In May of the twenty-sixth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei, who was still stationed in Longshan Road, finally made the decision to withdraw his troops after receiving Zhao Yun's report of victory and learning that the entire territory of Liangzhou had been taken.

However, before withdrawing his troops, Liu Bei needed to make an arrangement for the defenders of Longshan Road.

Although it is now the Liu Bei Group that occupies the Longshan Road, as long as the Cao Wei Group eases up, it will definitely not ignore the Longshan Road that threatens Guanzhong at all times, and will definitely do everything possible to recapture the Longshan Road, so the Liu Bei Group's defense arrangements for the Longshan Road are very important.

In this regard, Liu Bei has his own ideas.

Longshan Road, there are three important points - Street Pavilion, Luoyang, Shangtai.

All three of these points are crucial.

Shangqi looks at the waterway and mountain road passage of Cao Wei Group along the Weishui, the street pavilion is guarded by the Longshan mountain road, and Luoyang is the intermediate hub connecting the street pavilion and Shangqi, so these three places must be arranged with suitable people to guard.

In the direction of the street pavilion, there is a ready-made candidate, and that is Wang Ping.

Wang Ping followed Zhang Xi to fight the battle of defending the street pavilion, and he has a good understanding of the geography of the street pavilion, and the Wudang Flying Army under Wang Ping is very suitable for mountain battles, and it is a natural place to be placed in the street pavilion.

In terms of Lüyang, Liu Bei appointed Zhang Yi as the guard general of Lüyang, and supported Shangqi and Street Pavilion on the left and right of the middle lane.

If the appointment of these two people can be regarded as a reasonable arrangement made by Liu Bei according to his personal ability and the current status of the two generals in the army, then the appointment of the general of Shangqi was beyond almost everyone's expectations.

Liu Bei appointed Hao Zhao, a general, as the general of Shangqi.

This appointment was decided by Liu Beili without public opinion.

On the one hand, Liu Bei has his own set of methods for looking at people, on the other hand, Liu Bei believes in Zhao Yun, and Liu Bei also chooses to believe Hao Zhao, whom Zhao Yun strongly recommends for appointment.

After Hao Zhao surrendered in Guzang County, he surrendered to Zhao Yun with Su Ze, but Hao Zhao was actually unconvinced in his heart.

If it weren't for Su Ze, a gutless rat, Hao Zhao felt that he might not be able to block Zhao Yun and Koji's front and back attacks.

But the boss decided to surrender in Kaecheng, and he Hao Zhao was alone, what could he do.

At this time, Hao Zhao was just a miscellaneous general who was slightly more senior than the captain, and his reputation in the army was not obvious, Su chose to surrender, Hao Zhao did not have the appeal to allow the soldiers to continue to fight, so he could only surrender with him.

Hao Zhao felt unconvinced, but Zhao Yun admired Hao Zhao's ability very much, although it was only a short ten days, the means of defending the city that Hao Zhao showed were the most effective and effective that Zhao Yun had ever seen.

Zhao Yun is the person with the best temperament among the senior generals of Liu Bei Group, and when he encounters this kind of talent, Zhao Yun's first thought is to recommend it to Liu Bei and let Liu Bei inspect and appoint him.

Therefore, Zhao Yun specially wrote a letter to Liu Bei, and then asked Hao Zhao to escort Xu Miao to see Liu Bei, and at the same time, he also described Hao Zhao's ability in detail in the letter, and specially recommended Hao Zhao to Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei personally persuaded Xu Miao to surrender, he also took the time to meet with Hao Zhao, had some simple conversations with Hao Zhao, and roughly understood Hao Zhao's ability, and suddenly had a general idea of Zhao Yun's recommendation.

As for Xu Miao, after Liu Bei personally persuaded him to surrender, he was released back to Liangzhou, promoted to serve as the governor of Liangzhou, and assisted Zhao Yun in governing Liangzhou.

