu Mao. didn't catch Guo Yan, his heart was really unhappy!

"Fourth brother, you have done your best!" Liu Mao leaned on the couch and looked at Liu Zhang with a smile on his face, he believed that Liu Zhang would definitely be able to help Liu Fan and Liu Dan avenge him.

"Third brother, don't worry, even if I catch up with Chang'an, I will catch Li Dao and Guo Yan!" Liu Zhang's fists were clenched, and his face was hideous.

In fact, Liu Zhang had long known that Liu Fan and Liu Dan would die in Chang'an, but he didn't know how the two died. After all, Liu Dan and Liu Fan are just small people, and they are not even tricks. I believe that even if you know that you want to cross, no one will write down all the characters recorded in history!

"I believe in you!" Looking at Liu Zhang, the smile on Liu Mao's face became stronger and stronger, but Liu Zhang felt a trace of sadness, his brother finally died.

"Third brother, you have a good rest, I'll go to deal with military affairs!" After the war, many things needed to be dealt with by Liu Zhang, and he heard that Liu Mao had fainted, so he came to take a look.

"There you go!" The injury has not healed, and after standing at the head of the city and blowing the wind for a long time, Liu Mao only feels very weak and a little dizzy, which is due to the weakness caused by excessive blood loss.

Coming out of Liu Mao's bedroom, Liu Zhang came to the conference hall, beckoned everyone to sit down, and began to count the casualties, but the first to speak was Zhang Fei.

"Lord, my overlord cavalry suffered two thousand casualties, of which 1,000 were killed, 400 were seriously injured and could not go to the battlefield, and the rest were more than 600 lightly wounded!" The overlord rode behind Liu Zhang and attacked Guo Yan's army, and only suffered 2,000 casualties, which is already a few.

"Lord, my Qinglongwei suffered 1,000 casualties, 700 killed, 300 minor and serious injuries, and more than 100 people who couldn't go to the battlefield!" Guan Yu and Gan Ning attacked the left and right flanks, and because the main force was attracted by Zhang Fei's department, the casualties were less.

"My lord, my Jinfan battalion suffered 1,000 casualties, 800 killed, 200 minor and serious wounded, and more than 100 people who could not go to the battlefield!" Gan Ning was also attacking the flank, and the casualties were similar to Guan Yu's.

"Lord, my Tiger Guard Battalion suffered 800 casualties, 200 killed, 600 minor and serious wounded, and more than 200 people who can no longer go to the battlefield!" Zhao Yun's Tiger Guard Battalion has been attacking behind the Overlord Cavalry, and the casualties are not large.

"Lord, my tiger camp has more than ten wounded, and there are no casualties!" Huang Zhong was a little depressed, his archers had been suppressing the enemy behind the formation, except for the soldiers who had lost their strength, only a few stupid people had their fingers strangled by the bowstring. originally thought that when there was a short-handed encounter, who expected that it was just the overlord riding and beating Guo Yan away.

"Nearly 5,000 casualties!" Liu Zhang couldn't help but feel a little distressed, but he couldn't directly replenish his troops from the captives. You know, the troops under his command are all systematically trained, and they are much stronger than those rabble. If it is replenished with prisoners, it is likely to affect combat effectiveness.

"The lord is worried about the soldiers?" Guo Jiaxiao, who was sitting on the side, asked.

"Exactly!" Liu Zhang rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Five thousand in one battle, fifty thousand in ten battles, isn't this fatal?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, except for Yide's overlord horse, the soldiers lost by other generals can be drawn from General Zhang Ren." Although General Zhang Ren was only a guard unit, he was completely trained according to the training method of the lord, but he lacked actual combat experience. If the lord chooses his elite among them, he should be able to replenish the loss! ”

"But what about the overlord ride?" Liu Zhang said depressedly: "The cavalry is the king on the battlefield, if it is not a last resort, I really want to turn all the troops under my command into cavalry!" ”

"Lord, among the soldiers in Liangzhou, the Qiang people are the majority, and there are also many Huns, have you forgotten that there is also a Hun Dashan Yu under your command. You can first take the Huns in the Liangzhou army for your own use, and then order someone to train the Qiang. When the time comes, you will have no problem whether you want to replenish the Overlord Ride or form another battalion! ”

"Wow!" After listening to Guo Jia's words, Liu Zhangmao suddenly opened up, and he immediately ordered Zhang Ren's garrison to be transferred from Chengdu, and asked Zhang Ren to continue recruiting troops to replenish his troops. However, Liu Zhang didn't know who to let do the training of the Qiang people.

"Lord, why don't you leave the training to me?" Yan Yan took the initiative to stand up, he had always been very proud, but seeing the performance of Guan Yu and the others today, he knew how superficial he was.

"General Yan is willing to train these foreigners, of course it couldn't be better!" In Liu Zhang's heart, he never regarded Yan Yan as a fierce general, and he also knew that Yan Yan was more suitable to be a commander. However, Yan Yan has always been very confident in his martial arts, if he doesn't hit him, how can he be a guard with peace of mind?

You must know that Yan Yan is not yet forty years old now, and he is in the prime of life. Letting a general who thinks he is brave retreat into the background will definitely make the general's heart dissatisfied. Even if Yan Yan was very loyal, Liu Zhang didn't want him to feel this way. The highest state of employing people is not to force others to do things, but to make people happily do things they don't like to do! Undoubtedly, Liu Zhang did it!

