After Xiahou Yuan returned to the military tent, he felt extremely unlucky, but he didn't expect that they would be able to play a fire battle at the most critical juncture.

Of course, before Cao Jun retreated, the fire did not actually burn.

This is thanks to the fact that the plants and trees are mostly green at this time, and there is no help from the oil oil, so it is not so easy to be ignited by patches.

After counting the soldiers and horses, I found that the real loss of soldiers and horses was not much, more than 1,700 people.

Moreover, Xiahou Yuan also knew that among the more than 1,000 people, not the most people who really died under the rockets and rolling stones and trees, and it is estimated that more died due to small-scale stampedes due to panic.

It's a pity to kill some soldiers and horses, but it's a pity that he wasted the plan designed by Guo Jia to lure the enemy this time, and Xiahou Yuan, who returned to the camp, beat his chest.

Almost, almost climbed the floating mountain.

Once he rushed to the front of the camp, Liu Jun would be burned.

It's so hateful.

Of course, in this battle, the Liu family suffered a lot of losses from the Chinese military tent to Fukong Mountain, not to mention three or four thousand people, not including the wounded soldiers.

Counting the losses in the Battle of Foggy Night, the combat strength of 30,000 Liu Army is only 15,000 now, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to launch a decent attack.

As the defender, Xiahou Yuan's pressure is naturally not great, as long as it drags on, Liu Jun will run out of food and can only retreat.

At that time, even if Liu Bei can't kill him, recovering Lingling will be a matter of piggybacking.

The bad news is

Guo Jia seems to have run out of oil and dried up.

When the carriage pulled him back, he was unconscious.

Finding a medical officer to perform injections for him did not help, and even the decoction of the medicine could flow out of the corners of his mouth when he was fed into his mouth.

The medical officer didn't say anything, just shook his head and sighed.

Xiahou Yuan knew what this meant, he didn't blame the medical officer, he just quietly stayed by Guo Jia's side, praying for a miracle to happen.

After the two battles, Xiahou Yuan could already feel how much he relied on Guo Jia.

Not only himself, such a genius, Cao Cao can't be damaged.

He regretted it, if he hadn't disobeyed Cao Cao's order and brought him to Floating Mountain, maybe it wouldn't have been like this.

Three days have passed, Guo Jia has not entered the water and rice, and he has not even woken up, his pale face and breath have become weaker and weaker.

"General."

In a trance, Xiahou Yuan heard a faint call.

Guo Jia woke up, he stepped forward excitedly, suppressed his excitement, and said softly: "Sir, sir, you have finally woken up, the last general. The last will go and get you medicine. ”

"General."

Guo Jia struggled to hold on to his heavy eyelids and a strong sense of sleepiness, "Below, I have something to say." ”

"Say, sir, please say, after we finish taking medicine, we will be fine after taking medicine." Xiahou Yuan, who is five big and three thick, rarely has such gentleness.

"It's useless, the number of lives in the next life is exhausted, and the medicine stone has no spirit." Guo Jia, who was lying on the couch, looked at the dome with blank eyes.

The corners of Xiahou Yuan's mouth twitched, and he chuckled: "Sir, don't talk nonsense, you. You promised the eldest brother to wait for him to come back from Yizhou, and the gentleman made a promise and could not break his promise. ”

"Can't wait."

Xiahou Yuan's nose was a little sour.

In the past, he always felt that people who were in troubled times were half a foot in the coffin, and they should have seen through life and death as soon as possible.

Especially after a hundred bloody battles, I am used to seeing the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, and I am even more numb to life and death.

When the news of Xiahoudun's death came, his first reaction was to be extremely angry, rather than sentimental about the parting of his brothers, because in his heart, he had long understood the truth of the ruthlessness of the battlefield.

But at this moment, looking at Guo Jia, he suddenly felt this deep powerlessness and grief.

Maybe it's because Guo Jia has a half-division friendship with him, or maybe it's because he knows that Cao Cao's psychological defense line will be destroyed in an instant after learning the news.

Some people are born with their unique personality charm.

In the days of getting along, Xiahou Yuan could deeply understand Cao Cao's love for Guo Jia, not only his strategy and talent, but also Guo Jia's free and uninhibited.

"Sir, don't say that," Xiahou Yuan replied in a sneering manner.

Guo Jia's mouth opened, but he didn't say anything, his right hand slowly touched into his arms, and he took out a half-side tiger talisman and handed it to Xiahou Yuan's hand.

