Retreat is actually really a technical job.

How to withdraw, where to withdraw, who withdraws first, who breaks later. There has to be a co-ordination for all of this.

Otherwise, the retreat will turn into a retreat in minutes, and the retreat will turn into a rout in minutes. At that time, it was completely uncontrollable.

Guo Huai understands all these truths, and he is also a veteran for many years.

But Guo Huai also knows that on the battlefield, not all situations will develop as you think, and when manpower faces the situation, there will always be times when there is nothing to be done. Like now.

Guo Huai wanted to organize and arrange the retreat of the soldiers, but the current battlefield situation made it impossible to give him this opportunity.

Therefore, Guo Huai ordered a retreat, in fact, with 5,000 people from his headquarters, plus more than 4,000 people from the Biqiu Jian Division, who came to converge, to withdraw from the battlefield in advance and retreat in the direction of Weishui Ferry.

As for the other Wei soldiers who were still maintaining the defensive line, Guo Huai's greatest conscience was to let the heralds play the flag and allow the military cadets to withdraw from the battlefield and disperse to break through.

To put it bluntly, although Guo Huai didn't want to, Guo Huai did leave behind the more than 10,000 Wei soldiers who were still fighting, and ran away by himself first.

In the face of the full-line attack of more than 30,000 Shu troops, the Wei army's defensive line could no longer be maintained, and he could not rely on the Chinese army to break through to recover the disadvantage. When the defeat is decided, you can escape as much as you can, it is better than being wiped out after being broken through the defense line.

In this way, Guo Huai did not leave the army even after the break, and directly took Wen Qin and Biqiu Jian together, led the army to retreat all the way, retreated to the ferry, and organized the soldiers to board the ship and evacuate.

In this regard, although Guo Huai is helpless, he can't help it. Sometimes you can't be ruthless, and you really can't be the commander of an army.

However, Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin have only been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are a little uneasy and a little unwilling after all. The two men asked Guo Huai for a thousand military horses and lined up on the periphery of the ferry, trying to meet the Wei soldiers who had retreated from the front.

Guo Huai didn't say anything, and happily gave the two of them a thousand soldiers and horses. But in fact, Guo Huai also knew very well in his heart that they would not be able to receive many defeated robes.

The generals on the side of the Shu thieves are not fools, once they break through their own defense line, in addition to dividing and surrounding their own remnants, they will definitely send troops to the direction of the ferry at the first time Compared to their own families, Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin are more likely to encounter the Shu army.

And the reason why Guo Huai divided the troops to two people, on the one hand, was to let these two people have a little insight and let them know the cruelty of the battlefield, and on the other hand, their thousand people were more or less an early warning.

Guo Huai had withdrawn with more than 8,000 people, and it was impossible for them all to board the ship in a short period of time. If there is no vigilance, if the Shu army suddenly pursues, then their own soldiers will have to trample on each other because of panic, resulting in unnecessary losses.

Therefore, Guo Huai still gave these two soldiers very happily, and also explained to them that once the Shu army pursued, they must not respond to the battle, and if they were on guard and retreated quickly, a thousand people would board the ship, and it would take less than a quarter of an hour to die, which was enough.

In fact, just as Guo Huai expected, Wen Qin and Biqiu Jian did not receive many of their own people who had retreated from the battlefield, but less than half an hour later, they received a scout report, saying that the Shu army was less than ten miles away from the ferry.

At this point, Wen Qin and Biqiu Jian did not dare to have any illusions anymore, and immediately led their troops to retreat slowly, and completed the final boarding and retreat before the Shu army arrived.

When Zhang Fei personally led the vanguard of 3,000 people to the Weishui ferry, he could only see the Wei ships that had drifted to the middle of the Weishui. The third master who watched could only sigh again and again on the horse.

In the end, it was a step too late.

But fortunately, there are still more than 10,000 Wei soldiers who have been completely left on the battlefield here, which is not a complete defeat. Seeing that the retreating enemy army could no longer catch up, Zhang Fei ordered to return to the army and participate in the encirclement and suppression of the defeated Wei army.

In this way, the battle of Weishui Ferry finally came to an end.