And Hao Zhao was retained by Liu Bei, not only to promote Hao Zhao's miscellaneous general by one level, but most importantly, Liu Bei appointed Hao Zhao as the general of Shangqi.

Hao Zhao can be said to be grateful for this.

You must know that in the army, people have been more particular about seniority since ancient times, and with Hao Zhao's qualifications on Cao Wei's side, even if he moves over, it is actually not enough to hold such a position as a city lord.

Not to mention that he Hao Zhao is still a general.

As soon as he surrendered, Liu Bei dared to hand over such an important place as Shangqi to Hao Zhao, and at the same time promoted Hao Zhao to be the general of a city. Hao Zhao has been in the army for nearly ten years, and it is the first time that he has been reused like this.

Originally, Hao Zhao joined the army in Cao Wei, and the purpose was also to gain fame, but after ten years of struggle on Cao Wei's side, he was just an ordinary general, a miscellaneous general.

But this surrender, when he came to Liu Bei's side, he immediately became the main general of a city, and if he made some more meritorious deeds in guarding the important place, wouldn't it be just around the corner to be a general? !

With such treatment, how could Hao Zhao not be grateful to Liu Bei. This is the Lord!!

In this way, Liu Bei arranged the defense of Longshan Road, and then went out of Shangqi, marched eastward along Weishui, came to the Baochuan crossing, and joined the army led by Zhang Xi.

Liu Bei's sudden appearance made Zhang He and others, who were still confronting Zhang Xi on the west bank of Weishui, very cautious, on the one hand, they strengthened their precautions, and on the other hand, they hurriedly sent people to inform Cao Pi, who was still in Chang'an.

Cao Pi suddenly felt like he was facing a great enemy, thinking that Liu Bei was suddenly advancing eastward, planning to attack Chang'an, and he had attacked Sanfu.

Cao Pi immediately ordered Xiahou Shang to strengthen the defense of Chang'an City, and at the same time ordered Zhang He and others to strictly guard the west bank of Weishui as a three-auxiliary barrier.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Pi gave an order to Cao Ren in Wancheng, hoping that Cao Ren could transfer some troops from Wancheng to support Chang'an. Don't have too many, just 10,000 people.

After Cao Ren received Cao Pi's order, he was angry and wanted to scold his mother. Why is this big nephew so daring?!

Don't say that Zhang He, Xu Huang and others are blocking the west bank of Weishui, if Liu Bei doesn't break them, don't think about marching into Sanfu and take a step back and say, even if Liu Bei really enters Sanfu, you still have nearly 30,000 defenders in Chang'an, and Liu Bei will only have 60,000 or 70,000 people even if the army is all pressed, you are afraid of a yarn.

With Chang'an's city defense, Liu Bei does not have more than 100,000 troops, and it is impossible to break through Chang'an, which is defended by your 30,000 people.

Also reinforcements. Don't look at who the opponent opposite me is, it's not easy for me to hold Wancheng now, and you still let me reinforce it?!

The person across from me is Guan Yu. Belch?! Eh?!!!

Cao Ren was slandering Cao Pi's timid kung fu, but he was stunned to find that Guan Yu, who was still storming Wancheng yesterday, suddenly raised his troops and retreated today.

Neither Cao Ren nor Zhang Liao chose to attack at this time. These two are not stupid, and they will not treat Guan Yu as fools, no matter what kind of predicament Guan Yu encounters to retreat, they will not take any precautions when retreating.

At this time, if you go out of the city and take the initiative to attack, you will fall into Guan Yu's trap and lose your troops.

The top priority is not to pursue Guan Yu's retreat, but to find out why Guan Yu wants to retreat.

Some time ago, Guan Yu's strong attack did cause a lot of losses to Liu Bei's army in Jingzhou, but this loss was not enough to make Guan Yu hurt his muscles and bones Guan Yu suddenly retreated, could it be that Sima Yi in the direction of Xinye made progress and cut off Guan Yu's grain route? !

