Yes, the real reason for the Jingzhou soldiers to retreat and return to help is that the general of the Han Dynasty, Guan Yu, the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion, died of illness in Wancheng at the age of sixty-nine.

The death of a general of a country and the commander of an army is a major event no matter what dynasty or under any circumstances.

Once the news spreads, the morale of the military officers will naturally fall off a cliff, which will seriously affect the combat effectiveness.

Not to mention, the person who died of illness this time was Guan Yu.

What is Guan Yu's status within the Han Dynasty, it is probably equivalent to the idol of all soldiers, and the existence of a military god in the army.

Since Guan Yu followed the first emperor to raise the army, he has fought for more than 40 years in his life, and his military achievements are impressive, and he is admired by the world.

Guan Yu's character is well-known for his arrogance and not humiliation, and he has always treated his soldiers very well, coupled with the fact that he has been alone in Jingzhou for more than ten years, his prestige in the Jingzhou army is incomparable.

His death will inevitably seriously affect the actual combat strength of the Jingzhou Army, and Guan Yu's rank of general will also have a great impact on the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty and the soldiers of Yizhou County.

The generals are all gone, so it's unknown if they want to continue fighting!!

This kind of thing, even if Zhang Fei, who has the same prestige in the army, is in charge, it is unavoidable, not to mention that Zhang Fei has already fainted on the ground at this time.

The eldest brother is gone, the second brother is also gone, how can you keep Zhang Fei calm.

He is also sixty years old, and he is old, although he can still lead the troops into battle, but how can Zhang Fei stand this kind of stimulation.

When Zhang Fei heard that someone from Wancheng was coming, his heart was already suffocating, and when he saw that the person was his eldest niece Guan Yinping, Zhang Fei's heart was only a fluke.

As a result, Guan Yinping didn't even give him the last luck, and when he saw his uncle in the tent and his husband, tears rushed out directly, passing on the news like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Zhang Fei didn't hold it on the spot, his eyes were doubled, and he fell to the ground.

Xu Shu and others were suddenly busy with work, and under the treatment of the military doctor, Zhang Fei finally woke up, but Zhang Fei, who was relieved, hugged his head and cried, and soon cried again until he fainted.

In this case, it is impossible for Zhang Fei to think about leading the troops to fight, and all military affairs must be handed over to Wang Ji and Xu Shu to be responsible.

The two probably discussed it and decided to withdraw from the army!!

Judging from the current situation, it is no longer possible to continue the march.

The morale of the sergeants was severely affected, and not many of them still had the heart to continue fighting the Wei army.

The commander in the army is now dead, and the other can't be a director at all, even if Xu Shu and Wang Ji continue to lead the troops to attack, I'm afraid the result will not be much better.

After all, just look at the lineup on the opposite side to know which of those things will let go of such an opportunity.

Moreover, even if you can really insist on breaking through the defense line of Kunyang, if you continue to go north, there will still be 100,000 prepared Tuntian soldiers over there.

If there was a chance of winning before, in this situation, Xu Shu and Wang Ji really can't see where the chances are.

The capture of Nanyang County has already completed the basic goal of this Northern Expedition, so let's accept it when it is good, don't turn back and fold in Yingchuan, and lose the good situation.

In this way, the Jingzhou army retreated and returned to help.

Zhang Fei has no objection to this at all. In other words, Zhang Fei's mind is no longer in the army at this time, and his current state, Xu Shu feels scary when he sees it.

looked like he was confused and unguarded, his eyes were open day and night, but no one knew whether he was awake or asleep When the first emperor died, he didn't see the three generals like this.

Now Xu Shu is really worried, what kind of turmoil will the army's experience become if Zhang Fei has three long and two short!!

For this reason, Xu Shu had to find Deng Ai privately and ask Deng Ai to take care of Zhang Fei, so as not to let Zhang Fei not think about it for a while, this is really important, not a joke.

After arranging this matter, Xu Shu ordered Kou Feng to lead the army to be broken, Wang Ping assisted, and the whole army withdrew to Wancheng.

After arriving in Wancheng, Xu Shu took the civil and military generals to pay tribute to Guan Yu, and at the same time sent messengers to Chang'an and Chengdu to mourn.

Until this time, there was always some trembling, for fear that Cao Zhen, who was designed by the Shu thief, finally put his mind at ease.

Then, Cao Zhen felt awkward again.

The reason is that when the Shu thieves withdrew their troops, Sima Yi once said to Cao Zhen, saying that the sudden retreat of the Shu thieves must have caused a major change in the army, and at this time they should take the initiative to send troops and follow the pursuit.

But Cao Zhen rejected Sima Yi's suggestion on the grounds that the Shu thieves were cheating.