After a day of encirclement and suppression, more than 10,000 Wei troops who were abandoned by Guo Huai on the south bank of Weishui, except for a few who fled, most of the soldiers chose to surrender.

These defeated troops were all handed over to Zhuge Liang to be properly resettled, whether to escort them back to Hanzhong, or to settle them on the spot in Meixian County, these are all things that Zhuge Liang needs to have a headache for.

Liu Bei temporarily stationed along the Weishui River, and discussed the next route with Zhang Fei, Huang Quan, Pang Tong and others, while waiting for news from the Liangzhou Army and Wugong County.

The Liangzhou army was blocked out of Guanzhong by Sanguan, but now that the Battle of Weishui has ended, the Wei army has fully withdrawn to the right to support the wind, and the road behind Sanguan has been cut off, and it can't turn up the big wind and waves at all. In order to be just in case, Liu Bei once again sent Wei Yan to lead 5,000 troops and cooperate with Zhao Yun to capture Sanguan.

But in fact, when Zhu Zan bid farewell to Biqiu Jian after the failure of the support battle in Meixian County, and returned to Sanguan with the remnants of the army, Sun Li knew that the general trend had gone.

still chooses to stick to it, but it is Sun Li's last discipline. Since he was valued and promoted by Governor Cao Zhendu and became a general of Sanguan, he must always be loyal to his duties and make the last effort.

But even so, in the face of Zhao Yun's attack, Sun Li was becoming more and more powerless.

As Zhu Zan's remnants returned to Sanguan, it would not take long for the defenders in Sanguan to know that Meixian had been lost, and the news that the road behind Sanguan was cut off was just delaying time.

If it weren't for Zhu Zan telling Sun Li that General Guo Huai still had a plan to fight against Mei County, and Sun Li could use it to appease the soldiers guarding the Sanguan, Sun Li might not be able to hold this Sanguan for ten days.

But even so, Sanguan's military spirit is very unstable, and there is a possibility of collapse at any time. And when General Guo Huai's counterattack on Meixian failed, and the news that he had to retreat to Weishui reached Sanguan, the morale of Sanguan's army was completely chaotic.

In such a situation, Sun Li also knew that the loose pass could not be kept. In desperation, Sun Li could only "conform to the will of the people", contact Zhao Yun outside the pass, take the initiative to open the pass, and surrender.

When Wei Yan led the troops to the halfway point, Zhao Yun had already led the Liangzhou army into Guanzhong.

After Zhao Yun broke through the Sanguan, in addition to bringing a new force to Liu Bei's group, the most important thing is that Zhao Yun brought the Liangzhou cavalry that Liu Bei needed most now.

Although the combat strength of the Qianghu cavalry is really uncertain, when attacking the Guanzhong Plain, having a cavalry in hand and no cavalry at all are two different things.

Guo Huai has a total of 3,000 cavalry in his hands, which makes the entire battle for Meixian dangerous, if it weren't for Xiahou Nan being too wasteful, allowing Wei Yan to seize the opportunity and deal with it effectively, this Meixian County may not be able to say who it is until now.

Fighting on the Guanzhong Plain, nothing can be lacking cavalry.

Zhao Yun's arrival did give Liu Bei a good news, but on the side of Wugong County, Zhang Xi sent a military envoy to send a message, but he didn't know what to say.

Zhang Xi had indeed led the army to occupy Wugong County, swept away the threat from the flank of Wuzhangyuan, and repelled Zhang He. But now Zhang Xi's troops are only a little more than 10,000.

This amount of troops is obviously not enough to implement the previous strategy, and the light troops will raid Chang'an.

It is even said that Zhang Xi's battle losses are too great, so big that he must suspend and recuperate in Wugong County for a period of time before he can have the ability to fight again.

This surprised Liu Bei.

After all, Zhang Xi has always been cautious and cautious in his use of soldiers, and such a big battle loss is something that has never happened before, not to mention the news that Feng Xi was seriously injured in the battle report from Zhang Xi, which made Liu Bei even more distressed and incomprehensible.

But after carefully reading the battle report sent by Zhang Xi, Liu Bei felt that in such a sudden encounter, it was indeed not surprising that the county soldiers under Zhang Xi fought against the Cao Wei forbidden army led by Zhang He.

