The fire is big, but Liu Bei really can't do anything with Liu Zhang.

First, he is a guest army, and he was invited by Liu Zhang to deal with Zhang Lu, if he counterattacks Liu Zhang because of this matter, it is morally unjustifiable.

Second, he is now leading the troops outside, and half of his men are Yang Huaigaopei's soldiers, and these people may not necessarily listen to him.

Therefore, the only thing Liu Bei could do was to show his subordinates the rice and grain sent by Liu Zhang, as stated in the letter sent by Zhang Song, and divide the relationship between Liu Zhang and the soldiers, so that he could use it for his own use.

There has always been an exchange of letters between Zhang Song and Liu Bei, and Chen Liang's strategy was Zhang Song's plan, so naturally he had to explain his intentions clearly to Liu Bei, otherwise Liu Bei would misunderstand that Zhang Song was cheating him, which would be bad.

And Zhang Song's trick is indeed high, seeing such a supply of grain and grass, not to mention the soldiers of Baishuiguan, even Yang Huai and Gao Pei feel that this lord of his own family was kicked in the head by a donkey? !

And Liu Bei, at this time, still acted according to the plan, pretending to be compassionate and compassionate to "justify" Liu Zhang, and appease the soldiers, saying that it might be Liu Zhang's temporary negligence, and the next supply of grain and grass may be normal.

But the next time I came, it was still such a batch of grain and grass. Yang Huai Gaopei was anxious, and hurriedly wrote to Liu Zhang, but he couldn't do this anymore.

If you continue to do this, don't talk about Liu Bei, even the soldiers of Baishui Pass and Jia Meng Pass will turn against Liu Zhang.

At this time, in addition to sighing, Liu Bei did not slack off again, but began to prepare for the siege. Yang Huai Gaopei hurriedly persuaded Liu Bei.

Good guy, just this food and grass supply, just this morale in the army, you still want the soldiers to attack the city?!

If we can take it down, we'll screw your head off on the spot, believe it or not.

This is not to let the soldiers attack the city, but to send the soldiers to death, and in the end, all the grievances of the soldiers will be blamed on Liu Zhang.

Therefore, now it is not Liu Bei who is dragging Liu Bei not to attack the city, but Yang Huai and Gao Pei, who are dragging Liu Bei to prevent him from attacking the city.

"Please also ask the envoy to have mercy on the soldiers and suspend the siege."

Yang Huai and Gao Pei hurriedly ran to Liu Bei's military tent and persuaded Liu Bei.

After Yang Huai finished persuading, Gao Pei also accosted him, and then persuaded him, "Now that the grain and grass are insufficient, if you forcibly attack the city, I am afraid that the soldiers will be resentful." It is better to temporarily retreat to Baishui Pass, there is a hoarding of grain and grass in the pass, which can be used for half a year, I will wait for the time being to retreat and rest, and then come to capture Hanzhong after the autumn. ”

Liu Bei was puzzled by what he said.

"Since there is grain in Baishuiguan, why don't the two generals let Baishuiguan transport grain here to solve the urgent need?!" Liu Bei asked.

In this regard, Yang Huaigaopei looked at each other and did not speak.

In the end, there was really no way, Yang Huai gave an unjustifiable reason: this batch of grain and grass was to help the people in a disaster prevention year.

Baishuiguan is a military town, a pass, and a purely military facility, although there are some people nearby, but the population of even a county is less than that, and it is just a larger village.

Enough grain and grass for 20,000 people for half a year, you told me that it was used to prepare for famine?!

What is it actually like, in fact, Liu Bei and Yang Huai know in their hearts that this money and grain is to prevent Liu Bei and Zhang Lu from attacking Baishui Pass before and after, and guarding the grain and grass that Baishui Pass will hold.

It's just that I can't say this, I can only play haha and fool the past.

But Liu Bei still refused to just retreat.