"Sir?"

"General, in the next place, as a supervising army, I asked to withdraw the army north and return to Jiangling, and Liu Jun did not dare to pursue and kill."

Hearing this, Xiahou Yuan's eyes widened, and he looked at the talisman in his hand, a little at a loss, "Sir, our army has won two big victories, and its morale is like a rainbow, on the other hand, Liu Jun's troops have lost a lot of eight thousand, and half of the combat strength may not be able to be saved, why do you want to withdraw?" ”

"After my death, I am afraid that the general will not be able to parry Zhuge Liang's scheme."

Guo Jia only felt that every word he said now required the strength of his whole body, but he was still strong, and said word by word: "It's nothing to lose Lingling and Wuling, the land of Jingnan is not rich, but Nanjun, the key point of Jingxiang, must not be lost."

General"

Guo Jia turned his head to look at Xiahou Yuan with difficulty, and paused for a while before continuing: "I originally wanted to help Sikong break the enemy and defend the land of Jingxiang, but the destiny of heaven does not allow it, and it is not what I want.

All I can do is to let the general safely take the three armies back to Gangneung. ”

Xiahou Yuan's heart chuckled.

He understood.

This plan to lure the enemy, Guo Jia is deeply attentive.

If Liu Bei can be wiped out at one time, or Liu Jun can be defeated and Lingling recovered, it is naturally good.

It was not able to win completely, because there was a fraudulent retreat, and Liu Jun did not dare to chase and kill when he withdrew again, so he could safely return to Jiangling with his soldiers, and sit firmly in the city by virtue of natural danger.

Xiahou Yuan held the tiger talisman in one hand and Guo Jia's hand in the other, his eyes were moist but firm: "Sir, Liu Jun is already at the end of the crossbow, and the last general will definitely kill Liu Bei and Zhang Fei for Mr., capture Zhuge Villager, and let the world know that Mr. is far better than Wolong." ”

"Ahem."

Guo Jia coughed with severe pain in his chest, blood flowed out of the corners of his mouth, but his expression became hideous, and his weak hand began to clench, "As a prisoner, I ask the general to return to Nanjun." ”

The four eyes were facing each other, and Xiahou Yuan's eyes were scarlet.

"Is the general going to refuse the checkmate?" Guo Jia even tried to sit up, but in the end he found that he couldn't.

"The last general, obey!"

Hearing this, Guo Jia lay down again and smiled.

Only this time, he didn't even seem to have the strength to open his eyes, closed his eyes, and said weakly:

"General, tell Sikong Guanzhong that the ten divisions are definitely not Lin Mo's opponents, and they want to cut off the road of the southern army's war cavalry, wait for Yizhou to succeed, and retreat to Jingxiang, that is, with the edict of the Son of Heaven, Lingling and Wuling will be given to Liu Bei, which is to appease.

The three counties of Huainan are the strategic frontier of Xuzhou, this time it changed hands, Lin Mo will return to the army to recapture, Sikong can not sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, immediately lead the three armies back to the Central Plains, and Lu Lin to start a war.

Under such a two-line attack, Lu Lin will be difficult to take care of, this is the most valuable fighter in Sikong, and it cannot be divided into four parts of the world. ”

The sound fell.

After a long time, Xiahou Yuan nodded heavily, and even his voice was a little choked, "General, remember." ”

Guo Jia still has a lot to say to Cao Cao in his heart.

But, now, he is very tired and tired, and he wants to sleep.

"Sikong, in the next, I want to accompany you to fight Lin Mo again, I want to accompany you to clean up the mountains and rivers, I want to accompany you, Qingmei cooks wine."

He reached out and touched the wine gourd on his waist, and he didn't even have the strength to take off this light object, but just squeezed out a smile, "I also want to hear you reprimand you for not indulging in excessive drinking."

In a trance, my thoughts began to blur.

The pain in my body is also disappearing.

His strength was slowly recovering.

When he opened his eyes, Xiahou Yuan beside him was not there, it was a piece of light.

When the light receded, he recognized that it was the Sikong Mansion in Xuchang in front of him, Cao Cao in the sun was reading the folds that belonged to Liu Xie under the pavilion, and when he saw him appear, he put down the cinnabar pen in his hand and said with a smile: "Fengxiao is here." ”

He tried to step forward, but found that his feet seemed to be filled with lead and could not move.

