Let's say that Guan Yu had just learned of the accident in Chang'an, and when the news of Liu Bei's death had not yet come out, he had already ordered troops to march east.

After all, if Liu Bei is unfortunately killed, Guan Yu will definitely take revenge, and if Liu Bei is temporarily fine, he will go east, and he can also make the thieves in Chang'an throw into the trap.

On the one hand, Guan Yu thought that he was very direct and "persuaded" Liu Ji, and on the other hand, he led his troops eastward and pointed at Chang'an!

Zhuge Liang's persuasion was unsuccessful, so he had to set off with the army, 30,000 Qi troops and Qiang rode tens of thousands, and went down the Weishui River......

That is, when he "cooperated" with Ma Chao before, the soldiers and horses sent by the Xiliang Army.

Originally, what Zhuge Liang and Ma Chao talked about was that Ma Chao nominally attached to the Marquis of Qi and occupied Hanzhong with the Qi army, and then the Qi army took Hanzhong as the backup and entered Guanzhong in the east, and Ma Chao attacked the Hetao, during which Hanzhong will also be Ma Chao's backup granary.

If Ma Chao gets the Hetao first, then Qi Hou and Ma Chao call each other kings, if Qi Hou first closes the pass, then cooperate with Ma Chao to attack the Hetao, and Ma Chao will also be the cool king of the Han Dynasty in the future!

Of course, it is not as simple as "persuasion", in fact, Zhuge Liang also analyzed the pros and cons for Ma Chao, and took a battle between Yu and Ma Chao as a bet, which can be regarded as temporarily "subduing" Ma Chao.

However, although Ma Chao has the heart of a warrior, he is also an ambitious person, even if he does not have the thick skin and black heart of the first-line princes, he is by no means upright.

After learning that Qi Hou had an accident, Ma Chao naturally returned to his hometown to prepare to completely subdue Longyou, and most of the previous agreement was nullified.

However, after all, it is still exquisite, and Liu Bei is not sure that something will happen, so Ma Chao still allocated tens of thousands of Qiang horses to the Qi army.

Of course, this belongs to the kind that does not have "after-sales", whether it can be convinced and whether it can be restrained depends on Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang themselves!

One is the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Temple, and the other is the Martial Saint, don't look at the Qi Army itself, it is not dominant, but it is enough to play with style and momentum.

However, within a few days, the news of the death of the Marquis of Qi came out, and the morale of the Qi army was inevitably affected, and the Qiang cavalry also looked unstable.

At the beginning, Zhuge Liang naturally wanted to withdraw to Chen Cang immediately, but Guan Yu naturally refused.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang also found that as long as Guan Yu was not mentioned to retreat, then Guan Yu would generally be able to listen to his advice.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang is not contrary to Guan Yu, so as not to annoy Guan Yu, who is already trying his best to suppress his anger, and then completely disobey his words and insist on going his own way, this lone army will only be more dangerous!

A line of 30,000 mourning soldiers and 10,000 did not return to the heart of the Qiang cavalry, but it was Zhuge who used the strategy and Guan Yu who used the soldiers......

At this time, Guan Yu also applied his "momentum" in martial arts to the use of soldiers, and with the rhythm of several victories and small defeats, he pushed the originally loose military spirit to the direction of "mourning soldiers".

However, a few days later, the news came that Chen Cang had been lost......

After Liu Ji forcibly announced his succession to the position of Marquis of Qi, the military heart that learned that the back road had been broken was shaken again!

In fact, Zhuge Liang was also very helpless at that time - before he set out on the expedition, Zhuge Liang suggested that Guan Yu be sealed, or recognized, as the heir of Liu Ji as a comfort.

At that time, although I didn't know if Liu Bei had an accident, I needed Liu Ji to guard the defense in the case of turmoil, and second, to ...... If Liu Bei really has an accident, at this time, Liu Ji will either kill him quickly or immediately!

