Cao Zhen led his troops to Wancheng, and the Han army outside the city immediately suspended the attack and put on a posture of defending on the spot.

On the one hand, it is indeed necessary to guard against Allah Cao's attack, and on the other hand, it is necessary to discuss what to do next.

At this time, in the Jingzhou military camp, the morale of the army was indeed not very good.

The attack could not be carried out for a long time, and its own casualties were not small, and the strong attack in half a month suffered seven or eight thousand casualties, which was bound to be a blow to the morale of the army.

Again, Guan Yu's injuries have worsened, and now the time he has been awake is getting shorter and shorter, which even Du Du can't control.

As soon as the two reasons are superimposed, even if Xu Shu, Deng Ai, Wang Ji and others all know that impetuousness is a taboo in the army, but in the end they can't help it.

Now that Cao Zhen's reinforcements came, he suddenly held this atmosphere to the extreme.

"Why don't you temporarily withdraw the army and return to Xiangyang in order to come to Japan?!"

This suggestion was put forward by Wang Ji.

A resourceful person like Wang Ji has said this kind of thing, which shows what the mentality of the high-level leaders of the Jingzhou Legion is now.

If you want to put aside the past, you don't need Xu Shu to speak, Deng Ai, Guan Ping and others can spray you back, and now they have all entered Wancheng, and they can open the Central Plains Portal, and retreat at this time? !

I'm afraid I'm not stupid, right?!

But now, no one really thinks that what Wang Ji said is wrong.

If no reinforcements arrive in Wancheng, then Xu Shu and the others still have the heart to continue fighting.

Although the loss of his own family is large, Sima Yi's loss is not small, and if he continues to stay up like this, I really don't know who will not survive in the end.

But now that Wancheng has reinforcements, it is impossible for Xu Shu and the others to know that three-quarters of the reinforcements brought by Cao Zhen are recruits, and they are not even trained properly.

Seeing that Wancheng has now returned to the scale of more than 30,000 people, even more than the number of troops at the beginning of the war, and the main general Sima Yi is the dead turtle virtue that does not enter the oil and salt, this Wancheng is really not easy to fight, and it may not be able to fight hard.

In addition, Guan Yu, the main general of the first army, was seriously injured, and now he is not suitable to continue fighting, so he has the intention of retreating, but of course.

After all, among all the people present, none of them was Wei Yan, who felt that he could take over the military power after Zhuge Liang's death and continue to do it. Whether it is an official position as high as Wang Ji and Xu Shu, or a close relationship like Guan Ping and Deng Ai, he does not feel that he has the ability to continue to lead the army to fight after Guan Yu is seriously injured.

So, the option of retiring from the army is in everyone's heart, but Wang Ji was the first to take the initiative to say it.

It's just that the matter of retiring from the army is not a trivial matter in the end. Even how and when to retreat this retreat must be carefully considered.

"Although the words of the public opinion are also reasonable, the current matter should not be rushed." Xu Shu took the initiative to speak and said.

The first thing to figure out is that when Cao Zhen arrived here, what was the outcome of the battle of Guanzhong.

Cao Zhen, as the governor of Yongliang, was supposed to preside over the battle of Guanzhong in Guanzhong, but suddenly appeared here. The battle of Guanzhong is definitely over.

If His Majesty wins the Battle of Guanzhong and Cao Zhen is defeated and retreats into Guannei, then this Wancheng will have to continue to fight in order to cooperate with the Battle of Wuguan that His Majesty may initiate.

If His Majesty did not win the Battle of Guanzhong in the end, Cao Zhen reflexively came to the aid of Wancheng after repelling His Majesty's Northern Expeditionary Army. Then we must immediately withdraw our troops to prevent being counter-surrounded by Wei thieves.

Especially in Shangyong and other places, the troops were almost empty, and with the 5,000 soldiers in Meng Da's hands, they could not stop the attack of the Wei army in Guanzhong from the right to Shangyong.

To figure out these things, in fact, it is not difficult, and you don't even have to wait for His Majesty's edict - you can go to Wancheng City tomorrow to challenge.

If the Wei army really dares to lead the army to fight, it means that the Wei army has sufficient confidence, so it must retreat and withdraw to the front line of Xiangyang to be armed.

And if the Wei army still can't avoid the battle, it means that the Wei army lacks confidence and will inevitably retreat in defeat, and Sima Yi's old turtle is still holding on.

In that case, it is better to garrison the troops in place and quickly send someone to Chang'an to ask His Majesty about the next battle plan.

Secondly, if you want to retreat, you can't just retreat, you also need to arrange the order of retreat, and you can't give the Wei army a chance to pursue while taking advantage of the situation.

Although Xu Shu predicted that Sima Yi was unlikely to have the courage, it was still necessary to guard against it.

Last but not least. Where the hell did that Fan Ah die?! Or did the Jiangdong rats know that the general is seriously injured and have treacherous intentions, so they don't let Fan Ah come to treat the general? !

But in any case, there is no answer to this last question for a while, so let's clarify the current situation first.

The next day, Deng Ai personally led 10,000 troops to Wancheng City to invite battle.

At this time, on the city tower, Sima Yi and Cao Zhen were also discussing countermeasures.

"The Shu thieves are certainly hateful, but now our army's combat strength is insufficient, and we should stick to it and not attack easily."

