The retreat of the Wei army did not relieve Sun Quan of much pressure, on the contrary, it made him more anxious.

Extrapolating from the time, Wei Ba and Lu Xun turned their faces yesterday evening and withdrew from the battlefield, and the Wei army arrived here this morning, which shows that their goal is very clear, that is, to use iron cavalry to carry out a surprise attack, cut off the communication between him and Lu Xun, and may even kill him Sun Quan, so that Wu Guo will fall into a dangerous situation without a leader.

Although the Wei army did not attack for a long time, it caused serious losses to Sun Quan, and there is no need to count, a rough glance at the battlefield is estimated to have 10,000 casualties. More importantly, in order to resist the sudden arrival of the Wei army's iron cavalry, they burned a lot of baggage carts, and a large part of the Wei army's retreat was due to the ferocity of the fire, which interfered with the war horses very much. Now that they have retreated, they can come again, but where will Sun Quan find so many baggage carts to form a formation? Moreover, the Wei army retreated, also because they had just galloped for more than a hundred miles, and their physical strength was insufficient, so it is conceivable that when these baggage camps burned down and the Wei army regained its physical strength, the next battle would be even more tragic.

Sun Quan found himself trapped here, unable to move. Run, the two-legged man can't outrun the four-legged war horse, the battle, the initiative is in the hands of the Wei army, and there is nothing they can do if they want to fight, not to mention that the frightened soldiers may not have the courage to take the initiative to attack the Wei army.

Now the plan is to stick to and wait for help, hoping that Lu Xun will withdraw from Xiangyang as soon as possible. It's just that in this way, Xiangyang City, which has just been conquered, can only be abandoned. After planning for so long and paying such a big price, one foot has already stepped into Xiangyang City. Zuihou still has to spit it out intact, which is really unwilling.

It's all because Wei Ba suddenly withdrew, and left a pontoon bridge for the Wei army, otherwise how could the battle situation change so quickly.

As soon as he thought of this, Sun Quan hated it.

At the beginning of the alliance, Sun Quan did not think of the risks, and he also acquiesced to Lu Xun's step-by-step actions, but with the progress of the battle step by step, the Shu army won several big victories one after another. Zuihou even conquered Fancheng at the cost of more than half of the casualties. This made Sun Quan begin to wonder if he was too cautious. Since Fancheng is in the hands of the Shu army, and the Wei army has no sailors and cannot easily cross the Han River, it should still be possible to attack Xiangyang. Even if there are still risks. can't resist the temptation of Xiangyang.

It's not just Sun Quan who thinks so. Lu Xun thought so too. That's why he took the initiative to attack Xiangyang. As for Wei Ba's irritation, it is not the main reason at all.

But no one expected that it would be broken in the outer city of Xiangyang. Only a few remnants of the army are left to make such a fuss when they resist stubbornly in the inner city. Although Sun Quan knew that Wei Ba was likely to have bad intentions from the beginning, he was still very dissatisfied with Lu Xun's treatment. Either you don't move, you have to move and get things done, and you do it like this, what is that?

The more Sun Quan thought about it, the more angry he became, and sent someone to break through and ask Lu Xun for advice. However, only Sun Quan himself knows best how many of these ingredients are questions and how many of them are grievances. The Wei army is on the side, and the people who break through are more auspicious, if it is just to inform Lu Xun of the situation, there is no need for this at all, and the surrounding scouts will soon find out about the situation here, and maybe the news has been sent to Lu Xun now.

However, everyone knows that Sun Quan is in a bad mood now, Sun Quan's death is almost a foregone conclusion, and the army has suffered a crushing defeat, no one knows what the result of Zuihou is, and at this moment, who is willing to say a word for Lu Xun. Although Lu Xun is in a high position, his popularity is not good, the Jianghuai people are estranged from him, and the Jiangdong people may not like him, seeing Sun Quan make this arrangement, everyone is silent.

Lu Xun did already know. Long before Sun Quan was attacked, he received news that the Wei army's iron cavalry had gone south. As for the intentions of the Wei army, he didn't have to guess to think about it, and he also sent someone to call the police, but unfortunately the Wei army was also cautious and sent a large number of scouts to intercept and kill, and Lu Xun Zuihou didn't know if the people sent out could get to Sun Quan alive. However, he was not worried, firstly, Sun Quan himself had a lot of battlefield experience, and he was also very jealous of the Wei Iron Cavalry, so he would not be unwary, and secondly, he had already reminded Sun Quan at the end of the report on the conflict with Wei Ba that the Wei army was still crossing the river at that time, and it must have been delivered to Sun Quan.

He never expected that Sun Quan was distracted by Sun Yu's death, and he didn't notice Zuihou's subtle reminder at all. He was shocked when he learned that Sun Quan had been raided by the Wei army on the march and was now trapped in the wilderness.

He immediately found Zhu Ran and others and announced the withdrawal of the army.

Zhu Ran and the others were very surprised, but they were also very helpless. They all knew that since the Wei army had crossed the Han River through the pontoon bridge left by the Shu army, and the inner city of Xiangyang was still in the hands of Xiahou Ba, the Wu army could not do it even if they wanted to hold on to Xiangyang, and the only way left was to withdraw the army. It's just that in this way, so many days of hard work, such a large number of casualties, all of them have been wasted, and all the blood has been lost.