Who knew that Guan Yu actually looked confident, thinking that "we communicated in a man's way", Liu Ji must have understood...... As a result, Liu Ji didn't accept it at all, and only regarded Guan Yu as domineering.

Well, if it was Zhuge Liang, in fact, he also felt that Guan Yu's way of communication was very problematic!

However, even if the back road was cut off, Guan Yu still did not give up the eastward advance, and through the use of the "momentum" soldiers, he forcibly twisted back again.

Although it still has an impact, it will not be like a mountain of collapse.

And Zhuge Liang's strategy is also calculated into a chain, even if there are some small setbacks and small defeats, they are not much damaged, and they still have the strength to do so.

Especially after Guan Yu successfully "gathered momentum" and formed a mourning situation, martial arts, Huaili, and Pingling ...... In the case of the cut off of the back road and the death of the lord, he won three battles and three victories, all the way to Chang'an!

It can be said that if Guan Yu was willing to "turn back" and had this kind of play, he would have recaptured Chen Cang a long time ago......

From the official announcement of Liu Bei's death by the imperial court, and even the special notification of Chen Cang, to Liu Ji, who received Liu Bei in Hanzhong and persuaded Chen Cang, the period was only seven days.

It's just that Liu Ji ordered an urgent letter to Guan Yu, and it took 12 days for Guan Yu to receive this urgent letter......

On the one hand, although after the Han Emperor left Xudu and moved westward, the imperial court re-operated Guanzhong, but the traces of being ravaged by the Xiliang army are still there, and the official road is inevitably abandoned, especially Guan Yu's road is a sword and a sword......

On the other hand, it is also because Guan Yu is playing too fast!

Obviously, he sent the letter, but he chased the soldiers all the way, and finally delivered the urgent letter to Guan Yu in Pingling City.

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On the other hand, when Guan Yu hit Wugong County, Peng Cheng had already nominally surrendered to Chu, and the Chu army had already begun to settle in the north - because it was necessary to prevent Cao Cao from going south, Chu State did not care about "showing trust and postponing the transfer of troops", but directly took over Xuzhou!

At the same time, Zhang Fei also led his troops westward......

In fact, purely from the perspective of the Chu State, at this time, with the power of Xuzhou, it should be the first priority to support Qingzhou as soon as possible and beware of Cao Cao's southward seizure of the Central Plains.

However, for Zhang Fei, the most important thing is to attack Xu County and Chen Binghu Pass in the west - I also know that the second brother must have waved his army to Chang'an now!

In this way, for the safety of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei must first put on a posture of pincer attack.

It can be said that the ability to successfully return Zhang Fei to Chu depends on Liu Bei's presence in Chu and the brotherhood between Zhang Fei and Liu Bei.

At this time, if Zhang Fei's move to help protect Guan Yu is stopped, even if Zhang Fei does not rebel, he will inevitably have a grudge, and even use troops without authorization.

Therefore, Bai Tu did not compete with him, and directly gave Zhang Fei the military order to go west to Xu County.

When Guan Yu hit Pingling and got Liu Ji's urgent letter, Zhang Fei had also pushed to the Tiger Prison Pass.

During this period, Zheng Hou was obviously shrinking his forces, which made Zhang Fei more and more uneasy.

As for Saihou Yang Feng, he had already withdrawn from Xu County and went to Guanzhong to join Zheng Hou...... In fact, the part has been almost swallowed by Sima Yi!

relied on his personal relationship with Zhang Yan to not be unloaded and killed.

Zhang Fei not only had to face the danger of the pass in the Tiger Pass, but also the Wei State also used troops from Hanoi to try to share the pressure.

Bai Tu also basically confirmed at this time that Sima Yi should have informed Cao Cao of Chang'an's actions in advance, rather than contacting Cao Cao after he succeeded.

But...... It shouldn't be too early, otherwise Cao Cao should be more unrestrained, and it is likely that Cao Cao happened to know it at the same time during the New Year's Festival!

At the same time, Sima Yi also watched step by step, Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang had already "entered their pockets"......