"That's it, let's not talk about General Sun, let's talk about the present, you all think the situation is wrong, right?" Cao Pi knew that it was too late to dwell on Sun Li's problem, and it was even more meaningless, even if it was so, it was better not to think about it and solve the problem in front of him.

"Yes, the Fourth Legion is like a sudden change of army, their counteroffensive has become much more fierce, and if this continues, maybe when the reinforcements from the Celestial Empire arrive, we will not be able to break them." At this moment, Han Meng lowered his head, this was the case, he had to admit his incompetence.

When Han Meng said this, Zhang Hu on the side also lowered his head, obviously agreeing with such a statement. However, Cao Zhen still said very unconvincedly, "It's okay, maybe this is the Jedi counterattack of the Four Legions, because we forced them too hard, maybe we can defeat them in one or two charges." ”

Cao Zhen has good courage, but this sentence has not been recognized by others.

Not to mention whether the Fourth Army is a Jedi counterattack, just from the more than ten days of siege battles can be summed up, although the territory is occupied, but when it comes to seriously injuring the other party, it is far from reaching, at least the enemy corpses that can be seen after the first battle are limited, doesn't this show that people have always retained their strength?

On the contrary, the Wei army, which was the attacking side, lost 70,000 or 80,000 men and horses in more than ten days, and especially in today's counterattack, they accounted for another 20,000 or 30,000 dead, and this casualty figure is almost catching up with the number of the main army of the Fourth Army Corps.

With such a big loss, it is not possible to take the four legions, on the contrary, they themselves are about to fall into danger, Cao Pi can't help but sigh, he now regrets his original decision, he knew that he would follow Sima Yi's advice and withdraw his troops from Qingzhou in advance. Although it will not be laughed at by some people, it is better than losing a large army.

Even now, Cao Pi still doesn't think anything will happen to him, because he still has more than 300,000 troops in his hands, which is still a big force.

It's just that he also knows that if he continues to fight, I'm afraid that such an advantage will not be there. What we have to do now is to retreat in time, this really fulfills that sentence, stay in the green mountains, not afraid of running out of firewood, as long as you can leave alive this time, it won't be long before the army can be re-established.

As if he had made some decision, Cao Pi looked at the three generals in front of him and said, "To tell you the truth, I have received the news that reinforcements from the Celestial Empire from the direction of Gunzhou are coming, and now they are only sixty miles away from us; There is also the land route from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, which was also cut off by the Seventh Army of the Celestial Empire. ”

Cao Pi had just learned of these news, and it was the first time he had heard of several generals who had been directing battles on the battlefield. Now as soon as the news came out, sure enough, the three generals had shocked expressions on their faces, as if they were frightened by something.

Expecting such a reaction from the people below, Cao Pi couldn't help but smile bitterly, "That's the case, we may be surrounded." ”

Hearing that Cao Pi actually admitted that he was surrounded, the faces of the three generals naturally did not look good, even Cao Zhen was not a hero, and said anything about continuing to attack the Fourth Legion, because if everything is true, it will be necessary to say whether they can escape next, let alone talk about destroying any enemies.

Everyone didn't move, Cao Pi had to continue to say, "The current situation is very critical, I think you have also figured it out, the four legions will appear here, obviously to lure us to attack, now that the overall situation is decided, they showed their hole cards, it seems that they want to eat our 500,000 troops in Qingzhou." ”

"If you want to eat us, you have to have such an appetite, huh! Second son, don't worry, as long as I, Cao Zhen, am still here, I won't let anyone hurt you. ”

"Yes, as long as we are here, we will never let anyone hurt the second son." Han Meng and Zhang Hu on the side also spoke out in unison.

"Well, I thank you. As you say, it's not so easy to eat us. Besides, now that we know their plan, we can react at the first time, I think so, even if the land route has been blocked, then it is good to walk, there is Huang County in Donglai County to the east of us, there is our sailor, although the number is not very large, but there are also warships, as long as we can get here first, we can escape from the sea, at that time the sky is high and the birds can fly, it is impossible to catch us. When Cao Pi said this, it seemed that people also had some spirit.

In addition to the 100,000 sailors in the Yangtze River Valley, there is also a branch in Huangxian County, Cao Pi has read the information reported to his father Cao Cao, and knows that there are nearly 100 warships there, so if you can, there will be the best place to escape.