And after Liu Bei finished reading the entire battle report, he was even a little happy.

Because at the end of Zhang Xi's battle report, another thing was mentioned - after this battle, Zhang He was seriously injured and unconscious, and the Wei army, under the leadership of Zhang He's deputy general Wang Chang, took the initiative to evacuate Wugong County, retreated to Youfufeng, and then turned around from Youfufeng, and returned to the original station, Zuo Fengyi.

This is what made Liu Bei really happy - Zhang He was seriously injured and unconscious.

As for how Zhang He was seriously injured, Zhang Xi did not explain the reason in the military newspaper, because Zhang Xi didn't know what was going on, why Zhang He was still alive and well in Dachangji, and turned his head and was seriously injured and unconscious.

This matter, after Zhang Xi led the army into Wugong County, I listened to the elders of the world in Wugong County, and I learned that Zhang He was already seriously injured and in a coma.

No wonder Wang Chang withdrew his troops and withdrew it neatly!!

And Wang Chang, Wang Chang is also a lawsuit now.

Regarding Zhang He's serious injury and coma, Wang Chang couldn't accept it more than anyone else, obviously he was hit by an arrow in the crook of the knee, and it was just a small injury, why did the consequences of making trouble be so serious? !

But who is to blame for this?!

Is it to blame Feng Xi who shot that arrow, or is it blamed on Zhang He, who retreated to Wugong County in order to march quickly, and insisted on leaving the arrow in the wound to climb the mountain road?!

If this arrow had been taken out earlier and trauma medicine had been applied, Zhang He's injury would not have been as serious as it is now.

When Zhang He led the troops to leave the mountain road, before he returned to Wugong County, he was already suffering from fever due to inflammation of the wound, and when he reluctantly led the troops to Wugong County, as soon as the whole person relaxed, he completely fainted.

The reason for Zhang He's serious injury and coma is actually wound infection, and this kind of disease, in this era, unless you meet surgical masters like Hua Tuo and Dong Feng, you will not be able to use Zhang Ji even if you encounter it.

Zhang Ji's vein, which treats all kinds of typhoid fever and miasma, is really not very good at surgery, and Feng Xi can only lie on the bed weakly until now, which is a clear proof.

It's a pity that Hua Tuo has already let Cao Cao kill, and the disciples of Hua Tuo's lineage, such as Fan A and the like, have basically taken refuge in Jiangdong, while Dong Feng is a figure with excellent medical skills and medical ethics, the only drawback is that Dong Feng is only four years old this year!

To put it simply, the doctor in Wugong County has no ability to treat Zhang He for this wound infection.

Zhang He was also in a coma for a while and awake for a while, and he couldn't be a director at all.

As for Wang Chang, he can only keep guarding Zhang He, and when Zhang He rarely comes to his senses, he quickly asks Zhang Xi for advice Now Zhang Xike is building siege equipment outside the city, and he may attack the city at any time, this martial arts county, are we still guarding it? !

According to Wang Chang's idea, the strategy has failed, and the main generals are in this situation, so it is only right to withdraw the army back to Zuo Fengyi quickly, and then invite a famous doctor from Chang'an to treat the old general's injuries.

But it's a pity that Wang Chang is only a deputy general, he doesn't have Zhang He's authorization, and he really can't command this group of forbidden troops, so he can only wait for Zhang He to come to his senses and then ask for a decision.

Zhang He was in a coma for three days in a row, and only barely woke up on the fourth day.

And the first thing Zhang He did when he woke up was to ask Wang Chang to keep the news of his injury secret, not to let Zhang Xi know that the kid had too many ideas, once he knew that he was seriously injured, he would definitely seize the opportunity to attack the city.

And the second thing, Zhang He immediately wrote a handwritten letter, authorizing Wang Chang to command the whole army, and at the right time, abandon Wugong County and retreat to Zuo Fengyi.

I have to say that after having Zhang He's authorization, Wang Chang immediately set up an operation, not only successfully concealed the news of Zhang He's injury from Zhang Xi, but also successfully withdrew the army, and brought the remaining more than 7,000 Wei soldiers back to Zuo Fengyi safely.

(End of chapter)