The past emerged, when he came down to Xuchang from Yuan Shao's account in the north, an unappreciated staff member met Bole in his life and treated him as a countryman.

That kind of gap in the heart, the people next to you will never understand.

For him, Cao Cao has never been a simple master, but a teacher and friend, giving him the meaning of not being buried.

Looking at Cao Cao's smile as always, he couldn't step forward, so he bowed down from afar, wanting to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

Finally, I remembered the words I had with Cao Cao that afternoon, "In Xia Guo Jia, I am willing to serve General Cao." ”

On this day, Cao Ying two villages, hanging white flags.

Xiahou Yuan personally killed his mount and shrouded Guo Jia's horse leather with the highest etiquette in the army.

The war horse is the leg of the general, and it is also the life of the general.

But he didn't care.

Because, Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao is worthy of it.

At sunset, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Hemu sent a team of soldiers and horses to the north with Guo Jia's body.

During the war years, many people were buried on the spot after they died.

In the battle of Wancheng in history, even Dian Wei, Cao Anmin, and Cao Ang were all buried in Nanyang.

However, he wanted to return Guo Jia to his roots.

And the only thing I could do for him.

"General, what do you do next?" Zhang He on the side asked tentatively.

In the two battles, he didn't have a chance to make a move, but he clearly knew that the victory was Guo Jia's.

Right now, the core strategist died of illness before the formation, and Xiahou Yuan, as the coach, should come up with a new direction, at least he must know what he should do next.

According to Guo Jia's last wish, the army returned to Nanjun in the north and ceded Wuling to Liu Bei, as long as the core strategic position of Nanjun was stabilized.

After Cao Cao returned, he did not attack Liu Bei as soon as possible to recover the lost territory, but to curry favor with Liu Bei and give him the two counties in the name of the Son of Heaven.

If, at this time, Liu Bei still had 30,000 troops, and at the same time he also saw Zhuge Liang's methods, perhaps, he would follow Guo Jia's advice.

But now, his own soldiers and horses are only lost by 3,000 people, on the other hand, Liu Bei, half of the military strength is difficult to maintain, whether it is the morale of the army, or the soldiers and horses, food and grass, how can he be willing to retreat when he is superior to the other party in all aspects?

Zhuge Liang has a plan, after all, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

What's more, retreating in this all-excellent situation, what do you make the people of Wuling and Lingling think of themselves, and how do you let the Jingzhou army think of themselves, and even people in the world will think that Cao Cao raised a straw bag general.

Of course, there is one thing, he did not lie to Guo Jia.

When he retreated from Liu Bei, all this credit was Guo Jia's.

I don't even mind saying that it's Guo Jia's plan to settle Jingnan.

This is the best respect he has for his husband as a student.

"All the subordinates have the right to stick to the camp, just like Mr. 's previous arrangement, rest during the day, and guard against it at night, just wait for Liu Jun's food to run out, and I will see how the big-eared thief retreats!"

After Xiahou Yuan finished speaking, Zhang He nodded.

In fact, neither of them is a simple general, not to mention handsome, the general is certain.

From Zhang He's point of view, he also believes that this method is the most secure and safe, and in the end, it will definitely be able to surrender without a fight.

Anfeng.

In Guan Yu's camp, the soldiers were stubborn and tense.

Because, outside the village, Yan Liang and Wen Chou came to challenge the drum again.

Today, it's the fifth day.

These two people come every day, scolding every day.

At the beginning, these Jingzhou troops were frightened, but they still had hope for Guan Yu in their hearts.

After all, Guan Yu's bravery can be regarded as the ceiling of force they have seen.

Even if Anfeng City is defeated, he can't complain about him, the other party is a two-to-one who doesn't talk about martial arts, if our General Wei Yan is also together, how should Your Excellency deal with it?

Therefore, they felt that in the final situation, it should be that the arrogant Guan Yu couldn't bear this humiliation, and rushed out with the Qinglong Yanyue Knife.

However, in order to prevent the other party's behavior of not speaking of martial virtue from being staged again last time, Wei Yan will also go along.

Even if it starts, it will be two against two, and it will win, Okay, General Guan is invincible.

The result was that Guan Yu was scolded by the other party for five days in a row, five days, hiding motionless in the camp, what is this like.

When I was in Changsha, I often said that this insert was a sell-out, or that the broken bricks and tiles, except for scolding Lu Bu for being a slave with three surnames, it seemed that there was no one in the world who could fight.