"I was invited by Brother Ji Yuxian to help my brother fight against Cao Po Zhang Lu, and now I have been stationed for more than half a year, and I haven't advanced an inch, how can I stop the army." Liu Bei sighed and said to Yang Huai Gaopei.

Don't say it, what Liu Bei said was quite "sincere", which made Yang Huai and Gao Pei a little suspicious, whether this Liu Bei was really so kind.

But then this unrealistic idea was abandoned.

Liu Bei, this guy, has been in Jiamengguan for more than half a year, in addition to recruiting people as soldiers, he is going around to make friends with the wealthy families of the Sichuan and Shu families, such a person, you say you really came to help Liu Zhang resist Cao Cao? !

Anyway, Yang Huai and Gao Pei didn't believe it.

But Liu Bei didn't agree to withdraw his troops, this is not a way, if they let the two of them lead the troops of Baishui Pass to attack the city, what will they do?!

Therefore, Yang Huai asked tentatively, "Now that Zhang Wei can't hold the fortress of the city, it is inconvenient for me to attack. I don't know what kind of trick the envoy has to break the enemy?! ”

Liu Bei looked at Yang Huai and said with a smile, "Zhang guards the city, and he is quite disciplined, so he can't attack it." Now Jiangdong sent 2,000 generals to Lu Dai, who have reached the east side of our army, why not let Lu Dai lead the army to battle and lure the enemy out of the city to do a field battle?! ”

Yang Huai listened and glanced at Gao Pei.

And Gao Pei thought for a while and nodded slightly.

In the eyes of the two, this is possible.

First of all, the appearance of Lü Dai represents the participation of Jiangdong forces in the Hanzhong attack war.

Although Liu Bei's side knew that Lu Dai had brought 2,000 people over, it was purely to deal with it, and he went through the motions, but Hanzhong didn't know about it.

In case they made a wrong judgment and thought that the Jiangdong army was pressing the border, and in order to protect themselves, they would shrink their forces and return to Nanzheng, then Liu Bei's side would not be able to capture a few county seats, so that even if they retreated, it would not be considered a vain return.

Moreover, let Lu Dai lead the Jiangdong soldiers to lure the enemy, and succeeded, and the credit was indispensable to Yang Huai Gaopei, but it failed, and the Jiangdong army was also lost, and it had nothing to do with the Yizhou soldiers.

"In this way, we will act according to the plan of the envoy!" Yang Huai bowed his hand to Liu Bei and agreed.

Yang Huai Gaopei has no opinion on this matter, but Lu Dai has a very opinion.

Why do we have to do it with such a risky thing that is not beneficial, and let us Jiangdong people do it?!

Lu Dai greeted Liu Bei and Zhang Xi who came to give the order in his heart, and he didn't have to think about it to know who came up with this idea of lacking morality.

When you are a bait, you don't have much to lose if you don't succeed, but once you really catch a fish, how many baits have you ever seen that are complete?!

But he also asked Zhang Xi to fight before, but now that the battle order has come down, he Lu Dai can't embarrass Jiangdong.

Therefore, Lu Dai hardened his head and led his 2,000 people to Hanxing City to lure the enemy in accordance with Liu Beijun's military order.

But. Lu Dai finally breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang Wei was not fooled, he still stuck to the barrier and did not leave the station, and there was no sign of retreating from the army, and most importantly, the Jiangdong Army led by himself did not suffer any losses.

When the temptation failed, Lu Dai returned to Liu Bei and pretended to excuse himself.

And Liu Bei didn't have any pretensions with Lu Dai, anyway, he didn't expect Lu Dai to really help.

When he turned around, Liu Bei found Yang Huai and Gao Pei again, discussed with them, and continued to attack Hanzhong's plan.

At this time, Yang Huai and Gao Pei hurriedly continued to dissuade Liu Bei, saying that now that there is a shortage of food in the army, Zhang Wei can't hold out, and Hanzhong is not easy to attack, so it is better to withdraw the troops.