Cao Pi said that he wanted to retreat from the sea, and none of the three generals would say no, because they all knew that this might be the only life.

"Okay, even if the second son has already made a decision, then we will lead the army to withdraw now." Cao Zhen said with a sigh.

"Nope! Hear me out first. At this time, Cao Pi's face did have a look of pain, "We can go by sea, but on land, we still need to leave an army here, so we can't effectively support the chasing soldiers of the Celestial Empire, so even if we go to Huangxian, we may be chased, so..."

So what, Cao Pi didn't say, but he believed that the three generals would definitely understand what he meant, that is, not everyone could go, and someone needed to stay to stop the enemy.

Hearing this, the three generals had been leading their troops in vain for many years without understanding what was going to happen, and they knew that one of the three was destined to stay and make sacrifices.

To say that dying on the battlefield is the fate of being a general, but if it is said that such an unexplained person will die, it is obviously not what they want. The three generals are also young people, and there is a great future waiting for them in the future, so if they die like this, what will happen to their families? Will the wish of a lifetime still come true?

After listening to Cao Pi's words, the three generals were silent, which made Cao Pi feel a little angry after seeing it. He is the son of King Wei, do you need to hesitate to sacrifice for yourself? Shouldn't such a thing be done?

Of course, Cao Pi also knew that such a thing could not be forced, maybe he could order who to stay now, but if he really did this, it was hard to guarantee that this person would not do his best, if he was caught up by the Celestial Empire because he was not careful, or even surrendered halfway, wouldn't everything be wasted?

What Cao Pi needed was a general who really wanted to stay, not a general who would stay under his compulsory order.

It seems that Cao Pi is not in a very good mood now, and Cao Zhen, as a younger brother, stepped forward and said: "Second son..."

"By the way, no matter which of you will stay, I can guarantee that I will take care of your family, even if your children are cultivated with all my heart, as if they were my children." Cao Pi interrupted Cao Zhen's words as soon as he spoke, and in doing so, he was telling everyone that the general he wanted to stay behind was not this person.

Cao Zhen is also a smart person, he immediately closed his mouth, he was very moved by Cao Pi's importance to himself, and at the same time set his eyes on Han Meng and Zhang Hu, as if waiting for these two people to make a decision.

Han Meng and Zhang Hu were still a little excited when Cao Allah came out, but after listening to Cao Pi's words, they knew that this time they could only sacrifice the two of them. Thinking of this, they first glanced at each other, and then Han Meng stood up first and said, "The last general is willing to stay and deal with the army of the Celestial Empire, just hope that the second prince can take care of my family." ”

"Okay." Cao Pi, who had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, saw that someone finally took the initiative to stand up, and immediately smiled, and then said in a very solemn tone: "Please rest assured, General Han, I will definitely take care of your family, and your child will be my child in the future."

"Thank you, second son." When Han Meng heard this, he fell to his knees with a thud, and then his face was grateful. No matter what, he has no worries, and even if he dies in battle, he has nothing to regret.

Han Meng decided to stay, and then everything was much easier, Cao Pi ordered to hand over the remaining 70,000 troops of Sun Li's department to Han Meng, so that with the addition of his own soldiers and horses, there would be a full 150,000 people, and with these people, there should not be much problem in blocking the army of the Celestial Empire. As for himself, Zhang Hu led 80,000 troops, took the lead as the vanguard army, and occupied Huangxian, while he himself set off with Cao Zhen with the last 100,000 troops.

After the order was given, the army divided into three and began to move separately.

Han Meng stayed, and the number of troops in his hands once reached 150,000, this was the first time he could command so many soldiers and horses, but he really didn't have the slightest sense of excitement, on the contrary, he knew that this was just the last glory of his life.

"Pass the order, continue to attack the high ground, and when it gets dark in four hours, the army will enter Gaoyuan City to fortify." Han Meng called his generals and issued a military order.

On the high ground, Zhang He and Fu Zhi looked at the Wei army, which was still attacking them, but their might had indeed decreased a lot, and they were all thoughtful. Even Zhang He, as the commander of the corps, wondered if the main force of the Wei army had retreated, otherwise why the offensive had become so small.