If this is the case, then Cao Ren and Zhang Liao will try to pursue, after all, the army that is short of food, with the passage of time, the combat effectiveness will become weaker and weaker, and the troops retreating from Wancheng back to Xiangyang, the normal march will have to take seven or eight days, and it is not without a chance of sneak attack.

But. Before Cao Ren and Zhang Liao could discuss how many people to take out to pursue, Sima Yi's letter arrived.

Sima Yi said that he suddenly found that Liu Beijun had increased the defensive strength of the Xinye Army in the direction of Xinye, and he felt very strange, so he specially came to ask the two generals if there was any change in the direction of Wancheng.

For the defense of Wancheng, Sima Yi is still confident, he doesn't believe that Guan Yu can break through Wancheng so quickly Sima Yi is worried, Guan Yu is going to retreat back to Xiangfan, and by the way, he will pick up the grass and beat the rabbit halfway.

After Cao Ren and Zhang Liao received Sima Yi's letter, they immediately felt that the problem was big.

Guan Yu's sudden retreat was actually not what Cao Ren and Zhang Liao expected. What kind of person is Guan Yu, his character, if he doesn't fight with you to the end, he can be regarded as reining in his temper, and he can take the initiative to withdraw from the army? !

Now Guan Yu has taken the initiative to withdraw from the army, is it really not a trap?!

At this time, Cao Ren and Zhang Liao were a little unsure.

Out of prudence, Cao Ren immediately gave Sima Yi an order, asking him to suspend the attack on Xinye and retreat twenty miles to hold on, in case Guan Yu suddenly marched into Xinye to encircle and suppress him.

At the same time, Cao Ren and Zhang Liao discussed and let Zhang Liao lead 20,000 troops and cautiously pursue Guan Yu. Don't get too close to prevent fraud, but you must be vigilant against Guan Yu's retreat and master the way for Guan Yu to retreat.

If Guan Yu just retreated normally, then it would be good to retreat after chasing Xinye.

If Guan Yu's purpose is to encircle and suppress Sima Yi, then he must find a way to meet Sima Yi, and he can't let the Xu Du army led by Sima Yi suffer too much loss, otherwise I'm afraid Xu will not be guaranteed.

In this way, Zhang Liao led his troops to pursue cautiously for five days, and only when Guan Yu's army completely withdrew from Xinye, Zhang Liao stopped the pursuit and contacted Sima Yi.

It was not until this time that Zhang Liao and Cao Ren were completely convinced that Guan Yu had really withdrawn.

It was also at this time that Cao Ren remembered that Cao Pi had asked him to send troops to rescue Chang'an, so he hurriedly sent 20,000 reinforcements to Chang'an.

But at this time, Cao Pi no longer needed any reinforcements, and he had already received a battle report from Zhang He on the front line.

After Liu Bei joined the army at the Baochu crossing, he left Chen Zhi to lead 7,000 Bai Yu soldiers and 5,000 regular soldiers to guard the Baochuan crossing, and he himself led the remaining 40,000 troops to retreat back to Hanzhong from the Baochuan Road.

This made Cao Pi breathe a sigh of relief, and it was not until this time that Cao Pi finally determined that Liu Bei had completely withdrawn his troops, and Chang'an was saved.

But then, Cao Pi received another piece of news that made his heart skip a beat.

An urgent report came from Yecheng that the famous scholar Wei Wei wanted to join forces with Chen Yi, the captain of Changle, to attack Yecheng, the capital of Wei, and kidnap the Han Emperor in Yecheng to escape.

But the guard Chen Yi was frightened in his heart, and told the man who stayed in Yecheng, and when the man learned about it, he immediately united with Dong Zhao and others in Yecheng, and bloodily suppressed the rebellion with cool officials, annihilated Wei Wei, and recaptured the Han emperor.

But this attempted rebellion in Yecheng made Cao Pi quite frightened. The lair is on fire!!

(End of chapter)