Liu Bei still returned to Jiameng Pass to stock up on grain and grass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei continued to stick to Baishui Pass to block Zhang Lu's possible pursuit, and after the autumn harvest, the grain and grass were sufficient, and it was not too late to enter Hanzhong.

Liu Bei was still a little hesitant and said, "It's just that in this way, money and food are wasted, and there has been no savings in the past year, so I am afraid that I will not be able to explain to Brother Ji Yuxian." ”

Yang Huai hurriedly comforted, "Envoy, you must know that victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers, and it is not easy to attack the city, so how can you waste money and food." Furthermore, now that we are short of food and grass, and we are not responsible for the crime, we will testify to the lord on behalf of the king, and I think the lord will not reproach the king. ”

Liu Beixin said that what I am waiting for is your words.

At that moment, Liu Bei hesitated, and after Yang Huai and Gao Pei continued to persuade, Liu Bei made the decision to withdraw from the army.

From mid-May, he sent troops to attack Hanzhong for more than two months, and finally Liu Bei retreated to Jiameng Pass in early August, re-trained the soldiers, and prepared to march again after the autumn harvest.

Yang Huai and Gao Pei naturally continued to guard Baishui Pass, and at the same time reported to Liu Zhang.

Of course, I didn't explain anything for Liu Bei, but mainly to tell Liu Zhang, that kind of military food with half rice and half chaff really shouldn't be sent anymore, and sending it would only chill the soldiers in the army.

As for Liu Bei, the two generals still think that Liu Bei's motives for entering Sichuan are absolutely impure, and if possible, it is better to ask the lord Liu Zhang to send him out of the country.

Liu Zhang obviously couldn't just listen to Yang Huai and Gao Pei like that.

Although these two are indeed his henchmen, Liu Zhang spent so much money, wasted so much money and food, and invited Liu Bei to attack Zhang Lu, and now there is nothing in return, how can he just let the family leave.

Besides, without Liu Bei, it depends on the two of you, can you defeat Hanzhong, or will you be able to stop Cao Cao when Cao Cao advances west in the future? !

So, Liu Zhang didn't listen to Yang Huai Gaopei at all.

However, Liu Zhang still paid attention to the matter of military rations.

But he didn't have a very good way, now the families in Shu County are rampant, Liu Zhang has no way to take these families for a while, and the matter of dropping the granary and old rice is finally over, Liu Zhang has to mobilize rice and grain from Jiangzhou to supply Liu Beijun's front line.

And Lu Dai, on Liu Beijun's side, also applied to Liu Bei to withdraw from the army on the pretext that the road was far away, the food and grass were not enough, and it was not suitable to live elsewhere for a long time.

Although this reason is very nonsense, with only 2,000 soldiers, could it be that Liu Bei will not be able to afford it, and he still wants you to transport supplies along the Han River from Jiangdong?!

But Liu Bei didn't expect Lu Dai at all, and he understood more that Jiangdong meant to send troops, and he didn't plan to really help at all. He couldn't turn his face, but he didn't want to see the people in Jiangdong dangling in front of his eyes every day, so Liu Bei naturally agreed to Lu Dai's request to withdraw from the army.

As soon as Zhang Xi heard that Lu Dai was going to retire from the army, he hurriedly said what he wanted, sent Sun Shangxiang to Lu Dai's ship, and told her to go home to raise the fetus and wait for childbirth with peace of mind.

Sun Shangxiang was reluctant to part with Zhang Xi, but Sun Shangxiang was not sloppy about the big matter of having a child, and he also knew that it was not a good idea to continue to stay in Jiamengguan, so he was reluctant to say goodbye to Zhang Xi and was escorted back to Jiangling by Lu Dai.

Sending Sun Shangxiang away, Zhang Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then. It's time to start planning and march into Yizhou.

(End of chapter)