Now, people are shouting and scolding at your door, and you are indifferent?

It's a demoralizing thing.

Especially the Jingzhou army, which has already suffered two defeats, lost seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses after two battles, and if you count the wounded soldiers, their active combat power is only about eight thousand.

On the other hand, there are more than 10,000 people who move their bodies, and so many people come every day, are they running out of food and grass?

If it doesn't work, we'll retreat.

Of course, the soldiers only dared to think about it, but no one dared to say it.

Although Guan Yu is not like Zhang Fei and can beat and scold the sergeant, this thing loves to use military law at every turn, which is difficult to do.

At this time, probably only Wei Yan can understand Guan Yu's forbearance.

At present, the Lu army only dared to call for a battle and did not dare to rush because they did not know that the Jingzhou army that came only had 20,000, but misjudged it to be 30,000.

In other words, even if the combat strength of 10,000 is reduced, there are still 20,000 troops in the stockade, and if you rush hard, it is difficult to say whether you will win or lose.

However, it's okay to scare the other party with this thing, but after you really rush out, once you fight, your strength will be exposed immediately.

At that time, the other party will have the confidence to play with you and break the net.

After all, at this juncture, the other party is very eager to go to war because Sun Ce on the other side of the Lujiang River jumped too much.

Thinking of this, Wei Yan once again raised his respect for Zhuge Liang.

He seemed to have expected that this might happen, and if it weren't for his clever plan to make the other party misjudge the strength, the army would have collapsed by now.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Guan Yu is willing to suffer this humiliation, as the soldiers expected, he quietly withdrew his troops at night, did you run?

You must know that in this world now, any prince may be short of war horses, but the Lu army will not be lacking.

In Anfeng City, there are thousands of cavalry, let alone a few thousand cavalry, let you run for a day first, and it will be too late for them to send cavalry to chase and kill.

Moreover, once the infantry was exposed to the wilderness, there was no danger to defend, and the cavalry could crush them.

Even if they sent 2,000 cavalry, it would be enough to slaughter their army of 10,000 people.

So, it can't be withdrawn now.

The only means of self-protection is the third life-saving tip given by Zhuge Liang.

Wei Yan is relatively calm, and he has a strong sense of the overall situation.

However, Guan Yu, who was the chief general, was pacing back and forth in the big tent of the Chinese army at this time, looking cramped and angry.

These two things have been scolding outside the stockade for five days, and if they really want to go up and cut them down according to their temper.

If you want to talk about fighting alone, these two people are not their opponents even if they are in a wheel war.

It's just that I didn't expect them to have such a high degree of tacit understanding when they joined forces, and they couldn't fight back without a capable helper.

Actually, he didn't think about joining forces with Wei Yan to try it once.

Especially on the fourth day, his patience was almost at the limit, Yan Liangwen was ugly, he was just a general, so arrogant.

It had to be Wei Yan who persuaded him.

In terms of comprehensive quality, Wei Yan should be at the level of the Five Tigers, but in terms of martial arts alone, especially he who has not received battlefield experience, he is still a little less interesting.

can help Guan Yu stabilize his undefeated, but if you want to talk about counter-killing, you can't be sure.

"General, it's been the fifth day, according to the military advisor's tips, these two nights, the Lu army should start, after dusk, Yan Liangwen retreated, and the last general went to check the soldiers and horses, ready to counterattack."

Seeing that Guan Yu's anger value was about to reach the limit, Wei Yan hurriedly painted a cake for him.

"Is it arranged in the stockade?" Guan Yu stopped and asked.

"General Guan rest assured, they have already been prepared, as long as they rush in, they will definitely be defeated!"

This sentence of defeat is undoubtedly very good, and a trace of killing intent appeared on Guan Yu's dark red face.

imagined that after they rushed in tomorrow night, he would take down Yan Liang and Wen Chou with his own hands, and then not kill, lock them up, single-handedly, ravage, humiliate, and finally escort them to Anfeng City, cut off their heads in front of the defenders in the city, and let them know Guan Mou's big knife.

A difficult day has finally passed.

Lu Jun swaggered back, and no one dared to chase and kill.

The Jingzhou army in the stockade finally breathed a sigh of relief and finally left.

Wei Yan came to the school and began to summon the officers above the centurion in the camp to discuss the troops in the Chinese army tent.

Counterattack.

It's time to get started.

(End of chapter)