This was said by Cao Zhen to Sima Yi. Cao Zhen was also afraid that Sima Yi would see that there were reinforcements, and his brain would be hot, so he would give up the best choice to stick to it, and he had to go out of the city to fight the Shu thieves.

As for Sima Yi, he pondered for a while, looked at Deng Ai under the city, and then thought about the current situation. The old turtle wondered if he was going to take a risk.

When Cao Zhen led his troops to Wancheng, the Shu thieves outside the city must have known about it, so the reaction of the Shu thieves was very important.

Did the Shu thieves already know the outcome of the battle in Guanzhong?!

If the Shu thieves already know the result of the battle in Guanzhong, then they will not easily withdraw their troops, this challenge is just a plan to divide the troops, and they don't want to fight with themselves in the attack and defense of Wancheng, and want to use field battles to eliminate their own living forces.

But if the Shu thieves don't know the result of the battle of Guanzhong, this challenge is just to test the reality of the defenders of Wancheng, if they don't fight, it will be seen that although the defenders have many troops, the fact that the combat power is insufficient, it will be a little troublesome.

It's better to take a risk to fight once, bluff the Shu thieves, and make them misjudge. It is impossible to deceive the Shu thief.

Sima Yi is not Zhang Xi's coward in the end, he uses soldiers, he will really take risks when he should take risks, although he is often seen through by a dead fish head, and he is disgraced, but the current Sima Yi is not yet against Zhuge Liang.

Therefore, Sima Yi wanted to take this risk.

Even Sima Yi thought about it, this time he had to go to battle himself, and he couldn't let Cao Zhen fight. If Cao Zhen came to the aid of victory, how could he still be the commander of Wancheng and obey his command?!

If you really want Cao Zhen to fight, if you don't do it, you will be seen by the wise and resourceful people in the Shu thief army.

Therefore, Sima Yi had the heart to go down to the city tower and went to battle with the whole army.

But suddenly, Sima Yi thought of something. After Cao Zhen recruited new soldiers, he came to the rescue of Wancheng, right?!

"May I ask the Governor, how long will it take to recruit new soldiers?!" Sima Yi suddenly asked Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen didn't understand why Sima Yi suddenly asked this, but he still replied honestly, "It's about half a month." ”

As soon as he said this, Sima Yi suddenly stopped thinking of taking the initiative to fight.

The battle of Guanzhong has been lost, and it is only a matter of time before the entire territory of Youfufeng is lost.

Once the Shu thief occupies the right Fufeng, it is only a journey of more than ten days from the right Fufeng to Shangyong, and then from Shangyong to Wancheng.

And Cao Zhen's conscription took half a month to gamble on Jingzhou at this time, and the Shu thieves did not receive the Chang'an war report, and they were somewhat brainless.

The risk is too great, so it's better to stick to it.

"The governor's words are very true, now the situation is critical, we don't need to entangle with the Shu thieves. Tell me that all armies should strictly guard the city and not slacken. Sima Yi said.

Not to mention that Sima Yi can be a man, this is true, on the one hand, he emphasizes his authority as the main general, and at the same time, he does not forget to hold Cao Zhen in his hand, attributing this decision to Cao Zhen's advice.

Anyway, Cao Zhen thinks that this Sima Yi is not only clear in thinking and has a good military strategy, but also is honest and a figure worth befriending.

And Sima Yi continued to stick to it, which suddenly made Xu Shu feel a little confident in his heart, of course, more happy.

Although, the reaction of the defenders of Wancheng cannot be ruled out that Sima Yi took the initiative to show weakness and attract the Han army to continue to stay and confront Wancheng.

But considering that Cao Zhen has entered Wancheng, it is uncertain whether Sima Yi has such a big say, Xu Shu is more willing to believe that this is the reaction of the Wancheng defenders' lack of confidence.

The reaction of the defenders of Wancheng is likely to mean that His Majesty has won the battle of Guanzhong, and even now he has recovered the old capital of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an.

This is a very symbolic good thing for all Ji Han's courtiers.

In that case, there is nothing more to say, and the confrontation continues.

On the one hand, he tried to lure the defenders of Wancheng out of the city and weaken the defenders' vital strength as much as possible, and on the other hand, Xu Shu quickly sent a messenger in the direction of Hanzhong to inquire about the results of the battle of Guanzhong.

But Xu Shu's messenger had just been sent out for less than two days, and in the direction of Chang'an, Liu Bei's envoy had already arrived.

First of all, Liu Bei sent an envoy to tell Guan Yu that the battle of Guanzhong had been won, and the old capital of the Han Dynasty had been recovered, Chang'an, and now Liu Bei had settled in the capital of Chang'an.

Secondly, now Liu Bei has no plan to enter Wuguan for the time being, so he specially sent someone to inform Guan Yu that if Wancheng can go down, he will go down, and if he can't, he can temporarily return to Xiangyang and make plans.

With the two pieces of news given by Liu Bei's personal envoy, Xu Shu suddenly had his own decision.

On the one hand, he ordered Kou Feng to retreat first, one to return to Shangyong, the other to return to Jiangling, and he led the troops and horses of the Xiangyang headquarters to break off.

On the other side, a group of envoys were sent to Chang'an to congratulate the Son of Heaven to recover the old capital and tell Liu Bei that Guan Yu was seriously injured.

If you don't talk about it, you really can't do it.

(End of chapter)