And all of this is caused by Wei Ba. As soon as they thought of this, everyone hated Wei Ba, and they hated it so much that they couldn't wait to catch Wei Ba and eat him alive now.

But they couldn't catch Wei Ba, and the Wei army was close at hand.

Zhu Huan stood up first and expressed his worries. "Sima Yi's department is nearby, and the 20,000 iron cavalry of the Wei army have rushed to our front, if we retreat, will we be pursued by them."

Lu Xun sighed: "The pursuit of the Wei army is inevitable, but their most important goal should be to recover Xiangyang, now that we have given up Xiangyang, their goal has been achieved, and it will not be their original intention to fight with our army again." It is necessary to know that the battle of Xiangyang was also a helpless move for the Wei State, since the beginning of the war, they have lost a lot of men and horses, and they will no longer compete with us for a while. Don't stop returning to the teacher, Sima Yi understands this truth, and Cao Rui also understands it, you must know that they still need troops to recapture Guanzhong. ”

Although Zhu Huan was not very convinced by Lu Xun, he didn't say anything after hearing this. Lu Xun immediately arranged for Zhu Ran to lead the water division to retreat first, go down the Han River, and rush to Yishui first to deploy defenses, respond to the army, and force the Wei army to retreat.

Zhu Ran took the order and left, and led the sailors to set sail immediately. Lu Xun personally led the army and slowly withdrew from Xiangyang. As he expected, Sima Yi did not chase after him, but immediately entered Xiangyang City and easily recovered Xiangyang.

The Wu army retreated, Xiangyang was recovered, Cao Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he immediately ordered Chen Qun, the general of the Fu army, to stop advancing and stay in Wancheng for the time being.

After more than a month of fierce fighting, the city of Xiangyang finally returned to peace, but Sun Quan was still living in dire straits. In order to prevent being attacked by the cavalry of the Wei army, Lu Xun walked very slowly, almost step by step, ready to fight at any time. At Tian Yu's suggestion, Cao Yu left a few men to monitor the retreating Wei army on the Xiangyang side, and then led the main force to launch another onslaught on Sun Quan.

Sun Quan held the position and suffered heavy casualties. Because a large amount of baggage, grain and grass were burned, they faced the dilemma of insufficient arrows and food shortage. The lack of arrows and the Liliang to deal with the iron cavalry was greatly discounted, the food was insufficient, and the military spirit was even more unstable. After two days, even Sun Quan, who was in the center of the battle array, had to set up a shield to prevent being shot by the stray arrows of the Wei army.

The situation had reached a critical time, Zhu Ran led the army to arrive, and the Wu army's water division entered Yishui, threatening the back of the Wei army's iron cavalry, Cao Yu gave up the attack and left. They met Lu Xun halfway and attacked again, but Lu Xun had already prepared, they didn't take advantage of anything, so they had to watch Lu Xun leave.

Breaking away from the threat of the Wei army's iron cavalry, Lu Xun began to speed up his pace, and on the afternoon of the third day, he crossed Yishui, but at this time, he got a piece of news that made him very nervous: Sun Quan did not wait for him, but led the remnants of the army directly back to Jiangling.

Lu Xun sighed, his heart heavy.

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Wei Ba and the others were far away in Longzhong, and the news they received was slower. When he learned that the battle in Xiangyang had ended, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Lu Xun gave up Xiangyang without hesitation, and Cao Rui was also very restrained and did not pursue, allowing the Wu army to retreat, which greatly discounted his Jihua. After calculation, the total losses of the Wu army will not exceed 40,000, and the losses of the Wei army will be slightly more, which should be around 50,000.

In this way, the problems that Shu will face next will be much more serious than expected. In order to gain a greater advantage in the next melee of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Ba discussed with Wu Yi and Meng Da that they should immediately attack the Wei army's naval division in Danshui, put Danshui from Wuguan to Xiangyang into the control of the Shu army, and then occupy Nanxiang County and recapture Wuguan.

However, Wu Yi and Meng Da both expressed their opposition.

Meng Da objected, and Wei Ba had already prepared. This time, Meng Da has the merit of killing Hu Qianbu, and has the merit of conquering Fancheng, he has already made enough, and he has suffered a lot of losses, at this time, he is bent on returning to Fangling to reorganize the prisoners and replenish his strength, where do he have the heart to fight Nanxiang County and Wuguancheng again.

But Wu Yi objected, and Wei Ba didn't understand it very much. In his opinion, Wu Yi does not have the problem of loss of strength, once he returns to Chengdu, it is a question of whether he will have a chance to go on another expedition next time, and he should hope to get enough credit for it at one time. The Shu Army Naval Division now has nine armored ships, it is easy to eliminate the Wei Army's Naval Division, and it is also very easy to capture Nanxiang, only it may be a little difficult to recapture Wuguan City, overall, this is a very good opportunity, Wu Yi should raise his hands in favor.

But he objected.

Wu Yi is the main general, Meng Da is the deputy general, the main general and the deputy general are against it together, and Wei Ba is just a member of the army, although there are many supporters, he can't act arbitrarily. Faced with this scene, Wei Ba felt the embarrassment of not having the military power in his hands for the first time.

At this moment, Fei Yi and Zhang Wen came and brought a piece of news: Sun Yi died in battle. (To be continued......)

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