When Sima Yi heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and hurriedly persuaded Cao Zhen again, at this time, the Shu thieves had already occupied the initiative on the battlefield, and the troops also occupied a sufficient advantage, so there was no need to use the withdrawal of troops to plot. At this time, it should be true to withdraw from the army.

Even Sima Yi took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that if the general was worried that the Shu thieves were cheating, he could lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to follow and pursue, and the general would respond in the rear, so that even if there was fraud, it was he who was unlucky, and as long as Cao Zhen responded in time, the loss of the Wei army would not be too great.

But after Cao Zhen thought about it carefully, he still refused.

There is no way, Cao Zhen has been cheated too many times in Guanzhong, and this set of rhetoric is too déjà vu, every time Cao Zhen believes it, he either loses his troops and loses his generals, or even himself is implicated.

Anyway, our goal is to stop the Shu thieves from attacking Yingchuan County, and now they want to retreat to Wancheng, so let them retreat.

The pursuit is risky, and the counteroffensive needs to be cautious!!

Cao Zhen once again ignored Sima Yi's suggestion, that is, he did not move his troops and gave Sima Yi half a death.

In fact, Sima Yi suggested pursuing, on the one hand, it was indeed to judge whether the Shu army was really retreating, and on the other hand, Sima Yi was also a little cautious, thinking about following the pursuit to see if he could get back a little face.

Counterattacking Wancheng, Sima Yi didn't want to, he wasn't so whimsical.

But in the process of pursuit, he fought a beautiful battle of annihilation and saved a little reputation for his mistake of losing Wancheng, which was also Sima Yi's goal.

After all, the process of Sima Yi's loss of Wancheng was really a little too embarrassing, and it was normal to have this kind of thought.

Now it's okay, Cao Zhen doesn't give himself this opportunity, and Wang Ling, another Yingchuan Taishou who has the right to speak, is not willing to speak for himself.

Sima Yi can't help it, Cao Zhen is here, Sima Yi's power in the army is not so big, Cao Zhen doesn't allow it, Sima Yi really can't disobey the order to pursue.

Therefore, Sima Yi's face at that time was very ugly, although he didn't say anything serious to Cao Zhen, but the words "the general missed the opportunity" still left it behind.

Originally, Cao Zhen didn't take it to heart, after all, it was normal for the army to raise any objections for discussion.

But what. After really realizing that he had "missed the opportunity", Cao Zhen felt awkward no matter how he looked at Sima Yi.

Originally, everyone was a person who lost the city and land, and the eldest brother didn't talk about the second brother. But now, there is obviously a good opportunity in front of him, Sima Yi wants to seize it, but Cao Zhen doesn't catch it, if this is spread out, isn't it even more embarrassing for Cao Zhen? !

Of course, Cao Zhen will not be angry with Sima Yi because of this matter, Cao Zhen still has this kind of heart. But the problem is, everyone is a person who wants to save face, and when this kind of thing happens, you can't let the general of a country apologize to you Sima Yi and admit your mistakes, right?!

You Sima Yi is such a smart person, find someone to come over and match the bridge, and turn back to me, the general, to borrow the slope and get off the donkey, everyone can get by on the face, and this matter will not pass.

But Cao Zhen has been waiting, never waiting for Sima Yituo to come to him. Cao Zhen was awkward about this, he felt that Sima Yi was a little too faceless.

And what about Sima Yi. Sima Yi's emotional intelligence is high, and he can bend and stretch, but the problem is that the current Sima Yi is not the old fox in his seventies, he is only in his forties now, and he still has a little temper of his own.

Again, in fact, Sima Yi didn't think about asking someone to give Cao Zhen a step, but. Now there is no such condition in the army.

There are only a few people who can speak in front of Cao Zhen, Guo Huai, Wang Ling, Qin Lang. But none of them fit.

Guo Huai's qualifications are older than Cao Zhen and Sima Yi, and there is no special friendship between Sima Yi and Guo Huai, so it is not appropriate to ask Guo Huai to go.

Qin Lang is a suitable candidate, but the problem is that after Guo Huai withdrew his troops to Kunyang, in order to prevent Qin Lang from having any accidents, he hurriedly sent Qin Lang back to Luoyang under the pretext that he needed to report the battle situation on the front line to the imperial court. Now Qin Lang is not in the army at all.

As for Wang Ling, Wang Ling's identity is Yingchuan Taishou, and he is from the Taiyuan Wang family, no matter which identity he is, he has no friendship with Sima Yi, who was born in the Hedong family.

It's not bad that I didn't fall into the well for you, and I want to ask him to intercede?!

Therefore, Sima Yi thought about it, or wait until the war came to an end, and after returning to Luoyang, he asked an additional person to talk to the general, hoping that the general would not take this matter to heart.

But the problem is that Sima Yi has never found this opportunity.

(End of chapter)