When Liu Zhang was worried about the source of soldiers, fifty miles outside Yangping Pass, close to Chang'an, Guo Yan was collecting the defeated troops. Nearly 5,000 soldiers were killed in battle, and Liu Zhang was distressed, but he didn't know that Guo Yan had 50,000 fewer people! Of course, these 50,000 people were not exterminated by Liu Zhang, but fled. There were less than 10,000 soldiers who were actually killed in the battle, and some of them were captured by Liu Zhang.

Looking at the defeated soldiers in front of him, Guo Yan felt distressed for a while. You must know that in troubled times, soldiers are the foundation of life. Now, in just one battle, he has lost half of his troops, and if this continues, he will not be mixed. The reason why Guo Yan and Li Dao have the same right to speak is because they have about the same power in their hands, but not because they have a good relationship.

After hesitating for a long time, Guo Yan made a decision that even he felt was useless, and asked Chang'an for help. When Li Dao received Guo Yan's letter of request for help, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because this letter of request for help was equivalent to being soft! Li Wei couldn't help but be overjoyed, he had long wanted to be the lord of Chang'an, but Guo Yan was evenly matched with him.

Originally, Li Wei wanted to suppress Guo Yan by annexing Fan Chou's department, but in the end, due to Guo Yan's opposition, he could only hand over Fan Chou's department to Zhang Ji, otherwise why would Zhang Ji have 100,000 horses. However, it is precisely in this way that there is a delicate balance between Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji.

Now, Guo Yan has softened! Li Wei knew that Guo Yan must have experienced a big defeat. Although this defeat will affect the overall strength of Chang'an, with Li Dao's wisdom, how can he have any overall view? Of course, since Guo Yan asked for help, Li Wei would not let it go, after all, Guo Yan was also his nominal subordinate.

Rescuing Guo Yan is important, and Chang'an City is also very important. In order not to affect his rule over Chang'an, Li Dao sent a herald and ordered Zhang Ji's troops to go to Xiping to rescue Guo Yan, and join forces with Guo Yan to attack Yangping Pass. After Zhang Ji received the order, he immediately found Jia Xu to discuss.

Jia Xu understood the situation, and while sighing at Liu Zhang's strength, he asked Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu to send troops. Of course, the purpose of Zhang Ji's troops was not to attack Liu Zhang, but to defect to Liu Zhang. In order not to misunderstand Liu Zhang, Jia Xu was ready to go to Yangping Pass in person.

Although Zhang Ji decided to defect to Liu Zhang, he was never willing to take risks with his first strategist, but Jia Xu had already made up his mind. In desperation, Zhang Ji gritted his teeth and asked Zhang Xiu as a guard to accompany Jia Xu to Yangping Pass, which moved the old fox Jia Xu badly. Of course, with the friendship with Jia Xu, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu are safe wherever they go!

Xuchang, Yanzhou Thorn History.

The old lady Yang Biao came to Xuchang in person with Liu Xie's holy decree, but handed over the holy decree to Cao Ying, so he didn't say a word, and went to the post house to rest with the school. Cao Ying received the holy decree and immediately gathered everyone under his command. Xun Yu, Chen Qun, Jiang Ji, Cheng Yu, and Xun You's five strategists gathered in the conference hall.

"Duke Ming, Your Majesty summoned you to Beijing, and also sent Old Lady Yang, this is the importance of you, and your going to Chang'an is also good for you!" Xun Yu was a staunch royalist, and his greatest hope was to assist Cao Ying to become the Duke of Zhou.

"Hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes!" Old Cheng Yu is ruthless and vicious, he doesn't want Cao Ying to be the Duke of Zhou, and under Cao Ying's command, except for Xun Yu, there are not many people who think Cao Ying can be the Duke of Zhou!

"Zhongde!" Although Cheng Yu was highly respected under Cao Ying, when he heard him say, 'coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes', Xun Yu was still a little displeased and said: "It's 'serving the Son of Heaven to please the ministers'!" ”

It sounds similar to the Son of Heaven to please the Son of Heaven and to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the world, but the difference lies in the attitude towards the Son of Heaven. It means to serve, and he has great respect for the Son of Heaven. Coercion is coercion, coercion. In Xun Yu's opinion, Cheng Yu's words are simply a big rebellion.

Cheng Yu looked at Xun Yu and didn't bother to argue with him. If it was half a year ago, Cao Ying might still want to be the Duke of Zhou, but half a year later, especially after hearing that 'the Son of Heaven binds the king Situ in front of the battle', even if Cao Ying still has his heart set on the Han family, he has no idea of being the Duke of Zhou.

In order to prevent the two reconspirators under his command from continuing to entangle, Cao Ying smiled and said: "Although the two gentlemen use different words, they both mean the same thing, that is, to support me to pick up Your Majesty, right?" ”

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu glanced at each other and nodded together. Xun You, who was silent on the side, spoke: "Ming Gong, even if you want to go to welcome back the holy car, you can't go like this. The total strength of Chang'an Li Dao is as high as 300,000, and we are not his opponents! ”

"Isn't it okay to instigate Li Dao and Guo Yan to fight?" Jiang Ji was also a reconspiracy under Cao Ying, but in history, he was overshadowed by the light of Guo Jia and others. Now, the lineup of strategists under Cao Ying's command is far less powerful than in history, and Jiang Ji's ability is also revealed.

"It's not that easy!" The person in charge of intelligence under Cao Ying's command was Cheng Yu, and he took out a copy of the latest information and said: "It is reported that Your Majesty used important ministers to recruit Ma Teng and Han Sui into King Jingqin, and the people who came forward were the two brothers of the champion Hou. In a fit of rage, Li Dao and Guo Yan killed the two brothers of the champion Hou. Now, the champion Hou is facing off against Guo Yan in Yangpingguan! ”

(To be continued)